I sat and waited for a while, but it was only the end of the night and the beginning of the night (more than nine o'clock in the evening), the time was still early, Changsheng didn't dare to sleep, and he couldn't sleep, for fear that if the family came late, he heard that she was looking for her here.

Usually at this time in the palace, the night banquet is in full swing, singing and dancing, and it is also the busiest and most nervous time for her, because when it is almost time for the master to go to bed, she, the bed, must take the two little palace maids to arrange all the sleeping matters.

Yuwen Zhaoyi was quite favored, and Emperor Wude Li Yuan would visit Chunhua Palace from time to time and stay overnight, and her arrangement must be foolproof to the satisfaction of both Li Yuan and Yuwen Zhaoyi.

There is a special storage room for the bedding curtain of the four seasons, which must ensure that there are no insects, no mildew and no stains, and the old and new ones are added in time, and they are neatly stacked in order to be ready for use at any time.

Usually bedding is changed every five days, if there is a bed to change at any time, before each use, you must check whether the bedding pillow tent and other things have threads off or dirty, and then fine incense ironing flat and hang properly to ensure that it is clean, soft and comfortable.

This matter looks simple, but in fact, there is a university question, the choice of embroidery and incense must conform to the seasonal weather changes, must be in line with the season and festivals, must find out the preferences and mood of the two masters, can be appropriate to let the master turn a blind eye, but not when the master is about to go to bed, there is a little inappropriate to destroy the good mood, it is a capital crime to get bad.

After five years of being a secretary, Changsheng exhausted his thoughts, not only lived to leave the palace safely, but also received a lot of rewards, thinking that from now on the sky was high and the water was wide, and he was no longer constrained, and he no longer had to worry about life and death, but everything was not as she wanted.

Thinking of Mrs. Zhu's disgusting appearance and Gao Shouren's gloomy face, I intuitively felt that they were not people who were willing to give up. If the family had come to pick it up in time, how could it get into this trouble?

Gao Shouren is really not her lover, since she left the palace intact, she will never wronged herself in lifelong affairs, and she must return to her hometown to settle down and get rid of her slave status.

After waiting for a while, there was really no hope, sitting in front of the mirror to dissolve the hair and prepare for bed, the person in the bronze mirror has long eyebrows and sideburns, eyes like night stars, skin is firm and smooth, ten fingers are slender, really young and delicate, but the expression is no longer simple and childish, the eyes are clear and vicissitudes, no matter how you look at it, it is no longer a girl who has not grown.

Most of the women here are married and walk on the street, at her age, which one is not holding the **** bun or even holding the children? Fortunately, this is the capital, and people are not surprised to see it, what will be the scene when they return to their hometown?

Just as he was about to fall asleep, the cry of a young woman and the noise of a man could be heard downstairs.

Changsheng didn't want to meddle in his affairs, but they were arguing too much, and they seemed to be retired palace maids in their words, so they were interested, and they didn't light the lamp, put on their clothes, and opened the window to look down.

By the light of the lantern in the courtyard, she saw that it seemed to be father and daughter, and because of the loud voice, she clearly heard the young woman crying, "Daddy! I'm not going home! I want to get married in the capital! Just let me go! ”

Then there was the shouting and scolding of the middle-aged and elderly man: "You are my Gong Laogen's daughter, how can you not listen to your parents' arrangements for a major marriage event?" I have hired someone for you in my hometown, and the dowry has been collected, and the travel fee for this time is to use the dowry, how can I have the money to pick you up! ”

The young woman was visibly angry and asked loudly, "Daddy! What about the money I gave you before? And the twenty taels of silver I sold before I entered the palace? Over the years, I have saved money and used all the subsidies to supplement my family, and the road expenses that connect me are gone! ”

Her father bowed his head and said nothing, and the young woman was even more angry: "Are you gambling again?" Do you have a dad like this? My mother is angry with you, and you still don't quit gambling! Back then, he sold his daughter into the palace in order to pay off his gambling debts, and now he sells his daughter to an old man in his fifties in order to pay off his gambling debts! I'm not going back! I'm not going back! You're going to die in the palace as me! ”

The more Changsheng listened, the more angry he became, this was too much to be a father, could he stand his son-in-law being older than him? Could it be that the retired palace maid is so pitiful, one is not picked up by his family, and the other is forced to marry a bad old man!

The father and daughter were having a quarrel, and the shopkeeper came out to play a round: "Two, it's late at night now, why don't you stay first, if you have anything to say tomorrow, okay?" Fathers and daughters, what is there to say? ”

The two quarreled for a day without results, and it was indeed too late, so they agreed to the shopkeeper's arrangement. Changsheng watched them separate and settle down, dressed up and called the men to explain.

After a while, the woman knocked lightly on the door, and Changsheng greeted her with a smile and pulled her in, and the two introduced themselves first.

It turned out that this woman with a strong heart was a rough palace maid of the Shang Shan Division, formerly known as Gong Yanchun, twenty-one years old this year, seven years in the palace, a native of Zhuozhou, Hebei, and the two had never met in the palace.

Gong Yanchun has been in the deep palace for seven years, and he also has a delicate heart, understanding that Changsheng must have heard the quarrel between himself and his father, and his heart was uncomfortable, and he told Changsheng the reason for the incident with red eyes.

Three years ago, when she was working as a rough envoy in the Shang Shan Division, because of the renovation of a palace room, the Ministry of Industry sent several craftsmen, and she and another rough envoy sent them food every day, a total of more than a month, and came and went to get acquainted with a young craftsman surnamed Duan who lived in the capital, and the Duan craftsman swore to wait for her to leave the palace.

She entered the palace at the age of fourteen, thinking that she would have to wait until she was twenty-four years old to get out of the palace to meet him, but she was as unexpectedly lucky as Changsheng and left the palace early. I planned to wait for my father to pick him up, so the little craftsman brought the dowry and the marriage book to return to her hometown with her, and then paid homage to her mother, and returned to the capital as a fiancé after the official engagement.

Who knows, but he was hired by his father, who was addicted to gambling and angry with his mother, to an old man who was over half a hundred years old to fill the house.

Yanchun didn't agree to live or die, her father couldn't pull her back to her hometown for a whole day, and resolutely disagreed with her marriage to Craftsman Duan. Because he had already accepted the dowry from others and squandered most of it, he used the excuse of his first marriage to his father to force her to marry the old man.

She cried as she spoke, if her father didn't agree, she wouldn't be able to marry Duan Craftsman's famous matchmaker, and if she eloped, not only would he lose her well-paid errand, but she would not be recognized by his family.

Changsheng wiped away her tears and smiled softly: "When did your father hire you to that old man?" ”

"A few days after receiving my reply letter saying that he was going to leave the palace, he sold me to others!"

"Are you in a hurry, before you returned to your hometown and settled down, you were still a palace slave, and you are still a royal person, how can you allow your father and that old man to covet it? If it is investigated for the crime of bullying the king, they can only suffer a dumb loss, who dares to force them to marry again? Take this to blackmail them, and the old rich man who keeps it doesn't even dare to ask for a dowry, it's much better than what you beg for! ”

Gong Yanchun's face was full of joy, she already knew what to do, she thanked Changsheng at the moment, reported the name and address of the craftsman Duan, and asked Changsheng to return to the capital after that, Yi'an would look for her. Afraid that her father would find out that it was Changsheng's idea, the two said goodbye at night, and made an appointment to go their separate ways tomorrow morning, and they would meet each other when they had the opportunity to meet in the future.