Cheng Yunshuo didn't care at all what these people said. He was distracted and absent-minded at the moment. Hearing that there was some errand to do, he went to the harem with a few people to do it.
At the entrance of the inner palace, there were sixty or seventy large boxes tied with red silk. A large group of eunuchs and a group of palace ladies were chattering.
"What's in here? Why do you want people to carry it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"It's all a betrothal gift."
"Betrothal gift, whose betrothal gift is it?"
"You don't know yet. A few days ago, prohibited items were found in the bride's betrothal gift from the Luo family. All the items were sent to the palace for seizure. These are the betrothal gifts."
"Send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? They don't want it anymore?"
"Who has the nerve to take back the things that were sent to the palace? Moreover, he committed a crime. It's good that the Luo family can survive!"
"The bride is so pitiful, her bride price is gone."
"Who says it's not the case? Nowadays, all the wedding gifts are gone. How will we live in the future?"
"Stop worrying about me. Let alone betrothal gifts, we may not be able to find someone to marry in the future!"
These little palace maids all come from humble backgrounds. They were selected from the people to enter the palace when they were twelve or thirteen years old. Those who are lucky enough to be assigned to a good palace and meet a favored master will have a good life and a bright future. .
But most of the little palace ladies are doing the lowest level of work, assigned to various departments in the palace, cleaning and dusting, washing and cooking, embroidering and making clothes, and serving the palaces. They have to work for more than ten years, with almost no possibility of getting ahead. .
He could not be released from the palace until he was twenty-five years old.
After being released, there are not many good choices.
They are all old and it is extremely difficult to get married. Some lucky and capable ones are hired by wealthy families as nuns to teach the young ladies in the family how to behave. This is a good way out.
Others, relying on the money saved in the palace, want to buy real estate in their hometown. If they are lucky, with the help of reliable family members, they can recruit a son-in-law with good character or marry a widower of similar age. This is also a lucky life. Go down.
And most of them, the money may have been defrauded by family members, husbands, uncles, tigers, wolves, and brothers are all watching.
It is difficult for a single woman to keep her property in this era.
In the eyes of their parents, they are all part of the property, and their parents will squeeze them dry first, let alone the people outside.
Furthermore, there is another category, that is, someone from a wealthy family falls in love with her and becomes a concubine of a wealthy family.
In comparison, being a concubine for a wealthy family turned out to be the best choice for palace ladies like them.
Because they are too old and have been delayed too much, almost all the men of the right age are married, so how can they be the first wife and the right wife.
Since you can't be your original wife, being a concubine of a wealthy family is better than finding a poor son-in-law or marrying a widower!
A poor man who can live without getting married at this age cannot be said to be perfect in terms of character and ability. He is 80-90%25 inferior to ordinary men.
Most of them are from extremely poor families, or are lazy, or hustlers who do not do their job properly and have bad conduct. They have extremely intolerable shortcomings. It is too difficult to meet a good and reliable person here.
Therefore, the lives of these low-level palace ladies will be very difficult in the future.
While a group of people were talking, they saw a group of arrogant guards approaching.
Seeing the guards, the little palace ladies immediately lit up their eyes, "Look, the guards are here!"
"These guards are so young!"
"Everyone is extraordinary!"
"Of course, the guards in our palace are all noble sons from high families! Their families are all very distinguished!"
"What are you chattering about!" At this time, a slightly majestic female voice came.
The chattering little palace ladies immediately stopped talking, "Aunt Bi'e."
The woman named Aunt Bi'e glanced sideways at the guards, glanced at the little palace maids in front of her with cold eyes, and scolded them harshly, "If you don't do your job well, you look here and there, and talk nonsense, what should you see? Whatever you should say, go back and copy the palace rules ten times for me!"
"yes."
The little palace maids who were scolded all lowered their heads and responded honestly and obediently.
At this time, Cheng Yunshuo and others arrived.
"Auntie, we are here to escort the sundries. Are these the ones sent to the House of Internal Affairs?" the head guard said.
Bi'an turned her head when she heard this, and bowed to the captain of the guard, "Yes, sir."
Bi'an lowered her face, but the moment she turned around, the head guard's eyes lit up.
I saw that Bi'an had extremely delicate eyebrows, fair skin, and small red lips. She was not young, in her mid-twenties, and she wore her hair in the bun of a palace minister. She looked a little old-fashioned, but surprisingly, she looked She doesn't look old at all, she even looks a little more mature than those immature girls in their teens.
Most importantly, she looks a bit like...
When the captain of the guard saw her, he felt a little confused for a moment. For some reason, he always felt that this aunt looked very much like a woman he had seen before.
But he couldn't remember who it was.
"Excuse me, aunt. Leave the things to us, and the aunts can go back." The head guard said.
Bi'e lowered her eyes and said, "Yes."
It was said that Cheng Yunshuo and the others were asked to move things, but in fact they were not required to work as coolies.
The coolies were all done by the eunuchs in the palace, and they were just here to escort them.
After all, they are not slaves.
After Bi'an agreed, she asked the palace maids to bow their heads and retreat to the door. Dozens of eunuchs swarmed forward and lifted all the boxes.
One of the little eunuchs seemed to be carrying a very heavy box. His shoulder slipped and he was about to smash down the large betrothal gift as soon as he lifted it. Bi'an frowned when she saw a clang. At this time, a guard rushed up and steadily. Hold on to the box.
"Be careful." Bi'an breathed a sigh of relief and said to the little eunuch.
The weak little eunuch looked depressed and said, "Aunt Bi'e, this is too heavy, I can't lift it."
Bi'an was about to get angry when she heard this, but she heard the guard who was lifting her say, "I'll lift it."
Bi'an raised her head to look and saw only his back.
He didn't look back, and without saying any more nonsense, he picked up the dowry and walked out.
This person was none other than Cheng Yunshuo. He came with a group of guards. Unexpectedly, he was given Jiang Qianzhu's betrothal gift.
The chief guard saw that all the things had been lifted up, and some eunuchs were really helpless, so he asked others to help, and then took the betrothal gifts to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Auntie, let's go."
"Thank you, sir." Bi'an knelt down and saluted. After they were all gone, she raised her head and looked up. She wanted to look for the guard who was the first to help him, but Cheng Yunshuo was long gone.
At this time, her eyes fell on the ground, and a sachet fell down where Cheng Yunshuo had just started.
