Early in the morning, Yan Qingge woke up and heard a noise outside the door.

In the past few days, the charcoal pot in the house is burning, and the climate is dry and cold this winter, she always has a hairy feeling in her throat, and her nose is not very comfortable.

Listening to the noise outside, she rubbed her head and instructed Ruyi: "Go out and see, what's wrong?" ”

Before dawn, outside the palace, many families were still asleep, and the noisy sound outside was really harsh.

Ruyi went out to take a look, and came back and said, "Miss, it's Miss Hainazhu, she is leading two palace maids to wear barbarian clothes, what kind of dance are they dancing." ”

Yan Qingge's brows were furrowed, and he said, "Dance? She's leisurely and elegant. ”

After being served by Ruyi to wash and dress, Yan Qingge walked out.

The sound outside was too pervasive, and the Northern Barbarians were not a group that was good at singing and dancing, so she couldn't help but go and see what was going on.

I saw that in the courtyard in front of the door of the palace room of the two people, several thick torches were lit and placed on the floor tiles, and the shadows around them shone on the pupils.

On the floor tiles in front of the torches, a pile of blood-soaked dead objects was placed.

Hai Nazhu was wearing a Northern Barbarian costume, the clothes were brightly colored, and the fabrics and fur used were not bad, which should have been newly made by Hai Nazhu after entering the palace.

Henna Zhu's head, neck, and feet were covered with heavy silver ornaments, and she walked slowly and with great difficulty, and her mouth sometimes hummed and screamed, mixed with a tune pronounced in a strange Northern Barbarian dialect.

Although the two palace maids behind her were from the Great Zhou, they were also dressed up as Northern Barbarians by Hai Nazhu, and clumsily learned Hai Nazhu's movements behind her.

The mysterious actions of these three people made Yan Qingge's brows furrow.

Such a move made Yan Qingge think of being cursed by the Great Zhou people who were disgusted by the Great Zhou people.

In the palace, you can't even worship privately, let alone witches.

If someone is caught practicing the witch curse, even if it is a palace concubine, she will only be dragged out and killed.

It just so happened that Hai Nazhu raised her face, and when she saw her face in the dark firelight, Yan Qingge took a step back in fright.

I saw that the face that was originally beautiful and fragrant was painted with light cyan lines, and she didn't even let go of the corners of her eyes, so she couldn't see her original face at all.

The pattern on her face was hideous and terrifying, extending all the way to her neck, like a terrible ghost seeking her life.

Fengzao Palace is not small, plus Hainazhu and Yan Qingge live next to each other, she did this in front of the door, and the first thing she affected was Yan Qingge.

However, with such a big movement, it stands to reason that the queen should have known about it a long time ago, but no one came out to stop it.

The queen has always gone to bed early and got up early, but she must have woken up at this time and ignored this matter, which made Yan Qingge very confused.

Since the queen didn't care, Yan Qingge could only endure the strong uncomfortable feeling in his heart, returned to the house and closed the door, trying not to pay attention to the sound outside.

It wasn't until two quarters of an hour, when the sky was overcast and white, and the sun could come out at any moment, that hennazhu stopped.

There was a sudden silence outside.

Yan Qingge breathed a sigh of relief, shouted Ruyi, and said, "I'll go and ask the queen mother to say goodbye, you ask Aunt Xia Fan, and ask her to find out what's going on." ”

Since Yan Qingge was recruited in the queen's palace last time, Xia Fan has paid great attention to Yan Qingge's eating and drinking.

Now, Yan Qingge's three meals a day, as well as the snacks and fruits she usually uses, she personally went to the imperial kitchen to receive them, and when she received them, she called a little eunuch in the imperial kitchen to bring the food back with her.

In the morning, when Yan Qingge went out, he went to the imperial kitchen to receive food, and it was almost time to come back.

When greeting the queen, the queen didn't mention the matter of henna-joo in half a sentence, and behaved exactly the same as usual. Yan Qingge returned to his room with a stomach full of doubts.

On the table, six plates of hot side dishes have been placed, and two hot casseroles of porridge, in addition, there are also hot baskets of various kinds of steamed buns and steamed buns.

Xia Fan stood next to him, gave Yan Qingge a bowl of hot porridge with fresh fish fillets, and said, "Miss, try it, this is the three-flowered crucian carp sent from the north this winter, when I went in the morning, this fish was still jumping around." ”

Since Da Xia Fan went to receive the meal in person, Yan Qingge's food level has risen to a higher level.

The fresh tribute fish in the north can only be found in the palace, a price is more than gold, and only the powerful nobles in the palace can eat it.

She tasted it, and the taste of this fish porridge was really smooth and fat, and the delicate fish meat melted in the mouth, with a strong fragrance, wrapped around the tip of the tongue, and lasted for a long time, so that she couldn't help but eat two more bites.

After eating, Yan Qingge asked Ruyi to clean up and asked Xiang Xiafen: "Auntie, what is going on in the yard in the morning?" ”

Xia Fan replied: "Miss Yan, the early Shanghai girl is worshipping. Today, according to the Northern Barbarian algorithm, it is their New Year. The sea girl worshipped, and the queen mother agreed. ”

Hearing Xia Fan's answer, Yan Qingge's heart was a little relieved, as long as Hai Nazhu was not practicing witch curses, otherwise the two of them would live next to each other, and she would not be upset in her heart, who knows if Hai Nazhu would harm her in order to marry Yan Xiuyu.

On weekdays, Yan Qingge will read books and do needlework when he has nothing to do.

Today, she is going to ask Ruyi to put the embroidery bandage at the door where she can get the sun, and wants to embroider flowers for a while.

Unexpectedly, she sat down when a figure popped in at the door.

Yan Qingge looked at it and saw that it was Hainazhu.

As usual, henna zhu was dressed in the morning, and the gold and silver jewelry on her body weighed more than ten pounds, and her face was full of terrifying patterns, lined with a pair of blue-green eyes, like a ghost.

She didn't feel that there was anything wrong with dressing up like this, and giggled at Yan Qingge: "Miss Yan, you come with me to the Imperial Garden to have a look." ”

Yan Qingge shook his head and said, "I haven't finished today's business yet." ”

The days in the palace are actually very boring, and sometimes Hai Nazhu will come over to Yan Qingge for entertainment.

Yan Qingge would ask Ruyi to bring snacks to her under the pretext that she was reading or embroidering, and after a while, Hai Nazhu felt bored and would leave.

Hai Nazhu's terrible face pulled out an even more terrifying smile, and said to Yan Qingge: "Miss Yan, today is the New Year, everyone has to move around and be tainted with spirits. Do you stay still and want to be unlucky for a year? ”

Yan Qingge didn't like Hai Nazhu in the first place, and hearing her say this, she felt even more uncomfortable.

No matter how long she has been in Da Zhou, Hai Nazhu's mouth is so unpleasant. What others don't like to hear, she says what she says. Yan Qingge also knew a lot of upright people, but he had never seen Hai Nazhu like this.

She just wanted to call Ruyi to send off the guests and drive the henna pearls away, but Aunt Xia Fan coughed and said, "The sun is good today, and the plum blossoms in the imperial garden must be blooming, so Miss Yan might as well go out for a walk." In a few days, as soon as the New Year arrives, the weather will get warmer, and there will be no more plum blossoms. ”

What Xia Fan said had a slight meaning, Yan Qingge hesitated, knowing that Xia Fan wanted her to go out for a walk, she lowered her head and thought about it, and said to Hai Nazhu: "Then you wait, I'll go change clothes." ”

She didn't go out, so she added an extra pair of cotton pants under her skirt, and a pair of soft-soled cotton shoes worn in the house on her feet, which was very inconvenient to move.

Just entered the house, and when Ruyi helped Yan Qingge change his clothes, Xia Fan also came in.

"Miss Yan, today Concubine Shuifang and the princess of Zhongwangfu meet, the place where Concubine Shuifang lives in Chuxiu Palace is too small, and the prince is graceful and asks Concubine Shuibian to entertain the princess in the imperial garden." Xia said with a smile.

When Yan Qingge heard that it was Ling Xiao who entered the palace to visit Shui Ying, he immediately saluted Xia Fan in surprise and said with a smile: "Thank you, auntie." ”

After hurriedly changing his clothes, Yan Qingge went out and walked to the imperial garden with Hainazhu.

"In the past, on the grassland, during the Chinese New Year, the livestock raised by each tribe would pick out the fattest one-tenth of the fattest and kill it to sacrifice to the sky. If there are a hundred sheep, ten will be killed, and if there are a hundred cows, ten will be killed, and only horses and dogs will not be killed. ”

"Oh!"

"Also, our sisters will bathe with the blood they receive and drench themselves with fresh blood, which can make men heroic and women young forever."

"Yes......"

"Really! I've tried! When I was a child, I had spots on my nose, and that year Abba killed a white horse for me, and I was drenched in horse blood, and the next year my spots were gone. ”

"Oh!"

"Also, if someone can eat the heart of a cow raw, he can make a wish to God, and if he is pious enough, he will be able to fulfill it in the coming year."

"Hmm."

Hainazhu's mouth kept talking, and she was talking to Yan Qingge. Yan Qingge only responded lightly with one or two words.

She really didn't have any good feelings about the trick of drenching blood and eating cow hearts raw, but a wave of disgust rose in her heart, barbarians are barbarians!

Finally, the two of them arrived at the Imperial Garden.

There are only three places where you can entertain guests.

One is a small pavilion on the lake.

One is the last time Yan Qingge was a show girl, the queen entertained the noblewomen.

The other is a small house built near the exit of the garden.

The weather was too cold, Yan Qingge estimated that they would not go to the pavilion on the water, and the place where the queen entertained the noblewomen was usually used during the big banquet, so she went straight to Xiaolu.

On the way outside, it was Hai Nazhu who took Yan Qingge away, and now that Yan Qingge's walking speed suddenly accelerated, Hai Nazhu couldn't keep up.

After barely learning the rules in the palace for so long, when Hai Nazhu walked slowly, she vaguely had the bearing of a big Zhou noblewoman, but as soon as she walked fast, she showed her figure-eight feet, jumping all over the ground, shaking her hands, picking up her skirt and so on, which she had been accustomed to on the grassland for more than ten years.

And even though Yan Qingge walked fast, he was still so elegant, and he didn't even lift the corners of his skirt much.

Compared with the two, Hai Nazhu is not even as good as the palace maid next to Yan Qingge.

Henna-joo didn't think about it, and shouted, "Wait for me! ”

Yan Qingge was originally trying to get rid of her, so he turned around and smiled: "Didn't Miss Hai say it, if you don't move around, you will be bad for a year." ”

"This ......," Ha Na-joo stammered behind her back.

As soon as she gritted her teeth, she simply pulled her skirt, stuffed it into her belt, and ran towards Yan Qingge.

The two aunts behind her watched Ha Na Joo's actions, and their eyes were about to stare at the ground.

How can a girl's family make such a move, they have worked so hard to teach the rules of hennazhu, and they are all blind. Let people see that their meal today is going to be decided again.

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(Tianjin)