Chunman Palace

Chapter 4 Lianzhi
Lin Qingyu rested for a while to relieve the tiredness all over her body. After she called Lingqiao to dress herself up a little, she was quite satisfied with herself in the mirror, "Help me there, and then call them all in."

Lingqiao responded, helped her to sit down, ran to the courtyard to call for people, and after a while, led the palace servants in.

Lin Qingyu glanced at the crowd, but she couldn't see the maid who was shrinking in the corner before, her eyes suddenly collided with the maid named Qiang Huan, but Qiang Huan didn't shy away from it, with a smile on her face and bright eyes.

Lingqiao noticed the situation, immediately turned her brows upside down and yelled angrily at her: "You court lady is so courageous, you are so disrespectful when you meet your master!"

You must know that court ladies are not allowed to look at concubines for a long time without special permission. By doing so, Qiang Huan obviously did not take Lin Qingyu seriously. If the word is not severely punished, everyone in the harem will despise this "Lin Qingyu" up.

Lin Qingyu praised secretly, no wonder Lingqiao reacted so strongly, she really understands the rules and focuses on loyalty.

Qiang Huan accepted this preaching but didn't take it seriously, lowered his body unhurriedly and lowered his almond-like eyes.

Lingqiao was even more annoyed, stepped forward and added: "Your eyes are on the young master, why don't you apologize?!"

Only then did she say with great reluctance: "Your servant is guilty, please punish me master."

Lin Qingyu thought, I heard that this Yaohua Pavilion was the former residence of nobleman Xu, even though nobleman Xu was favored, he only lived here for three years, but when he went, he kept all the palace people who had used it.

It's just that you have to pick more good people yourself.

Sister Xi treated Lin Qingyu well, and she had told her about this situation before entering the palace: Most of the servants in the palace are not serving the master for the first time, there are only one or two top-notch ones, who step down because of their seniority. If the master treats the new slaves to make themselves outstanding, it may not necessarily be a good job; if the master ignores others and has no one to bring into the palace, these "tips" dare to instruct their colleagues to be right. The master is not wholehearted.

The nanny also said that if the master didn't give them a show of power, these slaves would show the master a show of power, but even so, they couldn't be easily dismissed, because these people were most likely inserted by a certain concubine on purpose, so they had to Be careful and cook in the future.

Lin Qingyu had already thought of a solution in his mind, so he was not angry, but asked downwards: "Who of you still remember when I came to Yaohua Pavilion?"

"Return to my lord..." A court lady was about to answer, but Qiang Huan gave her a fierce look at this time, she trembled in fright, and the remaining words in her mouth were suppressed.

With a smile on Qiang Huan's lips, he said triumphantly: "Reporting to my lord, it's [-]:[-], and my lord is resting in the room again. It's almost noon now. Lunch has been prepared, my lord, please prepare the meal."

Lin Qingyu knew that the court lady could not hold her breath, and the ridicule in her heart slightly surfaced, and she said with a smile in her voice: "I don't know if there are prophets in my palace, how do you know that I want to ask you when to use lunch?" Have you eaten?", the last sentence suddenly became colder: "Thank you for preparing for me."

The maid kowtowed to the ground in a panic, and said in a trilled voice calmly: "My lord, forgive me, Concubine Min once told the servants that the new lord may not be familiar with the palace, so I need the servants for basic necessities Taking extra care of her, being smart in her work, Concubine Min really has the best intentions!"

She was obedient, and avoided the seriousness and turned the blame on Concubine Min, trying to scare her, but when she thought about it, how many of the things she did were really ordered by Concubine Min?Almost got cheated by her.

After seeing the cleverness of this court lady, Lin Qingyu snorted softly, and said in surprise: "This is why you are bold. Concubine Min is in charge of the sixth palace, so she naturally understands all the rules in the palace. Could it be that you want to say that you are lawless, Making decisions without authorization is also the palace rule that Concubine Min taught you?"

At this moment, Qiang Huan couldn't think of anything else, only felt a chill in his back, and he lay down on the ground with a pale complexion and begged to get up and circle around: "My lord, please forgive me! This servant just said something, it's the servant who misunderstood Concubine Min , the servant made an arbitrary claim, please forgive the servant this time, my lord!"

Listening to the begging for mercy, Lin Qingyu felt it was loud and harsh.In the past, she had to swallow her humiliation at home and be humiliated by her concubine sisters, but now she was finally able to be the master in the palace, if she wanted to spare this maid, who would spare her?
Years of depression were released at this moment, she was unwilling to make cautious guesses about a court lady.

Lin Qingyu took a sip from the cup, and said lightly: "I didn't want to be too strict on the first day I entered the palace, but the rules in this palace are here..." Looking up at Lingqiao, seeing that she understood, she pursed her lips Nodded, "Let's deal with it according to the rules."

"Yes!" Lingqiao replied bluntly, walked in front of Qiang Huan on purpose, and said in a rather airy voice: "Qiang Huan ignored the palace rules, and his words and deeds were out of line, Zhang Thirty was sent to work in the woodshed!"

The two listened too much and got up immediately.

Lin Qingyu suddenly thought of something, and pondered for a while: "I just entered the palace, so it's not good to deal with it like this on the first day..." Looking at Qiang Huan, who had turned from tears to joy, she felt a little headache, she looked away and said : "Close it first and go to the woodshed to work, and don't let it out."

"I obey." After the two eunuchs answered, they found a piece of rag to cover Qiang Huan's mouth, and each of them pulled her with one arm, who was sucking on the ground like a snail, only to see the dust on Qiang Huan's forehead and cheeks. His face was covered with mud mixed with tears, and he didn't look half as good anymore.

She begged to go around with a "woo woo" in her mouth until she could no longer hear any movement, when the two eunuchs returned, all the palace servants said in unison: "Thank you, my lord!"

Lin Qingyu was slightly surprised: "What are you doing?"

A handsome eunuch said: "My lord, the servants are all newly assigned to serve, and they only have one or two years of experience. That Qiang Huan had served Xu Guiren in Yaohua Pavilion before, relying on his seniority, he always Asking for credit and being good-looking, all the credit was taken away by her, and the servants didn't dare to say more..."

It's so oppressive that I dare to explain it when the person is gone.

Lin Qingyu looked at the crowd silently, heard Lingqiao's reminder, and saw a court lady kneeling outside the door, wondering why she didn't enter the room, so she called out, and found that she was actually the court lady who was hiding in the corner when she entered the palace .

The palace people haven't recognized them all, so they simply ask her to introduce them one by one.

It turns out that her name is Mo'er, although she is young, she knows a lot but remembers a lot, she has a humble temperament, and she should be no worse than those old nuns who are used to doing things in the future.

Lin Qingyu was very satisfied with her introduction to Yaohua Pavilion again, and said: "Okay, reward."

Lingqiao took out the money she had prepared earlier and gave it to others, "Let's share it."

Moer Nuo Nuo Xie En took it.

Lin Qingyu said again: "You must have seen it clearly just now. I only leave those who do things in a safe manner. If they have guessed the master's mind or have delusional thoughts, they will have to be forced to be a rough envoy... Do you understand?"

After hearing this, the people below said in unison: "The servants will keep their own place and serve the young master faithfully."

It stands to reason that after a newcomer enters the palace, they should go to a high position in the same palace to pay their respects, so they sent everyone away, leaving only Mo'er to ask questions.

Mo'er nodded and replied: "My lord, you entered the palace early. There is a new lord in the East side hall who will come in a few days, and it won't be too late when you arrive."

After finishing speaking, Lin Qingyu asked her to take him around Yaohua Pavilion, chatted for a while, and found out that this Mo'er was originally from Sizhiku, and was assigned here by her aunt because of her good work.

After lunch, her mouth was greasy. A little maid came to serve her with a black tea tray. Lin Qingyu held the tea in her mouth and did not swallow it. When the maid came to rinse her mouth with a gargling bowl, she took the newly offered cup of six Ann tea.

Lin Qingyu took a sip, seeing that Lingqiao and Mo'er were guarding the side without making a sound, she felt that the rules in the palace were strict, so she told them not to watch, and they all went to eat and went to the Nuan Pavilion to rest.

After noon, first the empress and Concubine Min sent their eunuchs to express their love for the newlyweds, and then the palaces successively brought gifts for the newly promoted concubines, and Lin Qingyu thanked them for their rewards, tossing all afternoon until dinner Only then stopped.

I thought I could feel at ease now, but suddenly there was a sound outside the door, and Mo'er walked over quickly: "My lord, Mr. Jin is here!"

Mr. Jin?What do the concubines in the palace want her, a newcomer into the palace, to do.

Although Lin Qingyu was puzzled, she still got up and walked out, only to hear a sound like a silver bell, a beautiful face like jade fat came into her sight, the man pursed his peach blossom-like lips , smiled and held her hand: "Good sister, do you still remember me?"

Lin Qingyu looked at her in a daze, "Are you Sister Mu?" Although there was a happy expression on his face, he came back to his senses and saluted solemnly: "Promise Lin to salute Jingui..."

"We're all sisters, there's no need to be like this. Sister, get up quickly." Mu Pingting took the man's arm and walked them into the house together. When she saw a table of food, she smiled embarrassedly and said, "Maybe it's because I didn't come here by chance. I only wanted to find my sister for something, and I forgot about it, so I never thought that my sister hadn't had dinner yet!"

Lin Qingyu held her hand and sat in one place, wondering: "Sister, do you need me?" He looked up at Lingqiao, and ordered: "Hurry up and get that good pair of bowls and chopsticks." Then he turned his head and looked soft Hue: "If my sister hasn't eaten dinner, how about eating together at my sister's place? There is no rush to talk about it after eating."

Mu Pingting couldn't hide the smile on her face, and she asked the maid next to her to put down a lacquer plate covered with a red cloth, which seemed to contain expensive things.

Lingqiao put her hand up naturally at this time, and moved the red cloth away. When Mu Pingting saw it, she let out a light cough as if reminding her. Only then did she realize that she had done something wrong, and looked at Lin Qingyu apologetically. He bowed his head and stepped aside.

Mu Pingting smiled calmly, and said, "Huayue, open it." She took off the red cloth and opened the box, and inside were pea yellow and sesame glutinous rice dumplings.

Lin Qingyu was still thinking about how to return the gift, but this behavior opened her heart, and she couldn't help joking: "Coincidentally, my sister and I thought of going together, it seems that there is no need to go to my sister's palace to taste this taste."

Mu Pingting only smiled and replied, "If you come, you will have to stay for ten and a half months, otherwise you won't be able to eat all the pastries."

The two laughed and chatted together for a long time. They spent dinner and cakes in the laughter, but they didn't care about the weather, so they suggested to come back tomorrow and asked the palace servants to send the nobleman back with a lantern and a food box.

(End of this chapter)