Chapter 218

Regent House.

In Qingning Pavilion, in the courtyard where the noble concubine lived.

Aunt Sizhu walked over from the corridor carrying tea, and saw Luo Shui, the concubine's close maid, hurrying out.

"Luoshui, why are you leaving in such a hurry?" Aunt Sizhu asked.

Luo Shui replied, "Grand Concubine asked the servants to meet the old lady of the prime minister's mansion."

Aunt Sizhu was startled, her eyes were a little dark, "Go."

Luo Shui left in a hurry.

Aunt Sizhu held the tea and was silent for a while, then turned around and went back, after a while, she came in again with the tea, but this time there was an extra cup of tea.

The retainer Ah Fu just finished talking with the imperial concubine, when he saw Aunt Sizhu coming, he went out.

The imperial concubine was half lying on the couch, squinting her eyes. Aunt Sizhu put the tea on the coffee table and asked softly, "Is your head still hurting?"

"En." The Concubine Gui opened her eyes suddenly, and said angrily: "Why do people in the world come to bully Aijia? What is Aijia inferior to her?"

Aunt Sizhu gently sat beside her, rubbing her forehead for her, "No one wants to bully you, isn't it good now? You can live whatever life you want in this mansion, as for the Empress Dowager , is it that important? I’m afraid it’s too cold at the heights!”

Concubine Gui knocked off her hand and stared at her, "Si Zhu, you have changed."

Aunt Sizhu smiled stiffly, "Perhaps it's because the slaves are getting old and feel that fighting is meaningless. In the end, there is only one destination for people."

"Yes, but the process must be brilliant. You used to agree with Aijia to fight for it."

Aunt Sizhu sighed softly, "Yes, that's because in the past you wanted to fight, and the slaves should do their best to help you, but ever since you attacked the prince, I knew that this fight will end up hurting others and myself." , it’s not worth it, even if one day, you sit on the throne of the Empress Dowager without family affection, are you happy?”

"Si Zhu, you are so courageous!" The Concubine Gui said coldly.

"These words, I shouldn't have said these things, maybe I was wrong before, and have always fulfilled your dream, but in the past, most of them were just cheating in the harem, and never used real knives. This time, you are going to take the prince's hand Fate, that is your parent and son, remember when he was young..."

The noble concubine interrupted her and said angrily: "The Ai family doesn't remember anything, so don't come and tell the Ai family about the past!"

Aunt Sizhu's hand stopped on her forehead for a moment, then pressed it down lightly, and smiled sadly, "Yes, you don't like to hear it, as long as the servant doesn't say anything."

The noble concubine sat up and looked at the saucer on the tea table, "Why do you pour two cups in?"

"One cup is chrysanthemum wolfberry tea, and one cup is the Yuqian Longjing tea sent by the prince at the beginning of this year, your last." Aunt Sizhu's eyes flashed with panic.

The noble concubine lifted the lid, looked at the Longjing cup, and suddenly felt angry and smashed it to the ground. The cup shattered, and the tea soup and tea leaves poured out, and the green tea soup meandered away along the cracks in the floor. , forming a series of mottled cracks.

Aunt Sizhu had a sad face, and two tears fell from the corners of her eyes. She held her breath and watched the noble concubine pick up the wolfberry tea.

The noble concubine brought the tea to her lips, blew on it, and was about to drink it.

Aunt Sizhu didn't dare to breathe, her heart was beating extremely fast, many memories flashed in her mind, those memories can be forgotten by the concubine, but she can't.

The Concubine Gui took a sip slowly, looked at Aunt Sizhu, and then, her eyes gradually became disappointed, she spat out the tea in her mouth and threw it on the ground.

Aunt Sizhu trembled all over and knelt on the ground, her face ashen.

"If the moment Aijia drinks in, you stop Aijia, Aijia can still forgive you, at least you know that you are thinking of this friendship with Aijia, but you are really cruel and want to kill Aijia , Sizhu, Sizhu, do you think the Ai family can tolerate you?"

"You know?" Si Zhu's lips trembled slightly, but the panic in his eyes disappeared, and he seemed calm instead.

The imperial concubine's eyes were furious, and she said sharply: "Since the day you spoke for him, Aijia has been careful and ordered someone to watch you. Just now you asked Luoshui outside, and then returned with tea, Ah Fu followed You went, and before you came back, Ah Fu told Aijia, Sizhu, you let Aijia down, so sad!"

Aunt Sizhu's eyes were silent, "Since that's the case, the slaves and servants will be at the mercy of the concubine."

The noble concubine stood up, her long skirt dragged to the floor, the skirt swept the tea soup just now, and was stained with dust, she turned her back to the silk and bamboo, her voice concealed her disappointment and pain, "Before you die, Aijia will let you do Ah Jie's adoptive mother has fulfilled your heart for him."

Si Zhu's face changed drastically, "No, no, slaves don't have this kind of blessing!"

The noble concubine turned around to look at her, then slowly squatted down, helped her up, and said in an extremely gentle voice, "You deserve it, he has been close to you since childhood, when he was in the palace, either you brought her So, either she took it with her, the biological mother of the Ai family is not as good as you, Ajie now respects her as a queen mother, but you are still a slave, how can this be worthy of you? You are his adoptive mother, after you die, He will be in mourning for you, his biological parents will be in mourning for three years, and your adoptive mother will be in mourning for one year, which is enough to express his grief for you."

"No, no..." Aunt Sizhu looked terribly, "I beg the concubine not to do this, servants are not willing to delay the prince, and are not willing..."

"Don't be stupid, even if you don't become his adoptive mother, he will still keep mourning for you after you die. It's just that Ai's family will help him and let him keep it in a legitimate way."

Aunt Sizhu collapsed on the ground, covering her face and crying bitterly.

The noble concubine sat down slowly, looked at the water marks on the ground, and laughed sarcastically, "If Ai's family chooses Longjing for these two cups of tea, they will be non-toxic. Are you also testing Ai's family? Ah, you are so stupid, why do you try? It’s not that Aijia doesn’t miss this mother-child relationship, Aijia has no choice but to force Aijia to do everything, you know? You are deceiving yourself and others by making these two cups of tea. The day the Ai family beat him hard, there was no way out, your temptation was unnecessary."

The noble concubine was half lying on the imperial concubine couch, and said with a dull expression: "Come on!"

Two guards came in from the door, cupped their hands and said, "Your Concubine."

The noble concubine didn't even look at Aunt Sizhu, and ordered in a cold tone, "Take it down, and become an official."

Aunt Sizhu knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times to her, and wept sadly, "Slave bids farewell to the noble concubine!"

Posting and adding officials is a punishment for dealing with concubines in the palace, the death penalty.

Bind the limbs of the tortured person, soak the paper, and cover the face one by one. As the paper thickens, the person will suffocate to death. This method of death, because the process is long, the tortured person will be very painful.

The guard dragged Aunt Si Zhu down, and the retainer A Fu was at the door, and said to her coldly, "You should never betray the master."

Aunt Sizhu shook her head, "There will be a day when you regret it."

Ah Fu shook his head, "No, forever!"