Before entering the palace, the second master repeatedly explained that I had to lower my high head when walking and doing things in the palace. Except for the superiors, the people below have to be humble and bow their heads, this is the rule. I asked the second master what class he belonged to, and the second master showed that he was in the middle layer, and his situation in the palace was not good or bad, neither humble nor arrogant. Those ministers and royals belong to the upper class, and the eunuchs like me belong to the lower class, the lowest end of the food chain, and there is a group of high-paid nobles and princes standing above them, and there is a danger of being eaten if they are not careful. Of course, a man like Shengshang, who stands at the top of the food chain, is naturally admired by all people.

I have to admit that I, a temporary eunuch, was scared enough, probably because I wore a eunuch's uniform and got too deep into the play.

I said, "This palace is really a place to eat people."

The second master said: The palace is a soft knife, and the palace is a hard knife.

I asked: Is it a soft knife or a hard knife?

The second master said: It's hard to say, what kind of soft knife you see meets what kind of hard knife, but under normal circumstances, I think soft knives are more deadly.

Although I showed a "Ah, so that's the expression", I turned my head and threw some soft and hard knives out of the clouds, and I wanted to discuss the concubines of the harem more than the knife. Since the second master sent me a letter to gossip about the palace, I have been full of curiosity about the harem, and I really want to know what kind of superb beauty is hidden in this deep palace.

After entering the palace gate, the second master first took me to the Tai Hospital to change into a set of clothes for the apprentice of the Tai Hospital, and then I carried the medicine box on my back and followed the second master to Concubine Xiao's residence.

I asked: Is this Concubine Xiao really sick?

The second master said: That's not true, I'm just a routine consultation, otherwise how can you have the opportunity to go around the harem?

I said, "Oh, Imperial Doctor Guan, you understand me so well, I really feel touched."

Starting from the Tai Hospital, it took a lot of twists and turns to walk to Concubine Xiao's Xiaoxiang Palace. Passing by the residences of several concubines, although I did not go in to find out, I watched at the door for a while. In this harem, except for women and eunuchs, only the imperial doctor can enter the harem, which shows that in the heart of the saint, the imperial doctor and the eunuch do not belong to men.

As soon as I entered the Xiaoxiang Palace, the smell of rouge filled my nostrils, and I couldn't help but sneeze several times in a row.

I stuck to the back of the second master and whispered: This taste is so familiar.

The second master whispered: Oh, where have you heard it?

I said, "This is the smell that wafted out when I passed by the Qinglou yesterday."

The second master said: It's normal, maybe the same brand of rouge was used.

I said: How can the concubine use the same kind of rouge as the Qinglou woman, isn't this a loss of identity.

The second master said: Women don't care about these, everyone wants to use useful things. Besides, the women of the Qinglou are richer than the concubines.

I said: When you leave the palace, you can also buy me a box of this brand of rouge.

The second master said: Why did I buy it?

I said, "Hey, hey, because you're richer than I am."

The second master said: You don't need to paint these, you are already beautiful.

I said, "Oh my God, don't you have a bad conscience?"

The second master said: A little.

I said, "Then what are you going to do with your troubled conscience?"

The second master said: Buy, buy, buy.

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Concubine Xiao's maiden name is Yueying, twenty-three years old, the daughter of Xiao Feng, the general of Zhenguo. White skin, slightly chubby, distant mountain eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, watery nose, square mouth. In terms of my aesthetics, she is not a beauty, she can only be regarded as a woman, but there has never been a specific standard for judging this kind of thing, and basically the beauty that can be affirmed by the vast majority of people is the real beauty. However, the harem is the harem of the saint, so the judging standard is dictatorial by the saint, I heard that when the sixteen-year-old Concubine Xiao first entered the palace, the saint praised her as a flawless white jade, which shows that it is difficult for the saint's taste to be consistent with the people.

However, the second master said that in the eyes of the saint, in addition to the white jade of Concubine Xiao, there are also white lotus, bamboo cypress, autumn chrysanthemum, winter plum and so on. I suddenly thought that if the master had become a saint, wouldn't he praise his concubine: the concubine is like a fresh cabbage in winter, and a leek in summer is fragrant.

I knelt on the ground eating and laughing, very satisfied with my reasonable reverie.

At this time, the second master, who was checking Concubine Xiao's pulse, looked at me with a puzzled expression, and at the same time cast puzzled eyes on Concubine Xiao and her maidservant.

The second master hurriedly instructed me to hand over the medicine box and reprimanded me in a low voice. I just nodded, my head lower.

Concubine Xiao asked me: Are you an apprentice in the Tai Hospital?

I said, "Yes."

Concubine Xiao said: I haven't seen you before.

I didn't know how to answer for a moment.

The second master said: This child is responsible for cleaning and tidying up the hospital on weekdays, so the mother has never seen it.

Concubine Xiao said: Imperial Doctor Guan is really kind to take an apprentice who does miscellaneous work with him.

The second master said: More praise from the mother.

Concubine Xiao said: You, raise your head.

I didn't move, I didn't know what to do.

The second master said: Niangniang is cautious, this child has a bad face, and it will scare Niangniang.

Concubine Xiao was driven by her curiosity and insisted that I raise my head. Seeing that there was nothing I could do, I had to slowly tilt my head up.

Concubine Xiao was taken aback: Hey, this little guy looks really-

Indeed, Concubine Xiao couldn't think of words to describe it for a while.

The handmaiden added: Chic.

Concubine Xiao said: Yes, yes, yes, she looks really chic.

I knelt on the ground without tears, feeling like a monkey on the busker, and after my appearance, I attracted applause from the audience.

I said: Xie Niangniang praised.

Concubine Xiao was stunned: Did this palace just praise you?

Turned his head and asked his maidservant again: Bengong just praised him?

The maidservant shook her head.

Concubine Xiao said: Guan Imperial Doctor, this child is very chic in terms of brain and appearance, is it the standard for your Tai Hospital to recruit apprentices?

The second master threw himself directly on the ground and trembled. I know he's not really scared, he's just pretending to be scared, and there's nothing he can do to coax anyone who is arrogant.

Concubine Xiao asked again: Could it be the stupid son of an official? What is your name?

I thought to myself, I wish I was a second-generation official, even if I was stupid, it wouldn't get in the way, but unfortunately I didn't master the skill of reincarnation.

I said, "The slave is called Jiangshan."

Concubine Xiao said: Hey, this little guy even has such a unique name.

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There was no danger of coming out of Xiaoxiang Palace, and the second master and I both had palpitations, and our faces turned green.

I said: This Concubine Xiao is really not an ordinary woman.

The second master said: Don't take her words to heart.

I said, "You don't know, I've never been so aggrieved when I've grown up." This is in the palace, if I were outside, I would have pounced on her and pulled her hair.

The second master was shocked: What is the trick of pulling hair?

I said, "Ah, I've heard that women fight with each other by pulling their hair and biting each other.

The second master said: It's not a dog that bites.

I said, "Not necessarily, if someone asks you for rabies treatment in the future, you have to consider it." It's not just dogs that bite people in this world, but also women!

The second master said: I have been taught.

We walked slowly back to the Tai Hospital, judging by the position of the sun and the length of the shadow, it was about Shen time, and I was hungry early because of the battle of wits with Concubine Xiao. All the fat I had just used to resist Concubine Xiao's fierce attacks.

The second master comforted me: Looking around, it is beautiful and delicious.

I looked around and hung three feet.

I found that the maidservants in this palace are generally better looking than the concubines, and every time I pass by a concubine in a hurry, the second master will do his best to whisper gossip with me, and I don't feel hungry for a while when I listen to it.

The second master said that the most favored in this palace is Concubine Zhuang.

I asked: Is it very pretending to be a concubine?

The second master said: It's not pretending, it's Zhuang.

In the eyes of the saint, Concubine Zhuang is a white lotus, out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons. The most important thing is that such a white lotus that can only be viewed from a distance and cannot be blasphemed, the saint not only saw it thoroughly from top to bottom and from the inside out, but also touched it and fell asleep. Doing so many things to a white lotus that the literati stopped it, the saint felt very excited and proud in his heart.

The second master also said that the most unfavored in this harem is the queen. The saint privately described the queen as a daylily, which belonged to the market.

I asked: I don't understand, since the saint doesn't like daylily, why did he let daylily be the queen?

The second master said: How to say it, the queen was a lily before she became the queen, and she became a daylily soon after sealing the queen.

I said, "Ah, that's pathetic.

The second master said: So say, the gentleman's heart is unpredictable.

I asked: Is it the daylily that grows beautiful or the white lotus beautiful?

The second master said: Ah, this question is so difficult.

I said, "So what's the explanation?"

The second master said: Hmm... Not... In this comparison, the White Lotus is more beautiful.

Then the second master pulled me to the wall and squatted down, and gave way to the middle road, and a few servants carried a concubine, followed by a large number of maidservants.

The second master whispered: Look, this is the White Lotus.

I exclaimed in a low voice: Where is this white lotus, this is a black briquette.

The second master said: Shhh, it's terrible to hear this.

I said, "It's okay, I'll fight with them."

As I spoke, I was going to roll up my sleeves and kill all sides.

The second master said: Don't be impatient, squat well. You see, the team not far away.

I said, "It looks more spectacular."

The second master said: Nonsense, that's the saint.

After saying that, the second master and I realized something, and we fell on the ground because the panicked posture in our hearts was not very beautiful. After waiting for a long time for the long line to disappear, the second master and I stood up with our arms. I think that the Holy Lord and the White Lotus are one after the other, and there is no doubt about the degree of love between them. Thinking about it, I think the saint is quite great, and he placed all the beauties that the common people couldn't appreciate in the harem and pampered them, and this kind of sacrifice is no less than that of the generals who fought on the battlefield.

It's a pity that the maids in this deep palace have a beautiful appearance, but they have to wash the feet of the black briquettes.

The second master said: Let's go, let's go back.

I said, "I just took a peek at the Holy One."

The second master said: Your guts are really fat, I still don't dare to look directly at His Majesty's dragon face.

I said, "What's the matter, let me tell you, this dragon face is a little different from what I imagined."

The second master asked: What's the difference?

I said, "You're pretty handsome."

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