Chapter VII
In the evening, Kamo Tadayuki and Hoken came to my room, and through the bamboo curtains, I could still see them clearly, but I thought it was strange to talk to them like this, and it was not hide and seek. After saying a few words to me, he said, "Sharo, treat this place as your own home, and tell your uncle if you have any requests." β
I hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle, Sharo has a request. β
"What requirements? As long as my uncle can do it, he will definitely fulfill his wish for you. β
"I, I want to enter the palace."
"Into the palace?" Kamo Tadayuki's tone was a little surprised.
"Well, it's to be a palace maid." I added that I wasn't trying to get close to the Emperor.
"You mean the women's room?" He immediately regained his composure.
Unlike the Chinese court, during the Heian period in Japan, most of the people who could hold the position of palace maids in the palace were the daughters of nobles, and ordinary people were not qualified to become women's houses. Sha Luo's identity also meets the conditions for entering the palace, not to mention that her father was a member of the palace from the third place during his lifetime.
"Uncle originally planned to set your lifelong events for a while, but your father's wish was fulfilled, but..."
The corners of my mouth began to twitch, what, a lifelong event, please, don't let me be stimulated,
"Uncle, Sha Luo really wants to go to the palace to see and see, just promise me." I started to play my grinding skills.
"Father, in fact, there is nothing wrong with my sister going to the palace. However, I was glad that my nominal brother was speaking for me, but his next sentence sent me into the snow.
"However, I think I should ask Qiu Ji to teach Sharo more court etiquette, so as not to lose the face of the He Mao family at that time."
I glared at him from behind the curtain, Kamo Baoxian, damn it...
"But..." He Mao Zhongxing was still hesitating, Bao Xian suddenly came over, and he didn't know what to say in his ear, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "In this case, my uncle won't stop you, but Bao Xian's words also make sense, and I will let Qiu Ji teach you court etiquette tomorrow." β
Help.,It's better to kill me with a knife.γγ
"Miss Sharo, please do as I say again." Akihime's nightmarish voice rang in my ears.
"What, what?" I've been fuguing for a long time, and I haven't heard anything.
"Miss Sharo, please listen carefully, and when you walk, keep your sight twenty feet in front of your body, that is, do not raise your head too much, do not lower your head, arch your feet slightly, and preferably not raise your heels very high."
Isn't it just walking, I took a few steps forward.
"Miss Sharo, do you walk flat, fast, practiced or slow?" She smiled.
"Huh?" I opened my mouth wide.
"Please remember that the speed of walking, one breath and one step is called a slow step, one breath and two steps is called a flat step, and one breath and four steps is called a rapid step, and women usually use a flat step. However, if the young lady wants to go to the palace to be a maid's room, she must learn to practice walkingβplease open your elbows, relax your heels, and walk slowly, with a gap of three breaths between your single foot. β
I rolled my eyes, stretched out one foot, took two breaths, and before the other foot could get out, I fell because I lost my balance.
Why, it's so troublesome to even walk! The interval of three breaths, such a long time, is simply a golden rooster standing alone! How can anyone walk so slowly! I'm dizzy, the balance of the people in the palace must be very good.
"Miss Sharo, your breathing is too deliberate, and your movements are not graceful, please practice a few more times." Akihime's smile seemed to me like a demon's smile.
Sharo, Sharo, for the sake of me for so much suffering, you have to forgive me.
"Qiu Ji, I'm so tired, can I drink some water." After practicing n times, I finally sat on the tatami mat with an unsightly ass.
The maids brought the tea, and I hastened to pick up the shallow saucer with water, and was just about to drink it, when the voice that frightened me sounded again, "Miss Sharo, do not use all five fingers when holding utensils or other things, but set aside one finger for decoration." I looked down and saw that my five fingers were firmly gripping the plate, as if I was afraid that someone else would rob me.
I'm going crazy.,Why the hell is this.,I'm so depressed even to drink saliva.γγ
"Sharo!" The voice of Bao Xian came from outside the door, and my heart snickered with joy that the savior had arrived.
Akihime quickly invited me behind the curtain and whispered, "Since Lady Kamo has come to see you, that's the end of today, and tomorrow Akihime will continue to teach you about etiquette." β
Tomorrow,,It's going to continue.γγ My eyes were dark.
"Sharo, how is it today? Are you learning well? Bao Xian sat across from me and asked with a smile, and the smell of residual plum instantly filled the room.
"Thanks to you, I haven't been tossed to death yet." I said it angrily.
"Hehe, you said you were going to enter the palace, do you think it's so easy to stay there?" He smiled lightly, stroked the cypress fan with his right hand, paused, and said: "By the way, in a few days, the young Nayan family's nomiko will come to teach you waka, if you want to enter the palace, you must learn waka." β
"What!" Another big blow, Sara, I know it's wrong ... I really know it's wrong.
"You seem to be very unmotivated." There seemed to be a smile in his voice.
"Nonsense, I'm really afraid that I will be tortured to death before I see the palace." I complained weakly.
I saw his figure move slightly, and he picked up the corner of the curtain with a juniper fan, and the evil eyes narrowed, and he glanced at me as if he was not looking, and said, "Then, tomorrow, how about I take you out for a walk?" β
"Really?" I immediately came to the spirit. "But tomorrow I have to learn a lot of etiquette."
He smiled even more mysteriously, "Akihime won't come tomorrow." β
"Really?" I was skeptical.
"Naturally, it's true, I'll pick you up when my father and Qingming are gone." He retracted the fan, and the curtain was lowered again.
"Harumei, is it Harumi Abe? By the way, what kind of person is he? I couldn't contain my curiosity and wanted to know more about the boy.
"I'm not happy to ask other men in front of me." He said with a smirk.
"What, I'm your sister." I glared at him.
"Hehe, Qingming, he's a smart kid, but he doesn't like to talk much, and his relationship with other senior brothers is not very good, which really gives me a little headache." Listening to Baoxian's words, it seems that he doesn't hate Qingming.
"Well, why is it so good to me, take me out?" I asked, a little puzzled.
"Why?" He smiled again, and suddenly reached in from under the curtain, gently pressed the back of my hand, and whispered in a long voice: "Because------γ β
Although he didn't touch me directly through the curtain, I felt a faint ambiguous taste.
"----- you're my sister." As soon as the words fell, he took back the fan in time, stood up, and said, "The willow color is very suitable for you, and I will wear this set tomorrow." β
In the blink of an eye, he had already left the room, leaving only a faint scent of residual plums.