"Ah!" When she heard Sixi's voice, Mo'er almost jumped up. This was true. Don't talk about people during the day, and don't talk about ghosts at night. Before she could even say anything, Sixi actually appeared.
, stammered: "You...why are you here?"
"Why can't I be here?" Sixi was puzzled by her question. This is a road for people to walk, and it's not a queen's palace that cannot be entered at will. "What's the matter with you? It's like you've seen a ghost. Our family has a long history."
Does it have to be so scary?"
Mo'er secretly thought that he was too nervous, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He swallowed and calmed down and said, "I...I'm asking you why you happened to appear here? This is the way to Chengqian Palace."
"This!" Si Xi shook the fly whisk in his hand and explained: "We have been ordered by the emperor to see if Concubine Xi has returned to the palace. If she has, we will go to the Palace of Cultivation of the Heart."
"Oh, that's it." Mo'er nodded and glanced at the road, "Master and the others are still behind. I think they should be there in a while."
"Then our family will wait here for a while." After saying this, Sixi thought of Mo'er's abnormality just now, "Hey, Girl Mo, you haven't told our family what you are thinking about yet?"
"No, it's nothing!" When he said this, Mo'er's face suddenly turned red and he shook his head nervously, as if he didn't have three hundred taels of silver in this place.
Her look made Sixi even more curious, "You girl, you lied in front of our family. Come and tell us, so we can help you with some advice."
Mo'er was annoyed by his question, and said angrily: "I told you it's okay. Even though you are not a man, Mr. Xi, please don't dig in like a woman, okay?"
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Mo'er knew something was wrong. Wasn't she clearly mocking Si Xi? Sure enough, Si Xi's expression changed and she suddenly became silent, which also made the originally harmonious atmosphere between the two people weird.
Mo'er bit her lip, gently pulled Si Xi's sleeve, and whispered: "Eunuch Xi, I'm sorry, I...I didn't mean it like that, don't be angry." Seeing that Si Xi still didn't speak, she became a little anxious.
, "Why don't you scold me, and I promise not to say anything back!" For some reason, Sixi didn't speak, and Mo'er felt particularly flustered.
"Our family is fine." Si Xi forced a smile and said, "Our family knows better than anyone else that I am not a man in the first place. You are just telling the truth. There is nothing to be angry about. It's fine. Don't take it personally."
The more he said it was okay, the more Mo'er felt that something was wrong. Before he could explain a few more words of comfort, Ling Ruo had already arrived. When he saw Si Xi, he was surprised and said, "Did Eunuch Xi come to see me?"
Si Xi hurriedly stepped forward and slapped her, got rid of the embarrassment and said: "Reply to your Majesty, I, on the order of the Emperor, ask your Majesty to go to the Yangxin Palace as soon as she returns to the palace."
As soon as he returned to the palace, Yinzhen asked Sixi to come over to invite him. Could it be that there was something urgent? Ling Ruo felt strange, but said: "I know, I will let you go there. Shuixiu, you accompany me there."
, Shuiyue and you guys, please return to Qian Palace."
Mo'er looked at Si Xi's forced smile and blurted out anxiously: "I also want to go with my master."
"You?" Ling Ruo was a little surprised by Mo'er's automatic invitation, but she didn't ask anything in detail. As long as the people below did not go beyond their duties, she would let it go. After all, there were enough rules in the palace.
, she no longer wants to restrain them artificially.
In this way, Mo'er and Shui Xiu accompanied Ling Ruo to the Cultivation Heart Hall. When they got there, they saw Su Peisheng standing outside. When he saw Ling Ruo coming, he stepped forward to salute. Ling Ruo motioned for him to go in and report, but Su Peisheng was
He said with a smile: "Your Majesty has given instructions that your Majesty can just come in and go in without any further notification. However, it is inconvenient for your two maids to go in."
Now that the Nian family has lost power, the queen has never been favored by Yinzhen. As the concubine of Xi and having all the favors, Ling Ruo has the potential to become the number one person in the harem. So now, all the servants in the palace are interested in seeing Ling Ruo.
They were smiling and respectful, even Su Peisheng was no exception. This shows how fierce the trend of supremacy in the palace was.
"I know that I am in need of Eunuch Su." Ling Ruo nodded. She had always treated Su Peisheng and Si Xi politely and favorably, and never pretended to be a favorite concubine in the harem. Because no one knew whether she would need it one day.
During their time, anything was possible in the palace. Just like Nian, who would have thought that she would suddenly fall out of favor and be demoted to permanent status.
Ling Ruo was about to enter when he happened to see two little eunuchs carrying a wooden bucket in under the bright sun. Ling Ruo knew that such wooden buckets were used to hold ice, and there were at least six or seven large pieces of ice in them. Sure enough, those two
After the young eunuch came over, he saluted Lingruo and others, and then said to Su Peisheng: "Eunuch Su, the servants have brought ice."
Su Peisheng frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty has ordered that from today on, Yangxin Palace no longer needs to send ice over, just take it back."
"Ah!" The two young eunuchs were dumbfounded when they heard this. They were covered in sweat after carrying it to Yangxin Hall, but they were told to carry it back as it was.
Seeing them standing still, Su Peisheng was not happy, "Ah, what, hurry up and go back, otherwise the ice in the bucket will melt, and you two can't afford it. Later, our family will go there and find out."
The director of the Water Department of the Ministry of Labor and Industry, and the general manager of your Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Hey, slaves, you obey!" The two young eunuchs did not dare to argue with Su Peisheng. They could only sigh in their hearts, gritted their teeth and continued to carry the wooden barrel weighing dozens of kilograms back with their aching arms.
Ling Ruo looked coldly at Su Peisheng and scolded the two young eunuchs. He and Si Xi were both serving as servants for Yinzhen, and their abilities were very different. However, when it came to how to deal with people, Si Xi was much more relaxed.
However, Ling Ruo didn't know how to say these words. It had nothing to do with her how Su Peisheng treated others, as long as he offended her without looking back.
With such thoughts, she said with a bit of wonder: "Eunuch Su, why didn't the emperor send someone to send ice? How can we bear such a hot day without ice cubes to cool down and relieve the heat?"
Su Peisheng sighed helplessly and said, "No one can say otherwise. It's just the emperor's orders. How dare the servants disobey them."
Sixi didn't know about this, thinking it was just an order given, so he asked, "Do you know why?"
Su Peisheng pointed at the scorching sun in the sky and said depressedly: "If you want to blame it, blame God. The sun has not rained for so many days, which has caused the water volume of the rivers in the capital and nearby areas to drop sharply.
Enter the minister
Zhezi said that there is no drinkable water under the jurisdiction, so water must be transported from places dozens of miles away, and then the people can come and collect it. One person can only ask for a pot of water at most, which is only enough to quench thirst, and the place where the water is transported is also stored.
There isn't much water, so I won't be able to hold on for a few days. If it doesn't go down again,
We can only go to a farther place to transport water. This trip, not to mention the time, even traveling by carriage and horse will cost a lot of taels of silver. The emperor just saw this document, moved his heart of compassion, and sent me
Called me in and asked me to tell you something
To the Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to eliminate the daily use of ice in Yangxin Hall, and to turn the ice into water and send it to the state capitals where water is not available to solve the urgent need. Nowadays, the water in the palace is also transported in from outside.