Chapter 228 Bixi

Cheng Yunshuo didn't care what these people said at all. He was upset and absent-minded at the moment. When he heard that there was work to be done, he went to the back palace with a few people to do the work.

At the entrance of the inner palace, there were sixty or seventy large boxes tied with red silk ribbons, and a large group of eunuchs and palace maids were chattering.

"What's in here? Why do we need to carry it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"They are all betrothal gifts."

"Dowry, whose dowry?"

"You don't know yet, but a few days ago, the Luo family found prohibited items in the betrothal gifts for the bride, and all the items were sent to the palace for confiscation. These are the betrothal gifts."

"Send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? They don't want it anymore?"

"Who would have the nerve to take back something that has been sent to the palace? Moreover, they have committed a crime. The Luo family is lucky to be alive!"

"That bride is so pitiful. She has lost all her betrothal gifts."

"Who says it's not true? Nowadays, there is no betrothal gift for marriage. How can we live in the future?"

"Don't feel sorry for them. For people like us, let alone betrothal gifts, we may not even be able to find someone to marry in the future!"

These young palace maids all came from humble backgrounds and were selected from the public to enter the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen. Those who were lucky enough were assigned to good palaces and met favored masters, where they lived a very good life and had a bright future.

But most of the young palace maids were doing the most menial jobs and were assigned to various departments in the palace, cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, embroidering, making clothes, and serving in various palaces. Moreover, they had to endure this for more than ten years with almost no chance of getting ahead.

She could only be released from the palace when she was 25 years old.

After being released, there are not many good choices.

They are all old and it is extremely difficult for them to get married. Some of them who are lucky and capable are hired by wealthy families to be nannies, teaching the young ladies in the family etiquette, which is already a good way out.

Others, relying on the money saved in the palace, want to buy real estate in their hometown. If they are lucky, with the help of reliable family members, they can recruit a son-in-law with good character or marry a widower of similar age. They are also lucky. live on.

Most of the time, the money may have been swindled away by family members or husbands, and a group of uncles, brothers and sisters are all watching.

It is very difficult for a single woman to keep her property in this day and age.

In the eyes of their own parents, they are all part of the property. Their parents will squeeze them dry first, let alone people from outside.

Then there is another category, which is those who are chosen by wealthy families and become their concubines.

In comparison, becoming a concubine of a wealthy family is actually the best choice for these palace ladies.

Because they are too old and have been delayed so much, almost all men of the right age are married, so there is no chance for them to become the original wife.

Since I can't be the original wife, being a concubine of a wealthy family is better than marrying a poor son-in-law or marrying a widower!

A poor man who has ended up being unmarried at this age, although his character and ability cannot be said to be perfect, he is at least 80% to 90% lower than that of an ordinary man.

Most of them come from extremely poor families, or are lazy, unemployed, and bad-behaved hooligans with extremely unbearable shortcomings. It is extremely difficult to find a good and reliable one here.

Therefore, these palace maids at the bottom of the social hierarchy had a very difficult life in the future.

As the group of people were talking, they saw a group of handsome guards coming over.

Seeing the guards, the palace maids' eyes lit up immediately, "Look, the guards are coming!"

"These guards are so young!"

"Each of them is extraordinary!"

"Of course, the guards in our palace are all noble sons from high-ranking families! Their families are all very prestigious!"

"What are you guys chattering about!" At this time, a slightly stern female voice came.

The chattering palace maids immediately stopped talking and said, "Aunt Bixi."

The woman called Aunt Bixi glanced at the guards and the young palace maids in front of her with a cold gaze, and scolded them loudly, "You are not doing your job properly, looking around and talking nonsense. What are the things you should look at and what are the things you should say? Go back and copy the palace rules ten times for me!"

"yes."

The scolded little palace maids all lowered their heads and responded obediently.

At this time, Cheng Yunshuo and others came.

"Aunt, we are here to escort some miscellaneous items. Are these what we are sending to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" the leading guard spoke.

Bixi turned around and knelt down to salute the chief guard. "Yes, sir."

Bixi had half of her face lowered, but the moment she turned around, the captain of the guards' eyes still lit up.

I saw that Bixi had very delicate eyebrows and eyes, fair skin, and small red lips. She was not young, about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and had a bun like the head nanny in the palace, which made her look a little old. But surprisingly, she didn't look older at all, and even had a more mature look than those immature girls in their teens.

Most importantly, she looks a bit like...

When the captain of the guard saw her, he was a little dazed for a moment. He didn't know why, but he always felt that this aunt looked very much like a woman he had met before.

But he couldn't remember who it was.

"Sorry to trouble you, aunties. Please give the things to us. You can go back now." said the captain of the guards.

Bixi half lowered her eyes and said, "Yes."

They said they wanted Cheng Yunshuo and the others to move things, but in fact, they were not needed to do the hard labor.

The coolies were all done by the eunuchs in the palace; they were just there to escort the prisoners.

After all, they are not slaves.

After Bixi agreed, she told the palace maids to bow their heads and retreat inside the door. Dozens of eunuchs rushed forward and lifted up all the boxes.

One of the eunuchs seemed to be carrying a very heavy box. His shoulder slipped and the heavy betrothal gift was about to fall down. There was a clanging sound and Bixi frowned. At this time, a guard rushed up and held the box steadily.

"Be careful." Bixi breathed a sigh of relief and said to the young eunuch.

The weak eunuch looked distressed, "Aunt Bixi, this is too heavy, I can't lift it."

Bixi was about to get angry when she heard the guard who lifted the handle say, "I'll do it."

Bixi raised her head and saw only his back.

He didn't even look back, nor said any more nonsense, he just picked up his wedding dowry and walked out.

This person was Cheng Yunshuo. He came with a team of guards. Unexpectedly, he brought Jiang Qianzhu's betrothal gift.

The captain of the guards saw that all the things had been lifted up and some eunuchs were too weak to carry them, so he asked others to lend a hand and then took the betrothal gifts to the Imperial Household Department.

"Aunt, we are leaving."

"Thank you for your hard work, sir." Bixi knelt down and saluted. After they had gone far away, she looked up. She wanted to look for the first guard who had helped her just now, but Cheng Yunshuo was nowhere to be seen.

At this time, her eyes fell on the ground, and a sachet fell at the place where Cheng Yunshuo had just made his move.