(4) Maolan Temple

The next day, I woke up at noon, and I had slept for so long. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info hadn't freshened up, but at a glance I saw the sudden brightness of the room, and I couldn't wait for the maids and maids to tidy it up, so I hurriedly changed my clothes, and leaned in front of the window with bluegrass and pothos vine leaves, hoping to see this long-lost brightness.

The blue sky is sparsely clouded, the sun is a little dazzling, the cool breeze blows off the sycamore leaves, and the occasional startled bird passes by, the more lofty and quiet. Inside and outside the Maolan Hall are the blue grass that is green and quiet, and the graceful style is sprinkled, lined with a few moon-white dahlias in the yard, the elegant interest is needless to say, and it also covers the meaning of the autumn Xiaosuo.

I tilted my head slightly, and unconsciously recited the poem "Youlan Yin" written when I was 5 years old:

"There is an orchid in the corner, which is quiet and lonely. See each other again every year, and pick up the heart of the king. There is an orchid in the corner, which is not enchanting. It is scorching and scorching, and the fragrance is only arched. ā€

I love orchids since I was a child, because I wrote this poem and was appreciated by my father, given the name "Mao Lan Palace", the former dynasty officials have dedicated orchids from all over the world, and invited a dry gardener to plant and take care of it. Because of the wide variety of varieties, I only recognize some of them, and there are several rare varieties that I still can't name. If my father and mother were still here, they would have taught me to recognize them one by one, and when I thought of this, I would suddenly cry.

I don't know how long I stood there, Zang Er put on a fox fur trimmed cloak with a crimson chick auspicious cloud brocade pattern for me from behind, and whispered to me: "Autumn is getting stronger, it's easy to let go of the sunny day today, and the house should be ventilated, but the princess don't patronize the scenery, forget to add a piece of clothing, beware of catching a cold." ā€

Then, I called a maid to open all the small windows, and the whole room was filled with the fragrance of sunlight, earth and plants, and I immediately smiled and said softly, "It's better for Zang'er to understand my mind." ā€

Zang Er smiled lightly and said softly: "Zang Er has been serving by the princess's side since she entered the palace at the age of 7. Just after yesterday's turmoil, the princess was restless, and just looked at the window full of bluegrass with a sad face, Zang Er guessed that the princess must have touched the scene and missed the first king and queen. ā€

"Zang'er. I whispered her name and reached out to take one of her hands, and my heart was indescribably moved.

As soon as the words fell, the maids Qianori and Suhe, who served me on weekdays, came in with large and small basins of water and said, "Let the slaves and maids serve the princess to freshen up, and the breakfast will be cold in a while." ā€

I nodded, began to wash, and then sat down in front of the bronze mirror, watching from the mirror as Chiori and Suhe combed my hair, while Zang'er held the makeup box on the side.

"What would the princess want to comb today?" Chiori asked.

I thought about it for a moment and said, "Comb your cicada wings." ā€

"No. Can the princess let Su He comb it? Su He has slender fingers and is the best at combing cicada wings. Chiori said with a smile.

I said, "Okay, then let Su He comb it." ā€

Su He is a new palace maid, just a few days after entering the palace, because the original grooming palace was infected with the wind cold, she was removed from the Maolan Palace to recuperate, and she came in instead.

Su He is fifteen years old, fair and weak, his eyebrows are extremely delicate, and the plain white palace clothes are wrapped around his body, lining his body exquisitely, and the elegance is a little more dusty, and his posture should be above the general palace e.

She shyly said "no", timidly walked up behind me, and began to comb my hair. Cicada wings are divided into two layers, the upper layer is as thin as the two wings of a cicada, light and chic, and the lower layer can be simply bundled.

I saw Su He stretch out a pair of hands as slender as onion jade, and it was really dexterous and meticulous, which was different from Qianzhi's usual technique, and it was combed after a while. Zang'er handed over a white hosta, and Qianori inserted it diagonally on the side of the "cicada wing". I looked left and right in the mirror, and I felt that it was very well matched, and it was very much in line with today's pale white Moran leaf brocade pattern.

"The princess should be the most beautiful woman in the world. Su He quietly stepped aside and whispered praise to me in the mirror.

"Su He should also be the best woman in the world to comb her hair. I smiled and glanced at her, but she bowed her head shyly.

"The princess praised it falsely, Su He is only good at this one, but Sister Chiori is good at many kinds, and Su He will have to learn more from her in the future. She still kept her head down, her voice soft.

"You are too modest, I have never seen anyone in the palace who can comb your hair as thinly, but I see that your way of combing your hair is very different from that of Qianzhi Suri, and your accent is not very similar to that of Xiqiu, what country are you?"

"Back to the princess, the slave maid is originally from Youguo. ā€

She said, looking up at me.

As soon as I heard the word Youguo, I was sensitive, and I was curious for a while, so I asked her again: "Then why did you come to Xiqiu and enter the palace as a slave?"

"When the slave was young, her parents died in the war, and she depended on her brother for her life, begging for a living. When I was ten years old, my brother was infected with a cold and had no money for treatment, I begged around the street, but fortunately I was rescued by a kind man, this kind man was a big businessman in Xiqiu, that day he went to the country to do business, and happened to meet me and my dying brother on the side of the road, not only cured my brother's illness, but also gave me and my brother a lot of money, and since then I have lived with my brother in Xiqiu. When it comes to entering the palace as a maidservant, it's just to support the family and eat together, I don't want to add to the burden of that benefactor all the time, and I also think that I will have the opportunity to repay his kindness in the future. As she spoke, there were tears in her eyes, and there was a hint of sadness in her eyes.

I listened to her life experience, but I couldn't help but feel sad in my heart. The orphans in this world, whether they are born in the palace or among the people, whether they are lucky or unlucky, if they do not have their parents around, no matter how well they are cared for, they are still like grass without roots.

Xu Shi saw that I had been stunned and stopped talking, she was busy wiping her tears with her cuffs, and said softly: "Su He recalled the past, sighed for a while, talked more, couldn't help crying, lost her honor in front of the princess, and asked the princess to forgive her sins." ā€

I smiled slightly and said, "What a crime, I just didn't expect you to have such a bleak background, but fortunately, you also met a kind person and didn't end up on the streets." But I'm not supposed to remind you of sad things for no reason. ā€

"Where is the princess, the princess said this, she really killed the slave and maid. The slave maid can enter the palace to serve the princess, it is really a blessing for the slave maid for several generations, the princess cares about the slave and maid for a while, and will ask about the slave maid's life experience, the slave and maid are grateful to Dade is not enough, how can it be said that the princess provoked the slave and maid to be sad?"

"You are very polite, you don't look like a new palace entrant at all, and your appearance and bearing are not ordinary, which is really rare. ā€

"Princess Xie praised, no matter how Su He is, she can't compare to the two sisters of Qianzhi and Zang'er, the two sisters are like the Nine Heavens Fairy, and the princess is the princess of the heavens, the head of all the fairies. ā€

When Qianzhi and Zang'er heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, only saying that Su He was really a clever person, and he never left the praise of others.

I smiled and didn't say anything, I only felt that her words and deeds were really unusual, and I had a little doubt in my heart, but it quickly flashed. I had not eaten a drop of water from last night until this morning, and I was now hungry, so I ordered them to stand down and eat the food on the table without grains.

After a full stomach, I was immediately satisfied.

I stretched out my white and slender fingers to gently caress the green and weeping leaves, and looked down to smell the small white petals, only to feel like inhaling fairy breath, refreshed. At this moment, yesterday's events have long been left behind.