The cabinet was dissolved, and the officials stepped out of the room. The prince sat on the high seat and continued to look through the pieces that had been piled up on the table today.

Zhang Shouzhong helped Sun Beiji to walk at the end - he still didn't recover from Chen Yicong's cold gaze before, and even wondered if he was wrong at that moment.

"Master Zhang." Chen Yicong, who was on the high seat, suddenly called.

Sun Beiji and Zhang Shouzhong stopped at the same time and slowly turned around.

Chen Yicong still looked at the music with heavy eyes, and did not look up at them.

"Your Highness...... What else is commanded? ”

"In the future, whether it is the East Palace or the rest of the Inner Palace, if there is anything that you need to help take care of, just leave it to Sun Ge Lao." Chen Yicong said softly, "Elder Sun Ge is now the temporary acting minister of the first assistant, and the position of the second assistant is still vacant, and some things should not be messed up." ”

Zhang Shouzhong was stunned.

"Your Royal Highness......" Sun Beiji said in a low voice, "The old minister is old, so there are some things that one person can't be busy, so let Lord Zhang-"

"The elder has misunderstood." Chen Yicong finally looked at them, but the expression on his face did not soften in the slightest, "I don't blame you, I just said that who should do what must be done has to know in mind." ”

Zhang Shouzhong and Sun Beiji both bowed solemnly, bowed their heads to the high seat sincerely, and replied softly, "...... Be. ”

It's all too familiar......

Sun Beiji's heart calmed down.

……

It was almost noon, and Bai Ling returned to his nameless courtyard.

The aroma of food came from the duty room of the Tai Hospital next door, and she decided to go to the courtyard to wash her hands and go to Bai Yi's place to eat.

As soon as she entered, she saw two more maids in the courtyard.

These two girls are taller than Bai Ling, and they asked about the age of one eighteen and the other nineteen, both of whom have been working in the palace for six or seven years, and they are both good at serving female officials and concubines.

"Who told you to come?" Bai Ling asked a little strangely.

"Hui Si Yao, it's the withering order of today's worship room, and we'll come over."

Zhao Qi came over with a basin of hot water at this time, and happened to hear Bai Ling's inquiry, so he hurriedly replied, "Si Yao, Si Yao, this is what the prince meant!" ”

Then, Zhao Qi and Bai Ling said that in the morning, the prince ordered the beeswax to be replaced with whale wax.

Bai Ling was slightly surprised-those nail creams sent by the Internal Affairs Bureau, she had never used them, if it wasn't for Zhao Qi deliberately mentioning it today, she might not have found that there was still beeswax on the dresser.

"Whale wax ......," she repeated with some confusion, "how do you use it?" ”

"Si Yao doesn't have to worry about this." The maid on the side smiled gently, "Just leave it to the slaves." ”

"Another day," Bai Ling said softly, "I'll go to dinner next door first......

"The meal is ready." The other maid replied, "Si Yao is hungry now, so let's serve it now?" ”

Bai Ling was stunned again, and Zhao Qi explained beside him at this time, "...... It was also the prince's order, and several people came over from our small kitchen here today. ”

Bai Ling bypassed the house in the front yard, and sure enough, he saw three strange palace people sitting outside the small kitchen in the backyard, they rolled up their sleeves, squatted together to chat, rest, and when they saw Bai Ling, several people immediately stood up and respectfully shouted "Si Yao".

Bai Ling looked at Zhao Qi, "...... Anything else? ”

"Oh, and your house." Zhao Qi hurriedly said, "The prince said that the things inside are too old, so I want to help you change them...... You can see if there's anything you need to add—"

"Old?" Bai Ling raised his eyebrows slightly, "Everything here was only changed in May, and it hasn't been used for two months now—my sofa is still freshly built last month." ”

"That's what it means." Zhao Qi explained, "If you don't change the medicine, then don't change it." ”

Bai Ling thought for a moment, "...... Eat first. ”

Before she reached the steps of her main house, she suddenly felt a dull pain in her abdomen, and Bai Ling was so painful that she couldn't speak, and stood in place for a while.

"Prescription? What's wrong with you? ”

The pain quickly subsided, and Bai Ling shook his head, "...... It may be that these days, too tired. ”

She sat at the table alone, the lunch was very rich, and Bai Ling asked Zhao Qi to go next door and ask Bai Yi and Bai Shijun to come over.

The three of them sat around to eat together, and the two maids stood by and waited during the banquet, but the family of three was a little unaccustomed.

On this day, the routine afternoon walk, Bai Ling did not go. She sat in the room for a while, then went back to her room and lay down—she did feel a little uncomfortable.

This night, Bai Ling slept long, but not well—intermittent dreams kept breaking into her mind, and when she woke up, it was already dusk outside the window.

Bai Ling looked at the window in a trance.

The maid lifted the curtain and came in briskly with a porcelain bowl, "Si Yao, you are awake." ”

Bai Ling frowned, "Who let you in?" ”

"I ...... I'm here to deliver the medicine—"

"My bedroom, no one can easily break into my bedroom without my instructions." Bai Ling's voice suddenly became cold, "Didn't Zhao Qi tell you?" ”

The maid was stunned, then put the porcelain bowl aside, knelt down and kowtowed again and again to apologize.

"Forget it," Bai Ling said softly, "Remember it from now on." ”

The maid replied in unison.

Bai Ling held his head and said to himself, "How can I ...... Slept for so long......"

The maid hesitated, and did not leave the room immediately, but looked at Bai Ling on the bed with some embarrassment.

"How?" Bai Ling looked at her, "Anything else?"

"Sta Yao, you...... You ......" she walked over to Bai Ling's bedside, her voice lowered, and a slight shyness appeared on her face, "You're here." ”

"Decanic ......"

"That's it...... "Every girl has to come, most of them come at the age of twelve or thirteen, some later, and some come at the age of fifteen or sixteen...... Si Yao's eleven years old is considered early, but it is normal. ”

Bai Ling only felt that his ten fingers were cold.

She had forgotten about it...... Only then did I realize that today's pain and laziness are actually so familiar.

"Seeing that you are sleeping deeply, the slave maid has put a cushion under you, and the slave and maid have already made a special trip in the afternoon and brought some menstrual affairs with you...... Will I use the medicine? Do you want a slave to teach you? ”

Bai Ling was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Yes, sooner or later...... Sooner or later, it will come.

Childhood is over.

It's going to grow up again.

……

In July, the fire flowed, the clothes were given in September, and in October, the Jin people invaded in a big way.

Urgent reports came from the front.

Jingzhou is in a hurry!

Fuzhou is in a hurry!

Yanzhou is in a hurry!

Zhuozhou is in an emergency!

Only two days before and after, the city of Zhuozhou was broken, and the city was slaughtered.

Under such circumstances, Chang Sheng directly led the garrison of the remaining three cities and ordered the fortified walls to clear the wilderness.

The soldiers fought on the front line, and the rear was reluctant to gather the people of the suburban villages into the city day and night, and then the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty burned all the fertile fields in the surrounding suburbs of the northern border, burning all the grain that had time to be harvested in the fire.

After an arduous and bloody battle, the remaining three cities, like three stone piers standing in the torrent of iron horses, firmly stand on the border of the Great Zhou.

However, as soon as Zhuozhou was broken, there was no mountain danger to defend - in the face of a whole rich and peaceful Great Zhou Plain, the iron cavalry of the Jin people drove straight in, and plundered until the border between Chuzhou and Qinzhou, and finally stopped killing in the face of the surging Jian'an River.

Thousands of miles of scorched earth, mourning all over the wilderness, ten rooms and nine empty.

The evil consequences of Jianxi's 20 years of stupidity and inaction have finally been swallowed by millions of innocent people north of the Jianxi River today.

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