Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

Since then, Baochai has lived in peace, and every day she only takes Su Mama and Yinger to greet Mrs. Wang during the day. Jiamu never enters the main courtyard without telling her, and sooner or later she locks the corner door. The appearance of not interacting with others and only caring about living a leisurely life.

On the first day of April, there was news from the palace that the women who were selected as servants were ordered to hand over the roster first, in which the ancestral home, birth, father's position and personal appearance were written.Baochai delivered the prepared booklet to the eunuch who came to pick up the things as promised. The eunuch looked him up and down and grinned and returned to his order.

It turns out that today's good Taoists blindly believe in the health-care techniques of some Taoist priests. Therefore, in recent years, some young and beautiful girls from low-level backgrounds have taken it to mean "collecting yin and nourishing yang".There are countless young nobles and talented people newly promoted in the palace, and it is not uncommon for palace maids without names or distinctions. The old people are just relying on their past friendship to fill up the high positions. .It is said that the back court is connected with the previous dynasty, how many of these women sent to the palace are fighting for the sake of the family, but they don't care if they really love and like them, the competition is nothing more than face and the weight of words.

The maid of honor next to Concubine Zhen brought him in, and the eunuch kowtowed and said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, I have already handed in the servant's errand, and that daughter Xue's appearance is really lovable, about one eleven, Two years old, with an oval face and almond-shaped eyes, fair skin and black hair." Concubine Zhen sat on the head and heard him change her hand to support her mandible: "Even you praised it, so it can be seen that it is really good, Mr. Since the wife has won, there must be a reason. Find a way to get her out, and don't let anyone see you when you come in, so as not to cause trouble."

What she meant was to send people out at the first hurdle. Anyway, the Zhen family only planned to take this daughter of the Xue family as a concubine. What reputation do you need for a concubine?But the people below did not dare to really think this way after accepting the decree - the old lady of the Zhen family took it again, and asked the imperial concubine and empress to personally intervene, speaking as if she was afraid that others would snatch it away, who would dare to underestimate it?I'm afraid it's not necessary to keep it to be worthy of the fifth prince, since that's the case, the knowledge in it will be great.Things such as character, posture, disease, etc. cannot be used as excuses, and the mother cannot be disrespectful when inspecting it. It is impossible to say who will sit in that position in the future, and tomorrow who was made things difficult by them today will become a master.

Those who can live well in the palace and receive errands are all human sperm. When the eunuch goes back, he must send people to the last level.At that time, move her list and sign the people in the back, the masters will leave when they get tired of looking at the front, and the ones in the back will often be dismissed without even looking at it. It is not a bad face and can handle the concubine and empress. He Le Instead of?

Therefore, Baochai himself was very surprised when people from the fifth palace came to pick him up in early April. Compared with his previous life, these little eunuchs looked different. They all seemed to owe them money in their previous life. Greeting people with such a smiling face now?My mother didn't know how much money she paid to Mrs. Wang before. For this selection of servants, I'm afraid that the Jia family's future will be covered by the Xue family for two or three years.So this time she didn't think much at all, she just took it as a formality to "accompany the prince to study", and even secretly cut off the routine red envelopes given to the eunuchs, but unexpectedly she got a good face, which is embarrassing.

Although the selection of servants this time is a small selection, it is actually a selection of maids for the princesses and princesses to accompany them. Compared with entering the palace as a palace maid, it is much easier and more dignified. Therefore, many noble families also sent their girls here. Before the light was on, a small blue cloth sedan chair picked up people and went to the gate of the palace.

Rongguo Mansion is not far from the imperial palace, Baochai felt in the sedan chair and after about two moments, the eunuch's shrill voice rang out: "Miss Xue, please get off the sedan chair?" She bowed her head and walked as she said. After going out, the mother in the palace came up to pick up the people and went to line up.Outside the gate of the palace, there were guards in solid armor to intimidate the left and right. The eunuch took the list and checked them one by one before letting them in. If there was any doubt, they would take them away and send them to the waiting adults of Jinyiwei for interrogation.And the sedan chair that picked up the person had already left, and he had to rush to pick up the next one.

Baochai followed the team and moved forward little by little. The girls who were sent to be selected were all dressed plainly, and the simple oil with no smell was used on their faces. Rouge was not allowed, and their hair was simply tied with silk flowers. A bun.When she felt some pain in her legs, she came to the front, and there was already a long tail behind her.

The eunuch sang his name, and Baochai stepped forward and knelt down to bless him, and after a few conversations, he was released after confirming that it was true.After passing through the outermost palace gate, there are prying eyes everywhere waiting inside.Since then, the test on the manners and deeds of the selected maids has begun. Last time, some careless ones were sent out directly, and they lost all face.Baochai really didn't intend to enter the palace, but she also didn't want to be kicked out like a dog in water, so she didn't deliberately do something inappropriate, and followed Yinjiao Mammy honestly and continued to walk in.

It was already broad daylight, and the sun was shining on the yellow glazed tiles of the palace wall, climbing up little by little. When Baochai was about to sigh, he suddenly heard a commotion and loud noise at the palace gate behind him.Looking back, I saw a girl in a moon white shirt pull out a hairpin from her hair and put it against the throat of another girl next to her, surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army.The kidnapped girl yelled at her father to sacrifice wine for the fourth-rank Imperial Academy, the soldiers were afraid to go forward for a while, and only surrounded the palace gate tightly.

While they were arguing with each other, they saw a ray of arrows flying from the slanting thorns like a white arrow, piercing through the hole with those who caught and were caught.The two girls fell to the ground in silence, seeing that there was too much air and less air, and they were about to die.Those around who hadn't had time to go far all screamed and trembled when they saw this scene, and were blocked and dragged down by the eunuchs following behind, and then the selection of servants had nothing to do with them.

Yinjiao urged the girls who had already come in not to be greedy, but a man with a big waist and a round waist wearing an embroidered spring knife blocked the way: "Mother Wuna, these girls are all in place. Keep it, and we will talk about the selection of servants after we find out the truth and prove you are right!" A group of young girls hurriedly turned their backs to avoid him, urging the nanny to come forward to reason, but the other party said nothing. Liang's knife came out of its sheath: "Just now an assassin got into the queue for selecting servants. The Sa family can't figure out who's dead and who's not. If it's rude again, girls, don't blame it."

Baochai and his team of seven hurriedly stood at the base of the wall in a shaded place and waited. The big man did nothing but stare at people and not tell them to leave.After a while, two eunuchs came running with the booklets showing the physical appearance of the girls from each family, and after some interrogation, even the grandfather asked them in detail before giving up.Some of the seven girls wept calmly and others answered the eunuch's questions. Baochai only heard the rustling of clothes behind him, and a male voice said with a smile: "The second from the left is wearing a pink and blue shirt. , push it down."

Not waiting for everyone to figure out who is the second from the left, Baochai felt his head spinning for a while, and something cold and sharp was pressed against his neck, his heart flustered, and his creases were thumping.The pleasant male voice smiled even more: "Look, I said that this person was killed by his own stupidity. The fate of the example just now is still on the ground. Can't you think of something a little more novel?"

The woman holding Baochai's neck is quite tall, and she has an indescribable smell on her body, maybe it's a string of spices.She was not afraid at all, she just held onto the hostages in her hand and said slowly: "You dare to kill one, but also the second? These women, big and small, are going to be sent to the palace, so I am not afraid that the old emperor will punish you for your crimes! "

The man finally paced to the front, and Baochai saw clearly that this man was wearing a red single gauze gown with flying fish pattern, his brows and eyes were stern, his whole person looked like an ice sculpture, but there was a laugh in his speech.The last girl who was held hostage by the gangsters was from the Sipin Guozijianji Restaurant and she didn't escape with her life. Baochai didn't think that Ziwei Sheren's granddaughter would be favored by this person, so she might have to fight her own way out.She lowered her eyes, raised her hand to cover her chest and said suddenly: "Good sister, please be gentle, I'm a little out of breath."

The villain and the leader of Jin Yiwei were chatting with each other, and suddenly Baochai laughed: "Good girl, you can't see that she was born delicate and pretty, she is quite courageous..." She was Before I could say anything more, a pair of small hands held the head of the hairpin, and the girl in her arms suddenly jumped up behind her, and then a sharp pain in her forearm was caused by a little girl who cut her hand behind her and pressed her against the wall.The Imperial Forest Army with their knives swarmed up and grabbed him firmly. Baochai asked the soldiers to push her out and felt that her feet were a little soft. At that moment, she seemed to be recalling her previous life, and she was dragged out into exile like a sheep. She hated it. He gritted his teeth and tried his best, accidentally spraining his own wrist.

The young man in the red robe ordered the assassin to stay there so that he could "take care of him", and then he looked back at the hostage carefully.Baochai has never seen such a look at people before, she turned her body to avoid her face and said, "Thank you for your help, my lord."

The man was still waiting for the next words, and when he saw her, he turned off the voice and said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't the ladies in the picture book all say that 'the kindness of saving life can't be repaid, but can only be promised with your body'? Why? When it comes to you, girl, there is no more to say!"

Baochai didn't know where he got the courage to go on, "Then I can only trouble you to wait, isn't there someone who said, 'There is no way to repay your kindness, you can only be a cow or a horse to pay off debts in the next life'?" ?” The man choked for a moment, and the icicles on the corners of his eyes and brows shattered, and he smiled and said, “What a girl with a sharp tongue, wouldn’t it be a pity to enter the palace?”

Baochai knew that she had made a slip of the tongue and didn't want to say another word to him, so she lowered her head and stood behind Yinjiao Nunnery and remained silent.Seeing this, the man knew that there was something out of line between his actions and words, he clenched his fist and coughed lightly: "I'm being rude, I have already checked it out and taken the assassin, please take these girls with me."

Yinjiao didn't say much, and immediately led the remaining six people inside.Walking through the aisle is the place for inspection, because the minor election is not as labor-intensive as the general election, a few eunuchs and nuns go back and forth twice to be considered as an inspection.Except for a girl who was sent out with a snake-like birthmark on her waist, the other five continued to walk in.Going to a side hall again, a girl who was walking a little crooked was also asked by the eunuch to lead her down, and four other people were brought in and arranged to sit down after a little adjustment of their clothes at the door of the hall.

A dozen or so girls were already seated inside. On the low table were arranged brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, and silk embroidered fabrics. A high-ranking female official stood at the head. Yuanchun of the female official in the palace.Na Yuanchun held a roll of paper and said in a warm voice: "You are all young ladies who are here to be selected as the princess' attendants. Since the attendants are rare, you must test your knowledge. We don't intend to test for a female champion. I just ask all the girls to be silent. No matter what the content is, it will be collected after a stick of incense.”

After the speech, a little maid came up and lit a stick of incense and inserted it into the incense burner. After the sound of paper flipping, there was only the sound of brushing and brushing.Most of the people who just came along with Baochai still had shaking hands, and their handwriting was far worse than usual.She was the only one who sat in the corner and quietly recited a piece of filial piety, and came out, just when the incense sticks were burnt out, she wrote and blew on it and placed it by the table.

The time was up, the little palace maid put all the words up, and Yuan Chun said again: "The next step is only a stick of incense, please girls make a piece of needlework regardless of the material, as long as the auspicious pattern is good."

Baochai fiddled with the things on the table, and found that some of them were not suitable to be made together, so she immediately discarded them, picked up the silk thread, picked them up, and made a set of fan pendants of "Saving Heart Plum Blossoms", the incense has not yet burned out That's it.The little palace lady came down again to collect everyone's needles and threads, Yuan Chun said: "There is a reason for today's incident, some girls were frightened, so I will not leave you to wait in the palace for a long time, after the masters have made a decision, invite the chosen one to enter the palace for a while." Say. Please?"

The girls who chose to serve stood up and saluted one after another, and then walked out slowly with the little maid who led the way. The journey was extremely smooth, without any danger, and they arrived at the gate of the palace safely.The sedan chair that picked people up in the morning was waiting here, and sent the girls back to their homes one by one.

Su Momo personally stood guard at the gate of Lixiangyuan. Seeing the sedan chair coming, she hurried forward to pick him up, and the servants who followed hurriedly distributed money to thank the little eunuchs who carried the sedan chair, and sent him out of Ningrong Street before returning.Su Mammy helped Baochai all the way back to the west wing of the main room in the backyard. Yinger and Bailu had prepared hot tea, snacks and hot water for washing, and waited for Baochai to wash and change clothes before sitting down and drinking I took a sip of tea.

Ying'er was careful, and saw that there was something wrong in Baochai's sleeve, she hurriedly stepped forward to hold her wrist and saw that it was already swollen and high. "My girl! What has happened to you?" Baochai glanced at her: "Don't make a fuss, it's just that you accidentally twisted it when you came back to get on the sedan chair, so please go quietly to find a pill in the box and we'll take it with you." The medicine for bruises that came melts and is applied on it, and the yelling is no joke!"

Madam Su is old and refined, and she knew at a glance that this was something that was inconvenient to talk about in the palace, so she calmly urged Ying'er to find something, and opened the makeup box to replace it. Baochai found a pair of wide bracelets strung with pearls.After the pill is applied and wrapped, buckle it outward, as long as the hand is careful not to use force when moving, it will not be obvious that it is injured.

After getting ready, Baochai looked up and said, "We've been out all day, and we still don't know why Auntie is so anxious. Mammy, you go with me. Ying'er and Bailu are guarding the house. Brother is also on the way. In the past few days of the government examination, there may not be any correspondence, so you must remember to collect it for me."

After the arrangement was made, Baochai took Madam Su to the main courtyard of Mrs. Wang. Just as she sat down and didn't want to speak, Yuanyang, the maid next to Jiamu, came in to invite someone: "The old ancestor knows that Miss Bao is going to the palace today. Li Xuan waited for a day in fear, and as soon as I heard that someone came back, I hurriedly urged me to invite someone to come over. Fortunately, in the middle of the walk, I met the lady who was sweeping and said that the girl came to the second wife. empty?"

Baochai smiled and replied: "Because it was getting late, I thought about going to see my ancestors tomorrow, so I came to my aunt first." Yuanyang said, "It's a coincidence. After having dinner at her place and then returning, it’s just a catch.” Baochai followed Mrs. Wang and stood up: “It’s amazing, the food at my ancestor’s place is delicious, and I’m thinking about it every day. I never wanted to go to the palace. There are such good things to come back from the fun, don't you look forward to going there a few times every day?"

The mandarin ducks couldn't be happier: "Ms. Du Daobao is honest and seldom talkative. I didn't expect to open her mouth to look like Lian's second grandma. It's strange that she is a relative. Come with me, I'm afraid that the food on the table will be cold. After eating, Miss Bao will complain about the trouble of entering the palace again, saying that we don't even give us delicious food!" After speaking, she laughed a few times and stretched out her hand to close the curtain for Baochai, and Madam Wang and others went to Jia Mu's place together. Live in the main courtyard.

When I entered the flower hall, I saw Baoyu, Daiyu, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and even Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng sitting and chatting at the table. When Baochai came in, they were busy asking questions.

Baochai only picked up the things in the scenic palace and described them, and then talked about the selection of servants, but didn't say a word about the people in Jinyiwei and the dangers.After a while of excitement, Amber came in and said that dinner was ready, and then everyone moved to the dining room to sit down.After the quiet meal, Mother Jia also expressed her condolences, and seeing that she was in good spirits and did not seem to have been degraded, she leaned against the beauty's couch. Seeing this, Baochai hurriedly said that it was getting late and resigned to go back with Mrs. Wang Walk.

"Did you meet your elder sister Yuanchun when you went in this time?" Mrs. Wang walked in front with her hands on Jin Chuan's shoulders, and Baochai and Madam Su followed behind.Hearing her ask Baochai Fang like this: "I just had dinner and I didn't have time to say that when I was testing knowledge and female celebrity, I saw my elder sister as the examiner. Isn't she a female student of politics? Auntie just take it easy, relying on elder sister Lan Xin Huizhi, there is always a time when you can make it through."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang felt relieved and said: "My son, you still can talk. It makes me feel good. If I get you to stay in our house for a long time, it would be great. Auntie has long wanted to have a good The clever girl is by my side." Baochai just didn't understand and replied with a smile: "Then you have to ask my mother, if I give you all, wouldn't the family lose a caring girl? I'm afraid I can't agree!" Mrs. Wang thought she was young and couldn't hear the subtext, and she planned to wait for her nephew to be born as a scholar so that she could talk to the old lady about it. The old censor of the coffin is a hundred times stronger, right?

The author has something to say: Please collect it... so bleak