Rebirth of the Phoenix

repay

At the fifth hour, the gate of Yanxia Palace opened from the inside. A palace maid with a slightly hunched waist came out with a chamber pot and a gong bucket, walked to the designated location, poured out the filth, washed the container, and put it in a basket.

Pick it back.

Her only job is to transport and clean up filth, and she does the cheapest and most uncomfortable work in the palace.

She has been doing this job for five or six years. Everyone praised her for doing it well, saying that she was born to do this job, and she never talked back or defended her.

As a servant, her life is like a mustard of grass, and she has nothing to say.

Seeing that Yanxia Palace was about to appear in front of her, she just wanted to go back immediately, wash herself clean, and have a good sleep.

Suddenly, a figure of Tingting appeared in the village ahead, as if she was looking at her quietly.

She lowered her head, speeded up, and wanted to walk over as soon as possible.

She is ugly, dirty and smelly. Anyone who approaches her will cover her nose and walk quickly. When she sees beautiful and clean people, she will feel inferior.

"Sister Xu--" The woman under the big tree called her affectionately.

She suddenly stopped and looked at the woman in confusion: Is she calling her?

No one has called her that for a long time.

The people in Yanxia Palace called her "bed bug", and even she almost forgot what her surname was.

"Sister Xu, it's me, Hongye." The woman walked up to her, smiling with her eyes curled up, and dimples appeared, "Liang Hongye, I'm back."

Xu Ying staggered under her feet and lost her voice: "Hongye? Are you really Hongye?"

She couldn't believe that Liang Hongye was still alive? And she returned to the palace?

How could such a magical thing happen in this world?

Hongzhuang smiled and said, "Well, Hongye is truly true. Look at my face, it's exactly the same?"

Under the street lights, her smiling face looked so distinct.

Xu Ying looked at her for a while before she said excitedly: "You, you are really Hongye! You, you are really back..."

The burden she carried on her shoulder fell to the ground. She pulled Hongzhuang's hand and cried with joy: "I didn't expect that I could... see you again. I thought you were already dead..."

Almost six years have passed? After such a long time, she felt that she would never see any old friends again.

Hongzhuang held her hand and said softly: "I almost died several times, but the revenge has not been avenged yet, how can I die? So, I have survived and am back now."

Xu Ying's tears fell: "You must have suffered a lot outside..."

Hongzhuang took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears: "Sister Xu, you have suffered a lot. Look at you, you have white hair."

Xu Ying is only two or three years older than her, but she looks like she is in her thirties, with the white hair on her head so obvious.

Xu Ying smiled bitterly: "Can you live such a life, can you not grow old quickly?"

Speaking of this, she suddenly pulled out her hand, took a few steps back, and stuttered: "I, I'm very smelly, don't get close to me..."

"How could that happen?" Hongzhuang smiled, picked up the load on the ground, put the toilet bowl and chamber pot back into the basket, "I have done a lot of work like you, and I have long been used to it."

Where has she been to a cemetery, a beggar's nest, a garbage dump, a battlefield?

The smell of dead people is much more stinky than toilet buckets and chamber pots.

Xu Ying looked at her, nah: "You, you are so beautiful, even more beautiful than the concubine, not like a servant..."

Hongzhuang smiled, took her hand and placed it on her heart: "I have broken here, it has broken a long time ago."

This sentence immediately made Xu Ying feel empathy.

She looked at Hongzhuang and cried: "You should have a good life now, why are you back to this place where you can eat people?"

She could see that Liang Hongye is no longer the little palace maid in the past. Liang Hongye's dress and words and deeds were as elegant as the empresses in the palace. With such a look, she could find a good man outside.

Living a lifetime.

Hongzhuang smiled: "But, Sister Xu, you are still suffering in the palace. How can I throw you away alone? And-"

She looked at Yanxia Palace and said something: "Someone hasn't received retribution yet, how can I not come back?"

Xu Ying looked at her: "Do you still remember what happened before?"

Hongzhuang smiled: "I will always remember."

Xu Ying had calmed down and felt relieved on her face: "That's fine..."

Hongzhuang said: "Sister Xu, thank you for your hard work in the past few years. I bought a house in Sanli Lane east of the city. There is nothing in the house. You can leave this cannibalistic place and live a normal life."

Xu Ying was stunned: "Leave, leave the palace? Why, how to leave?"

Of course, she had thought about leaving here countless times, but... how would she leave like a lowly palace maid?

Hongzhuang took out a token and a purse from her arms and stuffed it into her hand: "You can leave the palace with this token. There is money and an address in the purse. After you go far, you can get it.

Go to that house with a carriage. When you arrive at that house, you will be free. You can live in the capital or go back to your hometown..."

Xu Ying smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid I'm homeless..."

When he was eighteen years old, his hometown suffered a flood and his family fled. On the way to escape, the family was desperate and sold her to the Xu family. The Xu family was reluctant to send her to the palace as a show girl, so they recognized her as their daughter and sent her in.

The palace is a beautiful girl.

After so many years, her family has gone nowhere. The Xu family is not close to her. She can't even remember where the Xu family is. Where is the so-called "home"?

Hongzhuang said gently: "Sister Xu, the family is built by people. After you go out, you can find a good family to marry. If you can't meet a good man, you will adopt a few children. Then, you will have your own family.

.If I have the chance, I will visit you in the future.”

When she returned to Li Yang, she bought a house in that alley as a temporary shelter, and there were enough silver notes and silver in the house to allow Xu Ying to have food and clothing all her life.

This was her repayment to Xu Ying.

Xu Ying was moved by the words: "I, can I really live a normal life?"

Hongzhuang smiled and encouraged her with firm eyes: "Of course, you can. You are still young. After taking good care of yourself, you will definitely be very beautiful and will definitely have your own life."

Even those who can enter the palace to be beautiful girls will not be bad. Xu Ying was also a beautiful woman who was eye-catching back then, but she was tortured to what she is now.

Xu Ying's hand reached her face covered by her thick bangs and touched her.

She once had a face that was not inferior to Liang Hongye. However, at that time, after Liu Meiyan was named the crown princess, she said unconvincedly, "How can Liu Meiyan be as good as Luo Hongzhuang and look good?" and offended Liu.

Smoke.

Originally, she was assigned to the Interior Office to be a small female official, and her life could be better, but Liu Meiyan secretly framed her and removed her position. She also let the people from the Shenzheng Department take her.

A knife was cut on her face, which made her look broken.

It is conceivable how difficult the situation in the palace is to break the appearance and offend the superior woman.

What's even more hateful is that Liu Meiyan asked her to come over and asked her to deal with the filth. After Liu Meiyan was promoted from the prince's concubine to the imperial concubine, she even handled the filth in the entire Yanxia Palace alone. She was in her twenties.

At the age of his life, his waist can't be straightened.

Therefore, she hated Liu Meiyan so much that she helped Liang Hongye, who was also persecuted by Liu Meiyan, to deal with Liu Meiyan together.

"But my face has been disfigured..." She felt sad when she thought of her beauty back then.

Hongzhuang said softly: "Sister Xu, not every man in this world judges people by his appearance. Moreover, you are not old or ugly. You just need to rest and dress up. Go out of the palace, take good care of yourself, dress up well, and you are still

You are a beauty, you will live a good life.”

Xu Ying murmured: "Can you really... really do it?"

Hongzhuang tightened her hand: "You have been suffering here for so many years. Since I am back, you don't need to endure it anymore. Let's go, leave now, don't look back."

That token was the royal token she took from Ye Yingxian, which was enough to allow a small palace maid to leave the palace.

Xu Ying's eyes flashed with a light of desire for freedom, but she was still worried: "But, but I'm leaving, what should you do? Do you want to deal with Liu Meiyan alone?"

Hongzhuang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I've already made up my plan. I won't be caught. You go, I won't have any trouble. After a while, I'll go to Sanli Lane to see you."

"Really?" Xu Ying stopped hesitating and told her, "Then I'll leave like this. You must leave the palace safely and come to see me!"

Hongzhuang nodded: "I said it will definitely do it, you believe me."

"I believe in you!" Xu Ying shook her hand, "I'm leaving, take care of myself."

Then, she raised her face and walked quickly towards the small door.

This may be the only chance in her life to leave the palace, and she no longer needs to hesitate.

In the hazy morning, her figure disappeared.

Hongzhuang withdrew her gaze, carried the load on the ground, and walked towards Yanxia Palace.

Over the years, Liu Meiyan must have received a lot of handwritten notes from her, right?

For example, "Sister, I've been waiting for you", "Sister, I haven't forgotten you", "Sister, I miss you so much", etc., all of them were written in advance and handed over to Xu Ying for safekeeping and delivery

Go out.

Back then, before she and Ye Jiu escaped from the palace, she secretly found Xu Ying and asked Xu Ying to help her after she left the palace.

Xu Ying hated Liu Meiyan so much that she accepted this secret mission without thinking for too long.

Xu Ying was very smart. She ranked high in the women's ranks of the show at that time, otherwise she would not have been sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be a female official. Later, after she was framed by Liu Meiyan, the work she did was inconspicuous and conspiring.

People dislike it, but they have the opportunity to go in and out of Liu Meiyan's residence and have the opportunity to send out those notes.

Liu Meiyan has made great calculations, but she will not be able to do this. She will not be able to prevent a single guard from being the least lowly palace maid.

Hongzhuang believes that those notes must be a great mental stimulation and psychological shadow for Liu Meiyan.

Now, I am here.

She pushed open the gate of Yanxia Palace, lowered her head and walked in.

Finally, she and her "good sister" are about to meet.