When the general's carriage arrived at the palace gate, Li hugged her daughter reluctantly.
Wang De was already waiting there. Li knew that he was the eunuch serving the emperor, so she took some silver and asked him to take care of her daughter.
Wang De didn't dare to accept it, but seeing Li's anxious look, he had no choice but to accept it.
When they arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Wang De first led Danruo to her room, which was spacious and bright, no worse than her bedroom in the general's mansion.
After changing into the uniform pink palace dress of the palace maids, Wang De began to tell her about Shang Xiaoyang's daily routine, his tea drinking habits, and the details that need to be paid attention to in daily life.
Danruo just felt that the emperor had been too busy that day, but the palace maids should be divided into different categories, such as tea-serving maids, night watch maids, etc.
"Father-in-law, what do I need to do?"
Wang De smiled sheepishly: "The emperor said that you need to follow him twelve hours a day, and you have to do all the work."
Danruo's face could no longer smile. It seemed that she was the one who suffered the most.
"Where are the maids who used to do this work?"
Wang De shook his head. "When the Emperor first ascended the throne, a maidservant who served him was so careless that she tried to climb into his bed. The Emperor was furious and dismissed all the maids in the Yangxin Palace. Since then, it has been the old slaves who have served the Emperor. Now it is your turn."
No wonder Wang De was so happy to see me, it turned out that I was his successor.
At this time, it was lunch time, and Dan Ruo was taken by Wang De to serve Shang Xiaoyang.
In addition to testing poison with silver needles, Dan Ruo also needs to taste each dish before putting it into Shang Xiaoyang's bowl.
After the meal, Shang Xiaoyang took Danruo to the imperial study to review memorials. Danruo had to serve with pen and ink even though she was hungry.
The grinding movement of her hands couldn't help but increase in intensity. With a snap, the inkstone broke into several pieces, and the ink inside splashed onto the papers that Shang Xiaoyang had just thrown into a small hill. At this time, her stomach also began to rumble.
Shang Xiaoyang was originally annoyed by those nonsense memorials urging him to participate in the selection, to favor his concubines, and to have children as soon as possible to consolidate his power.
Being interrupted by this lively girl, his mood instantly improved. He stared at her stomach and asked with a smile, "Are you hungry?"
Dan Ruo's eyes instantly turned red. During lunch, when testing for poison, he took a chopstick from more than a dozen dishes. It was like making people work all day and not even being given a full meal.
"Well, let's have a competition. If you win, I'll let you eat. If you lose, you'll continue to starve."
Most people would deliberately lose when competing with the emperor even if they could win. Shang Xiaoyang wanted to tease her, but he also really wanted to test her skills.
The two of them started fighting in the imperial study. After dozens of rounds, Shang Xiaoyang knew that she was really capable. However, he had fought on the battlefield for a long time and had a lot of experience. He had also learned a lot of shameless fighting styles. Dan Ruo was successfully ambushed by him and was held down by him and half pressed to the ground.
Shang Xiaoyang's hot breath sprayed on her face. She turned her head away, but even her ears turned red:
"As the ruler of a country, you resort to such despicable means. I lose. Isn't it just refusing to eat? I'm not hungry at all."
Listening to her daughter-like sweet voice, Shang Xiaoyang smiled brightly.
"My victory was not won fairly. I will ask the Imperial Study to bring all the delicious cakes here for you to try."
Soon it was night, and she was helping Shang Xiaoyang fall asleep, but she couldn't untie the complicated dragon robe. Shang Xiaoyang took her hand and taught her step by step, and finally said with disdain: "You idiot."
Dan Ruo was not willing to be outdone, her pretty face puffed up with anger: "I have never undressed another man, how could I? I can cut the emperor's dragon robe with one sword."
Shang Xiaoyang came up to her and said, "I have never undressed a woman before, but I am smart. I can tell how to take your clothes off at a glance."
After saying that, he tried to take action, but Danruo dodged him with a red face.
Shang Xiaoyang turned and went to the bathing pool. Seeing her blushing face and standing there blankly, he shouted, "Follow me."
Shang Xiaoyang sat in the water, letting Danruo rub her back.
"I remember that the first time you wiped me, it was very good. It will definitely be better now."
Dan Ruo silently followed the instructions and wiped Shang Xiaoyang's back. When she saw Shang Xiaoyang was about to get up from the water, she turned around and ran back to the dormitory as quickly as a rabbit. Shang Xiaoyang picked up the bath towel and wiped himself, wrapped himself in a loose robe, and lay down on the bed.
Let Danruo sleep at the end of the dragon bed.
Normally, the eunuchs who kept watch at night would sit on the footrest, far from having the privilege of sleeping on the dragon bed. Wang De had explained it today, and Dan Ruo knew it, but after a hard day's work, she wouldn't curl up on the footrest and take a nap if she could sleep on the bed.
At night, listening to Dan Ruo's shallow breathing, Shang Xiaoyang quietly moved himself to the end of the bed and looked at her beautiful eyes and eyebrows in the moonlight.
It was as if he had returned to the good times at the border. He fell into a deep sleep, and at night, there was a softness in his arms.
When he woke up the next day, Shang Xiaoyang looked at the girl sleeping soundly in his arms. He really didn't know how she rolled into his arms, or whether he secretly hugged her in his arms in the middle of the night. He had no way of knowing.
He tiptoed to take the dragon robe and put it on outside.
Danruo turned over with a slight smile on her face and continued to sleep. She wanted to be lazy and go to court at five o'clock in the morning. Now the cocks haven't even crowed yet, and the emperor has to get up.
The arrival of a new palace maid in the Yangxin Palace, a personal maid, caused quite a stir in the harem, which had always been a stagnant pool.
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