The green trees are shady, and the summer days are getting longer. The reflection of the building platform and the shadow into the lotus pond.

After Zhaoyun finished breakfast, he began to learn the etiquette taught by Mama Zhao. After lunch, Zhaoyun half-leaned on the bamboo collapse in the shade of the tree and rested.

Layers of luxuriant foliage cut the sunlight into mottled shadows that reflected on her fair face.

Mingcui sat on a small bench beside her, her elbows on her lap, her crumbling head in one hand, and the bamboo fan in her other hand shook slightly from time to time.

The cicadas lying on the trunk of a tree not far away make two noises from time to time to break the silence of this summer afternoon.

"The princess is not good!" Biluo's voice came from afar, and the two of them suddenly woke up from their dreams.

Zhaoyun sat up straight from the collapse, looked sleepily at Biluo, who was panting on her knees, and asked after she had rested for a while.

"What's the matter? So panicked? ”

"Back to the princess, Nian Xia and Xichun are about to fight with Mrs. Qian, who helps the kitchen in the dining room." Biluo wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and replied.

"Mingcui, go and pour a cup of tea for Biluo." Zhaoyun didn't answer, turned his head and ordered, "It's hard work Biluo, it's such a hot day, take a break for a while." After speaking, he pointed to the small bench where Mingcui had sit.

"Princess~" Biluo sat down slowly, looking at Zhaoyun and stopping.

"Tell me about the cause and effect." Zhaoyun shook the bamboo fan in his hand and said slowly.

"After lunch, princess, don't you want Xichun to go to the imperial dining room to get some ice cubes and come back. I don't know why she was delayed on the way back, and most of the ice she took was melted. ”

Later, she went back to get it again, but the Qian woman who was the cook disagreed, saying that each master's daily allowance was counted. Xichun didn't follow, and the two quarreled. ”

"Then what's the matter with Nian Xia?" Zhaoyun asked, placing the fan on his lap.

When she learned the news, she saw that Mrs. Qian and a few mothers-in-law were there, and you quarreled with Xichun without saying a word, and without saying a word, she stepped forward and quarreled with those mothers-in-law. When I passed, they were arguing the hardest. I persuaded me a few words, and when I saw that there was no relaxation, I immediately rushed back. Princess, look? ”

Ming Cui came back, and as soon as he handed the tea cup to Biluo, he heard his master command.

"Mingcui, you run this trip for me. You stand and watch from afar, and if you see that they don't do it, don't interfere. ”

The imperial dining room is in front of the door.

The jar of pickled vegetables was slammed down, and the dark brown jar tumbled and fell from the shelf, shattering in one fell swoop. Next to the broken porcelain shards, there were also piles of rotten vegetable leaves and some broken eggs, and the ground was in a mess.

"You little hooves, don't you just rely on your own posture and want to serve others. Don't look at what this place is! How dare you run here to spread wildness! You, you ~"

Mrs. Qian was trembling with anger, standing in the mess all over the ground, straightening her arms, and tremblingly pointing at Xichun and Nianxia in front of her.

"You what you! You're a lot older, and your mouth is respectful with me! We are the palace maids given by the Queen Mother to Princess Zhaoyun! What is Israel's servant? We have, do you have? Besides, Sister Xichun is just looking for you to order ice cubes again, what a cross here! Relying on your age? Nian Xia raised her eyebrows, glanced at the princess, and kept replying.

"yes, I just wanted to ask you for some more ice cubes, I just saw that you have so many ice cubes in the cellar, why not give me more? What is this cross! The mouth is not dry yet! Xichun crossed his thin waist, rolled his eyes upward, and then said.

"You~You~!" When Mrs. Qian heard this, her fingers trembled even more when she pointed at them, her clenched teeth trembled from time to time, her cloudy eyes stared at her, and she wanted to pounce on them immediately and tear them apart.

Ming Cui, who had just arrived, hid behind a tree not far away, paying attention to the movement over there from a distance. Looking at the imminent situation over there, I couldn't help but sigh, it's really exciting! If it weren't for the fear of being discovered, she would have wanted to applaud!

But seeing that Mrs. Qian was rolling up her sleeves, and a few slightly younger women around her were about to step forward, Ming Cui hurriedly wanted to rush forward to stop it.

That Mrs. Qian stepped forward with an arrow, stretched out her big hand, and grabbed Xichun's hair in a high bun. Just dragged and pulled, the hairpins that were oblique between Xichun's hair immediately fell to the ground. And the hair that was pulled up fell to the ground, hanging down to his ears.

Xichun heard the crisp sound of the hairpin falling to the ground, and then felt the pain in his scalp, and immediately screamed when he came back to his senses, punching and kicking at Mrs. Qian. However, the strength is too small, and the hammer on the fat Qian Pozi is like a mayfly.

When Nian Xia saw it, he stepped forward several times, wanting to pull Mrs. Qian's big hand that grabbed Xichun's bun. A few people on the side glanced at each other, and took a few steps forward to block in front of her, forming a human wall.

Mingcui hurriedly trotted over, wanting to alleviate the chaotic situation, but she suddenly remembered the screams of Qian Pozi killing pigs. Everyone immediately looked back, only to see Xichun bite on Qian Pozi's thick arm with a cheek, leaving two rows of neat tooth marks in an instant.

Everyone's eyes widened, looking at the remaining tooth marks on Mrs. Qian's forearm, and froze.

I saw that Mrs. Qian's face gradually turned purple, her eyes widened, and there seemed to be a burning flame in it, which was about to come out. The big hand that was pulling Xichun's hair slowly put it down, and the other big hand instantly slammed into Xichun's little face.

Everyone on the side only heard a crisp sound of "pop", and after Xichun's face was hit to the side by gravity, he didn't stand firmly, and sat on the ground in a mess.

Ming Cui was stunned as she watched from the sidelines. Mrs. Qian's set of actions is like flowing water, all in one go. She didn't even have time to stop it, and it was already such a field.

Xichun, who was sitting on the ground, instantly reddened and swollen on one side, only to feel that his head was buzzing, and his face was also hot and painful. Zhu pursed his lips, frowned, and cried out with a wow. In an instant, tears flowed down his cheeks like rolling beans.

"You little dog hoof, don't play this trick in front of me, who is this pitiful pretend? There is no one here who can take pity on you. Mrs. Qian covered her arms and still chattered and scolded angrily.

"Alright, let's stop talking. She is also the palace maid of Zhaoyun Palace, Mother Qian, you don't look at the monk's face but also look at the Buddha's face, don't worry about her anymore, so as not to lose your identity. Seeing this, Mingcui hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade her.

Mrs. Qian glanced at her, then gave up, gave them a blank look, and walked away with a group of onlookers.

"Alright, stop crying! It's been delayed for so long, so hurry up and go back to the princess! Mingcui bent down, took a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to her.

Mingcui walked in front, and Nian Xia helped Xichun, who was still pumping, to follow behind, and returned to Zhaoyun Palace.

Under the green shade, Zhaoyun, who was half-leaning on the soft collapse, took his eyes off the poetry book in his hand and looked at the two people who were following Mingcui.

Looking at Xichun, who was messy and his face was red and swollen, Zhaoyun frowned, and secretly sighed in his heart that they seemed to be arguing more fiercely in this life.

Putting the book aside lightly, Zhaoyun opened his mouth and asked, "Xichun, do I want you to get the ice cubes?" ”

"Back to the princess, I was delayed on the road before, and most of the ice I got turned into half of it. Later, I went back to ask for it, but the damn woman didn't give it anyway. Hee-chun was still sobbing quietly.

Of course, Zhaoyun knew why she was delayed on her way.

This Xichun is usually very lazy, and he is very slippery. In her previous life, she learned that she was on the way back from taking ice, so she found a shady place to rest and fell asleep, and when she woke up, most of the ice melted. But I was afraid that she would be punished, so I went back to find Mrs. Qian.

Zhaoyun didn't bother to demolish her, and sent them away after a few words.

Mingcui, who was still standing aside, suddenly asked curiously, "Princess, you don't seem to be surprised that they can fight." ”

The smile on Zhaoyun's face instantly froze at the corner of his mouth, and he said a few words casually, which diverted the little girl's attention.

In her previous life, she severely punished Xichun and Nianxia, and later they secretly hated her. In this life, she is too lazy to care, the wicked have their own wicked grinding.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed in a flash, and the day of Zhaoyun and the great gift was getting closer and closer.

In the past few days, the etiquette is still taught by Mama Zhao. Although she still made small movements from time to time, she did not dare to be as blatant as on the first day, and only occasionally embarrassed.

One action is standard enough, and let Zhaoyun do it a few more times. Zhaoyun was patient and did what she said, and after a long time, Mama Zhao didn't dare to say anything more.

It's Xichun, they move frequently.

asked Xichun to pick pomegranates, and most of them went into her stomach.

asked Nian Xia to pick lotus flowers and come back and insert them in the vase, but it took most of the day to return.

Let the autumn sweep the floor, sweep and sweep it sadly, put down the bamboo broom and sit on the verandah to look at the shadow and feel sorry for himself.

Only in winter, he still obeys orders, but his attitude has always been cold, with a straight face all day long, and he doesn't look smiling.

This day is unitary. Luo Ye passed by Zhaoyun Palace, and watched the palace gate open widely, and there was no one guarding the door, and he was suspicious.

Leaving behind the eunuch who followed closely behind, he stepped into Zhaoyun Palace to take a look. At the end of the verandah, four or five palace maids sat around and played a dice game.

He passed by the verandah, and saw that the palace maids were also just burying their heads, staring closely at the spinning dice in front of them, and their mouths were still chattering excitedly.

Nian Xia and Xi Chun sat inside, with some small pieces of silver in front of them, all their attention was on the spinning dice, and their mouths were reading their respective points.

Luo Ye coughed heavily several times beside them, and they didn't take their attention off the dice. In an instant, his face turned pale, and he threw his sleeves away.

As he walked angrily to the foot of a sycamore tree in front of Zhaoyun's study, a palace maid turned out from behind, and blocked him with an incomprehensible face.

Qiu Qiu looked at Luo Ye, who was wearing a bright yellow embroidered cloud dragon pattern casual clothes in front of him, and looked like a dragon. Thinking of the glimpse many years ago, I didn't feel that the red glow stained my face, and I looked at it obsessively, and I forgot to salute for a while.

Luo Ye was even more angry in his heart, and he was just about to leave. I saw the palace maid who stopped in front of her, bowed her head shyly, pulled a handkerchief in her hand, and slowly chanted a poem.

"The mountains have trees and branches, do you know that you are happy with your heart?"

Luo Ye snorted lightly from his nose, turned around and left. With a lot of anger, he walked into the study. I saw that Zhaoyun was tucking his wide sleeves and practicing calligraphy behind the table.

"You still have the heart to practice calligraphy here? Regardless of your subordinates, what's the mess outside? ”

Zhaoyun raised his head, and saw Luo Ye with a gloomy face, put his pen on the inkstone and said, "The emperor is here, please take a seat." ”

Biluo, who was waiting on the side, took the upside-down keel porcelain cup on the small wooden coffee table, poured some tea with a white jade carved pot, and presented it to Luo Ye with both hands.

He took it, raised his hand and drank it down.

Zhaoyun's red lips in front of him opened lightly: "Please forgive the emperor for Zhaoyun's lax discipline." It's just ......" she lowered her head slightly and pursed her lips.

Luo Ye saw her look of embarrassment, and said, "If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Only then did Zhaoyun raise his head again, glanced at him, and said with a long sigh, "It's not that I don't want to care, but this is the person who was rewarded by the queen mother." I don't have the right to punish too much, otherwise it will be a loss for the queen mother! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Luo Ye frowned and asked suspiciously.

"The emperor is in charge of everything, and he may not know much about the affairs of this harem. A few days ago, the queen mother sent four palace maids. Each has its own temper, which is good. But even the queen mother didn't know that they were used to being idle before, and even more so when they came to me. ”

"I'm helpless with these girls. They are like a hot potato with me, and they can't be beaten or scolded. After speaking, Zhaoyun sighed helplessly.

"They are playing dice together, and one of them is coming to me without knowing whether they are alive or dead, so reckless, what does it look like to spread it?"

"It's me who can't discipline it, but~" Zhaoyun pretended to show a look of embarrassment again, and frowned, "I really don't dare to punish the person who was rewarded by the queen mother." ”

At the same time, in the Buddhist hall in Changde Palace. Chang De was kneeling under the Buddha shrine, his eyes closed, and he was chanting Buddhist scriptures.

The right hand placed on the lap, four fingers down, each time a sentence is recited, the thumb pinched down and rotated a rosary made of one hundred and eight small leaves of red sandalwood. The rosaries are all round and full, and the color is shiny.

"Queen Mother, the emperor went to Zhaoyun Palace." Mama Wang entered the Buddhist hall and said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Changde instantly opened his eyes, and the rosary in his hand stopped turning.

"What?"

"Empress Dowager. It is said that the palace maids of Zhaoyun Palace acted indiscriminately, and there was even a palace maid who came to the emperor's side, which angered the emperor. ”

"What palace maid is so daring?" On Chang De's well-maintained face, a pair of slender and long eyebrows frowned slightly, squinting at those narrow eyes, and asked coldly.

Mama Wang lowered her head, hesitated for a moment, and replied, "It's the palace maid named Qiuqiu who gave Princess Zhaoyun not long ago." ”

"It's really a lot of guts!" Changde held the futon on the ground, slowly stood up, turned the rosary and asked, "What was the identity of this Qiuqiu in the past?" ”

"It is said that she was the daughter of a criminal minister."

"What about the other palace maids?"

"They gathered together openly...... Dice ...... It is said that not long ago, Xichun and Nianxia also made trouble in the imperial dining room. ”

"It's really presumptuous, how does this Zhaoyun discipline his subordinates? Hurry up and drive Zhaoyun Palace!" Chang De frowned and squeezed the rosary in his hand tightly.

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