47 Cleaning the Library
Zhou Kang packed up the tableware and put it in the food box, and Mo'er said, "It's nothing, I won't bother you, I'll go back first." ”
The emperor agreed to her departure, looked at her active back, felt full of heart, and was full of enthusiasm to review the folds, thinking that he would read the folds quickly and have more time to do his own things.
Zhuo Guang saw Mo'er come out, his face was shocked, just now Director Zhou invited her in, that attitude was like that of the master, he couldn't figure out what Mo'er's identity was, seeing that the dress was no different from an ordinary palace maid, he didn't want to be the concubine.
"Brother Zhuo, later, I'll go to you to find out more about this." Mo'er made a gesture to count the money.
"Good...... Good...... Good. ”
Put away the food box, seeing that it was cloudy today, Mo'er explained a few words to Lian'er, and wandered around boredly, this was the second time she had come to the palace, and the most place she stayed was the Meditation Palace, and she hadn't walked anywhere else.
I saw a lot of palace maids and eunuchs in a hurry, and it is no wonder that it is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, and all the palace concubines have to dress up themselves, to appear in the most beautiful posture, and strive to attract the attention of the emperor, and the people below must do a good job for the master.
The palace must be carefully cleaned, decorated with all the affairs related to the Mid-Autumn Festival, compared to other palaces, or the heart of the palace is relatively quiet, come to this for a long time only to find that without the permission of the emperor, except for the palace maid who serves him to live, the rest of the people are not allowed to step into the palace of the heart of the heart half a step.
When passing by the corridor of the library cabinet, I saw two palace maids kneeling on the floor and muttering incessantly, and I vaguely heard them complaining that the division of labor was uneven, and asked them to clean the library before dinner. Outside, the open space was filled with tables covered with books.
When the aunt appeared, the two immediately shut up and buried their heads in hard work, Mo'er ignored them, and was about to go for a walk elsewhere, so she called her aunt behind and shouted, "Come here." ”
Mo'er subconsciously looked around, found that she didn't see anyone, and heard her aunt shouting, "What about you?" What else to watch? ”
"Me?" Mo'er pointed at herself inexplicably, "Is there anything wrong with me?" ”
"Don't you know what period it is? Why are you running around so idlely, there are not enough people, come and help clean up. ”
"Then why don't you do it?"
"I'm older than you, and I'm going to clean up the dust of the books in the yard with such a big tone for a palace maid."
Looking at the two palace maids next to her, she was looking at Mo'er pitifully, and she wanted to refuse, but her sympathy was overflowing, because the two palace maids agreed.
"Idle is idle anyway." Mo'er muttered, rolled up her sleeves, and began to sort out the books.
"These books are very valuable, put the books back on the shelves in order after they are tidyed, be careful, otherwise, you will feel better." My aunt left with a cruel word.
"Ahem, ahem." Choking on dust and coughing.
A strip of pale yellow cloth appeared in front of him: "So much dust, you cover your mouth and nose with this." ”
"Thank you." Mo'er took the strip of cloth handed over by the palace maid, tied it on her face, and tied it into the sea of books together.
An hour has passed before a small number of books have been taken care of, which sounds simple, but it is actually very time-consuming, and some of the books cannot help but turn yellow, and they are starting to break down, and they may break if you are not careful. Books must not only be arranged in order, but even the shelves must be wiped clean.
"Do you have to clean it up today? Isn't it okay to divide it into two days? Mo'er said.
"Because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the masters want to win the emperor's favor at the banquet, many servants are preparing for the banquet, and they can be rewarded for their good performance, and we were punished for cleaning the attic because we offended Aunt Rulan."
"Yes! Don't know how long you will be cleaning? ”
"Aunt Rulan, is that the one just now?"
As soon as the topic opened, the two began to complain non-stop, Mo'er also knew the names of the two, Yu'er and Jing'er, they were the palace maids of the Shangyi Bureau, responsible for manufacturing the clothes of the harem maidens, and they originally thought that if the clothes were satisfied, they would be rewarded by the master and get an extra fortune, who knew that offending the aunt was punished and had to clean several places, and it was only the first day.
After the emperor approved some urgent recitals, he rushed back to the meditation hall, found that Mo'er was not in the palace, and asked Honglan that they all said they didn't know, Mo'er only said to go out for a walk, but didn't say to go there.
Looking at the prepared meal, it was already dark, why didn't I see her come back. The emperor looked out of the door worriedly.
"The emperor eats first, and the slave and maid have already asked someone to find it." Lian'er said.
The emperor was thinking about eating at this time, his mind was full of thinking about Mo'er, wondering if she would get lost, wondering if she was in an accident, and his heart was full of thoughts, and he ordered Zhou Kang to take some people to find it.
After clearing the last place, the hot sunlight has long been replaced by gentle moonlight, sprinkling silver on the earth.
Mo'er took out her watch from her arms and found that it was already past eight o'clock, at this time, it should have been dinner, and the aunt of the supervisor had long since disappeared, and it was estimated that she had already slipped away, leaving only the three of them still cleaning here.
"It's so late, it's already past dinner time, and it looks like I haven't eaten tonight." Yu'er said deflated.
"Yes! What to do? I did an afternoon of work, and I was so hungry. ”
Mo'er asked suspiciously, "Don't you have dinner after the time?" ”
"Yes! Don't you know...... Mo'er, I didn't even ask you which palace you are from just now. ”
"Of the Temple of Meditation."
Both of them looked at Mo'er in surprise, and after a long time, Jing'er said: "I didn't expect that you are a person from the Meditation Palace, and you will serve the emperor directly, and you will definitely be rewarded a lot." ”
"Reward?" Mo'er turned back to her puzzled face.
"That's right! Didn't the emperor reward you with anything of value or silver? ”
"No, how can we get rewarded?"
As long as they help the emperor or concubines to do things, they have a great chance to reward the parties when they are in a good mood, and most of them are intimate service people who will have more opportunities, and palace maids like them have very slim opportunities.
"I have never seen the emperor since I entered the palace."
"Me too, I heard that the emperor's jade tree is in the wind, his face is like a crown of jade, and his body is burly."
Mo'er rolled her eyes helplessly, thinking to herself, no matter how handsome she is, her face is black every day, as if everyone owes him money, and it seems that rewards or anything are difficult for him to get.
At the fork in the road, they chose a different path from Mo'er, "Where are you going?" Mo'er asked.
"Of course I'm going back, even if I don't have dinner, I'm going back to rest." Yu'er said.
"I'll take you back to the meditation hall to eat, there should be food there."
The two looked at each other in surprise, and Yu'er said, "You can't just step into the Meditation Palace. ”
"That's right! If the emperor knew, the consequences would be unimaginable, and we couldn't take this risk. ”