Chapter 13: Greetings (1)
After moving to Xianfu Palace, in addition to Concubine De Niangniang sent someone to send rewards, the Queen Mother and Queen Mother all sent people to send rewards. Although Concubine Jin and Concubine Jing did not send a reward, they also sent someone to ask if they needed anything and what was in short supply, so they told them.www.biquge.info
It's like the human relations of ordinary people, and the past is the same as the etiquette, this is just the etiquette in the palace. Similarly, if any concubine is happy in the future, gives birth to a child, or is promoted, I will also give a salute. If you are sick, you may also need to visit.
It's just that there are so many people in the palace, if I do these things myself, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome. I still lack a palace maid here.
The rules in the palace, below the concubine position, can only be called the small master, and above the concubine position, it is the serious master, you can be the master of the palace, and the treatment will be improved a lot.
However, below the concubine rank, each person only has two palace maids and two eunuchs to serve. Although Ling'er and Dong'er followed me to this Xianfu Palace, they did not come in the name of my palace maid, but came as a sprinkler palace maid. This is also the cheapness of the "benefit fee" given to Father-in-law De at the beginning.
The palace maid in charge is different from the palace maid who serves, a qualified palace maid must be familiar with all the palace rules, and must know all the big and small things in the palace, and also understand some palace secrets, so as not to collide with anyone because of some taboos and so on. It is also necessary to be familiar with the human relations in the palace, you can arrange some routine things on behalf of the master, and you can also punish the unfavorable servants on behalf of the master, etc.
The importance of the palace maid is like the status of the emperor relative to the emperor. Although it is a master and a servant, a monarch and a minister, it is also an indispensable existence. Because of this, the position of the palace maid is vacant.
The palace maid is equivalent to the right hand for a concubine, so the loyalty of the palace maid is the first thing to consider. If the maid in charge of the palace is bribed, or she is a spy sent by someone else, then the concubine is tantamount to a human sword, and I am a fish.
For me, Si Kite and Nian are more than loyal, but the time to enter the palace is still shallow. Some palace rules and secrets have not been known. And when the two of them were in the house, they only served me, and they didn't do anything as a lady, so it was obviously not suitable.
And it is obviously not feasible for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select and send a palace maid to be the palace maid. The palace maids sent into the palace by the Internal Affairs Office may not have been sent by which lady, or who had an intricate relationship with them. It is not trustworthy in a short period of time, and even if the days are long, it may be a dark chess planted by others. simply leave this position vacant first, and then bring it up when you really meet a suitable and credible palace maid in the future. Now, let Si Yuan think about it for me first, I just entered the palace, and I don't have so many things to do.
Early the next morning, Si Kite woke me up early. Nian Yang took a copper basin to bring hot water, waited for me to wash my face, and carefully dried my face for me. When the weather was getting colder in November, Si Yuan helped me find the gold wire trimmed hibiscus embroidered jacket I wore in winter, waited for me to wear it, and then helped me to the front of the dresser, brought me powder, and carefully applied makeup for me.
Now that we have each assigned a place to live and prepared a green head card, it means that we have truly become the emperor's concubines. Before in Chuxiu Palace, I had to learn the palace rules, and the Queen Mother was exempted from the invitation of a few of us, but she was not allowed to go out if she had nothing to do. Now it's time to ask for peace every day.
Under normal circumstances, please Ann is to go to the Kunning Palace where the queen mother is located, but now the queen mother is pure filial piety, and she has to go to the queen mother every day to serve, and she does her duty as a daughter-in-law, so this invitation has become to the queen mother's request. As a rule, we are not qualified to see the Queen Mother, and now we are only in the reception corridor of the outer hall of Cining Palace, and the Queen Mother will receive us.
I deliberately asked Si Yuan to paint me with more ordinary makeup, not like Concubine De Niangniang who deliberately painted herself graceful and luxurious, nor like Li Guiren who pretended to be light-colored clothes, cool like a fairy, just ordinary, no heavy makeup or light wipe, and it took a long time to find out in the pile.
Naturally, I have a lot of care about doing this. The Queen Mother came out of the harem, I don't know how much heavy makeup I have seen, and I don't know how many "fairies" I have seen like white lotus flowers out of the mud and not stained.
Since the Empress Dowager is called the "master of the harem" by her father-in-law, it is obviously unwise to offend the Empress Dowager. Even if you don't like her old man, you can't annoy her.
After putting on makeup, Ling'er, who was waiting on the side, came over with a peach wood comb. Start by combing your hair little by little with a comb, carefully and gently. Otherwise, I might get a tug on my knotted hair and it hurt me. Luckily, my hair is naturally smooth and not difficult to comb.
Then you have to coil your combed hair into a bun, and finally fix it with a hairpin and decorate the jewelry on the bun. Ling'er combed her hair, picked up the dotted emerald gilt rhododendron hairpin to insert it on my head, I waved my hand, looked at the emerald ruby plum hairpin that the queen mother gave yesterday in the makeup drawer, and said to Ling'er: "Use that." ”
Ling'er was stunned: "Little master, this hairpin is more suitable for your clothes today-" I said lightly: "It's okay, just use that one." Hearing this, Ling'er put down the emerald gilt rhododendron hairpin and pinned the plum hairpin for me. Then he simply inserted a few beaded flowers for me, elegant and ordinary. When I look at myself in the mirror, if I don't look closely, I feel ordinary, like a passerby I've seen countless times on the road. But if you look closely, you can see a beautiful face.
After painting the makeup, I took Si Kite and Nian Yang out of the house. Xianfu Palace is in the corner of the Forbidden City, but it is not far from the Cining Palace of the Queen Mother. Cining Palace is on the west side of the Yangxin Palace, and we who live from the West Sixth Palace are naturally closer. And the concubines who live in the East Sixth Palace are afraid that they will get up earlier than us.
The little lord whose rank is below the concubine level is not qualified to ride in a sedan chair unless it is given by the emperor. Therefore, although I got up early, I had to walk from Xianfu Palace to Cining Palace step by step. Out of the gate of Xianfu Palace, all the way along the corridor surrounded by the vermilion wall, through the left Yikun Palace, Yongshou Palace, on the right of Changchun Palace, Taiji Palace, bypass the Yangxin Palace, enter from Cining Gate, wait at the door.
At this time, Lin promised to arrive early, waiting at the door like me, and when he saw my arrival, Lin promised to take the initiative to salute me: "Say hello to the nobles." My sister also came so early. ”
I learned from Mama Bai that she had taken refuge in Concubine Shu, and I didn't want to communicate too much with her, so I replied lightly: "It's not as good as agreeing to be diligent." He stood aside and waited quietly, and said no more. Si Yuan and Nian Yang followed me and waited quietly, without speaking.