Your Majesty, please do not disturb, the empress only wants to engage in business
Chapter 134: Endurance
Among the two little girls that Jin Chuan entrusted to Yao Jinse to take care of, Yao Jinse personally favored Miao'er more.
She didn't come to the palace to do charity. The agreement between her and Jin Chuan was originally a mutually beneficial one. As for the extra help and care, she would naturally charge some interest.
Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to describe it as winning people's hearts and minds and recruiting subordinates.
Sui'er is not a talkative person and is a little timid. Miao'er is a little older and, as the older sister, she is particularly smart. With Yao Jinse's care, she can feel at home in the greenhouse. She can not only pass messages for Yao Jinse, but also do her own job and protect her younger sister.
She is hardworking and clever. Although she is illiterate, she is always right in conveying messages and can make sense of a few words. Plus, now is the time when she is growing up. Jin Chuan has grown a lot in just a few months since she entered Yonghe Palace, and her appearance has become more and more likable.
After winter, the work in the greenhouse becomes easier. Those flowers are delicate and difficult to grow, so they have to be placed in the greenhouse and carefully nurtured before they can be placed in the houses of nobles for viewing. Therefore, the servants who serve these flowers and plants are naturally fortunate enough to stay in the greenhouse. For the cold winter days, the temperature in the greenhouse, even if not high, is enough to make people live comfortably.
Yao Jinse originally planned to let the two maids stay in the greenhouse for two years, and then let them start working when they were older. However, everything is subject to chance, and it is not appropriate to have contact with Bai Fengping in public. It is most appropriate to have a little maid like Miao'er who can travel between the palaces to pass on messages.
Therefore, Miao'er is already a capable person at his age, and naturally he would not be the second choice to deliver the message to Yonghe Palace this time.
Yao Jinse had been thinking about how to send someone to Yonghe Palace. After thinking about it, she finally came up with the idea of using flowers as medicine. For this purpose, she also specially arranged for a few eunuchs and girls who did odd jobs to gossip around Yonghe Palace. After talking for several days, there was finally some movement.
The use of flowers as medicine was a common practice in the Imperial Hospital, so when the palace maid who served Concubine Jing mentioned this matter, it actually won Concubine Jing some favors. She naturally would not be unhappy if she could eat some medicinal food that was more palatable instead of taking those bitter and nauseating medicines.
Not to mention that medicine is three-part poison. Although she was not very serious about vying for favor, she also wanted to live longer. It was impossible for her to collapse not long after the emperor ascended the throne and the days of wealth and glory began. That would be too not worth it.
She was weak, so the emperor, empress and even the queen mother all showed sympathy for her. Although her family had connections in the court, they were not as powerful as the noble concubine's Chen family. She lived a stable life in the palace. As long as people outside knew how to protect themselves, they would be able to protect their family for a long time and avoid the day of war.
So Concubine Jing had an idea. In addition to the flowers used in the medicinal diet, the flowers for ornamental purposes were sent to Yonghe Palace from the greenhouse that had been prepared long ago. This led to the meeting between Miao'er and Jinchuan.
"From the perspective of outsiders, Miao'er and Jinchuan met for the first time. They just exchanged a few words, quietly talking about their recent situation and the instructions from the young lady." Bai Tao has been trying to learn how to handle affairs recently. Because Yao Jinse got the job, she had the opportunity to gain experience. She is no longer as lively as before, but calm and steady. "But Jinchuan has been appreciated by Concubine Jing now, and she still has a position in Yonghe Palace. There will always be opportunities for her in the future."
This makes sense.
Yao Jinse put down the book in her hand, sat up and straightened herself: "It doesn't matter. Since we have already started sending flowers, we have to send them again and again. There will always be opportunities to talk in the future. Why rush it now?"
In fact, it took Yao Jinse only a few months to get the appreciation of Concubine Jing, which was unexpected. After all, having a good skill can make life better in the palace and make it easier to get ahead.
"There's no rush for the Yonghe Palace. Anyway, at the end of the year, Concubine Jing will definitely come out for a walk. It would be embarrassing for her not to come to the palace banquet. There will be more opportunities to meet each other then," Yao Jinse put aside the topic and asked, "What do the craftsmen say?"
"Bai Tan has asked a reliable craftsman, and he has confirmed that your idea can indeed be done, but copper and iron are not allowed to be used in the palace. The craftsmen are trying to find some substitutes to relieve your worries."
Bai Tan rarely appeared in front of Yao Jinse in the past two days because she was keeping an eye on this matter outside. There were people coming and going in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Even if the person she found was reliable, this thing was after all something that her own mistress valued very much, so it would be more reassuring if she kept an eye on it personally.
After all, Yao Jinse now has the power to assist in managing palace affairs, so it is not surprising that the senior palace maids around her go in and out of the Imperial Household Department.
"It's better for Bai Tan to watch over there. After the things are made, I will go and take a look. If there are no problems, I can take them to Chengqian Palace."
Recently, Yao Jinse has rarely visited the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine didn't say anything on the surface. After all, Yao Jinse was working for the Imperial Concubine. Otherwise, the Imperial Concubine would have to review these trivial matters all the time.
The Queen doesn't want to take care of everything, and the same goes for the Imperial Concubine. The concubines with positions in the harem, every one of them, are said to be doing some hard work personally, but in reality, it is the subordinates like them who are really doing the hard work.
After staying in the palace for nearly a year, Yao Jinse gradually realized that the so-called struggles in the harem were, in fact, nothing more than a fight for the emperor's favor.
But in the harem, apart from the imperial concubine, who else is really in love with the emperor?
Qiao Yanran might be considered one of them. After all, she is the original heroine, and there must be sincerity between her and the hero. But most of the others care more about themselves.
To please the emperor is to seek so-called wealth and glory.
Yao Jinse didn't want to be an outlier in the palace and bow down for wealth and glory, and no one could point out her fault.
So to be lost in the crowd is actually a good way to protect oneself. Everyone is the same, it's just that one person takes over and the other takes over. Everyone has their own advantages. Although there is only one Xie Yun'an, his money and power are not enough for only one person. Even if he speaks a word to the emperor, he may become the next favorite.
The thigh of the imperial concubine cannot be lost, and the thighs of the emperor, the queen and even the queen mother must also be held. In this harem, only if this network is big enough can you survive well.
She can wait. (End of this chapter)
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