Chapter 37 - Be a Man
Yuehua came out of Chen's mother's house, her brain was slightly excited because of eating wine, walking on the road alone, and she was not in the mood to look at the scenery along the way, Chen's mother's words swirled in her head, and she suddenly remembered the past.
At that time, she had just turned thirteen, and she followed Qiu Yan to learn the rules, Qiu Yan was the palace maid in the imperial study, with outstanding status, and she was a seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, and her status had also improved a lot.
There are some people in the palace who can't see the good of others, and their hearts are narrow-minded, and they see that you are proud, and deliberately make stumbling blocks. Yuehua remembered that at that time, there was a palace maid in the imperial study who was very arrogant, and she especially liked to brag, and she always liked to support the little palace maid to find a place when she had nothing to do. If you don't go along with it, you will be stumped, Yuehua was not like this at that time, the palace maid was looking for something to do, so she would fight with her. If you offend me, I'm not afraid of you!
The palace looks magnificent, in fact, it is far from being as beautiful as everyone thinks, for the safety and for the majesty of the palace, there are almost no big trees in the palace, only a few pomegranate trees, in summer, bright yellow glazed bricks and red lacquer, especially heat absorption, there is no tree shading, the sun is particularly poisonous, especially hot, in the afternoon there are still cicadas, and the day of knowing is not stopped. The emperor and the concubines went to the royal garden in the summer to escape the heat and did not stay in the palace. The first emperor didn't pay attention to political affairs on weekdays, and went to the garden before the summer, and refused to come back until November and December, and only came back for the New Year during the New Year.
On the day of his partiality, he sat down for some reason and came back, and went to the imperial study to take a turn, heard the cicadas, and the fire was big, so that people immediately went to catch the cicadas, and it happened that the palace maid was on an errand beside the first emperor.
In fact, catching cicadas is usually said to be the work of the eunuchs in the court, and she never said that she would let the palace maid go, and she also took chicken feathers as an arrow to only go to Yuehua, and she was not allowed to come back if she didn't catch the cicadas clean.
Yuehua was still a person who didn't suffer losses at that time, and she definitely didn't want to go, so she quarreled with the palace maid on the spot, and the two had a fierce quarrel. The palace maid slapped Yuehua, Yuehua replied to her with a big-eared scraper, and finally the two of them knelt together under the sun, kneeling for two hours, Yuehua almost fainted.
The palace maid begged and knelt for half an hour before leaving, Qiu Yan could have interceded for her, but Qiu Yan did not intercede for her, Yuehua knelt for two hours.
At that time, Qiu Yan didn't comfort her, only let her learn to be modest and low-key in the future, at that time, Yuehua only felt wronged and wanted to cry, why did others provoke herself first, and it was not good to fight back by herself!
Later, she encountered this kind of thing a few times, and she learned to endure it when she knew the consequences, and after enduring it, she felt unwilling. She is a thoughtful person, she hides and sulks by herself, and it is difficult for her to be alone.
What really changed Yuehua's mentality was the first emperor's Halloween when he was thirteen years old.
That day was the birthday of the first emperor, the first emperor liked to be lively and luxurious, and the people below naturally did not dare to slack off, that day the palace feasted the ministers and hundreds of officials, and the banquet was spread from the square in front of the main hall to the imperial garden.
The court was not manpower enough for Yuehua to pull over to help, the first time I saw the former head of the palace Li Lian'an, at that time Yuehua was young, I hadn't seen a few big people, I saw the leader in the harem was so frightened that my legs trembled, and I couldn't speak smoothly, and the eunuchs and palace maids who were borrowed in the past didn't speak smoothly in front of this big man.
At that time, Yuehua's heart was high, and she was determined to climb up, a group of palace maids and eunuchs stood in a big square, Yuehua deliberately stood in the middle of the first row, she herself looked outstanding, and she was seen by Li Lian'an at once.
Yuehua never thought that Li Lian'an would be so kind, he walked over and greeted the big guy with a smile on his face: "There are not enough people in the court today, I bother you to come and help, the old man is here to thank you first." I know that you are all elite talents in various palaces, and I don't worry about your work, but I still bother you to listen to my command, and later, I will teach you what to do, and you will all suffer losses, okay? It's as beautiful as it is looking back, the emperor is happy, and we are blessed! β
In the palace, the weak eat the strong, the older ones suppress the young, and the low-status ones are bullied by the high-status, Li Lian'an's kind attitude surprised Yuehua, she never thought that this kind of big man would be so kind to someone like herself.
After Li Lianan finished speaking, he walked towards the crowd again, and saw Yuehua in the crowd at a glance: "Yo! Good Peugeot girl, looking at this must be ingenious, I look good, what's your name? β
Yuehua was nervous at the time, and said that it was not good to speak: "My mother's surname is Xu, and the small character Yuehua is small." β
"A good name, as soon as you hear it, you have a good background, unlike me, I used to be called Li Goudan, and I changed this name after entering the palace emperor's compassion, and I knew that you were much stronger than me when I heard it."
"No...... No, I ...... How can I ...... You...... Who is it...... I, what am I! Yuehua was so frightened by this sudden boast that she didn't know how to answer.
At that time, Yuehua went back and told Qiu Yan about this as a strange thing, Qiu Yan scolded her with a smile: "You are a person who has never seen the world, the more big people are, the more humble they are, the more low-key and unassuming, they see big things, don't care about these small things, you see that those three melons and two dates are angry every day, which one climbs up!" You don't want to learn, and you learn these unpopular things from her! β
Qiu Yan is really good to herself, and deliberately let Yuehua go to some big scenes to experience, and have seen some big people, although the emperor does not love political affairs, occasionally summon ministers in the imperial study, Yuehua also occasionally deals with them, and finds that the more powerful and high-status people are, the more cautious, low-key, humble, more and more kind to others, and more thoughtful and peaceful.
The height of the person standing is different, and the attitude towards the problem is also different, and in retrospect, Yuehua only feels naΓ―ve at the beginning. Today because of people's words unhappy quarrel with others, tomorrow because people make stumbling and grudge with others, forever, people who really know how to be a person and do things will not pay attention to these, only focus on their own business.
Besides, this world is not originally to say that if you suffer a loss, you will definitely be eaten back, as the saying goes, a gentleman is easy to provoke, and a villain is difficult to deal with, you provoke a villain, and you will be hated for the rest of your life, and you will be harmed when you can't keep it.
In the future, when I meet this kind of small-hearted person, Yuehua doesn't care, she has to be humble and polite on weekdays, don't give people loopholes, don't be arrogant or impatient, treat people and be kind, and no one can get along with her anymore.
Of course, I don't say that the kind of people who have a lot of eyes and can't climb up if they step on high and low, and they can't climb up, and there are many villains in the palace, but so what!?
Especially in the days when the first emperor was seriously ill and died, she saw it more clearly.
The first emperor died, the harem was turned upside down, and those villains, except for a very few who found a new backer and were spared, most of them were as rampant as usual, and how miserable they were at that time.
Yuehua used to belong to the imperial study, the new emperor ascended the throne, the new emperor was not as lazy as the first emperor in political affairs, the imperial study became the core of the rectification, and the people in the imperial study were pushed to the end, and even a little palace maid like Yuehua was sent clean. In the past, the stewards of the imperial front liked to be powerful and blessed, and some of them even made money with the courtiers in private, and in the end! Few had a good end, most of them were pulled out and killed, and even if some of the minor sins did not die, the situation was almost like death.
The only eunuch in power in the harem who has a good end is Li Lian'an, in fact, he has great power in the seat, power makes money, he is in the seat, and the money is not less, just because he can be a man. Treat people well, never be angry with people, never sin against anyone, although the new emperor dismissed him, but also specially rewarded him with 1,000 taels to allow him to leave the palace for retirement.
So Mrs. Ning's arrogant attitude Yuehua didn't take it seriously for a while, at that time, she was angry with Mrs. Ning, and according to Mrs. Ning's temper, the two quarreled, which was useless to Yuehua, and offended people!?
Seriously, this kind of thing is not a problem if you have experienced a lot in the palace, as long as you can get things done, her attitude of speaking Yuehua is too lazy to pay attention to it, what really makes people look up to it is not that you are shouting all day long, but that the things you do are worthy of being looked up to, and making noise all day long will only make people more disgusted.
Although Yuehua is smart and transparent, she is far from reaching that kind of accessible realm, she speaks too straightforwardly, and she is not experienced enough in the world, and she is not as good as Chen Polai's human feelings.
The autumn wind blew Yuehua's head a little sober, she looked at the sky, the sky was wide, the mountains were in the dai, and the sky was quiet.