C13 Maid Qing`er

"Aunt, please slow down. Watch your step!" The eunuch, Rongwei, led Qing Xue all the way to the cloakroom. How many people in the palace could see its splendor and how much pain was unknown, in a small courtyard in the northwest corner of the city, wet water was on the ground and the air was filled with the smell of soaphorn. The shabby house and the expensive hanging clothes were out of tune, and the cramped space locked up a dozen or so young girls.

Regardless of whether it was winter or summer, their hands would always be immersed in the water, washing the clothes of everyone in the palace and leading a life of the lowest class. However, this place was still carefully divided into different grades, and like the glory of being the leader, it was like being the head eunuch of this place. As the queen's personal palace maid, she only needed a single silver ingot, before Qing Xue was honored as her 'aunt'.

"Call her out. I'm in a hurry to report back!" Qing Xue could not stand the damp and cold here. Even though it was spring and March, there was not a single ray of light before noon to bestow upon her.

"Alright, this servant will go call him now!" In Qing Xue's eyes, it was a young girl dressed in coarse grey clothing. Her hair was slightly loose, and a pair of red hands were clasped in front of her as she greeted her with the voice of a mosquito-fly, "Your servant Qing`er greets Aunt Qing Xue!"

"Raise your head!" Qing Xue looked over. The person in front of her was handsome and fair, with a delicate and touching look on his face.

In Qing`er's eyes, Qing Xue stood opposite of her. Even though she was usually as glorious as Rakshasi, she had a smile on her face as she greeted her. Her clothes were very clean, and were not always damp like her own.

"Alright, Eunuch Rong, I will bring the person to the Fenglin Palace first!" Qing Xue turned around and glanced at Qing`er, saying, "Follow me!"

Meng Aiqing didn't know if she was going to have good luck. She spent a lot of money on Cui Fu in hopes of getting out of the Huayi department. She had to seize this opportunity! They followed closely behind Qing Xue until they entered the Fenglin Palace and were led into the inner hall.

She passed through a few bead curtains, stepped on a soft brocade carpet, and spread a layer of pink water curtain. Qing Xue stopped, and turned sideways — a young girl appeared in front of her, she was so beautiful, and suddenly Qing'er remembered the Chang'e from the Moon Palace that her mother told her about when she was young, and when her eyes looked at her, it was like a spring. Her red lips were slightly smiling, and she was so beautiful that she didn't even notice that the person in front of her was wearing gorgeous, exquisite jewelry, and all of her attention was focused on her eyes that could speak.

"Hurry up and greet the empress!" Qing Xue gave her a look.

"Alright, that's enough!" Murong put down the cup in his hand and looked at Meng Aiqing's gaze as she stared at the tip of his shoes. "Raise your head!"

She had a dignified oval face and was even more enchanting than those painted on the face. If she was dressed up like Mrs. Xuanhua, then it would be a pity that her long life of poverty had made her lose some of her elegance and temperament.

"How old are you this year?" Mu Rong He asked.

"In reply to Empress, I am seventeen. This servant will enter the palace at the age of fifteen!" Her voice was soft and soft, but it was a different story.

"Is life not going to be good for the Raccoon Department?" Murong stood up and walked closer to her. Qing`er only felt a faint fragrance coming from the sea of flowers in her dreams. She really wanted to close her eyes and take a deep breath.

"I am a bit tired."

Murong picked up her hand and examined it. The chapped skin didn't seem to be seventeen anymore, and she still remembered her mother telling her — "A girl's hand is the second face, winter must be warm, summer must be cold, every inch of skin must be fine and smooth." However, to hit a lowly girl and make her life a burden, how could she protect her hand?

"I'll keep you by my side. Are you willing?"

Qing`er was greatly shocked, feeling as if gold and silver were falling from the sky, unceasingly hitting her on the head, "What? "You don't want to?" Murong Wei asked.

"This servant is willing, this servant is willing to serve the Empress like a dog or a horse!" Qing`er knelt on the ground with a 'putong'. It seemed that her good day had arrived!

"Get up! I didn't want you to kneel! " Murong sat back on the couch and said, "Don't call me Qing'er anymore. There are plenty of women in the palace called Qing'er. Don't waste the good names your parents have come up with for you. Just call me Aiqing. Stay by my side. Qing Xue will bring her down to clean up!"

Lili followed Qing Xue to the servants' room. Nanny Rui looked at her delicate back and asked, "Has the Empress taken a fancy to Aiqing?"

"He looks pretty good, but I wonder if he can help me." Murong Feng wasn't in a hurry. She wasn't in a hurry to leave with Meng Aiqing's move.

"Niangniang, don't blame this old servant for speaking too much. If a girl like Aiqing remains by his side, then there will be great benefits as well!" Nanny Rui saw that Mu Rong Zai was just listening and said, "A person like her is like a snake in the heart of a farmer. She is indeed pitiful when she dies and will be loyal for a while, but once she gains power, she will be ungrateful for her own sake!"

"Nanny is indeed far away!" However, she was more afraid of going back to the painful past, so if her wings were a bit harder, she would plan even more for herself. But in this palace, who could really not think for themselves? It would be better to raise a snake, and when she was obedient, she would release it to bite people, pinching her seven inches. As long as she didn't follow her orders, she could just strangle them to death!

"Right now, I am not in a hurry to support her. My Ministry of Internal Affairs is too busy preparing for the show, so I need an appropriate time to support her. In any case, this frozen snake is still not here for a while. Go back and tell Qing Xue that she is not allowed to go to the front hall first, and that she will stay behind to sweep the courtyard. As for Chai Huan's jewelry, there won't be much of her either, so go back and tell the people from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rong Wei from the Raccoon Department that Aiqing's Fenglin Palace has stayed behind! "

"This old servant knows!" Nanny Rui pursed her lips and replied.