Hou Kun

Chapter 70 Identity
When the queen left, she held her hand and instructed her.The two stood under the dripping water, and everyone in the courtyard could see them, and the Queen's master's voice was not low.Su Ge responded, and accidentally raised her eyes, and saw the setting sun gradually sinking on the parapet outside, casting long shadows of the Queen, her and all the court ladies on the corridor, and the golden light jumped on the roof of the hall, painting the Queen's face as well. It is covered with gold, like a clay statue of Buddha in a temple.

With the order of the Empress Dowager, the maid in charge of the Palace of Compassion and Ning came up and led her to the back of the body and the hall. In the narrow lower part of the three or two rooms, only those who are close to the Empress Dowager can live here.After a while, the little maid brought the maid's clothes that she had just brought from the House of Internal Affairs, and the maid in charge said with a pleasant expression, "Young lady, put it on." up.The maid in charge was a little bit sorry, the beautiful girl just now turned into a servant, compared with Qingning, she was like heaven and earth.

"My name is Yurong, and they all call me Rong'er." Su Ge went down, and Rong'er hurriedly stopped him, "From now on, you can follow me. We dare not assign you any errands that the Queen Mother will give you in the future."

When they entered the Compassionate Ning Palace yesterday, their backgrounds had already been inquired about.People like Suge are rare in the palace. Yurong's family is also under the flag, but they are just low-level military officers. When they entered the palace, they were regarded as gilded. , can find a good husband's family.But Suge is a lady of the government's mansion, and she has always been served by others, and she has never served anyone before.

Suge knew the rules, and she didn't force her when she saw that she was impolite. Her status was not awkward, and she was obviously backed by the queen. They treated her kindly, but they also had some scruples.

Yu Rong is an old man in the Empress Dowager's palace, the first-class maid, the highest status, and she also arranges all the chores done by the court ladies.Suge also knew that in the palace, the newcomers were controlled and trained by "aunts", and the young maids came to the palace to learn the rules, and the aunts were expected to serve them when they washed their bodies and feet.

"Auntie, you're welcome. Suge has just arrived, so I can't help but ask my aunt for advice, so as not to make mistakes."

There are so many tricks in the palace, and the aunts are difficult to serve. If one is not careful, and a taboo that is not known to the outside is violated in a trivial matter, then it will be lost forever.

Yurong saw that she was kind, and the queen mother said that if she was her own daughter, who would dare to use her as her own.So arrange to follow yourself without being bullied by others.

"Miss is serious. If so, I'll ask you to call her by her name."

Otherwise, it would be really inconvenient to serve the Queen Mother.

Suge smiled, and naturally had no objection, "My aunt calls me Suge, it's cheaper to work on errands."

Yurong nodded, "There are only three rooms in total, you stay with me first, my room is a bit more spacious, don't dislike it. After the girl is promoted, the old queen will naturally give her grace, now let's give in first." Suge hurriedly Yes.Yurong has been with the Queen Mother the longest, and in private she affectionately calls her the Old Queen Mother, but in fact the Queen Mother doesn't look old, but she can't be compared with the Queen Mother.

"Actually, there are only a few things about the old queen. There is a pine age in the service, and the other important thing is the flowers and grasses of the queen mother. There are also people who take care of these. You don't have to worry about it, just follow me," she said. After a pause, those who went to the night were all the empress dowager's confidantes, the most caring ones, who could stand watch for the empress dowager at night, and became one of the top figures in the Palace of Compassion and Ning.But what the Empress Dowager thinks, she can't guess, "At most, she is on duty at night, that is, serving tea at night and using an official room."

Glancing at Suge, she pursed her lips and said, "Don't be disgusted, the official rooms are all prepared below, you just need to support the Queen Mother. Just treat it, just treat it as serving you."

Although the daughters of the boudoir are expensive, they must be filial at home. It is always better to serve the queen mother than to serve the little masters.

Back at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager had already had her meal, and now she was smoking orchid cigarettes, after toasting two pots of cigarettes, it was time to offer tea.They don't need to wait in front of them, and when they have free time, they go to the side room to watch dinner.

There are many people in the Compassion Ning Palace, but the errands are not together, so they can only wait for the errands to finish and come down to eat in turn.

"You came just in time, the casserole that was just replaced is hot." Just turned sixteen, and the casserole that has just been replaced must be hot.

Yurong greeted her to sit around on the bench, and several young maids hurriedly got up to make way for her. Suge was a little embarrassed, but Yurong had already sat down, "Hurry up and eat when you have time, maybe there will be some errands soon, and you will eat cold when you come back." It's time to eat. I used to have a pot, and I could have hot food at any time, but now I have to hurry up."

Do as the Romans do, Suge is at home, eating is a kind of attention.Although Yabu is not like the daily walks of other bannermen carrying cages and birds, he is very refined under the influence of Ernie in terms of enjoyment.Every meal is a seasonal dish, and it is served just as it is warm, and it is not eaten when it is cold or hot.

The utensils for eating are also made of gold-painted and painted fine porcelain from official kilns, and hundreds of porcelains are also used for seasonal dishes.Now I eat around the table, and there is only a casserole.Although the bowls used in the palace are also official kilns, they are different from those used by the masters. They are only made of white porcelain and their shapes are rough.

Yurong picked up the chopsticks and ate it. It was almost finished. Seeing Suge looking around, she asked strangely, "It's ready? What are you looking for?"

"Okay, okay... I... have a bad stomach, so I dare not eat more at night. Aunt Rong, do you have porridge?"

Yurong suddenly realized that she guessed that it was her first time eating with outsiders, and she was uncomfortable.Pointing to a few small pots on the stove in the corner, "There is porridge in there. There are two or three kinds, go and have a look."

Suge picked out a piece of japonica rice porridge and drank it slowly.Yurong was almost done with his work, so he didn't need to panic, so he leisurely sat on the kang and chatted with Songling.Seeing Suge go to serve the second bowl, he quickly stopped him, "Don't drink the porridge, it's just snacks, just in case you have an errand at night, I won't be up all night, and I'm only [-]% full just now."

Suge was startled, and when she understood, she blushed and quickly put the bowl away, Yurong said, "Suge, you just came here, some don't know, the old lady is especially taboo about strange smells here, so although there are everything in the palace, but I have I haven't eaten fish in six or seven years."

Suge nodded, it's really not easy to be a court lady.Among other things, being an errand in the Compassionate Ning Palace is regarded as a superior errand, everyone envies outside, but who knows that there are so many particulars and taboos inside.In the future, it seems that I can only eat [-]% full, and I am hungry every day.

Songling covered her mouth and smiled, "Girl, don't listen to her nonsense, when the master's happy life comes, you can eat fish if you get the reward, so don't go to the master after eating." Yurong glared at her, "Don't just comfort me , Have you ever eaten the rewarding fish? For example, the melon you eat every day in summer, when you split it open, you eat it, and it sounds like it’s all smashed on the ground. Out of hypocrisy again?"

Songling took Suge's hand and just smiled, and said back to Yurong, "Yes, Aunt Rong, you are not afraid, you also smashed it to pieces, and complained to me at night about thinking about that?"

In fact, Yurong loves to eat watermelon the most. It is a rule in the palace. In summer, the ladies in the court each have a melon every day, but she is afraid that after eating the watermelon, she will have to urinate. , can only endure.

Su Ge smiled and listened to the bickering between the two.

Song Ling was on Jingyan, and she also exchanged night duty with Yu Rong, which shows that the Empress Dowager appreciates it.The two of them talked and laughed when they came and went. It was obvious that they had a very good relationship, Su Ge was relieved, and now, the people in the Compassionate Ning Palace are easy to get along with.Now that I have entered this fence, I can't get out for the time being. In the past few years, I just want to be safe.

(End of this chapter)