Chuxiu Palace is located in the northeast of the West Sixth Palace Palace Group, and the east side is close to the Imperial Garden, which is indeed a very good location. The Zhong Cui Palace, where Lu Guiren lived, is the northwestern part of the East Sixth Palace, and the west side is close to the Imperial Garden. That is to say, there is only one imperial garden between Chuxiu Palace and Zhongcui Palace. Therefore, Ming Ming said that Zhong Cui Palace and Chu Xiu Palace are not far away.

Chuxiu Palace...... Hao Ming looked at the single-eaves hilltop temple in front of him, the yellow glazed tiles were shining in the warm sunlight of the early summer afternoon, and the golden light was very dazzling. She seemed to remember that Cixi also lived in Chuxiu Palace later...... Well, Cixi seems to have the same surname as her. All have the surname Yehnara...... Thinking of this, Ming couldn't help but feel a little depressed, just like a rat poop with a pot of soup in his family. People in later generations, I'm afraid that many people don't know that Nalan Rongruo, the first person in the Manchu Dynasty, and Cixi are one family, if you can't make it, Nalan Rongruo is still the ancestor of Cixi! Thinking of this, Hao Ming is even more depressed!

Xu Jinlu personally helped Ming Ming down his shoulder, pointed to the palace in front of him and said: "Niangniang, this is the main hall of our Chuxiu Palace! But it is magnificent! This main hall alone has five wide rooms, the middle is open is the bright room, the left and right sides are the east and west secondary rooms, and then the two sides are the east and west tip rooms, all of which are for you to live alone! The east and west side halls on the other side are all three wide rooms, and now they are all empty!"

"Oh?" "Oh?" Ming glanced at Xu Jinlu suspiciously, "Are there no other concubines in Chuxiu Palace?"

Xu Jinlu hurriedly said: "The front hall is still empty, but the main hall of the apse lives a Bai Guiren from the domain, but after the Bai Guiren had a miscarriage, his body has been weak, and he is still recuperating. Hengyun, the palace maid beside Bai Guiren, came to ask for instructions, saying that it was possible to exempt Bai Guiren from the gift of peace? Bai Guiren said that he was sick and weak, and if he was sick and gave it to his mother, it would not be good. ”

Hao Ming nodded, "In that case, don't be formal, let the Bai Guiren have a good life." "Bai Guiren. I haven't heard of such a person, so it can be seen that he has long fallen out of favor.

"Huh!"

Let's say it, Xu Jinlu took the Ming Ming into the bright room of the main hall, and the Ming Ming saw that there was a throne in the middle of the head. Behind the throne, there is also a large screen of red sandalwood inlaid with longevity mirrors, which is very dignified and majestic, and at a glance you know that this is for the main seat of the mother. He sat down unceremoniously.

Xu Jinlu bowed and asked: "Niangniang came all the way from Xianruo Pavilion, do you want to rest for a while, or do you first call the eunuchs, palace maids, and grandmothers in Chuxiu Palace to come and kowtow and say goodbye?"

Mingming thought for a moment. Then he said: "Let's call them all over, this palace doesn't feel tired." "——How can you be tired from sitting on your shoulders all the way?

Xu Jinlu hurriedly said "yes", and quietly complimented: "Niangniang is young and healthy, so naturally she doesn't feel tired." With that, he bowed down, walked to the platform outside the hall, and whispered to a group of servants from Chuxiu Palace outside.

There were really a lot of people in the house, there were six palace maids who were slightly better dressed, and the rest were seven or eight dressed in ordinary shorts. It seems that they are rough palace maids, and there are seven or eight eunuchs in addition to Xu Jinlu. A group of people had already knelt down in unison, and said in unison: "Say hello to Concubine Shu, Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an!"

Xu Jinlu explained: "According to the position of the mother, there can be six palace maids and three eunuchs to serve, naturally, the servants are no longer in this list." These are just the number of people on the surface, in addition to this, there are more than a dozen third-class palace maids and little eunuchs who are responsible for cleaning the palace and fetching water and fire. ”

Oh, no wonder. That's a lot of people.

Xu Jinlu smiled again and said: "It's just that Niangniang is the lord of the first palace, don't say that she is a palace maid and eunuch who is a rough envoy underneath, even if it is a messenger under other concubines in the first palace, she can be sent." ”

Yu Ming couldn't help but glance at her: "The attendants around the Bai Guiren in the apse didn't move, right?"

Xu Jinlu smiled awkwardly. "Without the instructions of the mother, how dare the slaves make their own decisions? It's just that Bai Guiren has been out of favor for a long time, and he is sick, and there should have been four palace maids and two eunuchs around him, but now only half of them are left. ”

He said: "Since Bai Guiren is a member of my palace, no one is allowed to slack off in the future!

Xu Jinlu hurriedly complimented: "Niangniang is really benevolent. Bai Guiren must be grateful for the kindness of the mother. ”

Hao Ming waved his hand and said, "Okay, if you pat yourself on the back, just say a few words!" - People who live in the same house, if they can't afford civil strife, it is naturally better. What's more, showing mercy to a sick and crooked nobleman is only a matter of one sentence, and it costs nothing at all. It's a pity that Ming Ming only has a lot of silver tickets on his body now, and the other makeup gifts have not been brought into the palace, but there are no good medicinal materials or tonic for Bai Guiren. In this way, we can only wait for two days.

Xu Jinlu smiled, and pointed to the row of palace maids and said: "These six palace maids are those who specialize in serving the maid within the quota, and they are all second-class palace maids. Then, one by one, he introduced these six palace maids to Ming.

The two eldest are eighteen years old, the round-faced and festive one is called Bai Peony, the other melon-seed-faced and delicate one is called Bai Zhi, the two fourteen or fifteen-year-olds are called Amber and Tortoiseshell, and finally there are two only thirteen years old, named Rui'er and Hui'er, who are completely childish, and it seems that there is no need to expect these two to do anything. The rest of the third-class palace maids Xu Jinlu did not introduce.

There are three little eunuchs, Xu Jinlu pointed to the one with good facial features and said, "This is Xiao Linzi, his full name is Lin Hai." ”

The black line was instantly heard, Lin Hai !! your sister, why don't you just call it "Ruhai"?!

The other two eunuchs who were slightly younger were Xiao Mengzi and Xiao Wenzi, and they were quite clever at first glance.

After understanding everything, Yu Ming took the silver ticket and rewarded it, Xu Jinlu was a double share, and the rest were ten taels of silver tickets. After receiving the reward, the palace maids and eunuchs kowtowed to thank him.

Hao Ming asked again: "Then when can my dowry slave be arranged to enter the palace?"

Xu Jinlu bent over and said: "Please write down the name of the mother, and the slave will ask someone to send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will arrange for this to enter the coat flag, and within three days, you can enter the palace to serve the mother." ”

In this way, Hao Ming retired from the rest of the unrelated palace maids and eunuchs, and went to the Xinuan Pavilion inside, Xu Jinlu prepared to go to the four treasures of the study, and Yu Ming wrote down the name "Jiang Banxia", yes, Banxia's surname is Jiang.

Xu Jinlu hurriedly reminded: "Niangniang is a concubine, and as usual, there can be two slaves to marry, maids or grandmothers." ”

Oh, she ignored this stubble, she only thought that she would be a noble first, and then a year or two later, but she didn't expect the emperor to be very interesting, and directly sealed her as a concubine. In this way, she has to think about this second marrying person.

After thinking for a while, Hao Ming smiled slightly, and wrote the word "Sun Qingmei", which is the name of Mama Sun. Although Grandma Sun has two nephews, she is a childless and daughterless person, and it is very suitable to choose her to enter the palace, presumably Grandma Sun herself is also willing.

In this way, he handed it over to Xu Jinlu and asked her to run an errand.

Mama Sun's temperament is a little stricter, but now she is undoubtedly the most suitable person, compared to Banxia, I think she will be more stable. In this way, I waited for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrange for Banxia and Mama Sun to put in the cloth flag, and then sent them to the palace to serve. At that time, the dowry prepared for her by the old county lord was also sent to the palace, and when she was down, she was much more generous, unlike now when she can only reward silver tickets. The silver ticket is just a reward for the slaves, and if it is given to the concubine, it is really too vulgar and too petty.

Therefore, she simply didn't give Bai Guiren anything for the time being.

The news in the palace was conveyed very quickly, especially the emperor's will to canonize her as a concubine, and he also sent the imperial eunuch to Nalan Mansion to deliver the decree.

The old county lord held the bright yellow holy decree, and his whole body trembled with excitement. She originally thought that her granddaughter's position as a noble person would be nine out of ten, but where did she think that the emperor would suddenly seal the throne of a concubine! Ilgenjue, who was her granddaughter-in-law, was supporting the old county lord on the side, and had already asked someone to take a thick red envelope to reward the eunuch.

The eunuch quietly accepted the silver ticket, and then said with a smile: "There is a concubine in your mansion, this is the first favor of the emperor since he ascended the throne! The slave is here to congratulate the old county lord! Shu Concubine Niangniang is afraid that it is just around the corner!"

The old county lord smiled with a wrinkled face, "Concubine Shu will be in the palace in the future, and she will have to bother her father-in-law to take care of her more!"

The eunuch smiled and agreed, "The old county lord has tormented the slaves, but the slaves will have to rely more on Concubine Shu to take care of them in the future." ”

After a few words of greeting, the old county lord asked his eldest grandson Xiuqi to personally leave the mansion from the father-in-law. As soon as she turned her head, she hurriedly said to her granddaughter-in-law: "Zhilan, Ning'er is now a concubine Shu, and the makeup she prepared before is probably a little shabby!"

Zhilan nodded hurriedly: "Mama is right, but now that the days are tight, I can only add more silver tickets." ”

The old county lord nodded, and said, "Double the silver ticket, and take some jewelry from my private room to add it!"

Zhilan was anxious, "How can you use your private room, why don't you let your granddaughter-in-law go to a few gold shops and jewelry shops to buy a batch of new jewelry." ”

The old county lord shook his head: "How can that be done? How can people like us buy ready-made goods in the shop? Not to mention that they will be the same as what others buy, I am afraid that there are not too good things." ”

Zhilan hurriedly shut up, all decent people have painted patterns called gold shop jewelry. If you really sell some ready-made ones and send them to the palace, it will be a shame for the mother. In this way, Zhilan did not prevent the old county lord from choosing jewelry from the private room, but she herself chose some good ones from the dowry. (To be continued.) )

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