Chapter 11: The Lady-in-Waiting

Qingling took out the hand held by the mother, knelt on the ground and said sincerely, "The life-saving grace of the imperial concubine Niangniang is not repaid, the maiden don't drive me out of the palace, the maiden only wants to stay in Fengzao Palace and do her best to do things for Niangniang." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Hey," Niangniang sighed, "Poor child, I heard that you hurt your brain, you can't remember anything before, and you have no relatives and no reason to go out of the palace, so stay in Fengzao Palace." ”

"The people's daughter is grateful to Niangniang, the people's daughter is full of liver and brain, and she is willing to serve Niangniang." Qingling was grateful for the kindness of the mother and kowtowed a few times in a row.

Niangniang didn't call up, Qingling had to kneel.

Niangniang said, "There are new people in the palace, and there are a lot of things, and the emperor comes to Fengzao Palace every once in a while, and the palace has to take care of the affairs of the harem. Qingling, in the future, you will move to the eldest prince's side, take care of the eldest prince's daily life, and accompany the eldest prince to study during the day. ”

"Yes, the slave maid obeys the instructions of the mother and takes care of the eldest prince wholeheartedly." Leaving such an important matter of taking care of the eldest prince to her, it can be seen that Niangniang really regards her as the closest person. Qingling knelt on the ground and solemnly responded.

The folk girl changed her name to slave maid, a small title, the shrewd imperial concubine has already understood Qingling's intentions, the corners of her mouth raised a charming smile, but her voice was a little cold, "It's just Qingling, in the palace is not as good as outside, especially in the people around the prince, there are many times when you meet the emperor, you have a beautiful appearance and a moon appearance, it is inevitable to attract the emperor's attention." ”

Cold sweat oozed from Qingling's back, she understood the voice of the imperial concubine, her heart was beating suddenly, she suppressed the panic in her heart, and forced herself to calm down, "The imperial concubine can rest assured, the slave's life is given by the mother, and the slave will not do anything to seduce the emperor." ”

The imperial concubine obviously still didn't believe Qingling's words, and said quietly, "You won't seduce the emperor, maybe the emperor won't be with you, I'm afraid that when you get grace, you will forget today's oath." ”

The imperial concubine's words were indifferent and harsh, Qingling was only afraid that one would answer incorrectly and harm the innocent, so she had to grit her teeth and said ruthlessly, "Niangniang, it is already a blessing for the slave to be the palace maid by the side of the slave and the maid, how dare you be delusional and fight for favor with the maid, the slave and maid swear, if you do something sorry for the maid and the eldest prince, the slave and maid will not die well if they are thundered by the sky!" ”

"Hey, the life of a palace maid is nothing in this huge harem, it's just Qingling, this palace values you, your life will not be lost, you can't let this palace down." The eldest prince carries the future of the Great Qian Dynasty, how can he only swear by himself? The imperial concubine stroked the ring on her hand and said slowly, but every word was very solemn.

Cold sweat flowed down her forehead, hitting the cold ground, Qingling's head touched the cold ground, her heart was clear, the imperial concubine pressed step by step, not only coercion, but more of a mother's heavy entrustment, she raised her head and looked directly at the imperial concubine's phoenix eyes, and said cautiously word by word, "The slave has nothing to be afraid of, but I am afraid that I can't bear the trust of the mother, the slave and the maid swear, if you do something sorry for the mother and the prince, the slave and the maid will be struck by lightning in this life, and they will not die well." Qingling paused, his throat squirmed, and he struggled to spit out the following words, "The children of slaves and maids will be slaves for generations, and they will not be allowed to turn over." ”

As soon as Qingling's words fell, the imperial concubine had already sat down, hugged Qingling, teary-eyed, and choked up, "Qingling, don't blame this palace for forcing you, you will understand why this palace is so desperate to force you in the future." This palace believes that your oath is sincere, and it is also his blessing that the eldest prince has your care. ”

"Niangniang, the slave maid is willing to do anything for the eldest prince, and it is also a blessing for the slave to be able to stay by the eldest prince's side." Qingling quietly snuggled in the arms of the imperial concubine, tears flowing, if her mother was still there, she would also love herself like the imperial concubine loved the eldest prince, how could she be reduced to the palace as a slave and a maid.

In fact, up to now, Qingling has been in the palace for more than a month, and she has only been out of the Fengzao Palace twice, that is, to see lotus flowers and pick lotus flowers that day, most of the days are used to recuperate. She doesn't know how old the eldest prince is, what he looks like, and what his temperament is, since the imperial concubine solemnly entrusts her beloved emperor to her, there must be a reason for the imperial concubine.

The eldest prince lives in the Huaqing Hall in the backyard of Fengzao Palace, before moving there, Fang Fei personally instructed Qingling to learn the rules for seven days, when she was at home, her grandmother told her a lot about the things in the palace, and this time she had the opportunity to learn the rules from Fang Fei's mouth to learn more and more details, especially the preferences and temperament of the eldest prince Fang Fei said the most.

Seven days later, Qingling was single, and he had nothing to bring except himself, and it only took one meal to move to Huaqing Palace. The palace people in the Huaqing Palace got Fang Fei's orders, knowing that Qingling was the personal maid of the great prince, and when they saw her, they were all respectful, with twelve points of caution, they didn't know that Qingling was even more cautious and cautious.

Huaqing Hall is divided into two halls, the front hall is the main hall, and the prince has to read and practice words in the main hall every day. Behind is the dormitory, divided into the outer room and the inner room, the inner room is the place where the prince sleeps, and the outer room is lived by Qingling.

Qingling soon saw the layout of the Huaqing Palace, the room was wide and bright, the furnishings were simple and elegant, especially the bookcase of the eldest prince reading, which was made of precious golden silk nanmu, faintly exuding a luxurious atmosphere.

There is no floral decoration next to the bookcase, only a bookshelf is used instead, and there are books on it, which is convenient for the eldest prince to access and read at any time.

Behind the bookcase is a delicate wood-carved screen, carved with four different landscape patterns, including the sunset over the long river, the flowing mountains and waterfalls, the turbulent sea, and the lakes and mountains. The same thing is that there is water in each painting, presumably to match the name of the great prince next to the word water.

"What about the eldest prince? Practicing swords in the backyard? Qingling looked around and didn't see the eldest prince, and asked the palace people around him.

"Back to my aunt, the eldest prince has to practice swords in the backyard in the morning." Miyato replied.

Qingling bypassed the screen, walked out from the side door, behind the Huaqing Hall is an open courtyard, the courtyard is surrounded by green pine and golden chrysanthemums into a martial arts training ground, in the middle of the field, a six or seven-year-old child is dancing a sword, a short sword in his hand, and the body is a jujube red military uniform.

"Stand down." Qingling sent away the palace people who followed, and stood alone outside the venue waiting for the eldest prince to practice his sword.

The eldest prince was born in the third year of Qianfeng, only six years old, his young body jumped with a sword in the middle of the field, and his little face was cute because of exercise.

He stabbed out with his red sword, and his body jumped up with the trend of the sword, after all, he was still young, and his feet were unstable when he landed, and he was about to fall, so he cleverly held the sword to support the ground and stabilize his body.

"Little tiger, are you tired? When you're tired, take a break. Qingling beckoned, but did not move under his feet.

"You, why are you standing so far away, come here, and accompany me to practice swords." The great prince's short sword pointed at a command, domineering.

"That's the territory of the little tiger, how dare the slave and maid trespass?" Qingling Wan'er made a grimace and spread his hands to express helplessness.

The eldest prince brandished his short sword violently and shouted loudly, "Long-winded, if you are told to come over, you will come." The short sword pointed towards the middle of the field and ordered Qingling, "Stand here!" ”

Qingling fanned his eyes and didn't know what the eldest prince meant, but he calmly walked to the middle of the venue and stood still.

"Kill!" Qingling had just stood still, when the sword blade on the side of his ear struck, and the eldest prince jumped, and the short sword stabbed his cheek with a cold wind.

Qingling's heart trembled, and he immediately calmed down, holding his chest with both hands, flickering his eyes and letting the eldest prince stab left and right, the sword blade was stabbed against Qingling's waist, back, neck, and legs, Qingling looked at the little tiger with a smile, it turned out that the little guy wanted to give the new personal maid a dismount.

The eldest prince stabbed for a while, he wanted to scare and scare Qingling, but seeing that Qingling was not afraid, he felt bored, so he stopped his hand, stood aside, and asked unhappily with his head held high, "This prince stabbed you, why don't you dodge or dodge?" ”

Looking at the cute appearance of the eldest prince, Qingling was so happy that he couldn't help laughing.

The eldest prince's face turned red, and he asked angrily, "Why are you laughing?" ”

Qingling stopped laughing, straightened his clothes and said with a smile, "Of course the slave and maid are not afraid, because the slave and maid know that the little tiger has practiced the sword and is going to gallop across the field to assassinate the enemy, and the slave and the maid are close to the little tiger, how can the little tiger assassinate his relatives?" ”

The eldest prince thought about it sideways, full of momentum, "Insightful and courageous." Let's go, this prince is hungry, accompany me to dinner. ”

Breakfast has been prepared, the palace maid and eunuch have a meal, trembling and retreating, a palace maid because of nervousness, tripped over the threshold when going out, and fell on the bluestone road outside the door, as if she didn't feel pain, and crawled away.

Qingling felt strange, and went outside and quietly called a eunuch who didn't have time to dodge to ask, it turned out that the eldest prince had a habit of playing pranks during meals, and the palace people were tortured and scared by him, so they wished they could hide as far away as possible.

Qingling's eyes blinked, turned around and entered the main hall, closing the door. A few kind-hearted palace people looked at Qingling's back worriedly, their brows wrinkled bitterly, and they hid to the side tremblingly, waiting for Qingling to be unable to endure the torture of the eldest prince and escape in embarrassment.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no sound of the great prince's ping-pong tormenting sound in the house, and they felt strange, and couldn't help but gather outside the palace gate, wanting to see the situation inside through the crack in the door. I didn't want to pull them away suddenly, but the few palace people who were leaning against the door fell to the ground in embarrassment.

I saw Qingling walking out with a smile, and his voice was clear and clear, "The eldest prince has eaten, a few of you take out the rest of the meal and distribute it to everyone, the eldest prince has an order, you must eat cleanly, and you are not allowed to waste it." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. The minions did not dare to waste. Several palace people trembled and walked in, for fear of being stopped by the eldest prince, so they walked out with a meal and trembling, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

They looked at Qingling, the new personal maid beside the eldest prince, with admiration, smiling lightly, with a calm look. Those who can handle the great prince must not be mortals, they dare not be in awe, and they speak and walk with respect.