In the early spring, the climate in the capital was warm and cold, and when the errand was over, Yuan Chun, who was wearing a thin spring dress, dragged his tired body back to his residence. Not long after she entered the palace, her eldest maid who was originally at home was also sent into the palace and assigned to the same palace room as her. It's just that the difference between the two is different, if Yuanchun is second-class, Baoqin is just a rough girl now.

Baoqin stood at the door and stretched out his head to look out, saw Yuan Chun's figure, and hurriedly ran forward with a padded jacket, while handing the clothes to Yuan Chun, he said, "Girl, quickly put on the padded jacket." This spring is cold, this day is very cold, the rules in the palace are strict, and you must change your clothes on what day. Those girls couldn't wait to change out of their bloated winter clothes, but they weren't too cold. ”

Yuan Chun felt that it was stupid to hold the qin, even if the master was thinly dressed, there were other ways to keep out the cold, how could he be frozen? It's like when they are at home, they wear summer clothes in the cold winter months, and they won't be cold.

"The girl was wearing a spring dress on an errand, and she happened to be standing on the tuyere, so I asked the kitchen for some hot water, and the girl soaked her feet for a while, so that her body could not be warmed up, so as not to get sick from the cold."

Even if Yuan Chun is a female official and is sick, let alone ask for a doctor, and he is not even qualified to let a doctor who studies with a doctor diagnose and treat. In addition to relying on his own resistance to stiffen, at most he bought some medicine from the little eunuch who was on an errand in the Tai Hospital. As for whether it is right or wrong, it doesn't work, it can only depend on luck.

Yuan Chun entered the house and said, "You're tired for a day." The kitchen was not close to our dwelling, and after a day's work, we went to the kitchen to look at people's faces and asked for water, and then came back with a large pot of water. I can't use up that pot of water, so you can soak your feet in a while, and go to the fatigue. ”

Baoqin took out the tea cover and poured tea for Yuan Chun, and said with a smile: "When I used to serve the girl at home, I also had a lot of things to do every day, which was similar to the palace, so I wasn't tired, but I still thank the girl for her kindness." Besides, in the kitchen, as long as the money is in place, they wish I could come more often, not only did they not dare to show me a look, but they smiled like a flower. ”

Yuan Chun was raised by Jia's mother's side, raised by Jia's mother, and was born in the blessed day of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and his mother, Mrs. Wang, was the wife of the family, so the daily food and clothing were almost compared to Jia Min's treatment at home back then.

As the big girl next to her, holding the qin in the house, she is almost a "second miss", and she can't even compare to the Spring Festival. And because she is a child of the family, her family also has a little foundation in the house, so after she entered the house at the age of errand, she was sent to Yuanchun's room at the beginning and became a third-class little girl, and because she was young, she did some work such as watching the tea stove, feeding the birds, running errands and passing the word. After that, I went all the way up and never got tired.

As for being in the palace, Baoqin is a lowly handyman palace maid, who is very tired every day, such as cleaning the courtyard, cleaning windows and walls, carrying water and other work, how can it be compared with the house?

To tell the truth, don't look at Yuan Chun as a female official, her errand is not as idle as her at that time compared to the hugging of the piano in the house. Therefore, Yuan Chun knew that he could only listen to what he said, not take it seriously.

Holding the teacup in his hand, Yuan Chun did not drink it, but held it to warm his hands. It's not that she doesn't want to use a hand stove, it's that since she changed into her spring clothes, the carbon in her share has gone. Because of the cold spring, the amount of carbon used by each palace concubine is not less than in winter, but the amount of carrot charcoal stored in the internal affairs office is not enough, so it can only be used by the favored palace concubines, so even if Yuan Chun pays more silver, he can't exchange it for carbon.

To tell the truth, if there was no silver sent from home to help her dredge, even if Concubine Zhen took care of her, Yuan Chun felt that she might not be able to survive the days when she first entered the palace.

However, when it came to the silver, she remembered that she hadn't received the silver from her mother this month, so she hurriedly asked, "Baoqin, how much money do we have left?" ”

"And twenty-three taels, plus five hundred and forty-seven copper coins."

"Can you get through this month?"

Huqin looked embarrassed and said, "Girl, we have at least fifty taels a month." It's only been seven days since the month, and no matter how frugal we spend after that, it's not enough, and that's because there's nothing else going on in the month. ”

Yuan Chun sighed and said, "Find a way to save a little frugality." ”

The second or third day of every month is the day when the family sends money to Yuanchun, and it has never been late before. However, since the second half of last year, not only has the money not been delivered in time, but the amount has also dropped from 500 taels at the beginning to 300 taels.

Yuan Chun's heart was a little panicked, worried that her family would give up on her, but she didn't dare to ask. If she didn't ask, she could have found a reason to convince her family, but once she did, and the answer was as she thought, she really had no hope at all.

Speaking of which, Yuan Chun regretted that when he first entered the palace, he didn't know the value of the money, and he spent it lavishly, so that not only did he attract people's eyes and make her suffer a lot for no reason, but also because of the generosity of the money given before, it would be difficult to lower it later.

After the tea in her hand became warmer, she poured another cup, looking at the turbid tea soup in the tea cup, which even the third-class girl in her room did not eat, and a bitter smile appeared on her face. Although the taste of the tea was not good, the hot water flowed through her stomach and intestines, warming her from the inside out.

Thinking of being at home, whether it was her grandmother or mother, she repeatedly told her not to suffer from the cold, so as not to affect future fertility, but in the palace, there was no hand stove, foot stove and smoke cage available, and she could not wear a big sweater to keep out the cold, so Yuan Chun instructed: "Hug Qin, go back to the kitchen and ask for ginger." ”

Although she entered the palace through a small election, whether it is her mind or the family's expectations for her, it is not just to be a female official, her goal is to become a concubine today, but also to give birth to children for her, she can't stand the cold.

Baoqin didn't know Yuan Chun's plans, thinking that she had just said that she wanted to live frugally, and immediately made a story about asking for ginger, and secretly slandered herself in her heart, but she quickly agreed.

Waiting for Baoqin to bring the ginger, Yuan Chun washed it, and then put it in her mouth, feeling the spicy taste of ginger in her mouth, her tears flowed down involuntarily.

As the eldest lady who is honored and noble at home, Yuan Chun entered the palace with the dream of ascending to the palace and glorifying the family, but after she entered the palace, she found that she had thought about things too simply, and thought that it was very easy to fly on the branches with her own talents, but the facts told her that in terms of talent and appearance, she was not outstanding in the palace, and even on family background, if she did not hit the name of her ancestors, just look at her father, her family background is not the highest among the palace maids. She is just an ordinary flower in the palace, and it is very rare to think that the emperor will look at her differently, but Yuan Chun is not discouraged.

Originally, the family always said that Yuanchun was the birthday of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it was a great blessing. Although she acquiesced to this statement on the surface, in fact, she didn't really feel that she was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

But the experience after entering the palace made her feel that she was still a little lucky. Originally, when the family sent her into the palace, the Emperor Taishang had not yet abdicated, and several princes under his knees fought very fiercely, among which the three princes from Concubine Rong and the five princes from Concubine Zhen had the highest voice.

The family is optimistic about the five princes born by Concubine Zhen, not only because the family and the Zhen family are old relatives, but also because Concubine Zhen is the most favored concubine of the emperor at that time in the harem, and the five princes are quite famous in Shilin, far more popular than the three princes who are martial artists, so the family told her that after she enters the palace, they will help behind her back and transfer her to Concubine Zhen on an errand, so that she can work hard to please Concubine Zhen, so that Concubine Zhen can come forward and give her to the five princes.

It's just that I don't know what went wrong in the middle, after Yuan Chun entered the palace, he was not assigned to Concubine Zhen's palace, and went to the palace of the unfavored concubine. Just when she was working hard at home and her from Concubine Jing's palace to Concubine Zhen's palace, Emperor Taishang suddenly decided to take the throne, but the throne was not passed to the fifth prince or the third prince, but the silent sixth prince inherited the throne.

When Concubine Jing was the concubine of the Emperor Taishang, although she was not pampered, her sister Concubine Hui was the biological mother of the six princes, and the relationship between their sisters was very good, and when the six princes were young, they had the feeling of taking care of them personally, so after the six princes became emperors, although Concubine Jing was still not favored by the emperor, but because her nephew was the emperor, her daily treatment was not only rising, but the emperor also often came to visit her in the palace.

Yuan Chun felt that he was lucky to have escaped the catastrophe of the wrong bet at home, not to mention, and also entered a hot stove, as long as she served Concubine Jing well, and then asked Concubine Jing to give her to the emperor, this possibility is still very large. After all, when the six princes were still princes, Concubine Jing once gave the palace maids around her to the six princes, who are now concubines.

"Girl, I heard that there is a vacancy in the position of Sizan in the palace of Concubine Hui. Because this position is in charge of the deed book, this person needs to be able to read and write. I think the girl is very suitable for this position, do you want to go out of the way? Baoqin thought of the gossip she heard in the kitchen, and hurriedly told Yuan Chun.

Yuan Chun shook his head, "Forget it." Concubine Hui is the emperor's biological mother, who knows that she has a hot stove there, there must be many people staring at her, with my qualifications, even if I find a way, it is just in vain. I'd better stay here with Concubine Jing in peace. ”