C5 (2/2)
”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.