Ten days later, Lingxi appeared in the Half Moon Pavilion of Guangyang Palace on time.

On that day, the talented person wore a light blue embroidered moire jacket, the lower body was tied with a grass green embroidered flower skirt, the head was tied with a regular bun, and the right side was hairpinned with two Fulu style hairpins, and the left side was hairpinned with a begonia step. When Lingxi entered, she sat anxiously on the low kang in the inner hall, and on the table next to her left hand, there were several drawn patterns.

Seeing that Lingxi entered the inner hall under the leadership of Xiang Er, the talented man stood up suddenly, and the steps on his head trembled.

Lingxi gave a blessing to the talented person in a regular manner, and looked at the familiar eyebrows and eyes of the talented person, and became more and more sure that this was her sister who should have been outside the palace.

The talented man just wanted to step forward to help the Lingxi up, but was cleverly avoided by the Lingxi, and after a meaningful look at the Xiancai, the Lingxi said slowly, "The slave and the maid are arrogant, and the Xiancai people are so troubled, and the Xiancai people are invited to receive another salute from the slaves." ”

said that he bowed to the talented man again, but his eyes were aimed at Xiang Er, who had been guarding the room.

Lingxi doesn't know if this is the dowry maid of the talented person or the palace of Tingting, whether he is loyal to the talented person.

Although the talented person is timid, he also understands the meaning of Lingxi. With a hint of embarrassment on his face, he sat down again and said to Xiang Er, "Xiang Er, go and make a cup of hot tea for Miss Ling'er, just make the hair tip sent by Yue Jieyu last time!" ”

Xiang Er went down after a blessing, and only Xiancai and Lingxi were left in the hall.

Seeing that there was no one in the hall, the talented man leaned over and grabbed Lingxi's hand, staring at Lingxi with watery eyes, as if he had a thousand words but didn't know where to start.

Lingxi met the eyes of the talented man, shook the hand of the talented man and calmed the talented man on the low kang, picked up the pattern that was put aside and whispered, "The talented man has superb embroidery skills, and his painting skills are even more exquisite." Listening to the accent of the talented person is a native of Kyoto, the slave maid has never heard of any embroidery building with such an extraordinary master of embroidery skills and painting skills when he did not enter the palace. ”

The talented man's body trembled slightly, his eyes were dyed with a layer of water, and he said in a trembling voice, "When I was young, I grew up in Jiangbei, and my embroidery and painting skills were all learned by the same woman of the Yeliu family, and then the family moved to Kyoto, and I never saw them again. ”

"Then Ye Liu's family is really a capable person," Lingxi stabilized the talented person's body and said softly, "If the talented person takes her with him, wouldn't the embroidery skills be even better?" ”

"No matter how good Ye Liu's embroidery skills are, he is a lowly person in the end. But she has a daughter, and she is a rough maid in front of my room......"

Lingxi understood, it turned out that Ye Yiling was the maid of the Situ family. In this way, it makes sense that she appeared in the palace, and she must have been a stand-in for Miss Situ. But their father was obviously a bird trainer in Uncle Cui Guo's mansion, why did she go to Situ's house to be a maid? Could it be that something happened at home?

Lingxi was a little anxious in his heart, but he didn't know how to say the words in his stomach. At this moment, Xiang Er came in with a tea cup, and Lingxi hurriedly picked up a blue and white tea cup from the saucer Xiang Er was holding, and respectfully presented it to the talented person. Xiang Er put the remaining one on a small table that was not tall next to the low kang, and blessed Lingxi with a blessing and said, "Miss Ling'er, please use tea." ”

The talented man said solemnly, "Miss Ling'er is polite, how can I let you serve me tea in person." ”

Lingxi smiled, "A talented person is a master, a slave is a slave, and a slave should serve tea to the master." ”

Xiang'er is back, and no matter how much the two of them have to say, it's hard to say. So the two of them brought the topic to the patterns again, and after Lingxi picked up the patterns of the azalea and the rhododendron and compared them with each other, he chose two patterns that were not cumbersome and did not require high skills. After a few more words, Lingxi got up and said goodbye.

The talented man sent Lingxi to the gate of the hall and said to Lingxi in the corridor, "If Ling'er girl is not sure about something, you can come to me again." ”

Lingxi Yifu replied, "It would be great if there were talented people to guide me." The slave and the maid will definitely come to bother again, and it is good to ask the talented people not to be troublesome with the slave and the maid. ”

The talented man shook his head again and again, "No, no, you can just come......"

Since then, Lingxi has become a frequent visitor in the Half Moon Pavilion, coming and going, and also inquiring about the affairs of the family outside the palace.

It turned out that in the eighteenth year of Yonghe, when Concubine Jingping was sent out of the palace by Emperor Yonghe to practice, Uncle Cui's mansion was not as good as before. The warm garden was demolished, and the craftsmen who used to train birds in the warm garden were dismissed, leaving only a small part.

Ye Zhiyuan was not a family slave in Uncle Cui Guo's mansion, so he was naturally sent away. Ye Zhiyuan has no other skills except for bird training, and he is reluctant to go to a small family with his own identity. The family of three had no financial resources, and the silver taels they had saved in the past were quickly used up.

Later, the Situ family moved to Kyoto, and the house bought slaves, so Ye Yiling sold herself as a slave and became a rough girl beside Miss Situ. As for entering the palace for Miss Situ, it is because in the entire Situ Mansion, only Ye Yiling's figure is the most similar to Miss Situ's family, and her appearance is delicate.

The Situ family promised that as long as Ye Yiling entered the palace on behalf of Miss Situ, the Situ family would ensure that Ye Zhiyuan and the Liu family would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Lingxi had a headache. After four years of hard work, she has already planned her future life. As long as filial piety and the empress dowager do not give marriage, she will be the dowry girl of the princess of Allure. Regardless of whether the princess of Allure goes to make peace or give the official family, the two of them will run away halfway, and then live the life they want to live under the cover of King Rui.

For the sake of freedom, she even rejected Li Lingyun's wishes. Li Lingyun was once angry at Lingxi because of this, he didn't understand how his dignified eldest son was not worthy of a slave who was on an errand in front of Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager. Isn't it better to marry a prince as a concubine than to be a slave and live that kind of life when you are old and leave the palace in the future?

But Lingxi is so stubborn, in her heart she is already an old woman in her thirties, and Li Lingyun, who is only fifteen years old, is like a child in her heart.

Falling in love with a child half your junior? She's not a child.

However, Li Lingyun's kindness to her, she remembers it all in her heart.

It seems to be a woman's nature to be unreasonable, regardless of age. hating his sweetheart so much that he itches his teeth, but he can't reprimand him ruthlessly, it is a man's responsibility, regardless of age.

So Lingxi was stubborn about his stubbornness, Li Lingyun swallowed his anger, and there was nothing he could do about her.

At the beginning of November of the first year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an issued an order to put the Nine Emperors under house arrest Li Chenkong, just because he said a word after drinking, and the king was unknown.

When Li Chenkong was in power under Emperor Yonghe, his relationship with Li Chenfeng was particularly close. A lady in his mansion is a young lady from the side line of the Ge family. After Ge Zhongqiu was given a sword by Emperor Yong'an above the court, the courtiers who married the Ge family divorced their wives and concubines one after another, and only several ministers, including Li Chenfeng, the king of Rui, and the Nine Emperor Princes did not act.

Since Li Chenfeng, the king of Rui, was sent to Chixue Mountain by Emperor Yong'an, the Nine Emperor Princes can be described as Li Chenfeng's sharp eyes in Kyoto. Now the Nine Emperors are under house arrest, and the Rui King Li Chenfeng has a broken arm.

On November 20 of the first year of Yong'an, Zhang Weiwen, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was raided for accepting a bribe of 100,000 taels of silver.

King Rui broke another arm.

On the sixth day of the third month of the second year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an gave death to the sixth prince Li Chenhe, and his family was demoted to commoners and expelled from Beijing......

In the Yongle Hall of the Longevity Palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaohe sat on the low kang and threw the white jade tea cup in her hand to the ground.

An Mama Lingxi and other slaves knelt on the ground one after another, and in the inner hall, there was only the sound of Yu Xiao and the Empress Dowager touching each other.

After a long time, the Empress Dowager Xiaohe waved her hand to the palace people kneeling on the ground, and the palace people came out of habit.

Mama An and Lingxi retreated to the outer hall, while Zhiqiu Zhiyue and others completely retreated from the Changle Palace.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe, who was sitting in the inner hall, finally couldn't control her emotions anymore, picked up a plain white handkerchief and covered her face, and sobbed in a low voice.

She was already old, and she watched Emperor Yong'an brutalize the emperor's heirs one after another, and she felt a sense of desolation.

Xiao and the Empress Dowager sat in the hall and cried for a long time, and after there was no sound in the inner hall, Mama An held a clean veil, and Lingxi brought a basin of warm water into the inner hall.

The two waited for Xiao and the Empress Dowager to clean their faces again, and put their hair in a bun again, before calling the palace maids who were waiting outside the palace one after another.

Mama An ordered to pass the meal, but Xiao and the Empress Dowager were exempted on the grounds that they had no appetite. Since learning of Li Chenhe's death, Xiao and the Empress Dowager have not eaten anything, only drank some tea.

Xiao and the Empress Dowager sat crookedly on the low kang, and the tea in the teacup in her hand had long since run out of heat. After sending Zhiyue Zhiqiu and other palace maids out, only Mama An and Lingxi were left, and Zhou An was instructed to call Qian Weishi in. Mama An and Lingxi knew that Xiao He and the Empress Dowager had something to say, so they knelt at the feet of Xiao and the Empress Dowager and lowered their heads to their chests.

After Qian Weishi came in, he also knelt at the feet of the Empress Dowager Cui.

When the Empress Dowager Xiaohe heard the voice, her chest rose and fell, and she let out a long sigh. opened his eyes and looked at the three minions who were kneeling in front of him who were most loyal to him, and said in a desolate tone, "The mourning family is sixty and seven this year, and they can no longer withstand the disturbances in this harem." I have called you today to tell you about the plans of the mourning family. ”

Mama An, Lingxi, and Qian Weishi said in unison, "Listen to the Queen Mother's orders." ”

Xiao and the Empress Dowager calmed down for a while and said, "The mourning family plans to live in Fengyang Palace, which is six hundred miles away from Kyoto, in order to spend the rest of their lives. ”

Mama An raised her head violently and dissuaded, "Niangniang, this must not be." Fengyang Palace has been abandoned for many years, only a few rough palace maids stay there to clean, its palace is in disrepair, it is really not suitable for the mother to live. ”

Qian Weishi kowtowed and said, "What Mama An said is reasonable, if Niangniang insists on leaving the palace, then go to the Huicheng Palace to live with the Emperor Taishang." ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe shook her head, and her old age appeared, "The mourning family just wants to find a quiet place and live quietly for a few years." I am determined by my will, and you do not need to persuade me any more. ”

Mama Ann and Qian were silent for Shi.

Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager said, "Mama An has been with the mourning family for most of her life, and the mourning family will be with her." Xiao Qianzi, the mourning family hopes that you can stay and continue to preside over the big and small affairs in the Yongshou Palace. ”

Mama An kowtowed, Qian Weishi understood the meaning of filial piety and the Empress Dowager in his heart, and he didn't say much.

Seeing that the two of them understood, Xiao and the Empress Dowager said to Lingxi, who was kneeling behind Mama An and Qian Weishi, "Ling'er, the mourning family is not sure where you will stay, so I will ask you what you mean, do you want to go with the mourning family, or stay in the palace?" ”