After returning to the capital, Zheng Jili went back to his home to rest, and the housekeeper Zheng Xing accompanied Tan Xiaotian to Moxiangzhai, the largest bookstore in the capital, to buy books, as for what books to buy, it is naturally a book on chess - although most of the chess books that can be bought in the bookstore belong to the junior and intermediate level, the chess books with really advanced content are rarely published, and most of them are collected by specialized chess artists or collectors. However, Zheng Jili did not intend to let Tan Xiaotian put too much energy into chess, and the opponent of this battle, General Zhao, although he had decades of chess experience, was only above average among enthusiasts, so if Tan Xiaotian could skillfully use the knowledge in these beginner-intermediate books, it would be enough to compete with his opponent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The money to buy books is not a problem for the Zheng family, although the price of chess books is expensive, a thin thirty or fifty pages may be sold for one or two silver, but this level of investment in the Zheng family is not even a dime, at the beginning, Tan Xiaotian also felt that the price of books was too expensive, and after a careful comparison next to the bookshelf where the chess games were placed, he couldn't make up his mind which books to buy and go back, but Zheng Xing saw it without saying a word, and directly put the chess books he had read aside and let the store put them aside, and settle the accounts for a while, with a free attitude, it was simply ' What I see is yours' meaning, Tan Xiaotian put his mind at ease, boldly purchased, and bought more than a dozen chess books, so heavy that he even felt a little difficult to pick it up before he stopped, and finally calculated the general account, the total price was as high as fifty-two taels, the store erased the fraction, and received fifty taels of silver, Steward Zheng didn't even blink his eyebrows, dropped a silver ticket and left in a dashing manner, which made Tan Xiaotian sigh in his heart - it's good to be rich.

The next day, I still got up early in the morning, today is the day to report to the palace, although the time is abundant, but in order not to have any accidents, the Zheng family still has to be fully prepared - after getting up, the first thing is to bathe and change clothes, boil hot water, soak the soaphorns, and the most skilled people in the bath, not only that, but even the bath barrel is sprinkled with freshly picked moon petals, and after a bath, the whole body is fragrant, which makes Tan Xiaotian, who has always been used to it, very uncomfortable, and feels that the teacher is really making a fuss, No matter how much you pay attention to today's Jinjian, there's no need to treat yourself like a girl, right? You can smell it every five or six steps, so how can you play with the children? It's just that at this moment, I can't help but think of him as the protagonist, in this matter, the master's opinion is even more authoritative than the master's, and the petal bath is already light, if it is completely according to the master's idea, it is more perfect if you don't sprinkle some incense powder on your body after taking a bath. If Tan Xiaotian hadn't taken a firm stance and resisted vigorously, maybe he would have done that.

After taking a bath, I wore brand new clothes inside and out, the underwear was as white as snow, soft as cotton, the outer clothes were bright and bright, fiery and dazzling, the so-called women should be pretty, filial piety, men should be pretty, and soap, these red clothes were put on, Tan Xiaotian also became a little handsome guy, although the complexion was slightly darker, but it also had a different taste.

It was his wife's personal maid who combed Tan Xiaotian's hair, and if she had good skills, she had nothing to say, and her little hair was combed into two buns, and then tied with red ribbons, which were clean and beautiful, and the spiritual temperament of the whole person changed.

The breakfast was also carefully prepared, the boiled millet porridge, the fried golden and crispy oil cakes, the thinly sliced yellow beef, the sweet and salty pickles, Tan Xiaotian ate a meal with a bulging stomach, and felt that even if he didn't eat at noon, there would be no problem in holding on until the evening.

After all this, the sky was only slightly bright, and the other Zhengmen disciples had just gotten up, yawning, Tan Xiaotian got into the prepared carriage, accompanied by the housekeeper Zheng Xing, the sound of horses' hooves was crisp, and he headed towards the place where the palace was.

Getting up so early, Zheng Xing didn't sleep enough, but he was an adult, rubbed his cheeks vigorously, and then took a few deep breaths at the rising sun, and his spirit also sobered up, looking back, seeing that Tan Xiaotian was still half-closed and seemed to be awake, he couldn't help but chuckle, closed the curtain of the car, sat on the wheel, and chatted with the old coachman who was driving the horse.

"Old Wu, did you eat early?"

"Eat, steamed bread, pickles, millet porridge, the old three." The coachman Lao Wu replied.

"Hehe, are you tired of eating? Do you want me to talk to the kitchen and ask them to change the tricks and tastes? Zheng Xing asked with a smile - he is the second housekeeper of the Zheng Mansion, and he doesn't need to worry about things like people eating, but if he is willing to say something, the person in charge of the kitchen will also sell him this face, as for himself, he is also one of the people in the Zheng family who has the right to eat small stoves, and he really doesn't care much about people's diet.

"That's a good dare, and I don't want to change tricks all the time, I get some soy milk, buns or baked cakes every seven or eight days every month, and I'll be content early." Lao Wu said with a smile - compared with the subordinates of other families, the treatment of the Zheng family is good, and he knows how to be satisfied and will not make too many demands.

"No problem, I'll talk to Lao Sun when I go back today." Zheng Xing replied casually.

"Then thank you in advance, if you want to say that you are good to us subordinates, you are the first among the housekeepers." Lao Wu hurriedly complimented gratefully.

"Hehe, it's just a trivial matter, it's not trivial. By the way, Lao Wu, I heard that you have relatives working in the palace, is it true? Zheng Xing asked.

"It's true, it's the daughter of a distant nephew, who is a palace maid in the palace." Lao Wu replied.

"Oh, what's the name? Which master is served in the palace? Zheng Xing became interested and hurriedly asked.

"The girl's name is Yingzi, as for which master is served in the palace, I really don't know, his family lives in the countryside, and he hasn't moved around for more than half a year. Yingzi was elected to the palace as a palace maid the year before last, and then my nephew said that he had not met for two years, and the contact between them all depended on writing letters, and the letters were not sent in if they wanted to, sometimes it took three or four months to do it, for this, my nephew and daughter-in-law didn't know how many times their eyes had cried and swollen. Lao Wu sighed.

"Alas, you may understand that the so-called 'palace gate is as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang is a passer-by from now on", the daughters of ordinary people enter the palace, and I am afraid that they will not have a chance to get out of the palace gate for three or five years. Zheng Xing also sighed when he heard this.

"Alas, it is understandable that the so-called 'palace gate is as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang is a passerby from now on", the daughters of ordinary people enter the palace, I am afraid that they will not have a chance to get out of the palace gate for three or five years. Zheng Xing also sighed when he heard this-it seems that Lao Wu's distant nephew's family background is not very good, otherwise, who would be willing to send his own flesh and blood into the palace to serve others. (To be continued.) )