―― It is said that it is a treatment according to the palace maid, and of course Xu Xun will not be served in Yichun Palace. - The palace maid entered the palace to serve her master, and she had to be served by her side, isn't that a joke? Xu Xun has prepared in his heart, Yichun Palace has not been inhabited for many years, although now Nannei has also begun to repair, but the house that no one lives in is tasteless, and the earth dragon has been useless for many years, it is easy to collapse, and when no one repairs it, it must not be used. Otherwise, it would have been easy to suffocate people in the middle of the night, and she would have thought that she might have walked into a cold room and been imprisoned here.

Fortunately, although the emperor didn't know what his intentions were when he gave this order, the executor was Ma Shi, and he was quite thoughtful to Xu Xun, so he didn't send her to the main hall of Yichun Palace, but led her into a small house at the base of the south wall in Yichun Palace, and said respectfully, "There is no fire in the main hall, and no one can live there, so please ask Niangniang to live here." ”

The house is already burning the kang, maybe it has just been repaired, so it is not very hot, so there is a stove on it, there is hot water on it, a cover roll is placed on the kang, the basin is on the side, and two white hand towels are hung, and a screen in the corner of the house is obviously newly moved, and a toilet is placed in it. Then there was nothing, when Xu Xun lived in Yichun Palace, this room seemed to be lived by Mama Zhao and others when they were on duty, and it was also a high-level palace maid's residence, obviously it had just been cleaned, and if there was anything dirty and shabby, it couldn't be picked out. But there is no comparison with the warm pavilion in the main hall, the warm pavilion in the main hall, the four walls and even the floor are flues, and sometimes even the cotton jacket can not be worn in it, it is a living four seasons like spring, and in this hut, although there is a kang, but you can still clearly realize the existence of winter.

Xu Xun looked at it and nodded silently to Ma Shi, she didn't know what to say, so she didn't say anything. Ma Shi didn't care, exchanged a look with her, and then said, "Niangniang, please take a break, how do you arrange your living, I'm afraid you have to see the emperor's ......."

As he spoke, he didn't dare to talk more, so he retreated with the group again. Xu Xun stood in the room for a while, looking at this small room, I don't know how to feel it, and suddenly a very familiar feeling swelled up.

Although she was chosen as the grandson Jieyu almost as soon as she became sensible, the Xu family is not a big family. Although there are two little girls in the family to help with housework, it is also Mrs. Xu herself who cooks and cooks, and Xu Xun is the eldest sister, and she has also helped Mrs. Xu grow up since she was a child. I haven't been busy for ten years, but the memory is still there, and now that I'm back in a somewhat similar environment, my skills seem to have recovered all at once. I can't say that I am at a loss, what to do, it seems to come to my mind naturally.

Touching the kang noodles and feeling that they were all burned out, she spread the new straw mat standing in the corner of the house. Another layer of white cloth was laid, and then the kang mattress, zuihou placed his bedding roll at the end of the kang, and there were obviously some newly carried living utensils in the room, and the small kang table was placed on the kang. The tea set is put on the table. The chair was tied up, the water in the pot was poured out, the tea set and tableware were all rinsed, and the hot water was poured into the basin, and several copper basins such as the basin and hand towel and foot basin were also scalded, and after the water was splashed into the yard, it was found that Ma Shi and other subordinates were in a hurry, and there was no water in the water storage tank in the corner of the courtyard. He wrapped his hands in a piece of coarse cloth, went to the well in the backyard of Yichun Palace, fetched half a bucket of water back, and rinsed the water storage tank again, scooped out the dirty water with a spoon and poured it into the ditch.

After working so busy for a while, I was already sweating profusely, and I was all active. Xu Xun still had to carry water to fill the water tank, and when he saw the opening of the palace gate of Yichun Palace, several eunuchs came in to carry water, and he was a little regretful - he hadn't been busy with housework for many years, and he was moving, and the freshness had not passed.

When the water tank was full, she scooped water into the house, filled a pot of water, turned on the stove, and sat down on the water. After thinking about it for a while in the room, he took out a hand towel from his baggage, and when he opened the cabinet door to wipe it, it had already been wiped by someone.

When she came, she picked up a lot of clothes, and now she just sorted them and put them in one by one, and tossed around for a while, and by the time she settled down, it was already evening, and the kang was warm. Because the room is small, the room is spring, and the warm pavilion is only a little worse. Xu Xun took off his big robe outside, only wore cotton armor, sat cross-legged on the kang, half-squinted and drank the white water in the coarse porcelain cup, and after a while, he fell asleep, planted his head on the quilt, pulled the quilt a little bit on his body in a daze, and fell asleep as soon as his eyes were closed.

I don't know how long I slept, when I woke up, it was already dark, and there were three or four more food boxes on the table, Xu Xun opened it and took a look: stir-fried yellow bud white, rouge goose breast, steamed duck, mutton soup, and then a plate of sesame baked cakes, a big bowl of white rice, gone.

Xu Xun usually likes to eat mandarin duck rice mixed with glutinous rice, but of course there is no supply now, but the white rice is good enough. She tried it with her hand, and felt that the food was already a little warm, so she took a big bowl, took some rice, poured the soup, and sandwiched the yellow buds and white and wind ducks on it, put it on a copper plate, took it to the small stove, and steamed it. With a cloth in his hand, he took the bowl in his hand, paced to the window, looked at the hazy snow outside, and took a sip of soup first.

Since she became pregnant, Yong'an Palace also has its own small kitchen, and Xu Xun hasn't eaten the dishes in the imperial dining room for more than a year. In the past, she could often eat the private dishes prepared by the eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace for the emperor, the imperial dining room of Guanglu Temple, which was not of any grade in Yong'an Palace - but at that time, the meals sent were all carefully made by the master of the imperial dining room. Xu Xun heard a few little palace maids complain, it is said that this food delivery is often late, not to mention that it is cold, and the dishes are also lacking in oil and salt. Besides, she didn't like to drink mutton soup either, before entering the mouth, Xu Xun was ready to spit it out, but she didn't expect to take a bite to enter, she only felt that the taste was mellow, and the flavor she usually drank was almost the same, how it was also the craftsmanship of the master of Guanglu Temple, she couldn't help but drink several sips, her appetite was great, she ate with vegetables, and it didn't take long to eat a bowl of rice. Licking his lips was still unsatisfied, and he did the same and made a bowl of hot vegetable rice, which was also swept away.

When you have food in your stomach, you have a higher sense of happiness. Xu Xun touched his stomach, couldn't help but hum the Nanjing tune he learned with his mother when he was a child, picked up the kettle and flushed a basin of warm water, washed the bowl, packed the food box and put it outside the door, and was busy boiling water to wash. After everything was done, it was already past the first shift, and it was almost the second shift, she was sitting on the kang head, feeling that it was warm under her, and the kang was so warm that people were a little hot.

What is lacking in the fact that a winter night can be like this? Xu Xun felt like he was back when he was a child, but the difference was that when he was a child, there were inevitably some lice on the kang in their house, but the insect control work in the palace was done well, objectively speaking, it was cleaner than before in their house. And when she was a child, she had to take Xu Xiaomei to sleep, but now she has a kang alone, and the treatment has improved a lot.

Compared with the lake silk quilt built in Yong'an Palace, this new cover is filled with the smell of the sun, and Xu Xun still wants to flip through the books he stuffed into his baggage. But smelling this, the eyelids became heavier and heavier, and the head tilted and couldn't help but fall asleep.

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She was asleep, but there were still people in the palace with their eyes open. -- After all, these are all adults, that is, the emperor, except for the days when the Chang Dynasty had to get up early, usually for the purpose of reviewing the folds, or for discussing urgent business, there are many people who have not been freshened up in the third watch. At this moment, he was leaning against the edge of the bathtub, with a small fire burning underneath, slowly steaming his body, enjoying the soothing effect of the hot water. There is also a handkerchief on top of his head, and his head is leaning back, not to mention how much he enjoys it.

“…… Have you asked them all? He asked, half-closed.

Ma Shi is now the head of the Yong'an Palace incident, and the other big eunuchs are not willing to intervene in this way, who called him unlucky, at that time, people were waiting outside, and now if they don't push him, who else will they push it to?

"Yes." He whispered, "When you go out,...... Concubine Zhuang ordered Zhao Qian, Sun and Li, the four grandmothers, as well as the four palace maids of red and blue flowers and plants, and Liu Zhien into the house together. Later, Mama Li took Hong'er and Cao'er to Kunning Palace, and the queen took Mama Li to Qingning Palace. The rest of the people are now in Yong'an Palace, and the slave maid has called someone to seal the main courtyard, so they let them live in it temporarily. ”

Ma Shi was quite level, and the emperor nodded imperceptibly. - The origin of this matter, except for him and Xu Xun, it seems that no one knows now. And the emperor has no intention of letting too many people know, although it is just a trivial matter in the harem, but after it spreads, who knows when it will become a folk song or opera, so that he will have another "lustful and faint king" after the "Emperor Cricket". You must know that the people don't care how you govern the country, this kind of lace news spreads the fastest, and you can also know with your ass what kind of role you will be under Xu Xun's performance of 'not afraid of power'.

"What's going on in Qingning Palace?" He continued.

"After hearing about this, Qingning Palace sent someone to Nannei," Ma Shi hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously, "The one sent is Aunt Qiao, who is now in charge of things, and first trained the guards outside, saying that 'the Niangniang rank is still there, if there is a trace of neglect, the old lady will not be spared'." ”

"Hmm." The Emperor nodded, "Did you go in to see her?" ”

"The guards didn't dare to stop them, let them in." Ma Shi's tone was slower and more hesitant, "But...... But at that time, were sleeping, so ...... That's why I didn't say anything......"

Sleeping?

was sent to the Nannei Cold Palace, where he lived in the palace maid's room, and there was not even a servant. As a result, she didn't cry or make trouble, and she still slept in the room? Does she have to sing a few mountain songs or something to express her joy?

The Emperor was so angry that he threw the handkerchief to the ground. "Good! Good! Good! She's free-spirited! I'd like to see how long she can go! You...... You ......"

Ma Shi has been kneeling for the past few days, and even the golden monkey fur in the knee tube can't save his aching knee, no, he knelt again after a while. "Grandpa, please stop your anger! The old lady just said that you can't treat Concubine Zhuang lightly-"

The emperor's temper suddenly stagnated, and when he thought of his mother, he slowly calmed down, and just snorted, but in the end he still swallowed the words into his mouth.

"Niangniang, this is also tired...... Ma Shi breathed a sigh of relief and slowly enlightened the emperor. The room was just cleaned up casually, and the bed was not made. The mother is busy doing rough work, and even the big water tank is used to draw water by herself. It's a cold day, and I'm so busy that I'm sweating......"

As for the fact that he later remembered that the water was not beaten, and he was busy with the fact that the water tank was full, Ma Shi chose to ignore it.

The emperor has never suffered a little since he was a child, and although he was away with the army, he never served less. Drawing water and brushing the tank by himself seemed to him as if it were another shijie matter, and he asked, "How big is that tank?" ”

The slave and maid couldn't tell clearly, "There's a play, Ma Shi gestured, pretending to be confused," I think it's similar to the big vat outside our Qianqing Palace to prevent water from leaving." ”

That's pretty big, and a couple of adults can't hold the size. Xu Xun wants to brush the cylinder, and the whole person may have to get into it. The emperor thought for a moment, "How do you brush this?" ”

"Let's flatten it and brush it...... "Ma Shi is not sure, he has not done rough work in this area." After brushing, I will help you up......"

It is indeed manual work, and he may not be able to do it well for the emperor. This can't be said that Xu Xun didn't suffer in Nannei, didn't he already do rough work just in the past?

But the emperor was still uncomfortable, and he just didn't feel good. Even if Xu Xun is now crying in Yong'an Palace, he thinks it is better than her busy brushing the cylinder in Nannei and then falling asleep. The emperor couldn't say anything, but he thought that Xu Xun was so busy in Nannei, and he was upset in his heart.

But this idea is not easy to say clearly, you put people in Nannei, and you don't serve people, and everything is treated as a palace maid, isn't it just that you want her to suffer? People are suffering now, and you are not satisfied, even the emperor ignores it. Who's to blame? Is it strange for Xu Xun who brushed the tank?

I can't breathe out a breath of depression, which makes the emperor very tired of the harem now, and he doesn't want to bother with it. But I couldn't help but ask, "What kind of meal was delivered in the evening?" ”

Ma Shizhen is glad that he didn't dare to let go of his subordinates to do anything, and everything is arranged by himself - you see, isn't this where the kung fu lies? If it were someone else, I was afraid that I might not have expected that the emperor would interrogate him so carefully.

"Three dishes and one soup, all prepared by the imperial dining room." Ma Shi hurriedly knelt down and explained. "The old lady has ordered like that, and the slave and maid didn't really send the palace maid food, but she just cut down the quality, and let the master make it."

This is basically a very bitter treatment for the emperor, there are no more than a dozen dishes in a meal, how can you get chopsticks? He sighed, and his temper eased somewhat. "Eaten?"

"After eating, the mother washed the dishes by herself after eating, and after boiling water to wash, she went to sleep on the kang." Ma Shi simply told all of Xu Xun's activities in one go, so as not to let the emperor ask such questions again.

The emperor was a little unhappy again, he snorted, he wanted to say something, but he had nothing to say, for a long time, he said sourly, "It's really a poor family, born a slave and maid, the concubine is not good, but there is a set of rough work." ”

To put it this way, no one in the palace now has mentioned anyone's origins. Even Sun Guifei, who is also a master bookkeeper at home, is a sesame official of the ninth grade, if she is incorruptible, it may be a problem to eat at home. It is not uncommon for wives and children to help with housework, and even said that although Queen Hu is said to be from a wealthy local family, as the daughter of a landlord's family, she must also cook and do housework when she is busy with farming. The emperor was so angry that he could only say something sour. Ma Shi didn't know if this should be considered a sin of the, or her superiority - anyway, after serving the emperor all these years, he had never seen the emperor's grandfather be angry like this. Even the two teachers who really made the emperor hate in the past years, Dai Lun and Lin Changmao, one lost his life, and the other is still in prison. But the emperor has never been angry like this by them...... Dai Lun directly wrote to Emperor Wen that the grandson was not, and when Emperor Wen and the grandson discussed this matter, Ma Shike was on the side, and the embarrassment and urgency of the situation were not the same as today, but the emperor did not behave like this......

He could only be silent, not daring to answer, and after a while, he saw that the emperor seemed to be relieved. He said cautiously, "Although Concubine Zhuang is from a poor family, she is a weak woman after all, and she can't do it well if she burns the fire and carries water." It's cold now, and it's all about getting typhoid fever if you're not careful......"

The emperor snorted, was silent for a while, and said, "That's it, for the sake of my mother's face, you refer to a handyman, go in every day to help her do chores and heavy work!" At other times, let her reflect on it in Yichun Palace with peace of mind - you tell her, when you are convinced, understand what is wrong with you, and come to see me again! ”

I just went in, but I had already opened the conditions for leaving the cold palace......

Ma Shi was speechless for a while, and after kowtowing, he saw that the emperor had nothing else to say, so he stepped forward and said, "It's been steaming for a long time, and I'm dizzy when I get up, and my grandfather has been soaking for more than half an hour——"

After serving the emperor, he came out, but the emperor did not rest, sighed, and asked again, "Has the recital from Annan come back?" ”

Ma Shi didn't understand this question, and Wang Jin, who was waiting on the side, stepped forward and said, "Back to your words, Wang Tong's excerpt just arrived this afternoon." Do you want to get it? ”

"Bring it, bring it." The emperor squinted tiredly, "It's okay to bring the brocade guard report with you......"

The harem, after all, is only a relatively unimportant part of the emperor's life, and it is rare to divide such time like this today, and the emperor's mind is, of course, more used for state affairs.

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Compared with the Qianqing Palace, the Qingning Palace is much simpler here, although the Queen Mother is also worried about Annan, who has not been able to be pacified, but more thoughts are still on the internal affairs of the palace. When the emperor was taking a bath, she was also picking up Buddha beans while listening to Aunt Qiao's report.

"I slept soundly, and I didn't look like I was on my mind. The slave and maid arrived so late for a while, and the house was already cleaned up. Aunt Qiao said carefully, "Because there are people from the Qianqing Palace following behind, the slave and maid are thinking, it is useless to call Niangniang up, so she let Niangniang sleep." Later, I heard that after eating, my appetite was good, and I could eat half of a big bowl of rice. ”

The Queen Mother nodded and smiled, "Okay, you think well-her style reminds me of a person, who do you think I think?" ”

Aunt Qiao, as the female history of the Queen Mother's side, is naturally full of poetry and books, and said with a smile when she heard this, "The old slave also thought of Mr. Dongpo in the Wutai poetry case." ”

Su Dongpo was deeply convicted of defamation in the Wutai poetry case, and it was almost difficult to explain himself, but he put life and death out of the way, ate and lived as before, and even after being interrogated, he did not change his outlook, and he still slept loudly. Song Shenzong relieved his doubts because of this, and released it soon, which is a very famous story. The Queen Mother nodded, "It seems that I didn't misunderstand Concubine Zhuang, this time, she is not false in her heart." ”

When it first happened, the Queen Mother was still a little foggy, but now that she is here, she has naturally already figured out the ins and outs of what she can understand. Mama Li, Hong'er, and Cao'er don't count, and the rest of the henchmen are all claustrophobic in Yong'an Palace, and it is impossible to come out to deliver the message. Even the Queen Mother can only guess from the side, and it is impossible to ask Concubine Zhuang. Otherwise, even if the emperor is not angry, he will be angry.

However, Concubine Zhuang's performance made the old man's mood a little relaxed. She carefully inquired about Concubine Zhuang's treatment, nodded and suddenly changed her mind, "Now that this is the case, it is enough, you don't have to say anything about it, just pay more attention to the news of Yichun Palace." After a while, ask Yichun Palace again, how is the treatment. ”

Aunt Qiao thought about it for a while, and then she also understood the intention of the Queen Mother, so she naturally hurriedly said yes. The Queen Mother pondered for a moment, and then said, "It's almost the New Year now, let's get busy with the New Year first." ”

She smiled coldly, "Anyway, before the crown prince is established, Concubine Zhuang will definitely not be able to come out." ”

Aunt Qiao said carefully, "But it may not be the case, the imperial grandfather has already agreed, and the name of the biological mother is written on the jade......

"What you really say as an emperor is Chrysostom?" The Queen Mother snorted, "In the past, Emperor Wen changed his mind when the crown prince was abolished...... Whose name is written on the jade, until the moment you put the pen down, you'd better not take it too seriously. ”

She stood up and walked back and forth in the room for a few steps, "Is there any movement in Changning Palace?" ”

"It's business as usual," Aunt Qiao replied, "but Concubine He Hui of Xianyang Palace seems to have gone directly to Kunning Palace before dinner." ”

The queen couldn't help nodding slightly, showing a little appreciation, "Su Rili looks at her thinner, and when something happens, she knows that she is also affectionate and righteous, the royal marriage match, or the draft, or the draft, or the same care as theirs, the three selected by this batch are all good." ”

Although none of the words involved Sun Guifei, isn't the meaning of the old man's words not clear enough? Aunt Qiao thought of the attitude of the Queen Mother in the afternoon, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: It seems that between the Queen Mother and Sun Guifei, there is really no room for turnaround.

Thinking like this, the Queen Mother had already slowly commanded again. "The last time I picked a draft girl, it was in the last years of Emperor Wen, and it has been more than four years since then. Now it is time to add some new people to the palace, you first blow the wind to the 24th Yamen and the 6th Bureau and 1st Division, and after the establishment of the prince in the spring of next year, I think I can also mention the draft again. ”

This...... What is the purpose of the elderly? Aunt Qiao was also a little puzzled, she agreed with a huff, but she was still thinking about it in her heart: It's just such a few people, it's already like this, is it that the old man doesn't think it's lively enough, and he still wants to bring in a few new corners for the big drama of the harem?

Seeing that the Queen Mother didn't mean to explain, Aunt Qiao naturally didn't dare to ask more, so she respectfully accepted it, and quit the house. The Queen Mother saw that she was gone, but she didn't plan to rest, so she stretched her waist, stretched for a □, and asked, "What about the dots?" Did you sleep? ”

"I'm making a fuss about seeing my mother right now." The palace maid who went to check on the situation came back after a while. "The adoptive mother and Mama Li are coaxing, but they can't be coaxed."

"Mother and daughter are by nature, how can they be separated." When the Queen Mother heard this, she was also a little unbearable, thinking that after all, her adoptive mother was not a blood relative, so she said helplessly, "Bring her here, I'll try it." ”

Grandmother is going to take her granddaughter, can anyone still say no? After a while, Diandian was hugged to the Queen Mother, who held her in her arms, tossed her up and down for a while, and said, "Okay, okay, don't cry." Your mother is fine, and you'll see you in a while. ”

Diandian was still struggling very strongly, the crying was deafening, at this time he was caught by the Queen Mother and couldn't exert his strength, plus most of them were tired of crying, the struggle slowed down, and he slowly stopped crying, just stared at the big dark eyes, looking at the Queen Mother in a daze, as if thinking about where she was sacred.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but smile to herself, nodded the little girl's nose, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, it's a father and daughter, your father loved to cry when he was a child, and I hugged her like this." ”

The chattering homely words and the intermittent immature cries came out of the window, and floated along with the snowflakes and landed on the blue brick floor. In the vast snow, a lonely moon can be seen faintly, and the night in the palace is gradually deepening.

The author has something to say: Okay, tonight the eldest daughter will update together.

In other words, some people said last night that they thought that Sun Guifei's last chapter was so bad that it was cliché and face-painted.

This, I want to say, from the position of Sun Guifei, Xiao Xun put her to death, and her reaction is actually very normal......