Chapter VII Palace Order

The water slave said: "Wulang-kun, when the sunset of the servant, he was in a panic and couldn't remember what style of clothes he was wearing, so what the clothes were, I was annoyed that Wulang-kun could dispose of them at will." ”

It's just that a trace of gloom flashed in the water slave's eyes, and he thought of the object given by his mother, and he was a little regretful.

"That's it. Yin Nuan nodded and said, "I understand, by the way, you wait a minute." ”

Yin Nuan said and went to the room, and after a while he shook out with a step, the black hairpin body did not know what material the wood was, and I could smell a trace of refreshing fragrance from a distance, the hairpin was the size of a copper coin, and the dark green seemed to be wrapped with a silk crystal jasper, and there was a dusty white tassel, which was very good-looking.

The eyelids that had been hanging low suddenly lifted, and Yin Nuan, who was suddenly reflected in a pair of moist pupils, was also stunned for a moment, and when she saw the look of surprise on the water slave, Yin Nuan couldn't help but smile and said, "I just thought that you should be very important." ”

The water slave couldn't help but want to reach out to pick it up, and remembered the choice he had just made, so he retracted his hand with some hesitation.

Yin Nuan took her hand and put the step shake into her hand, "This has nothing to do with anything, you should be careful to put it away." ”

When he saw the wound in her palm, he was surprised: "How ...... this"

The water slave just hurriedly withdrew his hand, carefully clenched the step shake in his hand, and respectfully saluted Yin Nuan:

"Gorou Jun is very gracious, and the servant water slave is unforgettable. ”

Yin Nuan was a little helpless, "I said that I didn't ask for retribution." ”

The water slave retreated, and when he arrived outside the door, he heard Yin Nuan say: "Water slave, I will talk to the steward, you will come to the Shuyan Pavilion to do things later!"

Looking up at the yard outside the window, he said, "I just clean the fallen leaves in this yard every day." ”

The water slave looked at the courtyard with few leaves, nodded and answered "yes", without any overly happy look, bowed his head and turned to leave.

As far as she is concerned, no matter how high the level of a slave is, she is just a slave in the end.

After that, she went to the weaving room to find Rong Liu, and Rong Liu knew that she finally didn't have to do rough work, and she was very happy.

Summer is a time of great business, and there are not many fallen leaves, but the large petals of fallen flowers occasionally sway and fall with the wind. The water slave was very dutiful, sweeping the leaves when there were leaves, sweeping off the flowers if there were no leaves, and finally sweeping away even the dust visible to the naked eye, in short, at the end of the day, I saw her walking around, and I didn't see a half a moment of rest.

She was thin and slender, holding a broom taller than her in her hand, a long skirt reaching her ankles, and although her hair was combed in a simple bun like other maidservants, it was left hanging down her back because it was too long, and she looked good as she walked around.

Yin Nuan looked up from the book by chance, and saw that this situation was quite interesting, seeing that the other maids stepped forward to get close to each other kindly, the water slave only nodded in greeting, and occasionally had to answer a few words, and couldn't help but feel that the water slave was really too alienated.

When Xie came in, he saw a strange little lady dressed as a maid standing in the sun, holding a broom in her hand and looking up at the magnolia tree in the yard, her serious appearance seemed to be waiting for the leaves on the tree to fall and clean her.

The water slave heard the footsteps and turned back, and saw a few maidservants walking in with a dignified and beautiful woman in their arms, although it was the first time to see it, but when they heard the name of the maid next to them, they also knew that this was Yin Nuan's mother, the eldest lady Xie. He stepped aside and bowed respectfully.

Xie Shi nodded to her, and walked into the Shuyan Pavilion, the water slave retracted his gaze, raised his hand to wipe the sweat droplets on his forehead, and continued to repeat the sweeping action with some stiffness.

Xie Shi entered the door and looked back thoughtfully at the movements of the water slave. Yin Nuan saw her aunt walk in, and hurriedly put down the scroll in her hand to greet her.

"Mother, it's hot, why are you here?"

Xie Shi retracted his thoughts and said softly, "Come and see you, and I'll also send you some chilled fruits to go to the heat." ”

On this day, the water slave was cleaning in the yard, the sun was a little hot, and the other maids and servants found a free opportunity to go to the shade of the tree to cool off, only she didn't seem to feel it, and only raised her cuffs to wipe it when the sweat dripped across her cheeks. A housemaid stepped forward and kindly told her that Gorou-kun had a good temper and that it would be okay to rest for the time being. The water slave shook his head and only said that he was not hot.

The courtyard of Shuyan Pavilion is not big, and it is definitely not small, but an old woman who is more than half a hundred years old must stop and take two breaths when she walks around. It was almost noon, and the cleaning work of the water slave was about to end, and he was about to move the pile of broken branches and leaves out of the yard, when he saw Sui Ying, a servant girl who was waiting in the warm house, came over with a bowl in her hand and handed it to the water slave:

"This is sent by Gorou Jun, water slave, you can rest for a while before you continue to sweep!"

"Thank you, Sister Suiying!"

The water slave wanted to say that he would finish sweeping it first, but Yin Nuan deliberately asked Sui Ying to send it to take it, but it was not easy to push it, but he had to reach out and take it, and he started it coldly, but it turned out to be the plum juice that had been frozen in the well. Subconsciously looked in the direction of Yin Nuan, and saw the window half-hidden by the magnolia tree on the second floor, Yin Nuan was looking at himself with a smile.

The water slave silently retracted his gaze, carefully put the broom away, and Sui Ying said again:

"While it's time to drink plum juice now, let's go sit in the shade of the trees over there!"

The water slave had no choice but to follow her over and sit down.

Sui Ying saw that beads of sweat were still dripping from her forehead, and couldn't help but say:

"Water slaves, Gorou-kun is not strict in dealing with slaves and maids, whether it is a hot summer or a cold winter, except for the slaves who must feed pigs, sheep, cattle and horses every day, everyone else can rest occasionally. ”

The water slave took a small sip of the plum juice in his hand, put the bowl on the stone table, and said in a low voice:

"Thank you Sister Suiying for reminding me, it's just that the maid was saved by Goroujun, and she was ashamed to just sweep the yard every day, and she didn't dare to relax in the slightest. ”

"You're honest. Sui Ying smiled and picked up her towel to wipe the sweat from her forehead. Although she was only two years older than the water slave, she was indeed the eldest of the maidservants in the warm house, and she was calm and careful. and Rong Liu's care of Yin Nuan's daily life inside and outside, is very trusted by the Xie family.

was a little awkward about her closeness, and the water slave quietly dodged Suiying's movements.

Sui Ying took back the handkerchief and said: "Shen Shi is about to go out, I have something to do and can't leave, now is the busy season of silkworms, and the maids who are waiting in other rooms have been temporarily replaced by the weaving room, and only Ah Yuan and a few slaves accompany it, which is also uneasy." Water slave, you are the most down-to-earth and the most worry-free, can you go out with Gorou-kun?"

The water slave was stunned, and couldn't react to the meaning of her words for a while, and never thought that the opportunity she had waited for so many days would be sent to the door so lightly. Although I can occasionally listen to Rong Liu talk about the situation outside on weekdays, I can still go out and see and hear it, so I can judge it.

Almost without thinking about it, the water slave nodded and agreed.

The time is about to pass, the sun has been slanting in the west, and the cool breeze is blowing slowly in the afternoon.

Yin Nuan didn't have anything important to do when she went out this time, but she just went to the bookstore to browse around and buy some new good books, and just walked around the street casually. Ah Yuan had a more lively personality, and when he saw that Yin Nuan was accompanied by water slaves, he looked east and west, and several slaves followed behind, silently, occasionally silently separating the crowd pushing Yin Nuan, but it would not make people look sideways.

"Water slave, have you ever visited Xin'an City before?" Yin Nuan saw that the water slave occasionally looked around, thinking that she was curious, so he asked.

The water slave thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Before, because of Mingzhao, although she was often in Xin'an City, she occasionally went out once in a while, and then she was too lazy to go out.

When Yin Nuan heard this, he had the idea of explaining to the water slave, there are many pavilions and other buildings in the city, and when Yin Nuan looked up and wanted to speak, he found that his vision was blocked by an oil-paper umbrella.

"Water slaves. Yin Nuan said, "Now that the sun is not so vicious, it doesn't matter if you don't hold an umbrella, why be tired." ”

"Xie Wulangjun cares, and the servant is not tired. Because the two of them were young and could not reach the shoulders of ordinary people, the water slave deliberately lowered the oil-paper umbrella to isolate the surrounding sight.

As the two spoke, they walked to a relatively open place by the city wall, and suddenly a group of officers and soldiers came over menacingly, separated the crowd and posted a portrait on one side, and one of them said in a loud voice:

"The people obeyed. ”

The voices of the people who spoke were like a bell, the momentum was like thunder, and the voices were heard far and wide, but in an instant, the people gathered one after another. Yin Nuan and the others were closer to the portrait, and they all looked at it with some curiosity, but they didn't notice that the water slave around them had already turned pale.