Chapter 151 The Imperial Concubine's Palace
Wen Li'er was taking a bath and didn't even know how she got into bed.
She slept until noon.
The whole day was spent sleeping.
On the way, Nanny Qin called her and wanted to help her get up and have dinner.
But Wen Li'er was so tired and sleepy that she refused to get up.
Nanny Qin and the others could only let her continue sleeping.
After finally getting enough sleep, Wen Lier sat up and stretched comfortably.
She called out, "Qingzhu, Qingmei."
Qingzhu and Qingmei, who were guarding the door, came in immediately and helped her wash and dress.
Qingzhu said, "Master, dinner is ready."
Upon hearing this, Wen Li'er's stomach growled twice.
She touched her empty stomach and felt very hungry.
"Let's go and have dinner now."
Because Wen Li'er hadn't eaten for a day, Li Yuchu was worried that she would hurt her stomach, so he prepared some food that was easier to digest for dinner.
Wen Li'er ate until her belly was full, and then she stopped.
A few more days passed.
Yongtai suddenly brought more than two hundred palace maids and eunuchs to the Bixi Palace and stood in several neat rows.
"Your servant greets the Imperial Concubine." Everyone bowed in unison.
Wen Li'er glanced at Yongtai, then at the palace maids kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Eunuch Yong, what is this?"
Yongtai was all smiles.
"I, under the orders of the Emperor, have brought here some palace maids to be personally selected by the Imperial Concubine to complete the staff serving in the Bixi Palace."
This should have been arranged by the Queen, but the Queen was pregnant and seemed to have no spare time to arrange these things, so the Emperor ordered Yongtai to arrange this matter.
Wen Li'er has lived in Bixi Palace for more than a month, and Nanny Qin has told her several times about the shortage of staff.
But the Queen didn't arrange anyone to come, so how could she go to the Queen to ask for help?
The reason for the shortage of manpower is that the Bixi Palace is much larger than the Qionghua Palace where Wen Li'er lives in the East Palace.
The total area of Bixi Palace is about eight acres, more than 5,300 square meters.
The main hall is equipped with Changxi Hall, which is the bedroom where Wen Lier lives, and is about 300 square meters.
Furong Hall is a banquet venue, covering an area of approximately 200 square meters.
The main hall is the study, about 100 square meters.
There are also ancillary buildings: three-story treasure house, music workshop, kitchen, and palace maid duty room.
The garden area has a 300-meter-long winding corridor, two acres of flower gardens, and an artificial lake that draws water from the Taiye Lake.
With such a large imperial concubine's palace, a large number of palace maids are needed to serve and take care of it.
According to the configuration standards of the Imperial Concubine's Palace, Wen Li'er should have eight to twelve personal maids;
Responsible for assisting her with dressing, dressing, meals and other personal matters.
Currently, there are only five personal maids serving Wen Li'er, Qingzhu, Qingmei, Jasmine, Peony, and Dingxiang.
Wen Li'er then selected three older palace maids who looked relatively friendly from among the more than two hundred palace maids.
One was named after the original lily, and the other two were named camellia and narcissus.
The ordinary palace maids who were responsible for sweeping, washing, cooking, gardening, etc., needed to be 30 to 50;
There were only a dozen ordinary palace maids in Bixi Palace, so Wen Lier selected another twenty.
Eight senior palace maids, including Qingzhu and Qingmei, were responsible for arranging servants for them.
There should be two to four senior eunuchs in charge of internal affairs and conveying imperial eunuchs. Wen Li'er thought that Wan'an and Wanquan were good enough and did not add any more.
As for the ordinary eunuchs who were responsible for running errands, guarding the gate, doing porters and other rough work, they should have been selected in the order of 20 to 30 people.
Wen Li'er was chosen by Wan'an and Wanquan, who also assigned them assistants.
As for the singing girls and dancing girls, Wen Li'er didn't intend to choose one, but Yongtai took the initiative and pointed out ten to her.
"Your Highness, it was His Majesty who asked me to choose them for you, saying that they could entertain you in your free time."
In this way, Wen Li'er had no choice but to accept them all.
In one day, the Tourmaline Palace suddenly became full.
As for the other palace maids who were not selected, they naturally followed Yongtai back to the Yunting Bureau.
Wen Li'er looked at the nearly one hundred palace maids kneeling in front of her, and for a moment she didn't know what to feel.
Suddenly, I began to understand why so many women in the world were trying so hard to enter the palace and compete for favor.
Wealth and honor are fascinating. This feeling of being surrounded by people and respected is perhaps what everyone wants to pursue.
Nanny Qin quickly assigned everyone a duty room, and discussed with several senior palace maids and Wan An Wan Quan, arranging the division of labor for everyone, and each of them took a few newcomers to train.
Before Yongtai left, he vaguely told Wen Li'er that her father and brother had asked the emperor to go to the palace to see her and Xiaoxiao.
The emperor agreed.
Her family should be entering the palace in the next few days.
The surprise came too quickly, and Wen Li'er's newly felt confusion and uneasiness disappeared in an instant.
She asked Qingmei and Qingzhu to quickly display their small treasuries one by one.
She is now extremely rich and has so many valuables that she is dazzled.
Most of them were gifts from the emperor and parents were not allowed to take them out of the palace.
But silver, cloth and other things are fine.
She put all her silver and money into the box, and had someone fill ten boxes with silk and satin.
Wen Li'er was so excited about meeting her family soon that she couldn't sleep.
She sat at the desk, wrote a letter to Yan Shixu, and asked someone to send it to the Zichen Palace.
The whole article was filled with words of thanks and praise, which made Yan Shixu almost spit out a mouthful of tea.
After thinking about it, he decided to go to Fengyi Palace.
When Xie Zhenrong saw him, she struggled to stand up and salute, but Yan Shixu hurriedly stopped her.
On the day when the prince of Duke Rong's Mansion was deposed, Xie Zhenrong fell ill as soon as he returned to Fengyi Palace.
The imperial physician was invited, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were also alerted.
The imperial physician said that the queen was just depressed and had caught a mild cold, and was not seriously ill.
At this time, Xie Zhenrong was lying on the bed, his face as pale as paper and haggard as if he had suddenly aged ten years.
Seeing her frail figure that could be blown away by the wind, Yan Shixu frowned.
"Empress, I see that your health hasn't improved at all. Have you called the imperial physician to see you today?"
Xie Zhenrongjin's hand trembled slightly.
An obscure emotion flashed across his face.
A smile played at the corner of her mouth.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I have caught a cold, and the imperial physician prescribed some medicine to help me recover. I'm just worried about hurting the child, so the medicine he prescribed is relatively mild, so it's going to take longer to work."
Yan Shixu nodded and said to the palace attendant beside him, "Go and ask Court Judge He to come over and show it to the Queen."
Xie Zhenrong's body stiffened slightly, so slightly that Yan Shixu didn't even notice it.
Madam Zhuang gave Xie Zhenrong a soothing look, then bowed to Yan Shixu and said:
"Your Majesty, since the Empress became pregnant, Imperial Physician Luo has been helping her recuperate. He is also familiar with her condition. Why not ask him directly?"
Yan Shixu nodded: "Yes."
Caixia bowed and left Fengyi Palace.
Soon, Doctor Luo was brought in.
Doctor Luo took the Queen's pulse as usual.
Yan Shixu asked: "How?"
Xie Zhenrong's fingers were pinching her thigh tightly, and she looked at Doctor Luo with smiling eyes.
Doctor Luo lowered his head and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, the Empress is fine. Because I'm worried about affecting the fetus, I can only prescribe tonic medicine, so the Empress's recovery is slow."
After hearing this, Yan Shixu asked the child again.
Doctor Luo replied, "The child is very healthy. As long as the Empress opens her heart and avoids overthinking, the prince will be born safely."
Yan Shixu nodded and sent Doctor Luo away.
He just thought that Xie Zhenrong was upset because Xie Zhenbao had been deposed from the position of Crown Prince a few days ago, so he tried to persuade her gently.
"Your brother's behavior is absurd and he's not up to the task, but your half-brothers are all capable people. If one of them inherits the title, it will only be more beneficial to you and your Rongguo Mansion."
Xie Zhenrong twitched the corner of his mouth and nodded, "Your Majesty is right."
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