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

Yunling was walking on the palace road, with a palace maid leading the way in front, Yuyan beside her was carrying a small bundle, and behind her were several rough envoys and eunuchs who were pointed out by Concubine Zhuang to help her carry the suitcase.She remembered that she followed the maid who led the way all the way back then, from Chuxiu Palace to Changchun Palace, and now she was going from Changchun Palace to another courtyard.

People have been in a closed environment for a long time, and they will feel particularly shocked when they come to an open place.After leaving the palace, who knows which corner gate, Yunling stood on the square paved with bluestone slabs, feeling that her breathing became smoother.The maid who led the way looked around, then walked towards a green-topped carriage parked by the roadside. The sedan body of that carriage was blue, and there were several elderly women and a driver standing beside the carriage. coachman.

As they got closer, Yunling realized that on the other side of the sedan chair were standing a few maidservants wearing hang silk bijia. The clothes on their bodies were brown in color with pink auspicious cloud patterns embroidered on them.Yun Ling had seen this style before, it was the costume of the servant girl next to the Fifth Prince's Concubine.

Sure enough, when she walked closer, Yunling recognized the maid who was huddled in the lee and kept slapping her hands: it was Yao Huang who was always with the fifth concubine.Although Yao Huang was huddled in the lee behind the sedan chair, he poked his head out from time to time, seeing Yun Ling and the others coming together, he quickly laughed, squatted down, and made a blessing, "I've seen Ruzi."

Yun Ling and the servants beside the Fifth Prince are also familiar, seeing that she came here in person, she couldn't help but also smiled, "Why are you here? It's such a cold day, just ask a little girl I know to take it with me."

She could say that, but Yao Huang couldn't take it seriously, and just smiled, "Your Majesty is thinking about you, knowing that you are going to enter the mansion today, I don't know how many times I have ordered the servants to come and tell you about the affairs of the mansion." These are things that the fifth prince and concubine would not mention when they meet her, so I sent Yao Huang over to talk to her first, saving Yunling's eyes when she entered the mansion.

Yunling nodded, knowing that this was the main reason why the Fifth Prince called Yao Huang over, estimated the size of the carriage, took Yao Huang's hand and said, "Then you and Yuyan can ride with me in the carriage."

Yao Huang naturally had no objection.A big maid like her usually waits inside the house, and rarely stands outside for a long time.Today, when she came to pick up someone, she followed the car and stood outside for a while, and now her face felt stiff.

So Yunling got into the car first, Yao Huang followed behind Yunling, and finally Yuyan.This was Yunling's first time riding a carriage in ancient times, so she was inevitably a little curious.Although this car is only pulled by a horse in the front, the sedan body at the back is not too small. Yunling roughly estimated the size of a double bed.At the end of the sedan chair, there is a small table with the width of a pillow, on which are placed things such as heaters, blankets, teapots, and aromatherapy.

Compared with Yao Huang and Yuyan, Yunling is the master after all, so he sat down on the left after getting on the bus, Yao Huang and Yuyan sat side by side on the right after getting on the bus, Yao Huang got on first and sat inside , Yuyan sat a little closer to the door.

The coachman outside said hello, and after hearing Yao Huang say that the three of them were seated firmly, he raised his whip to urge the horse to get up.Although there was no rubber on the wheels of the carriage at this time, and no shock-absorbing springs on the bottom of the carriage, the technical content of the "driver" was much higher than that of later generations, especially the "driver" of the noble family: Yunling was surprised to find that the carriage had a little It was a small bump, but it was completely within my acceptable range, and it was not at the same level as the vibration I estimated when I did my mental construction for a long time.

After Yao Huang gave orders to the coachman, he turned around and introduced to Yunling, "So that Ruzi will know that our Fifth Highness does not value women, and now there is only one side concubine, two Ruzi, and three concubines in the mansion." Yunling counted After all, this Highness is said to have been born in the Jiayin year, and is now 27 years old. Counting the fifth concubine and her, there are a total of eight women. Good guy, this is still the least feminine among the princes.

I heard Yao Huang continue, "Our concubine's surname is Cui, and my father is the magistrate of Huizhou. My aunt was also very favored when she was in her natal family, so this magistrate also attaches great importance to Cui's concubine." Yun Ling slightly After some calculations, the rank of Zhizhou is related to the population size of the governed area and whether the economy is prosperous, generally from the fifth rank to the fourth rank.Huizhou is not a bad place, probably this Mr. Cui is an official from the fourth rank or the fifth rank.

Don't look at the "first-rank high-ranking officials" and "second-rank high-ranking officials" in ancient TV dramas. In fact, there are not many officials in Daliang who can reach the third rank.The fifth prince's concubine's natal Dong's family is a family of calligraphy and painting, and she was born in a noble family. The current fifth prince's concubine's father's job is also noble: Youqian is the censor.For the job of censor, the seven-rank supervisory censor who can go out of Beijing has a lot of power in the local area, but it is more embarrassing for the censor of the left and right capitals who stay in the capital: after all, there are censors of the left and right capitals and the censors of the left and right deputy capitals Woolen cloth.Therefore, in terms of influence in the government, the concubine's natal family should be inferior to the concubine Cui's natal family.However, the concubine is a concubine, which is probably why Yao Huang specifically named side concubine Cui as "auntie": in the chain of contempt in the ancient world, the concubine always looked down upon the concubine.

Yunling nodded to show that she understood, so Yao Huang continued, "Below Concubine Cui are two Ruzi. Wang Ruzi is the biological mother of the second elder brother in the family, and has a gentle temperament; Feng Ruzi is the niece of Mr. Feng in the family. Romance. Then there is you." Yunling heard the Fifth Prince's concubine mention it before, saying that the biological mother of the second elder brother in the family "has been with the prince for a long time", Yao Huang also said that this person has a gentle temperament, Yunling guessed that this person Wang Ruzi used to be a concubine, because the Situ family had few sons, and the second elder brother saw that he could take care of him, so he was invited by the fifth prince to make him a concubine.

As for Mr. Feng... he is probably a Qing guest or an aide in the fifth prince's residence.Judging from the Fifth Prince's usual style of painting, it is unlikely that the mansion would keep chattering guests.Even the maids around the prince's concubine call him "Mr. Feng". It is estimated that this gentleman's status in the prince's mansion is really not low.The two boys, one with seniority and the other with background, couldn't be offended, Yunling silently wrote it down.

Sure enough, Yao Huang's next words confirmed Yunling's conjecture, "As for the three concubines, they are easy to recognize. Concubine Zhao is the oldest, and like Wang Ruzi, she was an old man who served His Highness before the big wedding; The next concubine is the dowry of the empress; there is also a concubine Chen, who is beautiful and good at singing and dancing, and was honored by the officials there when His Highness followed the emperor to Jiangnan three years ago."

Well, although there are only eight women, except for Wang and Zhao who belong to the same batch, the rest, including myself, have different reasons for entering the mansion.Yun Ling felt that the fifth prince's backyard was "Eighteen Ways Ancient Men Take Concubines" in capital letters!

The carriage had been running along a road for a long time, and at this moment the coachman in front greeted him and turned a corner.Although the place where Yunling came out just now was an unknown corner gate of the imperial palace, it was also near the imperial palace after all, with strict guards, ordinary people would not go there.Now that she has turned this corner, there seems to be the sound of someone talking outside, Yunling only has the real feeling of "returning to the human world".

Yao Huang opened the car curtain on her side and Yuyan's side, and Yunling could see the outside scenery slightly from where she was sitting.Probably the road from the imperial palace to the Fifth Prince's Mansion belonged to the wealthy area, Yunling really didn't see the most distinctive street vendors or roadside stalls in ancient times.Instead, I passed by a few luxuriously decorated restaurants, with high plaques, and the inscription "so-and-such building"; later, I passed by a few bookstores, and the literati and students who came out of them were holding books, chatting and laughing occasionally, really relaxed scenery.

Seeing that she was sitting in the same posture and only looking out from time to time, Yao Huang thought that Yunling was getting impatient, so he comforted him with a smile, "It's almost there, and we will cross two roads at the end of this street. The house is here."

Yun Ling is not in a hurry, in fact, she wished that this road would take a little longer!It's just that the horse's footsteps are much faster than people's. After a while, the road full of shops just now came to an end. After crossing two roads and entering a new street, Yunling found that people walking on this road No matter how inconspicuous it looked, the clothes were also made of silk and satin, with exquisite embroidery, and looked like a servant of a rich family.These people would skillfully move to the side of the road when they saw the carriage coming, but there was no reaction at all.

The carriage stopped in front of a dark door, Yao Huang stretched out his head to look, clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay, we're here!" But he didn't get out of the carriage.Seeing that her gaze was fixed elsewhere, Yunling not only didn't come to help her, she didn't even turn sideways to let her pass, so she didn't rush to get out of the car.

Sure enough, I saw those few talking to Mrs. Che and the porter. The coachman skillfully unloaded the car where Yunling was sitting, and then came out of the porter with a few stout eunuchs. Get up the sedan chair of Yunling and the others and walk inside.After passing the threshold, several people put down the carriage again, and pulled the car forward entirely by manpower.In this way, after passing two thresholds, the car lady came to report, "please get off the car."

When getting out of the car, Yuyan and Yao Huang were the first to turn around and help Yunling get off the shaft.As soon as they got out of the car, they saw a small sedan chair with a person beside the car, Yao Huang and Yu Yan helped Yun Ling onto the sedan chair, and followed the sedan chair by themselves.This time the speed was faster than the eunuchs, probably because the sedan chair was much lighter.After passing through the Moon Cave Gate, the women who carried the sedan chairs slowed down, and after a while, they stopped the sedan chairs and replaced a group of people, probably because the women from the outer courtyard could not enter the inner courtyard, and the third group of people carried Yunling to the Chuihua Gate. Yao Huang came over to remind Yunling that it was time to get off the sedan chair.

Yunling got out of the sedan chair and walked in while holding Yuyan's hand. Once she entered the door, there was a big tree in front of her.Going around the big tree from the Chaoshou veranda, the front is the front hall, after passing the front hall and going back, you will arrive at the main house of her small courtyard...