But Baochai said that she wanted to send Qiulan back, which made Qiulan hurriedly say: "Your servant will not dare again. Good lady, don't send your servant back. If you do go back, let alone the sweeping position in the imperial garden. Well, I can't afford to lose even this face."

Baochai also made her smile: "You little girl, what else is there to be ashamed of?"

Qiulan said sternly: "I don't know the female officer. In the eyes of those of us who are not blessed to be in front of the nobleman, if we can be invited by the nobleman's palace, it means that we have burned high incense. The slaves will not say anything, and dare not What to say, just ask the female officer to see what the servants will do in the future."

Seeing Qiulan and her party say, that little face also became serious, Baochai was a little relieved: I hope this girl is as good as her heart is.It's just that it's not early, and Baochai didn't talk to her too much, so she just asked her to bring back both of their meals.

Unexpectedly, before Qiulan left the house, the little palace maid at Madam Yao's place had brought Baochai's food again.Baochai couldn't help thanking her, and said that in the future, if you have Qiulan, you don't need to bother, etc., and gave back a purse.The little palace maid thanked her and went.

Qiulan was about to prepare a meal for Baochai. Baochai looked at the sky and said, "Hurry up and get your own meal, so you won't be hungry later. It's not that I haven't cooked it myself, the meal is still good enough for my mouth. " Qiulan had to go by herself.

I had nothing to say all night, and when I got up early the next day, because Baochai had already taken over the matter of clothing and accessories, I had to go to Concubine Shu to serve first.Concubine Shu thought that she was still young and not used to serving, so she just let her watch from the sidelines.Sure enough, Hongmei was already dressed as a court lady, and she saw something more in Baochai's eyes.

After some commotion, Concubine Shu finally finished dressing up, compared to the day when Nanny Yao went out, she could see who was better.Baochai was criticizing in her heart, but she remembered in her mind that from the steps of combing hair, putting on makeup, putting on clothes, dressing and so on, there were one or two things that she felt were inappropriate, and she didn't say anything more, just waiting to see Yao Yao Ask again.

Because she has already invited Concubine Shu, she has been bored in the warehouse for the past few days, re-registering the jewelry: this re-registration, not only the material, setting, but also the size are recorded.The booklet is even more divided into the date of entry and the date of departure, so that the time will be recorded in the future so that it will not be messy.

Qiulan also went into the warehouse with Baochai every day. At first, she sighed and sighed at the house full of treasures. After half a day, she unpacked and packed the boxes, and had to weigh and measure them. I just hope that Baochai will finish soon.

It's just that Concubine Shu has more than a thousand kinds of jewelry, even adding Qiulan, who is not a helper, it took seven or eight days to finish the calculation.Before Qiulan was happy, Baochai was about to start registering the decorations again—Shaoyao had gone, and all the account books in the warehouse were handed over to Baochai. she.

By the time she finished re-booking all the items in a warehouse, even the Dragon Boat Festival had passed for a few days, and everyone in the palace had already changed into summer clothes.Baochai's order was collected by Qiulan, so she put on a light green palace attire and asked Qiulan to show the account book to Concubine Shu.

When they came to the main hall, the new first-class maid Rose was on duty. When she saw Baochai, she said hello with a smile on her face: "The lady official is here, and the empress is talking to Sister Bitao inside."

Baochai also knew that she and Hongmei were promoted after Shaoyao and Dujuan left, so they treated him with more courtesy.It's just that I can't argue with such words, so I had no choice but to accept the enthusiasm: "Thank you, and please report back to the empress." Zili waited outside the door.

After a while, the rose came out, and the smile remained undiminished: "Just say that the lady officer is too careful. My lady asked the lady officer to go in."

Baochai nodded, and took the brochure from Qiulan—the main hall was not a place for a little court lady like Qiulan to enter.Qiulan has known a little bit of propriety these days, so she went to the side and waited for Baochai.

Entering the main hall, who knows that concubine Shu is not here, but in the inner room.Baochai had to go a few more steps, and signed up outside the door: "Slave Baochai, please see your mother." Hearing a voice calling from inside, he entered the inner room through the curtain that someone had drawn.It's not that Bitao and Concubine Shu are both in it.

Seeing her come in, the two of them had already stopped talking, Concubine Shu asked: "Aren't you staring at the warehouse every day, why do you have time to come here today?"

Baochai said with a smile: "Finally, I have finished registering all the things in the warehouse. I have to ask the empress to see if I can make it. If there are still things that are not detailed, the servant will take care of it." Saying that, he has already handed the account book to Bitao.

Concubine Shu took the account book from Bitao, opened it and praised the words: "At such a young age, I have seen the strength of a single word."

Because of Jia Huan's hard work in the previous life, men's characters are different from girls' characters, so it's easy for Baochai to pick them up in this life without mentioning them, and they are more generous in their characters. No wonder Concubine Shu has this praise.Waiting for Concubine Shu to read the content again, let Bi Tao read it too: "Today I can be regarded as seeing someone who is fine. According to this notation, let's see who else dares to play tricks."

Bitao took a look, and saw that the account book was divided into product name, material, weight, size, inlay, source, source, taker, etc., and there were all the things that could be imagined, and there were also all the unexpected ones. listed.She shook her head and sighed: "Baochai has registered like this, but who else can take over? He has the strength but not the patience."

Concubine Shu has already closed the account book: "I don't need to read it anymore. No wonder you have spent these days just registering. Some people say that you are lazy. You should let those people see if there are such lazy people. .”

When I registered the warehouse, I didn't hear any gossip. I thought Concubine Shu had suppressed it, so Baochai was grateful: "Thank you for your trust."

Concubine Shu smiled: "What's the matter, you do things for me with all your heart, if I listen to a few words from the villain, I will ask you if you are wrong, but what will happen. It's just that you are tired of thinking these days, and Mother Yao is afraid Yes, I don’t go too much. I’ll give you a day off tomorrow, so take it easy.”

Baochai thanked her for her kindness. Seeing that Concubine Shu had nothing to say, she took out the account book again.Qiulan took the account book and walked with Baochai for a while. Seeing no one around, she whispered, "The lady has been busy these days, and the empress doesn't even have a reward." The words were quite unfair.

Baochai's heart skipped a beat, and without turning her head she said, "Shut up." Qiulan knew that she had made a mistake again, and dared not say anything else.After entering her own room, Baochai still ignored her and just stared at the account books.Qiulan was a little uneasy, and tentatively poured her a cup of tea.

After receiving the tea, before Qiulan could be happy, Baochai had already said: "Being a female official, my family can send a girl in. But I think of the day when the palace was divided, you couldn't bear to be separated, and I just thought of us. I don't know if there is a destiny to be together again. Originally, I just wanted Aunt Bitao to try it out, but who knows I really found you."

Qiulan followed Baochai to check the warehouse these days, even if it was a little cumbersome, it couldn't be blown by the wind or drenched by the rain.In addition, with Baochai's face, those first- and second-class court ladies don't care about her.I just feel that I have followed a good master, and I don't want Baochai to say such a thing today.

With a plop, Qiulan knelt down, she didn't want to go back to clean the imperial garden again, what's more, Baochai doesn't need her now, what is waiting for her is either Lenggong or Huanfang, or Xin Zheku: "Ms. Don't talk too much, the servant will not dare next time."

I heard Baochai say quietly: "Next time, how can there be so many next times. You only see that Hongmei and Rose are polite to me, but you know that the people in front of them just made a mistake once, and they entered the Punishment Department alone." , one of them entered Xin Zhe's library? What the empress believes in employing people is to be unfaithful once and not to be used a hundred times!"

Qiulan's face turned pale, she kowtowed heavily and said, "Miss, this servant didn't do it on purpose, this servant just feels aggrieved for the lady."

"Why do you feel wronged? I haven't felt wronged yet, so I don't need you, a little maid who just entered the palace, to hold it up for me?" Baochai's words were like a knife: "Who do you think you are? Don't even think about it. Where are you talking?"

Qiulan no longer knew how to defend herself, she only hoped that Baochai had scolded herself, even if she punished herself, as long as she let herself follow her.Baochai could see the fear on her face, and she was in a better mood, but she still refused to let go of what she said:

"You think that you just said something without intention, but why should others forgive you because of your lack of intention? Even the walls in this palace can talk. Do you think you complained in private, can the empress not know? Don't say what you just said to the empress' ears, Let the empress deal with you, but let the empress think of me, will you think that it is my own dissatisfaction that makes you talk nonsense?"

Qiulan obviously didn't expect that a word she said casually might implicate Baochai.I saw that she was stunned for a moment, and then her face was fixed: "The lady officer doesn't have to be embarrassed. At most, I will go to the nuns to receive the punishment."

Baochai couldn't help snorting coldly: "Are you going to receive the punishment? What reason can you use? Is it because you expressed your mother's private intentions or something else?"

Now Qiulan didn't know what to do.When Baochai saw that the fire was almost over, she calmed down and said, "Mammy said before that you and I have only been together for a month, and I don't know my personal temperament, so asking you to come to me is a little bit It's an adventure. I thought you were just more straight-tempered and quick-spoken. I thought about bringing it with me and counting the warehouse with me, why haven't you tempered your temper?"

Qiulan was not stupid, so she could naturally hear the looseness in Baochai's tone: "I ask the female officer to give this servant another chance. The servant will never dare again."

Baochai sighed and asked her to get up: "Get up. Don't think that you are following me, you are following some great person. What is a female official from the sixth rank worth in the eyes of nobles? Be careful, you are the first to show off."

Baochai wanted to say these words to Qiulan a long time ago.It's just that Qiulan was the one who asked for it by herself, and it was hard to say it when she was by her side, which made people feel that she was crazy when she was successful.Besides, Qiulan only stayed with her in the warehouse or went to pick up meals on weekdays, and no one cared if she spoke a little loudly.

But in the future, her focus is no longer on the warehouse, and Qiulan will have to follow her to other places, and it will be nothing more than that.You must know that Qiulan is the one who has her label, and what Qiulan says will be taken as something she wants to say but is not easy to say. Baochai doesn't want to pay for her if she keeps talking like this.

Not to mention Baochai's indifference, her biological parents have already made a calculation once, wanting her to be considerate of others, and only Daiyu, who has remained sincere for several lifetimes, is qualified to do so.And Qiulan is not worthy.If it weren't for her quick hands and feet and quick learning, Baochai wouldn't even bother to say these things to her today.

If Baochai in the original book met such a person, he might buy loyalty with money, but now Baochai doesn’t think so—a combination of kindness and power is the best way to win people over. Appetite, and it is easy to promote love and hatred.Now that Qiulan has already been dismounted, Baochai doesn't mind giving her some more sweetness:

"You also know that the only person I have to use now is you. In the eyes of others, you and I are always one. So no matter what you do or say in the future, you have to think about it before you speak, remember? "

Qiulan had already been excited by the phrase "You and I are always one", so there was no reason not to agree: "Don't worry, the servant girl will not embarrass the lady."

Baochai hummed, and asked her to fetch water to wash.After today's incident, this Qiulan should restrain herself, and in time, she might be able to help her.In this deep palace, although people should not be easily trusted, they are already besieged on all sides, and people unconsciously want to have a place where they can relax.The small courtyard where Baochai lives now is the paradise that Baochai hopes for, and only those who can be trusted or intimidated by him can enter.

Although Concubine Shu said that she would give Baochai a holiday on the second day, she neither had any good friends in the palace, nor did she have any places she wanted to go: she was not the original owner with the ambition of Qingyun, so she never thought about whether to go to the royal palace or not. The garden has a chance encounter with the present or princes.So Baochai, who had nowhere to go, took Qiulan to Mother Yao's yard again.

There is no way, after yesterday's lesson, Qiulan is on the road to becoming a loyal and good servant girl. Naturally, she will follow wherever the master goes.When Mother Yao saw Baochai, she also had a smile on her calm face: "I heard that your mother gave you a day off, so you can just rest in your own room."

Baochai shook her head and said, "Thinking about it, I have nowhere to go except here. I'm just in a daze in the room, why don't I come and talk to Mommy."

Mother Yao heard her pitiful words, and she was a little funny: "Then why don't you take a walk in the Imperial Garden? It's a good time for flowers to bloom, so it would be a pity not to go."

"Forget it. No matter who you meet, you have to salute. It's better to be in a daze in my own room." Baochai said that she is a small person, so it's better not to attract attention.

More than a month has passed since the appointment of the female official, and it has long been replaced by other gossip in the palace. Now is a good time for Baochai to keep a low profile.Mother Yao saw that she could recognize her true heart, and felt that Concubine Shu knew people well.So he smiled and said: "It's been a long time, I haven't seen the female officer's needlework, it just happens that I have nothing to do today, why don't you let me have a look?"

When Baochai heard this, it was in line with what the mothers in her family said, so she smiled and said: "I haven't touched the needle for so long, my hand is born, mothers, don't laugh at me."

Let Qiulan go back to her yard and fetch the same needle and thread she was doing.As soon as Qiulan left, Mother Yao asked, "Do you still need this girl?"

Baochai nodded: "Hands and feet are quite diligent, but sometimes the mouth is still quick. I have taught you a lesson yesterday."

Nanny Yao said: "It's good that you know it in your heart. It's all right in Shangli Palace, even if there are one or two people with ulterior motives, the empress can still handle them. But it's different outside of Shangli Palace."

This kind of reminder is already very considerate, Baochai didn't know if it was because he set aside two nails for Concubine Shu, Yao Nanny's attitude towards her this time was obviously closer than before.Baochai already wanted to befriend Yao Nanny, so she was naturally happy to accept such kindness.

By the time Qiulan brought the things over, the two of them had already started talking about old affairs in the palace at length.Seeing that there was nothing to do with her, Qiulan went out to chat with Yao Nanny's little maids.

From this day on, apart from helping Concubine Shu to dress up every morning, Baochai resumed her daily life of learning from Nanny Yao.This time, when Mother Yao taught Baochai, she no longer talked about things as before, but explained everything to Baochai from the beginning, so that Baochai could explain the ins and outs clearly.

Therefore, Baochai knew many secrets in the palace, and understood that today's emperor and the emperor are not as loving and filial as they seem on the surface, and the empress and present are not as affectionate as they appear on the surface.However, Baochai's current scope of activities is only in Shangli Palace, so the above news is only in the bottom of her heart for her.

Looking at the hot summer, the golden wind is gradually rising, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching.Thinking back to last year at this time, I was still in Jinling and Aunt Xue was doing some rituals and preparing things for the family festival. No matter how cold-hearted Baochai was to his family, he couldn't help but miss those things that would go around in his stomach without saying a word. A few laps of the day.

It wasn't just her, the young maids who entered the palace this year all looked a little homesick, and they made more mistakes than before.After all, Baochai is still a mature website, with better self-regulation ability, and also told Qiulan: "No matter what others do, cheer me up. When others are prone to make mistakes, you can make mistakes if you don't make mistakes. people value."

Qiu Lan nodded in agreement, but her family was in the middle of the capital, so there was still grass in her heart - this dynasty treats court ladies more generously than the previous dynasty, and if the master likes it, she can communicate with her family.It's just that Qiulan is a bit difficult to deal with here, saying that she is from Shangli Palace, but she only serves Baochai, a female official, and her name is on the Shangli Palace booklet.

Even if Baochai has gradually gained Concubine Shu's attention, it is not good to plead with Concubine Shu for the sake of the little maid beside her: she doesn't know if she can communicate with her family yet.To say that she also remembers the names of people who have contacts with the Xue family, but firstly, she doesn't come out of Shangli Palace very often, and secondly, the Xue family sent her to the palace unexpectedly, and she doesn't feel that she has the initiative to contact them. necessary.

Unexpectedly, after Concubine Shu came back from inviting An, she specially sent someone to Yao Yao's yard to call Baochai over.Baochai thought she was going to open the warehouse to find something, so she had to say to Fengxian who came to call her, "Go back and tell Aunt Bi Tao that I will go there after I get the key."

Fengxian said: "Sister Bi Tao said, let the female officer go directly to see the empress."

Looking back on my words and deeds in the past few days, there is nothing wrong with it.It's just that in this deep palace, it's not that you're fine if you don't do anything, Baochai's heart is beating a little - Concubine Shu first discovered two other people's eyeliner because of the Lin family, and then because of her. It's close.It's just that Baochai himself feels whether there is any precaution in this closeness.

"Baochai is here." Concubine Shu saw her with a gentle smile on her face: "Have you been in the palace for half a year?"

Baochai also laughed and said, "What Your Majesty said is that we entered the palace on the second day of February."

Concubine Shu said "hmm" and asked again, "Do you miss home?"

Baochai added caution: "If you say you don't want to, that's a lie. It's just that you can enter the palace to serve the empress, and you have gained such a big face. Naturally, you have to repay the favor of the empress. Besides, the servant's family is not from the capital. , who knows if the parents are still in Beijing, or have returned to Jinling? Even thinking about it is useless."

Although this remark is suspected of flattery, it is also very reasonable.Concubine Shu nodded: "Have you forgotten? Even if your parents are not in Beijing, you still have relatives in Beijing."

Baochai became more cautious when she answered. Whoever let her know that the two relatives were able to drag people into the water: "I will tell you my mother, I grew up in Jinling since I was a child. Although there are relatives in Beijing, it is also difficult to tell." It’s just that I met twice when I came to Beijing to prepare for the election last year. If my parents really entrusted others to take care of them, it would be too faithful. Everyone has a mess at home, and relatives are taking care of each other’s safety.”

The last sentence resonated with Concubine Shu, and she sighed and said: "We are safe with each other. That's the reason. I'm not as good as you, a little person. Just now, at the empress's place, Jia Nu Shi Speaking of being relatives with you, thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival, getting together with you can also be regarded as the meaning of sister reunion."

Competitor?Baochai's eyes widened involuntarily.Just thinking that Concubine Shu has always disliked people in her palace being startled, and she quickly restrained herself, still with the same low-browed and obedient look.

However, Concubine Shu and Bi Tao, who had been paying attention to her expression, did not let go of the sudden change in her expression. Seeing that she was only surprised rather than surprised, they looked at each other.Bi Tao smiled and said: "It's still your luck that there are sisters working in the palace, and they will take care of each other in the future."

Baochai couldn't help but smile wryly, it's really hard to say whether it's taking care of her or not.I had no choice but to mention it to the two of them first: "My maidservant has heard about Jia Nushi who is next to the Empress. But I have never seen it before, and I don't know if I will know it if I see it. It's just how Jia Nushi knows that the slave maid also knows about it. Into the palace?"

Concubine Shu glanced at Bi Tao again, and then said: "This female Shi Jia was born in the Rongguo Mansion, so she is different from other female historians. Even the Supreme Emperor can please her."

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