6. Cold Palace
Hearing that Zhao Yuzhen and Zhao Yuli had finished today's class, Zhao Mu stood up and waved his hand, signaling the palace maids to accept the snacks, and he went to the Dongnuan Pavilion first.
After a while, Zhao Yuzhen and Zhao Yuli also came in, saw Zhao Mu drinking tea at the table, and also sat down beside him, the palace maid sent a small bowl of bird's nest porridge that had been boiled sticky to moisten the throat of the two princesses, Zhao Yuli was in a bad mood and did not answer, Zhao Mu motioned to the palace maid to put the porridge in her hand and then retreated, not long after, the palace maids retreated, leaving the space for them to speak.
Zhao Mu asked, "How do you feel about Mama's teaching today?" Zhao Yuzhen sneered,
"Although she went out of the palace, she has been a businesswoman for much longer than the palace maid, and she has a big reason, but she is just playing tricks to give her a dismissal." Zhao Yuli's mind was not here, she sat on the side and worried: "Mother doesn't know if she has eaten at noon?" What did you eat? Is the palace person good to her? I don't know where to live? The weather is still hot, and I don't know how many mosquitoes there are? Suddenly, I heard Zhao Mu's voice: "Little Yuli, Little Yuli"
"Huh? Brother, what did you say? She turned her head to look at Zhao Mu, and Zhao Mu said, "I'll discuss with Yuzhen, while everyone is resting at noon, let's go to see Duan Shunrong secretly, okay?" Zhao Yuli's body suddenly sat up straight,
"Really?! I'll go! I'll go! Zhao Mu smiled: "That's not going to eat quickly." Zhao Yuli looked at a few of her favorite dishes on the table, remembered that her mother was not by her side for the first time, her eyes were instantly soaked with tears, and she suddenly remembered something, she looked up and asked, "Doesn't the queen mother come to eat?" Zhao Mu shook his head: "The queen mother has instructed her, she has her own arrangements, and we can do it ourselves." As soon as his mind moved, Zhao Mu obviously understood, and didn't say more, just urged the two sisters to hurry up and eat, while calling his personal maid Baguio to wrap up some dishes that Duan Shunrong loved to eat.
Needless to say, Zhao Yuzhen and Zhao Yuli no longer cared about their image and ate quickly, and Baguio didn't care if they were still eating, they took the lunch box in the dining room, took two boxes of pastries and side dishes, and saw that there were four happy balls on the table, and they didn't say much, and put them in directly.
Baguio is a fifteen-year-old girl, the eldest daughter of a scholar's family, her father is a showman, when she was alive, she also read and practiced calligraphy, although she could not wear satin, cotton clothes have always been clean and decent, but unfortunately after the death of her father, her mother with two daughters and a son was difficult to make a living, her life became difficult, but it was also a coincidence, the palace chose a good family to enter the palace, she saw that her mother was really difficult, and she was over thirteen years old, so she hid from her mother to run for election.
She is handsome, comfortable to the eyes, innocent in her family background, young and sensible, she knows poetry and books will be popular, although she has no family to take care of her, she has not experienced any twists and turns and was successfully selected.
After entering the palace, although Baguio didn't talk much, he was diligent and sensible, neither flattering nor arrogant to people, and was kind and steady.
Baguio was very cautious, they did not go out of the crowded dining room, but walked back to the dormitory, walked into the small garden from the small courtyard of Duan Shunrong, and saw that there was no one around, so they quietly opened the door and walked into the palace road behind.
Although Baguio often stays in the middle palace, she is obviously very familiar with the layout of the palace, she took the three of them to avoid places where there might be people, and walked to the vicinity of the cold palace without danger, she let the three of them stay aside, and she stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while,
"Squeak" The door opened, and an impatient old woman opened the door, and when she saw Baguio, her eyebrows furrowed,
"What is the matter at noon?" Baguio smiled and quietly stuffed a small gold coltan into her hand, and whispered: "The prince and princess are here, come to see Duan Shunrong who just came today, Mama, it's convenient", Mama saw that she was polite and kind, stretched out her head to see, saw that there was no one around, and looked at the prince who nodded to her on the wall, hurriedly opened the door and let the four people in, but the gold coltan was going to be stuffed back to Baguio, the prince smiled: "Mama, you and accept it, I will make up a gold columbium for her", Mama hurriedly bowed her head and made a blessing, After that, he took the four of them to the house where Duan Shunrong lived.
Duan Shunrong and Danniang live in the deepest part of the cold palace, how deep are they? Further back is the palace road again, and there is the palace wall not far from this palace road, but the four of them walked all the way, looking at the deep grass and trees and relatively dilapidated houses, they didn't feel so terrible, they only felt very quiet, after all, King Zhao had only one queen over the years, one Duan Shunrong, and two Wanyuan, and there was no chance to hit people into the cold palace.
Zhao Qi saw that the road was quiet, a little curious, and asked Mama: "Then there are other people in this cold palace?" Mama replied as she walked: "There were still some people in the cold palace when the old Zhao King was still there, but after the sting, a few people also went with the old Zhao Wang, and now there is only one old man here, or your grandfather's waste concubine, who was brought back to the palace when your grandfather went out on patrol, and was withdrawn, probably because of the florist family, he didn't love people, he only loved flowers and plants, and soon lost his favor, and then because he was involved in the rights and wrongs of others, he was sent here, and a few people came with her, some people went back quickly, some people were unwilling, and they died depressed, only her, With two maids, he planted flowers, fruits, and vegetables quietly, and read books at leisure, never causing trouble, and did not care about things outside his body", Mama pointed to a place with lush flowers and plants not far away,
"That's there", Zhao Qi looked at it and smiled: "It can be seen that you treat them well, you are a neighbor", Mama didn't know why the prince said this, so she quickly hunched her waist and replied: "The old slaves don't dare, but they have been here for nearly thirty years, and they have been getting along for a long time, so it is inevitable that they will ......", Zhao Qi waved his hand: "The house is kind, what is wrong." I heard Mama say that she has no background and is not pampered, but this residence is spacious and tidy, not cramped and depressed, which shows that Mama has a good heart, so I have this sigh. Seeing that the prince was young, but she didn't expect to hear these heartfelt words, she was at a loss for a while, Zhao Yuzhen saw that she was moved, and said: "With Mama here, we can rest assured." She pulled Zhao Yuli and asked Mama, "I don't know where Duan Shunrong lives?" We brought my sister to meet her, who was young and always crying. Mama glanced at the poor Zhao Yuli, felt pity, pointed to the house at the end of the road and said: "The cost of the cold palace is not much, because the residence is adjacent to the palace road, we don't want it to be too dilapidated and looked at by people outside the palace, so it has been repaired, and it happened to be given to Duan Shunrong." When Zhao Yuli heard this, he broke away from his sister's hand and ran there, but Zhao Qi and Zhao Yuzhen really gave Mama a salute, and Mama hurriedly bowed and saluted back: "The prince and princess don't have to be like this, the old slave is just doing his duty." Zhao Yuzhen said earnestly,
"No, Yuzhen thanked Mama." She thought for a moment and took off a small gold bracelet wrapped around silk on her wrist,
"This is a congratulatory gift sent by Fanbang in the past, I saw that it was exquisite, so I asked the queen mother to occasionally wear it on the hand to play, although it is not a close-fitting bracelet, but it is also very cherished, Mama please accept it", Mama hurriedly excused herself: "The queen of Duan Shunrong has come to greet her last night, and the old slave does not dare to slack off, the princess's things, the old slave can never accept it." Zhao Qi said on the side: "Mama accept it, the princess has her reasons for this, and she is indeed very grateful to Mama." When Mama saw this, she no longer shirked, and then took a handkerchief and wrapped it in her arms.
"Prince, princess, please rest assured. Although it is hard here, it is also comfortable, and the old slave will do his duty to take care of Duan Shunrong, but life is like this, but Duan Shunrong needs to think about it. Zhao Qi nodded yes, and Mama didn't say much, saying that there were still things to take care of at noon, so she bent over and retired.