In the second year of Yongzheng's reign, on the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, in the Forbidden City.
A thin layer of snow foam has accumulated in front of Jingyang Palace. Seeing that the snow will not slow down, the palace maid Qixi sighed in the west room, put down the cotton curtain, and looked back at the house
Ji is always there, sleeping on the bed.
This is the worst room in Jingyang Palace besides the residence of the servants. It does not face the sun, and it is cloudy and cold in winter. Even those who are not sick will become sick if they live in it, let alone Ji, who has been taking medicine for many years.
Often.
Changzai is one of the lower-level titles among the concubines of the Qing Dynasty. It is only one level higher than promised and ranks second to last.
The main person in this Jingyang Palace is Mao Bi. The east room is for Hai Guiren, and the west room is for Ji Chang Zai.
However, no matter how low your status is, you are still the master.
Originally, according to the practice of the Qing palace, as Chang Zai and a serious background of the draft, Ji Chang Zai could have three palace maids to serve him, one of whom was a personal assistant, and the other two were rough and rough and did chores.
Coupled with the two young eunuchs, these five slaves basically formed a standard configuration for the Qing palace.
But Ji Changzai was ill for a long time, and a maid beside him couldn't stand it any longer. Just a year ago, he gritted his teeth and spent the money he had saved for a long time to support a palace maid in Chuxiu Palace.
The eunuch in charge who spoke up found himself a promising master and ran away.
Fortunately, the other palace maid, Bixue, and the two eunuchs are still here.
It's just that no one expected that Chang Zai's health would be deteriorating, and his condition would now be as serious as this.
At first it was just a small cold, but because Ji Changzai never got the opportunity to sleep with him, and because he was timid and shy, and not good at words, he was not only despised by the concubines, but in the end, he was gradually forgotten by Yongzheng.
The palace is accustomed to having red hats and white clothes, and a little Chang is almost ignored. How can the imperial hospital have a good look? A young eunuch was sent perfunctorily a few times, and the young eunuch who delivered medicine was careless. Later,
I just grabbed a few pills and took them.
Ji Changzai drank several bowls of medicine, but instead of getting better, his condition became increasingly serious.
After the New Year, Ji Changzai has been sleeping in bed. Except for Qixi, who is holding her with tears and feeding her several bowls of medicine every day, she is completely unconscious at other times. Qixi's loyalty is very impressive in the eyes of Hai Guiren.
I was praised several times and said that Qixi was a rare and loyal servant.
There was another sentence that Hai Guiren did not say: when Ji Changzai died in the future, she would ask Qixi to come over and put it next to her to serve.
Yes, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ji Changzai will not be able to survive this spring, and will definitely run out of oil until early summer at most.
"The sweet potatoes are roasted, Sister Qixi, come and eat!" Bixue squatted next to the charcoal basin, holding a pair of thick bamboo chopsticks. While sighing, she lifted up her sleeves and turned her head in the charcoal basin.
I glanced at the falling plum blossom-like falling snow outside the nine-turn Ruyi carved window lattice.
On such a cold winter snowy day, eating a hot roasted sweet potato will make your whole body feel warm.
The two people were holding sweet potatoes and squatting next to the charcoal pot. The sweet potatoes were so hot that they kept turning them in their hands and blowing on them for a while before they could barely peel them off.
Qixi took a few bites, paused, took out a coarse cloth handkerchief from the sewing basket nearby, wrapped two small sweet potatoes, and quickly walked out of the house.
The eunuchs Xiao Fenzi and Xiao Dazi were leaning against the wall, talking to each other. When they saw Qixi coming out with something in her hands, they knew there was something delicious, and they both stood up immediately.
, smiling like a kitten or a puppy: "Thank you, Sister Qixi!".
Qixi didn't say much, and handed the sweet potatoes to them together with the handkerchief: "Be careful!". Seeing the two of them gasping for breath and reluctant to throw away the sweet potatoes, Qixi suddenly thought of her younger brother at home and the situation at home.
No, my younger brother is probably like these two little eunuchs, he looks like a skinny monkey.
Qixi's eyes were slightly red, she lowered her head without saying anything, turned around, opened the curtain and went into the house. According to the rules, the little eunuch was not allowed to enter the master's house, so even in such a cold weather, he could only stay under the eaves.
There was a charcoal pot that had been burned for a long time and had almost only a few scattered sparks.
On the bed in the room, Ji Chang quietly opened his eyes at an unknown moment.
She was awakened by the aroma of sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Before time travel, Ji Ling loved to eat sweet potatoes. One thing she always had at home was sweet potatoes. Her mother would often make sweet potato cakes for her in the morning, sweet potato cheese at noon, and sweet potato porridge at night.
The sweet sweet potato plus honey is the most touching taste.
After graduating from college, she went to a state-owned enterprise step by step, stayed with her parents, and lived a peaceful life with a salary that was neither too much nor too little. The work pressure was not great and she could get off work on time every day.
I don’t work much overtime on weekends, and I can help my mother buy groceries on the way home.
For most people, this is already a very happy life.
Ji Ling is very contented.
In her spare time, she has a major hobby, which is shopping and buying cosmetics.
As soon as various new cosmetics products from major brands are released, including blush, eye shadow, lipstick, foundation..., she will definitely buy them all as soon as possible. Some colors are really unavailable, and she feels like her heart is scratching her head, so she must collect them.
She felt relieved when she had everything in place, and she even shared her color test online. Over time, her online account slowly accumulated a bunch of netizen fans, and she became a slightly famous beauty blogger.
In addition, she also accumulated a bunch of makeup brushes, including several big-name ones. It can be said that basically all her monthly salary is spent on these rouge and gouache.
When friends have events, take photos, or get married, they all ask her to do their makeup. They all say that the makeup she creates is natural and fits everyone's actual characteristics. In the end, everyone doesn't even want outside professional makeup artists.
Later, even friends of friends heard about her fame and asked her to help with makeup. In this way, Ji Ling inadvertently started to earn her own part-time income.
Of course, she also used the part-time income to buy new cosmetics.
Such a little life was filled with moisture and freedom, until a few days ago, when she was doing makeup for a friend who was a bride, she accidentally stepped on the lighting engineer's wire. It happened that the wire was exposed, and there was a scream.
During the sound, Ji Ling felt a huge white light flash in front of his eyes. His whole body felt numb, his vision went dark, and his body seemed to be out of control. He twitched a few times, then fell down, and knew nothing.
When she woke up, she found that she had traveled to the second year of Yongzheng. She only found out the exact year by pricking up her ears and listening carefully to the chats of several slaves. Moreover, the body she was traveling through now was called Ji Chang Zai.
After two days of crying without tears and being struck by five thunders, Ji Ling could only accept this fact.
But fortunately, in a hazy moment, she discovered that God had not forced her to a dead end and had given her a space. This space was actually a small warehouse with shelves on the east, west, north, and south sides. The bottom row of shelves on the east side was
, there is a small jar from which silver can be taken out.
In the past few days, she had been pretending to be sleepy, but in fact she was snooping around. She knew that she was now in Jingyang Palace, and that the head of Jingyang Palace was Mao Bin. Ji Ling, who had watched a lot of Qing palace dramas, knew: Yongzheng was still
When he was the prince, Maobin, also known as the Song family, had already entered the palace. It can be said that she was the first woman to accompany Yongzheng.
After being with her for such a long time, she only got the status of a concubine. This shows that she is not very favored.
But being favored or not is one thing, being with him for so many years is another.
The indifference between men and women does not mean that the warmth that has been with them for so many years no longer exists.
You know, in the Forbidden City, there are not many women who hold the title of concubine.
By the way, there is also a nobleman named Hai in the east room. I don’t know what the specific situation is.
Thinking of this, Ji Ling glanced at his skinny wrist and smiled bitterly: Alas! Ji Chang is here, leaving him a mess! If he doesn't work hard to recover, he may really die in the second year of Yongzheng's reign.
Ji Ling closed her eyes, gathered some strength, and shouted: "Qixi, bring some food!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Qixi standing at the door. She was almost stunned. She was holding sweet potatoes and murmured: "Chang Zai wants to eat? Didn't I hear you wrong?"
Ji Ling nodded and closed his eyes feebly: "I'm starving to death."
Qixi finally came to her senses, she was so excited that she almost jumped up. She rushed up in three steps and handed the sweet potato in her hand to her, then quickly took it back and wiped her tears of joy: "
The slave is really confused. He only drank some medicine for so many days, how can he eat such a thing! The slave quickly went to the dining room and asked them to order some nourishing meat porridge!" He turned around and left in a hurry.
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Ji Ling watched helplessly as the fragrant sweet potatoes circled in front of her eyes and then disappeared. She was so anxious that she didn't know where she got the strength from, and said quickly: "I want sweet potatoes!" and then reached out to grab Qixi's.
The sleeves, but after all, my arms were so thin and weak that I grabbed them out of thin air and then dropped them. I lost my balance and almost rolled off the bed wrapped in quilts.
Qixi quickly turned around and served Ji Ling as she finished eating the sweet potatoes. Ji Ling still felt unsatisfied, so she looked at Qixi with her eyes wide open: "Is there any meat?"
Qixi lowered her eyes in embarrassment. The monthly silver of a Chang Zai is really limited. In the palace, the Queen and the Imperial Concubine's annual silver are one thousand taels and eight hundred taels respectively, but for a little Chang Zai, one
There are only fifty taels per year, and on average, that’s only more than four taels of silver per month.
Moreover, there were so many places where money was needed in the palace. During festivals and festivals, tributes had to be paid to the ladies, sick people had to be taken care of by the imperial hospital, and concubines who were not favored also had to use money for their meals.
A tael of silver and a smiling face, and a basketful of good words, can only be exchanged for a few delicious dishes in the imperial kitchen.
These days, the money has been spent long ago. Qixi even contributed the monthly salary of his own slaves, but it was only a drop in the bucket.
Ji Ling saw Qixi's expression and understood immediately. She asked Qixi to go out first, then closed her eyes, entered her own space in a hazy sleep, and took out twenty taels of silver, not daring to take more.
I gave Qixi twelve taels, and I put another ten taels close to my body.
Qixi was so surprised that she could hardly open her mouth from ear to ear: "Chang Zai, where did you get all this money? You know, our monthly money has been spent long ago!".
Ji Ling didn't say much and patted her: "Go to the imperial dining room quickly!"
