As soon as Gu Yuling returned to her residence after her duty that day, Xiaoqiu greeted her with a smile, "Si Yi, Shao Gong Zheng asked someone to send two big wooden boxes, saying that it was a New Year's gift from Si Yi's family, and the slave maid helped put everything in your room." ”

Gu Yuling, who was originally tired, heard Xiaoqiu's words, her eyes lit up, and her steps couldn't help but speed up.

Entering the room, Xiaoqiu helped Gu Yuling guard the door with interest.

Gu Yuling saw two wooden boxes in the room, one larger and one smaller.

She walked a few briskly steps to the wooden box and opened one to check.

The small wooden box was full of food, and on the side was a purse containing silver and a letter.

When I opened the letterhead, it was the handwriting of Shiyu, the big maid next to Qin Shuhuang.

said that this was Qin Shuhuang's order before leaving, and during the New Year, he would definitely prepare a festival for Miss Gu San.

Most of the food in the small wooden box was the snacks that Gu Yuling ate a lot when she was in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and they all remembered Shiyu.

In addition to snacks, it is also tea, brown sugar, bird's nest and other supplements, even if Gu Yuling himself doesn't want to eat it, it is also excellent to give it away.

Underneath the wooden box are clothing, a set of understated winter dresses with Yunfu patterns, a warm mink cape, a pair of embroidered shoes inlaid with pearls and cotton clippings, and a set of gold jewelry inlaid with ruby.

Although these clothes can't be worn when they are on duty in the palace, female officials of high grades can wear their own clothes in the New Year's Day, embroidered shoes can be worn on weekdays, and jewelry is just right to wear during the New Year, which is not high-profile, but also festive and good-looking.

What Qin Shuhuang has thought about for Gu Yuling in advance.

Some female officials are from poor families or are not loved by the elders in the family, and they can only wear clothes issued in the palace during the New Year, and they are often discussed behind the backs of palace maids and eunuchs.

Now she doesn't have to think about whose relationship she should go, buying fabrics outside the palace, and when she stays up late to make her new clothes.

Looking at these things, Gu Yuling's eyes were slightly sour, Rao was in Gu's mansion, and it was not every year that she had new clothes to wear during the Chinese New Year, most of the time, she wore old clothes that Gu Yuqing and Gu Yufei didn't want, and if they didn't fit, she would change them herself.

There were no clothes, let alone jewelry, cloak and shoes.

Gu Yuling locked the box and put it away, took two taels of silver from his purse, and called Xiaoqiu, who was guarding the door, to come in.

She gave the silver to Xiaoqiu and said with a smile: "This is your reward for serving me this year, take it and buy some fabric to make a new outfit!" ”

Because Xiaoqiu is the lowest-level miscellaneous palace maid, except for the clothes issued by the inner court when she entered the palace, it has been several years, and the low-level palace maids have not been issued new clothes.

In winter, Xiaoqiu was still wearing autumn clothes, not to mention that her skirt was short, and it was torn in several places.

Gu Yuling found her old clothes and changed them for Xiaoqiu.

Xiaoqiu's status is low, and she can't keep it if she gives too much, so it's better to let her change into warm clothes first.

Xiaoqiu happily took the silver, thanked Gu Yuling, and brought in the food box for Gu Yuling.

Gu Yuling asked Xiaoqiu to stay and eat with her.

Xiaoqiu hesitated for a moment but agreed.

After finishing the meal, Gu Yuling looked at Xiao Qiu's red cheeks, these days by her side, Xiao Qiu was finally no longer so thin, and she looked a little healthier.

Every time Xiaoqiu looked at her, it was like seeing the sun, and her smile became much more than usual.

Gu Yuling smiled, I am afraid that when she sees His Royal Highness, she will see that Xiaoqiu will see her like this.

Thinking so, Gu Yuling walked to the desk and began to read and record.

His Royal Highness treats her so well, she can only help His Highness in the future if she reads more books and understands more things.

It wasn't until midnight that the lights in Gu Yuling's room went out.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve twenty-three years ago, at this time of the year, the Yuehe Palace was already lively.

But this year it is still deserted.

Early in the morning, the rough envoys in the Moon Lotus Palace began to sweep.

The palace maids are all wearing old clothes, and the temperature is cooling down today, the weather is extremely cold, and the palace maids have to stomp their feet and rub their hands every time they are busy working.

The eldest maid of the fifth princess Qin Shuchun, Fanshuang, covered a thick brocade quilt on the fifth princess, and touched the soup woman in the fifth princess's quilt, and saw that it was not warm, so she asked the little palace maid next to her to change it and stuff it into the quilt of the fifth princess.

Fanshuang rubbed his hands and walked out of the inner room of the dormitory, and the little palace maid followed.

Fanshuang asked the little palace maid in a low voice, "Can you go to the concubine to inquire?" ”

The little palace maid's cheeks were also red from the cold, "Sister Fanshuang, I let people go yesterday, and the grandmother on the side of the concubine didn't say anything to send things to the palaces......"

Frost frowned, "Don't you have winter charcoal either?" ”

The little palace maid shook her head, "In order to save money, there was no charcoal in the palace a few years ago." ”

In order to make themselves better in winter, the ordinary palace maids and eunuchs in the palace began to save silver from the summer, and began to buy firewood and charcoal in the autumn, so that they would not freeze to death in winter.

But before the five princesses' Yuehe Palace was taken care of by the concubine Niangniang, and before the winter, the best silver silk charcoal was delivered, so the eldest maid Fanshuang had never been troubled by this kind of thing.

This year, the five princesses failed to succeed in the concubine Niangniang, and they all entered the winter, but the Moon Lotus Palace was like an ice cellar, not even charcoal, let alone anything else.

Fanshuang's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, "Can the concubine send something to King Ping?" ”

The little palace maid nodded, "I have already sent ......"

"Has King Ping entered the palace recently?"

"No, the slave maid went to inquire, His Royal Highness King Ping hasn't entered the palace for more than a month......"

Frost hurriedly walked back and forth, "What then!" The princess has never been frozen, and she will get sick if she goes on like this! ”

"Or we buy our own charcoal?" The little maid proposed.

Fanshuang sighed, how could she not know that they bought charcoal by themselves, but since the cancellation of the marriage contract with Beidi, the concubine has not given the Yuehe Palace a amount of silver.

Not only that, but the concubine also asked people to take back all the things that were given to the fifth princess before.

The little silver that the princess had saved had already been spent half a month ago...... Where is the silver to buy charcoal......

In the past few days, the charcoal used in the princess's inner room was still sent by Gu Siyi......

Fanshuang was worried, the voice of the fifth princess came from the inner room, Fanshuang hurriedly told the little palace maid not to talk nonsense, and then quickly stepped into the inner room.

Qin Shuchun put on her clothes, and saw that the charcoal basin in the hall did not rise, she didn't ask Fanshuang, she knew that it must be that the charcoal sent by Gu Siyi had run out, otherwise it would be impossible for Fanshuang not to give her charcoal on such a cold day.

Rubbing his hands that were a little frostbitten, Qin Shuchun pretended to be relaxed and said to the eldest maid Fanshuang: "Early in the morning, what are you doing with your frowns, be happy, it's okay, I wear a lot, it's not cold at all, I'll go to Gu Siyi to play later, I can't freeze." ”

In the inner palace, I am afraid that only the places where female officials and eunuchs are on duty now have charcoal fires, because the charcoal fires in this place are directly from the emperor's use, and they are not under the control of the harem.

Fanshuang was very distressed, the dignified five princesses of Dawu, in order to keep warm, actually went to the place where the female official was on an errand.

casually used a simple morning meal, and as soon as Qin Shuchun was about to leave the Yuehe Palace, a palace person ran in with a happy face to report, "Fifth princess, the emperor is here!" I brought a lot of stuff with me! ”