Chapter 265: First Acquaintance with Mei Ning
"I'll go ashore first, don't move, I'll pull you up!" Xu Miaojin shouted loudly, the woman closed her miserable white lips tightly, and said nothing, Xu Miaojin didn't know if she could understand her words.
In any case, Xu Miaojin still implemented her own plan, dragging her wet body to the shore, and before she had time to wipe off the water droplets that covered her ears and eyes, she held the trunk of the banyan tree with one hand and reached out to the woman with the other.
"Hold my hand and don't let go!"
The woman's eyes rolled several times, but she didn't see Xu Miaojin's hand, and she finally shouted out in a hurry: "Where are you?" β
"Behind your left!" Xu Miaojin responded loudly, her expression of joy was overflowing, she had been worried about saving a half-stupid girl.
The woman's arms danced in the air for a while, and finally touched Xu Miaojin's hand.
"Got it! Caught it! The tears and water on her face quickly melted together.
Xu Miaojin took a long time to drag the woman ashore, fortunately her father enlightened her how to exert her strength, and fortunately, Master Mo taught her how to move a thousand pounds in twos.
The two women sat silently, panting on the shore, like horses on a long run.
After a while, the girl turned her head to look at Xu Miaojin first, with water droplets and a smile on her round face.
"Thank you for saving my life!" Her eyes flashed with sincere emotion, and the fruits of friendship were quietly brewing.
"It's okay, it's okay, whoever sees it will go to the rescue!" Xu Miaojin pulled back the hair scattered on his forehead, and wiped the water droplets on his face in vain with his wet sleeves.
"Hehehe," the girl laughed, "what's your name, you're the female officer here?" She looked at Xu Miaojin's clothes.
"Well, I'm the female historian of the Accounting Department of the Shanggong Bureau, my name is Xu Miaojin, what about you?"
"My name is ...... Menin. Her eyes began to gurgle again, "I'm the female historian of the Shang Sleep Bureau. β
"You're also a female historian? But your clothes ......"
Xu Miaojin only found out at this moment that her clothes were noble and elegant, and the fabric was the top Yangzhou brocade that the most picky concubine would not dislike.
"Oh!" The girl lowered her head and looked at her clothes with displeasure.
"Oh, I just tried on clothes for the princess, and she was so verbose, she wanted this for a while, and she wanted that for a while, and she thought that my waist was not thin enough, and my legs were not straight enough. I don't understand why she doesn't try on her clothes herself, does she like to watch others wear her clothes? β
"Hahaha!" Xu Miaojin was amused by the girl's angry tone, "The princess can afford you, so she asked you to help her try on clothes!" Strange, how did you end up in this pool when you helped the princess try on clothes? β
The girl was stunned for a moment, and her white round face swelled with red tide: "Alas, don't mention it, I'll tell you slowly in the future!" β
Since then, Xu Miaojin and Mei Ning have become close friends, close and like sisters.
Mei Ning made a few delicate snacks in return for the exquisite bracelet Xu Miaojin gave her.
The two found a large flat rock behind the rockery in the garden to share the delicacy and friendship.
"Miaojin, this is lotus cake. Look white and fat, how beautiful! I added Angelica, Atractylodes and Poria cocos to make you as white as it is. Hehe, don't look at me now, I'm not white at all, but before eating this, I was like a lump of charcoal. You know, it's still amazing. β
Mei Ning hurriedly opened the second layer of food box, she felt that the persuasiveness of her black face was really weak.
"This is the Qingtuan, red bean and lotus seed filling......"
"Huh?" Xu Miaojin stared at the green youth league and questioned.
"Mei Ning, you said that after eating lotus cake and Qingtuan, did it turn green or white?"
"It's ......" Menin never thought about it. In her cognition, the white lotus cake is responsible for whitening, while the green Qingtuan is only responsible for deliciousness.
"Hahaha, I'm kidding you! If you can eat white, you will turn white, if you eat green, you will turn green, and if you eat black, you will turn black! β
"Oh, I'm scared of you! I'm wondering why the lotus cake didn't make me white, I'm afraid it's because the Qingtuan ate too much. Hahaha! β
Mei Ning grabbed a youth group and put it in Xu Miaojin's hand, and grabbed one herself.
She suddenly thought of a powerful proof that eating Qingtuan would not turn black, and couldn't wait to take a big bite, and said vaguely: "The queen also loves to eat Qingtuan, and she is very white." β
"By the way, let me tell you a secret, not many people in this palace know about it. I heard it unexpectedly when I was setting up the curtain in Kunning Palace. β
Menin's bulging cheeks stopped chewing.
"Oh, what secret?"
"The queen mother was despised by others! Hey, fair-skinned women are too likable, and sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing. β
Xu Miaojin thought of her motivation for coming to the palace.
So far, she has not heard any news, and she is secretly anxious.
"What's going on? Who has the audacity to die? β
"Zhu Gaosui, it seems to be the third son of King Yan."
Xu Miaojin was dumbfounded, and Mei Ning seemed to know what she was going to inquire about, and brought her heavy news.
Zhu Gaosui's light and thin queen? How can a fifteen-year-old boy be a thin queen?
In her eyes, Zhu Gaochi is shy and naΓ―ve, and has no interest in anything except liking to play the piano.
"King Yan? Zhu Gaosui? Who are they? Are they also in the palace? β
Finding out that the residence of the third prince was the top priority, Xu Miaojin pretended to ask very casually, while taking out a piece of lotus cake from the first layer of food box, breaking half of it and handing it to Mei Ning.
"King Yan is the prince, and Zhu Gaosui is the son of King Yan, and they don't live in the palace...... Well, I'm in charge of cleaning all the dormitories in the inner court, and I've never heard of these two people. β
If the third prince is locked up outside the palace, then does it make sense for Xu Miaojin to enter the palace to seek an errand?
Xu Miaojin swallowed a mouthful of lotus cake with difficulty.
"Hehe, it's a little dry, right? I also brought grapes, come! Menin opened the third food box, which contained grapes, apricots, and peaches.
"Mei Ning, you're really thoughtful."
"Uh......" Mei Ning was stunned, as if it was the first time she had been praised.
"Hehe, we must be cautious and careful as slaves and maids, consider all aspects for our masters, and develop a habit."
"Well, Zhu Gaosui dared to despise the Empress Bo, and he was punished for a serious crime, right?" Xu Miaojin's face is as white as the lotus crisp, but the difference is that the lotus crisp is oily, and her face has lost its blood color.
"Nope!" Mei Ning's eyes shone with annoyance, "The emperor and the queen seem to be a little jealous of King Yan!" β
"No, how can the emperor be afraid of a prince?"
"Hey! I'll tell you slowly. Menin remembered for a long time before speaking again.
"At noon that day, I was ordered by the secretary to go to Kunning Palace to set up a tent. At first the queen was not in the palace, and after about a quarter of an hour, she and the maid returned......"
Mei Ning shut her mouth again, the anger on her face like a dark cloud in the dazzling sunlight.