The world is heavy and late

Chapter 12 Mid-Autumn Festival
Liu San is still thinking about it, and the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet has already started on the palace side.

However, the atmosphere of this Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was somewhat dignified.

At noon, Secretary Jian Zhongcheng Zhang sent an urgent report that the locust plague was serious in Anyang County, Xiangzhou, but the governor of Xiangzhou blocked the news. After the locust plague, most of the people in Anyang County had no crops. So he could only send a memorial to his teacher Zhang Zhi's Mid-Autumn Festival gift and send it back to Kyoto.

After an afternoon of fermentation, more or less people in the palace knew that there was a locust plague in Xiangzhou, because people walking in front of the imperial court said that when the emperor heard the news, he cursed several times in the Qinzheng Hall. .

In short, everyone in the harem is in danger, wishing to be more careful, for fear that a single omission will bring His Majesty's bad luck.

His Majesty the Emperor, Zhao Chengming, was really upset at this moment. While worrying about the locust plague in Xiangzhou, he cursed Yang Cong, the governor of Xiangzhou, in his heart.

The emperor was still thinking about who he should send to relieve the disaster, because he always felt that something was wrong with this matter. It is said that natural and man-made disasters like locust plagues usually have to write letters to ask for money and food. Why did Yang Cong send people to block the news? What's the matter, thinking that I have always wanted to cut off a part of the family, now is a good time.

This person must have the ability to face the complicated situation in Xiangzhou. Xiangzhou not only has enfeoffed princes, but also major families, and Xiangzhou has a lot of tea, and there are many wealthy businessmen and gentry. The person who goes there must not only be capable but also have a family background OK, otherwise the bullet will not be suppressed.

The emperor made such a total calculation, and found that the only suitable choice in the capital was really one, Xie Huizhi, the eldest son of the Xie family, although the Xie family was now watching the fire from the other side to see what the emperor would do next.But Xie Huizhi is something to look forward to, but he doesn't act like the hypocrisy and frivolity of the children of the family; what's more, he will let Lu Jin follow to see what's tricky in Xiangzhou. The family abandoned the second son.

After thinking about all this, the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, thought of a suitable method, and might have additional discoveries. His Majesty finally showed them a good face during the dinner.

But all of this has nothing to do with Xia Qing and Liu San. Both of them are very busy at such an important palace banquet. Who made them all the exploited class.

Xia Qing, as a little maid in the kitchen department, actually does two jobs for such an important palace banquet, washing vegetables and delivering meals, and of course washing dishes and putting away dishes. The housekeeper lived a day, although it didn't sound like much.But there are thousands of people with this utilitarianism.

Xia Qing is not afraid of working too much, because she is still very used to this kind of overtime work, after all, it was the same in the past, and Xia Qing's native family in the previous life is not too different from the current one, they are all used to doing farm work.

When Xia Qing passed the most feared level tonight, delivering food to the emperor and princes and ministers safely, Xia Qing was still relieved. After all, there were so many big bosses sitting together, and the atmosphere was really scary.

Liu San's side is actually not much better than Xia Qing's side. The Palace Banquet and the Department of Ceremony are also a very busy department, because the arrangement and process of the palace banquet, as well as the dance and music at the palace banquet are all the work of the Ceremony Department. Sometimes, a single mistake or omission could kill someone. Isn’t there such a thing as a sudden disaster at a banquet that is sung in opera books?

When the palace banquet was almost over, the two of them, including many people in the palace, breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, the Mid-Autumn Festival is no different than other etiquettes. On this day, many female officials also have a holiday. They can go out of the palace to reunite with their families. It is good to leave only the female officials on duty. Naturally, after the palace banquet is over, the control over the little palace ladies is also a little looser. , Allow them to talk to their relatives and friends.

Everyone was very happy, after all, it was their first year in the palace.Xia Qing heard Wu Xiaoyuan talk for a while, Shen Hui came over and said

"Yuanyuan, come here quickly, we just said that we want to play drums and pass flowers together, let's play together."

Wu Xiaoyuan was very moved when he heard that, but he still turned his head to look at Xia Qing.Xia Qing nodded with a smile
"Just go if you want to play."

As soon as Wu Xiaoyuan heard this, she went with Shen Hui and the others. She knew that Xia Qing didn't like to play with others, so she didn't call her.Xia Qing watched them play together, suddenly the red silk flower fell into the hands of a little maid, who was going to tell everyone a joke, everyone burst into laughter, Xia Qing looked at this lively scene, and felt a lot of emotion for no reason.

I don't know why, looking at such a vigorous and lively life, Xia Qing has a sense of old age.

Xia Qing turned and left. She walked quietly, and found that she had unknowingly reached the Mirror Lake again. She almost subconsciously looked at that place.

The moonlight on the fifteenth day was extraordinarily bright, pouring on the mirror lake, on the weeping willows, on the rockery, on... him.It is rare for Xia Qing to look at a person so intently, but now she is a little fascinated. She can see that the moonlight sprinkled around him like a layer of silver veil. He looked up at the moon, and his face was faintly His back was as bright as before, and when the night wind blew gently, it would shake the hem of his clothes. It was obvious that he was not a person with outstanding facial features, but at this moment he had a feeling of Zhilan Yushu.

Xia Qing stared at Liu San fixedly and held her breath. At this time, Liu San seemed to be scared away if she made a loud noise.

No problem, but Liu San speaks out first

"Don't you say hello when you come?"

Liu San turned around while talking, and was stunned as soon as he turned around.

Xia Qing looked down at his own shadow with some understanding, but maybe he was still in the situation just now, his face was still indifferent, and his eyes were full of mist.

Seeing Xia Qing like this, Liu San felt a pang of distress for no reason.He has always known that this girl is a little strange, but seeing her at this moment, he feels as if she has been abandoned by this world, and there is no one in this world that she can miss anymore.She was full of confusion like a newborn baby.

Liu San couldn't figure out why, he knew that she must be a new maid this year, because there is still a difference between this group of maids and those who are used to staying in the palace, and judging by her stature, she is only eleven or twelve at most this year It’s all about age, why there is always a vague feeling of not existing in the world, Liu San has doubts, so he asked
"how old are you?"

Xia Qing had already recovered from the scene of Yuexia's back just now, and when she heard Liu San's question, she said in a nonchalant manner.
"Fourteen."

Xia Qing didn't care much about this, so she asked

"Why did the father-in-law come here?"

Liu San smiled and said
"I like it here, it's quiet. They're too loud, and besides, I'm not very social."

Xia Qing smiled happily and said

"Coincidentally, I'm not very gregarious. But, am I disturbing my father-in-law's meditation?"

Liu San turned his head and glanced at her

"I'm waiting for you too."

Xia Qing was even happier after hearing this, for some reason she felt a little sweet in her heart.

"Seeing that you are so good at talking, you can divide the money between your father-in-law and you."

As he spoke, he took out a familiar purse from his cuff, and when he opened it, it turned out to be two moons. Xia Qing took one first, and then handed the other to Liu San. Liu San was not polite, just picked it up and put it in the mouth, it seems that since we met, he has been taking food from her hand.

Thinking of this, Liu San suddenly took something out of his cuff. Xia Qing saw that it looked like a handkerchief, and the embroidery on the handkerchief was also extremely exquisite, so he stretched out his hand to unfold it. Very precious Shu embroidery.But Xia Qing's aesthetics is still very good, so when he saw this handkerchief, he liked it very much, and asked him

"Give it to me?"

"Bought or embroidered?"

"Why don't you speak, it seems that you embroidered it yourself?"

After being pestered by her for a while, Liu San sighed helplessly and said with some regret in his heart.
"Embroidered."

Xia Qing laughed out loud, and after she finished laughing, she said seriously to Liu Sandao
"I like it very much, really, thank you father-in-law for the Mid-Autumn Festival gift."

After all, this was the first time Xia Qing had received a gift seriously since he was in this world.

(End of this chapter)