In April, grass and birds flew about, and the heavy winter gown had changed into spring clothes. Because the Imperial Lower Consort Lan was small, the palace concubines who had been cautious for a period of time had all blossomed with flowers and blossoms once again.
In the palace, Imperial Consort Guo was still the most pampered, followed by the Imperial Noble Lady Yu. Imperial Lower Consort Yang and the Imperial Lower Consort Liu had an average of three days per month, and the other beauties had been pampered for one or two days, but the Jingyang Palace had been completely forgotten by the Emperor.
She then said to Palace Manager Cui, "The palace has not had a large examination for a long time, so after taking this opportunity to arrange it, other than the various sets of Palace Manager s, all the other palace maid s will have to take part in the examination to reorder their ranks."
"For someone like the Empress who is close to serve you and yet doesn't know how to make up for it, that is absolutely impossible." Wang Rong He said. All those who did not qualify were sent out of the palace. But considering the fact that they had served in the palace, it was not a big mistake. Anyone who left the palace could get ten silver coins, which was a red satin household's fee, and the money would be taken out of the Kunning Palace private treasury. There are still palace maid between the ages of twenty-five and thirty. If there are any who want to leave the palace, let them out as well. "In addition to the household expenses, you can also take out the rewards you get from the palace."
"Then Empress, are you going to pick a palace maid s from outside the palace again?" Palace Manager Cui said.
"There's no need for that. The palace has fewer lords now, let's talk about it when there's more people in the future." Wang Rong He said. s of the Clothes Washing Bureau can also participate in this examination, but those who have been demoted to the Clothes Washing Bureau this year are not allowed to participate. "
Wang Rong took the time to meet Fangruo once more. She bowed politely, not having the same divine splendor that Gu Panpan had before. Wang Rong looked at her, "You stayed at Clothes Washing Bureau for a year in the blink of an eye.
"This servant dares not." Fangruo said, "This servant actually could have left the Clothes Washing Bureau long ago, but this servant did not, and this servant is waiting for the empress."
"Do you still want to serve me?" Wang Rong asked.
"It's my honor to serve the Empress." Fangruo said.
"Then, I'll give you a chance. Whether you can climb up or not will depend on your luck." Wang Rong He said.
who was in Clothes Washing Bureau knew that this was the chance empress had spoken of when she heard about the palace maid's ranking test. Fangruo went back to find someone to exercise and see if she could get any internal information.
"Fangruo, are you prepared to participate in this exam?"
"Our Clothes Washing Bureau isn't close to your body, so it doesn't matter if you don't take the exam." The granny said, "Although it's good to be in the palace, you don't have to suffer in Clothes Washing Bureau anymore and you are still much more free. There's too much trouble in the palace, so my Clothes Washing Bureau is not as quiet as it is. "
"I'm still young, my goal isn't just to be a senior nanny with Clothes Washing Bureau." Fangruo said. This was a rare opportunity, and it was even rarer for someone of the Clothes Washing Bureau. Does Grandma plan on living in Clothes Washing Bureau or not? The rest of them are still unmoved by such matters. That would truly be a big idiot. "
All the palace maid's examination ratings were for level one, level one, and only those who passed the examinations for the higher ups. There were not many people who could read in the palace maid, and the first five exams did not involve words that could understand words. Of course, only the next four exams in the later floors would have rank in palace maid. There were a lot of people at the front of the exam, but there were less and less at the back.
The examination lasted until June, when the initial lotus blossomed, and the final result was out. The twelve palace maid s who had all passed the ninth floor appeared before Wang Rong and Fangruo, who were inside.
"Empress, out of the twelve people, there are six palace maid s who were originally high ranked, and six who were admitted by low ranked palace maid s. Inside, Wuyou had come in from the Duke Yongnian Palace, and had such results on her first time participating in the great examination.
Other than that, Bao Zhang took the Qianqing Palace exam while Ye Lan took the dream incense from the Qin'an Hall exam. Ye Lan took the dream incense from the Ci Ning Palace, and Gu Yanxi was originally a Chuxiu Palace Attendant, not yet a Pet. She voluntarily lowered herself to palace maid to participate in the exam, while Fangruo was the last to pass the Clothes Washing Bureau exam. " Palace Manager Cui reported everything in detail.
Wang Rong and Gu Yanxi looked at each other, dressed in palace attire, calmly standing with their hands at their sides. Why not attend the selection and become a palace maid? "
"In reply to empress's words, is here to serve the selections. I feel that palace maid is still a bit more at ease." Gu Yanxi replied.
"The imperial harem is His Majesty's woman, he can take advantage of anyone he wants, regardless of whether she is a candidate or a palace maid?" Wang Rong He said.
"This servant cannot be liked by His Majesty when she is in the selection process, and even more so when she is in the palace maid." Gu Yanxi said.
Wang Rong He nodded. She said to the twelve of them, "Since you have all passed the test, you are all heroes among women." Each of them had their own rewards, and at the same time, the twelve of them could choose their next job.
With a wave of his hand, Wang Rong and the others both became the positions only second to the Palace Manager in their respective divisions. "This is the significance of the assessment, those who are capable will be placed here."
Naturally, Bao Zhang had to return to the Qianqing Palace. Wang Rong smiled and said, "Aunt Bao Zhang is already a palace maid with the highest level of Qianqing Palace. Aunt Bao Zhang doesn't want to move the land.
"This servant originally came here to take the examination for no other reason, but I couldn't slip past the gentle breeze of Qianqing Palace." Baozhang said.
"Aunt Bao Zhang can, but the other palace maid s cannot relax either. I heard that the other palace maid s' grades are not considered good, right?" Wang Rong said with a smile, "Palace Manager Cui told me that she was very vexed, since she wanted to give way to someone higher than him, but she was also afraid that the person who shifted their Qianqing Palace might anger His Majesty."
"What the Empress said caused this servant to feel extremely ashamed." Bao Zhang said, "When palace maid s of Qianqing Palace are replaced, it is fine to follow the rules. His Majesty prefers eunuch's service. Other than this subject, palace maid does not have any other preferences."
"That's good." Wang Rong He said. She added another reward to Baozhang.
Meng Xiang wanted to go to the Peace Palace and serve the empress dowager. Wang Rong looked at Ye Lan, who had been given the test. "Do you want to change?"
"empress, this servant does not wish to change." Yland said.
Wang Rong and Meng Xiang said, "Look, the Palace of Tzu Ning already has an orchid. If you were to go to the Palace of Tzu'an and serve the empress dowager, the empress dowager would be very kind and magnanimous."
"This servant will listen to empress's orders." Meng Xiang kowtowed and said.
The remaining Gu Yanxi and Fangruo all wanted to go to the Kunning Palace to serve the empress. Wang Rong said with a smile, "With so many outstanding people wanting to go to the Kunning Palace, wouldn't that mean that I'm a crouching tiger and hidden dragon?"
"The examination for Kunning Palace's Hong Li was not good, do you want the Empress to keep it?" Palace Manager Cui asked.
"Follow the rules." Wang Rong He said. However, she was gifted to me by Madam Marquis Wu Qing, so I will not send her to any other place.
"Yes." Palace Manager Cui said.
After some movements, there were people moving around in each palace. Wang Rong even said that this sort of evaluation was more important. "When people have hope, or when they have a crisis, they will be able to accomplish their job well."
palace maid is over twenty-three years old, if you want to leave the palace, you can apply to the Palace Manager Bureau, and if there are no mistakes, you can release the palace. Better than wasting your life in this palace, said Wang Ronghe.
"The Empress has a Bodhisattva heart." Palace Manager Cui said that she had expressed good will to empress from the moment they met in Chuxiu Palace. empress had understood, but she had never asked her to do anything. In this time's palace maid evaluation, every palace was speculating that the empress was making use of this opportunity to bribe some spies to spy on them. However, Palace Manager Cui knew that the empress had done nothing.
Ci'an Palace and Qianqing Palace also knew that the Empress had not done anything during palace maid's big jump this time. The Empress Dowager Li asked her trusted aide, "Do you think the Empress is really simple, or are she scheming big things?"
"For now, I won't be able to tell, but there is no doubt that the empress is truly kind-hearted." "My trusted aide said." "It was the empress dowager and emperor who had sharp eyes, so it's natural that they picked the right empress."
Empress Dowager Li tilted her head, she was still a little suspicious, it was all women, to think that they were not greedy at all, there was actually such a woman?
After Zhu Yijun found out, she only said, "She is just that kind, I just don't know how many people in the imperial harem can understand this good."
"As long as Your Majesty can understand the Empress's good intentions, this servant will be satisfied." Zhang Cheng said.
In the afternoon, Wang Rong wrote a note for His Majesty. One person went out of her palace, and two people came in, but the staff had exceeded the standard. Wang Rong and wrote a note to His Majesty, hoping that she would be forgiven for having too many people in the palace.
"Such a small matter is worth asking me." Zhu Yijun laughed as he held the note, "On the current personnel, give Kunning Palace another five people to use. The empress needs more people to serve the palace, so I can't let the empress be short of people to serve the empress."
"Yes." Zhang Cheng said.
If Gu Yanxi were to come to the Kunning Palace to serve them, the rest of the palace maid s would be suspicious. They would suspect that she was only coming to the Kunning Palace to borrow the opportunity for her majesty to frequently visit the Kunning Palace to get favor.
On the other hand, Wang Rong He still allowed her to serve him from afar, so even if His Majesty came, she would be called over to serve him. Wulv asked Wang Rong He, "Are you not worried about the Empress?"
"What are you worried about?" Wang Rong smiled and said, "If she has ill intentions, even if I arrange her on Kunning Palace to sweep the ground, she can still find a chance. If I don't have bad intentions, wouldn't it be because I've missed out on a talent because of my suspicion that I abandoned her?"
"You, normally if you read more, don't ask me such a childish question." Wang Rong He said.
"This servant understands the logic, but it's just a matter of concern." Wulv said.
Zhu Yijun had long forgotten that he still had Gu Yanxi, the first runner-up of his palace.
And Gu Yanxi really did not want to be with His Majesty.
Gradually, everyone accepted her.
Even though Wang Rong and the four great palace maid s, Wuyou, Gu Yanxi, Fangruo, Furong and Furong, had passed the eighth floor's examination quite well, only she had yet to pass the final exam among the Four great palace maid s. Although empress had left her in the position of great palace maid, Hibiscus had never been as imposing as she was in the past.
The Exquisite Face and Jade Charm examination did not have a high score, but empress was used to their cooking so she did not move. They were more relaxed than the other palace maid s in the first place, so when they were free, they would often immerse themselves in hard work.
The atmosphere of a palace maid in love to learn that spread out from the Kunning Palace had affected the harem.