Chapter 16: Mrs. Ning

Yuehua followed the doctor all day long to shuttle between the wounded soldiers, sometimes no one came to help, Yuehua also had to help press the soldiers to prevent them from moving, this work was much more tiring than weaving. However, when I came out to work, I ate white flour steamed buns with side dishes, steamed buns are not eaten at any time, and the vegetables are also fresh seasonal vegetables, Yuehua thought about it for a while and still earned it.

"I can't see that your little girl is quite capable, she does her work neatly, I like it, what's your name." The doctor was wearing a gray robe today, and at this time his body was covered with blood, his hands were also bloody, and his eyebrows and hair were also bloody, Yuehua took a copper basin and poured water for him to wash his hands, and he looked at her while washing his hands and smiled.

Yuehua saw the doctor's long beard and eyebrows for the first time, and he looked very elegant, but he didn't expect this person to speak crisply, and he was very informal in his words and actions.

"My maiden name is Xu, and the small character is Yuehua."

"At this time, we don't hear each other, and we are willing to shine on you month by month. Good name, a good name given to you by your father, your surname is Xu Ke, is it the Xu family in Jinling, I remember that the Xu family suffered a crime a few years ago, and the house was raided, and many people were left behind. The medic washed his hands, and the copper basin had turned reddish.

"Back to your words, I was abducted by a kidnapper at the age of five, I don't remember my surname, the kidnapper's surname is Xu, I followed the surname Xu, when I was abducted, there was originally a name mark on my body, the symbol said that my small character is called Yuehua, the abductor felt that the name was not bad, so he only changed my surname and did not change my name, in fact, I don't have the surname Xu, as for the Xu family, I really don't know." Yuehua thought for a moment and said.

"It's a pity that you're like this." The doctor glanced at Yuehua and sighed.

"It's my own bad life, and I don't have the blessing of my parents." Yuehua smiled, and there was no self-pity on her face.

Yuehua and the others finished their work and were about to go back, when a person who looked like a family member came: "Mrs. Ning, please come over." ”

Yuehua thought to herself, it is estimated that because of today's incident, she is about to meet Mrs. Ning! But how do you mention the matter of Si'er to Mrs. Ning!?

Mrs. Ning was handling affairs in an account room in the army at this time, this was the second time Yuehua saw Mrs. Ning, she was wearing a royal blue round-necked dress and a crimson pin-pleated skirt today, sitting on a chair, holding hands naturally on her legs, with a gold-inlaid ring on both ring fingers, her hair was meticulously combed into a bun, a flower was inserted in the middle, and a treasure-inlaid hairpin was inserted on both sides of the bun, which was not very good-looking, and her face was too serious, but it looked luxurious and capable, which made people fearful.

Yuehua and the others went in to salute, but she nodded: "You have done a good job today, I invited you to come to say goodbye to you and thank you." Mrs. Ning didn't have any expression when she spoke, and saying a word of thanks didn't seem like thanking them, but like telling them to do their work, the gap between Yuehua and Mrs. Ning's identities was too big, and Mrs. Ning was able to call them over and say that it was already a good courtesy.

One or twenty palace maids all knelt down: "Madam, you are polite, this is what we should do." ”

Mrs. Ning looked at the palace maids and nodded with satisfaction.

"I see that you also have something to do, so I won't delay your efforts." As he spoke, he turned his head and gestured to a small servant, who brought a tray, and in the tray was a tray of copper coins spread out about a thousand bars: "This is a reward for you." ”

Each of the twenty or so of them grabbed a handful of money, but in fact, they couldn't catch much, and there were only thirty or forty horizontal and vertical ones, and everyone grabbed the money and thanked them.

"Go ahead, the fourth one on the right stays, I have something to ask."

Isn't Yuehua the fourth on the right!?

"What's your name?"

"If Mrs. Hui is remarkable, her maiden name is Xu, and the small character is Yuehua."

"Bring her a chair to sit down." Mrs. Ning turned her head and instructed the little servant beside her.

The little guy moved over a stool, maybe Mrs. Ning's aura was too strong, even if she let Yuehua sit on Yuehua, she felt that the air was very dignified.

"You're the palace maid from last time!?"

"In response to your words, yes."

Mrs. Ning raised her eyebrows rarely: "I'll just look at it!" ”

A sentence without a beginning or an end, Yuehua heard it in a fog, could it be because of what happened last time that she offended Mrs. Ning.

Saying that, a little servant brought over a tray, and put this big book in the tray, Mrs. Ning took it down and opened it page by page, suddenly put it down and frowned and said, "I don't have a person named Yuehua here." ”

"Back to your words, my surname is Xu Mingzhen, the small character Yuehua, the grass-headed Qin Wang's Zhen, the big guy calls me Yuehua, and I'm used to it." Because Zhen characters are few and difficult to write, the big guys used to call her Yuehua, and after a long time, she forgot that she still had the name Xu Zhen.

"I see." Mrs. Ning said, "It seems that you have read the book. ”

"Replying to your words, I don't dare to say that I have read a book, I only recognize a few words, it's not that I'm blind." This is the truth, Yuehua reading and writing is also taught by Qiu Yan, Qiu Yan is a palace maid can not teach much, Yuehua is now able to memorize the surname of a hundred families, thousand words and three character scriptures, other books have not been read, many words are just recognized and not written.

Mrs. Ning nodded with satisfaction: "I think it's okay!" Then he said, "You shouldn't have been sent here with such a good look, is there something hidden in it!?" Tell me the truth, and don't hide it from me. ”

Yuehua thought about it for a while, she was used to seeing people in the palace, she didn't say it would work, if she didn't tell the truth, Mrs. Ning would definitely be able to find out if she wanted to find out, and when the time came, it would be bad to find out that she was lying, and if she was honest, she wouldn't dare to say it if she had a few heads.

The people who came out of the palace were all skillful in speaking, and Aunt Qiu Yan once taught her: "What should be said, what not to say, and how the words should be said must have a score in the stomach." However, Qiu Yan still planted it herself, which shows that it is not easy to learn this technique well.

Yuehua lowered her head, blushed, and pondered for a while: "Back to your words, I don't want to hide it from you, I am indeed not on the list, we little palace maids have to serve the nobles, first of all, we have to worship my aunt to be the master to learn the rules, and only after learning the rules can we serve the nobles, otherwise we can only be rough little palace maids for a lifetime."

I originally had an aunt, on the eve of the dismissal of the palace maid, my aunt suddenly fell ill, and the eunuch in charge had a goddaughter who was also an orphan girl, so she let her take my place for fear of being sent to the border, and my aunt went and no one told me to send me away. Yuehua looked at Mrs. Ning with a look of disbelief: "You can also inquire yourself, and I won't tell you that my aunt is not someone else, and it is indeed Aunt Qiuyan, the former palace maid of the imperial study." Yuehua didn't tell the truth or lie about this, the people in the palace had a way to protect themselves.

The palace people of Wei are lifelong, and they cannot leave the palace for the rest of their lives unless they die of old age. As soon as I heard that the palace maids were dismissed in the palace, all those who had a family and a good family asked someone to find a relationship to go back to their homes to reunite, and it was better to go out to make a living than to die of old age in the palace.

These orphan girls who have no father and no mother are reluctant to go out, and no matter how good they are outside, they are not as stable as they are in the palace, after all, there are still a few who have committed something and have been given death.

The palace has the benefits of the palace, at least there is food to eat, clothes to wear, there is no need to be displaced, and there are special palace people in the palace when you are old, so you don't have to worry about sleeping on the streets.

The severance pay of two taels of silver per person is released, and there is no long thing, and the girl's family is not as good as a man who can support the family and settle down, and since the world is not good now, today's natural disasters are so strong that they breed, and the rogue is prevalent, and men can't stand on it, let alone women.

There are even people who are not familiar with the place when they go out, their eyes are black, and they are abducted and trafficked by traffickers to some corner and corner place when they don't understand anything, so it is better to stay in the palace. They are a little younger and better, and finding a similar family to marry in their teens and twenties is also a way to live, and those who are out of the palace after noon in their thirties can't get married, and they don't have money, power, or life, and they don't want to go out at all.

Therefore, the little palace maid who has a family is looking for someone to trust her relationship, and she desperately wants to leave the palace, and she is unwilling to go out at this age without a home.

But this is not up to you, the steward eunuch above asks you to stay, you have to stay, let you go, you don't want to go, you have to go, besides, the emperor issued the first holy decree to dismiss the palace maids to go home, and then issued the second holy decree, and those who have no home or even can't find their hometown will be sent to the border.

The border passes are hard and war-like, how many people would rather die in the palace than go out, and there are not a few people who are looking for someone to die than go out.

"We were originally people from the imperial study, on an errand in front of the first emperor, the first emperor collapsed, the new steward came up, the new steward brought a group of new people over, we lost our momentum, lost our jobs, and had no choice but to be slaughtered, not only me, but the people in front of the emperor had a relationship, and almost all of them were sent out."

"So that's the case, that's it, you go, I'll find out another day and I'll ask you again."

Questioning! Yuehua didn't understand why Mrs. Ning was so persistent in inquiring about her life experience, she was just a little palace maid, and Yanhong's matter had passed for so long, so she shouldn't have asked Yuehua at this time!

"Madame still has a few words, I don't know if I should say it or not." Yuehua knew that Mrs. Ning had a high status, and it was not a very clever move to ask someone to do something when they met for the first time, if she missed this time, she didn't know when she would be able to see Mrs. Ning again next time, and there would be no hope for Si'er's affairs at all.