Zhao Zhen saw Yue'er's doubts, and whispered: "My mother is Baili Zhaoyi, who has just been pardoned, and I haven't gotten permission from my father yet, so I can't go to see her alone." ”

Only then did Yue'er know that the young man in front of her was the eighteenth prince, the eighteenth prince was sealed as the king, and the Baili Zhaoyi was the Baili concubine who had just been pardoned.

Zhao Zhen looked around and said carefully: "Sister, I'm leaving, please leave this matter, the concubines and sisters of the harem, I can't get close to anyone, it's only you, you must help!" ”

Yue'er smiled bitterly and said secretly: "This is for me, if it is really Concubine Duan, how can you get close?" She saw that Zhao Zhen was deeply missing, and she was a little moved, their mother and son had been separated for seven years, and it was not easy to wait for such an opportunity, but they couldn't see each other yet.

"Okay, please rest assured, if my sister sees Baili Zhaoyi tomorrow, I will definitely tell her."

"Oh, you can meet tomorrow?"

Zhao Zhen was a little surprised.

"Yes, tomorrow in winter, the Queen Mother will invite all the concubines above Zhaoyi, so when I go to Ciming Palace, I will definitely meet your mother."

In Yue'er's heart, she felt that her participation in tomorrow's dinner should be a sure thing, and when she saw Concubine Baili, why would it be difficult to pass on a word.

"That's great, thank you sister, thank you sister."

Zhao Zhen took a deep look again.

At this time, a voice came from outside: "Your Highness, Your Highness—"

Zhao Zhen turned around and ran outside the courtyard, saying as he ran: "Sister, this is our secret, don't tell others-"

Yue'er waved her hand and said, "Okay, Your Highness can rest assured." ”

Seeing the back of Zhao Zhen running out, Yue'er suddenly remembered Cao Gongzi, he didn't know what happened in the past two days, did he think about himself?

Rudong walked out of the hall at this time, the corners of her mouth were still stained with oil, Yue'er couldn't help but be angry and funny when she saw her appearance.

"What about Your Highness?"

"Gone."

"Why did he come to you?"

"Don't do it, just ask me to pass a message to Baili Fei, saying that he is very good."

"So he's the Eighteenth Prince?"

"Yes, girl, you only care about stealing food for yourself, what about the breakfast in this palace!"

Rudong woke up and said, "Okay, I'll help you go to the imperial dining room to get it!" She was about to leave, but Yue'er grabbed her.

"Remember, don't say that someone has come to our Baiyu Hall in the morning, let alone Zhaozhen!"

Rudong stuck out his tongue, made a grimace and said, "Hehe, thanks to the reminder from the mother, otherwise Dong'er would really say it." ”

Yue'er snorted and was about to fight, but Rudong ran away with a smile.

In the afternoon, Yue'er was worried again, she was going to the Ciming Hall for a banquet tomorrow, and her Baiyu Hall had no gifts at all except for a few empty boxes.

Rudong is not in a hurry at all.

"You can go eat white food, anyway, Concubine Duanniang can also do it, let's be a gangster in the palace, don't please anyone, clean."

Yue'er felt that it was inappropriate.

"I thought, I can cut paper, can I cut a pair of phoenixes as a gift?"

"I don't know if it's good or not, what you say is what."

"Hmph, you girl, you're really too lazy to be cured, go, help me find scissors and red paper!"

Rudong stretched and reluctantly got up.

After a while, scissors and red paper were brought, Yue'er began to cut the phoenix, she had learned to cut window flowers, but her skills were really average, and she cut two sheets, either cutting off her butt or cutting off her head.

"Sister, don't cut it so complicated, just cut a bunny pony or something."

"You can figure it out, how can you give it away to the bunny and pony?"

Yue'er is a little discouraged, it seems that she is not a clever person, and she is afraid that this paper-cut gift will not be delivered.

Rudong is not worried about gifts, there are so many concubines in the palace, and not everyone may have something to hold.

"By the way, do you know how much she can get for this year's palace points?"

"I don't know, how much did she get last year?"

Of course, Yue'er doesn't know this question.

Rudong spread his hands.

"Didn't Concubine Duan tell you, then I don't dare to ask, anyway, I heard that Concubine Duan was deducted by the queen's mother, otherwise, Bai Yudian would not be so poor, you see that the concubines above Zhaoyi have their own kitchens, and they can be ordered at any time if they want to eat, only here is the same as calling Huazi, and they have to go to the imperial dining room to ask for it."

The imperial dining room is divided into two parts, half is dedicated to cooking for the emperor, extremely particular, and half is for some concubines and subordinates to cook, which can be said to be extremely rude, sometimes the emperor throws away the meal, and the other half has to fight for it.

"Oh, then you went to the imperial dining room to beg for food?"

"No, otherwise I would have gone to get you food so late, and it would have been left over from other people!"

"You said that Concubine Duan's palace points were deducted, so who will pay for the daily use here?"

If the winter weather does not come to one place, he pointed to the brocade bag on Yue'er's waist and said: "How can there be a palace, there is not even a silver hair in the Baiyu Palace, this daily meal, I went to the imperial dining room to ask for it, if it weren't for my good popularity, this evil woman would have starved to death!" ”

Yue'er hurriedly untied the brocade bag on her waist, which she hadn't opened since she got it, because she pinched it from the outside, except for a hard stone.

When the brocade bag was opened, there was a square jade inside, which was the seal of Concubine Duan, and there was nothing else.

"This stinky woman is really harmful, no matter how little she has in the palace in a year, there are a hundred taels of it, why is there nothing in the entire Baiyu Palace!"

"No, the dignified concubine, how could she have such a miserable life, so where did she get so many clothes in her closet?"

"God knows, I've only been here for a dozen days anyway."

Yue'er thought about it, then untied the sachet from her waist and tore it open.

The sachet broke, and some spices fell out of it, but there were actually two pieces of broken silver and a silver ticket rolled into a roll, which was not an outside silver ticket, and could only be used in the palace for the concubines to buy what they needed, such as charcoal, rice oil, etc.

The face value of the silver ticket is not large, only fifty taels, and the two pieces of broken silver add up to less than one tael, although it is not much, but it is no problem to maintain the operation of the Baiyu Palace for a period of time.

At this time, Yue'er and Rudong were dumbfounded, it turned out that Concubine Duan was not a poor Xiangdingdang, she still had some meager savings.

"How much can I buy with these fifty taels?"

"It's not easy to say, you can buy a lot of it, but it can't be compared with the outside, for example, if you want a box of rouge, the outside is ten yuan, and here is twenty, if you want to exchange it for real silver, you can only exchange about half, and there are restrictions, the internal affairs department is black."

Yue'er couldn't imagine that there was such a rule in Dawei's palace, she was sullen, and she didn't want to cut paper at this time.

Rudong complained, looked at the sky, and said, "Tomorrow's banquet in the Ciming Palace, why hasn't the queen passed the decree yet?" ”

"What is the purpose?"

"It's the arrangement of tomorrow's banquet, where Concubine Duan will sit, the number of seats and seats are arranged."

Yue'er sighed and said, "Someone is coming, why don't you hurry up and make me look like a concubine!" ”

Rudong woke up at this time, and the two sat in front of the dresser for a while.

"Sister, is there a kind of mask that you can put on every time, so you don't have to be so troublesome to put on makeup?"

"Of course there is, there is a kind of human skin mask on the rivers and lakes, and you can immediately change to another person when you wear it, but I don't know where to buy it."

Yue'er said this in her mouth, but her heart moved, she used to be in the Baihua class, and the props for the performance were all made by herself, she had seen the old class master use the soft leather to make a mask, if she had the materials, she could also make it, these things Liu Erye's subordinates must be able to get, but she was in the palace, how could she order them to bring them?

Thinking that Rudong said that she was familiar with the people in the imperial dining room, Yue'er's heart lit up again, the dishes in the imperial dining room were bought from outside, if you can buy the people in the imperial dining room, let them help you pass on the news, it is a good way.

When the makeup was finished, it was still quiet outside the hospital, and no one came to pass on the queen's decree.

At this time, it was almost dusk, Yue'er felt that something was wrong, and asked: "Why is it that at this moment, no one has come to summon me, you go and inquire to see if the queen mother forgot me?" ”