Now that I'm trapped in this palace, I don't know when there will be a turnaround. And I can't send a letter to my home in this Xinzheku to explain the situation, my godfather and Yuqin must be very anxious if they can't receive news from me. I nibbled on the steamed buns and tried to figure out if I could come up with a way to inform my family about my situation.

"Sister, I've seen you since you came to Xinzheku at noon, you are so beautiful, I like it." Jing Zhen's eyes blinked when she spoke, and her little face was as immature and sweet as her voice. Her words interrupted my thoughts.

"You are so young, how can you enter the palace as a palace maid?" I look at him, he is thirteen or fourteen years old at most.

"I'm not young, I'm just 12 years old this year. Because my family was very poor, my mother was sick and died, and there were many sisters in the family, and my father couldn't raise me, so I had to sell me into the palace as a maid, thinking that I could live a better life if I entered the palace. But because I'm not a disciple of the Eight Banners, I can only do this rough chorion. "Listening to what she said, I was very distressed. I couldn't help but reach out and touch her hair. Not only because of her poor background, but also because she came from such a poor family, Xin Zheku is such a harsh environment, and the diet must not be very good, but she can hide a steamed bun for me, which is really touching and warm.

"I'm sixteen this year, if you don't dislike it, you will be my sister in the future. You and I can also have something to rely on in this Xinzhi library. I took her hand and spoke very sincerely.

"Really? You are willing to be my sister. Her surprise was palpable, and she laughed with two small dimples on her fleshy cheeks. The palace maid sleeping next to her rolled over impatiently.

"yes, really." I nodded, and she happily threw herself on top of me, trying to wrap her arms around me. I patted her on the back and whispered, "It's not early, let's go to bed." She listened to me and lay down obediently, but her eyes did not take away from me. I slowly lay down facing her, reached over and gently patted her shoulder. Quietly listening to the crickets outside, from time to time there were one or two mosquitoes buzzing and circling, and gradually fell asleep.

The next day, at dawn, we were woken up by the housekeeper. I rubbed my eyes, and I felt like my whole body was falling apart, and the slightest movement hurt uncomfortably. Breakfast is porridge made of pickles and corn bran, and there is a nest head for one person.

During the meal, Jing Zhen came over and sat with me. "Sister, have you eaten enough? I'll only give you this half. Jingzhen said as she broke open her nest and handed me half of it.

"Sister can eat enough, you are growing your body, hurry up and eat!" I pushed her hand, my heart was warm and sour, watching her gulp down pickles and eat a nest, I was thinking about how to buy my grandmother to send a message home.

"Butler, can you please find a way to help me bring a message to Dong Efu?" After eating and sharing the work, I hurriedly slipped up to my grandmother and squeezed my smile. Thinking of his flattering face, I feel disgusted.

"Day by day, why are there so many things?" Mama glanced at me, raised her hand, and hummed softly, "Take it!" ”

"What?" I looked at Mama's hand reaching out to me, confused, and then wondered if Mama was going to deliver the message for me.

"Steward, I don't have time to write a letter yet, can you help me prepare paper and ink?"

"What's the mess? Are you kidding me? Mama's face changed, and she was blue and blue.

"Grandma steward, my sister is new here, I don't understand the rules, do you think I'm done?" Jing Zhen ran over and took a silver bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into Mama. Only then did I understand what Mama meant, it turned out that she wanted me to pay a bribe.

"Get up, little girl, I want to eat when you are a mother?!" Mama Li shook off Jing Zhen's hand, and the dull-colored silver bracelet fell to the ground and rolled a few times. Jing Zhen hurriedly picked it up, knelt in front of Mama, held the bracelet in both hands and whispered: "This is the only memorial that my mother left me, and I will also have some money for it, please accept it and help Sister Liangxi." ”

Listening to Jing Zhen's words, my nose was a little sour. I walked over and picked up Jingzhen and said to her, "You keep the souvenirs left by your mother, my sister's affairs are not important." ”

"If you don't have any money, it's good for me to stay here and work!" Mama snorted coldly from her nose, turned and walked away.

"But my sister ......"

"No, but, I said that my affairs are not important, but you, this is the only thought your mother left for you, you have to wear it well." I took the bracelet from her hand and carefully put it on her wrist.

Soon, I had been in Xinzheku for two months. The days in Xinzheku were simple and hard. Sometimes there will be palace maids who do some pranks, because Jing Zhen is very close to me, and sometimes I can't avoid being involved by me and being bullied together. But I have Jingzhen by my side, Jingzhen has me by my side, we help each other, love each other, and our days become very happy.

During this time, Tong Jingshu secretly came to see me twice, and each time she asked for warmth, and brought me delicious snacks. Tong Jingshu treated me as well as when I was a child, and I was reluctant to give up every time I left. I heard that she was fortunate by the emperor and was named a nobleman, and I was also very happy for her, and she said every time that when her position in the palace was stable, she found a way to ask the emperor to take me out of Xinzheku. I was very relieved to hear it, and I just hoped that she was safe and sound.

At this time, the weather was already very hot, and the heat was unbearable, so Jing Zhen and I would cool off in the courtyard until two or three watches, and then we would go back to the room to rest. There are many mosquitoes in summer, and we are chatting under the moon, swatting the mosquitoes, and we feel very at ease, which is a kind of joy in suffering.

The sky was dark again, and the moonlight was soft, giving Xin Zheku a layer of silver. Jing Zhen and I sat in the courtyard to admire the moon, and the bright moon hanging in the air was so wonderful. As soon as I turned around, Jing Zhen was already asleep on my shoulder. In this situation, the moonlight is hazy, and I can't help but want to recite a poem.

"The bright moon is bright, take care of my bed. I can't sleep with sorrow, and I wander around with my clothes. "I can't help but think of the days when I used to chant poems with Sister Yuqin in Dong Efu, and I couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

"Who's singing poetry?" A slightly low, magnetic male voice rang out outside the wall. The sudden sound startled me, probably the palace guards.

There are many rules and regulations in the palace, and if you violate the palace rules, a little palace maid like me will be afraid that her life will be difficult to protect. What's more, all the ladies in the palace are owned by the emperor alone, and if you accidentally have a little personal connection with the palace guards, I am afraid that it will be the result of a catastrophe.

So I carefully picked up Jingzhen and carried her back to the room.