The hero bends down

"Beauty sister, please get up." Concubine Xuan sat upright in her seat before letting Zhong Su get up.

Zhong Su stood up according to the etiquette.Kneeling and standing up to pay respects in the palace requires a straight body with a steady waist and shoulders. Although Zhong Su did so, it always gives people a stiff feeling.

After he stood up, he still stood under the gazebo, but it was Concubine Lan Yi who spoke first: "Sister Zhong, don't stand still, come over and have a chat with our sisters."

As soon as Concubine Lan Yi said this, Concubine Shu next to her burst out laughing.Her laughter was a bit abrupt in the already quiet pavilion, causing all the concubines in the pavilion to gather their eyes.A concubine sitting behind Concubine Lan Yi asked curiously, "Sister Concubine Shu, what are you laughing at?"

When Concubine Shu smiled, she originally showed her teeth, but at this time her wonderful eyes turned around, very charming.She said with a smile: "Sister, I just heard Sister Defei's words and thought it was very interesting, so I couldn't help but laugh out loud."

Concubine De squinted at Concubine Shu, her light eyes fell on Concubine Shu, she said calmly, "Sister Concubine Shu, is it my sister, did I say something wrong?"

Concubine Shu put her peach clothes on lightly, picked up a lychee from the fruit plate on the table, poked it with her fingers, and said while she was doing it: "Sister Defei is very smart, the emperor calls the beauty sister Zhong Meiren, and she is Zhong Meiren. "

These words provoked Concubine De's irritation and angered Concubine Gui.Concubine Xuan's face darkened, although Concubine De didn't show any expression on her face, she must have some calculations in her heart.

The palace is known as the four concubines and nine concubines.Although Concubine Xuan is the head of the four concubines, Concubine Shu, Concubine De, and Concubine Xian are all one of the four concubines, and their status is also extraordinary, and they are quite likely to keep pace with the concubines.

And Zhong Su just listened silently from the side.He knew very little about women's minds, and even though the battles between concubines revolved around him, he felt that he was an outsider and could not interfere at all.

Concubine Shu's old spirit was there, as if what she just said didn't come out of her mouth, and it was irrelevant.With a full smile, she picked out the thin film of lychee with her fingertips, put it into a jade basin, then squeezed another one, and peeled it off carefully.

Concubine Xuan glanced over at Concubine Shu and Concubine De, then looked at Zhong Su and said, "Since she is the conferred beauty of Zhong by the emperor, she can't just stand still, take a seat."

The seat she was referring to was the white marble bench directly opposite her.This seat was only reserved for the fourth concubine, but the seat of the virtuous concubine in the harem was always vacant, so no one could sit on that stone bench.

Zhong Su is just a beauty who has just been canonized, and in terms of qualifications, she can't sit in this position.

Concubine De smiled and said: "The imperial concubine is so generous, sister Zhong still doesn't thank the imperial concubine."

As soon as she said this, Zhong Su also reacted immediately, bowed and said "Thank you, Concubine Gui", before he stepped up and took his seat.

Concubine Xuan ordered someone to serve tea for Zhong Su, and chatted with all the concubines without a word.

The topic of women is esoteric and difficult for Zhong Su to understand, and it is even more difficult to understand than the military strategy translated from a foreign language.Zhong Su only felt that he was out of place among a group of high-status women, so he had to drink tea seriously. Sometimes when a few concubines talked about him, he would smile slightly to show etiquette.

Zhong Su's smile was very shy, not at all the same as Concubine Qi's.

Several concubines who had stayed in the palace longer were chatting, thinking about Zhong Su's identity and the emperor's attitude. Only Concubine Shu finished peeling the lychee, took a silk handkerchief from the hand of the maid next to her, and wiped it. Hands and armor come.

After wiping, she smiled at Zhong Su, pushed the jade plate containing bright and round lychees down in front of Zhong Su and said, "Sister Zhong, it's the first time we meet, and my sister didn't prepare anything for meeting. This plate of lychees was peeled by my sister, I hope my sister likes it."

Zhong Su stared blankly at Lizhi, and then responded: "Sister, this..."

Before he could say his resignation, Imperial Concubine Xuan had already looked over and said: "Since it is the kindness of Concubine Shu, the beauty will accept it and give it a try."

When a noble concubine spoke, Zhong Su knew that he could not refuse, so he had to accept the jade plate.

Everyone's eyes once again focused on Zhong Su.

Zhong Su hesitated for a moment before reaching out to the lychees on the jade plate.

Ever since the man ridiculed that the orchid fingers turned up like chicken feet last time, Zhong Su no longer learned any fingering skills, but just took the lychee with four fingers, looked around, closed his eyes, and put the whole lychee into his mouth .

He used to eat lychees like this, but it tasted much faster than this.

The lychee is very sweet and smooth, with a very good taste, but halfway through eating, I bit into the small black core inside.

Many concubines nearby covered their mouths and laughed secretly.

Zhong Su held his chest in his mouth, not knowing what to say, and looked at Concubine Shu, seeing that she was also looking at him with a smile on her face.

My heart skipped a beat.

"Sister Zhong is eating lychees for the first time. When eating lychees in the palace, they always pick out the black core first." Concubine Shu covered her mouth and smiled, "Although my sister helped you remove the skin, the core is still It's up to you to pick."

Finally, there was a concubine next to her who couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"..."

Zhong Su was silent, neither did he hold the nucleus in his mouth, nor did he spit it out.

Concubine Xuan looked at Zhong Su for a while and said, "Since you are the emperor's beauty, you should understand the etiquette in the palace." She glanced at Concubine Shu coldly, and then asked, "Have you read "The Commandments of Women"?"

It was Zhong Su who she was asking.Zhong Su only studied modern military affairs and criminal psychology, so he had no choice but to reply: "Back to the imperial concubine, Zhong Su has not studied it yet."

Concubine Xuan asked again: "What about "Internal Training"?"

"Not learned."

"What about "The Analects of Women"?"

"..." Zhong Su bowed his head, he had only studied "The Analects of Confucius", and there is "The Analects of Confucius" in the world?

Concubine Xuan didn't say a word, looking at the person in front of her, she didn't look like a fake, if it was a fake, it can only be said that this woman is pretending too much.

"Does Miss Zhong know how to read?" Concubine Xuan asked again.

"..."

Zhong Su thought for a while, and finally said with a lychee core in his mouth: "Returning to the words of the imperial concubine, Zhong Su doesn't know a few words."

When he was in the former army, he naturally knew how to write, but the writing of this dynasty was afraid of being different from Zhong Su's writing in the past, so Zhong Su had to pretend not to know.

"..." Concubine Xuan remained silent.

Concubine De took a sip of tea, but remained silent.Concubine Shu looked curiously, and looked at Zhong Su again.

Then the imperial concubine slowly raised her eyebrows and said with a funny smile: "To be the emperor's companion, one must be knowledgeable and polite." She paused and said: "Since you can't read, you will come to Linsheng Palace tomorrow. Let's practice calligraphy."

Her request was very harsh, but Zhong Su couldn't refuse, so he had to humbly agree.

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According to Concubine Xuan's instructions, the time when Zhong Su went to Linsheng Palace to practice calligraphy was at Yin time, which was just before dawn in the early morning.Zhong Su had to get up early in the morning, and accompanied by Huaju, went to Linsheng Palace to practice calligraphy.

It was early in the morning and Concubine Xuan was still asleep, so the eunuch of Linsheng Palace led Zhong Su to the side hall study.There is a copy of "The Commandments for Women" in the room. According to the practice of imperial concubine Xuan, Zhong Su is asked to copy "The Commandments for Women" once a day.

Zhong Su only knew how to write with pens and pencils. The first time he picked up the brush, he was unsteady, and when he touched the brush, a ball of thick ink was cut on the paper.

On the first day, when Zhong Su presented the "Women's Commandment" written by himself to the noble concubine, the noble concubine was frightened away.

Not to mention that this copy of "The Commandments for Women" looks like a ghostly talisman, but as far as this beauty Zhong is concerned, there is also a stain of ink on her wide sleeves, as if she had been soaked in ink.

Concubine Qi was born in a wealthy family, she is well-versed in books and courtesies, and her handwriting is very delicate.But this Zhong beauty wrote in a mess, but she looked like a person who couldn't write.

Concubine Xuan read "The Commandments of Women" and then Zhong Su, Fang said: "Ms. Zhong Mei has worked hard, so I have practiced calligraphy to this point today."

Zhong Su secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

It was Si hour when we went back, and the sun had already risen in the sky. Zhong Su walked to the path of Yixi Garden, and couldn't help but feel agitated.

At this time, he is no longer allowed to wander around like in the Shouyi Palace. This Yixi Garden should be his sleeping palace. From the looks of it, it is about a hundred meters away if you go around it.

Zhong Su tried to trot for a few steps, but felt that the hem of the skirt was quite in the way, so he called Huaju and asked about the clothes in the palace.

Seeing that Zhong Su cares about clothing, Huaju couldn't help but be overjoyed, and took Zhong Su to the Xiyuan warehouse.

In the warehouse of Yixi Garden, there are still silks and satins that Zhong Su received from the emperor when he was canonized. Zhong Su went through them one by one, and finally picked out a batch of green and yellow pieces of cloth, and handed them to Huaju.

Huaju looked at it and frowned and said: "Your Majesty, this color is no longer fashionable in the palace. What's more, the flowers embroidered on it are brassicas."

Zhong Su said: "I quite like this color."

He paused, then asked again: "Isn't the flower name Brassica not bad?"

Huaju frowned and said: "Madam, many people don't call this flower brassica."

"What's that called?" Zhong Su touched the silk, but still liked it.His previous camouflage uniform was similar to this color.

Huaju had no choice but to tell the truth: "Madam, brassica is also called rape flower."

"..."

Zhong Su's hand touching the silk froze.

He remembered that when nothing happened to him before, every spring, the captain would take people around and say, "Spring is here, and the rape blossoms are blooming again. Everyone, be careful, be careful that the lunatic commits another crime!"

At that time, although everyone was patrolling with a smile, we actually encountered a few mentally ill people making trouble in a daze.

But no matter what, Zhong Su still approved the piece of silk.He took a brush and drew a few pictures, which were really ugly, so he asked Huaju to ask for a few longer and thicker goose feathers from the royal dining room to make a quill.

Huaju took the picture drawn by Zhong Su and handed it to Guangchusi to make clothes.

About half a month had passed since I went to Linsheng Palace to copy "Women's Commandments" and came back to Yixi Garden to jog and exercise. Zhong Su's handwriting finally improved a bit, and he was able to figure out how to write with a brush.

On this day, Zhong Su practiced calligraphy in the side hall of Linsheng Palace as usual, and a large window was open in the side hall.He looked up and saw an eunuch holding a carrier pigeon in the corner of Linsheng Palace.Letter paper was tied to the carrier pigeon's feet, and the eunuch took off the letter paper and walked quickly to the main hall.

Zhong Su naturally knew that this eunuch was Delu, the head of Linsheng Palace.

Not long after Delu entered the main hall, he came out again, but he lacked the previous letterhead in his hand, and ordered his subordinates to come.

Everyone in Linsheng Palace was busy.

After a while, Delu walked towards Zhong Su's study.

Zhong Su immediately pretended not to see it and buried himself in writing.

Delu entered the side hall, turned to Zhong Su's room and said, "Miss Zhong, this imperial concubine has granted you permission to rest for two days."

It was disrespectful for him to call Zhong Su a beauty directly.

Zhong Su didn't care, just frowned and put down his pen.

"Ms. Zhong, please—" Delu made a gesture, intending to let Zhong Su leave quickly.

Zhong Su stared at Delu silently for a while.

His gaze made Delu feel uncomfortable all over, and Delu said again: "Ms. Zhong, please!"

Zhong Su left slowly.

As soon as he left Linsheng Palace, an imperial chariot leisurely walked towards Linsheng Palace.

Long Yi was recuperating on the chariot with his eyes closed, but suddenly he raised his eyebrows involuntarily as if feeling something emotional.

As soon as he raised his eyebrows, he saw Zhong Su's back.The emperor looked at Xuyi, and finally couldn't help squinting his eyes, like a tiger resting in the sun, peeping at his favorite food.