Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 228 Different treatment

Chun'er raised her head and glanced at Xiao Mo, but immediately lowered her eyes: "This servant is willing to stay by the young lady's side, and is not afraid of the imperial concubine's murder."

"Aren't you afraid?" Xiao Mo asked jokingly.

Chun'er clenched the corners of her clothes with both hands and nodded heavily: "Because I believe that the young lady will protect me."

"I've never heard anyone say this to me before. I didn't expect you to be so brave despite your small stature."

Xiao Mo joked with her and unknowingly walked to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Shen Yun was waiting for them at the door and heard their conversation from afar.

"What haven't you heard others say?"

She walked forward with a smile and put the cloak she had prepared long ago on Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo glanced at Chun'er and teased her with a smile: "I said I wanted to keep Chun'er in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she happily said she liked me very much.

Have you, the heartless ones, ever said this to me?"

Shen Yun's hand, which was helping her tie the cape, paused in confusion, her brows furrowed. "Who else but your Ah Xiu could say such cheesy words..."

Before she finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly lowered her voice and continued with what she was doing.

Xiao Mo's expression changed slightly, but there was no major change.

"Is dinner ready? It's Chun'er's first time in Suqiyuan, let's have something delicious to celebrate."

Shen Yun coughed lightly and raised her eyes cautiously: "It's ready, Fuling is waiting, you can have dinner when you get back."

Xiao Mo nodded, turned around, called Chun'er, and went straight back to Suqiyuan.

Chun'er looked around at her future new home as she walked.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is indeed larger than the Wu Mansion, but at the same time, the atmosphere in the house is relatively less worldly.

But when she stepped into Suqiyuan, this feeling suddenly disappeared.

Especially seeing the change in Shen Yun's attitude towards Xiao Mo outside and in the room.

As soon as she entered the room, she sat down at the table, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and put it into her mouth to chew.

It was so hot that she breathed out air while eating, as if her status was equal to Xiao Mo's.

Another maid named Fuling was a little more reserved than her, but still much bolder than the average maid.

As soon as they entered the room, the people in the room seemed to take off their disguises in an instant. The young ladies no longer acted like young ladies, and the maids no longer acted like maids.

Although Wu Zhaoyi was very good to her, she was not so casual.

Seeing Chun'er standing at the door and staring at this side, Shen Yun shook his head, walked up to her and pulled her to the table.

"Are you hungry? Eat first."

Chun'er came back to her senses and reflexively pulled her hand back to bow to Xiao Mo: "It's against the rules to eat at the same table with the master."

Xiao Mo pushed her to sit on the stool and pushed the rice and soup prepared by Fuling in front of her.

"My rule here is that outside the house, we are master and servant, and inside the house, we are friends, except when my wife or others are around."

Chun'er looked at her in disbelief, blinking her moist eyes again and again.

"But I am a servant, how can I be friends with the young lady?"

Shen Yun was gnawing on a bone, unable to speak clearly but still interrupted to explain: "When I first came here, I was just like you, and so was Fuling. We gradually got used to it.

Hurry up and pick up your chopsticks to eat. We still have things to discuss after you finish eating!"

Chun'er looked at Xiao Mo while picking up the chopsticks tremblingly.

Fuling had just gotten used to eating at the same table with Xiao Mo, but she could endure it better than Chun'er.

She raised the corners of her mouth, smiled sweetly and lovely, and picked up a piece of food that she thought was delicious for Chun'er.

"Didn't the young lady say that? We are friends only in the house, and that's in private. Outside the house or when there are other people around, we are master and servant."

Chun'er looked at her, hesitated for a moment, picked up the chopsticks and grinned: "Then... then I won't be polite."

After dinner, Fuling was responsible for cleaning the table, while Shen Yun and Chun'er discussed the next plan with Xiao Mo.

"You have been with Wu Zhaoyi for so long, do you know anything about Concubine Liang?" Xiao Mo asked Xiang Chun'er bluntly.

Chun'er pursed her lips and nodded: "Many things in the harem are planned by her."

"Any evidence or witnesses?"

"Some of them have already been liquidated by her, but there is one thing I saw with my own eyes."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Mo suddenly became serious and looked at her with eagle eyes.

Chun'er thought about it and described what she saw that night with an unfocused look.

"One night about a year ago, I went to help Empress Zhaoyi find..."

She paused, thinking that Xiao Mo and Shen Yun were insiders, and then continued: "The things that Empress Zhaoyi's lover gave her before entering the palace were lost.

I went to help her find it, and I saw Concubine Liang's personal maid strangling a palace maid with a thick rope by the Imperial Lake.

Because it was too dark, I couldn't see clearly who was strangled, but the next day, a eunuch who was sweeping the floor found the hanged palace maid there.

Then, Concubine Qing was framed for the prince, and the maid committed suicide out of fear of punishment and was banished to the cold palace."

Xiao Mo supported herself with her hands and listened attentively: "Apart from this matter, is there anything else that made the emperor very angry?"

Chun Er frowned and thought for a moment: "Yes, three years ago, someone tampered with the twins Gao Jieyu was carrying. Not only were they stillborn, but Gao Jieyu also died of a hemorrhage.

The emperor was furious and killed the midwife and everyone who had taken care of Concubine Gao.

"Didn't the emperor check it out?" Xiao Mo sneered speechlessly.

Chun Er just shook her head and said: "The Emperor has certainly checked it out. It is said that it was done by Madam Yao who was in the Emperor's favor at the time.

Madam Yao was immediately banished to the cold palace and died of depression less than a month later.

Xiao Mo bit her lip and turned to look at Shen Yun with a smile.

Shen Yun and she looked at each other and smiled: "More than half of this matter is likely to be done by Concubine Liang.

Chun'er, let me ask you, is it true that after that incident, there were no more favored noble ladies in the harem, and gradually, Concubine Liang became favored?"

Chun'er nodded: "Yes, before this, she was not a noble concubine, but only a Zhaorong of the second rank."

She looked at Xiao Mo in confusion and shock: "Miss, are you trying to use this incident to deal with Concubine Liang?"

Xiao Mo shook her head and said, "These things happened a long time ago. It's hard to find all the evidence.

The most important thing is that the key person is no longer around, which makes it harder to track down.”

The key person she referred to was Concubine Liang's personal maid.

But it doesn't matter. She didn't intend to dig up the past to deal with her, but wanted to break her wings first and then slowly defeat her.

"Yun, go investigate what positions the families of Concubine Qing, Concubine Gao, and Madam Yao held in the previous dynasty."

Shen Yun put away her smile and replied seriously, "I'll go tomorrow."

Xiao Mo sighed, propping up her head with some fatigue: "You guys go down and rest, Yun, take Chun'er to see her room."

"Yes."