Chapter 341 Entering the palace and being bullied
Chapter 341 Entering the palace and being bullied
The carriage galloped all the way to the palace gate, and Su Jinxiu was taken off the carriage.
After a thorough inspection, Haosheng was placed in the inner court.
After taking a shower and changing clothes, an old eunuch was already waiting outside.
While explaining the rules to her, he guided her to familiarize herself with the terrain.
"This way is the imperial dining room. You have been following me in the imperial dining room for the past few days.
If you don't understand anything, just come and ask the slave. His name is Jin Jiu.
These days, you will follow my slave.
Once you become more familiar with it, I will arrange for you to do other tasks.
Remember, don't run around.
The palace is complicated, and if you make even half a step wrong at random, you will lose your head.
It doesn’t matter if you lose your life, but don’t implicate others.”
Jin Jiu looked to be in his fifties or sixties, and his face was so burned that his original appearance could not be seen.
Maybe he has been hunched over all year round and can no longer straighten his back.
When he stood aside and said nothing, he was like a dry branch.
It looked very scary.
However, Su Jinxiu didn't feel scared.
Instead, he was very grateful and nodded.
"Thank you Uncle Jin Jiu, I understand."
Perhaps it was because of this voice that Uncle Jin Jiu raised his eyes to look at Su Jinxiu.
"I can't afford this uncle. Miss Su, please don't offend me."
Jin Jiu led Su Jinxiu forward when they passed by a dark ruin destroyed by fire.
Su Jinxiu was a little curious and took a look.
It was completely charred inside, and judging from the marks on the wall, it must have been burned for many years.
There was still no grass growing on the ground.
Unexpectedly, there is such a place in the splendid palace?
Just when Su Jinxiu wanted to take a closer look, she heard Jin Jiu's hoarse voice.
"Miss Su, this is a forbidden area in the palace.
You can’t just wander in, go this way!”
Su Jinxiu didn't know whether she was frightened by Jin Jiu or by this forbidden area.
He couldn't help but rub his cold hands and quickly followed.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the imperial dining room.
The imperial dining room was full of fireworks and bustling with people.
The eunuchs and nuns were busy preparing meals for the various masters in the palace.
The stove fire was burning brightly, and the sound of chopping vegetables on the chopping board was very lively.
Jin Jiu and Su Jinxiu passed by the dining room and walked directly to the backyard.
Roll up your sleeves and sit down.
Using the well water, he started washing the mountains of dishes.
Seeing this, Su Jinxiu also knelt down to help.
On a cold day in the twelfth lunar month of winter, the well water still has a hint of warmth at the bottom.
But after it was brought up, it quickly froze.
Not to mention that it was freezing cold when my hands touched it, but the oil stains on the dishes could not be washed off at all.
Jin Jiu, however, seemed to be used to it, scrubbing the oil stains that could not be removed over and over again.
Su Jinxiu frowned and stood up.
"Uncle Jin Jiu, I'm going to boil some hot water."
Jin Jiu didn't even raise his head, he was just busy mechanically.
"Don't go, no one will give you hot water."
Just as he was talking, he saw a eunuch coming over with a bunch of dishes.
Putting it into the basin, the cold water mixed with oil splashed all over Su Jinxiu.
"Ouch, old rat, you have a new helper?
Tsk, it’s quite watery.
I don’t know who I offended, so why was I assigned to you in the first place?
It’s such a pity.”
The eunuch wiped his hands and looked around Su Jinxiu's body without any scruples.
"What's your name? Want hot water?"
Hehe, call me good brother.
Can I think of something for you?"
It was just a lip service, but he couldn't really get them hot water.
Su Jinxiu looked at the eunuch and curled her lips coldly.
"Just you? Are you worthy?"
The eunuch became very angry when he saw Su Jinxiu being so arrogant.
"Okay, okay, you damn girl.
When you get here, let me see how arrogant you can be.
Waiting to make you look good..."
After a while, the eunuch came back and threw a bunch of muddy radishes at Su Jinxiu's feet.
"Wash it clean and use it for cooking.
There should be no mud on the roots of the leaves.
If there is one missing leaf or root, I will beat you to death."
Jin Jiu looked at the pile of muddy radishes and frowned.
"His name is Xiao Pingzi, and his master is San Zao in the Imperial Kitchen.
It's fair to say that if you offend him, you're not asking for trouble?"
The mud on the radish was frozen hard and couldn't be washed away with cold water.
If you knock it off with something, it will inevitably damage the leaves and roots of the radish.
If the roots and leaves of the radish were damaged, the eunuch would have an excuse to punish her.
Su Jinxiu didn't care at all, she looked at the ashes of vegetation in the corner and smiled.
Find a dustpan and sweep up the plant ashes.
He revived with water and motioned to Jin Jiu to use it to wash the dishes.
"I don't want to offend him, it's obvious that he deliberately brought trouble on me.
Is it possible that I call him brother?
He is really unworthy!
A few radishes can really be used as ginseng!"
Jin Jiu saw that Su Jinxiu had an idea and said nothing more.
I tried washing a bowl with plant ash, but it was very dark when I washed it.
It can wash away the plant ash and the oil stains on the dishes are gone. It is very easy to use.
He couldn't help but speed up the movements in his hands.
Su Jinxiu was not idle at the side, she found a basket and tied it with a rope.
Throw the radish in, drop it into the well and pull it up and down.
The water at the bottom of the well was warm and quickly melted the ice residue on the radish.
She pulled the radish up again and scrubbed it with plant ash.
The radish was immediately washed clean, without any skin or flesh being rubbed off.
When you put it there, it looks really good looking white and fat.
After all this work, it's past lunch time.
The imperial dining room became quiet, and Xiao Pingzi came to the backyard with food in his hands.
"Hey, old rat, I'm talking about you.
Do some work, why are you so stained?
It seems that my skin has been itchy recently, I..."
I wanted to cause some trouble, but I saw the radishes were white and fat, and the dishes were clean.
The words from the back immediately get stuck in the throat.
"You, you..."
Su Jinxiu raised her eyebrows and smiled, wiped the handle and walked out.
"Father-in-law, take your time to check. Let's go out to eat first."
Jin Jiu didn't say much, walked around Xiao Pingzi and went out.
When the two of them arrived at the eating place, they found that others had already finished eating and left.
There were two wooden basins on the table, and there was only one dry and hard wobble head left in the basin.
There was also a little cabbage soup, which was already cold.
Jin Jiu picked up the wowotou, broke it in half and handed it to Su Jinxiu.
Dip the remaining steamed buns into some vegetable soup and stuff it into your mouth.
Su Jinxiu couldn't bear to see the way he was devouring his food.
"Uncle Jin Jiu, do you usually eat these?"
Jin Jiu didn't raise his head, finished eating the steamed buns and wiped his mouth.
"Eat quickly, if you don't want to eat.
You can only go hungry, and if you have something to eat, it will be good.”
With that said, Jin Jiu went out.
Taking advantage of this gap, I went to rest.
Su Jinxiu took the half of the cornbread and returned to her residence.
After returning, I found that the other maids and nuns living in the same palace had returned.
Her mattress was balled up and thrown directly into the snow.
When I stepped forward, I saw that someone had splashed water on the bedding, which was now frozen into ice cubes.
Two slightly younger palace maids stood under the eaves, gloating about the misfortune and eating melon seeds.
"Oh, how pitiful it is, it's freezing cold here.
How can you live without bedding at night?"
(End of chapter)
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