"The west wind is worried and thoughtful, and the heart of the guest is sent to the guest in peace." The faint music and the woman's elegant voice drifted into this winter night along with the bursts of cigarette smoke in the incense burner.

Winter in the south of the country is really late this year.

The bare branches, the grass and trees that had lost their original green vitality barely showed a lifeless green color, old, without any luster, and even the large clumps of pine needles were covered with dust. In the middle of the moon, people are about dusk. Even in such a cold, somewhat solemn scene, being slowly rushed into such a beautiful piece of music adds a bit of color and vitality.

In the miscellaneous room on the periphery of the Qingyin Palace, the little maids whispered for a while, talking about the exotic princess who had just moved in here today.

When the princess of the exotic land came, her face was covered with a veil, and her eyebrows and eyes could not be seen clearly, but her dress was completely different from the dress of the Great Qi Kingdom, the heavy tulle wrapped her delicate jade body, the dreamy purple was wrapped around her body like mist, and the waist was simply a circle of thin small bells, which made a pleasant sound with her walking movements, and the thin metal chain lined her waist more and more gracefully and slender, and every step was like a water lily in the pond that would only open in midsummer, so beautiful as a dream.

The little maids were immersed in their memories of the day, sitting together eating melon seeds, drinking tea boiling in the stove, and enjoying the rare purity after the busy day.

Soon, the topic of their discussion changed from the amazing beauty of the princess to her upcoming marriage contract with the Third Highness. After all, this kind of gossip is the focus of their concern.

"Hey, hey, have you heard? Our Third Highness hasn't seen this princess yet? A round-faced palace maid was surprised and threw away the melon seeds in her hand and said to the girl beside her.

The little palace maid who was grabbed by her sleeve frowned tightly, pulled back her cuffs, carefully flattened them, and looked reproachful, "People are about to become two, sooner or later, they will meet, what are you doing with such excitement?" ”

"Of course I'm excited, you don't know how handsome and chic that Third Highness is, the appearance of the jade tree in the wind, and the kind of graceful and suave energy, tsk, I think even the gods can't compare." The round-faced palace maid drooled as she spoke, and her words aroused the curiosity of her companions.

The girl with a tear mole under her eye took over, "Listen to what you mean, have you seen the Third Highness?" ”

The round-faced girl blushed when she was asked, and pushed her, "Bizhu, don't talk nonsense, Your Royal Highness is such a high-ranking person, how can a little palace maid like me see it?" ”

"Then what you said is so true, as if you are familiar with the Third Highness." Bizhu snorted, showing disdain.

"I've been talking for a long time, you haven't seen the main master, and you still have to ask me when it comes to the Third Highness." Among them, the slightly older palace maid Hua Ju opened her mouth, which naturally attracted everyone's attention, she was originally the oldest among these palace maids, and everyone was willing to come to her if they had any problem on weekdays, so they had some prestige among these little palace maids. At this time, seeing the eldest sister speak, the rest of the little girls obediently closed their mouths.

Hua Ju grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them in the palm of her left hand, and said while knocking her right hand, "If you want to talk about the appearance of the Third Highness, how can we describe the stupid mouth of our people, the kind of beauty of His Highness is what men should be tempted by when they see it." ”

Bizhu snorted, "If you want to talk about a real beautiful man, I still think that Lord Wuyan is more beautiful, I once saw his old man once when he was on an errand under Princess Ziyan, and that is really handsome, although his eyes can't see, but when his gaze sweeps over, I still can't help but have a fever on my face, as if he has just seen me." And the Third Highness...... Bizhu looked at Hua Ju suspiciously, and asked in confusion, "Sister Hua Ju, I heard that the Third Highness is not only very handsome, but also treats people very well, especially ......" She paused a little when she said this, and it was very much sold. The meaning of the lawsuit, she didn't continue until her companion urged her, "Especially for a gentle and lovely little palace maid like Sister Hua Ju, hey, sister, why did you waste such a good opportunity?" In vain, I let go of the luck of stepping on the branches to make a phoenix! ”

Hua Ju's face sank, revealing a bit of sternness, "Nonsense! How could His Highness be such a frivolous person? Besides, although I was young at that time, I was a mediocre subordinate, how could I think of anything wrong? And...... Bizhu, this kind of thought is very important, don't you see how many palace maids disappear inexplicably in the palace every year? ”

Bizhu's face was so embarrassed that he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, and lowered his head low, "I'...... I'm just talking. ”

"Don't say this kind of thing in the future, don't earn yourself extra right and wrong." Hua Ju said again, seeing that Bizhu was really embarrassed and sighed, "I'm also thinking about you, I'm already a handful of years, and I don't want to fight for any title, and in a few years, I will quietly go out of the palace and find someone to marry, and that's it for this life." Hey......" With Hua Ju's sigh, the rest of the little palace maids fell into a state of contemplation.

was locked in the deep palace for nearly 20 years, and when he was released and returned to his hometown when he was old, he had to be pointed at by others, and even the conditions for finding a man had to be lowered a lot, because most of the relationship between age could only find the kind of man who had a dead wife to continue the string, not to mention how much older he was than himself, and his family background would not be very good, most of them were going to marry and go directly to farming and raising pigs...... Hey, that's all it is in this life.

Only those who have done their job know that the palace people who can walk out of this palace alive are all elves with seven or eight hearts and ninety pairs of eyes, and how many of them don't even have a chance to come out.

The topic became so heavy that these young girls couldn't accept it all of a sudden, and the round-faced Xia Wan threw herself on the quilt and said sullenly, "Ah, ah, now that you can't let people sleep with this kind of thing?" ”

Hua Ju laughed and patted her pouting buttocks, "If you want to sleep, sleep well, what is this like." ”

The girls grinned and climbed into their beds, ready to rest. Bizhu, who had been said a few words, lay down on her quilt depressedly, thinking about what Hua Ju had just said, she suddenly became more determined in her mind, she didn't want the kind of mediocre days they said! It is rare to be selected to be a palace maid, since she has entered this splendid imperial city, she must not go out empty-handed!

Hua Ju saw that everyone was already lying down, and when he was about to blow out the candle, the door panel was gently pulled, "Who?" She replied, and at the same time the girls who had just lay down sat up, and you look at me, and I look at you, and no one knows who will come at this time.

Immediately, someone outside the door replied, and some stiff Chinese let them know at once who it was. "Are you sleeping? I'm Martha. ”

Martha? Isn't that the personal maid beside the princess of the moon? What could happen at such a late hour?

Hua Ju motioned for everyone to get up, although the other party was the one who would always get along in the future, but they had just arrived at the Qingyin Palace, and they couldn't lose their manners at once.

Martha, still wearing the yellow dress of the day, with a light veil on her face, came in and bowed to everyone, "The princess suddenly felt a little hungry, and asked me to come and see if there is anything to eat?" ”

Hua Ju smiled, it turned out that the new princess was hungry, she showed a friendly expression, and also returned her with a salute, "I'll take you to the back kitchen, the general food is there, and there will be someone on duty there whether it's day or night, and there will be delicious meals whenever you want to eat." ”

"Really? That's great, the princess usually uses some milk cakes and sugar cakes and other foods in the evening, I wonder if any of you here will make that? Martha was very happy when she heard her answer.

"Milk cake?" Hua Ju frowned, she had been in the palace for many years, and she had never seen something with such a name, and she didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so she had to shake her head stiffly, "Bizhu, who had been listening behind her, stretched her sleeves and whispered in her ear, "Sister Hua Ju, I heard that there is a handyman in the Hall of Forgotten Souls, and she is very good at making snacks, so it is better to ask her to come over and help." ”

"Hall of Forgotten Souls?" Hua Ju thought for a moment and asked, "Isn't that the palace of the Third Highness?" Yes! Do you mean the palace maid who used to do errands in the Evergreen Palace? ”

"yes, yes. It's her, if you think that even someone as picky as Madame Jade recognizes her craftsmanship, I think she should be able to satisfy Princess Xianyue. Bizhu said very seriously.

However, Hua Ju was a little hesitant, "We don't have much to do with the Forgotten Soul Hall on weekdays, and besides, wouldn't it be good to bother people in the past so late?" ”

"Huh? Sister, this is not right, the first night the new princess has just come, let's leave the family aside, and we may ...... tomorrow" Bizhu said and compared it to his neck, so frightened that Hua Ju shuddered, hesitated again and again, and felt that what she said was reasonable, so he nodded, "Just do as you say, it's just ...... Who went to ask for someone? ”

Bizhu saw her hesitation, and patted her chest on her own initiative, "I'll go." After speaking, he didn't wait for Hua Ju to reply, and smiled directly at Martha, "You wait a while, I'll go find a palace maid who knows milk cake to help." ”

Martha smiled and bowed in thanks. "I've been out for a long time, I'm worried about the princess, I'll go back first." She was a little incoherent, but the others could still understand it, and Hua Ju was even more eager for her to leave quickly, so she agreed.

Xia Wan wrapped herself tightly in the quilt in wonder, looked at Hua Ju and asked, "Hey? Sister Hua Ju, Bizhu, is she very familiar with the people in the Hall of Forgotten Souls? "Why do you think she is so happy to take the errand and rush forward?

Hua Ju didn't answer for a long time, and she didn't feel sleepy, so she put on her clothes and sat on the edge of the bed waiting for Bizhu to come back, her flickering words just now made her very concerned, hey, forget it, Hua Ju shook her head, as if she wanted to shake off what came to her mind, and the vigilance of many years of errand told her that under this quiet night, there was a kind of darkness that needed to grow secretly.