Not just anyone can enter the palace and become a palace maid. First of all, they must be from a good family background, that is, a child of a good family, that is, a farmer's family.
The second is to have a perfect body, and the third is to have a dignified appearance, outstanding conduct, and no obvious flaws such as scars on the body.
Li Xiu'e is not a good girl, so Liu Xiu can be generous in this regard. As for whether she can pass the other two items, it depends on herself.
After listening to Liu Xiu's words, Li Xiu'e became emotional and quickly kowtowed to thank her. Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "You can go out first!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Li Xiu'e stood up, bowed her body, and exited the sleeping tent.
Liu Xiu said to Yin Lihua: "Yesterday, I went to inspect the camp and saw many women being forced to be camp prostitutes. I couldn't bear it, so I ordered that all the women who were forced to be camp prostitutes be released."
Yin Lihua poured a bowl of tea for Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty's kindness is a blessing to all people."
Liu Xiu took it, took a sip of tea, and said, "Lihua, let's not quarrel about Deng Feng anymore."
Yin Lihua lowered her head and said: "I know that Yuanzhi's affairs are both military affairs and government affairs. The harem should not be involved in politics, but I still hope that your majesty will take advantage of the friendship between me and Yuanzhi for many years.
If you can spare him this time, even if you imprison him or send him to the frontier, it would be better."
Liu Xiu smiled and did not continue talking about this matter. He said: "I will stay in the Chinese army tent for the next few nights."
Yin Lihua looked at him in surprise. Liu Xiu smiled calmly and said: "Last night during the patrol, I found that there are still many problems in the army. I plan to rectify them in the past few days. In addition, we have to set off.
Now that I’m back in Beijing, I have a lot of things to deal with.”
After hearing this, Yin Lihua felt relieved. She thought that her intercession for Deng Feng had made Liu Xiu unhappy again. She said with concern: "Your Majesty, please don't work too hard. Remember to have a good rest."
Liu Xiu patted Yin Lihua's hand gently and said with a smile: "I know."
He had another conversation with Yin Lihua in the sleeping tent, and then got up and went to the central military tent to handle military affairs. As soon as he left the tent, Li Xiu'e came over with small steps and said: "Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu glanced at her, hummed, and was about to walk away, but he saw that although her clothes were clean, they were very damaged. She was wearing such a shabby outfit, even if she was a maid next to Yin Lihua.
suitable.
He asked: "Don't you have any new clothes?"
Li Xiu'e lowered her head and said, "I am the daughter of a prisoner, and I have nothing else."
Liu Xiu didn't say anything more, he just waved to her and asked her to follow him.
Li Xiu'e quickly followed Liu Xiu and walked towards the Chinese military tent.
Back at the Zhongjun tent, Liu Xiu asked Xuying to take Li Xiu'e to choose some suitable new clothes. Among the trophies in the army, there were also a lot of women's clothes, most of which were brand new. There should be clothes suitable for Li Xiu'e.
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Li Xiu'e knelt down and kowtowed, choking with sobs and said, "My maid, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."
Liu Xiu said: "In the future, if you enter the palace and become a palace maid, and you can serve the Yin nobles wholeheartedly, it will be the best reward for me."
Li Xiu'e said with a tearful voice: "The nobleman's kindness to my servant is as great as a mountain. Even if my servant works as a cow or a horse in the next life, I will never be able to repay the nobleman's kindness to my servant..."
Before she finished speaking, Xu Ting walked in from the outside. He looked at Li Xiu'e who was kneeling on the ground. He bowed his hands to Liu Xiu and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, Da Sima wants to see you!"
"Please come in Ziyan!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Xu Ting agreed and turned around to leave the tent. Not long after, Wu Han strode in from outside.
Seeing a woman kneeling in the Chinese army tent, with runny nose and tears, he couldn't help but be startled and looked at Liu Xiu in confusion. Liu Xiu smiled calmly and said: "Her name is Li Xiu'e, she is a Yin noble."
Newly hired maid."
Wu Han said oh, ignored Li Xiu'e, and raised his hands to Liu Xiu and said: "Your Majesty, I think that killing Deng Feng can be done without delay..."
As soon as he started talking, Liu Xiu waved to him and said to Li Xiu'e: "Li Xiu'e, you can go down now."
"My maid, please leave!" Li Xiu'e stood up tremblingly, bowed her body, and backed out of the Chinese military tent.
As soon as she walked out of the central military tent, she staggered and almost fell to the ground. A jade hairpin on her head fell to the ground. She stumbled forward and stepped on it.
She stabilized her body and hurriedly stepped on her feet. When she saw the hosta broken in two on the ground, she was dumbfounded. Her legs gave out and she slumped on the ground. She stared at the hosta in a daze, and tears flowed down her face.
Xuying, who was about to take her to choose clothes, came forward, looked down, and then picked up the two pieces of the hairpin. It was just an ordinary hairpin, not an expensive thing.
He threw it away casually, and just as he was about to speak, Li Xiu'e was shaken, and hurriedly crawled over to her knees, holding the two pieces of the hosta tightly in her hands.
Xuying asked in confusion: "Miss Li, is there anything special about this hairpin?"
"This...this is given to me by your noble lady. Ever since my father went to jail, no one has been so kind to me." At this point, she couldn't help but sob silently.
Well, yes, he is a grateful person! Xuying had a much better impression of Li Xiu'e and said, "It's just a hosta. I'll take you to choose a few more later."
"That's different. This is a gift from a nobleman to your servant!" Li Xiu'e choked and said.
This is troublesome. No matter how good the hairpin is in the warehouse, it is not a gift from Yin Guiren.
Xuying pondered for a moment and said: "Yin Guiren has always been tolerant and will not be angry with you because of a hairpin. When I go back later, I will help you explain to Yin Gui."
"Thank you... thank you, General Xuying. General... General, can you help me? I can't stand up!"
Xuying smiled, stepped forward, gently held Li Xiu'e's arm, and helped her stand up. Li Xiu'e put her hand on Xuying's arm and walked forward in small steps.
Inside the Chinese military tent.
Liu Xiu asked: "When does Ziyan think Deng Feng can be executed?"
Wu Han's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Your Majesty, when will our army set off?"
Liu Xiu thought for a while and said: "It can take more than ten days, but it can take as little as five days!"
Wu Han said anxiously: "We think that Deng Feng should be executed before our army sets off."
Liu Xiu was silent for a while and said quietly: "Just do what Zi Yan wants!"
Li Xiu'e followed Xuying to the material warehouse of the Han army camp. The tents here were one after another. Each tent was almost full, but all kinds of items were neatly stacked box by box.
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The clerk in charge of managing supplies took Xuying and Li Xiu'e to the tent where the women's clothes were stored. He nodded and bowed to Xuying and said, "General Ying, most of the women's clothes are stored here. You can take your time to choose."
"Okay!" Xuying walked into it with Li Xiu'e. He opened the lid of the box and found a dazzling array of clothes inside, in various styles and materials.
Seeing so many colorful clothes, even Xuying was a little dazzled, but Li Xiu'e was very calm and only chose a very simple dark dress with a deep skirt.
Then she blessed Xuying and said, "General, the maid has been chosen!"
Xuying looked at her in surprise and asked, "Is this the way Miss Li chooses?"
Li Xiu'e nodded as she should and said seriously: "This is enough for my servant!"
Xuying couldn't help laughing and said: "Miss Li is no longer the daughter of a prison officer, but a maid beside the nobleman. Your dress is also related to the nobleman's face."
As he spoke, he glanced up and down Li Xiu'e's side, took out a few more sets of clothing from the box, and then stuffed them all at her, saying: "It's almost done this time, let's go!"
Through the matter of choosing clothes, Xuying has a better impression of Li Xiu'e. She is not greedy or impetuous. This woman is not simple.
Xuying took Li Xiu'e back to his dormitory. After seeing Yin Lihua, he specially explained to Yin Lihua how the hosta was broken.
It was just a gadget. Yin Lihua didn't take it to heart at all. At first, she saw that Li Xiu'e's hair was sloping and she didn't even have a hairpin, so she asked Xueying to give one of her hairpins to Li Xiu'e. Strictly speaking, this hairpin was
The hosta is snow-white.
After helping Li Xiu'e explain, Xuying said goodbye and left without staying any longer.
Xueying and Hongjian began to look at Li Xiu'e with unclear eyes. Xuying was one of the personal guards around the emperor. Because he was a monk, he had a cold temperament and could not say a few words to anyone.
Now Master Xuying can actually help Li Xiu'e, a slave who was born as a camp prostitute, to explain why the hairpin broke. People have to admire her. This Li Xiu'e has such a superb method that she can make Xuying, who met her for the first time, have a good impression of her.
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Yin Lihua fell in love with Li Xiu'e at first sight and insisted on keeping her as a maid. Xueying and Hongjian hadn't taken it seriously yet, but now they saw Xuying's attitude towards Li Xiu'e, which made them feel a sense of crisis and awareness.
To the point where your position among the nobles may have been threatened.
After Xuying left, Yin Lihua smiled at Li Xiu'e and said, "Xiu'e, go and change your clothes!"
Liu Xiu'e knelt on the ground with a pop and said urgently: "My lord, my maid... My maid has something important to report!"
Yin Lihua was stunned and asked in confusion: "Xiu'e, why are you so panicked?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." As she spoke, she raised her head slightly and looked at Xueying and Hong Jian who were still in the sleeping tent.
Seeing this, both Xueying and Hongjian almost laughed angrily. Li Xiu'e actually wanted to avoid her? The two women's eyes immediately flashed with anger.
Yin Lihua was also happy and said: "There are no outsiders here, Xiu'e, if you have anything to say, it doesn't matter."
Li Xiu'e knelt forward and crawled a few steps forward, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants to execute Deng Feng!"
This sentence caused Yin Lihua and Xueying to change their faces. Xueying angrily scolded: "You are so bold! How dare you talk nonsense in front of the nobles and deceive the nobles. What crime do you deserve?"
Li Xiu'e looked at Yin Lihua and said: "The noble man is as kind as a mountain to Xiu'e. Xiu'e will never dare to deceive the noble man. What Xiu'e said is absolutely true!" After a pause, she left the Zhongjun tent and said:
The fact that the hairpin was trampled was actually eavesdropping. She told Yin Lihua everything, and she said: "Your Majesty said that in five to ten days, he will lead his army to return to Beijing. Da Sima said that before departure,
, Deng Feng should be killed, Your Majesty... His Majesty has agreed."
Yin Lihua's body first leaned forward, and then sat back down weakly.
After Deng Shi died, she had a premonition that Deng Feng was also in danger. How could she let her brother go if she killed her younger brother?
However, Liu Xiu never explicitly stated that he wanted to kill Deng Feng, which made Yin Lihua still hold on to a glimmer of hope. Now that Li Xiu'e heard the discussion between Liu Xiu and Wu Han with her own ears, Yin Lihua was completely desperate.
Xueying thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "My lord, this can't be true. Your Majesty promised Mr. Yan not to kill Deng Feng, and your Majesty will not renege on your word!"
