Shangshi female official

Chapter 3 Inner Teaching Workshop 1
"Then why doesn't Your Majesty let Empress Li become the empress? If Empress Li becomes the empress, then there will be no empress and the world will be peaceful."

The girls squeezed closer, and the girl who started the conversation continued: "I heard that Li Niangniang killed many concubines and emperor's heirs in the palace, and also killed many court ladies and female historians..."

With a "snap", the window was slapped, and the girls trembled in fright, only to hear a nanny's voice teach: "Go to bed now, I want to kneel on the tiles this night, Or do you want to top the water basin?"

The girl closest to the light quickly blew out the oil lamp and got into bed. The girls slept peacefully, and the room fell into silence.

Wang Yifu suddenly opened her eyes, and her eyes were completely pitch black. She thought of her mother's face again, the purplish red bags under her eyes were always drooping, and she often cried in the wind.

She asked her mother why she was crying, and her mother knelt down to explain to her, but she couldn't answer when she tried to speak, and finally she lowered her head and cried out of breath, but she couldn't understand it from her mother. reason for tears.

As soon as it was daylight, someone in the yard called to get up, and Nanny Zhou led two maids in the house with two big bundles into the house. The maids put the bundles on the kang and stood aside.

Nanny Zhou pointed to the burden, "When you enter the imperial city, you are considered a half-court lady. The clothes here are spring palace clothes, two for each person, and someone will bring you the clothes for changing seasons. Now change your clothes and come with me." .”

The clothes sent by the maids are nothing more than a white inner skirt and a pink narrow-sleeved beige, all of which are made of coarse cloth, and a chestnut brown belt. After wearing them, activities are still easy.

The girls were taken to a large courtyard by Nanny Zhou, where many people had already gathered.

There are three rows of long tables in the center of the courtyard, and on each row of tables are placed more than a dozen cutting boards. Next to the cutting boards are civil and military kitchen knives, several clay pots, a bamboo basket with eggplants, cucumbers and other vegetables and fruits, and a chicken. .

"One person, one chopping board, find a good place to stand."

After Madam Zhou finished speaking, the girls swarmed forward to grab the first row. Wang Yifu aimed at the second row early in the morning, and ran over to strike first.

Those girls in the first row who hadn't snatched them, under Nanny Zhou's eyes, only dared to slightly push and push, and didn't dare to use excessive force.

When the morning light shone into the yard, three older women came in. The one at the head was wearing a parrot-green jacket with flowers, a silver-gray horse-face skirt, and a bun on her head. Wearing an apricot hairpin inlaid with gold and green jade.

The three of them walked in front of the girls, their demeanor was as stable as Mount Tai, which naturally made these girls dare not move.

Nanny Zhou introduced: "This is the director of Inner Jiaofang, Mother Chen, the biggest official in our Inner Jiaofang.

Mammy used to be a female official of Shangshi Bureau. These years, the maids of Shangshi Bureau have been taught by Nanny Chen herself. You must listen carefully to Madam Chen's teachings.The remaining two are Sister Xia and Sister Feng, who are the teaching Sisters who will teach you food knowledge. "

Grandma Chen's temples were already graying, and there were many wrinkles around her eyes. Her face was kind and kind, and the wrinkles deepened when she smiled, but she was not stingy with her smile.

"I know that you are a little nervous when you enter the palace. Every time I see a new girl entering the palace, I can always think of how I came in many years ago. I was so nervous that I said my name is not nervous."

The girls couldn't help but burst out laughing, and only recovered after being stared at by Nanny Zhou for a few times.

"I have been in the imperial city for 40 years, and now I am 55 years old. I used to be a female official of the Shangshi Bureau, and I am the largest official of the Shangshi Bureau. So I know the affairs of the Shangshi Bureau relatively well, and I am willing to come here to teach you .

My requirements are quite strict. Anyone who violates the palace rules, has dirty hands and feet, or cannot learn the craft, I will not let her have the opportunity to enter the palace. Do you understand? "

After everyone answered, they were both happy and fearful of this nanny who spoke one tone at a time. The happy one was of course that the nanny could take a joke, and she must not be the kind of person who would take revenge. The fear was that the nanny had high demands, and they were just afraid that they would learn to work. Can't steal anything lazy.

Nanny Chen got straight to the point, and taught the first lesson, "There are a lot of people in the palace, and one person has one mouth, and one yamen of Shangshi Bureau must not be able to control everything.

Under normal circumstances, the eunuchs of Shangshijian are responsible for the daily diet of the internal officials and maids, and even the female officials of the Six Bureaus and One Palace, while the diet of the masters, princes and daughters, and the nurses of the imperial heirs is the responsibility of the eunuchs. Shangshi Bureau is responsible for it.

The matter is very important, the first thing that matters to Shangshi court ladies is cleanliness. From today onwards, your hair must be tightly coiled on your head. There is a wide strip of white cloth on the table, which is used to wrap your hair, and there is also a white cloth vest The skirt and the two sleeves are washed every day in the palace, so they must be changed every day to keep them clean. "

Everyone arranged their hair and tied their sundresses according to Mother Chen's instructions.

Nanny Chen walked to the center of the second row of tables, just in front of Wang Yifu, she called from left and right: "Come around."

The girls all gathered, and Nanny Chen turned her head to hold the knife. When she looked up and saw Wang Yifu, she felt as if her brain had been flashed by lightning, and was stunned.

This appearance is exactly the same as that one, and the afterimages of the old days suddenly come to mind.

Seeing Nanny Chen's strange behavior, Wang Yifu reminded, "Mommy?"

Mammy came back to her senses and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

"My surname is Wang, and my name is Yifu. I think Yi is Furong's daughter."

"You look somewhat similar to an old friend of mine. I was in a daze for a while, and I lost my composure. I hope I didn't scare you."

"Thank you for your concern, Eve was not frightened."

"Although you are similar to my old friend, I will not favor you. Here, everything depends on craftsmanship. Do you all understand?"

"clear."

Grandma Chen took the knife out of the holster, poured water from the large white porcelain basin on the side, wiped the knife, and picked up a chicken and a cucumber from the vegetable basket, and raised it high. The voice said:
"This knife is called Wenwu knife. It is the main tool you use in the palace. There are twelve main knife methods for cooking, cutting, slicing, paring, chopping, chopping, chopping, picking, patting, gouging, spinning, scraping, carved."

As she spoke, she demonstrated the knife skills. After a while, a chicken was perfectly deboned. The chicken breast was cut into three shapes: slices, cubes, and shreds. , a section of carving.

"From today onwards, you should practice these twelve kinds of saber techniques. If you want to become proficient, I will check them myself in a month.

Nanny Xia and Nanny Feng will fine-tune your techniques. In the future, when you arrive at Shangshi Bureau, you will start with small tasks such as chopping vegetables, so you must have solid basic skills, so let's start practicing. "

The girls all returned to their positions, but Nanny Chen still stayed in front of Wang Yifu.

(End of this chapter)