Chapter 103: The Fate of the Palace Maiden

If you want to talk about Lolicon, it is easy to think of an otaku gentleman who hides at home.

But in reality, the ancients were the real gentlemen.

Modern people's senses for women are young under 20, over 20 in their prime, over 30 gorgeous and moving, and some in their 40s or so. But in the Tang Dynasty, women and after the basket were the most beautiful years, and after giving birth to children, they were classified as "old women".

I don't understand what desires these people can have for the little girl who has developed in adolescence, but for the palace maid, Li Chengqian still does not refuse. The East Palace is really a bit big, even if there is a batch of palace maids, it will take three or four days to do a big cleaning. What's more, they are quite risky in the Taiji Hall anyway, and Li Chengqian doesn't mind saving them.

"Then it's okay, Grandpa Huang, you rest and sober up today, and tomorrow you take your uncles and aunts to the Xianchi Palace. Father and Emperor, they are racing dragon boats in Qujiang Pond, we can't play that big, but there are ways to race dragon boats! ”

Li Yuan smiled and nodded, and waved his hand to let the attendant remove the wine table.

Although the emperor forbade him to go out of the palace to participate in the dragon boat race, he was particularly annoyed, but fortunately, the prince still knew to be considerate of the old man.

Looking at the back of Li Chengqian leaving, especially the palace maid who was disheveled and still walking, Li Yuan snorted with a smile and ignored it.

After coming out of the Taiji Hall and going through some inspection, Li Chengqian came out.

Stepping into the prince's carriage, Li Chengqian opened the door curtain and said to the palace maid under the car: "Come in!" ”

The palace maid's tears were still dripping, and when she heard the prince's voice, she hurriedly said, "How dare the slave dare to share a car with the prince." ”

I hate the way women cry the most, Li Chengqian glanced at Ziyan, the personal maid of the eldest grandson, Ziyan understood and forcefully pushed the palace maid into the car.

Sitting in the car, looking at the palace maid who was kneeling at the exit in a panic, Li Chengqian sighed and said: "You came out with the identity of Lone, and Lone is not good to deal with you." After all, the Taiji Hall is not a good place for you to visit, but what is the matter with you following alone in disheveled clothes? People who don't know the truth see it, and they think that Lone has done something to you! ”

The palace maid bowed to the ground and sobbed: "Mao Qi knows that he is wrong, but the prince, you are a nobleman, and the little girl doesn't want to serve the emperor to the end, and she hasn't been dragged to the funeral." You have a lot of adults, so help the! ”

"Mao Qi? What the hell is this name? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Li Chengqian remembered the previous batch of palace maids who were sent to the East Palace.

I didn't have much time and didn't pay attention to their names.

Perhaps, a number like "Mao Qi" is their name.

knew that the fate of the palace maids was not very good, but what it was, Li Chengqian didn't know.

The carriage moved, and seeing that Mao Qi couldn't fix his body while covering his clothes, Li Chengqian said, "Don't kneel, go and sit by the carriage." There is still some distance from the front of the Taiji Hall to the East Palace, so take this time to tell Gu about you. ”

Seeing that the prince had no intention of driving him away or sending him back to the Taiji Palace, Mao Qicai finally breathed a sigh of relief and talked about his own affairs.

Although her story is only a microcosm of the experience of thousands of palace maids, it can barely be generalized.

All the palace maids are selected from low-level officials and good people, and there are very strict rules when they are selected. Don't be ugly, don't be too fat, don't be too thin, don't have hidden disease wounds. The age must be 13-20, and those who are too old will not be considered, even if the selected palace maid has to spend most of her life in the palace.

After being selected as palace maids, they will enter the palace, and they will also go through a layer of selection. Those who are good-looking will be grouped into a group and sent to serve important people such as the emperor and empress, and those who are not good-looking will be responsible for all kinds of chores.

At this point, the fate of the future has already been decided.

Those who are selected as miscellaneous servants will have no chance to go further in the future, and there will be no chance to leave the palace. And if you are good-looking, mixing into a female official is a way out, and being given to the minister as a reward is still a way out. As for being favored by the emperor and turning over and becoming a concubine, it was simply an unrealistic dream.

As for being sent to the Emperor Taishang on an errand, it is the palace maid with excellent appearance, and she is the most unwilling thing. Not to mention that it is easy to be forcibly blessed by the Emperor Taishang at any time, even if she is pregnant, it will not end well. Like Li Yuanchang's biological mother is a concubine, after all, it is a minority, more princes and princesses, the biological mother is actually just a palace maid, and after being born, she was sent to the concubine to be raised. As for where these palace maids who gave birth to princes and princesses went, few people know.

Emperor Taishang is old and serves in the Taiji Palace, and the most terrifying thing is that he is in danger of being sent to the funeral.

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This is just entering the palace, after entering the palace, if you don't do a good job, or annoy the nobles, you will easily be beaten to death with a stick. is obviously a low-level official and a palace maid from a good family, and she is treated the same as a slave outside the palace. Killing the palace maid doesn't even have to bear the charge, even if there are one or two hard-nosed people like Wei Zheng who accuse them, there will be no too severe punishment.

As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and the palace maids who enter the palace have no way to contact their families, and the people who send their daughters to be palace maids will naturally forget their existence. And even if there is no danger in life, after old age and powerlessness, the palace maid will be kicked out of the palace. If you have no money, you will either rely on the acquaintance of the palace to get by, or you will become a beggar and make a living by begging, which is particularly miserable.

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Listening to Mao Qi's narration, Li Chengqian realized that his conjecture was still too taken for granted.

As the lowest of the upper echelons of feudal society, they were no different from the slaves at the real bottom.

The fate of the little people will never have any impact on the flow of history!

Thinking of himself before the crossing, Li Chengqian actually felt a little empathetic.

They all live involuntarily, who is more noble than whom?

The carriage was turning for the fifth time, and Li Chengqian knew that he had arrived at the East Palace.

Feeling that the carriage stopped, Mao Qi covered his clothes with one hand and lifted the curtain for Li Chengqian with the other.

Stepping out of the carriage and falling to the ground, Li Chengqian turned back to Mao Qi, who was coming out of the carriage, and said, "Since you have followed you here, let's make it into the East Palace." Although the rules of the lonely East Palace are not so strict, it also does not raise waste people, understand? ”

Hearing that he could stay in the East Palace, Mao Qi immediately knelt on the ground, so excited that he couldn't speak.

As long as she leaves the Taiji Palace, she doesn't care where she is on an errand, even if it is to do rough work.