novelraw Chapter 32
Chapter 32
One, two, three, four, all four beautiful women were called in, leaving Jiang Ling alone.
Jiang Ling has always been very calm, seeing the beautiful ladies around her being called in one by one, and coming out one by one dejected, two of them collapsed on the spot, crying loudly in front of the palace, and everyone who heard it felt sad and wept , still quietly standing in place, waiting for the call of the Empress Dowager.
Aunt Su Ma's evaluation of her is: she behaves calmly and moderately, and she is quite like everyone.
The Empress Dowager thought it was true, and after Jiang Ling's name, she approved an excellent word, and said with a smile: "The emperor's vision is not bad. You saw it today, and he ran over impatiently, just because he was afraid that I would cut him off." girl. Heh..."
Aunt Su Ma smiled when recalling today's situation.
When Jiang Ling was brought in by the female officer, the Empress Dowager had just finished writing and closed the booklet, and Aunt Su Ma offered a bowl of tea just right.The Empress Dowager sat there leisurely, blowing off the foam on the tea bowl, glanced at Jiang Ling, and asked, "The one with the white flag?"
Jiang Ling recalled for a moment that his false identity was indeed with a white flag, and said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, she is indeed with a white flag."
The Empress Dowager hummed softly, picked up the booklet in front of her, flipped through it casually, and said: "Although it is inlaid with a white flag, it has lived in Jiangnan and Shuzhong for a period of time. Well, I left a sign to prepare for re-election this year. I temporarily lived in Rongguo Mansion in August last year until I entered the palace to wait for election in March this year. I am very curious. How many times have you met with the emperor in just a few months? ?”
Jiang Ling looked at the Empress Dowager in shock, not knowing how she knew about this.
But after thinking about it again, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Kangxi had a very good relationship, maybe it was revealed by Emperor Kangxi by accident, so she was relieved.
Seeing Jiang Ling's moving face, the Empress Dowager smiled, and the lines at the corners of her eyes slowly stretched out, reducing the majesty a lot.She took Jiang Ling's identity plate, put it lightly on the case table, and said: "I haven't seen this object for decades. I saw it once when I was the first emperor and concubine. You Since you are holding this thing, you should know its origin, right?"
Jiang Ling thought to himself how did I know its origin, but a sign was stuffed in when he was waiting for the election, and he has been getting it until now.
At that time, all the beautiful women had identity cards, and there were many strange ones. Compared with their sapphire, black, jade, agarwood, sandalwood and other brands, Jiang Ling's brand was inconspicuous.But who would have thought that the owners of those strange signs were all wiped out, except Jiang Ling who stayed until the end.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ling replied truthfully: "Back to the Empress Dowager, this is the first time Yunling has seen this thing, and I really don't know the origin of this thing. If she is lucky enough to be taught by the Empress Dowager, Yun Ling will not be very honored." to."
When the Empress Dowager heard the words, she couldn't help but cursed with a smile: "You bastard..." She said sternly, "In this case, you put your heart in your stomach. When the time is right, someone will talk to you. Now you And tell me, when and where did you meet the emperor?"
Jiang Ling suppressed the doubts in his heart, and told the truth about the second meeting with Kangxi.The last time Kangxi was looking for her, she also vaguely brought it over in a few words, only emphasizing that Kangxi asked her to take her there, and sent her back to Zhongcui Palace in a short while, as for the rest, she had nothing to do with her.Jiang Ling knew that the Empress Dowager had a deep relationship with Emperor Kangxi, and there were some things that the Empress Dowager would know clearly even if she didn't tell her.That being the case, it's better to say it yourself first, so as to avoid trouble in the future.
The Empress Dowager has been listening quietly, interrupting her from time to time to ask for some details.
This conversation lasted for two or three hours, and when Jiang Ling finally relieved, it was already sunset, and his legs were almost numb.Aunt Su Ma shook her head and brought Jiang Ling back to her room.There used to be three people living in Jiang Ling's house, but now, she is the only one left.
Aunt Su Ma smiled and said: "Three years ago, the empress dowager retained more than half of the candidates. But in this year's general election, almost all the candidates who retained the cards were pointed out to the princes and ministers, leaving only a few. In this Among the few people, your family background is the highest, and the rest of them either have deceased parents or are too young, do you know why?"
After saying that, she gave Jiang Ling a meaningful look, said goodbye and left.
Jiang Ling froze on the spot, unable to recover for a long time.
--Oh.
——It's none of her business if the palace doesn't want to keep people, she's not Kangxi.
Thinking of La Aunt Su Ma's meaningful eyes before she left, she couldn't help but beat the bed.
What does it matter to her! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Jiang Ling sat depressed for a while, then started tidying up the house again.In fact, there was nothing to clean up. As soon as the two beautiful girls left, the house became much empty, and her free movement space also increased a lot.After tidying up for a while, Jiang Ling suddenly welcomed a special guest.
Hold the piano.
Baoqin is a maid in Jia's mansion. She has served Jia Yuanchun since she was a child and grew up. She has been by Jia Yuanchun's side all these years. She never gets married or enters the palace. She seems to have the idea of serving her all her life.The last time Jia Yuanchun went back home to visit his relatives, Jiang Ling took a look at Baoqin from a distance, but his impression was not very deep.
Baoqin greeted her for a while, then said: "The second wife came to the palace today, brought some things for our girl, and wanted to see you by the way. You are in the palace these days, and you are a little estranged from us. You might as well take advantage of this If you have a chance, let's meet and see each other well."
Jiang Ling was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Your second wife...want to see me?"
Baoqin glanced at her, and said with a smile: "It's not 'your second wife', it's 'our second wife'. You came from our house, 'No matter what, you can't forget the root.' This is the second wife's reason. Oh... I forgot, this matter is a private matter in the mansion, and I shouldn't know about it. But because the eldest girl trusts me, the second wife has never shy away from it, and told me something Old things from the past. Well, go with me, don't keep the second wife waiting for a long time."
Jiang Ling stood where he was holding the piano for a long time before saying two words: Wait a moment.
She rummaged through her luggage, and took out a small hard cloth bag, which contained more than a dozen taels of silver, some of which she had saved in the past two years, and some of which she had helped several beautiful girls a few days ago. Got paid here and there.Jiang Ling has no family background, and he couldn't save anything in bits and pieces when he was a maid, so it was not until recently that he collected all the money.
Jiang Ling put the small cloth bag into his bosom, turned to Baoqin and said, "Let's go together." There are still some things that need to be dealt with cleanly.
Baoqin just thought that Jiang Ling had tidied things up and didn't think too deeply about it, so she took Jiang Ling to Jia Yuanchun's palace.
Now it is about the second quarter of Shen time, the sun is setting, the palace gate is about to close, and there is no one in the palace.Most of the maids serving in the palace withdrew, only Jia Yuanchun and Mrs. Wang were sitting face to face and gossiping.
Holding the piano, he brought Jiang Ling in, said Ann to the imperial concubine and the second wife, and also bowed and left.
Seeing Jiang Ling, Jia Yuanchun looked him up and down carefully for a moment, then smiled and said, "Is this the maid that my mother mentioned? It really is a girl with outstanding looks. I'm afraid that those exquisite beauties in the palace will be there. She lost three points of color in front of her." After saying that, he waved to Jiang Ling and said, "Come forward, let me take a closer look."
Jiang Ling endured it, and said in a calm voice as much as possible: "Your Majesty, I have something to say to the second wife in advance."
Jia Yuanchun smiled and said: "It's okay, you just say it, there is nothing to avoid between me and my mother."
Jiang Ling didn't say any more, turned around and walked towards Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang looked much more radiant than before. It was obvious that after taking back the power of the head of the family, she lived a more comfortable life.Seeing Jiang Ling, Mrs. Wang frowned, and said coldly: "Why are you so unruly, you don't know how to salute when you see me and the imperial concubine?"
Jiang Ling smiled.
She took two steps forward, gently placed the small cloth bag in her hand in front of Mrs. Wang's case, and quietly retreated back.
"This is my redemption money." Jiang Ling said, "Although the records in the government have been verified and the deed of sale has been destroyed, the 17 taels and two cents must be returned to the Rongguo Mansion truthfully. Otherwise, in the future When I do things, I always feel a little uneasy.”
She narrated in a nonchalant manner, and both Mrs. Wang and Jia Yuanchun changed their colors.
Jia Yuanchun laughed angrily, "What did you say?"
She reprimanded: "Didn't the daughter-in-law in charge ever tell you that, except for being kicked out, all the children born in the mansion will be as prosperous as the Rongguo Mansion, and all of them will be harmed? Even the maids brought back from the village in the country are all Signed a death contract, and sold to Rongguo Mansion for the rest of my life, no different from the children of the family! You——I don't remember when you bought it back, but you are a maid in the mansion anyway, so there is no reason to redeem yourself ? Don't even think about it unless you get kicked out by the wives."
After saying that, Jia Yuanchun pointed to the small cloth bag again, and said, "How can I buy a maid with this money?"
Jiang Ling glanced at Mrs. Wang, saw Mrs. Wang also had a stern expression, and suddenly smiled again.
"Second wife." Jiang Ling said, "Second wife must have forgotten that what I signed back then was not a death contract, but a 20-year living contract that can be redeemed at any time. As long as I have saved up all the money, I can redeem myself from the house at any time." .Among the three maids who entered the mansion at the same time, I was the only one who signed the contract of living."
Her eyes lingered on Mrs. Wang for a moment before she continued: "Unless the second wife is really hiding the truth from me and made the deed of living into a deed of death."