my wife is queen

Chapter 32

Qingke Garden is located on the north side of the mansion. Walk north along the corridor, cross a small stone bridge, and arrive at the gate of Qingke Garden.

One thing that makes Li Mian quite interesting in the mansion is the female Qing guests in the Qing Ke Garden. It is said that in the past, they were all the female officials of the Queen's bedroom, Kunning Palace.

There are 24 yamen for eunuchs, and there are [-] eunuchs who are said to be miraculous among the people. Kunning Palace also has six bureaus of female officials.

After the empress was abolished, Concubine Zheng could not trust the female officials appointed by the abolished queen, so they were all dismissed from the palace.

Princess Changping took in these well-educated female officials and hired them as Qingke to help handle various accounts in the Qingke Garden.

Li Mian got up early in the morning and brought the pheasant slaves to the gate of Qingke Garden.

On the white wall of the corridor courtyard, there is a semicircular entrance, also known as the moon cave.

Green calyx plums are planted on both sides of the white wall, exuding a delicate fragrance.

Li Mian stepped into the Moon Cave, walked along the promenade near the water, and walked towards Minglun Hall in Qingke Garden.

Minglun Hall faces the water on three sides, and there is only one waterfront promenade connected to other pavilions in Qingke Garden, and the scenery is extremely elegant.

Sitting in front of the half-open wicker panes of Minglun Hall, you can watch a pool of clear water and water lilies.

Li Mian had just approached Ming Lun Hall, before he entered, there was a scent of oil and powder.

It's not the sweet and greasy powdery smell like that by the Jinshui River, but a delicate fragrance, as elegant and light as plum fragrance.

Pushing open the door and entering, the dappled light and shadow left by the large swath of sunlight on the ground of Minglun Hall made Minglun Hall bright.

Li Mian's eyes also brightened, not because of the sunlight from outside, in front of his eyes were a lot of female officials in skirts of various colors, with Bu Yao and hairpins stuck in their buns.

They all have their own advantages and disadvantages in appearance, and they are all beauties, not inferior to the first-class Yangzhou skinny horses.

Thinking about it, after all, it was the beauties who were carefully selected by the chief secretaries from all over the country and sent to the palace, and they stood out from the many beauties and became female officials.

While Li Mian was sizing up the female cleaner, the female cleaners were also looking at him, each with curious eyes, looking at the rumored idiot.

It happened that my uncle, who was disliked by the scholars of Jinke Township Examination, composed a song "Mulan Flower Order" in the Lantai Poetry Club, which caused a lot of trouble among the officials and ladies.

Suddenly being stared at by a group of people, or a group of graceful ladies, anyone would feel a little nervous and uncomfortable.

Under the surprised gazes of the female Qing guests, Li Mian passed through the hall calmly, came to the back of the mahogany desk, and looked at the book desk that this gentleman used to give lectures.

In addition to utensils such as a ruler, red silk inkstone, and official green paper, there is also a square piece of wood on the mahogany table, which looks quite like a gavel in the hands of a county magistrate.

Li Mian was still confused about how there was a gavel in Minglun hall, but soon realized the importance of the gavel.

The pheasant slave usually chatters in Li Mian's ear alone, which looks quite cute, but a group of women chattering makes people feel dizzy.

"Young master is pretty good-looking. He is a rare young man with red lips and white teeth."

"I heard that my uncle made the magnolia flower order. Let's let my uncle recite it later."

"My uncle also came up with a new accounting method, unlike the idiots in the rumors in the market."

Yingyingyanyan's noise quickly filled Minglun hall, Li Mian could only pick up the gavel, and slapped it on the mahogany raised head case with a 'pop'.

The female Qingke immediately closed her mouth, sat upright with her graceful body, and stopped whispering about my son-in-law.

Li Mian picked up a book, a thin book, which recorded the specific usage of the Longmen account.

He didn't stand on the scripture table and give a long speech, as the female Qing guests expected, and began to preach to the female Qing guests.

Li Mian pulled away the huanghuali official hat chair, sat down on it, and said casually: "You take the books in the Longmen account and read first. If you don't understand something, you can come to me and ask."

Is this over?

The female cleaners looked dazed, and couldn't believe that today's teaching was over.

Before Li Mian's arrival, the female Qing guests had countless situations in their minds, but they never thought that they would be asked to recite by themselves.

The female guests became more and more curious about Li Mian, and they had already discussed not to contact Li Mian as much as possible, so as not to cause the princess to misunderstand.

Because of Li Mian's indifference, it aroused the curiosity of the female Qing guests. From time to time, some people used the excuse of ignorance to ask what some fonts in the Longmen account meant.

Without any impatience, Li Mian patiently explained the pronunciation and meaning of each word. More than half of the lecture time has passed today, and he didn't teach any usage of Longmen account. Instead, he was like Mr. Meng Tong in a private school.

The female Qingke turned into Mongolian children and taught them the thousand-character prose.

The pheasant slave stood beside him with a stern face in order to gain momentum. After a long time, his back was sore and his back ached, so he had to move an eight-legged round drum stool with his little buttocks, and sat next to the uncle.

From time to time, female treats would come over to ask for advice on fonts, so the pheasant slave could only stand up pouted in order to get out of the way.

Standing up and sitting down frequently, the pheasant slave was more tired than just standing next to my uncle, so he could only sullenly put his eight-legged round stool aside with his little butt pouted.

Seeing that today's lecture time is all wasted on asking for advice on fonts.

The pheasant slave was not happy: "The princess asked my uncle to come here to give you a lecture, in order to teach the account of Longmen, why can't even recognize every single word."

Li Mian also looked at the female Qing guests in puzzlement. This was also a question in his heart. Logically speaking, the female Qing guests who used to be court ladies should be able to read and write.

It is true that he is also literate, but it is obviously that the level of literacy is not enough.

At this time, a woman wearing a light blue skirt stood up, her whole body neatly tidied up, thin and delicate.

The delicate woman made a blessing: "My lord, don't blame me, the family background of the slaves is not bad, but before entering the palace, the family is not allowed to read. The slaves can read and write, or after entering the palace, in the inner study." Listen in and follow the eunuch to learn some characters."

Li Mian did know about the Inner Study Room, the government office used to teach eunuchs how to read in the palace.

The female Qing guests have limited literacy, so they can understand it.

The female Qing guests were already twelve or thirteen years old when they entered the palace, and they missed the age of literacy, and reading and literacy often got twice the result with half the effort.

Today's fonts are relatively cumbersome. It is quite painful to memorize cumbersome fonts since I started to learn characters when I was a child with the best memory, let alone [-] or [-] years old.

Li Mian nodded. He had some thoughts in his mind, but he didn't say them out. He waited until the matter was finished and he saw the results.

Originally, it was just a conversation between a female cleaner and Li Mian, but it aroused the dissatisfaction of the pheasant slave.

(End of this chapter)