Chapter 6 (Boudoir)
"Of course it's different, old! I don't have any heart anymore, isn't it different from before? Master, whether you like it or not, Yao'er is your daughter after all, and you still have to worry about entering the palace! At this age, I don't ask for anything else, I just hope that Yao'er can be content with peace and security. Baguio said and looked at Qin Hong's rice bowl, according to the rules, Qin Hong couldn't leave the table until she finished eating.
"Of course I have to pay attention to Yao'er's affairs, I have a plan for this." Qin Hong said and put down the dishes and chopsticks.
Su Yuan and Guan Er had already eaten before, so they naturally got up and left the table. Xuan'er and Feng'er also got up and walked to the backyard, they will enter the palace tomorrow, they still have a lot to do today. 、
"Miss, you go this way, you have to bathe first when you enter the palace tomorrow, the water is ready." The Wind Spirit reminded.
"Take a shower just after eating? Anything else? Qin Yao looked at the doors.
"It's nothing, it's going to be the middle of the night if there's something to do, as long as you have a good rest before entering the palace." Wind Spirit explained.
"Tomorrow?" Qin Yao sighed, looking at the truth of his return.
"Take me back to my room?"
"This way, Miss, these three attics belong to the three young ladies, these two are the eldest and second misses, and the third is yours." The Wind Spirit introduced.
"Got it, I've lived there before, has anyone lived there over the years?" Qin Yao asked.
"I don't know, I just know that I haven't seen anyone live since I came." The wind spirit responded.
"Who did you serve before?" Qin Yao raised his hand and grabbed a flower branch and shook it.
"I used to come to the laundry room, and there it was." The Wind Spirit pointed to a portal, which was supposed to be a small isolated courtyard.
"Do you think it's better to have a laundry room or follow me?" Qin Yao asked.
"Of course it's okay to follow Miss, I can follow Miss The sisters in the laundry room are envious to death." The wind spirit responded cautiously.
Qin Yao nodded, the newly promoted maid is the best, she is afraid that the people who are transferred from the eldest mother and the second mother, it will be too inconvenient.
"If you follow me in the future, you must remember that you can't see what you shouldn't see, and you can't hear what you shouldn't hear. You can't talk nonsense, you know? Qin Yao watched as Feng Ling pushed open the door of the small attic and admonished.
"Don't worry, Miss, before entering Shangshufu, we all learned the rules and knew the rules, following Miss is Miss's person, only by serving Miss well can we have a good life." The Wind Spirit picked up the teapot in response.
"Miss, you sit down first, I'll make you tea."
Qin Yao waved his hand, his gaze stopped on the two big burdens on the ground, and the rules of Shangshu Mansion were still as strict as before. He bent down to open his baggage and pulled out a large stack of silver tickets and went upstairs.
The second floor is her bedroom, no one is allowed to go up except for the personal maid and the biological mother, and there is a small room on the side of the door of her boudoir, which is for Feng Ling, in order to call her convenient at night.
Pushing open the door, a fresh feeling came to my face, the tables, chairs, beds, curtains, bedding, and bedding were all new, and there was a large mirror.
Qin Yao looked up and touched the whole room, lifted the dresser, pressed the silver ticket underneath, checked that there was no trace, and then turned around and hugged it.
The so-called attic is actually an ordinary two-story building, because this kind of small building is prepared for unmarried women, so it is called the attic, and the woman who lives in it is called a boudoir woman. The boudoir is very high in the big family, second only to the study of the master of the house, and the second floor is a forbidden place.
Because there are many private secrets of the master, once leaked, it will have a great impact on the name, so men are not allowed to go near the attic. Under normal circumstances, what the master is missing can only be done by a personal maid, if it is not after investigation, then the problem is big.
The name festival is extremely important in the official eunuchs' family, because the future husband of the boudoir woman at their level must also be the official eunuch's family, and the slightest bad reputation is not allowed to spread out, which is why the boudoir woman is not allowed to go out without permission.
The reason why Qin Yao was allowed to go out at will was mainly because she had grown up in the countryside, and if there was something damaging to her reputation, she would have done it a long time ago.
The reason why Qin Hong promised her that she could take her two sisters out was that he was really worried, and no one would come to propose marriage when he was older. The small officials dare not come, most of the high-ranking officials have eaten the closed-door soup and will not come again, and letting them go out occasionally also has the meaning of attracting bees and butterflies.
Although it will have a bad impact, it will never be able to marry, and the reputation will not be much better.
The first floor is where she communicates with her family members in the house, and there are all kinds of things in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knitting and female red, which are all used to pass the time.
Qin Yao looked at these things, and finally picked up a book to introduce the dance. It's not that she wants to learn to dance, it's that there's really nothing for her pastime.
"Miss, you drink water." The Wind Spirit came in from the outside with a tray.
"Let's leave it there for now." Qin Yao flipped the pages of the book and answered.
"Miss, if you don't have anything important, can I go to dinner first? Can I come back and sort these things out? Feng Ling looked at the two big burdens on the ground and asked timidly, if she had sorted out so many things, she wouldn't have dinner.
"Haven't you eaten yet? Go ahead? Close the door. Qin Yao watched Feng Ling go out and close the door, put one leg on the table opposite the chair, and the hem of her skirt slipped down, revealing a short knife with a sheath on her calf.
"Third sister, are you there?" Xuan'er's voice came in from outside the door.
"Here, come in." Qin Yao retracted his legs and answered.
The door was pushed open, Xuan'er and Feng'er walked in from the outside, and the two maids who came with them stopped outside the door and closed the door.
"Where's the wind spirit?" Feng'er looked inside the room and asked.
"I went to eat, there was water in the teapot, and I wanted to drink it and pour it myself." Qin Yao gathered around the table and put down the dance book.
"Are you looking at a dance chart? You really can't dance? Feng'er put a roll of paper tied in red silk on the table, took the book, and flipped through it.
"Planting in the countryside and dancing to show the seedlings? Besides, what about the hard work in the countryside? I'm tired all day and dancing all day long? Do you want to lose weight? If you want me to take you to your hometown to live for a year and a half, you will come back to make sure you become a little demon girl. Qin Yao teased.
"If we go to the countryside with you, I'm afraid we'll die of exhaustion there, and we'll never come back, third sister, look at this." Xuan'er pushed the paper roll tied with red silk to Qin Yao and said.
"What is this?" Qin Yao asked as he untied the red silk and opened the paper scroll, revealing portraits of women.
"These are all the daughters of the families who are running for election this time, and my father got them back." Feng'er put down the dance booklet and explained.
"Does Daddy want us to win?" Qin Yao suspiciously spread out the portraits one by one, until there were still a lot left on the entire table.
"I don't want us to win, I want one of us to win, don't you hear? He intends to give you to the crown prince. In his eyes, we are the bargaining chips he uses to consolidate his official position. You really have to be careful, don't take all of Daddy's words for granted, if he is sincere enough to raise your profile, then you will be in danger. Feng'er reminded very kindly.