The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 9 First Meeting
The maids serving in the palace, even sinners born in Xinzheku, cannot be punished privately if they are not serious masters.

Now that the Guerjia clan doesn't take it seriously, but still beats the maid arbitrarily, it is already a big taboo in the palace.

Among the beautiful girls, there were some who couldn't see it, but due to the status of the Guerjia family, no one dared to speak out to stop it.

Rong Yue pulled Wan Yu, wanting to go forward with her, but Wan Yu let go of Rong Yue's hand and shook her head at her.

Rong Yue had no choice but to go forward alone, seeing Guerjia raised her hand to slap the old maid again, Rong Yue opened her arms to protect the old maid behind her, stared at Guarjia with wide eyes, and said solemnly: " How can the Forbidden City allow you to be presumptuous, if you are still rude, please meet carefully and tell me to tell the emperor."

Guarjia's hands were hanging in the air, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

After all, Tong Jiarongyue is the emperor's direct cousin. If she is provoked, she will really add fuel to the emperor's words in front of the emperor, but if she is allowed to stop at this moment, with so many beautiful girls watching, she will lose face. I'm sorry for this man.

Seeing that the two were at a stalemate, the beautiful girls at the side came up and persuaded Guerjia to put down his hands in the air. Guarjia got the steps, so he gave up, but he still said unforgivingly: "Sister Protecting a court lady like you, don't others think that you are related to each other?"

"Is it the emperor's land in the whole world? Whether you or I or these eunuchs and maids, we are all citizens of the Qing Dynasty. The country is for everyone, and we are all one family." Rong Yue turned around, looked at the old maid's cheeks flushed, and turned to her face Blow gently on.

The old maid was terrified, and hurriedly thanked Rong Yue: "Miss is like this, servants are terrified."

Mrs. Guerjia rolled her eyes at the two of them and sneered, "You should be terrified if you know who you are." Then, she sneered at Rong Yue: "My sister likes to talk to relatives with these bastards, so she picks up her own." That's enough, don't drag your sister into her poor air."

Rong Yue didn't argue with her, stepped forward and took the broom that the old maid was leaning on the wall and handed it to her, telling her to go to her own business quickly, don't take this matter to heart.

The old maid was grateful, bowed her body to bow to Rong Yue, turned around and entered the imperial garden.

Seeing the old maid leave, Rong Yue gave Guerjia a contemptuous look, seeing that she didn't speak anymore, so she gave up and went back under the shade of the tree.

She looked at Wanyu who was standing under the tree and couldn't help smiling at herself, walked up to her in two steps, patted her arm, and said angrily: "What are you laughing at, that maid of honor was bullied just now, I invite you Stop it together, but you just avoid it."

Wan Lai gave Rong Yue a meaningful look, and whispered playfully, "Sister is kind, she will be rewarded with good fortune."

Xiu Nu went in one after another, few people were left with a sign, and all the pear blossoms came out of the imperial garden with rain and disgrace, which made the Xiu Nu who had not yet met even more nervous.

About a quarter of an hour later, the fourth batch of beautiful women walked out of the imperial garden, and the eunuch in charge read out, the first beautiful women whose name was left by the emperor.

This person's name is Dong Wenyin, and she is the daughter of Yuanwailang Dong Daqi.

As soon as the eunuch in charge fell silent, all the beautiful women who were onlookers rushed up and surrounded Dong Wenyin.

Everyone was chattering, some congratulated her, while others asked the emperor whether he was handsome or not.

Dong Wenyin shyly replied that there was a curtain hanging in front of the emperor, so he couldn't be seen.

Wan Lai and Rong Yue joined in the fun and gathered around, seeing that Dong Wenyin was actually the beautiful girl who was humiliated by the Guerjia family for being petty while sitting on the stone bench just now.

But at this time, Guarjia's voice sounded in the crowd, and there was a sourness in her words, she muttered: "Our emperor also has a bit of a strong taste, presumably because we are far away, I can't smell the smell on you. Musty smell." She covered her nose coquettishly and walked out of the crowd, her other hand was still in front of her nose to fan the wind.

The eunuch in charge saw that the crowd was in a mess, so he sternly shouted back the crowd, and then loudly announced the beautiful girl who was about to enter the hall.

Wanyu, Rongyue, and Guerjia's family name are all among this group of beautiful women.

After waiting for everyone, the eunuch in charge led them into the imperial garden.

Wan Lai followed Rong Yue in fifth place.

She looked east and west along the way, and saw that the flowers and plants along the road were trimmed properly, the flowers and plants were fresh and fragrant, and the butterflies and birds were singing among the bushes, which made people feel refreshed and happy, and even the heat was relieved a bit.

The group of six didn't walk for a long time, when they saw that there were more guards around, Wannai raised her head, and saw a high platform not far in front of her, with a thin curtain hanging in front, shining magnificently.

There were many people in the audience, including countless eunuchs and court ladies, thinking that they had already arrived, they couldn't help feeling nervous.

Sure enough, the eunuch in charge led the six people to stand in the middle of the high platform, then stopped, waved the whip in his hand twice, and said solemnly to everyone: "Kneel."

Xiunu and her party of six knelt down in response, kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and said in unison: "Your servants wait to kowtow to the emperor, the empress dowager, may the emperor live forever and the empress dowager be safe and happy."

After the ceremony, hearing the clear voice of the emperor from behind the curtain, he calmed down, and everyone thanked them and stood solemnly.

The eunuch in charge opened the roster and said in a serious voice: "Sun Jiabi, the younger sister of Sun Qimeng, the prefect of Jezhou, is sixteen years old."

The voice fell, and the first lady in the row knelt down. Perhaps because of nervousness, she stammered and said: "My lady, my lady Sun Jiabi, see see, see Your Majesty."

"Since it's not easy to talk, I asked Sun Qimeng to find a husband to teach him diligently."

Behind the curtain, the emperor interrupted before Sun Jiabi could finish answering.

The eunuch in charge was clever, and hurriedly said: "Sun Jiabi, put down the plaque and give flowers."

After the sound fell, the eunuch serving at the side took a freshly picked flower and handed it to Sun Jiabi. Sun Jiabi raised her hand to receive the flower to thank her, and was taken out by the eunuch.

Wan Yu felt that the emperor was so hasty, even rejected Sun Jiabi without seeing her face clearly, without showing any mercy, and felt that her eldest sister Yide had lived in a deep palace for these years, and her life must be difficult.

Sun Jiabifang got up to leave, and the eunuch in charge continued to read: "Dong Wanqing, the daughter of Jiangxi governor Dong Weiguo, is fifteen years old."

Dong Wanqing, who was standing next to the Guerjia family, wore a purple flag dress embroidered with acacia flowers, behaved dignifiedly, and bowed to the emperor and the empress dowager.

"Have you ever read any books?"

"Returning to the emperor, the courtier's daughter, Ama, often said that 'women who can read and write are more obscene'. For a woman, she should be proficient in needlework, piano, chess and painting."

"Your ama will teach you. As your ama said, the emperor's grandmother is well-versed in poetry and books, so can she be regarded as 'obscene'?"

The emperor's words were obviously displeased, Dong Wanqing knew that he had said something wrong, so he kowtowed and confessed, saying that he was confused.

The emperor behind the curtain stopped talking, and the eunuch in charge understood, and said: "Dong Wanqing, put down the plaque and give flowers."

Dong Wanqing received the gift of flowers, but still apologized to the emperor and begged for forgiveness, the eunuch in charge winked at the eunuch serving, the eunuch then covered her mouth and dragged her out.

After she left, the eunuch in charge said: "Guarjia Jinyi, the daughter of General Zhuobutai who conquered the South, is fifteen years old."

Hearing that the eunuch in charge had finally read her name, Guarjia seemed impatient, she hurriedly knelt down, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to the emperor and the empress dowager, and said solemnly: " My daughter, Guerjia Jinyi, please Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager Jinan. May the Emperor live long and the Empress Dowager be healthy and happy forever."

"What about you, are you also illiterate?" the emperor asked again.

Compared with the example of Dong Wanqing just now, Guerjia responded calmly with a smile: "My minister is not talented. I only read "Internal Training" and "The Analects of Confucius" in detail, and I also read the Four Books and Five Classics in my spare time. My father often teaches my ministers , if you want to serve the emperor in the future, you need to read more books, the emperor is full of talents, so you can talk to the emperor more."

After Guerjia's words fell, she heard the Empress Dowager say: "Then you know, what is the beauty of a woman?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, a woman considers meekness to be beautiful."

"Oh?" The Empress Dowager was puzzled, and laughed again: "We Manchus conquered the country on horseback, your Ama is the general who conquered the South, and the Guerjia clan has made great military exploits. The Ai family thought that you Amma will teach you some women's words that it is beautiful to be strong."

What the empress dowager said made Guarjia a little confused, so he just said that the empress dowager has a good temper and loves to joke with them juniors.

The Empress Dowager heard what she said, and laughed quickly: "The Ai family has no time to joke with you. Since you, Ama, are willing to teach you, the Ai family will feel at ease." After saying that, she sternly said to the eunuch in charge: " There is no need to give her flowers."

Seeing that the Guarjia family did not give flowers, they thought that this was to leave a plaque to serve in the palace, so they kowtowed to thank the emperor: "My daughter, I thank the emperor, the empress dowager, and my daughter will definitely keep her duty in the future and serve the emperor wholeheartedly." , Honor the Empress Dowager.”

　Remark 1: Xinzheku: It is a transliteration of "sin jeku" in Manchu, which means a person who eats rations under the collar of the coat.A bannerman organization under the Eight Banners - Guanling, this is a kind of coating organization, and it is by no means an organization that specializes in monitoring criminal slaves.Xinzheku people are divided into original Xinzheku people and those who entered Xinzheku because of crimes. It cannot be determined that all Xinzheku people are criminals.There are Xinzheku people serving hard labor in the House of Internal Affairs, the Prince's Mansion, the Mausoleum, the Xinggong, and Zhuangtun.

　　
　
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