dream back to qing dynasty

Chapter 3 Draft
There was a faint fragrance in the air, and he opened his eyes suddenly, after thinking carefully, he realized where he was.Looking at the silk gauze curtain and the brocade quilt, I felt a little dazed for a moment.Just as he was thinking, he heard a light knock on the door.

"Come in, I'm awake." I shook my head, trying to wake myself up. With a sound of "squeak", the door opened, and Xiao Tao Xiaoju came in carrying the washing utensils, "Miss woke up, did you sleep well last night?"

"Fortunately, it's just that I have too many dreams and can't sleep well." I greeted with a smile.As soon as I got up and sat on the edge of the bed, Xiaotao came up to help me change my clothes. I felt awkward, but after thinking about it, I held back and let her go.After washing up, Xiaoju combed my hair for me. "Don't make any tricks, just braid your hair." Stopping this girl from trying to make a big fuss on my head, I don't want to dangle around with a heavy head all day.After she finished combing, I took a look in the mirror by myself. The snow-white gown, the crimson bija, and the shiny black hair looked very clean and elegant.I couldn't help but secretly rejoice. It turned out that I was wearing ancient clothes, which were more beautiful and elegant than denim and shirts.

"Has Miss got up? The master and wife are already in the front hall, waiting for Miss!" A girl's voice came from outside the door. "Come on!" Xiaotao replied.

"Miss, my wife's girl is here to invite us, let's go there now."

"Okay." Presumably he wanted to say hello.I'm hungry, but I'm too embarrassed to mention it. After thinking about it, my son always wants to eat breakfast, right?Now I have to endure it.

The morning air is fresh, with that aroma that wakes me up from sleep.I couldn't help taking a deep breath, and waved my arms again, and suddenly found a few girls looking at me with wide-eyed eyes. When I came back to my senses, I stuck out my tongue quietly, and walked forward in a dignified manner.After passing through a small door with flowers, I entered a hall with good lighting. I saw the old man and his wife sitting in the main seat. I walked up to Fu and lowered my body: "Give my daughter to Ama, and Er Niang to say hello."

"Okay, Xiaowei, how did you sleep last night?" My wife asked me tenderly.

"Very well, Mrs. Lao, don't worry."

"You tidy up today, it's about to pass." The master's voice came suddenly, which startled me. "Where have you been?" I asked in a daze. "You child, you are sick, so you don't take anything to heart. Today you are going to the other courtyard near Haizi! All the beautiful girls are there for the primary election!" The wife quickly replied , obviously because I was afraid that I would make the master angry again. "Yes." I lowered my head and replied, feeling a little apprehensive in my heart. Although I always wanted to see it, I didn't expect it to come so soon.I don't know much about the ways of the world here, so I was sent to that kind of place with a lot of rules. If something goes wrong and my life is killed, it would be no fun.While thinking wildly, I heard the master say again: "There is a girl going with you, you don't have to worry about not having a caring person, but when you get there, you must be careful in everything, behave yourself, and don't act willfully."

"Yes, my daughter understands, please don't worry, Ama Erniang." I was secretly happy, but fortunately there was someone going with me, and I could ask questions if I had any questions.

My wife came up and took my hand: "Let's go, eat breakfast first, and then mother will help you put it back together. It's time to go at noon, and I don't know what will happen later..." She wiped her tears as she spoke.Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of the master's disapproving face, smiled wryly in my heart, and hurriedly dragged her out, thinking that no matter what, it was business to fill my stomach.Although I was not at ease in my heart, I thought it would be quite interesting to see a group of beauties competing for beauty after noon.Last night, I found out that the young lady of this family only knows a little bit of writing, and she is not a talented woman of the generation.Most of the women in this era are illiterate, and what they want to read is "The Commandments for Women", "San Zi Jing" and so on.It's funny to think about it, my current father married his mother because he admired the talent of his grandfather, but he thinks that a woman who has no talent is a virtue.But that's fine too, if he teaches his daughter to know everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, then I will only have to hit the wall today.

I walked in this flowery courtyard, breathed the still sweet air, and waited for that moment with anticipation and uneasiness.This is the first time since I stumbled back to this era by mistake, I have the opportunity to see her real appearance, and it is related to my future, like a cloud of fog, and I am trying to clear it away .

Amidst the sound of "Boom, Boom," the carriage walked slowly on the official road. The cars in the past didn't have any shock absorbers, and they were very bumpy.Fortunately, in the capital city, the road under the emperor's feet is paved with fine loess, so it feels good.It was only until today that I found out that I was motion sick——horse motion sickness.But this can't reduce my excitement and excitement by half.

I lifted the curtain slightly and looked at the bustling scene outside.Tian'er is the time when spring and summer converge, and it is one of the most comfortable climates in Beijing. There are crowds of people on the street, selling cold cakes, relieving the heat, shaving their hair, and juggling. It looks like they are filming a TV series, but It's so real again.I greedily devoured everything in front of me with my eyes, imagining that if I could go around and have a look around one day, it would be worthwhile to come here.As I was watching, I saw the front of the car turning, and suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing towards my face. My eyes lit up, and a large lake suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. I looked around, and felt as if I was near the Beihai Sea. I haven't seen the White Pagoda yet, think about it, the House of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty seems to be here.The carriage walked along Haizi and made another turn, wow!Many carriages appeared in front of my eyes, and many people were busy.Many girls who look like me are getting off the bus and entering the house.Girls, mothers, and servants filled it, it was a mess.

"Miss, it's just ahead, the carriage can't pass, let's get off here." The girl Xiaotao asked me beside the carriage. "Okay." I nodded to her, put down the curtains, helped Xiaotao's hand out of the car, and followed her forward.The servant behind took my luggage and followed closely.I looked around and saw those girls, some were nervous, some were shy, some were excited, and some were at a loss.I thought to myself, I am afraid that I am the only one who seems to be watching a theater.I don't know why, but it feels like the admissions exam for a film school, except that there are no boys. I can't help but chuckle.

Xiaotao looked at me inexplicably, and I waved my hand to signal her to move on.After being crowded and crowded, I finally reached the gate of the House of Internal Affairs, and the girl went up to report my birth, origin, and name. There was a special eunuch who was in charge of checking the roster. He ticked it off and signaled me to come forward. I walked over and gave him a slight salute. The eunuch looked me up and down again, "Press your handprint here."

"Ah, yes." His voice startled me, it was really ugly, an indescribable tone.After I pressed my fingerprint, someone came forward to pick up the luggage. "You go back. Tell the master and wife that everything is fine, don't worry about it." I turned around and sent my family, "Please lead the way." Then I followed the little eunuch into the mansion, and finally took my first step into this mysterious palace. step.

The mansion is very big, and the little eunuch led us around to a row of side rooms, and bowed: "The girl will live in this room, Tianzi No. [-] room. Let me tell you, the beautiful girl who lived here Everyone has a good way out." I was stunned for a moment, looking at his flattering smile, I understood in my heart: "Thank you, father-in-law, Xiaotao..." The girl cleverly took out a silver coin, and looked at him with a smile on her face. She put it away calmly, "If you have anything to do, girl, please come to me, Qin Zhu'er, and I promise to handle it properly for you."

"Thank you so much, I hope my father-in-law will take care of you in the future." I thought to myself that this is what is said in the book and in the play, so it should be correct according to the script! "Okay, then you can rest, there will be a few things in the next half an hour!" The little eunuch bowed and retreated.

Open the door and enter, it is a very simple house, with only a few necessary items for life, and it seems that everyone will not live long, so there is no need to decorate it.

"Take a break, I'll go and tidy up."

"Okay, thanks for your hard work." The girl went to work, I just picked a chair and sat down, just about to stretch when I heard voices, it seemed that my temporary neighbor had come.Before I stood up and took a closer look, I heard someone say: "This room is good, and all the beautiful women who live here have a good future..." I couldn't help laughing, it seems that this house in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a good future There are so many people, if this posture is to be followed, then the palace is probably already full, right? "Well, thank you very much, Eunuch." Suddenly a very pleasant voice came over, I became curious, and looked along the window, and suddenly, I met a pair of beautiful eyes unexpectedly...

"Ah!" I was a bit embarrassed to be caught by someone when I was spying, but the owner of the beautiful eyes smiled at me softly. I couldn't help but smile back and watched her walk to the next door.Seeing Xiaotao busy, I felt that I had nothing to do, so I picked up a book I brought from home, and it was "Bamboo Branch Ci".Although I was bored in my heart, I had no choice but to read it patiently. After a while, I also got some tastes after watching it. It should only be a re-indulgence of traditional Chinese culture.

As I was watching, I heard a light knock on the door, Xiaotao walked over and opened the door, I looked up and saw a beautiful girl standing outside the door smiling, she was my neighbor.I stood up and walked forward, but before I could speak, I saw her blessing her body gracefully: "Sister, I came here to see you without authorization, so I didn't disturb your reading?" I smiled and handed the book to her Girl, "Why, I'm worried that no one will talk to me!" I don't like to deal with strangers by nature, but at this time and this place, I'm instinctively highly curious about anyone and anything.

"Come in, please sit down. Xiaotao, go make some tea."

The girl sat down gracefully, raised her beautiful eyes, and looked at me carefully, and I honestly looked back.Really beautiful, much prettier than me!Almond eyes, crescent eyebrows, fair skin, cherry mouth, black hair, slender figure, looks about 1.6 meters, very petite and exquisite, only fifteen or sixteen years old, but has a kind of charm that mature women only have.

"My sister is so beautiful."

"Ah?" I was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that she was praising me, "You are too famous. Compared with you, I am nothing more than mediocre." This is the truth, I am indeed not as good-looking as her.

"My sister is too modest. You have a gentle and clear demeanor. You must be born in an extraordinary family."

I understand a little bit in my heart, could it be that I am here to make a deal to see if I am up to the competition?After thinking about it, my origin is really extraordinary, from the future, she was right, she secretly laughed.Seeing my strange expression, the girl was at a loss, and coughed slightly. I was startled, and realized that I was losing my mind again, and smiled: "My small name is Mingwei, with a yellow flag, father It's Yingro, the servant of the household department."

"Oh! So it's the lady of the Yalarta family." I nodded with a smile, just as Xiaotao brought the tea, I humbly picked up a cup, and blew the tea leaves on it.

Suddenly I heard her say: "I am the daughter of the Zheng family of the Han Army Banner."

"Oh, that's it..." I didn't know what kind of family background it was, so I had to drink tea to cover it up.I heard her say again: "Little sister, Xiaozi Chunhua." Poof... I spit out all my tea, Zheng... Zheng Chunhua? ? ?Isn't that a character only in novels, made up?I coughed desperately, so scared that Xiaotao and this Miss Zheng hurried forward to help me caress.It took a while before it was suppressed.I glanced at her in amazement, seeing that she was also looking at me strangely, and quickly suppressed all the surprises and doubts in my heart. "This tea is so hot." I complained to Xiaotao.The girl smiled and said: "There is no one who drinks tea like Miss, who drank it down in a big gulp." Zheng Chunhua also laughed: "Sister is so interesting."

"Hehe." I followed with a smirk, thinking that I had finally covered it up, and couldn't help but look at her again.She raised her head and looked out the window, "It's getting late, sister, please rest too! My son has something to do later! Younger sister also went back to rest."

"Ah, good." I hurriedly stood up to see her off.At the door, she suddenly turned around again: "I really hit it off with my sister! I wonder if we can continue our relationship in the future?"

"Okay, I'm also very happy to meet you." I said with a smile, I really don't hate this girl who scared me when I first met.She smiled happily: "Come and find my sister later." Go together?where to?I wanted to ask her, but after thinking about it for a while, I figured it out, so I nodded and watched her go back to the house.I turned around and came back to sit down, still very excited in my heart, but a little confused.Is it a coincidence?Or is there a real person in history?This is really puzzling.It's useless to think about it now, just let nature take its course.I was so surprised when I first arrived here, I really don’t know what’s behind.People seem to be more sleepy when they are stimulated. I yawned and looked at the time. It seemed that it was still early before the meeting time. I told Xiaotao to call me when it was time. I turned on the bed and fell asleep immediately.Anyway, I can't manage anything, I have to raise my spirits to deal with it, I don't know what will happen in my sleep, I really hope to dream of my family...

"Hmm..." I stretched my waist, it was so comfortable!When I woke up, I felt refreshed, and my heart was very tight, thinking that something good must happen today.Last afternoon, I went to the lobby with Xiaochun (she asked me to call her that) to gather. After a rough count, there were always five or six hundred people gathered together to be selected.I used to think that the ancients were not good looking, but after seeing so many restored models of the ancients, I didn't think any of them were very beautiful.But now it seems that there are really a few who have the quality of being a star, even in modern times, they are also beauties!

Chattering... three women in one drama, so many women gathered together, the effect can be imagined.As soon as Xiaochun and I walked over, countless eyes shot over, and everyone was X-rayed from head to toe.Xiaochun is very beautiful, and I am not bad either. The two of them are eye-catching when they walk together.I don't really care. In my time, whoever walked on the street had to be surrounded by thousands of people and be afraid of being watched?But Xiaochun became a little bit shy, clutching my sleeve and refusing to let go.In desperation, I went with her.

"Dang! Dang!" Hearing two gongs suddenly, I saw an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs walking up the steps in front of the hall and amplified his voice, "Everyone who is waiting for the election, within two months from today, you will be in the Here, learn the various rules of the inner courtyard of the palace, and you cannot leave the courtyard; after this period of time, you will know whether it is a phoenix or a mortal bird. I hope you all live in peace and rest, so that you can take care of yourself." The girls around chatted again. , and they dispersed after a while.Dinner is delivered to the room, and freedom is not very restricted.Just as I was thinking, Xiaotao opened the door and came in and waited for me to get up. Since I traveled here, someone has taken care of me comfortably every day. If I can go back to modern times, I really need to get used to it.

"Miss, you only learn the rules in the afternoon. What do you want to do in the morning?"

"Well, let me think... By the way, I want to go out for a walk, so I just look around."

"Ah, but I didn't say it yesterday, I won't let you go out." Xiaotao continued.I smiled and looked at her: "What are you doing? You're afraid that I'll run away." The girl blushed, "Look at what you said..."

"I see, don't worry, I'm just walking around in this mansion. When I came here yesterday, I saw several nice places and wanted to go and have a look."

"Then me and you?"

I waved my hand: "I want to clean up myself. I'll be back before lunch. If you have nothing to do, you can rest. You have worked hard these days."

"Yes, thank you miss." The little girl was a little surprised but happily watched me go out.

I walked along the corridor to Haizi according to my memory.Thinking of Xiaotao, she is a nice girl, but she must have been ordered by my parents to keep an eye on me, obviously afraid that I would cause some trouble again.I shook my head and didn't think about it anymore. To a certain extent, these have nothing to do with me. I have my own things to do.Gradually, I heard the sound of water, and I couldn't help cheering up.The ancients said: "The benevolent enjoys the mountains, and the wise enjoys the water." I have liked places with mountains and water since I was a child. "Hehe..." It was funny to think about it, so I couldn't help laughing lowly.

After turning a corner, the eyes suddenly opened up, and a large area of ​​water appeared in front of the eyes, with green willows brushing the shore, sparkling waves, and a refreshing cool breeze blowing towards the face.I was deeply moved by it, took a deep breath, and strode towards Haizi.When I got to the shore, I saw a lot of river banks made of stones, full of wildness.I looked around, but there was no one else there except willows and spring flowers. I calmed down and sat down on a flat stone that was close to the water. I closed my eyes and felt the breeze blowing on my face and the rays of the sun. My heart is very comfortable, and I can't help humming a song.

Suddenly, I felt as if someone was looking at me, so I quickly opened my eyes and looked around.No... that's really strange.After thinking about it, I have been nervous all the time since I came here, for fear that something might go wrong and people will find out.After a while, I felt nothing strange, so I relaxed and enjoyed the rare peace.The sun came up slowly, and it was a little hot. I covered my eyes with my hands, thinking that this place is very secluded anyway, why not...

I moved freely, took off my shoes and socks, and dipped my bare feet into the water. "Hey!" I sighed greatly, it was so comfortable!This can be regarded as one of the great enjoyments in this world!I fiddled with the water with my feet, and I was thankful that the feet were not bound everywhere, otherwise I would not be able to laugh when I saw a pair of deformed feet now, no one would know.Looking at the surface of the water, I feel like a shadow is flashing underneath. Is it a fish?I leaned forward again, trying to see clearly.

"Hey, you are so comfortable." A voice came suddenly. "Ah!" I was so frightened that I couldn't help but plunged towards the water, shouting unlucky in my heart, when someone grabbed my arm and pulled me back.I covered my heart with my hands to calm myself down quickly. After a while, I felt much better. When I looked at it calmly, I saw a pair of soap boots, a snow-white skirt, and then up...

"Ah..." I let out a low cry, and a pair of dark eyes that I had never seen before were staring at me intently.

(End of this chapter)