Great Zhou Empress

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, my roommate called Xue Zhijing up. Xue Zhijing estimated that it would be around 4 or 5 o'clock now. Sure enough, the life time of ancient people was different from that of modern people.

Try to get used to it.

Soon, there was a noisy life in the yard. People who came out of each room took their own basins to the well to fetch water, some washed directly at the well, and some went to the sewer to wash.

There was a lot of people, this scene was like what Xue Zhijing had seen in old movies, when people lived in the factory dormitory decades ago.

The courtyard where they live is not too big, but there are quite a lot of people living there. Also, there are small rooms separated from each room, so there can be not many people.

Xue Zhijing tried hard to listen to what others said, distinguishing and remembering, so she knew that she was in an unknown Dacheng Dynasty. Her roommate was named Zhang Xiaocui, who was only 13 years old this year. Her body was also named Xue Zhijing. Everyone calls her Xiaojing.The two of them are the lowest-ranking maids in the Shangshi Bureau, and they all do some odd jobs, and they haven't mixed into the kitchen yet.

After tidying up, everyone went to the "canteen" in the yard next door to eat one after another. The "canteen" was a room larger than ordinary rooms, and could smell the smell of fireworks, so they wanted to come next to the stove.

Breakfast is vegetable porridge, pickles, and black-faced steamed buns. The steamed buns are as big as a fist, but fortunately they are soft and full.

Xue Zhijing found that everyone really loves to chat, no matter eunuchs or palace maids, they can chat about everything, and they don't even care that there are 13-year-old underage girls like them here.

In addition, there are some topics that Xue Zhijing is more interested in.

Eunuch A: "Two days ago I went out to buy food, and the price of food has risen again. It is 500 renminbi a bucket. It is said that eggs are 45 renminbi a piece. It is better in our palace. We don't have to worry about food or drink. In the countryside, it is estimated I'm going to sell my son and daughter."

Eunuch B: "It is said that the imperial concubine is going to rectify the palace affairs again. Several eunuchs from the Shangfu Bureau have been beaten to death. It is said that a lot of money was found in the house."

Eunuch C: "The imperial concubine is always so tidy, how can we live, we won't even be able to afford a steamed bun later on."

The imperial concubine rectifies the palace affairs?Yesterday Xiaocui said that the emperor was ill, so the imperial concubine is in charge of the court.

Since you want to live well here, you have to work hard to earn a stable job for yourself.Xue Zhijing had already thought for the first time that if he had the opportunity, he must join the imperial concubine and empress.

After breakfast, the sun came out, and Xiaocui took Xue Zhijing to work.

Working with them are all young maids and eunuchs who are about the same age, cleaning up, carrying water and chopping firewood.Maybe it's because they are used to doing the work, and when they are working, everyone keeps talking, and there is a lot of gossip and news about each other. As for being beaten to death, it seems that there is no such thing as a court lady and eunuch of their status. what relationship.

But after all, he was working in the palace. In the afternoon, Xue Zhijing accidentally ran into the legendary noble concubine who is now in charge of the entire court and harem.

But it's just that when I went to deliver something to a certain palace, I saw the guard of honor of the imperial concubine and empress passing by from a distance.

Seeing the imperial concubine's ceremonial guard going away, Xiaocui dared to say something to Xue Zhijing, "Hey, you said that people are more popular than others. Some people are born rich and noble, and they are born to be noble. It is said that the imperial concubine is still The descendants of the royal family of the Great Wei Dynasty in the previous dynasty are so honorable, we can’t compare them, they were born to roll in the mud.”

Xue Zhijing smiled and said nothing.

Such days passed quickly, Xue Zhijing had basically figured out the situation she was in now, and got acquainted with the eunuchs and maids around her, feeling that she was barely integrated into this world.

I want to give it to you. I want to express my apologies for causing you to fall into the water last time. Come with me to my room. "

If it weren't for the remaining fear of him in his memory, seeing Wang Zheng's gentle smile on his face, he might still think that the other party is a generous and honest person.

"No need, Mr. Wang, thank you for your kindness, I appreciate it." On the surface, Xue Zhijing is very good at it, but the firmness in his tone is also conveyed, "I still have work to do." After saying that, he had to hurry away , I dare not stay with this eunuch for a long time, I don't know what he will do.

But Wang Zheng grabbed Xue Zhijing's wrist and trapped her in his arms.

How could Xue Zhijing's 13-year-old physique be able to break free from a middle-aged man like Wang Zheng? Although he was a eunuch, his height and strength were still stronger than her, a little court lady.

Sure enough, Wang Zheng grabbed both of her hands and said greasyly, "Xiaojing, I really like you. I haven't seen my previous friends for a long time. I promise you, if you are good to me Now, I will bring you to my side, eat and live with me, and the monthly salary is higher than now. I will ask someone to buy it for you from outside the palace if you want any jewelry."

Xue Zhijing could hardly restrain the nausea surging in his heart, Wang Zheng still had a strong strange smell mixed with urine and sweat, which made people dizzy.

But she still decided to give courtesy first, and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wang, my life is pretty good now, and I don't want to climb up on you."

As she spoke, she tried hard to pull her hand out of Wang Zheng's, but was held even tighter by the other party, "It's okay, no one dares to say that you are Gao Pan, don't worry, I will treat you well."

"Not yet, Mr. Wang, I really just want to live a good life now."

The two chattered for a long time, and Wang Zheng suddenly talked about the gift again. He wanted to take Xue Zhijing to see it, but Xue Zhijing was unwilling, so Wang Zheng actually carried Xue Zhijing on his shoulder.

Xue Zhijing suddenly rose from the ground, his waist and abdomen were on Wang Zheng's shoulders, and he felt dizzy for a while, before he realized what happened, he couldn't help screaming and beating Wang Zheng, hoping that someone could hear and come to rescue her.

I really regret it, I should run away immediately when I saw him, how did I know that the eunuchs in the palace are so barbaric.

Wang Zheng carried her out of the long street, Xue Zhijing beat her to no avail, finally found a chance and bit Wang Zheng's back hard, Wang Zheng felt pain, his hand loosened, Xue Zhijing took the opportunity to let him go His shoulders slipped off, and he ran away.

Wang Zheng couldn't bear such humiliation, he shouted for you to stop, and chased after him hard.

Xue Zhijing was thinking about how to solve this problem while running, but now she is a soft-spoken person and lacks resources, it seems that there is really no good solution, so she can't really obey him.

You can't follow him even if you die, vomit~

Xue Zhijing was lighter than Wang Zheng, and he picked up some small paths and ran in circles, which made the other party panting.

After passing through a small gate, Xue Zhijing plunged into the crowd and immediately stopped.

In the garden full of flowers, a woman in a fancy dress is sitting on a chair and reading a book leisurely, and there are tea, snacks and various preserved fruits on the coffee table next to her.

There is a maid behind her holding an umbrella and gently fanning her, and there is also a censer with green smoke floating, bringing a tranquil aroma.

There are quite a few servants around. Judging by their costumes and attire, they are the same as the guard of honor when I saw the imperial concubine from a distance, so did she break into the garden where the imperial concubine rested?

Suddenly, Xue Zhijing's heart was pounding, and he didn't know if he was being chased by Wang Zheng?Or are you nervous because you broke into the imperial concubine's place?

A court lady in her twenties shouted coldly, "What are you doing, you ran in recklessly and ran into the imperial concubine, do you want to be punished? Don't hurry down."

Xue Zhijing's gaze has already focused on the imperial concubine who is in the middle of the garden. The imperial concubine looks more than 30 years old, and her makeup looks very serious and dignified. Because her lips are tightly pursed and her eyebrows are furrowed, she looks quite difficult to get along with.Xue Zhijing knows that this is a feudal society, the imperial concubines here are different from the superiors in modern society, they have the power to kill people, if he comes here so recklessly, it is easy to put himself in a situation where there is no redemption of.

The book the imperial concubine is reading seems to be "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". The thing that looks like a bamboo stick that she is fiddling with with her left hand is a counting chip for auxiliary calculations?She seemed to have a bit of a headache, and her brows frowned even tighter.

Looking sideways, Wang Zheng poked his head out from behind the arch.

It is true that one step back is an abyss, and one step forward is hell.

How to do how to do? ? ?

Xue Zhijing gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, ignored the maid who was blocking her, and threw himself directly in front of the imperial concubine and knelt down with a puff, "Your Majesty, the villain has some talent in arithmetic. , can you let the villain try it?"

"Hey, you~" The maid from just now hurried over, trying to drag Xue Zhijing away.

The imperial concubine glanced at Xue Zhijing who suddenly knelt in front of her, and waved her hand at the maid.

What Xue Zhijing didn't know was that the social and cultural development of the Dacheng Dynasty was relatively high, it was no longer a slave society, and the household registration did not classify people into grades, so kneeling was not popular even in the palace.People in the Dacheng Dynasty knelt down to the sky and kneeled down to their ancestors, but they didn't kneel down to others. Xue Zhijing's kneeling could be regarded as a big gift, and the imperial concubine naturally found it strange.

"Okay, get up."

The noble concubine looked at Xue Zhijing expressionlessly, and by looking at her clothes, she knew that she was a low-level court lady from Shangshi Bureau, and she was quite young.

Shaking the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" in his hand, he asked, "Have you read it?"

Xue Zhijing has never read such a basic book. She has a very good memory and can almost memorize it. Xue Zhijing quickly asked tentatively, "I have read it, and the villain will memorize it for your mother?"

"Then memorize the sixth paper." The imperial concubine said indifferently, judging by her expression, it seemed that she didn't think that Xue Zhijing was really good at all.

Xue Zhijing went through it in his mind, and recited, "July [-], all lost. To avoid far and near labor costs..."

It is estimated that Xue Zhijing is familiar with memorization, and the noble concubine's complexion softened. In this era, memorization is the premise of all learning. Xue Zhijing's ability to recite can make people look up to him.

"Do you know what it means?"

The main event came, Xue Zhijing calmed down, and said calmly, "This part is to calculate how to distribute the required amount to various places in the most cost-effective way if we need to collect enough taxes and recruit enough soldiers... If To collect chestnuts, we must consider not only the distance of the road, but also the price, and integrate these factors to finally form a reasonable plan.”

Xue Zhijing spoke calmly, calmly, and expressed clearly, and the concubine's impression of her was even better, so she took a good look at Xue Zhijing's appearance.

Although her head was sweating profusely and her hair was messy due to running, it could be seen that she was a young girl with a delicate face and bright eyes.

The noble concubine nodded, "Okay, then I'll ask you another question, if you can figure it out, then come and do things by my side."