Change is coming in the hot summer season.

Madame Xu summoned these little girls, who had already begun to take the form of palace maids, and told them that there was so much she could teach them, and that from tomorrow they would be assigned to different places on errands.

Jiang Xing'er prayed vigorously before going to bed, and her brows were furrowed like a demon, probably like this in her family. Hong Shuxiu lay there nervously and stiffly, motionless. Ah Fu also felt frightened, but Ah Fu thought that they were young and had not learned anything yet, so they would not serve the nobles as soon as they came up. Or, a female official with status like Mrs. Xu also needs a little palace maid to serve, right? When I think about it, I don't feel nervous.

"Sister Afu, aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid of what?"

"If it is, if it is ......" Hong Shuxiu couldn't say it stupidly, but Ah Fu understood what she meant.

"It's useless to be afraid, go to sleep. If you don't have a good spirit, when you have to be assigned tomorrow, maybe you will be sent to drudgery. ”

"Ah, yes!" All the uneasy girls in the room immediately fell asleep in a hurry. After a while, Hong Shuxiu said in a pitiful and anxious voice: "Sister Afu, what should I do if I can't sleep!" ”

There was a sigh and sigh all around.

Ah Fu suddenly wanted to laugh, and when he was anxious to sleep, he couldn't sleep, which was really a worrying thing.

In the morning, everyone's time to make up was longer than usual, Chen Huizhen's hands were skillful, and her hair had not grown too long, but it was still braided. The braid is divided into two strands, and after the braid is finished, it is twisted out of the pattern and coiled up against the sideburns, and the jet-black hair is lined with the white cheeks, which is extraordinarily delicate. The clothes were the same for everyone, but she tightened her waist, and thus became more slender.

A dozen or so girls stood in a row, the weather was getting hotter, and the shoulders of the scorching sun seemed to melt. Ah Fu sweated on his forehead, but he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it.

It was almost noon when the man who decided their future fate came.

Mrs. Xu accompanied a woman wearing a purple begonia palace dress, who was older and had a more calm temperament, and she was standing half a step back.

"This is Mrs. Liu."

Ah Fu and the others saluted together: "Meet Mrs. Liu." ”

"Well, no need to be polite, just keep your head up."

It's impossible to say not to be nervous. Ah Fu also felt his heart pounding.

That Mrs. Liu was beautiful, not angry and arrogant, she must have been a beauty when she was young, and she is still charming. Her gaze slowly scanned the girls, and when she saw Ah Fu, she seemed to pause slightly.

"Put your hands up."

Ah Fu raised his hand, palm up.

"Flip it around."

After carefully reading them one by one, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Xu whispered a few words, and Mrs. Xu took out their roster and sketched them one by one.

The girls didn't dare to breathe in a nervous atmosphere, and waited with bated breath one by one.

Standing next to Ah Fook was Hong Shuxiu, and then Chen Huizhen. Out of the corner of Ah Fu's eyes, he saw Hong Shuxiu's nervous hands clenched together, while Chen Huizhen looked calm as usual, and when she looked closely, she found that her hands were also trembling slightly.

Mrs. Xu cleared her throat and began to assign the girls where to go. I read a few names in front of me, all of which went to Xiangshen Garden. Mrs. Xu has already said a few days ago that Xiangshen Garden is the place where flowers are planted in the palace. Nine times out of ten, the fresh flowers used in the harem come from there. Then the names of the other two girls were read, and they were assigned to the Chengan Temple, whose main duty was still to take care of the flower beds.

Maybe when things come to an end, it's useless to be afraid, but Ah Fu is calm.

Then came the remaining four.

Chen Huizhen raised her head and looked at the roster in Mrs. Xu's hand. Her expression was also calm, but Ah Fu could feel how eager her anticipation was.

Chen Huizhen and Ah Fu have different ideas. In her eyes, there was a desire to prove herself and struggle upstream.

"Chen Huizhen, Hong Shuxiu, will be on an errand in Yulan Palace from tomorrow. Zhu Yuxi, Jiang Xing'er, the two of you packed up your things and went with Mrs. Liu. ”

Ah Fu and the others have nothing to tidy up, just two clothes for one person. The clothes brought with him when he entered the palace were kept close to his body, but the ones outside were not worn in the palace, but no one was willing to throw away the old clothes he brought from home.

"Ah Fu, Xing'er, congratulations, follow Mrs. Liu, you will definitely have a future in the future."

Ah Fu nodded and said goodbye to Chen Huizhen. Getting along these days is somewhat emotional.

"Take care."

"Take care, too."

Ah Fu and the others followed the lady out of the courtyard. Ah Fu looked back, and the courtyard where they had lived for many days seemed inseparable from the other courtyards, the same Zhumen, the same Uwa.

In the same yard, I don't know how many girls like them have spent their time here. They are neither the first nor the last.

Ah Fu hugged the burden tightly and left the courtyard, and they really entered the palace.

The sun was so strong that I didn't go far, and the sweat on my body was about to soak through my clothes.

Fortunately, after they entered a dark door, they turned into a cloister. There was a tile eaves on his head to cover him, and Ah Fu sighed. Jiang Xing'er's face next to her was also hot and red, and she was sweating profusely.

The corridors, the courtyards were full of flowers, the breeze was blowing on his cheeks, and it was still quiet, and Ah Fu felt that there seemed to be something missing in the summer noon in the palace.

Yes, there is no cry of understanding.

The cicadas in the palace are probably noisy, so they are all sticky early.

Someone walked towards them, Mrs. Liu stood still, and the person who came waved at her slightly, and Ah Fu didn't dare to raise his head. The woman and Mrs. Liu were obviously very familiar with each other, and her voice was not restrained: "Where did Mrs. Liu come from?" Yo, these two are new to the palace? ”

"yes."

"It's really two creations, follow you, and the future will be promising."

Mrs. Liu asked her, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go to Yuxi Palace to deliver something."

Ah Fu raised his head slightly, the woman was wearing the same green dress as Mrs. Xu, and the palace man who followed behind her was holding a dark lacquer box in her hand.

The palace is so big, Ah Fu can't remember how many portals she has passed, she can only write down the general direction of this way, if she is asked to go back the same way now, she will definitely not recognize it. The palace walls, palace roads, corridors, and doors and windows here all look exactly the same.

Lady Liu finally brought them into a palace courtyard. There is a row of low houses at the back of the palace, hidden behind trees, and if you don't look closely, you will think that there is only one wall. Madame Liu called a palace maid in.

"Lu Ying, you take the two of them to wash their faces and change their clothes for dinner, and then let them take care of the flowers by the pool with Liu Run first."

"Yes, ma'am."

Lu Ying looked sixteen or seventeen years old, her face was white and tender, and she looked honest and silent.

Mrs. Liu turned her face and looked at Ah Fu and Xing'er. Apricot shrank a little, her head hung down, and her chin was almost on her chest.

"Study hard, don't talk too much, if you don't know, ask Luying."

When Mrs. Liu left, Lu Ying came over to look at the two of them one by one: "Well, what's their name?" ”

Jiang Xing'er said, Ah Fu said: "My surname is Zhu, and Sister Lu Ying calls me Ah Fu." ”

"Well, that's a good name. It's also a blessed look to look at. Lu Ying clapped her hands: "Come, let's go eat first." ”

Jiang Xing'er blinked: "Don't you wash your face and change your clothes?" "Sweaty clothes don't feel very comfortable on your body.

"I don't have any clothes for you here." Lu Ying smiled brightly: "After eating, I will go to the storehouse to bring you clothes." ”

Ah Fu asked, "Sister Luying, where is this?" ”

Lu Ying stopped: "You still don't know? This is the west hall of Defu Palace, in the future, you have to be careful not to make mistakes, you know? ”

Ah Fu and Xing'er replied together: "I know." ”

Fortune Palace?

It turned out that this was where the Queen Mother lived.

Ah Fu and Xing'er couldn't help but glance at each other.

talked about nobles and nobles all day long, but I didn't expect that all of a sudden, I would arrive at a place so close to nobles.

"You guys, why don't you go quickly?"

"Yes!"