The duck-like shout came to my ears. Kang Qi knew that it was Peng Youyi, the eunuch in charge of Jingshifang. This person was a close friend of Emperor Xianfeng. He had been following the old man when Emperor Xianfeng was still the prince. He was very stingy, but he could not offend him even a little bit.

At this time, Peng Youyi had already arrived at the palace gate, but Kang Qi did not allow him to think about it carefully, so he had to pull Koizumi to the palace gate to greet him.

"Oh, it's Aunt Kang. I didn't expect that Aunt Kang would come out to greet me personally. I, Peng Youyi, was really flattered." Peng Youyi was wearing the unique arrow-embroidered python robe of the eunuch in charge, wearing a white jade hook and black belt, but on his head was wearing a fourth-rank top. His face was filled with a smile and frowning, and the duck-like voice was extremely harsh.

The Qing court's official rank was marked by the mending of literary birds and martial beasts embroidered on the sky-blue jacket covered with python robe. However, eunuchs had no official position and could not wear replenishment clothes, so they could only wear arrow-sleeved python robe. In the late Kangxi period, the Qing court stipulated that the highest position of eunuchs was the fifth rank and the lowest was the eighth rank. However, in the seventh year of Qianlong, the eunuchs were stipulated to be the fourth rank and always customized. In the Qing court, the eunuchs in charge could be the fourth rank. There were also those who held the seventh rank guards, and the official rank was the palace supervisor and the palace supervisor. The eunuchs had a total of fourteen. Peng Youyi followed Emperor Xianfeng for many years and was promoted to the fourth rank eunuchs.

Although Peng Youyi smiled warmly, Kang Qi did not dare to be negligent at all. He hurriedly stepped forward and rudely. After the courtesy, Kang Qi smiled and said, "Eunuch Peng said this to be a mess. I am just a servant of the clothes. How can I afford to be called an aunt? My father-in-law is working hard for my master's affairs. Please give tea in there." Then he turned around and whispered to Koizuko, "Koizuko, why don't you come forward to help Eunuch Peng?"

Peng Youyi was even more happy when he heard this, and laughed sharply, "Aunt Kang is Aunt Kang, and his heart has seven orifices. No wonder he is popular in the palace. Okay, for Aunt Kang's face, we will serve tea and talk inside. The servant should also pay homage to Concubine Lan. Let's go..."

Kang Qi and Koizumi immediately led Peng Youyi and the two eunuchs he accompanied to Lijingxuan's east side to serve tea. The east side hall is called Fengguang Room and there are three houses.

After personally serving tea to Peng Youyi, Kang Qiying stepped forward and accused him: "Forgive Eunuch Peng, my master is taking a shower. Please take it for a while. I will urge you to ask." As he said that, he took out a ingot of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into Peng Youyi's hand.

Peng Youyi said oh, laughed and hurriedly wrapped the silver into the sleeves of the horse's hooves, and said, "It's okay, it's okay. It's natural for us to wait for the master as slaves. How dare we say urge to ask? We are all doing the job for the Lord, so we should say urge to ask for the Lord."

Kang Qi smiled faintly and said, "I have made a mistake. Please come later. I will go." She immediately told Koizumiko to greet Peng Youyi very much and quickly return to Lijingxuan.

When he entered the room with a curtain, he saw Zhiyu and Ting Lan and two girls bathing behind the orchid screen. Kang Qi turned the screen and saw that Lan Guiren was sitting in the bathtub with a purple mist. Her beautiful body was soaked in the water. Her gorgeous and charming face had nothing else but numbness.

Kang Qi suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart. He felt that the expression of the little master was very similar to the expression of a palace maid in the previous palace before he died. The palace maid was his friend for many years. He entered the palace with him. Because he had made a small mistake, he was framed for stolen crimes and was finally punished to go out of the palace to the washing machine. Finally, when Kang Qi saw the palace maid, it was the current situation of Concubine Lan, and there was no greater sorrow than death.

Kang Qi couldn't help but beat him up, and walked up to ask Zhiyu and Ting Lan to prepare other items. He walked up to take the scarf from Zhiyu's hand, wiped it gently for Guiren Lan, and whispered: "My little master, I remember that you entered the palace in May. You were not like this at that time. The women in this palace are like this. You must wait patiently. Sometimes if you miss the opportunity, you may not be able to turn over for the rest of your life. Since the little master has entered the palace, everything is already a foregone conclusion. No matter what you can't let go of the little master, it's no longer a big deal, because since the mule cart in the talent show has arrived at Shenwu Gate, we can't turn back. This is the fate of our banner woman."

"Fate?" Lan Guiren said two words gently under her red lips. Kang Qi was slightly happy and said, "We banner women have to participate in the talent show since they were born. Many of us, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, who are from humble backgrounds, can only be palace maids. Unlike the little master, you are noble and will be promoted in the future. People like me who are lowly and still accept their fate to survive, just because I know that one day I can still go out alive, but if I die at this moment, I will be gone."

"Accept your fate?" Lan Guiren said slightly, and murmured: "Living? I am no longer me, what's the point of living?"

Kang Qi was very smart. After hearing the words of Concubine Lan, she said that she would be involuntarily in the future. She sighed softly: "Little Master, how old are you? Just listen to my advice. The woman after entering the palace will either surpass everyone in a glorious way and live happily. In this way, you only need to please and welcome someone, that is, the emperor, or be alone in desolate and helpless, so that she can please many people to live. The woman after entering the palace is indeed locked in these four cages, but you can still choose whether to live happily or to live alone in this deep palace. When you arrive in this palace, there is no connection with you outside. You are now living for yourself. If the little master is not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of living?"

Concubine Lan was slightly moved, smiled bitterly on her face, and murmured: "It turns out that living is more courageous than going to die."

Kang Qi smiled gently and said, "The little master is smart, you will understand as soon as you say it. Let's prepare quickly. Eunuch Peng is still waiting outside."

Concubine Lan sighed lightly, slowly closed her eyes, and murmured: "If this is a dream, let it wake up soon."

Kang Qi didn't understand why the girl said this, but she didn't care about so much. Her subordinates quickly wiped her clean, put on her clothes, followed Zhiyu, Ting Lan, and put in incense on Concubine Lan, arranged headdresses, and went back to the side hall to invite Peng Youyi.

After a while, Peng Youyi followed Kang Qi. When Peng Youyi saw the nobleman Lan, he hurriedly knocked down the horse's hoof sleeves and said, "I wish you a blessing to nobleman Lan."

Guiren Lan said nothing and looked at him blankly. Peng Youyi was a little angry. Seeing this, Kang Qi hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "My little master, you should ask Eunuch Peng to get up and see the seat."

Concubine Lan said with a oh, "Please get up, see the seat."

Peng Youyi stood up and said, "I don't dare to be a servant. Please prepare quickly and let's go now. If the emperor waits, it would be bad."

Kang Qi secretly called out terrible. Peng Youyi was stingy and narrow-minded. It was not a good thing to be hated by him. He hurriedly asked Peng Youyi to wait. He went back to his house and sent another fifty taels of silver to Peng Youyi, and whispered: "Eunuch Peng, don't forget to go to your heart. The little master has entered the palace and doesn't understand the rules. I blame me for not teaching it well."

Seeing that Kang Qi took things into consideration, Peng Youyi didn't say anything more and said, "Then please ask Aunt Kang to handle it quickly. We will wait outside. After supporting us, we will come and carry the people." After that, he turned around and went out with the two eunuchs.

Guiren Lan asked blankly: "Why did you give him money?"

Kang Qi sighed lightly: "My little master, there are too many people in this palace who want to give money. I am afraid that the money is too little, but unfortunately I only have so much money."

Lan Guiren frowned slightly and said, "How can you use your own money? I remember I really want to give it to you if I want some money."

Kang Qi was a little amused and said hurriedly: "My master, you should give Peng Youyi some money just now. I'm afraid it's too late now. Let's take a step first." After that, he asked Zhiyu and Ting Lan to lay an embroidered cloak on the bed, followed by Guiren Lan to prepare a loose dress, and asked Peng Youyi to come into the house to inspect it.

This Jingshifang is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is in charge of the imperial edicts and documents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, manages internal affairs and etiquette, collects and verifies money and grain from the outside warehouse, selects and replenishes eunuchs, and inspects the opening and closing of each door, and guards against fire and candles. Another important responsibility is to specialize in the matters in the emperor's room. The matters in the room between the emperor and the concubines in the palace are all managed by the Jingshifang and need to be properly recorded, from the birth of the dragon heir to the smallest period of the concubine's letter.

Whenever the emperor turned over the sign, the general manager of the Jingshifang would take his subordinates to pass the order, carry the concubine into the bedroom and send it to the dragon bed. When it was about to come, he would have to wear a wide dress in the concubine's room, then wrap the concubine in the big cloak, carry it to the bedroom, then pull the cloak off, and put the concubine on the bed.

The nobleman Lan seemed very shy and dodged at first. Peng Youyi couldn't help but say anger: "Gui Ren Lan, I have seen many concubines and have never seen such a pretentious person before. If the emperor is anxious to blame him later, the oldman will have to report it according to the truth."

Finally, Concubine Lan slowly calmed down. Under the almost begging eyes of the maids of Chu Xiu Palace, she slowly removed her clothes and lay down quietly, allowing her cloak to wrap around her body. Two eunuchs came forward to carry her and left Chu Xiu Palace under the guidance of Peng Youyi.

Kang Qi and others were sent to the palace gate, and saw crystal tears quietly falling from Concubine Lan's beautiful eyes. Kang Qi sighed softly and thought to himself that the little master didn't know what was wrong. If this was gone, it would be a blessing or a blessing, but she had already done everything she could. The little master seemed to be extremely resistant to this matter. Could it be that there was someone she liked outside the palace before she entered the palace?

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The sky became dim. In the east warm cabinet of Qianqing Palace, the eunuch Bingzhu had already lit up the huge candle lamp. On the warm couch, the Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty was sitting cross-legged on the couch. He was only over 20 years old, and his thin cheeks had many small numb spots, but they fell after the ceiling came out of the smallpox when he was a child. At this moment, he was holding a memorial in his hand, his hands trembling constantly, his eyes were red, and his forehead was blue veins, which seemed to be extremely angry.

There were two ministers kneeling under the couch. One was the third-generation imperial sect, Qi Shuzao, who was appointed as the Grand Secretary of Tiren Pavilion and the Minister of Military Affairs, was named Shuying, and was from Shouyang, Shanxi. The other was the Minister of Works, Kuilin, the Minister of Military Affairs, a member of the Manchurian White Banner, Suochuo, and Meigu. The two dared not raise their heads. Qi Shuzao was already a white-haired old man, and seemed to be able to kneel down and tremble all over.

"Saishang, Xu Guangjin, Cheng Weicai, Luo Raodian, Luo Bingzhang, Bao Qibao! These mediocre officials! They are all mediocre officials!" Finally, Emperor Xianfeng's roar sounded, and with the memorial on the short table, the pen and ink were overturned to the ground, almost hitting Qi Luzao and Kuilin. Emperor Xianfeng shouted angrily: "Changsha fell! That is the capital of a province! More than 100,000 official troops are on the side. I have long issued a strict order to let them carefully block and prevent them and suppress them. Now you actually tell me that Changsha is lost?! You, you are still a little shameless?!" When he said this, Emperor Xianfeng was so angry that he carried it over, which made Qi Luzao, Kuilin and a group of eunuchs and palace maids in chaos.

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