The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 67 Going Out of the Palace (1)
The emperor caught wind and cold, but it was not a serious illness. After taking two patches of medicine, he quickly evacuated.Zhao Jing snapped her fingers, but her days in the palace were numbered.

The next day was the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and the small parcel under Zhao Jing was already full of all kinds of things, all of which were given by the court ladies and eunuchs whom she had been friends with over the years, and some of which she asked herself to take out for her family.

While tidying up her things, Zhao Jing murmured to herself, wondering if she had forgotten the days she told her brother in the past, if he had forgotten, Zhao Jing would carry this big bag of things and walk to Gulou North Street, It's a bit far.She vaguely knew from the original body's memory that she and her elder brother were twins. When she entered the palace, her elder brother was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but now her elder brother already has two children, named Da Niu Er Hu, What is the name, but I have never heard of it.

I have lived in the palace for more than ten years, and I have never escaped from these four high walls.It was the first time to hold a funeral for the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion a while ago, but I was too busy to keep my feet on the ground, and I didn't study the outside world well.

Zhao Jing felt a little apprehensive, but also a little expectant, conflicted and didn't know what to say.

"Auntie, this is for you..."

Zhao Jing was sitting by the window in a daze when she suddenly saw Abi coming into her room with a bag of things in her arms.Those things fell from her arms scatteredly, Zhao Jing walked over to have a look curiously, they were all sachets, rouge, gouache and the like.The sachet is made of the finest Suzhou embroidery, and it looks very delicate. Even the box containing the rouge is made of glazed porcelain.

"Where did you get these? I don't need so many." Zhao Jing was going out of the palace tomorrow, and was worried that she had nothing to bring to her sister-in-law. It didn't look like something from the palace, and it was convenient for her to take it out. Then he reached out and picked one in the middle and said, "I want this, you can take the rest."

It is expected that these things must have been brought in by some eunuch who was out of the palace on business, specially to make the girls happy.

"Auntie, these are all yours. Uncle Guo gave them to me. Uncle Guo also said that I will pick up Auntie at the gate of the palace tomorrow morning, so that Auntie can dress up beautifully."

"What?" Zhao Jing's face changed when she heard this. Zhao Jing felt scared when she heard this. Wei Mingzhen didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, so he didn't follow the routine at all. Why did he go to the gate of the palace to pick her up?Do you have anything to do with him?Zhao Jing's face turned cold, she packed all those things and put them away, handed them to Abi and said, "Go and return these things to Uncle Guo, just say that my life is unlucky and I don't need such things."

At this time, Abi also felt troubled, frowned and said, "I don't know where Uncle Guo has gone, it's just that I met him on the road and let me run errands."

Seeing her like this, Zhao Jing had no way to force her. Seeing that it was getting late, she said, "Go to the imperial study as soon as possible, the emperor is about to go down."

Today is Zhao Jing's last day in the palace, the Empress Dowager made a decree that she no longer needs to work in the imperial study.Fortunately, Zhou Xu seems to have restrained his temper recently, and he didn't find fault with the four maids chosen by the queen mother for him.

Zhao Jing planned to go to the Yongshou Palace to kowtow to the empress dowager first, and then go to the imperial study to bid farewell to the emperor, so that she could leave with the comprador eunuchs tomorrow morning, and save half a day of delay.

In the Yongshou Palace, the Empress Dowager is chatting with Wei Mingzhen. He has just returned from Jiangnan in the past few days and has not started to govern the court. He often goes to and from the palace every day to talk with the Empress Dowager and talk about the local customs and customs of Jiangnan with the little emperor. , with a leisurely look.

The empress dowager raised the tip of her little finger with a finger protector slightly, held up the teacup with a smile on her face, glanced in Wei Mingzhen's direction and said, "Zhao Jing'er will be leaving the palace tomorrow, if you want to ask for help at this time, There is still time for the Yi family's decree, when she leaves the palace, the Ai family will have no time to meddle in your business."

Wei Mingzhen was wearing a royal blue round-neck gown with fox fur trim, a pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and a faint smile was on the corner of his mouth. He really liked Zhao Jing, but Zhao Jing didn't seem to like herself very much?Although the empress dowager's decree is useful, he doesn't want to marry a cold beauty home, it's not fun, he might as well not, let her live outside.

"Elder sister has a lot of things to do every day, so don't worry about these things about my younger brother. The person I like will find a way for myself." As he said, he also felt that it was somewhat useful. A kitten that can scratch people is the most interesting. , Zhao Jing is that one, scratching doesn't hurt you, but it can make your heart itch, and you can't help but want to tease her.

"The Ai family is too lazy to care about you. I'm afraid that she will go outside and don't know who to live with, and don't know what will happen in the future. You don't want someone who is clean and clean in the palace. Should we wait for her to enter the big dye vat?"

The empress dowager said, only sighed leisurely, "If you really like it, the Ai family will be the master for you. Is it possible that she still dares to resist the order?"

At this time, the curtain at the entrance of the main hall flickered, and the maid outside came in and preached: "Go back to the Empress Dowager, Aunt Jing came to kowtow to the Empress Dowager to say goodbye."

According to the rules in the palace, when it is time for the maids to leave the palace, they should kowtow and bid farewell to the masters they served before, Zhao Jing just followed the rules.

The empress dowager was about to call Zhao Jing to come in, but Wei Mingzhen said with a smile: "Elder sister wants to know whether she will resist the order, and she will know if she tries it. Younger brother, I will go to the ear room to drink a cup of tea first."

After Wei Mingzhen finished speaking, he lifted up his long robe and headed towards the ear room gracefully, but before leaving, he paused, turned around and winked at the Queen Mother, and said, "If she really dares to resist the order, can Elder Sister give me some face? Don't punish her?"

The Empress Dowager felt a little disdainful, Zhao Jing was quite courageous, but she had never dared to fight against her, I'm afraid she didn't have the guts.

While Wei Mingzhen was talking, there was no one left, and the orangutan felt curtain at the entrance of the hall flickered, and Zhao Jing came in from outside.No matter how cold the day is, Zhao Jing feels like the warm wind in spring, and the ordinary maid uniform can still make her look a bit enchanting.

She didn't arch her shoulders and shrink her back. Although she lowered her head, her back was very straight. It has been well maintained in the past two years. Some flesh can be seen on her face, but she feels more round and gentle.

(End of this chapter)