Chapter 81: The Cold Palace
After returning to the Qinzheng Palace, the pouring rain slowly evolved into a continuous drizzle, the rain drifted into the hall along the strong and powerful oblique wind, the yellow rosewood table in front of the hundred lattice windows was stacked with yellowed rice paper, the cold was blown up by the wind, but there were small leaves of red sandalwood to suppress the ruler, and the four words "auspicious Ruyi" were engraved on it. The bamboo-colored silk curtain can not resist the invasion of the wind, lazy and slowly raised, the rain outside hits the treetops, the fragrant fragrance of plants and trees is mixed into a piece, when the wind and rain drift in midsummer, the palace of diligence is as in the past, and the years are worry-free.
Honeysuckle helped Shen Qingjiao into the hall, the overly long skirt was already dirty all the way, standing in the Qinzheng Hall was a little out of place, Honeysuckle worried: "Little master, the rain is too heavy, your palace clothes are wet, it will catch a cold, the slave maid will go to the palace immediately to get you clothes, you wait." β
The damp and greasy clothes were very uncomfortable on her body, Shen Qingjiao couldn't help but shudder, she stroked the damp long hair on the sideburns and a pair of soaked embroidered shoes on the soles of her feet, and sighed: "You go and come back quickly, it's not good for me to appear in front of the saint like this." Remember to change your clothes first. β
"Slaves don't matter." Honeysuckle glanced at the open doors and windows, turned around and walked out, and unexpectedly took a look at the three or four palace maids.
One of the palace maids lowered her head and said to Shen Qingyu: "Say hello to Jieyu, little master Jieyu." This is the clean clothes that the saint instructed the slaves and maids to prepare for the little master of Jieyu, Gonggong Chen said, the little lord is at ease to change in the inner hall, don't worry, and will come over when the saint is freshened up. As for the aunt beside the little master of Jieyu, Gonggong Chen asked the slaves and maids to serve the palace maids, and the aunt came with the slaves and maids, and the little master had someone to serve here. β π.π₯π ΎπΏπ π .βπΎπ
This palace maid seems to be a leader, after Chen Fu finished speaking, he turned sideways and motioned for the first few people to enter with the palace suit, and he smiled and spoke to Honeysuckle, Honeysuckle looked at Shen Qingjiao hesitantly: "Little master, why don't you still be a slave and maid to serve you to change your clothes." It doesn't matter if you're a slave. β
"You're soaking wetter than I am. Go and change in. Shen Qingjiao shook his head and said, "Since I have arranged it here, you don't have to worry." β
Honeysuckle couldn't, so she had to go out with the other person.
At this time, Shen Qingjiao entered the inner hall of the Qinzheng Palace, although she has come many times on weekdays when she is sleeping, but every time she returns to Yaohua Palace to sleep after sleeping in accordance with the rules, this rule is firmly followed by even the most favored concubine, and she does not dare to violate it.
So Shen Qingjiao entered the inner hall during the day and the number of times he entered the inner hall was even more numerous, Xiao Qi was not an absurd emperor, on the contrary, he was calm and self-controlled, and such a thing as prostitution during the day was absolutely inadmissible.
Shen Qingjiao secretly looked at the inner hall that was completely different from the night, every time she went to bed, all she could notice was the red candle burning embers and the dim moonlight that penetrated into the hazy green gauze tent, not only did she see the double dragon play bead sandalwood bed used by the concubines and concubines, but she could also vaguely distinguish that there was a green jade Xiangfei bamboo screen on the right side of the bed, behind the screen was a group of carved hollow out couches, in front of the couch was a white tiger dwarf incense burner made of copper, and the rich ambergris incense inside made Shen Qingjiao slightly tilt her head.
The inner hall had already prepared hot water, and someone removed Shen Qingjiao's palace clothes, removed her makeup and hair for her, and said softly: "Little master, come here with the slaves." β
Shen Qingjiao grabbed the front of the soft wool cloak, a pair of straight jade legs loomed under the pure white cloak, and the embroidered shoes on her feet had long been missing.
The person who led the way didn't know why he said, "What's wrong with the little master?" The hot water has been prepared inside, so go in and soak it, and the slaves and maids have also put dried ginger flowers according to the instructions of the saint, which are used to ward off the cold. β
Shen Qingjiao tried her best to make herself look unusual, her eyes were lightly raised, she walked in, slid into the warm water, and poured hot water into her whole body in the white mist, so as to dispel the cold and confusion.
The palace maid who had just brought Shen Qingjiao in combed Shen Qingjiao's long hair, and in the quiet space, Shen Qingjiao asked quietly, "What's your name?" Is it the palace of diligence to serve? I have never seen you before. β
"The slave and maid are always asked, and they are not afraid of the jokes of the little master, and the slaves and maids used to serve in the cold palace. It's just that for some reason, Gonggong Chen personally went to the cold palace to pick people, and the slaves and maids went to the Qinzheng Palace to serve, replacing the previous palace maids, and it is reasonable that the little master has never seen the slaves and maids. Su Wen didn't care about Shen Qingjiao's gaze after hearing the word Leng Gong, she had a smile on her face and an orderly hand.
In addition to Chen Fu, Shen Qingjiao has also seen a lot of palace people serving in the Qinzheng Palace, because he just had a cursory glance, there was no familiar face among the palace people, Shen Qingjiao asked more, but he didn't want Chen Fu to pick them all out of the cold palace.
Compared with the palace maids who serve the nobles outside, Shen Qingjiao knows very little about them, just because there are many nobles who are sent to the cold palace who have made great mistakes by the concubines of the first emperor or the harem, and the palace maids who serve them are to put it bluntly, the biggest use is to guard, guarding those who try to escape or try to use death to achieve liberation.
When Shen Qingjiao was still a first-class palace maid in Ci'an Palace, she once asked Aunt Wang out of curiosity, and Aunt Wang only said: "The palace maids in the cold palace have more or less blood on their hands, if they don't have any skills, how can they look at those crazy people."