Before Yuxiu went out, she was afraid that the smell would dissipate too quickly, so she stuffed the thorn ball into her shoes again.

In my previous life, I had seen all kinds of concubines competing for favor, and there were people in Beijing who carefully stuffed spices in the uppers of their shoes, and the dark fragrance floated between actions, which was very elegant.

After being reborn, because of working in the field, there are the most mosquitoes in the field, and it is not good to bring insect repellent sachets on the body for fear of being cumbersome.

Yuxiu left a gap in the upper of her shoe and grated the insect repellent spice and stuffed it in.

Now she doesn't go to the ground, but she thinks it's good to repel insects like this, and when she makes shoes for her family, she still likes to leave a seam on the upper. Now it's ready to use.

Mama Gong saw that Yuxiu was carefully organized, and there was no trace of it, and she exclaimed, "The lady is really thoughtful, but fortunately, you let people leave this weed." ”

Yuxiu asked the gardener to leave this stinky bulb grass, not because she thought of today, but because this stinky bulb grass is a medicinal herb, she smiled bitterly, "Mama, let's go." ”

When Eunuch He was waiting a little impatiently in the front hall, Mama Gong helped Yuxiu out with a hat on her head.

Eunuch He's eyes flashed, he looked at Yuxiu carefully, and when he saw that no one had changed, he was relieved, "Lady Yan, let's go, don't let the Queen Mother wait in a hurry." ”

"There is a long wait. Yuxiu bowed slightly and turned to go out.

Yuliang happened to come back from school in Guozijian and met Yuxiu at the gate, "Sister, where are you going out?"

He asked, raising his eyes to see the eunuchs and guards beside Yuxiu. After staying in Beijing for a long time, he was no stranger to the costumes of these people, and after seeing it, he asked in surprise, "Sister, ...... are they?"

"Little four, these are the adults in the palace. The Queen Mother summoned me, and I came back after entering the palace to meet me. You wait at home. ”

As soon as Yuliang heard the summons from the palace, he turned back to Yan and said, "Bring my horse over, I will send my eldest sister to the imperial city." ”

Yuxiu was unwilling to refute Yuliang's orders in front of everyone, so he rode a horse to escort him.

Although Yuliang is ten years old, he is wearing a round-necked robe for a student, but he looks calm.

Eunuch He didn't stop him, Yuliang sent it to the palace gate, and helped Yuxiu get out of the carriage, "Eldest sister, I'll wait for you outside to go home together." ”

"It's cold, you better go home first. ”

"It's not cold, I'll wait for you here. Yuliang stubbornly tightened his little face. The eldest sister still treated him as a child and didn't tell him anything, but he intuitively felt that it would definitely not be easy for Yuxiu to enter the palace, for fear that if he didn't wait, he would never see his sister again.

Although he was a serious adult, Yuxiu still saw his nervousness and patted his hands, "Then you will listen to Mama Gong, ah?"

Yuliang couldn't bear to disobey anymore and nodded.

"My father-in-law took care of it. He turned around and said politely to Grandpa He, and Mama Gong stuffed a red envelope again.

Eunuch He smiled and said, "The Queen Mother is the most merciful, don't worry." ”

Yuxiu turned around and saw the majestic palace gate in front of her. At this time, the north wind was howling, but there was silence inside and outside the palace gate, like a dormant giant beast, waiting for an opportunity to choose people to devour.

In her previous life, she had never entered the palace, nor did she think that she would stand in front of the palace gate after being reborn, but the matter has already come, what is the use of being afraid?

Yuxiu took a deep breath and slowly followed Eunuch He inside.

The Empress Dowager's Renshou Palace, deep in the inner palace. Along the way, I walked through the imperial garden, walked through several palace rooms, and occasionally met young and beautiful palace people, wearing thin cotton armor, holding hands, and walking in small steps. Even if I shivered in the cold wind, I still walked in small steps.

The palace is the most well-behaved place in the world. Whoever makes a mistake will be punished lightly, and will be killed.

He Gonggong collects money from people, and he is courteous along the way, and occasionally gives Yuxiu a few words, such as which master lives in the palace passing by, the stone slab under his feet is white marble instead of white stone, and the fragrance of flowers coming out of the wind is the best cold plum.

Yuxiu listened cooperatively, occasionally exclaiming, and her steps were restrained and fast.

After walking for nearly an hour, I came to a palace gate with a plaque of "Renshou Palace".

"Yan Niangzi, this is Renshou Palace, you wait a minute, the slave will go and give the Queen Mother a message. Eunuch He stood in front of the palace gate as if his face had changed, completely losing his ostentatious attitude outside.

Yuxiu naturally agreed, standing at the gate of the palace and waiting.

At this time, it was already afternoon, and the cold wind was stronger when standing in front of the palace gate, even if there was sunlight, there was no warmth.

After a stick of incense or so, a middle-aged palace man with a serious face came out, "This is Yan Niangzi? Let's go in with the slave maid, the Queen Mother is waiting in the palace." ”

"The people's daughter is exact, there is Aunt Lao. Yuxiu followed her, walked into Renshou Palace, and walked around the path paved with blue bricks a few times before arriving at the main hall where the Queen Mother was.

A palace person at the gate of the palace said, "The Queen Mother commanded, the weather is cold, and Yan Niangzi should go in and see." ”

Yuxiu is a person with no rank, according to the rules, he can only kneel and worship under the steps outside the hall, and he is allowed to enter to worship, which can be regarded as grace.

Yuxiu hurriedly thanked him and followed into the hall.

The cold wind all the way, as soon as she entered the hall, she felt a warmth lingering, making her frozen hands and feet faintly swollen with pain.

"People's girl Yan Yuxiu, meet the Queen Mother, Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" she knelt down and kowtowed.

After kowtowing, after a while, a pleasant voice came from overhead, "You are Yan Yuxiu who made Revah, Raise your head and let me see." ”

Yuxiu didn't dare to slack off, and quickly straightened up and looked up, she couldn't look directly at it, and immediately lowered her eyes after looking up, looking at the carpet in front of her.

The moment she looked up, she saw a woman sitting on it wearing a palace dress embroidered with a stone blue embroidered Fushou pattern, looking about forty years old, with no wrinkles on her face. Although he is old, he can know at a glance that he must have been a beauty when he was young, and his facial features were dignified and his majesty was exposed. Thinking that the Queen Mother is firmly in the position of the queen to the queen mother, she must have powerful means.

Empress Dowager Wen saw Yan Yuxiu wearing a silver red-trimmed dress, combing her bun, looking like a little girl. But that face is really alluring the country and the city.

"Are you Yan Yuxiu?" the Queen Mother asked, and said to a palace person beside her, "This face, it seems that I have seen it somewhere." He turned his head to look at Yuxiu and asked, "Have you ever gone through the palace?"

"Returning to the Queen Mother, the folk girl grew up in the mountains and wilderness of Mingzhou Mansion since she was a child, and even the capital is still the second time to come and has never entered the palace. ”

"It's strange, I look at your face, it's familiar. I can't remember where I've seen it for a while. ”

Empress Dowager Wen frowned and recalled, and the palace man next to her said with a smile, "Empress Dowager, the slave maid remembered, you saw it yesterday." ”

"Yesterday?"

"Yesterday in the Holy Bedchamber ......" 1910