Chapter 3 Teaching Mama
When I opened the door, I saw an old lady in a brown palace dress, her hair was combed in a mess, and there were five people standing behind her who were also wearing buns and teaching mama with a serious expression, and then there were more than a dozen little palace maids standing behind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Concubine Shu had already arrived, and Guigui and I went out of the room together, and hurriedly stood behind Concubine Shu. Just stood still, Lin promised to arrive. Stood behind me and the nobles. After a long time, Li Xuanzhi hurriedly came from the apse. The hair is still a little messy.
The old lady first glanced at Li Xuanzhi with stern eyes, and then began to say: "Ladies and gentlemen, the slave maid is the Wangmei next to the Queen Mother, because I have served the Queen Mother for many years, and the people in the palace also call me Aunt Mei." ”
After a pause, he continued: "The little masters just entered the palace today, and the slaves and maids will remind the little masters first: this is the palace and the little masters, and their identities will naturally rise. But the palace is the most important rule, there are 325 rules in the palace, and each of them has detailed punishment measures. ”
When Aunt Mei said this, she stepped forward, walked around the crowd, smiled at Concubine Shu's demure standing, nodded with satisfaction, and walked past the noble lady and me again, without showing any dissatisfaction. Walking up to Li Xuanshi's side, he frowned.
"What's the matter with the little master? Look at this garment, it's still gray, its hair is messy, it's disheveled, it's disheveled, what kind of body it is!" He turned to the crowd and said, "An hour in advance, the slave and maid have been notified to the little master, and the slave and maid are waiting here half an hour in advance." Only Concubine Shuniang arrived half an hour early, the nobles and nobles of Rou were one hour early, Lin promised to be half a quarter of an hour early, and Li Xuanzhi-" The voice turned stern: "Two quarters of an hour late!"
Li Xuanzhi hurriedly explained: "Auntie, I just got the news, and I came immediately-"
Before Li Xuanzhi finished speaking, Aunt Mei interrupted her: "It seems that the etiquette of the little master really needs to be taught well." If it is the Emperor who is standing here at this moment, then you will collide with the Holy Lord now!"
"Auntie, don't be angry, I heard that Li Xuanzhi is the daughter of the Kyoto garrison, and she lost her mother at a young age, so naturally this etiquette is not very thorough. But the mammies who teach them are all old mammies who have taught the princess and brother, and they will be able to teach her well. Concubine Shu stepped forward and said to Aunt Mei with a smile. It's just that this smile doesn't bring the warmth that matches the smile, but it looks extraordinarily cold.
Hearing this, Li Xuanzhi bit his lower lip heavily, his hands clenched into fists tightly, and his long nails dug deep into his flesh, as if he couldn't feel pain. With anger and unwillingness in his bright eyes, he glanced up at Concubine Shu and lowered his head again.
"In this case, then teach Mama, but you have to take extra care of Li Xuanzhi. lest the etiquette be inadequate in the future and collide with the emperor. Aunt Mei snorted coldly, turned her head and said to the five teaching grandmothers. Then he seemed to say to himself: "Oh, if the etiquette is not careful, whether there will be a chance to meet the saint in the future is not certain." Although he looks a little charming, but in this harem, which one is not as beautiful as a flower and has a slender body?"
A teaching grandmother with a face full of flesh and oily face came to Aunt Mei's side: "Auntie, don't worry, we are all old grandmothers who have taught several generations of concubines, since Li Xuanzhi needs us to teach us wholeheartedly, let's teach it well." "When I say two good words, the obvious pronunciation of the words is accentuated, as if I am gritting my teeth.
"Then please, a few of you. The Queen Mother said, you have meritorious teaching, and her old man will reward it. As soon as Aunt Mei's words fell, a few teaching grandmothers smiled and thanked the Queen Mother for her grace.
Aunt Mei looked at our little masters and said, "You little masters learn the rules, and your little masters' attendants and maids must also follow and teach the palace maids to learn the palace rules." ”
Then he pointed to the group of little palace maids and said to us: "These are the little palace maids who have been serving you temporarily in the past few days. Let them serve you until your valet returns. Of course, when the little masters are assigned to each palace, if these little girls are comfortable to serve, they can also be allowed to serve with them, and that is their creation. ”
"Greetings to the little masters, all the blessings of the little masters. "This group of little palace maids came out from behind Mama, walked in front of Mama, lined up in a row, and greeted us. Then according to the position, with the concubine as the head, the noble people as the second, then me, then Lin agreed, and Li Xuanzhi selected the palace maids.
Concubine Shu first walked around them, looked at their postures, and then opened her mouth lightly and asked, "How many years have you been in the palace?"
The little palace maid on the easternmost side made a thousand blessings and replied: "Qi Yu Niangniang, the slave maid Yuande entered the palace in the forty-second year, and now she has been in the palace for three years. ”
"Qi Yu Niangniang, the slave maid Yuande entered the palace for forty-four years, and now she has been in the palace for two years. ”......
After these little palace maids answered in turn, they asked if they had ever studied and where they were serving.
After asking, Concubine Shu picked two girls who were articulate, had been in the palace for a long time, and had simple eyes. He said, "If you have served well in the past few days, you will follow me in the future." ”
He also said: "Since you are my girl, I naturally want to change your name." He pointed to one of them and said, "Since you have read a book, you are called Shiman," and pointed to the other and said, "Since you were a dancing girl, you should be called Yunwu." ”
The two little palace maids knelt down together and saluted to thank the master for his name. Then he came out of the line and stood behind the concubine.
The Rou Guiren chose to choose the hugqin, who used to be a palace maid who combed her hair, and the secretary who used to be the cleaner of the imperial study.
It was my turn to choose, and I asked, "Which of you just entered the palace this year?" Only two palace maids who looked a little young saluted and replied in unison: "Back to the little master, the slave and maid are." ”
I glanced at these two little palace maids, who looked like they hadn't grown yet, a little thin, with bright eyes, and a little immature when they looked at them. It's like my sister Hui'er at home.
"What's your name?" I asked faintly.
"Back to the little master, slave Dong'er. ”
"Back to the little master, slave Ling'er. ”
"Just the two of you. After saying that, I stepped aside, and Dong'er and Ling'er followed behind me and stood to the side.
I thought to myself: it's okay to be younger, I can teach. I don't have much foundation in the palace, unlike the concubine Niangniang, who has a strong maternal family to support and dot the dots, and the relationship in the palace is intricate, and only these little palace maids who have just entered the palace are more at ease with it.
I thought that even if the palace had a hard life, it would be safe, but today's Li Xuanzhi reminded me.
Listening to what she meant, it was obvious that someone deliberately sent the news to her late, so she was late due to lack of time, and was disliked by Aunt De next to the Queen Mother. He was also ridiculed.
And she was unkempt, disheveled, and her hair was messy, and it seemed that she should have cleaned up the room by herself. I remember that when I entered the palace, the maids who followed her were wearing palace clothes, and Duke De announced the decree, but she was the only one who did not take care of it, it seems that she has suffered a lot.
On the first day I entered the palace, I felt that the dark tide in the palace was surging, and I reminded myself to be cautious and not dare to be arrogant and cause trouble.
After me, Lin Promise and Li Xuanzhi also selected two palace maids respectively. After selecting the palace maids, Aunt Mei sent the palace maids who were not selected back to their original places.
Then he said to us: "Since the matter is over, the slave will go back to the palace to pay tribute to the Queen Mother." In the next few days, the little masters should follow the mothers to learn etiquette and learn etiquette, so that they can arrange the green head cards of the little masters and serve the emperor. ”
He turned his head and said to Concubine Shu: "Concubine Niangniang, the Queen Mother asked the slave maid to tell you that because the emperor was in a hurry to ascend the throne, she just performed the queen's canonization ceremony, and your canonization ceremony will wait until next month when Qintian supervises a good day and canonize it with Concubine De Niangniang." When the time comes, with the golden book and jade seal, you will be the rightful lady concubine. ”
When Concubine Shu heard this, her face was silent, she couldn't tell whether she was happy or angry, and saluted lightly: "Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager." After the concubines have learned the etiquette, they must serve the queen mother. ”
Aunt Mei looked at Concubine Shu's moody expression, nodded with satisfaction, and assigned a few teaching grandmothers to each little master, and then returned to the palace to report the situation of the little masters.
The teaching mother followed the little master back to the room and stayed in the side room so that she could teach. Following my teaching, Mama's surname was Bai, and I called her Mama Bai with a few girls. Si Yuan and Nian Yang are going to live in the palace maid's office tonight, so I live in the middle of the west side hall, Bai Mama lives in the north room, and Ling'er and Dong'er live in the south room.
Before Si Kite left, I asked her to get some broken silver and go to the next Mama, but after a while, Mama followed Si Kite to thank her. I picked up Mama Bai with both hands and said humbly, "Mama Hugh should be polite." When I first arrived, I didn't know much about the palace, so I had to ask my grandmother for more guidance and teach etiquette well. ”
Mama Bai didn't give in again, but just said that she would do her best. I asked Ling'er and Dong'er to help Mama to rest, and took some broken silver for Si Yuan and Nian Yang. There is no need to take care of everything in the palace, and taking some silver taels to the palace maid's office can also save them from suffering.
Si Kite and Nian Yang pushed and let me not to, I pretended to be angry with a straight face, and then accepted it with tears. I said, "Don't think it's hurting you, little master, I want you to inquire about the news, don't secretly embezzle it if you want to be greedy!" Then he took out a handkerchief to wipe away their tears, took their hands, and sent them to the door.
After Si Kite and Nian Yang left, I called Ling'er and Dong'er again. I sat on the embroidery bed, Ling'er and Dong'er stood in front of me with their eyes and noses, noses and hearts, I didn't speak for a long time, and the two of them didn't say a word, standing motionless.
I can't help but praise this determination, which is really rare. opened his mouth and said: "You two have just entered the palace, and you can be recommended to serve the little master, and you are naturally capable." But for me, it's the most important thing. If you serve well, this little master will naturally not treat you badly, but if you do something you shouldn't do, this little master will never spare you!"
When Dong'er and Ling'er heard this, they both knelt down: "The slave understands." Since the slave and maid have served the little master, they naturally have to be loyal to the little master. If this oath is violated, the sky will thunder. ”
I stepped forward to help the two of them up, and rewarded them with silver: "This little master is not an unreasonable person, follow me to do things, and will never treat his own people badly!"
It was getting late, Dong'er stayed by the bedside for the night, and Ling'er also went back to the room to rest. I lay on the bed in Chuxiu Palace, staring at the embroidered tent on the top of the bed, sleepless for a long time. Thinking of his father's and mother's entrustment, the faces of his younger brothers and sisters, and the unknown life in the palace, tears can't help but wet his eyes.
Fifteen years, the first time I left home, it was in this cold palace wall. I told myself not to be afraid, and I fell asleep.