Family Has a Concubine

Don't cry. Zhao Chunyan frowned lightly, took Zhao Yingqi's hand and walked to the bed, teaching her to go to bed.

The three sisters share a bed, Zhao Yingqi sleeps on the inside, Zhao Chunni sleeps in the middle, and Zhao Chunyan sleeps outside.

After the three of them slept well, Zhao's mother blew on the lamp, lowered the curtain and went out.

In order to save kerosene, they are all used to going to bed early, and go to bed at half past the hour. Before Haishi, both Zhao Chunni and Zhao Chunyan fell asleep, breathing evenly.

Zhao's father and Zhao's mother also turned off the lights early.

The sound of the rain outside was lulling me to sleep.

But Zhao Yingqi couldn't sleep no matter what, she just felt that the sound of the rain was like the cry of an evil spirit, which made her afraid.

can't stay here...

can't wait...

Zhao Yingqi turned over, climbed over the two older sisters, and got off the bed with bare feet. The eyes have long been used to the darkness, and they can see the general things in the room.

A table under the window, a wooden bed, a few benches and wooden boxes behind the foot of the bed.

Zhao Yingqi looked at it, then got under the bed and hid. But after shrinking for a while, I still felt unsafe. He dragged in the boards at the end of the bed and blocked them in front of him. Then he lay on the bottom of the bed, drowsy.

The sound of the rain outside was getting louder and louder, at this time——

Bang bang bang— There was a rapid knock on the door outside.

The sound of the rain can be ignored, but not the knocking on the door.

Especially Zhao's mother, she was pregnant, and she was very irritable. The knock on the door woke her up, and she turned around angrily: Who kills a thousand swords.

But in the middle of the night, the weather knocked on the door, could something have happened? Thinking of this makes me a little scared.

Father Zhao also woke up: Stop making noise, I'll go and have a look.

The knock on the door continued, so Father Zhao had no choice but to put on some clothes and ran out with a broken umbrella. He opened the door with a squeak and was startled.

I saw a woman in her forties standing in front of her. The woman is wearing a light blue gourd-patterned gown, which has been somewhat wet by the rain.

What was extremely surprising was that she was wearing a golden hairpin on her head, a half-moon shaped silver comb with chrysanthemum patterns, and jade earrings on her ears. One can tell at a glance that she is the wife of a rich family.

Passing over her, he saw an old monk in his sixties with gray eyebrows and two servants behind her. One of them was holding a glazed lantern, and someone was leading a carriage in the rain, and the horse was snorting.

This, this lady and the master... Please! Father Zhao only looked at the attire and the battle, and was already bowing his knees, bending over, and welcoming these people into the door.

Zhao's father led the woman and two servants into the house, and shouted at the same time: Lady, come out to greet the distinguished guests.

Zhao's mother on the bed was startled, she got out of bed and put on her coat, only to hear Zhao's father repeatedly saying please and footsteps.

After putting on his clothes, he came to the hall, and saw a monk and a woman sitting at the table. The woman was wearing gold and silver. Zhao's mother gasped, and looked out of the window again. There was a carriage parked in the thatched shed in the courtyard, and several people were taking care of the carriage.

Hehe, hello, Madam and Master. I'm going to prepare tea now. Zhao's mother knew it was a distinguished guest at a glance, and hurried to the child's room, Boss, get up and help boil the water.

Zhao Chunyan and Zhao Chunni were woken up a long time ago, and got up with a grunt.

Mother Zhao didn't see Zhao Yingqi, she looked into the bed, but she still didn't see her. Looking around, there was no one in the room. Can't help but be surprised. But there are distinguished guests waiting there outside, so they don't care so much.

Zhao Chunyan and Zhao Chunni went to the kitchen to boil water, and Mother Zhao brought some dried dates and put them on the table. I went into the room and took two brand new towels and handed them over.

Zhao's mother stood beside Zhao's father and said: The hot tea will be ready soon, this lady and the master should use some dried dates. There is nothing at home, and it is really hard to buy in this rainy day, hehehe.

The monk said a word of rest, and the woman was very satisfied when she saw Zhao's father and Zhao mother bowing to her, wiped her face with a towel, and then smiled: I am not a wife, but I am going out to be my master. It's just a slave to work.

Zhao's father and Zhao's mother were shocked. They were all wearing big golden hairpins, but they were still just slaves? They had seen Madam Zhixian take her mother-in-law out on the street before, and the mother-in-law only wore a very poor-quality silver hairpin.

Even the magistrate's wife, the hair accessories on her head are not as exquisite as hers, and her bearing is not as noble as hers. But the woman in front of him said that she was just a slave!

Even though they don't study, they have heard the term gold slaves and silver maids from operas. I didn't think much of it at the time, but when I saw it now, I instantly realized that there really are people like gold slaves and silver servants!

Even a slave is already so imposing, let alone her master. It must have come from those Hou Men's mansions in the legendary capital.

The woman continued: I wanted to go to a neighboring county to do business, but suddenly it rained heavily, so I came to your house to take shelter from the rain.

Father Zhao said with a smile: Our shabby house is really full of splendor! Madam... no, I'm really rude, I don't know what to call it?

The woman smiled: My surname is Shi, you can just call me Madam Shi. This is Master Jianneng.

There was a sound of brisk footsteps, and I saw two girls walking over with a kettle and a cup. Seven or eight years old with a kettle in their hands, with braids on both sides of their heads. The five or six-year-old with the cup has the same hairstyle.

Nanny Shi couldn't help squinting her eyes for a while, then whispered in Master Jianneng's ear, How about these two?

Master Jianneng's eyes lit up, and he nodded: That's right. It's better to meet you by chance than to do what you do.

Nanny Shi and Master Jian Neng were the ones who went out of Beijing to find a child bride-in-law for the seriously injured prince.

The Xiao family was rehabilitated, but Empress Xiao died early. The emperor took a pair of sons and daughters back to Beijing, but one died and the other was injured.

Seeing that there is no cure for the medicine and stone, the little prince proposed to congratulate him after his stepwife Zheng. The emperor immediately agreed.

Empress Zheng wanted to do this as a face-saving project, so as to show her virtuousness in front of the emperor and the people of the world. Secondly, if the little prince really recovered, it would be due to her. Thirdly, so that a lowly poor girl can occupy the position of Concubine Liang, so as to prevent him from marrying a helpful noble girl in the future, and humiliate him by the way.

But Zheng Hou ordered them to go down, so that they can't do this too quickly and smoothly, and they have to wander around outside again and again, trying their best to hard work.

I suddenly received a letter from Queen Zheng this morning, saying that the emperor was a little impatient and asked them to choose one tomorrow.

Nanny Shi took Master Jianneng to the next county, intending to say hello to the county magistrate tomorrow, and then randomly choose a poor girl.

Unexpectedly, in the evening, there was a sudden heavy rain on the road.

Because it was getting dark too fast and the rain was heavy, he went the wrong way and came to this small town in circles. The carriages were all blown into the water, and they almost got wet. So I wanted to knock on the door of a family and take shelter from the rain for a night.