Chapter 3 A Proverb
It's a good night's sleep.
On the second day, Zhu Zhen was woken up by Aunt Hua Shu, sleepy-eyed.
"Auntie, what's the matter?" The bamboo basket rubs her eyes, delicate and cute.
Hua Shu was angry and funny when she saw Zhu Zhen like this, and she couldn't say anything about reproach, so she only said softly: "Hurry up, it's already three o'clock." The master has to read in the morning every hour, and you still have to wait on the sidelines, why is it late on the first day of duty? ”
After Hua Shu said this, Zhu Zhen suddenly came to his senses, yes, he is already a palace maid in this Chuxiu Palace, and he is no longer a child who is lying in bed at home. Busy admitting his mistake while flushing and washing, his mind was still flying around the modern time of the third quarter and the first quarter of the hour. Zhu Zhen was about to pick up the blue palace dress that the palace maids wore yesterday, but he didn't want Hua Shu to hand over another set of light yellow palace clothes.
"This?" The bamboo hoop took over the palace dress, and the touch was obviously much softer and thinner than yesterday's cyan palace dress, and even the stitch embroidery on the palace dress was much more exquisite.
Hua Shu explained with a smile: "The palace people who serve the pen and ink beside the master, since they are different from others, yesterday in a hurry, I forgot to tell you, there are some clothes left by the language painting in the box over there, you look back and see if it fits, then take it to wear." I'm afraid it will take a few days for the new clothes to be delivered. This body is rewarded by the master, but Yingluo and they don't have this blessing. ”
Hearing that the bamboo basket was stunned for several seconds, what is the relationship between this good concubine and the bamboo basket? It is strange that he first sent her a light errand, then divided a good house, and now gave her clothes, so that he repeatedly favored her. If it's really a shallow relationship, then wouldn't you be exposed? Thinking of this, the bamboo basket felt that the palm of the palm was slightly damp, and the fingertips were faintly cold.
"What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and change your clothes and wait in the master's house?" Hua Shu put her clothes on the bamboo bed and said, "When you enter the Yilan Pavilion for a while, don't forget to thank your mother." ”
"Yes, Zhu Zhen wrote it down, Aunt Xie reminded me." Zhu Zhen paused slightly, and then said, "Master, do you often reward people like this?" ”
Hua Shu lowered his eyes slightly, and said: "The master is generous, and the people in the Chuxiu Palace are all good, but they are just waiting for you...... It seems to be extraordinarily attentive. ”
Hearing Hua Shu's vague words, Zhu Zhen's heart was cold, and he put on the palace clothes in a panic, and he couldn't comb the flag head that he had just learned, and he was so anxious that beads of sweat had appeared on Zhu Zhen's forehead.
Seeing this, Hua Shu took the comb in the hand of the bamboo basket and slowly combed it. After a while, he had carefully coiled up his hair at one end of the bamboo basket, and picked out a few ornaments and bamboo hairpins from the dressing table. After looking through the mirror, Hua Shu put down the wooden comb in his hand and said softly: "Okay." ”
Zhu Zhen got up, hurriedly thanked Hua Shu, and then straightened his clothes again, and went to Concubine Liang's house with Hua Shu.
Walking to the porch, a few palace maids holding copper basins, towels and other toiletries came out from the west, thinking that Concubine Liang had just gotten up and washed. Hua Shu whispered and instructed Zhu Zhengjing to go to the Yilan Pavilion on an errand, and then went all the way into the second room.
It stands to reason that in a palace, there is often more than one concubine, especially the concubines of Kangxi, and this huge Chuxiu Palace has only arranged a good concubine, which is really a bit puzzling.
It's incomprehensible, Zhu Zhen hasn't forgotten that she came to be an errand, saying that she came here on an errand, and there are not many things she needs to do, she only needs to serve the pen and ink when the concubine comes here to study, and the rest of the cleaning work has her own rough palace maid to do.
Concubine Liang's bookcase is quite neat, only some scattered manuscripts are scattered, and the bamboo basket is not enough for tea. Considering that it would take about half an hour for Concubine Liang to have breakfast, Zhu Zhen had nothing to do, so he took out a copy of "Side Hat Collection" from the shelf to read.
"The moss under the forest is the Yun family, and the jade bones are pitiful and dusty. There is nowhere to say before the wind, and the number is returned to the crow. Half a lifetime of duckweed with the passing water, a night of cold rain burial flowers. The soul is the willow that blows and wants to break, around the end of the world. ”
Unconsciously, the bamboo basket slowly read out the sound, and when the end of the note settled, the bamboo basket raised his eyes in a trance, and saw the concubine standing at the door, startled, hurriedly stepped forward, and hurriedly saluted the concubine to confess. Half-squatting, Zhu Zhen vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the look of Concubine Liang just now, but what was wrong couldn't be said. Just thinking about it, I heard Concubine Liang and said softly: "Let's get up." ”
"Thank you, master." Zhu Zhen straightened up, but still hung his head, and followed behind Concubine Liang not far away.
Concubine Liang acted as if nothing had happened, picked up the "Side Hat Collection" that Fang Cai had placed on the table in a hurry, leaned on the couch, and read it carefully.
The faint fragrance of blue and white flowers has slowly infected the entire warm pavilion at this time, and it is gathered on the slightly reclining body of Concubine Liang, and the bamboo basket looks at it, it is a trance and untouchable beauty.
When I was on duty, I knew that the so-called "morning" reading lasted from breakfast to dinner, Hua Shu came several times, and Concubine Liang lazily answered her, and Hua Shu helped herself to go to the front for dinner.
After sending off Concubine Liang, Zhu Zheng hurriedly went to get the meal, but fortunately, Yingluo also kept one for her, otherwise according to the rules of the palace, she would have nothing to eat this afternoon and night. It's sad to say, Zhu Zhen is a greedy person, but this ancient person is very stingy, stipulating that there are only two meals a day, and this dinner is only two o'clock in the afternoon at the latest, and then there is no main meal, only some snacks to pass away. It's just that this snack is also prepared for the masters, and those palace maids and eunuchs are not able to eat it if they want to.
"Bamboo basket, what do you want?" Yingluo chattered for a long time, but no one responded, so she stopped talking and asked.
Zhu Zhen was thinking about Concubine Fang Cailiang's expression, but was disturbed by Yingluo, and hurriedly returned to his senses: "It's nothing, maybe I'm on duty on the first day, and I'm a little tired." ”
Hearing this, Yingluo sighed very sympathetically: "Isn't it? Although I was not on duty on the first day, my aunt taught me how to serve refreshments every day these days, so meticulous that I couldn't even turn my palm in the wrong direction when serving refreshments. Yingluo pounded the rice grains in the bowl with chopsticks, and her mouth was pouting.
Hearing this, Zhu Zhen smiled: "In this way, Aunt Chu treats you very well." ”
Yingluo straightened her back and asked Zhu Zhen: "How do you say this?" ”
"Think about it, others started to be on duty as soon as they arrived in the palace, and you have been here for a few days but you are still learning the rules. Seeing that Yingluo seemed to have some feelings, Zhu Zhen continued, "Besides, the palace rules are strict, the more strict the requirements for you now, the more you will not make mistakes in the future, and the first aunt of the junior high school is really thinking about you." ”
Yingluo lowered her head, the movements in her hands had slowed down, and then gave Zhu Zhen a big smile: "It's still Zhu Zhen that you will explain people, and people are smart, no wonder the master values you so much." Zhu Zhen had the heart to explain two sentences when he heard this, but Yingluo continued, "I won't tell you, the first time I heard that the master gave you everything, a good errand, a good residence, even this dress is different from others today, I really have a little pantothenic acid, I will think about it, but I am too stingy." In the future, I won't be like this again, don't ignore me. Yingluo said, took the hand of the bamboo basket, and said eagerly.
Zhu Zhen now somewhat understood the meaning of Yingluo's words when she first met, and now that she has a good heart, she doesn't have to reject people thousands of miles away: "Where did you say, let's come into Chuxiu Palace together, naturally we should help each other, how can I alienate you, if you have any good food in the future, don't forget that I am." ”
"It's nature." Yingluo smiled and responded.
After Yingluo said this, Zhu Zhen suddenly remembered that because of the "Side Hat Collection" in the morning, he was in a panic for a while, and he forgot to thank Concubine Tongliang. hurriedly returned to the residence, Hua Shu was not in the house, thinking that she was still waiting by Concubine Liang's side. Counting the time, Concubine Liang is almost out of lunch, Aunt Hua Shu said that Concubine Liang has eaten lunch, and usually takes a lunch break for half an hour. Zhu Zhen didn't dare to act rashly, and planned to wait for Hua Shu to ask Hua Shu when he was having lunch, what punishment he would have for being late, and how to remedy it.
"Is the bamboo basket in the house?" Zhu Zhen was thinking in his heart, and someone outside the house came to look for him.
Zhu Zhen got up and opened the door, and the person who came was a little familiar, as if he was also from Concubine Liang's house: "What's the matter with my sister?" ”
The person who came smiled and said: "The master sent you to the Fengguang Room to wait." ”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhen was surprised in her heart, and in the morning Hua Shu confessed that she only had to serve in the Yilan Pavilion, why did this good concubine call herself to go to the Fengguang Room on an errand? Besides, this phoenix light room is not the bedroom of the good concubine. Although he had doubts in his heart, Zhu Ji only said on his face: "There is Sister Lao, Zhu Ji will pass." He hurriedly closed the door and went to the Fengguang room.