At the entrance to the inner courtyard, soldiers were guarding with swords drawn, and two lanterns swayed slightly in the wind, but otherwise there was silence.
An elderly woman came over slowly at the back door, holding a bamboo basket in her hand, half-covered by a piece of blue cloth, vaguely revealing a few tender and juicy peaches. If this basket was full of peaches, I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy to say.
Twenty.
"Aunt Jia, why haven't you rested yet?"
The soldiers at the gate knew her. She was the nanny who served the princess. She was very honorable and a popular figure in front of the master, so she was naturally very polite to her.
Aunt Jia opened the blue cloth with a smile and took a look at the bamboo basket: "Hey, doesn't this mean that the prince feels sorry for the princess and makes me stare at it all the time, and when I see some hairy peaches, I buy them back for the princess to eat?"
"I went looking for it yesterday, but I didn't see anyone selling it at that time. Today, by chance, a vendor came to the back door, selling just these peaches. I hurriedly picked out twenty of the best ones, all of them were fresh and juicy. Here they are.
Give it to the princess! Listen to the prince, eating this is good for the child!"
Maotao is not something ordinary people can afford. Although it looks a bit weird, it is unforgettable after eating it. Fu Bing couldn't help but look at the basket full of Maotao and felt that his mouth was already drooling.
Already.
"This is a good thing... Okay, mama, please go in quickly." One of them was afraid of drool dripping, so he waved her hand to let her pass.
Grandma Jia secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked in quickly.
"Here, what is going on? Isn't that Miss Luo? Why are you kneeling there?" As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a girl with a slender back kneeling on the ground, her back straight and motionless. If she took a closer look, she couldn't.
Who is Luo Jiang, the female coach in the mansion?
Grandma Jia's heart moved and she asked a passing maid in a low voice: "What did Miss Luo do? Why didn't anyone pick her up?"
"It's not a trivial matter. We don't dare to pull her while she's kneeling."
The maid who was summoned whispered: "She said she took the horse away without authorization. Now that she knows she was wrong, she came directly to kneel down when she returned home. This is to apologize to the prince."
There were some maids and servants parked in the corridor. Since they were not so busy at night, they were all watching the fun. At this time, someone said: "Miss Luo doesn't know the rules. No matter how much she is a teacher in the house, she is different from me, so she should know what she is doing."
Divided into two words."
"Yes, she is also too reckless and impulsive. Could it be that she thinks that the palace is a world where she can tolerate being wild?"
Not everyone thinks that Luo Jiang is entirely at fault. Some people say a word or two on her behalf: "It's no wonder that she is reckless and impulsive. I heard that her mother is suffering from an emergency. If her mother is dead, she should go back."
This is helping to speak out of filial piety. The previous dynasty and this dynasty used filial piety to govern the world. Loyalty and filial piety are difficult to have both. It is not wrong to have both.
But not many people agree with this idea. After all, servants, especially those in the palace, pay more attention to the word loyalty. Luo Jiang has always lived in a private courtyard and sent maids to serve him. However, he usually only does some simple things, and his treatment is not the same.
If what you do is not consistent, it will easily attract criticism.
Someone said: "No matter how urgent it is, don't you even have time to ask for instructions? If you want to leave the house, you must report it to the king."
"That's right. I heard that she snatched the horse when she left the house and rode the horse out of the house. This is not just a crime of going out without permission. I don't know if the king will forgive her..."
There are even people who have always disliked this Luo Jiang. They usually don't want to say more, but now they curled their lips and said: "It's just a punishment of kneeling down, but it doesn't count as forgiveness? Although Miss Luo is the instructor, she is also a member of the palace, so she should abide by the rules of the palace.
, treat yourself as a master, but also see whether you have such a fate!"
What a good life it is for someone as noble as the princess!
After hearing this, Grandma Jia also gloated a little and said: "This is really a shame. Hey, Miss Luo is really too careless!"
A passing steward heard the mutterings of the servants and women gathered here, frowned, and interjected: "The rules of the prince's palace are the most stringent. No matter it is the Prince of Qi's Palace, the Prince of Shu's Palace, or even the Prince of Lu's Palace, if you do something wrong, you will be caned."
Execution is not a rare thing. Last month, a servant of Prince Lu’s palace was dragged out by the back door and thrown into a mass grave. They were all unruly people who had done something wrong."
"Although the king has not received Miss Luo now, he is only punished by kneeling down, which is already very tolerant, but..."
As he said that, he glanced around at the gossipers and said in a stern tone: "Your Majesty is generous, but that doesn't mean you can be so lazy and gossip! Even though it's night now, there's still a lot of work to do. A bunch of you are gathered here. Could it be that
Do you still want to accompany her on her knees?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present immediately dispersed.
Aunt Jia was a person with a ghost in her heart. She smiled sarcastically and walked along the corridor past the rockery pond. When she saw no one around, she touched her chest.
Hidden inside her clothes was a thumb-sized silverware. This was the magic weapon she was ordered to bring to the princess. Someone told her to bring this object three meters away from the princess.
"If we are discovered..." Thinking of what the steward said just now, Grandma Jia was a little uneasy and hesitated.
Although she was not too young, she had not lived enough. After getting money and land, she would have a better life in the future, and was discovered by the people in the house...
"No, as the man said, this silver weapon is inconspicuous and does not need to stab the princess. As long as it is close to three meters away, it can be activated."
"Outsiders will only think that the princess suddenly had a fetal infection. As long as I am more careful, no one will know that it was me who did it."
"After all, there are many reasons for noble people to have fetal convulsions, such as diet problems, weather problems, mood problems, and even housing problems. The first thing to check is the diet. At most, the people in the kitchen are unlucky, so I can't rely on them."
"Besides, the prince and the princess are young, so this magic weapon has some influence on the heirs, but it's nothing..." Although Aunt Jia didn't know who was behind it, she could estimate some shadows, and she encouraged herself at this time.
Angry, he made up his mind, lowered his head and played with the fresh peaches in the basket, then continued along the corridor.
"Aunt Jia is here?" The maid holding the curtain at the door was dressed in tender pink and looked very fresh. When she saw her, she immediately called out with a smile.
Then his eyes fell on the basket he was carrying, and he was surprised: "Peach?"
"Exactly, someone was selling peaches at the back door just now, so I bought a basket. These are good peaches, and some are very fresh and delicious. I put them in my room. You can go there after you get off work.
Take it from my room, I'll keep it for you little girls!" Grandma Jia also said with a smile.
The maid immediately pursed her lips and smiled: "Then thank you mama first."
"Did the princess sleep peacefully?" Grandma Jia asked.
"I haven't slept yet, you can just go in." The maid was not wary at all. In terms of closeness and status, Aunt Jia was much better than her.
Seeing that everything was normal, Grandma Jia took a deep breath, then opened the bead curtain, walked in, and said after entering the door: "Princess, look what the slave has brought for you!"
This is a small hall that is very elegantly decorated. The windows are covered with precious organza. As soon as they take a look, they see that not only the princess is sitting in the hall, but the king is also there, talking to Mr. Lu, and even the steward Jiang Yijiang.