Chapter Eighty-Three: The Little Black Box
The sun was gradually sinking in the west, the sky was filled with setting oranges, and a soft sedan chair in blue was staggered into the side door of Weiyang Palace.
The vermilion palace walls at the four corners rise high, confined the sky to a frame.
On the palace road, the long bluestone brick road is endless.
Xu Hong, who was looking out, retracted his gaze, then lowered the curtain of the sedan chair and touched the orange cat in his arms.
She spread out her palms, and in her hand was a thick roll of silver tickets, which seemed to be wrapped in hard objects.
Xu Hongjuan opened the silver ticket, revealing a small black box the size of a copper coin, which was what Sister Haoyue had just signaled her to see.
Xu Hong looked at the small black box with a blank expression, but she knew that this thing must be useful.
The soft sedan chair didn't know when it stopped, and the voice of Mama Jiao Xi came from outside: "Girl, Zixiu Palace has arrived, get off the sedan chair." ”
Zixiu Palace is where the girls who have just entered the palace live, and Xu Hong has not yet been titled, so she will live in Zixiu Palace first, and wait until she has learned the rules and etiquette in the palace before she can meet the saint.
Mama Jiao Xi led Xu Hong into a hut, and the women who had just entered the palace had to check them thoroughly, including the items they carried with them when they entered the palace.
The orange cat squeezed in through the crack in the door while Mama Jiao Xi was not paying attention, and then took the small black box in Xu Hong's hand.
After some grooming and examination, Xu Hong changed into a cyan palace dress, and her mother also combed her hairstyle.
People rely on clothes, horses and saddles, and Xu Hong, who is dressed up, can also be called Peugeot and beautiful.
An elegant and delicate little face, eyebrows like willow leaves, apricot eyes with spring, small and delicate nose, delicate skin like jade, and slender waist and limbs.
I have to say that the genes of the Xu family are not bad, and there is no ugly one in the family.
But Xu Hong's whole person is thin and thin, looking at people's eyes dodgy, a pair of soft clothes always grabbing the corners of his clothes, and his face shows shyness and uneasiness.
In the eyes of Mama Xi, this new girl Xu who has entered the palace really has no aura, and she doesn't look like a person with deep blessings, but she is very much like a bun who has never seen the world, and she is a little afraid and cowering, and she feels very easy to handle.
Mama Xi secretly thought in her heart, there are 800 hearts and eyes per capita in the palace, and Miss Xu from this market doesn't know how many days she can live.
Besides, the rumors of a hundred birds and a phoenix on her body are really eye-catching, and there are so many pairs of eyes in the palace, it is difficult to say whether this girl can finally walk in front of the saint.
Thinking of this, Mama Xi, who was following Xu Hong, took a few steps back, distanced herself from her without moving, and said in a cold tone: "Girl, there are many strict rules and etiquette, so you can follow Mama and me first in the past few days to learn some palace rules and etiquette." ”
Xu Hong nodded at Mama Xi: "Okay, there will be Mama Lao in the next few days." ”
Seeing that Xu Hong was quite honest, Mama Xi's tone softened: "In the palace, you must be cautious when you speak and do things, otherwise people will catch the handle, and if you make a mistake, you will be punished, and if you don't say anything, you may even affect the mother family." ”
"Thank you Mama for teaching", Xu Hong blessed Mama, and then stuffed a silver ticket into Mama's hand: "Mama, I entered the palace in a hurry today, and I didn't bring any belongings and objects, I only had a little ticket on hand, and I bothered Mama to send someone to help replace the silver, and the remaining fraction was used as a hard fee for Mama." ”
Everything in the palace is open with money, don't be reluctant to spend money, just do it when you should do it, this is when she entered the sedan door, Sister Haoyue told her.
Xu Hong felt that Sister Haoyue was very smart, and it was always right to listen to her.
Teaching Mama Xi is also an open-eyed person who sees money, and after receiving the benefits, her face immediately smiled: "It's easy to say, what does the girl do so politely, a person like the girl is so blessed, and it is also a blessing for the girl to be able to teach the girl." ”
Saying that, Mama Jiao Xi introduced Xu Hong into a new room, and Zhang Luo sent some daily objects to the palace maid and eunuch.
Xu Hong stood aside with the cat in her arms, watching the palace maids and eunuchs busy coming in and out, feeling a little homesick.
In the Xu family's mansion, in the brightly lit small attic, Haoyue was shaking Ah Jiu's shoulder: "What did you see, what did you see, what was it like in the palace?" Is there a concubine who has eyes above the top to bully Sister Xu? ”
Ah Jiu was a little dizzy by his sister's shaking, he slowly opened his eyes, and looked at his anxious sister a little speechlessly.
Just now he opened the vision sharing with the orange cat, and he can see what is happening in the palace through the eyes of the orange cat.
"Oh, brother, don't sell it, hurry up and tell me what it's like in the palace? Has Sister Xu been bullied? Haoyue continued to shake Xu Ajiu.
"Sister Xu is very good, but the palace is not as good as at home." Ah Jiu answered Haoyue's question very briefly.
Hearing Ah Jiu's answer, Hao Yue pouted: "Oh, forget it, I'll let Ge Jiamu take me in another day." ”。
Knowing that his brother was a language wretch, Haoyue stopped asking him.
Regarding Sister Xu Hong's entry into the palace, Ah Jiu always felt a little indebted in her heart, after all, the matter started because of him.
Originally, he explained the matter to the fat man in the corner, saying that those birds were attracted by him by whistling, and it was not some auspicious luck from the sky, but Yuan Fat said that when things developed to this point, he could only admit that this was Xiangrui, and if it was not auspicious, it would be equivalent to bullying the king, and the whole family would be killed if he committed the crime of bullying the king.
So what he can do now is to insert an eyeliner next to Sister Xu Hong and send cats to protect her in secret.
In the Flower Hall of Weiyang Palace, Concubine Hua heard the news that the women of the Xu family had entered the palace, and she was so angry that she didn't even eat dinner.
At this time, Concubine Hua, who was wearing a peony emerald green gilt dress, was sitting on the glass beauty couch with a straight face, looking at the direction of Zixiu Palace with an expressionless face.
The palace maids and eunuchs in the Flower Hall all lowered their eyebrows and were pleasing to the eyes, and they didn't dare to come out, for fear that one would accidentally bump into the muzzle of Concubine Hua's gun.
The hall was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.
Concubine Hua snorted heavily, her willow eyebrows turned upside down, and her face was unhappy: "Are all of you dead?" Not even a sound? ”
Concubine Hua's roar frightened the palace maids and eunuchs in the room to kneel on the ground, kowtowing and trembling: "Please punish the mother!" ”
Looking at the palace maids and eunuchs who were trembling like chaff in fright, Concubine Hua was even more upset: "I'm annoyed, get out of the palace!" ”
"No! The slaves and maidservants are gone."
Concubine Hua took a deep breath, calmed down her desire to kill, and then sent someone to find Grandpa Wei.
"Grandpa Wei! How's the preparation going? Concubine Hua's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of her mouth hooked a cruel smile.
Father-in-law Wei stepped forward and saluted: "Back to Niangniang, things are almost ready, just wait for an opportunity." ”
Concubine Hua helped Jin Bu on her head: "Okay, you have to prepare first, tomorrow I will go to Zixiu Palace to meet the little slut from the Xu family for a while." ”
At night, the huge Weiyang Palace fell into silence, and occasionally a few lights wandered in the night, and under the lights were the guards of the night patrol.
At this time, an orange cat deftly jumped on the ridge of the roof, and the soft meat pad stepped on the glazed tiles silently.
An animal like a wild cat, even if it is seen by the guards in the palace, is nothing, and it will not be taken seriously at all.
"Meow~"
The cat came to Xu Hong's window and barked softly.
Xu Hong heard the movement, hurriedly opened the window, and then hugged the cat in: "Big orange!" Where did you run all afternoon? I thought you lost it! ”
This orange cat was well raised by Ah Jiu, its fur was shiny and shiny, its whole body was chubby, and it felt very good.
In the afternoon, the orange cat was controlled by Ah Jiu and walked all over the harem, and then Haoyue drew a map of the palace according to Ah Jiu's narrative.
Xu Hong carried the cat to the bed, and then gave it a smooth hair, she was a little scared at night, so she couldn't sleep, and now that the big orange is back, her heart is a little more stable.
At this time, there were no palace maids in the house, Xu Hong was not used to being served by others, and she always felt awkward when she stayed with strangers, so she asked the palace maids to retreat.
Seeing that there was no one around, the big orange cat jumped down from Xu Hong's arms, then jumped on the top of the high mahogany cabinet, and when he jumped down again, he was holding a black object in his mouth, which was the small black box that Haoyue stuffed into the silver ticket.
Meow~
Xu Hong looked at the small black box that the orange cat brought over in a daze, she didn't know what this thing was, and she didn't know what it was for.
The big orange cat stretched out its cat's paw and patted the back of Xu Hong's hand very spiritually, signaling her to pay attention.
Then, under Xu Hong's gaze, the orange cat stretched out its paws that were retracted into the meat pad, and then pressed it lightly towards a small raised dot on the small black box.
The small black box glowed, and the sound of the moon came from inside.
"Sister Xu Hong, don't be afraid, this little black box is a recorder that can save people's voices, and now it just broadcasts my voice, and I'm not by your side."
As soon as Xu Hong heard Haoyue's voice, she subconsciously looked out of the door, and she thought that Yue'er's sister had also come to the palace.
Then, the recorder rang again: "Because considering that my sister can't write, there is no way to deliver letters, so I will give you this recorder, if there is anything in the future, just use the recorder to record the voice, Da Tang will bring the recorder back to Xu's house, and you can often hear the voice of Laifu in the future." ”
Hearing this, Xu Hong cried again, Sister Haoyue was so caring.
"Don't let anyone else find out about this recorder, it's our secret, I'll teach you how to use this thing next"
This recorder was opened when Haoyue opened the gift package, and because this recorder runs on a lithium battery, it can be used for a long time.
Haoyue thought it was useless when she got the recorder at that time, because what she needed was food and water at that time, so she kept leaving it in the space and left it alone, but she didn't expect it to come in handy now.
There are many people in the palace, even if they send the letter back to the next person, it is still easy for someone who wants to intercept it and move their hands and feet, but if you use a recorder that no one has ever seen, and then bring it back by the cat, it will be much safer.
Xu Hong pressed the recording button of the recorder according to Haoyue's method, and then said to the black box: "Sister Yue'er, the palace is so big, many times bigger than at home, I'm a little scared, and a little homesick, but don't worry, I'm fine, the teaching here is also very good, is my brother okay?" Are you still sad? ”
After the recording, Xu Hong pressed the play button according to the method taught by Haoyue, and then the words she just said were played out completely.
Seeing that the voice was successfully recorded, Xu Hong looked excited, and then recorded a lot of words intermittently, mostly talking about what it is like in the palace and what etiquette to learn tomorrow.
After recording for almost half an hour, Xu Hong handed the recorder to the big orange cat.
Da Tang picked up the recorder in his mouth, then glanced at Xu Hong, jumped out of the window, and disappeared into the night.
The east of the city is actually not far from Weiyang Palace, and with the speed of the big orange, he can run back to the Xu family in an hour and a half.
At this time, Haoyue and the other children were eating barbecue around the fire, and Xu Laifu was the only one hiding in the corner and silently shedding tears.
Ah Jiu sensed the orange cat's movements, put down the charcoal-grilled eggplant slices in his hand, and then walked to the door.
I saw a big chubby orange cat squatting at the door, with a black tape recorder in its mouth.
Ah Jiu hugged the big orange cat in, then took out the recorder from the cat's mouth, and fed the big orange a few small dried fish.
Haoyue saw that the recorder was sent back, so she hurriedly jumped forward and pulled the corner of Xu Laifu's clothes: "Don't cry, don't cry, your sister is here." ”
Then, Haoyue turned on the switch of the recorder and pressed the play button.
Xu Hong's voice came from the small black box: "Laifu, don't blame your sister, don't worry about your sister, I'm very good in the palace, you have to be good, listen to the aunts, don't make trouble everywhere, and follow the fifth aunt to learn skills." ”
"Sister Yue'er, this recorder is really amazing, it can actually put my voice in, it's incredible, thank you for thinking so much about me."
"No, you can also say a few words to your sister." Haoyue handed the small black box to Xu Laifu, and then pressed the record button.
Xu Laifu opened his mouth at the little black box and choked up: "Sister, when will you come back, I will show you a big knife and buy you a beautiful rouge." ”
After Xu Laifu finished speaking, Haoyue still wanted to ask what was interesting in the palace, but was directly interrupted by Shen Yinxing.
Shen Yinxing: "Okay, okay, don't mess around, save some electricity, this battery runs out, the recorder will be scrapped, now record these parents in the short, don't run out of power at the critical moment." ”
"Uh-well"
Hazy Moon stuck out her tongue.
Early the next morning, when Xu Hong woke up, she found that the recorder had been placed next to the pillow, and the fat orange cat was squatting on the side, tilting her head to look at her.
Xu Hong touched Da Tangerine's head, and then just as she wanted to press the play button, a shout suddenly came from outside the door.
"Concubine Hua has arrived~"
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