The story of the salted fish concubine raising cubs in Qing Dynasty

Just hearing his voice, Mingxuan knew who it was, and asked Ulan to quickly put all the things that Ama and Di'eriang had sent into the room, and then said with a smile: "Second sister, please come in!"

"Third sister, why have you lost so much weight? But the servants are not serving you properly, or are you feeling uncomfortable?" As soon as Hesheli Minghui walked in, she first looked at Mingxuan's fair face, and disgust flashed in her eyes. Zhang Li opened his mouth and said.

Ming Xuan stretched out her hand to touch her face, and saw that her face was still flushed with makeup and powder, she raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Second sister is going to be a bride, why don't you take good care of her? It seems that this foster mother Are you too careless?"

Minghui choked, his face was a little ugly, the words of abuse came to his mouth and he stopped abruptly, and he said after a long time: "Third sister's mouth is getting sharper. If my sister enters the palace in the future, she shouldn't come back, but she will suffer a lot." of!"

"Then I would like to thank the second sister for her suggestion, but having said that, it is thanks to the second sister that my younger sister has the opportunity to serve in the palace this time! If the second sister hadn't given up at the beginning, it may not be the younger sister who is entering the palace now. You are better than the Tong family. Ge Ge is still one year younger!"

Minghui never felt annoyed, all these years they had laughed at the sick child of the Tong family in private, but in the end he really got the chance to enter the palace.

But what about them?Sister Niu Hulu has been married to Mongolia for so many years. After she lost her husband and became a widow, now she has this unseemly marriage.

Annoyed, Minghui finally understood that she couldn't be presumptuous in front of Mingxuan now, just now she just said a few sour words, and the nuns' faces were a little ugly, she took a deep breath, and then said: "The marriage of the Fucha family I didn't plan it, although I don't think you will care about it, but I have to say it, after all, sister, your status will be different in the future."

Ming Xuan nodded, and replied: "I know! How can a girl's family make decisions on her own with the orders of her parents and the words of a matchmaker?"

"You said why did you choose such a marriage in the first place?" Seeing that Ming Xuan was really not angry, Ming Hui sat down and said in a calm tone.

Ming Xuan gave her a white look, but didn't say a word. The marriage of Fucha's family was the best she could get. She didn't have a cousin she really loved, and she didn't have a maid who would accompany her with affection...

The relationship between the two sisters has never been very good. Minghui is the eldest daughter of the fourth uncle Kerkun, and has been the most outstanding Shiquan girl in the Hesheli family. Under her aura, Minghui has been suppressed for a long time. Female, naturally I don't have a good impression.

But now the concubine whom I despise is going to enter the palace, Minghui will not be able to calm down when he thinks that he has to salute her in the future, and what Er Niang said before coming here has long been forgotten.

Mingxuan couldn't bear to listen to her words, so she just said that she was tired, so she was sent out!

"Emiang, if someone speaks sarcastic words in your ear in the future, you can send it directly to Erniang or Ama." After sending Minghui away, Mingxuan returned to her room and said to Zhao Jia, "You're welcome!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia nodded and agreed: "I've made a note. In the future, I will be your face outside the palace, and I will never be bullied. Er Niang will take good care of herself, and I will definitely not let you worried!"

Ming Xuan didn't say anything else, she took off her hair, put on unlined clothes, lay down under the blanket, and went straight to the farm. In this place where there were no outsiders, she vented her anger, and then sat in the villa on the farm, thinking about the way forward.

It is impossible to compete for favor, she has no interest in Kangxi.With the backing of the Hesheli family, his life in the palace will not be bad, and it doesn't even matter if he doesn't have children.

In the case of guarding against the caring people in the palace, if you work hard, the crown prince will be abolished, and you will have a position, and your life will not be bad.

The palace has been an accident-prone area since ancient times, there must be good shows, good food and drink, there are still plays to watch, and there is room to rely on... It can't be changed, Ming Xuan can only think for the better.

When Long Jiu came out from the farm, Ming Xuan's mood had completely calmed down.

Even the second sister got married the next day, and she was able to participate with a smile, ignoring the dark eyes of the sixth sister.

More than three months passed in a blink of an eye. During these three months, Mingxuan studied palace rules and etiquette seriously with the foster nuns her family invited her.

Knowing the situation in the palace, there are not many women in the harem now, not to mention high positions, and even those who have children under their knees are still concubines.

But Mingxuan knew that this situation would not last for a long time, among the group of them entering the palace, there were still candidates for successors.

She doesn't expect to be favored, but she also has to guard against other people's calculations. For the sake of being with the prince, the emperor treats herself as a Hesheli, but it is impossible to prevent others from treating her After all, without herself, there are other girls in the Hesheli family.

Ming Xuan once heard a saying, when you have the ability to change the world, you must adapt to the world.And what she has to do is to learn to adapt to the life in the palace to the greatest extent under the circumstances that cannot be changed.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month in the 15th year of Kangxi, Mingxuan still entered the palace gate of the Forbidden City. She was accompanied by the maids Chunni and Ulan who had been serving her since she was a child, as well as the mother-in-law Liu who was arranged by the mansion, carrying two boxes dowry.

There were no high-ranking concubines in the palace at this time, and Ming Xuan was arranged to live in Yongshou Palace after entering the palace.

Niu Hulu, the daughter of Ye Bilong, and Tong Jia, the daughter of Tong Guowei, also entered the palace on the same day. These two were called Gege when they first entered the palace, and they enjoyed the treatment of concubines, while Mingxuan was the concubine. treatment.The remaining two who had never heard their names were treated as concubines.

A concubine can live in the main hall of a palace, and has a salary of 200 taels of silver every year, and her birthday is also about the same amount.There are a lot of vegetables, melons, fruits and fish every month, Ming Xuan is very satisfied with this!Serving places for six court ladies and two nuns.

When they entered the palace, the dowry from the clan in the house totaled about 3 taels of silver. In addition, the cheap Ama also gave Mingxuan a few Zhuangzi shops, which also earned about [-] taels of income every year.

Mingxuan looked at the gate of Yongshou Palace, looked at the exquisite decorations inside, and felt that as long as she lived well, she would still be rich and live a long life.

The most important thing is that if the salary is lower than those two, he will not be a successor, nor will he be a target, which is very good!

Not surprisingly, Yongshou Palace is the place where Mingxuan will live for decades. Mingxuan planned to take a good look at it, taking advantage of the power of the Hesheli family in the House of Internal Affairs, to make it more comfortable.

The eunuch of Yongshou Palace didn't wait for Mingxuan to ask questions, but directly opened his mouth, saying that he had served him before and after, with an unruly attitude, Mingxuan completely ignored him, and only replied on his knees.

"It doesn't matter who has served? My eldest sister has a gentle temperament and treats others leniently. She can't raise such a disrespectful servant!" Mingxuan finished speaking, ignoring the frightened appearance of the eunuch, and said directly to Liu Nanny: "Madam I also served my sister, help me find out, how many people in this palace are arrogant and domineering under the name of my sister? Make a list and hand it over to the emperor!"

Nanny Liu looked at the calm Ming Xuan, and said respectfully, "Yes!"

It is said that the nanny of Yongshou Palace, Qiu, came out from the side of the Empress Dowager. Mingxuan nodded, and asked her to support her, and introduced the situation of Yongshou Palace to herself, and took a stroll along the way.

In my heart, I was thinking about whether to raise one cat or two cats?With such a big palace and so many people serving it, it's not too much to keep two cats, right?

Who would have thought that within a quarter of an hour after stepping into the backyard, a young maid from Yongshou Palace would rush in and said anxiously: "Master, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager have sent someone here."

Ming Xuan nodded, and Mother Qiu hurriedly stepped forward to help Ming Xuan tidy up briefly.

"According to the order of the Empress Dowager, the Hesheli family of the Yongshou Palace is dignified and gentle, and has a gentle personality. I specially bestow a jade handle, a red sandalwood side seat with an enamel throne screen, and two python satin..."

Mingxuan knelt on the ground respectfully, and the eunuch who was listening to the oral order read for a long time with a list, and then brought countless gifts. The hall actually seemed crowded.

After thanking her, Ming Xuan took the list with a grateful look, and looked at Chuni with 'excitement'.

Chunni quickly took the two purses she had prepared and gave them to the two leading eunuchs, and said with a smile, "Thank you two brothers for making this trip! Thank you for your hard work. We didn't prepare any tea when we came in. I'm really sorry. "

The two eunuchs both put away their purses, squeezed the purses, and the mellow touch brought smiles to their faces. The leading eunuch smiled and said: "The miscellaneous family is Li Quan'an who is next to the Empress Dowager of the Palace of Compassion, and he is the Empress Dowager of the Palace of Mercy." Eunuch Meng Dan by my side."

Chunni said with a sweet smile on her round face: "Brother Li, Brother Meng Dan, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are really kind! I just don't know about other palaces..."

Li Quan'an said respectfully that only Yongshou Palace is polite.

Seeing off these people, Ming Xuan looked at the things in the room, her face was no longer happy, she received such a heavy gift as soon as she arrived, she was roasting herself on the fire!

Liu Chunni and Nanny Liu helped pack the 'dowry' she brought, Mingxuan asked Nanny Qiu to take her with her, and Ulan followed but the Empress Dowager thanked her.

"Clean it up properly, I'm going to greet the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and bring the Buddhist scriptures I copied earlier!"

The Empress Dowager has been living in the Palace of Compassion and Peace since she entered the Forbidden City, and the Empress Dowager lived in the Shoukang Palace behind the Palace of Compassion and Peace after the emperor ascended the throne.

Although Yongshou Palace is the closest palace among the West Six Palaces to the Hall of Mental Cultivation of Qianqing Palace, Yuqing Palace, the residence of the future prince, is closer to the East Six Palace.

"Originally, the Empress Dowager intended to let the master enter the Yanxi Palace, but the Emperor refused." On the way, Mother Qiu whispered in Ming Xuan's ear.

Ming Xuan nodded understandingly, the emperor loves the crown prince and is close to the Hesheli clan, but he doesn't want the Hesheli clan to control the prince.

Yongshou Palace is not far from Compassionate Ning Palace, but within a quarter of an hour, Ming Xuan has already arrived at the gate.After the notification, there was no obstruction, Ming Xuan went in directly.

"Okay, okay! Baocheng is really filial, the milk pastry you fed Ukumama is really delicious!" Walking to the entrance of the main hall, Ming Xuan heard hearty laughter from inside.

Mingxuan took a deep breath, did not expect to see the prince she avoided just after entering the palace?

Keeping his eyes on the whole time, after kowtowing to the Empress Dowager and presenting the Buddhist scriptures, before the Empress Dowager could speak, a domineering voice came from a childish voice: "Raise your head for Gu to see?"