The Woman Behind Kangxi: The Biography of Virtuous Concubine

Chapter 107
Picking Mulberry

That can be lonely Fangfei Festival, wanting to talk about life.It's three o'clock at night.An elegy and tears are dark and zero.

It is important to know that autumn leaves and spring flowers are rushing, and stars are on the temples.When you meet wine, you must pour it out, don't ask about the name of the future.

Wei Wanqing carried a basin of clothes heavier than herself and staggered to the edge of the pool, her cheeks were flushed, but she was slapped several times by Nanny Yu early in the morning.Before Concubine Hui had finished passing on her words, Nanny Yu slapped her wet and muddy hands over, cursing, "Little hoof, I just asked you to go for a walk, you might as well just give me favors." The concubine was alarmed, who is she, what are you, trash! Stupid!..."

Wei Wanqing didn't make a sound and let Nanny Yu's saliva splatter on her face, she just straightened her body and let her hit her. She knew that if she dared to show a hint of dodge, Nanny Yu might take the clothes stick Come to fight, it is not as simple as a physical injury, I fell ill in the laundry bureau all by myself, but there are still mountains of clothes to be washed every day, so I can't delay for a day.

So she didn't make a sound, because many years of experience have made her understand that there are some things that people want to vent their anger on her. It's useless to explain, but it will irritate the other party. Silence is not only gold, but also a secret weapon that can protect oneself. .

When Nanny Yu scolded her, she lifted up the extra work "specially" prepared for her on the ground in obscurity, the walls were mottled by the rising morning sun, and a few beams of sunlight penetrated the dilapidated roof, reflecting in the long-lasting light. On the wet floor, there was a strange brilliance, which made the room even more dilapidated and dilapidated, and even more so, the barrenness and haggardness in her heart.

At this moment, she also didn't want to pay attention to the whispers of the maids who worked with her. She only knew that the clothes would probably be washed until late at night today.

The burning pain was still on her face, she took a deep breath, soaked the clothes slowly in water, put in the saponins, rubbed the clothes in large quantities, and then beat them hard with a mallet. Dirty water splashed on her face and rough clothes, Wan Qing closed her eyes and hammered hard, as if she wanted to vent all her grievances.

"Where's Mrs. Wei? Biography of Concubine Hui!" The high-spirited male duck's voice sounded unexpectedly behind her. Wan Qing still kept her head down and concentrated on washing clothes, not daring to raise her head. She only caught a glimpse of Yu Yu, who was in charge from the corner of her eye. Mo hurriedly ran over to ask An to bow, with a flattering face, "Oh! It's you, father-in-law. What brought you here? If you have any orders, you can just give them orders. Why do you go here yourself? !"

That father-in-law put his eyes on the top of his head, didn't even look at her, and let out a sound from his nose as an answer.

"Wei Shi! Why are you still in a daze! You look dead! Stand up!" Yu Yu shouted at her sharply.

Wei Wanqing stood up, because she was fined not to eat in the morning, she squatted on the laundry for a while and felt dizzy when she stood up, and her body was staggering, she reluctantly blessed the father-in-law in brocade: "Grandfather is auspicious. "

Hearing her whisper like a yellow warbler, the father-in-law finally lowered his eyes a little, glanced at her sideways, and said in a strange way: "Let's go, let's go with the Sa family, Master Hui wants to see you."

Wei Wanqing continued to ignore the hissing and disdainful voices of the maid who was doing laundry, and did not dare to look at Aunt Yu, looking into her red eyes, and just told her that Master Hui would not let her come to the front He went, and sent someone to recruit him in a blink of an eye. What he didn't know must be that he was suspicious of what he was playing, and deliberately provoke her.Usually, everyone is already trying to squeeze themselves out of their eggs, but now they are recruited by Master Hui so ostentatiously, and they don't know what kind of mess they will suffer?
Huanyi Bureau, also known as Jiangjiafang, is one of the eight bureaus serving the court.Later, it became the laundromat for criminal maids. It is located to the west of Deshengmen. It is the only eunuch institution among the 24 yamen that is not in the palace.After Xizong's death, the Hakka family, the nurse of Ming Xizong, went to the Huanyi Bureau to receive the stick, and the stick was left here alive.Not to mention the great maids in front of the imperial court or the favored maids in front of the masters, even any first-class servants and servants in the palace are much more advanced than the criminal slaves in the clothing bureau.

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Liu Ruoyu's "Zhuo Zhong Zhi. The History of Hakka Wei": "Ni Yu Keshi went to the Huanyi Bureau until he was exiled according to the decree. In November, the imperial envoy Zhao Benzheng, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, was flogged to death in the temporary bureau, and his body was burned in the music hall. Ashes."

(End of this chapter)