Chapter 21: The Twenty-One Sushoku

Under the teaching of my aunt, time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day to enter the palace. Rouge had already come to the capital, and was arranged to live by Heluo, and changed her name to Anzhi, so she naturally wanted to follow her into the palace.

Early in the morning, the Internal Affairs Office of the Imperial Palace sent a carriage to pick up the little masters one by one into the palace, and they were already waiting at the gate of Pei's Mansion. Heluo took Anzhi, Tinglan and Pei's family to say goodbye.

Second Mrs. Pei took Heluo's hands and said, "Little master, your father asked me to bring you a message. After entering the palace, you need to listen to your eldest sister, think twice about everything, and less contact with your family. From now on, Pei's Mansion is full of honor and disgrace and depends on you. ”

Heluo naturally had tears in his eyes and nodded vigorously.

After getting into the carriage, Heluo listened to the sound of everyone in the Pei family kneeling behind the carriage, and he couldn't have any sad feelings, he had no feelings for the family, and now he didn't even need to make a show in the carriage. Looking at Anzhi and Tinglan, the two of them remembered what Heluo explained before entering the palace, and the three of them all smiled.

It's just that after the carriage passed through the Xuanwu Gate, which was closely guarded by the Yulin Army, and entered the Xuanjian City of Daxuan, he only heard the city gate "clang" and close, Heluo lifted the curtain of the carriage, poked his head out of the carriage, and looked at the boxy blue sky inside the palace wall, in the end, he was a little melancholy, but he quickly packed up his feelings and waited to get off.

Just because she is a concubine, she can't go through the main door. Although it is the imperial palace, except for the queen, even the noble concubines above 10,000 people under one person have gone sideways, and the carriage drove to the Xihua Gate in the inner courtyard of the palace. I only heard the eunuch who drove the horse said respectfully: "Luo Chang is here, he has arrived, please Luo Chang is getting off the car and moving." ”

Hearing this, Heluo signaled to Tinglan, and Tinglan unhurriedly lifted the curtain of the car, and then helped Heluo out of the car with Anzhi. He Luo looked at it, and the eunuchs in dark blue clothes were waiting at the door with the little eunuchs in green clothes at the gate of Xihua Gate. When I saw Heluo, all of them knelt down to say hello, and there was no situation where they couldn't recognize people, after all, although there were many people entering the palace this time, there were only a few people with titles.

The dark blue-clothed eunuch stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed again, and said: "The villain sees Luo Changzai, the villain is Sun Defu, the deputy head of the Internal Affairs Office, and he is here to greet the little masters in the name of the queen's mother." Please Luo Chang is moving. ”

When another little eunuch in Tsing Yi heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "Villain Xiaoshunzi, please Luo Changzai go to the palace with the villain." ”

After listening to Heluo, he smiled and bowed his head slightly, and An Zhi hurriedly stepped forward and handed the big eunuch a purse, and the big eunuch didn't look at it much, just respectfully put it in his sleeve. Seeing this, Heluo said softly: "There is Father-in-law Lao leading the way." The little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to lead the way.

Heluo was supported by Tinglan and Anzhi to walk slowly, this road is all black and gold as the edge, vermilion palace wall, Heluo has long found that Da Xuan is not respectful of gold, but black and gold. The emperor's court clothes can be seen. The palace walls on both sides are tall and stretched, like a swimming dragon that can't be seen to the end, coupled with the dark background, the whole palace is solemn, so that people are a little breathless.

Ting Lan received Heluo's signal, and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask Xiaoshunzi's father-in-law, which palace was given to my little master," After asking, he quietly stuffed a purse for the little eunuch.

Xiao Shunzi gently tossed the weight of the purse, very satisfied, and understood that this was what the little master asked him to say more. smiled and said: "Luo Chang is a good blessing, and it is Su Mu Pavilion that has given the little lord a place to live." This pavilion is different from the palace, so there is no main seat, and there is no need to ask the main lady to say goodbye. The little master lives alone, and it is the most free. To the west of the Su Curtain Pavilion is the Huaqing Palace, the main seat is Su Shunyi Niangniang, and the side hall next to it is Pei Meiren. The little shunzi paused, and said a little mysteriously: "This Pei Meiren is unlucky." ”

Hearing this, Heluo hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?"

The little Shunzi smiled again and said: "This Pei Meiren was drafted into the palace three years ago, and she was favored at the beginning. It is said that now that these days have passed, it should not have been this position, but it is a pity that I offended the jade nobleman, and the jade nobleman is now favored. Xiao Shunzi stopped here, and he didn't say anything.

"Does the father-in-law know what the reason is?" Tinglan hurriedly answered, and stuffed another purse into his hand.

Xiao Shunzi said leisurely again: "This Pei Meiren is also a confused person, Pei Meiren has jade in her name, and the emperor gave the word "jade" to the jade nobleman as a title, Pei Meiren actually wanted to let the emperor take back his fate, isn't this not clear to see his position." ”

Hearing this, Heluo glanced at the little shunzi, pinched a handful of onions from the space and wiped them into his eyes, and his eyes turned red in an instant, and he sobbed. Xiao Shunzi couldn't turn back because he bowed down to lead the way, and only vaguely heard this Luo Changzai crying: "Big sister is the most pampered at home, how could she fall like this." What does this make me do. ”

And the maid on one side was persuading her. "The little lord must not cry, such a good day is the most unlucky, quickly collect the tears. ”

Xiao Shunzi stopped talking at this time, and was very disdainful in his heart. Just quietly lead the way, not saying anything. Heluo seems to be really sad, and he doesn't care about him. I no longer looked at the scenery along the road, but slowly walked towards the place where I lived with the support of the two maids, as if I had lost my soul along the way.

After entering the Su Curtain Pavilion, Xiao Shunzi knelt down and left. Heluo didn't have the leisure to see how the courtyard was laid out, the eunuchs and maids on both sides knelt down along the edge of the courtyard, waiting for Heluo's lecture to reward, who knew that he could only hear the maids beside Heluo say: "Luo Chang is unwell," so he sent them down and let them go down to perform their duties, and talk about it later.

After everyone dispersed, Heluo collapsed on the bed in the inner room and stretched his body comfortably.

An Zhi was guarding the door of the closed inner room, and Tinglan helped her pour a glass of water, and the two were also used to seeing Heluo's informal appearance. Tinglan asked a little disgusted: "What kind of moth did the little master have something to do, well, why did he cry and frighten us." "Anzhi is also on the side.

When Heluo heard this, he lazily lay on his side, supported his cheeks with his hands and said, "Do you really think that the little eunuch is Pei Heyu who was inadvertently mentioned?"

"Isn't it, didn't he just say that Pei Meiren lives next to the little master?" Tinglan answered, but An Zhi was thoughtful.

He Luo looked at the reactions of the two and did not answer, but asked them again: "Does Tinglan think that my status is high in this draft?"

"If you talk about the official position of the master, the little master is still middle-rated, but if you talk about the life experience, the little master can only be regarded as the back. Tinglan said this, and realized something.

"Yes, with my life experience, anyone with a discerning eye knows that I entered the palace to assist my eldest sister, but I don't know what kind of great luck my little concubine has gotten to be sealed with a title. If you are an ordinary eunuch today, how dare you casually discuss the rights and wrongs of your master, it's just that someone instructed you. If my temperament is really that concubine who doesn't know the depths, I will naturally be secretly happy in my heart, and all I think about is how to step on Pei Heyu and take over the power in the family. But if I don't have a big heart, and I'm cowardly and timid, when I hear about this at first glance, I naturally want to panic the six gods and no masters, so that those who think I'm out of shit luck can rest assured. Heluo said this, stopped, and looked very leisurely.

"Then the little master must not want to be restrained by Pei Meiren, right?"

"No one wants to be restrained, but I just want to be on top, and I can't step on Pei Heyu. The Pei family has cultivated her for so many years, and she is a concubine, how could she give up on her because of a title that I first entered the palace. From the words that my second aunt warned me when I entered the palace, I could see that this was a warning to me not to be big-hearted. Besides, the family will probably think that with my qualifications, it is not worth their trouble. So if I want to get on the throne, I can only rely on myself to climb slowly, and Pei Fu doesn't have to count on it. Of course, if they don't reciprocate like this, forget it, if they want to count on me in the future, I'm afraid they will also be disappointed. Heluo slowly stood up and sneered.

"It's just that I don't know which lady sent this little shunzi, as soon as I entered the palace, I already got the "blue eyes" of a nobleman. After a pause, he said to Anzhi: "Go and call all those people who are waiting to the courtyard, no matter how you don't invite people to see me, I'm still a master, right?" ”

After that, he got up and asked Tinglan to straighten his clothes, and then helped Tinglan's hand out of the back room.

Coming to the courtyard, Heluo looked at this Su Curtain Pavilion, because it is an attic that is different from the general palace, there is only one main hall and two side halls on the first floor, and the rest of the rooms are upstairs. The promenade in front of the door on the first floor was opened to the backyard, and a few jacarandas were planted in front of the Su Curtain Pavilion, because it was spring, the jacaranda did not bloom, but there were green leaves with wind and dew, because it was a tall tree, it was also pleasant to look at.

In front of the corridor in the courtyard, a row of hanging bell begonias was newly transplanted, all of which were good varieties with bright colors and large flowers. Because begonia is a flower tree with few leaves and many flowers, the flowers are flourishing, clusters of pink and crimson clusters are embellished among the branches, layered on top of each other, and there is a faint sweet fragrance, and the flower shadows are very beautiful, and the faint smell can make people feel refreshed. The attic garden is planted with only a few bushes of gardenias, and there is a lot of open space to use, and it is still spring, if it is summer, when the flowers bloom, between the green leaves, the small bowl-like flowers are dotted among them, it must be extremely pleasant.

After reading Su Mu Pavilion, Heluo was silent on his face. In my heart, I was very satisfied, but it was a little strange how there could be such an ordinary flower and tree as jacaranda in the palace. Seeing the palace maid and eunuch kneeling with their heads bowed in the courtyard in a regular manner, he casually asked, "Are these jacarandas newly planted or original?"

A eunuch came out below and said: "Back to the little master, these flowers and trees were ordered from above, and the Internal Affairs Office planted them." ”

He Luo felt even more strange when she thought about it, even the people in Pei's Mansion didn't know that she liked such flowers and trees, thinking about it was just a coincidence. He signaled to Tinglan, so Tinglan stepped forward and said: "The little master instructed, you should report your names and positions one by one, so that the little master can have a number in his heart." ”

From one of them, a middle-aged eunuch and an elderly palace maid came out, knelt down again, and first the middle-aged eunuch said: "Wei Zhongquan, the leader of the eunuchs of the villain Su Mu Pavilion, has seen Luo Chang is here, and Luo Chang is in Wan'an. "The slave maid Su Mu Pavilion is in charge of the palace maid Zhang Abao has seen Luo Chang is here, and Luo Chang is in Wan'an. ”

He Luo saw that the eunuch had a sad face, very old, but he looked honest. The palace maid had a humble and flattering smile on her face, but she just looked mean and sour, which made Heluo a little unhappy.

After the two of them finished seeing, the remaining four palace maids and six eunuchs stepped forward and said their names and positions in turn. After listening to Heluo, there was no Liwei move, what is the use of Liwei when he meets him, people's hearts can only be seen after a long time. first asked Tinglan to reward them with silver, and then selected two of the remaining four palace maids who looked well-behaved and pleasing to the eye, changed their names to "Yuyu" and "Qingqing", and let them disperse after mentioning the second-class palace maids.

Because Heluo lives alone, he doesn't need to see the main position, and naturally he doesn't need to see each other with his own concubines. So after dinner, Anzhi and Tinglan had already led people to replace Heluo's usual clothes and clean them. Because Heluo's net worth is not abundant, most of them are newly given by the Internal Affairs Office after entering the palace, although it is not bad, but naturally it is not as good as the rest of the little masters themselves. It's just that Heluo doesn't pay attention to these, so in the end, it will be used.

It's just that when it was time to go to bed, Heluo quietly summoned An Zhi and Tinglan and instructed: "Because I am not familiar with it these past few days, you should keep an eye on these people who are waiting, there must be nails sent from other palaces, don't be alarmed if you know, just write it down yourself, and I will have my own way to send them away when the time comes." There is also the behavior of me when I entered the palace today, I must know it to the whole palace now, I am so incompetent, someone will come to provoke me when I ask for peace tomorrow, and you must not act rashly at that time. ”

Anzhi and Tinglan naturally wrote it down carefully.

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