The moonlight passed through the shade of the trees, penetrated through the cracks in the panes, and leaked a shimmering broken jade, like autumn frost and winter snow, and the flickering red light in the hazy candle flame in the hall secretly grew a faint warmth.

I leaned on the couch with a goose-yellow brocade rabbit fur cloak draped over my shoulders, the soft tip of the hair slid over the palm of my hand and the touch was as delicate as silk, I lowered my head and gently stroked the hair shadow, "Today is the day to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to receive a salary?" ”

The white singer squatted in the corner of the wall with a copper stick, while fiddling with the coke that was burning in the copper furnace, and said "um" softly.

I glanced out the window, and my voice was like a meteor in the night sky, "How many?" ”

I only heard Bai Ge sigh.

After a while, Bai Ge picked up a copper hand stove and came over and handed it to me, "Little master, although this winter came later than usual, the cold has not decreased, so don't get caught by the wind chill." ”

I glanced down at the hand stove, pushed it gently, and said with a smile: "You don't have to hide it from me, I know, there is not much charcoal in the palace, isn't it?" Staring at Bai Ge, he said: "Early in the morning, I saw Ying'er rushing to the Internal Affairs Office to receive the money, and when I came back, my face was full of wind and dust, and it was obvious that I had quarreled with someone, at noon, Que'er saw the things that Ying'er brought back from the Internal Affairs Office and went out of the palace with Ying'er with an unconvinced face, and the two of them came back in the afternoon and sat under the wall outside the corridor for a long time. Seeing Bai Ge's complexion, I shook my head and said softly: "I know that those two must be hiding in the room and being bored, so I have something to say when I call everyone in the palace." ”

Bai Ge replied "yes" in a low voice, turned around and opened the door and went out, a gust of cold wind came in and raised the curtain of the gauze tent under the beam, and then fell down the cold dark bricks that blew over the ground, I could feel the cold coming towards me little by little, I couldn't help but reach out and tighten the ribbon on the neckline, after a while, Bai Ge led Gao Wanzhi and drove people in, everyone's faces were wilted, my eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces, and I hooked my hand towards Bai Ge, "Open my bedside table and take out a few wooden lacquer boxes inside." ”

Bai Ge quietly walked over, put three makeup boxes of different sizes together and neatly placed them on the small table in front of me, I sighed lightly, straightened up and raised my hand to open it, full of jewelry and silver, glass earrings, blood jade bracelets, gemstone rings, agate hairpins, pearl necklaces and a layer of golden ingots...... In the faint light, it exuded the warmest luster, like spring water flowing with beautiful ripples, and said to himself: "You also see my situation today, if any of you want to go, I won't stop you, after all, the master and servant have not let you get any benefits," halfway through the words, I raised my finger and pointed to the makeup, and continued, "You can pick one from the inside and take it away, even if I do my best of the friendship of master and servant, it will be clear in the future." ”

I saw that no one wanted to move, I said: "You have to think clearly, today's situation is just beginning, I am afraid that there will be more difficult days in the future, whether it is to choose a good bird to perch, or to continue to follow me, the master who is not angry, if you miss this opportunity, there will be no next time, if you don't leave today, I will find that I have other thoughts in the future, I will not forgive, you are all smart people should know how to choose." ”

After a moment of silence, a woman in green clothes who was hiding behind everyone came out and knelt on the ground and said, "Little master, beg the little master to send the slave and maid away, the slave and maid want to go," I looked at her with a round face, thirteen or fourteen years old, her lips were a pale color, and her body trembled slightly, "There is an eighty mother on the slave and a maid, and there are three brothers and sisters below, please forgive the slave and the maid, and the slave and the maid are willing to be a cow and a horse to repay the little master in the next life." ”

Que'er stepped forward and glared at her angrily, and shouted, "Bi'er, what are you doing, what are you doing!" ”

Bi'er was supposed to be a subordinate of Que'er, and she usually instructed her to do some chores and was not allowed to enter the house to serve.

Today is the first time I have put this name on this person, I nodded, the thug grabbed a handful of golden melon seeds from the makeup, and said with a smile: "Smart people should choose like Bi'er." With that, I sent the golden melon seeds in my hand to Bi'er, and Bi'er took them with both hands.

Ying'er looked at Bi'er with hatred in her eyes, "The people standing in this room are not old and young, but they have to be a man with a conscience, how can our little master treat us badly when he was good, and the slaves and servants of Jingren Palace are not decent, and now as soon as the little master is down, someone is rushing to leave, it is really a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!" ”

Bi'er's eyes were about to drop tears, but she hung her head and didn't dare to say anything.

Bai Ge came over and pulled Ying'er's sleeve, glanced at me, and motioned to Ying'er not to say any more, "If you want to leave, you can't stay, don't say it, everyone has their own ambitions." ”

Ying'er hurriedly silenced, but her eyes were still staring at Bi'er angrily.

After a while, Gao Wanzhi said to a thousand children: "Little master Mingjian, the slave will never leave, but there are still a few ignorant people under the slave, if anyone wants to leave, please be kind to the little master." ”

I smiled lightly, "It's inevitable. ”

As he was talking, a little eunuch came out and knelt in front of him, kowtowed three times in a row and said: "The slave Xiao Chunzi has been following the little master to do his best, and he doesn't dare to slack off, and he begs the little master to spare the slave this time for the sake of the slave's lack of merit and hard work!" ”

I looked at the thin little eunuch in front of me, and sighed: "You get up, I said I wouldn't blame," before the words fell, I took out a piece of fine lotus flower jade from the makeup, "I just hope that you can live a stable life with a good master in the future." Xiao Chunzi kowtowed heavily again, and said straight that he should be damned, in fact, what should he be damned, I didn't have too much favor to them, and it was natural to seek a way out in hopelessness, when Xiao Chunzi raised his face slightly to take the jade pendant, I unintentionally saw that his forehead was swollen with a big bag, and my heart couldn't help but feel a sour, I just felt that it was unnecessary.

If only they could live in modern times!

After a while, I asked a few more words, and when I saw that no one said I wanted to leave, I asked Bai Ge to send Bi'er and Xiaochunzi out, and after Bai Ge came back, I instructed: "You have peace of mind to wait for me, and you must have made up your mind to follow me, don't have two hearts, what kind of character I am, you all know, if I am good in the future, you will be good, but if I am not good, I also hope that you can have one heart with me, one life, what to say, what to do, are smart people, will not understand." ”

A room of female eunuchs in the womb said: "From now on, only the horse head of Jingren Palace will be seen!" ”

I looked around, very satisfied, "um", and then asked everyone to disperse, leaving only Ying'er and Que'er down to speak, I stared at the two people in front of me, and said slowly: "Let's be honest, what happened to me today?" ”

Seeing that the two of them refused to speak, I said again, "How many have you brought back?" ”

Bai Ge said to the two of them clearly: "Don't hide it, the little master knows it in his heart, otherwise there will be no such one." ”

Ying'er straightened her eyebrows, wanting to cry, "The internal affairs office is full of villains inside and outside, worshipping high and low all day long, seeing people put down dishes, before the little lord was busy when he was in the limelight, he was like a dog skin plaster pasted up, he once asked Jingren Palace to go and get it by himself, they were all sent a few days earlier, and now the slave and maid saw that the maid had not arrived for a long time and went to get it by himself, and as a result, the slave and maid waited for two hours at the tuyere, and that's it, only to come back and find that the internal affairs office had privately deducted the little master's things, and the little master was a little uneasy, The villain bullied him like this. ”

I exhaled a breath and said softly: "Now that I have made Lafayette unhappy, I naturally can't compare to the scenery of the past, and I try to save as much as possible." ”

Ying'er bit her lip and said: "There is still a whole winter to pass, the internal affairs office gave us Jingren Palace this time is all black charcoal, and it is full of smoke when it burns, and it is impossible to use it, and the materials for those tailorings are all moldy, and I don't know which corner it turned out of!" ”

Bai Ge's eyebrows flickered, "What!?" Black charcoal! Bai Ge looked at me with a sad expression, and said angrily: "When did our little master use such a thing, even when he was in the mansion, the master was also treated as a baby, black charcoal, and even the slave maid had never seen it." ”

Ying'er said angrily: "It is difficult to light up the black charcoal, even if it is lit, it will be burned full of smoke and dust, and the smell is so bad that people even have a pain in the brain, and it can't be used indoors at all." ”

I took a deep breath and took the hands of the three of them separately, "I'm the one who has caused you to be a burden," and lowered his eyes, "Fortunately, I still have a lot of good materials to use here, and I can learn to do it myself. ”

Bai Ge hurriedly said: "The little master does it himself? He said again: "That will never work, although the little master can rest assured, there are slaves and maids in everything!" ”

I sighed, "Even Jingren Palace is like this, let alone my sister." ”

After being silent for a while, Ying'er suddenly whispered: "The slave maid heard that the Minister of Internal Affairs Rong Lu was promoted by Lafayette, and our little master just annoyed Lafayette the Internal Affairs Office and followed today, but isn't this Lord Rong Lu of the Internal Affairs Office wanting to take this opportunity to vent his anger to Lafayette?" She thought for a while, and then said: "If this is the case, it is unlikely that it will implicate the little master Jin, after all, the little master Jin has always followed the rules and there is nothing excessive." ”

Mention of Gualca?? Rong Lu, I think Ying'er's words are a little credible, I can't help but feel gloomy in my heart, I didn't feel anything in the past, but at this moment I suddenly realized that living in this Forbidden City, the Internal Affairs Office is such an important role, and I just said a few words How can I do it in such a bleak situation now, it is too restrictive, and I muttered: "I have to think of a way to get out of this predicament." ”

Que'er said: "The little master can go to the emperor!" ”

Ying'er said: "Yes, the emperor loves the little master so much, as long as the little master says a little, the emperor will definitely let the internal affairs office make up for it." ”

Zai Xiang's situation is already difficult, if I let him come forward again, Cixi's spearhead will probably turn to Zai Xiang.

In this way, it will be more difficult to move an inch.

I hurriedly waved my hand, "No, no, I want to solve this matter by myself, I can't rely on the emperor for everything," and said, "Besides, the emperor has enough troublesome things at hand, and I don't want to use my own affairs to increase the burden on the emperor." ”

Magpie pursed her lips.

I thought for a while, and then suddenly asked, "Is there only one Minister of the Interior, Lord Rongro?" He tried to ask again: "Is there a person named Yang Lishan in the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

Que'er hurriedly said: "The slave knows Lord Yang!" ”

I frowned, and for a moment it seemed like I had a life, "You know? ”

Ying'er hurriedly followed: "The slave also knows Lord Yang!" ”

I looked at the two of them and frowned, "This person is so famous in the Forbidden City?" ”

Ying'er said with a smile: "The slaves and maids knew that it was because Lord Yang sent someone to make a glass window to be installed in the emperor's bedroom before the beginning of spring, but unfortunately it happened to be known to Lafayette, so they called Lord Yang over and scolded him, and moved out of the ancestral system to intimidate Lord Yang. ”

I was curious and asked, "So, did that glass window end up installed?" ”

Ying'er and magpie shook their heads.

Cixi is really cold-blooded to Zai Xiang.

I sighed softly, "Lord Yang gave up the child and didn't have a wolf," and after a while, I said again, "Ming'er asked Gao Wanzhi to go to the Internal Affairs Office to inquire about this Lord Yang's current situation, and come back and tell me." ”

Ying'er and Que'er looked at each other, "What does the little master mean by this?" ”

I laughed, "I can't say it now, but you'll know when the time comes." ”

Bai Ge was packing up the jewelry and makeup on the small table, and said with a smile: "The little master has a lot of thoughts!" ”

I smiled helplessly: "What kind of thoughts, it's just that I'm forced to have no way out." ”

Ying'er hurriedly said: "Then I will ask Gao Wanzhi to inquire early in the morning." ”

I instructed: "Tell Gao Wanzhi to inquire secretly to avoid a little people, don't find out easily." ”

Ying'er smiled, "Little master, don't worry, Grandpa Gao must know." ”

The moonlight is like a hook, but the brilliance is obscure, as if the boundary has been blurred by someone with water, the moonlight is like the silk that has just been washed, and like the baby's trickling skin, midnight, countless clear light poured down between the eaves tiles, and the orange light that slipped out of the small window is all kinds, but the pure moonlight constitutes a wonderful product, I looked out stupidly, and I heard the sound of the magpie next to the warbler joking and playing gradually became distant, "Why do you all have something to do, Ming'er ......"

"Ming'er, you're going to get a washwater for the little master......"

"You little hoof!"

"What are you?"

"Look at your spirit, be careful when you walk on the road at night and meet the little eunuch!"

"Okay, you rotten tongue! said such things in front of the little master, looking forward to your marriage to a black blind man in the future, saving you from talking nonsense! ”

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