The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(49)

Zhou Sheng is almost 20 years old. Young men of his age would have been married long ago, but he is still single.

His parents have worried about this, but he is a slave. Girls from common families don't like him. There are maids in the mansion who like him, but he doesn't like them, so he has been wasting time until now.

The Zhou family is not rich, and they are ordinary farmers in the countryside.

When his hometown suffered a disaster, his father broke his waist again. Seeing that the family could not make ends meet, Zhou Sheng sold himself as a slave. He was lucky that the court built a mansion for the King of Jin in Jinzhou, so he entered the King of Jin's mansion and stayed there for so many years.

The King of Jin's mansion treated servants kindly. Zhou Sheng worked as a groom in the mansion and earned a high monthly salary. His fourth sister Zuan'er later entered the mansion as a maid. The two brothers and sisters earned money in the mansion to subsidize the family. The Zhou family's life gradually improved, and they were considered a very wealthy family in the countryside.

Naturally, I thought about redeeming myself, but the rules of the palace are different from other places. Other families redeem themselves if they have money, but the palace is not like that. Women who are 20 years old and men who are 25 years old can be released and return home without redemption. Of course, if you don't want to go home, you can continue to work in the palace, and you don't have to worry about getting married and having children. The palace will naturally make arrangements.

For example, Zhou Sheng has been in the palace for a long time, so he can be allocated a small house, which is behind the Jin Palace. But because he has not married yet, he still lives in the servants' room of the carriage and horse department.

This morning, Zhou Sheng rolled up the clothes he had just changed, intending to find a place to stuff them and wash them when he had time. He thought his actions were concealed, but he didn't know that he had already been seen by others in the same room.

There were a total of six people living in this room, and the other five were older than Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng never participated in the usual men talking dirty together. When they met such a good opportunity to tease, how could others let it go.

"Shengzi, you said you don't want to marry or find a girl, how can you live like this?" A groom with big yellow teeth, known as Zheng Huangya, came up and put his arm around Zhou Sheng's shoulders and said.

Zhou Sheng didn't know what was going on and was confused. Seeing him like this, everyone else in the room laughed.

"Come, tell us, which girl or which maid in the mansion did you fall in love with?"

"Why don't I know there's a maid named Yao in our mansion?"

"Go, who are you? Even a rough maid in the mansion is much more valuable than you. How can you know her name?"

This is indeed the truth. Rough people like them can't talk to the maids in the mansion. Which maid who can serve in the mansion is not visionary, how can she look down on rough people like them. There are also different levels among the servants, and the grooms are probably the lowest among them. They only work as servants of animals, and they usually don't show their faces in front of their masters. Who would like to see them?

However, Zhou Sheng is different from them. He has a sister who works as a maid in the mansion. Through her, Zhou Sheng also knows many maids in the mansion. Usually, he can help people with needles and thread, and people can call him brother Zhou Sheng.

But his roommates are envious, but it's useless to envy him. Who told Zhou Sheng to be good-looking? The maids are willing to talk to him. As for these rough people, they always avoid them.

They are indeed rough people, with rough looks and rough words. Among these people, a young man like Zhou Sheng is just like a green lotus that emerges from the mud without being stained.

Look, these grooms have moved from teasing Zhou Sheng for thinking about the eldest girl to discussing which of the rough maids has a big butt and which has a big bosom. Zhou Sheng stood aside with a red face, thinking about how his secret was known by his roommates.

He thought that his actions just now were seen, but he didn't know that he had said a few words in his sleep these nights and was heard by others.

As they talked, the topic returned to Zhou Sheng.

"Shengzi, let me tell you, when choosing a wife, you should choose one with a big butt. Is your Yao's butt big?"

Zhou Sheng's face was red as fire, and he hurriedly said that he had an errand today and ran away, leaving a series of laughter behind him.

Zhou Sheng's steps were hurried, but he couldn't help but have a thought in his mind: Is Yao Niang's butt big? However, as soon as this thought arose, he suppressed it. Even if she was not big, he still liked her.

He stopped, took out a wooden hairpin from his arms and looked at it, and then put it back in his arms with a blushing face.

Chapter 39

After King Jin left, Yao Niang planned to sleep for a while before getting up.

She didn't have to go on duty today, and finally didn't have to get up so early.

But as soon as she came back to lie down after locking the door, the door was knocked.

Yao Niang thought that maybe the King of Jin had forgotten something, and then she thought that he never knocked on the door when he came in. Anyway, she locked the door tightly every day, so he could always come in easily.

I don’t know how he got in.

The door opened, and A Xia was standing outside.

“What’s the matter so early?”

Yao Niang looked at the sky outside, it was just getting light. Then she remembered that not long after the King of Jin left, A Xia came to knock on the door, would she see something she shouldn’t see?

“Mother Su…” A Xia’s face was a little hesitant.

Yao Niang’s heart was startled, and she was no longer sleepy. Did she really see it?

“What’s wrong with you?” Yao Niang’s face was a little reluctant, but there was no light in the room, and it was dark, so it was not obvious.

"I went to bed early yesterday and got up early today. Thinking that Qin'er had a little fun these two days, I wanted to help her sweep the yard, and then...you..." Axia hesitated, as if there was something difficult to say.

"What's wrong with you?" Yao Niang had to try her best to suppress the panic in her heart. After all, two lives were not lived in vain. She looked surprised and puzzled, as if she really didn't understand Axia's intention.

Axia glanced at her face again and shook her head: "Nothing, it must be my eyes. I seem to see a mouse running towards your door, but your door is closed, it definitely can't get in. But you still pay attention. If you really find traces of mice, ask someone to help you chase them out, so as not to bite your clothes and furniture."

Yao Niang looked at her face and saw that she didn't seem to be lying, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll pay attention. When it's bright in the morning, I'll check everywhere. If there's anything, it will definitely scare it away."

Axia nodded repeatedly: "If you're sleeping, just continue sleeping. I won't disturb you." After that, she left in a hurry.

Yao Niang then closed the door again and went back to the room to continue resting.

The sky was slightly bright, the mist was lingering, and the air was still cool and moist, refreshing. Whenever it's summer, this time of the day is the most comfortable.

Axia clenched the broom in her hand a little absent-mindedly, sweeping the floor from time to time.

In fact, she just lied to Nanny Su, she was not dazzled. She was originally sweeping the floor with a broom, but she didn't expect to bump into that person head-on.

Wearing a green shirt, with a cold look, he walked out of the mist, like a fairy who doesn't eat fireworks of the world.

Axia certainly knew who he was, and subconsciously avoided him, but the other party's narrow and cold eyes shot straight at him immediately.

What kind of eyes are those?

It is filled with indifference, like a towering peak with snow and ice that never melts for thousands of years, contemptuous and arrogant. It also seems to hide countless sharp swords, which are breathtaking.

That is a warning look!

Axia was shocked on the spot, and the man left gracefully before she had time to react.

After a long time, her brain slowly turned.

His Royal Highness Prince Jin came out from the west wing, and the direction he was in was Su Nanny's room. Suddenly, Su Nanny's unique status in the small courtyard, the protection of Yuyan and others, the resentment of Qian Nanny and Wang Nanny, and the ice cauldron incident that day, etc., all flashed through Axia's mind one by one.

So what else is there to understand, it turns out that Su Nanny and His Highness...

She subconsciously knocked on Su Nanny's door, just to know if this is true, but after seeing the person, she hesitated.

How should she ask? Ask Su Nanny if there is something between her and His Highness.

She had not forgotten the look in the eyes of the King of Jin. If she said something wrong, the consequences would be beyond her ability to bear.

She was just a little girl. What did it have to do with her whether there was something going on between Nanny Su and His Highness?

As Xia swept the floor again and again, she was still thinking about Nanny Su's appearance in her mind - her hair was half-tilted, her figure was charming, her expression was lazy...

The sun was hanging in the sky like a big fireball. The flowers in the yard were all wilted in the sun. The cicadas were chirping weakly, and the air was almost stagnant and stuffy.

Concubine Hu was afraid of heat. She found it particularly unbearable in summer, so ice had been placed in the Spring House.

Even so, Concubine Hu still felt the heat was unbearable.

Not only was her body hot, but her heart was also hot.

Summer was like this. Whenever there was something in her heart, she felt like she was on fire, and she was impatient from the inside out.

Princess Jin recently found a few more maids to come into the mansion. I don’t know where they came from, but they are all very pretty. Princess Jin’s excuse is that many of the maids around her have been released, and she needs to add a few more people, but letting Concubine Hu come to see it means that she has bad intentions.

Originally, after being angered by Princess Jin, Prince Jin had not set foot in Siyi Courtyard for many days. Although Prince Jin and Princess Jin were not very close, he had always given them the respect he should give. Whenever he was in the mansion, he would go to Siyi Courtyard for dinner on the first and fifth days, but since that time, Prince Jin no longer went there, and Princess Jin was also sick.

Letting Concubine Hu come to see it, this is not sick, this is because she can’t find a way out, and she is trying to find a way out for herself.

It’s a pity that His Highness didn’t respond!

Concubine Hu was so happy in her heart, but before she could be happy for a few days, Princess Jin recovered from her illness.