Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 17 Chen Xihai's Daily Life
Chen Xihai is the second-class guard of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This is a fourth-rank idle job with a falsely high rank. He sits down and drinks tea when he arrives at his seat.

Lead a patrol every half an hour, and then continue to drink tea.

Every day Maozheng enters the palace and Shenshi goes home.

My home is in Da Maoer Hutong in the capital, so it is not troublesome to commute back and forth.It's just that after entering the palace, there are still many doors to go through, and there are personnel and personnel to greet.

So he always gets up before the sun rises, and rushes home at night wearing the stars and the moon.

Even though he was so conscientious and conscientious, his monthly salary was not much, and most of the personnel in the palace were managed.

For example, give a gift to his immediate first-class guard Abu Da, who is the chief guard of the Taihe Palace.

He had to behave humbly. He was a Han Chinese, and he was already inferior to those full of people.

Relying on his father's luck, he got the post of second-class bodyguard. He used to disdain him, but later he realized that he didn't know the heights of heaven and earth.

Just by looking at how those third- and fourth-class guards were teased by high-level Manchu dudes, one can imagine what life the Han people outside lived.

He was a second-class guard after all, and others were not polite to him, but they did not dare to bully him.

But after sending her only daughter Chen Wenxin into the palace, everything changed quietly.

That morning, just as Chen Xihai poured himself a cup of tea, Abu Da walked over to his seat.

There are fifteen second-class guards in Taihe Palace, and only one first-class guard is Abu Da.

His seat was the last among the second-class guards, and it was next to the door.Generally, if there is something to do, he will be sent to do it. Who calls him a Han Chinese?

Abu Da had his own room to rest in the guardhouse, so he usually wouldn't come to them.

Even if he came, he would talk to those second-class guards who were sitting comfortably inside, and he would never come to him.

"Chen Xihai, I heard that your family sent a girl in?"

Abu Da likes to call the Han guards by first and last name, anyway, their last name is generally only one word.

His brother who worked in the inner palace told him that among the new recruits this year, there was one who promised to give birth to Chen Shi, named Jun.

In the words of the Han people, it is called a beautiful appearance.

Abu Da found out after inquiring that this Chen promised was the daughter of Chen Xihai, his second-class bodyguard.

He didn't pay much attention to Chen Xihai before, although he often gave himself money.

There are too many second-class guards, third-class guards, and even fourth-class guards Lan Ling who give him money in this palace.

This time I looked at him carefully, only to find that he has a fair and delicate face, no wonder he gave birth to a beautiful daughter and sent him to the palace.

So he struck up a conversation with Chen Xihai for the first time.

Chen Xihai hurriedly gave up his seat for him, washed a clean teacup and poured tea.

"That's right. My girl is promised by Chuxiu Palace."

"I heard that your daughter looks very good?" Abu Da asked curiously.

A few second-class guards sitting around heard the words, and they also joined in to listen to the commotion.

Chen Xihai's fair skin was a little red.

Abu Da personally asked, but he did not dare to lie.Mutteringly, he took out a small palm-sized portrait from his pocket.

Before Chen Wenxin entered the palace, Chen Xihai specially invited a down-and-out scholar who painted on the street to paint this.Chen Wenxin in the painting is sitting under the tree, smiling slightly.

The scholar painted the portrait, but refused to accept the money.Chen Xihai felt sorry for it at first, but the scholar said yes, if he could see the beauty of the young lady in this life, he would die without regrets.

Seeing his frivolous words, Chen Xihai picked up the broom and beat him out.

He kept this small portrait all the time, and when he and his wife missed their daughter, they would take it out to have a look.

Everyone looked up and saw that it was a small portrait with a white background, which looked a bit like a western painting, and it showed a stunning beauty in color.

She was sitting under the plum tree, with a little smile on her lips, it was really a smile that captivated the city.

Chen Xihai was originally worried that the mouths of these elders would not be clean, but everyone just fell silent for a moment, and then praised Chen Wenxin with some vulgar but not rude words:

"Beauty! What a rare beauty!"

"Prettier than any girl I've ever seen!"

"Han girl is beautiful!"

I don't know whether it is because she is respected because she is the emperor's concubine, or because the temperament of a woman is painted, which is unbearable to be insulted.

Chen Xihai was a little embarrassed, as if it wasn't his daughter who was being praised, but himself.

Since then, he felt that everyone had treated him more politely, and he wondered if it was his illusion.

Until early this morning, when he was about to go out to the palace, the emperor's imperial decree was passed to Damao'er Hutong.

The emperor promoted him to be a first-class bodyguard, and rewarded their family with 50 taels of gold.

It is true that his father followed Taizong into the Forbidden City, but now the Long Live Lord is already the third generation, how could he remember this?
The only explanation is that the emperor valued Chen Wenxin, so he showed kindness to her mother's family.

He knew that his niece had been enshrined as a permanent presence, and she was quite favored by the emperor.I didn't expect this love to be so deep.

First-class bodyguard, that is the official position of the third rank.From then on, he no longer had to look at Abu Da's face, and no longer had to be afraid of the guards in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, who would dare to bully him.

He can also bring his two eldest sons into the palace as errands, so that they can have serious official positions, even if they are fourth-class guards.

The two youngest sons can also have spare money to send to study. If they can pass the imperial examination in the future, the Chen family will be able to honor their ancestors...

Chen Xihai hugged his first-class bodyguard uniform, cheerfully looking like a fool.

On this day, he first went outside the Qianqing Palace.He planned to kowtow to the emperor's main hall outside and leave after the eunuch passed the news.
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The emperor would not personally meet a first-class guard.

Unexpectedly, it was Li Dequan, the chief executive who saw him in person, and told him to go in and kowtow in front of the emperor.

The emperor wants to see him?
He was flattered and followed Li De's whole body, and he led him into Qianqing Palace.

The young emperor was very diligent, and was sitting behind the desk reviewing papers.Seeing him coming, he gave him a seat on the way, and chatted with him kindly.

Chen Xihai has revealed everything about his family, even the emperor knows that the eldest son can still wet the bed at the age of eight.

The emperor looked at this newly promoted first-class guard wearing an embroidered leopard patch, and couldn't help being a little amused.

He finally knew where Chen Wenxin's simple and straightforward thoughts came from.

The emperor saw that he was almost middle-aged, but he was still a bit fair and handsome, he didn't look like a guard, but like a Han scholar in his court.

Even when they asked each other with poems and books, Chen Xihai answered them fluently.

The emperor secretly thought about whether it would be better to make him a civil servant.

Chen Xihai came out of Qianqing Palace, and now he arrived at the place where he usually works.

The guard of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Seeing that Chen Xihai was wearing a new sapphire crown, and the patch on his official uniform had been replaced with an embroidered leopard, a group of second-class guards who were sitting idle in the guards all rushed up and greeted him one after another.

These are all people who used to have the same identity as him but looked down on him.Now I also bowed my head with a smile on my face, and greeted him in front of him.

Chen Xihai is not a person who holds grudges, he politely asked everyone to get up, and saw Abuda coming out of the room quickly.

"Brother Chen, I knew that you are not an ordinary person!"

In fact, everyone knows that it is Chen Xihai's daughter, Chen Changzai, who is unusual, not himself.

Being able to give birth to a good daughter is a blessing that many people can't ask for.Every family among them has daughters, but whose daughter is as handsome as the Chen family?

If there is no accident, Chen Xihai's position will have to go up.

Abuda changed his address, and Chen Xihai changed it as he did.

"Thank you brother Abuda for your compliment."

He looked at the two wearing the same tops and the same patches on their clothes, and finally their backs became stiffer.

(End of this chapter)