The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

"The palace can't even support an imperial heir." This may sound sarcastic, but it is the reality in the palace.

The emperor has long been dissatisfied!

If not today then tomorrow, it must be cleared out.

Aunt Chen was not stupid. The concubine said it clearly, and she understood it. However, Aunt Chen also had her own concerns. "It's just that... everyone has relatives and friends in this world, and they are not alone. We... can't just ignore it and stay out of it."

The maids in the palace are all from the Baoyi Banner. There are always a few of them who are relatives and friends in the palace.

If you ignore it... people will feel disappointed.

"I don't have the ability to keep anyone. If they have such a request, they can find someone who can do it. How will they live after leaving the palace?" Qin Rou paused and continued, "I can help."

"Go and get three thousand taels of silver and buy a farm. If the palace maids who have left are willing, you can settle them down on the farm to live. Their lives may be a little hard, but they will not starve." Qin Rou had already made up her mind. She really didn't have the ability to keep anyone behind.

Who knows if the one who stays behind will be an ungrateful wolf or a sheep? She is not in a hurry to develop secret manpower or anything like that.

What are you rushing to jump out for?

"That's a good idea." Aunt Chen nodded. The palace maids had been serving in the palace for at least ten years. The relatives at the family believed that they would never have such a child again the moment they entered the palace.

Now that he has been suddenly released, not to mention whether his biological father and mother are still alive, even if they are, life at home may not be easy.

Brothers and sisters all have their own families and are not close to each other anymore. When one person faces a group of people and all their money is taken away, it is hard to say what the outcome will be!
You can work on the farm and marry as you please. If you are not satisfied, you can adopt a godson or daughter, and there will be hope for you to be taken care of in your old age.

There is no need to worry about ending up with nowhere to go after leaving the palace.

"It's not easy to find a farm nearby," Having made up her mind, Aunt Chen began to look for the wrong things. Thinking that the farms nearby have always been popular and would not change hands easily, Aunt Chen frowned again.

"You'll find it eventually." Qin Rou thought for a moment and said without further explanation.

After a while, the Meridian Gate will probably be stained with blood, and by then there will be some empty farms. But whether they can be seized is a big problem.

She was a concubine, locked up in the deep palace. Who would believe her if she told others about it? Qin Rou thought clearly and had a clear understanding of her own position.

She was favored, and there was no doubt that Kangxi doted on her, otherwise she would not have been able to come up with the three thousand taels of silver.

But matters within the palace are matters within the palace, and matters outside the palace are matters outside the palace, and they cannot be mentioned at all. If it really doesn't work, when Kangxi deals with those bastards of the previous dynasty, she can ask the emperor to leave her a farm, and she will just pay the money.

Although Qin Rou had this thought, she did not speak it out. Instead, she said to Aunt Chen, "It doesn't matter if they are far or near. I don't need them to do anything. My life will be plain and hard in the future, but I will live a peaceful life and die of old age."

Anyway, Qinrou didn't dare to ask these servants released from the palace to do anything;

Who knows if she is a spy secretly trained by some party? Don't lead her into any wrongdoing. There are always many people who repay kindness with enmity.

Qin Rou never believed in repaying a favor. When the temptation was greater than the sky, it would not be surprising for even the most loyal person to betray.

Aunt Chen nodded. That was fine. As for Aunt Chen herself, she could not guarantee that every servant she left behind would be okay. "So, who are you going to entrust the concubine to? Do you have any candidates?" Without a capable person to run errands outside the palace, it would be difficult to find a manor. "The concubine has lived in the deep palace for a long time. It is not easy to find a manor. It is not something that can be decided in a day or two. Sometimes, you may have to wait for several months, or even a year or two."

"If there is no capable and trustworthy person outside, I'm afraid the job will not be done well." Aunt Chen shook her head. Besides, if the money is given out and the servants do it in a perfunctory manner, the master lives far away in the deep palace and can't have all the connections and know it immediately!
Qin Rou also had a headache about the candidate. Logically speaking, the man from her mother's family was the most reliable, as they had an emotional foundation and shared the same interests.

But Qin Rou really doesn't have any good candidates. Her nominal father is heartless and hypocritical, profit-oriented and disloyal. When has he ever cared about his reputation?

I already have a lot of conflicts with that person. If I hand the matter over to him, he might be so bold that it would turn into a trouble.

As for other people, even your own father and mother are unreliable, so how can you count on others?

This group of palace maids who left the palace were different from others. It was hard to say whether they were clean or not, so Qinrou had to keep them under control.

In order to avoid causing trouble outside the palace and implicating her, for those outside, nothing else matters, the most important thing is: be obedient!
Only by being obedient can you avoid getting into trouble.

Qin Rou frowned. Even if she wanted to be the head of a village, she had to have some status, otherwise she wouldn't be able to control others.

In this small area of ​​the capital, when a tile falls down, those who are hit are all people of status.

Qin Rou also felt that this candidate was difficult and hot to handle. After thinking about it, she asked Aunt Chen, "Aunt, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

Aunt Chen has been in the palace for many years and knows many familiar people, so she must have some useful recommendations!
The issue of the village head will be discussed later, but let’s buy the village first.

"Let me think about it." Aunt Chen pondered. Everyone has a few good friends and relatives, but Aunt Chen also understood that, apart from anything else, the person who does this job must be tight-lipped and capable.

And after this incident, can he be left out next time? Only this time, he will be implicated with Zhenshun Zhai in the future. If he makes any mistakes, it will inevitably implicate the palace and the concubine.

So it will take some time to figure out the candidate.

"I will go back and look for it to see if it is reliable, and then report back to the concubine." Aunt Chen said.

Aunt Chen also wanted to pick a servant who was smart, resourceful, but would try not to cause trouble.

"Okay." Qin Rou responded.

She also didn't need the servants who had left the palace to work for her, as long as they behaved themselves.

It would be fine if you could die peacefully and naturally.

The matter has been settled for the time being, and we will just have to wait for the right opportunity to discuss it with the servants in the palace.

Qin Rou had a headache, and Concubine Ma Jia was no exception. She had been pregnant for more than eight months, but when the emperor's decree came down, she was gathering people and making arrangements for her future after leaving the palace even though she was pregnant with a baby who was about to be born.

However, the biggest difference between the concubines in the palace and Qin Rou is that the people who run errands include parents and brothers, and if parents and brothers cannot help, there are still relatives.

Unlike Qin Rou, who was naked, she didn't care about her parents and relatives. (End of this chapter)