As soon as Yuan Chun said that she came to apologize to herself, Baochai became vigilant in her heart: "What did my cousin say, why don't I understand? Don't say that you are a capable person by the empress's side, just say that you are now four. I am just a female official from the sixth rank, there is no difference in dignity, so what is there for my cousin to apologize to me?"

This is different from Yuan Chun's thought. She thought that she would come here in person and say that she wanted to apologize. Ordinary people would have to say that the past has been forgotten, so hello, hello, everyone.I don't want this little cousin to ask why she apologized, so why should she say that Ye'er was instigated by herself?

Fortunately, she is also a person who has been in the palace for many years, and she smiled like a spring breeze at that moment: "These days since you entered the palace, our sisters have never talked well. I entered the palace a few years earlier than you, and I didn't take care of you at all. , You were wronged like that a few days ago, and I didn't help, so isn't that worth apologizing?"

It's worth it, of course it's worth it, even the timing of this apology is too accurate - I just walked to Concubine Shu's mother's house, and you came to the door. Thick.

Baochai also smiled gently: "My cousin's words are serious. We are all servants. I don't need my cousin to tell me what I don't understand. Don't say apology or apology. If you don't, I'll be ashamed." I'm ashamed for you.

Seeing Baochai, Yuanchun suddenly softened his stance, he couldn't help himself, and he couldn't ask her about going to Concubine Shu's natal house today, so he had to say something else.Baochai also chatted with her in general, and it was very lively for a while.It's just that the two of them knew everything in their hearts.

After talking for a while, Yuanchun resigned because it was time for dinner, fearing that something would happen in Kunning Palace, and Baochai had to send him to the gate of the courtyard.After Hou Zhuren walked away, Qiulan said in a low voice: "It can be regarded as gone."

Baochai turned back and entered the courtyard, and said: "What can't be said in the courtyard, and you have forgotten it?"

Qiulan closed the courtyard door, patted her chest carefully and said, "Why did you ever forget it, but this Aunt Baoqin is too good at clichés."

Having said that, Baochai couldn't help smiling: "You know she's talking nonsense, didn't you say you met your family today?"

Qiulan shook her head again and again: "No, no, the servant only said that she was just following the female official, and the servant would naturally go there wherever the female official went. Even if the female official talked to Mrs. Tang, the servant could not listen. The female official, the servant did not say a word .It’s just that Aunt Baoqin had to give this to the maidservant, saying that Lady Jia Shi is your cousin, and the maidservant serves the female officials well, so I reward the maidservant.” In her hand was a bright yellow bracelet.

This cousin's handwriting is really not small, but she is a little maid from a sixth-rank female official, and she is a gold bracelet, as can be imagined from others.No wonder the famine in Rongguo Mansion was so severe later, and this lady Jia must have "indispensably contributed".

"You can take it if I give it to you, but you should know what kind of things people wear in this palace, so don't make trouble for yourself." Baochai didn't think that a gold bracelet could make a person who was taught by Yao Nanny herself I bought it, but what should be beaten still needs to be beaten.

This palace is said to be the most unruly place, but it is also the most polite place. The maids can also wear bracelets, but they can only wear silver and not gold, nor can they wear jade; Don't wear yarn, but satin is used. It is probably because the satin is thick and thick, and it is convenient to keep out the cold in winter.

Female officials like Baochai don’t have such restrictions. It’s just that ordinary female officials are as unmotivated as Baochai for the convenience of serving their masters. Wrong, it's only when you are ordinary that you can rest assured.

Qiu Lan has experienced it, she knows such palace rules in detail, and she has no plans to try her own way, but such things can't be worn, and it's good to keep them away - she will leave the palace in the future, so that she can be her own health money.As soon as she heard that Baochai didn't mean to blame, she naturally put it away while thanking her.

Knowing that Yuan Chun came looking for her, she couldn't hide it from the eyes of those who cared, so of course Baochai had to report to Mother Yao: "Apologizing at this time, what did you do when you asked someone to scratch my embroidery? Let alone apologizing. It's not about that, you really think I'm a fool, I'll believe whatever she says."

Although Nanny Yao knew Baochai's intentions, she also felt benefited from her wholehearted trust.What's more, Baochai's complaints from time to time for more than half a year really added a lot of fun to her already lonely life in the deep palace, so she was happy to chat with her: "Little man, as long as you understand. They don't want you to believe , just to make Concubine Shu not believe you."

Baochai was a little depressed: "It is said that she works in front of the empress, and she is one of the most respectable in this palace. Why do you have to make things difficult for me. Can you see me?"

Nanny Yao couldn't help but point her out: "If you get well, there will naturally be some disadvantages for her. You only want to go to your own home."

It's not that Baochai didn't think about it, she entered the palace by herself, if she was really just a little palace lady, let alone uncle Wang Ziteng would not give up Jia Yuanchun for her own sake, she is her soft-eared mother, it is hard to say that she knows In terms of his situation in the palace, he will continue to contribute money to the Rongguo Mansion.

But now that she has become a female official as soon as she enters the palace, not to mention that the Xue family can get news from the House of Internal Affairs, and will not send money to the Rongguo House.Even Wang Ziteng has to consider which of the two nieces has a better future and is more worthy of investment.And once the resources are dispersed, it will definitely not be a good thing for Jia Yuanchun, at least if she wants to spend such a large amount of money in the palace, she will not be able to.

"Ah," Baochai couldn't help sighing, "I just want to stop working as a job, but who knows, I'll still be in the way of others."

Yao Momo looked at the girl who didn't know herself, and said something to her: "Now you are still young, people who don't have that kind of heart think you are still young. But those who have a heart will naturally worry about you."

Baochai couldn't help but touch her face, and she wailed repeatedly: "The sage came to my mother, and I hid far away. Why are you still like this?" I have no interest in sex with others, and I am more interested in public goods I'm not interested! ! !

Nanny Yao shook her head: "Who told you to let the sage personally appoint a female official as soon as you entered the palace?"

Baochai felt even more wronged: "I don't even know why the sage made me a female official."

Yao Nanny smiled and said, "Isn't it because you don't know yourself that it's easy to be misunderstood."

Baochai could only remain silent.It was rare for her to relax in front of Nanny Yao, but she got the result that she collapsed, so what if she didn't keep silent?Mother Yao probably saw that she had suffered a lot, so she kindly asked her to go back to her yard early to rest.

But where can Baochai rest?Originally, everyone knew that she had a pretty face, so concubine Shu couldn't help being filial. Now that she knew her dangerous situation from Nanny Yao, she wanted to hug Concubine Shu's thigh tightly, hoping that she could see her now. Concubine Shu let her off in order to save face.

From this day on, the needlework in her hands became tighter. Originally, she only wanted to embroider a few veils for Concubine Shu, but now she has changed it to making middle clothes—anyway, in her life as a pearl, she gave Dai Yu is already familiar with making middle clothes, so now it's just a matter of finding out the size of Concubine Shu, which is not considered difficult.

Although Baochai's embroidery is not very flexible, the speed is still very fast. Even if I add another set of middle clothes, I still have it before Xiaonian.It was not too early at this time, so Baochai came to the main hall with these things.

As soon as Bi Tao saw Baochai, she smiled and said: "It can be regarded as meeting someone, and I was thinking of you. The rituals in this palace are almost out of piles, so hurry up and put them into the warehouse."

Baochai also knew that she was joking, but she was also shocked that Concubine Shu was being sought after by foreign wives like this, but it was hard to say such words, so she said with a smile: "It seems that I am too lazy, Didn’t I already memorize the day before yesterday, but it’s just yesterday, and I’ll remember it in a couple of hours. If there’s really no place to put it, whoever memorizes it will be done.”

Rose interjected at the side: "Come on, whoever dares to touch your precious account book, let alone others can't remember it, just seeing the tricks in it makes people dizzy."

Bi Tao said happily: "That's exactly what you said. You must have thought of this when you set up this booklet."

Baochai simply admitted generously: "Exactly, I have only been in the palace for a few days, and I am here today thanks to my mother's attention. I have to find a way to prevent you from learning. Look, today will be fulfilled."

Everyone in the first hall laughed, Concubine Shu also smiled slightly and looked at them joking and joking, she seemed in a good mood.Baochai personally delivered the things to Concubine Shu: "I have nothing to honor my mother after I have taken care of her. I just made a few needles and threads. I beg my mother not to dislike her."

Concubine Shu opened the small bundle, and saw that there were six handkerchiefs inside, which should be a set of middle clothes.Look at the veil first, on it is a curly old plum, the first bud is just beginning to bloom, the next one has just opened red lips, another is shyly blooming, the next is cold plums welcoming the snow, and the next is blooming pistils. Delicate yellow, the last one is dotted with red.

All the people in the hall held their breath for a while, and after seeing Concubine Shu's handkerchiefs one by one, they finally let out this breath. Although it was the first time to see these patterns, they showed the whole life of a flower together. , It is only seen in my life.Concubine Shu herself stroked and caressed the handkerchief: "Baochai has a heart."

Bi Tao pointed to the suit below: "Your Majesty, let us open our eyes to this dress."

This is a set of dark red middle clothes. At first glance, it is just a jacket and trousers. Except for the dark lines on the cuffs and trousers, it can be seen that all efforts have been made, and there is nothing outstanding about the appearance.In addition, with the handkerchief and pearls in front, everyone was a little disappointed.Concubine Shu touched the fine stitches by herself, and said with a smile: "This Baochai is also careful."

Baochai naturally saw the reactions of the people in the palace, but the clothes were for Concubine Shu, and the reactions of others were not in her consideration, and said with a smile: "As long as the clothes fit you well."

This remark made Concubine Shu feel that there was a lot of mystery. It just so happened that she had finished greeting the queen, and it was not time for lunch, so she held the shirt in her hand and said to Bi Tao: "Come, come with me." Let's go in together and have a try." Let Hongmei, Rose and Baochai enter the inner room together.

After putting it on, I realized that this jacket is not the straight-through type nowadays, but has a slightly cinched waist, and because it has a belt on the waist side like a jacket, it is very convenient to wear.What's more, because the sleeves are not traditional raglan shoulders, but borrowed modern upper shoulders, it looks very straight.

"It is indeed comfortable, and the shoulders are not bloated." Concubine Shu looked and looked at herself with satisfaction, and gave an affirmative answer.Bi Tao also said beside him: "No, it's hard for her to figure it out."

Baochai pretended to be shy, which made several people find it funny: "If you can do it, why don't you talk?"

Baochai had no choice but to say: "It's also because the servants wear the original middle clothes and feel that they are too fat, so I came up with this method. I also thought that I don't know how the empress is wearing, so I took advantage of this day to make it for the empress. It's just This material is not very good, how dare you say it."

Concubine Shu smiled all over her face: "It's just making middle clothes, and the most important thing is to wear them comfortably. I just don't know how much time it will take to make such a middle clothes? How long will it take?"

"As long as you have the size, you can do it in two or three days." Baochai didn't take credit for it. It's not an advanced craftsmanship. He just paid attention to the shoulders when cutting. It can't be too narrow or too wide. That's it.

Concubine Shu said to Baochai: "Don't be an errand these few days. Bi Tao will tell Baochai the size of the saint, and Baochai will also make a body for the saint."

Baochai was a little surprised by such a godly development: "Is this appropriate?"

Concubine Shu smiled lightly: "There's nothing inappropriate about this. After all, you should serve saints."

Baochai's face changed drastically, and she had already knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty!"

Concubine Shu hurriedly motioned to Bi Tao to pull him up: "What are you thinking? You entered the palace saying that you were serving the masters of the palaces, but your master is also serving the saints, shouldn't you follow the masters to serve the saints?"

Only then did Baochai realize that she had overreacted, but Concubine Shu's words just touched the part of her heart that she least wanted to touch: she was not interested in the present day where most women in the palace were flocking to, and she was unwilling to use public goods!But according to people's cognition in this era, the women in the palace are all today's people!

Fortunately, Concubine Shu seemed to understand her thoughts, and said such words to excuse her, which relieved Baochai, and she could also ask what material to use and what color to choose.After Concubine Shu confessed one by one, she asked Baochai to go back to work.

But before Baochai walked out of the main hall, Bi Tao stopped her again: "Your Majesty has something to tell you, look at how you are fleeing famine."

Baochai smiled wryly, "You'll know if you scare people like this once." Bitao just shook her head with a smile.

Concubine Shu said to Baochai who had gone and returned: "It's not a few days since the New Year. When my sister-in-law entered the palace a few days ago, she mentioned that the sister of the Lin family has entered Beijing. I was going to tell you just now, who Zhizhi looked at a very stable person, but he was so scared by a single sentence."

Who told you to speak too ambiguously, it's impossible for people not to think about it in a wrong way.But Mrs. Tang knew about Daiyu's arrival in Beijing, so she didn't just visit her, but she also had contact with her.It seems that this time Rongguo Mansion will not succeed if they think about locking people in their back house.

"That's good. It's just that they don't have a mistress at home, otherwise they might be able to come to the palace to pay respects to the empress." Baochai said sincerely.

Concubine Shu also said: "That's right. But I heard that the girl is also good. I live in the old house with her father, and the etiquette is considered considerate. You go to choose materials to do the work first, and when I wait, I will ask If you are a saint, maybe you will have to send her some things. It can be regarded as a relative."

This is what Baochai likes to do, and it's much more enjoyable to agree to it than to let a saint make a coat just now.Concubine Shu couldn't help feeling secretly happy in her heart, and even felt that her calmness on weekdays was probably a kind of self-protection, and she was still a child when encountering things.If Baochai knew what Concubine Shu was thinking, he would just pray that she would keep such an impression forever.

In this way, Baochai has a reason to hide in her yard and not to go out, even those who come to ask for tricks, let her dismiss them with the tricks she drew when she was free-she has a serious job now Yes, nothing can go wrong.What's more, concubine Shu sent not only the size of the saint, but also the size of the third prince, so Baochai had to hurry up to work.

The wonderful thing is that the clothes do not win with tattoos and embroidery, and Baochai didn't have any idea of ​​impressing the father and son, so he simply didn't add any decorations. On the 26th, before the pen was sealed today, all of them were sent to the Concubine Shu is here.

I don't know how Concubine Shu told the sage, but only one day later, on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Baochai was able to bring Qiu Lan and Concubine Shu's reward to the Lin family, and drove out of the palace gate again.

"Your maidservant has enjoyed a great blessing following the female official." Qiulan whispered to Baochai in the car after the guards at the palace gate had inspected the cong.

Thinking of seeing Daiyu again in a while, Baochai was not in a bad mood: "It's just going out of the palace once, so it's considered a blessing?"

"That's not the way to say it," Qiulan said cheerfully, "It's been a long time since we left the palace last time, and we can come out again this time. How many people in the palace do you think are as decent as this? Is it because of the female officer?" You have won the trust of the empress, and even the slaves, who are not on the table, are also honored."

Baochai nodded: "It's not unreasonable what you said. It's just that the empress trusts us so much, so we can't mess up the errand, and we can't use this to gamble with others." This Qiulan is an original child after all. , although Yao Mama beat her hand a lot, but Baochai was still afraid that she would develop into her old ways.

"Don't worry, female officer." Qiu Lan assured: "Now the servants also know that the affairs of our own courtyard and the Shangli Palace can only be said to be known to others, but the affairs of other palaces, the servants I have heard a lot." She went to pick up meals every day, and she still had some exchanges with the little palace ladies who entered the palace at the same time.

"If you listen to it, you will listen to it. Don't go around gossiping." Baochai hurriedly warned her.

Qiulan nodded: "This servant knows, but you dare not even tell me about it. There is just one thing, this servant feels very uncomfortable in her heart."

Baochai glanced at the little girl, and saw that the girl's face was written all over, ask me, ask me, and nodded amusedly: "Then you can continue to feel uncomfortable. When you get used to it, you won't have to worry about it." I feel bad." He pointed out the car again.Qiulan nodded clearly and said nothing more.

The car drove slowly, and the old house of the Lin family appeared in front of my eyes.The door still had the same wink as in the previous two lives, and recognized the sign of the car in the palace, without even asking, while sending someone to report the message inside, the middle door had already been opened wide, allowing the car to drive in directly.

The old butler Lin was already standing outside the car. He just heard the coachman explain that it was the concubine Shu who sent the female officer to appreciate Miss Lin's things. Immediately, he asked someone to report to the second door. There is a long way to go."

Baochai still respects this loyal old housekeeper very much, even in this life, he has seen it twice when he went to Lin's house, busy in the car and said: "Old housekeeper, don't be too polite, how are you girls?"

Old butler Lin could hear the voice in the car somewhat familiar, but how could he guess Baochai?She only respectfully said: "The working lady is thinking about it, our girl is still in good health, but the master is old after all, it's not as good as a few years ago."

The last sentence sounded rude, but Baochai knew that this was the thoughtfulness of old housekeeper Lin, and he never forgot to create public opinion for Lin Ruhai.Even if she was just a small female official, she would not let it go, no wonder she was able to win the trust of Lin Ruhai's generations.

While talking, he had already reached the second door, old housekeeper Lin stopped, and another housekeeper's nanny came out, together with the nanny Lin Ruhai had invited for Daiyu, presumably it was because of these two nanny's visits to the palace. Familiar with the etiquette, so as not to make any mistakes.

However, after Baochai got out of the car, these people were still quite surprised. After all, even though they hadn't seen each other for more than two years, Baochai grew taller, plumper, and looked like a girl, but after all, she was in the Lin Mansion. After staying for a while, I saw these people every day, how could I not recognize them?

Everyone was surprised, but it was just that they didn't expect Baochai to become the female official in front of Concubine Shu within less than a year after entering the palace, and she also won the trust of Concubine Shu, who can represent Concubine Shu to come to the house to reward things.Mrs. Lin only pondered for a while, before she stepped forward to salute with a smile: "I never expected to see the female officer again, I was shocked for a moment, please don't blame the female officer."

The two nuns also smiled and said: "That's right. We girls don't know how many times we have read it, and we don't know how happy we are when we see the lady officer this time."

Baochai also greeted everyone with a smile, even the old butler Lin who had stopped walking just now came up again to meet the ceremony, and then went down to arrange a car for Qiulan to go home for inspection according to Baochai's request. Well, the coachman who drove Baochai here.

After some commotion, Baochai managed to ask, "Where is Sister Lin?"

Mrs. Lin just slapped herself lightly: "I was so happy to see the female officer today, I forgot that the girl is still waiting. Please come with me, female officer."

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