I was the most disliked concubine in the harem. Just because my mother offended the Queen Mother, I was thrown into the cold palace as soon as I entered the palace. For three years, I touched every brick in the cold palace, until today, the wall opened. "Stop touching it, I'm already bald." Its voice was full of impatience: "Go get a pen and paper." I followed its instructions, scraped off some wall dust and mixed it with ink. The moment I picked up the pen, I was suddenly inspired. Like a spring. In just a few minutes, a careful palace battle plan emerged on paper. There's good news, my wall can talk. I can get a perfect plan by dipping wall plaster in ink and writing on it. There is also bad news, I can't get out of the cold palace. The corners of my mouth drooped...
I was the most disliked concubine in the harem. Just because my mother offended the Queen Mother, I was thrown into the cold palace as soon as I entered the palace.
For three years, I touched every brick in the cold palace, until today, the wall opened.
"Stop touching it, I'm already bald." Its voice was full of impatience: "Go get paper and pen."
I followed its instructions, scraped off some wall dust and mixed it with ink. The moment I picked up the pen, I suddenly felt a surge of inspiration.
In just a few minutes, a careful palace battle plan emerged on paper.
There's good news, my wall can talk. I can get a perfect plan by dipping wall plaster in ink and writing on it.
There is also bad news, I can't get out of the cold palace.
The corners of my mouth drooped: "How can I use this palace fight plan if I can't see the emperor?"
The wall stopped talking and looked just like an ordinary palace wall.
Chunxiang, the palace maid who had been delivering meals to me, walked in, her eyes still slightly red. I calmed my expression and approached him with concern: "Chunxiang, what happened?"
"Those people in the imperial kitchen said that Master, you can't get out anyway, and they won't let your slaves bring you food."
I opened the lunch box, and as expected, there were only some leftovers in it. I sighed.
I didn't live up to my expectations, but I was bullied together with my maid. I was thrown into the cold palace three years ago. The people around me had the opportunity to serve others, and maybe they could make a difference.
It's a pity that this silly girl Chunxiang has followed me since she was a child and refused to leave. She has suffered a lot in the past three years. Let’s not talk about eating leftovers. When winter comes, I can’t even light the fire, and my little hands are covered with frostbite.
No, winter is coming again.
I thought about it, feeling very uncomfortable, and handed her the palace battle plan I had just written.
Chunxiang looked up at me in surprise: "Master, what is this?"
I made a silent gesture: "Shh, watch quietly, don't let anyone find out."
After Chunxiang left, no one was seen for many days.
The person who once again stepped into the cold palace was the newly promoted Xianggui.
Chunxiang's little face was flushed and she was wearing the latest style of silk and satin. She saluted me as soon as she entered the door.
I stopped her and said with a smile: "No, you are already a noble person, I should salute you."
Chunxiang's pink face wrinkled and she complained: "Master, you gave me today, please don't say that."
I smiled and patted her hand. As her previous master, Chunxiang became rich, and I was happy.
Chunxiang happily told me how she caught the emperor's attention through the contents of the palace battle plan, how she obtained the favor and was directly promoted to a nobleman. The palace servants she brought brought boxes of charcoal and daily necessities into my room and piled them up half the wall.
Finally, Chunxiang tightened my hand and said, "Master, I asked the Holy Spirit to come up this time. I won't be able to visit you in the future. You have to take care of yourself."
I touched her head and said, "Take care of everything."
As soon as I bid farewell to Chunxiang, before the sad atmosphere of farewell dissipated, I was interrupted by a roar.
A voice came from the box containing charcoal: "Oh, it's suffocating me!"
I was shocked. Could it be that this little girl Chunxiang knew how lonely the cold palace was, so she pretended to be a man and sent her here?
But soon I realized that the person making the sound was not a majestic man, but the wall behind the box.
The wall roared: "Stop being stunned and move the box away quickly. Do you want to suffocate me to death?"
I hurriedly dragged the boxes. After living in the cold palace for many years, without the conditions to be pampered, menial tasks such as moving boxes were nothing more than a piece of cake.
The cold wind blew, and I diligently lit charcoal to warm the wall, and under its instructions, I wrote a second plan.
For several days, I frowned at the new plan.
This plan is no less impressive than the previous one, but more rigorous. I would like to call it the secret book for a low-level eunuch to rise to the top.
But, where are the low-level eunuchs in my cold palace?
I asked the wall if it had any deep meaning in doing this, but it remained silent, making it clear that it was too lazy to pay attention to me.
Okay, it's still a cold wall.
I tried to grasp the truth from its bare surface. Bare and empty, could it be that the wall was a hint that I was destined to be a eunuch? But I'm not a man either.
Just when I was thinking wildly, the heavy palace door of Leng Palace opened.
A group of eunuchs came in pulling a cart of wooden boxes and shouted softly, asking me to go out and collect the reward.
I took a closer look and saw that there was very little charcoal left in the wooden box, and it was difficult to even cover the bottom of the box. Isn't this going too far? I raised my eyebrows: "Why is there less charcoal in Leng Palace this year than in previous years?"
The little eunuch following behind raised his head, with three-dimensional and profound facial features. He said: "These are the leftovers selected by the empresses of each palace..."
I looked at his face and nodded, yes, I dare to tell the truth.
The leading eunuch said to me: "This charcoal is specially reserved for the queen. I hope you will be wise." Then he turned around and slapped the little eunuch just now on the face: "I told you to talk too much, kneel down!"
The little eunuch stood stubbornly, his back straight. I nodded again, yes, you have some backbone.
The leading eunuch snorted coldly and scolded: "I'll deal with you when I get back." The leader cursed and left again.
I balled up the plan and threw it at the feet of the little eunuch from a distance.
He picked it up, looked back at me deeply, and disappeared at the palace gate.
This winter is extremely cold. Without the charcoal brought by Chunxiang, I might not be able to survive this winter.
The flames burned my face red, and I sighed: "This is the first time in the past three years that Leng Palace has been so warm."
Winter has passed for more than half, and there has been no news since the last plan was sent out, and the wall did not give me any response.
My eyes always fall on the door of Leng Palace, waiting for someone to push it open.
However, the person I was waiting for did not come, but some uninvited guests came.
On this day, I was awakened by the banging of the door. After getting dressed, the yard was already crowded with people. I said "tsk", the cold palace has not been so lively for a long time.
The person leading the trouble looked slightly familiar, it was the leading eunuch whom he had met before. His fat body squeezed into the room and said to the minions below: "Search our house carefully!"
I stood in front of them: "Who instructed you to come?"
The muscles on his fat face were rampant: "Someone reported that the quantity of charcoal in Leng Palace was inappropriate. We are also acting under orders. Please don't embarrass our family."
As he said that, the little eunuch beside him took action and pushed me to the ground.
A sonorous and powerful voice came from the door: "Who dares to touch her!"
I looked around and saw a calm and stern face. This...is the little eunuch who got the plan?
Those who were so majestic just now all stepped aside. The fat leading eunuch lowered his head and did not dare to look at him. He asked cautiously: "Zhangyin, what are you doing here?"
The little eunuch's thin lips parted slightly: "I brought these charcoals to the empress. Is there any problem?"
"Don't dare, don't dare. Then let's retreat first. You and your wife can reminisce about old times without disturbing Palm Print." The leading eunuch led the minions in a panic and left the room, and thoughtfully closed the door.
He and I were the only two people left in the room.