Maid-in-waiting is the abbreviation of "palace official", which refers to a woman who holds an official position in the palace.
There are different main halls and partial halls in the palace [such as Daxiong Hall, Empress Dowager Hall, Middle Hall and East Hall]. ], and there are different departments, such as needle room, embroidery room, royal kitchen, dining room, washing room, washing room, fruit room and so on. From the king to the little prince and princess, they all depend on maids to take care of their daily lives, so there is a great demand for maids.
Every year, the Palace recruits girls from the private sector, and daughters from China and Ding Bai can sign up. After entering the palace, you can start from a maid-in-waiting, and later you can be promoted to a wife, concubine, palace or the highest palace.
Position of going to work
Tiaoshanggong has the highest status among ladies-in-waiting, and is in charge of the affairs of the inner temple, with the greatest power. Every palace has an upper palace, and the main hall is usually the tallest.
Deputy cashier in charge of valuables and money in the palace.
Zhigong, also known as Dailing Shanggong, waits for imperial orders in the main hall, princess hall, princess hall or East Palace, and is responsible for the daily life of the royal palace.
Director of the highest industry department
Nanny Shanggong is responsible for raising the Prince and Princess Weng in the East Hall.
The maid Shanggong is responsible for managing books, reading and copying articles, and attending banquets.
Supervising Shanggong is responsible for supervising and managing the promotion, rewards and punishments of all maids.
The education worker is responsible for educating the new lady.
The special business palace, also known as the graceful business palace, is the favorite business palace of the emperor.
Wen Shanggong is responsible for checking the quality of food.
The cashier is responsible for the purchase and preservation of various ingredients in the kitchen.
The age of girls entering the palace as bridesmaids ranges from four or five to more than ten years old. Generally speaking, the younger you enter the palace, the longer you will receive court education. Because they are familiar with court etiquette since childhood, most of them will be sent to the main hall to act as the "most intimate maid of honor" around the king.
If you enter the palace at the age of ten, just like the protagonist Xu Changjin in the play, you are often sent to the imperial dining hall, dining room, washing hall, fruit room and other places, because these departments pay more attention to teaching job-related skills. For example, the chef learns to cook and the embroidery room learns to sew.
Every child who enters the palace will be supervised by his wife or palace officials, playing the role of teacher and mother. Everyone lives in the same room.
After studying etiquette and skills in the palace, the little maid-in-waiting can take the "wife exam" about eight to ten years later, and after passing it, she will officially become a wife, which belongs to the level of Jiupin.
After more than ten or twenty years of experience, my wife can go to work. If you pass the exam, you will be given a piece of paper and a bun, which is the official title of five products. In the future, if you have the opportunity to rise to the highest palace or the highest palace, your rank will be higher.
In fact, all the concubines and maids in the palace belong to the women in charge; The first woman in the family is the queen. A former maid-in-waiting, a woman who will ascend to the throne forever. Once the wife trial ceremony is held, it means the wedding, and the maid-in-waiting officially becomes a woman on the throne, and she can't get married for life.
As a maid-in-waiting, there are only two possibilities to leave the palace. One is old or sick, or the master who served died of illness, and can't go home until three years of mourning. You can't get married or be a concubine after you leave the palace.
Since the maid-in-waiting can't be a good wife and mother like ordinary people, the only future seems to be a long way to become a maid-in-waiting.