Volume 2 Watching Chapter 6 The Rites of the Six Qualities
"Feng Han Ji is the head of ceremonies, the six ceremonies, and the court etiquette, music and dance." Xuan Ye's words shocked everyone.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was never a woman as an official. Although this master of ceremonies is serving in the palace, he is full of officials from the court and China, or palace maids and eunuchs. There has never been a palace maid who can be an official, and she is a six-grade official. In the past, the master of ceremonies was a female musician, and the biggest one was the grandmother who taught.
Even Xiaozhuang was very puzzled and didn't know what he was going to do. Only Chun Xi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled peacefully after listening to his words.
Concubine Tong was also stunned, she thought that Xuan Ye would agree with Chang Ning's words and let Han Ji stay with the Empress Dowager. In that way, Han Ji can still appear in front of Xuan Ye from time to time, and he is not afraid that he will not be lucky one day. But Xuan Ye's official letter made her stunned. Although her goal can still be achieved, the result is really surprising.
Fu Quan's face was stunned, Xuan Ye's will undoubtedly left Han Ji in the palace, but it was not entirely. As a six-rank official of the imperial court, he naturally has his own official residence, he does not have to live in the palace, and he only needs to go to the master of ceremonies to teach.
In this way, Han Ji can not only live freely, but also accompany the Empress Dowager as Chang Ning said. As long as she wants to see her, it's really convenient.
"The people's daughter, thank the emperor for his longen." Han Ji was also very satisfied with this result. This is what she is about to do, and it is not harmful, and she cannot ask for it. Although she didn't want to teach people who had no talent, she had to do it for the sake of what she had always wanted to do.
"You don't have to follow the rules and regulations, my song and dance music has always been outstanding. I hope that with you, I can see something different. Xuan Ye's words surprised everyone again, such treatment has never been seen before. Isn't that what she wants?
When Han Ji heard the great joy, she was embarrassed to force herself, and she didn't want Xuan Ye's words to let her go and do what she wanted to do.
Xiaozhuang also understood Xuan Ye's intentions, she was thinking about what method to use to let this casual talented girl stay, and she didn't want her grandson to give him a perfect answer.
She couldn't help but be relieved. As a son of heaven, you must not let go of any useful talents, not to mention, such people are even more rare geniuses in a century.
Who says a woman can't be an official? There are all in ancient times, and today is not a precedent, but it is just a talent for him to make a fortune in the Qing Dynasty.
"Han Ji will definitely live up to his life."
Han Ji's canonization brought the curtain down on this birthday banquet, who would have thought that there would be so many unexpected things today?
"Little lord, what does the emperor mean today?" On the way back, Mu Hui couldn't help but ask.
"I can't save the face of Concubine Tong and Prince Gong, and I won't let my sister become a concubine in the harem, and I don't want to lose such a good talent. The emperor is enveloping his sister. How could my sister just be proficient in singing and dancing? Let my sister go to the helm of the ceremonial department, with her ability, it won't be long before this ceremonial department must be full of talents. When the time comes, wouldn't it be the best faΓ§ade for me to receive envoys from various countries? β
As soon as Chun Xi said this, Mu Hui immediately laughed: "It seems that the emperor is really thoughtful." β
"I'm afraid I have already had a plan, and I made up my mind when I met my sister today. Concubine Tong's thoughts are well known, and the emperor will not let her, let alone ignore my emotions. Just be happy and happy now, and when you go back later, you will pretend to be how sad and sad you will be for me. Chun Xi instructed.
"Why?" Mu Hui didn't understand: "This Han girl has now been awarded the Sixth Rank Ceremony, is the little master still afraid that others will know about your relationship?" β
"Of course I'm afraid." Chunxi sighed and said, "Alas! Concubine Tong's power is not just in the palace. β
"The little master is afraid that it will be unfavorable to Miss Han?"
"Not bad. My sister has not yet taken office, and her foundation is unstable, if Concubine Tong knows that I know her, she will definitely be able to guess what we conspired to, and my sister and I will not have a good time at that time. On the contrary, we should be angry as much as we want now, so that they all think that I am jealous of my sister. In this way, Concubine Tong will naturally let down her vigilance, and we will have more opportunities to figure out everything. My sister can also help us secretly, which is in our best interest. β
Mu Hui also became interested when she heard what Chunxi said: "It's okay, let's continue this scene." β
Mu Hui really worked hard, and as soon as she returned to Yikun Palace, she looked like she was about to blow up.
"Sister Mu, what's wrong?" Fu'er didn't go to the birthday banquet, so naturally she didn't know what was going on, but seeing the anger on Mu Hui's face, she hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her.
"Today's birthday banquet, the little lord was the one who was the most pleasing to the Queen Mother, and he also received a lot of rewards. Who knows, Concubine Tong brought that Han Ji and stole the limelight of the little master. Mu Hui wiped her tears as she spoke, as if she had been greatly wronged. Chunxi watched from the side, her jaw was about to fall, and she forgot to echo her for a while.
"Little Lord." When Fu'er heard this, she saw Mu Hui's appearance again, and she cried in a hurry.
"Crying for what?" As soon as Shu Sleeve entered the door, he saw the two of them hugging each other in pain, and stepped forward to ask.
Seeing Shu Sleeve coming in, Chun Xi hurriedly changed his expression, pretending to be uncomfortable, and ordered: "Shu Sleeve, put away all the things that are rewarded today." Ming'er is up, and I will reward you with good things. β
When Shu Sleeve heard this, he saw a lot of things on the table not far away, and thought that Mu Hui and Fu'er were crying with joy, so they hurriedly went to the warehouse. When he raised his eyes, he saw the sad appearance of Chunxi, put down his things again, walked up to her and asked her, "What's wrong with the little master?" Was it okay when you went in the morning? β
"yes, it's fine when you go. But who knew that someone intercepted the road halfway, can the little master not feel uncomfortable? Fu'er cried.
"What?" Shu sleeves were puzzled.
"Do you remember the teacher that Concubine Tong invited? Today amazed the audience, who saw that she didn't lose her soul, and the emperor also named her a six-grade ceremony. I'm the first female official in the Qing Dynasty. Mu Hui said, wiped the corners of her eyes again, and the tears fell down with a click.
Chunxi is really curious, why is she working so hard? The drama is too real.
Looking at the emperor's eyes when he looked at her today, he couldn't promise that he would be crowned a noble one day. What can the little master do? I added one more sentence at the end.
Chunxi couldn't stand it anymore and was about to laugh, but fortunately, Shu Sleeve and Fu'er both looked at Mu Hui and didn't pay attention to themselves. Taking this opportunity, Chunxi immediately walked inside.
Chunxi secretly hid to see that Mu Hui was still pretending to cry outside, and she kept talking in her mouth, very aggrieved. Knowing that Mu Hui was pretending, that look looked very funny, she almost laughed out loud.
Shu Sleeve and Fu'er saw Chun Xi enter, thinking that she was unhappy and wanted to comfort her. Who knew that Mu Hui grabbed her, and said with a sad face: "Let the little master be quiet, don't disturb her, she is sad now." β
Shu Sleeve and Fu'er also felt that it was right, and persuaded Mu Hui to let her not cry.
Sure enough, the next day, the news of Chunxi's unhappiness spread to everyone. Most of them are jokes, and some even make bets to guess when she will fall out of favor. Some say a month, some say half a month or even ten days. She couldn't cry or laugh when she heard it, she just listened to a story, and her left ear went in and out of her right ear.
Hearing that Chunxi was sad, there was no one happier than An Guiren. Although she didn't come to laugh at her like Jean Ri, she could occasionally hear a few bad words.
Ten days later, Chunxi and Lan Xin secretly met in the middle of the night and learned about Han Ji's deal with Concubine Tong.
"Yesterday, Miss Han brought Concubine Tong alone, she is very handsome, and her figure is also excellent. Listening to her say a few words, it was like reading a book. Lan Xin whispered.
The place where they met was not elsewhere, but the side hall of Kunning Palace, which had not been inhabited for a long time. In the middle of the night, it is really difficult to make a big noise when meeting in such an open place. Although it is secluded, it is also very large, and breathing loudly can alarm the guards outside.
Since the death of the Empress, it has been cleaned and guarded from time to time. But in the end, no one lived, and she was very lax, and Chunxi found that this time of night was when the guards were at their weakest, so she often met with Lan Xin here.
"How could my sister suddenly bring such a person into the palace?" I don't understand, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd.
"Miss Han deliberately wanted this woman to stay with Concubine Tong. I found out that Concubine Tong originally wanted to prepare for Miss Han and let Miss Han sleep. After Miss Han refused, she said that if she was given one person, if she was well-educated, she would be able to be used by Concubine Tong. β
"In this way, the woman was personally arranged by her sister to enter the palace. But what is my sister's purpose? β
"I guess Miss Han should have asked that woman as an eyeliner, ostensibly to help Concubine Tong, but in fact, like me, they are all helping you." Lan Xin analyzed.
Chun Xi felt that her words were also reasonable: "Since my sister sent someone into the palace, she must have her intentions." Let's take a look first, what kind of attitude this Concubine Tong has towards her, if Concubine Tong wants to dedicate her to the emperor, we may not be able to get benefits. β
"So what are we going to do now?"
"Instead of trying to do it, let's see what Concubine Tong wants to do first. By the way, do you understand what happened to An Guiren recently, how can he be so sensible? Chun Xi remembered how An Guiren, who had been weird since a year ago, had changed overnight.
"Some eyebrows." Lan Xin nodded: "Since I came back from the palace last time, I heard that Concubine Tong had found An Guiren alone, as if she was inferior to you, because of her own temperament, she couldn't get the emperor's favor." β
"An Guiren is not the kind of person who can change just because others say a few words and scold a few words, there must be something else among them." Chun Xi shook her head and said, since entering the palace, although she doesn't fully understand An Guiren, after all, she often quarrels with herself, and she also knows what kind of person she is. How could the personality that hadn't changed after being grounded for half a year change overnight.
"I thought so too, so I noticed that this An Guiren is behaving in front of people, but she is still the same in her own palace. Okay, it's just that she doesn't treat the concubines of the harem and the palace maids and eunuchs much differently. β
"It seems that there is really something between An Guiren and Concubine Tong." Since the personality in her bones has not changed, her treatment of subordinates has not changed, and she occasionally has quarrels with her. It seems that no matter how much she pretends to be like, she still can't change her temper.
"Presumably she has endured a lot, and when she can't bear it anymore, she will argue with me for a few words." Chun Xi muttered.
"Then I'll pay more attention to the situation in Chengqian Palace, as for An Guiren, I believe you are more convenient than me." Lan Xin and Chun Xi smiled knowingly.
After the two discussed, they took advantage of the slack of guards and left in a hurry.