I walked to the gate of the palace with my burden on my back, and told the messenger who was guarding the door what I meant, and they let me in and wait.

I came to this place yesterday, and I didn't feel anxious when I came in today, but I thought I was selected yesterday, but when I arrived in this hall today, I found that there were two other girls, sitting on wooden chairs and chatting.

These two girls are quite delicate, but they are not superior, just ordinary faces.

It seems that this lucky girl not only does not look at her background, but also does not look at her appearance.

When the two girls saw me coming, they both stood up and smiled at me, looking much better than the group of young ladies yesterday.

I nodded at them, and the three of us started talking.

During the conversation, I learned that one of the more childish-looking girls was only fourteen, the daughter of the shopkeeper of a small teahouse in Shengjing, named Yue Yunxiang, and the other, who was older than us, was already twenty-one, the daughter of the owner of a lantern shop, named Zhong Ruixue.

And I, for the sake of safety, also gave myself a new name, taking Master's surname and Ji Xiaoyan.

As soon as we had finished introducing each other, someone came from outside, saying that the high priest was already waiting at the door, and we each took our baggage and went out.

As soon as I left the palace, I saw Xiao Ce riding on a horse, Xiao Ce was still wearing a dark purple robe, sitting on the back of the horse with a gloomy face.

He glanced at the three of us with just the rest of his gaze, and then rode forward.

The three of us were invited into the carriage by a woman in her forties.

This woman claims to be Aunt Zhen who teaches etiquette in the palace, and this time, although we are only going for a few days, it is the palace after all, and we must abide by the rules, otherwise there is a life to go in, and there may not be a life to come out.

"Yes, follow my aunt's teachings." Zhong Ruixue immediately opened her mouth to agree, and Yue Yunxiang and I on the side also nodded immediately.

Seeing that we were still obedient, Aunt Zhen began to talk endlessly about the rules of the palace, what you can't look at your master, and when you see your master from afar, you have to kneel down and salute, etc.

From the etiquette of treating the master, to eating and sleeping, everything is very detailed.

I thought, I just went in for a few days, if I stayed in the palace for a long time, I need to abide by so much red tape, I'm afraid I'm going crazy.

Aunt Zhen said for at least an hour before she stopped.

Yue Yunxiang saw that Aunt Zhen had finished speaking, and raised her hand to lift the carriage curtain to see the situation outside.

As a result, he was scolded by the aunt: "Sit and don't move." ”

"Aunt Zhen, it's the first time I've entered the palace, and I want to see what it's like in the palace." Yue Yunxiang looked at Aunt Zhen and said.

Actually, I'm also curious, they all say that the palace is extremely luxurious, but I haven't really seen it yet.

"Put away your thoughts that you shouldn't have, when you enter the palace, you are blocking the evil for His Royal Highness the Prince, and the rest, you don't have any thoughts, you know? Curiosity in the palace can kill a person. Aunt Zhen was already thin and had a somewhat mean face, but now she stares at her like this, and it looks even more "terrifying".

Yue Yunxiang was young, and she was glared at by Aunt Zhen like this, so she shrank back in fright and leaned on my body.

"Thank you Aunt Zhen for mentioning it, these are a little bit of the little woman's heart, and I hope my aunt will accept it." Zhong Ruixue gave away the silver money so quickly.

Aunt Zhen glanced at the bulging money bag and coughed, but did not accept it.

"You don't have to, it's my job." As she spoke, her eyes met Zhong Ruixue's.

I immediately understood that she was too crowded to accept it, so I could only pretend to excuse herself.

Zhong Ruixue was stunned, so she put away the money bag first.

"Aunt Zhen, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really seriously ill?" Yue Yunxiang actually dared to ask.

I looked at Yue Yunxiang with a childish face, so I gently pulled her sleeve and motioned her not to ask again.

"People like you should have your tongue cut out in order to survive in the palace." Aunt Zhen's eyes had a hint of yin poison in them, staring at Yue Yunxiang.

Yue Yunxiang was frightened by her gaze, and immediately shrank her head, pursed her mouth, and stopped talking.

If we don't ask what we shouldn't ask, then we naturally have nothing to say, and the carriage fell into silence in an instant.

I sat up straight, listening to the sound of the car outside, I should have entered the main gate of the palace, which had been walking for an hour and a half, and the carriage was originally running very fast, but now it has slowed down significantly.

The sound of grunting and turning also became slightly dull.

It's just that this aunt has a calm face, and we don't dare to ask if it's here.

After another hour, my ass was numb, and then there was a sound of talking outside.

Immediately after that, the curtain of the carriage was suddenly lifted, and I saw two men dressed in blue-gray clothes with fair skin.

"There's really a high priest of Lao, so let's leave it to the minions." The voices of the two men were very high-pitched, like those of women.

Xiao Ce didn't look at them at all, just pulled the reins and drove away directly.

"Aunt Zhen, come, get out of the carriage." One of the men came over and helped Aunt Zhen out of the carriage, and glanced into our carriage.

I looked at their white faces, and then listened to the voice, and the orchid fingers they raised when they helped their aunt, and there was no doubt that they were eunuchs.

Zhong Ruixue still got off the carriage one step ahead of us, and greeted the two little eunuchs very familiarly, saying that they needed to worry more in the future.

But who knows, another little eunuch looked at Zhong Ruixue from head to toe, and said mockingly: "You are just here to block the trouble for His Royal Highness the Prince, and you are not a show girl, so we don't bother." ”

This sentence is to remind Zhong Ruixue and let her know her identity.

When Zhong Ruixue heard this, she immediately took out the money bag again, took out the silver ticket from it, and handed it to them.

The two little eunuchs looked to the left and right, and did not accept the money, but only said, let us follow them.

Now, in front of us was an extremely long corridor, flanked by extremely high red palace walls, and we followed the two eunuchs and walked forward.

"Why is there no half of it?" Yue Yunxiang's old problem has been repeated, but she doesn't dare to ask Aunt Ji anymore, but asks me in a low voice.

I made a boo gesture at her, and she pursed her lips, opened her round eyes, and looked ahead without speaking.

And these two eunuchs led us to the end of the road, at which there were two forks, and to the right, there was a very barren path.

There are still large courtyards on the other side of the path, but this place is really desolate, no one has encountered it, and it is completely different from the golden, lively and luxurious palace I imagined.