Chapter 4: The Palace
As soon as Yu Yu put away the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, she heard someone outside calling herself, which seemed to be the voice of the rough envoy Ma Pozi beside Mother Jin, so she agreed and went out with Zhu Lingling.
Seeing that Zhu Lingling was also here, Ma Pozi immediately smiled: "Miss Yuli has passed, I have to call Miss Lingling, now I don't have to run errands!" β
She smiled and said, "Two girls, Mother Jin asked you to come over!" β
Mother Jin sat on the circle chair against the east wall, looking at Yuyu, Hong Yuli and Zhu Lingling in front of her expressionlessly.
This time, I want to choose a maid for the eldest son, the second son, and the third son from Princess Li, and it is a matter of the second son, so you have to choose it well.
Yu Yu is the most beautiful of the three, with a small face that is snow-white and crystalline, dark eyebrows, and red cherry lips, especially those apricot eyes, which are black and clear, and the waves are sparkling, as if they can speak.
Zhu Lingling has fine eyes and a high nose, fine white skin, although there are a few fine hemps, but she is very charming.
Although Hong Yuli has a plump and graceful figure, the distance between her eyes is slightly wider, and her lips are slightly thicker, which is not beautiful in the eyes of women, but Mother Jin knows very well that in the eyes of men, Hong Yuli is the most attractive.
After looking at it for a long time, Mother Jin spoke: "Yuyu, are you willing to go to the second son's courtyard to wait?" β
The twisted melon is not sweet, although she chose Yu Gardenia, she still has to see Yu Gardenia's own attitude.
If Yuyu is unwilling, she doesn't want to send the reluctant person to the second son.
Yu Yu didn't expect Mother Jin to ask for her opinion, she stared at Mother Jin's still clear eyes, and she had already made a decision - she was willing to go to the second son's courtyard!
She trusts her instincts and is willing to take risks.
When Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli heard this, they were quietly relieved - the second son's mother is gone, his temperament is not good, and his reputation is stinky, who wants to wait for him!
Mother Jin nodded slightly, and said, "Then it's settled, Zhu Lingling will go to the courtyard of the eldest prince to wait, Yu Yu will go to the courtyard of the second prince to wait, and Hong Yuli will go to the courtyard of the third prince to wait." β
Zhu Lingling, Yuzhi and Hong Yuli thanked Jin's mother and retired together.
When they arrived outside the small courtyard where Jin's mother lived, the three girls hugged each other and laughed.
Zhu Lingling let out a long breath: "It's finally time to leave this ghost place where you can't see people!" β
She has always loved to be lively, and she is about to suffocate to death in this remote and closed village.
Yu Yu pursed her lips and smiled.
She is also full of yearning for her future life.
Hong Yuli smiled reservedly - the third prince is Princess Li's own son!
She serves the noble third son, and she is naturally more noble than Zhu Lingling, who serves the eldest son, and Yu Yu, who serves the second son, who has no mother!
In the evening, Yu Yu packed her luggage, and when she had nothing to do, she took a book and sat under the lamp to read.
She was reading a book, but she heard a sound of footsteps outside, followed by Ma Pozi's voice: "Is Miss Yuyu in the house?" β
Yu Yu looked through the crack in the window and saw Ma Pozi holding a lantern and standing under the porch outside with Mother Jin, so she smiled and said, "I'm in the house!" β
She got up and straightened her skirt, walked to the bright room, opened the door, and welcomed her out.
Mother Jin and Yu Yu sat down in the bright room, and Ma Pozi went to the porch to guard.
Mother Jin thought about it again and again, and finally spoke: "Yuyu, why are you willing to wait for the second son?" β
Yu Yu had been observing Mother Jin, and when she asked like this, she guessed that Mother Jin might be the person of the former princess.
She organized the language in her heart, and then she spoke: "Mom, I was sold by my own father, having a father is equal to not having a father, I think the second son has no mother, and he is as ...... as me."
Mother Jin's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Yu Yu for a long time, and finally didn't say anything, got up and left.
The second son is only sixteen years old now, young, stubborn, and still a child, I am afraid that Princess Li will install a fox spirit next to the second son and suck the second son.
A person like Yu Yu, who doesn't seem to be open-minded, is more suitable than Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli......
Early the next morning, Yu Yu, Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli followed the housekeeper's daughter-in-law sent by the county prince's mansion and took the carriage sent by the Xingping county palace to the east.
Entering the west gate of Qingzhou City, the carriage rolled and went, drove into a thoroughfare sandwiched by a sycamore, and finally stopped.
Zhu Lingling quietly opened the curtain on the car window and looked out, Yu Yu also looked over, and found that in front of him was a towering and tall archway-style main gate, the main gate was written "Xingping County Palace" five big characters, and two rows of neatly armored soldiers on both sides of the main gate were lined up, which looked quite solemn.
Hong Yuli's eyes straightened, and she said in a low voice: "Yuyu, are we going to enter through the main gate of the Junwang Mansion?" β
Yu Yu smiled and said in a low voice: "You think beautifully, we must enter through the corner gate!" β
After waiting for a while, the person in charge of the escort led their car from the corner gate into the Xingping County Palace.
The carriage traveled along a boulevard to the east of the palace.
After about a cup of tea, the carriage finally stopped.
After some chaos, Yuyu, Hong Yuli and Zhu Lingling got out of the carriage and followed the housekeeper's daughter-in-law who picked them up into a small courtyard.
The yard is small and chic, with lush flowers and trees, and it looks neat and tidy.
Zhu Lingling looked left and right, and couldn't help but say: "Such a neat courtyard, is it the courtyard where the princess lives?" β
The rough mother-in-law who brought them in laughed "poof": "My little eldest sister, this is the courtyard where Mother Xia, the housekeeper of the inner house, lives!" β
Zhu Lingling knew that her vision was narrow, and her face turned red all of a sudden, but she still said: "The housekeeper's mother's yard is so good, I'm afraid that our princess lives in a fairyland!" β
Listening to Zhu Lingling mention the princess, the mother-in-law was silent now, and led the three of them into the main room.
Mother Xia, the housekeeper of the inner house, looked at her thirties with fair skin, very pretty, and shrewd eyes.
She sat on the Luohan bed in the bright room, beckoned Yuyu, Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli to sit down, and asked a few words softly.
Because the master has been divided, Yu Yu adheres to the principle of moderation, and refuses to say a word of gossip, which seems very bland.
Zhu Lingling is naturally sharp-toothed, loves to talk and laugh.
Hong Yuli knew her own advantages, and she didn't dare to perform well, so she lowered her eyebrows and was very well-behaved.
After saying a few words, Mother Xia basically knew the character of the three people in Yuyu, so she said with a smile: "The princess has now followed the princess into Beijing to meet her, and the eldest son, the second prince and the third prince have also followed into Beijing, the three of you will go to the courtyard of the three princes for the time being, let the eldest girl take it first, and then pay attention to it when the princess comes back!" β
Yu Yu and the three of them hurriedly curtsied and replied "yes".
Zhu Lingling likes to pinch the tip the most, and asked with a smile: "Mom, I don't know how many of us are now?" β
Mother Xia glanced at Zhu Lingling and said with a smile: "You have just entered the mansion, start with the third class, and if you are diligent and loyal in the future, you will be promoted to the next level." β
Zhu Lingling's eyes were bright, and she had to ask again what the monthly routine of the third-class maid was: "Mom-"
With a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, Hong Yuli glanced at Zhu Lingling.
Yu Yu hurriedly quietly pulled Zhu Lingling's sleeve.
Zhu Lingling looked at Yu Yu.
Yu Yu blinked.
Zhu Lingling reluctantly swallowed the unfinished words, and said with a smile: "Mom, let's retreat!" β
She curts, along with Yuyu and Hong Yuli, and bowed and retreated.
The rough envoy who brought them in called a daughter-in-law and a little maid, and led them to their respective places.
The rough mother-in-law took the jade gardenia to divide the flowers and willows, turned all the way, and finally arrived at a courtyard covered by flowers and trees.
She pointed to the gate in front of her that was about to be covered by the vines of Lingxiao Flower and said, "That's the Lingxiao Courtyard where the second son lives!" β
Now that the second prince is not in the county king's mansion, Lingxiao Courtyard is headed by two first-class maids, Shui Lian and Shui Jing.
The rough mother-in-law took Yu Yu to see the water lotus and the water thorn.
Shui Lian and Shui Jing were sitting in the bright room of the main room eating tea.
The rough mother-in-law laughed with her, pulled Yu Yu forward, and said, "Two sisters, this is the third-class maid newly arranged by Mother Xia, whose name isββ"
She forgot Yu Yu's name for a moment.
Yu Yu smiled and curtsied: "Report to the two sisters, my name is Yu Yu!"
Shui Lian and Shui Jing looked at Yu Yu, and saw that she had fair skin, picturesque eyebrows, and was very beautiful, but she was still young and the lowest third-class, so they didn't care much.
Shui Lian casually instructed the rough envoy and said, "The little maid in Lingxiao Courtyard now lives in the small courtyard outside, you can take her to arrange a place to live!" β
The rough mother-in-law agreed and went out with Yuyu.
Out of Lingxiao Courtyard, Yu Yu took off the silver bracelet on his wrist, quietly stuffed it to the rough mother-in-law, and said in a low voice with a smile: "Annoying mother to help me arrange a sunny and breathable room!" β
The rough mother-in-law looked down at the silver bracelet in her hand, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't worry!" β
She led Yuyu to the small courtyard and went straight to the second floor of the east wing.
The east wing is a bright and dark room, but after the second floor goes up, there is a flower garden, and the north side of the flower garden is a delicate wooden house.
The rough envoy said with a smile: "Although this room is above the east wing, it can be regarded as a south-facing house!" β
Yu Yu looked at the flowerbed in full bloom, and then looked at the small cabin surrounded by the flowerbed, her eyes were shining, and she bowed to the rough envoy: "Thank you, Mom!" β
Seeing this picturesque little girl smiling at herself, the mother-in-law was also in a very happy mood, she took out a bunch of keys, found the key to this room and took it down, and handed it to Yu Yu: "You open the door yourself!" β
When Yu Yu unlocked the lock, the rough mother-in-law said: "This was Shui Ping's house before, Shui Ping left, this house was empty, many people wanted to move in, I haven't given them the key." Shuiping is in a hurry, the cover should still be there, you can still use it when you clean it up! β
Yu Yu hurriedly thanked again.
She opened the door and asked the rough envoy with a smile: "Mom, who is Shui Ping?" β
The rough mother-in-law paused and said: "Shui Ping is the eldest girl of the second son, and she was later favored by the prince, and now she is ...... Aunt Ping!"