Text: Chapter 44: The Waiter
Qin Liusu's dream yesterday didn't make him sleep very well, but today is Qin Liusu's first day in the waiter department, so he can't be late, so he got up early in the morning and saw the thrush dressed up and put on an official uniform.
The production of the official uniform is also very careful, the embroidery is exquisite, it is said to be an official uniform, not to say that it is a gorgeous costume.
"Niangniang is really naturally beautiful, and she has never been able to wear such a temperament like Niangniang. Just like twenty years ago, the slave maid put on this dress for Queen Wenlan, which was so eye-catching. Qingming said while helping Qin Liusu dress.
"Do you know Empress Wenlan?" Qin Liusu asked in surprise.
Qing Ming also suddenly realized that she might have said the wrong thing, and immediately said sloppily: "Twenty years ago, the slave maid was just a little maid who had just entered the palace, how could she be qualified to serve the crown princess, the slave maid just talked about it."
This explanation Qin Liusu naturally doesn't believe it, the more it explains, the more ghosts there are, what must be the relationship between her and the queen's death, and this clue will be there again. Qin Liusu didn't want to startle the snake, so naturally he didn't ask much: "Hurry up and get dressed, otherwise you will be late."
According to the rules of the palace, only the emperor and queen, the queen mother and the concubines are eligible to use the sedan chair. Although Qin Liusu is known as Niangniang in his mouth, he is still one level smaller than their identity, so he can only walk.
Although there is still a distance between Chaoyang Palace and the Waiter Division, Qin Liusu is also a person who practices martial arts, and he walks quickly, so he must not feel much, but this hurts the thrush, although the Qin family is big, it is far from this palace, and Qin Liusu walks fast, where can the thrush keep up.
"You girl, I didn't see you eat less, why is your foot strength so poor, how far has you gone?" Qin Liusu looked back and said with a smile.
The thrush didn't care so much anymore and sat on the side of the road. Holding and massaging his legs, he looked up and said to Qin Liusu: "Niangniang is walking too fast, I really can't keep up." Anyway, aren't you tired? ”
Qin Liusu realized that he was indeed walking a little fast, had the thrush ever practiced martial arts, how could he keep up with her? It's still early, and it's not a problem to get to the waiter on time. So he said to Qin Liusu thrush: "You can rest for a while!" It's still early! ”
Qin Liusu thought in his heart about what he would encounter in the Waiter Division and how he would solve it.
A familiar figure walked by.
Surprised, Qin Liusu suddenly reacted: "Da Chuan!" Qin Liusu suddenly shouted at the man.
The man turned his head to look at Qin Liusu, and after a moment, he came to his senses: "Qin Liusu?"
"yes, it's me!" Qin Liusu opened his teeth and claws and drew towards Dachuan.
"What are you doing here?" Qin Liusu asked, and then looked at Qin Liusu's official uniform, "Are you an official in this palace?" ”
"Isn't that? Niangniang is learning how to manage the harem now, and she will be the queen in the future? The thrush sitting next to him said proudly.
"Mother?" That Dachuan immediately asked Qin Liusu, "Are you married?" ”
"The emperor's order is hard to disobey, I made this marriage contract with Chu Juechen, and I have to come here" Qin Liusu spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Third Highness Chu Juechen?"
"Aren't you traveling all over the world, how can you know the Third Highness?" Qin Liusu asked rhetorically.
"Oh, who is the Third Highness Chu Juechen, how come I haven't heard of it, congratulations!" Okawa said with a smile.
"Hehe, you should also hurry up and find a girl, they are all big and small." Qin Liusu smiled and said to Da Chuan, "By the way, why are you here?" This is the Imperial Palace! ”
"What can I, a painter who has traveled to various countries, of course, paint portraits of the ladies in the palace!"
"Hey! It's a pity that I can't help myself now, and I can't drink and chat with you like before." Qin Liusu said with some displeasure.
"There are a lot of rules when you enter the palace, you have to be careful!" Okawa reminded.
"I naturally know this, will you leave the palace now?" Qin Liusu asked a little reluctantly.
"I'm done painting, so I'm naturally leaving." Okawa replied, "Then you should go quickly, or you will be late, this is your first day in office!" ”
"Mm-hmm, let's get together again!" After saying that, he bowed his head to the thrush and said, "Let's go!" ”
Looking at the background of Qin Liusu's departure, Da Chuan couldn't help but clench his fists and muttered in a low voice, "It's you again, Chu Juechen, I will kill you with my own hands." ”
In the Dongzhao Palace, Sui Liming reported to Chu Juechen: "Last night, we laid a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for Beimo and others to throw themselves into the net, but just as they were starting, they were stopped by the Fourth Highness."
"It seems that I really didn't guess wrong, the queen really has a connection with the Northern Desert." Chu Jiechen whispered.
"There's one more thing I don't know if I should say or not." Sui Liming whispered tentatively.
"When did you become such a mother-in-law? Something straight to say. ”
"The villain found out that the second prince of the Northern Desert knew Miss Qin, and Miss Qin called him Dachuan."
"Okawa?!" Chu Juechen whispered.
On the way, the thrush asked Qin Liusu: "Who was that person just now?" It seems to know you very well. ”
"He and I met in the Northern Desert, and he was a painter who traveled all over the world, and I traveled in the Northern Desert at that time. Because we have similar personalities and are very talkative, we know each other very well, and I didn't expect to meet him here. Qin Liusu said this, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Qin Liusu and the thrush arrived at the waiter.
While the other institutions are housed in the same building, the Chamberlain is in a separate building. It is not so much a building as a palace, imposing and full of expensive decorations. There are countless palace maids in the harem who want to work in this waiter department.
"Presumably you are Changhui Niangniang." Looking at Qin Liusu's official uniform, the palace maid who was wearing almost the same as Qin Liusu, but the materials were slightly inferior, stepped forward and asked, "Slave Jiajia is assigned to the mother." ”
"Mother, please come with me." The female officer was guiding Qin Liusu while thinking about Qin Liusu's introduction.
The waiter division is divided into three parts, the waiter's gold office, the waiter's office, and the waiter's name office. Each of the three has its own responsibilities.
The Chamberlain's Office: Specially responsible for all kinds of financial rewards and punishments, as well as all the financial expenses of the harem, is the source of funds for all the expenses of the harem.
Waiting: Flower arrangement in the harem, and department for house repair. The financial applications of other departments of the harem must be submitted to the waiter office for review first, and then to the waiter's gold office.
Waiter's Office: The personnel transactions of each department are managed and recorded by the Waiter's Office. But the name office also has a duty, that is, to make a record of the concubines in the cold palace.
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Listening to the female official's explanation, Qin Liusu was a little confused, it was too complicated.
The female officer continued to explain.
In fact, the female supervisor does not have any positions and rights in the service department, and she does not accept the kneeling of the officials in the service department, mainly to learn and watch the work process of each department and have an in-depth understanding of the institutions of the harem.
The Chamberlain Division is under the direct authority of the Empress. Therefore, the female supervisor is also a subordinate of the queen, and the queen has the right to conduct spot checks from time to time, so that the female supervisor can ask questions about today's affairs, and it doesn't matter if she can't answer it, as long as she doesn't anger the queen, she will generally live here smoothly for a year.
Qin Liusu secretly scolded in his heart: I'm not afraid that the queen won't look for you, I'm afraid that the queen will already look at me unpleasantly.
"Then I just have to watch you do things, okay?" Qin Liusu asked puzzled.
"Actually, it's not, in the last three months of the year, Niangniang will completely lead the entire waiter, and the queen's rights will be given to you, at that time, you just don't have the name of the queen, but you have the reality of the queen." The female officer continued to explain, "But if you make a mistake in the past three months, you may be condemned and sent to the cold palace." ”
"Have you ever been beaten into the cold palace?" Qin Liusu asked in a low voice.
"Weichen hasn't actually experienced it, but I heard that there was a crown princess who had a discord with the queen, was framed by the queen, and was sent to the cold palace."
Qin Liusu thought to himself, this time it might be planted in the hands of the queen, and he only hoped that Chu Juechen and the others could bring down the queen.
"This is the account office of the gold office, learning to read the account book is the most important task of the mother, since ancient times, money has always been the top priority."
Looking at the dense variety of boys on the ledger, Qin Liusu was really trembling, this value is even more ugly than three from four virtues!
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I spent the whole day in this waiter, and after meeting Chaoyang Palace, the whole person was spread out, and I secretly scolded in my heart: There are so many things to be a queen, I don't know why so many people are vying to be a queen.
"Mother, please eat." Saying that, Qing Ming ordered someone to bring up this plate of various dishes.
Qin Liusu looked at Qing Ming and recalled the events of the morning, and he was also a little restrained about Qing Ming. The time of the queen must have something to do with her.
After dinner, Qin Liusu fell asleep on the bed after washing.
is still the Chaoyang Palace in the miserable white fog, or the woman in white.
"You...... You...... How did it appear again! Qin Liusu asked in a panic.
"What are you afraid of? Thou hast not put me to death. ”
"Who killed you?" Qin Liusu asked.
"I forgot."
Qin Liusu almost didn't have a mouthful of blood spurting out: "Empress Wenlan, you have already passed away." Why are you still reluctant to leave? Wandering in this world? ”
"I don't know, in fact, I've seen this through, but I don't know why I can't leave."
Qin Liusu opened his eyes, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, for some reason, every time he had this dream, Qin Liusu's body would be weak.
She didn't believe in this ghost and god theory, but she also felt that this matter was very strange, and decided to discuss it with Chu Jiechen.
Maybe he was discovered by Sui Liming again, and the guards were removed again, otherwise how could he enter Dongzhao Palace so easily.
Hiding under the window, Qin Liusu banged on the window with a specific rhythm, which was a specific signal for Qin Liusu and Chu Jiechen when they were young.
Chu Jiechen opened the window and looked at him: "Come in!"
Qin Liusu saw Chu Juechen half-naked, with his long hair draped behind him, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, part-time demon.
"Hey, you're coming to me in the middle of the night just to see me?" Chu Juechen asked disappreciably.
Qin Liusu immediately reacted and retold his dream to Chu Juechen.
"Do you believe this demon?" Qin Liusu asked Chu Juechen.
"I'm not convinced, but I have a little idea when I hear you say that?"
"What thoughts?" Qin Liusu asked puzzled?
"I want to go to Chaoyang Palace to sleep and see the queen mother." Chu Juechen said with a serious face.
"What...... Going to sleep in Chaoyang Palace? Qin Liusu was shocked, he came to Chaoyang Palace to sleep at night, so what should he do himself? Isn't this going to have a round house with Qin Liusu.
"No, what if you go to me at night? Absolutely not. Qin Liusu immediately refused.
"Do you think I'm joking?" Chu Juechen looked at him with a serious face.