"Princess, please see, here are all new books that have only been put into the warehouse this month."

Wow, it's a lot, it's full of two shelves, and there are two boxes on the ground, and there are still half of the books in them that haven't been organized.

The smell of new books is different from that of old books, the smell of new paper and the smell of ink in the nose.

Compared with new books, Liu Yan feels that the smell of old books is more intimate.

Maybe the smell of old books reminded her of her life in the countryside of Maoxian County when she didn't enter Beijing. The courtyard of my grandmother's house is very large, divided into two halves, the east half is where my uncle and aunt live, and the west half is where my grandmother and her old husband and wife live. The courtyard wall in the countryside is piled up with soil and mud, and there are high haystacks piled up by the courtyard wall, and when the fire is burned, the wheat straw or straw is pulled out one by one, and after a long time, a hole is first dug out under the haystack, and Liu Yan often gets into the haystack hole, and sometimes even falls asleep in it.

The smell of old books is very similar to the reassuring smell of the haystack.

"This "Fire Bead" is on fire in Beijing now, I heard that the Defu class and the Changxi class want to arrange this as a new play, just in time to sing it during the New Year."

Liu Yan took the book, and there were three words on it.

This is not a "serious book", but Queen Cao is very loose in this regard, and she also knows that it is really a book of obscenity and theft, and it is impossible for it to reach Liu Yan's hands.

However, as soon as he heard that this book was favored by the drama troupe, Liu Yan's feeling was just two words.

Old.

Eighty percent is the kind of cliché that grandmothers like to watch. The fire bead sounds like a treasure, so this story should revolve around this bead, there are good people and bad people, grabbing around a bead......

"Let's go over there."

She was talking about the library on the east side, which she had been to last time, and it was full of old books.

But the eunuch who had been slapping her was stunned, and said a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, over there...... Today I was mending the old books, I didn't have time to clean them up, I pickled them very much, what books does the princess want, I will let people sort them out early tomorrow morning and send them to Anhe Palace. ”

Originally, Liu Yan didn't have to go, but when he heard that he was making up the book, he thought it was very interesting.

"Really? Then I'll go and see. ”

Gui Yuanqing clearly saw that this Hu eunuch's face showed an anxious look, and he looked at her very embarrassed.

This is what I want her to help dissuade.

But Gui Yuan knew that his persuasion was in vain, so he simply didn't bother to do it.

Eunuch Hu hurriedly carried the lamp to lead the way: "Princess, watch out for your feet, things are messed up here." ”

Pushing open the door of the palace, it was not as chaotic as Eunuch Hu said, there were two lamps lit on the table against the east wall, and a thin eunuch was sitting in front of the desk flipping through the book.

Eunuch Hu hurriedly raised his voice: "Xiao Jin, Her Royal Highness the princess has come down, don't hurry up and salute." ”

The eunuch turned around, and Liu Yan realized that he was not thin, but young at all, and he looked like he was twelve or thirteen, very delicate, with a white face, black sideburns, and eyes that looked like a lake under the light.

can enter the palace to serve, whether it is a eunuch or a palace person, they must have good facial features, and they will never pick in some crooked melons and cracked dates, so that the masters can see how troublesome they are every day, and there are many of them who are extraordinarily outstanding, but like this little eunuch looks so handsome and pleasing to the eye, Liu Yan is still the first time to see it.

She waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "Excuse me, what's your name?" ”

Eunuch Hu hurriedly said: "This kid doesn't remember his family's surname, so he was assigned to Jinxiu Pavilion, and the princess called him Xiaojin." ”

"Oh," Liu Yan glanced at the paper, pencils, books, papers, scissors, scales and other things spread out on the table, and asked curiously, "Are you literate?" Have you ever studied? ”

Xiao Jin replied softly: "I have never studied, so I followed the master to recognize a few words and help do some hands-on work." ”

Liu Yan nodded: "That's also very good." ”

Listening to his conversation, he was very measured, and most of the time he said that he had not studied was a humble remark. The posture of standing there with his head slightly bowed is also different from that of ordinary eunuchs, and sure enough, this one who has studied is different, and there is a kind of elegance that others can't learn in his gestures.

If he is a few years older, he will stand with Li Kun, whom Liu Yan has seen during the day, but I am afraid that his appearance will be comparable.

But Li Kun is a child of a family, and the thin little Jin in front of him is just a little eunuch, and his life and circumstances can be said to be worlds apart.

Thinking of this, Liu Yan couldn't help but feel sympathy for this little eunuch.

"Would you like to change places on an errand?"

Gui Yuan was stunned.

The princess's temper really reminds me of a play.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the princess wants a little eunuch, as long as she sends a word, don't say one, ten or eight of the inner chamberlains will also rush to send people.

Serving by the princess's side is much better than in a place like Jinxiu Pavilion. In a place like Jinxiu Pavilion, you can't get out of it for a lifetime, and you have no future and no oil and water. But if you go to Anhe Palace to serve, it will be different. The princess was waiting, even if it was the little eunuch in the palace, and when she went out, there were people who rushed to flatter and flatter. Take the people of Anhe Palace now, how old are the bean soup and rice balls? After going out, not only the people of the same generation competed with each other, but their predecessors and eunuchs were polite, and the food, use, and rewards of Anhe Palace were all red-eyed by outsiders.

The little eunuch in front of her was born a little too well, the princess is so good-looking, and she doesn't check the root cause carefully, what if she is a traitor in her heart and has a bad heart, what if she will cause trouble in the future?

Liu Yan followed and asked, "How about coming to Anhe Palace?" I just so don't have enough people in my study. ”

This is not a lie, Liu Yan does have a lot of people around him, but there is only one who is literate, and Ginkgo is illiterate.

Longan is not very literate, and it is okay to keep an account book and recognize his name, but he can't do anything else.

The little eunuch in front of him is different, he is very smart at first glance, and he seems to be quite literate, and it is suitable to manage books in the study. Well, maybe someone else can write her homework for her in the future.

Xiao Jin glanced up at Eunuch Hu, and quickly lowered his eyes: "The princess is grateful for her kindness, but the master treats me like a father and son, and Xiao Jin just wants to serve by the master's side." ”

What the?

Gui Yuan thought he had misheard.

The princess held him up like this, and this kid actually refused?

No, no, no, he definitely didn't really want to refuse, but in front of Eunuch Hu, he had to be pretentious.

Eunuch Hu looked quite moved: "You kid is simple-minded, and you are too honest." Your Royal Highness has taken a fancy to you, and this is your blessing......"

Xiao Jin was very firm: "If there was no master, how could I be where I am today." I just want to serve and honor Master with all my heart, and I can only live up to the grace of Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Is this really unwilling? Not a pretentious concession?

Gui Yuanxin said that this master and apprentice are not stupid? Or did you stay in a place like Jinxiu Pavilion and get infected with the stinky problem of a scholar? If you don't go on a ladder to the sky, you have to sit on a cold bench here until you die?

Liu Yan doesn't have the temper that is difficult for a strong man. Cows can't force their heads without water. Besides, it seems that people are staying well in Jinxiu Pavilion and don't want to move places, so forget it.