The concubine of Germany is as beautiful as a god [Qing wear]

On the way to the Compassionate Palace, Eunuch Shang mentioned a few words.

"When you meet the empress dowager, you should lower your eyebrows and be pleasing to the eye, and you must not look directly at the master, remember?"

"Thank you for reminding me, Ma Guan has remembered."

"Don't worry too much. The empress dowager praised you for the delicious snacks. She presumably wants to reward you. Just don't talk nonsense."

"Thank you, Eunuch, for reminding me."

"Our family sees that you are also a clever person, so there must be nothing wrong."

"Thanks to my father-in-law's blessings, Ma Yuan had the opportunity to be summoned by the Empress Dowager. Ma Yuan will always remember the father-in-law's suggestion, and will never forget it."

"Oh, your little mouth is so sweet."

Ma Juan smiled, feeling a little excited, this Empress Dowager is the legendary Xiaozhuang!

No matter how little she knew about the concubines of the Qing Dynasty, she also knew Xiaozhuang's status and achievements. She was definitely an outstanding female politician.

Presumably heroic, majestic and solemn.

Not long after, he entered the Compassionate Peace Palace.

The Compassionate Ning Palace is quiet and quiet, now it's time to light up the lanterns, and the palace is brightly lit.Compared with the daytime, it has a different flavor.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, the horse has arrived." Eunuch Shang went in to report.

"Come in." The Empress Dowager said.

After a while, Ma Quan walked in with Eunuch Shang.

"My maidservant has seen the Empress Dowager." Ma Guan knelt down on the ground, bowing her eyebrows and paying her respects.

Although I really wanted to see what the Empress Dowager looked like, reason overcame curiosity.

"Get up." The Empress Dowager smiled and asked, "Did you make this dim sum? The craftsmanship is pretty good. It seems that you are not very old, did you go to elementary school?"

Ma Guan replied obediently: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the slaves have learned to cook from the cook since they were young. Because my grandfather was the head of the imperial dining room, so the family likes to cook."

"Your grandfather served as the steward of the imperial dining room? What is your grandfather's name?" The Empress Dowager was a little curious.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, the servant's grandfather's surname is Wu Ya, and the number of places is limited."

"It turned out to be Frontal Ginseng." The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "Front Ginseng has raised a good granddaughter."

Aunt Su Ma also smiled and said, "Ecan is also an old acquaintance. He used to be the head of the kitchen. No wonder Ma Guan is so good at cooking."

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly and said, "Raise your head."

Eunuch Shang's heart tightened, and he was sweating for Ma Guan.

Ma Guan didn't realize it, and raised his chin, not daring to look directly at the Empress Dowager.

The air was suddenly quiet.

Ma Guan immediately noticed the abnormality, and this situation also happened when the aunts of the palaces came to select candidates.

what is the problem?

"This child looks good." After a while, the Empress Dowager spoke in a flat tone, unable to tell whether she was happy or angry.

"You look well-behaved, your cooking skills are good, and you look very clever. Master, you just don't have someone by your side, why don't you keep her?" Aunt Su Ma has served Xiaozhuang for decades, and her ability to read words and demeanor is already at its peak.

She knew that the Empress Dowager had taken a fancy to Ma Quan, and she didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for Ma Quan.

She quietly looked at the little girl in front of her, her eyebrows and eyes were [-]% similar to that of the deceased queen, but the bridge of her nose was higher and her mouth was smaller.

The deceased queen was gentle and virtuous, but Ma Guan was more lively and lively, just like two sisters.

Now she is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she is handsome and lovely. If she waits for two more years, she will be crowned as the harem.

The empress dowager wants to raise a little promise for the emperor?Since the queen's death, the emperor seldom went to the harem.

While thinking about it, the Empress Dowager nodded, expressing her consent.

Aunt Su Ma reminded with a smile: "Ma Guan, why don't you hurry up and thank you?"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Ma Yuan was confused, feeling that something was wrong everywhere, that she was actually favored by the Empress Dowager, and was going to stay in the Compassionate Ning Palace?

However, this is not a bad thing. The empress dowager's status in the palace is very high, which means that her backing is very strong, and the safety factor has increased a little.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager was kinder and gentler than expected. She took a sneak peek and saw that the other party was dignified and elegant, exuding a dignified aura all over her body.

As expected of Xiaozhuang!

The Empress Dowager asked with a smile, "How old is it?"

"My servant is sixteen this year." In fact, she just turned fifteen a few days ago.

"When did you enter the palace? Ai's family didn't know that there were maids with such good cooking skills in the imperial dining room." The Empress Dowager liked it more and more, so she asked a few more questions.

Ma Guan replied: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the servants will enter the palace this year, and they will be in the imperial dining room for exactly one month."

"Oh?" The Empress Dowager looked suspiciously at La Aunt Su Ma and asked, "Why is such a well-behaved child assigned to the imperial dining room?"

Aunt Su Ma secretly thought, maybe the ladies of the palaces deliberately left people behind when they were picking people. The ladies of the palaces had all seen the dead queen, and they were unwilling to pick Ma Guan when they saw the portrait of the living one.

Otherwise, wouldn't you be making things difficult for your master?

Besides, if the emperor sees him in the future, and the emperor is interested in Ma Guan again, the master will probably be stunned to death.

"Maybe it's because of Ma Guan's outstanding cooking skills." Lagu Su Ma replied with a smile.

Ma Guan echoed, "Auntie said so."

The Empress Dowager picked up the teacup and took a sip. If Aunt Su Ma could think of it, she could think of it too.

"The dim sum you made is delicious, and the Ai family likes it very much." The Empress Dowager praised and winked at Aunt Su Ma: "Give her the bracelet that the Ai family got a while ago."

"I'll get it now, servant girl." Aunt Su Ma responded, and quickly fetched a blue bracelet, and gave it to Ma Guan.

"Thank you for the reward from the Empress Dowager." Ma Guan suppressed her joy and held the bracelet with both hands. This is the treasure bestowed by the Empress Dowager!

What good people and good deeds have done this time is really worth it.

"Shang Jin, lead the horse down." The Empress Dowager ordered, as if she was tired.

"Yes." Eunuch Shang looked a little more happy, and once again lamented the luck of this Maru.

The resemblance to the deceased queen is either a blessing or a curse, and now it seems to be a blessing.

After the two retreated, Aunt Su Ma removed the snacks and beat the back of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager asked: "Ma Guan looks good, please mention her more in the future."

"Your servant has made a note." Aunt Su Ma said with a smile.

……

Ma Quan stayed in the Compassion Palace.

Xu Shi had to be treated differently by the Empress Dowager, but Eunuch Shang actually gave her a separate room, which made many court ladies envious.

The life of the Compassionate Ning Palace is very leisurely, she is only in charge of the Empress Dowager's dim sum, that is to say, only when the Empress Dowager wants to eat dim sum, she needs to make it and then deliver it.

On weekdays, she followed La Aunt Su Ma and was taught by La Aunt Su Ma the details of serving the Empress Dowager.In addition, Lagu Su Ma also asked her to read and write, as if she was being trained as a court lady.

Aunt Su Ma praised her for her diligence and cleverness, and the Empress Dowager was also very satisfied with her, but within half a month, her position in the Palace of Compassion and Ning was established.

But Ma Guan was very knowledgeable, very cautious, never arrogant, and always respected the other court ladies who served the Empress Dowager personally, making them feel ashamed to find fault.

"Master, these are the Buddhist scriptures that my servants copied today." On this day, Ma Guan had just finished studying and showed the copied Buddhist scriptures to the Empress Dowager.

Ever since she knew she could write, Aunt Su Ma asked her to copy Buddhist scriptures, because the Empress Dowager liked it.

And every time the copy is finished, it will be shown to the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager never tires of it.

"Well, today's writing has improved again, Su Mala, give her a piece of red bean muffin."

Ma Guan was confused, did the Empress Dowager ask someone else to make red bean sponge cake?Is this dissatisfaction with her cooking skills?

But Aunt Su Ma covered her mouth and smiled lightly, and said: "Ma Guan, hurry up and make a plate of red bean muffin for the master."

"Yes." Ma Guan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, co-authoring with the Empress Dowager wanted to eat it herself.

This is by lending her hand and rewarding her.

She stood up and left, and went straight to the small kitchen of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

In the past, no one in the Compassionate Ning Palace would do this, so Eunuch Shang was asked to go to the imperial dining room. Since she came, the small kitchen in the Compassionate Ning Palace has come in handy.

As soon as she left, Aunt Su Ma smiled and said, "The servant was frightened when she saw her, thinking you don't like eating her cooking, master."

The Empress Dowager also laughed: "Ai's family has eaten six or seven times in the past half a month. Let her do it every other day. I'm afraid it will leave an impression in her heart that she loves red bean muffins. Don't tell the emperor about it. , otherwise you will have to nag again."

"The emperor cares about his master..."

"The emperor is here." The two were talking, when the eunuch's announcement suddenly sounded outside.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Aunt Su Ma: "I really mean Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here."

La Aunt Su Ma smiled, the relationship between the emperor and his master is very good, they would come here every day to say hello, sometimes three or four times a day, and they never get tired of it.

I saw a bright yellow figure stepping in, handsome and majestic, very young, only in his early twenties.

There was a smile on the corner of his lips, as if something good had happened and he couldn't hide it.

"Grandson has met the emperor's grandmother." Kangxi greeted him familiarly, with a submissive expression.

"The emperor is here at this time, but is there something important?" The empress dowager waved her hand, signaling him to sit down beside her.

"Nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the emperor's grandmother." Kangxi's smile became more and more obvious, and he couldn't help saying: "Just half an hour ago, a minister came to report that the king of Shaanxi surrendered. Since Wu Sangui proposed to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, It has been more than a year since the southern provinces have responded one after another. Now things have finally turned around, and the pacification of the Southwest is just around the corner!"

The empress dowager also showed joy: "This is indeed a great thing, but the emperor should not be complacent, he needs to be cautious and make persistent efforts."

"Keep in mind the teachings of the imperial grandmother and grandchildren." Kangxi naturally knew this truth, but he was too excited for a while, so he wanted to share it with others.

Glancing at the Buddhist scriptures next to him from the corner of his eye, he said with concern: "Is the imperial grandmother copying the Buddhist scriptures again? You should pay more attention to your body."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's not copied by the Ai family, the Ai family's handwriting is prettier than this."

Kangxi took a closer look and found that the handwriting was indeed different: "It's my grandson who misread it. The emperor's grandmother's handwriting is beautiful and elegant. How can this person compare to it? Next time my grandson reminds the harem, don't send ugly handwriting." Come to dirty the eyes of the emperor's grandmother."

Although this word is not very ugly, it is also ordinary. In the past, I am afraid that Lagu Su Ma would throw it away if he could not get it in front of the emperor's grandmother.

I don't know which concubine is so powerful that she actually handed such words to the emperor's grandmother.

The empress dowager laughed, and Kangxi was at a loss.

It was La Aunt Su Ma who explained: "Your Majesty, this was not copied by concubines, but by a newly picked maid in the palace. The master asked her to practice calligraphy."

Kangxi was even more surprised that a new court lady was so valued by the emperor's grandmother?You know, the emperor's grandmother is not even so patient with his concubines.

"It's a coincidence that you are here today, and the snacks for the evening are available." The Empress Dowager was in a good mood, and Kangxi became more and more puzzled.