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, ate Lantern Festival on the Shangyuan Festival, gave folding fans in summer, and rewarded mink hats to warm their ears in winter, all of which were institutionalized.

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

For the ministers of his cronies, the emperor also rewarded some things every once in a while, such as Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the emperor, that is, red carbon in winter and ice in summer, and radish in autumn and tea in spring, all of which were rewarded by chance in the palace, and there was no fixed system precedent, although these various things were not valuable, but they were 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, he didn't regard this as an honor, and by the way, he despised Liu Shouyou, who was stunned with two eyes, 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 and 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 who wears 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 enter 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.

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, and the yellow glazed tile is 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, it 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, and there are a lot of leaves in the courtyard, and there are moss under the eaves, which is quite quiet.

The little eunuch in charge summoned the palace maid, respectfully served tea, and asked Qin Lin to 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 floats a few petals, there is a charcoal stove in the east and west corners, the charcoal in the furnace burns red, bakes the room very warm, and there is a three-legged incense burner burning animal incense, green smoke curls, and people are intoxicated in the rich fragrance.

Wow, what sauna and Turkish bath in later generations, it's too far to catch up with 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 take a bath? Qin Lin scratched his head.

The little eunuch led by him smiled and kowtowed to him: "Big guy, congratulations to General Qin for giving Yude Palace a bath, and I wish General Qin a holy family Youlong, who will open a mansion and build a government in the future, and be a marquis and a duke!" ”

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 are green, this is a big deal, and they kowtow to Qin Lin one by one: "General Qin is really atmospheric, worthy of being a big hero who rescued the emperor in front of the emperor, and the little ones are really the pillars of the court when they see it today!" ”

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

Qin Lin instructed them, saying that they didn't need to wait for a bath, and the palace maids and eunuchs took a lot of tips, happy to save trouble, and 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 fragrant hot water, all the 48,000 pores of his body were stretched, and he took a towel on the edge of the barrel, pillowed his head, smelled the rich animal fragrance, and there was no discomfort in his body, and the fatigue was swept away.

In a daze, I heard the sound of eunuchs and palace maids talking and frolicking outside, but gradually the sound faded away, and those eunuchs and palace maids didn't know where they had 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, light and cheerful, and the conversation and laughter of the two women gradually approached.

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!" ”

Delicate and cowardly is naturally the eldest princess Zhu Yaoyuan: "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 I am now, and he should still be able to wear it...... Hee-hee, he's a little fat man now, and he can't wear those clothes! ”

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, just think about it when he heard the sound, it seems that Xu Xinyi is ready to take his cousin out of the palace again, Zhu Yaoyuan 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.

Well, though, 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 door creaked and was pushed open.

Zhu Yaoyuan walked in front, with a clear and delicate melon seed face, her smile suddenly froze, and the whole person became like a clay carving and wood sculpture: to the cold and deserted Yude Palace, there was actually a big bath bucket in the middle, which was steaming, and a man was taking a bath, by the way, it was Brother-in-law Qin!

Qin Lin only showed his head on the water, and he couldn't see anything else, but no matter how stupid Zhu Yaoyuan was, he knew that he was lying naked in the bathtub! In an instant, she was so startled that she even stopped breathing, and her head buzzed loudly, and she was dizzy.

"Shuanghong, why are you in again? Go out and go out, General Ben doesn't need to serve! Qin Lin was in a hurry, hiding 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 Yaoyao blinked her eyes blankly: "I, I'm not Shuanghong, Brother-in-law 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 Yaoyuan, and when she saw the scene in front of her, her apricot eyes widened, her plump red lips opened into an O-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, hello wife!" ”

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: "Your Majesty gave me a bath in the fragrant soup of Yude Palace, you are really coincidental, are you also here to take a bath?" ”

"Phew!" Xu Xinyi only reacted at this time, quickly reached out to cover Zhu Yaoyuan's eyes, pushed the eldest princess who was still in a petrified state to turn one hundred and eighty degrees on the spot, 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, dirty eyes. ”

These words are really a bit insincere, Miss Xu's honey-colored face has turned crimson, when she is at home, she often takes a bath with Qin Lin, and she begins to wash and wash.

Zhu Yaoyuan, who was slowly getting out of the petrified state, turned red with a pale face, and her heart was like a deer crashing, 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, and saw Qin Lin 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 well, and the two of you suddenly broke in, and scared people's livers to plop, and I haven't asked you for compensation yet......"

Xu Xinyi knew that Qin Lin was lazy, and the eldest princess Zhu Yaoyuan was ashamed to death, but when she heard these words, she was laughing in her stomach, she couldn't hold it back, her thin shoulders twitched one by one, but her cheeks were flushed, and her 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 Yaoyuan turned her back to Qin Lin and nodded with a red face.

"Let's go," Xu Xinyi pulled Zhu Yaoyao, 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......"

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

(To be continued)