Loyang Jin

The person who came to Ling Mansion to take Ling Jingshu into the palace was the female official of Jiaofang Palace.

This female official is about 20 years old, with a slender figure and a delicate appearance. Even when he wasn't smiling, he seemed to be smiling. When he saw Ling Jingshu, he took her hand affectionately and said, "Miss Ling, my name is Ruilian. The Queen has specially asked me to take you into the palace."

Ling Jingshu had been in and out of the Jiaofang Palace three times, and was quite impressed by Ruilian's face. She knew that this was Empress Xu's confidant, so she couldn't neglect her. She hurriedly smiled and said: "From now on, we will all work for the Empress, Ruilian." Sister, just call me Ah Shu.”

Ruilian pursed her lips and smiled, and responded generously: "That's fine. I'm a few years older than you, so I responded shamelessly to Sister Ruilian." After a pause, she added: "There are many rules in the palace. I will come up later. I'll talk to you in detail after we get the carriage."

Ling Jingshu thanked everyone with a smile, then formally said goodbye to everyone, and got into the carriage with Ruilian.

The carriage gradually moved away, turned a corner, and soon disappeared.

Ling Xiao had been holding back tears for a long time, falling from the corners of his eyes.

Ling Ji sighed softly and patted Ling Xiao on the shoulder: "Ah Xiao, don't be too sad. Ah Shu is smart and smart, and she is favored by the Queen. After entering the Jiaofang Palace, she will definitely win the favor quickly. If your Majesty is happy, nothing will go wrong."

I hope so!

Ling Xiao wiped his tears with his sleeve and sighed.

Ling Ji smiled and encouraged again: "You promised Ah Shu that you must study hard and be admitted to the Imperial College as soon as possible. There is still more than a month left before the examination, so you have to study hard."

"My cousin reminded me." Ling Xiao nodded vigorously: "I will go back home to study."

Ling Wuye rarely showed the kindness of a father: "Axiao, I will accompany you to review. If there is anything you don't know, just ask me."

Ling Wuye Haolai was also born in Juren, and he was quite accomplished in classics, history, policy and essays. It’s just that in recent years, I like to write poems and songs, and rarely read or write seriously.

Ling Xiao's affection for his father was very limited, so he responded calmly when he heard the words, without showing any expression of gratitude.

Ling Wuye felt a little unhappy, but then he thought about it, Ling Xiao and Ling Jingshu had a deep love for each other, and it was the first time in so many years that they were separated. It was inevitable for Ling Xiao to be in a bad mood.

As a father, how could he argue with his son?

Thinking of this, the unhappiness in Master Ling's heart quickly faded away.

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"There are more than fifty chamberlains in Jiaofang Palace, and the number of palace maids is slightly larger, eighty in total. The chamberlain's surname is Sun, and he is in charge of all chamberlains. When you see him in the future, just call him Eunuch Sun. Eunuch Sun is in charge. The affairs in Jiaofang Palace are handled by several female officials respectively. "

As expected, Ruilian did not break her promise. After getting on the carriage, she told Ling Jingshu in detail about the personnel in Jiaofang Hall.

"There are five female officials in Jiaofang Palace, and each female official is in charge of more than a dozen maids. Everyone has their own division of labor and performs their duties."

"Yao Huang is in charge of the food and refreshments in Jiaofang Hall, Xuesu is in charge of sewing and clothing, and Luoyan is in charge of the duties and vigils in various places in Jiaofang Hall."

"Qiu Shuang has the most maids under her, and she also does the most arduous tasks. She is responsible for the cleaning and cleaning of all the rooms in Jiaofang Palace, as well as the warehouse."

In other words, Queen Xu was surrounded by more than a hundred people to serve her!

Ling Jingshu silently wrote down this, and asked with a tentative smile: "I wonder what sister Ruilian is responsible for?"

Ruilian smiled slightly: "The Queen is in charge of the affairs of the Sixth Palace, so she rarely has people running errands and delivering messages. I am not qualified enough to do anything else, so these trivial tasks of running errands and delivering messages are left to me."

This is obviously a self-effacing statement.

Being able to deliver oral instructions to various palaces on behalf of Empress Xu clearly shows the respect and trust that Empress Xu has for Ruilian. Among the several female officials, Ruilian's status was undoubtedly the highest.

If you want to quickly gain a foothold in Jiaofang Palace, you must not offend Ruilian in front of you.

"Sister Ruilian is too self-effacing."

Ling Jingshu's eyes were full of admiration: "This job represents the Queen's face. If the Queen hadn't trusted her so much, I would never have given such an important job to my sister. I am young and ignorant, so I will hire Ruilian in the future. Please give me some advice, sister, so that I don’t accidentally do something wrong and make my mother unhappy.”

When Ruilian walked around the palace on weekdays, there were many people who flattered and flattered her, but she would never break her heart after hearing a few words of flattery. Hearing this, he pursed his lips and smiled and said: "From now on, we will all work as servants by your side. We will meet every day and stay with you day and night. Don't say these polite words."

"I just took advantage of my early years. With your intelligence and intelligence, given time, you will definitely be far better than me."

Ruilian said and smiled kindly: "The ladies-in-waiting in the Jiaofang Palace are only selected every three years. You are favored by the Queen and were specially summoned into the palace to accompany us. Your status is the same as ours." It’s different.”

Ling Jingshu immediately showed the humility and respect of a latecomer: "Sister Ruilian said this, I am really scared."

"It is really unexpected for me to win the favor of the Queen. Being lucky enough to work in the palace is a favor from the Queen, and it is also a blessing from my previous life. I am unfamiliar with the situation in the palace, what? I don’t understand. I will ask Sister Ruilian for advice in everything from now on.”

He is indeed a smart man with raised eyebrows and wide eyes.

In such a short period of time, he judged her status in Jiaofang Palace and showed his respect and sincerity for her as a "senior".

With her care, Ling Jingshu could quickly become familiar with the personnel in Jiaofang Palace and quickly establish a foothold.

In this way, there is no need to fear Yao, Huang Qiushuang and the others.

A hint of understanding smile flashed in Ruilian's eyes, but she did not express her position immediately. She just smiled and said: "This is unacceptable. From now on, we will work together at the Queen's side. It is natural for us to mention each other if anything happens. What? I can never bear the responsibility of telling others to follow their lead.”

Ling Jingshu didn't expect to be friends with Ruilian in just a few moments.

What he did just now was just to show his sincerity and submission. It can also be regarded as respect for the seniors.

As long as Ruilian doesn't deliberately make things difficult for her or secretly stumble her, this step will be considered the right one.

The two chatted and laughed all the way. When they arrived at the palace gate, as soon as Ruilian showed up, the guard guarding the gate didn't even look at his waistband and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Miss Ruilian, hurry up and open the palace gate."

Working as an errand in the palace, who doesn't know that Ruilian is the most proud female official around Queen Xu?

Ruilian thanked her with a smile and turned around to greet Ling Jingshu: "Come in with me!"

Ling Jingshu responded and followed silently.