Cannon Fodder Strategy

When Lily stepped out of the gate of Fengming Palace, she turned around and saw Su Ho standing with his head lowered and arms lowered respectfully. Empress Dowager Lu was supported back to the inner palace by the unfamiliar palace maid named A Ji. The Empress Dowager's palm seal, the eldest palace maid who was deeply trusted by the Empress Dowager, has now been reduced to this.

"Ladies, wait a minute." Su Ho sent the group out of the south gate of Fengming Palace and stopped. Lily thought for a moment and reached out to hold her hand. When Su Ho was about to struggle, she pulled the hand on her wrist. The bracelet was put on Su Ho's wrist:

"Last time, because of the Mu Bei incident, I beat Aunt Su He, and I really felt a little sorry. Now that I think about it, this matter has nothing to do with my aunt, so I feel that I have wronged my aunt."

Concubine Xian and others looked on with cold eyes. Su Ho's eyes flashed, he took two steps back, avoided Lily's hand that was holding the bracelet, and knelt down: "I didn't take good care of the eldest prince's matter. Your Majesty, the noble concubine did a good job. How dare you ask for your concubine’s things?”

After she finished speaking, she added: "The Queen Mother cannot do without her servants. Madams, please walk more slowly, and the servants will go back first." After Su Ho finished speaking, he did not look at Lily, but bent back and stepped back step by step. After entering the gate of Fengming Hall, he turned around and disappeared gradually.

Seeing such a scene, Concubine De sneered: "It seems that the concubine's bracelet cannot be given away. If I have something to do, I will take the first step." She stepped onto the chariot, and the eunuch carrying the chariot shouted, and gradually The ceremonial guard of Concubine De was no longer visible. Liu Wanyi also found an excuse to leave with a smile. Concubine Xian and Lily were still there. Concubine Xian remembered that last time Lily mentioned something about An Xue, and while gloating about the misfortune, she comforted Lily:

"Sister, don't take it to heart. Maybe Aunt Su Ho doesn't care about it."

Lily put the bracelet back on her own with a smile, and smiled after hearing Concubine Xian's words.

In Fengming Hall, Queen Mother Lu, who had been gentle and dignified before, no longer had a smile on her face. Su Ho knelt in front of her. She was talking about what Lily had given her as a jade bracelet before.

"Why don't you accept it?" Empress Dowager Lu's face was filled with smile again, and her voice was soft and soft. After hearing this, Su Ho buried his head even lower: "This slave was scolded by the imperial concubine before. . How could he accept her things? It's just a cat crying over a mouse, and it's just fake mercy." She did not hide the hatred in her heart in front of Queen Mother Lu. After hearing this, Queen Mother Lu's expression did not change, but her eyes were filled with emotion. A look of satisfaction flashed across his face: "I can't help you. Last time I paid tribute to a piece of Hetian jade, and the Ai family rewarded you." Su Ho responded respectfully. She refused Lily's things, but when Empress Dowager Lu rewarded her with them, she happily accepted them. Empress Dowager Lu was satisfied, nodded, and motioned for her to go down.

When Su Ho came out of Queen Mother Lu's inner hall, he clenched his hands. She confiscated Lily's bracelet, but when Lily grabbed her hand. It was clear that she made a 'join' sign on her hand.

Empress Dowager Lu thought that what she hated most was Lily. Empress Dowager Lu was probably used to being aloof and had never thought about the thoughts of those below her. She was also a human being. She did things for Empress Dowager Lu and harmed Liang Mubei. Eventually, she was caught and beaten by Lily. After a while, Empress Dowager Lu used people when she wanted them, but when the imperial concubine tried to kill her, she couldn't protect herself. Himself in her eyes. I'm afraid it's worse than a pug. The imperial concubine beat him that day, but it wasn't her who Su Ho hated the most. Queen Mother Lu thought that after the incident, she would reward herself with some jewelry and forget it, but Queen Mother Lu was only wrong in one point.

In the past, she used benefits to bribe Su Ho's loyalty to her. Su Ho is the first female official beside the Queen Mother, who in the palace is not afraid of her? Who is not filial? Many minor palace servants had to take care of her with filial piety. Empress Dowager Lu usually wins people's hearts and gives away good things freely. But now that she is like Su Ho, she has gold, silver and jewelry, and her net worth is even more than that of some unfavored beauties. She has no shortage of rewards. What she lacks is respect.

It was Empress Dowager Lu who gave her a glimmer of hope that she shouldn't have when she praised her that day, but later allowed her to be stepped into the mud by Lily. She thought she could be dismissed with gold, silver and jewelry, but Empress Dowager Lu made a mistake.

Especially when Su Ho recovered from his injuries and returned to duty, there was already one more female official beside the Queen Mother, which made her deeply realize that the people around Queen Mother Lu did not necessarily have to be her. Without Su Ho, there will be Li He, Wang He, etc. to take her place.

Thinking of this, Su Ho tightened her grip. She knew what Empress Dowager Lu was like. Although she didn't say much today, the act of rewarding herself with jade was telling herself that as long as she served her wholeheartedly and loyally, then the noble concubine would be able to Even the Queen Mother can do it if she rewards her with something. In the past, I always regarded such things as favors, but now that I think about it, if something really happened, I'm afraid that how indifferent Empress Dowager Lu would be in the future if she dotes on her today.

On the small chariot, Lily smiled and half-closed her eyes, talking to Concubine Xian. Queen Mother Lu hadn't noticed Su Ho's changes yet, but Lily had. It is estimated that in the eyes of a noble like Empress Dowager Lu, the life of a palace maid is worthless. Even if Su Ho is a female official in charge, in Empress Dowager Lu's heart, I am afraid that Su Ho is just a plaything in her hands. If she can hold up a Soho today, she can also hold up a Ji.

I have already extended my olive branch to Su Ho, and it will be up to Su Ho whether he will accept it in the future. If she is a smart person, she will definitely accept it. If she is stupid, it is okay not to accept such a person. Even if she just said that he had scratched the words on her palm, which had no evidence and left no traces, he could still bite her because she was wronged after being beaten. Lily did it in front of De Fei and others. This is why I gave her the bracelet.

But thinking about it, Su Ho must be smart. After all, she was so reused by the Empress Dowager Lu. When he ordered someone to beat her, he didn't say a word. It was obvious that he had an idea in mind. If she hadn't been stupid about the branch she threw, Will pick up. If she really accepted it, Empress Dowager Lu would never have imagined that a female official who was so loyal to her would be bribed by others, especially Lily who bribed Su Ho. If it succeeds, it will be really funny. In the past, Empress Dowager Lu bribed the Zhen family around Zhou Baihe, and now Baihe also poached one of her people, repaying retaliation.

"Sister, you are really good at predicting things." Concubine Xian had nothing to do. When she came out of Fengming Palace, she wanted to go to Lily Palace, so they went to Xianfu Palace together, talking and talking along the way. As he said this, he mentioned the matter of Concubine De.

When Concubine Xian heard Lily's advice that day, she still didn't believe it. But now it seems that Lily really has better judgment.

"It's not that I know things like a god, it's just that I can think clearly and see things clearly." Lily glanced at Concubine Xian pointedly, and Concubine Xian fell silent. It's not that she didn't know what Lily meant, she just didn't want to believe that the emperor was really indifferent and heartless, and she couldn't believe what Lily said was true. Now when she heard Lily talk about it, she thought of the eldest prince's demotion. The scene at that time made Concubine Xian feel desolate in her heart.

The two of them were silent and did not speak. They could only hear the sound of the palace man stepping on the ground step by step. The chariot swayed and made a "squeak" sound when it was lifted up. When passing by the plum blossom, Lily looked at it from a distance. Not far away, a middle-aged man wearing a robe embroidered with unicorns passed by with a group of waiters. Concubine Xian obviously saw it too: "It seems that General Gao has entered the palace to thank her."

Only the official uniforms of military generals are embroidered with unicorns, and not many are qualified to wear the official robes of second-grade military generals. In addition, they are so young and have just grown beards. There are not many military generals in the Northern Qi Dynasty, so their status is natural. It was calculated with one push.

Obviously the Gao family has suffered such a miserable loss, but General Gao has made great contributions after his father died, and has received such a few insignificant rewards. He has not reaped any benefits from his great achievements, and he still has to go to the palace to thank the emperor. When Lily thought about this, she wanted to know how big the shadow was in General Gao's heart. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief, covering the raised corners of her lips, and pressed down the upturned corners of her lips with her fingers. She looked that lazy again when she put down the handkerchief:

"I'm afraid so. After all, Concubine De has caused such a big trouble. The emperor spared her life without holding her accountable, and then he took her position. Why can't the Gao family kneel in fear?"

I heard that General Gao went into the palace and knelt for half a day yesterday. The emperor showed off his posture, and it was obvious that he had just been summoned today.

If you didn't know the whole story, this would sound right, but after Concubine Xian knew the whole story, she was speechless.

At the end of January, there was no movement from Su Ho in Fengming Palace. It was not until the beginning of February that Lily lured Su Ho over to Fengming Palace to reward him with something. Su Ho refused again this time, but when Lily held his hand, he She ticked the palm of her hand, obviously making a decision.

When I returned to Xianfu Palace, I didn’t understand the meaning of the painting, and I was trembling with anger:

"No matter how favored Su Ho is, she is just a concubine next to the Queen Mother. What's more, she is still closely related to the eldest prince's affairs. The Queen Mother only beat her, but it was good even if she didn't kill her. She actually If you dare to reject your kindness again and again, why don't you teach her a lesson again?"

Shiqing cleansed Lily's face, took milk and flower dew ointment and spread it evenly on Lily's face. Although she didn't say anything, her face showed approval. Lily closed her eyes: "The lesson is to The lesson is not the lesson you think.”

"What does the empress mean by this?" After applying the ointment evenly, Shi Qing took out the thin gauze soaked in the flower liquid on the side, took some mixed Chinese medicine mud and wrapped it in it. After wrapping it, she put it on Lily's eyelids. Then I asked out of curiosity.

"From now on, we are all our own people." As soon as she said these words, Shiqing wiped her hands and was going to rub her shoulders. When she heard this, she was startled and the handkerchief in her hand fell to the ground. He raised his head and glanced at Lily, but Lily's face was covered with something and her eyelids were blocked, so she couldn't see the expression on her face. (To be continued ~^~)

PS: Second update~!