The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 69 Going Out of the Palace (3)
Zhao Jing hung the sachet on the palace belt around her waist, put her hair up in a bun in front of the mirror, and went to the imperial study with vigor.It was the last day, and the little master refused to give her a day off. Zhao Jing felt helpless, but she couldn't bear it when she thought about the friendship she had brought up since she was a child.

There are two palace gates to go from the lower place to the imperial study room, one is a long palace road, and after turning around the corner, there is another alley behind. Zhao Jing has walked this road for seven or eight years. You can't go wrong either.

Zhao Jing kept her head down all the way, until she felt that the sky was getting dark all of a sudden, she finally came to her senses. When she raised her head, she saw the regent Zhou Yi standing in front of her with his hands behind his back. With a bit of sternness, he looked at the distance with distant eyes. If he wasn't waiting for her, could it be that he was basking in the sun?

"Wang... wangye."

Zhao Jing's heart tightened for no reason, and she once told herself that it was unreasonable to be afraid of Zhou Yi, but as long as her body saw Zhou Yi, she would feel weak all over.Seeing that Zhou Yi didn't speak, Zhao Jing had no choice but to go up to meet him, and blessed him and said: "My lord, the emperor is calling for my servants to come over, please let me go."

Zhou Yi turned to face the sun, his eyes swept over Zhao Jing's cheeks, and finally stopped on the sachet embroidered with the lotus pattern on Zhao Jing's waist.

"You don't want the 1 taels of silver that this king gave you, but you want these sachets for a few pennies each, and you say you have no interest in Uncle Guo?"

Zhao Jing took two steps back again and again, wanting to explain but said nothing, these things are rarely found in the palace, and it seems that no one else can bring them in except for the uncle Wei Mingzhen.

"The love of the lord, the servant's heart is broken, but the money should not belong to the servant. If the lord is like this, wouldn't the servant be greedy for ink and accept bribes?" Zhao Jing lowered her head and squatted in front of Zhou Yi. Well-trained, I'm afraid I can't stand still at this time.

"This king gave it to you, who dares to say that you are greedy and accepting bribes?" Zhou Yi narrowed his eyes, and wanted to say more, but only saw Zhao Jing bowing his knees, holding back his panic, and he suddenly lost interest , turned sideways slightly, leaving a way for Zhao Jing to go.

Zhao Jing watched the pair of stone blue soft boots retreat to the side, still lowered her head, leaned towards the place where the regent was standing, and walked past him cautiously.The road between the roads is very long, Zhao Jing quickened her pace and walked forward. When she reached the corner, she seemed to be relieved, and leaned against the palace wall and took a deep breath. Her palms were already full of cold sweat. up.

Zhao Jing closed her eyes to calm herself down, her body gradually controlled the trembling, she rearranged her clothes, only to find that the sachet hanging on her waist just now was gone.

Probably because she left too hastily just now, she landed on the palace road, but at this moment, she didn't know if the regent had left, so Zhao Jing dared not go back to pick it up, so she could only go to the imperial study room listlessly.

Zhou Yi bent down, picked up the sachet that fell from Zhao Jing's body from the ground, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and threw it outside the palace wall.

Zhao Jing came all the way to the entrance of the imperial study room, was about to go in, thought for a while, and then turned to the tea room on the side, where a few maids were watching the fire on the tea stove, the hot water had just boiled, and there were a few of the emperor's usual dishes on the side. sample tea set.

"Why is aunt here? Sister Abi said that the emperor wants to drink a big red robe today, and the servants are preparing it." The little maid respectfully blessed her and gave Zhao Jing the embroidered pier beside her.

Zhao Jing then squatted down, picked up the tea Choshi with a wet rag on the handle, first heated the tea set beside it, and then asked the little maid to fetch tea from the cupboard, put it in a tureen and brew it Tea.

Just at this time, Abi came over from outside and said to the little maids inside: "Is the water boiling? The emperor is thirsty."

The little maid hurriedly went up to greet her: "Go back to Sister Abi, the water has boiled, and Auntie is making tea!"

Abi was brought out by Zhao Jing herself, she is just a small follower in front of her, but in front of other little palace maids in the imperial study, she is also a respectable senior.

"Why is aunt here?" Abi came up to her, with a bit of doubt on her face, and then said: "It must be that aunt is reluctant to part with the emperor, so she came to serve herself again, and the emperor is not happy today. Didn't show a smile."

After hearing this, Zhao Jing slowly thought about it, and then felt that something was wrong, the little eunuch who called him to the imperial study just now was a little sneaky.She came back to her senses, and finally figured it out, the regent must have randomly found a young eunuch to pass on the imperial decree, deliberately blocking her on that road!Zhao Jing was angry in her heart, but she couldn't say it out. The regent's courage was a bit too bold, and he didn't take the little emperor seriously at all.

"I want to come here to kowtow to the emperor. When I leave tomorrow morning, the emperor is still in court. I'm afraid I won't see you." Zhao Jing picked up the teacup and put the freshly brewed fragrant tea on the table. In the carved red lacquer tea tray, the expression is somewhat reluctant.

After hearing this, the little maids' eyes were red, and they pulled her sleeves and said, "Auntie, why don't you leave, isn't Aunt Chunxiu who is beside the empress dowager also go out?"

The imperial study room can't live without the aunt in charge. When Zhao Jing leaves, the queen mother will definitely send someone new over. No matter who comes over at that time, I'm afraid there will be no one as kind and considerate as Zhao Jing, so everyone is reluctant to let her go.

"There is no permanent banquet in the world. When you reach your age, you will also go out."

Everyone was silent and silent, Abi had already shed tears, sniffed and said, "Auntie, I have to work on an errand tomorrow morning, so I won't see you off, you must take good care of yourself outside the palace."

Zhao Jing wiped the tears on Abi's face with a handkerchief, and said with a tearful smile: "You too, if the emperor loses his temper with you, don't just cry, there is a saying that being with you is like being with a tiger. Just keep an eye on yourself, do more and talk less."

Abi nodded vigorously, and said in a crying voice, "Auntie, go in quickly, the tea won't taste good when it's cold."

The entrance of the imperial study room was covered with a thick bright yellow Ruyi pattern curtain, which kept the faint scent of ambergris in the hall.Abi opened the curtain to let Zhao Jing in. Before reaching the door, Zhou Xu lowered his head and scolded, "Abi, I asked you to make a pot of tea. It will take you half a day to go. How did my aunt teach you... ..."

(End of this chapter)