Rong Fei is not honored

As soon as Ji Nai entered the palace, two palace maids and a eunuch came in to greet Ji Nai, "Greetings to the young lady, good luck to the young lady." Ji Nai sat down in the main seat calmly and said, "Stand up, what are your names?"

"My servant asks the young lady to give me a name." The two young maids were from the lower three banners and were not very old, looking about fourteen or fifteen years old. Because of their poor families and lack of connections, the two maids could only do rough work in the past, but this time they were lucky enough to serve the master.

In fact, this was all thanks to Liang Jiugong. Following Kangxi's instructions, he made a special trip to the Imperial Household Department and selected two concubines for Ma Jia who were not of high birth but had clean family backgrounds and no connections behind them.

As for the young palace maids, they don't have many opportunities to stand out, so they are particularly excited to be chosen this time, and they want to serve their masters well. That's why they ask their masters to give them names right away. This is also a common unspoken rule in the harem. Generally, only palace maids who are valued and trusted by their masters will be given names by their masters.

"Then they are called Jade Qing and Jade Sheng. Qing and Sheng are both musical instruments. Without anyone plucking or striking them, they are silent. They only make pleasant sounds when their masters need them. I hope you can live up to the name."

The young eunuch beside him, listening to the two palace maids kowtow happily to thank them for the reward, secretly regretted that he was a step slower, and immediately asked the master to give him a name. Yuan Xu looked at the young eunuch, who looked only eight or nine years old, and was very thin, and felt sorry for him.

Ji Nai heard her thoughts and deliberately asked the eunuch how old he was, where he was on duty before, and why he was so thin. "I used to be on duty in the Zoo. Because the late emperor didn't like those birds and beasts, the Zoo was abandoned, and only the chief steward and a few young eunuchs were left to guard it. I am already thirteen years old this year, but I have a big appetite and I don't eat enough on weekdays, so I look thin."

Ji Nai glanced at Yuan Xu with an ambiguous look, then asked, "What was your original name?"

"My original surname was An before I entered the palace. I dare not insult my master with my humble name."

"This surname is quite good, so let's add the word 'Ning'. I hope that with you guarding Zhongcui Palace, I can really live in peace."

"Don't worry, my lord. I will definitely live up to your expectations."

"Listen carefully, there are so many ups and downs in this palace, and no one knows what will happen in the future. You may not necessarily become rich if you follow me, but in this palace, a servant who betrays his master will definitely not have a good ending. You only need to remember this one thing, at least you can keep your wealth and status. Otherwise, even if you climb up the ladder, you have to consider whether the new master is willing to spend a lot of effort to keep a servant who once betrayed his master."

After Ji Nai finished his lecture, he asked the three to leave. After everyone left, Yuan Xu quickly slid down to his knees and apologized, "I was wrong. I made the mistake of judging people by their appearance again. I know that if I want to help you, I have to recognize our current situation. This is the Qing Dynasty's harem, a place where people are eaten. And my subconscious contempt and inappropriate sympathy are likely to affect your judgment and make you make the wrong decision."

Ji Nai didn't want to pay attention to her. They had talked about this issue many times, but she always admitted her mistakes and made the same mistake again next time. Ji Nai knew that this was caused by her living environment. She had never experienced the cruelty of the harem, so it was impossible for her to be extremely wary of everyone who appeared and maliciously speculate on every move and every word. But Ji Nai didn't want her to become like this. She was fine now, so he just let her be.

Ji Nai originally wanted to clean up the palace as soon as possible and have a good rest. After all, based on Kangxi's current attitude towards him, there is a high probability that he will come to see him on the first day. But Ji Nai suddenly thought of something very important. Yuan Xu saw that Ji Nai ignored him and just kept walking around the palace, so he approached him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Do you have anything that can detect poison?" According to the memory of the previous life, the things in the Zhongcui Palace are very important. Ji Nai pointed out to Yuan Xu one by one, such as the bed curtains soaked in drugs, the incense with added ingredients, and the stool with poison in the lacquer.

"No, you just entered the palace, how could someone want to harm you?"

"This is not targeting me. Many of them were left by the concubines of the previous emperor, and there are even things from the pre-Ming Dynasty. Compared with the former, the latter are more deeply hidden. There are also some unknown secret medicines from the previous dynasty, some of which even the imperial doctors don't know. Once you get caught, it will be troublesome. And those that can be left behind must be hidden very deeply. What I knew in my previous life were only a few that were exposed later. If there is something to test for poison, it will be safer."

"Then what should I do? I remembered that there seemed to be a bead among the things left by the dog system, a poison-avoiding bead. But the trick is that it is called the poison-avoiding bead, but it doesn't avoid poison at all. It can't protect the host from poisons, it can only react to the poisons around it."

"It's already very good that it can react to poisons and serve as a warning." Ji Nai took the poison-proof beads and tested all places in the hall. Looking at the red lights that kept lighting up, Yuan Xu exclaimed, "Wow, it's a good thing!"

Ji Nai replaced all the objects that were found to be poisonous, and put those that could not be replaced aside. This was the only way for now.

Seeing how difficult Ji Nai's life was when she first arrived in the harem, Yuan Xu decided to help her keep an eye on the three people. Fortunately, Yuan Xu found that since the decree to make Ji Nai a concubine came down, he could stay away from her.

The two of them had discussed that although the status of a concubine was low and she was a concubine without a rank, she had at least jumped from a little palace maid to a master. The change in status led to a change in Yuan Xu's scope of activities. It was very likely that after Ji Nai was promoted, Yuan Xu's space for activities would be even larger.

When Kangxi arrived, he saw Ji Nai directing two young palace maids to change the bed curtains again, and even the young eunuch on the other side was moving stools and chairs.

"What are you doing? Are you going to tear down the house on the first day?"

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Ji Nai bowed and greeted Kangxi with a look of surprise.

"I came to see you on the first day of living in Zhongcui Palace." In fact, Kangxi was a little uncomfortable. Originally, Ji Nai was in Qianqing Palace, and he could see her every day. Even at night, when Ji Nai was not on night watch, if he wanted to see her, he just called her and she would come. But now, he could only come to Zhongcui Palace by himself, or summon someone to Qianqing Palace to accompany him. But he was too young to perform the etiquette of the emperor. Even if he summoned someone or came too often, it would be bad if people knew about it, even if he didn't do anything.

"Why? You don't like the furnishings in the palace?"

"It's not that I don't like it, I just think it's too gorgeous. I'm going to live here for a long time, so it's my home, so it should be comfortable. Just like this tent, it's a golden tent with pomegranate flowers, it's very gorgeous and noble, but at night, it's dazzling under the candlelight. And this chair is wide and big, it makes you look dignified when you sit on it, but it makes your waist and back uncomfortable if you sit on it for a long time."