Loyang Jin

At noon, a smart little palace maid brought a food box: "This is the lunch that Sister Yao Huang ordered me to deliver. Sister Yao Huang said that today is Miss Ling's first day in the palace, so it doesn't matter if the food is delivered. Wait. After today, please ask Miss Ling to send someone to the kitchen to get the food box."

Empress Xu had three meals a day, carefully cooked and delivered by the royal chefs in the imperial dining room.

All the meals for the maids in Jiaofang Palace are prepared in the kitchen of Jiaofang Palace. There are four cooks in the kitchen and eight menial workers, all of whom are under the charge of Yao Huang.

In addition to meals and snacks, as well as hot water for daily use, you have to go to the kitchen to get it. Everything has a fixed time. If you go late and get nothing, you won't be able to blame others.

The little palace maid who brought the food box was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she looked honest and honest. Qiaoyun stuffed some scraps of silver over there, and soon got close to the little palace maid, and got a lot of trivial but useful information.

After working for a long time, the master and servant were all tired.

Ling Jingshu cheered up and smiled: "There is no one else here, just the three of us. Bai Yu, Qiaoyun, please stop standing, come and sit down, and the three of us will have lunch together."

Bai Yu and Qiao Yun were both shocked and refused.

Ling Jingshu pretended to be unhappy and said: "I'm not your master anymore? As soon as you enter the palace, you won't listen to me, right?"

"I don't dare!" Bai Yu Qiaoyun responded with fear, but still refused to sit down.

Ling Jingshu sighed softly and softened her voice: "I know that both of you are loyal to me. Now that I have entered the palace, I don't even have a familiar person, only the two of you. Fortunately, you are with me. Otherwise, I would be alone and at a loss.”

"Stay with me, you will have to work hard in the future. As the master, I can't do anything else, and I can't make your life more comfortable. I only ask you two to sit down and eat with me, but you won't do it? "

After a while, Bai Yu burst into tears. She wiped her tears with her sleeves and sat down.

Qiao Yun hesitated for a moment and then sat down.

The food box contained four dishes, one soup, and three bowls of rice.

The dishes are still steaming, with two meat and two vegetarian dishes, and the rice is quite delicious.

Everything in front of her was much better than Ling Jingshu expected. After filling my stomach, I felt a little tired again. Ling Jingshu didn't have the energy to think anymore, so she lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly.

…

Queen Xu stayed in Zichen Hall all day, and did not return to Jiaofang Hall until evening.

Qiu Shuang respectfully stepped forward and asked: "Queen, Miss Ling entered the palace in the morning and has settled down now. I wonder if your Majesty would like to see her?"

Queen Xu's eyes flashed and she said calmly: "If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot."

Qiu Shuang's smile was a little stiff.

Didn’t the Queen specially summon Ling Jingshu to the palace? Why are you so cold now? The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she felt. If she had known this, she really shouldn't have talked so much.

Ruilian lowered her eyes to hide the sarcasm in her eyes. This Qiu Shuang spent the whole day trying to break up with her and never missed any opportunity to flatter Queen Xu.

This time, the flattery hit the horse's leg!

Qiu Shuang gritted her teeth and apologized: "I'm just a slave who talks too much. Please forgive me, the Queen!"

"That's all! It's just a trivial matter, what's the crime?" Queen Xu glanced at Qiu Shuang with a smile but not a smile: "You can ask someone to run an errand and call Ling Jingshu!"

Qiu Shuang agreed submissively. Once again, I secretly hate myself for being so troublesome!

But after all was said and done, Queen Xu also gave an order, and she could only act according to the order.

Qiu Shuang exited the palace, called a palace maid, and gave instructions. The palace maid trotted all the way to call for someone. Qiu Shuang waited for His Highness for a moment, and soon saw Ling Jingshu's figure.

Qiu Shuang took a quick look at Ling Jingshu and saw that Ling Jingshu had already changed into palace clothes, and the two maids behind her did not follow her, so she couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Although she was new here, Ling Jingshu was very measured in doing things, making it hard for people to find fault.

"You're finally here."

Qiu Shuang sighed in a low voice: "Just now the Queen came back to the palace, I boldly opened my mouth for you, and then the Queen agreed to see you. I looked at the Queen in a bad mood, probably because the Emperor's dragon body has been There is no recovery. You should be careful when you go in."

No matter what you do, you have to get a favor to make it worthwhile!

"Thank you, Sister Qiu Shuang, for reminding me." Ling Jingshu glanced at Qiu Shuang gratefully.

Qiu Shuang felt a little more at ease, and laughed in a low voice: "We should work together as errands, and we should give each other some pointers. Follow me in quickly!"

…

It was still dark, and the lights inside and outside Jiaofang Hall were already brightly lit.

Under the bright candlelight, the wrinkles on Empress Xu's forehead and eyes without makeup were clearly revealed.

Empress Xu sat on the chair, looking at Ling Jingshu, who was still wearing palace clothes, and her beauty was still intact, with an unpredictable expression, unable to distinguish between joy and anger.

"This slave has met the Queen!" Ling Jingshu stepped forward and knelt down respectfully.

After a long while, Queen Xu said slowly: "That's all, let's get down without any ceremony! You don't need to do this kind of ceremony when you see me in the future. I stay in the palace all day, and there are many opportunities to meet. I kneel down like this every time." Go, you don’t mind the trouble, I feel tired when I see you.”

The words were obviously meant to show kindness, but the tone was a bit weird, making people feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

Ling Jingshu had long been mentally prepared to face all kinds of difficulties. It was unexpected that Queen Xu let her go so easily.

Ling Jingshu thanked her and stood up, with her head lowered and her eyebrows lowered, her expressions were the same as those of Ruilian Qiu Shuang and others.

It's a pity that no matter how Ling Jingshu behaves, Queen Xu will always find it an eyesore: "I heard from Qiu Shuang that you have already settled down."

Ling Jingshu responded: "I have settled down this morning. Thank you for your concern, the Queen."

"Has Ruilian told you all the rules in Jiaofang Palace?" Queen Xu asked casually.

Ling Jingshu nodded: "Yes. On the way here this morning, Sister Ruilian told the slave in detail about the situation in Jiaofang Hall. I wonder what errand the slave has to do?"

Are you so motivated to do an errand?

Queen Xu's eyes flashed again and again, and she smiled casually: "You have just entered the palace, so you have to rest for a few days before going on duty."

Ling Jingshu said respectfully: "This slave is deeply loved by the empress, so I can enter the palace to serve you. I also ask the empress to arrange for the slave to serve as an errand. Otherwise, the slave will really have no face to stay in the Jiaofang Palace."

Queen Xu pondered for a moment, then smiled slowly and said: "Well, since you are sincere, if I refuse, it will refute your intention. I want to ask you, is there anything you like to be good at in your daily life?"