Sometimes the palace is sunny

When Shen Shiqing arrived at the Nuan Pavilion of Qionghua Palace, Lin Miaozhen was wearing a narrow-sleeved gown similar to Juyi, sitting on the smoked cage and reading the documents with a bitter face.

Xu Gongling stood aside with a few female officials, and there were some booklets in his hands.

Seeing "Zhao Surui" open the curtain and come in, Lin Miaozhen quickly waved:

"Quickly, quickly, take a look at the candidate list sent by the Ministry of Rites."

After taking off the cloak, Shen Shiqing warmed her hands for a while, then walked into the inner room and said with a smile, "Sister Lin, what difficulties have you encountered again?"

"I am now, one step at a time, and my feet on both sides are about to be broken." Complaining in her mouth, she handed over the paperwork in her hand, and then said, "This is the candidate female wife recommended by the Ministry of Rites, or He's very old, he's either a widow at home and there's a festival for married women, but as for talent and learning, it's second to none..."

After a pause, Lin Miaozhen smiled wryly: "This time can't be done again, even worse than me."

Thinking about Lin Miaozhen's study of "Women's Precepts" and other books after entering the palace, her handwriting is wide open and closed beautifully, Shen Shiqing laughed: "My sister's talents are far superior to ordinary women, if I can find a few who are only slightly inferior to you Rather, it was a surprise.”

Being praised, Lin Miaozhen turned her head to one side, raised her eyebrows, and showed a look of pride:
"How can I have any talents? It's just that I have to do something to occupy this position. You didn't teach me this? It was Xu Gongling, Zhang Dianxue and my aunt who really taught me hand in hand."

Shen Shiqing looked at Xu Gongling who was standing in the register, and nodded slightly at her:
"Xu Gongling, I will change the Shouxin Pavilion to Duanji Palace, and set up Duanji Palace Bachelors and other positions. The wife of Baoping Hou, Mrs. Han, has temporarily taken the post of Duanji Palace Co-organizers, and I have given the imperial court lady Yue Su Niang to temporarily take it. Walking in Duanji Palace, you are already a fifth-rank palace order, would you like to temporarily accept the position of Duanji Palace Grand Bachelor who is also a fifth-rank?"

Lin Miaozhen was very surprised when Xu Gongling hadn't done anything yet, seeing the expression on "Zhao Surui", she couldn't help blurting out:

"What did the empress dowager do again?"

Shen Shiqing looked at her and nodded: "Let Mrs. Yipinhou kneel inside the Xi'an Gate and listen to the eunuchs read "Internal Training".

Lin Miaozhen was calm, it's not that she has experienced such a thing, but it's not inside the Xi'an Gate but inside the Compassionate Ning Palace.

She hurriedly said: "I'll ask someone to send some things to my second aunt in a while. Since I have become a co-organizer, I should have a fifth-rank supplement. Let me give this."

Shen Shiqing glanced at her face and knew that she probably remembered the past, and sighed softly in her heart.

She doesn't know how much she has experienced in humiliating methods in the high-ranking family. When she saw Han Ruowei kneeling on the ground, she really remembered many old things. The seemingly silent admonitions and shackles are everywhere.

There are always women kneeling, Shen Shiqing, Lin Miaozhen in the past, and Han Ruowei just now, there must be women kneeling on the ground at this time.

There will still be tomorrow.

While she was thinking deeply, Xu Gongling had already saluted, and said in a slow voice: "Thank you for your kindness, but, for one thing, Gong Zhengsi presides over the 24 divisions of the sixth bureau of the palace. There are many affairs. The three palace orders perform their duties. If I have done it, there will be more people doing it. If I become a bachelor, I am afraid that Gong Zhengsi will not be able to help the queen. Second, the minister is fifty-six this year, old and weak, and it is really embarrassing. Three, just one The fact that a palace order with no merit has become a bachelor of Duanji Palace is afraid that people will look down on Duanji Palace and think that it is just another place in the department of female officials."

Lin Miaozhen nodded again and again: "Let Xu Gongling be the scholar of Duanji Palace, but it makes people feel that Duanji Palace is just in the depths of the palace. It would be great if there is someone outside the palace to be this scholar."

The Empress Empress, who was getting more and more courageous, sat on the smoked cage, her booted feet dangling again and again:

"It's better for this person to have a high status, so that he can hold the scene, so that those in the Ministry of Rites can't make mistakes."

When Shen Shiqing was reminded by her, the first thing she thought of was the British Duke and Madam who was highly respected in Yanjing City. , Fairness, it is very appropriate for her to be the Duanjidian University scholar, but now the second son of the Gongsun family is still on the way to Beijing for questioning, the British Duke is addicted to the drama of "losing the emperor's favor" and taking the whole family with him They stayed behind closed doors together, rashly mentioning that the Gongsun family would disrupt their previous arrangements.

Raising her eyes, she looked at a half-sleeved sable cloak hanging on the shelf.

"Sister, isn't this dress from the palace?"

"Aunt Yueqing sent this to me. It's a new material from her weaving workshop. I like the autumn ginkgo color, so I specially made a cloak to wear. The picture of Gulou Street I showed you last time is not the same. Is this also embroidered on this satin? I said before that I was going to embroider the map of the Dayong territory, but these days I am busy with female officials, but I forgot."

Said, Lin Miaozhen leaned back, she used to close the door to drink every day, she felt that the days were very long, now she has something to do every day, she felt that the time was really not enough, if it was in the past, it would be used to coax Zhao Surui How could she forget the gift?
Shen Shiqing turned to look at her.

The tall and bright woman's face was a little tired, but her eyes were still shining.

"Sister Lin, I have a candidate for the Duanji Palace Bachelor."

"Ok?"

Lin Miaozhen raised her eyes and saw the smile on "Zhao Surui".

"This person is high enough and capable. As long as she is willing, she can persuade the Ministry of Rituals. The only problem is... I have to invite her in person."

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The emperor and empress in Xiyuan teamed up to stir up turmoil in the court, and Zhengxifang, which also bears the word "Xi", was another scene of excitement.

Because Beijing strictly investigates the prostitution of officials and their children, Bing Masi's people patrol the alleys every day, not to mention the officials' children, even male flies have to hide for the winter, and the hidden doors around the Guanyin Temple are natural All were left out in the cold.

"I'm also impatient with those men whose cats scratch and dogs bite, but without them, we would have less money in our hands. Without money, we would be shy to even come to your place to get medicine."

A peach red silk jacket was wrapped inside the green cloth cloak. The seductive woman leaned out half of her body and put a small string of money in the hand of a woman with a birthmark on her face. The silver circle on her hand trembled.

The small coins made a trivial sound, and the woman lowered her head and counted them clearly one by one.

"From Zhu Er's family, I think it's a pity to be a medicine woman with your demeanor."

A woman wearing a neat ochre-colored jacket slapped the speaker on the waist: "It's a pity to be a medicine woman? That's much better than you, who open your arms and let a man hug you. People are Make money by ability, how can it be like us?"

"What's wrong with us?" The woman in the pink coat didn't want to listen to this, she raised her hand and pointed at the woman in the ocher coat, and the silver circle in her hand was flying around, "We also make money by our skills , could it be that you rely on other people to move you lying on the bed?"

The woman in the ocher jacket glanced at her, straightened her trousers, put down her skirt, and said with a sneer:
"What are we capable of? The ability to get dirty? Let me say that this kind of ability is not good. Who doesn't want to be able to make money by being serious? It's not like you, a broken woman. Even if your body is dirty, your heart is also dirty. , thinking that other people are selling skins like you."

Tao Hongyaozi refused, and raised his hand to grab the other party's lapel: "Qi Xiu'er, can you explain clearly to me? Why did I let someone sell the meat with skins? I have a few words with Zhu Er's family." It shows that you are here, you are noble, and you are a decent person! Aren’t you also a scumbag who was dumped in Yanjing City by the Yunzhou businessman? You even arranged for me in person? Usually, everyone is door to door, each doing their own business , I never imagined that you are a clean person, and you still despise other people's dirty in your heart when you twist your waist and hips! Show me that you are clean!"

Qi Xiu'er broke free from her entanglement and straightened her bun. She was dressed plainly and looked no different from ordinary women walking on the street. At this time, she still spoke calmly: "Bai Yindi, you Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, if Zhu Er's family hadn't come to Guanyinsiqian Street to become a medicine woman, the flowers on your body and the rash on my body would have killed both of us sooner or later. Healing a disease, you are thinking about other people's health, you can put away your crooked intestines, so as not to open your mouth, you will be filled with the stench of black heart and rotten intestines!"

"You!" Bai Yindi wanted to get angry, when she saw Zhu Er's mother-in-law walking in with a basin, she quickly gathered the silk jacket on her body, then turned the silver circle on her hand, and glanced at Zhu Er's family, Seeing her grinding the medicine silently, she gritted her back molars and said:

"Since you look down on this business, you are now going around to take the exam for female talents, you should go! I'm afraid that if you shake your buttocks, people will see what kind of thing you are, and you will be beaten out with a stick! You think you are wearing human skin? Are you a human being yourself? The red rash on the bottom is still there! What else can I do besides being a peddler?"

Qi Xiu'er didn't speak, but looked at her hands.

Those who work as prostitutes, if they want to take money from customers, they will naturally have to spend money. A quiet small courtyard, some green oleander flowers, tablecloths and curtains must be neat, and the money used to buy cosmetics is even more expensive. Flowing out like running water, her delicate hands were raised with ointment after soaking in hot water every day.

Now that the business is cut off, I'm afraid it will not be recorded years ago.

There is no need to reapply the ointment on the hands.

But what about the livelihood of the family?

Seeing that Qi Xiu'er was silent, Bai Yindi shook her head, sighed coquettishly, leaned against the wall and looked at the medicine roller used by Zhu Er's family: "The Qiao family went to vote for her concubine, and she is willing to degrade her The girl who used the thing to serve as a basin to wash feet was still sold by someone. How to deal with Mrs. Song's golden and precious plum shadow? There is no shadow yet. Those officials and eunuchs really disappeared. Mrs. Song was in a hurry. Two days ago, she was already inquiring about merchants going to the south. It used to be said that it was 200 taels of silver for Mei Ying to comb, but now she is afraid that 50 taels of silver will change hands. Open your mouth seven or eight times, and wait for one more day to die. If I can't bear it in two days, I will pack up and find a merchant to go west. At least I can survive this winter, and I don't care about my father. I have earned hundreds of taels of silver for them over the years, but in the end I was ruined myself, and my younger brother didn’t let me enter the house built with my silver. What about you? What should I do? If your old lady leaves People, I'm afraid I'm really going to die."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yindi frowned and smiled again:

"You are married anyway, and you will be buried by your man's side after death, unlike me, who is doomed to be a lonely ghost."

The sound of the medicine roller rolling back and forth, the medicinal materials were crushed into crumbs inside.

The palm-sized small courtyard was filled with an unpleasant smell of medicine, and the whores in the two secret doors had no strength to speak in each corner.

After a while, Bai Yindi said: "Our fate is like these medicines, destined to be crushed to pieces, crushed back and forth, non-stop."

She then asked the woman who was crushing the medicine: "Zhu Er's family, if all of us secret agents die, do you have to change your business?"

The woman with the birthmark on her face lowered her head and said, "Someone else came to see me as well."

"Other people? I have been here so many times, and there are only a few of us inside and outside your yard. How can there be any other people?"

Zhu Er's family looked up at her, then lowered their heads and crushed the medicine: "Yes, most of them come in the evening, pay for the medicine and leave, I don't need to help with the medicine, or I go into someone's house through the back door at night."

Dazed for a moment, Bai Yindi smiled: "That's right, how could those decent women take off their skirts in your small yard to let you see their buttocks? We are the only ones who don't know how to be ashamed."

Obviously someone was talking, but the courtyard became even quieter.

It seems to be blown full by the north wind.

There was a sudden noise outside, and someone pushed open the door and asked, "What happened?"

Someone said with a smile: "The palace is recruiting female talents. They are 15 years old and under 40 years old. They have nothing to do with marriage and childbearing. They can work as female masters in the Beijing Middle School Women's School and the palace's inner study. The notice says that if you do well, you can become a bachelor. !"

The gate of this half of the yard is shallow, and the heads in the yard heard the sound outside.

Across the wall, someone was rejoicing: "The head of the family, hurry up and get the girl back from the weaving factory. She knew how to read before. Let her see if she can take the female scholar exam!"

Bai Yindi sighed faintly: "They are both women, if there are some, they can be admitted as a female scholar, and if there are others, they may not be able to survive tomorrow. God, what kind of disease was inserted by some filthy bastard? Why did you just pick it up? Do we people use it as medicine?"

She spoke dejectedly, Qi Xiu'er didn't answer.

It's just that the two hands are mixed together, and it looks tight and painful.

The two of them only waited for the outside to be completely quiet before going out as if nothing had happened. They didn't go together, but Bai Yindi first wrapped her peach red dress tightly with a cotton cloak, and then wrapped her wrists tightly. She pushed the silver bracelet on her back and hid it, walked out cautiously, Qi Xiuer lay in the crack of the door and watched, waiting for Bai Yindi to walk out of the alley, no one cared, she saluted Zhu Er's family and left .

"These backdoors are planning to stop, and most of our efforts these days have been wasted." Looking up, Cui Jinniang looked at Mrs. Zhang, "Now that the Shen family's old house has been taken back by Mrs. Shen, we have gained some fame. Shall we change places a year ago? Qianmenwai Street is also a good place.”

Mrs. Zhang looked at her and said only one sentence: "It's also close to your child."

Cui Jinniang shut her mouth.

But Mrs. Zhang didn't let her go, her plain and honest face looked downcast: "The female scholar must come from an innocent family. If you hadn't betrayed Mrs. Shen before, now you are a serious and serious woman, and you are a man with a plan." , maybe it will have its own future in the future.”

Cui Jinniang turned her face to one side, and her eyes glanced at the medicine that was crushed by the medicine grinder.

"Ms. Shen asked us to take root in Yanjing City. Which one do you think is usable, Qi Xiu'er or Bai Yindi?"

Hearing what Mrs. Zhang said, Cui Jinniang turned her head back: "It's just two secret doors that can't survive. What is there to win over? Ms. Zhang, you are tempted to use Mrs. Shen's money to help them, like they do Prostitutes who are used to trading in flesh and blood are the most ruthless..."

"Who isn't used to trading flesh and blood? When you serve as a concubine, you sell it to one person. When they serve as secret doors, you sell it to a group of people. There are also times when you have nowhere to go."

Shaking the wooden basin in her hand dry, Mrs. Zhang held the basin and looked at Cui Jinniang:
"Passing by the trapped person to help, you should also be doing your son good deeds."

Cui Jinniang was silent.

After Mrs. Zhang finished drying the wooden basin to cook, she still stared at the medicine roller without saying a word.

On the second day, Zhao Surui received a message from Cui Jinniang.

At that time, he was watching people packing their luggage to be moved to Yanjing City.

"Two prostitutes? Cui Jinniang's courage is getting bigger and bigger. Tell her, as long as those two people are clever, they can help. Business life. I can no longer be a prostitute, if the law and the ban fall into my hands, I will also punish her, Cui Jinniang."

Siri Zhao: Talents can be recruited in any way, but my people can't sell themselves.

There will be so many more tomorrow, even if it is to make up for the previous update!