feet, deep in the thick snow, after a while, Qi Qi's white floated down again, Xia Xiaoxiao followed behind Mama Fu and couldn't help shivering with cold, shrugged her shoulders, put her mouth to her mouth with the heating in her mouth, her face was red from the cold, and she said impatiently, "Mama, where are you going?" ”

Mama Fu was quiet, ignoring her, too, she talked a little too much along the way, she lowered her head again and breathed the heat, I don't know how long she walked, and gradually appeared in her sight.

In this palace, there are too many places that Xia Xiaoxiao has never been to.

The Shin Shrine in front of him is one of them.

"In this courtyard, the women who have just been selected to be palace maids will be trained here a few times first, and then find a distribution afterwards, and then send them to the mothers of each palace, if they are smarter, they will be sent to the emperor, you are lucky, although you are demoted by a princess, you can also serve the emperor with you."

Mama Fu led Xia Xiaoxiao to the courtyard, and the busy palace maids only glanced at it, and then buried themselves in continuing to do their own things.

The first emperor just left, Beigong Yu just ascended the throne again, those people in the palace have to be replaced with a batch of new ones, these girls in front of them are about all just entered the palace, young, several of them are much smaller than Xia Xiaoxiao, and the burrs have not yet grown!

"Mama, don't I want this good luck? I'm not clever, I'm stupid, you can find a sensible girl and send it to the emperor. ”

Her eyes swept to the courtyard, and several older grandmothers led a group of girls, some of them practiced walking with a water bowl on their heads, some knelt to practice salutes, and some practiced serving tea and sending water, these rules, Xia Xiaoxiao usually didn't care much about them, but now it seems that they are very rigorous, and if they don't do it well, the bamboo and rattan whip in Mama's hand will be pumped to the person, in the snow, after falling, they will get up again and continue, their hands and feet are stained with the cold snow, and the little faces that are frozen out of cracks gritted their teeth and persisted.

Xia Xiaoxiao was sympathetic, and the next moment the fierceness of the bamboo and rattan whip fell on herself, and she fell into the snow without standing firmly, rubbing her calf that was whipped by Mama Fu, "What are you doing!" ”

"What? Teach the rules, you have to pay attention to your identity in the palace, like us who are slaves, we have to call ourselves slaves, how can I say this word easily? ”

Mama Fu taught a lesson, and the bamboo rattan in her hand was raised to her body again, Xia Xiaoxiao fell to the ground, and her skirt was also moistened a lot, and it was inconvenient to move in the snow, so she watched the bamboo rattan fall on her arm!

"Smack!"

With a crisp sound, she didn't care about the pain and hurriedly stood up and ran to the side, rubbing her teeth as she ran, and opened her sleeve and wrist, and suddenly a red and tender whip mark was on her arm, like a small snake, Mama Fu chased after her, only ran a few steps, and fell into the snow, almost burying her whole face in it!

"Run? It's not like this kind of want to run in this Xin Courtyard, but the end is not much better! ”

Mama Fu's age is not too young in Xia Xiaoxiao's opinion, but how can the strength in that hand be so great? Drag her directly from the ground to the courtyard!

After such a toss, the eyes of the grandmothers and maids in the courtyard swept over, and the guards guarding the door also poked their eyes inside, Xia Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and begged for mercy again and again, "I didn't run, I didn't run!" If you can run past the first day of junior high school, you can't run fifteen, where can the slave and maid run in this Xin Servant Courtyard? ”

As the saying goes, heroes don't suffer immediate losses, there are so many people in their courtyard, Xia Xiaoxiao is alone, and she doesn't even have a weapon in her hand to resist, she has no other way but to admit it.

She heard someone sneering, "Yo, isn't this the crown princess?" I couldn't believe it when I heard that I was demoted to a palace slave, but I didn't expect it to be true! ”

The one who spoke was said by a small palace maid who had just rested for a long time, and she looked one or two years older than Xia Xiaoxiao, in fact, the best age to enter the palace was about the same age as Xia Xiaoxiao, the easiest to please people, and the most clever, but also the most ignorant age.

As soon as her voice fell, even the people next to her laughed, a joke that everyone loved to hear.

"Why are there so many words? Are you done with today's training? ”

Mama Fu reprimanded, and everyone stopped laughing, Xia Xiaoxiao was dragged by her to another grandmother in embarrassment, "Watch tighter, teach more rules, I used to be the master, and there are many rules to learn, Pingshun's father-in-law said, when the time comes, if the emperor is not happy, we will also suffer!" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao twisted the collar she was carrying, but she kept cursing the dead eunuch in Pingshun, didn't he say this on purpose to make these people embarrass her? When did she Xia Xiaoxiao ever do this kind of slave and maid life? Besides, Beigong Yu is not happy to be angry every time!

"Naturally, naturally, when have you ever seen the palace maid I trained to be ignorant?" Mama Dai chuckled lightly, and the bamboo rattan strips dangled in front of Xia Xiaoxiao, and her smiling face was immediately put away, "You, go in and stand up." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao's cold nose took two breaths in the cold wind, wiped her sleeves under her nose, turned around and quietly stood in the line of people with her head on the water bowl, sneering in her heart, Beigong Yu is really good at thinking of ways to deal with her, according to Mama Fu's mouth, she doesn't want to make Beigong Yu unhappy, but Beigong Yu is always unhappy with her, if Beigong Yu is happy, it is almost impossible for her, estimating Mama Fu's crime, no matter how she is trained, she will still suffer.

She walked to the water bowl containing water on the stone platform at the back, the eyes of these palace maids were all staring at her, they all entered the palace after the death of the emperor, no one had ever seen this former crown princess, but there were still many rumors in the past that could be heard in the ears, and the eyes that shot towards Xia Xiaoxiao were full of schadenfreude, one was inattentive, and the water bowl above his head fell, screaming again and again.

"Get the bowl again, retop it for me! If you break more than three bowls of water today, you don't have to eat dinner. ”

When Xia Xiaoxiao heard this, he just got the water bowl in his hand and shook it, the weather was already cold, the bowl was cold, not to mention that it was full of water, and it was extremely frozen in the palm of his hand.

"You, if you break two pieces today, you don't have to eat dinner either!"

The bamboo rattan in Mama Dai's hand poked on the back of her frozen red hand, and most of the cold water overflowed from the bowl and poured onto Xia Xiaoxiao's hand.

As soon as the cold wind blew, her hands hurt terribly, she hurriedly shivered and wiped her body dry and put it to her mouth, glaring at Mama Dai angrily, "Why? Aren't they all three! ”

"Aren't you a mother? Don't you still have to go to Lingyun Hall to serve? The rules are naturally stricter than others, and there is one broken on the ground, and there is one left. ”

Mama Dai sneered, walked back to the team, and took the bamboo rattan to the waists of those who were not in a standard posture, and the crackling sound fell into the snow softly, but the porcelain bowl that was not touched was still heart-wrenching.

"Phew!"

Xia Xiaoxiao spat on the ground violently, scolded angrily in his heart, and cautiously approached the crowd with the porcelain bowl, put the bowl on top of his head, and walked up like those people.

Walking with a water bowl on their heads, not only these palace maids should learn, but also those ladies in various mansions, the show girls who have to enter the palace and be selected, and the ladies who stay in the palaces of the harem, all of them have learned this hurdle, but among so many people, Xia Xiaoxiao is an exception.

Xia Fu once wished that she couldn't get married, or marry an old man named Huazi Die, but she didn't let her learn these basic words and deeds as a woman at all, and she was also happy to fool around with Ji Xiaoer and a rough old man outside, and it was impossible for her to let herself suffer this crime, the water bowl was on her head, but she walked three steps carefully, very slowly, and the steps of the maid standing behind her followed, and in the urging sound, the water bowl above Xia Xiaoxiao's head fell to the ground.

The cold water poured down the top of her head, wet her hair, wet the placket, and flowed from her neck to the inside of her clothes, she couldn't help but shiver, "It's so cold!" ”

"And then! Go on! ”

I was hit hard again!

Xia Xiaoxiao wants to cry without tears, these people are jealous that they used to be the masters who were used to being served by them, and they have also suffered from the wimply of many masters, and now when Xia Xiaoxiao comes, they have sprinkled all their anger on her!

She suddenly missed the old fox coming.

When the old fox was still there, how could Beigong Yu dare to do this to her?

The sky was getting cloudy, and the clouds that had hung above the sky were nowhere to be seen, and in winter the days were short and the nights were long, and several palaces in the distance had been lit with lights.

"Gollum"

Xia Xiaoxiao sat on the stool next to him, kneading his loin, which had been beaten a lot all day, looking at the food on the table, and couldn't help rolling in his throat.

She hadn't eaten anything since she got up this afternoon, and she had walked in the cold wind for an afternoon, I don't know how many water bowls she had broken, and the palace clothes on her body were mostly wet, and now the rich aroma of vegetables wafted to her nose, and she almost couldn't help but pounce on the dining table.

A few grandmothers are eating in the back room, and the food is a little better than what the palace maids eat outside, that is, a little, naturally it is not as good as the ones that Xia Xiaoxiao once ate in the Dusk Pavilion, but Xia Xiaoxiao has no room for picky eating now, and Mama Dai will look here from time to time, for fear that she will steal a little food, Xia Xiaoxiao turned her face and began to fall asleep on the table.

It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, and now she is reduced to the point where she can't fill her belly.

But the weather outside was cold, and there was no stove in the Xin Servant Courtyard, which made people suffer, Xia Xiaoxiao was so cold that she couldn't sleep, and looked up at the scenery outside the window, this vast snow, it had been raining all day, and now it hasn't stopped, and several palace maids who had just finished eating not far from her also began to chat.

"Now that the emperor has been gone for a long time, after the crown prince ascended the throne, he demoted many ministers who were related to Queen Yun by a lot of levels, in my opinion, the replacement in this palace is not only for those of us who are subordinates, but also for the court." The maid giggled.

"Isn't it, if you change the new emperor, you naturally have to change the new people, including those ladies in the harem, aren't there many of them replaced? We've got another one here. The palace maid on her side glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao pointedly.

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't bother to pay attention to these gossips, turned her face sideways, supported her head with her hands on her ears, and blocked her ears, she had listened to a lot in Chenxiao Palace over the years, and she had already had a relaxed state that could turn a deaf ear.

"Hey, don't talk about it." Several people laughed, and one of them laughed, but they were a little more positive, "There is a shortage of people in Wangchun Palace today, so Mama temporarily asked me to help out, and on the way, I happened to meet my brother who entered the palace to be a guard together, do you know what I heard?" ”

Those people all shook their heads, and the palace maid continued, "Wasn't it the emperor's enthronement ceremony yesterday?" But just last night, in the Wei Mansion, the family of Lord Shangshu suffered a fire, and when the emperor's people went to see it today, the hundreds of people in the entire mansion were all dead, and none of them were alive! ”

"What's going on?"

"It is said that Lord Wei once had a grudge with the people of the rivers and lakes, no, people are seeking revenge! The emperor, he is anxious about this matter, as soon as the emperor ascends the throne, he dares to do something to the people in the court, which is not clear to let the emperor "

"What nonsense! Isn't it because the daytime work is not tiring enough, and now I have the strength to chew the root of my tongue! ”

I don't know when, Mama Fu appeared to the side, scolded angrily, and several people buried their heads and began to clean the house.

When her gaze swept over, Xia Xiaoxiao was staring at her, and Mama Fu looked at her deeply, before pointing at her and then said, "Miss Xia, Father-in-law Pingshun is waiting outside." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao came out, and when he saw Pingshun holding the dust whisk in his hand, his head poked inside, and when he saw Xia Xiaoxiao coming out, he retracted his head again.

"What's the matter?"

There was snow outside, and as soon as it came out, a few snowflakes fell on the head and shoulders, Xia Xiaoxiao hated this eunuch, and naturally didn't care whether he was polite or not.

"Miss Xia, the emperor is about to go back from the imperial study, it's time to go to Lingyun Palace."

Ping Shun ignored her face, glanced at her and walked in the direction of Lingyun Palace, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't take her seriously when she was still the crown princess, not to mention that now, he has never listened to Beigong Yu's words.

Seeing that Xia Xiaoxiao was still moving, he turned around and urged, "Don't you want to leave yet?" ”

"He doesn't want people to serve him during the day, and he still lets people serve him when everyone sleeps at night?"

After Xia Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she was going back to the house to stay in her clothes, it was really cold outside, although there was no stove in the inner room, it was not enough to let the cold wind blow, Beigong Yu demoted her to a slave, she had to live these hard days sooner or later, but now she would rather stay in this cold Xin Servant Courtyard than see Beigong Yu's face.

As if expected, the two guards who followed her stepped forward and blocked her way back to the house.

"Miss Xia, come with me, if you go late later, the emperor will be unhappy, and you will be the one who suffers."

Xia Xiaoxiao turned around and glared at him angrily, but he just lowered his eyes, now he is the chief eunuch, and these servants have to be in charge of him, looking arrogant, Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't afford to offend, so he softened, and returned to him, lowered his head, and said lazily, "Please ask your father-in-law to lead the way." ”

Pingshun lifted the dust and led her forward.

A few snowflakes suddenly floated into her neck, and she shivered coldly, recalling what the little palace maids had just said.

Last night, in a blur, she heard the conversation between Beigong Yu and another person, and this morning she thought it was a dream, but it wasn't until she heard what they said just now that she realized that it wasn't a dream, and she died of the enemy's annihilation, and Beigong Yu let people pass it on.

Wei Mansion, she thought for a long time, the entire Yue Hua surnamed Wei Shangshu Lord, only Wei Puqian is alone, his family, including Wei Yong, the woman who likes to settle down. She can't remember exactly how much she heard last night's words, but according to Beigong Yu's words to that person, she can roughly guess that Wei Puqian should also have a lot to do with Nanming Kingdom, and this matter seems to have a lot to do with Luozhi, Beigong Yu said that Luozhi didn't come back to seize the throne, so what was the purpose of his return?

She told Beigong Yu that she didn't care about this, but what woman in the world would want her sweetheart to be full of too many things?

Before his thoughts returned, he slammed his forehead to the back of his head, causing him to sway.

"Here we are."

Pingshun pointed to the Lingyun Hall in front of him very unhappily, rubbing the back of his head, "You can push the door in by yourself, the emperor doesn't like too many people to disturb him when he is resting." ”

From the outside, the lights in the Lingyun Hall were full of lights, Xia Xiaoxiao stepped forward, and was annoyed that she really didn't want to push open the door, so she stopped her body and turned back to her, "By the way, the emperor said, I have to see how Miss Xia learns this rule today, if she learns well, she won't have to go to the Xin Servant Academy tomorrow, she doesn't learn well, the things she should learn tomorrow are doubled, Miss Xia has to pay attention." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, Pingshun had already led people to retreat, was Pingshun's words reminding her to desert her?

For a moment, I thought that this little eunuch was also a little cute.

The door slowly pushed open, she hung her head, stared at the clean and polished floor under her feet, remembered the words that had just been smooth and asked her to be more disciplined, and her steps were more cautious, and she saluted, "Slave and maid see the emperor." ”

His house was so hot that it didn't feel cold even on the ground.

The person knelt with his hands flat in front of his forehead, which should be regarded as a standard gesture, but above his head, there was no movement to answer for a long time.

Although it should be quiet, but the sound of Xia Xiaoxiao's breathing alone in this hall is a little strange, she secretly raised her head, and was immediately stunned, there was not even a figure above the table!

She stood up suddenly, her eyes swept over the entire Lingyun Palace, and she was stunned, after the death of the first emperor, this was the first time she came to the Lingyun Palace, but she didn't expect Beigong Yu to change all the patterns of the Lingyun Palace.

The huge Lingyun Palace, enough to have her several twilight pavilions, burning several bronze dark pattern furnaces, sandalwood as beams, Fan Jin, gold as the pillar base, facing the wide agarwood bookcase, the case is full of all kinds of brushes, stacks of folds are neatly placed, the black wood bed where Beigong Yu sleeps is in the left side, and there is a curtain interval between the side of the approval fold, a black dragon-shaped longbow is hung on the wall, and several arrows are neatly placed on the cabinet below.

Six-foot bed hanging on the side of the silk Bao Luo tent, the tent is embroidered with beads and silver thread begonia flowers, at this time there is no wind, and it can not be so good-looking, through the screen of the half curtain, all kinds of fancy are separated but connected, beautiful to the extreme, luxurious to the extreme.

Xia Xiaoxiao looked at it for a long time, and he didn't look at Beigong Yu's figure.

Haven't you come back from the study yet?

She walked to the side of the bookcase, and casually glanced at the folds placed on it, maybe she would find something about the fall?

flipped through it, and a letterhead sandwiched in several folds of folds fell out, and the words Beigong Yu personally opened fell in her eyes.

Now that Beigong Yu is the emperor, who dares to call him by his name, who else will there be besides Luozhi?

She picked it up, her breath was a little short, and she was hesitating to open it when Beigong Yu's voice suddenly appeared in her ears.

"What are you looking at?"

Xia Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she shuddered, the letterhead slipped straight from her hand to the ground, she went to pick it up, Beigong Yu's movements were a little faster than her, and the letterhead reached his hand.

Xia Xiaoxiao raised her eyes and saw his appearance, dressed in a white dragon bathrobe, with long ink-colored hair moist, sharp eyebrows, narrow eyes, and a handsome face, but Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't help but think of Beigong Pheasant's face, since Beigong Yu became the emperor, the sense of oppression she felt on him was getting stronger and stronger.

Behind Beigong Yu were two palace maids with their heads hanging down, just after serving him to take a bath, as soon as they came out, they saw Xia Xiaoxiao standing sneakily next to his bookcase, you know, Xia Xiaoxiao usually doesn't care about the things on his bookcase.

On the letterhead, it was written that it was written by him personally, he just glanced at it lightly and stared at Xia Xiaoxiao, "What are you doing with the letter sent to me by Changting?" ”

He waved his hand, and the palace maid behind him retreated quietly, Xia Xiaoxiao's originally panicked expression was suddenly stunned, and she was secretly relieved and a little disappointed at the same time, she blessed him, "Back to the emperor, the slave maid is looking at this book case is too messy, help you sort it out." ”

"Originally, it was smooth and orderly, but as soon as Xiao Xia'er came, it was messed up?"

He threw it away, Xia Xiaoxiao hurriedly caught the letterhead, and he went to the side of the bed, "Come here, help me dry my hair." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao stared at the word on the letterhead for a long time before putting it back on the bookcase, and sighed lightly, she said that the words that fell were so delicate, why did she forget that Princess Changting was also a person who had always called Beigong Yu.

The hall was silent, only a few fires in the furnace were crackling, and a lot of carbon was put in before Pingshun, which should be able to burn this night.

The warmth in the furnace also filled the entire empty hall, Xia Xiaoben's cold body also became hot with the warmth after a while, Beigong Yu's head rested on her lap, his eyes were closed leisurely, his hair was wet, she wiped it carelessly with a handkerchief, worried that she might not be able to leave the palace for the rest of her life, in the future, wouldn't she really have to serve Beigong Yu like this every day?

used to please him like that, she would do whatever he asked her to do, and it was just a show on the spot, just pretending to fool the past, it was all short-lived, but now, it is not a problem that can be solved in a day or two.

"It seems that today's rules are not in place, and Xiao Xia'er has lost her mind in front of me?"