Chapter 110: Like a Fish in Water
Steward Cui took Tan Luo to a wooden shelf and pointed to the baskets of petals on it.
"Nian girl should add jasmine flowers to the bath water in the morning, roses should be used after singing and dancing in the afternoon, and peony flowers should be used in the soup bath at night. The water in this porcelain pot is the dew on the lotus flower, which is used to moisten the throat of the girl, you must send it on time every day, remember? ”
Tan Luo nodded hurriedly, leaned over by the way, and asked in a low voice: "This Nian girl is really a great beauty, nourished with so many flowers every day, the prince is really interested in this girl, it must be our future crown princess!" ”
"Go, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never been close to women, and there are not even palace maids who are close to him. You chew on the root of your tongue like this, and you are not afraid that people will hear you pull out your tongue. When doing things in the palace, you have to pay attention to pretending to be deaf and dumb, and if you are too curious, you will die sooner or later! ”
"Isn't it brocade clothes and jade food, singing and dancing?" Epiphany blinked.
"Then you have to be famous, we who do miscellaneous work are not as good as those palace maids, maybe one day we will be favored by the master. As a man, the one who can serve in front of his master is either a guard or a father-in-law. "Steward Cui kindly reminded me.
"Then what should our prince pay attention to?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very friendly and easy to get along with, just remember to open the water valve of the bath in his Jingren Hall bath every night before midnight."
"Little one understands."
"There are also a few handymen in the hot water room, please consult them if you don't understand."
"Cui Zhangshi, I don't know when we will settle this month?" Tan Luo said what she was most concerned about.
"It's the end of the month, and you're naturally indispensable." Cui Zhangshi picked up the axe on the ground, "Okay, now hurry up and work, be quick with your hands and feet, and remember to send hot water to Si Le Ge later." ”
After Cui Zhangshi left, Tan Luo picked up the axe and came to the firewood room and split the wooden stake into firewood of uniform thickness. Next to the firewood room, there is a huge boiler half a person high, after she threw the firewood into the stove, there was a young man next to him who pulled the bellows with all his might.
When Tan Luo used to be a miscellaneous disciple in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, he used the fireball technique to urge burning, and this kind of bellows was also the first time he had seen it.
The young man who pulled the bellows saw Tan Luo squatting next to the stove in a daze, and couldn't help urging: "Why are you still stunned, hurry up and add firewood!" ”
"This thing looks good, let me try it too?"
"You have just entered the palace, and the division of labor here is clear, and you can't fake your hands to others." The boy looked at her defensively. "And this rule, so you can't find someone to replace you?"
"Of course, not long ago, the maid of the palace who served in front of the emperor was unwell, and privately found someone else to keep vigil for her, but the saint got up the next morning and contracted a cold, and the two palace maids were killed by the rod." The boy said with palpitations.
"But there is always a special situation for people, the master is a human being, and we are also human beings as subordinates." Tan Luo shook her head and sighed, suddenly hesitating a little about the decision to blend into the East Palace.
"If you really need someone else to replace you, then you have to report to Steward Cui in advance. In fact, although our hot water room is tedious and hard, fortunately, there is no need to serve closely, and there are not so many rules. Those little eunuchs who have just entered the palace have to be disciplined by the palace for a year before they are sent to the palaces. ”
Tan Luo thought about it, fortunately, she entered the hot water room, and heard that in this palace, in addition to the imperial kitchen, the imperial doctor and the guards with knives, all the eunuchs who served the master closely.
The two of them heated the water in the boiler and scooped out the hot water.
"Don't bother." Tan Luo saw that the other party was going to carry buckets of water over.
After she filled the bath bucket of Miss Nian, she directly carried it and walked out, and the young man followed in small steps, his eyes full of envy.
"Brother Tan, do you know where Si Le Ge is, I'll take you there."
It is naturally good for someone to lead the way, and after Tan Luo followed him around and around, he finally came to the residence where Miss Nian was, Sile Pavilion.
There was the sound of silk and bamboo music in his ears, Tan Luo passed by a large hall, and saw that the lights were bright, and the dancers and servants were rehearsing songs and dances, and it was a lively scene of singing and dancing.
The dancers are graceful, wearing pink gauze skirts, and the woman in the crimson silk veil in the middle is weak and boneless, with ten slender fingers, a pair of phoenix eyes that are soul-catching, and her eyes are like silk. Under the soundtrack of the people, they dance, spin and move, and are charming.
"This is not a place where we can stay for a long time, Brother Tan, let's go!" The boy urged from the side, his eyes checking the movements around him from time to time.
"The girls here are all so beautiful, especially the one who leads the dance in the middle, she is really smiling, who is she?" Epilo looked through the open window lattice.
"Be quiet, you don't want to die!" The young man made a silent movement, dragged Tan Luo and walked forward, "That is the girl who is Niannu, the most favored by His Royal Highness the Prince, and she is the big celebrity of our East Palace." ”
"I see." Tan Luo is clear, this kind of woman who is different from the dignified and gentle style, and is charming to the bones, is a man who will like it.
Under the guidance of the young man, she finally came to the bathroom of the girl. In the palace, only the master-level people enjoy the ** bathroom, and the others either solve it in the dormitory, or go to the common bathhouse to rub the bath.
And a woman like Tan Luo, who disguises herself as a man and mixes with the East Palace, naturally goes to the men's bathhouse, but does she dare, she definitely doesn't dare!
When she put down the tub and turned to look at the crystal clear water, she remembered that the peony petals for the girl had forgotten to spill in. So, after squeaking with the young man, she hurriedly picked up the wind control technique and jumped back.
When she came to the bathroom again, Tan Luo pushed open the hidden door, and the white mist was faintly visible behind the screen, as well as the graceful ** back.
"Leap month, why didn't you put peony petals in the water today?" Clearing the throat, the sound of a yellow warbler coming out of the valley came from behind the screen.
Tan Luo's hand holding the basket paused slightly, at this time she should put down the flower basket and leave quickly, or sprinkle the petals on her casually.
Before she could make a decision, the beauty continued, "Leap month, come in and serve me to bathe and change clothes." ”
Tan Luo hesitated for a while, and finally walked in, isn't she just a woman, she left after sprinkling the petals.
In the bathtub, there is a bewitching woman with ice machine and snow skin, green silk is pulled up with a hairpin, and a green jade hand dyed with cardamom holds a puddle of water and gently sprinkles it on her body.
Epilo stepped forward and sprinkled the petals into the water, the air was full of fragrance, and they were all women, so she didn't have the good life to enjoy it so much.
"Leap month, sprinkle some water on my back." Niannu sat in the water with his eyes closed, and made a lazy voice.
Tan Luo put down the flower basket, picked up the wooden spoon hanging from the clothes rack, and sprinkled warm water on the woman's beautiful jade carved snow.
"Leap month, help me press it on my shoulder." Niannu spoke again, lying on the edge of the tub as if he was extremely tired, his long black curly eyelashes soaked in mist.
The corners of Tan Luo's mouth twitched, and this woman was really troublesome to serve. She stretched out her little hand and slowly stroked Nannu's back.
"Well, that's it, press more, the dance rehearsed today is His Royal Highness the Prince's favorite Lanling King Entrance Song, His Royal Highness will return to the palace tomorrow, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I don't know if he will miss it......"
The woman's voice gradually weakened, whispered, and Tan Luo's massaged hands wandered skillfully, the relationship between the two was really ambiguous, as a dancer, how could she be treated like a master.
"Leap month, you will prepare the clothes I will wear tomorrow, which is His Highness's favorite crimson, he said, when you see me wearing scarlet clothes, you will remember the night we first met." Niannu's cheeks were red, and her eyes were faint with lovesickness.
Seeing that the maidservant girl behind him didn't make a sound, Nian Nu frowned slightly: "Leap month? ”
The bathroom was quiet only with the sound of water, and Niannu suddenly turned around and looked at the strange boy in astonishment.
The young man's face is like powder, his white and flawless face is a pair of agate-like shining eyes, his lips are like peach petals, and he is delicate and not like a real person. Nian Nu's eyes flashed with amazement, could such a handsome young man be a new father-in-law?
However, how could the father-in-law enter the woman's bath at will.
"This father-in-law's face is tight, what about the maid in the leap month?" Nannu quickly calmed down and buried his shoulders in the petal-filled water.
Father-in-law? This time it was Tan Luo's turn to be surprised, she remembered that now she is dressed as a man, as a handyman in the East Palace, trespassing in the women's bath is also a felony, since she was misunderstood, it is better to die to the end.
"Miss Nian, our family is this new father-in-law, who specializes in serving the masters to bathe and cleanse, just now the girl called the leap month, and our family happens to be called Xiaoyuezi." Tan Luo pinched the orchid finger and said with a wink.
"But the East Palace is full of palace maids serving Nian Nu, how could Grandpa Yue come to Sile Pavilion?"
"Our family is just here to deliver flower petals, and when I heard Miss Nian ask our family to stay and serve, this is why we have the current misunderstanding."
Seeing that Tan Luo's face was not red and her heart was not beating, Nian Nu replied, although she had doubts, she was not easy to ask, but she still sent this father-in-law away.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, Nian Nu doesn't need to be served here, Grandpa Yue is busy in advance."
Tan Luo understood that this woman was telling her to get out, and she naturally didn't want to stay longer.
"Then our family has retired, don't soak for too long, Miss Nian, it's not good to look wrinkled."
When Nian Nu heard this, his face was blue and white, and his expression was very ugly. She has outstanding appearance, and she has never been so disliked by any man, not to mention that the other party is still a eunuch.
Tan Luo actually said it casually, not caring about the other party's face at all. She bowed her head and stepped out, silently closing the door.
It seems that the prince has to come back tomorrow, what does this mean, it means that she can now pack up and wash and sleep, you must know that since she came to the bottomless pit of the world, she is like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats, how can she ever sleep peacefully.
Now her pursuit of the material level has been reduced to having a soft bed to sleep on, warm water to wash, and rice to eat, and her life is complete.
The place where the servants slept was a side hall in the Bureau, and when Tan Luo arrived, the candlelight in the room reflected several black figures.
Without thinking, she pushed the door in, and in addition to the Nanfeng teenager who worked with her in the hot water room, there was a more familiar person.
"Lin Yuan, why are you here?" Tan Luo's surprise at this time was no less than the silver she had lost on the side of the road and was sent back by a good Samaritan.