This palace maid had no chance to come into contact with Concubine Xue before. Later, when she started to serve Gu Rong, Concubine Xue stayed in her own palace all year round, so it was normal that she could not recognize her now.
After all, there was no one around her. Except for the clothes she wore, she didn't look like a nanny. From other aspects, she really didn't look like a master.
But the maids who serve the master need to have some discernment.
Although the palace maid did not know the identity of Concubine Xue, she immediately realized that her question just now was a bit rude, so she quickly added:
"Slave Lanzhi, this is our second princess. I have never seen you before."
Concubine Xue's brows were already furrowed, but hearing that Lanzhi still had some brains, her furrowed brows relaxed a little.
It turned out to be the second princess and her maid.
She said slowly: "The Ai family hasn't been out for a long time. I didn't expect that no one would recognize them."
Although her eyebrows were relaxed, Concubine Xue's words were obviously filled with resentment.
After listening to Concubine Xue's words, Lanzhi instantly guessed her identity - apart from the Queen Mother, the only other person in the palace who could claim to be the Ai family was the third prince's biological mother, Concubine Xue.
For a moment, she couldn't help but feel lucky.
Fortunately, he had just made up for it. Although Princess Snow's son was demoted to a commoner, she still had the status of a concubine. Wouldn't it be easy to deal with a palace maid like herself?
"Rong'er, why did you come here?"
Before Lanzhi could say anything else, Gu Xuan walked in at this time.
In fact, Gu Xuan had already discovered that Gu Rong was hiding in the rockery.
It's just like she was deliberately lagging behind after chasing them earlier. She saw a palace maid following Gu Rong and knew that she would make no mistakes, so she deliberately pretended that she couldn't find her to make her happy.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, no one came out, and she could still vaguely hear someone talking inside. Gu Xuan suddenly couldn't sit still. She was afraid that something would happen, so she hurried in to check.
When she saw Concubine Xue, she was stunned for a moment, her eyes fixed on the burning clothes and paper money in front of her.
When Concubine Xue saw Gu Xuan, her eyes instantly turned cold.
Although she might not have seen Gu Xuan for a long time, Gu Xuan looked like she was cut out of the same mold as Xie Ziyue. The older she got, the more similar she became. At a glance, she knew she was Xie Ziyue's daughter.
"Old slave, please see the concubine." Grandma Sun, who was following Gu Xuan, saw that Concubine Xue looked at her princess with an unkind look. Her eyes sank, and she looked at the burning pile with intention. of sundries:
"My dearest concubine, burning paper money is strictly prohibited in this palace."
Lanzhi is a palace maid and very courageous.
Grandma Sun is different. She has been immersed in the palace for many years, and her methods and heart have been tempered.
So what if Concubine Snow is a concubine? It was her fault to burn paper money in the palace, and it would not be considered disobedient to her master if she said so.
Furthermore, she has the trust of the Queen and is always at the princess's side. What can anyone else do to her?
"What a joke," Concubine Xue said with a mocking look on her face, "The imperial concubine has become the queen, and you slaves have ascended to heaven, and you are actually taking charge of the Ai family."
She naturally knew that burning paper money was strictly prohibited by the palace, otherwise she would not have secretly come here to burn it.
But when Grandma Sun pointed this out directly, she felt unhappy and naturally couldn't say anything good.
She just calculated that Han Xianzong had nothing to do with her. She was the widow of the late emperor. If Han Xianzong dealt with her, it would not be good news.
"Old slave, I don't dare," said Grandma Sun with the usual expression on her face: "It's just that these are palace rules, and the concubine should abide by them."
"What's going on?" Gu Ji outside could not find the two imperial sisters, and his cries attracted Xie Ziyue and De Fei, who were slowly following behind.
The two people walked forward quickly, heard the commotion here, walked in and took a look, and happened to hear what Grandma Sun said.
Hearing her mother's voice, Gu Xuan walked to her side in a few steps, while Grandma Sun told her everything that had just happened.
"So that's it," Xie Ziyue said with a normal expression, "I can understand that the concubine misses her relatives, but we are all members of the palace. I hope that the concubine will remember this next time and don't do it again."
She didn't expect to meet Concubine Xue here, and she didn't want to say anything to her. After saying this, she took Gu Xuan's little hand and turned around.
Gu Rong also walked to Concubine De, and Concubine De also held her hand and followed behind.
The group of people walked to the edge. Xie Ziyue seemed to have remembered something and turned her head to look at Xin Zhangjing:
"Xin Zhangjing, just watch from here. The Dowager Empress is an elder. I should not disobey my elders to prevent trouble. When the Dowager Empress is finished burning, you can clean up all these things and then return to my life."
"Slave, I obey." Xin Zhang agreed and immediately walked to Concubine Xue's side to guard her.
Concubine Xue was extremely angry and cursed: "You are also a mother. Now that you are treating the Ai family like this, how could you know that you will not be in the same situation in the future?"
She did not suppress her voice when she said this, and Xie Ziyue and her group could hear it clearly even if they walked some distance away.
Xie Ziyue was so angry that she took a deep breath and her face turned red with anger.
Concubine De was cursing at the side: "This old woman, I think she has lost her mind and gone crazy! She talks all kinds of nonsense, thinking that everyone is like her son, a short-lived ghost?"
At this point, her expression paused, as if she remembered some news she had heard, and she lowered her voice and said:
"Sister, I don't know. I heard that the deposed prince passed away a few days ago."
Isn't it the third prince who was deposed?
Xie Ziyue naturally knew this: "Everyone in the palace knows about this matter." Where does this come from?
"There is another hidden story," Concubine De smiled and explained: "I heard that the man has been drinking all day long since he was deposed, and his health has been getting worse. He fell ill again at the beginning of this year, and his body is in ruins. How could he know that he is the most beloved one? My son got smallpox again..."
Speaking of smallpox, Concubine De's expression was filled with fear and fear: "Sister, you also know this thing. I heard that it didn't survive. When that person knew the news, he vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot. It didn't take long." Ri also followed."
"Counting the days, today should be the first seven of that person..."
He was already in poor health, but he was still so furious that it was like a candle that had been burning to the bottom was suddenly ignited, and his life came to an end in an instant.
When news of this incident reached the palace, it was a big blow to Concubine Xue. She has been secretly helping him all these years, otherwise how could he live such a leisurely life?
Having suddenly lost her son and grandson, it was strange that Concubine Xue felt happy, so today she was biting people like a mad dog, even speaking indiscriminately.
