Chapter 098: The Man Who Disappeared
The big thing that Gu Yan thought of was related to the palace.
According to the rules of the Dading Palace, every autumn, a group of people will be released in the palace, mostly aunts and palace maids. The palace maids will not talk about it, but the housekeepers and aunts have been in the palace for decades, and they are very old, and it is impossible to get married, and they don't want to go back to their homes to stay with their brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews, so they will choose to live in powerful families and become nurturing grandmothers.
Because they are familiar with the rules and etiquette in the palace, these nurturing grandmothers have always been very popular, especially from Cining Palace and Kunning Palace, which simply made the powerful families grab their heads. There is no him, because the people who come out of these two houses have a lot of knowledge and know a lot.
Those who can become the aunts of stewards in each palace of the palace are among the best in terms of eyesight and other abilities. For the powerful family, raising a mother is not only to teach the girl to understand etiquette, their knowledge and means are the most important, and the girl in the family can learn a little bit, which is enough to be useful.
In the past few years, the aunt in charge who came out of the palace, the hottest one came out of Yonghe Palace, and even the palace maids were supported by the powerful family. Yonghe Palace is the palace where the lady concubine is located. Everyone knows that the three princes born by Concubine Niangniang are the most promising to become the next emperor.
For their ability to do things, but also for their little affection with Concubine Shu and His Royal Highness. The old people in the palace will have more affection. - That's what the powerful are paying attention to.
The list of aunts and palace maids who came out of Yonghe Palace had just been set. This year's situation is no exception. This year, in addition to Yonghe Palace. Cining Palace and Kunning Palace also released several people, all of whom had already been decided. Some went to the Chengguo Mansion, some went to Shangshuling Fang Jixin's house, and some went to Wang Zhang's family, which are all top powerful families.
The remaining aunts and palace maids will be the turn of the rest of the officials. Being picked out by others, this feeling is somewhat uncomfortable, but the position of power is not as good as that of people, and there is nothing to say, so the powerful ladies will not care about this.
The Gu family has several girls who are growing up, such as Gu Yan and Gu Yu. These girls talk about marriage for a year or two. The time is urgent, so Fu has already decided to choose one or two nurturing grandmothers for the girls in the family, thinking that the girls in the family will teach and remind them before they get married.
Fu had already reported this to Gu Zhan. Gu Zhan specially instructed Gu Chongting again. Look at the rest of the housekeeper aunts who have a good job. Gu Chongting served in the palace province. You must know that the situation of these housekeepers and aunts is very convenient, and the nurturing grandmother came to the Gu family to teach his daughter Gu Wei. So he made a diligent inquiry.
So, this list of leftovers was sent to Fu and Lian. When he saw this list, Lian Shi felt extremely disappointed, and even Fu Shi was not very satisfied. Because these aunts on the list are too far from what they expected.
These aunts have too little contact with the nobles in the palace, and most of them are on errands in places such as the palace gate bureau and the court. What are the palace gate bureau and the court bureau? Specializing in guarding and punishing places, those who can be in charge of aunts in these places are extremely fierce in appearance and temperament, and such a parenting is not needed by the powerful family.
These aunts do not have the things that the powerful family needs, such as vision, opinion, world, etc., that is to say, these housekeeping aunts are of little use to the powerful family. How can a powerful family lack a nurturing grandmother? Which lady is not educated? What these people lack is not to raise their grandmothers, but their familiarity with the palace!
How could Lian and Fu not be disappointed? Especially when Fu Shi thought that his body was getting heavier, he couldn't take care of Gu Yan's upbringing, and after giving birth to a child, he couldn't do anything about it, so he had high hopes for raising his grandmother, but he didn't expect that it would be someone from the Palace Gate Bureau and the Ting Bureau.
"Mother, can you show this list to Ah Bi?" Gu Yan held back the excitement in his heart and said to Fu Shi with a smile.
She thinks that the release of people from the palace is a big deal, just for this list of the remaining picks!
As far as she knew, there was that person on this list. As soon as he thought of that person, Gu Yan was a little excited, if he ...... It would be great if this person could come to the Gu family!
"Ah Bi, take a look, most of these aunts are from the Palace Gate Bureau and the Ting Bureau, and they are not too outstanding. I heard that this Aunt Liu is not very good......" Fu Shi handed the list to Gu Yan and explained to her.
Gu Yan listened patiently to Fu Shi's suggestion, presumably the situation of these aunts had been investigated by Gu Zhan and the others, and she would know more clearly than she knew in her previous life.
When she looked at the list carefully, she was stunned. She looked at the list again and again, but still didn't see the name she remembered. This name should be on this list, but now it is not!
"Mother, is this list complete?" After thinking about it, Gu Yan asked, looking at Fu Shi hopefully, perhaps, there was something wrong or missing in this list.
"It should be complete, but it's hard to say. Sometimes the masters of each palace will release some people at the end, and there are also times when they go to pick, and they will appear. Fu Shi carefully explained to Gu Yan.
Fu has been in charge for five years, and he is very clear about the rules and procedures for selecting and raising grandma. On the day when these aunts and palace maids are released, the officials of the palace province will take them out, and the ladies of all the powerful families will go to the corner tower next to the palace gate bureau to take away the originally selected housekeeper's mother. There is also a powerful lady who has gone to the corner tower to pick the right person.
In either case, there are all kinds of cases.
Gu Yan listened to Fu's words, and a little hope ignited in his heart. Perhaps, that person will still be there, but it's not on the list.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan smiled sweetly and said to Fu Shi's coquettishness: "Mother, Ah Bi will also go to see it when the time comes, is it okay?" She had already made up her mind that if she saw that person, she would ask the Fu family to bring that person back to the Gu family no matter what. This person, she borrowed it for a few years, and a few years will be fine.
When Fu Shi heard this, he felt a little embarrassed. This time, the Gu family plans to pick three nurturing grandmothers, and the candidates have already been decided. This time, Fu Shi didn't plan to go to the palace gate bureau in person, so he hesitated.
Gu Yan listened to Fu's plan, and just wanted to sigh for a while. She watched Fu Shi caress her stomach, and wanted to say something but pressed it down.
A person like Fu, although he has been a family for five years, he has not learned much about the means of being a housekeeper, and he has only two rooms for the Gu family's heirs, otherwise, with a character like Fu, it is not enough to die many times.
No, my mother has already died in the previous life. In this life, it's up to me to protect her. Such thoughts echoed in Gu Yan's heart repeatedly, and she said: "Mother, this time it's better to let Ah Bi go, Ah Bi also just wants to see what those aunts are like." ”
Fu Shi thought about it, couldn't help Gu Yan's pleading, and finally agreed.
The palace gate bureau is on the outermost side of the imperial city, and its corner tower extends outward, which can be regarded as outside the imperial city.
Lian Shi held the posture of the wife of a five-grade official, led Gu Yan and Gu Wei without squinting, and appeared here in the palace gate bureau. The upbringing grandmothers of the top magnates such as the Chengguo Mansion have been taken away, and there are not many remaining housekeepers and aunts, and the Gu family and the Fan Taiyan family, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, happen to be here in the palace gate bureau.
The Fan family arrived earlier than the Gu family, and Mrs. Fan's Ji family had already picked a housekeeper aunt, and it seemed that she was planning to pick this one, because her attention was no longer on those housekeeper aunts, but on greeting with the Lian family, talking miscellaneously.
Gu Yan looked at the aunt chosen by the Ji family, wanting to see how the Ji family picked people. This aunt is in charge of the court bureau, and her appearance is ordinary, except that her eyes occasionally show her essence, and she seems to be no different from the rest of the aunts in charge of the palace. Why did the Ji family choose her?
Gu Yan didn't know, and he had no way of knowing.
Immediately, she put all her attention on the few housekeepers and aunts in the corner tower, and did not carefully look at their clothes and looks, nor did she consider their eyes and opinions, but compared them with the housekeeper aunts in the corner tower according to the appearance she remembered in her mind, but the result was disappointed.
There is still no such person, that person is not here!
"Sister, did you see some aunts when you entered the palace last time? Are you looking for them? Gu Wei approached Gu Yan and asked with a smile.
Since he learned that Gu Yan went to the palace gate bureau, Gu Wei also begged Lian Shidao to go with him. She really wanted to see what Gu Yan went to the palace gate bureau for and what her plans were. Along the way, she was looking at Gu Yan, I don't know if Gu Yan didn't put her in her eyes, or if she really didn't notice her gaze, but Gu Wei really saw something.
Gu Yan seemed to want to find someone among these aunts in charge, and she didn't find it, because the disappointment in her eyes was so obvious.
As soon as Gu Yan was disappointed, Gu Wei felt in a happy mood, and couldn't help but bend his eyebrows and go to test Gu Yan. In the past, she was not so bold, and it would be like this, more because Lian came out of the Buddha Hall, and she had the confidence to rely on.
Hearing Gu Wei's words, Gu Yan raised his eyebrows, glanced at Gu Wei coldly, and did not answer Gu Wei's words.
Just this glance made Gu Wei stunned, and she suddenly remembered the scene when Gu Yan went to Yutang Courtyard. I don't bother to deal with you...... I don't bother to deal with you......
Gu Yan said so, but now she didn't reply at this cold glance, expressing the same meaning, she didn't bother to pay attention to Gu Wei at all.
Gu Yan's mood at the moment fell to the bottom. She originally came to the palace gate bureau with a little hope, but originally she thought that she would borrow this person for a few years, and then let this person go to Fan Yi's little girl. I don't want to, but still only disappointed.
How could the person who was supposed to be here in the previous life disappear? How could Mama Feng in the previous life suddenly disappear? (To be continued......)
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