Comprehensive Qing wear good luck

Chapter 269 Kangxi Concubine Ping 6

Wu Lingzhu: "After sending the person back, what did he say or do?"

Chunying said, "The princess is really a fortune teller. When I sent Xiaodunzi out, he gave me half of the silver the princess gave me. His words were all about asking me to say good things about him in front of the princess."

"As long as you have an idea."

"Princess, this little guy is too clever. Do you want me to keep an eye on his whereabouts?"

Wu Lingzhu smiled and shook her head: "You alone can't keep an eye on everything. Besides, I don't want you to do the job of keeping an eye on us. So, you spread the news that Xiaodunzi got the reward, and let the people in Chuxiu Palace know that if they follow us, they will have no shortage of money to spend."

Money may not be able to buy absolute loyalty, but she just needs someone who can run errands.

It can be said that although not all the palace servants in Chuxiu Palace have people behind them, there are not many who do not have people behind them. She caught quite a few of them in her previous life. Xiaodunzi was particularly hardworking. This was why she did not realize that something was wrong with Xiaodunzi until her death. Who would doubt the employee who worked the hardest and most effectively?

If these are used well by the owners, the effect will be good.

After Chunying went out, Wu Lingzhu was alone playing with the birds. In fact, when Xiaodunzi just came in, she knew that she could probably talk to all the animals.

"You said your name is Xiaobai?"

Xiaobai was startled, and the whole bird started to frantically fly up and down in the cage: [What the hell are you? How do you know my name is Xiaobai? ]

Wu Lingzhu smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, I am just an ordinary person. I only got a chance to understand what animals say. I won't hurt you."

Xiaobai thought about it and agreed. She could understand birds’ talk, but she was even more afraid of people knowing it.

Other birds also joined the conversation. Wu Lingzhu also knew where these birds came from. There were almost no concubines in the palace who liked to raise birds, and Kangxi didn't like to play with them. They came from outside the palace and had connections with the prince.

After hearing this, Wu Lingzhu had only one thought: "They really think highly of me. In order to make Xiaodunzi gain my trust, they are willing to spend a lot of money. It's hard for them."

The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the greediest.

Xiao Bai quickly said: [No, actually we didn’t ask for money.]

"What do you mean?"

[Someone came to the shopkeeper and showed the prince's sign. The shopkeeper personally selected us without paying.]

Wu Lingzhu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, the prince deserved to lose! It's not unfair at all."

I will not comment on what the crown prince will be like in the future. Now the crown prince is not even ten years old, and there are countless people around him who are doing things in his name, all because of a few birds. With such a group of people who cannot distinguish the importance of things around him, it is really inevitable that the crown prince will be deposed.

The people around the prince are too greedy!

Xiaobai didn’t know what a prince was, but he was still satisfied with his new home.

"I will give you whatever you like to eat or what kind of nest you need. I won't put you in a cage either. You can fly whenever you want."

Birds in captivity usually cannot live without people. Xiaobai and the other birds have no problem with this. Who doesn’t want to be freer without worrying about food and clothing? Birds want it too.

[What do you need us to do?]

Xiaobai often followed the shopkeeper to meet people, and he only knew that humans were profit-seeking. He didn't think that Wu Lingzhu had no requirements.

"When you have time, just help me watch a few people. For now, help me see if the palace maids in Chuxiu Palace have any ulterior motives. You can make more friends. There are so many of our kind in the sky. I will prepare more food and put it on the roof in the future."

[Sure! You know what, if other birds knew that someone could understand us, they would definitely want to come and see you.]

"There's no need to make too much noise. I can't afford to do such a thing as a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix for the time being. You guys should also be more careful."

[Understood. Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about your affairs.]

Birds are different from cats. Although there are many cats, most of the cats in the Forbidden City are in the cat and dog rooms, while birds are in the sky, and there are many of them.

In any case, Wu Lingzhu's two intelligence teams, the Cat Brigade and the Bird Brigade, have taken shape.

Chunying came in and was startled: "Gege, why did you open the cage?"

"I feel uncomfortable looking at these birds in captivity. I feel uncomfortable with them. Domesticated birds cannot run away. If they really fly away, it means that I am not destined to be with them."

Chunying smiled and didn't care. After all, they were just a few birds. No matter how beautiful and precious they were, they were for the princess's amusement. As long as the princess was happy, that was all that mattered.

"I think the princess has been reading too many Buddhist scriptures recently, and her words are full of Zen."

"You are becoming more and more pleasant to speak."

The master and servant were laughing and joking together.

……

With Wu Lingzhu's money and silver paving the way, she could order the entire Chuxiu Palace around, at least on the surface, regardless of what was happening behind the scenes. During this period, she maintained a frequency of visiting Shoukang Palace every few days.

There was always a constant flow of Buddhist scriptures, but she didn't send them directly to the Queen Mother. Instead, she sent them to the Buddhist scriptures and worshipped them. There was no need to publicize it. Those who should know would know it.

Then her life got better.

Wu Lingzhu also found out who were the people behind the palace maids in Chuxiu Palace. She brought three more people to the front, one was a little eunuch with a clean background, one was a palace maid who had Liang Jiugong's support, who were actually sent by Kangxi, but were small figures and could not come in front of Kangxi, and the last one was Depin's person.

Needless to say, it is easy to use for those who have a boss behind them, and those who get two salaries have a positive attitude towards work.

Once you start using the Wu Lingzhu, you won’t want to let it go.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it was the twentieth year of Kangxi's reign. Wu Lingzhu also officially attended the palace banquet on New Year's Day. She sat among the concubines, and next to her was the not-so-popular concubine Dai Jia.

The two of them were unknown, and the undercurrents at the banquet had little to do with them. Wu Lingzhu wanted to get closer, and the two of them started chatting about clothes and jewelry.

As they chatted, Wu Lingzhu suddenly told some anecdotes: "...It's called jewelry, but you still have to be careful. Before I entered the palace, I heard that some gems are cursed. It's better not to wear gems that you don't recognize."

People like to hear strange stories. When they heard about the cursed gem, Concubine Dai Jia asked in a low voice: "I have never heard of such a thing?"

"It's true. There was a wealthy businessman in the south whose favorite concubine gave birth to two children in succession. One of the children was missing a finger, and the other was missing an arm. Later, there were rumors that the wealthy businessman was rich but unkind, and eventually his business went bankrupt, and the favorite concubine died.

A few years later, the concubine of an official in that place gave birth to a child without feet. The concubine was sold, and later several such children appeared in that place one after another.

Later, someone discovered that the mothers of those disabled children all wore the same piece of jewelry when they were pregnant with them: a hairpin made of a particularly beautiful gemstone. The hairpin eventually disappeared..."

As she listened, Concubine Dai Jia could no longer laugh.

The Seventh Prince was born lame, and she felt it was her fault. She kept blaming herself and felt sorry for the Seventh Prince.

But what if it’s not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster?

"Do you know what style that hairpin is? What gemstone is inlaid with it?"

Wu Lingzhu was stunned: "I only heard about it, but I never asked about the style of the hairpin in detail. As for the gemstone, I naturally don't know anything about it. That was something my nanny told me when I was young, so how could I remember it so clearly?"