Chapter 91: Cining Palace

At the beginning of June of the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, on this hot day, I Qiyun finally entered this court that I once longed for and hated so much.

"Qiyun has seen the Queen Mother Lafayette, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" I deliberately lowered my voice and said softly and timidly, showing a supple and gentle appearance, trying to leave a perfect first impression on the Queen Mother.

"Get up, she is worthy of being the granddaughter of the old sister of the Tong family, but she is different from others." The Queen Mother really has a deep relationship with her as Mrs. Tong said, and even her attitude towards me is different from others. In front of so many people, they don't shy away from their relationship with me, and it seems that the minions of those forces should not have any impact on me in the future.

"The Queen Mother Lafayette praised it falsely, how can the slave be as good as others say." I pretended to be embarrassed.

"What kind of slave maid, although you are here to receive the ministry of a five-grade female official, but you are the emperor's own title." The Queen Mother and her old man sold a big face to Mrs. Tong: "We have laws in the Qing Dynasty, and all the county lords who are personally crowned by the emperor are Gege, even if they are married, the title will still remain the same, not to mention that you just enter the palace." ”

"What does the Queen Mother mean?" The chief eunuch of Cining Palace, who sent me to report, asked.

"According to the Qing Dynasty, Qiyun is still Gege's identity, and no one such a slave can call him by his name." The Queen Mother's words completely separated me from the word slave.

No wonder Kangxi is not your own child, and he is so filial to you, you are so understanding, Queen Mother. I didn't know what to say when I was grateful, so I had to kowtow vigorously with a kind of dog legs in my mouth: "Slave thank the Queen Mother for her grace, thank you Queen Mother!" ”

"Look at this kid, go!" The Queen Mother didn't really want me to serve, but just gave me an errand casually: "Father-in-law Dou, take Gege to the study, and arrange a better place for Gege to live by the way." ”

Den? Alas, the Queen Mother is sixty-nine years old this year, and she is already dizzy and still reading? It seems that my errand is really a big errand, or the kind that rusts quickly. "There is Father-in-law Lao."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Gonggong Dou's attitude towards me has changed one hundred and eighty degrees compared to when he entered the palace, and he immediately saluted me and said, "Gege, do you think you want to live in the side hall, or do you want to choose a secluded courtyard for you?" ”

Although I have the support of the Queen Mother now, people who engage in too much specialization are always easy to be jealous, on the surface they dare not say anything about me, but they may not be able to say anything about me behind the scenes, so I better keep a low profile. "How dare you bother your father-in-law so much! I just live in an ordinary palace maid's room, and it is more lively when there are more people. ”

"This-" Seeing that my attitude towards him was still humble, Dou Gonggong was naturally very useful in his heart, and he added a little favor to me: "I'm afraid that Gege you won't be used to it, and the Queen Mother also said it-"

"It's okay, I'll just do it if someone else lives, and the Queen Mother will say that I chose it myself." I interrupted his doubts, handed him another hundred taels of silver tickets, and said, "Father-in-law, you have worked hard, and a small gift is not a tribute." ”

"Gege, this and that, how dare the slave accept your things." When Dou Gonggong saw the face value of the silver ticket, he was so frightened that he immediately knelt down for me: "The slave hasn't done anything for Gege, the so-called merit is not punished, this silver ticket-"

That father-in-law can be willing not to blackmail his palace maids, but you are in the way of my identity and don't dare to be so direct. "Look at what your father-in-law said, Yunyun will have a lot of places to use his father-in-law in the future! If my father-in-law refuses to accept it again, I will think that you are too little! I grinned and comforted him.

"No-don't dare, if Gege has a place to find the old slave in the future, the slave will be sent by Gege!" Dou Gonggong was grateful to see that I was so polite to him.

I don't know if I can use you in the future, I'm just just to be prepared - anyway, I brought a lot of silver from the Niu family, not enough to have Long Keduo from the Internal Affairs Office! I'm happy to spend money here to make a reputation, money is such a thing, how can I come if I don't spend it?

Of course, once everything is taken care of, the first thing I have to do is to pay a good visit to my cheap uncle Long Keduo - although the head of the Internal Affairs Office is not a big official now, but it is very useful, I still have to contact the feelings first, and it is better to be prepared.

"Uncle, niece, I will all rely on you in the future!" As soon as I saw Roncodo, I immediately gave him a big gift that only my daughter could use to meet her parents.

"Look at what you said, the family doesn't talk to each other, I don't take care of my niece, who else can you take care of!" Long Keduo also pretended to be very affectionate and said.

From a historical point of view, Long Keduo should be a villain first, and then he can be regarded as a big official, so the method of dealing with villains is almost useless, and it is necessary to lure him to his advantage: "What my uncle said is, no wonder my sister mentioned you in front of me two days ago, saying that the most promising person in our maternal uncle's family is your uncle!" ”

"Where, where, ......," said Ronkodo modestly, in fact, I could see that he listened very well - this reflects another characteristic of villains, that is, most of them have grievances against those who are stronger than them, and they prefer others to flatter him, which is the so-called humble gentleman, arrogant villain.

"What's there, even my brother-in-law said that!" I looked at him with adoration instead—worship is the kind of thing that can make an honest man arrogant, and a villain can turn a gentleman.

"The fourth master really said that?" Long Keduo couldn't help but ask.

"How could I deceive you, uncle!" Fourth Elder Brother, Fourth Elder Brother, I have also helped you once - pulling the big fish of Long Keduo for you will definitely benefit you immensely in the future. Of course, I also successfully tied a grasshopper on a rope with Master Long Keduo - if you want to shoot the fourth child's ass, of course you should take care of me and my sister, the two matchmakers.

In the end, I was assigned to a courtyard where a palace maid lived behind the side hall, a small courtyard with three rooms, in addition to four palace maids, there were also those who entered the palace this draft. Father-in-law Dou let me live in a main room alone, and the other two and two lived in a side room - although they were not satisfied with this distribution, they didn't dare to say anything when they saw Father-in-law Dou's respectful attitude towards me, and my residence was so decided.

Because there are some high-level palace maids living in this courtyard, there is another rough girl who washes and cleans for us every day, which can be regarded as a "rice worm" treatment. I don't have to do laundry every day, I don't have to cook, and in general it's much better than what I thought before, if I can live like this after entering the palace, why don't I go out?

As for my work, that's even more of a façade. The Queen Mother's study was already taken care of by special eunuchs and palace maids, and they forced me in, but they just added a supervisor to find me a place to pass the time. Another thing I mean is right, the Queen Mother's study is estimated to have not been used for ten years, and the biggest errand is just to send a book to the Queen Mother, which is not caught once a month - I am really more idle than the royal idler!

However, the advantages of being idle are that I am the largest in the entire study, and no one else comes in and out, so I can toss as much as I want; Second, I can finally find a place to practice my poor calligraphy - this idea of putting me in the study is probably from Mrs. Tong, so that I can practice calligraphy; The third is the most important, in a place where this kind of bird doesn't, even if Brother Jiu wants to use me, I have nowhere to use, I am happy to be clean.

So in this hot summer, I was in charge of practicing calligraphy in the morning and napping on my stomach in the afternoon, and thus began my court career.