Chapter 27 Getting along
In the main hall, there are square tables and round piers.
Let the beautiful ladies stay together in the palace for a month, day and night, just to see the temperament of the girls.
You can pretend for a while, but you can't pretend for a lifetime.
One month is enough for the girls to show their true colors.
"Girls, please sit down." Aunt Fei said.
The ladies took their seats one after another, their postures were all very elegant, and no one made any mistakes.
The maids came in carrying food boxes, two dishes and one soup, which were placed on the small table.
Aunt Fei spread her hands and said, "Girls, please have a meal."
Small pot rice, big pot dish.
Any cook who can enter the palace to cook food and rice for the nobles is not bad at cooking.
There is only a certain distance from the imperial kitchen to Jingyi Palace.
Fortunately, the weather is hot now, so the dishes are not completely cold yet.
After lunch, a few waiters came in carrying several large wooden boxes.
"This is sent to the palace by the ladies. The girls whose names are called will come forward to receive it." Aunt Fei said.
The little chamberlain opened the box, and there were bundles inside. Each bundle was tied with a tag, and the girl's name was written on the tag.
After getting the baggage, Jiang Changning returned to the room.
When I opened the bag and took a look, there were three sets of clothes, light cyan women's clothes, three pairs of socks and a box.
Opening the box, there was powder and some simple jewelry inside.
Thinking that the middle coat had been taken out and checked over and over by the guards and chamberlains, Jiang Changning, who was a little bit of a germaphobe, felt sick, "I'm afraid these clothes need to be washed."
"The sun is quite strong. It should be dry in the afternoon." Chen Yi also planned to wash the middle coat.
Fang Youting picked up her middle coat and said, "Let's go find Qiu Wen."
"Can you speak in a lower voice? You are disturbing me." Wang Lingzhi said unhappily.
Jiang Changning glanced at Wang Lingzhi who was lying on the bed about to take a nap. Without saying anything, he picked up his middle coat and walked to the door.
Fang Youting smiled and followed Jiang Changning out.
Chen Yi opened his mouth but stopped talking.
The three of them went out, closed the door, went to the back hall to find Qiu Wen, and asked her to wash out her middle coat immediately.
Jiang Changning took out a small silver bean from his purse and said, "This is for you."
"Thank you, miss." Qiu Wen bowed and saluted.
There were not many girls who came to have their clothes washed by the palace maid, only a dozen or so.
The three of them returned to the room and Wang Lingzhi had fallen asleep.
"Let's take a nap too." Fang Youting took off her shoes and got on the bed.
Soon, the room became quiet.
Half an hour later, Jiang Changning woke up first. When she opened her eyes, she saw an unfamiliar wooden wall. She was stunned for a moment before remembering that she was in the palace at this time.
She woke up inexplicably, changed time and space, and changed her identity. If she had to do it again, she would probably go crazy.
"Miss Jiang, are you awake?" Chen Yi asked softly.
Jiang Changning turned around cautiously, "Miss Chen, what can I do for you?"
"Let's go for a walk." Chen Yi said.
"Okay." Jiang Changning agreed.
The two of them got up quietly, put on their outer clothes, and went out.
The moment they closed the door, Fang Youting opened her eyes. She glanced at Wang Lingzhi. This girl was really sleeping well.
It was still the first day after entering the palace, and everyone's nerves were tense. No one came out to hang out, so the two of them stood on the corridor where they could see the surroundings and talked.
But Jiang Changning never expected that Chen Yi would ask her out just to talk about her third brother, "Third brother, I have been eager to learn since childhood. My mother hired famous teachers..."
"Miss Chen, although we just met today, there are some rumors about you living in Beijing that you should know about. You are a smart person and you shouldn't do things you don't want to do." Jiang Changning interrupted her.
This Chen Yi looks down on others. Do you think she is a three-year-old baby?
She was deceived by such lies. Mrs. Chen had three legitimate sons, two of whom were older than Master Chen. She would carefully cultivate a bastard son.
She didn't know whether others believed this, but she didn't believe a word of it anyway.
Chen Yi smiled awkwardly, "Miss Jiang, I just don't want people to misunderstand my third brother, he..."
Jiang Changning interrupted her again, "Miss Chen, don't treat people like fools."
After saying that, Jiang Changning felt that there was no need to talk nonsense with Chen Yi anymore, so he turned around and left.
Chen Yi lowered her head and looked at a pot of flowers placed outside the corridor, with a flash of sadness in her eyes. The third brother was very kind to her, but... for the sake of her aunt, she had to obey her aunt's instructions.
However, after meeting Jiang Changning, she felt that the stepmother was really unnecessary.
With Jiang Changning's beauty and her kindness to the Queen Mother, there is a high probability that she will stay in the palace.
Even if she doesn't stay in the palace, she will be married to the clan and the eldest son of the Xungui family will be her main wife. It is impossible for her to have thoughts about a concubine of a third-grade official.
Jiang Changning walked outside the room and heard Wang Lingzhi's giggle. He flexed his fingers and knocked gently on the door.
The laughter stopped abruptly, Jiang Changning pushed the door open and walked around the screen.
When Wang Lingzhi saw it was her, he snorted coldly and tilted his head to one side.
"Miss Jiang." Fang Youting greeted her with a smile, looking past her and looking behind her, but did not see Chen Yi.
Two people go out together, and one person comes back first.
Did they quarrel?
Fang Youting suppressed her curiosity and did not ask, why didn't Chen Yi come back?
"Did Miss Fang tell a joke?" Jiang Changning asked deliberately.
She heard laughter at the door, and it would be unreasonable not to ask.
"I told a joke I heard on the road. It was about a naughty child who was drawing in school and handed a blank piece of drawing paper to his teacher. The teacher asked him, 'Where is the picture you drew?' The student pointed at the blank paper.
Said: 'This is the painting I painted.' Sir..."
Jiang Changning covered his mouth and smiled, "This is a naughty kid who will be spanked by Mr."
While joking, Chen Yi also came back.
She also joined in the chat between Jiang Changning and Chen Yi. Wang Lingzhi was so arrogant that she didn't want to pay attention, but finally intervened.
Just one word from her made the relatively harmonious atmosphere tense.
"Commons are all despicable things." Wang Lingzhi blurted out.
Chen Yi's face was ugly, and Fang Youting also frowned, with a hint of anger in her eyes.
Jiang Changning's eyes flashed slightly, Chen Yi was a concubine, Wang Lingzhi's words were hitting her in the face, and what was going on with Fang Youting?
Could it be that one or both of Fang Youting's parents were concubines?
In the evening, when the girls were about to take a bath and change clothes, they started making a fuss, "Why are there fingerprints on these clothes?"
"My clothes are all pleated, how can I wear them?"
Wang Lingzhi looked at the piece of dirt on his clothes and asked, "Why is it so dirty?"
"Everything sent into the palace must be inspected." Chen Yi paused, "More than once."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Wang Lingzhi said angrily.
Chen Yi looked as usual and said: "I thought you knew."
"Now I don't have a change of clothes, what should I do?" Wang Lingzhi asked.
"You can let Qiu Wen wash and iron the clothes to dry." Chen Yi suggested.
"Good idea." Wang Lingzhi hugged Zhongyi and went out to find someone.
Fang Youting shook her head and sighed: "Her temper is really..."
Chapter completed!