Chapter * Enter the Royal Palace

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After having dinner with Xing Tie, Xiao Guding discussed with Xue Yueer for a while, and then greeted Xing Tie, asked the hotel near Zuo, and informed them of the hotel they were about to check in.

As soon as they left the door, Xiaoguding and Xue Yueer easily disguised themselves as two honest country girls. Wearing cyan coarse cloth clothes with bright eyes and teeth, he is only clean, simple and unpretentious, just like a common ordinary country girl.

The two found the small hotel told by Xingtie and stayed there that night.

In the early morning of the next day, Xingtie took some gold and silver steel needles made overnight, put them in a black iron pipe, and handed them over to Xiaoguding to lead the retired old woman's house.

Last night, Xingtie had found out the recent situation in the old woman's house and bought two satin robes and some common tonics to send as gifts.

Xiao Guding smiled and said, "For good thing, there are seniors all the way. Knowing these people's etiquette and other trivial things, they have prepared gifts for a long time, and they didn't let our two ignorant little dolls take the liberty to ask for help."

Xue Yueer smiled and said, "Yo, do you really regard yourself as an adult? This will pay attention to human etiquette.

Xing Tie smiled and said, "If it's just you two little dolls to beg the old woman, of course, you can only go there directly to avoid being suspected by her. And if I go all the way to make an affair, I can't do this.

Xiaoguding said proudly, "I didn't expect that people would have such benefits. It's better not to grow up."

Xue Yueer teased, "Do you want to always be this big?" Thin and short, ugly and ugly!"

"I'd love to!"

The three laughed all the way and walked for nearly half an hour before coming to the old woman's residence. Several green brick houses are old, but they are still spacious.

Xing Tie approached the door that had already lost paint, grabbed the copper ring on the door and gently hit it a few times.

"Who is it?" A middle-aged woman inquired from the door.

"The blacksmith Xingtie of Quanzhou's refined iron visited."

The thick wooden door opened with a creak, and a nearly 30-year-old woman came out, beautiful and average.

"I don't know what's wrong with the master. My family doesn't seem to have any equipment entrusted to your store." The woman looked at the two rural girls behind Xing Tie and nodded suddenly, "You are here to find my mother-in-law, right?"

"Exact."

The middle-aged woman let three people enter the door, closed the door, and shouted to the inside, "Mother-in-law, several guests came to see you."

"Who, who will come to me, this bad old lady?"

An old woman with crane hair and childish face came out of the hall. Her head was white, and her face was as wrinkled like dried orange peel, but she acted with her convenience, and she didn't have to wear crutches.

The woman received the gift of Xingtie. When she opened it, she saw that it was the satin robe of two small dolls. She couldn't help but be overjoyed and could just be used as a birthday gift for her doll. There were also a few ginseng and other medicines next to her. She handed the tonic to the old woman and said, "Mother-in-law, look, they have sent you so many tonics."

The old woman said, " Put away your things and go and make a few cups of tea for the guests."

turned to Xing Railway: "Master Xingtie wants to beg his wife to send these two little sisters to the royal palace as maids, right? I'm afraid that it's been a long time since I left home, and what the old lady said doesn't have much weight.

Star Railway: "It doesn't matter, as long as the old woman does her best. These are two little maids of distant relatives in the countryside. Suddenly, something happened at home and they had to be entrusted to me to take care of them. But if I have no house, how can I take care of people? I have to ask my mother-in-law to help me send these two little girl to the palace as maids for a while and learn some etiquette. After a few years, I will find a richer family to marry, which also good for my relatives's wishes.

The old woman nodded and turned to look at the two thin-faced little girls. She specially looked at their palms and asked, "Both little dolls should have done housework and suffer."

Xiaoguding and Xue Yueer nodded at the same time and said, "We can suffer anything."

The old woman still asked about their family background in detail.

Xiaoguding suddenly said, "I heard that those royal palace recruits very strict maids. Will they strip people naked and check something? Isn't that shameful?"

Xue Yueer blushed and lowered her head by Xiaoguding's words.

The old woman smiled and said, "That's not true! Do you think this is a palace maid? They usually check their family background and sign a contract to sell their bodies to see if they are available.

Xing Tie interrupted: "This contract will only be signed for five years, and there is no need to sell yourself. If you are like by the royal palace, please bother the old woman to bring back the contract, and I will ask someone to come and get it tomorrow.

The old woman nodded and said, "That's good, then I'll take you two little dolls to ask."

Xing Tie nodded and said, "Xing Tie asked the old woman. I still have something to do, so I won't follow. I have rented a carriage for you outside, and I can take you back and forth. Also, don't say that these two little dolls have something to do with me, so that they don't have any doubts.

The old woman said, "Of course it makes sense. I will say that they go to my village in the countryside. The old lady has been bored at home for some time, and now it's good to go out for a walk. I don't know if those people still remember their wives.

Before parting, Xing Tie discussed with Xiaoguding and Xue Yueer for a while and sent them to the carriage.

Looking at the faraway carriage, Xing Tie shook his head and said with a wry smile, "These two little devils, you'd better not do anything big."

"Two little sisters, why did you agree to go to the royal palace as a maid? The rules in the royal palace are very strict, and they can't be as presumptuous as the countryside.

Sitting in the carriage, the shrewd old woman asked uneasfully.

Xiao Guding said, "It's strict. I heard Uncle Xing Tie say that there are a lot of delicious food in it, such as chicken, duck, fish and so on, which is just right to make your body fat."

The old woman laughed at her and said, "That's right. There are indeed many fish there, more than in the countryside. But you may not have a chance to eat it. Only during the Spring Festival can you enjoy some silver and wine. If you go in, you are usually not allowed to steal those things, or you will be caught and spanked.

Xiao Guding said, "Alas, I have to wait until the Spring Festival, but it's okay, at least there are delicious food."

However, what you usually eat is much better than what you eat in the countryside. You two little sisters remember that you can go in and don't steal anything.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped and came to the royal palace.

The three jumped off the carriage, and the little Guding looked at the gate and wall of the extraordinary high king's mansion in front of him, as well as the stone lion squatting there angrily, and the guard with knives and armor standing motionless like the stone lion.

Xiaoguding also saw that the thick door panel inside was full of yellow glittering copper nails, and he couldn't help but say, "Good boy, there are still people guarding the door, just like those who guard the city gate. There are two more stone lions here, which look so domineering and much more powerful than the previous one in our family.

Xue Yueer cooperated and said, "Sister, silent, Uncle Xing Tie said that you can't talk nonsense when you get here."

The little bone spit out his tongue and shrinked behind her in fear, making the old woman look straight and shake her head with a smile. After all, it was a little doll in the countryside, and she would only hide when she was scared.

The old woman walked to the door and said to the guard with a knife and armor, "Two little brothers have worked hard. Could you please bring a message in? The old lady wants to find Mi Yunxiang, the steward of the backyard."

The guard was originally not looking at the old woman and was ready to drive people away. Hearing her put forward the name of the backyard supervisor, he quickly raised his mind and said, "You still know steward Mi. What's the matter?"

"I have a relative in the countryside who suffered from his family and asked me to take care of him, so I had to send him to the royal palace as a maid. I want to ask if my former partner can help take care of him."

The Jiashi said, "It happens that the royal palace has something to do recently. You wait here. I'll ask General Song to have a look."

The old woman hurriedly bowed, "Thank you so much for this brother!"

After a while, a white and fat housekeeper came out, wearing a rich hat on his head and a Han jade ring on his hand, and quite imposing.

Xiaoguding and Xue Yueer did not salute when they saw him come out, and they shrank with a little fear.

The old woman quickly said, "The little doll in the countryside is not very sensible. Don't blame Mr. Song. I don't know if the general manager still remembers the old lady.

The old fat man laughed and said, "It turned out to be Sister Mei. What brings you here? Let's go and take these two little dolls in and meet our former old buddy. You really came in time. It happened that the royal palace was going to recruit people, so you sent them here.

As Song's housekeeper entered the gate, the path of the pavilion courtyard was tortuous, like a mountain peak. It could not see the famous flowers of elegant buildings, which was much more elegant than Xue Yueer's family, which stunned Xiaogu Ding and Xue Yueer.

Often inadvertently look back at their housekeeper and nod assuredly. Sure enough, it is just a country doll that is not deep in the world, and there should be no problem.

Housekeeper Song took them around for a full hour with half a column of incense. Passing by a large kitchen in the backyard, he saw that the maids were busy going in and out.

Before entering the room, Butler Song shouted, "Yunxiang, your old sister came to see you."

Inside, an old-fashioned woman came out, dressed in a purple satin robe, wearing gold and silver, with a faint momentum. As soon as she saw the old woman in front of her, she was overjoyed, "Sister Mei, I didn't expect you to come back to see my little sister."

The old woman Zhai Xiaomei said, "Alas, the royal palace is deep and strict, and the road is far away. The old sister is fine now, and she doesn't dare to go this way. I have nothing to ask you this time.

turned his head and pointed to Xiaoguding and Xue Yueer and said, "My sister's family in the countryside has suffered. I entrusted these two little sisters to my wife to help find a mother-in-law. But I think about it. Since I want to find this, of course, I have to find a better one. I'm afraid that these two rural wild maids don't know how to be polite and they don't like it and specially send them to the royal palace for training. Sister Yunxiang takes care of one or two. You don't have to care too much about my face. What should I do with the rules?

"It happens that the royal palace is going to recruit people. Sister Mei sent people here in time now. If not, I'm afraid my sister can't accept them."

Mi Yunxiang carefully looked at the two small bones, asked some more, and nodded, "There should be no big problems. Please ask Butler Song to open a contract and only do it for five years, right?"

Zhai Xiaomei nodded, and Mi Yunxiang said, "It's rare for the old sister to come last time, so I'll have a few drinks with my little sister first. After a few years, I'm afraid my little sister will have to go home, and there won't be many opportunities to meet."

"No, the carriage rented outside is still waiting. After waiting for a long time, people don't want to."

Mi Yunxiang said, "That's okay. We must have a small glass. Let's do this. I'll ask Xiao Yang to send you back later, and the carriage outside will ask someone else to go back first.

"Well, it's rare that Sister Yunxiang still remembers the old sister, so let's drink a few small cups. I really miss the days when we used to be together."

As the housekeeper Song presented two black words on white paper, Xiaoguding and Xue Yueer pressed two bright red fingerprints on it, and the matter of entering the royal palace was easily completed.

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