Panda: I've been slapped in the face again. This Emperor Liang actually changed the year name! May I ask if there are any students who know about this? Can you tell Panda that this is the year of Yuanyou and Kaiwen? There was also the question about the Empress Dowager. When Panda searched for information, he found information from novels. If he continued to search for information about the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was because Xiao Liang only passed down one emperor and there was no Empress Dowager.。。It was a tragedy for the panda.
"Why is this room so tightly covered in broad daylight? No wonder the lights are on."
This was the Imperial Palace. Xiao Chu did not have that much curiosity. There were so many nobles in the Imperial Palace. With his status, even if he contradicted anyone, his head would fall to the ground. Moreover, there were countless dirty things happening in the palace. If Xiao Chu were to see them, would he die or not?
Xiao Chu was also a person who had seen the world. It was not his first or second time coming to the palace. He turned around and wanted to leave. Unexpectedly, when he turned the corner of the Moon Gate, he was in a hurry to walk. That person seemed to be carrying something in his arms. Xiao Chu knocked into him and it all fell to the ground.
"Aiyo."
Xiao Chu had a bad feeling when she heard that person's voice. Confucius said: It is difficult to raise a villain and a woman. From the sound of it, this person was not only a woman but also a "villain"!
"Erm, are you alright?" Although Xiao Chu didn't know martial arts, he had been recuperating for many years and his body was in good shape. Xiao Chu only paused for a moment, but the girl in front of him was not so lucky. She was knocked to the ground by Xiao Chu.
"Are you alright?" This young lady was still a little girl. She raised her head and rolled her eyes at Xiao Chu. Not to mention that this girl was really born pretty well. Her black hair was probably tied into two cute bunches on her head because she was not an adult yet. Her skin was very fair, but it was black and white with some ashes. She looked very funny. She was wearing a white palace dress that was about the same color as her pretty face. According to the ancestral system of Daliang, men and women could marry when they reached adulthood. It seemed that this girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but she had such a beautiful appearance. Although she looked delicate and cute, she didn't seem to have a good temper. "Why don't you try throwing one and see if it's okay?”
Xiao Chu was a little embarrassed. She nodded at the girl and grabbed her wrist to pull her up. "Miss, this is the inner court of the Imperial Palace. I'm just a foreign official, so I don't dare to stay for long. I'll take my leave. If you have time in the future, please come to the Huitian Medical Hall to find me.。。”
Before Xiao Chu could finish his sentence, a suspicious voice sounded in his ear,""You want to escape?"
"Ah?"
The girl immediately burst into tears and even grabbed Xiao Chu's wide sleeves. "Sob, sob, sob. You're a grown man, but you actually hit me.。。She actually didn't want to admit it. I spilled all my things. You have to compensate me.”
Xiao Chu was so annoyed by the girl that his head instantly swelled up. " Alright, alright, alright. How do you want me to compensate you? I'll pay you ten times the amount, alright?"”
"You said that?" The girl raised her head, her phoenix eyes filled with hope.
Xiao Chu suddenly felt like he had been cheated. However, he had already spoken his mind. How could a man go back on his words? Moreover, this was Xiao Chu's fault in the first place. There was no way to refute it. Xiao Chu bit the bullet and nodded,""Alright, I promise you, ten times the compensation!”
"That's great." The girl cheered and pulled Xiao Chu to squat down. She picked out the little things hidden in the charcoal from the ground and placed them on a dirty blue cloth.
Xiao Chu was dumbfounded. Although those small items were not big, they were all exquisitely crafted gold hairpins, silver ornaments, jade stones, and other exquisite items with extraordinary meanings. Xiao Chu did a quick count and found that there were more than twenty of them. Without a doubt, it was something that the people, the Ministry of Works, and the Treasure Workshop provided to the nobles in the palace. How could this girl have so many things that were specially provided to the nobles in the palace? Could she be a palace maid with dirty hands and feet?
He casually took a pearl the size of a longan from the girl's hand and looked at it. "Why do you have so many things in your hands?" Xiao Chu asked.”
The girl was not stupid. She understood Xiao Chu's meaning after blinking her eyes. She straightened her neck and said to Xiao Chu,"I'm not a thief."
"I didn't say you were a thief. Where did you get all these things?”
"This is my dowry." The girl looked at the pile of exquisite accessories in her hands, and her eyes almost lit up.
"Dowry? You've prepared your dowry so early.”Xiao Chu smiled and said," According to the rules of the Daliang Palace, the palace maids can only leave the palace if they are not favored by His Majesty within five years after they reach adulthood. In other words, the palace maids can leave the palace to get married before the age of twenty-three if they are not favored by His Majesty. I don't think you are of age yet, right? Could it be that your dowry was prepared for His Majesty?”
"Who wants to marry that old man?" The girl's pretty face blushed.”
After saying that, the girl realized that she had said something wrong. She looked around and realized that no one was looking. She stuck out her tongue playfully with lingering fear.
Just as Xiao Chu was about to speak, the girl pulled him into the Moon Gate and hid him.
Hiding behind the wall, Xiao Chu was confused. "Could it be that this girl wants to silence me?”The girl covered Xiao Chu's mouth, giving him a fright. Xiao Chu thought to herself, I guessed correctly?”
Just as he was about to resist, he heard a shout outside the Moon Gate.
"Did you see anyone?"
"No, father-in-law."
"Continue searching, she must be nearby. Consort Jing Pin is worried sick, hurry!”
When the voice faded away, Xiao Chu could clearly hear the girl heave a sigh of relief and remove her hand from Xiao Chu's mouth.
The girl looked at Xiao Chu's face and burst out laughing. Then, she realized that those people had not gone far and covered her mouth. Xiao Chu looked at her strangely, not knowing what she was laughing about. Xiao Chu didn't know until the girl put down her hand that was covering her mouth.。。The girl had charcoal in her hand and covered her mouth with a circle of black. It was not obvious because she had black and white patches in the sky, but she had also covered Xiao Chu's mouth just now.
Xiao Chu's face darkened. He reached out for his handkerchief, but the girl was faster. She had already taken out her handkerchief and wiped Xiao Chu's face. Xiao Chu's heart warmed, but she didn't dodge.
The girl realized that the more she wiped, the darker it became. She clicked her tongue and took out a kettle wrapped in pink fabric from behind her. She poured some into the white handkerchief and wiped it left and right before she finally wiped off the black carbon on Xiao Chu's face.
Xiao Chu touched her face and said,""You haven't wiped your face."
The girl smiled and waved her sleeves."It's okay. I'll go back and do it.”
"Did you bring your dowry here to hide it?”
The girl's eyes instantly became alert. She looked at Xiao Chu like a little tiger guarding against a wolf. "Don't tell me you want to know where I hid the dowry so you can steal it when I'm not prepared?"”
Xiao Chu shook her head and smiled bitterly." You have a rich imagination. Alright, it's time for me to leave the palace. If someone sees me like this, it'll be a serious crime to behead me. I still have my head left to treat people. If you still want compensation, please look for me when you leave the palace. Oh, right, this is the only one in your dowry.。。"Xiao Chu pointed at a ring with the Phoenix Soaring Nine Heavens Purple Jade Ring Stone among the jewelry in the girl's hand. "If I'm not mistaken, this is one of the eighteen purple jade ring stones in the Eastern Jin Palace. It can be said to be priceless. Farewell, Young Lady."
Xiao Chu walked away in a carefree manner. The girl looked at the ring stone and put it into her sachet before skipping away.
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