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

Back in the room, Xiaoyan was holding Yunling's changed clothes and was about to go out. She was a little surprised that Yunling came back so early, "I just listened to the front yard laughing and making noise, thinking that today I might be separated. It's late, I just came back to wash clothes, why did Nv Shi come back so early?"

Yun Ling was a little helpless, "The sage is here, I can't wait to be disturbed, so I'll come back first." Thinking about it made her feel bad, she didn't want to continue talking about this, so she simply started a new topic, pointed to the clothes in Xiaoyan's hand and asked , "It's time to wash clothes, it's not easy to dry at night, right?"

Holding the clothes with her hands, Xiaoyan couldn't wave her hands, so she shook her head, "The sun is full this month, and the heat won't dissipate at night. Don't worry about the cool breeze tonight, Nushi, after washing, hang it out overnight. Guaranteed to do it."

Yunling nodded, went into the room and walked around, thinking to herself that the ancients went to bed early and couldn't do anything at night without electric lights.After Xiaoyan finished drying her clothes, she simply made the bed and went to sleep.

I don't know if it's because I lay down early today, Yunling tossed and turned on the bed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep.Xiaoyan was lying on the bed in the outer room, listening to Yunling's continuous turning over, she finally couldn't help asking, "What happened to Nushi today?"

Yunling also couldn't tell what happened to her tonight, probably what the emperor said to the third princess had stimulated her.She used to be a little fortunate that she also landed in the harem, but at least she didn't wear it on the body of the concubine.Although according to the division of feudal dynasties, concubines belong to the "lord" and her female history belongs to the "inner minister", but as long as she survives to leave the palace, who cares about the master?

After being transferred to Concubine Zhuang, she became more determined in this idea.I try my best to build a good relationship with Concubine Zhuang every day, and I hope that when I leave the palace, Concubine Zhuang will allow her to pull the banner of the palace when interacting with people, and she will not bully others. As long as you don't get bullied, you're fine.

At that time, she will find a pleasing little brother near the capital to start a family. With modern knowledge and Concubine Zhuang's banner, she doesn't have to worry about troubles from rich and powerful families to open a shop, or it's not bad to buy some land to be a small landlord!Regardless of ancient or modern times, anyway, work hard and live seriously.

But seeing the third princess today, it was so easy for her to go back to the palace and have a happy banquet. She didn't play all night. After being defeated by the emperor, she had to support and agree with Concubine Zhuang. It was the first time she knew clearly I realize that the so-called princess is like this in front of the king and father.Although it is mainly because that person is the king, how do ordinary people here get along with their parents?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help falling asleep even more, turned over, faced Xiaoyan's bed, and asked curiously, "What did you do at home before you entered the palace?"

Xiaoyan thought for a while, "It seems that I was fishing by the river. When I was young, I could rock the boat. My brother can't rock the boat as fast as I can." There was inevitably a bit of complacency in her tone.

When the 14-year-old girl talked about her childhood, Yunling couldn't help laughing, "So, you are from the south? My hometown is also in the south."

Although the two often chatted before, this was the first time this topic was brought up. Xiaoyan was a little excited, "Really? Then I really have a fate with Nvshi." After finishing speaking, she looked a little disappointed, "But Nvshi may I can go back and have a look, I have no chance to go back."

Yun Ling was also a little silent, she was also a young woman in the harem, female history was official, and there was a time limit for leaving the palace;Although it is said that the women in the harem rely more on the nuns promoted by the palace maids than the nuns in matters of confidantes, but how many palace maids can one become a nun?The white-headed old maids are all lucky.

"Why did you enter the palace in the first place?" Yunling turned back, looked at the curtains hanging on the bed, and asked in a low voice.

"When I was nine years old, my father suddenly fell ill. My grandmother said it was my mother's fault, and the family had no money. Originally, my grandmother wanted to sell my mother to treat my father's illness. Later, it happened that the palace bought the palace maid's When the father-in-law received it from my house, my mother sold me." Xiaoyan's tone was calm, as if she was talking about a very normal thing, without any resentment, "It's actually okay to sell me. At the age of three, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn the rules when I'm in the palace, and I won't be able to survive."

But Yunling suddenly felt that the darkness around her seemed to thicken, making her unable to breathe.She seemed like she should say something, but she didn't seem to be able to say anything.Yes, this is the feudal dynasty, ancient times where men were superior to women.In modern times, some people always say that requiring women to marry and have children is to objectify women, but here, after marriage, women can really be bought and sold as objects.The man in the family is not the husband, but the owner.

Amitabha, let’s stay single to the end, stay safe and stay single.

The next day, Yunling accidentally got two dark circles under her eyes. Before going out, she rolled the egg several times but it didn't get any better, so she had to apply some powder to cover it.Concubine Zhuang was in good spirits, and after getting up early in the morning to send the emperor to court, she didn't rest at all, and went straight to the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion.

In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager sits at the top, the concubines are at the bottom, and then the Crown Princess and all the princes and concubines.

In fact, in terms of rank, the Crown Princess should be above all the concubines.After all, even a concubine with a title like Concubine Zhuang is only a first-class concubine, while the concubine Crown Princess is a super-grade concubine, and she has to worship the ancestral temple with the prince every New Year's festival.It's just that the concubines are the emperor's women after all. When the princess first married in, she said that she was young and her seniority was too young, so she dared not sit above all the concubines, so when she was seated, she was only at the head of the princes and concubines.

The queen mother is a kind grandmother. She turned a deaf ear to the sour and jealous words that occasionally came out when her son's concubine paid her respects. She only smiled and talked to the princess, "It's too hot this year, how is the prince?"

"Thank you for your concern, Grandmother." The princess stood up and bowed in front of her seat. "Everything is fine, Your Highness."

"Isn't the weather too hot? I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been very angry recently." Concubine Zhen turned the ring on her hand and said leisurely, "It's just that it's better to be lenient. Too many lives can hurt the sky, right?"

There are no secrets in the palace, and all the empresses have heard about the killing of the little eunuch and the little maid in the East Palace two days ago.As soon as Concubine Zhen opened her mouth, some people bowed their heads to drink tea, some people studied the embroidery on the handkerchief, some people found that the floor tiles of the Palace of Compassion and Peace had changed to a new style, and they were very interested in the new style.

The Crown Princess looked indifferent, "Concubine Zhen's mother is lenient, that's because Concubine Zhen's heart is magnanimous. Your Highness and I can't see slaves who act recklessly and without respect."

Concubine Zhen is a very proud woman. Of course, the emperor had almost favored her for the past 20 years and could tolerate her pride.Hearing what the Crown Princess said at this time, I couldn't help but cover my mouth and laughed, "Why don't everyone in the palace now say that the rules of the East Palace are strict, and the maids around me also make mistakes, and I only have a staff of twenty to forty. There is no one who is carried out of the palace gate..."

The queen mother waved her hand, "It's right to be kind to others, but you can't be too kind to this court lady and eunuch." She glanced at the granddaughter-in-law and sighed a little, "You are all grown up. , I don’t know, some eunuchs are hateful, and they deliberately hook up the young master so that they don’t learn well, so that they can benefit from it.”

The Queen Mother even opened her mouth to rescue the Crown Princess, so what else is there to say?Concubine Zhuang sat beside the queen mother, and said with a smile, "That's exactly what I said. I heard that there were eunuchs and maids in the previous dynasty who recognized their relatives and formed a couple. When the dynasty was founded, Emperor Wen didn't allow it. It was only then that he got upright. If we let it go unchecked, it is not uncommon for this trend to revive.”

Even the Empress Dowager stared wide-eyed, "Is someone down there doing something wrong?"

Concubine Zhuang laughed, "When I came out, I heard something vaguely, but I don't know if it's true."

Is this okay?The queen mother hated this the most, and immediately ordered Concubine Zhuang to investigate and deal with it.

Back at the Changchun Palace, Concubine Zhuang hardly stopped, and directly asked Nanny Jiang to let the wind out, and started to investigate from the bottom eunuchs, but within two days they found the apprentice of the chief steward of Concubine Zhen's palace.

"Master, master, please help me." The little eunuch knelt in front of Chenggui, the chief executive of Concubine Zhen's palace, crying with snot and tears. How many years has Emperor Wen been gone?The prohibition of acknowledgment of relatives and eating in pairs in the palace has long existed in name only. Who would have thought that Concubine Zhuang would investigate this instead of other things?

Cheng Gui was about to be pissed off by this apprentice, he stretched out his hand and slapped the temple of the eunuch in front of him fiercely, "You are the person next to the imperial concubine, I can't save you just because of this, your master, think about it yourself!" You idiot!There are some eunuchs in the palace who look at the young maids who are so beautiful, but they are all in front of the emperor of Qianqing Palace. The eunuchs who serve the concubines in the harem will die if they come across this.Of course a high-ranking concubine would not be able to marry an eunuch...but there are still so many talented servants and talented people in the imperial concubine's palace!In case the emperor suspects that a hundred heads of these people are not enough to chop off.

The palace vigorously began to investigate such a big matter, of course Yunling knew.

One day, after worshiping the Medicine King Bodhisattva, Concubine Zhuang asked Yunling with a smile, "Is your little maid not afraid of hearing the story of the previous dynasty?" He also praised her for a good job, and Concubine Zhuang looked at Yun Ling with more kind eyes.

Yunling shook her head hastily, her face was touched, "Mother..."

Concubine Zhuang smiled and patted her hands, stood up and walked out of the Buddhist hall.

That night, when she returned to the back room, Xiaoyan knelt down with a "plop", "From now on, every female history has a life, even if the servants risk their lives..."

Yun Ling hurriedly helped her up, "What are you doing! It's all the grace of the empress." She really didn't feel what she was doing, although she took advantage of the troubles between the third princess and the Zhen family to knock on Concubine Zhuang's place these few days. He beat the side drums, but in the end, wasn't Concubine Zhuang responsible for everything?