In Yikun Palace, the eunuchs were busy delivering water to the palace.

Outside the palace, the chariots and horses of the mixed hall division lined up for a long time. On each car were several large wooden barrels, covered with lids, and inside were steaming hot water.

Today, the concubine is bathing, but it is such a big formation, and the hot water sent by the Mixed Hall Division alone can fill a pool. I heard that the concubine Niangniang originally planned to let the emperor build an urn in the Yikun Palace, but the emperor said that the money had been used to repair the Kunning Palace, which was destroyed by fire, and now the inner library really has no money to repair the urn hall for the concubine. As a last resort, the concubine had to ask someone to build a pool, which was pasted with tiles, paved with bricks on the ground, and hung with wooden pillars on all sides.

The urn hall is actually a bathhouse used by the people outside the palace, and to put it bluntly, it is a bathing place. As early as the Song Dynasty, baths have been common, at that time in Tokyo Kaifeng City also implemented separate baths for men and women, the service inside is also very thoughtful, in addition to providing bathing, but also for back rubbing, nail cutting, massage and other services, in addition to tea, wine, fruits are also readily available. In addition to Kaifeng, large and small towns are also full of bathhouses.

During the Mengyuan period, there was a foreigner named Ma Polo who came to China from the west, and this person recorded in his book that in China, people got up early every day and did not eat after bathing. In this dynasty, this bathhouse gradually became a mixed hall, and there were also bathrooms called baths. There are more than 30 large and small bathrooms in Beijing, and the price of each bath is also very cheap, the decoration is poor for a penny, and the better ones are only five dollars, and the bath beans for bathing are also provided for free.

However, I have heard that there are several bathhouses that also offer special services, and the palace people may not know what this special service is, but the eunuchs who have ministries must know it, because they are regular customers there.

Fathers-in-law with physical disabilities are actually more enthusiastic about special services than normal people, because only that kind of service can make them feel like a man. Even if they just watch and enjoy, at most they can do it. But that taste is really a gentle township, which makes people forget to return, and it is more attractive than the Qinglou.

The bathroom of the concubine is naturally elegant and noble.

The people of the eunuch palace were busy for a long time, and finally filled the pool with hot water. When the hot water rose, the curtain quickly became wet, and as soon as it was lifted, a stream of heat rushed to the face, making the cold hall feel warm.

There are many women in Yikun Palace, and Zheng Shangyi, who is in charge of the palace people, is a personal girl brought by the concubine Niangniang from her mother's family, and she is now almost thirty years old.

The concubine loved her, and she wanted to let her be allowed in the early years, and she also looked for a few good candidates, but this Zheng Shangyi was reluctant to marry, saying that she couldn't stand a stinky man.

The concubine didn't want to force her, so she had to let her, and for this reason, the eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl became an old girl. Now, in Yikun Palace, Zheng Shangyi is also the master of the same word, and many times, even the concubine Niangniang listens to her.

As a result, the eunuchs of Yikun Palace have to slap her, even the popular father-in-law Cui Wensheng and the personal eunuch Liu Cheng's husband have to look at her.

"Okay?" Although Zheng Shangyi is a woman, her voice is very loud, and this shout can be heard outside the hall.

The palace maids hurriedly said okay, Zheng Shangyi nodded, lifted the curtain and went in, tested the water temperature, frowned, and came out to ask the eunuchs to pour some hot water into it.

After the eunuchs poured a few buckets of cold water and stirred up and down with a scoop, Zheng Shangyi tested the water temperature again to feel satisfied, and immediately went to invite the concubine to come to bathe.

"Niangniang, the water is ready, it's just hot."

When Zheng Shangyi entered the house, the concubine Niangniang was lazily leaning on the collapse and looking at the book, Zheng Shangyi glanced at it, the title of the book seemed to be called something, and the author seemed to be a scholar surnamed Feng in Jiangnan.

"Thank you, purple girl." Zheng Guifei put down the book and smiled, the purple girl is Zheng Shangyi's nickname, and when she was at home in the past, Zheng Guifei called her like this.

"Niangniang, I'll help you up." Zheng Shangyi wanted to step forward to help the concubine get up, but the concubine pretended to be angry and said, "What, I'm too old to ask you to help?" ”

"The slave doesn't dare to say that the mother is old, who wants to say that the mother is old, that is, she is blind." Zheng Shangyi stuck out her tongue, although this action was very inconsistent with her age.

"How can anyone be immortal, after the New Year, I will be forty."

Zheng Guifei chuckled, got up from the collapse and put on her shoes, there was a bronze mirror opposite, she walked to the mirror and looked at herself, but she smiled proudly. Because, she is really not old, in the mirror, her figure is not only slender, her upper body is plump, and her face does not look like a woman who is almost forty, no matter how she looks at it, she is a plump beauty. Even if, in fact, she has become a grandmother.

"I'll just say that Niangniang is not old, Niangniang herself is beautiful." Zheng Shangyi laughed "poof" on the side, and draped a cloak on the shoulders of the concubine.

Zheng Guifei quipped: "Okay, I know the poor mouth all day long, and I can marry you in a hurry, so I don't have to worry about me every day." ”

As soon as she heard this, the purple girl immediately felt aggrieved and puffed out her mouth and did not speak. Seeing her like this, Concubine Zheng couldn't help but laugh, shook her head and pulled her away.

"Okay, you can marry whenever you say, I can't force you to marry you."

"Mother's words count."

"Count... But you're so old, if you don't get married, how can you get married in the future? Who wants to marry an old girl? ”

"Mother, you said it again..."

"Don't say it, don't say it."

The master and servant arrived at the edge of the pool with a smile and a smile, and the eunuchs hurriedly saluted and bent down one by one, leaving only a few palace people waiting on the side.

"Mother, I'll help you loosen your clothes."

The purple girl stepped forward to help Zheng Guifei unbutton her clothes, and Zheng Guifei was not idle, and coiled her hair up. Don't look at her as the imperial concubine, but sometimes she does a lot of things by herself, and she rarely asks the palace people to get it for her. This is completely different from the one in Kunning Palace. Zheng Guifei's attitude towards her subordinates is also different from that one, so in terms of closeness, most of the people in the palace actually like this imperial concubine.

After the purple girl unbuttoned it, she lifted the curtain and asked Zheng Guifei to go in and take off her clothes. When the heat hit her face, Zheng Guifei's face was hot and very comfortable.

There were cotton slippers on the ground for the concubine to change, and after Zheng Guifei changed her shoes, she began to undress, and asked the purple girl casually while taking them off: "Your Majesty?" ”

"Your Majesty is in Cining Palace."

"Cining Palace? What is he going to do there? ”

"The slave doesn't know."

"Let him go, he's just a stingy ghost, and he can't even afford to build me an urn. If you have money, you know how to honor his mother. ”

Thinking of her husband's slamming of the door, Concubine Zheng couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and snorted and asked the purple girl to help her undress. When the last close-fitting shirt was untied and taken off, the proud twin peaks of the concubine Niangniang immediately appeared in front of the purple girl, making the old girl subconsciously look at herself and feel a little inferior.