The palace seal was passed down from the time of Queen Shotoku and was awarded to palace members with merits and achievements. It was divided into three grades: bronze, silver and gold.
Up to now, according to different departments and bureaus, the patterns on the palace seals are different. Just by looking at them, you can know where a person has made contributions.
The palace servants with palace seals received the great honor of royal recognition, while the status of palace servants without palace seals could not be compared with it.
In other words, the palace seal is another set of things in the palace that enhance the status of the palace people in addition to the rank. Sometimes it is even more important than the rank.
Just like Old Man Gan, his rank was much lower than that of Zhang Defa, but he had a Golden Palace Medal, so he dared to go directly to the Queen Mother to ask Lihua to farm the land.
And the Queen Mother will not blame the old man for his recklessness.
If it were Zhang Defa, he wouldn't dare even if he had 10,000 heads.
This is the advantage of the palace seal. Everyone inside and outside the palace recognizes that a palace official who has made a mistake has a palace seal on his body, and the punishment department must carefully review the case and seek lenient treatment beyond justice.
Therefore, Martha focused on the palace seal.
Martha and others left and also left to wander around other departments and bureaus to see the palace seal that he was thinking about.
The result was still a failure, so I returned to the weaving bureau dejectedly.
Martha glanced at the basket, but saw nothing in it, and then looked at the master.
Martha stepped up and wanted to go to the Royal Ceramics Department to confirm. Hearing this, he stopped and stared with his mouth open, as if he was listening to a book from heaven.
I saw that the master was very good-looking, with big peach blossom eyes, a smile on his face, and small pear dimples on each cheek. Just one look at him made him feel like he was bathed in spring breeze.
Martha went over and listened and was shocked: "What?! The imperial seal of the Department of Weaving and Dyeing has been taken off?"
It was another day that was neither salty nor bland.
Then I saw the little palace maid taking out bottles and jars from the basket and mixing a vat of purple dye out.
Martha didn't dare to look any further. She lowered her head and saluted by the roadside, thinking that perhaps a concubine from some palace had gone the wrong way.
That afternoon, Martha was not on duty and was very busy, so she went around to various departments as usual.
The Imperial Porcelain Department is the department in charge of imperial porcelain. The imperial kiln for firing porcelain is outside the palace and is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Porcelain Department, under the Weaving Bureau.
He would go for a walk every day to see if anyone had solved those difficult problems.
Some of them have been passed down for decades and no one can solve them to this day, and they have become difficult problems accumulated in history.
The head of the Weaving and Dyeing Department originally didn't think much of it, so he let people try it if it was optional.
But this kind of porcelain has gorgeous patterns and is deeply loved by the royal family.
It’s not that he’s incompetent, it’s just that he’s really hard to get!
Each department and bureau in the harem has a limited number of palace seals. There are only so many difficult things that can be reported to allocate palace seals. Every single one of them is so difficult. Many people have tried but failed.
Just this afternoon?
Someone told him excitedly: "Yes, it's amazing! Also, not only the palace seals of the Department of Weaving and Dyeing were removed, but also those of the Imperial Porcelain Department. Hey, you don't have to go there, the person in charge has already left. Yuyao, I haven’t come back.”
The people around him were in small groups, doing no errands, discussing what had happened, and being very excited.
The weaving bureau where Madana worked had several palace seals waiting to be picked up.
The head of the Weaving and Dyeing Department ran back and forth, with purple dye splashed all over his body. His expression was crazy, and he shouted: "It will work this way, it will work this way, hahaha, it's solved, hahaha, the disease that has been in my hands for many years is in my hands." Solved..."
He quickly chased after him and asked who the two people who had received the imperial seal were from.
The Weaving Bureau is the most important department in the palace besides the Shang Palace Bureau. It is in charge of various royal productions and is involved in all aspects of the palace's clothing, food, housing and transportation, such as royal jewelry, weaving of precious clothing materials, firing porcelain, etc.
For example, the Ordnance Bureau has been looking for harder and more flexible materials to make weapons.
In fact, all these problems that can be solved have been solved, and those that cannot be solved have continued.
Take the firing of porcelain as an example. When some porcelain is fired, poisonous gas will be released. If you are not careful, it will poison a whole nest and cause a big disaster.
All departments and bureaus have given up hope of solving the problem.
Martha was a little confused, but without thinking too much, she pointed the way.
The heads of various departments and bureaus are also used to his presence. When they see him coming, they all say hello and give him a joking salute: "Hey, Mr. Ma is here again."
Another example is purple, which is one of the most noble colors and is used in many royal costumes. However, whether inside or outside the palace, it is difficult for dyeing shops to dye pure purple. After dyeing, the color is easy to fade and unstable, so dyeing a purple dress is very expensive.
huge.
But when he returned to the weaving bureau, he found that the atmosphere was wrong.
If he can't do something, others can't do it either. The palace seals are kept well and no one can take them away.
The master thanked her and left with the girl.
However, Madana did not believe in evil and went around various departments and bureaus to find solutions to the problem, pondering over these problems in addition to daily errands.
He had seen it once and spent a lot of energy trying, but all ended in vain.
Every time Martha heard it, she would wave her hands and refuse to recognize the title. He thought the name was not worthy of the name, and was panicked when it sounded hollow.
Places like theirs are the place where servants and craftsmen stay. They don't attract the attention of their masters. They have no flowers, no grass, no scenery. Usually there are few palace concubines coming.
As soon as he left the weaving bureau, a master and a servant came towards him. The girl was holding a basket filled with something heavy.
If these problems can be solved, corresponding palace medals will be awarded.
It's just that he put in all the effort and effort, but got nothing.
In the end, he was discouraged and getting the imperial seal became his heartache.
He went out all afternoon, and the palace seals of two divisions were taken off one after another?
How can it be!!!
At dusk, Martha returned after completing a circle, but still found nothing.
Everyone agreed that she was a familiar little palace maid, carrying a basket and offering solutions to difficult problems on the spot.
Just when he thought the person was leaving, a pleasant voice sounded in his ear: "My father-in-law, how do I get to the Imperial Porcelain Department?"
Others, such as the imperial pharmacy, the imperial dining room, and even the weapons bureau outside the palace, also have their own difficulties and corresponding palace medals and rewards.
Martha was a little surprised. Could it be that the master wanted to receive some kind of porcelain?
But no master came in person.
He even asked Guan Guan to go to Zhang Defa to try to solve Zhang Defa's major concern - to rearrange the Cangchen Palace to ensure the emperor's satisfaction.
Everyone in the Weaving and Dyeing Department was shocked. The manager quickly asked people to try dyeing a piece of cloth. In order to speed up the effect, they did not follow the usual process, but dried the cloth directly with fire.
It stands to reason that the color of cloth dyed in such a simple and crude manner is very poor, it is easy to fade, the dyed color is uneven, and it may not be the desired color.
But the result was completely unexpected. Although the color of the cloth appeared uneven due to the rough process, the color was very good. It did not fade at all after rinsing and rubbing, and the color was very firm.