Chapter 016: The First Time on an Errand
The first rays of the sun in the east shone on the earth, and Hongluan was already sitting at the table, she had slept badly last night; When the light shone through the window, and slowly the things in the room became more and more visible, she sighed softly and turned around: "It's time to go get food." "She saw someone bring food in.
The big girl just sat up and put on her clothes in no hurry: "Don't worry, you won't ask us to pick it up for a while." "Hearing that the food is still so steady, where is it still like her.
Hongluan's mind has not fully returned, and she has not taken her words to heart for the big girl; Just sat down on the table and continued to think about her thoughts.
The big girl got dressed and turned around and frowned slightly: "Don't hold your cheeks, you'll be unlucky." β
"Huh?" Hongluan looked at the big girl: "This, this is also the rule?" "Yesterday, she was frightened by the rules, and when she heard what she didn't want or didn't allow, her first reaction was that it was also the rules of the palace.
The big girl saw Hongluan sitting down like this: "It's not a rule, but everyone says so; Cheeks are worried, let's do it even if it's for the sake of good luck, we don't have to get along with ourselves, right? You don't have to think too much, you just entered the palace, and after you became familiar with the rules, in fact, there is nothing. β
Hongluan nodded lightly, and then said embarrassedly: "I'm in a hurry, but I can't find ...... after searching all over the house; When I went out, I didn't find a thatched house in the courtyard, and I didn't dare to go out and walk around. Her face was a little red.
The big girl was embarrassed when she heard this: "It's not mine, there is no toilet or anything like that in the palace, and there is no place like a thatched house - there can be no smell in the palace." β
She took out a basin from under the bed, which was full of plant ash: "Use this for all the poops, and when you are done, clean it out and pour it into the bag on the left outside the door, and someone will come and take it away; Remember to take the ashes from the bag on the right and put it in. β
Sister Hongluan and Liu Zhen both widened their eyes: the palace is really weirdly tight.
Following the customs of the locals, Hongluan and others can only use pots to solve internal emergencies; Just when I heard someone outside calling for food, the big girl got up in a hurry: "Quick!" The voice landed and she was already outside the door.
Hongluan looked at Liu Zhen: "Can you still go?" β
Liu Zhen smiled bitterly: "It's okay." Let's go quickly. Liu Xiu stayed on the kang and didn't get up, and of course Liu Zhen took the food.
The morning meal was still wotou, but the soup was white noodle soup.
Hongluan retrieved the food and sat down, but it was useless, and after a long while, he said softly: "There should be a lot of vegetables and meat in this soup, right?" Not only did she smell the meat, but just now she also heard the little eunuch who brought the rice say that it was meat soup and vegetable soup.
The big girl was sending the nest to her mouth, and after hearing the words, she was slightly stunned, and said lightly: "If you want to talk less, you should ask less, let's eat." β
Hongluan closed her eyes and picked up the nest, even the meat and vegetables were picked out, but these foods were good for her, but the amount was less.
She didn't expect that the Yellow Palace Maiden and a few palace slaves of her cronies would do such a thing, wasn't it just a bite to eat? This is the palace, and no one will starve to death.
After breakfast, the girl began to embroider, and the sisters Hongluan and Liu Zhen were called out to learn the rules.
The rules are not very complicated, relatively easy to remember, but they are harsh; For example, no matter how painful it is, you can't scream or cry out.
After lunch, there was nothing to do, Hongluan and Liu Zhen sat at the table with nothing to do and stared at each other, the big girl was still embroidering, and she didn't mean to talk to Hongluan, so Hongluan and the others didn't bother her.
Hongluan and Liu Zhen had nothing to do, and finally climbed into bed and lay down and fell asleep for I don't know how long it took; It wasn't until this time that Hongluan had a little bit of a feeling that the palace slave was not so bitter: on days when you were so idle that you could only sleep, you couldn't ask for more, could you?
After dinner, the girl still embroidered flowers for a while, and then went to bed early, and she slept a little early compared to last night; Seeing that Hongluan and Liu Zhen were still sitting at the table, he said, "Go to bed early, there is a difference tonight." β
Hongluan finally couldn't help but ask, "What errand did we receive, why do we have to do it at night?" β
The big girl yawned: "Fattening." Then without saying a word, he fell into a deep sleep.
Liu Zhen looked at Hongluan: "Why do you want to fertilize at night?" β
Hongluan didn't understand: "Maybe it's the rules." She could only conjecture; Because she had slept in the afternoon, she didn't feel sleepy at all, and after the Liu Zhen sisters fell asleep, she took out her jacket - the contents were taken out and sewn into another worn-out jacket, which was the clothes that the palace gave them these palace slaves.
No sooner had she put away her jacket than she heard someone say that the hour had come; She turned around and just wanted to call Da Niu and Liu Zhen sisters, but saw that Da Niu had already sat up.
After yesterday's lesson, even Liu Xiu didn't dare to delay, and the four of them hurried to the courtyard, and there were already a few people in the courtyard.
The big girl stood in front and motioned for Hongluan and the others to stand behind her; And there are only two people standing side by side with the big girl.,I think it's the people who live in the East Chamber.,People who entered the palace before and after the big girl.γ
Hongluan's heart sank again, there were twenty or thirty people coming and going in this courtyard in the past two or three years, right? But only three people survived in front of him - as for whether they will be able to get out of the palace alive, it is still unknown.
The maid of the Yellow Palace came out and glanced at the palace slaves: "Come with me, don't talk, don't look around." After speaking, he walked out of the small courtyard with Hongluan and the others, and it was quiet outside.
After walking around for a while, the yellow palace maid finally stopped: "Today's errand is to fertilize the peony flower garden, and when the time comes, it must be done and leave; The three of you teach them first. After saying that, she went to the side, and the palace slave who followed her had already laid a place for her to sit.
Someone came over to distribute small wooden shovels to Hongluan and others, and also gave each person a small bag.
When Hongluan was wondering what was in the small bag, the big girl had already opened the bag and poured out the thing with great care: it was the grass ash wrapped in something I don't know what it wasβshe could guess what it was when she thought of the plant ash in the pot in the morning.
It's just that these little bags are not the same as the ashes they contain.
The big girl said softly: "The rule of our errand is that you can't break the ashes of the grass and trees, otherwise it will be a big mistake if there is a peculiar smell, and you will be beaten to death ......." She was serious, and she wasn't joking.
Hongluan cheered up and listened carefully to what the girl said, and watched the girl do it carefully, and she herself carefully followed it and did it again: Very good, there was no mistake.
Dig pits and cover them up little by little according to the number of flowers and trees; Squatting, kneeling, and lying on the ground is just that, the most uncomfortable thing is to get into the flowers and trees: if you want to be fattened, you can't hurt the flower branches or something, otherwise in the words of the big girl, it will be a big mistake.
Well, in the palace, as long as their palace slaves break the rules, it is almost a big mistake; Hongluan was helpless.
Just as I was about to finish work, I suddenly heard a sound not far away, and a bright light coming. Hongluan raised his head in surprise: At this time, according to the rules of the Yellow Palace maid, all palaces and courtyards have already given the key, and there can be no one else in the palace except for them who are doing dirty and rough work.
Just when the words "there will be no one" flashed in her heart, a flower in front of her seemed to fly above her head: there really has to be someone!
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