Just after the fourth watch on the second day, Xichen got up and went to court. The dressing maid came forward to put on the dragon robe for him. Xichen frowned: "I don't want you." Then he pointed at Shen Huan and said: "You come here."
Shen Huan was startled. She was just a maid serving tea. She had not yet learned how to serve tea, let alone help men dress.
But Xichen stared at her with stern eyes, and Eunuch An whispered to the side, don't miss the morning meeting.
Shen Huan had no choice but to hang his head and went forward to get some clothes for him to wear.
He held his hands upright and looked down at her nervous look. There was a slight smile on his lips, which matched her clumsiness, but made her even more panicked.
The injury on her shoulder was still painful, and holding her hands was even harder. She saw his left arm shaking slightly, and she should be happy to see him in pain! But she frowned, wanting to get it done quickly.
The more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. He laughed: "I tied the button wrongly."
Shen Wen paused and said to the person in the dressing room next to him: "It's better you do it!"
Seeing her angry look, Xichen couldn't bear to tease her any more. He stood up straight and let the man in the dressing room move swiftly. The man in the palace glanced at the bandage on the emperor's shoulder and couldn't help but say "Ah!" three times or two times. After putting on my clothes, I stood aside in fear.
Xichen put on the crown, kissed Shen Huan lightly on the forehead, and said softly: "Wait until I come back." After that, Eunuch An came forward and loudly said: "Your Majesty is here!"
As soon as the Holy Driver left, Shen Huan put on an indifferent face. From today on, she is no longer the daughter of the prime minister, nor is she a prisoner of the rank, but a little tea-serving maid in Shangyang Palace.
When the emperor went to court, Shangyang Palace was the most lazy. With nothing to do, Shen Huan asked another tea-serving maid about the palace rules and etiquette. There were two tea-serving maids, working in shifts, and they were both under the jurisdiction of Chief An.
The palace maid's name was Xiang Ming. When she heard the word "ask for advice" from Shen Huan, she immediately said: "I really don't dare to take it seriously. It has only been three years since I entered the palace, and the lady has been in and out of the palace for more than ten years. Logically speaking, it is the slave who should ask the lady for advice." "
Shen Huan said calmly: "You don't have to treat me like a lady. I am no longer the lady of the prime minister's house in the past. I am a palace maid like you."
Xiang Ming still looked frightened. The dressing maid next to her smiled and said: "Ha, you just know it yourself. Xiang Ming, why do you have to talk nonsense with her? She is now the daughter of a guilty minister. If it weren't for the emperor's mercy, she would have died long ago." She was used as a maid, how can she be allowed here..."
When Xiang Ming tried to stop her, he could no longer stop her. He didn't say anything when he saw Shen Huan. He only looked at her with cold eyes, which made her suddenly shut her mouth. Xiang Ming hurriedly said: "Miss, if you want to learn how to serve tea, Please allow me to explain my knowledge slowly, and don’t be like others.”
The palace maid was frightened by the look, and she only kept silent for a moment, but now she started making noise again, saying nothing about "the guilty minister's daughter" and "official maid". Xiangming looked at Shen Han nervously, but Shen Han looked indifferent, and finally The palace maid was boring and left in frustration.
Xiangming smiled and said, "Miss, please don't take it to heart."
Shen Huan said indifferently: "Of course I won't take the words of a dying person to heart."
Xiang Ming was startled and secretly glanced at Shen Huan. She lowered her head to make tea. She twisted a few strands of tea leaves with her slender fingers and slowly put them into the bowl. Her movements were gentle, as if she was not making tea, but on her fingertips. Dancing, especially the gentle way of lowering your head, the smooth temples, meticulous hair, fluttering long eyelashes, and the pink neck drooping, make people feel distressed for no reason.
How could such a wonderful person say such shocking words?
A dying person? How could that happen?
After a while of changing clothes, the maid heard the sound of the Queen Mother arriving. Xiangming was startled and hurriedly went out to see the Queen Mother. She couldn't help but feel strange. In the past, the Queen Mother never came here at this time. It was the time for the court and the time for the concubines to pay their respects. ah!
She knelt on the ground and saw the Queen Mother's brown skirt swaying in between two rose-red and rose-purple skirts. She immediately understood: the Queen Mother must have got the news and came with all her concubines, just for Shen Huan. I'm actually a little worried about Shen Huan.
"Queen Mother, it's cold in the main hall, we might as well wait in the Nuan Pavilion!" This was Concubine Qing's voice. Her voice was high-pitched, as sharp as cutting through the sky. Only in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, her voice was soft enough.
Today she is wearing a rose-red palace dress. There are large groups of enchanting roses blooming on the palace dress. The gold thread is the lace and the green ribbon is the veins of the leaves.
She is very beautiful and has a distinguished family background. Her father is the new Minister of Civil Affairs and is helpful to the imperial power, so she is named Qingfei.
Another woman in purple palace clothes was on par with her, her appearance was better, and her voice was gentle, so the listeners all felt that they liked her. However, she was not as high as Concubine Qing, only Zhaoyi, but her brother grew up with the emperor. Lieutenant General Yu Lin, therefore, she was also quite favored in the harem.
The two of them, one on the left and the other on the right, surrounded the Queen Mother into the Nuan Pavilion. Concubine Qing rushed outside and said: "Serve tea!"
Just as Xiang Ming was about to go in, she was stopped by Shen Huan. It turned out that she had made tea early and was waiting to see the Queen Mother.
When Concubine Qing saw someone bringing tea, she smiled imperceptibly. She walked towards her before she could get closer, holding the tea bowl. Suddenly she let out an ouch and tilted the tea bowl. The hot tea immediately splashed onto Shen Huan's hand.
Shen Huan's hand shook, but she made no sound
Concubine Qing turned back to the Empress Dowager and smiled: "Empress Dowager, look, this scares me. Come and see, who does this palace maid look like?"