Poor children

Chapter 113 Changle Palace

一
Pao'er and Laibao followed the father-in-law from the main hall to the east and back side of the palace, and then stopped in front of a palace. Compared with other palaces, this place was more gorgeous. Pao'er raised his head and looked at it. See the three golden characters on the blue plaque on the lintel of the main entrance: Changle Palace.

"You just have to wait here, let the Sa family go and report it first," the father-in-law said in a sharp voice.
"Thank you, father-in-law." After saying this, the poor boy bowed.

The father-in-law entered Changle Palace without raising his eyes.
"You guys are just waiting here. Let's go and report to the Sa family first." Lai Bao also said in a shrill voice, imitating him in a strange and sinister manner, "What? I've never seen such a strange person before."

"Stop making trouble now. Xu will see even weirder things in the future. You should be more peaceful under the roof of this house."

While the two were talking, they heard noisy voices coming from the inner courtyard of Youda. They got closer and closer, and soon they saw a group of seven or eight maids and women coming out surrounded by a beautiful girl. Next to her, she was following the father-in-law who had just entered with a low eyebrow.

When the poor man saw the visitor approaching, he already guessed her identity and immediately leaned down to give her a big gift.

"Hey! Sister, what are you doing? Go and help her up." The person who came was the emperor's beloved daughter, Princess Zhihui. "These blind slaves are ignorant and let my sister wait outside the door. I'm really sorry. , I will punish him severely when he comes back." After saying that, she saw the poor boy being helped up by her grandma, and she went to hold her hand.
"It doesn't matter. This is the rule in the palace. He didn't do anything wrong, so why punish him..." Seeing the poor man speaking for him, the father-in-law in charge knelt down and kowtowed. It turned out that he had already I got slapped inside and scolded him for being lazy. I was going to punish him severely.

"It's good that there are rules in the palace. They are for the slaves to keep. But who are you, sister? Are they the slaves who can break them at will? If I don't handle him well, how can I establish my authority for my sister..."

When the pauper saw her saying this, he stopped talking.

"Please let the two princesses go in and talk," a nun said.

"Let's go drink tea in the house." After hearing this, Zhihui pulled the pauper inside. As she walked, she pointed at the two older nuns who were following her and said to the pauper: "These two teaching nuns are My father arranged to teach you and me the etiquette and rules. They are all decent people. We should respect them more. But I don’t know why you suddenly want me to learn the rules? I’m usually used to being casual. …”

Pao'er nodded in agreement to everything Zhihui said, but said little.
"The girls have cleaned the East Side Hall. For the time being, I feel sorry for my sister to live there. If there is anything missing, just tell me," Zhihui said

"Princess You are so troublesome," the poor man said with a slight bow.

"Why is my sister so outspoken? Does she not like me?"

"Why did the princess say this?" asked the pauper.

"You are my father's adopted daughter and my sister, and you married far away for me. Naturally, I will never forget this kindness. In that case, why did you call me princess? Don't you think it's an outsider?" Zhihui didn't answer. Happy to arrive
"In that case, how about I call you sister?" Paoer consoled her.
Hearing this, Zhihui wiped away her previous displeasure and immediately became happy, "What time has it been? I'm hungry! Pass the meal..."

When the poor boy saw her, she was not as scheming as other girls from wealthy families who lived in deep houses and courtyards. She seemed to be upright and cute because she had no competition and had been loved since childhood.
"Sister, it's great that you can come. Usually, you are just such a slave, and none of them are considerate enough to talk to. Now that you are here to accompany me, I won't be bored anymore." Zhihui pulled Paoer in the hall. Sit down at the table and say, "Today I have to have hibiscus shrimps. I want to eat that."

two

Zhihui was not good at caring about other people's feelings, and she never thought about the hard work of the poor child in a day, so she kept talking to her until late at night. It was not until she fell asleep that the poor child came out of her room.
As soon as she entered her bedroom, she saw that Lai Bao was not asleep either. He was sitting under the table in front of the lamp, clumsily embroidering flowers and waiting for her. "Your hand holding the sword has also begun to embroider flowers. It's strange to see it." Pao'er smiled. talking about
Seeing the poor boy coming back and closing the door, she threw down the embroidery shed angrily, "Do you think I love this? My hands were pricked. Who told you not to come back? I don't know what to do, and I don't dare to run out for fear." If you do something wrong, you will get into trouble."

"You are sensible." Pao'er smiled and sat at the table and poured a glass of water to drink.
"Just now a rude old woman came and told us to get up at nine o'clock to learn the rules. How can you survive tomorrow if you come back so late?"

"What can't you survive? Go to sleep first..."

three

Just after dawn, I heard someone knocking on the door. Paoer and Laibao happened to have just packed up and went to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, he was greeted by a slightly angry face, "Princess got up late!"

"Why is it so late? We got up at [-] o'clock." Laibao arrived
"Why is this girl so rude? Do you have any say in this? I said that I will start studying in the courtyard at Mao Shi, but I don't mean to call you Princess at Mao Shi. Although we are slaves and cannot be as delicate as princesses, since we are Your Majesty asked the old slave to teach you, so I have to ask the princess to bear with you."

"What mama said is that I am ignorant. Please don't be angry and teach me more."

"In that case, please ask the princess to move to the front yard. Let's go for a walk first and learn how to behave." After saying this, the nanny walked out.
"Princess hasn't had her breakfast yet," Noble shouted loudly.
When the nun heard Laibao shouting, she stopped and turned around to glare at her fiercely. "Time waits for no time. I have a heavy responsibility. Please don't embarrass me, princess."

Laibao wanted to speak, but was stopped by Paoer. The two followed the nanny to the front yard and practiced their manners around the yard, but there were mistakes no matter where they went.
It was almost noon, but the poor boy hadn't even eaten breakfast yet. He had walked around the yard a hundred or two hundred times.

"Hey! Why didn't you call me?" Suddenly Zhihui came over from the backyard angrily, "Sister, I slept through it on the first day of study, and those slaves didn't dare to call me, leaving my sister alone. Let’s practice first.”

"Ah! Your Highness Princess." When the teacher saw her, she hurried over to say hello.
"Mom, wake up, I'm late, why didn't you call me?"

"The princess has a body of a thousand pieces of gold. If she doesn't sleep well, won't it hurt her nerves? It's still too late to come back after she wakes up..." said the nanny.
"Sister, can we have lunch?" Zhihui asked the poor boy.

"Back to Princess, let alone lunch, breakfast hasn't been eaten yet." Lai Bao arrived.
"Why doesn't sister eat?" Zhihui asked

"I got up a little late today. If I get up earlier tomorrow, I can come back after breakfast." The poor boy arrived
"Then... let's have lunch first. I'm hungry too. It's not too late to study after lunch, mama! What do you think?"

"That's nature! That's nature" the teacher, Auntie Xi, echoed
Zhihui then took Pao'er to the backyard, but Pao'er felt that his legs were as heavy as lead...

(End of this chapter)