Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 17 ([-]) It's hard to see you even if you are close to you
【You are within a short distance from you, but it is also difficult to get close to you;】

[Spending time in the boiling water room, I don't know when I will see you. 】

After lunch, a father-in-law took Gai Rong'er to the Hall of Preserving Harmony. This Hall of Preserving Harmony is different from the post-officials. There are guards guarding the gate of the palace. After all, where the emperor lives, the guards are much stricter, but the guards are not summoned. It is not allowed to enter the palace gate, and can only guard outside the gate.

The father-in-law brought Gai Ronger into the palace and handed it over to an aunt in Baohe Palace. The aunt took Gai Ronger to a side room next to the platform base behind the main hall of Baohe Palace. Not much worse, the aunt said: "You will live here. I am the aunt in charge of the Palace of Preserving Harmony. You can call me Aunt Cheng. I have stayed in this palace for eight years. When the emperor ascended the throne, I will be by the emperor's side." Waiting, I watched the emperor grow up, you can ask me if you have any questions. This Lingqiaoer entered the palace with you, so she should be more talkative, so I will let her take you. Let her take you with me today. How about this, the emperor's bedroom, ordinary maids are not allowed to enter without incident, they will call when they have errands, there are twenty maids here including you, everyone has their own errands..." Auntie paused , went on. "You've just arrived, so you can't accompany the emperor to serve the emperor, learn the rules first, and do some chores."

Gai Rong'er finally understood why the master who was serving him was so beautiful. The more noble the master, the higher the status of a slave on the one hand, and on the other hand, the job was easy. It's useless to have 20 maids serving an emperor. It should really be comfortable.Just like in Kunning Palace before, she was much more relaxed than Su Ya, but here it is not easier.Then he saw the emperor but didn't know when.Forget it, if it comes, it will be safe, at least there is still some hope in my heart.

Not long after Aunt Cheng left, Ling Qiao'er came in. This was the first time they saw Ling Qiao'er since they were assigned to each palace. Thinking about it, more than half a year had passed, and she still had a cold face.Rong'er greeted first: "Miss Ling, long time no see."

"Call me Qiao'er, that's what everyone in the palace calls me." Ling Qiao'er said flatly.

"Well, okay, Qiao'er, I just came here and I don't understand the rules, you have to help me more in this palace." Gai Rong'er said with a smile, there is no way, the rules in the palace are always better than those who arrive first. Those who arrive later have status, even if they enter the palace at the same time.

"Actually, there is nothing to help. They are all simple tasks. Aunt Cheng said that I will let you boil the water first, and I will take you there. Xiaoqing is in charge now, and you and her will be responsible for boiling the water when the time comes, Your Majesty." The tea and the water for bathing need to be boiled day and night, and they can’t be stopped, and they can be passed on as you go.” Ling Qiaoer still spoke in a flat tone.

Ling Qiaoer led Gai Ronger to the boiling water room, where a large pot was boiling water, and a girl was squatting to add firewood. "Xiaoqing, Aunt Cheng sent her to boil the water with you, you can tell her how to do it." Ling Qiaoer turned away before Xiaoqing could reply.

Xiao Qing made a face at Ling Qiao'er's back, Gai Rong'er saw it and couldn't help laughing.First, I introduced myself: "My name is Gai Rong'er. I have just been sent to this palace from Kunning Palace, and I will trouble Miss Xiaoqing from now on."

Xiaoqing smiled friendly and said, "I'm Xiaoqing. You're here. I'll be comfortable with two people doing business, and I can have someone to chat with." Then she saw the direction Ling Qiaoer was walking and said, "Huh, this Qiaoer Son, what's the big deal, isn't it that the emperor appointed him as a servant not long after I came here, and my nose has grown to my eyes. One day I, Xiaoqing, will be well-developed, and I will look as good as you!"

Although Rong'er didn't appreciate Ling Qiao'er's temperament very much, but after all, they entered the palace together and couldn't help but speak well for her: "Qiao'er may be born with this temperament, but it may not be true."

"This temper? This temper can only be seen that she has this temper towards us court ladies, but you have not seen how attentive she is to the emperor. She is so charming to death, she is beautiful, she must be the reincarnation of a vixen." Xiaoqing said angrily.

Gai Rong'er thought that Xiaoqing was really serious and dared to say anything, so he asked with a smile: "Did Miss Qiao'er offend Miss Xiaoqing? Miss Xiaoqing has such a big opinion on her."

"Hmph, originally two new maids were assigned to the palace half a year ago, so I could change to another job. Boiling water is the worst job in this palace. I thought I was relieved. Aunt Cheng said that I taught them how to do it." Arrange a new errand for me, but within a few days, both of them were ordered by the emperor to serve as attendants. You say I am not angry, but I am not angry with Ruolan. It is the emperor's new Yin promise. Come chat with me, light the fire, just this Ling Qiaoer, look at her appearance, since I ordered the attendant, I seem to have stolen her when I enter this tea room, hum!" Xiaoqing said excitedly, Her face was flushed, as if this matter really made her very angry.

"Xiaoqing, when did you enter the palace? Then before I came, you were responsible for boiling the water alone?" Gai Ronger asked.

"I, when I entered the palace last year, I should have arranged another one, but the work in the palace is done in pairs. Ever since the emperor ordered Ruolan and Ling Qiaoer to serve as attendants, everyone else Those who do good work, who wants to come, the maids in this palace are all rich and senior, and some of them have been in the palace for several years. I am the only one with low qualifications, so I am a long-term one. There are seven others with low qualifications. My son’s maids come here in turn, just to fool around, and I don’t see anyone doing it seriously.” Xiaoqing sighed: “Why do you think I am so pitiful? In the past, there were two people working on errands. As a result, the emperor sealed off Zhang Leqi who was beside me as a promise, and Xiuqin who was with me was sent to do other errands, so I had pity on me. After all, I hoped that two people who were less qualified than me would be ordered. Waiter!" Speaking of this, Xiaoqing suddenly looked at Gai Rong'er firmly, and said bitterly: "Rong'er, I think you look good, you won't be ordered by the emperor to serve as a servant!"

When Xiaoqing said this, Gai Ronger couldn't help laughing: "Probably not, I may not have such a good life."

Xiaoqing made a grimace and smiled, Gai Ronger really liked Xiaoqing's temperament, innocent, cute, lively and straightforward, although his appearance was relatively ordinary, his eccentric temperament was really likable.

From that day on, Gai Rong'er and Xiao Qing boiled water in the tea room, and Ling Qiao'er, whom Aunt Cheng asked to help her, basically never showed up again.Although the work is considered dirty and heavy in this palace, it is because the job is not good, and others are not willing to come here. They just fetch water when they use water, and it is their small world at other times. Xiaoqing's The personality is very lively, and the two get along very happily.Xiaoqing also talked about a lot of things and people in the palace vividly, and she felt that the days went by quickly.

In a blink of an eye, Rong'er has been staying in this tea room for more than a month, happy to be happy, but she feels sad not seeing the emperor all the time, after all, she thought that she could see the emperor every day when she came to the Palace of Preserving Harmony, so she just wanted to I don’t know how much the distance is closer than before, but people are even farther away. It’s just that sometimes, at night, Gai Rong’er looks at the candlelight in the Palace of Preservation from a distance, and she knows that the emperor is inside. , but just this will give her a warm feeling in her heart.

(End of this chapter)