After thinking about it for a few days, Mrs. Jinyang Hou couldn't help calling a aunt named Biyuan of her son Ruan Siyi.
Biyuan couldn't figure out why the madam asked what a maid looked like many years ago, but being called by the madam alone means closeness, and she thought about it in her mind.
It took me a long time to think about this person. The reason why this person will leave an impression in her mind is because the person is extremely outstanding, and the second is because things were a little big at the time.
Although it has been four or five years, I can still recall it seriously.
Bi Yuan slowly described the person in her mind, and as the memory door opened, her description became more and more specific.
After Mrs. Jinyang Hou finished listening, Liu Mei frowned.
"If you find a painter, can you describe her appearance in detail?"
Bi Yuan nodded hesitantly and said, "It should be possible."
After hearing this, Tian Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and took Biyuan to the study without pretending to be someone else's hand.
Tian Shi was known as a talented girl when she was young, and she was also quite brilliant with her first-hand danqing.
Biyuan carefully dictated that Tian was in charge of the painting. After numerous revisions, it took an entire afternoon to draw a small overall portrait of a woman.
The woman in the painting is extremely thin, with a slender body, with her head half drooping and her eyelids half squinting. The whole face can only see a small face with delicate lines, but her eyebrows and eyes are not clearly visible.
Tian Shi frowned, but Bi Yuan said that it was similar, very similar.
Seeing that Madam seemed a little unhappy, Bi Yuan asked in a low voice, "What does Madam have..."
"How old was that person back then?"
Bi Yuan thought for a while and said, "It's very young, thirteen or four years old. When the young master assigned her to the servant, where did the servant want to find such a little girl."
"Okay, you go down first, don't mention this to others."
"Yes." Bi Yuan bowed her knees and said before leaving, "This person has never had a close relationship with Mrs. Wang in the small kitchen, and the servant girl always likes to go to the small kitchen when she sees her."
Tian Shi waved his hand, and Bi Yuan went down.
Mrs. Jinyang Hou felt a little dejected, and she described this person as not at all like that person.
The man in the painting is young and shriveled, with a good-looking face, but only half of his face. But that person was full of grace and luxury that was pampered by thousands of pets. Except for the slender chin, which was quite similar, there was nothing in common.
Thinking of what Biyuan said about Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Tian was moved again, and ordered someone to find her mother-in-law, Mama Qu, and gave a few detailed instructions, and Mama Qu went down to work.
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Several years have passed, and Mrs. Wang is older than before, and she still stays in the small kitchen in the courtyard of the Jinxiu Courtyard.
For a few days, someone came to get close to him, and the old woman was not blind, sitting and waiting for them to show the fox's tail.
Finally, he spoke, but he was asking the little girl from a few years ago.
That little girl, Mrs. Wang still remembered that such a good little girl didn't know where she was sold. Thinking of Xiaohua, Mrs. Wang felt sad.
It is self-pity, and it is also a kind of sympathy.
Madam Wang opened her empty eyes, and her shriveled face was filled with confusion, "Who are you asking? From Liu Er's family, the old lady is old, and her memory is not good for the past few years..."
After speaking, Mrs. Wang began to grope, holding a burning stick and pounding the stove, as if she was moving slowly and was about to die.
Liu Er's family really felt embarrassed for this old woman. She was a lot older, and her memory was definitely not good. Seeing that I couldn't figure it out, I went to Qu's mother to answer.
Seeing that Liu Er's family had left, Mrs. Wang sighed, and for some unknown reason, she suddenly asked about that girl, she had been sold for almost five years!
When Tian received the reply, he was even more at a loss.
Just when she was about to give up the idea, Bi Yuan suddenly came to see her again.
"Madam, this servant still remembers one thing, that little girl has a pair of very beautiful eyes."
Tian Shi was very excited, and asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and drew a few strokes on the rice paper.
"Is it like this?"
"Yes, the shape is very similar. The slaves are so big and have never seen such an eye shape."
Tian Shi took a deep breath, spread out another piece of rice paper, and began to draw carefully, and after a while, a delicate beauty's face appeared on the rice paper. Finally, I drew the eyes with the finishing touch, and let Biyuan look at them again.
"Is it like this?"
Bi Yuan nodded again and again, "My servant noticed her once. This little girl is very outgoing, but strangely unattractive."
"Okay, you go down, remember, don't mention this to anyone."
After Bi Yuan left, Tian Shi's eyes flashed again and again.
The temperament will change, and the appearance will change as you get older, but this change is definitely not big. She glanced at the man in the painting again, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face.
However, Mr. Tian has always done things prudently. After making sure in his heart, he inquired about it from the outside.
Xiaohua's life experience is quite mysterious to many people, but it is not a secret to some people. After Mrs. Jinyang Hou heard about it, she compared the time and finally determined that this Concubine Yuan Gui was a bed-climbing girl sold by her family back then.
I don't know if this is a handle
Concubine Yuan Gui, who is the favorite harem, is exciting to think about.
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The queen felt a little better, so she came to see the imperial concubine Xiao.
The imperial concubine lived in a side hall of Ci'an Palace. Compared with other concubines who lived in a side hall, her treatment was excellent.
There were many concubines who lived adjacent to the previous emperor, and no one dared to step on the drowning dog. Even if the imperial concubine is not the empress dowager now, even if she doesn't even have a son.
Her daily life is extremely leisurely, copying scriptures and burning incense to worship Buddha. It seems that after the emperor left, she became obsessed with burning incense and worshipping Buddha.
When the queen came to see her, she was copying a scripture, and instead of letting the queen wait outside, she let the queen stand by and watch.
Almost two quarters of an hour later, the imperial concubine put down the wolf pen in her hand. She let out a sigh of relief, and the two palace servants on the side brought the hot handkerchief, which she first covered on her face, pressed it twice, wiped her hands, and then threw it into the tray held by the palace servant.
Going to the main hall and sitting down, the imperial concubine sat on the top, the queen sat on the bottom, the imperial concubine lifted the tea cup in her hand, and began to drink tea.
What the queen hates the most is the imperial concubine, who always looks aloof at all times. The queen didn't see her very often, and when she first married the fifth prince, every time she went to Fengqi Palace, this so-called aunt would sit on the seat of the phoenix, and she would bow down tremblingly.
But now, she is the queen, she has become an embarrassing existence, or it seems that she is inferior to her.
The queen suddenly had the urge to fall away, but she suppressed it. For what, she knew in her heart.
"I heard that you are not well?"
"Yes, aunt."
While speaking, the queen couldn't help but coughed twice. She seems to be cured this time, but in fact it is only on the surface.
The imperial concubine glanced at her, and said lightly, "Your body is your own capital. If others don't move, you'll be mad at yourself first, so why fight for anything, it's better to stay honest."
The queen's face suddenly turned red, and there was a kind of anger that was revealed by others. He wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by the concubine's words.
"There are several scriptures here. You can take them back and copy one every day. Be quiet. Bai Shao, send the queen out."
"Yes."
The queen left reluctantly, and Bai Shao returned to the imperial concubine's side.
"Niangniang, is this okay? The servant girl looked at the Queen's angry expression, I'm afraid there will be conflict in her heart."
"If Ben Gong had known that it would be the situation today, he would never have pointed her to King Jing. Any daughter of the Xiao family would be able to take the lead. Her temperament needs to be polished." As the imperial concubine threw away the tea cup in her hand, she frowned, "This tea is getting worse and worse..."
Bai Shao dared not speak.
When the imperial concubine was still the queen, any good things in the palace were always close to Fengqi Palace, including the best tribute tea. Now that the queen has become a concubine, the treatment is naturally not as good as it used to be. Of course, it's not that Emperor Jing scolds the concubines of the previous emperor, but that the concubines of the concubines are like this.
"How's Bai Zhi?"
Bai Shao shook her head with a worried look on her face, "Your Majesty didn't touch her, but Qi Shanggong's skills were quite good, and he was obviously His Majesty's person, so everyone gave in. At Chen Shanggong... the situation is not very good... "
The imperial concubine became angry and snorted coldly, "Idiot! The dignified queen didn't want to hold the power of the harem in her hands, but instead cared about some trivial matters, which made it difficult for us to move in the palace. Not the daughter of the Xiao family!"
After a while, she said again, "Let Mama Zhao tap her."
"Yes."
Daxi has a system of female officials, and there are six bureaus and twenty-four divisions in the palace to serve the entire palace with the inner eunuch.
The six bureaus are: Shanggong Bureau, Shangyi Bureau, Shangfu Bureau, Shangshi Bureau, Shangshi Bureau, and Shanggong Bureau. Each bureau leads four divisions and manages the affairs of the palace.
Among them, the Shanggong Bureau set up two members of the five-rank Shanggong, who were in charge of guiding the Empress of the Middle Palace to manage all court affairs.
After the queen was instructed by Mammy Zhao, she summoned the two Shang Palaces in the Shang Palace Bureau. When she saw the one named Qi Shang Palace, the queen's heart suddenly became cold.
There is no one who understands the method of this surname Qi better than her. Wrong, it should be the method of Emperor Jing. When she was in the King Jing's mansion, she was just a little bit of an empty hand. rut
Sure enough, after the queen was in charge of the affairs of the palace, she was frustrated everywhere. Whenever she encountered something that contradicted the 'rules', Qi Shanggong would take out the palace book and let her know.
If she listens, it's good, if she doesn't listen, it doesn't matter whether she listens or not, others will just follow the 'rules'.
The six bureaus and twenty-four divisions in the Daxi court were actually set up with reference to the previous dynasty, and this system limited the power in the hands of the queen to a certain extent. To put it bluntly, the queen is in charge of the entire harem, but it is six innings to implement the various orders of the middle palace.
At the beginning, Emperor Jing was still the Xiao family of Princess Jing, but it was not that he was ingenious, but that he took the rules of the palace and used them in Jing Wang's mansion.
Of course, everyone has their own means. When the queen was the queen, she was in charge of the harem by replacing the Shang Palace Bureau with her own people. This person is the current Chen Shanggong. In the past, there was another person in Shanggong who was Queen Xianshun. When Queen Xianshun passed away, he was replaced by Qi Shanggong.
In addition to being annoyed, the queen once used her identity to overwhelm Qi Shanggong, and also clamored for her to be removed and replaced.
Qi Shanggong remained calm, and informed the empress that the replacement of the five-rank Shanggong required His Majesty's consent. Qi Shanggong's attitude and tone were very respectful, but the meaning of the words was very obvious, you should stop joking, the slaves are His Majesty's people.
Helpless, the queen could only use Chen Shanggong, who was her own, to suppress Qi Shanggong.
It's a pity that Aunt Qi started to move as early as when she was still in the East Palace, and Fushun, the eunuch head of the eunuch, gave her convenience, and she was still leaning on the mountain of Emperor Jing. Blind man, he naturally knows what's at stake.
In fact, in this deep palace, if the people below want to live a comfortable life, they all depend on the direction of the wind.
This wind direction is the current emperor's majesty. Wherever the wind blows, the people below will follow. It's like when the late emperor was in love with the empress and the concubine, and the people below were divided into two groups.
But now, His Majesty's carriage and horses are clearly heading towards the one from the Dawn Palace, so naturally no one dares to find him unhappy. It's also like His Majesty is obviously trying to take the Queen, and naturally no one dares to stand in the way.
Including Xiao Huangtai also felt this invisible restraint, because many of the people she used to hold in her hands were either useless now, or they were transferred from key positions.
This situation made Concubine Xiao very angry, and once again felt that Emperor Jing was not a simple person.
Generally, men who can turn a salted fish into a big treasure for the first time are all focused on government affairs, and rarely pay attention to some small points.
Including the previous emperor, the affairs of the harem were also handed over to her. Although there was a concubine Xu Gui who always opposed her, as the holy emperor, he would never interfere in the affairs of the harem.
Only this Emperor Jing is different from others, a man who likes to take care of trivial matters.
The imperial concubine had cursed in her heart countless times that Emperor Jing was too petty and unremarkable. But cursing is cursing, she knows better than anyone why King Jing is like this.
The author has something to say: ps: There is a conflict between Xiao Xiao and the old Xiao.