atypical prostitute

Chapter 59
Waking up early in the morning, the first thing that caught my eye was the cicada-style veil with gold appliqués, followed by the fragrance of sandalwood and lilies, Li Ci rubbed her eyes, and then remembered that from today onwards, she is this The owner of Fengyu Tower.

The bed is very big, like a small room, with pearls inlaid on the sandalwood wood, under the sky, it shines softly, just right.There is a small cabinet with carved dragons and phoenixes hidden beside the bed, and when I opened it with great interest, there is a small Qibao Pavilion inside.Pull out layer by layer, and all kinds of radiant gems, rare ancient books and delicious snacks are presented in front of you.Next to the rare and rare copy, there are three light yellow beads with a diameter of about five centimeters. When held in the hand, they are warm and delicate, and they are unparalleled in brilliance. They complement each other with the pearls embedded in the sandalwood, and the bed curtain is as bright as day.

This must be the night pearl.

Li Ci sighed for a while, and randomly took out a few gems from the upper floor to play with.Women all have a hobby of collecting sparkling items. Although the cutting technology in this world is far behind her era, the craftsmen's thoughts on objects and the materials of jewelry are far beyond the reach of later generations.

After all, it is an era of centralization.

With emotion, the fingers moved slightly, and the bell on the veil jumped for a while. After a few crisp sounds, two girls in palace costumes stepped forward, opened the veil one left and one right, tied it with transparent crystal beads, and then Neatly planning and leaning sideways in front of the bed, he said softly: "Si Niangzi is awake?"

Not a familiar face, Li Ci inevitably showed disappointment, but the maid may have misunderstood that she was thirsty, one of them stepped back and brought a gold cup to offer, while the other carefully lifted her up, his movements were as gentle as if she was made of tofu.

"Miss, do you want some water?"

Li Ci didn't know where he gave them such a hint. Seeing their natural and smooth movements, she knew that most of them were the princess's daily habits.

So without pointing it out, she took the gold-plated lady's eight-petal lotus cup and took a sip.

The water quality is clear, and the entrance is extremely sweet, as if accompanied by honey, but without the smell and thickness of honey.

Seeing her surprised face, the water maid hurriedly said: "This is mainly water from the Changsheng River, mixed with snow water collected from plum blossom petals in winter, and rootless water obtained before dawn. It has not been mixed with nectar. .”

Li Ci nodded, thinking that it was really extravagant to do so many tricks with a glass of water.

It's just that she also knows that in today's peaceful and prosperous world, even ordinary men who charge two buckets of rice extra want to buy a servant girl.What about the royal family?Enjoying offerings is what you should do. If frugality is advocated, it will make it difficult to do things below.

After drinking, he returned the gold cup to the water maid. Li Ci put one hand on the side of the bed, intending to get up.The empty-handed maid rushed forward to help her, and shouted: "Si Niangzi has got up!"

With a sound, the layers of veils in front were raised silently one by one. Li Ci watched carefully, and found that it was light yellow, yellow withered leaves, and a screen stood at the end of the veils. It is freehand brushwork with splashed ink.

I saw five or six maids dressed in the same dress turn out from behind the screen, carrying washing utensils in their hands, and filed in. They lined up and stood up in a row, with serious expressions and a smile on their lips.

Zhang Fengyi, who was bestowed by the eldest princess yesterday, commanded, and the maids came forward one by one, and the two who had been serving beside Li Ci from the very beginning presided over the washing.Li Ci knows that the rules of the Princess's Mansion have always been very strict. Although it is inevitable that she will feel uncomfortable being served by others without moving her fingers, she also knows that Zhang Fengyi will definitely think it is these maids if she shows a trace of impatience. The clumsiness offended the lady, but brought disaster to them.

Doing as the Romans do has always been a virtue.

So Li Ci was at their mercy.

After washing up, the maids holding golden flower pots, purple gold bowls and other objects bowed and retreated, and the maids holding clothes entered, and they also lined up in silence.Needless to say, the clothes are woven in the palace. Although the style is simple, neither the embroidery nor the materials are unusual.Zhang Fengyi had to wait on her personally, her movements were delicate and considerate, even though it was the first time to be served like this, Li Ci didn't feel embarrassed or uncomfortable.

After some attentive service, after changing her clothes, a maid who combed her hair came forward to do her makeup.

At that time, glass mirrors were extremely rare even in the palace, so the polished bronze mirrors were still used for dressing up, and the maid who only combed her hair had a palm-sized chiseled gold glazed mirror in her hand.It is said that it was the grace of the eldest princess, specially given to Lici.

The piece of Fengyi was bestowed by the eldest princess, and her vision is naturally extraordinary. Seeing that the chiseled gold glass mirror is worth tens of millions of dollars, the fourth lady is calm and surprised.

Even the eldest daughter of an official family, when she first saw this kind of battle, she still showed panic. After all, the fourth lady was a concubine, and she was only thirteen or fourteen years old. She didn't panic and marveled, and her eyes were calm and tired. Calm, with experience and mentality that are not compared to ordinary people, she has been pampered since she was a child, and she is used to luxury.

After finishing her dressing, she sent them in early, and Li Ci also followed the rules of the Princess's Mansion. Only after the meal was over, did she raise her beautiful eyes and said, "Where are the maids I brought? Why are none of them missing?"

Zhang Fengyi explained: "Your Highness is worried that they don't understand the rules, so he specially ordered the maid to hand them over to Liu Nushi to discipline them. His Highness means that you can return to Fengyu Tower to serve you after half a month when you have completed your studies."

Li Ci let out an "oh" and stopped asking.

Although she felt sorry for Luzhi and the others, she also knew that if she blindly protected them, she would not be able to let them learn the rules of the eldest princess's mansion early, and if they were framed by someone in the future, it would be a disaster.She has the protection of being an illegitimate daughter of the royal family, and ordinary people dare not mess with her, but it is possible to make an example of others.

The eldest princess's mansion is sprawled in layers, and it looks peaceful on the outside, but it is full of murderous intentions in its bones.

In addition to the unusual path that I am about to embark on, I have to be more careful.

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The eldest princess always gets up late, and has a problem commonly known as getting up, so please forgive me.

After eating breakfast, because Lici is used to the schedule of sleepless nights, it is inevitable that she will be bored. As soon as Zhang Fengyi went down, there was a maid who greeted her politely and asked the fourth lady to take a few steps in the garden to relieve her fatigue.

Li Ci thought to herself that she was in a hurry yesterday and didn't look at it carefully, but today she wants to enjoy it.Only after entering the garden did I realize that Jingxiu Garden is really a beautiful place.Not to mention, the land area alone is three or four times that of the courtyard of Yinfeng Pavilion. Even in autumn, all kinds of exquisite flowers and trees are still blooming like brocades, and the kitkat stones brought from the south are beautiful and dignified-the courtyard is already huge. , and got the magic of the winding path leading to the secluded, it took more than half an hour to stroll around.

Just when he couldn't finish admiring the scenery, he saw Yu Jing walking in brocade clothes with big sleeves and fans surrounded by the maids, Li Cilian stopped, waiting for her to approach and say something intimate.

Seeing Li Ci waiting in front of her, Yu Jing immediately smiled, but she had always been self-respecting and inferior, and she didn't dare to show her liking on her face, lest she would take one more step and make another joke.So she put on the airs of a lady, and walked forward slowly, Li Ci knew what she was thinking, and didn't say anything, seeing a swing under the Ling Xiao flower stand in front of her, she sat on the swing first, swinging leisurely.

At this time, it is close to Bailu, and Ling Xiao is about to wither, although it is still beautiful, after all, its prime is no longer, and the soft carmine is gradually withering on the branches, congealing into blood.Suddenly, the autumn wind blows, and the big flowers fall down, and the brocade shoes step on them, turning into a touch of blood red, and Jiao Lici can't help but think of its other name: safflower pouring water lotus.

Just looking fascinated, Yu Jing approached and said, "This flower is not good."

Hearing the sound, Li Ci stopped and asked, "Why is it not good?"

Yu Jing, on the other hand, looked shy, biting Li Ci's ear and whispered: "Ling Xiao has another name called Abortion Flower, so I always feel disgusted for no reason when I see it."

So that's the case, Li Ci smiled and teased: "Young lady, how can you say such things."

Yu Jing was already blushing, but when she heard this, she raised her fan and said with a smile, "You bullied me!"

Seeing that there was no one else around, Li Ci was about to have a laugh with her, when suddenly seeing Yu Jing's face close at hand, she turned her face away and said, "Are you still used to it?"

It was uncommonly serious.

Li Ci also put away her giggles, and said, "The rules are so strict that I feel uncomfortable all over."

"It's a pity that we have reached this point, we can only get used to it slowly."

Yu Jing said plainly, apparently already beginning to adapt to the huge difference from Fu's family to the Princess's mansion.Li Ci was not surprised, after all, it was easy to go from frugal to extravagant, not to mention Yu Jing had a similar experience.

...Because Aunt Liu was not treated well, she often encountered all kinds of neglect, and she didn't get better until she got in front of the old lady...

It's just that Li Ci's thoughts obviously didn't fall into Yu Jing's eyes, she looked at the flowers and plants, and suddenly said: "I don't understand."

She said: "Why did the eldest princess treat you so well? Even I have been favored."

Seeing that Li Ci didn't answer, he added: "I thought you were just a little more liked than ordinary ladies. Today, I really saw the pomp and realized that the princess's kindness to you is definitely not just with 'like' 'It can be summed up. Even I, who loves Wuji, can be treated no less than the princess. Doesn't the eldest princess treat you as her own flesh and blood?"

"This... I don't understand either." Li Ci lied calmly, "I've been suffering like this since I was ten years old, and I still felt scared at the beginning. After all, as the saying goes, if you don't do anything, you can either rape or steal... Now Instead, I feel that... what should come will always come."

Yu Jing nodded, and Li Ci couldn't help but feel relieved.

Ever since she asked the eldest princess Xu Yujing Liu to accompany her in the eldest princess's mansion, she knew that Yujing's sensitivity would definitely notice something strange, so she made up a set of lies early on.Not telling the truth is not because of distrust, but because people's hearts are unpredictable, and Yu Jing has an overly delicate and suspicious temperament.After knowing the royal secret, I don't know what she will think.

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In Yanbo Pavilion, the eldest princess sat opposite a graceful lady.

She is already in her mid-mature, and her charm still exists, but she is only sitting at the table with the eldest princess, and she cannot escape being overshadowed.

What's more, she was so preoccupied that she didn't care to dress up.

"His Royal Highness, the prince was summoned to enter the palace the day before yesterday, and the palace envoy immediately reported back, saying that the prince was keeping a vigil for the late emperor for three days, and no disturbance was allowed. I don't know why I was always panicked. I asked people to ask around, only to find out that Prince Ning also entered in the same way. There is no more news from the palace..."

The woman said melancholy, thinking of the troubled place, she couldn't help crying like rain.

The mountain collapsed, the prince went west, and the bad news came one after another. It was the moment when the position was empty and the hearts of the people were unstable.However, Wang Tuo of Yuzhang refused to enter the capital because of his foot illness, and the king of Changsha wanted to ascend the throne but because of Youyou's words, those common people didn't understand the depth of it, and thought that the brothers and sisters of the Xiao family were respectful, but in fact... this taste is only People in the game know.

What worried everyone who was ordered to go to Beijing for the funeral was that King Changsha failed to ascend the throne, but he did not give up coveting the throne.He pretended that his position had not been determined, and he still controlled the capital with one hand.Now on the surface it is the Empress Dowager who is in charge of the court, but it is the King of Changsha who is reviewing the memorials behind the bead curtain.

Under such circumstances, the prince entered the palace to guard the spirit, and since then he has cut off the news, how can he not rush to kill the princess?
It is Princess Fu, who is deeply in love with King Fu, who is crying here.

After weeping, she said again: "If I knew it earlier, I would follow His Royal Highnesses King Yan and King Runan and refuse to enter the capital. I would rather provoke the empress dowager to scold me than risk my life!"

Seeing that she was so flustered that she lost her mind, the eldest princess comforted her and said, "Qilang has always been thoughtful, and he will never be fooled by profiteering and do such beastly things. Maybe it's just that everything in the palace is safe and there is nothing to tell? I will enter the palace tomorrow. Please see the Empress Dowager and ask about the situation as Concubine Fu."

When the princess heard the words, she also felt reasonable.

The current situation is just embarrassing, although the king of Changsha has committed the beastly act of killing his brother and seizing the throne.But it was behind the scenes after all, and he still wanted to gain fame for his face, that's why Fu Lanshi committed suicide and successfully prevented his ascension to the throne.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it is expected that he would not dare to persecute his uncles and brothers in order to take the throne early, but instead gave Yuzhang Wang Xingbing, who was watching from the sidelines, a pretext to seek rebellion.

Thinking of this, Concubine Fu suddenly felt relieved, and said, "Please trouble Your Highness the Eldest Princess."

(End of this chapter)