The east side hall of Yanxi Palace is called Qingchun Hall, and the roof of the hall is three rooms wide, although it cannot be compared with the main hall, it is also very spacious.
All the furniture in the hall is still new.
The main room of Qingchun Hall is spacious, it is a place to entertain guests on weekdays, and on both sides is the Nanmu Fushou Yanchun floor cover, which leads to the east and west rooms respectively, the east room is the bedroom, which is a place to sleep at night, and the west room is a warm pavilion.
At the window of the Xinuan Pavilion is an Arhat couch, which is covered with a brand-new lotus-colored silk mattress, which is very soft to sit on.
The four palace maids and four eunuchs who walked in all the way knelt down and said in unison: "The slave asks for peace to the nobleman, and the nobleman is blessed with peace."
Zhao Yan glanced at it and asked, "What's your name?"
The chief eunuch Chen Ju was busy pointing to Zhao Yan one by one, among the four palace maids, the eldest of them was already twenty years old, named Su Ying, followed by an eighteen-year-old one, named Shu Yun, and two of them were childish, only thirteen or fourteen years old, and they didn't expect anything.
Among the four eunuchs, one is in his thirties, some of whom are qualified, named Hu Qingxi, and the rest are young eunuchs who are less than twenty years old.
Zhao Yan nodded, carefully wrote down the name, and said to Chen Ju with a smile: "It's really annoying Father-in-law Chen."
As he spoke, he gestured to Bai Tan with his eyes.
Bai Tan immediately knew it, took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and stuffed it to Chen Ju.
Chen Ju quietly put it in his sleeve, "The noble man is tired today, please rest, and the slave has retired." ” Zhao Yan nodded again. and asked Bai Tan to send her out of the gate of the palace.
After Chen Ju left, Zhao Yan looked at the palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground, and said with a pleasant face: "You all get up."
Then Su Ying, Shu Yun and the eunuch Hu Qingxi were ordered, and the rest of the little eunuchs and palace maids were rewarded with silver, and they all called them to retire.
Bai Tan also came back and continued to stand beside Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan glanced at the three of them, but they all looked low and pleasing to the eyes, and asked, "Where did you work on an errand before?"
Su Ying lowered her eyes and said: "The slave was originally serving by the side of Concubine Gongjing, and the concubine died a few years ago, so she was assigned by the Internal Affairs Office to serve the nobles. ” Zhao Yan snorted, and her heart was clear.
Concubine Gongjing is a concubine of Shunzhi, and she is the daughter of the princess Borot.
Although Concubine Gongjing has the same surname as the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, she is not from the same tribe, and it is conceivable that she will not be taken care of by the two palaces.
She had no children and no daughters, and she was lonely and old, but she was a poor person.
Shu Yun said softly: "The slave was a needleman in the Internal Affairs Office before, and when he was cutting fabric, he accidentally cut his hand.
After recuperating from the injury, the housekeeper was worried that the slave was sluggish, so she asked the Internal Affairs Office to rearrange the slave to be the needleman of the noble. ” Zhao Yan took a closer look, and there was indeed a scar on Shu Yun's right hand that had just fallen into a scab, so she asked her: "So, you can still do needlework again."
Shu Yun hurriedly said: "The slave didn't actually hurt his muscles and bones, and now it's so good." ” Zhao Yan nodded.
The palace people who serve in the six palaces of the east and west, according to the different messengers, are divided into needlework people, pulp washing people, lamp people, and pot stove people.
The needlework man is a concubine who specializes in needlework, and she is a favored concubine, although she can also send a needlework bureau, but it is always difficult to assign close-fitting clothes, pants and menstrual belts.
The same is true for the Slurry Washer, there is a Raccoon Clothes Bureau in the palace, and the concubines' coats, bedding, tents, carpets, etc. can be sent to the Wash, and the menstrual belt and intimate clothes are naturally inconvenient to send.
In addition to managing the candles, the Lamp Master is also responsible for keeping vigil.
Don't look at the hard work, but you have to be the most trusted slave to act.
I don't know how many people are vying for the lights.
And the master of the pot stove is the cook, generally by eunuchs, and the master of the pot stove belongs to the lord of the first palace, so Zhao Yan naturally does not have a master of the stove.
Therefore, the people on the stove in Yanxi Palace naturally had to serve the lord's concubines first, and then it was the turn of the other concubines.
The eunuch Hu Qingxi said: "The slave was originally boiled in the pantry in front of the emperor.
"The eunuch in the pantry also belongs to the person on the stove.
Zhao Yan was stunned, "Since it is the imperial front, how can it be dispatched?"
Hu Qingxi's expression was a little embarrassed: "The slave was confused and broke the royal tea bowl, so, so" Hearing this, Zhao Yan was much more relieved, so she smiled and said: "There are always times when people are careless, but the rules in front of the emperor are bigger." ” Hu Qingxi saw that the master didn't mind, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to show loyalty: "The slave will definitely serve the little master loyally in the future, and there will never be any more carelessness."
Seeing this, Su Ying and Shu Yun also knelt down busily, "The slave must be loyal to the little master" Zhao Yan nodded with satisfaction, asked Bai Tan to reward the three of them with silver, and asked them to go down to prepare lunch.
It's noon, and I'm already a little hungry.
There was only white sandalwood left in the house, and Zhao Yan said: "You can take a closer look at Shu Yun's hand" Bai Tan pondered slightly: "The slave also feels strange, although the injury is not small, but it is just a flesh wound, how can he be sluggish."
Zhao Yan said: "This is another doubt, I mean her right hand Shu Yun should not be left-handed" Since she is holding scissors in her right hand, how can she cut her right hand Bai Tan was taken aback instantly: "Gege means, Shu Yun was squeezed out by others" Zhao Yan didn't answer Bai Tan's words, but smiled faintly, "The Needlework Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a place dedicated to embroidering court clothes and auspicious clothes for the palace.
The embroidery girls there are top-notch.
"Where there are people, there is fighting.
I'm afraid that the needlework bureau is also indispensable to these filths.
In order to be stunned, he said: "Tell Shu Yun to embroider something casually and take a look."
"Let's see how she needles.
"Yes, the minion made a note of it."
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Lunch was delivered quickly, and the dining room of Yanxi Palace was set up in the apse, because there were only three concubines in Yanxi Palace, so she was cooked after Concubine Rong for lunch.
There are six dishes in total, three meat and three vegetarian dishes, and the main food is japonica rice, as well as a bowl of almond cheese.
The meals are very ordinary, stewed mutton, stewed pork, duck soup, shredded chicken bean sprouts, Yipin tofu, crispy pickled cucumbers.
Well, in fact, you can't blame the cook, the ingredients of the concubines in the palace are originally very monotonous.
Concubines have different grades of ingredients according to their status, and the Internal Affairs Office will send them every day.
According to the nobles' share, there are fifteen plates of mutton, chickens and ducks a total of eight per month, and if you want to eat one day, you need to greet the Ministry of Internal Affairs in advance.
In addition, one liter of japonica rice, two catties of white flour, two catties of sugar, three taels of sesame oil, one catty of tofu, six taels of sweet sauce, two taels of vinegar, four catties of seasonal fresh vegetables, and a number of oil and salt.
With just these things, the chef doesn't have much room to play.
Therefore, the finished dish is just that.
The mutton is fishy, the pork is greasy, the old duck soup is stewed OK, Zhao Yan holds the japonica rice, the main food is vegetarian, the three vegetarian dishes are good, the bean sprouts are fresh and tender, the tofu melts in the mouth, and the cucumber pickled ground is also very delicious. t1706231537: