Chapter 401, Concubine De
Although the Qianqing Palace was spacious, Lin Xianyu could easily completely envelop the dining hall within the scope of her discerning eyes.
In this way, she sat opposite the emperor in a grand manner and feasted on it.
But in the eyes of others, Wu Yayu has always stood behind the emperor, quiet and well-behaved from beginning to end.
Lin Xianyu, who was full of food and drink, silently praised the cooks in the imperial dining room of the Qianqing Palace, this skill has nothing to say!
It's a pity that these meals taste light, and there is no spicy food in the table mountain and seafood.
The emperor also put down his chopsticks and instructed: "Concubine Yi has a bad appetite recently, so she will give that plate of hibiscus swallow vegetables to Yikun Palace, and the prince has recently lost some weight, so he will send that cup of West Lake beef soup to Yuqing Palace." ”
"Huh!"
Then immediately a eunuch stepped forward, packed the two dishes, and delivered the meal.
Lin Xianyu wanted to speak and stopped, she had eaten those two dishes, didn't Lin Mukang see it?
After the morning meal, the emperor discussed government affairs with scholars and scholars, Lin Xianyu was very bored, so he went to the imperial study, called sorting out books, but in fact, she just put the fake Wu Ya Yu to wipe the bookshelf, and she turned over a travelogue to pass the time.
In the evening, the chief administrator of the Imperial Front came to the Qianqing Palace and came to her in person.
The old eunuch consulted with a kind face, and she said to the false Wu Yayu Yu: "Miss Yu, you have been on an errand for four hours today, you can go back and rest." ”
Lin Xianyu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered that there was indeed such a rule in front of the emperor.
It's hard to say about other palaces, but the emperor's rules are the strictest, and both palace maids and eunuchs are on duty for only four hours a day, that is, eight hours.
If you want to work overtime, it's called deliberate competition.
Even the chief of the advisory line took turns serving the Imperial Front with the other two deputy governors.
"Liu Jinzhong has already explained to me about the girl, the girl is the emperor sent a message to serve in front of the palace, although the emperor has not said it explicitly, but since she is the palace maid in front of the palace, the lowest is also second-class. The girl's residence, Liu Jinzhong's apprentice Xiao Zhengzi has already been arranged for you. The advisor said in a very gentle tone, like a kind old man.
But everyone understands that the general manager of the consultant bank is the most strict, and no one can be allowed to break the rules.
Xiao Zhengzi was a young eunuch in his twenties, with a slight flattery in his smile, "Girl, please come with me." ”
Lin Xianyu hurriedly asked the virtual Wu Yayu to curtsily his knees, "Thank you Manager Gu for your trouble." ”
The consultant smiled, "The girl will be blessed in the future, so there is no need to rush it." ”
Lin Xianyu touched her empty stomach, and felt a little regretful in her heart, she originally planned to get off work after dinner.
At present, he had to follow Xiao Zhengzi out of the Qianqing Palace and go all the way to the remote palace maid's residence.
But this time, of course, Lin Xianyu did not return to her original residence, Xiao Zhengzi took her to a clean courtyard, in which there were whole rows of houses, and many flowers and trees were planted in the courtyard.
Xiao Zhengzi opened the first wing room on the east side and said with a smile: "In the future, the girl will live here temporarily." ”
Lin Xianyu couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he saw that there was only one bed in it, "Is this in order?" She has been Wei Xianyu, and she knows that such a single dormitory can only be lived in by a first-class palace maid or even a grandmother.
Xiao Zhengzi said with a smile: "Although most of these houses are for the grandmothers, there is no explicit provision that the first and second class palace maids are not allowed to live. What's more, the girl is a palace maid in front of the palace, so she is naturally more valuable than the palace maids elsewhere. ”
Well, as long as you don't break the rules.
"Please girl, tomorrow you are going to the Qianqing Palace on an errand." Xiao Zhengzi hurriedly said, "The shift of the Qianqing Palace is changed every ten years. ”
Lin Xianyu looked confused, the unitary time is from five to seven o'clock in the afternoon, and the unitary time is six o'clock in the afternoon, this time to work, that is, she has to be on the night shift?
Xiao Zhengzi said in a low voice: "This is specially arranged by Father-in-law Liu, if the girl is soaring, don't forget Father-in-law Liu, the matchmaker!" ”
Lin Xianyu: Ma Dan, she understands, this dead eunuch!
Lin Xianyu had to pull out a smile, "I can save it." ”
Then she took out a very inconspicuous silver ticket from her sleeve that was folded in a boxy square piece, and stuffed it to Xiao Zhengzi, "There is Lao Zheng's father-in-law, I invite you to tea." ”
Xiao Zhengzi smiled brightly, "Ouch, the girl is so polite!" He said so, but he had already quickly collected the silver ticket, "Well, the girl is resting." ”
Seeing Xiao Zhengzi go away, Lin Xianyu looked at the sky and went to the dining room in the west corner of the courtyard.
Although the food here is much better than the little palace maid's dining room, thinking about the level of the morning food she ate today, she suddenly has a strong appetite.
But she couldn't skip eating, so she took a small silver ticket and exchanged it for two delicate side dishes and a big bowl of japonica rice, and went to her small dormitory.
At present, this "dormitory" is comparable to the single dormitory of Wei Xianyu's time, although it is not very spacious, but it is clean, and even the beds and bedding are new.
She doesn't pay much attention to where she lives, but this food......
It's hard to go from luxury to frugality!
It looks like I'm going to have to hide some food in the mustard seed space in the future.
What a mistake! Eating was patronized.
At this moment, Concubine De in Yonghe Palace looked at the table full of delicacies, but she didn't know the taste.
Eunuch Zhang bowed his waist and carefully comforted: "Master, you are still pregnant with a dragon fetus, so let's go in some ways!" ”
Concubine De looked down at her newly pregnant lower abdomen, her eyebrows tightened, "Why did the emperor suddenly notice that girl?" "-Concubine De knows better than anyone that the Wu Ya family does not have the ability to directly promote their daughter to the front of the palace!
How could the emperor suddenly hand-pick Pheasant to serve in front of the palace?!
"Could it be that someone has spoken in the emperor's ear?" Concubine De suddenly thought, wasn't it the Yifei sisters who accompanied the moon last night? !
Because it was the fifteenth night, the emperor did not summon concubines. Therefore, the last person the emperor saw yesterday was the Yifei sisters!
Thinking of this, Concubine De couldn't help but have a gloomy face.
Concubine Yi and Concubine De are now concubines in the palace who can give birth to and raise and have a high status, but Concubine Yi is definitely crushing Concubine De in terms of background.
Therefore, the emperor crowned the four concubines, headed by Concubine Hui, the eldest son and biological mother of the emperor, followed by Concubine Yi, and Concubine De again, all of whom overpressed the old Concubine Rong.
In the matter of competing for favor, Concubine Yi and Concubine De have fought back and forth in private, and they have always been evenly matched.
Concubine Yi has a glamorous background, while Concubine De is even better in birth.
Concubine Yi only gave birth to five elder brothers in front of her, and Concubine De has given birth to four elder brothers, sixth elder brothers and seventh daughters one after another, although the seventh daughter died in less than 100 days, but Concubine De is already pregnant with her fourth child.
This kind of fertility is comparable to Concubine Rong back then.
It's just that Concubine Rong is already old and decrepit, while Concubine De is young.
It is precisely because Concubine De is young and favored that she is very dissatisfied with the fact that her mother's family suddenly wants to arrange someone to enter the palace and claim to "help her fix her favor"!
That's why Concubine De made Wu Yayu, a cousin, seriously ill, and then asked her to go home to recuperate.
Originally, everything was planned well, but I didn't expect the emperor to suddenly come with such a hand!
Concubine De couldn't help but panic, in the eyes of the emperor, she has always been gentle and kind, if the emperor knows that Crane Yu's illness is related to her......
"I heard in this palace that Chunping has an affair with the eunuch Xiao Wenzi?" Concubine De's tone was a little cold, "This is a big break in the rules of the palace!" ”
"Hey, the minion understands!"