Madam Hou

Chapter 4

Yan Niang took the needle and thread and inserted two needles in the flower shed where half a plum blossom was embroidered, when she lost the needle and thread in a depressed mood.

These days, Yanniang's mood has always been inexplicably irritable. Specifically, it should be that she has been inexplicably irritable since Mrs. Lin Hou and her wanted to take her into the palace to celebrate Concubine Shu's birthday. Something is wrong, but I don't know what's wrong, and I can't even check it. The depressed feeling can't be described with extensive and profound Chinese vocabulary.

It stands to reason that being able to enter the palace is a good thing that can't even be imagined for someone like Yanniang who came from the countryside. She should be very happy and excited, and it should be no less than a beggar. Suddenly someone told him that he could Stay overnight in the White House.But in fact, she just felt very depressed.

Yanniang began to miss home, Miss Chen's mother, her younger sisters Yinniang and Pingniang, and even Miss Chen's father whom she had always looked down upon.It should be said that Yanniang has been homesick since the second month she came to the capital, but it has only reached its peak in the last few days.

Yan Niang lay on the bed counting the pink plum patterns on the fine gauze curtain, thinking secretly.In fact, there is nothing good in the capital. Everyone here is well-behaved. Even the maids are like marionettes. Walking is too big or too small. Although the food is all delicacies, I like it. I can't eat more than three bites of food, and I can't stop eating the dishes I don't like. I don't know how these people in the capital survived so much. It's better to be in Linping County, where you can still be free.

After thinking about it, Yanniang also fell asleep.

On the second day, Yanniang dressed up according to Madam Linhou's instructions.She wore a tunic dress made of white organdy last time, and a few plum blossoms were drawn on the sleeves and the edge of the skirt with light pink silk threads. The style was similar to the one she wore to Hanyun Temple last time, but This dress looks even more graceful and graceful.A single spiral bun was combed on the head, and pearl flowers were inserted.

Madam Lin Hou looked at Yan Niang who was walking from the hallway, and nodded in satisfaction.He took Yanniang's hand and said with a smile: "Let's go quickly, it's always bad to go slowly."

The two let the servant girl help them into the carriage, and the carriage went out with a rumble.After about two cups of tea, the car stopped.There were sounds of cars and horses coming from all around, mixed with the voices of some female relatives.

Yan Niang quietly opened a crack in the curtain on the car, and peeked out from the inside. There was a long line of carriages and horses outside. The first carriages and horses, the female family members inside helped the palace maids to get down, and then the inner servants Lead in from the side door of the palace gate.

Yan Niang felt that there was nothing to look at, so she lowered the curtain and turned her head to see Mrs. Lin Hou smiling at her.From the rules learned from Yu Momo, it can be seen that such behavior is extremely inappropriate for women, so Yanniang lowered her head and smiled embarrassedly.

Mrs. Lin Hou seemed to understand her embarrassment, and said gently: "Girls' homes are lively, so it's harmless to watch it once in a while. Just watch it if you want."

Although Mrs. Lin Hou said so, Yanniang was too embarrassed to look at it again, so she sat down with her eyes and nose watching her heart.

When the chariots and horses of the Yongning Hou Mansion arrived at the gate of the palace, Yan Niang and Mrs. Lin Hou were also helped down by the maid, and a young eunuch saluted Mrs. Lin Hou with a sharp voice: "Madam, you are here, our manager I was just thinking about you."

After the little eunuch saluted Mrs. Linhou, he turned his head to look carefully at Yanniang.

Yanniang felt that she had been too sensitive recently and became a little nervous. When she saw anyone looking at her, she felt that they had unkind eyes. Now she felt that the little eunuch looked at her with an ambiguous meaning.

Mrs. Lin Hou received half a gift from the little eunuch, and then smiled and said: "The manager will remember it." Then she pointed to Yanniang behind her: "This is the guest girl at home, her nickname is Yanniang."

The little eunuch smiled and said: "The girl has a blessed face, I'm afraid she will be very lucky in the future."

Later, a little maid sent it up with a purse filled with silver, but the little eunuch directly refused: "That will cost Madam a lot, and I'm afraid that the servant will point to Madam for promotion in the future."

The little eunuch led Mrs. Linhou and Yanniang into the palace gate.

Yanniang didn't dare to glance randomly, she only dared to sneak around a few times with the corner of her eyes.The buildings in the palace are very ornate, with red walls and green tiles, and the momentum is extraordinary. Under each eaves, beautiful patterns are carved, including birds, animals, flowers and plants.

After passing through several gates and entering a garden full of exotic plants, the little eunuch suddenly stopped and said to Yan Niang: "Miss, why don't you go to Yilan Courtyard, the daughters of Duke Ning and Marquis Fuyang are all there Playing riddles over there, they are all girls of about the same age, so they should be able to play together."

Yanniang actually didn't want to go, she didn't know the Duke of Ning or the daughter of the Marquis of Fuyang, she didn't know them, so what to say, anything can happen in this palace, besides, she doesn't know the palace, so she should be careful OK.But she herself is small and humble, so it is not easy to refuse, so she can only look at Mrs. Lin Hou, hoping that she can reject the little eunuch.

But I don't know if Mrs. Lin Hou misunderstood the meaning in her eyes, but Mrs. Lin Hou directly said to the little eunuch: "Then please ask the eunuch to ask a maid to lead Yanniang over."

So the little eunuch called a maid named Xiao Cui to come over, and Yanniang had no choice but to follow the little maid.

But as she walked, Yanniang felt that something was wrong. The maid led her for a long time, but it seemed that she was going around in the same garden. What was even more strange was that apart from the two of them, there was not even one other court lady and eunuch in the garden. They couldn't find any, and the surroundings were abnormally quiet.Yu Momo also said that most of the dirty things in the palace, such as murder, fire prevention, planting and framing, usually happen in the dead of night or during the day when there is no one around.

Yanniang stopped, and the maid named Xiaocui saw that she didn't follow her, she turned her head and said to Yanniang: "Hurry up, Yanniang, we will be here soon."

"I don't want to go, I want to go back to Mrs. Lin Hou." After finishing speaking, he walked back.

After walking for a while, she found that the little palace lady behind her didn't come up to chase her. When she looked back, she found that the little palace lady had long since disappeared. She looked around again and found that she didn't know the way at all.It was only then that Yanniang realized that she had been fooled, and the little maid led her around for a long time just to make her faint.

Surrounded by precious flowers and rocks, Yan Niang felt a little scary.There was a shaking sound from the tree behind, and Yanniang exclaimed in fright.Then a man's voice came: "Who's over there."

What a bloody shot this is, I can guarantee that a handsome guy will come out from somewhere later, look at the beauty in the middle of the yard, and ask with an unfathomable expression: "Who are you?"

Sure enough, a pair of golden boots appeared from behind the rockery, and then a person wearing a yellow embroidered five-clawed dragon robe came out from behind the rockery.Except that this man is not handsome, and there is a light bulb waiter behind him, everything is so similar to the bloody scene.

(End of this chapter)