Chu Xin squeezed the basket tightly and wanted to leave, but was forcefully pushed to the ground.
"The imperial concubine has arrived!"
It's that harsh and unpleasant high-pitched voice again. Why is this eunuch's voice so unpleasant?
Chu Xin lowered her head and couldn't see anything. She could only hear many footsteps and the aunt's voice again.
"It's so cold today. What are you doing out here? Your Majesty will feel bad if you get cold."
Imperial Concubine, is this Imperial Concubine Zheng?
"Yi'er felt that the palace was too boring. She wanted to come out and see the different scenery in the palace, so she happened to come to the Internal Affairs Hall."
The tone of her words was as proud as Xie Ruling's, no, this is the real concubine, and then she heard Aunt Cui's peach blossom laughter.
"My Majesty really loves Princess Yi. There really isn't much to see in the Chamber of Secretaries. It's all filled with charcoal fire. What would happen if the Princess was smoked?"
Aunt Cui didn't hear an answer for a long time after she finished speaking. It took a while before she heard the crisp little girl's voice.
"Mother, since Aunt Cui said that the Internal Affairs Hall is very dirty, let's not go in. Let's go to the Royal Garden to have a look!"
"Yi'er is still considerate, so let's walk outside and then go back to the palace. There is a good charcoal fire in the palace, so Yi'er will never be smoked."
"good!"
He heard the sound of the chariot being raised again, and felt the hands pressing on his head move away.
Chu Xin seemed to vaguely see a person standing in front of her. There were layers of skirts, which were deeply blocked in front of her eyes, and she couldn't see anything.
After a long time, it seemed that I got up after saying a word.
Chu Xin sniffed and touched the clear water flowing out of her nose with her hands. This winter is really cold, especially when kneeling on the cold ground. Winter is really a season that people don't like!
Just as he held the charcoal basket on the side tightly in his hand, his eyes were attracted by a little girl who poked her head out of the carriage.
The girl had cute flower buns on both sides of her hair, with two jade hairpins on her bun. Her little face was pink and tender, and she looked really cute.
Looking at the walking chariot that was gradually going away, Chu Xin realized that this was how a noble concubine and princess were treated, being able to sit high on the sedan chair and look down at the kneeling people.
However, she, a princess who is so young, doesn't have any decent clothes and has to kneel on the snow. It turns out that this is the difference in status.
Just as he was about to leave with the charcoal he had received after a beating, he was stopped by Aunt Cui.
Chu Xin raised her head and looked at her warily.
Aunt Cui smiled gently, then took out a handkerchief from her arms and bent down to wipe Chu Xin's nose.
"If there is no more charcoal for fire in Leng Palace in the future, take this handkerchief and go to Chuxiu Palace to find me, and I will get charcoal for you."
He put the handkerchief into the basket again, and gently pushed Chu Xin, "Go back quickly."
She couldn't understand the look in Aunt Cui's eyes. She only knew that Xie Ruling said not to have too much contact with people, so she quickly left with the basket.
Before arriving at Leng Palace, I saw Xie Ruling standing at the door from a distance. It looked like she had been standing there for a long time, so she hurried over.
"Come back so late!"
Chu Xin handed the charcoal basket forward and grinned, but it seemed worth it to get so much charcoal after just one beating.
"Come on, hurry up and burn charcoal to keep warm."
Seeing Xie Ruling's soaring expression, Chu Xin suddenly felt that the beatings on her body didn't hurt at all, because there was charcoal fire and she wouldn't be cold.
Xie Ruling took the brazier and lit a fire. There had been no charcoal fire in the cold palace for a long time. This little bit of warmth was really something that was much desired.
I used to think that there was no end to the charcoal fire, but now I only have a few pieces and I can feel happy.
Just when he wanted to talk to the little girl about the past scenery, his sharp eyes caught a glimpse of the scars on her neck, and his face suddenly turned cold.
"Who hit you?"
"No one, the basket was too heavy and I accidentally fell!"
Chu Xin quickly denied it.
But the next second, I didn't understand why Xie Ruling looked so scary after seeing the handkerchief in the basket. It was really rare to stare at herself with such a cold face and not say anything. It was so scary.
"No one really hit me. I accidentally fell. The blue bricks and stones are very slippery, so I accidentally fell!"
"Where did you get this from?"
"That Aunt Cui is a good person, she was the one who ordered the charcoal to be brought to me!"
Knowing that Xie Ruling had misunderstood, Chu Xin quickly waved her hands to explain, but saw that the other party's face was even more ugly.
"If I pretend to be a good person in front of you, will you be fooled?"
Seeing Chu Xin still looking dumbfounded, Xie Ruling angrily slapped her on the head. This stupid girl is always disobedient!
"Do you remember what I told you? There is no good person in this palace, and you still say she is a good person. Then I will tell you, the life you are living in today is all because of her!"
Chu Xin covered her sore little head. She had been beaten many times today and her body was really hurting.
"You are really stupid. You really don't have any brains. If it weren't for her, you would be a noble princess. You are a truly noble princess. You don't need to beg to be beaten for such a little charcoal!"
Xie Ruling was so angry that her whole body was boiling. Mu Wan's daughter was indeed as stupid as her. She didn't know if she could live a stable life in this life.
"I arrived at the real imperial concubine today. There were dozens of maids serving her, and she had to be carried when she walked. Why is it that you, the imperial concubine, are nothing like her!"
These words made Xie Ruling suddenly calm down. She no longer looked as excited as before, and her face was full of frustration.
It's true, Zheng Xiyue is the real noble concubine, and she is just a down-and-out pheasant.
Xie Ruling ignored the little man who was looking at her timidly. She had no energy left in her body. She didn't want to say anything more and just lay down on the bed to sleep.
Chu Xin laboriously moved the brazier to the bed and then lay down on the bed.
It's so cold. I don't like winter at all. My mother died in winter.
He leaned closer to Xie Ruling and touched her warm body, but felt a slight tremor and faintly heard a faint cry.
It turned out that Xie Ruling was crying because of what she just said, and she reached out to hug her with some guilt.
After waking up, Chu Xin took the bucket and was about to empty it, but was stopped by a woman. It was Li Fei, the woman who lived in her mother's room. Her arrogant and domineering look was really disgusting.
"I heard that you went to get charcoal fire yesterday. Bring it to me quickly, it's almost freezing to death!"
Chu Xin didn't want to pay attention to her and turned around to leave, but she felt a push. With such a push, her feces and urine splashed out of Gong's bucket, and Li Fei became disgusted.
"I feel cold myself, what can you give me in exchange?"
"Don't you want to leave your mother's house? How about this? Get me charcoal and I'll let you live in the house!"
Concubine Li immediately changed her face. There was no charcoal fire in this winter, so wouldn't she have to freeze to death like Queen Mu?
It's really a joke that the dignified queen froze to death in the cold palace.
"No need, I can just live with Xie Ruling."
Chu Xin still didn't want to pay attention.
When Li Fei heard this, she immediately laughed.
"What's so good? Xie Ruling just bullied you for being young and ignorant. She was treating you like a gunman. You went to get the charcoal fire, so you must have been beaten and scolded, right?"
"Isn't that the same for you? Now you are bullying me for being young and asking me to get you charcoal fire!"
Chu Xin raised her head and asked. She didn't want to hear anyone say anything bad about Xie Ruling, because now she was the only one around her.
Li Fei was stunned and rolled her eyes.
"Chu Xin, you are still young and don't understand anything. In the palace, you have to hold on to your things tightly. You are a princess, and there will always be opportunities to get out of the cold palace in the future.
But Xie Ruling has been crippled, and may never have the chance to go out in this life. She asked you to get charcoal fire, and also asked you to pour the bucket, just to bully you for being ignorant and make you do things! "
Chu Xin took another step forward while carrying Gong Tong, and Li Fei took a few steps back.
"You are not allowed to speak ill of Xie Ruling in front of me. She asked me to get charcoal, so I am willing to go and get charcoal for you. Don't even think about it!"
"It really stinks! Get away!" Li Fei covered her nose and pushed Chu Xin hard, "I told you so much with good intentions, but you really didn't listen to a word of it. You really don't know the heart of a good person!"
Chu Xin lost her balance and fell to the ground. The feces and urine in Gong's bucket swept out and splashed all over her body. The stench was unpleasant.
"I put my words here today. If you don't bring charcoal fire to honor me every day, I will block you every day. Let me see how many clothes you can change in winter!"
Chu Xin was lying on the ground covered in feces and urine. She was so weak that she couldn't get up no matter how hard she struggled.
After Li Fei cursed and left, she struggled to get up, shook the dirt off her clothes and went back.
Maybe it was because he smelled too bad, but Xie Ruling held her nose and scolded her as soon as she returned.
"Why can't you do anything well? If I ask you to pour a bucket, it's like falling into it!"
Chu Xin smelled the smell on her body and said, "I just met a dog eating shit!"
Xie Ruling said coolly, "Is there a dog in this cold palace? I have been here for so many years, but I have never seen one before. Tell me which house the dog belongs to, and I must skin it and stew it with dog meat!" "
Chu Xin tilted her head and thought for a moment, feeling a little confused.
"This dog has already eaten shit, why do you still want to eat dog meat?"
Xie Ruling sneered and took off Chu Xin's clothes very roughly.
"How do you, a little girl, understand that if a dog eats shit, it's because he has no choice? If a person eats a dog, that's when he truly realizes his value, because the extreme of stinking is actually delicious!"
There was no charcoal fire left in the cold palace to heat hot water for a bath, so Xie Ruling used silver bone charcoal to boil a pot of hot water, wiped Chu Xin's body, and then tucked her naked body into the quilt to sleep. With.
Chu Xin was also in a daze, feeling a little chilly, and subconsciously wanted to move closer to Xie Ruling's seat next to her, but failed.
He stretched out his little hand and touched the side. The bed there was cool, as if no one had ever slept there.
Chu Xin suddenly woke up, put on her clothes in the dark, stood up, and went out cautiously.
I groped forward carefully in the dark night, feeling panicked in my heart. After my mother died, the only person I could trust was Xie Ruling. Could it be that even...
Suddenly a black shadow flashed past his eyes. Is there any treasure in this cold palace worth stealing?
Chu Xin hurriedly followed the dark shadow, only to find that she had gone to the house where her mother had lived. Remembering the extremely weak candlelight, she could clearly see that the dark shadow was Xie Ruling.
Seeing Xie Ruling looking around with her hands tied, she took a stick and stuck it on the door, squatted on the ground and lit the fire, then put it into the ashes and dead grass piled at her feet.
Put the lit grass charcoal into the basin, then cover it with withered grass to stuff it up, and bursts of green smoke will come out of the basin.
Chu Xin covered her mouth hard, afraid of making any sound.
I saw that the brazier was pushed into the room through the window, and then the window was closed.
