Queen Xiaozhuang's personal maid: Su Malagu

Chapter 26 Canonization of Female Talents (1)
(1)

In front of Dorgon's desk, there were a bunch of clothing samples.He looked at one by one, turning faster and faster, the expression on his face was ever-changing, and he was so excited that he couldn't restrain himself.

Bumbutai and Su Moer stood by.Bumbutai smiled, as if he was very sure, while Su Moer was so nervous that his palms were sweating.

What Su Moer showed Dorgon were four kinds of costumes worn by the emperor.These four are divided into four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Not only are the materials used in each season different, but even the edges of the clothes are carefully distinguished.Satin is used in spring and summer, and precious furs are used in autumn and winter; Su Mo'er has put a lot of effort into the colors of the clothes.For example, the color of the emperor's court clothes is mainly yellow, with some bright yellow mixed in the middle; the clothes of the emperor when offering sacrifices to the sky are mainly blue, which aims to blend with the blue sky.

For the pattern of court clothes, Su Mo'er chose the pattern of dragon and twelve chapters.The reason for choosing the dragon pattern is because the dragon represents the emperor.

The twelve chapter patterns usually refer to the eight chapters of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, Fu, and Fu, and are equipped with clouds of various colors.Even if it is a dragon pattern, the shape of the dragon in different costumes is also very different.There are two positive dragons and four walking dragons on the clothes; there are only two walking dragons on the shawl.

"You designed and painted these? No one taught you?" Dorgon looked at it again and again, and it took a long time before he raised his head, first glanced at Bumbutai, and then turned his face to Su Mo'er asked after looking her up and down.

"The servants did it." Su Mo'er became even more nervous.She lowered her head and twisted her hands helplessly.

"How about the prince? Isn't it very unexpected?" Bumbutai said proudly.

Dorgon nodded, walked up to Su Mo'er, stood still and said, "It's unbelievable. How did you do this? You did all the design and painting by yourself? Didn't anyone help you?" Dorgon was still I don't quite believe it.This skillful painting method made him feel better than the painters of Guangchu Division.

When Su Mo'er heard Dorgon's words, her mood eased.She let out a long breath, raised her head, and said with a blushing face, "Your Majesty has helped me."

"No, no! This palace doesn't dare to take credit. I just saw these drawings of hers last night. I was shocked when I saw them just now. I didn't sleep well all night. I dragged her to show it to the prince early in the morning. .” Bumbutai made no secret of his excitement.She felt very proud that the maids around her could design such beautiful costumes.

Dorgon nodded.He picked up those drawings, flipped through them, and asked Su Moer: "Apart from the emperor's outfits, the officials, concubines and court ladies haven't started designing yet, have they?"

"Yes, my lord! This servant is thinking that if the emperor and the prince are satisfied with the emperor's clothes, this servant will draw other drawings, and other servants will also have ideas." Su Mo'er said.

"Okay! I will show it to the emperor right away. If the emperor is satisfied, the costumes for the emperor's grand ceremony can be completely handed over to her to design. After the design is completed, it will be given to the Guangchusi." Dorgon said to Bumbutai.

"Isn't the lord going to show it to the clan members? And the head of the House of Internal Affairs will not show it?" Bumbutai was a little surprised to show the drawing directly to the emperor for Dorgon.

"If the emperor approves, there is no need to show them, and they won't see anything." Dorgon smiled. He looked at Bumbutai, paused, and said, "The current mood of this minister It’s the same as when the empress saw it just now, and she needs to show it to the emperor immediately.” After Dorgon finished speaking, he laughed hahaha.

His mood, which had been clouded recently, finally cleared up.

……

Su Mo'er found an excuse to leave just like last time.As soon as she walked out of the room, Dorgon said to Bumbutai, "Thank you, ma'am."

"Thank you?" Bumbutai looked at him with a smile.

"I would like to obey my mother's orders." Dorgon lowered his head, not daring to look at Bumbutai's eyes that seemed to suck him in.

"Listen to my orders?" Bumbutai murmured, then took two steps in the room and stopped beside him.Dorgon could clearly smell the fragrance emanating from Bumbutai's body.

"Then don't call me Empress Ben Gong, call me Ben Gong..."

Before Bumbutai finished speaking, Dorgon's face changed, and he took two steps back in panic: "Don't dare to be a mother, my minister..."

Bumbutai didn't wait for Dorgon to finish, and then said: "Okay, okay! Look at the one who scared you and joked with you. I understand your intentions, and I understand everything! However, there will be no outsiders in the future. At that time, I don't want 'Wei Chen' and 'Wei Chen', and I don't want 'Ben Gong' and 'Ben Gong' either. It's too troublesome."

Dorgon was about to open his mouth, but Bumbutai said again, "Okay, I'm leaving."

With that said, he smiled slightly at Dorgon and walked out.

Su Moer, who was hiding in the dark outside the door, breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Bumbutai coming out, and went up to meet her...

(2)

After returning from Dorgon's mansion, Su Mo'er locked herself in the study again, and she wanted to draw the imaginary official clothes, concubine clothes and palace maid clothes in the shortest time.

On the third day, Su Mo'er, who was immersed in the design, heard a knock on the door, looked up and saw Jiu'er's head sticking in from the door.

"Jiu'er, what's the matter?" Su Mo'er asked.

Jiu'er pushed the door open and came in: "Sister Su Mo'er, there is someone from Concubine Chen's side."

"Oh? Is the imperial concubine Chen coming to see our empress?" Su Mo'er had a smile on her face, thinking, after all, it was the two sisters.

Jiu'er shook her head: "It's the jewel beside Concubine Chen, she said she came to find you."

"Sister Mingzhu? Looking for me?" Su Mo'er looked puzzled, but at the same time, she thought that she must be guilty of what happened last time, so she became happy and said again and again, "Let her in!"

As soon as Su Mo'er finished speaking, Mingzhu opened the door and came in.

"Su Mo'er, is there someone serving you now? It's harder for me to see you than my mother. When I see my mother, no one can stop me."

Su Moer didn't mind Mingzhu's words, and hurriedly gave up her seat.Mingzhu didn't sit down, but walked to the desk, looking at the sketches on Su Mo'er's desk, her expression darkened.

"Did you draw these?" When Mingzhu said, she had an indescribable feeling in her heart.

"Yes, it is the clothes that the emperor will wear during the grand ceremony. The emperor's has already been drawn, and I heard that the emperor is very satisfied, and has already handed it over to the master of the Guangchu Division." Su Mo'er was a little excited when she thought of this.

She just found out about it yesterday.Huang Taiji was very satisfied with her drawings of the emperor's clothing, and had already summoned people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to choose materials with the drawings.

The expression on Mingzhu's face changed, she stared at Su Mo'er for a long time, then flipped through Su Mo'er's drawing over and over again, and said slowly: "You haven't heard, the emperor asked me to design it too. !"

"Ah?" Su Mo'er was taken aback, and then said happily: "Really? That's great, then we can design and draw together."

Mingzhu glanced at her, and said with a sneer: "Design and draw together? That's what the emperor said at the beginning, but the concubine Chen didn't agree."

"What do you mean?" Su Mo'er looked at Mingzhu puzzled.

"It's nothing! It's just that the concubine Chen thinks that I taught you all the female stars, so how can you let me be on an equal footing with you? So I made a suggestion, let's compete on a fair basis. The empress agreed, and the emperor also agreed. You don't know, do you?"

As Mingzhu said, the corner of her mouth twitched again, and she glanced at Su Mo'er: "Oh, you probably don't know yet, but you will soon. By the way, you haven't forgotten, I taught you embroidery .”

Su Mo'er's excitement when she saw Mingzhu just fell to the bottom, she shook her head lightly: "Sister Mingzhu, I have not forgotten that you taught me to embroider, and I will never forget it! I have not forgotten you either Always helping me, and secretly hiding snacks for me to eat. I haven't forgotten at all! But...but you have changed!"

Su Mo'er burst into tears.

"Haha..." Mingzhu stared: "Of course I have changed, and you have changed too. You are no longer that skinny laundry girl on the grassland, and neither am I! You are following Concubine Zhuang, and I am following Concubine Donggong Chen." Ma'am, how can this be the same?"

"I don't want to compete with you. If you want to do it, you can do it." Su Mo'er didn't want to compete with Mingzhu for anything.

"You don't want to compare with me, but I want to compare with you. The emperor praises you a lot, and I want to let the emperor know who is the best. My mother is better than yours in everything. I and you Bi, I won't lose to you in the same way. Alright, I'm leaving!"

As Mingzhu said, she quickly glanced at Su Moer's sketch, and walked straight out the door.

"Miss Mingzhu!" Su Mo'er called out.

Mingzhu who had just stepped out of the door stopped, she turned her head and looked at Su Mo'er coldly.

"Sister Mingzhu, do you still think of me as your younger sister?" After Su Mo'er finished speaking, tears were already streaming down her face.

Mingzhu's eyes turned red, and she smiled at Su Mo'er: "When I was on the grassland, I regarded you as my sister. But now in the palace, we are no longer sisters, we are rivals."

"Sister Mingzhu, I don't want to be your opponent. Is it okay if I stop designing? I'll tell the prince, I won't..."

Before Su Mo'er finished speaking, Mingzhu's face darkened.She pointed at Su Moer: "Su Moer, let me tell you, don't say such things to me, do you really think I am inferior to you? Tell you, I will tell everyone that my Pearl is worse than you Su Moer A lot. Only the costumes designed by me, Mingzhu, are the best, and only those designed by me, Mingzhu, are worthy of being worn by officials and concubines. If you hadn’t done this, you would have no part in the emperor’s costumes.”

After Mingzhu finished speaking, she gave Su Mo'er a hard look, then opened the door with a bang, and walked out.Jiu'er outside the door watched Mingzhu go away in fear.

(3)

The designs of official uniforms, concubine uniforms and court ladies' uniforms for the throne ceremony were obtained through elections, which is unique for the imperial court that had just transformed from the Great Jin Dynasty to the Great Qing Dynasty.What is even more unbelievable to everyone is that the contestants are Ming Zhu, the maid of Guanju Palace's concubine Chen, and Su Moer, the maid of Yongfu Palace Zhuang Concubine.

It was Concubine Chen who made this suggestion to Huang Taiji.Huang Taiji was very satisfied after seeing the costume painting samples Dorgon gave him, and he was full of praise, and agreed to Dorgon's suggestion that Su Mo'er design the official uniforms, concubine costumes and court ladies' costumes.

That night, Huang Taiji went to Guanju Palace, and said to Concubine Chen while chatting: "This concubine Zhuang is amazing, even the maids around her are so amazing! I can't help but hope that the grand ceremony will come soon, and I will wear it on my body immediately."

(End of this chapter)