The sky was still dark.
Before waiting for the sound of the clapper outside the palace, Hui Ming, who was lying on the porch, had already opened his eyes soberly.
No, it should be said that since she came back from Eunuch Su yesterday, she hasn't really slept that night.
Hui Ming tossed into the middle of the night. Even though he forced himself to close his eyes and forced himself to sleep for a while, Eunuch Su slaughtered his family and went to the palace. Her whole life was just spinning around in her mind, making her sleepless no matter what.
Hui Ming sat up abruptly, bit his lip and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and sat on the kang for a while, before he made up his mind, shook his head and shook off the tarsus. With the annoying sound of the maggots, he just lightly changed his clothes and shoes and got off the bed.
The snow had just stopped a few days ago, and at this moment, the inside and outside of the palace was covered with a thick layer of silver.
It is now the winter month, and Huiming knows that pig trotters, goose feet and other meats have been marinated in the pantry this month. The masters will eat mutton flat food and wontons according to the season. Adding more meat and smell, especially in the breakfast, these days, I have prepared spicy soup every day to keep out the cold.
Huiming's hands and feet were neatly tied up in the braid. In such weather, people in ordinary palaces would be very comfortable to get up early and drink a bowl of hot and spicy soup, but she remembered that Eunuch Su seemed to be suffering from a stomach disease, so she must have I can't stand such a spicy soup.
She had already made up her mind during the night, but it was still too early, so she took the monthly money, went to the pantry to find the boss, accompanied him with a smile and begged him to prepare more steam on the boss's stove Egg custard, although the steward's face was full of impatience, but seeing that she sincerely begged for consent, she agreed after receiving the money.
Huiming had been up and down in the palace for half his life, and he was used to such cold treatment for a long time. He didn't care about it.
Eunuch Su must have gone to the Wanxi Palace. There was no one in the downside room. Hui Ming shouted a few times and saw that no one agreed. It was simmering in a conspicuous place not far from the brazier, to ensure that Eunuch Su or Yuanbao could see it when he came back, and then looked at the brazier again, and it would not go out for a while.
After all these were settled, Huiming looked at the sky and hurried back to the Gande Hall. It was because she woke up early, and it was a bit late after all the tossing.
Fortunately, she is different now. There are two great gods, Eunuch Su and Aunt Xu, leaning on her back. Aunt Wei has always turned a blind eye and ignored her, and no one paid attention to her delays.
After Huiming entered the hall, he knew from the mouth of the Xiaogongren that His Majesty, who rested at the place of the concubine Xianfei last night, did not come back. When will we go to the Wanxi Palace together and bring back the clothes and accessories that His Majesty changed yesterday.
Although Huiming now doesn't care about being alone, but it is obvious that she should be on errands together, and she will not go to the palace by herself, so that people can clearly see that she is isolated and more troublesome.
There is a lesson from Bai Hao in front of him, and he didn't get the advice of Aunt Wei. Naturally, the two of them would not refuse. They only made an appointment to have breakfast and waited outside the west door. Seeing Hui Ming agreed. Just turned to hide.
Seeing this, Hui Ming didn't delay. After breakfast, he waited early at the west side door. After waiting for about half an hour, he saw the petite Yu Gan rushing over.
"Aren't your sister going?" After a long time, Hui Ming could already recognize it. As a younger sister, Yu Gan grew more immature, and when he smiled, there was only one pear vortex on one side.
Yu Gan nodded: "Sister still has errands."
Hui Ming nodded when he heard the words, knowing that these imperial colleagues had no intention of chatting and laughing with her, so he just stood up and walked with Yu Gan to the Wanxi Palace.
Originally thought that all the royal ladies other than Lu'an would keep their distance from her, but she didn't expect that Yu Gan, who was on the side, had already secretly glanced at her several times before she was halfway to the Wanxi Palace, full of desire. Stop talking.
Although Hui Ming noticed it, he didn't say it. The two of them could already see the eaves of Wanxi Palace from a distance, and Yu Gan finally couldn't help but shouted: "Sister Song, in a while... If Concubine Xian Empress asked us to ask something, Sister Song, can you answer now?"
current call? Hui Ming raised his eyebrows, this is not a big deal, just being an errand in this palace, the most taboo thing is to be unclear.
Huiming didn't agree, but asked directly, "Why? Where did you blame the empress?"
Yu Gan bit his lip and said vaguely: "My sister and I were originally supposed to sleep... You know, Concubine Xian..."
Generally speaking, Hui Ming also suddenly realized that the task of being a sleeper is a bit of a grind, but it is also the easiest to "move up". After all, it is to serve Anshi personally. The second is also a common occurrence. If you are lucky, you may be able to get a reward the next day, and the carp leaps into the dragon gate and becomes a serious master.
The two Kukou Yugan sisters are both beautiful palace maids with beautiful features and graceful figures. The most rare thing is that they have exactly the same sisters, and they are even fresher. It was only when His Majesty saw that they were young, he opened his mouth to keep them by his side for a few years. They had just arrived at the imperial palace when they were thirteen. Now, if I remember correctly, now that Yu Gan is fourteen, the bitterness should have been sixteen? These years are the best years. If it wasn't for His Majesty's illness, the two sisters would have already changed back to the bed room.
As for the concubine Xian, although she was virtuous and considerate in front of the Majesty, everyone in the palace knew that she was the most harsh and harsh in dealing with the palace staff in private, especially in such a situation as bitterness and sweetness. The concubines of the palace cannot be easily killed, but their identities are disparate, and they are often to blame and embarrassed everywhere, but they are always unavoidable.
Yu Gan begged her to take the initiative to come forward and reply, but it was just the idea of trying not to show up and say less and make fewer mistakes. The reason why she didn't remember it for a while was because Qiu Ya was there in her previous life, and she rarely went to other palaces to do errands like this. In addition to the six sleeping girls, it was not every day they were bitter and sweet sisters. When on duty, it becomes more and more difficult to just meet.
After realizing this, Hui Ming agreed in his heart, and comforted: "We went to find the maid in charge, and the concubine Xian may not pay attention to us."
Yu Gan nodded, but there was a wry smile on his face. Obviously, he didn't have any expectations for this.
In fact, this was indeed the case. After Huiming's two court ladies who had been looking for the concubine Xian concubine explained their intentions, the maid just told them to wait. , come with me!"
Yu Gan's face turned pale when he heard the words, but the master had no reason not to go when summoned, so he immediately had to follow behind Hui Ming, lowered his head and walked all the way into the flower hall in the hall.
Concubine Xian was dressed in a sapphire blue palace dress, leaning on the pillow, leaning on the Arhat couch, and she didn't seem to have the elegant style in front of the Majesty, and her expression was full of disdain and aloofness.
Hui Ming glanced at him out of the corner of his eyes, then lowered his eyes according to the rules, and knelt down with Yu Gan to greet him, but the concubine Xian on the couch never woke up, only didn't see them at all, just gently Scrape the rim of the teacup.
With sister Yu Gan's birth and future, there is no way to threaten the status of the concubine Xian, but she is just a little female official who clearly has no threat but is still so embarrassed. The concubine's temperament is so stingy by nature.
Hui Ming sighed secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face, and even his body became more and more submissive.
After only waiting for about a cup of tea, the concubine Xian on the couch spoke slowly: "Look up and ask Ben Gong to take a look."
When Hui Ming heard the words, he stood up straight, lowered his eyes, and revealed his face. The concubine Xian looked at her in surprise, but turned to Yu Gan with a smile instead of a smile: "In the past, the two of you sisters were inseparable, today. Why did you change one?"
Naturally, I don't want to come together and make you look upset.
Hui Ming's heart was open, because he had already promised Yu Gan, so he only wanted to correct his expression, took out the rules of "Aunt Song" in his previous life, and said with a straight face: "There are still some errands to do, slave Huiming, with Yu Gan Yi has come to fetch His Majesty's clothes yesterday."
Concubine Xian glanced at her, her facial features and appearance were not enough, but this dead body was full of sternness, and there was no vitality at all, which made people not interested, but Concubine Xian looked very satisfied, and even condescended. Asked: "You are looking at the eyes, when did you come?"
Hui Ming kowtowed and said succinctly, "Hui Niangniang, October."
"Yes, the palace servants in front of the imperial palace should have picked such people who know the rules. Plum blossom, open the box and reward her!" Concubine Xian nodded with more satisfaction, and then gave a cold look at the pale-faced man on the side. Yu Gan: "It's not like that kind of child who has lost his heart and only knows what kind of things the enchanting and enchanting only give away?"
Yu Gan's panicked forehead pressed tightly against the lichen, not daring to move. Although Hui Ming received the reward, he did not dare to neglect him at all. He accepted the golden leaf that was rewarded by the maid named Plum Blossom with both hands, and thanked him politely. Concubine Xian was actually very interested, and asked again: "Which one did you choose, I should also mention it to Your Majesty, such a person is really loyal and useful, and he should be rewarded with a reward. "
Hui Ming's face was the same as usual: "It's Eunuch Su, the former head of the royal family."
I thought it was just an ordinary reply, but I never thought that after Concubine Xian heard it, her originally smiling face was condensed, she bowed her head, and gave her a careful look. After a while, she opened her lips and smiled again cautiously in Huiming. Laughing: "Eunuch Su? Sure enough, plum blossom, go, prepare another reward, call this..."
After speaking for a while, Concubine Xian looked at her again and said, "What's your name?"
Huiming clenched his palms imperceptibly: "Slave Huiming."
"Hui Ming." Concubine Xian repeated the name slowly, and then leaned back against the pillow again, squinting her eyes as if bored, and continued: "Call this Hui Ming and bring it back to Eunuch Su. "
Until she left the palace gate of Wanxi Palace, Hui Ming brought His Majesty's hair crown and chaozhu yesterday, and the concubine Xian concubine ordered her to hand over the reward to Eunuch Su, still a little unable to recover.
The reward that Concubine Xian Niang gave to Eunuch Su was a small wooden box, and inside it was a gold and silver naked child that should be commonly rewarded in the palace.
It is not uncommon for the master in the palace to give rewards to the palace servants. As the head of the imperial palace, the concubine Xian knew that Eunuch Su was even more normal. For some reason, I always felt something was wrong.
Yu Gan didn't notice her in a trance. Seeing that she was far away from Wanxi Palace, she dared to say: "Hui Ming, you are really amazing, and you asked the Empress to let us out so quickly. Every time I come to the Empress Dowager Palace, It will only make the nobles unhappy, and the knees must be blue."
Hearing this, Hui Ming turned his head and saw her pitiful, but he also instructed: "Don't be afraid, the concubine Xian can't stand such cowardly and enchanting people, the weaker you are, the more pitiful you seem to be bullied by someone. Yes, the more she thinks you are pretending, the more unhappy she will naturally be."
Although Yu Gan is not too young at this time, perhaps because he has a compatriot's sister who has been protecting him all the time, and his temperament is quite naive, he just broke down in tears when he heard the words: "I don't want this either, But I'm afraid..."
Rao is that there is something in his heart at the moment, and Hui Ming can't help but laugh when he sees it: "What are you afraid of? You are the palace servant in front of the imperial palace. As long as you don't make a big mistake, even the virtuous concubine can't be punished, and Dingtian can't be punished. Just kneel for a while, we palace servants are still afraid of this?"
Xu Shi went through such a "common adversity," Yu Gan also forgot about the matter of staying far away from Song Huiming at this moment, hearing Yan just curled his lips, looking pitiful: "I am either afraid of kneeling, or I'm afraid of Concubine Xian, I will panic when I see her."
Then there is no way, but for a palace maid like Yu Gan, Concubine Xian is indeed a very scary existence. As Hui Ming thought about it, he heard Yu Gan continue enviously: "It's still you who is amazing, you didn't get punished for kneeling, but you still got a reward!"
Hui Ming didn't take it seriously, he just said casually: "It's nothing, the reward is just for Eunuch Su's face."
Yu Gan guessed that he was frightened in front of the concubine Xian just now, but after hearing this, he nodded his head and said, "That's right, the masters are very trusting in Director Su, and they are often rewarded."
Hui Ming's footsteps paused: "Really?"
"That's right." Yu Gan nodded briskly: "Even before the Empress Dowager gave him a Bodhisattva statue when she was there."
Hearing this, Huiming only smiled and nodded, but he understood the source of his doubts just now.
Eunuch Su was born in an official slave, the son of a sinner. In the eyes of the masters, it is a great reward for such a person to save his life and atonement for his sins as a slave.
Thinking about it, most of the palace people in the palace don't know about Eunuch Su's life experience, but His Majesty, the prince, and even the masters of the concubine Xian seem to be clear about this.
Although he didn't know the inside story at the moment, Hui Ming had a faint feeling that there must be a big connection in it. He couldn't tell.
Hui Ming was very worried and his face was solemn. Seeing that Yu Gan thought he understood something, he bit his lip and thought for a while, then whispered with a bit of sympathy: "Masters all value Eunuch Su so much, you can't be offended. Yes, even if the trouble is big, no one will decide with you. Even if you really don't want to, you can pretend to be coaxing, right? ?"
Since Hui Ming was transferred to the imperial front at the beginning of last month, she has indeed always looked like she was frightened, aggrieved, and reluctant. One could see her resistance, so it is not surprising Yu Gan's misunderstanding at this moment. Just for the sake of Yu Gan's naivety and boldness, he shook his head: "You dare to talk nonsense like this? Have you ever thought about what you will suffer if I spread it out to others!"
Yu Gan bent the corners of his lips, revealing the small dimple on the left: "Why do you look like that talkative person? Don't tell others, won't you?"
Rao is Huiming, and he couldn't help but smile at Yu Gan like this, but he couldn't help but persuaded him with a bit of a senior's mood: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not hearts, talking is just a short time. , why are you here?"
Yu Gan just shook his head and didn't care: "Although you are a year older than me, but in terms of being an official in the palace, I have stayed longer than you, and I have my own sense."
When Huiming saw this, he didn't say any more. The two only returned to the Qiande Hall together. Yu Gan sent the dragon robe and clothes to be cleaned, while Huiming needed to clean the chaozhu and golden crown one by one and put them away properly.
Before Yu Gan left, he looked at no one around, and even made an appointment with three points of closeness and three points to please. If there was still such an errand, they would still go together. Seeing that Hui Ming nodded in agreement, he was a little uncomfortable. Feeling embarrassed, he thought for a while, then lowered his head and suppressed his voice: "I heard someone say that although the inmates in this palace are eunuchs, if there is a pair of food, most of them will respond to their needs and release the food. The one who is coaxing in the palm of his hand is much better than the rough man outside. Director Su… "
Speaking of Su Jin, Yu Gan's voice became even smaller, and the look of fear was not as good as facing the concubine Xian, but it was not too bad: "General Manager Su is a little scary, but you don't mind. Deal with it first, maybe after two years, Mr. Su will get tired of it?"
Hui Ming nodded in disbelief. He just wanted to respond perfunctorily for the time being, and then Yu Gan, who was listening, continued mysteriously: "Be softer and coax Eunuch Su, as long as you don't make him feel awkward about that. You are nothing next to you."
So... that thing
Hui Ming's eyes widened, and his face instantly turned red!