Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 7 ([-]) Learning Palace Rules Be Careful
[Becoming a court lady mourns freedom, and the palace rules are strict and strict;]

[Abandoning dreams and losing awareness of reality, from now on only follow the words of the master. 】

The next day, before Mao hour, an aunt knocked on the door, "Everyone is up." Gai Rong'er was lying on the bed last night, and was not used to sleeping in a different place. She tossed and turned and did not sleep well. She felt a little tired and struggled to get up.

Everyone dressed quickly and came to the courtyard. Ronger saw that everyone was wearing the new palace uniforms from yesterday. The uniform clothes also made the glamorous girl in pink who came in last yesterday stand out even more. .There were three aunts standing in the courtyard, the middle one looked older, and the two on both sides were the two maids who brought the clothes yesterday.

Then the maid in the middle began to speak, "To enter the palace, you must understand the rules of the palace. Your words and deeds in the palace not only represent yourself, but also affect the lives of your family members outside the palace. Be careful, my surname is Xiao, you can call me Aunt Xiao, the one on my left is Aunt Lian, and the one on the right is Aunt Ning, if you have anything to do these days, you can find them. The place where you live now is the Second North School, I am the aunt in charge of this courtyard. In the past ten days, the three of us will teach you the rules of this palace. Here, you must obey my words. This is also the rule of the palace. The words of the court lady."

"A total of 20 people were selected into the palace this time. Now they all stand up for me. When they read their names, they shout 'in'."

After reading the name, Aunt Xiao said again: "Today is the first day, I will tell you the rules of this palace first, and you all remember them firmly. First, the maids of the palace must Get up, because the masters will get up before the time of mao to wash up and go to greet the empress dowager, and the emperor will also go to court at the time of mao, so the slave must rise before the master; In front of your maids, you must call yourself a servant girl, and you must not violate the rules. When talking to your master and aunt, you must lower your head and not look directly at it. Palace maids, you should be called aunts; thirdly, court ladies should be simple, not frivolous in speech and actions on weekdays, and not allowed to draw eyebrows and sideburns; You must walk peacefully, don't shake your head from side to side, don't look back; don't laugh loudly, don't show your teeth, and don't make a sad face. A face like yours won't do." Aunt Xiao pointed at a person as she spoke. It was that beautiful girl, Gai Rong'er heard her name was Ling Qiao'er when she was reciting her name just now, since seeing her yesterday, Gai Rong'er seems to have never seen her smile.

Aunt Xiao pointed to Ling Qiao'er and said, "Who are you showing your face to? Don't think it's a big deal to be good-looking. You think you will be liked by the emperor. I also understand that there are good-looking people in the palace. There are too many court ladies, and there are more people who can't see the emperor. I have been in the palace for eight years, and I haven't seen our master who was born in a coat. The emperor is only 13 years old this year, so I advise you to don't Hold this heart and give me some peace."

Ling Qiao'er replied in a low voice: "I don't dare."

"Don't dare? Okay, then just laugh at me." Aunt Xiao pointed at Ling Qiao'er again and shouted, Ling Qiao'er grinned and laughed.

Aunt Xiao was obviously dissatisfied, and continued: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, you are not all blessed to serve the master, and the internal affairs will refer to my opinion to assign you, if you are not qualified in my opinion, The seats of the maids in the laundry room and the chore room are also waiting for you..."

Aunt Xiao spent the whole morning talking about the palace rules and admonishing everyone. Gai Ronger really admired that she didn't feel tired after talking for such a long time. This must have been the result of years of training in the palace.But Gai Rong'er didn't dare to be careless at all, this aunt would call random people out to ask questions after a while.

Finally, Aunt Xiao asked everyone to go back to their rooms and wait for lunch. After a while, some eunuchs delivered the lunch. It was similar to last night's fire food. There were a few light dishes, one bowl for each person. plain rice.After the meal, the father-in-laws put away the dishes, and Aunt Ning came into the house. Aunt Ning always had a smile on her face, making people feel very kind.

"In the past ten days, you can come to me in the East Wing if you need anything. The three of us live in the hut on the east side of the courtyard. After lunch, you can take a break. Usually, this time is the time for the masters to eat. , I really have to serve the master, and the meal time will be later than this, and you can eat after the master has used it. Okay, now you rest first, and gather in the courtyard when you are not ready." Aunt Ning said this and said out the door.

"Sister, is it true that you won't see the emperor? I thought you would see the emperor when you enter the palace." Yin Ruolan asked Gai Rong'er who was sitting beside her very depressed.

"Sister, why should you care about it? Everything has its own destiny, let it take its course." Gai Ronger comforted.

"Oh, sister, if you can't be elected by the emperor, how will you live this day? You heard how horrible the life of a court lady was said by Aunt Xiao today. I was a little careless. If I often make mistakes in the future, I will die." Yin Ruolan sighed.

"Then you should study hard to avoid punishment." Gai Ronger was about to answer when Su Ya, who was sitting next to Gai Ronger, snatched the words with a smile.

"What Miss Su Ya said is so true, you should work hard to learn it." After getting along with her for a day, Gai Ronger saw that although this girl Su Ya was much inferior in appearance compared to Yin Ruolan, Wang Jingzhi, and Ling Qiaoer, she was human. But very kind.

At the end of the day, everyone had already gathered in the courtyard, and Aunt Xiao gave another warning, "Okay, now I will talk about some basic rules for us as court ladies, first of all, this station, you can't sit when the master is standing, the master is sitting down." You can only stand without permission. Standing at any time is the first step of a court lady. As long as the master does not let you sit, you can only stand. Usually, you have to stand when you serve the master. When you stand, you have to stand straight, but You can’t lift your head up high, and your eyes should be looking down. Aunt Lian, please demonstrate to you.” After Aunt Lian demonstrated, “After this station is over, let’s go…”

The whole afternoon, I was just instructing, demonstrating, and doing spot checks in middle school, standing, walking, sitting, lifting, and handing some of the postures of court ladies.

As soon as you arrived at three o'clock, Aunt Xiao said, "That's all for today's study. When you go back, think about what you learned today, and remember it in your heart. Go to bed early at night, and gather in the courtyard at Mao tomorrow morning. .”

After dinner, everyone sat at the table and chatted without saying a word. Aunt Ning came to the room again and asked everyone if there was anything they needed. Is it true that none of the maids in the coat can be masters?" Aunt Xiao smiled, Aunt Xiao has been in the palace for eight years, and when she entered the palace, it was the time when the late emperor only favored Xiaoxian Empress Dong E, and now The emperor is only 13 this year, and he doesn't have any concubines. Currently there is only the empress, so it is true that Aunt Xiao said that she did not see it with her own eyes. However, recently I heard that Zhang Leqi, a maid in the palace where the emperor lives, was blessed by the emperor. She is about to be sealed as a promise, so Aunt Xiao's words are not entirely correct. "

After hearing Aunt Ning's words, Yin Ruolan finally smiled, "Does that mean you have a chance to be favored by the Emperor?"

Aunt Ning smiled, "But what Aunt Xiao said is also reasonable. The possibility of a court lady being chosen as the master is very small. One in a thousand people is good enough. So, don't have too much hope. To tell you the truth, I have been in the palace for three years and have not seen the emperor yet."

"Ah?" After hearing this, Yin Ruolan's small face fell down again.Aunt Ning smiled helplessly, "Okay, it's getting late, you guys go to bed early, and I'll go back too."

In the next few days, everyone will spend the next few days studying and being reprimanded like the first day. Aunt Ning usually comes to sit in the East Wing after dinner to chat with everyone about the affairs of the palace, mostly around some rules. , They are learning the most basic palace rules now, and they will be assigned to different places in the future, and the aunts in charge will assign each of them different errands to learn different rules.

In the afternoon of the tenth day, Aunt Xiao was saying that tomorrow they would be assigned by the House of Internal Affairs to the twenty palace maids. Just as Aunt Xiao was emphasizing, a father-in-law suddenly entered the courtyard and approached Xiao Aunt said, "Aunt Xiao, the Empress Dowager has an order to send you to the Palace of Compassion and Ning for questioning."

"Slave leads the order, let's go now and trouble Eunuch Cao." It was Eunuch Cao, the chief manager of the Palace of Compassionate Ning, who came. Aunt Xiao turned around and said to everyone, "You all go away." Then, Eunuch Cao who passed the order hurried I hurried away.

(End of this chapter)