[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

After the Yonghe Palace was newly renovated, all the tables, chairs and utensils were replaced with new ones.

In Jiang Heng's five main rooms, all the furniture is a set of red rosewood furniture.

Compared with reddish-brown and purple-brown rosewood, this slightly orange-tinged mahogany looks brighter. According to the words of the maids cleaning the outside: "Red rosewood is bright, which is suitable for young people like nobles. master."

Jiang Heng was assigned to the well-packed east wing, while the rest of the palace people were still busy packing the boxes and cages outside.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs obviously paid attention to it. The bookshelves and antique racks they sent were not bare shelves, but a lot of basic furnishings and books.

Jiang Heng picked up the "Dongpo Zhilin" by chance, and as soon as he opened it, he saw the classics: "I have nothing in my life, only food and sleep. In the future, when I am full, I will sleep when I am full, and I will eat after sleep."

Jiang Heng smiled knowingly: Throughout the ages, everyone has the same ambition to fish.It’s just that the sages have already written it clearly. If you want to live a life without worries about eating, eating, sleeping and sleeping in the second half of the sentence, you must first do the first four words: He will succeed in his day.

"My lord, all the other boxes and cages have been placed. There is only the last box. As soon as the servants opened it, they saw that there was a ledger on it, and they didn't dare to touch it."

Qiuxue and Qiulu were standing next to a wooden box with four corners wrapped in yellow and fine copper.

Qiu Xue was careful, and she still remembered that the little eunuch who carried this box into the Yonghe Palace was very tired.At that time, she knew in her heart: this box is mostly filled with personal protection money specially prepared by the noble mother's family.So when they cleaned and placed the utensils in pairs, they deliberately bypassed the box.

Until now, they waited for the nobleman to come back from the queen's palace and rested for a while, and drank half a bowl of tea before asking the master to move out and arrange the cage.

Jiang Heng took out the account written on a sheet of red paper above it.

[Two boxes of three taels of gold coins, counting two hundred, two boxes of one tael and half of red gold rings, counting four hundred, two boxes of half taels of gold horns, counting five hundred.There are three packs of silver dice for five taels, counting five hundred, and ten packs of silver dice for one tael, not counted. 】

The words on it were written by the heroine's mother, Burcha, in Manchu.

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the price of gold has become more expensive. One tael of fine gold is equivalent to twelve to fourteen taels of silver.

It can be said that Guanbao and his wife brought their daughter a lot of money into the palace.

At this point, the Burcha family also secretly cried to her husband: "If we marry someone else, we will definitely prepare ten times the dowry for her, and Zhuangzi's shop has a lot of property for her to marry in a beautiful way. The palace is the concubine of the emperor, but they have to be turned into these trivial gold and silver, and brought into the palace in pieces. I know that my daughter is going to be a noble person, but I don’t know that I think..."

Sneakily turning gold and silver into bits and pieces that don't take up space, those who don't know think that some relatives in the family have been assigned to Ninggu Pagoda.

It was Guanbao who persuaded his wife time and again, leaving a sign in the palace, and the courtiers outside only had to thank him, and there was no room for grievances.If it is exposed a little and let people know, it will hurt the daughter.

Mrs. Burcha had no choice but to put on a smiling face, saying that her daughter was blessed to serve the emperor when she saw everyone, and she went to prepare a box for her daughter with tears behind her back.

No matter how much it is, it’s not that there is nothing, but no matter how much it is, it will be too eye-catching. If you have less money, you will be wronged in the harem, but if you have too much money, it will attract people’s eyes.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is no room for more.This time when newcomers enter the palace, even the number of cages is limited.

How many princes and counts in Beijing have to enter the palace every year and festival, so there are few secrets about the harem.Especially when Concubine Nian was the master, the queen of course refused to take the blame and let the wives outside blame her, so she let go of the news, and everyone outside knew that it was Concubine Nian's arrangement: new concubines are not allowed to bring maidservants into the palace. It is also not allowed to bring more than three boxes and cages.

This move really caused some public outrage - the girls of the Manchu Hanjun Banner will be drafted when they reach their age, and who knows if the next time they will enter the palace is their own daughter, and they will also be subject to these restrictions.

At least when Burcha met Nian's family in public, he didn't seem to smile at all, and when he asked, he frowned because of his old illness and heartache.

When Jiang Heng moved to the palace yesterday, he put this piece of red paper in this cage. The ladies in the palace were all trained and educated. Although they are not very literate, when they see a piece of paper with words on it, they will know how to read. Let's ask the master first and then deal with it.

Seven or eight sets of masks were placed on the upper layer of this box, and the bottom layer was filled with heavy gold and silver.

Jiang Heng quickly found a home for the things in the cage: the whole set of hair and face was placed in the three-tiered cabinet under the dressing table, and some palace flower hairpins and hairpins that were usually worn every day were placed in a separate box on the countertop.

As for the boxes and bags of gold and silver, they were placed in the cupboard under the bookshelf. The cabinet originally had a fine copper lock and two keys on it.

Jiang Heng asked the two third-class court ladies, Qiuwu and Qiulu, to take care of the head jewelry, and the two second-class court ladies, Qiuxue and Qiushuang, to take care of the gold and silver rewards. They are both in charge of the system.

It's not that she doesn't have the energy to take care of herself, but at this time, let alone the concubines in the palace, even the ladies and ladies of the officials and eunuchs outside, don't have the keys to the private money on their bodies, and they all hand it over to the maids around them. Check the accounts.

There is no need to worry about whether the palace servants will steal the silver and use it for themselves-let alone a large amount of theft, even if they accidentally lose a piece of silver or a plain hairpin in their hands, the master will send someone to the respect room to have a look. Said that this palace man will be dragged away.

After tidying up and arranging everything, Jiang Heng looked around his flat floor and felt that he felt a little bit at home.

After taking the money again, and rewarding the eight people who belonged to her, Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief: The matter of relocation and resettlement is finally over.

Qiu Xue and the others thanked the master for the reward of the first meeting, and they became even more excited: money is such a wonderful thing, and people like it a lot.Even if you don't like it, you have to admit that this thing must not be less, let alone be absent.

The voices of the palace people seemed to be more energetic when they stepped forward, and a little eunuch who wanted to sell something had already said cleverly: "Today's lunch, the nobleman mainly wants to use some dishes, so the slave will go to the dining room to tell. "Seeing that the nobleman looked over, he hastily added a sentence to express himself: "Slave Xiao Luzi, he used to work in the dining room."

Jiang Heng also cheered up when he heard the words: Finally, I can be the master of the dinner table by myself!

After lunch, Jiang Heng spread out a pen and paper on the new desk, preparing to write a summary of the work of the previous month and a work plan for the next stage.After coming out of Chuxiu Palace, the probationary period has passed.The next step is that she officially entered the workplace of "concubine".

She was used to holding a signature pen in the past, but now she has changed to a brush to write, and there are always things that don't go well.At that time, she was studying palace regulations in Chuxiu Palace, and she took notes while listening, half to help her memorize, and half to practice calligraphy.

There are not many women in the harem who can write well - the illiteracy rate is [-]% to [-]% these days, and in the remaining mansions, there are some young masters who are illiterate and illiterate, let alone girls At home, reading is basically just to read and be able to keep a housekeeper.

Jiang Heng had seen red handwriting on Master Yongzheng's booklets before. Sometimes it was obviously a few hasty strokes in a hurry, but the handwriting was rustic and very pleasing to the eye.

Naturally, she also wanted to practice her handwriting a little more, to get closer to the top leader.

"Looking back on the past month..." Jiang Heng paused after writing the first few words.

She crumpled up the paper and threw it into the small incense burner: This is the habit of writing the department's monthly memorabilia and work summary before. It starts with "Looking back on the past xx time, with the support of xx leaders..."

Almost a muscle memory is formed.

She had just laid out the paper and was about to write again, but she saw Qiu Xue and Qiushuang stepping forward, obviously wanting to say something.

Jiang Heng put down his pen.

Qiu Xue asked cautiously, "Sir, would you like to pick out the clothes and jewelry first?"

As a second-class court lady, Qiuxue was one year older than Qiushuang and entered the palace two years earlier.Moreover, she was born as a court lady of the Shangyi Supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Compared with Qiu Shuang, who had been assigned to be a small palace maid in each palace, and was assigned to the new concubine after the concubines streamlined their service population, she certainly seemed a little more confident.

Although Jiang Heng was a little confused by the various butterfly plots, fortunately, the four maids assigned to her were all from "The Record of Concubine Xin".

As the female lead's personal palace servants, the frequency of appearances of these court ladies is higher than that of some concubines.

Especially Qiu Xue, the most trusted maid in charge of the heroine, Jiang Heng looked at her as described in the book at the moment: "A melon-seeded face, born with slender eyebrows that are raised, and her eyes are solid and bright." There is a sense of security and intimacy: it is the first time we meet, but we are familiar with each other.

So when Qiu Xue came forward to ask about the clothes and jewellery, Jiang Heng smiled: "Tomorrow, the concubines and concubines will pay a visit to the Empress Dowager together, and just pick up the clothes that are decent and not wrong."

In fact, the new concubine was supposed to meet the Empress Dowager today, but the emperor has issued a decree to let the king of Xun County supervise the water control, and he will leave in the next few days, so the empress dowager will go to the Yinghua Hall according to the auspicious day in the yellow calendar. I went to worship Nine Lotus Bodhisattva.

What is it important for a newcomer and concubine to meet with a concubine? It is not as important to go to worship gods and Buddhas to ask the youngest son to travel safely and smoothly.

Jiang Heng didn't think there was anything to be particularly nervous about seeing the queen mother tomorrow: the queen mother had already summoned her once, and she had a pleasant conversation, and the fourteenth master was going on a long trip with his family Ama. As long as she didn't make any big mistakes, the queen mother would not Find fault with her now.

Qiu Xue was taken aback when she heard what Jiang Heng said, and then her heart sank: It's over, Concubine Nian shut up our master to learn the rules, and it's been a long time since I learned it!When I mentioned picking out the clothes, the master actually only wanted to visit the queen mother's clothes, but what I wanted to ask was the clothes that were going to be turned over tonight!

A concubine who has been separated from the palace and paid homage to the empress has officially entered the ranks of concubines, and the green head card is about to be presented to the emperor.

From Qiu Xue's point of view: If the emperor renovates the brand of the people today, the possibility of their nobles is the greatest!Naturally, you have to prepare in advance.

Seeing Qiuxue's slightly dazed expression and even staring eyes, Jiang Heng pointed to her directly: "Speak directly if you have something to say. If you are in a room, you can guess what I guess, but it's hard work."

Qiuxue gritted her teeth and got the point straight: "Long Live Lord hasn't flipped the brand yet, and this servant thinks that the nobleman was once summoned by Long Live Lord, and he is also one of the newcomers. If we meet today, the nobleman will have to make up his mind about the clothes." , so we can prepare in advance.”

Jiang Heng understood, and then shook his head amusedly: Qiu Xue is indeed the Qiu Xue in the book.

Qiu Xue is very capable and loyal, even when the heroine was at her lowest point, she never felt betrayal.She used to be a court lady who belonged to the Shangyi Supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she was in charge of things. Mr. Xingui was her first master. If she served her, she would go all the way to the end.

So she will try her best to deal with the heroine, relying on her previous connections, try to keep the heroine's clothes and clothes as much as possible.Even at the most difficult time, the needlework department couldn't finish the work, so Qiu Xue took the rest of the maids to battle and made clothes until midnight, so that the heroine would not be ridiculed for wearing old clothes during the New Year's Eve.

From the perspective of the original heroine, Qiuxue is good at everything, but there is one thing: she is particularly keen on persuading the heroine to compete for favor and to strive for the top.

So much so that the heroine was a little afraid of her later, like a bad student who couldn't study, and was afraid of avoiding and fearing in the face of a well-meaning tutor.

Thinking about it, Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing.

Qiu Xue, who was standing there, was puzzled: "My lord?" Did she say something wrong?

Jiang Heng looked at her and said, "For clothes, it's the smoky purple one with embroidered sweet-scented osmanthus flowers. It's also the new clothes sent by Shang Yijian." Seeing that Qiu Xue's face immediately burst into joy, Jiang Heng hurriedly cooled her down: "It's just that it shouldn't be needed tonight."

Qiuxue and Qiushuang were originally planning to go get the clothes one by one and iron the iron with the other, but when they heard this, they both stopped and looked at Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng said: "The emperor has not seen the noble concubine for nearly a month, but the noble concubine has not asked to see her."

Excluding the ten days that the emperor was in Yuanmingyuan, the emperor also spent 20 days in the palace. He even went to the harem to meet the queen twice, but he did not summon the concubine.

The imperial concubine can ask to meet the saint, but she has been holding back.

The Holy Grace in this harem is like a luxury bag, what is the meaning of Jinyi Night Walk, if you want it, you must 'use a good bag for key occasions', just like using a good steel for the blade.

"Today is a good day for a noble concubine to ask for an audience."

What better way to show the status of a noble concubine than when the newcomers are all out of Chuxiu Palace and waiting for their cards to turn over, but the emperor goes to the concubine's place?