proud wife and concubine

"Sister Yuerong, will you always remember Xueqiong?"

"This..." The girl feigned hesitation, pondered for a while and said earnestly: "To tell you the truth, my memory is so bad that sometimes I can't even remember the names of my younger brothers."

When Xiao Xueqiong heard this, she felt as if her strength had been sucked away, she shrugged her little head raised in anticipation, her pink lips were tightly pressed together.

Guessing that this cute little sister would start to sob if she teased her any longer, Li Yuerong smiled and took her tender little hand:

"How about this, when I return to the court with my father and brother, I will take you to my house. We play together during the day and sleep together at night. In this way, no matter how bad my memory is, I will never forget it." your."

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Late at night when dreaming childish.

After her mother passed away, Xiao Xueqiong seldom had a good night's sleep. She often woke up suddenly, and it was not uncommon for Xiao Xueqiong to wet her pillow towel with tears.This time she gradually woke up from a hazy dream, brushed her cheek subconsciously, but did not touch the teardrops, only the corners of her mouth slightly turned up, it turned out that she was actually smiling.

It's hard to go back to sleep after waking up.Firstly, it was because the dream brought back memories of the past, and the mood was turbulent, and secondly, it was because several strong women in the same house were snoring like thunder, and the willow buds in the clinic were still grinding their teeth, accompanied by a faint smell in the room, making Suxi clean Anji's Xiao Xueqiong had a headache.

Thinking about it this way, although the past life was gloomy, it can't be said that it was useless, after all, the cage he lived in back then was woven by Jinsi'er.Now, after the new emperor issued a decree to deal with the remnants of the previous dynasty, Xiao Xueqiong was not sent to the Yeting Palace for labor, and the golden wire cage became a straw one.

Yeting can be said to be the "harem" of the harem, and it has been indispensable in all dynasties. Xiao Xueqiong knew a thing or two about this place when she was a princess.

According to the distribution of halls and their respective functions, Ye Ting can be divided into three parts: the north, the south, and the middle: the Chuxiu Palace in the middle is the residence of low-ranking female officials and maids of no rank.The maids living here are all sons of good families. They were selected into the palace to serve the emperor and concubines, and they will be sent back home when they reach the age of 25.If you are favored by the emperor before the expiration of the term, or if you are made a female official because of your outstanding talents and skills, you can stay in the palace for the rest of your life.In addition, there are those who have neither been favored by the emperor nor appointed female officials, but are exempted from leaving the palace because they are valued and loved by the empress and concubines. Such maids are generally called "aunt" and "mother".

To the south of Yeting is the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is an institution run by eunuchs, responsible for teaching and managing the harem ladies.

Xiao Xueqiong is located in the north of Yeting, where female prisoners of war, relatives of criminal officials and other female slaves who have been deprived of good registration are served. Different emperors in different dynasties and even the same dynasty have different names during their reigns. Now they have changed to the previous dynasties. The name of "Slavery House" was changed to "Women's House".Although the name has changed a lot, the truth inside is the same. This is the place responsible for the hard work in the harem.

Although the female slaves in the women's slavery were also called court ladies like the women in Chuxiu Palace, they were different in terms of status, responsibilities, and fate.In terms of status, there is a difference between good and bad; in terms of duties, the maids of Chuxiu Palace learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The female slaves do the dirty and heavy work.No matter what kind of fairy-like delicate appearance you had when you first came, in just a few years, your skin will be rough and fleshy, and your hands and feet will be calloused.Let's talk about the ultimate fate of these two kinds of people. The maids of the Chuxiu Palace have the chance to be appreciated by the emperor, and the concubine loves to fly to the branches. No matter how bad they are, they can leave the palace and return home before they grow old. In the endless labor of the palace.Maybe in his later years, he could find a good eunuch and be a "husband and wife" to avoid loneliness.

In this way, once trapped in a women's prison, wouldn't it be impossible to get ahead forever?

Not at all.

Take the Xiao Dynasty as an example. In the past hundred years, a princess and a female medical officer came out of the women's prison.The prince who married the concubine was originally the prince who was most likely to inherit the great line. He was criticized by the world because he insisted on relying on the favor of the emperor, forcing the female slaves into good households and marrying them as regular wives. After that, he lost the favor of the emperor and the people. He brought his princess back to the fief to be an idle prince.

And the female medical officer who came out of the women's prison seemed to be in a much better situation.The female medical officer was born in a family of medicine, and her grandfather passed away suddenly due to a misdiagnosis of her illness.The female medical officer was young, unmarried, and still a blood relative in the clan, so she was implicated and demoted to a slave house to treat eunuch female slaves.Although the girl suffered such misfortune, she did not feel sorry for herself. She worked hard in the slave house and was widely respected.

It is also the sky that has eyes for current events to create people. Just in time, the little prince was seriously ill and the medical officers were helpless. The girl stepped forward, and within a month, the little prince recovered.The emperor at that time, Xiao Xueqiong's great-grandfather felt her loyalty, pardoned her sins, and ordered her to serve in the imperial hospital.A few years later, the plague in the southwest was rampant, and the court was gloomy and gloomy.The female doctor volunteered to inspect the epidemic area that was about to close the city, and after giving a cure for the disease, people threw themselves into river wells. Countless people saved their lives because of this. Even today, decades later, there are still people erecting monuments to her statue .This medical lady later became an envoy to Wupin Tai Hospital, but she died of illness not long after she took office. It is true that "it is easier for a doctor to save others than himself", and the two medical pharmacopoeias she left behind have been reprinted for many years.

It can be seen that although it is rare to see, even in the dusty and muddy women's prison, if you have to meet noble people, or have extraordinary talents, there will be a day when the clouds will bloom and the moon will shine.

Xiao Xueqiong is one of the few women in the women's prison who don't believe in fate. "Sooner or later, maybe a year, maybe ten years, Sister Yuerong will definitely rescue me." She firmly believes that, and before that day comes, she will work hard to live here.

The place where Xiao Xueqiong is staying now is the Laundry Bureau of the Ladies' Office. Although she is tired every day, she does some laundry work, which is much better than being assigned to pour night incense, feed dogs, and wash horses.When Xiao Xueqiong first arrived, she thought she was going to help the new emperor's concubines and princesses wash their clothes, because when she was a princess, the clothes were washed by the servants, she just changed, and she didn't know who did the laundry.Only after I came here did I realize that washing clothes in the palace also depends on qualifications. A lowly status like her can only wash blankets and curtains replaced by various halls in the palace, or clothes of eunuchs and maids of honor.As for the clothes of the concubines and princesses, the materials are expensive, and they are carefully made, and there are other special washing places.

After Li Yuerong became the princess, she often entered the palace in the name of asking for peace, and "dropped in" to visit the Clothes Bureau every now and then.Every time I come back, I have to think of ways to appreciate Xiao Xueqiong's things, jewelry, cosmetics, cakes and medicines, everything that one expects to find.Naturally, in order to help Sister Xueqiong create a good working atmosphere, other court ladies also want to reward them. Although they will not be as dedicated as rewarding Xiao Xueqiong, it is enough to win people's hearts.Xiaotou, the palace maid in charge of disciplining Xiao Xueqiong, received special favors from Li Yuerong, and took good care of Xiao Xueqiong, wishing she could just sit aside and watch the servants work every day. "The fox pretends to be the tiger" to be independent is not a long-term solution. It's okay to be lazy for a while. After a long time, the other court ladies will definitely feel dissatisfied. After all, the less work you do is the more work you do on others. some.So every time I work, although I don't take care of everything, I still refuse to shirk my own duties.

It was really difficult at the beginning. After a day, the palms and fingertips were covered with blood blisters from grinding, and there were bruises from accidental bumps when pounding clothes. I woke up every morning and felt like I was falling apart until I did one or two. After working for a long time, the soreness gradually became numb, but in the morning of the second day, it was the same pain as if the muscles and bones were dismantled.I don't know if Li Yuerong expected that Xiao Xueqiong would not be obediently lazy, and all kinds of plasters and supplements are always indispensable in the rewards, which just come in handy.

I don't know when sister Yuerong will come to see me again, Xiao Xueqiong turned over and yawned, staring at the dim lights in the distance, and gradually fell asleep.

Elder sister Yuerong, who Xiao Xueqiong was thinking about in the palace, was very busy at the mansion at the moment.

Li Yuerong is now officially conferred the title of princess, titled "Zhaoyang", and the princess who has become a relative should be ordered to leave the palace and live in the son-in-law's mansion.It's just that not long after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, there was no concubine mansion that should have been built before the princess got married, so the emperor changed the name of the mansion of the former Princess Yongchang and gave it to her.After the Xiao Dynasty fell, the servants of the Yongchang Mansion ran to sell everything, leaving only the old, the young, the sick, the disabled, and singers, and they were useless.As the manager of the family, Li Yuerong had to buy slaves and land in Beijing to rectify the family tradition on the one hand, and on the other hand had to deal with the new and old dignitaries who came to visit several times a day and almost broke through the threshold.

Staying at home in the northwest to recuperate from illness, the younger brother who didn't even catch up with the ceremony was full of grievances, and sent letters from his family to Beijing in a hurry, accusing his father and siblings of not thinking of him as a younger brother, and threatened not to send anyone again To pick him up, he rode over by himself on a little donkey.How could Li Yuerong forget this precious brother, it's just a long way from Yunzhong to Dijing Mountain, now that the world has been settled, bandits are rampant, and there is no military escort, how can she rest assured, so she has to find a way to get annoyed by the government. The emperor's father quickly sent someone to pick up Li Xu and other female relatives in the family.

In addition, what made Li Yuerong even more painstaking was Li Ke's marriage.Li Ke has turned seventeen, which is the age for men to marry.Previously, because the family was busy with making troubles (rebellion), the marriage of Li Ke and his fifth and sixth younger brothers Li Zhen and Li Zhi, who were one year younger than him, was put on hold.Today, although there are still a few separatist forces still remaining, most of the territory of the previous dynasty has fallen into their own pockets, and the marriages of several princes are naturally on the agenda.

After Li Ji's enthronement ceremony, he issued an edict to make his seven sons and four daughters princes and princesses, regardless of his concubines, regardless of their merits. Although some ministers raised objections, they were not accepted. For a while, everyone could not understand the emperor. the meaning of.At this time, aside from the princess, several princes are undoubtedly equal in name. Therefore, when an unmarried prince chooses a wife, whether the woman's family background can provide assistance to the husband is particularly important.

A marriage that is not based on emotion, but measured by interests may sound cruel, but in fact it is mostly a beautiful thing that you love and I hope everyone is happy.For the man, the real benefits are brought into his arms with the beautiful woman. Needless to say, he is satisfied. Let’s talk about those aristocratic women who are obviously married by themselves but can only obey their parents. Make up your own mind, instead of marrying a "stranger" with mediocre qualifications, it is better to marry the noble sons who also have no emotional foundation. After all, if the man is a young talent, it is easier to cultivate feelings after marriage.

But there are exceptions to everything, and some women just don't follow suit. For example, some families like to marry their daughters to their childhood sweetheart cousins; another example is our Princess Li Yuerong. Simply choose a husband-in-law.

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