Chapter 109, enter the palace
After touching two sticks of incense, the carriage stopped.
Zeng Rong just moved his body, Zeng Hua suddenly hugged her tightly and cried, all the way, she had been leaning on Zeng Rong and did not cry, but she didn't expect to collapse at the moment of parting.
"Ahua, listen to the eldest sister, don't be like this, it's not that you won't be able to see the eldest sister in the future, if you cry so sadly, the eldest sister will worry about you." Zeng Rong couldn't help but hug her back.
She didn't want to leave her behind if she had a choice.
If she had a choice, she wouldn't want to take such a difficult path.
But everything in her previous life has been chasing her like a shadow, she can't forget it, the three children she has never met, plus her and Xu Jing's lives, how can she let go?
Not to mention, Xu Jing's life may be involved again in this life, how can she watch him die again? If he can't prevent him from repeating the tragedy of his previous life, what is the point of her rebirth?
"Don't cry, Sister Ahua, don't worry, I will send you to see Sister Arong every month in the future." Xu Jing couldn't bear to see the two sisters hugging and crying, and reached out to tear Zeng Hua away.
"You, you don't understand, you, I, I'm not for myself, I..." Zeng Hua, who was immersed in grief, was incoherent.
"Ah Hua, have you forgotten your eldest sister's instructions again?" Zeng Rong pulled out the silk handkerchief, wiped away his tears for Zeng Hua, used a little strength in his hands, and there was a little anger in his eyes.
How can such Ah Hua make her feel at ease to deliver her secrets?
"Big sister... Zeng Hua, who realized that he was wrong, looked at Zeng Rong timidly with a pair of red eyes.
"Okay, remember the words of the eldest sister, it's time for the eldest sister to go." Zeng Rong heard Amei calling her, touched Zeng Hua's head again, turned around and picked up his package.
After getting out of the carriage, Zeng Hua followed Zeng Rong step by step, and there were two eunuchs standing at the small door, checking everyone's identities and checking everyone's packages.
Because of Zeng Hua, Zeng Rong came to the last place, and she wrapped a little more, in addition to a few changes of underwear, a few books and a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Maybe there are very few people with pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books, the two eunuchs were dumbfounded when they saw Zeng Rong's set of things, Yu Yunqing next to him reacted very quickly, and hurriedly handed over a piece of broken silver, "Two fathers-in-law, it's like this, this child likes to read since she was a child, and because of this, her embroidered patterns will be photographed by Liu Gonggong, saying that it is more elegant than ordinary people, and there are many things in the palace who like her embroidery." ”
The two eunuchs received the money, and when they heard that it was the person in the picture of Gonggong Liu, they didn't embarrass Zeng Rong anymore.
Of course, the key is that the boss did not say that you could not bring books, pen, ink, paper and inkstones into the palace, but only that you were not allowed to bring knives, scissors, ropes, medicines, ingredients and other things that might hurt people.
When Zeng Rong entered the door, the two eunuchs began to bang people and close the door, Zeng Rong stood still, waved his hand to Zeng Hua, a thousand words in his throat, but he couldn't speak, she bowed deeply to the outside, Yu Yunqing and Xu Jing both understood, one of them reached out and took Zeng Hua into his arms, and the other held Zeng Hua's hand.
As soon as the small door closed, Zeng Rong also cut off these distractions, turned around and followed Amei, and walked towards the second door.
There are two palace maids waiting for this gate, after confirming the identities of the six of them, the two palace maids took the six of them through this gate, turned out of this courtyard along the verandah to the east, entered another courtyard similar to this side, and then passed through this courtyard and entered a small gate to the north, and there was a small courtyard in the small door, as soon as I entered this courtyard, I saw a group of palace maids coming and going, some stood under the porch to rinse their mouths, some hurriedly ran out with hand paper, and some splashed out with water.
"This is the residence of the palace maid of the Weaving and Embroidery Department of the Shanggong Bureau, your embroidery workshop lives here, the bed is prepared for you, and you will put down your things and lead the covers and clothes with us in a while." One of the palace maids said.
As he spoke, he entered a room, the room was not small, there was a kang on each side, the aisle in the middle was only three feet wide, and the kang was full of several rows of boxes, Zeng Rong quickly understood that these boxes were used to divide personal beds, and the width between the two rows of boxes was no more than three feet, in addition, there was a long rope at both ends of the wall, which was used to tie hand towels and clothes, and at this moment there were hand towels hanging on it.
Although Zeng Rong is six in a room, but he needs to live separately on two kangs, there are two beds on the kang on the south side are next to each other, without waiting for Zeng Rong and Amei to open their mouths, Lu He first smiled and said: "I live in the south with Hongling, the two of us have been living next to each other when we were in the embroidery workshop, and it is strange to be abruptly separated." ”
Amei was not convinced and wanted to open her mouth, but Zeng Rong pulled her and shook her head.
Of course, she knows that the south side is good, the south side is full of sun, warm in winter and cool in summer, and the bedding is not easy to get wet, but since the other party has spoken, if they quarrel over this trivial matter, it will definitely leave a very bad impression on the aunt in charge, and it will be difficult to change it in the future.
So, Zeng Rong took the initiative to pull Amei to choose a position on the kang in the north, in fact, it was not called a choice, there were three positions in total, and none of them were next to each other, Zeng Rong asked Amei and Meiying to pick first, and finally left Zeng Rong with the innermost and darkest position, the only advantage is that the other side is against the wall, and there is one less person to disturb her.
After setting the bed, Zeng Rong and his entourage followed the two palace maids to get things, because there were bedding and cotton clothes and pants in winter, so they ran several times, fortunately, the box was ready-made, one for each person, and only needed to get a lock.
After they were all laid out, breakfast time came, and the embroidery girls who went to work in the workshop came back one after another, and the house was suddenly much more lively.
The restaurant is in the courtyard, connected with the stove room, the food is very simple, one person has a bowl of vegetables and a bowl of rice, the dish is vegetarian fried bean sprouts, and the rice is a steamed bun mixed with coarse grains.
Zeng Rong paid attention, the six of them were a little difficult to swallow, she had no way of knowing how the original families of these six people were, but she knew one thing, the food in the embroidery workshop would not be too bad, the splendid workshop was an example, each meal had two dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and the staple food was also fine grain.
Therefore, no one expected that the first meal they ate in the palace would be so inferior, and they couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Ah Rong, I regret it." Ah Mei leaned in front of Zeng Rong's ear and whispered.
"Eat well." Zeng Rong shook his head, and there were several eunuchs standing at the other end of the stove room, staring at everyone.
After the meal, the two palace maids took them to the clean room again, saying that it was a rule that every palace maid who entered the palace must first bathe and change their clothes and change into the clothes in the palace.
After bathing, the two palace maids took them to several other courtyards to get to know the other divisions of the Shanggong Bureau, so that they could know the scope of their activities in the future.
After this visit, Zeng Rong and the others figured out that if there was no special permission from the aunt in charge, the place of their activities would be their residence and workshop for a long time in the future.