Qing court ladies

Chapter 2
In the courtyard, Nanny Rong and an old man were sitting at a stone table drinking tea. The two were talking with smiles on their faces. Su Yue hurriedly bowed her head and came forward to salute, "Slave maid, send my regards to you two."

Nanny Rong looked up at Suyue with a smile on her face, and introduced to Suyue, "This is the gardener from Yimeiyuan, you can call him Uncle Zhang."

Su Yue hurriedly turned around and bowed to Uncle Zhang, "Slave maid please pay respects to Uncle Zhang, and I will be in charge of Uncle Zhang in the future."

Zhang Bo laughed and said, "Get up quickly, the old man has no other skills other than tending flowers and plants, you have to learn from Nanny Rong in the future."

Su Yue nodded to listen to the teaching, and then thanked Li for getting up, then looked at Uncle Zhang, a thin old man, with dark skin, not even obvious age spots, because of his thinness, his facial features were a little prominent, but he had a smile on his face. The warmth softened the weirdness of the facial features, and there was a faint smile in the eyes, which made Su Yue feel a little more intimate.

"Uncle Zhang, I will need your advice for this girl's stay here in the future." Nanny Rong laughed, holding tea in both hands and raising her hands to signal.

Uncle Zhang quickly waved his hands, said with a smile "I don't dare" and then looked at Su Yue with a smile, nodded slightly and said, "You are a good boy, I need Nanny Rong to worry about it."

Nanny Rong smiled and said nothing, but Su Yue finally thought of one thing at this moment, thinking that Nanny Rong is really not like the one in that play.

There are a lot of plum trees planted in Yimei Garden, and there is no other use here except for the master to enjoy the scenery. Yimei Garden has always been sparsely populated, except for Zhang Bo who takes care of the plum trees and Rong Nai who manages them. Now there are more people. Suyue, the main thing is to take care of the plum garden. When the master in the palace thinks about it, he can enjoy the beautiful scenery. Uncle Zhang is the gardener, and Uncle Zhang manages and takes care of the plum trees. It is to help Uncle Zhang. The main job of Nanny Rong is to guard the Yimei Garden, and wait for the master to serve and accompany the scenery. Most of the time, Yimei Garden is fine. Most of the time it was snowing heavily, and the master was not willing to suffer this crime, most of them were picked by Nanny Rong and sent to the palaces for the master to appreciate or accompanied by the people sent by the palace masters to break the plums.

Speaking of education and discipline is not difficult, all the ceremonial coats of the Three Banners have not learned etiquette since childhood, and most of the disciplinary officers who entered the palace were familiar with the affairs of the palace. The situation of the palace is also clearly explained, now that the Lord Long Live is upright and young, and has a lot of great achievements. When he is in high spirits, his personality is gentler, and he has never harshly criticized the palace people. Long Live is accompanied by Liang Jiugong and Li Dequan. Long live Lord, who has been around for many years, is also easy-going and never bullies others.Today, the masters of the harem have the East and West Six Palaces. After the empress passed away, Long Live God did not set up a queen. The most honored in the harem is the imperial concubine Tong Jia, who has four princes Yinzhen and Bagege, followed by the noble concubine Wen Xi Niu Hu The Lu clan had the tenth son of the emperor Yinji, the concubine Zhang Jia had the emperor's thirteenth son Yinxiang, the concubine Yi Guo Luoluo had the ninth son of the emperor Yinyu, and the concubine Ma Jia had the third son of the emperor Yinzhi , concubine Hui Nala, who had the eldest son Yinti, concubine Wuya, who had the seventh daughter, the ninth daughter and the twelfth daughter of the emperor, Dai Jia, the seventh son of the emperor, Yinyou, Xi concubine The Hesheli clan, the Xipin Chen clan, the Dao concubine Sehetu clan, the Xuan concubine Borzigit clan, the Ping nobleman has no children, and the Liang nobleman has the eighth son Yinsi (yinsi), but the grade is not enough. The elder brother was raised under the name of Concubine Hui, the nobleman Wang, the nobleman Chen, and so on.

Today, Lord Long Live is in his prime, and he treats the harem equally. No concubine is favored too much, and the harem is relatively peaceful.

Su Yue kept in mind all the rules and things that should be paid attention to one by one, and also remembered the most important sentence: talk less and do more in the palace.The best thing is to be dumb and deaf.

Half a year passed quickly, and Su Yue passed the assessment of the head of ceremonies, and was officially assigned to the imperial dining room as a handyman.

The Imperial Dining Room is a special place to prepare meals for the Long Live Lord, and occasionally prepare meals for the concubines, because the current Long Live Lord does not pay attention to appetite, and the Imperial Dining Room is handy for daily meals, except for state banquets and other banquets. I will be a little busy, other times the work in the imperial dining room is not heavy, and Suyue's Ama works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although the official position is not high, she has already taken care of Suyue and found a leisurely and non-dangerous position for Suyue Every day, after finishing her work, Su Yue would secretly take some snacks and go to visit Nanny Rong.

Lu Suyue, who was going to Yimei Garden, had already memorized it. Carrying a small basket, Suyue went to Yimei Garden in a regular manner. When she just entered the garden, she jumped up and shouted, "Nurse Rong, Uncle Zhang, I am back"

Uncle Zhang was taking care of the plum trees, when he heard Suyue’s voice, he smiled helplessly and dotingly, and then lowered his head to busy with the work at hand, but the speed was a bit faster, it’s already November, and the plum blossoms are already on the branches The heads are in bud, and some early plum trees have begun to bloom. Zhang Bo has been very busy recently.

"Smelly girl, where is the etiquette that I taught you?" Mother Rong came over after listening to the voice, and had already started admonishing Su Yue from a distance. Seeing Su Yue frowning and bouncing around, she had a headache, and thought to herself that it was also discipline, why? Such a bold girl was disciplined by her own discipline, and in the winter weather, one of the masters might come, so yelling like this is really a no-brainer.

Holding the basket, Su Yue stepped forward with both hands, and said with a smile, "The food brought by the stinky girl doesn't stink."

Aunt Rong gouged out Suyue's eyes, reached out to take the basket, but still did not forget to tell her, "Dongyue is here, be careful, what does it look like without rules? If a master comes, you How did you get it?"

"Hey, I, an old man, can smell the girl's food from afar." Zhang Bo came with a flower pick with a smile, and rescued Su Yue.

Su Yue went to take Zhang Uncle's flower hoe and thanked her softly. During the six months of getting along, Zhang Uncle and Rong Rong loved Su Yue very much. Su Yue was also a grateful person. She always came to visit with things, mainly to accompany When the two of them talked, Su Yue was very active and mischievous, which made the two of them a lot warmer. The two of them had spent their whole lives in the palace, and suddenly there was a younger generation who was so attentive, and they were also very pleased, so they loved Su Yue even more. Mammy loves to babble, she can't stop chanting, and Zhang Bo is always a peacemaker, saving Su Yue's ears.

"This stinky girl is getting more and more unruly, and Uncle Zhang, you are playing tricks too, where is the aroma of these two plates of pastries?" Nanny Rong placed the pastries on the stone table, made a pot of tea, and glared at the two of them angrily.

Zhang Bo smiled helplessly and met Su Yue's pitiful eyes, and then the two sat down silently.

Uncle Zhang and Nanny Rong were eating cakes, smiling as they watched Suyue walk up and down talking about new things in the imperial dining room, leaning against the plum garden to be happy and peaceful.

It was getting late, Uncle Zhang was old, he had worked all day and was very tired, so he went to rest early, Suyue cleared up the dishes on the table and put them in the basket, and Nanny Rong sat on the stone bench to teach Suyue.

"It's Dongyue, don't come here in the Yimei Garden, if the masters come here on a whim these days, you should be punished," Nanny Rong stared at Su Yue and said seriously.

Su Yue nodded, the rules of the imperial palace are very strict, and it is really not good for her to be the rough envoy of the imperial dining room, trespassing on Yimei Garden. People who don't live can be busy if they have something to do, but if they are free, they will be really boring.Now she can still come to Yimeiyuan to chat and laugh with Nanny Rong and Uncle Zhang, but if she doesn't come to Yimeiyuan, she doesn't even have anyone to talk to, how can she not feel sad.

Nanny Rong shook her head and sighed, in fact she was also reluctant to part with it, she just didn't want to see Suyue go wrong, she compromised and said, "The plum blossoms in the plum garden won't last long, you bear with it, if you really can't help it, come here in a polite manner, Don't be silly, you know?"

Su Yue heard that Nanny Rong was still willing to give her a small way out, she immediately smiled brightly, kissed Nanny Rong loudly, turned and ran away, "Madam still loves me"

Nanny Rong smiled helplessly, and said sharply, "Be more disciplined."

Su Yue slowed down in an instant, and walked in a regular manner, she didn't forget to turn her head and make a face at Nanny Rong before leaving happily.

In fact, Zhang Bo and Grandma Rong love Suyue, Suyue understands in her heart that Suyue is not a person who does not know the depth, but she is less jealous when facing people who are sincerely good to her, so she shows her true temperament and is like Mammy. The nonsense that Mama sees always makes Nanny Rong talk about it, but Nanny Rong's talking is caused by caring, so Suyue's heart is also sweet.

Nanny Rong and Uncle Zhang also know that Su Yue is not really unruly, but there are always some children who love to act like a baby in front of them. Nanny Rong always likes to say a few words to express her love, while Uncle Zhang likes to smile and look at Su Yue. Yue is like looking at her own child.

It was already cold in November, and Suyue's Ama prepared a small jacket for Suyue early. It was made by Suyue's mother herself. Nanny Rong and Uncle Zhang in the garden both know Ama Suyue, and this is also the best place. The rules in the palace are not to be handed down privately, but Nanny Rong and Uncle Zhang are the ones who will never say anything about it. , because Suyue and Amato took care of Suyue when they first entered the palace, and Suyue only knew about this when she left Yimei Garden.

Today is the day when we agreed to go to Yimeiyuan. At the beginning of the day, Suyue took the cakes to Yimeiyuan. She caused trouble by herself, so Su Yue behaved a lot, at this time Uncle Zhang had already left, Su Yue looked at the light in Nanny Rong's room in the small courtyard, smiled and went up to knock on the door.

"Mommy, Suyue is here." Suyue deliberately sneaked into the crack of the door and said.

"Come in by yourself" Nanny Rong really couldn't laugh at Su Yue's behavior, and it's not something shameful, she insisted on acting sneaky.

Su Yue pushes the door open and enters. In the room, Nanny Rong sits with her back facing Su Yue under the lamp and is sewing something. When Su Yue enters the door, Nanny just bites the thread, presumably she has already sewed it. Su Yue takes the pastry from the basket. After coming out and putting it on the table, I walked towards Nanny cautiously, and asked mysteriously, "Mama, what are you doing?"

Mother Rong rolled her eyes at Su Yue, "Your mother made you a small jacket, a waistcoat and some inner clothes, and I prepared a cloak for you. In this cold day, with your bouncing nature, if you are sick , can you lie down on the bed?"

Su Yue smiled flatteringly, put the empty basket aside and asked, "Is the mother ready?"

Aunt Rong took out the cloak and shook it. The cloak was pink and not embroidered in any fancy way. It looked very clean. There was white hair on the edge of the collar. Su Yue didn't know what kind of hair it was, but it was better than that. The one in the play was even more beautiful, Su Yue happily tried it on, and went to the bronze mirror to see it, it was really beautiful, like a white snow dumpling.

"Thank you Nanny, Suyue likes it very much." Suyue turned her head and smiled to thank Nanny Rong, her face was full of joy.

Grandma Rong was also very happy to see Suyue happy. She helped Suyue pull up her cloak and said apologetically, "I know you like flowers, but those flowers are too ostentatious. When you leave the palace, Mammy will show you flowers" and took out Ama Suyue handed the burden to Suyue, urging her, "Hurry up, you haven't returned before the end of the hour, I'm afraid you will be punished, even if you escape the board, don't even think about going in to rest tonight."

Su Yue's nose was sore, and then she put on a slumped face, took the burden and put it back in the basket, reluctantly, although Su Yue was reluctant to leave, but she knew that if she stayed any longer, she might cry , How could she not understand what Mammy is thinking, those flowers are only embroidered by noble masters, even if there are some miscellaneous flowers and weeds, even some vulgar patterns, if they are embroidered on the body, they will cause trouble, Mammy is always thinking about her safety, why? Don't let Su Yue want to cry.

Before Su Yue's appearance was finished, Nanny Rong pinched Su Yue's swollen cheeks, lifted her to the door, pushed Su Yue's arm, and closed the door.

Su Yue rubbed her cheeks, all the sadness in her heart dissipated, she secretly slandered who is this?Anyone pinch their cheeks to drive people away?The most important thing is that I have baby fat at this age. Although I don't have an oval face, it's a good thing that I don't have a round face. It looks cute and cute, and my appearance can be regarded as pretty. Now I have a paw print, how can I look good? ?

Su Yue left angrily from the other side of Yimei Garden, rubbing her cheeks while muttering.

Grandma Rong watched Suyue leave from the crack of the door, and smiled slightly. She was afraid that Suyue would cry, but now she doesn't need to worry. It seems that there is nothing wrong, at least happier.

(End of this chapter)