In the early morning of the next day, Empress Dowager Zhao's edict came into the courtyard of Si Yuansi, and Li Dianzhi and Xie Wan knelt together to listen to the edict. Zhu Qing was holding a bright yellow cloth in his hand, and only a little girl was beside him.

"Si Yuansi is in charge of serving Xie Wan, violating the palace rules and disrupting the palace discipline, but he has made meritorious contributions to the preparation of the Qianqiu banquet. The merits and demerits are offset, and the position of the servant is retained, and the royal garden is punished for seven days. ”

Xie Wan received the order, got up on the ground, and before he could stand firmly, his knees hurt and he had to kneel down again, but fortunately, Li Dian, who was on the side, quickly helped him, so he didn't fall down.

Zhu Qing handed over the cloth to the girl beside her, and then stepped forward to help Xie Wan, her face was still kind, and a small porcelain bottle slipped out of her sleeve and fell into Xie Wan's palm, "This is the Queen Mother's reward - the sprinkling of the imperial garden starts today." ”

After sending off Zhuqing, Xie Wan thanked Li Dianzhi and returned to the room alone.

Xie Wan approached the tip of his nose and sniffed lightly, and a fragrance of herbs came to his nose, and his heart was a little relieved. I applied the medicine alone, and the effect was fast, and the pain in my knee was immediately reduced.

Xie Wan also secretly speculated about the intention of Empress Dowager Zhao's remarks, but before she could figure it out, someone slammed the door with a shocking sound. Xie Wan hurriedly lowered his trouser leg, stood up and went to open the door.

The grandmother at the door had a cold face, her thin lips were tightly pursed, her eyebrows were wrinkled, her eyelids drooped with impatience, and when she saw Xie Wan open the door, she stuffed the broom bucket in her hand all over, "It's already hourly, why are you still lazy here, I don't care what grade you are, if you are unqualified this evening, you will have your own good fruit to eat." ”

The old lady took out a note from her sleeve and stuffed it into Xie Wan's hand, "This is the task you want to complete today." ”

With that, he snorted again and turned to leave.

Xie Wan was carrying the broom barrel and before he came back to his senses, the grandmother had already walked away, and Xie Wan immediately unfolded the note in his hand.

1. Sweep away the fallen leaves on the ground;

2. Water and fertilize the trees in the peach and plum orchard;

3. Move the potted plants from the west to the east to bask in the sun, and then move them back to their original positions before the time of application.

At the bottom was a line of large characters, and Xie Wan read it softly, "Shen Shi six minutes check." ”

Xie Wan pinched his fingers and calculated, it was only four hours before Shen Shi was full at six quarters, so it would be difficult for two more people to complete a large imperial garden.

Xie Wan didn't stop for a moment when he was thinking about the movements in his hand, picked up the tools and walked out.

Xie Wan first went to the west to move the potted plants to the east, the number is not very large, but each pot is very heavy, and the branches and leaves are also wide, not to mention that the palms are full of red marks, even the face is inevitably hurt by the branches and leaves, and the small insects are also flying in front of him.

Xie Wan easily finished moving the potted plants, his back was already soaked, his forehead was sticking to his face one by one, his knees ached faintly, and his back was also sore because of the rickets for too long.

When Xiao Mingze came out of Cining Palace, he passed by the Imperial Garden, and saw Xie Wan alone carrying a full bucket of water in one hand and a bucket of fertilizer in the other, his face was pale and his lips were not colored. Xiao Mingze stopped the sedan chair, and He Wen immediately leaned over

"Lonely look at her a little familiar, why is she busy working?"

He Wen glanced at it and immediately lowered his head and replied very respectfully, "Back to Your Majesty's words, it is Xie Wan, the head of Si Yuansi, and the Empress Dowager sent an edict early this morning saying that she violated the palace rules and should be punished." ”

Xiao Mingze sighed, the memory in his mind became clear, the last time he saw him on the long street was Xie Wan, at that time Xie Wan was wearing an official uniform and his hair was neat. I remembered yesterday, Xie Wan was dressed neatly by the Taiye Pool.

Xiao Mingze lowered the curtain, "Call the two little yellow doors to help her, don't let others know." ”

He Wenying got down, flicked the dust sedan chair and walked forward again, he pointed to the two little eunuchs and explained a few words, and then hurriedly followed Xiao Mingze.

Such news did not hide from the ears and eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhao, when the news came to Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager Zhao held the fish food in her hand, and she only hummed after listening to it. Zhu Qing waved his hand and asked people to go down, and then looked at the Empress Dowager Zhao again.

A little smile appeared on Empress Dowager Zhao's face, and she casually sprinkled a handful of fish food into the pond, and lowered her eyes to look at the fish competing for food, "Our emperor, my heart is still not hard enough." ”

Zhu Qing's eyebrows frowned slightly, and soon stretched out again, "Niangniang, you deliberately called ...... Going to the Imperial Garden? ”

Empress Dowager Zhao glanced at Zhuqing with a smile, and poured a whole bowl of fish food into the pool nonchalantly, "If you want to see the fish compete for food, you naturally have to be willing to feed it." ”

In the peach and plum orchard, Xie Wan found a few small bottles filled with water and hung them around his waist, and then took a broom to sweep the fallen leaves under the tree, and then poured the water in the small bottles in an appropriate amount. When Xie Wan returned to the starting point halfway through, he found that the other basket was also full of fallen leaves, and the bucket was empty.

Xie Wan was stunned, and then went to check again, and indeed the other half of the forest had also been watered.

Someone was secretly helping her, Xie Wan thought for a moment and didn't figure out who was free and quick, but the time was anxious and Xie Wan couldn't help but think about it, she led the fertilizer and began to water little by little.

The sun was in the middle of the day, the heat of early summer couldn't even blow a trace of wind, and the smell of fertilizer was volatilizing and steaming in the air little by little, Xie Wan's stomach was already empty, and now he was about to fall down almost immediately.

"Gross-"

Xie Wan really couldn't support it, and then leaned on the trunk of the tree and turned his back, bending over and enduring it again and again before he spit it out. Xie Wan's face was flushed, but his lips were pale, as if he had just come out of the bottom of the tree.

Xie Wan slowed down for a long time before he took care of the rest in one breath, and sat weakly in the corner of the shade, hanging his head and pressing his faintly throbbing stomach.

Suddenly, there was a shadow hanging down in front of him, Xie Wan looked up a little sluggishly, and smiled at the green beads, but the green beads couldn't smile in the next second, and hurriedly sat down next to Xie Wan, took out a cake from his arms and handed it over,

"Eat two bites and one pad, and I'll go fetch water for you."

Xie Wan reached out and grabbed Lu Zhu's wrist, barely hooking out a smile, his eyes couldn't help but be a little hot at this time, "It's okay, just sit with me for a while." ”

Lu Zhu's eyes were also red, but he couldn't bear to shake off Xie Wan's hand, so he had to sit beside her and curse in a low voice, "This is too bullying!" ”

Xie Wan relieved himself and patted Luzhu's hand, Zhengse, "You can also say nonsense?" We slaves and maids are not so expensive. ”

Xie Wan took a bite of the cake, and finally felt a lot better with something in his stomach.

"That'...... Then I will be with you, and I will also have a share in leaving the palace. ”