OBS Chapter 404: Is human life so worthless in this palace?
Chapter 404: Is human life so worthless in this palace?
Xizhu sat outside the car, feeling very disappointed.
It’s over, I was interrupted at the most critical moment!
Will the prince be furious?
You can't blame him, right?
The main thing is that the conversation between the two of them is really irresistible!
In this life, he could hear the prince show weakness and express his sorrow for unrequited love. He could brag about this to Nanqi and the others for the rest of his life!
As a result, I accidentally didn’t even notice it until I reached the palace gate.
Baili Moqing lifted the carriage curtain and stuck his head out. He glared at Xi Zhu before saying to the guard, "It's me!"
The guards saluted quickly, "Greetings to Prince Li!"
Shu He's face was slightly pink, and she saw Baili Moqing handing a golden token to the guard.
After the guard checked the token, he let him pass immediately.
Carriages are prohibited from traveling in the imperial city, and even Baili Moqing is no exception.
A young eunuch came out of the palace to lead the way. He first bowed respectfully, and then took Baili Moqing and Shu He in.
The young eunuch lowered his head and took small, quick steps, like a robot with its five senses turned off.
Baili Moqing carried her medicine box on her back and said softly, "In a while, except when you see the emperor, you should just bow and salute everyone else."
Shu He looked at him in surprise. What did he mean?
Bowing? It's okay if I don't kneel? Then I won't be dragged out and beheaded by one of the concubines, will I?
"Also, there are many masters in the palace, hundreds of them above the third rank! Be more restrained in what you say and do, and don't let your bad temper show!"
The air was quiet. Apart from the palace maids and eunuchs who were sweeping silently along the road, and the occasional imperial guards patrolling by, there was no one else on this endless bluestone road.
In such an environment, as long as Baili Moqing didn't provoke her, she seemed to have no place to vent her bad temper.
"I'm talking to you, do you hear me?"
He was a little annoyed. Why was it that when he talked to her, she was just like the eunuch before him, and couldn't hear anything?
Shu He was also really impatient and whispered, "Can you please talk less? Am I a fool? Do I need your instructions on these things?"
Everyone knows that in the Imperial Palace, one must behave with humility! She was born in a fourth-rank general's mansion, how could she not have heard of these things?
"Also, I've always had a good temper, as long as you don't mess with me!"
Baili Moqing was so angry that he laughed, "You are a little ungrateful, aren't you?"
"Okay, I won't say anything more. I hope you don't have to beg me for anything!"
She glared at him.
I wouldn’t ask him for help no matter who I ask!
The young eunuch leading the way tried not to listen to the conversation between the two people behind him, but their conversation really shocked him.
Somehow, I listened to it from beginning to end.
The more I listened, the more frightened I became.
Although he didn't know the woman's identity, it seemed that no one else, except the emperor, dared to speak to Prince Li like this!
Prince Li was not angry at her rudeness at all. Instead, his words were extremely tolerant and showed a hint of doting.
Could it be that between them...
"How dare you!" A thin and sharp voice suddenly came from the wall gate in front, scaring all the palace maids who were cleaning to their knees.
"This is the imperial concubine's dress that Concubine Ming is going to wear this morning. If it gets knocked over, can you afford it?"
"Uncle, spare your life!"
When I got closer, I found out that it was a palace maid who accidentally bumped into the eunuch Wang Ai who was coming out of the wall gate and heading to Rongming Palace.
The palace maid knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, her face pale with fear.
"Spare my life? If I were really knocked down by you, who would spare my life?"
"Things that don't know whether to live or die!"
"Come here, drag him away and beat him to death with sticks!"
Avoid hurting yourself and others in the future!
"Ah! Eunuch Wang, please spare me! I didn't mean to do that. I really didn't see you!"
The little palace maid kowtowed and begged for mercy, but even though her head was covered in blood, she did not get any mercy. Instead, it made Wang Ai even more furious.
"You're seeing blood in front of me this morning, are you trying to bring disaster upon me?"
"Drag him away and beat him to death!"
At the command, two eunuchs came up immediately, arrested the young palace maid, and prepared to take her to the place of execution.
Shu He frowned, unable to comprehend how dangerous this palace was.
Just a bump and you want to take someone's life?
In this palace, is human life so worthless?
She didn't want to get involved in this matter, but the little palace maid looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, still a child!
Her cries were miserable, her eyes were filled with despair and fear, just like Yi'er who had been abused and had no one to rely on half a year ago...
"Wait!"
The sudden sound not only scared the young eunuch who was leading the way, but also scared the eunuch Wang Ai, who had just dealt with the little palace maid.
Everyone's eyes turned to her.
Everyone was stunned to see her wearing a purple-blue folk woman's dress.
How could a commoner girl appear in the palace so early in the morning?
"Who are you? Why are you in the Imperial Palace?"
A young eunuch beside Wang Ai was the first to react, pointing at Shu He and questioning him.
Shu He ignored him and turned to Wang Ai and asked, "Excuse me, eunuch, are you from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Wang Ai was a little confused and hadn't reacted yet.
The young eunuch beside him said, "So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"
Shu He sneered, "If the Ministry of Internal Affairs saves trouble, then why would they go to deliver imperial concubine's clothes to the imperial concubine?"
"If it weren't for the inner chamber department's affairs, I'd like to ask what right does the eunuch have to decide the life and death of the palace maids in the inner chamber department?"
"Could it be that the eunuch wants to step in and make decisions on official business for the officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"