The emperor of the Ming Dynasty often rewarded his courtiers with things, gave hundreds of officials to eat spring cakes in the beginning of spring, and ate Lantern Festival on the Shangyuan Festival.

Folding fans in summer, mink hats and warm ears in winter" are institutionalized, and there are banquets during the New Year's holidays, which are similar to the company's employees having dinners and holiday benefits in later generations.

Qin Lin has only been in Beijing for half a year, and he has already eaten the state banquet on New Year's Day, and he has also tasted a few kinds of spring cakes and Lantern Festival.

For the ministers of his cronies, the emperor rewarded some things every once in a while, such as Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the emperor, "it is to give red carbon in winter and ice in summer", and to send radishes and tea in autumn and spring, all of which are rewarded by chance in the palace, and there is no fixed system as a precedent, although these various things are not valuable, but they are great honors.

Wanli gave Qin Lin Yude Palace a bath, which belongs to the latter kind of special gift, which is rare and honored by the previous generation.

"Why don't you just take a shower? Is it necessary to look at me with such envious, jealous, hateful eyes? Qin Lin touched his nose, and he didn't regard this as an honor" By the way, Liu Shouyou, who was stunned with two eyes, despised him, and then led by the eunuch, swaggering out of the Imperial Palace.

Yude Palace is one of the six palaces in the west of the inner court, "located in the west of the Qianqing Palace, north of the Yangxin Palace."

Just like the front hall and back room of the people's dwellings, the pattern of the Forbidden City is also the front hall and the back house, the Huangji Palace, the Jianji Palace, and the Zhongji Hall (now the three major halls of the Forbidden City Taihe, Zhonghe, and Baohe) are the places where the imperial court holds ceremonies; After the Qianqing Gate, with the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, and Jiaotai Palace as the central axis, the many palaces arranged on both sides are the inner palaces where the emperor, the queen, the prince, and the princess live.

Strictly speaking, Yude Palace belongs to the inner palace, except for the palace maids and eunuchs, civil and military officials are not allowed to trespass unless they are called" Although Qin Lin has a brocade guard wearing the palace waist card, because he is in charge of the North Town Fu Division, he is not on duty in the inner court, and he can't go in casually.

However, since Wanli gave Qin Lin a bath, "of course, it is impossible to hold the three major halls of the Emperor's Pole, Jianji, and Zhongji that hold the national ceremony", and can only choose a free place among the six palaces in the east and west, and it happens that Yude Palace is Wanli's residence before the wedding, and now it is idle, so Qin Lin is allowed to bathe here.

Qin Lin was led by the eunuch to enter from the inner right door on the right side of the Qianqing Gate, and soon arrived at the Yude Palace, only to see that this palace room is five rooms wide, "yellow glazed tile on the top of the mountain", although it is not more brilliant and magnificent than the three major halls, "it is also very extraordinary, but after the Wanli wedding, he does not live here, and the palace maids and eunuchs who are responsible for taking care of it for a long time are a little lazy, "there are a lot of leaves in the courtyard, and moss grows under the eaves", which is quite quiet.

The little eunuch in charge summoned the palace maid and respectfully served tea "let Qin Lin wait for half an hour" and invited him to take a bath when he was ready.

In the middle of the house there is a huge wooden barrel, hot water drifting a few petals, and a charcoal stove is set up in the east and west corners, "the charcoal in the furnace burns red, and the room is very warm, and there is a three-legged incense burner burning the incense of beasts" The green smoke curls, and the fragrant fragrance is intoxicating.

Wow, "what sauna and Turkish bath in the future" is too far away from this!

Even if Qin Lin didn't have an itch on his body, he wanted to jump into the wooden barrel to wash it well when he saw this situation, but several palace maids and eunuchs were standing next to him seriously, but he was really not used to it.

"You guys, this ......" Qin Lin waved his hand, "This official will wash it himself, haha" I'm not used to being watched. ”

Chief Qin, who dares to be as thick-skinned as the city wall, also has times when he is embarrassed.

The palace maids and eunuchs didn't move, and looked at Qin Lin with a smile one by one.

Hey, "Are you waiting to see Chief Qin taking a bath?" Qin Lin scratched his head.

The little eunuch at the head kowtowed to him with a smile: "Congratulations to General Qin for giving Yude Palace a bath, and I wish General Qin a holy family and a mansion in the future." ”

Got it, it's a tip! Qin Lin slapped his hand, and found a stack of silver tickets in his pocket, and each eunuch and palace maid rewarded one hundred taels.

The eunuchs' eyes were green, this was a big deal, and they kowtowed to Qin Lin one by one: "General Qin is really atmospheric, worthy of being a big hero who rescued the driver in front of the emperor, and when the little ones saw it today, they were really the pillars of the imperial court!" ”

Several palace maids also covered their mouths and smiled, said Wanfu in a low voice, and retreated like a butterfly.

Qin Lin instructed them to "say that they don't need to serve in the bath", and the palace maids and eunuchs took a lot of tips, "happy to save trouble, they all withdrew, and closed the door from the outside." ,

Finally, you can enjoy the fragrant bath!

Qin Lin quickly took off his clothes, jumped into the wooden barrel with a bang, only to feel that under the soaking of the fragrant hot water, all the 48,000 pores of his body were stretched, and he took a towel and put it on the edge of the bucket.

In a daze, I heard the sound of eunuchs and palace maids talking and frolicking outside, and gradually the voice faded away: "Those eunuchs and palace maids don't know where they have gone."

Qin Lin didn't care either, anyway, he wasn't used to being served by others in the bath, so it felt weird.

Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps on the leaves outside, "light and cheerful, and the conversation and laughter of the two women were getting closer."

The more hearty one is Xu Xinyi: "Haha, you are too timid, why do you have to burn the man's clothes you wore when you went out of the palace last time, you have to find it again this time, it's really troublesome!" ”

The coquettish and timid nature is the eldest princess Zhu Yao: "Good cousin, don't laugh at my sister, if a man's clothes suddenly come out of my palace, then what's the matter?" Well, I remember that when Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale took the imperial brother out of the palace, "he was about the same size as me now" should still be able to wear it, hehe, he has grown into a little fat man now, and those clothes can't be worn! ”

Qin Lin soaked in the hot water in the bathtub, his whole body was relaxed to the extreme, and his thinking was much slower than usual, "Hear the sound and think, it seems that Xu Xinyi is about to take his cousin out of the palace again, and Zhu Yaomei is going to find the clothes that Wanli wore when he left the palace before, well, Wanli lived in Yude Palace before his wedding, and of course the clothes are placed here."

Uh, "But I'm still taking a shower here!" Worst......

As soon as Qin Lin thought of this section, before he could shout, the vermilion lacquer carved palace gate creaked, "Pushed open."

Zhu Yao's media walked in front, "the clear and delicate melon seed face, the smile suddenly froze" The whole person has become like a clay carving and wood sculpture: the Yude Palace, which was cold and deserted in the past, actually has a big bath bucket in the middle "It is steaming, and a man is taking a bath" By the way, it is Brother-in-law Qin!

Qin Lin only showed his head on the water, and he couldn't see anything else, but no matter how much Zhu Yaomei stayed, he knew that he was lying naked in the bathtub! For a moment, she was so startled that she even stopped breathing, and there was a loud buzz in her head, "Dizzy."

"Shuanghong, why are you in again? Go out and go out, General Ben doesn't need to serve! Qin Lin was anxious and wise, "hid his face in the heat" and deliberately called the name of the palace maid in his mouth, in a vain attempt to fool the past.

Who knew that Zhu Yao's media blinked his eyes blankly: "I, I'm not Shuanghong" Sister Qin ......,

Oh, my God! Qin Lin rubbed his temples that were suddenly jumping, and he felt like he was collapsing.

"What's going on? I seem to hear Qin Lin's voice, uh, ah! Xu Xinyi walked in from the palace gate opened by Zhu Yaomei, and when she saw the scene in front of her, her apricot eyes widened, her plump red lips opened into a 0-shape, and the whole person was stunned.

Qin Lin lay in the bathtub, only showing his head, showing a standard smile that showed six front teeth, and even waved his hand at them with a bright smile: "Hello eldest princess, my wife is good!" ”

Xu Xinyi was petrified on the spot, and asked without saying a word for a long time: "Take a bath, you take a bath in Yude Palace!" W-What's going on? Qin Lin, what the hell are you doing? ”

Qin Lin's face was innocent, like an innocent baby today: "Your Majesty gave me a bath in the fragrant soup of Yude Palace, you guys are really coincidental" Are you also here to take a bath? ”

"Phew!" Xu Xinyi only reacted at this time, and quickly reached out to cover Zhu Yao's eyes, pushed the eldest princess, who was still in a petrified state, to turn one hundred and eighty degrees on the spot, and turned her back to Qin Lin and said loudly: "Who is taking a bath with you?" Think beautifully! Cousin: "Don't look at this stinky guy, your eyes are dirty." ”

These words are really a bit insincere, and Miss Xu's honey-colored face has become crimson."

When she was at home, she often took a bath with Qin Lin, and she began to wash and wash.

Zhu Yao, who was slowly getting out of the petrified state, turned red with a pale face, and his heart was like a deer crashing, and he was pounding endlessly.

Although strictly speaking, I didn't see anything except Qin Lin's face, but as an unmarried woman, she actually broke into the room where the man was taking a bath" Seeing Qin Lin and Qin's brother-in-law in the bathtub, this shame really made her panic, her face was hot, her head almost hung down to her chest, her white fingers were tightly twisted, her knuckles were pinched white, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Qin Lin touched his chin indifferently, and muttered depressedly: "Sister Xu, what do you mean by dirty eyes?" I washed it well, and the two of you suddenly broke in, and scared people into making their livers flutter, "I haven't asked you for compensation yet......"

Xu Xinyi knew that Qin Lin's lazy "Eldest Princess Zhu Yaoqi" was originally ashamed to death, but when he heard these words, he was laughing in his stomach, he couldn't hold back it, his thin shoulders twitched one by one, but his cheeks were flushed, and his face was still full of tears.

"Okay, today's things must not be said!" Xu Xinyi glared at Qin Lin and immediately decided: "For the sake of my cousin's honor, the three of us must keep our mouths shut!" No one is allowed to say a word! ”

"I'm fine," Qin Lin in the bathtub spread his hands.

Zhu Yao's media turned his back to Qin Lin and nodded with a red face.

"Hurry up" Xu Xinyi pulled Zhu Yaoran, who was still in a daze, and ran faster than a rabbit.

Qin Lin's voice behind him came from afar: "Hey, close the door, the wind can easily blow the water cold......"

"This guy is still not human!" Xu Xinyi and Zhu Yaomei stumbled at the same time, and they really wanted to drag Qin Lin out and beat him a hundred times, a hundred times.