In the west courtyard of Hanzhang Palace, Sizhen lowered her head and sat on the bed without speaking as soon as she saw Mama Du come in with the curtain.

"I heard that Gege went on a horse today, don't do this again in the future, tell the slave maid to prepare clothes for Gege, and besides, only bring a thrush, which is not in accordance with the rules." After speaking, Mama Du asked softly about the details of Sizhen going out to ride a horse.

Although Mama Du's attitude was respectful, Sizhen didn't pay much attention to it, often Mama Du asked a few words before she replied, and finally the thrush opened her mouth to talk about the general situation, but she didn't talk about it all, according to Sizhen's explanation, she only said that she went to the horse race, and she got the first, not to mention the danger encountered in the middle.

"Gege is still young and ignorant, let's be slaves, we have to think more and see more, those noble girls, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp? Gege has just arrived, if he offends them for a horseback ride, and then makes Gege stumble behind his back, how can he get it? Why don't you persuade Dian Gege? Mama Du frowned and scolded the thrush softly.

"Mama don't train the thrush, this is my idea, she is a slave, of course she has to listen to the master. Thrush is the most dedicated to serving me on weekdays, and Mama wronged her too much when she said this. Sizhen said to Mama Du with a small face.

Mama Du was still tepid, and said kindly: "Gege, we are slaves, and it is our duty to serve the master wholeheartedly, but if the slaves only think about how to make the master happy, and do not admonish the master when they see that the master has done something wrong, and just follow the master's wishes, wouldn't it harm the master?" What's the difference between that and a traitor? Gege is still young, and as slaves, we should not only serve wholeheartedly, but also remind the master so that the master will not be in danger. ”

Mama Du's words were righteous, Sizhen was not easy to argue, she thought about it, and then said: "This matter is my idea." As for what Mama said, I will offend them if I ride a horse first, is it possible that Mama thinks that if I follow them to be low-minded, they will be able to look up to me? ”

Seeing that Mama Du was stunned, Sizhen said again: "When the master gains power, the minions can be looked down upon, although Mama is from the Queen Mother's side, but now that you are in my courtyard, you don't want to go out and be bullied, right?" I ride better than them, at least, to put it bluntly, people know that King Dingnan has real skills, and the Queen Mother and the emperor are not wrong. ”

Mama Du lowered her head and said more and more respectfully: "Gege is right, what the slave maid thought before was too cautious. ”

Mama Du is like this, Sizhen is also happy to give her dignity, after all, she is from the side of the Queen Mother, not an ordinary slave, Sizhen said gently: "Mama Du is polite, what you just said is reasonable, if I have something wrong, you should dissuade it." It's just—"

She paused for a moment before continuing: "Persuasion is the duty of slaves, whether you listen or not, you are still the master's own." So, don't complain about the thrush, she dissuaded me, I didn't listen. ”

Mama Du didn't say anything more, but only asked the thrush in detail, Sizhen's daily life and diet when she was in Guilin, as if she wanted to be Sizhen's housekeeper.

She came from the side of the Queen Mother, and everyone also knew this truth, Sizhen's nurse Qin Mama took Mama Du's hand and smiled: "It's good for you to come over, this time can make me a mess, I was in Dingnan Palace, I don't care about these things, come here, no one around Gege has to use it, I am barely supported by it, you come over, I can be idle, what I am good at is conditioning the body and making medicinal food, just manage Gege's small kitchen, and take care of her well." ”

In this way, invisibly, Mama Du became the housekeeper in the Sizhen Courtyard, and Mama Qin was responsible for the diet of Sizhen, Thrush and Bailing were first-class palace maids, Huang Ying, Skylark and the other two palace maids given by the Queen Mother were second-class, and there were some rough mothers-in-law and little maids, and two little eunuchs, although there were still deficiencies compared to Heshuo Gege's share, it was almost the same as when she was in Dingnan Wangfu.

Mama Du is only a third-class grandmother by the side of the Queen Mother, but she is steady and cautious, and she has won the trust of the Queen Mother.

When she was done, Mama Du went to Cining Palace, and a palace maid who was guarding under the porch greeted her softly, then reported to the palace and let Mama Du in.

The palace maid did not go in with her, but only guarded under the porch, not to be disturbed by others.

After Mama Du went in to ask for peace, the Queen Mother closed her eyes slightly, and said lightly: "Get up, sit down next to the mourning family, and help beat the legs. ”

Except for Su Mala and the two big palace maids in front of the Queen Mother, the others all retreated quietly.

Mama Du went over to sit on the footrest next to the Queen Mother, and while whispering, she gently helped the Queen Mother beat her legs.

Zhen Gege's body is obviously much better, several minions are obviously very loyal, and they are all carefully served, after Gege can get out of bed, Mama Qin often asks her to walk around the yard, these two days will be a set of punches sooner or later, the slave and maid see that although Zhen Gege is thin, the body is not bad, although the boxing is not yet a tiger, it is also decent, obviously at home before, the king of Dingnan did not spend less effort. However, Gege is bold, doesn't listen to people's persuasion much, and doesn't like to talk too much, and seems to be a little excluded from slaves and maids. ”

"At night, sometimes I still have nightmares, and when I wake up, I don't say anything, I just hold the quilt and tremble, obviously still scared. At night, Mama Qin or Thrush are on duty, and Bailing can also speak in the past two days. The girl named Huang Ying in her yard is a little silly, brute force, the needlework of the thrush is very good, Mama Qin is good at medicinal food, the lark is said to plan to plate, but the slave maid has never seen it......"

Hearing Mama Du say this, the Queen Mother's eyes raised slightly, and she sighed: "Can you not be afraid!" She was still a child after all, it was equivalent to thousands of troops escaping, seeing that the guards in front of her were killed to protect her, her brother was also arrested, and the fire...... If it weren't for the perseverance of nature, I would have been scared out of my courage a long time ago! How's her talent? ”

"The book you asked to send over, the slave maid didn't see how Gege had read it, but I heard Mama Qin say that she was taught by the Mama who went out of the palace in the former court by King Dingnan since she was a child, and there is no problem with her upbringing, but she is straighter and easy to offend people." Mama Du continued: "The slave maid looked at the princess and the princess and spoke Manchu very smoothly, obviously King Dingnan put a lot of thought into this daughter. ”

"That's natural, King Dingnan is just such a daughter as her, this kind of background is naturally higher than the average Han people's knowledge, but when she arrives in this palace, she still has to learn more about the rules of our Manchurians, since her body is almost good, from tomorrow, let her study with Jianning."