Clearly, she doesn't want to be a concubine

Chapter 11

The aunt in charge nodded: "Then leave it to you."

The aunt in charge gave Umalu a look, Umalu walked to the front and said softly: "Thank you, father-in-law."

After the ceremony, the two bid farewell to the aunt in charge, and then left.

The aunt in charge turned and left, walked for a while, turned around, looked at the majestic palace, in a trance, there was always an illusion that Umalu was sent into the abyss by her own hands.

But she also felt that this was fate.

Fate, fate.

If it wasn't fate, Long Live God hadn't asked for a tea-serving maid for a long time, so why did he ask for it again this year.

Perhaps, fate is like this.

When it happened, we didn't know it. After a long time, when we suddenly looked back, we found that every step was controlled by fate, and we never broke free.

The aunt in charge sighed softly, rolled up her sleeves, turned her head and left.

In this palace, he only cared about himself, how could he care about others.

When he arrived at the side hall, the little eunuch said, "My surname is Meng."

Umalu saluted: "Eunuch Meng."

Little Eunuch Meng nodded and led her into the tea service room.

The serving tea house is a room in the side hall, with a large water tank under the eaves, covered with thick wooden boards.Go in, it is the main hall with two wing rooms, and when you walk in, a quiet tea fragrance blows over your face.

There is a large cabinet in the room, which is very eye-catching. It is full of bottles and jars, white porcelain, green bottles, red pink pottery, and so on.Each jar is filled with tea leaves and is also pasted with red paper on the outside with the name of the tea leaves written on it.

In addition, there were small teapots simmering on four small stoves.

The rest of the place was kept clean and tidy.

After the two of them walked in, Eunuch Meng was going to introduce the court ladies who served tea to her, but only one of them was there.

Little Eunuch Meng saluted, and now his five fingers were parallel, he turned his side slightly, pointed to a gentle woman and said, "This is Aunt Dai Jia, you are here, if you don't understand anything, just ask her."

"Yes." Umalu bowed to Aunt Dai Jia, "I have met Auntie."

Aunt Dai Jia waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, get up."

She said to Little Menggong fair: "You go about your business, what's the matter, I'll teach her."

"it is good."

Eunuch Meng left.

Aunt Dai Jia asked her to sit down and said a few gossips, such as, what is your name, where are you from, and who else is in the family.

Umalu answered one by one.

Aunt Dai Jia smiled and said, "You are an honest child."

Aunt Dai Jia poured her a cup of tea: "Thanks to the blessing of Long Live God, we can also drink good tea from all over the country."

Seeing Umalu's still obedient and reserved appearance, she added a bit of consolation, and said, "We are tea service maids, we must learn how to taste tea, so as not to be fooled by others. The old tea that is replaced is often tacitly allowed to use by ourselves. You can rest assured."

Umalu nodded, with a slight smile: "It's not common for me to drink this kind of tea in my family, and I'm not very smart, so I need to trouble my aunt."

Aunt Dai Jia likes an honest person like her who doesn't cause trouble. She nodded and said, "It's like this when I first came here. It's good to stay a little longer."

Aunt Dai Jia said: "You don't have to worry, we usually don't see the Lord Long Live, and Eunuch Meng and the others serve the tea. We just need to do our own thing."

She said: "This is a quiet job. Generally, outside matters don't involve us."

She smiled: "It's safer than outside."

Speaking of this, her expression became serious, and she said: "But we must remember that we are servants of the Long Live Lord, and we must not have our hearts turned towards outsiders. As long as we know this, we will be almost safe in this palace."

"Yes, I remember, thank you for your teaching." Umalu is always honest.

Aunt Dai Jia smiled and didn't say anything to her.

Aunt Dai Jia has been in the palace for many years and served the emperor. Although she was only a first-class court lady who served tea from the seventh rank, let alone a maid who just entered the palace call her aunt, or a female official who has a position calls her aunt , she can bear it too.

She said: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let me tell you about the things here first, and then let the other two teach you, so that you can get along well. I'm not here, so you can help each other."

"Auntie is leaving?" Umalu asked.

There was a little light in Aunt Dai Jia's eyes, it was a look of hope.

She talked about the past: "Before I entered the palace, I betrothed to a family. I met the elder brother of that family when we were young and liked each other. He also accepted me and waited for me to leave the palace."

She smiled: "Over the years, we have exchanged letters. He asked the Lord Long Live for grace, and the Lord Long Live agreed. After a while, I will leave the palace. He is very happy."

When she mentioned her sweetheart, her eyes were full of tenderness, and she was so genuinely happy, as if before her was a good day to be a couple with her sweetheart.

She looked at Umalu and said with a smile: "Long Live God cut San Francisco, that brother got military merits because of this, and asked to marry me."

She pursed her lips and smiled: "That's why I asked you to come this year."

She explained to Umalu: "There are always three maids in the tea house, unless there is a vacancy, otherwise, they will never ask for anyone."

Umalu listened with a smile.

Aunt Dai Jia stopped talking about it, and continued to talk about the tea house.

Aunt Dai Jia said: "I will be leaving the palace at the end of September this year. Before that, if there is anything you don't know, just ask me."

She said slowly: "Of course, it's also good for you to ask the other two."

Aunt Dai Jia stood up, pointed to the tea pot on the big wooden cabinet, and said, "We must not only remember the tea that Long Live Lord likes to drink, but also the tea that Prince Baylor and ministers like to drink. Tea is often served.”

Aunt Dai Jia said: "It's still the same sentence, we just need to prepare the tea. When Little Eunuch Meng and the others come to serve tea, they can take it away at any time."

"But don't worry, if Long Live Lord summons someone, Little Eunuch Meng and the others will inform in advance, so as not to be rushed."

Aunt Dai Jia reminded with a half-warning voice: "Our Lord Long Live is very assertive. We don't want to see those women who are full of scheming and want to climb into bed. That's the business. Don't bring trouble."

Faced with such repeated reminders, Umalu only showed an extremely submissive look: "Yes."

Umalu doesn't feel that she is self-deprecating, she has always lived soberly.

If she wants to protect herself in this palace, it is better to be cautious. She can do things by the emperor's side, but she doesn't have to be a member of the emperor's concubines.

Don't you see, in Gongdou, there are a few women who can grow old safely.

Peace is a blessing.

Aunt Dai Jia likes people who know how to advance and retreat. Seeing her like this, she added a few more words: "I have a notebook with the preferences of the princes and ministers. I will give it to you in a while, and you can memorize it when you have time."

(End of this chapter)