Chapter 205 (1/2)
Jiang Yan lifted the bucket filled with water from the well and poured it into the washing basin full of dirty clothes.
Today's Jiang Yan is the lowest maid in the palace.
She was dressed in coarse cloth, sallow and haggard, and her hands were rough.
Compared with the delicate and gorgeous appearance of a year ago, it is quite different.
At the beginning, with the help of 100 Liang silver given by Gu Jiu, Jiang Yan successfully came to the capital from the northwest and entered the palace smoothly.
After entering the palace, her good fortune was completely exhausted.
No money, no background, no contacts, and even can't speak Mandarin well.
In the palace, the most lacking is beauty, and the most indispensable is beauty.
Jiang Yan did not have money to dredge up relations, and because of her amazing appearance, she was punished to the washing Bureau and could not finish washing clothes every day.
Jiang Yan beat her aching waist with numbness.
All of a sudden, she stops and stares at the reflection in the water.
Is that her?
Is that haggard in the water really her?
Take a look at their own hands, this is still the original colorful Jiang Yan?
In less than a year, she was so haggard.
In two years' time, will her most proud appearance still exist? Does she have a chance to turn over?
Jiang Yan burst into tears.
She squatted on the ground, crying more and more sad.
She doesn't want to die in the washing Bureau, and she doesn't want to be washed up every day.
Cold in winter and hot in summer, if she goes on like this, she will soon become an old and ugly woman, and she will have no chance to turn over.
She can't go on like this.
She didn't go into the palace to wash clothes. She wanted to change the situation. She wanted to turn over.
Jiang Yan dried her tears, endured the pain, and washed the last basin of clothes.
She did not eat dinner. She hid in her room and secretly counted the money she had saved.
The total amount of money is only 82 yuan.
What can this money do in the palace?
It seems that nothing can be done.
But she didn't like it.
After thinking about it, Jiang Yan took out five liang of silver, put it on her body, and then went out of the door.
She gave the money to the gatekeeper and sneaked out of the clothes washing Bureau.
Where to go next?
Jiang Yan thinks about it and thinks about it. If she can go to the sewing Bureau, it will be an opportunity.
Jiang Yan made up her mind, identified the direction, and hurried to the sewing Bureau.
”Do you want to die? No talking. ”
Walking on the way, she was suddenly pulled into the flowers. Jiang Yan was scared to death, and the blood brush on her face retreated.
Her mouth was covered and she could only make a whimper.
People behind her whispered: ”if you don't want to die, don't make any noise.”
Jiang Yan's eyes widened and she appeared in front of her.
A group of servants, Xiao Huangmen, passed by solemnly. There's a murderous look on every face.
When the group of people walked away, the talent behind him let Jiang Yan go.
Jiang Yan suddenly turned back. She turned out to be a young little yellow gate, not 20 years old.
If Gu Jiu is here, he will be surprised.
When he was in the northwest, Gu Jiu went to inspect the horse farm. He passed the broken temple and saw a little beggar. He changed his mind and went into the palace to be the yellow gate.
”You...” Jiang Yan wants to blame each other.
Zhou Miao snorted coldly, ”just now the executioner went over, did you see it? You deserve to go out like this and run into the executioner. ”
Jiang Yan shivered all over.
Even the voice of his voice was shaking. ”Are those people who just passed by really belong to the executioner?”
”Can there be a fake?”
The execution department, recently, Jiang Yan was in the washing clothes Bureau.
Thousands of people died in the palace cleaning, most of them in the hands of the executioner.
It is said in the palace that those who enter the execution department should not expect to come out alive.
Instead of thinking about how to survive, it is better to think about how to die simply and suffer less before death.
Jiang Yan held herself in both hands, looking frightened, ”thank you. What's your name
”Zhou Miao, in another ten years you will have to call me Duke Zhou.”
Jiang Yan laughed and said, ”I'm very ambitious. How did your parents name you? Zhou Miao, like the name of the girl's family. ”
Zhou Miao was not happy, ”you care what name I take.”
He was a little beggar, no name, others are feeding, that little beggar called him, he did not care.
Until he came to the capital, when someone asked him his name for the first time, he thought of Mr. Zhou who was with him in the ruined temple, so he decided to take his surname.
Mr. Zhou once said he was a good boy, so he named himself Zhou Miao. It means Mr. Zhou's good boy.Zhou Miao looked at Jiang Yan and said, ”you look good. How can you make yourself look like a person, a ghost or a ghost?”. How can you get ahead in the palace like this. ”
”Do you think I want to make myself like this? It's not because there's no way. ”
Zhou Miao has been living in the market since he was young. He is much better than Jiang Yan.
”Where do you work?” he asked
Jiang Yan wiped her tears, ”washing clothes Bureau.”
Zhou Miao tut two times, ”no wonder. The palace gate is about to be locked, and you are still wandering outside. What do you want to do? ”
Jiang Yan bit her lip and said, ”I want to go to the sewing bureau to find an opportunity. My sewing is very good.”
Zhou Miao sneered and said, ”with your appearance, look for opportunities? You're kidding
”I have money, I bring money out.”
Zhou Miao asked, ”how much money did you bring?”
Jiang Yan said embarrassed: ”five Liang.”
Zhou Miao said, ”five Liang silver wants to jump from the washing clothes bureau to the sewing Bureau. You are poor and crazy in the palace. Haven't you seen silver? What a fool. ”
”I'm not stupid. My girl used to praise me, saying that I was smart and knew everything. Reading and reading are faster than others. ”
Zhou Miao was surprised, ”so you can read? You used to have a master. Why don't you want to come to the palace? ”
Jiang Yan was silent.
Zhou Miao sneered, ”you are stupid. What kind of needlework, is that what people do? Do you want to be blind at a young age? Since you can read and read, don't you know that this is your greatest capital, which is more effective than your face? ”
”I, I don't know. No one asked me if I could read and read. ”
When Jiang Yan just entered the palace, he was faced with strange environment and strict rules. He only remembered to abide by his duty and not to cause trouble. I didn't show any of my previous cleverness.
When he came back to God, he had been assigned to the clothes washing Bureau. It was very difficult for him to turn over.
To the washing Bureau, busy washing clothes every day, naturally did not expect that reading and literacy is her biggest capital. It's a pity that he looks like a flower, more and more haggard.
”Sure enough stupid.” Zhou Miao's face disdained, ”like me, because I can read and read, as soon as I enter the palace, I find a supporter and have a good job.”
Jiang Yan was in a hurry. ”What should I do now? Xiaomiao, I'll give you all five Liang silver. Can you help me find a way. Listen to your accent, you are also from the northwest. I'm also from the northwest. We are fellow villagers. Can you help me
Zhou Miao looked at the five Liang silver in Jiang Yan's hands with disgust, ”don't climb up to the villagers. The northwest is so big. Where are you from? ”
”I'm from Jinzhou. I used to be an official in the governor's office of Jinzhou.”
When Zhou Miao heard the governor's office of Jinzhou, his heart moved. He did not forget that the little girl who scolded Mr. Zhou in the broken temple was from the governor's office of Jinzhou.
Because of his words, Mr. Zhou changed his ambition and rekindled his fighting spirit.
And he also because of that words, came to the capital, completely changed the fate.
Zhou Miao gives Jiang Yan a new look. He doesn't worry about the affairs of the governor's office.
He simply accepted Jiang Yan's silver. ”OK, for the sake of being a fellow townsman, I'll help you. Go back and wait for the news. ”