The duck-like shout came into his ears, and when Kang Qi heard it, he knew that it was Peng Youyi, the chief eunuch of the worship room, this person was a close person around Emperor Xianfeng today, and the old man who followed him as early as when Emperor Xianfeng was still an elder brother, was very vicious and stingy, but he couldn't offend half a point.

At this time, Peng Youyi had already arrived at the gate of the palace, but he didn't allow Kang Qi to think about it anymore, so he had to pull Xiaoquanzi and walk quickly to the gate of the palace to greet him.

"Yo, it's Aunt Kang, I didn't expect it to be Aunt Kang who came out to greet me in person, I, Peng Youyi, am really flattered." Peng Youyi was dressed in the arrow-embroidered python robe unique to the chief eunuch, tied with a white jade hook and black belt, but on his head was wearing a four-grade top, he smiled and frowned on his face, and his duck-like voice was extremely harsh.

The mark of the rank of the Qing court is shown by the complement of the literary birds and martial beasts embroidered on the azure coat covered by the python robe. But eunuchs have no official position, they can't wear mending clothes, they can only wear arrow sleeve python robes. In the last years of Kangxi, the Qing court had stipulated that the highest official position of the eunuch was five grades, and the lowest was eight grades, but in the seventh year of Qianlong, the eunuch official position was the highest four grades and always customized.

Although Peng Youyi smiled kindly, Kang Qi did not dare to slack off at all, and Xiaoquanzi hurriedly stepped forward to be rude, and after the ceremony, Kang Qi Yingying smiled and said: "Father-in-law Peng said this, but he tortured the slave and maid, and the slave and maid are just a clothed slave, how can they be worthy of the title of aunt?" My father-in-law is running around for my master's affairs, it's really hard, please serve tea inside. Then he turned around and whispered to Xiao Quanzi: "Xiao Quanzi, why don't you come forward to give Father-in-law Peng a hand?" ”

Peng Youyi was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and laughed sharply: "Aunt Kang is Aunt Kang, a heart has seven tricks, no wonder it is popular in the palace." Okay, for Aunt Kang's sake, let's talk about serving tea inside, and the servants should also meet Lan Guiren. Let's walk ......."

Kang Qi and Xiao Quanzi immediately led Peng Youyi and the two little eunuchs who accompanied him to the east side of the Lijingxuan side hall to serve tea, which was called the Fengguang Room and also had three houses.

After serving tea to Peng Youyi with her own hands, Kang Qi Yingying stepped forward and confessed: "Forgive me Gonggong Peng, my master is bathing, and I ask my father-in-law to take a while, and the slave will go to urge." As he spoke, he took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and stuffed it into Peng Youyi's hand.

Peng Youyi sighed, laughed and hurriedly put the silver into the horseshoe sleeve, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's a matter of course for us to be slaves and wait for the master, how dare you say the word urge?" We are all on an errand for the saint, and it should be said that we are urging the saint. ”

Kang Qi smiled faintly and said: "It's the slave maid who lost her words, please wait for my father-in-law, and the slave and maid will come when they go." At that moment, she instructed Xiaoquanzi to greet Peng Youyi, and she hurried back to Lijingxuan.

When I opened the curtain and entered the house, I saw Zhiyu and Ting Lan bathing the Lan nobles behind the orchid screen. Kang Qi turned the screen, and saw that between the purple mist, Lan Guiren was sitting in the bathtub with a blank face, her delicate body was soaked in water, and there was nothing else on her gorgeous and charming face except numbness.

Kang Qi suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart, and only felt that the expression of the little lord was very similar to the expression of a palace maid in the former palace before he died, the palace maid was his friend for many years, and he entered the palace with him back then, because he made a small mistake and was framed as a scapegoat, Zuihou was punished to the Huanyi Bureau and could never leave the palace. When Zuihou Kangqi saw the palace maid, it was the current situation of Lan Guiren, and he was more sad than dead.

couldn't help but Kang Qi shuddered, stepped forward and instructed Zhiyu and Ting Lan to go down and prepare other objects, he stepped forward and took the silk scarf in Zhiyu's hand, wiped it gently for Lan Guiren, and said in a low voice: "Little master, the slave remembers that you entered the palace in May, you were not like this at that time, the women in this palace are like this, be patient and wait, and sometimes if you miss the opportunity, you may not be able to turn over for the rest of your life." Now that the little lord has entered the palace, everything is a foregone conclusion, no matter what else there is outside the palace that the little lord can't let go, it doesn't matter now, because since the draft mule cart arrived at Shenwumen, there is no turning back, and the fate of our banner women is like this. ”…,

"Fate?" Lan Guiren gently spit out two words under his red lips, Kang Qi was slightly pleased, and then said: "Our banner women have to participate in the draft since they were born, and many of us women from the Eight Banners of the Han Army from humble backgrounds can only be palace maids, unlike the little master, you are of noble birth and can be promoted in the future." A lowly person like a slave and maid still resigned himself to his fate, just because the slave and maid knew that one day they could walk out alive, but if they died now, there would be nothing. ”

"Resigned?" Lan Guiren turned his head slightly, and muttered, "Alive?" I'm not me anymore, what's the point of living? ”

Kang Qi was very smart, and after listening to Lan Guiren's words, she only said that she meant that she couldn't help herself in the future, and sighed lightly at the moment: "Little master, how old is the slave and maid fool you, you just listen to my advice, and the woman who enters the palace will either be above everyone in the scenery and live happily, so that you only need to please and welcome one person, that is, the emperor, or be desolate and alone, helpless, so that you have to please many people in order to live." After entering the palace, the woman is indeed locked in the cage of this Quartet, but you can also choose whether to live happily or die alone in this deep palace. When you get to this palace, the outside has nothing to do with you, you are now living for yourself, if the little master is not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of living? ”

Lan Guiren was slightly moved, with a slight wry smile on his face, and muttered: "It turns out that it is more courageous to live than to die." ”

Kang Qi smiled softly and said: "The little master is smart, you will understand as soon as you say it, let's prepare quickly, Gonggong Peng is still waiting outside." ”

Lan Guiren sighed lightly, slowly closed his eyes, and muttered, "If this is a dream, let it wake up quickly." ”

Kang Qi didn't understand why the girl said this, but she didn't care about it, so her subordinates quickly wiped her clean, put on her clothes, and followed Zhiyu and Ting Lan to incense Lan Guiren, arrange headdresses, and go back to the palace to invite Peng Youyi.

After a while, Peng Youli followed Kang Qi to arrive, and Peng Youyi saw Lan Guiren and hurriedly knelt down with a dozen horseshoe sleeves and said, "The slave asks Lan Guiren for peace." ”

Lan Guiren didn't say anything, he looked at him blankly, Peng Youyi was slightly annoyed, Kang Qi hurriedly stepped forward and whispered when he saw this: "Little master, you should ask Gonggong Peng to get up and take a seat." ”

Lan Guiren sighed and said, "Father-in-law, please get up and take a seat." ”

Peng Youyi stood up and said: "Don't you dare to be a slave, please prepare quickly, let's go, if you let the saint wait, it won't be good." ”

Kang Qi secretly screamed when he heard this, this Peng Youyi is stingy and narrow, and it is not a good thing to be hated by him, so he hurriedly asked Peng Youyi to wait, and went back to his house and went to fifty taels of silver to stuff Peng Youyi, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law Peng, don't forget to go to your heart, the little master has just entered the palace, and he doesn't understand the rules, and he blames the slave and maid for not teaching it well." ”

Seeing that Kang Qi took care of the matter, Peng Youyi didn't say anything more, and said with a sigh: "Then please Aunt Kang hurry up, we will wait outside, and when we respond, we will carry people." With that, he and the two little eunuchs turned around and went out.

Lan Guiren asked blankly, "You Weishenme gave him silver?" ”

Kang Qi sighed lightly: "Little master, there are many people in this palace who want to give silver, and the slaves and maids are only afraid that the silver is too little, but unfortunately the slaves and maids only have so much silver." ”

Lan Guiren frowned slightly: "How can you use your own silver?" I remember that I wanted to have some money to give it back to you. ”

Kang Qi couldn't cry or laugh a little, and hurriedly said: "Little master, you should reward Peng Yiyi if you have the right money, I'm afraid it's too late now, let's take a step at a time." After that, he asked Zhiyu and Ting Lan to spread out embroidered cloaks on the bed, followed by Lan Guiren to prepare wide clothes, and invited Peng Youli to enter the house to inspect it. …,

This room is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was in charge of the edicts and documents of the internal affairs department, managed the affairs and etiquette of the palace, collected the money and grain from the outer treasury, screened and transferred eunuchs, and inspected the opening and closing of various doors, fire and candles, and one of the important duties was to be in charge of the affairs of the emperor's room. The affairs of the emperor and the concubines in the palace are all in charge of the respectful room, and they need to be properly recorded, from the birth of the dragon heir to the letter period of the concubines.

After the emperor turned over the sign, the head of the worship room would take his subordinates to carry the concubines and eunuchs to pass the decree, and carry the concubines into the palace and send them to the dragon bed. When coming, the concubine should be dressed in the concubine's room, then wrapped in a large cloak, carried all the way to the dormitory, and then ripped off the cloak and put the concubine on the bed.

Nalan Guiren seemed to be very shy, and at first he couldn't help but dodge, Peng Youyi couldn't help but be stunned: "Lan Guiren, the old slave has seen more concubines, and I have never seen such a hypocrisy. ”

Zuihou Lan Guiren slowly quieted down, and in the eyes of the palace maids of Chuxiu Palace, she slowly took off her clothes, lay down quietly, and let the cloak wrap her body, and the two concubines and eunuchs came forward to carry her and leave Chuxiu Palace under the guidance of Peng Youyi.

Kang Qi and the others were sent to the gate of the palace, only to see the crystal tears in Lan Guiren's eyes quietly slipping down, Kang Qi sighed lightly, secretly thinking that this little lord didn't know what was wrong, such a past, I was afraid that it would be a blessing and a curse, but everything she could do had already been done, and the little lord seemed to be extremely resistant to this matter, could it be that there was someone she liked outside the palace before she entered the palace and couldn't let go?

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The sky darkened, in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, the eunuch had lit a huge candle lamp, and the Qing Emperor Xianfeng was sitting cross-legged on the couch on the warm couch, he was only more than 20 years old, and there were many small pockmarks on his thin cheeks, but they fell after smallpox when he was a child. At this moment, he was holding a copy of the recital in his hand, his hands were trembling uncontrollably, his eyes were red, and the blue tendons on his forehead appeared, showing that he was extremely angry.

There are two ministers kneeling on the bed, one is the third generation of emperors, the official to the Tirenge University Scholar, the Minister of Military Aircraft Qi Liaozao, the word Shuying, a native of Shouyang, Shanxi. The other is the Ministry of Industry, the Minister of Military Aircraft Kui Lin, Manchuria inlaid with white flags, Suo Xue Luo, and the word Meigu. The two of them didn't dare to raise their heads, Qi Liaozao was already a white-haired old man, and it seemed that he could only kneel down at this moment, trembling all over.

"Sai Shang'a, Xu Guangjin, Cheng Zhicai, Luo Raodian, Luo Bingzhang, Bao Qibao! These mediocre ministers! It's all mediocrity! Finally, Emperor Xianfeng's roaring roar sounded, followed by the music and pen and ink on the low table were all overturned to the ground, almost hitting Qi Liaozao and Kuilin, Emperor Xianfeng shouted angrily: "Changsha has fallen!" That's the capital of a province! More than 100,000 officers and soldiers are on the side, and I have long issued a strict order, so that they can carefully block the defense and punish it, and now you actually tell me that Changsha is lost?! You, are you still a little shameful?! Speaking of this, Emperor Xianfeng was so angry that he turned his back on him, bluffing Qi Liaozao, Kui Lin and a group of eunuchs and palace maids into chaos.