Chapter 48: Entering the Palace
The guard's approach made Blue Baby couldn't help but take two steps back.
The other party's eyes were really unfriendly, and she couldn't help but feel apprehensive.
"Who's looking here?" The guard stood still in front of her and asked in a voice like a bell.
Blue Baby pursed her lips and explained, "I came out of the palace, Blue Baby. Come and ...... today."
"You're the Blue Baby?"
The guard interrupted her, and looked her up and down, and saw that she was dressed as a chamberlain, and a hint of understanding flashed across her face.
Someone must have informed them, so they only looked at the waist card of the blue baby in the palace, and let people in, only to see her waiting outside the gatehouse first.
Baby Sappa found that there was no bench nearby, so he sat down on the stone pier next to him and waited.
The sky is getting brighter, and in the faint morning light, most of the outline of King Ling's Mansion is in full view.
Verdant and luxuriant greenery, delicate flowers, mountainous roofs, winding verandahs, and towering palaces.
Bursts of quiet floral fragrance and spring breeze come to the face, revealing the ancient fragrance and elegance in the quiet, but without losing the majestic atmosphere.
is like King Ling himself, calm and introverted, with a gentle attitude, but with a cold and reserved attitude that cannot be violated by others.
When she sat on the stone pier and waited until the hour, there were already chamberlains and guards coming and going in the courtyard, and everyone would look at her strangely, but no one would come up to answer.
She was observant like a monkey in a zoo, and soon found that there were very few women in the palace. Occasionally, one or two, or an elderly grandmother.
Lan Baobao's heart sank, secretly thinking that the rumors outside would not be true, King Ling really likes men?
What about the waiter? King Ling was so cold to her before, why did he suddenly transfer her to the palace? You can't really see her face, do you?
Thinking about it like this, the blue baby suddenly became more nervous, and had the urge to run away if he wanted to.
Although she had always believed that King Ling would not like the chamberlain, it was all just her idea, and no one could prove it.
"You're the new Blue Baby?" Just as she wanted to run away more and more, a voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts.
Looking up, it was an old man over fifty years old, and looking at his elegant and unassuming dress, he should be a very important figure in the house.
The blue baby hurriedly got up and saluted, and asked, "It's the villain, I don't know what the old gentleman should call him?" ”
The old man looked kind and easy-going, smiled, stroked his beard and said, "The contemptible surname is Lan, and he is the housekeeper of the palace. ”
"Steward Lan." Baby Blue salutes again.
Steward Lan glanced at her twice, she was a clean and refreshing little guy, but her body looked casual, and she still had to experience.
"You come with the old man."
Steward Lan motioned for her to follow, and led people through the hallway, and met many people who came to salute and greet on the way.
Not only are there no young and beautiful maidservants in the palace, but most of the servants are actually good-looking, which can't help but make her even more panicked.
Steward Lan led the people to a courtyard called "Cloud Stay" to the west.
The name sounds elegant, but inside it is the residence of the palace attendants.
The blue baby followed in, and there were still three or three waiters in the room.
When they saw Steward Lan, they would say a few words of greeting, and by the way, they also asked about the identity of Baby Blue.
At this time, Lan Baobao only knew about her position in the palace - the attendant who was responsible for adding tea and pouring water for the prince.
There is no specific official position, in fact, he is a small chamberlain who is responsible for running errands for the palace.
It's good now, she used to be a nine-rank eunuch, but now she has been reduced to a non-grade servant.
In fact, generally the subordinates who have just come to the palace, whether they are internal servants or ordinary servants, will start with sprinkling and sweeping.
No one is like the blue baby, who can be assigned to serve the prince when he first comes, even if there is no rank, it is a great honor.
So when these people knew her identity, they showed all kinds of expressions, some envious, some jealous, and some curious.
Everyone was silently guessing the identity of the blue baby, and they didn't know who the divine was that as soon as he came to the palace, he would be able to serve the prince closely.
But since he is such a powerful character, why didn't he arrange a separate place to live, but squeezed together with them.
The prince's mind is really hard to guess.
Blue Baby is a newcomer, and he is not familiar with the rules of the palace, let alone the people here, so he doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but just smiles and greets people politely.
As the saying goes, she doesn't stretch out her hand and don't hit the smiling person, she has a good attitude, and others naturally can't throw her face for no reason.
"Xiao Chu, this is your residence, the innermost bed. Go in and pack up, and the old man will take you to familiarize yourself with the environment in the palace first. Steward Lan opened a door, and the blue baby stretched out his head to take a look, and immediately froze.
The room was spacious, with eight beds placed against three walls, although each bed was an arm's length apart, and the beds were hung with curtains. But suddenly let her live in the same room with seven men, even if the other party is a chamberlain, she can't get over it.
When the original owner first entered the palace, she squeezed through a room with other chamberlains, but at that time she was young and her body was not fully developed, and in order to survive, she had to endure it.
But now the blue baby is not only physically developed, but since she came here, she has lived in a room alone, and she didn't expect to live with a man at all.
"What? Dissatisfied? Seeing that she hesitated not to go in, Steward Lan wanted to be crooked, smiled and patted her shoulder to reassure: "Today is different from the past, the palace and the palace are different, let's live first, serve the prince well in the future, and wait for your level to rise, don't worry about not having a good place to live." ”
People are under the roof, and many things are involuntarily.
Blue Baby thanked Butler Lan with a dry laugh, and walked in to put the burden on the bed next to the window.
In fact, the residence of the people in the palace is good, clean and tidy, not crowded, and the furnishings in the house are much better than ordinary people.
Lan Baobao looked at the exquisitely made cabinet drawers at the head of the bed, and sighed silently, it would be more perfect if it were not a multi-person dormitory.
She simply packed her clothes, locked the valuable things in the cabinet, and hurried out to find Steward Lan.
On the first day of entering the palace, Lan Baobao followed Steward Lan to familiarize himself with the environment for a day, and also remembered some faces and their positions by the way.
In the evening, the two parted at the intersection to the West Courtyard.
Before parting, Steward Lan said to the blue baby: "Go back for dinner, and after a little freshening, I will go to the prince's bedroom to serve." ”
As soon as she heard that she was going to serve in the dormitory, the blue baby knew that she would not be able to escape the fate of the vigil today.
"Steward Lan......" Lan Baobao opened his mouth and hesitated slightly, before he mustered up the courage to ask, "Isn't Feng Wei in the palace?" ”
Steward Lan flashed a little surprise on his face, looked at her and said, "Do you recognize Xiaowei's child?" He has been out of town in recent days and will be back in a few days. ”