Chapter 58: Steady as Mount Tai
Yanfu Palace, Kaifeng Prefecture, Song Dynasty
Song Zhi's bathing is divided into large and small washes.
The so-called large-scale washing means basically using more than five hu of hot water, washing face, washing feet, washing knees, washing calves, etc. At the same time, generally speaking, seven or eight service is required, and three times of hot water is required to be changed in the middle, while small washing only uses five hu of hot water, three two people serve, and one or two times of hot water is required to be replaced in the middle.
Of course, such a luxurious bathing requires certain conditions, such as a wealth of money, etc.
This is still the bathing at the homes of ordinary people. If it is a bathing in the palace, it will be even more troublesome or complicated, such as the bathing in the Yanfu Palace of the Song Dynasty.
The bath pool in Yanfu Palace is called "Qingting Pool". The wall of the "Qingting Pool" is made up of ten huge stones that have been processed. A reservoir is adjacent to it. When taking a bath, hot spring water or artificial hot spring water pours into the reservoir from the cracks of the rocks, opening a gate on the south wall at the full time, and the water flows into the bath pool through the concealed trough.
Li Sanjian was taking a bath on a short-legged wooden chair in the shelving pool. Nanshuang, who served Li Sanjian's bathing, each of the two small palace maids in Yanfu Palace, each brought two buckets of three-foot-long wooden body-inlaid silver basins filled with clear water. One was responsible for washing the upper body and the other was responsible for washing the lower body.
However, at this time, Li Sanjian wrapped a large bath towel tightly around his waist, and he was beaten to death and couldn't untie it. Therefore, the drunk silk could only clean Li Sanjian's calves and feet.
There are dozens of towels for bathing alone. Each towel is embroidered with a golden dragon with yellow silk thread. One stack is a posture, some are looking up, some are looking back at the moon, some are playing beads, and some are spraying water.
The water in the wooden and silver basin should be kept clean. After soaking the towel, you should never return it to the basin to dip it in water. After using one towel, throw it away one after another. Although dozens of towels were used after washing the upper body, the water was still clear. Scoop out some of the water in the bathtub at any time and add it at any time, always maintaining a certain temperature.
"Sister, I've washed the hair of the priest son."
Li Sanjian was in prison for several months, and his body was extremely dirty, and the same was true for long hair, which was even oily and even stained together, making it into strands, and the smell was also extremely bad. However, Nan Shuang, who was responsible for cleaning Li Sanjian's upper body, didn't care at all. She knelt by the pool, cleaning Li Sanjian's long hair one by one, and smiled at the drunkard while cleaning.
He covered his mouth with drunken silk and smiled with a smile.
Li Sanjian rolled his eyes and said, "Is the hair of the top scholar different from that of others? Besides, the top scholar is already old. I was once a top scholar in the third year of the Song Dynasty. Li is already an outdated top scholar..."
"Hehe!" Nan Shuang couldn't help laughing when she heard this, and applied a small piece of soap horn to Li Sanjian's hair and said with a smile: "Are you old in your early thirties? Besides, the little girl I, have never seen other top scholars, you are the first top scholar to serve."
Li Sanjian spoke witty and gentle, making people feel as if they were bathed in spring breeze. Therefore, the two little palace maids were not so restrained in front of Li Sanjian, and they dared to joke with Li Sanjian.
"Oh, that's right, oh, by the way, when did you enter the palace?" Li Sanjian felt very comfortable at this time, so comfortable that every pore seemed to be stretched.
As the saying goes, when you are full and warm, you will feel the desire, and when you are hungry and cold, you will feel the desire to steal. But at this time, Li Sanjian did not dare to think about the desire.
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Who are the two women? Let's go first
Regardless of the origin of the two daughters, they are palace maids in the palace at this time, they are the ones who serve Zhao Ji or the nobles in the palace, and the women of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. How dare Li Sanjian act rashly? Being able to get the palace maids' service and bathe is already considered to be the emperor's grace. What else can Li Sanjian dare to do?
But at this moment, this scene has not been close to women for several months. How can Li Sanjian control such a beautiful and beautiful girl?
In fact, the two women were not naked at this time, but were wearing a layer of gauze, with a belly bun and a trouser under the gauze, but it was better not to wear it. Li Sanjian said in his heart.
The two women were still holding the pipa and half-covering their faces and rubbing against Li Sanjian, which made Li Sanjian blush and red, his eyes were red, and his breath was already surging in his nose.
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So Li Sanjian thought of a trick, which was the "distraction method", constantly chatting with two little palace maids, desperately suppressing the desire in his heart.
"Nu Nu and her sister are the palaces that were introduced to the fourth year of the Grand View Trial." Zui Si replied after hearing this.
"It's been three years since I entered the palace, but I'm still traveling for a long time." Nan Shuang pouted, a little dissatisfied, and said with a hint of sadness.
Nanshuang then briefly explained how he and Zui Si entered the palace.
The women in the palace of Song Dynasty were divided into five categories, and the first category was divided into two categories. One category was from top to bottom: Guifei, Shufei, Defei, Xianfei, Guiyi, Guirong, Shuyi, Shurong, Shurong, Shurong, Shurong, Shurong, Shurong, Wanyi, Wanrong, Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan, Jieyu, Beauty, and Talent, with a total of twenty-four levels. The other category was Shiyu County Maid
A man, a wife of a county, a wife of a cross country, a wife of a eight characters, a wife of a six characters, a wife of a two characters, a wife of a four characters, a wife of a two characters, a wife of a two characters, a wife of a two characters, a wife of a two characters, a wife of a country, a wife of a country, a total of ten levels.
The second class is also divided into two categories. One is Shangzheng, Shanggong, Shangyi, Shang food, Shangfu, Shang sleep, Siyi, Sibin, Sidian, Siwei, Dianyi, Dianbin, Dianbao, Dianyi, Classic, Classic, Classic, Dianyi, Classic, Classic, Dianyi, Classic, Classic, Dianyi, Dianyi, Dianyi, Dianyi, Pianyi, Pianyi, Pianyi, Pianyi, Pianyi, Pianyi, Pianyi, Red Xiafeng, A total of twenty-nine levels. The other is the knowledge of Shangshu's introspection, Xianshao envoy, Xianshao deputy envoy, Xiaodianzhima, and the small hall direct ranks.
The third class is Zixiapei, the Minister of State, the Grand Secretariat, the First Class, the Long-term Trail of the Small Hall, and the Xianshao Capital Head in total.
The fourth grade is listening to Xuan, the affairs of the Shangshu Province, recording the affairs, the second grade of the small hall, and the long lines of the immortal city.
The fifth grade is the palace straight, scattered, scattered, scholars, small attendants, queens, and scattered, and the third grade of the palace straight, with a total of eight kinds of girls with a sparse fortune.
Nanshuang and Zuisi are the fifth-class small hall, and are only one level higher than the girl Fei Jelu.
The first one is the concubine who can be favored by the emperor and can serve the concubines.
Women of other levels are collectively called palace maids, palace maids, palace maids, palace maids, etc.
This does not include the palace dancers, singers, female musicians, etc.
The palace maids mainly entered the palace through talent shows, and a small number of them took the initiative to send their women to the palace through palace relations through palace relations in order to gain the favor of the emperor and thus consolidate their power.
Of course, palace maids can be promoted. They are promoted due to hard work and great contributions, favors, etc. Once promoted, their status, status, treatment, etc.
It will be greatly improved.
Low-level palace maids can also be promoted beyond their level. After one night of spring breeze with the emperor, they can be promoted, that is, they can reach the sky in one step, get the emperor's enthronement, and become concubines directly. However, this is a minority after all, most palace maids are promoted very slowly. After serving in the palace for many years, they can only be promoted. Those who have never received the favor of heaven will be released from the palace after they are old and deteriorated.
Nanshuang and Zuisi are basically at the bottom of the palace, so they can serve tea and water, serve dressing, clean the courtyard, etc.
How could Li Sanjian not know the miserable fate of the palace maids? But he was powerless. How many people in the world are running around for their livelihoods, but their lives are much worse than those of the palace maids. At least, the palace maids don’t have to worry about food and clothing.
"Official Li, tell me about you? Why are you the top scorer in high school?"
After the two palace maids talked about their affairs, they looked at Li Sanjian and asked together.
"It's so boring to be the top scholar. Why don't you tell me some allusions to you?" Li Sanjian said with a smile.
"Okay, okay!" The two women clapped their hands and smiled when they heard this.
Li Sanjian then drank a glass of wine and said, "It is said that there is a magic lamp sitting down by the Buddha of the Western Tathagata. The magic lamp wick is made up of two rays of ray ropes that are entangled with each other. One day, the two ray ropes each turned into one person, one named Zixia and the other named Qingxia... "
So Li Sanjian told the story of Supreme Treasure, Zixia and Qingxia in a casual manner.
"Zixia said intermittently: 'One day, my dream lover will pick me up with colorful auspicious clouds...' Before he finished speaking, he was no longer able to do anything..." Li Sanjian stopped here.
"Later? What happened later? Supreme Treasure, are Zixia together?" Nan Shuang was impressed, Zui Si was also impressed, looking at Li Sanjian in confusion, but Li Sanjian suddenly stopped talking, so Nan Shuang asked anxiously.
Li Sanjian blinked at Nanshuang and said, "I know what happens next, please listen to the next breakdown."
Emperor Zhao Ji of Song gave Li Sanjian a favor and asked two little palace maids to serve him in the bath, but it could not be delayed for too long. He asked the emperor to wait for a long time, which was also a crime.
"You... hate it! If you don't wash it, you'll be stinking." Nan Shuang gritted her teeth in anger.
Li Sanjian had everything in his heart, from astronomy to geography, and knew everything. He took out an allusion to tell them, and then listened to the two palace maids as crazy.
Two palace maids have lived in the palace for a long time, but they have never met such an interesting person. They both wish Li Sanjian would wash the better the longer he would wash.
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"How about those two palace maids?" In Huining Hall, Emperor Song Zhao Ji asked Li Yan.
"If I go back to the official family," Li Yan replied: "The two little palace maids are in perfect form."
"Oh? Didn't anything happen for so long?" Zhao Ji asked in surprise when he heard this.
"That's right, Li Jingluo just had a conversation with them, and nothing else happened." Li Yan replied.
"Haha, beauty is ahead, he can be as stable as Mount Tai." Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Let him come in."
Chapter completed!