I don't know how long it took, I just felt that it was cold and frozen, hungry, Wanying sat in the sedan chair and froze her hands and feet, and the charcoal fire in the hand stove was warm and hot. The sky was dark, as if it was holding back a heavy snowfall. The sedan chair was blurred.

Growing so big, Wanying knew for the first time what hunger and cold were. Everyone thinks that entering the palace is a beautiful thing, and who can understand and perceive all kinds of sufferings inside, such as hunger and cold at the moment?

Walking and walking, the sedan chair stopped, did not move for a long time, Wanying opened the curtain, and the woman next to her said, "I have arrived at the Zhenshun Gate." ”

Zhenshun Gate is a side gate in the northeast corner of Ziwei Shrine. As the name suggests, it is hoped that the women who enter from this will be respectful and obedient. According to the royal regulations, except for the emperor's wedding, the Empress of the Main Palace was allowed to enter through the main gate of the Ziwei Shrine. Women in the world, regardless of their status, enter and exit through the Zhenshun Gate according to the rules of entering and exiting from the east and west. Therefore, a palace maid like Wanying, who has no grade or rank, is naturally no exception.

Looking up, sure enough, through the curtain of the sedan chair, I couldn't see how high the palace wall in front of me was. The gray masonry fits together seamlessly, neatly arranged to the point where you can't see it even when you look up. The dried moss under the corner of the wall was bare and grayish. Before Wanying, there were also several small sedan chairs with tiled green, lined up at one time. Not far away, two columns of guards hung their swords at their waists, standing majestically in front of the gate.

When she was young, the woman said, "The eunuch who is in charge of the inner court has come out." ”

Although I couldn't see the sedan chair outside, I was sitting upright in a regular manner, and I only heard a chicken's strange voice read aloud:

"Hua Concubine Li's - Falling into the Sedan Accumulation Spring Pavilion - Enter-"

"Concubine-Wei's Huizhen--Falling Sedan Yun Xiuxuan-Enter-"

"The noble master's family - the sedan chair Yun Xiuxuan - enter-"

"The Imperial Servant Tong - Falling into the Sedan - Chu Lixuan - Enter-"

"The Imperial Servant Qiao's - Falling into the Sedan Chair Spring Pavilion - Enter-"

……

After a long time, I finally heard: "Gongren Shi's family-Chu Lixuan, who fell into the sedan chair, entered-"

The sedan chair was raised steadily, slowly entering the Zhenshun door, and the wind blew the sedan curtain, revealing the blue-gray stone road, which was stiff and smooth. After the doorway, there were snowflakes floating in the sky, and the grandmother next to her gathered by the sedan curtain and said: "The first snow this year, just when the girl entered the palace, Ruixue is a good year, a good omen." The girl will be exalted in the future. ”

Wanying remembered her father's teachings, even if she was flattering, she didn't dare to accept it, she only squeezed the already cold hand stove tightly and refused to relax, and she didn't know whether it was a hand stove to warm her hands or a hand stove.

The sedan chair turned around and finally entered Chu Lixuan. One day of hunger and cold, Wanying was overdrawn to the extreme, got off the sedan chair with soft steps, and entered the east wing of Mama's finger lightly.

Entering the house and being warm like spring, there was already a new person waiting in the palace. The guiding grandmother said, "From now on, this will be your home, so that you can serve your masters." It's good to get along, remember what I said today: good is also a day, and bad is also a day. Life is all about living, depending on the individual's life. After speaking, he opened the door and walked out.

The palace man came to Wanying, and said to Wanying with a smile: "My name is Qi Qiuli, I am sixteen this year, my father is the general judge of Taiyuan Mansion, and he is the sixth grade, I don't know the name of the young lady?" ”

Wanying was about to answer, when she heard someone knocking on the door, Wanying hurriedly stood up, two eunuchs dressed in extraordinary clothes, and two grandmothers in the same decent clothes behind her, and four mermaids rushed in.

The eunuch on the right raised his hand and introduced: "This is the eunuch Zhang Gonggong, the leader of the Northeast Fourth Courtyard." ”

"I've seen Grandpa Zhang." Qi Qiuli greeted Wanying first.

"Okay, I know the etiquette very well, which young lady are you Lingzun in any position?"

"Slave Qi Qiuli, my father is Taiyuan Tong Judge Qi Sixian."

"It turned out to be Lord Qi's daughter, the white peach that you paid tribute to Taiyuan Mansion this year, the Queen Mother and the concubines used it and felt good, and they had a heart."

"Thank you father-in-law for your appreciation, and I will tell my father about this when I turn back to the slave's house."

Father-in-law Zhang smiled and said nothing, looking arrogant and domineering. Qi Qiuli wanted to talk, but the level disparity was too great, and she didn't know where to open for a while.

"Father-in-law, please move to the other hall, there are still three or four places." The eunuch next to him, who seemed to have a lower status, said.

"Okay" turned his gaze to Wanying and Qi Qiuli and said, "Here, if there is anything you don't want to tell your housekeeper, it's okay to rest when it's late." ”

As soon as she heard this, it was like five thunderbolts, Wanying had not eaten the rice for two days and two nights, and she was already about to faint with hunger at this time, if she really slept and didn't know if she would be able to wake up tomorrow, she thought of it and said: "Father-in-law, I want a bowl of green silk wonton noodles." ”

This is already a humble request in Wanying's heart, if she is at home, even if she wants to eat the moon in the sky, the kitchen person has to serve it obediently.

However, this place was the Ziwei Divine Palace, and the people who were about to step out of the house looked back at Wanying one after another.

"Yo Yo Yo, which show girl is this? It's such a big deal, are you the mother of which palace, or are you the master of which palace? "The speaker is the eunuch with a lower official rank just now.

Wanying didn't know how she offended this father-in-law for a while, why was she so disrespectful?

Standing next to her, the maid who led the palace just now, said: "Back to Gonggong Liu, this woman is the third lady of the Shuntian Mansion Yin Shi Zhongyuan Master's family. ”

As soon as Gonggong Liu heard his father's official position, he knew that the tone just now was definitely offensive. The chief eunuch of the Northeast Fourth Court is only five grades, and this Liu Gonggong seems to have an official position under Zhang Gonggong. So for a while, he couldn't continue the arrogant atmosphere just now.

Qi Qiuli's eyes next to her were already as wide as dates. Gonggong Zhang took it and said: "Since you are the daughter of the teacher, the noble person of Yun Xiuxuan is you-"

"It's Sister Wanying." Wanying conversation.

"Oh! That being the case, the old slave told him bluntly, in the palace, from top to bottom, from respect to humility, all abide by the etiquette law. What do you call yourself? 'Wanying'? Who are you? There are no rules, no rules, no system. In the palace, a nameless palace maid like you is afraid that there are more ants on the ground than there are ants. Who dares to call themselves 'Wanying'? All of them are slaves, do you understand? Grandpa Zhang said viciously. Wanying's tears of grievance kept dripping. Even if it's a wrong rule, can't you just say it? Why are you so fierce?

"Tell the kitchen to give her a bowl of Yangchun noodles. I really don't know what my identity is, and when I enter the palace, I am a slave and maid, and I put down my young lady's money. Green silk wonton noodles, cold and cold, where to find green cabbage leaves to pound juice and noodles when the black lights are blind. "Then Father-in-law Liu saw that Father-in-law Zhang had never looked at his father's face and raised Yu Wanying, so he picked up the arrogance just now.

"Tell me below, just say that our family ordered me to make her a bowl of green silk wonton noodles." Father-in-law Zhang saw Wanying's snot and tears, and he also softened his heart.

A few people finally got out of the house, Wanying sat on an empty bed, helpless, only kept wiping her tears, originally thought that she was also capable, but now she knew that when she left the master's mansion, she was just an ant-like existence.