"Master Cui, please stay." Baozhu hurriedly caught up with Master Cui who was leaving the table and shouted anxiously.
Master Cui turned around in confusion, looked at Baozhu, whom he had never met before, and asked with some confusion: "I wonder who this empress is?"
Baozhu deliberately kept a large distance from Mr. Cui, nodded slightly and said, "I am the daughter of the left prime minister of the Song Dynasty in the Migen Kingdom. I was a noble daughter sent to the Li Kingdom two years ago."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Cui immediately bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "It turns out that eating Concubine Chen is disrespectful and disrespectful."
Baozhu raised his hand to indicate that he didn't have to be polite, and then exchanged a look with Yue Nu. Yue Nu took out a family letter from her arms and handed it to Master Cui.
"It turns out that the envoy of the Mi Gen Kingdom is Uncle Wen. I have never met you before. But please trouble me and send me a family letter." Baozhu explained.
Then he took out another gold ingot from his arms and handed it to Master Cui together.
Mr. Cui waved his hand repeatedly and pushed the gold ingot back, but took the letter from home.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty has betrayed a minor minister. The Prime Minister Zuo has been a favor to me, and it is the prince's intention to help your Majesty." Mr. Cui said.
Prince? Baozhu remembered the kind faces of the prince and princess when they entered the palace. Although Baozhu was later sent as a tribute girl due to profit, Baozhu could never resent those once warm existences.
"Please tell my parents that I am in Li country..." Baozhu paused for a moment, but still said with a smile: "I am living a good life in Li country, so let them not worry about it."
Master Cui took Baozhu's letter and left, and Baozhu looked at his leaving figure with some melancholy.
I don’t know how long it will take for this letter of longing for many years to reach the hands of my family. If Baozhu didn't want to be a royal concubine, he just married an ordinary person.
Maybe I can still stay by my parents' side and enjoy the happiness from my parents' knees every day. Although we are not as wealthy as we are today, we no longer need to live in fear.
Bao Zhu sighed and walked silently back to Weiyang Palace with Yue Nu.
On the way, I met Jing Changzai who was returning to the palace together. Bao Zhu looked at her always cold face and remembered that he didn't seem to have spoken to her much.
When Jing Chang saw Baozhu, he bowed politely and prepared to leave quickly. I don't know what happened to Baozhu, but he stopped her by some strange coincidence.
"Sister Jing, why don't we go together. I ate too much at the banquet, and I feel like I'm a bit hungry." Baozhu said softly.
Jing Chang glanced at Baozhu with a complicated expression, and seemed to sense that she had no ill intentions, so she acquiesced to the proposal.
"Concubine is just here, she is much lower than the empress. I really don't dare to call her sister." Jing Changzai said.
Baozhu chuckled, "But I have only been in the palace for two years. In terms of qualifications, my sister can still afford it."
Jing Chang's mouth curled up and she no longer refuted Baozhu's words. The two walked in silence for a long time, and Jing Changzai suddenly said: "There is a new person in the palace, and she is a foreign princess."
Bao Zhu nodded, sighed and said, "Yes, and she has a stunning appearance. She is really the material to be a beloved concubine."
"Oh? Do you think so too?" Jing Changzai asked.
Baozhu smiled bitterly and shook his head, replying: "It doesn't matter whether I think so, a woman cannot help herself. Whether she wants it or not, for the sake of her family, country, or stability, she needs to join forces."
"With Princess Xi Zun's appearance and character, it is not up to her to choose what kind of son she marries in Mobei." Bao Zhu said to herself, "Why do you have to share your husband with others."
After Baozhu finished speaking, the two people stopped at the same time. Baozhu also realized his gaffe, and for some reason he said everything in his heart.
Jing Changzai's eyes were filled with unknown emotions. She looked at the orb seriously and said, "Do you think so too?"
Baozhu smiled awkwardly, "W-what?"
"Concubine, your Majesty also thinks that women shouldn't be like this, right?" Jing Chang asked with burning eyes.
Bao Zhu looked at her, and saw a hint of unwillingness on her face, a meek expression that was different from other concubines, and even a hint of stubbornness.
The evening breeze passed between the two of them, and Baozhu felt for some reason that there might be a different world under Jing Chang's always cold appearance.
"Yes, we women should strengthen ourselves and love ourselves, and not be dependent on anyone like dodder." Baozhu heard his own powerful voice.
"It's a pity that the injustice of the world has blocked our women's footsteps." After Baozhu said this, she saw the warm smile on Jing Chang's face.
"My original name is Jiang Huai'an. If Concubine Chen doesn't mind, just call me Huai'an from now on." Jing Changzai said.
Baozhu's eyelashes trembled, and this short sentence was a signal that Jiang Huaian extended an olive branch to him.
Baozhu also smiled and said, "Song Baozhu, thank you sister Huai'an."
In the next month, Princess Xi Zun became a being that surpassed Baozhu and Jiang Heng, and became a beloved concubine with infinite glory.
And every time someone passes by his palace, the silk and bamboo are gracefully playing and singing every night. This is great, the object of jealousy of the palace concubines has changed from Baozhu to Concubine Li.
Although Qi Junce dotes on Concubine Li, he still takes time to see the orb every day. However, he used to have a meal before leaving, but now he leaves in a hurry before the bench is warm.
Yue Nu was a little aggrieved, but Bao Zhu felt at ease. No one knew how happy she was that she didn't have to deal with Qi Junce.
Bao Zhu took a walk after dinner and played with the birds, thinking that it would be nice to live like this for a hundred more years.
"My child," Baozhu murmured, stroking her belly. "The outside world is full of wind and rain. Perhaps being in A Niang's belly is your most carefree time."
Yue Nu chuckled, "What did you say, the little prince will of course live a carefree life."
Baozhu smiled and shook his head, looking at the blue sky and said: "I hope to be a daughter."
In early spring, before all the flowers in the imperial garden were in bloom, Baozhu impatiently took Yuenu to explore the secluded area first.
Baozhu stood in the flowers by the lake, stretched out his arms, and let out a long breath, dissipating a lot of the fatigue on his body.
Looking at the scene of spring flowers blooming, I felt a lot more comfortable.
"Yue Slave, I really want to tread water, just like I did in the Mi Gen Kingdom." Baozhu said with a smile showing his teeth.
"Oh, my dear mistress, please say goodbye." Yue Nu hurriedly ran over and put a shawl on Baozhu, "Although it is spring, it can be warm and cold at first, so you must not catch a cold."
Baozhu nodded, who else would be so nervous about his body besides Yue Nu.
"Fruit refreshments are prepared at the pavilion. Madam, let's go have a rest?" Yue Nu asked.
Bao Zhu walked for a while, and his calves were already a little swollen, so he agreed to Yue Nu and sat in the pavilion peacefully, eating soft pastries.
Bao Zhu was eating with gusto, but bursts of whispers came from behind her.
"Hey, have you heard that the new young prince of the Mi Gen Kingdom is actually the king of hell who killed his father?"
"What? There is such a thing."
"Not only that! He also launched a coup. It's really ridiculous. He actually tried to overthrow our government."
When Baozhu looked for the sound, he saw that several palace maids were hiding in the shade of the trees and lazing around. They didn't see Baozhu resting aside.
Baozhu stretched his neck, unable to hear clearly.
"Then what?" Several younger looking maids asked.
One of the older palace maids curled up her lips with a proud smile and said, "Of course General Ling attacked Yueyu City directly, scaring the prince to the point of peeing!"
Before she finished speaking, the little palace maids all started to scream.
Bao Zhu listened a little blankly, and the pastries in his hands were crushed. Such a big event happened in my motherland, and I didn't even know about it.
Looking up at Yue Nu again, Yue Nu also had a blank look on his face.
"I've heard about it," the palace maid continued to say in a lowered voice, as if she still didn't know what she wanted to say. Several little palace maids came forward to listen.
Bao Zhu stood up anxiously, stood somewhere out of sight of them and listened hard.
"After the prince was captured, he said that the left prime minister of the Mi Gen Kingdom had seduced him into doing this. Your Majesty was so angry that he directly ordered the left prime minister's house to be confiscated and his family to be exterminated," the palace maid said.
Boom—! With a sound, Baozhu was stunned as if he had been hit in the head, and his face turned extremely pale instantly.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Bao Zhu's scolding voice was a little broken, and she rushed over without caring about supporting her Yue Slave to be careful.
The palace maids were so frightened that they knelt down quickly. The palace maid who was eloquent just now said tremblingly: "The slaves don't know that Concubine Chen is here and disturbed the purity of the concubine. You deserve to die, you deserve to die!"
Baozhu's lips trembled, and she pointed at the palace maid who took the lead just now and said, "Is what you just said true?"
The palace maid was frightened and kowtowed quickly and said, "I heard this too, but it's not true. I forgive you, I forgive you."
Baozhu was filled with rage, and suddenly couldn't see clearly. He staggered and almost fell, but fortunately Yue Nu held her steady.
"Empress..." Yue Nu looked at the orb with concern, tears gathering in her eyes.
Baozhu remembered something, picked up Yue Slave and left.
"Empress, where are you going, Empress!" Yue Nu asked.
Bao Zhu gritted her teeth. Perhaps the expression on her face was very ugly at the moment, and there were cramps in her stomach, but she couldn't care less about it at the moment.
If what the palace maid said is true, the young prince launched a coup as soon as he came to power. After the incident was exposed, he actually put the blame on his father.
Bao Zhu couldn't guarantee anything else, but she could use her life as a guarantee for her father. Even if she gave her father ten courages, she would not instigate the prince to make a coup.
There must be some hidden secret in this, Baozhu's heart was as soft as numbness, and he quickly reached Hengwu Palace.
The maid who passed the message hurried in, and Xiaoman hurried in. Baozhu saw the hesitation on Xiaoman's face, and his heart sank a little more.
Walking to the inner hall with empty steps, Baozhu felt that his voice was floating when he saw Jiang Heng with an unbearable look on his face.
"Sister Ah Heng, are those outsiders lying to me?" Before Bao Zhu finished speaking, big tears rolled down and fell into Jiang Heng's heart.
Jiang Heng held Baozhu's cold hand, sighed and said, "This happened half a month ago. Your Majesty... you won't let anyone tell you."
Baozhu looked at Jiang Heng in disbelief. It turned out that during the days when he stayed behind closed doors, earth-shaking changes had already taken place outside.
Jiang Heng couldn't bear to say any more. He looked at Baozhu who was barely breathing and shouted worriedly: "Baozhu, Baozhu, take a breath, take a breath."
The orb was stuck in his throat, and he was so painful that he couldn't say a word and ran out suddenly. Yue Nu and Jiang Heng screamed in surprise and ran after him.
