In order to relieve the boredom of Empress Dowager Pei, Gu Jiu came up with a simple and rude method.
She got fifteen to eighteen women from the clan to be female officials in the palace.
In addition, the concubines of the late emperor were asked to enter the palace in turn to chat with the Empress Dowager Pei according to the order of the day.
After Empress Dowager Pei found out about these two methods, she almost spat out nearly 60 years old blood.
Empress Dowager Pei said angrily: "She is jealous! If a woman enters the palace to be a female official, she should also find a noble woman from an official. Fortunately, she even found a group of women from the clan to enter the palace, and even said that she would chat with the palace to relieve boredom. Bah !shameless!"
People with the same surname are not married.
Gu Jiu got a group of women from the clan to enter the palace as female officials. In the eyes of Empress Dowager Pei, it was clearly to prevent someone from flattering the emperor.
"If you are so jealous, how can you be a queen?"
Empress Dowager Pei was so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ached.
She ordered: "You go to inquire, what does the clan say? The opposition is not strong."
Eunuch Wen said cautiously: "The old slave knows something about it."
Empress Dowager Pei glanced at him, "What's going on?"
Eunuch Wen hesitated and said: "In the clan, it seems that they are quite happy to let the daughters enter the palace as female officials."
"Absurd, how is it possible!" Empress Dowager Pei didn't believe it.
Eunuch Wen hastily explained: "The age stipulated by the empress is fifteen to eighteen, and she can go out of the palace to get married when she reaches the age of eighteen. The marriage situation of men and women in the clan is not very good, and many people are not willing to marry with the clan. But If you have the experience of being a female official in the palace, marriage is easier. Many official families are willing to marry a daughter-in-law who has been a female official. It has the support of many clans.”
The clan's reputation is not good, mainly because the members of the clan don't follow the rules and act recklessly.
Huyang is a typical example.
Of course, the clan below did not have the confidence and courage of Huyang, so naturally they did not dare to follow Huyang's example of raising noodles.
But there are not a few men who keep out rooms.
Eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling are even more common.
There are also many women who have contracted the habit of gambling.
The miasma is talking about some people in the clan.
One mouse dropping spoils a pot of soup.
This part of the smoky people naturally ruined the reputation of the entire clan.
Fortunately, with the free school, the boys and girls of the clan are disciplined so as not to learn bad things.
So far, it seems that the results are okay and have worked.
The men go to the military camp for two months of drills every year to correct their bad habits.
The women were organized by Xiao Qin'er to do some work, the kind with wages.
But a short-term change is not enough to change the inherent impression of the clan in the eyes of the world.
Therefore, marriage is a big problem for men and women of marriageable age in the clan.
If you can't be high, you can't be low, and if you procrastinate, you will become older men and women.
People often say that the clan is a group of beggars.
The clan did not admit it, they said they were raised by their stepmothers.
The imperial court treated the imperial family harshly, second to none.
Anyone who has a relationship with the royal family out of the five clothes, no matter how high their status is, whether they have an official position or not, they will be kicked out of the clan.
Without the status of the clan, he naturally became a commoner.
Guozuo has been around for two hundred years, why is there only a few tens of thousands of people in the clan
It is because the clan has been taking the initiative to eliminate clan members and limit the scale.
To become a clan, the only condition is that the clan relationship with the royal family has not been out of the five clothes.
Only about blood relationship, regardless of other.
People with no family background, out of the five clothes, were kicked out of the clan, and without the support of the Shaofu, life naturally became more and more difficult. Without any skills, they will soon be reduced to the bottom of the poor.
This group of people is the least willing to leave the big family of the clan.
However, the rules are the rules, no one can be an exception.
Clans with family background, connections, and skills are looking forward to leaving the clan as soon as possible.
If you become a commoner, you can enjoy the rights and interests of a commoner, and you will not be restricted whether you take the imperial examination or join the army.
The child's marriage has become simple and easy to solve.
At the same time, he has the internal connections of the clan, and he can also chat with the palace, which is simply flattering.
If he can do some small business with Shaofu, he won't have to worry about eating and drinking for three lifetimes.
Go to the small streets and alleys, look for the family surnamed Liu, look through the genealogy, maybe the ancestor is a certain prince.
The Empress Dowager Pei didn't care about the interests of the clan. A group of stepmothers raised them, and they deserved to be beggars.
After listening to Eunuch Wen's explanation and thinking about it carefully, she understood the strangeness.
"Okay! The empress actually invites to buy the hearts of the clan in the name of being filial to the palace. It's really abominable!"
Is it necessary to bother to promote a clan raised by a group of stepmothers
Eunuch Wen said: "Those clan girls are being taught the rules by the nuns. If there are outstanding ones, they will be arranged to work as servants in Weiyang Palace and chat with the Queen Mother to relieve boredom."
The Empress Dowager Pei snorted coldly, "The Empress is sure that I dare not oppose her, is she deliberately finding fault? A group of ignorant clan women, what can you say. You go and tell the Empress that Weiyang Palace does not need clan women to be female officials. She If you are willing to order, send him to Chang'an Palace."
Eunuch Wen looked puzzled, "Queen Mother, is it appropriate to do this? After all, it is the Queen's wish."
Snapped!
Empress Dowager Pei patted the table, "You don't even listen to what I say, do you?"
"The old slave dare not!"
"Then hurry up."
"Old slave obeys!"
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Chang'an Palace.
"You said the Empress Dowager is not willing to order women from the clan?"
Eunuch Wen lowered his eyebrows and said, "Don't dare to lie to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager said that the women in the clan lack knowledge, so there is nothing to say."
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "I know about this matter. Tomorrow, she won't call her lonely again."
Eunuch Wen snorted, it was so simple to solve.
"Those clan women have already entered the palace. The Empress Dowager doesn't want them. How will the Empress Dowager plan to arrange them? This old servant dares to ask, and asks the Empress Dowager to forgive me."
Gu Jiu looked at the other party with a half-smile, "People have already entered the palace, so of course they have to stay. The Queen Mother despises them for their lack of knowledge and poor speech, but I don't despise them. They know the mess inside the clan better than anyone else. With them Talk with me to relieve boredom, this time passes day by day."
Eunuch Wen said in his heart, why didn't he think of using this reason to persuade Empress Dowager Pei.
After completing the task, he returned to Weiyang Palace.
Retell the words of the empress dowager to the empress dowager Pei.
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Pei asked, "The queen really wants to keep those clan girls?"
"It's absolutely true! The empress said that people have already entered the palace, and they were driven away for no reason. It's also good to keep it and listen to the gossip of the clan."
"Why did I forget this!"
There are tens of thousands of people in the clan, so don't do too many messy things.
When she was in the palace in the past, Empress Dowager Pei often listened to those nonsense things to pass the time.
She told Eunuch Wen: "Go to Chang'an Palace in two days and tell the queen that I have changed my mind. Tell her to arrange a few clever girls to serve me."
Eunuch Wen said twice.
Empress Dowager Pei glared at him, "Ah, what, is there something wrong with what I said?"
"No, no problem!"
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Someone was talking with Empress Dowager Pei to relieve boredom, and Empress Dowager Pei was finally not so noisy.
But Xiao Qin'er's life is not easy.
Empress Dowager Pei is an old child, her mind is getting smaller and smaller.
She hadn't forgotten what Xiao Qin'er had done to her before. At that time, she had few sources of information, and even being tricked by Xiao Qin'er, she couldn't tell the truth from the fake.
Now that there are a group of women from the clan around her, it is equivalent to having a news channel that is more informed than Xiao Qin'er.
Empress Dowager Pei knew that she had been fooled by Xiao Qin'er in the past.
Those understatements, those things that told her not to worry, what the hell, Xiao Qin'er was playing tricks in private.
Empress Dowager Pei was not in a hurry to summon Xiao Qin'er, but instead sent her mother to Duanjun Palace.
"The empress dowager is not feeling well recently. Someone needs to copy the Diamond Sutra a hundred times devoutly, and burn it in front of the Buddha to pray for blessings. The empress has so many things to do every day, and there is really no time. The empress dowager hand-picked the princess, and asked her to copy a hundred times before the fifteenth day of next month. Repeat the Diamond Sutra. The concubine must copy it with her own handwriting, and copy it a hundred times. This matter is related to the empress dowager's body, and it is also related to the filial piety of the concubine. Please don't take it seriously."
Xiao Qin'er twitched her brows and eyes, "The Empress Dowager is really unwell?"
"If the princess has the heart, why not go to the palace to greet the queen mother."
"Of course my concubine will go to pay her respects to the queen mother. It's just about copying the Diamond Sutra, who will advise the queen mother?"
"What does the princess mean by this? Could it be that she is unwilling to copy the scriptures for the queen mother? The princess's filial piety?"
Xiao Qin'er felt like beeping a dog.
She waved her hand, "Okay, okay. The princess knows about this matter, and she will finish transcribing it on time."
The mother laughed, "When we came here, the Queen Mother said that Princess Duan was a little cautious, and she was afraid that she would cheat and play tricks. Now it seems that the Queen Mother has misunderstood Princess Duan."
Xiao Qin'er couldn't hold back her smiling face.
It is certain that the Empress Dowager Pei deliberately sent someone to disgust her.
It has to be said that the Queen Mother Pei succeeded.
She was indeed disgusted.
After sending Mammy away, Xiao Qin'er couldn't bear to smash the teacup, and kicked over the stool.
She went to the Outer Academy to complain to Liu Yi.
"The empress made things difficult for me on purpose. How about you go to the palace to intercede for me?"
Liu Yi was addicted to painting, and casually said, "You go to the palace to intercede, and the queen mother will definitely not make things difficult for you for the sake of your sincerity."
"You won't help me?" Xiao Qin'er was very angry.
Liu Yi finally looked her in the right eye, "I told you a long time ago, don't play tricks, you will suffer sooner or later. What did you and I say back then, you said that the mother's mother is getting old and lacks energy, and you are taking care of the mother's worries , playing clever tricks to hold the queen mother up. Now that the queen mother is embarrassing you, it is your own fault."
Xiao Qin'er looked embarrassed, "At this point, it's fine if you don't help me, and you will make trouble. Liu Yi, are you human? If I hadn't supported this family all these years, this family would have collapsed long ago."
Liu Yi rubbed the center of his brows, doing the same thing every time, whether it's annoying or not.
Xiao Qin'er burst into tears again, "Do you know how my mother made things difficult for me? She asked me to copy the Diamond Sutra a hundred times before the fifteenth day of next month. I can't finish copying it all by myself, and my mother specifically pointed out that I am not allowed to find it. Ghostwriter. Cousin, please help me. I will pay attention to propriety when doing things in the future, and I will never play tricks."
It is impossible not to be clever.
The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.
Xiao Qin'er has been fond of playing tricks since she was a child, and this problem will never be corrected in her life.
Seeing her crying, Liu Yi sighed, "When was the last time this king entered the palace?"
Xiao Qin'er laughed through her tears, wiped away her tears, and said, "The last time you entered the palace was during Chinese New Year. In the past half a year, you never thought of entering the palace to pay your respects."
Liu Yi snorted, "You are not willing to enter the palace, and of course this king is not willing either."
Xiao Qin'er twitched a bit, "It's so boring to enter the palace! It's very deserted in the palace now. That is to say, Chang'an Palace is a little lively. Weiyang Palace is deserted and deserted. Every time after entering the palace, the mother pulls me to talk a lot, I really have to deal with it No, that’s why I don’t want to enter the palace.”
Liu Yi put down the paintbrush in his hand, "It's deserted in the palace, and it's not like this year. The imperial brother ascended the throne, and many people were dismissed from the harem. You didn't dislike it before, why do you dislike it now?"
Xiao Qin'er gave him a blank look.
"Think about it, every time I enter the palace and want to go to Chang'an Palace, one of the three times I will be rejected. The empress is always so busy that I don't have time to chat. Naturally I am not happy about being rejected several times in a row. Enter the palace."
Liu Yi stared at her, as if he was incredulous about Xiao Qin'er's reason, "For this reason, you are not willing to enter the palace."
"Would you be willing to enter the palace for Li to be shut out?"
Liu Yi thought about it carefully, "Weiyang Palace didn't let you be shut out. Your main task when you enter the palace is to greet the queen mother. Chang'an Palace is just passing by, so does it matter if you don't get shut up?"
It's a big deal, okay