Regardless of whether what Rong Yan said is true or not, there is no objection to the fact that she is my palace maid. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Over the past few days, she has also been doing her duty to be in charge of the palace maid. Si Yuan and Nian Yang also told me in private that looking at Aunt Rong Yan didn't look like other people in the palace.

But I told them to still be careful, and Ling'er was the same at the beginning, and she couldn't see anything. I won't kick them out at all, so it's better to leave them like this, just be careful.

Recently, there has been no major incident in the palace. There is only one thing, and that is in December, and the New Year is approaching. I remember when I was still at home, every December, my family started to get busy. The stewards from all over the place should come to the mother to report the accounts of the Zhuangzi shop, and the stewards and ladies in charge of all things should also go back and forth to ask for instructions. Since December, preparations for the New Year have begun.

And so it is with the people everywhere. In December, it seems that everyone will have a little joy on their faces. Even if the family is poor and has no spare money to buy New Year's goods, they will tear some new cloth according to the rules and simply celebrate this New Year's Festival.

The palace is naturally different from ordinary people's homes. During the New Year's Festival, there is also a banquet for the wife, and naturally it is prepared early, and for a while, the palaces and rooms are busy and busy, and everywhere is full of busy and festive atmosphere.

When I got up in the morning to comb my hair, I remembered this stubble, so I asked Rong Yan: "Before you entered the palace, how did you spend the New Year?"

Rong Yan told me about her childhood, it turned out that she also had a younger sister, named Rong Hong, at that time the family was poor, her father was lame, and her mother made some money by washing clothes in a big family every day.

When Rong Yan talked about his mother, there were obviously some tears in his eyes. But he was still choking, trying not to cry. He continued: "At that time, the slave maid and the younger sister were looking forward to the New Year's Festival, because the mother could bring back a piece of meat from the master's house, and a delicious pastry. ”

Later that year, my mother had a problem washing the clothes she washed, saying that they were not cleaned, which caused the pregnant fifth aunt in the family to have a rash. The mother was kicked out...... On the New Year's Day that year, my mother didn't bring back meat and cakes, but brought back scars all over her body... The ignorant sister is eating pastries, the mother is crying on the bed, and the father is sitting in the chair sighing..."

So the slave went to the grandmother who took in the palace maid, sold herself into the palace, took the ten taels of silver that she sold, bought medicine for her mother, and cakes for her sister...... It was the last New Year's festival that the slave spent at home... As soon as I entered the palace gate, I could no longer get out..."

At this time, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore, two lines of clear tears slid down her face, she quickly wiped them clean, and raised a smile: "Slave damn it, everything is fine now, why bother making the little master unhappy early in the morning." ”

I looked at her from the bronze mirror, my heart softened, and comforted her: "Don't blame yourself, if I don't ask you this morning, you naturally won't say." If I blame myself, isn't it my fault?"

She quickly knelt down and said, "That's not what the slave meant...... Please punish the ......"

But I lifted her up and said, "Don't kneel down at every turn, I don't have so many rules here, if you kneel around like this all day, you are not tired, I am still tired." Okay, hurry up and comb your hair with me, don't miss the time to say hello. ”

Combing my hair, I was a little distracted and remembered the New Year before entering the palace. At that time, the mother would always direct the housekeepers and ladies to do all kinds of preparations, all kinds of girls and mothers-in-law in and out, need to buy, get the right cards to go out of the house, need to prepare, divide the girls into several teams, and take turns to be responsible.

In the past two years, my mother always took me with her and explained everything carefully to me. My sister always stuck to me and had to learn from the side, but my mother always let my younger brother take my sister out to play. I made the girl and the mother-in-law stare carefully, don't bump into it.

Every New Year's Day, my mother will also send people to Rongchang Pavilion to invite the embroidery lady to come, and bring the current fashionable fabrics of Rongchang Pavilion, cut new clothes for our sisters and brothers, and will also take me and my sister to Longji to choose some jewelry, and dress up the three of us beautifully during the New Year's Festival. Naturally, my mother would also make a new robe for my father, and my father would always look at my mother with a smile and talk considerately about how hard it was again.

On the day before the New Year's Festival, one of the most important things to do is to invite ancestors. Because the ancestors should be worshiped on the thirtieth night, in the evening of the day before, the ancestors should be invited by the clan, and then on the night of the thirtieth day, chickens, ducks, fish, meat, and various seasonal fruits should be placed in the main hall of the house to worship the ancestors.

The men of the clan in the family also perform rituals on the 30th night, recite the prayers, and bow down. Young boys are led or held by their uncles. A daughter-in-law or daughter in the family is not eligible to worship ancestors. I remember when I was a child, I always led my sister to secretly look at my brother from outside the door, and I was very envious.

The most lively part of the New Year's Festival is nothing more than the evening of the thirtieth and the early morning of the first day of the new year. On the 30th night, there will be a lot of dumplings in the kitchen, and the skillful girl will also use various vegetable juices and noodles to make all kinds of rice cakes. There are unicorns made of jujubes, rabbits, and cakes with various auspicious patterns.

In the evening, after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there would be fireworks in the yard, and my younger siblings and I watched from the sidelines, watching the brilliant flowers fly into the sky, a moment of brilliance, and then turn into powder that flies down.

After the fireworks, my mother arranged for the girl to wait for the younger siblings to sleep first, while I accompanied my father and mother to keep the New Year. Mother said that keeping the year has two meanings, one is to tell us that youth is fleeting, and old age is easy to age. Cherish time, don't waste it. Second, legend has it that keeping the year is equivalent to praying for good fortune, and you can pray for your parents to live longer.

On the first day of junior high school, it is even more lively. I woke up my younger siblings early and dressed them in newly made clothes, most of which were very festive. Then he was led by his mother-in-law and went to each room to pay New Year's greetings. Generally, the elders will embroider some beautiful bags in advance, which are used to hold some broken silver or gold leaves to reward people.

The girl in the family also likes this day very much. Because the main family usually rewards some silver taels on this day, and on a half-day off, you can go home to see your parents, or you can give the monthly money you have saved to your parents to subsidize the family. All in all a festive day.

Thinking like this, Rong Yan finished combing his hair. Seeing that I was a little distracted, he called me softly: "Little master, little master, it's time to go and say goodbye." ”

I came back to my senses and nodded slightly. Yes. I am now in this palace, and my identity is no longer the lady of the family, but the emperor's concubine. This year is my first New Year's Day in the palace.