The Qin Palace is very large, they are all over Guanzhong, Xianyang, Zhangtai, Liuguo, Afang, there are dozens of them, plus the supporting gardens, acres, ponds, the living rooms inside are like a labyrinth, even if the emperor lives in a room every day, never repeats, ten years can not be finished.

But the Qin Palace is also very small, for the palace people living in it, the range of their activities is only within a few hundred steps, and once they step out of the outer place, they will face severe punishment!

Gongsun Li is such a person, an ordinary palace maid who grew up in the Qin Palace, she was originally a Chu person, and with the demise of the Chu people, the palace women of the Chu State were also fully accepted by the King of Qin.

Gongsun Li was the daughter of a certain doctor of Chu who died in battle, and as a trophy, she was filled into a huge captive, and she came to Qin together with the concubines and concubines of Chu, princes and grandsons.

Qin Shi Huang definitely has a collector's habit, not only wrote and painted the palace rooms of the Six Kingdoms, rebuilt on the north plateau of Xianyang, and obtained the bells and drums of the princes and beauties, but also filled them. As a result, Zheng Palace, Handan Palace, Daliang Palace, Shouchun Palace, Linzi Palace, and Ji Palace were created.

Gongsun Li lived in Shouchun Palace - Qin Shi Huang had complicated feelings for the Chu people, and he always liked to come outside the palace to have a look when he was bored, and asked the Chu women in the palace to sing Qin songs in a Chu accent, enjoying the pleasure of conquest, but never went inside to spend the night.

I don't know how many women live in the Qin Palace, and they are roughly divided into three categories: first, the emperor's relatives, such as the queen mother, empress, princess, etc. But the Empress Dowager Zhao is dead, Qin Shi Huang has not established a queen, and the princesses have married one after another when they become adults, so this first type of people basically does not exist.

The second is a famous concubine, which is under the jurisdiction of the court, with beauties, lovers, eight sons, seven sons, long envoys, and young envoys.

The third type of people is palace maids like Gongsun Li, who are miscellaneous servants in the palace, under the jurisdiction of the "Yongxiang Order" under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, and most of them are the daughters of the defeated when Qin destroyed Chu.

Those who are over eight years old and under twenty years old, strong and clean, and have a legal appearance, because they are filled into the harem, are responsible for taking care of the concubines' daily life, taking care of the affairs of the court, and are ingenious, they may be selected as weaver girls and cooks, and obtain a certain amount of freedom and remuneration.

But no matter what, everyone is a potential fertility tool for the emperor, as long as they see it, they can be lucky at any time.

Of course, when something happens, it must be secretly observed by the female official and carefully registered: "In a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, and a certain time, the emperor was fortunate to visit a certain palace maid in a certain place, and how much time was spent ......" is recorded.

Afterwards, even if the emperor forgets, there will be a court to take her away, as the lowest-ranking young envoy, in order to ensure that the emperor's possible heirs can live a life of fine clothes and food from now on, but they also face intrigue between concubines.

But there are very few people who can have this kind of luck, although the first emperor collected the beauties of the six countries, but he was not lustful, especially after thirty years, the number of concubines in Lin Xing, became less and less, but he was addicted to the illusory Queen Mother of the West, and he couldn't extricate himself......

Life in the palace is indeed worry-free, but it is also extremely depressing, even if it is as noble as a concubine, life is like a prisoner, confined in this small world. For them, the most uncomfortable punishment is to ignore them and let themselves grow old day by day

They are like finches in a cage, chirping desperately, trying to please the emperor to glance at them. However, every time the wheel of the First Emperor passed by the Palace of the Six Kingdoms, it stopped slightly, and then left mercilessly.

Therefore, Gongsun Li has been in Shouchun Palace for more than ten years, and she doesn't even know what Qin Shi Huang looks like, and she has never stepped out of this cage for half a step!

Thankfully, this is not a permanent prison sentence, but a time limit:

The palace people left the palace at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve to marry, and those who did not want to marry could stay in the palace for a long time, serve as female officials, and manage a new batch of small palace ladies who filled the court.

The person who marries is not allowed to choose by himself, it is nothing more than a hidden official under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, after forcibly combined, give birth to a child, and serve the royal court for generations, and some people will even be selected into the palace again as the nurse of the little prince and princess, and soar in another way......

Gongsun Li did the work of miscellaneous servants in the palace all day long, and there were many turmoil during the period - a young envoy of Shouchun Palace served by Gongsun Li couldn't stand the perennial loneliness and committed suicide, and her body was covered with a thick white cloth, and was carried out of the palace and hastily buried.

The palace people seem to have lost their master's dog, and they can't even do the chores now, and a certain eunuch in the palace who holds a small power sees Gongsun Li's pretty appearance and wants to eat with her.

"I don't know what to do!"

Gongsun Li sternly refused, and the eunuch was furious, and sent her to do heavier drudgery, and dumped the commode with those lowly eunuchs in the palace.

Sometimes after washing the foul-smelling commode, looking at his face in the water, although he is not pretty, but slowly turning yellow, and his calloused hands gently caress it, Gongsun Li will also lose his mind for a while.

She is 25 years old this year, and it has been more than ten years since she entered the Qin Palace, and she will have to stay up for another ten years before she can leave here. Life in the palace seems to be decent and glamorous, but in fact, it is a hidden murderous motive, and I don't know how much filth and cruelty it covers.

It wasn't until Hu Hai succeeded to the throne and killed Qin Shihuang's concubines that she woke up from her little resentment!

The death of Qin Shi Huang immersed the entire court in grief - of course, Gongsun Li and others were also secretly snickering, happy for the death of the great enemy of the homeland.

But before the concubines could wipe away their tears, the CRRC Mansion Ling led people into Handan Palace with a menacing attitude.

Those concubines who had been named by Qin Shi Huang but had never given birth were taken away one by one and never returned.

"Where did they go?" Whispers spread throughout the palace.

"It is said that he was taken to Lishan Mausoleum by the new emperor and martyred!"

It's really creepy, in the Shouchun Palace, everyone is happy, fortunately, the First Emperor has not been here for more than ten years, and there are no people in the Palace of Happiness, so that they can live.

Gongsun Li shuddered: "It turns out that in this world, just living is not easy!" ”

She also came and went, and the eunuch who had embarrassed her before, because he had spoken to the rebel leader in the south in the palace in the past, was considered to be suspected of being a black party and was dealt with.

Gongsun Li relied on the little money she had saved in the past ten years to bribe the officials of Yongxiang, so she didn't have to empty the commode again.

There is also an episode in the middle, that is, the new emperor sent someone to the Shouchun Palace beauty pageant to see if there is anything else that makes him look at it here.

After the funeral, the mentality of the palace people changed greatly, they lost their enthusiasm, they all lowered their heads, Gongsun Li even deliberately used black charcoal to connect her eyebrows together, and a friend of hers put a piece of black skin with hair on her lips, which looked extremely ugly.

So Hu Hai's cronies looked around, but none of them were eye-catching, so they scolded: "Chu women are all ugly." He walked away.

Another year passed, and the time for the world to turn upside down came......

……

At the beginning of July, after a series of rumors and uneasiness, the Shouchun Palace, which had been closed for a long time, was suddenly opened, and a group of wolf-like soldiers rushed in, staring at the posture of the palace people, and their eyes widened.

Just when the palace people thought they were going to be raped, the beasts were still able to be put back on their heads, and the soldiers retreated under the restraint of the military judge, and only stood guard at the gates.

But the danger is still shrouded in Handan Palace, and there are constantly palace people passing through the palace gate who are ridiculed by the soldiers, and even do things with their hands and feet.

On the one hand, there are graceful and young palace people, and on the other hand, they are soldiers who have been fighting hard in the army for a long time and have not seen women for a long time.

The newly appointed Shaofu quickly took measures, on the one hand, let several official female servants in Xianyang City serve the soldiers, and on the other hand, announced that all palace rooms, all palace people who were born in Qindi, would be released and repatriated to their hometowns!

A large number of women were thus freed and left happily.

It's a pity that there are many Chu women in the Shouchun Palace, and they can only look at the back of the Qin women with envy, they look at me, I look at you, I don't know what awaits me next?

It was the Marquis of Wu Zhong, who was in power, who was single-handedly taken over, and he slept together.

Or was he taken by the lustful fat young man named Zhang Cang?

Or will they be dismissed at will and fend for themselves?

The final result was surprising, Marquis Wu Zhong did not enter any palace except Xianyang Palace, nor did he occupy any palace maids, but announced that he would release the palace maids of the Six Kingdoms and let them marry the meritorious soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army!

There was an uproar in the palace, the palace maids were mixed, some were full of expectations, some were disappointed, and muttered: "I was originally a noble daughter of Chu County, how could I marry the Qianshou military man as my wife?" ”

This is a palace man who once washed a toilet with Gongsun Li, and later avoided dirty work because she promised to eat with the eunuchs, but her work was shared with Gongsun Li.

Gongsun Li got up without saying a word, raised her female companion's hand and raised it to her nose.

"Sniff." There was something vicious about her words.

"Is there a county lady who smells of feces and urine on her hands?"

The other party was really enraged, spat on her with vicious words, pinched her to the ground, and pressed sharp nails against her cheeks:

"I'm going to tear your little's face to-day!"

Gongsun Li's hair was messy, and she scuffled with her, and laughed a little crazy: "Since the fall of the Jing Kingdom, we have come from Qin, and we are the cheap maids in the palace, and they are objects that have been pushed and sent around, no matter who is in power outside, they can't escape this fate!" No one has a choice! ”

The palace people were stunned, and at this moment of confusion, the female officials under Yongxiang Ling came, and she asked all the palace people to gather and scan everyone majestically:

"Shouchun Palace, all the palace people listen, Shaofu has an order, those who are over 16 years old, there are those who are willing to marry the meritorious soldiers of the Northern Expedition, go to the left, Shaofu will issue a dowry of 100 yuan, and Marquis Wuzhong will personally preside over the marriage. If you don't want to marry, go to the right, continue to wash the maid in the palace, still make it, and release it until the age of thirty-five! ”

"How to choose, decide for yourself!"

With that, he stood aside with his sleeves folded.

The women looked at each other, and the conservative whispered:

"There is nothing wrong with worrying about food and clothing in the palace, I heard that there are many wars outside, I am afraid that I want people to eat people, even if I can live peacefully, I marry rough soldiers, I don't understand words, I beat and scold at every turn, I am afraid that life will not be much better......"

There were quite a few people who agreed with this statement, mostly older people, and they decided to put up with it a little longer.

But the women in their twenties fell into hesitation, this year, it is not easy to live to be forty or fifty years old, they are not young, if they stay in the palace again, they will see that a lifetime will come to an end.

They have hands and feet, although their background is not low, but they have done all the hard work in the palace over the years, and when they go outside, the life of the commoners' wives is not necessarily worse.

The only thing to worry about is what kind of people will be given to? Good or bad, good or evil.

This determines the rest of their lives.

Do you want to gamble?

Gongsun Li was the first to stand up, she walked to the left, looked back at the palace man who stayed on the right, and fought with her, and said in a low voice:

"I'd rather be the wife of the head of the Qian, than stay in this palace for a while!"