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. However, 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 her head to look out, and when she saw Yuan Chun's figure, she hurriedly ran forward with a cotton jacket, and handed her the clothes while saying, "Girl, quickly put on the cotton 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 ladies couldn't wait to change out of their bloated winter clothes, and 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.

"It's so cold, the girl wears so thin to go on an errand, and she happens 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 warm 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, he is not even qualified to be diagnosed and treated by a doctor who learns from a doctor. 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 are also 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, poured tea for Yuan Chun, and said with a smile: "When I was serving 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 so tired, but I still thank the girl for her compassion." Besides, in the kitchen, as long as the money is in place, they wish I could come a few more times, not only will they not show me a look, but they will smile like a flower. ”

Yuan Chun was by Jia's mother's side, raised by Jia's mother, he was born in a blessed day on 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 the treatment is not even comparable to Sanchun. Because she is the son of a family, and her family has a little foundation in the house, therefore, after she entered the house at the age of errand, she was sent to the Yuanchun room at the beginning and became a third-class little girl. After that, I was promoted all the way, and I was never tired at all.

In the palace, Baoqin is a low-level handyman palace maid, who does tiring work such as cleaning the courtyard, cleaning windows and walls, and carrying water every day.

Don't look at Yuan Chun as a female official, her errands are not as idle as her compared to the hug qin in the house. Therefore, Yuan Chun knew that he could only listen to what he said, not take it seriously.

Holding the teacup full of hot tea 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 charcoal stored in the Internal Affairs Office is insufficient, so it can only be used by the favored palace concubines, so even if Yuanchun pays more silver, it can't be exchanged 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, and hurriedly asked, "Baoqin, how much money do we have left?" ”

"And twenty-one 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." This month is not yet half a month, and no matter how frugal we spend after that, it will not be enough. This is based on the fact that nothing else has happened this month. ”

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

From the second to the fifth of each month, it is the day when the family sends money to Yuanchun, and it has never been late before. But 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 still find 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 she first entered the palace, she didn't know the value of the money, and she spent it lavishly, so that not only did she attract people's eyes, but she suffered a lot for no reason, and because of the generosity she gave before, it was difficult to come down after that.

After the tea in her hand became warm, 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, with a bitter smile on her face, she took a sip, although the taste of the tea was not good, but the hot water flowed through the stomach and intestines, making her warm from the inside out.

Thinking that 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, Yuan Chun instructed: "Huqin, you go to the kitchen to ask for ginger in a while." ”

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, she secretly slandered herself in her heart, but she quickly agreed.

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

As the eldest lady in the family, Yuan Chun entered the palace with the dream of becoming a dignitary and glorifying the family, but after she entered the palace, she found that she had thought things too simple before.

She thinks that it is very easy to fly on the branches with her own talents, but the facts tell her that whether it is in terms of talent or appearance, she is not outstanding in the palace, and even in terms of family background, if she does not fight 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 think that it was a big deal to be born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, after all, there were too many people born on this day, maybe the beggars on the street also had this birthday, could they also be blessed?

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 Jing 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 he went to the knees and had nothing to do, and adopted the son of a woman of a different race as the adopted son of the concubine palace.

Just when she was working hard from the palace of the concubine to the palace of Concubine Zhen at home, the Emperor Taishang suddenly decided to take the throne, but the throne was not passed to the fifth prince, nor to the third prince, but the silent sixth prince inherited the throne.

Concubine Duan's sister Concubine Hui is the biological mother of the six princes, and the relationship between their sisters is very good, and when the six princes are young, they have the feeling of taking care of them personally, so after the six princes became emperors, because the nephew is the emperor, the daily treatment of the concubine suddenly rose, and the emperor often came to visit her in the palace.

Yuan Chun felt that he was not only lucky to escape the misfortune of betting at home, but also entered a good place. As long as she serves Concubine Duan well, and then asks Concubine Duan to give her to the emperor, this possibility is still very high. After all, when the six princes were still princes, Concubine Duan once gave the palace maid beside her to the six princes, and that woman is now the concubine of the new emperor.

"Girl, I heard that there is a vacancy in the position of Sizan in the palace of Concubine Hui. Because this position is managed by the deed of books, the people who need to be in charge can be literate. 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 Duan with peace of mind. ”

After staying in the palace for a few years, she already knows that there are some things, and it is not just blindly top-notch. Although Concubine Duan is not as good as Concubine Hui, she has managed it well, and it may not be fruitless.