The nine princesses of the East Palace

When I think of sour oranges, my teeth start to turn sour. Just after eating at the empress dowager's place, I saw a plate of red fruit on the table, so I asked Li Chengyin what it was, and Li Chengyin said it was Tangerine, I asked him if it was delicious?He said it was delicious, and he picked up one and peeled it for me to eat. As a result, my teeth were almost sour, but the empress dowager was at the side, so I couldn't spit it out, so I had to bite the bullet and finish it. a whole.

The Empress Dowager said that sometimes she had a bad appetite and couldn't eat, and that sour orange was brought to her by Aunt Ying to appetize.

Li Chengyin seemed aggrieved when he heard that I wanted to punish him to eat sour oranges: "Eat it as soon as you eat it, I'm not afraid of sour oranges. Besides, I don't know that oranges are sour."

I don't care if he is wronged or not, "Anyway, if you make me unhappy, I will eat sour oranges."

"Okay, if I make you unhappy, eat sour oranges, what if you make me unhappy?"

I said: "You have such a bad temper, you are unhappy for no reason, and it's none of my business, I never messed with you."

Li Chengyin seemed to be so angry with me, he didn't speak for a long time, and I didn't say anything to make him unhappy.

The wind was blowing, and an unknown fragrance was blowing. I followed the fragrance and saw an unknown tree covered with small lanterns. When I got closer, it was not a small lantern, but some small fruits. It looks a bit like a sour orange, I asked curiously: "Li Chengyin, what kind of tree is this?"

Li Chengyin glanced at the tree, "I won't tell you."

"You are so stingy." I saw Shi En following him neither far nor near, so I asked him from a distance, "Shi En, what kind of tree is this?"

Before Shi En could speak, Li Chengyin said: "This is a citrus tree."

"Then can this little fruit be eaten?" I asked again.

Li Chengyin said: "It can be used as medicine."

When I heard that I couldn't eat it, I didn't ask any more.

Originally, the Empress Dowager asked someone to arrange a chariot to take me out of the palace, but Li Chengyin refused and asked me to walk with him. The palace is so big, I followed him around and walked around for a long time , My feet hurt from walking, and I finally reached the palace gate.

The carriage is already waiting outside the palace gate. Although I don't like riding in a carriage, my feet are so sore right now, I wish I could get into the carriage immediately.

I climbed into the carriage without being ladylike, and when I sat down, I couldn't sit still, and knocked against the railing all of a sudden, the accessories on my body jingled with my movements, and the pain made my eyes red.

The curtain of the car was thrown open, Li Chengyin opened his mouth and said: "You are really stupid!"

I rubbed my sore forehead and stared at him: "I've said it all, don't say I'm stupid, go back and eat sour oranges by yourself."

"You really hold a grudge!" he said angrily.

"Speak as if you don't hold a grudge!"

"You..." He only said one word, didn't continue, just stared at my red and swollen forehead and said, "You're so ugly."

"It's none of your business to be ugly." I said, "I think I'm ugly, and I don't know who was peeping at me at Grandma's place before."

His ears turned red from what I said, "I think you think your clothes look good, and it has nothing to do with you."

"It has nothing to do with you whether my clothes look good or not." I said angrily.

Shi En who was at the side suddenly said to me: "Princess Nine, Your Highness is only worried because you are injured."

Li Chengyin glanced at him sideways, and didn't say a word, just raised his hand to remove the eyebrow pendant from my head, took out some ointment from somewhere, and applied it on my forehead.

His face is calm, but his movements are very gentle. Seeing him like this, he has no anger at all.He rubbed it for me, and it didn't hurt that much.There is a cool feeling along the way.

Back at Honglu Temple, I hurriedly asked Dimo ​​to take off all the pendants and waist chains on my body, and died again.Dimo prepared hot water, and I don't know what was put in it. After soaking for a quarter of an hour, I finally felt comfortable.

I slept deeply for several hours, and at night the emperor sent someone to announce the decree, to the effect that the empress dowager liked me and wanted me to accompany her in the palace, and asked me to move immediately to the Yufu Palace next to the Shouning Palace.

I guessed that the emperor would let me go to the palace, but I didn't expect that so soon, Dimo ​​was in a hurry to clean up. After a quarter of an hour, I left Honglu Temple with Dimo ​​Adu in a chariot.

The Yufu Palace is not too big, and there are two citrus trees planted in the palace, which are very fragrant. Although they cannot be eaten, they just look good.

As soon as he arrived in the palace, Dimo ​​was still packing things, when the queen came and brought a female official, "Princess Ninth, this is Fang Shangyi from my palace. He mainly helps Princess Ninth familiarize herself with the etiquette in the palace and practice calligraphy."

"Ninth Princess, please give me your advice." Fang Shangyi stepped forward and bowed to me.

"Fang Shangyi doesn't need to be too polite." I said.

Fang Shangyi was wearing a tall official hat. She was a tall and thin woman. She looked serious and not easy to get along with.

The queen left after staying for a while, while Fang Shangyi stayed behind. Just as the queen left, the empress dowager also brought people over.

I hurried forward to salute, "Grandma, it's so late, did I wake you up?"

"Where is it, the grandma didn't sleep at all, because I, old woman, have worked so hard for you to run around." The empress dowager said, "You are new here, and you must not be familiar with the things in the palace. I have arranged someone to help you. This is Yong Niang, she is strict in her work and tight-lipped, if you don't understand anything, just tell her."

"Thank you, grandma, for your love."

The Empress Dowager frowned and said: "Thank you for what you are doing. If you have time, come to my palace and talk with me. I will be happy."

I said: "When the time comes, grandma don't think I'm noisy."

The Empress Dowager said: "How could it be? Grandma likes to be lively."

Yong Niang was of medium build, dressed in plain printed casual clothes, with a high bun, looking honest and generous.

The Empress Dowager left after not staying for long.

In addition to Fang Shangyi and Yongniang, there are many other palace servants and stewardesses in Yufu Palace.When I was in Xizhou, there were only a few maids in the bedroom, and there was no mother-in-law in charge, so here I was not so free.

Yong Niang is a fast-paced person, under her command, the whole Jade Fu Palace was tidied up in no time.

However, she seems to be very sensible, she follows the rules and doesn't know how to change things, for example, she must get up at the second of the hour, and go to bed on time at Haishi, neither earlier nor later.

The same goes for Fang Shangyi, she is really strict, in front of her, I can't eat well, I have to put two eggs in the crunchy nest, and put a bowl on my head... I reasoned with her, and she said that I am the future prince Concubine, the queen who will be the mother of the world in the future must have a dignified and generous demeanor, whether walking or eating, you must not be casual, no matter how inconvenient to eat with chopsticks, you must not use your hands...