A corner of the palace.
A little maidservant in light pink palace dress was squatting by the well, washing clothes with a grunt.
Her long black hair was tied into a bun with the simplest peach wood hairpin, and a layer of crystal sweat beads had formed on the tip of her straight nose.
"Huh, this bad nanny only knows how to bully me!"
The girl cursed at the housekeeper, Aunt Zhao, for giving her endless dirty and tiring work to do these days.
Ruan Mian's slender and tender fingertips turned dark red from being scratched by the rough cloth, and felt a stinging pain.
The well water in July was not warm but rather chilly, freezing the girl's hands.
[Host, the first mission is released. Please hide the portrait of the heroine Qiao Lingling in this year's concubine selection album within three hours.]
She sniffed, quickly hung up the clothes, and had to put them in order, otherwise she would be scolded and would not have dinner.
That vicious woman!
The girl cursed softly as she folded her fingers and rubbed them together to keep warm, hot air coming out of her rosy lips.
"Momo, show me the mission location."
Ruan Mian successfully obtained the portrait of the heroine, rolled it up and stuffed it into his loose sleeves.
The girl's small face was extremely beautiful, and her slender waist was tied with a snow-white cotton ribbon.
Even the most ordinary palace maid's clothes could not conceal the elegant and charming temperament she exuded.
She carefully bypassed the patrolling guards and sneaked into the current emperor's bedroom through the back door.
I heard that the male protagonist Lou Che has a gentle temperament, but has been weak and sickly since childhood. He is too frail to lift heavy objects. For more than ten years, he has relied on precious medicinal herbs to survive, and even the imperial doctors are helpless.
Ruan Mian felt that he was a bit pitiful. Such a great king could only stay in the deep palace for a long time to recuperate.
But the girl couldn't help but worry about another thing. What if he suddenly died one day, what would happen to her mission?
Because His Majesty prefers a quiet personality, his palace does not have more than a dozen maids serving him like other people.
In addition, the girl arrived at the right time and was not discovered by anyone.
The girl bent down and pushed open the heavy wooden door of the hall. As soon as she stepped in, she smelled a strong smell of medicine. She wrinkled her beautiful nose.
It's very quiet inside.
She glanced around and found neatly stacked scrolls on the rosewood desk.
Ruan Mian walked on tiptoe and opened the book, which was filled with pictures of charming beauties in various styles.
She placed Qiao Lingling's in the middle, not too obvious but not at the bottom either.
Hehe, I'm so smart.
When the late emperor was still alive, he arranged a marriage for Qiao Lingling and Lou Che, and named her Princess Pingyang.
But after the death of the late emperor, His Majesty Lou Che seemed to have forgotten about this matter, and even refused the proposal to take her into the harem on the grounds that he had been bedridden for a long time.
Qiao Lingling lives in a separate courtyard in the palace and has not seen the male protagonist for a long time.
The ministers in the court were worried that the Lou family would have no bloodline to inherit the throne, so they made a petition requesting that another concubine be chosen.
He agreed under pressure.
This mission was relatively simple, and Ruan Mian had already started thinking about dinner.
Last night, Aunt Zhao said that she didn't mop the floor clean and punished her by not allowing her to eat. It was so abominable. The girl woke up from hunger several times in the middle of the night.
[Congratulations on successfully completing the first task, rewarded with 10 points]
She arranged the scroll so that there was no sign of it having been flipped through and prepared to leave.
But at this time, footsteps were heard outside the door. Someone was coming!
The girl was so panicked that she didn't know what to do, her clear eyes were wide open.
"Host, under the table."
The system hurriedly reminded her.
The girl, holding up her skirt, nimbly crawled under the rosewood desk. Just as she curled up and hugged herself, the door was pushed open.
"Your Majesty, it's hot today. Let me make you a bowl of lotus seed soup to dispel heat."
"Ahem, it's all right."
There was a hint of femininity in the eunuch's voice. After he finished speaking, he bowed and walked out.
The huge palace suddenly became quiet, and not a single sound could be heard.
Ruan Mian, who was sitting under the table, held her breath and hugged her knees tightly, praying for you to leave quickly! Please leave quickly...
Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned.
Soft footsteps were coming towards her, getting closer and closer, and the girl had already caught a glimpse of a corner of the bright yellow dragon robe.
He stopped.
He began to flip through the scroll on the table.
Lou Che's bony fingers were an unhealthy cold white.
The man's delicate profile was shrouded in shadow, and his features could not be seen clearly.
The girl bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth and dared not make the slightest sound.
When she was close, she could smell the herbal scent wafting from the man, which was so bitter that it made her nose sore.
Half an hour later, Ruan Mian's knees were so numb that it felt like countless ants were crawling on them. It was so uncomfortable.
The palace door was pushed open again, and the eunuch placed some summer-cooling soup on the table.
"I'm a little tired, please leave."
The man's voice was as gentle as a warm spring breeze that brushed across the girl's heart. The girl secretly sighed that it sounded so nice.
I just don't know what he looks like. Is he the kind of person who is so sick that his eye sockets are sunken and his eyes are dull, and he will be blown down by the wind after walking a few steps?
She laughed out loud in her imagination and quickly covered her mouth.
Oh my God, didn’t your Majesty hear it?
The girl stared at the man's black dragon-patterned boots under his yellow brocade robe. There was no movement. He might be in poor health and hard of hearing and didn't hear anything.
Very good.
While Lou Che was drinking soup, Ruan Mian gently relaxed his calves and moved them.
The girl's buttocks are sore from squatting. When will His Majesty leave?
The light pink palace dress had been rubbed by her on the floor under the table, and it had several wrinkles and a lot of dust on the hem. It seemed that she would have to wash it again when she got home.
She was still carefully looking at her outer robe when suddenly a man sat on the chair and reviewed memorials.
The outstretched long legs were getting closer and closer to her. The girl was frightened and dodged in panic, hitting her head on the solid wooden table.
“Hmm…”
Lou Che took two steps back in confusion, and saw a dusty little maid rolling out from under the table.
There was a red and swollen bump on Ruan Mian's fair forehead, and her eyes were facing the man's long legs.
She didn't care about the pain and immediately knelt down to pay her respects.
"Your Majesty, I, your servant..."
Her heart was beating so fast that the girl couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
She wanted to beg the emperor to spare her.
The more anxious he became, the more he stuttered, and finally he could no longer hold back his tears, which streamed down his cheeks.
"Woo woo."
She cried until her eyes were blurred with tears. She had already thought about how she would die. She just hoped that she wouldn't suffer too much.
The girl's pretty cheeks were covered with tears as she cried, and her pink nose tip was red as she sobbed.
I didn't expect that I would fail just after completing the first task.
Ruan Mian's cherry-like lips were bitten by her until they bled.
After a while, a gentle voice came from above the girl's head, with a hint of helplessness.
"Don't cry, I'm not some scary ghost."
The man held a handkerchief between his slender fingers and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes.
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