The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the servants of the royal family. Although some people can fill the vacancies and become officials, most of them are still serving the royal family. Not only in the Forbidden City, but also in Changchun Garden and other palaces, they are also the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Coating.
"The slave is the eldest daughter. My brother is still young and has not gone out to work on errands. The slave's uncle is doing a post at the building office of Yangxin Hall..."
Walnut bowed and replied.
Walnut didn't mention her Ama, either she wasn't here, or she wasn't qualified enough to fill the errand.
However, her uncle is not an ordinary person who can act as a pen-poster.
There are many in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but most of them are of no rank.
However, there are grades for the pen post style. Depending on the yamen and the errands, the grades are also different. The high grades are fifth grade, sixth grade, and the low grades are seventh grade, eighth grade, and ninth grade.
No matter what, they are all official officials, and with this qualification, they can be promoted faster, so the pen-post style is also called the "Eight Banners Path".
Shu Shu's natal brothers, Xiao San and Xiao Si, are twins who are not in good health and cannot take up martial arts, so they plan to take the six-part script examination in the future.
As he spoke, the Five Fortunes arrived.
Seeing Shu Shu waiting here, she quickly took two steps and took Shu Shu's hand: "How long have you been waiting? You don't have to come out early in the future. I can send someone to call you when I get there..."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "I guess it's time to come out, and it's just arrived..."
The two sisters-in-law were talking, walking south along Xichang Street, and entered the West Sixth Palace through the right gate of Guangsheng.
Because she thought of Guo Guiren yesterday, Young Master Shu Shu could not help but whisper: "Sister-in-law, I heard that there is another Guo Guiren in Yikun Palace. She is the eldest sister of the empress... Are they sisters?"
Wu Fujin shook his head gently: "They are half-sisters... The noble is a direct descendant, and the empress is a side descendant..."
The remnants of the old Manchu custom of "polywives and direct wives", regardless of the direct spouses, are treated the same, and there are many side concubines in the palace.
Empress Xiaocheng was born on the side, Empress Xiaozhao and Concubine Wen Xi were sisters, and they were also born on the side; Concubine Tong and the late Concubine Ping Hesheli were also born on the side.
Compared with them, Yi Fei's side background has nothing to criticize.
After entering the Yikun Gate, Aunt Xianglan was already waiting in front of the main hall and led the two sisters to the East Room.
In the east room, in addition to the well-dressed Yifei sitting on the Kang, there is also a beauty in a flag dress sitting on a stool. She has a slightly plump figure and cannot tell her age. Her eyebrows are somewhat similar to Yifei's, and her face is heavily made up.
Shu Shu saw it and knew in her heart that this should be Guo Guiren.
Seeing the two sisters-in-law coming in, Concubine Yi sat still while the beauty in flag dress stood up.
"Empress, noble..."
Wufu Jin performed the squatting ceremony.
Shu Shu followed behind and did the same thing.
Yi Fei raised her head and called the two of them to get up, then turned to the beauty in the flag dress and said: "We are not outsiders, why are we so polite? You had acne a few days ago, but don't think you can save a meeting gift..."
Guo Guiren said with a smile: "I don't care about the empress and brother Jiu. I only care about Jiu Fujin, a good character. I am willing to pay for the meeting gift..."
The sister smiled brightly, and Shu Shu also bowed again, indicating that she recognized her.
But Shu Shu felt her scalp was numb.
This damn hierarchy!
Even between sisters, there are differences because of their different status.
Concubine Yi is the head of the first palace and can be called the "concubine"; Guo Guiren is just a low-level concubine and calls herself a "slave" to her own sister.
Don't say they are just half-sisters, they are full-sisters. In such a comparison, I am afraid that it will be difficult to calm down.
Not to mention, Guo Guiren was the eldest sister before, and Concubine Yi was just the younger sister. Now that the hierarchy is reversed, how can you feel at ease?
In Shu Shu's mind, there was a question mark about Guo Guiren, who seemed to be kind and amiable.
It's almost time.
Everyone came out from Yikun Palace.
As the lord of the first palace, Yifei had a shoulder to travel with, which was an armchair with a base, carried by two powerful eunuchs, and accompanied by two eunuchs.
Four palace attendants followed, two older aunts, and two younger palace attendants aged thirteen and four.
Guo Guiren, on the other hand, only brought two palace maids with him, and he and his wife Shu Shu walked in the sedan chair.
After exiting the right gate of Guangsheng, follow the palace road to the north, still passing through the Imperial Garden, and then take the crosswalk between Qiandong Wusuo and Dongliu Palace to Ningshou Palace.
To put it into perspective, the entire Forbidden City is less than two miles from north to south and only one and a half miles from east to west. But I couldn't bear to take a detour and walked back and forth. It took nearly two-quarters of an hour to get there.
When Concubine Yi entered Ningshou Palace with her two daughters-in-law, almost all the concubines who were qualified to pay her respects had already arrived.
The younger generation also gathered together with their mothers and concubines, but they didn't share a seat, they all stood beside them.
What else to do?
There are still a bunch of nobles standing. In terms of status, they are not as noble as the prince Fujin, but they are concubines and concubines, so their seniority is obvious.
Shu Shu had probably seen that most of the chairs in the hall were occupied, and only one chair on the left and right was still empty, but there were already several people standing behind the chairs on the east side, including Dafujin, Qifuzhen, and Bafujin.
Except for the few people at the front who were sitting quietly, the people at the back all stood up and bowed to Concubine Yi. The younger generation of Fujins also bowed their knees to bow to Concubine Yi.
Concubine Yi nodded in return and sat down on the first chair on the west side.
Shu Shu followed Wu Fujin and stopped at the door. After everyone bowed to Concubine Yi, she followed in.
There is no need to bow down one by one, just kneel down and say: "Bless you ladies and gentlemen..."
Then he greeted the other sisters-in-law in a low voice before standing behind Concubine Yi.
Shu Shu glanced around and knew in her heart that the one missing was Concubine Hui, the head concubine in the harem.
Sitting in the second place on the east side diagonally across from Yifei, with a long face and a kind look, wearing a dark-colored flag uniform and holding a string of eighteen pieces in her hand, is the third-ranked Empress Defei. He has the magnanimity of everyone, and behind him stands Sifu Jin.
Concubine Yi bowed her head, and the one without a daughter-in-law behind her should be Concubine Rong.
The corners of Concubine Rong's eyes were slightly drooped, and her expression was a little dull. She looked a generation older than Concubine Yi, and her body was as bloated as that of an ordinary woman.
She is the eldest among the four concubines, two years older than Kangxi. She stayed in the palace for a long time, and was the first to serve Kangxi. She gave birth to children one after another. Unfortunately, she lost four children, and only one son and one daughter were left. Her status in the palace was also low. One after another, when concubines were made, they were only below a few noble ladies and before concubines Hui and Yi. When they were conferred as concubines, they were not only behind concubines Hui and Yi, but also in front of Concubine De, who came from behind. Thus she became the last of the four concubines.
It was already the big month in Sanfujin, and there was no one around. It seemed that he had received grace and was exempted from the daily greetings.
The concubine next to Concubine De is dressed slightly differently from the others. The robe is looser and the cuffs are closed, which seems to be a compromise between the Mongolian robe and the flag dress. This person is about the same age as Concubine Rong, and she looks more mature.
, this should be the "Concubine of Xianfu Palace" Borzigit who was named a concubine, but did not have the canonization ceremony or title.
The person sitting under Concubine Rong is Concubine Tong?!
Shu Shu glanced out of the corner of her eyes and looked at her profile. Her body was straight and she seemed to be older than Yi Fei.
Calculating her age, she is about ten years younger than Yi Fei.
This man is also a well-known figure in the Eight Banners, and he was at the top of the news in the capital for several years.
Just because she is famous as an "old girl".
Although the Eight Banners advocate early marriage, late marriage is also popular, but this "late" is only a relative term, most people are in their twenties.
A woman like Concubine Tong, who was clearly exempted from the draft and allowed her family to discuss marriage, but delayed the discussion from a young age to twenty-three or four years old, is really an alternative among noble girls.
Of the four pairs of sisters in Kangxi's harem, only the Yifei sisters entered the palace at the same time, and the remaining three queens' sisters all entered the palace after their elder sisters passed away.
No one said anything about the entry of Concubine Hesheli and Consort Wenxi into the palace.
The queen was gone, and the two families wanted to maintain their holy family ties, so it made sense to introduce their daughter to serve in the palace.
This is also the emperor's comfort and favor to the two families, otherwise he would not have allowed Concubine Ping to enter the palace at the age of ten to wait for the new year; Concubine Wen Xi would not have been registered as a high-ranking concubine, ranking above the four concubines with qualifications and children.
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The way the Tong family eats is so ugly.
He didn't want to use the side branch's daughter, so he kept his own daughter until she was in her twenties. It wasn't until she killed Empress Xiaoyi that she got the grace to enter the palace.
But this Concubine Tong, no matter how much criticism she received, she was already in an invincible position just by occupying this "Tong".
It seems that in less than two years, Kangxi will promote this concubine's cousin to a noble concubine in order to balance the prince and the fourth concubine.
Under the seat of the Sixth Concubine, there were four other people sitting.
I have never seen the first two Shu Shu, they both look a little old and sullen, but based on the seats, Shu Shu probably knows who they are.
The person sitting on the east side should be the first concubine in the current concubine position, and the person sitting on the west side should be the concubine with similar seniority.
Both of them are senior concubines, looking at their youth no longer.
The one sitting at the end on the east side has a very outstanding appearance, his age cannot be discerned, and his facial features are somewhat familiar. He must be the eighth prince's biological mother, Concubine Wei.
Opposite Concubine Wei is a beauty in her twenties dressed in national flags, who is the biological mother of Thirteenth Brother, Concubine Zhang.
Both of them were concubines by imperial edict, but there was no title, no formal canonization ceremony, and their positions were at the end of the concubine rank.
After the fourth concubine, there were several noble people standing. In addition to Guo Guiren, there was also an acquaintance, the Guarjia family who stayed in the palace with Shu Shu during the draft in February.
Among the sixteen people, Guarjia was the best-looking, and Shu Shu was naturally the most impressed.
In terms of age at that time, she was the same month as him and a few days younger than him, so she became a concubine?
The two looked at each other, both smiled, and did not say hello. After all, this was not a place for greetings.
Shu Shu's attention was still on the concubine Wei, and she was surprised in her heart.
It’s not that I was amazed by Wei Concubine’s beauty. In the information society of later generations, we are used to seeing beauties, so looking at Wei Concubine is just ordinary.
What surprised her was Bafujin's position!
Turns out he was not standing behind Concubine Wei, but behind Concubine Hui, the adoptive mother of Eighth Prince.
Although Qi Fujin also stood behind Concubine Hui, that was because Qi Age's biological mother was only a concubine who was treated as a noble in Yanxi Palace and was not qualified to come to pay her respects.
Qi Fujin's biological mother was in Yanxi Palace, so Qi Fujin also stood with Concubine Hui when greeting her.
The Eighth Fortune Jin does not follow his biological mother-in-law, but his adoptive mother-in-law?