Concubine's Handbook of Good Life in Ancient Times

Chapter 40

"Okay, you don't need to put on makeup, it's uncomfortable to put some powder on your face."

Shu Ning stopped Mei Xia from rubbing powder on her face, besides, the ancient powder contained lead, if she dared to do so, she would definitely age prematurely in the future.

"Yes."

Mei Xia didn't insist either, she knew her girl's personality, she didn't like these rouge face powders, the only thing she often used was face and lip gloss made by the girl herself, but these two are only used by girls in autumn and winter. Know how to use, girls never use these things in spring and summer.

"A good face must be covered with a thick layer of powder, and even if it is beautiful for a long time, it will become a yellow-faced woman."

Shu Ning stood up and walked towards the side hall, where the lunch is placed, the main hall is used to entertain guests, and the side hall is generally used for eating.Of course, those low-ranking concubines don't have the main hall and side halls to live in, only a few rooms or a small building, and concubines above the concubines who can have a courtyard.

And the lord of the first palace can only be a concubine of the second rank or above, and even the ninth concubine cannot be the lord of the first palace. Of course, if the emperor loves her, she can barely do it.

Shu Ning's palace has her own small kitchen, and the usual meals are brought from the small kitchen. As the lord of the first palace, she also has an imperial cook in the small kitchen, and she directly asks him to cook whatever she wants to eat.

"Don't prepare so many dishes in the future, it's still the same as before, Madam Liu, please tell the chef later."

Shu Ning looked at the table full of dishes and felt that it was a waste.

"You can take these dishes and eat them! Four dishes are enough."

Shuning said to Nanny Bai.

"Thank you, Ma'am, for the reward."

Nanny Bai called Sichun to remove the eight dishes that the mother didn't like very much on the table, and took them to the room where several people lived.

With four dishes and one soup, Shu Ning felt that she couldn't finish it, but she couldn't withdraw it any more, it would be unsightly.

Shu Ning only picked up two of the dishes to eat, and did not touch two of them, and also rewarded several eunuchs sent by the emperor after the meal.

"Hey, let's taste what the nobles eat today."

Shuning's eating speed is not slow, and the weather is not cold now, the dishes were still warm when they were served in the eunuch's room.

"Look at how useless you guys are, and kowtow to your empress outside later, thank you for your reward."

Hou Lin patted a few eunuchs on the head, no wonder they were just ordinary eunuchs after so many years, but he himself became the head of the palace.

Looking at the dishes that hadn't been touched by a single chopstick, Hou Lin had a good impression of the new lady who entered the palace. Although he was loyal to the emperor, he would do his best to the concubine Jia as long as he did not hinder His Majesty's order. Sincerely, he regards her as his own master.

No one likes to eat leftovers. Although the leftovers are rewarded by the masters, for a self-respecting eunuch, although he can eat, he will feel a little bit of dissatisfaction in his heart. That's a blessing, but a concubine always makes people eat her leftovers. This is simply not treating the palace servants as human beings!
Some temperamental palace servants would only be upset with such a concubine, of course they wouldn't show it on the surface.So when Concubine Jia didn't know it, Hou Lin had a good impression of her on the first day because of a successful move, and she was more dedicated to serving her.

In private, he was watching all the maids and eunuchs in Changning Palace, and if he found any palace maids who were dissatisfied, he would tell Nanny Liu, and the eunuchs would be dealt with by him.Anyway, there will never be a shortage of people in the palace. For those spies with malicious intentions, he will let them know what eunuchs mean.

Therefore, if you want others to respect you from the bottom of your heart, then you can't make some insulting actions, even if the other party is just a eunuch.Are there still few masters in the palace who have been tricked by eunuchs and maids?Shu Ning has received the teachings of the two nuns, coupled with the education of her previous life, so that Shu Ning will respect everyone no matter what she does. Of course, she does not give this respect to everyone. Shuning, who deserves her respect, has no need to respect them.

"Ma'am, Hou Lin brought a few eunuchs to kowtow to you outside!"

While Mei Xia took off the hairpins on Shuning's head and combed them gently with a comb, Mei Dong next to her told her about strange things in the palace, the first one was about Hou Lin's eunuchs.

(End of this chapter)