Shangshi female official

"Of course it's Fu."

Xu Xinyan took out a few small purses from his waist, handed them to Wang Yifu, Yue Hong and Du Jingmo, and said with a smile: "This is a sachet I made, stuffed with a lot of sweet-scented osmanthus, you can also carry it on your body, put it on You can also smoke clothes in the closet.

These days I have been busy making the dowry for Princess Jiahe, so I finally found some time to do this. "

The purse in Wang Yifu's hand was purple in morning glory, embroidered with pink hibiscus flowers, petite and cute, so she comforted Xu Xin and said, "I know you have worked hard, but I'm afraid you will have to work harder for a while."

"How do you say that?"

"The son-in-law that Li Niangniang has taken a fancy to, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to come to the door. If he wants to come to the door, he will have to wait."

"why?"

"The emperor asked that son-in-law to go to the back garden in the afternoon to enjoy it today. The son-in-law knew he couldn't eat crabs, but he forced himself to eat crabs to make himself rash, so he ran away."

"Huh? I'm not happy about being a son-in-law."

Du Jingmo explained for the friend who was not willing to be a son-in-law: "Not everyone wants to be a son-in-law, and being a son-in-law is not necessarily a good thing."

Xu Xinyan shut up at the right time, and Wang Yifu asked again: "But Mr. Guan can't refuse the marriage offered by the emperor. Yifu feels that Imperial Physician Du still persuades that friend. Now is a chance to avoid it. If he openly resists the order in the future, don't you?" There will be good results."

"He has someone in his heart, and he will definitely not accept this marriage offer."

"I'm afraid, I can't tolerate him not accepting it."

Seeing that they were about to argue, Yue Hong said with a smile: "Why are you two worrying about him? He is a son of a nobleman, so the emperor should be more cautious. If the emperor insists on him being a son-in-law, he will buy a foreign house himself. It's more than enough to raise a small family, you guys, just take care of yourself."

Wang Yifu now understood what Yue Hong said, and asked instead: "But what is the origin of this Lord Guan's family, so that Madam Li can take a fancy to it?"

Du Jingmo explained again: "Let's put it this way, there are only a few aristocratic families in Beijing, which are hereditary, and Guanhou is one of them. In addition, Guanhou himself loves his wife and has few children, and Bangyan is the eldest son. , in the future, he will probably be a prince.

Therefore, there is no honorable family in Beijing who does not regard Bang Yan as a blind date target. "

"Then Mr. Guan has someone in his heart, and the marriage proposal is just that, why come to the palace to wade through this muddy water."

"The person in Bangyan's heart is nothing more than the daughter of a seventh-rank official's family, Lord Guan and his wife. The two old men have also persuaded Bangyan to take the sweetheart into his home as a concubine, but that girl is also a concubine. A violent person would rather be the wife of a poor man than a concubine of a rich man."

"It's really poor people, there is no one wishful thing."

Listening to Wang Yifu's sorrow, Du Jingmo persuaded: "The moon is still round, so don't say that."

They were making trouble in the silence, a few court ladies suddenly ran over from outside the dining room, and said to them anxiously: "Quickly remove all these tables, something has happened."

"What happened?"

"At the palace banquet, Princess Jiahe blatantly contradicted the emperor, complaining that the emperor didn't care about her marriage, the emperor was so angry that he slapped Princess Jiahe in front of all the concubines, princes and daughters, and the palace banquet broke up unhappy. Hurry up and withdraw your seat, don't offend the royal family."

Wang Yifu hurriedly shook Mo Xi and the others up, explaining the whole story. Although everyone was in a daze, they all scooped up water, washed their faces, sobered up, and packed up their things.

The next day, Wang Yifu went back to the dining room early in the morning to work, but there was no one there, and the others probably didn't come because they had drunk too much.

When she went out to pour water, she saw the maid from the Clothes Bureau who came to collect the aprons, so she gave her all the aprons that needed to be changed in the dining room, and saw the purple marks on the back of the maid's hand, and asked: "What are you doing?" What happened to your hand?"

The palace maid cried and said, "Our Auntie Zhou from the Clothes Bureau beat me up, it's really hard."

"Aunt Zhou? Which Aunt Zhou is it?"

"Aunt Zhou Dongchun, she used to serve Lady Li, but now she is very harsh."

Wang Yifu was stunned to hear that, isn't this name the name of the personal maid who took the blood-stained trousers and accused her mother of hiding her obscene trousers for a fake pregnancy?

Seeing that Wang Yifu was in a daze, the court lady hugged her apron and was about to leave. Wang Yifu grabbed her elbow and said, "Wait a minute, I'll get you the medicine."

She turned around and took out the wound ointment from the table next to the cupboard in the dining room, and handed it to the court lady, "This ointment is very useful. We usually use this ointment for cuts or bruises in the imperial dining room."

"Thank you."

The maid thanked her and was about to leave, but she was dragged by Wang Yifu, and asked, "Don't rush away, I'm not familiar with your laundry bureau, where is it?"

"Outside the palace, among the women's yamen in the palace, only our Clothes Bureau is outside the palace, in the southeast corner of the imperial city."

"Outside the palace..."

"That's right, but don't worry, Nushi, after my sisters and I have applied the medicine, I'll wash the bottle for you and bring it back to you."

The maid from the Huanyi Bureau left, Wang Yifu stood there in a daze, she finally entered the palace, but Zhou Dongchun was outside the palace, didn't she have strength and nowhere to do it.

"Eve? Eve?"

Hearing someone calling her, Wang Yifu finally came to her senses, the person who called her was Shen Ci, who was the second to the dining room, Wang Yifu could only smile awkwardly: "You are here."

"You too, why didn't you call me when you left, what if you missed the breakfast of Empress Debi?"

"There was a palace banquet last night, how could the empress wake up so early, you drank so much wine, it's okay to sleep a little longer."

"That can't be done. What if the empress wakes up early and no one serves the meal, what if she is punished?"

"The Empress Debi has always been considerate to her servants, and she also has a small kitchen, don't worry."

The two of them were preparing the breakfast for Empress Debi, Mo Xi and Juanzi came in a hurry, seeing that they were busy, they were half relieved, they drank a lot yesterday, but luckily they didn't delay today.

In the morning, the eunuch who carried the meals took away the empress's breakfast, and as soon as Mo Xi sat at the door, Wang Yifu handed over the cigarette rod.

Mo Xi took the cigarette, and felt that it was strange that she was so attentive today, and said, "What kind of mind is there, just tell me."

Wang Yifu was next to Mo Xi, squeezed to sit with her, and asked with a flattering smile, "Sister Mo Xi, do you know Zhou Dongchun from the Clothes Bureau?"

"Aunt Zhou? Why are you asking about her?"

"I'm a little curious... why did she go to the Clothes Bureau?"

Mo Xi explained to her while puffing out a cigarette, "She is an old man in the palace. When I entered the palace, she was still the person next to Li Niangniang and served Princess Jiahe. When she arrived at the princess, she was sent to the Clothes Bureau. Don’t think she went to the Clothes Bureau. This official position is promoted, but the road ahead will be difficult if she is not in the palace.”

Wang Yifu murmured: "Overturning the candlestick, the old man in the palace...how could he make such a lowly mistake..."