Rong Fei is not honored

The maid who was cleaning the palace was very anxious. How could there be no useful information at all? However, she became more and more convinced that what they said was true. If the person hiding behind the rockery revealed the secret as soon as she arrived, she would become suspicious.

I wonder if someone knows my identity, so I deliberately put on this show to plot something. But after hearing the two people's affectionate voices, I completely dispelled my suspicion. It is not uncommon for couples to form a secret relationship in the palace, so it is impossible for this to be a plot.

After a while, she heard another voice. The maid who was sweeping the palace perked up and heard a sentence that made her blood freeze and her whole body shiver, "But tell me, why did the Grand Empress Dowager force Empress Xiaokangzhang to death?"

The maid who was sweeping the palace regretted it a little. This secret was not something she could know. She would definitely die. But when she was about to leave, the pain and itchiness in her hand made her stop.

This was frostbite caused by winter, but as a lowly palace maid, I had no way of getting medicine, so I could only endure it. So the wound festered and oozed pus repeatedly, and even the scar had not healed until May.

If I stay, I may die, but if I leave, I will have to continue living like this. So what should I choose?

"What's so hard to understand about this? The Grand Empress Dowager has a legitimate daughter-in-law who is from her own family, but Your Highness is another woman's child. In the end, there can only be two Empress Dowagers coexisting. How can the Grand Empress Dowager not be annoyed?"

"So the Empress Dowager is for the Empress Dowager?"

"Not entirely. Think about it, if His Majesty's biological mother is still alive, would he ignore his own mother and get close to his stepmother and grandmother, who is a generation apart?"

"But if it's for the sake of her relationship with His Majesty, the Empress Dowager wouldn't be afraid of this being exposed..."

"How could it be exposed? After Empress Xiaokangzhang passed away, the palace was purged so many times. Could it be that all those servants had problems? Basically, all those who were related to this matter are gone. Besides, even if they knew, who would dare to speak out?"

"Will something happen to you too?"

"It should be fine. That fellow villager and I have no dealings on weekdays, and he also avoided telling people about this matter. But I can't be sure. If you hadn't been ignoring me, I wouldn't have told you the truth. But after today, you should just pretend you don't know."

The eyes of the palace maids were flickering. Indeed, no one dared to say anything, but what if they reported the matter back to Tong Jia? Even if they did not show up, Tong Jia would reward them with some gold and silver for providing the information.

However, the palace maids were still a little hesitant. After all, doing so was not completely risk-free. It concerned their lives and property, so it was not an easy decision to make.

The person behind the rockery said, "Well, in this case, Empress Xiaokangzhang can be considered a loving mother. She was willing to die so that her child could be supported wholeheartedly by the Empress Dowager."

"Yes, who would have thought that Empress Xiaokangzhang was forced to death by the Empress Dowager because of His Majesty. No wonder Empress Xiaokangzhang was so ill and passed away so quickly. I think even if the imperial physician found out something, he wouldn't dare to say it out."

"But it's better to die like this. With the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager still around, Empress Xiaokangzhang would feel very aggrieved even if she were alive. Rather than that, it's better to fight for her child."

The heartbeat of the maid sweeping the palace was like a drum. It turned out that this was how Empress Xiaokangzhang died. She walked away quickly, still thinking about the conversation between the two people. Yes, instead of living in such a depressed state, it is better to fight for herself.

If she continued like this, she would suffer from illness and pain, and her future would be uncertain. She might as well try her best. If she succeeded, she would have a good life. Thinking of this, the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously, and she could even foresee a bright future.

After the palace maids had been gone for a long time, a man finally came out from behind the rockery. After carefully observing that there was no one around, he left. A gust of wind blew past, and there was no one behind the rockery. There was no one else.

A young eunuch was walking on the road, choosing a remote and deserted road. Covering his face with his sleeves, the young eunuch took a handkerchief to wipe off the black powder on his face, revealing his original appearance. It was Xiao Anzi.

Although he didn't understand where his master got the news from and why he let that inconspicuous palace cleaner know, he didn't need to know. Since his master had given the order, he just had to do it himself.

However, the master said that if the news was to be leaked, it could not be done intentionally. Xiao Anzi then remembered that he was a ventriloquist and could imitate the voices of other people, including the elderly, children, men and women.

After some effort, he finally made up a story and inadvertently told the story of how the Empress Dowager forced Empress Xiaokangzhang to death. Even if the matter was exposed later, it would be like finding a pair of wild mandarin ducks and not finding himself.

When Xiao Anzi went back to report to Ji Nai, he revealed the details. Ji Nai was shocked, "You can do ventriloquism?"

"Yes, I liked it when I was a kid and thought it was very interesting, so I followed a master to learn for a few years. But later my family found out and thought ventriloquism was a minor skill, so they made a big fuss about it that I almost forgot I knew it."

"It seems that your family is quite wealthy. So what?" If a child didn't have to pay for learning, how could those masters teach the skills they rely on for survival?

"Originally, I did, but then there was a natural disaster and everyone in my family was killed. I entered the palace to save my life."

Things are unpredictable, but there are many such examples in this era, and there are many people who are worse off than Xiao Anzi. Ji Nai sighed, and then thought of something, "I remember you said your name was not nice?"

In fact, what Xiao Anzi said at the beginning was a humble name, but if he came from a wealthy family, how could it be like this?

Xiao Anzi blushed, "I have been in poor health since I was a child, and my family said that it is easier to raise a humble name, so..."

"So that's how it is." Ji Nai affirmed Xiao Anzi a few more times, praised him as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and rewarded him with some gold and silver before letting him go.

"You actually let him do this alone?" Yuan Xu found it unbelievable. What if his whereabouts were revealed?

"Facts have proved that Xiao Anzi has done a very good job." Speaking of this, Ji Nai himself was also helpless. Who told him to replace most of his servants with Kangxi's men in order to gain Kangxi's protection and to show his harmlessness?

The only ones he could mobilize were Yusheng, Yuqing and Xiao Anzi. Nanny Li was considered half a servant, after all, she was once Kangxi's slave. Even if she had switched sides, she was still an unstable factor.

Moreover, the fewer people who knew about this, the better, so Ji Nai did not intend to let anyone around him get involved in the beginning. Besides, wouldn't there be someone to help him clean up the mess?

Based on his understanding of the Tonggiya people, they will definitely take all the credit and eliminate all traces of his side.