In the palace of Chang'an City, in the Renming Palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As night fell, the palace maids all held the lanterns and illuminated the entire Renming Palace. After the end of the day, according to the practice in the palace, except for the palace attendants on duty, any palace maid who entered the emperor's palace without being summoned was arrested and imprisoned. There are many rules in the Dashun Palace, and the system is also very sound. In addition to the queen concubines who belong to the leadership class, there is also the Shangshu introspection who rules all the palace maids. These palace maids who were named female officials became deacons and service personnel of the emperor and concubines, and undertook relatively many palace work tasks.

For example, the palace maid who serves people is called a waiter; The person in charge of the emperor's clothes is called Si Yi, the person who helps the emperor and queen comb the grate is called Si Ornament, the person who is in charge of the bed and pillow is called Si Yao, the person who serves the decoction is called Si Yao, and the music envoy and deputy envoy who are in charge of musical instruments are called Xianshao envoy and deputy envoy...... All in all, anyway, they are all planned for you one by one, you can't move around, you have to stick to your post. Most of them could not rest until the emperor, empress, and concubines were asleep. Some also have to keep vigil and take charge of the lamps. If you walk around indiscriminately, and the waist card does not match, it is likely that the patrol imperial guards will immediately report to Shangshu introspection, and after finding out the identity, if it is a spy, he will be arrested and imprisoned immediately; If you really go wrong, you will not be exempt from the pain of a meal of flesh and skin, and you will even be expelled from the palace wall.

Fortunately, whether it is the queen Zhou Zhiruo or the little emperor Lu Chengqi, they are all good people. A little mistake, don't linger, and let it go generously. What's more, it was found that he was having an affair with a certain imperial guard, and at the signal of the little emperor, Queen Zhou Zhiruo's handling was to expel the two from the palace wall at the same time. According to the rules of the previous court, such a bold person would definitely be imprisoned in the cold palace until he died of old age. The imperial guards will also be given dove wine and die, after all, in the eyes of the world, there are three thousand beauties in the back and palace, all of whom are forbidden by the emperor and nail, how can others be allowed to blaspheme?

Zhou Zhiruo also had a lot of complaints about this matter, and Lu Chengqi enlightened: "There are so many of these servants and talents, how many people can become concubines?" Could it be that Zitong, you can't bear to watch them live in the palace one by one, and never marry? ”

If Zhou Zhi can't argue with Lu Chengqi, he will let him go. Later, Lu Chengqi felt that he couldn't go on like this, and the inner courtyard of the palace still had to have rules. So Lu Chengqi added: "In the future, if there is a mutual relationship, it must be reported to Zitong first, and Zitong will allow it...... As for the imperial guards, they can only be released if they have not yet married a wife. After marrying a wife, he could no longer serve as the imperial guard, and he was transferred to the city defense department......"

In this way, the palace maids all breathed a sigh of relief. Those who can be selected as palace maids are either beautiful or talented, how can they look down on rude men like the imperial guards from the border army? It's just that I saw the decline of my appearance, and I had to do it as a last resort. If you have a choice, who doesn't want to fly on the branches to be a phoenix? Seeing that the queen did not pursue it, some palace maids who were already twenty years old opened their minds. They have been in the palace for a long time, and their ability to observe words and emotions is not bad, so they ran to beg Zhou Zhiruo, wanting to get rid of the status of palace maids. People don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, Zhou Zhiruo is soft-hearted, she can't help grinding, and most of them agree.

No, Zhou Zhiruo is complaining to Lu Chengqi: "Your Majesty, it's all what you said, the two are happy, and it is justified." Well, now alone, there are more than ten palace maids who have come to find the concubines to ask them to leave the palace. If it goes on like this, most of the palace maids are gone, who will supervise the affairs in the palace? ”

When Lu Chengqi heard it, he was shocked. In addition to the eunuchs, there are most palace maids in the palace, if all of them are eunuchs, wouldn't they suffocate themselves to death? After a deep sigh, he said, "What age does this palace maid usually enter the palace?" ”

Zhou Zhiruo said: "Most of them are fourteen or five years old, and some are sixteen. ”

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "This is easy to do, when we come to the palace to do things, we don't don't pay our wages." All palace maids and maids are all well-served, right? In this way, he bothered Zitong to write down the palace maids who were more than twenty and six years old, but those who were more than twenty and six could leave the palace. As for the new palace maid, you can also continue to choose, right? ”

Lu Chengqi knew about choosing a palace maid, but he didn't know that choosing a palace maid was essentially choosing a concubine for him. According to the rules of the Dashun Dynasty, the palace people all choose the princess and the lady of the good family to enter the queen and the palace, so as to serve as the imperial attendant or select the concubine. The palace people are tasteless palace maids. If you want to have a rank, you have to rise step by step, just like being an official. At the very least, you must have a talented person status in order to hope to be included in the emperor's tent. Of course, there is also a time when you ascend to the sky, that is, the emperor takes a fancy to you and wants you to sleep. After the waiter is finished, the minimum will be given the identity of Jieyu. If the emperor likes it tightly, it is also possible to be directly named a concubine. If you are pregnant with a dragon fetus, it is even more terrible, and there are also mothers who are directly concubines with their sons.

And Lu Chengqi didn't know that choosing a palace maid was choosing a concubine for himself, which was really shooting himself in the foot! The selection of palace maids is based on the concubine system. It is divided into talent selection and appearance selection, and the variety of appearance is not good; And although the one who chooses to have a face, he can only act as a servant. And concubines often stand out from talented people with both talent and appearance, so the competition for talented people is very fierce.

Zhou Zhiruo thought that Lu Chengqi was tired of seeing herself, and she was going to start choosing a concubine to fill the back and palace, and her heart was sour. But before she entered the palace, she understood that the emperor could not be her alone. It's just that Lu Chengqi is used to her, and it's hard to accept it for a while.

Seeing Zhou Zhiruo's eyes red, Lu Chengqi was shocked: "What's wrong with Zitong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I saw that Your Majesty even had to ask about the affairs of the palace people, and I was just emotional." Zhou Zhiruo said in disguise.

Lu Chengqi held her hand and said, "These maids of good families have given us ten years of time, how can we be wicked people and want her to spend another ten years?" How many decades can a woman spend! When I thought about Taizu, there were only two or three hundred palace maids, and I once asked, 'Is there anyone who wishes to pass?' It went to a quarter. At the time of Wenzong, there were still only 300 concubines in the palace. Thinking about my Hongxiang years, there have been more than 3,000, which is really embarrassing. ”

Zhou Zhiruo smiled when she heard this, and said, "How can Your Majesty not know about the expansion of the number of palace people during the first emperor's years?" Is it the son of man who arranges the emperor in this way? ”

Lu Chengqi was choked by her and was speechless, and said after a long time: "Wronged, I just don't want to see so many palace maids, I have never married and had children in my life, I am ashamed!" If Zitong wants to say that I am a faint king, how can a faint monarch only have the queen's ears? ”

Zhou Zhiruo pouted and said, "Look, the fox's tail is exposed, right?" ”

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