The sun shines on the warm body of the spring afternoon, and the Su curtain is faintly leaning on the chaise longue under the corridor of the apse, smelling the faint sweet fragrance of the weeping begonia, and can't help but fall asleep...... This fragrance is very similar to the fragrance of peach blossoms in her peach paradise world.

The warm breeze blew on the face, gently blowing the loose bun of Su Curtain, and the lilac-colored tassels hanging down from the heads of the little two swayed gently, lining the half-asleep little face very lazy. This body ...... So young.

At the other end of the recliner are two palace maids in pea-green palace clothes: the one on the left has delicate facial features, round and dignified, eighteen years old, called embroidered eyebrows; The figure on the right is small, the eyebrows and eyes are smart, and he is only thirteen years old, and he is called Diancui.

Diancui is young and loves to rap, and when he saw that the little master on the recliner was confused, he muttered in a low voice: "I promised that the little master was sick, why did he become more and more sleepy?" In order for the soul to merge with its new body, of course, it needs to get enough sleep.

Xiumei glanced at her, and then said slowly: "The little master has just recovered from his illness, and he is still weak, so he naturally needs to recuperate more." That's what the imperial doctor said, and your master also spoke, so that the little master can rest assured. ”

Dian Cuiqiong's nose twisted, Liu Mei frowned, and sighed in a low voice: "How can the little master always look so sick?" It's been a month since the green head card of the worship room was taken down......"

Although Su Lian squinted, he had not fallen asleep. Thanks to the little palace maid's talk, after a few days of hard work, Su Lian didn't ask anything, and learned about it through eavesdropping.

Now in the spring of the sixteenth year of Kangxi, this place is the apse of Jingren Palace, the head of the East Six Palaces. Su Lian's current identity is the registered concubine of the famous Holy Ancestor Kangxi in history - the last promise - it is said that Tong Niangniang, the lord of Jingren Palace, personally recommended her cousin to the dragon couch, is a lucky and unlucky person.

said lucky, she slept once half a year ago and was named a promise, you don't see someone who is still an official woman with no grade; Speaking of bad luck, since she went to bed half a year ago, she was left behind by the emperor and never summoned again.

promised, she was the last of the seventh-class concubines in the Qing Palace, and she was ranked seventh. Up are Chang Zai, nobles, concubines, concubines, concubines, imperial concubines, and queens. Agreeing to be at the bottom of this set of establishments, the road to promotion is really unattainable, and Su Lian is really not interested in climbing this peak. (Ling, and the supernumerary "concubine")

Su Lian's current surname is Ussuri, and he was born in the Three Banners of the Internal Affairs Bureau, that is, he was promised by the palace maid. Ussuri promised not to have a name, only a small name named Ani, who was now sixteen years old, the age of flowers and bones.

According to the promised example, there can be two palace maids and two eunuchs to serve. However, a promise without grace is obviously impossible to equip all the people. There are two palace maids: embroidered eyebrows and Diancui, and the eunuch only has Xiao Lingzi now, and he has already gone to the front dining room to get the lunch of the Ussuri clan.

Seeing that Xiao Lingzi didn't come back for a long time, Xiumei went to urge and instructed Diancui Haosheng to serve the little master who had woken up.

Seeing that there was no one else, Dian Cui could only gossip about Su Lai: "Little master, the slave listened to the second-class palace maid Xianghui next to the princess of Yanxi Palace, and when Empress Renxiao has been mourned for three years, Long live the Lord will make our Jingren Palace Tong Niangniang the queen!" ”

Su Lian only let out a faint "oh", although she was not very proficient in history, she also knew that Empress Hesheri was followed by Empress Xiao Zhaoren's Niu Hulu clan. This Tong Niangniang is the third, but she is a famous "one-day queen" in Qing history!

Dian Cui said very excitedly: "Tong Niangniang is gentle and beautiful, if she were the master, it would be good if she became the master!" "The master is the queen, the Qing Dynasty is a master-slave dynasty, the emperor is the master of the whole world, and the queen is naturally the master of the mother.

Su Lian squinted and chuckled: "What about Concubine Niu?" She remembered that Concubine Niu Hulu was the daughter of Kubilong, one of the four auxiliary ministers, the noble daughter of the Three Banners of the Manchurian Army, and the fourth year of Kangxi, who entered the palace in the same year as Empress Hesheri, and was also the only concubine in the palace who has been officially canonized. As for the Tong family, although they had entered the palace three years ago and enjoyed the courtesy of a noble concubine, Queen Hesheri had been mourned for less than three years and had not yet been officially canonized!

Dian Cui grinned and said: "Master Niu has been in poor health since the past two years, and the affairs of the Sixth Palace have been handled by Tong Niangniang over the years!" Saying that, she lowered her voice, "Little master, the slave listened to the palace maid Ju'er who swept the main hall, and now the phoenix seal is also in the hands of Tong Niangniang!" ”

Yes, although the Tong family has not been canonized, but has been in charge of the affairs of the six palaces for many years, compared to the concubine Niu who lives in Yongshou Palace, the Tong family, who now lives in Jingren Palace, seems to be more favored by the emperor. Jingren Palace, that is where the emperor's biological mother, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, lived in the past! It's no wonder that some people talk privately that the emperor wants to make the Tong family his successor.

Su Lian secretly felt that something was wrong, and even a third-class little palace maid in the apse touted the Tong family so much, and was so supported by the palace...... With such a reputation, I'm afraid it may not be entirely a good thing.

About half an hour later, when it was already dark and Su Lian's stomach was growling with hunger, Xiumei and Xiao Lingzi came back from dinner.

A promised portion is not less, one pound of pork for eight taels per day, six taels of japonica rice, two pounds of white flour, two pounds of seasonal fresh vegetables, and fifteen plates of mutton and five chickens and ducks every month. Once a day, the catering bureau in charge of the ingredients sends the food from Su Curtain to the imperial dining room of Jingren Palace, where it is cooked by the imperial kitchen.

The Tong family, the head of Lai Jingren Palace, is one of the highest-ranking concubines, and the catering bureau does not dare to deduct her share, but the daily meal time has to be postponed, because the dining room has to cook the meals of several high-ranking concubines in Jingren Palace first, and her lowest position promises to be ranked last.

Dinner was late, but it was plentiful, with a large bowl of fragrant japonica rice, four small and delicate bean noodles, and a dish of one meat and two vegetables: braised pork, hot and sour cucumbers, and stir-fried celery.

Su Lian was hungry, and his appetite was exceptionally good, so he ate half of the fatty braised pork with japonica rice, the sour and hot cucumber was refreshing, and he ate Jingguang, and he also ate most of the fried big-leaf celery. It wasn't until the rice bottomed out that Su Lianfang felt that he had eaten a little too much, and his stomach was a little stretched.

After eating and drinking, Xiumei waited for Su Lian to enter the inner room and rested in his clothes, and called Xiumei Diancui to clean up the leftovers.

As soon as Su Curtain lay down, he swallowed his saliva as he listened to Diancui, who was picking up the dishes and chopsticks, "The little master used to love to eat fatty meat, and he will definitely eat it all when he returns, why is there always so much left recently?" ”

Xiu Mei laughed, and said in a low voice: "The little lord is probably asleep, you can eat it if you want, anyway, sending it back to the dining room is also into the stomachs of those eunuchs." ”

Diancui smiled embarrassedly, her mouth was not only tongue-in-cheek, but also hungry for meat.

Su Lian heard the little palace maid gobbling up the sound inside, and he couldn't help but laugh. The gossip is greedy, but the eyes are also very simple. The palace maid's share is pitiful, not to mention that Diancui is a third-class woman, only seven and five spoonfuls of white rice every day, and ten taels of fresh vegetables at any time, that is, she can barely eat enough, there is absolutely no oil and water, and there is no need to hope for meat.

Diancui was almost finished, and she was happily burped, and she was coquettish at the embroidered eyebrows: "Good sister, I remember that you are a second-class palace girl, and you also have meat for daily use, right?" ”

Dian Cui has long been greedy for the second-class palace maid's embroidered eyebrows, and her daily portion has half of pork, although it is very small, but two or three taels of meat, which can finally satisfy your hunger.

Xiumei laughed and quipped: "It's not enough to eat the little master's braised pork every day, but also to worry about my daily half-eaten?" ”

Dian Cui hurriedly blushed and quibbled: "No, I'm just wondering, why don't I see my sister eat meat?" ”

The voice of the embroidered eyebrows paused for a long time, and then he whispered: "Father-in-law Chu in the dining room is fond of meat, and I exchanged the daily portion of pork with him for silver." I can save two taels in a month. ”

The words of the embroidered eyebrows were full of shyness, and she blushed and continued: "The palace maid can only leave the palace when she is twenty-five years old, if I start saving silver from now on, a month's meat can be exchanged for two taels of silver, and there are six taels of silver a year, plus the reward of the festival order, and when I leave the palace, I can also save a lot of silver." When the time comes, I will buy myself more land as a dowry, and I will be able to marry only if I have a rich dowry......"

Su Lian listened, feeling sad for the embroidered eyebrows. Xiumei entered the palace at the age of fifteen to serve people, and the most youthful ten years of his life were spent in the Forbidden City. When she leaves the palace at the age of full, she is already an old girl.

And Su Curtain is sadder than the palace maids, embroidered eyebrows, they still have to go out of the palace to marry one day, as the emperor's concubine, but she has to stay in the palace for the rest of her life, old and dead in the palace! Thinking of this, Su Lian shook her head fiercely, she is not a person who is at the mercy of fate! Although this kind of life is comfortable, she will never live like this for the rest of her life! Even Xiumei plans to plan for the future, and it is time for her to plan a way out for herself.

After being silent for a long time, the two of them chatted about several concubines in Jingren Palace, from Concubine Tong to Concubine Nala, and then to the Wu nobleman in the west side hall in front of them, Diancui couldn't help but say sadly: "It's still Wu Chang's good life, he only served the emperor at the end of last year, and he was promoted to a noble person a month ago." Our little master obviously went to bed earlier than Wu Guiren, but he still agreed. ”

(I'm a typo⊙_⊙b.,Every time you post a post, you have to fix a typo.,As a result, there are typos o(╯□╰)o! If you see a typo, please solemnly point it out, O(∩_∩)O thank you! ）