"Close the palace gates—"

Just when the emperor was about to come in, Sang Zhi heard a shout from the inner hall, and before everyone could react, he heard a squeak, and the door of the inner hall had been closed.

Sang Zhi and the palace maids and eunuchs outside the hall were stunned.

The imperial concubine dared to refuse to see the emperor, and shut people out of the door!

I heard the voice of the imperial concubine, "The concubine is afraid, today is the Thousand Autumn Festival, presumably the sky is dark, the emperor did not notice the wrong direction for a while, and the concubine sent the emperor!" ”

It's a good reason to find it. Sang Zhi and the others didn't dare to come out, and after a period of dead silence, the voice of Emperor Shunzhi finally came, "Ai Fei, I-"

"The concubine sends the emperor!" The door of the palace was closed, and the sound of the imperial concubine crying came from inside again, which really made the listener unbearable.

There was silence again. Inside and outside the temple gate, there was no sound. The imperial concubine didn't mean to open the door at all, and Emperor Shunzhi stood silently in the courtyard until Wu Liangfu, the head of the second rank of the personal servant, said softly, "Your Majesty, the weather is cold, take care of the dragon body." And the imperial concubine has always been weak, you see ......"

Shunzhi glanced at him, and Wu Liangfu hurriedly silenced. The people in Chengqian Palace were terrified, for fear that the emperor would be angry, but who knew that Shunzhi actually sighed, turned around and left without saying a word.

For a moment, everyone was stunned. Wu Liangfu followed closely behind Emperor Shunzhi, and when the emperor walked a few steps farther, he turned around, squinted his eyes and asked, "What did you all see just now?" ”

Everyone was stunned.

"Huh?" Wu Liangfu was obviously threatening, and his voice was lengthened, and he snorted lowly.

Sang Zhi sighed in his heart, "Back to the manager, we didn't see anything." ”

Wu Liangfu's face changed, "Are you blind?" What just happened, didn't see anything? ”

Sang Zhi swallowed in fright, did he say the wrong thing? She didn't dare to speak again. But Wu Liangfu had already walked in front of her, "What did you just see?" ”

Sang Zhi was nervous for a while, secretly analyzing the situation. Obviously, on the birthday of the queen on the Qianqiu Festival, it is not in accordance with the etiquette system for the emperor to come to the Chengqian Palace. In this case, shouldn't we pretend that nothing happened?

She was uncertain, but she heard Wu Liangfu's shrill voice, "Raise your head." ”

Mulberry branch did not dare to disobey.

Wu Liangfu asked again, "What did you see just now?" ”

Sang Zhi met his gaze, Xu was in a hurry, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind - yes, what kind of person is the emperor! His every move is in the eyes of the people of the world, and someone should record his daily life, so it is impossible for the emperor to come out to the Chengqian Palace now that it did not happen. But he came back for what he could make a fuss about-Sang Zhi's eyes lit up, and he replied tentatively, "Back to the manager, I'm ...... The slave maid saw that the emperor passed by the Chengqian Palace when he went to hand over the Tai Palace, and came in by the way to inquire about the preparations for the Qianqiu Festival. But according to the system, I didn't enter the palace, and I only asked Mr. Wu to ask you to say hello to the imperial concubine. ”

After speaking, Sang Zhi took a breath and looked at Wu Liangfu inquiringly.

Wu Liangfu's face was expressionless, but he suddenly smiled, "That's right." He looked at the crowd, "Did you hear that?" ”

The palace people responded one after another.

Wu Liangfu didn't say more, but when he left, he paused, looked Sang Zhi up and down, "What's your name?" Who's under it? ”

"Slave Sangzhi, originally followed Mama Li in Xinzheku."

Wu Liangfu smiled and said, "I said, it turned out to be Li Yingrong's person." No wonder! Get up. ”

Sang Zhi replied respectfully, "Mr. Xie." ”

When Wu Liangfu was no longer in sight, Sang Zhi let out a long breath. Her palms were already covered with sweat.

The prosperity of the Thousand Autumn Festival has nothing to do with these palace slaves. They were rewarded with something to improve their food, but their work was even more onerous. Especially after the Thousand Autumn Festival, it is immediately necessary to prepare for the New Year. The New Year, a festival that is truly celebrated by the whole world, has more things to prepare in the palace, which is more than the Thousand Autumn Festival.

Mulberry Branch, like everyone else, was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and he was so tired that he could barely straighten his waist.

Seeing that Chinese New Year's Eve was coming, the preparations finally came to an end in an orderly manner, and the mulberry branches finally stopped turning so continuously. The palace people gathered together in twos and threes, some embroidered handkerchiefs, some tied ties, and some who made shoe soles and gloves, all began to prepare gifts for the New Year. Sang Zhi didn't have a few people to recognize here, and she wasn't as skillful as other palace maids, so she didn't do it for a long time.

Until the first heavy snow falls in winter. Sang Zhi stood in the snowdrift, her heart was at a loss, this was the first snow she had seen in the first year of the Qing Dynasty. Sang Zhi suddenly understood that this qiē was not a dream. She couldn't go back. The snowflakes fell on her palm and drilled into her collar, and she looked at a few little palace maids laughing together not far away, but she felt extremely lonely. She doesn't feel like she belongs here, but she's slowly becoming a part of it.

She suddenly thought of Sole. She hadn't seen this girl since the Thousand Autumn Festival. A rough calculation shows that more than two months have passed. Mulberry thought to himself, and he didn't know if Surle had been discovered, but he hadn't heard of any princess Gege making a mistake. Just thinking about it, Tong'er ran over and said with a smile, "Mulberry Branch, which style do you like?" ”

Tong'er has several styles of ornaments on her hands, all of which are prepared for the New Year. Sang Zhi looked at it, and suddenly his heart moved, "Do you know how to make up these kinds?" ”

"Naturally, you have to learn before entering the palace." Tong'er explained one by one, "This is a double money knot, this is a button knot, a pipa knot, a group brocade knot, a cross knot, an auspicious knot, a 10,000-character knot, a long plate knot, a caisson knot, a double knot, and a bow knot, a mulberry branch, you choose one, I will prepare a New Year's gift for you." ”

Sang Zhi picked for a while, and suddenly made up his mind in his heart, so he casually pointed his finger, "Let's do this." "She also has to prepare gifts for Green Oriole and Sule, but she has to do something different from all the palace maids.

Before Chinese New Year's Eve, she finally found a chance to go to Yongshou Palace, but still did not see Sule. Later, I went there several times, but I still didn't see the person I wanted to see. Sang Zhi began to lose at this time, she really wanted to be friends with Sole. Probably because Surle doesn't treat her as a slave, she can talk to Surer like an ordinary normal person. You know, in this hierarchical palace, to find a friend who has no distinction between dignity and inferiority is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, or more accurately, difficult to climb to the sky. The minions are accustomed to servility, and this humble and subservient nature is imprinted in their bones, and Sang Zhi and them can't really communicate at all. The masters are accustomed to the posture of their masters, and they don't treat their slaves as the same people, and how can they talk to their masters at will? It is the green warbler, and it is also full of servility, and the things engraved in the bones cannot be polished, and the mulberry branches are among them, lonely and incomprehensible.

Therefore, I cherish Surer more and more. Although she didn't know who Soler was - she didn't want to know, it was because they didn't know each other's identities that they could not have the slightest guilt and humility, otherwise, she was afraid that she would lose only this friend.

A huge palace, with so many people coming and going, Sang Zhi is like an outsider who is excluded everywhere - she and the whole palace are mutually exclusive, and the only consolation is the girl who doesn't know her identity. However, she couldn't get rid of this harem, and that kind of bitter loneliness and hesitation made Sang Zhi breathless.

She misses Soler for nothing else, she just wants to talk to Soler simply, give her a New Year's gift, wish her a happy New Year, that's all.

However, it could not be obtained in the end.

Chinese New Year's Eve came like this, and she still didn't see Sule.