The twilight is deep, and the afterglow is fading.

King Ning's chariot and horse procession slowly drove out of the main gate of the small courtyard and headed towards the direction of Yancheng Palace. The guards rode on their horses, and the servants lined up in two lines with torches, like a winding fire dragon.

"The prince's pomp is so big."

Xue He stood by the window and looked at the team that was drifting away, flattening his mouth.

As soon as she turned around, she saw two maids with her legs raised and entered her room, raised her two huge nostrils and said, "Come out, my master wants to see you." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for her to reply, so he raised his legs and walked away with a disgusted face, as if he didn't want to stay in this house for a moment.

Meow meow? Did I just get a roll of my eyes?

She subconsciously looked at the little rabbit, who was calmly sweeping the ashes on the bookcase: "What are you doing with me?" Do you still expect a paper man to help you with ideas? ”

You have a point.

Xue He glanced in the mirror, facing the sky, clear water hibiscus, so-so can also see people. As soon as he stepped out of the threshold with one leg raised, he suddenly changed his mind again: The princess wants to see me, and I don't know what it is, so I have to pay attention to it after all, right?

But now it's dark, and it's weird to dress up...... Thinking about it, she rolled up her sleeves, reached out and dipped it in the brass basin and wanted to wipe it on her head, but she heard the little rabbit pull the dead man and say:

"Either there are no ugly women in the world, only lazy women - when a woman can be lazy to you, there is no one, right?"

Xue He's eyes widened, and he picked up the water and sprinkled it at her: "You little rotten hooves!" If you don't learn anything, you just learn my master's stinky mouth! ”

The little rabbit hid and said to forgiveness: "Hey! I'm going to get wet, but there's no one waiting for you! ”

"I'm so angry, who still wants you to serve!"

If you want to say that this paper-cut villain is good, it's just that I'm afraid of water, which is very annoying, once it is stained with water, it loses its mana and shows its original form, which can be said to be difficult and dangerous in life - but it's not a big problem, and it can be used again after drying, and it doesn't get in the way.

Unless it's soaked in water, it's really not withdrawn at all, and you can only cut another one.

The two quarreled for a while, and Xue He suddenly caught a glimpse of the courtyard being brightly lit, dozens of people surrounding a carriage but silent, and the noble lady she had seen before was standing in the middle, wearing a big red cloak and preparing to get on the carriage.

Xue He stuck out his tongue, hurriedly straightened his clothes, and came down from the embroidery building.

The princess's expressionless face looked fierce, and she didn't know how to say hello, so she stood timidly in front of everyone.

"Cheap little whore! Don't you still salute when you see the princess? ”

A woman in her thirties beside the hostess scolded her, but saw the princess raise her hand lightly and stopped her: "That's it, don't scare her." ”

Although it sounds like a good word, it is a chill to the bone.

Xue He blinked, looked left and right - Mom, these people are so fierce, they look even more terrible than horse bandits.

"The palace is a place where rules are spoken, and there has never been a reason to set up a house outside to raise concubines, and it has been passed out to make people laugh and lose the dignity of the royal family."

The princess opened her mouth and said slowly: "Since you have the favor of the prince, pack up your things and go back to the house with me, now." ”

The domineering woman emphasized the 'now' in particular, and with the help of the maid she turned and got into the carriage.

"Okay, okay!"

Snow River nodded happily. - It turns out that the princess meant to take me back to the palace! What are you doing so fiercely, scare me.

Then, the carriage slowly drove out of the small courtyard, and several of the princess's personal maids also followed behind the carriage, and lined up in a long line.

A few inferior servants, as strong as bears, threw their daily belongings into the courtyard and put them together in such a rude manner that they were burned by a fire.

Although she felt that this was clearly a bully, and she felt a little uncomfortable, but when she thought that she would be able to see him every day if she lived in the palace in the future, she still happily called out to the little rabbit and happily got into the carriage where the inferior maids were sitting.

Some people say that the new concubine in the palace is beautiful and fragrant, and she is a first-class beauty.

Some people also say that the new concubine has a really big heart.

The late autumn in Yancheng is as cold as a day, and he said that he could see him every day when he lived in the palace, but this time it was only half a month later, why didn't he see him once?

However, this big basin of dirty clothes can be seen every day, and Xue He wondered in his heart: why is there so much of a big and so many maids in this palace, and there are so many clothes left that can't be washed, and she has to help? Didn't these people have to change their clothes before she came?

Master said that the world is just singing what song is on what mountain—since you live in the palace, you have to obey the rules of the palace.

The rice I eat every day is just a small bowl of brown rice and a small plate of pickles; The place where he lived was ventilated on all sides, and the quilt was as thin as a piece of paper. It seems that life in the palace is not the same as rumored, and it is still quite hard.

Fortunately, her skin is very trouble-free, she can eat or not, and she is not picky about cold and warm; It is a day to dress up carefully and keep an empty house alone, and it is also a day to do work in coarse cloth clothes and back pain.

She is easy-going by nature, although she is naughty and naughty when she is in heaven, but when she sees the little girls around her who are about her age suffering and suffering, she accepts her temperament and works and plays with them; She is generous with her hands and feet, and when she gets delicious and fun, she will share it with the little girls, and she will be happy all day long, and her life is simple and happy.

However, I always feel like something is wrong.

On this day, the little girls carried wooden barrels to fetch water, leaving Xuehe alone to work in the Huanyi Workshop.

Although it was late autumn, it was not cold enough to turn into ice, the plants and trees in the courtyard were all withered, and the last leaf was swept away by the autumn wind at some point, leaving only the bare branches to occupy a corner of the boxy sky.

In the middle of the courtyard were four huge wooden basins on the ground, which almost filled the entire courtyard, and it was full of people changing into dirty clothes. Xue He laboriously used a wooden bucket to add water from the tank to the wooden basin on the ground, then took off his shoes and socks, tied the crimson coarse cloth dress to his waist, and jumped directly into the large wooden basin with a pair of bare feet.

"Hey!"

Xue He was naughty like a rabbit, and as soon as he jumped in with his feet, he felt that the water was cold and biting, and he couldn't help muttering to himself:

"Wow~Sour~"

After getting used to it for a while, her snow-white little feet froze into carrots, and she immediately pouted her ass and jumped into the wooden basin next door, and then jumped back and forth between the four basins, and her little feet stepped on the clothes of the hill, although it was stronger than the rubbing of her hands, but the water was too cold.

Moreover, it seems that this swishing Huanyi shop does not have the habit of boiling hot water, and all the water for washing has to be fetched from the well in the courtyard next door, and four or five little girls carry it back bucket by bucket and pour it into the water tank for later use.

Therefore, every morning at dawn, the little girls would be called to do the hard work in turn.

Today's turn is her turn to do a relatively light job.

"That seems like a bad idea."

The water in the tank was left in the yard overnight, and it was cold to the bone.

She jumped blindly in the water for a while, clenched a pair of small pink fists in her chest, stood barefoot on the bluestone bricks in the courtyard trembling, and trembled to herself:

"It's not fun, it's not fun at all."

When she was bending down to put on her shoes and socks, she suddenly felt as if a big hand was squeezing her ass behind her.

"Wow!"

She screamed in fright, jumped on the small stool and turned around: "What person?!" ”

The face of a lewd uncle.

This person is Wang Mazi, the head of the Huanyi Workshop, and his mother-in-law and son are also working in the palace. This shriveled little old man in his forties is the worst of the stewards, always looking for an opportunity to eat the tofu of the little girls.

"Little beauty, if you follow me, you won't have to suffer in this place where no one is seen every day in the future."

Xue He had a black face and silently picked up the mallet from the ground for laundry.

"Up and down the palace, there are too many women who have been pampered by the prince! What is so beautiful as a fairy? But when I get to my Huanyi Fang, the good days are over! Your little life is now in my hands. ”

Seeing that she was full of vigilance, Wang Mazi rubbed his hands with a smile and put it into a smoky gray satin jacket.

- Well, it looks so warm.

Xue He didn't care about his words at all, and looked down at his hands: after washing clothes for seven or eight days in a row, a pair of delicate and silky red crispy hands are now swollen like roasted pig's trotters.

He's right.

Xue He touched his chin: You can't get to the pinnacle of life by working diligently and being obedient, you can only die of exhaustion in this cage-like small place!

Lao Paper borrowed such a beautiful human skin to go down the mountain to play, but it wasn't for your family's laundry!

She stared at him with sparkling eyes, and it made his mouth water.

"So, what should I do?" She asked earnestly.

"Go on the road!"

Seeing this, Wang Mazi stepped forward, took a deep breath on her chest through the light linen clothes, took her waist, and whispered: "As long as you obey me today, you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, and you will not suffer hardships again, how about it?" ”

Xue He blinked thoughtfully: "That's it? It's that simple? ”

She heard the rough maid below say that those who work in the palace can only secretly stuff silver to the steward if they want to suffer less sin. But that money is not easy to earn!

She's only been here for less than a month, and she's never seen a single copper.

Wang Mazi smiled like a flower: "It's as simple as that!" ”

As she spoke, her tree-like hand crept into her skirt, groping and tugging hard, and then slipped off with a crumbling pull.

The two were so close that they were almost about to stick together, but Xue He suddenly lowered his head, and the round and strong little cerebellum smashed straight at the bridge of the guy's nose.

"Old pervert!"

Wang Mazi snorted, covered his face in pain and bent down.

Snow River pulled the loose skirt belt from his waist, deftly wrapped his hands around his mouth, strangled his nosebleed mouth, tied a knot in the back of his head and looped it back, and the snake wrapped around his two arms and tied them firmly together in the back.

Although the skirt is thin, it just stuck the arm and stopped at a tricky angle that cannot be forced; At the end, she calmly tied a beautiful knot between her two thumbs - she clapped her hands, and she was done.