When Ella woke up, the sunlight penetrated the gauze curtains, casting a shadow in the bedroom.

Although yesterday was a thrilling experience, it must be said that this was the most peaceful sleep she had ever had since she came to this world.

There is a sense of ease when the dust has settled.

She is a person who goes with the situation, as long as she is sure that she is not in danger, Ella can live well anywhere.

After a good night's sleep, Ella was refreshed, but when she got up, she found a bruise on her wrist, which was scratched by King Sathya.

Ella is not particularly prone to bruises, but now there is an extra handprint on her hand, which shows how strong he was at that time.

Fortunately, the bruise was not painful except that it was a bit of an eyesore. Ella got up from the bed, took one side of the clothes and replaced her nightgown.

The clothes were prepared by the maid last night. The maid originally planned to keep watch for her, but Ella refused, and locked the door after the other party left to prevent anyone from entering at night.

Well, she's not saying King Sathya doesn't look trustworthy, it's just that single girls have to protect themselves.

Ella suspected that someone outside her room had been eavesdropping, because soon after she got dressed, there was a knock on the door.

She went to open the door, and several people stood outside.

The leader, Ella, met last night. It was the maid she met with King Sathya when she left the lounge. Ella guessed that she should be around 30 years old, with black hair and black eyes.It is a typical Sathya appearance.

Behind her were three people, all of whom were unfamiliar faces. They were wearing the same sleeveless, knee-length skirts as the previous one, with a belt around their waists, and turbans on their heads, the style of turbans that Sathiya men like to use——Sphinx kind of thing—but the turbans of the commoners are as much linen as their clothes, and the turbans of the maids of the palace are linen and bleached white, as are their clothes.

According to Ella's observation, regardless of men and women in this palace, servants who wear white should have a higher status than servants who wear primary colors, and those with more ornaments on their bodies are higher than those with fewer ornaments.

At this time, two of the three people standing behind the maid were wearing the same white skirt as her, and the last one was flaxen, and her skirt was not made of fine linen, it was much rougher than the other three.

The most conspicuous one is also the woman in the coarse sarong, because the other three are all Sathyas, but this one is a brown-haired, blue-eyed, dark-skinned foreign woman who is obviously tanned.

The woman is much taller than the other maids, but she is still a section shorter than Ella, at about 1.6 meters. She should be quite old, with traces of time on her slightly fat face.And a lot of sunburn.

When the leading maid saw Ella, she led someone to salute her, said hello, then pointed at herself and had a long conversation with the people behind her.

The conspicuous foreign maid also spoke after she spoke.

The maid seemed to have not spoken the language of her hometown for a long time, and her pronunciation had already taken on an obvious Sathya accent, but she spoke very slowly, and Ella could still understand it even after guessing.

The leading maid is called Tetis, and the three maids behind her are Ona, Ali, and Debbie who is in charge of translation. They are all sent by King Sathya to take care of Ella's daily life.

Tetis also briefly introduced their situation, like she was a maid beside the king before, but because the king prefers to order the male servants, her main job is to manage his costumes and accessories for the king, and only occasionally at banquetsServe before the king when pomp and circumstance are required.

Ona Ali is about the same age as Ella. They are new maids in the palace. They have studied with other maids in the palace for two years before, and they are the two best-performing maids left.

As for Debbie, she was not a maid, but a slave girl in the palace who was in charge of grinding wheat and baking bread. Because the king asked Tetis to find someone who could communicate with Ella to serve her, Debbie was lucky to be here.

After the introductions of several people, Tetis took someone to groom Ella.

This bedroom lacked a lot of daily necessities because it had been vacant for a long time. Tetis and the others brought a lot of toiletries. They mixed the powder made of natron into water for her to rinse her mouth, and mixed some flower petals with beer foam for her.Wash her face, and finally apply a layer of sesame oil for her skin care, which is the kind of sesame oil that Ella used for body skin care after taking a bath. This kind of sesame oil can be said to be a multi-functional skin care product.It is treated with this sesame oil.

Debbie translated for her that the raw materials of this skin care balm are olive oil and henna flower, and henna flower is the kind of flower they use to dye their nails for incense, and it is also called henna flower in some areas.

Ella didn't do it herself during the whole process. Although she said she could do it by herself, the maids also said that this was their job, and if the master did it, they would appear incompetent and would be punished.

Ella felt that they should be a little eager to perform when they just started working, maybe they won't be like this when they get used to it, so she didn't continue to insist and let them serve her.

After grooming, they wanted to put makeup on her, but this time Ella didn't indulge her.

"I don't like to use these, it makes me feel uncomfortable."

Everyone looked at her shockingly beautiful face without makeup, and just thinking about applying color on it felt a sense of blasphemy.

So the makeup is nothing.

In the end Ella sat at the low table, and Onar and Ari knelt behind her and combed her hair, braiding it and putting it in a bun, as Ella ordered.

Tetis knelt down on the other side of the low table to talk to her, and Debbie translated.

When Tetis received Lucis's order, she had the courage to ask Lucis how she should treat Ella, whether to treat her as a guest or as a member of the palace.

Lucis' answer at the time was: "Take care of her according to the treatment of a princess."

In Lucis' mind, Ella will be his sooner or later, so it is only natural to give her the treatment of a princess.

But Lu Xisi forgot that those princesses in his harem, the treatment they enjoy now is somewhat different from that of their predecessors.

So Tetis is now asking Ella what job she wants to do in the palace.

"Work?"

"Yes."

Tetis nodded and explained: "Your Majesty once issued a decree that there should be no idlers in the palace. Even his concubine must support herself, so you also need a job, Your Highness."

At present, the women in the harem are mainly engaged in relatively light jobs such as spinning and weaving.

Speaking of this, Ona, who has a more lively personality, couldn't help but interjected: "Actually, we all know that those noble princesses don't work obediently."

Ali also said that if she could help Ella complete the work.

Aila asked curiously, only to find out that King Sathya just made a rule of "no labor shall not eat" so that those women have something to do and don't bother him, but he doesn't care if they really do things obediently,As long as they hand in the required amount of results on time, he won't get to the bottom of who did it.

So after Ella chooses to work, she can also ask the maid around her to help her complete it.

"After all, the wives in the harem can be regarded as the king's sister-in-law. Even the king can't be too harsh."

"Sister-in-law? Are they the wives of Wang's brother?"

Ella was surprised and wondered if Debbie had translated it wrong.

But Debbie did not mistranslate.

Tetis mentioned this incident on purpose. The king was interested in Ella, so she wanted to build a good impression of the king with Ella, so as to get rid of the crime and wash away the crime of being unfavorable. At the same time, sheNow that she has been assigned to Ella, it is basically impossible to return to the king's side to serve her. Therefore, only when Ella is favored by the king will her status in the palace not decline.

And a single king is naturally more attractive than a king with many concubines.

"Yes, the women in His Majesty's current harem are all the women who served as King Sathya, His Majesty's elder brother."

The inheritance system of the Sathya royal family is not only the succession of father to son, but also brother to brother. This inheritance system not only inherits the throne and wealth, but also the king's harem.

The law of Sathya clearly stipulates that after the death of the previous king, all the childless women in the harem will be inherited as inheritance and the throne by the next king.The children leave the harem to live together, and the minors can stay in the harem until they grow up.

For example, when Lucis' elder brother inherited the throne, he also inherited the barren women in his father's harem. After Lucis' elder brother died unexpectedly, because he had no heirs, his throne and harem were passed on to the thenOnly fourteen-year-old Lucis.

So strictly speaking, the women in the current harem not only include Lu Xisi's sister-in-law, but also partly his young mother.

After saying this, Tetis also made a special point: "Ever since His Majesty took the throne and moved out of the harem to live in the king's palace, he has never stepped into the harem, let alone favored anyone."

So that king is still a chicken?Ella couldn't help being surprised when she heard this, but soon this surprise was replaced by a sudden sense of relief.

Good boy chicken, his promise sounds more secure.