Walking closer, Tang Jingchen saw clearly that the person who came was Concubine Xi, and couldn't help but be glad that she ran fast, otherwise she would have been bumped into by her, and she would not have protected herself.

When Concubine Xi and her party walked away, Tang Jingchen let go of the big-eyed little beauty, "I'm sorry." ”

The big-eyed little beauty looks like she is thirteen or fourteen years old, she looks pure and cute, and her big eyes are bright and shiny, "Are you hiding from people?" ”

"It's not really, that lady is my master's opponent, I don't want her to see it." Tang Jingchen said half-truthfully.

The big-eyed little beauty didn't doubt it at all, nodded "oh", looked at Tang Jingchen for a long time, hesitated for a while and asked curiously: "I heard that the ladies in the palace fight fiercely, and often involve the palace maids and eunuchs who serve them, is this the case?" ”

Tang Jingchen looked this big-eyed little beauty up and down, and saw that she was wearing a rough palace maid's costume, and couldn't help but feel that there were still missing pearls in this palace, and he actually asked this with a stranger he had just met.

She was going to leave immediately, but at this time she couldn't help but stop, it was fate to meet this little beauty, or teach some conventional knowledge so that she didn't know if she lost her life one day.

"These are the words that even curiosity can't ask casually."

It's good that Tang Jingchen didn't say this, but when she did, this little beauty became even more curious, her face was full of question marks, and her stomach was full of questions.

Without a few words, she first introduced herself to the bottom.

It turned out that her name was Zhao Luzhu, and she had only been in the palace for more than a month.

The eunuchs in the palace are to be errands for a lifetime, only the chief eunuch has the opportunity to go out to support the elderly, most of them are to die, but the palace maids are different, when they reach the age of twenty-five, they will release a batch, which is the benevolent government of Emperor Taizong.

When Emperor Sejong arrived, Empress Sejong issued a decree, saying that she was too old to marry when she left the palace, and changed it to twenty-three years old.

The difference is that the draft is selected from among the daughters of the official family, while the palace maids are civilian women.

Zhao Luzhu's father is a famous businessman of the Zhili generation, and the family has too much money to count, but it is a pity that he is a commoner no matter how rich he is, the court stipulates that businessmen cannot donate officials, they must first become imperial businessmen, and they can only donate until their sons.

Even the sons of businessmen can't take the imperial examination, if you want to change the court, you have to give up the business first, and you can only study the imperial examination until your grandchildren, so many rich people in the dynasty who can't be imperial merchants are the first generation to make money in business and then buy land, the second generation of local lords, and the third generation can take the road of the imperial examination to enter the officialdom, because the landlord is a farmer.

Although Zhao Luzhu's father is rich, he is a rich generation, and he has not yet had time to become a landlord, so his daughter must choose a palace maid.

Originally, with the financial resources of the Zhao family, it was completely possible to bribe the eunuch who picked the palace maid to directly make her daughter lose the election, but Zhao Luzhu was too naïve and innocent to offend the other civilian women who were picked together, and they made a plan to put Zhao Luzhu's name on the list of new palace maids.

Once they enter the list, the eunuch will have no power to return to heaven, otherwise he will be a bully.

So Zhao Luzhu had to say goodbye to her father and mother with tears, and entered the palace as a palace maid sadly, from a rich lady who was served to a servant.

Father Zhao was afraid that his daughter would suffer in the palace, and he was even more afraid that she would offend people and cause trouble to the family, so he simply spent a lot of money to put the internal affairs office up and down properly, so that his daughter could get a faceless errand, and it didn't matter if she was hard, so she could survive until she was twenty-three years old and get out of the palace alive.

After listening to this, Tang Jingchen had to sigh at Father Zhao's wisdom, he understood his baby daughter well, with this Miss Zhao's temperament, as long as she sees someone, she can indeed get into trouble immediately.

Zhao Luzhu pouted, "I take care of the flowers and plants here every day, and the chief manager has instructed me to just come out in the morning and evening to clean up, and I don't have to go out during the day, I haven't seen anyone in the palace for so many days." ”

Tang Jingchen secretly thought that the chief manager must have accepted your family's money to take care of you so much, it is located in a remote place, and the palace concubines can rarely come over, but they come occasionally, Zhao Luzhu will not bump into it if she doesn't go out, and if she doesn't bump into it, she won't have an accident.

She is a little sympathetic to Zhao Luzhu, it has only been a month, this girl has to stay in the palace for ten years, it is a kind of torment for Zhao Luzhu herself and her family.

"So you've been here all this time and haven't been anywhere?" Tang Jingchen always felt that it was unlikely.

Sure enough, Zhao Luzhu stuck out her tongue, "The chief manager doesn't have eight eyes, and there are always times when she can't see it, so I sneak out to play a few times, but fortunately, there is no danger." ”

She tugged at Tang Jingchen's sleeve, "Sister, don't tell the chief manager, otherwise I will definitely be trained." ”

Tang Jingchen became more and more speechless, in the palace, a place where eating people and not spitting out bones, it would be better if it was so simple to be trained.

She felt that both Father Zhao and the managers who received the money from the Zhao family had made one mistake, that is, she couldn't blindly coax a girl like Zhao Luzhu who was too naïve, and she had to let her know the truth before she could restrain herself.

"Do you know, the palace maid can't move around at will without the order of the master or the chief manager, if she is caught, she is not trained, she will be beaten to death, and even your chief manager will be affected."

Zhao Luzhu's face turned white with fright, "It's so serious, why didn't the manager never tell me?" ”

Tang Jingchen secretly thought that your chief manager didn't want to make you frightened after accepting your family's money, but she didn't know that this was the real harm to others and yourself.

"That'...... Sister," Zhao Luzhu put her fear behind her in a blink of an eye, and began to ask curiously again, "Which palace are you from, and are you here on the orders of your master or the order of the chief manager?" ”

Tang Jingchen almost wanted to uncover Zhao Luzhu's skull to see what structure was inside, and she thought that she had already made her words clear.

"Didn't I tell you just now, you can't ask random questions in the face of strangers."

"But you're not a stranger, we've been talking for so long, we should be friends, right? Sister, I like you very much, you are a bit like a cousin of mine, she is very good to me and is willing to teach me a lot of things, but unfortunately I will not see her again in ten years. ”

Tang Jingchen was overwhelmed, "Let me tell you one more thing, you can't make friends casually in the palace, and even if you do, you can't pay too much sincerity." ”

She looked at Zhao Luzhu, "Also, you keep calling me sister and saying that we are friends, but do you know where my name comes from?" ”

Zhao Luzhu's eyes were round, and then she remembered that she had said personal information for a long time, and no one had revealed anything.

She had just opened her mouth to ask, when the sound of feet stepping on fallen leaves suddenly came from not far away.

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