He knelt down and held the little man in his arms. Just when he was about to move forward to kiss and enjoy it, he felt a sudden pain in his neck.
Eunuch An saw the blood spurting from his neck splashing onto the little princess's face, but the little princess still had an indifferent look on her face and even stretched out her tongue to lick it.
As expected, they are His Majesty's flesh and blood, just as cold-blooded and terrifying.
This was the last thing he could think of, and his whole body fell heavily to the ground, making no sound.
Chu Xin still felt puzzled. Her mother was a queen, so how could a eunuch's life repay his mother?
He squeezed the golden hairpin with both hands and pulled it out from his neck, then inserted it heavily, repeating this cycle until the whole golden hairpin was stained red.
Why don't you do something after taking the things? If you had called the imperial doctor earlier, maybe my mother would not have died!
He didn't stop until the neck of the person on the ground turned into a ball of flesh and his whole body was spattered with blood. He felt indescribably relieved.
He wiped the gold hairpin clean and put it inside his sleeve, then picked up the candle on the table and lit the tablecloth, watching the fire spread quickly and burn to the people on the ground.
Seeing the fire getting stronger and stronger, I walked out with confidence.
Xie Ruling was combing Mu Wan's hair when she saw Chu Xin running back covered in blood and was beaten and scolded again.
"What are you doing now? With so much blood on your body, do you dare to kill people at a young age? Your heart is really as cruel as your father!"
Chu Xin's head was knocked to the side, but she still stared at Xie Ruling unconvinced as before.
What did she do wrong? She just went to avenge her mother. So what if she killed a eunuch as a princess?
"Your mother is dead. Can you stay calm all night? When dawn tomorrow, you will never be seen again!"
The fact that the dead people living in the Cold Palace can be kept in a state of mortuary for one night shows that they were given the final dignity by their noble status during their lifetime. Most people were carried away as soon as they breathed their last.
"Your Majesty, I've got your golden hairpin back."
Chu Xin stretched out her little hand, and there was a golden hairpin on the palm of her hand. Even after being soaked in blood, the golden hairpin was still shining.
I thought I would be beaten and scolded again, but I felt that my whole body was wrapped in a soft embrace. It was a little different from my mother's embrace, but it was the same warmth.
"You stupid girl, aren't you just a hairpin? When I get out of the cold palace, I will have whatever I want. This hairpin is stained with the eunuch's blood and is dirty!"
Xie Ruling cried, not even on the day she was demoted to the cold palace. She hugged the little person in her arms tightly. From now on, they would be the only ones dependent on each other.
Chu Xin hugged Xie Ruling's neck and looked quietly at the person who would never move again on the bed without shedding a single tear. Maybe her mother had died and she had forgotten to cry.
The eunuchs who came to carry the body the next day came only in the evening. They were exactly the same as what Chu Xin had seen before, with a mat wrapped around the body and then carried out like this.
Xie Ruling held Chu Xin's hand and stood in front of the cold palace and watched. When she first came to the cold palace, she didn't like Mu Wan. The queen was so weak and incompetent that she was demoted to the cold palace. She was really a loser. !
Seeing her body being carried out like this at this moment, I really can't explain what it feels like. The seven years of being together in the cold palace seem to have made people accustomed to each other's existence.
"My dear concubine, where will they bury my mother's body? Can I still look for it in the future?"
Xie Ruling touched the soft top of Chu Xin's head, suppressing all the soreness in her heart, and squatted down to squeeze her small shoulders.
"You will never find it again, and there is no need to think about looking for it. From today on, your mother is dead and no one can protect you anymore. You have to learn to survive on your own!
Remember, the royal family has no children, and they all learn to calculate when they are born. If you are not hard-hearted and do not learn to calculate, you will be the one who is swept away by the ruthless sweep in the future! "
Xie Ruling said through gritted teeth, but Chu Xin saw tears in her eyes.
"I remember."
After Empress Mu died, the rooms she once lived in were snatched by other concubines. Chu Xin originally wanted to make a fuss and not let those people live there, because she always felt that it belonged to her mother.
"It's just a room, just give it to them!"
Xie Ruling slammed the things she had just packed onto the bed. What was she arguing about with a group of crazy women? What good things would be gone when she left the cold palace in the future?
"I just don't want to give up my room to them, and why is your room so cold? No wonder you often go to your mother. It turns out you think your mother's room needs to be warmer!"
Chu Xin rubbed her little hands vigorously and looked at the room. She felt that it was too shabby and too cold. It seemed like a bowl of water would freeze to pieces in here.
"I will be the queen and queen mother from now on. Wouldn't it be a joke to rob things with a group of lunatics in the cold palace?"
"But why did you tell those people not to touch the things in mother's house?"
Chu Xin rubbed her little hands and raised her little face. In fact, she was afraid of Xie Ruling. Although she was very fierce and fierce most of the time, she didn't know why, she was just not afraid.
"What do you know, you stupid girl? What if those people chop up the tables and chairs in the house and burn them as firewood? Then what should we burn? Are we going to freeze to death!"
Although she was glared at severely, Chu Xin was still confused and half-understood. She kept rubbing her hands and breathing, and then felt another slap on the top of her head.
"What are you still standing here for? Go and get some charcoal. Do you want us all to freeze to death here?"
"knew!"
Chu Xin rubbed the area on her head where she had just been hit, and ran out while rubbing it. After running a long way, she turned around and made a face, because she always heard curses.
After running to the Nei Si Hall, I saw the palace maids wearing beautiful dresses carrying things back and forth. I subconsciously looked at the clothes on my body and suddenly felt that those beautifully dressed palace maids were princesses, right?
Chu Xin walked according to the impression in her memory. In fact, she had followed her mother to the Internal Affairs Hall several times before, but most of the time she waited outside.
I saw the eunuch who was registering there, so I hurried over and pulled my sleeves and raised my head to ask.
"I'm here to get the charcoal fire that Leng Palace Xie Ruling needs in winter. You guys here..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the high-pitched voice.
"What Xie Ruling? Our family has never known any other Xie Ruling. We only know that there is Concubine Zheng!" The little eunuch's expression was very disdainful.
"We have never heard of Xie Ruling!"
The eunuchs all laughed. It was common for them to support someone who was superior and to trample someone who was inferior. Seeing their once-high-ranking master fall into the mud, they all naturally wanted to step on him.
"You are not allowed to say that. You didn't know what you were doing when Xie Ruling was a concubine!"
Chu Xin clenched her fists and shouted loudly. She didn't want to hear these people insult Xie Ruling like this, but the next second she was pushed to the ground by the eunuch.
"Where did this girl come from? You dare to be so arrogant in front of our family. Since no one teaches you the rules, let me teach you the rules! Otherwise, you will run rampant in the palace and say things you shouldn't say in the future, and offend the nobles!"
Then he kicked the little person who was lying on the ground. It was just a little girl. He didn't hit him just because he wanted to.
"You really don't know the rules. Our family is treating you like this today for your own good. You should learn from this after you received a beating today!"
Chu Xin's whole body shrank together in pain, and she cursed: "You slaves who don't know the dignity of others are just despicable slaves!"
Her mother is obviously a queen, and she should be the most noble woman in the harem. Why did she end up in this situation!
"Slaves? How dare you say that our family is slaves!"
The little eunuch was so angry that he laughed back. He usually only wanted to be angry with his master, but now he was so humiliated by this little girl.
"Eunuch Li."
When Eunuch Li was about to pick up the charcoal and throw it down, he heard a sound coming from behind him and was so frightened that he stopped immediately.
"What happened?"
Eunuch Li immediately waved his hand to ask the other eunuchs to step aside and showed respect to those who came.
Chu Xin opened her eyes with difficulty and looked at the person walking over. The aunt was very beautiful, wearing fluffy clothes, and she seemed to have a lot of status.
If only she had such warm clothes, maybe her mother wouldn't freeze to death this winter.
Aunt Cui's eyes swept across the little man lying on the ground.
"It has been getting colder and colder these days. My Princess Yi is fragile, so my mother-in-law asked me to come and get some good charcoal fire in person to keep her warm."
Eunuch Wu clicked immediately, which was in sharp contrast to his reaction just now.
"It should be, it should be. I will go and get the best charcoal for the imperial concubine. Make sure there is no smell of smoke!"
"Wait a minute," Aunt Cui stopped Eunuch Wu and pointed to the people on the ground. "Which palace is this little palace maid? When I came in just now, I saw you beating her. What happened?"
Eunuch Wu bent over, with a fawning smile on his face.
"Auntie, this girl is from the Cold Palace. She came here today to ask for charcoal. This little girl has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, so we have to teach her a lesson."
Aunt Cui stared at Chu Xin who collapsed on the ground with an inexplicable expression.
"Those people in the cold palace are really pitiful. You also beat her today. It seems to me that she was seriously injured. Why not just pick up a few pieces of silver bone charcoal and add some plant ashes and let her take it back and burn it."
Eunuch Wu frowned, looking extremely embarrassed.
"I got this charcoal from Eunuch Wu. I will definitely say a few words to the empress when I get back."
After hearing this, his eyes immediately lit up and he asked the eunuch next to him to carry some charcoal fire and put it on the ground.
Aunt Cui personally stepped forward to help Chu Xin, who was lying on the ground, and looked around and asked with concern.
"Is it hurt anywhere?"
Chu Xin shook her head. Now she felt nothing but pain. She didn't know why this aunt was so kind.
The people in the palace are all cold-blooded and ruthless. They all want to climb up with all their lives, and they are extremely humiliating to the down-and-out people.
"It's okay." Aunt Cui put the charcoal basket into Chu Xin's little hand. "If you have nothing to do, go back quickly. It's too cold, so don't come out."
Chu Xin ignored these words and held the charcoal basket tightly in her hand. Xie Ruling had warned her that she was the only woman in the harem who could be trusted after her mother died.
Then I heard the shrill voice behind me saying something, saying that she was an unruly wolf cub. Fortunately, she met the kind-hearted Aunt Cui. If she had met anyone else, she would have been beaten to death on the spot.
Not hearing the answer from the kind-hearted Aunt Cui, I walked out of the inner hall and found a group of people at the door kneeling on the ground.
I saw someone hurriedly running in again, and then everyone from the Nei Nei Department Hall came out, including the aunt just now.
