Shangshi female official

Chapter 38 Lotus Leaf Pimple Soup 2
"You have to keep this thing well. I'm afraid you can't find a few such good molds in the world. Only the royal family deserves to enjoy it."

"Shen Ci, if you like it, I will give it to you."

Shen Ci shook his head, and humbly said: "I don't need it, firstly, I'm not good at white cases, and secondly, I prefer to use knives rather than molds, even if the knives are a little smaller, it doesn't matter, just settle down and carve carefully. the fun in it."

"Have you agreed, I want to eat pimples."

Xu Xinyan complained a little, but both Wang Yifu and Shen Ci thought she was cute, and nodded to let her taste it. She scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it into her mouth, and immediately blew into the sky again.

Wang Yifu leaned forward and back after being teased by her naive attitude, and asked, "You got burned again?"

Xu Xinyan finally chewed and swallowed it, and complained: "Efu, your lump is...too hot."

Shen Ci couldn't help laughing, and persuaded: "Her pimple has just come out of the pan, so eat it slowly, at least blow on the hot air."

"I just want to ask you, is it delicious?" Wang Yifu asked.

"Delicious is delicious..."

"That's right, if you make a bowl of clear soup and put it on like this, Shen Ci, do you think the people in the palace will like it?"

"Of course I like it. Although it is said that delicious food is the most important thing, people eat with their eyes first. If they don't look good, they will lose most of their impression. Especially for new things, people are willing to stretch their chopsticks only if they look good. Taste it."

Wang Yifu smiled and said, "Then I have something else I can get."

"In the future, if you have anything to offer, let me try something new, okay?"

Wang Yifu pinched Xu Xinyan's face dotingly, and said with a smile: "Understood, I'll let you taste all of them first. You're just like the noble concubines in the palace, eating these rare delicacies from mountains and seas every day."

"It's all thanks to you. If I were a noble concubine, I wouldn't let you cook for me every day."

Wang Yifu smiled and bowed, "Yes, the imperial concubine."

The training ground entered the night amid laughter, the three of them ate the lotus leaf pimple soup, after packing up, they just waited to enter the palace.

On the seventh day of April, newcomers enter the palace.

On this day, the weather was not very clear, and the gray ground seemed to hide thunder, but now there was no sound at all, and the silence was so disconcerting.

In the morning, a female official from the Shang Palace Bureau took them into the palace, passing by Qingguan Temple, Xihuafang, Yuxi Palace, Yuhe Bridge from Neijiaofang all the way, and walked into Yuanwumen Street.

According to the rules, all female officials and servants can only enter and leave the palace on foot, and they can only enter the palace through the Yuanwu Gate on the north side of the palace, which is the back door.

The maids who graduated from Neijiaofang and entered the palace were only allowed to bring a bag of personal belongings into the palace.

When they entered the palace, some women who went against them came out of the palace, and they should have been released from the palace when they were old.

They were dressed in ordinary women's and children's cloth clothes, and carried a few bundles. They all looked down at the road, and their eyes did not look elsewhere. They were completely different from the group of new palace ladies who buried their heads and actually had their pupils in the corners of their eyes. Sample.

I heard that the maids who leave the palace are all looking for a home or a way out according to their own wishes. When they reach their age, they can choose freely.

What kind of choice made them so dull?Wang Yifu thought.

After entering the palace from Yuanwumen, they walked a long way to the east, and there was a row of low houses along the palace wall. The history of the court lady said that it was the Langxia house, where the servants of the imperial court lived.

And inside the red wall on the other side is the East Fifth Institute. According to the history of the court ladies, it is a place to raise princes and daughters, and the nanny of the emperor's heirs also lives there.

There is a street at the end of the East Fifth Institute. Lady Shang led them to turn into the street. When they reached the first intersection, they turned west again. The gates here are one after another. According to the female history, this is the front gate of the East Fifth Institute. The west side of the palace also has the same structure. , called West Fifth Institute over there.

The first intersection to the west from this road is called Dongsanchang Street according to the history of the court ladies. Go in and walk to the end of this street, and there is a door called Jiade Left Gate. Turn east and you will arrive at the main entrance of the Six Bureaus and One Division. .

The court lady Shi gave a stern order at the door: "You must be familiar with the road that will take you today. We court ladies or female historians can only take a detour. Unless summoned by the master, all the palaces on the central axis are not allowed to enter and leave. East and west six It is better not to go to the palace and the four long streets next to it.

Wherever you want to go, you always walk around the outside ways of the East and West Six Palaces, you can't go wrong. "

After saying these words, Shi, the court lady, led them into the Six Bureaus and One Division.

"The Six Bureaus and One Division are juxtaposed with the three palaces of the East Sixth Palace. The area is very large. The entrance is the place of the Shangshi Bureau. There are many people in the Shangshi Bureau, and half of the living space is occupied. Further inside is the Shangfu Bureau. Bureau, Shanggong Bureau, Shangyi Bureau, Shangbei Bureau, the innermost courtyard is Shanggong Bureau and Gong Zhengsi."

There were already 5 maids waiting inside the door, and the maid Shi Shang introduced again: "They are the female historians of the fifth technical bureau. You should follow them according to the bureaus you reported."

At this point, the mission of Shang Gongnv Shi who led them into the palace was completed, and the person who came to lead the newcomer of the Shang Shi Bureau was a Master Dian Shan surnamed Guan.

She is chubby, wearing a Jingtian blue top embroidered with navy blue flowers, and a thick skirt. She didn't introduce too much, and said straight to the point: "You have entered the Shangshi Bureau, and you have to get busy. It's almost noon Alright, put down your burdens, after dinner, I will take you around the places you need to go, go to bed early today, and tomorrow morning, you will get up early to go to work in the imperial dining room."

Guan Dianshan was a little impatient on the way, and hurriedly brought them to the place where they lived. Although there were still five or six people living in one room, Wang Yifu and Shen Ci were lucky to live in one room.

After lunch, he was called by Guan Dianshan to visit the palace.

The group of them detoured from the left gate of Jiade and walked through Yuanwu Gate. From here, the route was different from the one they entered.

Guan Dianshan led them in through the Kunning Gate, and said, "This is the back garden, and it is also one of the few places where court ladies can take a walk."

What Mama Yan said rang in Wang Yifu's mind. Some fruit trees were planted in the back garden, and they would bear fruit in autumn. The peaches, apples, and pears were all very sweet.

Guan Dianshan had just finished introducing them, and brought them to the street at the front gate of the West Fifth Institute. Passing by the West Fifth Institute, they arrived at the garden behind the Zhongzheng Hall. Mama Yan said that there are many red pine trees here, and the pine nuts can be used for cooking. , You can also press pine nut oil.

"Go out from Sidemen, go south to Ernanmen, and then go west to Changgeng Bridge. There is an old persimmon tree in front of the bridge. The orange-red persimmons can be eaten raw or seasoned."

As Wang Yifu walked, she recalled what Yan's mother had said. She seemed to have been here before. Those roads and those doors had been heard countless times from Yan's mother.

(End of this chapter)