Therefore, after the sound of the chime sounded near noon, Madam Zheng stayed for a while in the large dining room specially provided for lunch;
If she sent a message from afar, she would not take the initiative to contact the wrong person for the second time.
Therefore, after delaying for a while, Madam Zheng carried the prepared food box and followed the thinning flow of people back to the outside of the exclusive area called Ye Ting Palace. Of course, Ye Ting
Although the palace is called a palace, its predecessor actually originated from Yongxiang in the Western Han Dynasty.
It originated from a long and narrow alley outside Changle Palace. It was originally a place for maids and concubines to stay outside the palace. Later, due to continuous expansion and additions due to demand, it became a centralized residence and training for new maids who were not assigned to the duties of each palace.
It is not a place where a concubine is imprisoned and loses power or falls out of favor.
As a result, the Ye Ting Order was set up specifically to manage the prisons for female prisoners. It was considered that those who violated the rules in the palace were interrogated and imprisoned. The imprisoned female officials, palace people, and even concubines were among them. The earliest and most famous prisoner was Mrs. Qi of the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.
Later, the administrative duties were added to the criminal family members who were charged with labor in the palace.
Therefore, following the Ming Dynasty, there were no palace rituals outside the Yeting Palace, but a comprehensive architectural area; it was divided into five directions: east, west, south, north, and middle, but it was still collectively called Yongxiang. It was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of External Affairs and East.
, the Yeting Bureau in the 24th Ward of the Fifth Bureau carries out monthly management.
As long as they are not the sinners of Meilu, they will first be sent to Sinong Temple/Shaofu Temple for registration; then Sinong Temple will sort them to Yeting based on their skills and expertise; others can sing and dance or are young and beautiful.
If they are, they will be assigned to the Taiyue Department and the Foreign Teaching Workshop, and will be directly under the leadership of the Yuxiyue Department.
Among them, the eunuchs who are responsible for managing the name list, female workers, Ye Tingcheng, palace doctor, supervisor, order history, and book history are all eunuchs. However, as important labor resources in the palace, they are assigned to the monthly affairs.
, and was assigned and dispatched by the Six Shang and Twenty-two Divisions from the female official system.
Therefore, in the east of the dual system, the Beixiang (Fang District) located in the Yeting Palace was designed to be a courtyard for the elderly concubines and ministers who had fallen out of favor or had passed away.
It is also often called a lonely place, a place that has long been lacking in popularity and is deserted and desolate.
The East Alley is located between the outer courtyard and the back courtyard of the imperial city, so it is home to a large number of low-level mixed-use envoys, palaces and female servants. It is said to be the most popular. The West Alley is mainly composed of small courtyards where many people live together, so it is not considered low-class outside the palace.
This is where the female officers and the new candidates to be selected after each draft temporarily stay.
But once someone stays there, it will last for 20, 30 years or even a lifetime. However, after missing the best years of youth, there will be an opportunity to receive an amnesty in the palace and be released from the palace. Therefore, except for some people who have family worries,
Except for the women who are going somewhere, most people would rather stay in the East.
Just like Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in history, he was said to have three thousand beauties in his harem, but that was just a description and metaphor, referring to women who were qualified for him to attract good fortune. But except for a few very few concubines who were favored and granted the title of concubine,
Most of them have lived in Yeting for a long time and have never heard of the king in their lives.
Occasionally, through poems about red leaves in the ditch and hidden in winter clothes, one can interact with the world outside the palace; even after being discovered, it is regarded as the king's benevolence and favor and assigned to a lucky person who has never met his face.
More no: "Qingluo fan flutters at the fireflies, and the red-haired palace maid talks about the past."
As for the middle alley, it is a place that most people avoid. Because there, in addition to the various official offices, warehouses and residences in Yeting, there are also solemn houses specializing in punishment and discipline and patrols composed of stout servants.
Team, during which the punishment of wrongdoers was shocking.
Therefore, South Alley is not the place where most criminals are detained, nor is it the place with the strictest access and the most control among the five lanes of Yongxiang. But is it true that the so-called rules become rules?
Does it require people to implement and maintain it, otherwise it will soon become lax and derelict.
Therefore, in Nanxiang (Fang District), the same is not true. As one of the two major areas with a population comparable to that of Dongxiang, outside Nanxiang, except for the prisoner and deputy prisoner in charge of the streets, there are many criminals.
Large and small groups of autonomous and mutually supportive families to help maintain the situation.
In addition, there were places for daily work such as sericulture, mulberry picking, sweeping, sewing, weaving and dyeing, etc. There were also rice pounding and grinding workshops, nurseries, vegetable beds and orchards that supplied seasonal flowers and fruits. There were also part-time jobs run by palace officials.
Shops and bartering street markets; it can be called a small society.
As an old man who has been in the palace for ten years, and as an orphan and widowed mother who is not favored by others, Madam Zheng not only raised her daughter firmly, but also spared no effort to teach her to study; of course, she did not rely solely on kindness and tolerance.
, but with those who bully the weak and fear the strong, many people miss the mark.
Later, not only through the help from outside the palace, but also by the way, he established a little reputation among the old and new criminals, and even got a house to live alone. Although it looked old and shabby, the conditions were not very good;
But when I was temporarily away from the crowd, the neighbors were noisy and noisy.
At the same time, she does not hesitate to help others with her own efforts; after all, in an environment where a large number of women gather together, lack the restraint of moral conscience, and have those in power who wield power at will; sometimes it just depends on a meal and a few feet.
With a coarse cloth, you can try to force people into a corner.
Therefore, every winter and spring in the Yeting Palace, there are always varying numbers of sinners and palace residents. Either they freeze to death due to the absence of the monthly supply and become sick from overwork; or they spontaneously end this life because they are really unbearable.
; And then, without exception, everyone was infected with the epidemic and died of a sudden illness.
Therefore, the wife really does not dare to get sick during the week, and she is most fortunate to have raised her daughter without any serious illness. Otherwise, she would just rely on the officials from the imperial medical bureau who come regularly to deal with the problem.
(Medical student) Prescriptions, although they cannot kill people, they cannot cure diseases.
On the contrary, Zheng Xiuyuan, Taichang Shaoqing's brother, was able to bring her some of the most commonly used pills in the outside world to prepare for emergencies, and it also allowed Lady Zheng to help and make friends with some people who were also in the same country.
The poor man in Tingye was also one of the Nanxiang jailers who was offended in disguise.
Because, as one of the ways in which the wrong party makes money privately, he colludes with the officials of the Imperial Medical Bureau; he sells some basically useless anti-epidemic pills that have a psychological comfort effect, and so on.
Squeeze out some of the family members who have just entered the palace, and even force them to die.
Therefore, the lady carrying the food box had just walked outside the gate of Nanxiang. She showed the wooden sign for entry and exit by mistake. She saw a woman guarding outside the archway, anxiously greeting her.
He said in a voice: "Mother Zheng, not long ago, the evil Mr. Xia brought people to my residence."
"That old maid, you have spared no effort!" Upon hearing those words, Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but feel a fierce thump in her heart, but she sighed nonchalantly on her face: "Thank you very much, Ah Qiu, for coming to deliver the message. I'd like to ask you to wait a moment."
Don't be impatient, I would like to ask you to see what she can do to him this time."
Although she was saying that, she also confirmed in her heart that she had told her daughter how to deal with her mistake. However, her indescribable worry made Madam Zheng speed up her pace. Therefore, she soon saw the crowd gathering.
On the street ahead, there are noisy people talking.
Her heart sank again, but she noticed that the street was at least a little far away from the dilapidated courtyard where she lived. Among them was a woman she knew, who turned around with a look of desperation on her face.
Lao, she couldn't wait and shouted: "Ms. Zheng is finally here."
Then, several women gathered around her, and they all started talking: "Mother Zheng, it's a good thing that I'm here!" "I think that Lady Xia Hua, who has been so unforgiving for so long, finally got her retribution!
"She finally has such a day!" "Isn't it so satisfying!"
Then, Mrs. Zheng also saw several figures on the street surrounded by crowds, lying on the ground and not daring to get up; they were all the powerful men who often followed Xia Hua Niang, their hair was disheveled, and their clothes were in tatters;
Covered in mud and dust, he cried endlessly with scars and no one to help him.
It is said that where Xia Hua Niang was originally, there was only a pool of shocking blood. Then, through the comments of others, Mrs. Zheng knew the outline of what happened. Maybe Xia Hua Niang couldn't pick it up at night.
, the red sky goes away and comes back again, I really want to take advantage of it.
It turned out that her daughter pushed her to death and refused to enter the house, so she started crying and yelling, which alerted many people from outside and came to question her. Did Xia Hua Niang have the courage to break the window and door, but she suddenly lost her leg?
Dong received a report that his shop was on fire, so Lian Man and his men went to put out the fire.
Then, in the shop she ran, I heard loud and obvious meows, and there were sounds of people chasing and smashing them. The fire that had been burned could not be extinguished, but instead, in front of everyone who was putting out the fire, she disguised herself.
Secretly raising forbidden things and trying to silence them.
Then, when Xia Hua Niang, who was burnt to ashes, was chasing and beating the raccoon slave in the street like crazy in everyone's eyes, she was covered by a canopy that she had torn down; and then she accidentally messed up the whole night
The earthenware jar was hit on the forehead and he was bleeding profusely on the spot.
Therefore, after Xia Hua Niang was carried away, people all over the street were stirred up and started to speculate, whether she had secretly raised a raccoon slave and planned to use this to frame the poor man; however, she was caught by that
The raccoon slave escaped and not only burned down the shop, but also drove her crazy.
However, when Mrs. Zheng heard that, she felt a faint chill in her heart. She also thought of the heavy desk that was easily broken into pieces last night. She was immediately worried about her daughter being alone, and hoped that what she said was true.
, and he will not become wild and harm his own daughter.
When Mrs. Zheng, who was full of anxiety, called and knocked on the door again, she was relieved to see her daughter who was safe and sound. However, she saw the cat lying lazily on the table; there was a cat beside her.
After folding the manuscript paper, it is as if nothing happened. (End of this chapter)