Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Concubine Baogui sent Ji Anni all the way to the Dongcongfei Palace.

The East Congfei Palace is a large courtyard like a quadrangle. When you walk in from the main gate, you will first see a large square courtyard. There is a well, a swing, a pavilion, a rockery, and a pond in the courtyard. There are also many seasonal flowers and plants planted. It is very beautiful even at night. Surrounding the courtyard are small rooms. From the outside, each room is no different, as if they were built from the same mold.

Concubine Baogui led Ji Anni to the front corridor and said as they walked, "There are a total of fifty rooms in the East Concubine Courtyard. But the emperor has only been on the throne for a short time, and the harem is not yet full, so many rooms are empty. There are a total of thirty concubines selected into the palace this year, and fifteen will live in the East Concubine Palace and the West Concubine Palace respectively. Although you live in different places, from tomorrow on, you will all learn the court etiquette from the housekeeper aunt."

Ji Anni just listened quietly without answering. She was very angry today and was in a bad mood. Even if the other party was Baogui Consort, she didn't want to talk much, for fear that her words would offend others.

Just now, when she heard Concubine Baogui talk about the way of dealing with the world in the carriage, she realized that she was just a girl who knew nothing. In fact, based on what she had just done in Wenyi Palace, the Queen Mother could have killed her with just one word. Thinking about it now, she felt a chill down her spine and was afraid.

It was only the first day she entered the palace, and she had already offended the two most powerful figures in the palace, the Queen Mother and Princess Tianning. What was she going to do in the future? Thinking of this, Ji Anni, who had always been fearless, couldn't help but sigh.

"My dear sister, are you still thinking about Tianning?" Concubine Baogui looked back at Ji Anni.

Ji Anni nodded.

"You have to endure Tianning's temper whether you want to or not. Sister, you must remember what you promised me in the carriage just now. You must never argue with Princess Tianning again." Concubine Baogui emphasized again with great concern.

Ji Anni nodded reluctantly. What does it mean to "endure it whether you want to or not"? There is a knife above the word "endure". If you have to endure it as if the knife is cutting you, then you might as well let the knife stab you to death.

Ji Anni thought bitterly that she really didn't think she could endure it.

As she walked, Concubine Baogui said, "My dear sister, today is the last day for you to enter the palace as a concubine. You should go to bed early. Starting tomorrow, you will have a lot to learn."

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As I walked along, I found that most of the rooms were dark. I guess they were either empty or the owners were asleep.

But as she walked, Ji Anni suddenly noticed a little light ahead.

When they got closer, they found that the door of one room was still open. Concubine Baogui took Ji Anni to stop outside the room with the open door. Ji Anni looked into the room and saw an old palace maid in her thirties making the bed.

The old maid turned around immediately after hearing the noise and saw that it was Concubine Baogui and Ji Anni. She hurriedly came forward and saluted, saying, "Good luck to Concubine Bao. I deserve to die. I was too slow and haven't made the bed for Concubine Zhao Cong."

Baogui Fei said gently: "It's not your fault, we came too early."

After that, he led Ji Anni forward and introduced her to the old palace maid, saying, "This is Consort Zhao Congfei."

Then she turned to Ji Anni and said, "Sister, this is the head aunt of the East Concubine Palace. Everyone calls her Aunt Yang. From tomorrow on, she and Aunt Yu of the West Concubine Palace will teach you etiquette."

The old maid bowed to Ji Anni.

Ji Anni lowered her head, not wanting the other person to see her red and swollen cheeks. She was slapped three times tonight, and her face was still burning and painful. She must have had several Five Finger Mountains on her face. She didn't know if she could go out and see people tomorrow. But Guigui Concubine insisted that she would have to learn some etiquette from tomorrow, which was really troublesome. She wondered if she could claim to be sick and not go?

Just as she thought of this, Ji Anni hurriedly interrupted her thoughts.

She offended the Queen Mother and the princess on the first day of entering the palace. This was enough to make her famous in the harem. If she was also rumored to have not attended the etiquette study the next day, she, Zhao Ji, would have become a synonym for treason.

Giving up the idea of ​​skipping class, Ji Annie looked at Aunt Yang in front of her.

Actually, strictly speaking, this Aunt Yang is not too old, about 30 years old, about the same age as the Queen Mother. However, she is not as gorgeously dressed as the Queen Mother, nor is she as well maintained as the Queen Mother, and her eyes are not as intimidating as the Queen Mother, so she looks much more mediocre. She is probably the kind of ordinary girl that can be found at random in the harem.

But seeing that Concubine Baogui was quite polite when speaking to Aunt Yang, Ji Anni guessed that Aunt Yang should be a small foreman.

By the way, Concubine Baogui just said that Aunt Yang is the head maid in the Dongcongfei Palace.

If the Dongcongfei Palace is compared to a girls' dormitory, then this Aunt Yang is probably the dormitory manager, right?

Aunt Yang was a little fat, but she looked kind and gentle, and Ji Anni didn't have a bad first impression of her. But then again, for Ji Anni, who had just met the Queen Mother and Princess Tianning, she would probably think anyone she saw was extremely kind.

"Aunt Yang, it's getting late. You should go and have some rest first. We can take care of these things ourselves." Concubine Baogui took the sheet from Aunt Yang's hand and said.

"How dare I trouble the Imperial Concubine?" Aunt Yang certainly didn't dare.

"Aunt Yang, why are you still being so polite to me? When I was in Concubine's Palace, how much did you take care of me? You, Aunt Yang, taught me all by yourself." After saying this sincerely, Concubine Baogui immediately took out a few strings of jewels from her sleeves and stuffed them into Aunt Yang's hands. "Aunt Yang, Zhaoji has just entered the palace and doesn't know anything. You should take care of her more in the future."

Seeing this scene, Ji Anni couldn't help but smack her lips.

Just a second ago, Concubine Baogui and Aunt Yang were as sincere as a student and a mentor. How come in the blink of an eye, Concubine Baogui took out the jewelry to buy herself a relationship? However, after seeing Aunt Yang half-heartedly accept the jewelry that Concubine Baogui stuffed in, Ji Anni realized that Concubine Baogui's actions were necessary.

Concubine Baogui said a few meaningless words to Aunt Yang. After the two exchanged greetings for a while, Aunt Yang said goodbye and left.

Concubine Baogui made the bed for Ji Anni.

How could Ji Anni dare to bother Guifei to do these things for her, so she hurried over to help. But unfortunately, she was too clumsy and ended up doing more harm than good. Well, she simply did nothing and stood aside obediently watching Guifei busying around.

But standing there was too boring, so Ji Anni started chatting with Concubine Baogui and asked, "Concubine Bao, do you think everyone in this courtyard gave money to Aunt Yang just now?"

Concubine Baogui said, "Usually when a daughter enters the palace, her family will always ask her to bring in more silver to give to the aunt in charge. But the amount of silver varies, depending on the family background. A family with a high social status will naturally get more, and a family with a low social status will naturally get less. You should not look down on Aunt Yang. This is an unwritten rule in the palace and is not surprising at all. Besides, Aunt Yang is old and has not left the palace yet. She probably wants to save more dowry to increase her status and marry into a better family."

While they were talking, Concubine Baogui had already made the bed.

The more Ji Anni looked at Concubine Baogui, the more she liked her. She felt that she was like a living Bodhisattva who saved people from suffering. And she was kind-hearted, which could be heard from what she said for Aunt Yang.