Clearly, she doesn't want to be a concubine

Chapter 40

Umalu smiled and said, "Okay, we've known each other for so long, why bother to act like this, just accept it."

Little Eunuch Meng accepted it with a smile, and said a few more auspicious words.

Umalu said: "Okay, okay, you are busy with your work, I will not keep you."

Little Eunuch Meng nodded and saluted, and left with the other little eunuchs.

Umalu kept some of the dishes, and distributed the rest to Yin Shuang'er and Shi Xiaoxiao.

Umalu looked at the weather and said, "Go down, you don't have to wait on me today."

The two saluted with a smile: "Thank you, master."

Tonight is New Year's Eve, according to the rules, after the emperor and the others finish their banquet, they will watch the fireworks on the city wall.

Colorful and dazzling.

Yin Shuang'er asked again: "Isn't the master going?"

"I'm not going."

Shi Xiaoxiao pulled her, Yin Shuang'er swallowed, and the two retreated together.

Umalu finished his meal by himself and read "Journey to the West".

After knocking on the door, Yin Shuang'er walked in: "The servant lights a candle for the master."

"Have a heart."

Umalu waited for her to finish lighting the candles and waved to her.

When Yin Shuang'er approached, Umalu pulled out her hairpin and stuck it in her bun, then handed her the key at hand, and said, "You take 40 taels from my box, and you and Xiaoxiao each get 20 taels. This is your money."

Yin Shuang'er laughed and said: "The master gave the slave a hairpin, and the slave took 20 taels and gave it to Xiao Xiao."

Umalu smiled: "You have a heart."

She said: "You are still children, accept it, so that the next year will be safe and sound."

She stroked Yin Shuang'er's temple hair, under the candlelight, her expression was peaceful and compassionate.

Yin Shuang'er had a sore nose and was about to cry. She blinked her eyes and forced back the tears.

Yin Shuang'er lowered her head, crying: "Yes."

She opened Umalu's box, took out 40 taels, and held it to Umalu's eyes before putting it away.

Umalu waved his hand and said: "Okay, it's ridiculous to cry and cry on this festive day, you go down and play."

Yin Shuang'er hummed, nodded and went out.

Shi Xiaoxiao waited under the eaves, freezing to death in the cold wind. When she saw her come out, she couldn't help complaining: "She told us not to come, but you just want to come. I have never seen you like this, and you are rushing to be a slave." .”

Yin Shuang'er shook her head slightly, she had a suspicion in her heart, but she still pushed the 20 taels of silver over in her hand: "This is from the master."

Shi Xiaoxiao took a look and said, "It's only 20 taels, and she rewarded those eunuchs for this price."

Yin Shuang'er was really unhappy when she heard it, and reminded: "Talking about master behind your back, how many lives you have are enough to pay for it."

"You don't tell me, I don't tell you, who knows?" When Shi Xiaoxiao said this, he seemed to think of something, opened his eyes in disbelief, and said, "I entered the palace at the same year as you, and I worked together as an errand. betray me."

Yin Shuang'er almost rolled her eyes when she heard the words: "You, sooner or later, this mouth will be unlucky."

She walked quickly.

Shi Xiaoxiao muttered in a low voice and followed.

In the harem, cups are exchanged for cups, cups of cups are staggered.

Kangxi left the court banquet early, which made the ministers feel a little more relaxed. It was also during this time that he asked Liang Jiugong to deliver those dishes to Umalu.

Liang Jiugong seldom left Kangxi's side, so he was naturally sent by Little Eunuch Meng with a few young eunuchs.

After Kangxi left, he came to a family banquet. In the family banquet, all of them were his own people, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the empress and all the concubines, as well as the three sons and three daughters.

When Kangxi arrived, Baocheng finished the salute according to the rules, sat in his seat, and was taken care of by the nuns beside him.

Kangxi saw him look at him several times and called him over.

Baocheng whispered to him, "Father, why isn't Erniang here?"

If she's here today, you won't see her very often in the future.

Kangxi thought.

He said in his mouth: "When it's over, I'll take you to find her."

Then Baocheng obediently sat down to eat.

The empress dowager saw it in her eyes and didn't say anything.

The queen mother looked at the delicacies on the table without even raising her eyelids.

The queen wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, she didn't say anything.

The three with the largest harem points didn't say anything, and the other concubines naturally didn't intend to make fun of themselves.

After the meal, Kangxi went out, followed by the concubines, and climbed the city wall behind the Baiguan Palace.

At this time, the firecrackers blared and the fireworks bloomed.

Outside the Forbidden City, lights and festoons are decorated, cars are like running water, horses are like dragons, and BMW carved car incense paves the way.

Kangxi was condescending, and for a while, his heart was full of pride.

He wants to stabilize the country, create peace for all ages, and rule a prosperous world.

Thousands of years later, when people mention the sage and sage, he must be there.

Which man never thought of becoming as famous as Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

Achieve the eternal emperor.

Even though he knows that there is no immortal person in this world, and no immortal country, it doesn't detract from the pride he felt at this moment.

Umalu heard the sound of firecrackers, and she held the charcoal she picked up early from the charcoal basin to let it cool down. She wrote her own name word by word under the candlelight.

She can't write anything.

Whether it is what will happen in the future, or the pictures about the future, it comes from Arabic numerals.

She couldn't write it down either.

Just because, that's not what Uyamalu should know.

Therefore, Umalu naturally cannot write.

She can't leave any openings.

She didn't know whether these flaws would later turn into knives stabbed at her.

There was always a faint hope in her heart, and she had been waiting for herself to find the bracelet that belonged to her.Therefore, before that, she would never die easily, and naturally she would not leave any clues behind.

But she misses that era so much.

That was her own age.

She could only write her name in strokes.

Umalu.

As she wrote, the rice paper was wet with tears.

She quickly wiped away her tears, put away the rice paper, threw the charcoal pencil into the charcoal basin, washed her hands in the basin, and then poured the water into the ditch under the eaves.

After finishing all this, she stood under the eaves, wrapped in fox fur, watching the fireworks blooming in the sky.

Gorgeous and fragile.

She stared at it obsessively, as if watching a fantasy dream.

After the fireworks were completely shattered, she stared at the five-color octagonal round lamp hanging under the eaves for a while, then entered the house and closed the door.

At night, when she fell asleep, Mr. Meng came to knock on the door first, and she opened it in fox fur.

Little Eunuch Meng lowered his head and didn't look at her, so as not to offend her: "Auntie is getting ready, the emperor is coming soon."

Umalu fell into silence, and stepped aside: "I have nothing to prepare here."

Little Eunuch Meng said: "Then please auntie avoid it for a while."

Umalu retreated in, got on the bed, and lowered the bed curtain.

Little Eunuch Meng called the other eunuchs to come in, lit the candles, put a fresh charcoal basin on it, and placed it on the table again, a plate of dried fruit and candied fruit, a plate of side dishes, a soup, a porridge, and a pig. Hoof, a plate of milky steamed buns, a plate of river fresh food, and two plates of seasonal vegetables, a total of nine dishes.

　About Arabic numerals: Around the 8th century AD, Indian numerals (that is, Arabic numerals) were introduced to China along with the eastward spread of Buddhism, but they were not accepted by the Chinese writing system at that time.Between the 13th and 14th centuries AD, Arabic numerals were brought into China by Christians, but they were not successful.In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Chinese scholars began to translate a large number of Western mathematical works, but the Arabic numerals in the book were all translated into Chinese numerals.Arabic numerals were first used in China in the first year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1875). The original version of "Bi Suan Mathematics" introduced and used the imported Arabic numerals.

　　
　
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