8. When you enter the palace, you also have to go to school

On the first day of school, Yun Chun pulled me up early in the morning, and I saw that the sky was hazy and faint and hurriedly begged for mercy, but Yun Chun quickly dressed me with her hands and feet. "County Lord, I can't slack off when I see Mr. on the first day today, that gentleman is extremely talented and temperamental, and even His Majesty has to give three points."

After many days of getting along, Zhihong and I slowly integrated into Wutong Garden, although Yunchun was not a few years older than me, but she cared for me like a big sister.

Zhihong helped me sort out the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books, hurriedly drank a few sips of sweet porridge to cushion my stomach, and then we set off for the private school in the palace, Mingde Palace.

I met Yun Zhi on the road, and she was also sleepy-eyed, and we each joked with each other and walked together. When we arrived at Mingde Palace, Mr. Mingde was even earlier than us, and after giving him an apprenticeship salute, Mr. asked us to find a place to sit down at the woman's place first.

The interior of the Mingde Palace is elegantly furnished with a touch of sandalwood. The rows of bookshelves are full of books, all the books from ancient and modern times are here, exuding the unique scent of ink for books.

Suddenly, I saw a coral red ribbon fluttering on the small bridge, and I secretly screamed that it was not good, it was really a narrow road.

That is the same as my old Zhou Shuning came in a red dress, the two pairs of golden hairpins on her head were dazzling in the sun, and she also wore a huge ruby chain around her neck, well, very similar to her swaggering personality.

Zhou Shuning also looked unhappy when she saw me when she approached, if she was the county lord in the past, I would have to salute her, but now I am on an equal footing, my nose snorted coldly, and I saluted with disdain.

In the school, men and women sit on both sides, separated by a screen in the middle, Zhou Shuning sits in the first row, and Yun Zhi and I work side by side.

Not long ago, Bo Heng and Ji Lin, who had met yesterday, also arrived, and the school began to be lively. At this time, I noticed that someone in the cloister was slowly coming, this man was burly and heroic.

He walked in front of Mr. and saluted, and it turned out to be the third prince Zhongjin.

Yun Zhi and I got up and saluted, I didn't see him in the palace of Mrs. Shu that day, and after a few words of greeting, we knew each other.

Then a man came in a hurry and apologized to the gentleman for being late. It is very rare for a man to be born so good-looking.

I remembered the sad young man on the picture scroll, he should be the eldest prince Shuyou. A piece of white jade pulled up the black hair, and the whole person looked down, generous and clean.

Shuyou looked at the two of us, and it was the scholar next to him who reminded him to know that two women had entered the palace and saluted us politely, and this time it can be regarded as acquaintance.

Halfway through the lesson, a group of people came to the door again. I have some questions, the four princes are all together, who is this?

I looked curiously, and saw a man with a foreign hairstyle standing at the foot of the hall, his face contoured hard and resolute, his facial features three-dimensional and his eyes bright. The skin is slightly dark, with a wheat-like complexion, and the posture is erect.

I remembered that day Yun Chun told me that the proton of Yundu Kingdom was also asked by Emperor Yuan to study with us, and it seems that this is it.

After the palace maid who led the group leaned over and said a few words to Mr., Mr. waved his hand and said, and then sat them down. He slowly walked to the back of all the princes and sat down, his face pale and expressionless.

The boring class in the morning was finally over, and I was already hungry, and when I turned my head and saw Yun Zhi's face, I knew that she was the same.

Mrs. De's Weiyang Palace was closer, and Yun Zhi separated from me. Zhou Shuning and his party suddenly walked in front of me and stopped us all.

Zhou Shuning crossed her waist and looked at me proudly, "It's really strange that any cat or dog can be the county lord now." The thought of seeing you almost every day in the future really ruined the mood of this county lord. ”

I looked at Zhou Shuning, if I don't look for trouble, trouble will come to me. Since you bumped into it yourself, then don't blame me for not being merciful.

"Where is the county lord of Lingxi, if in your eyes the people who can be the county lord are cats and dogs, then may I ask you are a cat or a dog?"

"You..." Zhou Shuning was so choked by my words that her face was red, and she was about to raise her hand to hit me when she yelled.

I raised my hand and clasped her wrist, "County Lord, now that you are the County Lord, so am I, your problem of beating people with your hands has to be changed." ”

With that, he threw her hand down, and there was a red mark on her white wrist. Led Zhihong and Yun Chun to leave without looking at her, Zhou Shu was so angry that she stomped her feet and shouted You wait for me.

Yun Chun glanced back worriedly, and after we walked away, she still couldn't help but remind, "County Lord, although the County Lord of Lingxi let her enter the palace to learn etiquette, but the slave heard that it was the old prince who begged His Majesty, and she was nominally raised under the knees of Mrs. De, so we better be cautious." "I remembered that the eldest lady once told me that Mrs. De intended to choose a concubine for Bo Heng, and there was already a Zhou Shuning, so she was not satisfied, so she called Yun Zhi to enter the palace again. I nodded, acquiescing to Yun Chun's words.

By the time we arrived at Qionghua Pavilion, the smoke was already waiting here. With a smile, she took the book in my hand and told me that Concubine Chen had made my favorite osmanthus lotus seed soup and was waiting for me to eat together.

I happily ran into Qionghua Pavilion, Concubine Chen asked me not to run away, and wiped my sweat with a brocade handkerchief.

After many days of getting along, I found that Concubine Chen was not the dignified woman I saw at the banquet that day and night, she was playful and free, as bright as a twenty-eight girl.

It's just that the title of Concubine Chen pressed her, and she had to pretend to be cold to outsiders. And when we were in Qionghua Pavilion, behind closed doors, there was no distinction between kings and ministers.

I picked up the lotus seed soup to comfort the protesting belly, and Concubine Chen looked at me like this and shouted to slow down and choke carefully.

When asked what it was like to go to school on the first day, my face wrinkled into bitter melons and I began to pour bitter water. "Concubine Chen, you don't know how slow and leisurely that gentleman speaks, the content is boring, and with his preaching, it is comparable to hypnosis, which makes me drowsy and dare not sleep."

I raised my arm aggrievedly, "As a last resort, I can only keep pinching myself to keep myself awake so that I don't get glared at by my husband." ”

Concubine Chen touched my red arm distressedly, and hurriedly asked Yanyan to take out the medicine to wipe it. "You little leather monkey, you don't have to go so early in the future, just arrive at the same time as the princes."

I looked at Yun Chun, the "culprit", aggrievedly, and Yun Chun replied to Concubine Chen with a weak heart, "Yes, let the county lord rest for a while in the future." ”

After lunch at Concubine Chen's place, I went back to Wutong Garden, and the little palace maid Fanye came to report that the family sent someone to send me something. I was delighted and hurriedly asked them to bring it up, and several packages, large and small, were stuffed with things.

Childlet helped me take it apart and look at it, "Miss, this is your favorite set of tea sets at home." "I put the tea cup in my heart, thinking of the time when I collected red plums in winter with my father and buried them under the tree, and waited for the next spring to start boiling tea and drinking.

"There is also a freshly cut autumn coat from the eldest lady, which is a simple style that the young lady likes." I took out several autumn clothes, and I could imagine the eldest lady depicting my genre to the embroiderers.

"Hey, Miss, I still have a few bags of preserved fruits and letters." I took the preserved fruit and the letter from Zhihong's hand, and remembered that when I was fishing in the stream that day, I told the eldest lady that I wanted to eat the preserved fruit.

Later, when I returned, it was too late and the shop was closed, and I had to give up, and my eyes were sour, and it turned out that the eldest lady still remembered.

Unfold the letterhead slowly:

[Pray for the stars, Yu Ru has been in the palace for many days, and the family is very missed, yesterday Mrs. sent someone to buy autumn clothes for you, whether you have received it.

As the summer days fall, look at your clothes and quilts. I don't know if you can still get used to the food in the palace, whether it is fragrant or not, don't be greedy and picky for a while, which is harmful to the body. Approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, all families are reunited, my son is healthy, and my father is healthy. Don't worry about your home. 】

In just a few lines, I looked at it again and again, and I was reluctant to put it down. Sticking it to my heart, I hope I can feel the residual warmth on the letter.

I asked Yun Chun if I could reply to Daddy, Yun Chun said that it would be good to let the people who bought it help take it out, and I happily wrote back to Daddy, telling me how much I cared about them.

Summer and autumn come and go, and the days fly by. My relationship with Concubine Chen has become more and more intimate, and Yanyan often jokes that we have a better relationship than many biological mothers and daughters outside.

I am much less afraid of Di Yuan, and Di Yuan also accompanies me and Concubine Chen from time to time, it seems that I have returned to the time when Di Yuan was still Uncle Zhou Yuan when I was a child.

The other ladies in the palace also moved around from time to time, perhaps because of Emperor Yuan's love, and others treated me kindly. The princes and I are also polite, except for Zhou Shuning, who interjects and jokes in the Mingde Palace School every day, yin and yang are weird to me, and Mr. is so angry that he can't do anything about her, and he still enjoys punishing her for copying several times.

I'm not annoyed, it's just that she's just a joy in life. As for the proton from Yundu, I still know his name from Yun Chun's mouth: Qu Pei Nanga. He occasionally talked to the princes, and didn't get along with us women very much.

I wrote letters to my family every week, writing about what I saw and learned in the palace, about Concubine Chen's love for me, and Zhou Shuning's difficulties for me.

Sometimes it's Daddy who writes back to me, sometimes it's Daddy. In addition to my thoughts, the letter also taught me how to behave in the world.

It's winter, and it's approaching the end of the year, and the school is also on holiday. I cheered and rejoiced for several days, and Concubine Chen promised me that when it snowed for the first time, we would have a barbecue in Qionghua Pavilion.

Another half a month passed, and it snowed heavily without warning one afternoon. Everyone in the palace said that this snow is auspicious, and the coming year should be a bumper year.

I happily ran to Qionghua Pavilion, Concubine Chen had already ordered them to set up the grill, and they could start just waiting for the meat to be marinated.

I built a snowman in the courtyard with Zhihong, and Concubine Chen also brought rouge to the snowman's cheeks with great interest. The smoke and smoke made a fire to barbecue meat, and the smell of meat wafted out of Qionghua Pavilion. Concubine Chen and I were seriously discussing what the snowman was missing, when Di Yuan suddenly came behind me and Concubine Chen, and whimpered, which startled us a lot.

It made everyone in the inner palace of Qionghua Pavilion cover their mouths and snicker, Concubine Chen patted her chest and said: "Your Majesty, it is difficult to find it by looking for the smell of meat, the nose is really smart." ”

Di Yuan looked at the snowman, "That's a lonely blessing, you can eat the barbecue made by Concubine Ai herself." ”

Beneath the cloister, snow falls. The smoke cut the meat and presented it to us to enjoy, and Concubine Chen took out the aged wine buried under the tree. Tell your majesty and I not to be greedy for a cup, this wine is strong. But Di Yuan and I still couldn't stop asking for an extra drink, and we were both so drunk that our faces were flushed and our eyes were squinted.

I fell on Concubine Chen's lap, and Concubine Chen touched my head lovingly. I was so drunk that I was dazed, "Niangniang's hands are so fragrant... Like my mother's hand. ”

Concubine Chen couldn't hear clearly, and thought that I was so drunk that I asked Yanyan to go to the back kitchen to cook sobering soup for me and Di Yuan. "The same goes for my aunt."

Concubine Chen leaned over suspiciously and asked, "What's the same?" ”

I raised my head and grinned at Concubine Chen like a child, "My mother also touched my head like this, Erchen likes Concubine Chen's mother so much, I miss my mother so much." ”

After that, he fell into a deep sleep, and he didn't even know how to get back to Wutong Garden.