[Red Mansions] The promotion of the female history of salted fish

Early the next morning, Yunling received the latest official news that Zhang Nvshi devoted herself to learning, and asked Concubine Zhuang several times to go to the big library in the palace.Concubine Zhuang saw that she had made up her mind and was always happy with the beauty of adults, so she had already agreed.

The big library is no longer in the Changchun Palace. It is the big library in the imperial palace. The variety of books in it is not comparable to the small library in other palaces.It sounds like a transfer from the book lending room to the library, but that's not the case at all.Not to mention the emperor in this palace, it is impossible to go to the big library to find books to read in person. The prince has a minister's study room, and the books read by the princess and concubines are all in the small library of his palace.In short, the big library is an inaccessible place, where you will not meet noble people for three to five years.

At the same time, the words of the little maids were circulated privately in the Changchun Palace. Zhang Nushi was disgusted by the emperor because she failed to seduce the emperor, so she ordered it to be sent to the big library.There were no more than a dozen court ladies in the main hall that day. When this incident happened, everyone seemed to have seen it with their own eyes. When mentioning Zhang Jinru, he also said, "I have long had eyes on the top of my head, and I thought I was the master and empress, so I didn't even look at it." See if you are worthy!"

Yunling was a little sad. Although Zhang Jinru had satirized her, she didn't think Zhang Jinru would be such a person.As the saying goes, it is not your friends who know you best, but your enemies.She and Zhang Jinru are not enemies, but every time Zhang Jinru chokes on her words, Yunling can see some of her thoughts.

From Zhang Jinru's point of view, in this harem, court ladies and eunuchs are equated. The emperor's personal servants are eunuchs, and concubines are court ladies. In short, they are slaves.And these female historians are equated with the ministers of the previous dynasty, and they are the courtiers who assist the queen.That's why she would show untimely arrogance to court ladies, and would frown when Yunling said witty words to Concubine Zhuang, because she felt that this was not the job of an upright "subject".

It was hard for Yunling to imagine that Zhang Jinru, who had such an idea, would take the initiative to seduce the emperor. There were rumors in the Changchun Palace these days, and Zhang Jinru had never been out of the house.Baisha and Zizhu scolded a few young maids, so they didn't dare to spread the rumors publicly. As for flirting and pointing in private, Baisha and Zizhu couldn't control it either.

In the morning, Yunling would accompany Concubine Zhuang to worship the Buddha, and in the afternoon, she took time to visit Zhang Jinru.Perhaps because of the gossip going on outside, Zhang Jinru was laying on the bed with her eyes closed when Yun Ling left, her face was pale, her lips were already dry, and she looked like she had been hit too hard.

The little maid serving Zhang Jinru has gone out, and now she is begging her grandpa to tell her grandma about her relationship, hoping to stay in Changchun Palace.Hearing someone entering the room, Zhang Jinru opened his eyelids a little, "It's you, why, finally couldn't help but come over to see my jokes?"

Yunling shook her head, sat at the table and poured a cup of tea, and brought it to her, "I heard the officials in the former court say that 'you can't join the cabinet unless you are in the Imperial Academy', isn't the big library in the inner palace just a good place to read ?”

Zhang Jinru was a little stunned when she opened her mouth and said, "Didn't you always disagree with that?" She was just not good at communicating with people, and it wasn't that she didn't know Yunling's inner thoughts at all.

Yunling smiled and stuffed the tea bowl into her hand, "But I don't believe that a person who aims to help the queen manage the harem is a fool."

Zhang Jinru took the tea from Yunling's hand, lowered her head and recalled the events of that day.

It turned out that after coming out of Yunling's room with the excuse of being overwhelmed with alcohol that day, thinking that Yunling had helped Concubine Zhuang draw up the menu before the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Zhang Jinru became more and more uneasy: Could Concubine Zhuang have completely forgotten that there is still a menu in the library of Changchun Palace? What about a female history?She also learned how to formulate the holiday menu from her mother at home!After the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be a New Year's banquet. If you don't let Concubine Zhuang think of her quickly, will you just waste time in the deep palace like this in the future?

Zhang Jinru seldom drinks alcohol, but today he drank a couple of sips of wine, with a rush in his heart, thinking that he might as well wait for Concubine Zhuang to come back in the main hall, so he waved away the little maids who were looking at the room, and waited until he saw Concubine Zhuang for a while. The script I said has passed countless times in my stomach.

Unexpectedly, during the reunion festival, at the palace banquet ahead, the third prince was angry with the prince again. The eldest prince fell in love with a dancer and wanted to take him back to the mansion. The fifth prince was still in Shandong and did not come back, which made the old emperor angry again.Originally wanted to chat with the noble concubine on the night after the festival, but now I don't want to talk, and go back to Changchun Palace with Zhuang Concubine directly.

Since the emperor came with him, it is natural that no noise is allowed in the Changchun Palace.Those who went out with Concubine Zhuang were all second-class maids except Zi Zhu, the close-knit maid. They didn't care much when they saw that the little maids who were watching the house were all in the courtyard: when they were with Concubine Zhuang, these little maids were not qualified to enter the house. of.Concubine Zhuang saw the emperor rubbing her forehead twice as if she had a headache, and before she crossed the threshold of the main hall, she hurriedly ordered the maid to pour tea.

The little palace lady originally wanted to find a second-class lady-in-waiting sister she knew to report that Zhang Nushi was in the house, but she didn't expect that the second-class palace ladies did not stay in the courtyard for a while, and immediately followed after Concubine Zhuang entered the house.The little maid turned pale with fright, but she didn't dare to enter the house, she could only comfort herself that Zhang Nushi was a living person, it was impossible for her sisters to enter the house without seeing her.

Speaking of which, the second-class maids here naturally did not delay when they entered the house, and went straight to the waiter.Coincidentally, Zhang Jinru persuaded herself for a long time today, and was planning to make tea by herself when Concubine Zhuang came back, and she was also in the tea room at the moment.When they met in the waiter, the maid on Concubine Zhuang's side inevitably asked a few more questions, "Why is the female history here?" Before Zhang Jinru could answer, Concubine Zhuang heard the voice and asked, "Who is there?"

While cheering herself up, Zhang Jinru walked out of the waiter quickly, and said, "Mr. Shi, the female secretary Zhang, I have something to report to your empress." In order to appear dignified, she deliberately amplified her voice.

At the same time, the old emperor only heard a sharp "woo", as if someone was holding a whistle and blowing in his ear, or someone was standing beside him scratching the glass with his fingernails, almost reflexively, the old emperor He stretched out his hands to cover his ears, but the annoying voice in his ear not only did not abate in the slightest, on the contrary it became more and more serious.

The lips of the female history who came out of the waiter were still opening and closing. The old emperor finally couldn't help but dropped the wrench that had been spinning in his hand, and said in a bad tone, "Get out!"

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Until now, Zhang Jinru didn't know where he had offended the saint.It's just that seeing Yunling's persuasion is sincere and sincere, and she doesn't seem to be gloating at other people's misfortunes, so she can't help but have the patience to bid farewell to Yunling.

She didn't know what was wrong with her. Concubine Zhuang had stayed in the deep palace for 20 years, and the Tai Hospital still had some staff.Hearing the report from the imperial hospital's eyeliner, Concubine Zhuang sighed, and beckoned to Zizhu, "Where's the tortoiseshell glasses that my natal family brought in the year before last? Find it and put it outside."

The emperor's ears have problems, how can concubines of the same age still have good health and have no problems at all?Concubine Zhuang narrowed her eyes, alas, as I get old, my eyes start to blur.

Zizhu went to look for glasses, Concubine Zhuang turned to look at Jiang Nanny, "That child Yunling is still with Zhang Nvshi?"

Nanny Jiang nodded and said yes, she had been with Concubine Zhuang for a long time, and she was less daring to speak up than Baisha in this situation, she shook her head and said, "Nvshi Zhang is also out of luck."

The emperor himself said, "Since this female historian is knowledgeable, she was wronged in the Changchun Palace, so she might as well be transferred to the big library to save wasted time." They knew that it was just the emperor's tinnitus that made him vent his anger, but so what?

Concubine Zhuang shook her head, her eyes fell on the ginkgo tree in the courtyard, "Yunling is a good one." How could this Changchun Palace hide it from her ears?She knew that Zhang Nvshi and Miao Yunling didn't agree with each other, and they vaguely quarreled a few times.Under such circumstances, it was rare for Yunling to bid farewell to Zhang Jinru in a good manner.

Seeing Concubine Zhuang's thoughts gone, Mother Jiang lowered her head and changed the tea on the table.

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On August [-], Zhang Jinru officially moved to the big library in the inner palace.In addition to chanting scriptures every day, Concubine Zhuang added a hobby of painting.

As September entered, the sky began to cool down gradually, and in October, Yunling spent more time by Zhuang Concubine's side.There is no way, her small dormitory is too cold now, and only by staying with Concubine Zhuang can she get some charcoal fire and barely maintain a warm appearance.The strange thing is that in such a cold weather, Concubine Li and the fifth concubine came to visit more and more frequently.After all, Concubine Li is the lord of the first palace, so she won't be like her, she came here by rubbing coals, right?

That day Yunling was nestling beside the stove in Changchun Palace doing needlework—don’t get me wrong, she had already given the pair of knee pads to Concubine Zhuang last time, and now it was Lu who remembered Concubine Zhuang’s winter and still didn’t put down her calligraphy and painting. Finger gloves.

Don't underestimate this fingerless glove, the raw material alone will make it hard for Yunling to die.In fact, the fabric at this time is very seldom elastic, such as natural silk, which needs to be handled with care, and a tear can be torn if you don't pay attention.Wool has been around for a long time, but it is very rough, not to mention elastic, and it can't even be dyed. It is not suitable for Zhuang Concubine.

Although she didn't expect Concubine Zhuang to wear one glove for half a year, she couldn't last three days!What's more, the small gloves worn indoors in winter are more popular than large sleeves and hand stoves because they are close to the skin and elastic. Without elasticity, aren't these gloves even inferior?

Elastic wool, which is widely used in later generations, was added when weaving, but it was not available at this time. Yunling had no choice but to choose fine cotton cloth as the lining, with cashmere densely sewn on the inside, and dark patterns on the outside. Bixialuo, referring to the pocket that can be tightened by pulling the thread, made a "rope" with light and soft silk on the wrist.Anyway, it is impossible for Concubine Zhuang to be unattended, and it is enough for her to put her hand inside and let the maid tie the belt.

At this moment, someone from outside came to report, "Miss Li and the Fifth Prince and Concubine have arrived."