Long Harem Road

Chapter 4

The carriage drove into the house smoothly, and as soon as Baozhu was helped out of the carriage, she saw her mother running over in a panic with a pale face, hugging her tightly, her mother's body was trembling, and she was crying:

"Son, why did you get selected? You refused to pretend to be sick earlier, because you were afraid of hurting your family. Mother thought it was just a matter of you going through the motions. Who knows..." Fiery tears dripped on Baozhu's hand. On the same day, she also burst into tears.

It seems that the news of her being selected has already come from home. Wang hugged her daughter and kept wiping her tears with a brocade handkerchief. Ji Xu has been standing quietly in the corner since he got home, with a gloomy face.

Ji Mingyun stood at the door with his eldest son Ji Xi, looking at the mother and daughter crying in the yard, their eyes were full of worries, and their hearts seemed to be stuffed with cotton. An ordinary person, living a life of peace and happiness.

"Go into the room, how inappropriate is it to cry here!" Ji Mingyun took a step forward and scolded with a dark face. If it reaches the emperor's ears, it would be disrespectful, so everyone embraced and entered the room.

"Mother, don't worry, your daughter is so smart, everyone loves her, she will be successful in the palace." Seeing her mother wiping her tears, Baozhu teased her

"My son, why don't you worry!" Mother Ji's face was a little bit better when she was teased by Baozhu's words, and she held Baozhu's hand and didn't let go.

"Mother, you are also a madam with an imperial order. You can still enter the palace to see your daughter in the future." Baozhu took her mother's arm and leaned into her arms, comforting her in a tone as calm as possible.

Seeing her family worrying about her, Baozhu swore inwardly, mother, father, brother, you can rest assured that your daughter will be fine and will not worry you.

"Silly boy, you can go to the harem anyway, my poor daughter..." Wang kept wiping her tears, and the thought of her heart and soul going into the vortex of the harem felt like a knife piercing her heart.

Looking at the sad wife and daughter, Ji Mingyun was also full of bitterness, but as a man, he had no choice but to say, "Madam, you go down first, and prepare the dowry for Baozhu. Baozhu, come with me to the study. Dad has something to tell you." Confession."

"Yes!"

Only then did Mother Ji let go of Baozhu's hand and wiped away her tears. The matter had come to an end, she could only do more for her daughter, and then she got up and went out to make arrangements.

Baozhu followed her father into the study, and she also had some things to confess.

Ji Mingyun stroked his daughter's hair, and said bitterly, "Baozhu, Dad knows you are very smart, and you must have understood the current situation, so you refused to pretend to be sick and not participate in the draft, right?"

Baozhu raised her eyebrows, "Yes, Dad, I am the daughter of the Ji family. You have spoiled me for 16 years. I can't be too selfish. Besides, my daughter is not completely unprepared, so you can rest assured."

"Be prepared?" Ji Mingyun never planned to send his daughter into the palace, and his eyes were even darkened when it came to the affairs in the palace. He was regretting why he didn't pay attention to this aspect and made two-handed preparations. It was said that his daughter had long since Ready, suddenly surprises.

"Yes, Daddy!" In the next hour, Baozhu told her father her preparations for the past few years as simply as possible, in order to reassure the family. Her plan for a rainy day has now become a life-saving straw in the hearts of her parents. .

At this time, Ji Mingyun could only use shock to describe his mood at this moment. Although he always knew that his daughter was smart, he never expected her to be so far-sighted.

The daughter even thought more thoroughly than him, and the words she wanted to explain turned into a long sigh: If Baozhu was a son, it would be fine, the daughter is better than the two sons.

In the next few days, Baozhu stayed with her mother all the time, and Ji's mother taught her over and over again how to please her husband and talked about the secrets of women.

Reminding Baozhu to keep a low profile when she enters the palace, don't be an early bird; although she already knew a lot, she still listened carefully and felt the mother's love.

A week later, the emperor's servant Li Mingzhong came to the Ji Mansion to announce the decree in person, and everyone in the Ji Mansion knelt respectfully on the ground:

Blessed by heaven, the emperor ordered:
"Here is the jewel of Ji's family, the daughter of Ji's mansion. She is beautiful, Zhongling, virtuous and well-behaved. She is a noble man, restrains her appearance, is virtuous and respectful, and beautiful. court; specially conferred the title of Jieyu of the fourth grade, and bestowed it on Cuiluxuan, with the decree to enter the palace on the day, hereby!"

"Thank you, Lord Long En...!" Baozhu took the imperial edict respectfully.

"Congratulations to Ji Jieyu, please bring your dowry maids and get ready to enter the palace. You are Jieyu, and according to the rules, you can bring two personal maids into the palace." Li Mingzhong said with all his heart.

Ji Mingyun stepped forward and stuffed a big purse, "Boss Li, you have traveled all the way, please come in and drink some tea to moisten your throat?"

"Don't bother me, old slave, the emperor is still waiting for the miscellaneous family to return to the palace to restore the order." Li Mingzhong weighed the purse in his hand, and stuffed it into his clothes with satisfaction.

Ji Mingyun looked at Li Mingzhong's face, and continued, "I don't know how many houses Mr. Li has gone to?"

"Today, there is only the master of the Ji Mansion. So far, only the master Jieyu of the Zhang Mansion entered the palace two days ago." Li Mingzhong was also very satisfied with the knowledge of the Ji Mansion.

With a bridal sedan chair, two personal maids, and two large boxes of dowry, Baozhu was simply carried into the palace. Thinking that she had lived two lives without a grand wedding, the smug Baozhu was depressed.

After entering the front door, Baozhu got off the sedan chair, supported by Huanxi and Huanxi, and followed a young eunuch leading the way to her new nest - Cuiluxuan.

Looking at the surrounding vermilion walls and green tiles, thick city gates, and solemn palaces, the grandeur, and the brilliance of the sun, Baozhu squinted her eyes, covered the sun with her palms, raised her head to look at the sky in all directions, lowered her head and continued walking with.

"As soon as I entered the palace gate, it was as deep as the sea", Ji Baozhu put away her little daughter's feelings: This will be the place where I will live for the rest of my life, come on!

Ji Baozhu was very satisfied with the environment of Cuiluxuan, and was also very glad that he had won the fourth-rank Jieyu seat, so he could be the master of a Xuanxuan, and he didn't have to live with the high-ranking master, so he was happy and at ease.

The origin of Cuiluxuan should be related to the bamboo forest in front of the courtyard. When Baozhu passed by the bamboo forest, he could feel the fragrance of bamboo leaves floating in the air.

The wind is blowing wetly, and the fresh bamboo leaves are blowing, which brings a burst of refreshment in this hot summer, and the hesitation of leaving the family when entering the palace for the first time can not help but be a little less.

Baozhu carefully looked at the Cuilu Pavilion, the simple and elegant main hall, dignified atmosphere, and the two rows of side halls on the left and right, exquisite and elegant, and he was very satisfied. This will be his own nest in the future, and he may live here for a long time up.

The first rule of Gongdou, the first thing to do when entering the palace is to show kindness and power to the eunuchs and maids in the palace, to frighten and win people's hearts. But for such trivial matters, Baozhu doesn't bother at all. Joy is not a decoration.

But this master still has to let all the subordinates see that she is capable. Only in this way, the subordinates will feel that there is a future with such a boss, and they will give up their hearts.

But in this Cuiluxuan, the orb is the big boss. What the big boss has to do is to know and promote people, and only to know and promote the supervisors around him, and the supervisors have their own authority to promote small supervisors and reward and punish subordinates. To be convincing.

Baozhu feels that although her territory is not large, she still needs to keep up with the standardized management. It is not easy to make mistakes if it is standardized. Even if there is a mistake, it is easy to find out which link is the problem.

Baozhu sat comfortably on the exquisite pear-carved wooden chair in the main hall, her sharp eyes swept over the six court ladies and six eunuchs kneeling respectfully in front of her, and she handed over the cups with joy in her hand .

Seeing that the deterrence time was almost up, he said slowly, "Get up, stand separately according to men and women, and raise your heads.".

Baozhu looked at the eunuch standing in the middle, with a full forehead and drooping eyes, although not big, but agile, standing with lowered eyebrows, calm and calm, without the nervousness or bewilderment of other people, he is a smart person, Orb stared at him.

"What's your name? You've been in the palace for a few years, where did you work on duty?"

He stepped forward respectfully and saluted:

"Slave Liu Quan has been in the palace for ten years. He used to be the sweeping eunuch of the Qianqing Palace. After the death of the late emperor, the slave has been staying in the imperial garden as a small steward. This year when the new master entered the palace, he was assigned to this emerald green pavilion. .”

Liu Quan?Heshen's butler, that clever and greedy little man, flashed through Baozhu's mind.

"Well, then you will be the head eunuch of this Cuizhuxuan from now on, and the remaining small eunuchs will be under your control."

"Yes, thank you, master, for your trust!" Liu Quan stepped forward calmly to salute, a gleam of light flashed in his low-key eyes, yes, he is calm, he came out of Qianqing Palace, but he is not Know if it is the emperor's person.

"Let's name it small table, small chair, small stool, small pier, and small stone from left to right." Baozhu observed Liu Quan's reaction and became more and more satisfied.

"Yes, thank you master for giving me the name!"

"From left to right, name them Red Leaf, Green Leaf, Purple Leaf, Green Leaf, Blue Leaf, and Orange Leaf." Baozhu pointed to the maid standing aside.

"Yes, thank you master for giving me the name!"

"Well, let's all get up, this is joy and joy, she is my personal maid, you can find them and Liu Quan for anything in the future.

Now that you have entered the door of Cuizhuxuan, you are the people of my Cuizhuxuan, we will be prosperous and we will be harmed, remember your duty. ", Baozhu's sharp eyes swept over everyone.

"I won't say too many extra words. Let's all go down and think about our backgrounds, and report to Liu Quan and Huanxi later. Huanxi, reward!", Huanxi handed each of them a purse and returned it behind Baozhu.

(End of this chapter)