Chapter 42 Ah Chou, You've Made Misfortune

"Hey, don't mention it, it's all my bad luck." A Chou was really poked in the heart, sitting on the bed, cutting Zhong Mingwei's beard, and talking to Zhong Mingwei about his bad luck over the years.

A Chou is not a born slave. Speaking of which, A Chou's family background is not bad. She is the eldest lady of an official family, but she is not a lucky lady. Twenty years in Jiasheng, A Chou was four years old. The official's father spoke aggressively and offended the big man above, and Ah Chou's good luck ended. Not to mention his parents were executed, she, a baby who had just learned to talk and walk, became a palace slave in one day, and it began. I experienced the hard journey of washing clothes in the Huanyi Bureau.

But what kind of clothes can a four-year-old girl wash? Fortunately, the aunts and aunts in the Huanyi Bureau took care of her, a poor child with no parents, so Ah Chou grew up to be thirteen years old in the Huanyi Bureau.

When she was thirteen years old, Ah Chou had a rare good luck. Thanks to her sweet mouth and her ability to speak, she was recommended by the maid in charge of the Clothes Bureau to go to the Yanxi Palace of Concubine Zhao, who was most loved by the Long Live God. Ladies in clothes washing, but at least they have a rank, and they can receive a monthly salary from now on. Although there is only a small penny a month, the life of Yanxi Palace is much better than that of the clothes washing bureau, and the cost of food and clothing is higher Not to mention the grades, but there are rewards every year. After a year, Ah Chou can save as much as Xiao Erliang. Although she has no use for spending money, who wants her to be a stingy?

It’s just that Ah Chou is used to being unlucky, and this time the good luck didn’t last long. After washing clothes in Yanxi Palace for two years, on the New Year’s Eve of Jiasheng’s 30th year, fireworks will be set off in the palace as usual, according to the ancestral system. , on this day, all the servants in the palace, regardless of their rank, can come to watch the fireworks, so all the palace people who usually only know how to do things with their heads down, rush to watch the fireworks at this time. Ah Chou didn't go, she stayed in the palace It's been eleven years, and she's tired of watching fireworks, so instead of going out to make trouble, she might as well take over the night watch and earn two dollars a night.

What's more, she didn't have the thoughts of other palace maids, she was dressed so beautifully, and her identity as a sin slave would be carried for a lifetime, so she naturally didn't have the extravagant hope of becoming a master once she succeeds.

It was too late. That night when Jingren Palace was flooded, Ah Chou dozed off in the wing room. He was awakened by the sound of "crackling" fires. The Palace of Yanxi Palace was separated by a wall, so she couldn't just sit idly by and was so busy carrying water that she passed by.

An hour later, the fire in Jingren Palace was finally extinguished with the efforts of all the guards and servants. Ah Chou's right arm was burned, from his right wrist to his arm to his shoulder and neck, and even his chin was licked by the flames. The skin was really burnt and the flesh was ripped apart. Ah Chou gritted her teeth and endured the pain and went back to Yanxi Palace. It was excruciatingly painful, but thinking of the man who was dragged out of the sea of ​​fire just now and dressed like her master, she still fantasized about this If you can get a blessing in disguise once, maybe you can get some rewards.

The next morning, Cuiping, Concubine Zhao's personal maid, came as expected, but she was not rewarded, but rather praised her for her sincerity and daring to be the first. Turn away.

Later, a little sister in a room secretly told Ah Chou, Ah Chou, you have caused trouble.