C5

To be a palace maid and lose herself. The requirements of the palace rules are harsh and strict;

Abandoning the dream to lose awareness of reality, from then on only from the master's words.

The next day, before dawn, my aunt knocked on the door. "All up." Gaylen was in bed last night. He went up and changed places. He was not used to sleeping, and after tossing and turning, he did not sleep well. He felt a little tired and began to struggle.

Everyone quickly put on their clothes and arrived at the courtyard. Rong'er saw that everyone was wearing the new palace uniform that she had sent yesterday. The uniform also made them look very beautiful. Beautiful pink girls stood out among them. There were three aunts standing in the courtyard. One of them looked a little older, and the two standing on either side were the two palace maids who had delivered the clothes yesterday.

The maid in the middle began to speak. "You have to understand the rules of the palace," she said. "Your words and actions in the palace are not only for yourselves, but also for the lives of your family outside. You have to be very careful with your words and actions, and my surname is Xiao, and you can call me Auntie Xiao, and the one on my left is Aunt Lian, and the one on my right is Aunt Ning. This place you are living in is the Second North Court, and I am the manager's aunt. In these ten days, the three of us will be teaching you the rules of the palace, and you must listen to my words. This is also the rules of the palace, and the new palace maids must listen to the palace maids who enter first.

"This year's palace lady selection has a total of 20 people. Now, stand orderly. When you read out the name, you will be lucky and shout 'here'."

After reciting the name, Aunt Xiao continued, "Today is the first day, so I will first tell you about the rules of this palace. In the first place, the ladies must rise in the morning, because the masters will get up before dawn to pay their respects to the empress dowager, and the emperor will go to court before morning, so the servant must rise before the master; in the second place, the servant must call himself a servant before the master and before the older ladies, and not exceed the rules, and speak to the master and his aunts with his head bowed low, and not look at them directly; the palace rules are to respect the ladies who come first, and to call you aunts by their faces; in the third, you are forbidden to speak lightly, and not to show your hair or your teeth when you are in action; in the fourth place, do not smile, but keep your head low, and do not look back, and do not even when you are crying. A face like yours is not good enough. " As Aunt Xiao spoke, she pointed to a certain person. It was none other than Mei. Beautiful girl, just now when she announced her name, Gai Rong'er had heard her name was Ling Ying'er. Since the day before, when he had seen her, he hadn't seen her smile at all.

Auntie Xiao pointed at Ling Jiao'er and said, "Who are you showing off to? I also clearly told you that there are too many beautiful maids in this palace, and the number of people who can't see the emperor has also increased. I've been in the palace for eight years, and I haven't seen the master that we came from, and the emperor is only 13 years old this year, so I advise you all to don't hold this in your hearts and give me some peace. "

Ling Jiao'er replied in a low voice, "This servant doesn't dare."

"You don't dare? "Alright, then smile for me." Auntie Xiao pointed at Ling Jiao once more as she smiled.

Auntie Xiao was obviously dissatisfied. She continued, "Don't blame me for not reminding you that not everyone is fortunate enough to serve Master. The internal affairs will be divided among you based on my opinion. If that doesn't work in my opinion, then the laundry room, the chore room, and the position of palace maid will be waiting for you …"

Aunt Xiao spent most of the morning lecturing on the rules of the palace, and GaoRong'er was impressed. He didn't get tired even after talking for such a long time. This must have been the result of years of training in the palace. However, he didn't dare to be careless at all, as his aunt would call someone out every once in a while to ask a question.

It was not long before lunch was served by a few eunuchs. It was more or less the same as the one last night, with a few light dishes and a bowl of rice each. After the meal, the eunuchs packed up their plates and Aunt Ning entered the room. Aunt Ning always had a smile on her face, giving others a very amiable feeling.

During these ten days, you three can look for me in the east wing. The three of us will live in the small house on the east side of the gate, and after lunch you can have a little rest. Usually, this is the time for the masters to eat. Alright, you guys should rest first and gather at the courtyard when the time comes. " Aunt Ning left the room as soon as she finished speaking.

"Elder sister, are you really unable to see the emperor? I thought I would see the Emperor when I entered the palace. " Yin Ruo Lan gloomily asked Gai Rong'er, who was sitting beside her.

"Little sister, why should you care? "Everything has its fate, let nature take its course." Garong'er consoled him.

"Oh, elder sister, if I don't get chosen by the emperor, how will I live my days?" "Listen to how much that Aunty Xiao talked about the life of the palace maid today. I was originally a bit careless, but if I were to make mistakes in the future, wouldn't I die?" Yin Ruo Lan sighed.

"Then learn with all your heart, so you won't be punished." Gayon was about to reply when Su Ya, who was sitting next to him, laughed and interrupted him.

"Miss Su Ya is extremely correct. You should seriously work hard to learn it." After this day of interaction, although Gai Rong'er saw that Miss Su Ya's appearance was much inferior to Yin Ruo Lan, Wang Jingzhi, and Ling Xiang'er, she was still an extremely good-natured person.

Before long, everyone had already gathered in the courtyard, so Auntie Xiao began to lecture him, "Alright, let me start by explaining some of the basic rules of being a palace maid. First, stand here, you can't sit while your mistress doesn't allow you to sit, and standing any time is the first step for your palace maid, as long as your master doesn't allow you to sit, you can only stand. Usually, one had to stand while serving his master. As for standing there, you must stand there straight, but you must not lift your head high. Your line of sight is to look down obliquely, even Aunt, to demonstrate it to you. " After Aunt Lian's demonstration, "When this stop is over, it's time to leave …"

Throughout the afternoon, she guided, demonstrated, and checked every step of the high school. She stood up, walked, sat down, raised up, and handed over some of the palace maids' etiquette.

Aunt Xiao said, "That's all for today's study. Go back and think about what you learned today and remember it well. Rest early tonight and gather at the courtyard tomorrow morning."

After dinner, everyone sat down at the table and chatted casually, Aunt Ning came into the room again, asking if there was anything that everyone needed, and Yin Ruo Lan looked at Aunt Ning and asked, "Aunt, is it true that none of the maidservants Aunt Xiao mentioned were able to become masters?" Aunt Xiao smiled, she had been in the palace for eight years, and when she first entered, it was exactly the late emperor who doted on the empress, Dong'En, and the current emperor only had 13 wives, so right now there was only the empress, so Aunt Xiao said she didn't see any of it with her own eyes, but recently heard that the emperor's palace maid Zhang Le Qi was about to be bestowed upon.

Hearing Aunt Ning's words, Yin Ruo Lan finally smiled. "So that means you have the chance to be favored by the emperor?"

Aunt Ning smiled. "However, what Auntie Xiao said is reasonable as well. The possibility of a palace maid being chosen as master is very small, and one in a thousand is already not bad. So, don't hold too much hope.

"Huh?" Yin Ruo Lan's face fell once again. Aunt Ning smiled helplessly. "Alright, it's getting late. You should all rest early. I'll be going back as well."

Aunt Ning would usually take a seat in the east wing after dinner to chat about the matters of the palace. Most of them would focus on some rules, and what they learned were the most basic rules of the palace. In the future, when they were divided into different places, the head stewards and aunts would also assign different tasks to each person to learn different rules.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the afternoon of the tenth day. Aunt Xiao was talking about how they would be allocated the twenty palace maids from the Internal Affairs Bureau tomorrow, and as Aunt Xiao was emphasizing this point, a eunuch suddenly entered the courtyard and said to Auntie Xiao, "Auntie Xiao, the Empress Dowager has an order for you to come to the Palace of Tzu Ning to speak."

"This servant accepts the decree. I will be troubling Eunuch Cao now." It was Eunuch Cao from the Tzu Ning Palace. Aunt Xiao turned around and said to everyone, "You may disperse." Following the order, Eunuch Cao left in a hurry.