The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 803 Extra Story: Linlan One
In the mornings of these two days, I could always hear Second Aunt and Er Niang arguing loudly in the courtyard.

Ever since our family was in trouble, Ama Erniang and I went to our close relatives' home in the outskirts of Beijing. The days of living under the fence are endless and can't be seen.

On weekdays, Erniang and I make some female celebrities to supplement the family income, while Ama relied on his previous relationship to get a post of guard outside the gate of the Forbidden City.

Although the monthly money is not much, he always thinks that I love Su Jin Kee's roast goose, and he will buy it for me every now and then.

I listened carefully to the content of the dispute between the second aunt and Er Niang, and it was nothing more than the suspicion that we occupied her family's territory and ate a ration of her family's food.

Er Niang had already given all the money she could squeeze out to the second aunt's family, but she was still not satisfied.

The silver taels given out are enough to rent a smaller room in the capital for our family of three to live in.I really don't know how Erniang and Ama planned to stay at the second aunt's house and not leave.

Later I realized that it wasn't that they didn't want to leave, but that they couldn't.

The Wuya clan is one of the Eight Banners, even though Ama's branch is now down and out, but the fate of her daughter entering the palace draft at the full age cannot be changed.

It is said to be a draft, but it is not like being selected into the palace like Shang Sanqi, or becoming the master of the palace.

Instead, she was reduced to a slave and served in the Forbidden City life after life, unable to get out of life or death.

And the reason why Ama and Erniang stayed at the second aunt's house was entirely because her third son was a high-ranking official in the previous dynasty, and they were related to each other, which would always save me from the draft and not have to enter the palace to serve others lifetime.

I know that Ama and Erniang love me dearly.

But I also feel sorry for them.

During these days when we stayed at the second aunt's house, even the servants didn't show any kindness to us.

Ama goes to the capital every day, and only comes back when she is not on duty when she is free. The second aunt treats him well.

But it was Er Niang who had to suffer all the ridicule from the second aunt.

A few days ago, it was just a dispute, but today they actually raised their hands.

I heard Er Niang's screams and hurried to see her.

The second aunt and daughter-in-law were tearing at Erniang's hair, pointing at her nose and cursing.

I hurried forward and patted their skirts with my small hands, crying for them to let go.

The second aunt pushed me to the ground, and she spat at me. She said that we stayed in their room because of me, a loser.He also told Er Niang that if we couldn't get the money together within three days, we would be kicked out with a broom.

After they left, Er Niang hugged me and kept crying.

She didn't tell me anything, and I only found out when I exchanged letters with Er Niang after entering the palace. The second aunt asked Ama and Er Niang to give her an ingot of ingot.

One ingot of ingot is almost half a year's income of Ama and Erniang, and in addition to the plundering of us by the second aunt these days, how can we squeeze out such a large amount of silver?
Er Niang kept begging the second aunt, and I couldn't bear to see her knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

I know that they are doing this for me, but I can't live a peaceful life alone and let them be bullied like this.

The second aunt wanted to hit my mother, so I picked up a stone and threw it on the back of her head.

I didn't hit too hard, but she still had her skin torn and blood left.

She clutched the back of her head, screaming in pain, Er Niang panicked when she saw that I was in trouble, she dragged me and ran away.

Well, we will never go back to the second aunt's house in the future.

Er Niang took me all the way to the capital to find Ama, her brows were furrowed into hills, and she muttered along the way, while I kept laughing.

That night, we found an inn in the capital to stay.

The house is not big, but Ama and Er Niang are both there, so you don't need to live with others, this is your home.

Ama drank a lot of wine, Er Niang turned her face away to secretly wipe her tears.

I held my mother's hand, and I talked to her.

Mother, don't cry.You have been protecting me and don't want me to enter the palace, but I like that place very much in my heart.

I pulled her up and walked to the window, pointing at the extremely solemn imperial city under the night.

You see, that place is shining golden, even ordinary palace people have different food and clothing expenses from ordinary people.We occasionally see those eunuchs who come out of the palace to buy, which is not decent?
My daughter wants to go in, and also wants to gain a good future.

Er Niang hugged me tightly, I saw her lips and teeth trembling and she hesitated to speak, but it was Ama who said something that I will never forget in my life.

Ama said that he and Erniang never hoped for my wealth, but only hoped for my well-being and happiness.Entering the palace, it is possible to be rich.But if you want to think about happiness again, I'm afraid it will be difficult in this life.

He said he was sorry for me.

In fact, who can be sorry?
Ama and Erniang raised me and cared for me since childhood, wishing they could give me all the best things in this world.

It's always time for me to find a way to honor them.

After moving out from the second aunt's house, her third son really reported to the officials of the Ministry of Rites and handed over my roster.

Not long after, an eunuch found Ama when he was on duty, and told him that next month was the day when I would enter the palace as a servant, and asked us to prepare well.

The matter has come to this point, and since it is a foregone conclusion, I must live up to it.

I heard that the most prosperous place in the palace is the palace of the empress and concubine Yi.

The duty is decent, the oil and water are full, and it is an excellent place to go.

If I am lucky enough to be in her two-person palace, I think the second aunt's family will never look down on Ama again.

But the maids who enter the palace are all working in the Sizhiku or the embroidery room. If there is a good place, where can I get my turn?
One day, Er Niang and I read the Tao, entering the palace as a slave or a maidservant can't be left or right, but if you are lucky enough to get the emperor's attention, seal a promise to be there forever, and you can count on it to rely on for the rest of your life.

Do you get the emperor's other eyes?I don't want to.

I know from outside the palace that he has so many concubines, and he can't finish changing people to serve him every day, so why should I squeeze into that fire again?
Rather than spending a whole life together with a man who he doesn't love, it's better to serve his master for the rest of his life in the Forbidden City and earn more money to help Ama and Erniang.

On the day I entered the palace, Ama and Er Niang sent me outside the gate of the palace. An internal eunuch called my name, I answered and followed him away.

I stepped into the palace gate step by step, and I knew that if I took this step, I would be trapped in it for the rest of my life.

I heard the hysterical whimpering and roaring of my mother behind me. She called me, Lin Lan, Lan Er, and my daughter.

Gradually, her voice weakened, and I knew that it was Ama who stopped her.

In the forbidden area of ​​the imperial city, how can the people be allowed to be unrestrained?
I made up my mind, and even though tears were streaming down my cheeks like rain, I didn't look back at them again.

I have to be like this, I have to be decisive, so that they can feel at ease.

The inner eunuch who led me into the palace saw all this, until I reached a place where Ama Erniang could not see, then stopped and told me that I should wipe away my tears. I don't even have the right to cry at will.

That's right, I have become a tool in this huge imperial city since then, and will always be an accessory of others.

I nodded heavily, wiped away my tears, and continued walking with him.

(End of this chapter)