In a trance, Wanying only heard a person with a thin voice say horizontally: "Oh, you little hooves, you little hooves, you have been patronizing and idle for so long, and you haven't even finished this little work, do you have to tear your mouths one by one to remember?" ”

"Father-in-law Cui, you always feel sorry for us the most, if your father-in-law tears our mouth, who will laugh with your father-in-law in the future?" A palace maid said in a flattering voice.

"Little hoof, count your mouth sweet, hurry up, the blame from above, and the miscellaneous family can't hold it. Today's Laba porridge was ordered by the Queen Mother herself. There can't be a little slip up. It must be complete, and the miscellaneous family can also ask for rewards from Grandpa Wei, right? ”

"Father-in-law Cui, recently, the queen gave her father-in-law something new, and her father-in-law also took it out so that we could see and understand."

Father-in-law Cui came up to the palace maid and whispered, "The things are good!" Or, tonight, you go up to my house, and I'll show you. As he spoke, he didn't forget to pinch the palace maid's milk.

Several palace maids hurriedly turned around to avoid it, just revealing Wanying who was blocking behind the crowd. In front of Wanying, the palace maid didn't dare to come nonsense, she was ashamed, and ran to the side.

Cui Gonggong didn't eat the tofu, and he was scolding in his heart: Slippery prodigal hooves, don't scatter eagles if you don't see rabbits. Looking up, it was just opposite to Wanying's eyes. Suddenly, the evil fire that failed to be flirted with was sent to Wanying.

"You're new here, aren't you? Why don't you change the basin after this water is washed like this? ”

The palace maid who flattered Grandpa Cui also hurriedly squeezed over and scolded: "Are you a dead man? This water has been washed into ink, won't you change the basin of water? Do you even have to teach this? ”

"The slave obeys." Wanying didn't dare to defend herself. I can only change another basin of water and wash the black rice.

Helpless, I have never done such work since I was a child, how can Wanying hold such a big pot with water and rice?

Seeing Wanying's radiant spirits, graceful figure, beautiful face, and more outstanding than many concubines, Father-in-law Cui couldn't help but feel love and pity, and said to the palace maid who greeted him just now: "She can't lift her, you go and help her." ”

The palace maid was originally a frivolous and prodigal person, and when she saw that Grandpa Cui took pity on Wanying, she was angry. But he didn't dare to disobey, a hundred reluctantly walked up to Wanying, drooped the donkey's square face, and reluctantly stretched out his hand to lift the rice basin with Wanying.

The two worked together and finally lifted the rice basin. Wanying was still stumbling forward. didn't take two steps, the palace maid had a plan, swayed back and forth with the help of the rice basin, and pushed it hard to Wanying's side.

Wanying's side couldn't bear it, and the palace maid secretly made it bad, but the rice basin shook for a long time, and even the basin and rice were all splashed on Wanying's body. The black rice washing water, the black black rice, stuck to Wanying's body like countless lice, and she can't shake it off.

The palace maid preemptively scolded: "Be a dead hoof, everyone has helped you, you can't lift it, you can't do this little work!" The mule eats and knows how to grind; You might as well go out early and kill yourself, and save some food in the palace. ”

Where is there room for explanation, Wanying's body is even soaked with the middle clothes inside, the cold rice washing water, with the colder wind sword and frost sword, keeps drilling into Wanying's body. Wanying was like being possessed by an ice demon, frozen from her feet to her head, and she was stunned motionless and at a loss.

Because it was the Queen Mother's explanation, such a situation happened, and everyone was stupid for a while.

"Stupid and stupid, not enough to succeed and more than to lose. Why don't you quickly kneel down in the courtyard and wait for your father-in-law to punish you, and receive the reward here? Seeing this, an elderly aunt quickly put down her work and ran to Wanying, saying while beating the rice grains on her body fiercely.

Grandpa Cui's thunderous anger was already undoubtedly revealed, and when he heard this aunt's words, his distorted face instantly became as happy as a chrysanthemum: "Aunt Bitong, which lard and confused slave asked you to come over to help!" Is the concubine good? Auntie has been on her lately? After speaking, he pointed to Wanying and said, "Don't hurry up and thank Aunt Bitong, Ma slipped outside and knelt." ”

Wanying was about to argue, but the aunt blocked Wanying's mouth by slapping the rice grains. Carrying Cui Gonggong's back, his eyes swayed brightly, signaling Wanying not to move easily.

Wanying didn't dare to argue or slack off, she felt a thousand grievances in her heart, and she had to obediently move her body outside and kneel in the courtyard if she resisted.

In the early morning of midwinter, the snow in the shade of the courtyard has not completely receded and is covered with new snow again. On the dry eaves, a few early jackdaws crowed one after another, and a biting cold wind blew away the steaming smoke from the roof.

The palace maids and eunuchs of each palace came one after another to receive the food boxes in their palaces, and occasionally a few palace maids would lower their voices and say: "It's really pitiful to kneel here on a cold day." ”

"The poor man must have something to hate, and he must have done something unforgivable wrong, otherwise he would not be able to kneel here on a cold day."

"You see her clothes seem to be frozen."

"Auntie, you know a lot of people, tell the father-in-law in the imperial dining room, she will die if she kneels like this." A little palace maid said.

At this moment, Wanying was already a little delirious, she looked at the little palace maid's face, as if it was full, and a huge warm current instantly rose in her cold heart, instantly sweeping her whole body.

"Don't worry about it so much, your concubine Niangniang got up, we haven't gone back yet, and it's another scolding. It's better to take care of yourself than to take care of others, have you forgotten what your aunt taught you? The older maid said in a voice.

The ice and snow that had not yet melted in Wanying's heart froze again, and this time even her soul was trapped in it, unable to get out.

The little palace maid stopped talking, and several people hurriedly carried the food box out of the door of the imperial dining room. The hand that was originally frozen touched the skirt that had been slightly frozen, and it hurt vividly.

I cried bitterly in my heart and sighed: If my father knew that I was suffering like this here, I guess I wouldn't have given up, and if my mother knew that her child had what happened today, she would probably regret letting me enter the palace. I, I never expected that the life of a palace maid was not even as good as that of a maid in her own house.

Wanying's thoughts turned back and forth, wandering aimlessly, only feeling that she wanted to escape from this big ice cave, but her heart was firmly sealed inside, and she kept colliding and bleeding, but it was just in vain.

In a trance, a little eunuch who was walking hurriedly ran in and shouted loudly: "Grandpa Cui, Grandpa Cui, Prince Rong is back, and now he has entered the city, the Queen Mother let me prepare a table for a banquet quickly, there must be no mistake." ”

"Didn't Ming'er just come back? How can it be so fast? ”

"My father-in-law Cui, don't ask, I was originally scheduled to return to Beijing tomorrow, but the prince misses the queen mother very much, and he will come back day and night."

In a trance, a ruthless voice came into my ears: "Still stunned and waiting to die, make a table of dishes in an hour, and other people's feet are used as hand, you are still kneeling there and doing something, why don't you come in and help." ”

Wanying exerted all her strength, but she couldn't move, she didn't know if she knelt for too long, or she was really frozen by the knotted ice, and struggled to stand up, but she was top-heavy, the sky was spinning, crooked, and she couldn't control her legs at all.

"If you really want to die, who are you going to show this look to?" The ghostly voice ringing in my ears again.

"Slave, slave is really ......" Wanying wanted to say, the slave and maid knelt for too long and really couldn't stand up. Before she could finish speaking, Wanying suddenly felt a warm embrace embracing her.

"Father-in-law, for the sake of the thin face of the humble position, let's slow down this girl first."

Wanying was happy: Daddy, it must be Daddy, he can't see me suffering, so he came to pick me up.

No, this is the inner court of the palace, and no matter how high my father's official position is, he will not be allowed to enter without a will. It doesn't seem to be Daddy's voice. Who is it?