Solid pet palace maid

Chapter 4

It is the same in ancient and modern times, civil servants can neither survive nor starve to death.In fact, Xiao Man overestimated her own status, she is not a civil servant, she is a slave, a slave who has no freedom, no dignity and nothing!

Although Xiaoman encourages herself to be optimistic, she is actually not without fear.After all, there are great rules in the palace, and it is a trivial matter to be scolded and punished for doing something wrong.

Moreover, although court ladies are not show girls and have very few opportunities to be favored, it is not without precedent.She knew some historical knowledge, and if the court ladies were beautiful, they might be favored by the emperor, but these women were just the emperor's occasional playthings.

A court lady may also be rewarded at any time, to meritorious officials or close ministers. It is good to be a famous concubine, and she may be discarded after being played with.

Hey, more than ten years have been a long way, and some of them have endured.

A total of 100 court ladies were selected this time, all from the suburbs of Beijing.After entering Beijing, they first stayed in a courtyard outside the palace for a month.They have to bathe, have their hair cut, and put on clean clothes.Every day, there are special nuns watching them for personal hygiene, wishing to make them shed three layers of skin.This one-month stay is mainly for the sake of sanitation and preventing the introduction of infectious diseases, lice, fleas and other dirty things from outside the palace.

One month later, Xiaoman finally stepped into the palace, a golden house and jade tower, a splendid place.

According to the vacancies, they enter different departments.There are 9 prisons and 18 rooms in the palace. Xiaoman was lucky to be assigned to the Shangyi prison and was in charge of needlework and tailoring.

Originally, her ideal goal was to be the Superintendent of Food. Although her face might be greasy and affect her beauty, at least she could eat well and learn some techniques of making snacks and meals. It would be nice to open a small restaurant after leaving the palace. good.

It's a pity that Shangshan Supervisor is a fat vacancy, and there are too many people who want to go, so it's not the turn of her who has no money and no connections.

The circle of court ladies is also a small society, and it is also divided into levels. Even if the same level, different positions, and different palaces, the rewards are different.If they are not close to serve the master, the chances of getting rewards must be much less.Even if the master serves the master, the master's worth is different, and the slave's worth is also different.

This kind of thing is also the same in modern times. In the same unit, the status of people is always different.Fortunately, Xiaoman was basically the last one in the original unit, and she was not used to it if she really wanted to show her face.

Moreover, the contradictions are more complicated when they are assigned to each palace to serve the master closely. All kinds of tricks to compete for favor and superiority are obviously not Xiaoman's specialty. It is better to do some technical work, and in the future, he will also have personal skills when he goes out of the palace.Moreover, technical workers can take 10 days off on a regular basis, unlike the maids in the temples, who have to arrange rotations by their masters.

In Xiaoman's mind, the ideal job is to be able to make money and also be able to rest.

She was very lucky to be assigned to Shangyi Supervisor.This is mainly due to the fact that her hands are delicate and slender, and she can't hang flowers on silk.It can be seen that being a child at home is really good, being favored and doing less work, and going out to work will help you get a good job.

Xiaoman decided that he must study hard, learn some real skills, go out to embroider some palace embroidery, and make some clothes for rich families, and the income will be good.Well, if you want to get married, this is also a bargaining chip.No matter what year you have to be of high comprehensive quality to find a good wife!
Leading people to work in the palace is led by the first level.Xiaoman's teacher is the 19-year-old court lady Shaoyao.Shaoyao has a medium appearance, gentle and narrow eyes, and an oval face. She usually doesn't talk much, but she doesn't hide her secrets when teaching her work, and she never finds fault with Xiaoman.

Xiaoman watched many elder sisters around him raise their eyebrows at the little apprentice, shout and shout, all kinds of difficult to serve, and was very fortunate to have met a good boss.

After several months of experience and seeing several accidents, Xiaoman also knew that the times had changed, and she was no longer Jiao Didi's only daughter, but a complete slave.She's about to grow up.

Fortunately, Xiaoman is not a chatterbox, and following Shaoyao, he doesn't get involved in anything, and the past few months have been without any surprises or dangers.What she has to do is to be grateful to Sister Shaoyao, to serve Shaoyao well like other apprentices serving their masters, and to be worthy of Shaoyao's earnest teaching.

Shaoyao's heart is clear, seeing that Xiaoman is getting more and more calm, knowing how to keep a three-pointer when speaking, and keeping a thin line when doing things, and she is sincere to her, and she is also very relieved.After all, everyone was sold by a poor family. It is not easy to support a family, and it is also the first apprentice she has brought. She has also experienced the hardships of being an apprentice, so naturally she is more concerned about Xiaoman, and hopes that Xiaoman can do well. .

The two masters and apprentices were neither transparent nor out-of-the-box in Shangyi Prison, they lived a very stable life.

Xiaoman doesn't like to talk, and there are not many little sisters, but through Shaoyao, he met Xiaoxizi, the little eunuch of the Shangshan Supervisor, and he has a good friend.Xiaoxizi and Shaoyao are from the same hometown, and the family had received help from Shaoyao's family back then, so they were naturally close.

Although Xiao Xizi is only 15 years old, she has nothing to say about her work.The mouth is well-behaved, and when the eunuchs and maids bite a brother and sister, they smile before opening their mouths. The errands are even more agile.

Xiaoman is not unsatisfied with Xiaoxizi's favor, one mouthful of "Brother Xizi", shouting that Xiaoxizi will secretly bring her snacks to eat when she has time, sometimes she can't even eat peony.

Originally, the food of the court lady was much better than that of the family. For the lowest class like her, every meal was full of steamed buns, full of vegetables, and some meat every few days.Now, there is Xiaoxizi's dim sum again. Xiaoman's height has increased a lot, and finally looks like a normal 11-year-old girl.

Moreover, Xiao Man was pleasantly surprised to find that she was no longer a little apple that didn't bloom.

(End of this chapter)