Jia Yingchun of the Red Chamber

As an emperor's woman, except for the empress, no one can enter the palace through the main entrance. Last time, Yingchun walked through the Shenwumen as a beautiful girl, and this time she entered the Forbidden City. Yingchun is already a second-rank empress, although she is not qualified For the main entrance, there is no need to go to the Shenwu Gate. The Yanxi Palace is located in the East Sixth Palace. Therefore, the Spring Festival sedan chair went through the Donghua Gate, then passed the Cangzhen Gate, and was carried directly into the Yanxi Palace.

Concubines do not need to come to the private hall to enter the palace, and there is no need to wear a hijab to answer the spring.

When the sedan chair arrived at the main hall, Si Qixiuju supported Yingchun to get off the sedan chair. Two eunuchs and maids stood on both sides of the main hall of Yanxi Palace.

For a while, Yingchun entered the main hall of Yanxi Palace and ascended to the seat, and the maids and eunuchs bowed down again to pay their respects.But I heard the leading lady report back: "My servant, Du Ruo, is the maid in charge of the Palace of Yanxi Palace, and please greet Empress Debi."

Just now all the court ladies bowed their heads to pay respects, Yingchun was also very nervous, in front of strangers, she was holding it coldly and noblely, without seeing her face clearly, when she heard this, she suddenly raised her head, it was indeed Du Ruo, an old acquaintance of Chuxiu Palace.

At the beginning, Yingchun wanted to take Du Ruo into his favor, but she had no choice but to become a concubine of Feng.

In this strange palace with black eyes, Yingchun was very happy to have an acquaintance like Du Ruo in charge of the palace affairs for her, and Aunt Feng's kindness in the middle.Busyly beckoning: "Get up and talk."

Du Ruoxie got up and introduced the next two maids, one is an old acquaintance in Yingchun, Lan Yun, and the other is Zisu.He also introduced three eunuchs for Yingchun: "This is Wang Fu, the eunuch in charge of Yanxi Palace, and the last two are his apprentices, Xiao Xizi and Xiao Liuzi."

Yingchun raised her hand and shouted, looking at the embroidered orange: "Look and see!"

Siqi was busy distributing heavy purses to everyone: "My name is Siqi, and I am a maid as a dowry, and I have to rely on my parents-in-law and sisters to take care of me from now on."

Yingchun waved at the palace: "I don't need you to serve me for the time being, let's go down and rest!"

Wang Fu bowed and retreated: "Your Majesty, please rest. If you have something to say, we will wait in the porch!"

Du Ruo was also about to leave, but Yingchun stretched out her hand: "I want to visit Yanxi Palace, and ask my aunt to lead the way!"

Du Ruo smiled: "Yes, I would like to follow your mother's orders."

When Lan Yun saw Yingchun, he didn't seem to see her, so he was so anxious to kill chickens and monkeys, but he didn't dare to say anything, Yingchun smiled and told Siqi: "You take the lead and register the dowry into the warehouse."

Siqi knew that it was Yingchun who asked her to intercept the other two maids and eunuchs, and suddenly realized that Aunt Du Ruo might be an old acquaintance with the girl, so he hurriedly smiled, and smiled at Lan Yun: "Please also ask this sister to lead the way, the location is the warehouse. Where?"

Lan Yun looked at Du Ruo: "Auntie?"

Du Ruo smiled: "We are here to serve Empress Debi, the girl who plays chess has served her since she was a child, you have to learn from the girl who plays chess."

Lan Yun was about to behave well with Yingchun, when he heard this, he suddenly became happy: "Hey! That aunt, I'm going!"

Du Ruo turned around to support the Spring Festival: "The apse is the bedroom, and there is a small garden behind it. There is a small lotus pond in the garden, and there is a pavilion near the water next to the pond. It is the cheapest to enjoy the lotus in summer. At the right time, the late-blooming lotus is at the right time, picking lotus and enjoying the lotus are both right!"

Yingchun stretched out her hand to hold Du Ruo: "This is an elegant place, let's go and have a look."

At that moment, Yingchun brought the embroidered tangerine Du Ruo to the lotus pavilion. Du Ruo was busy laying out the cushions, and asked Yingchun to sit down. Then, she knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to Yingchun herself: "Du Ruo pays respects to the empress, and the empress is safe!"

Yingchun raised her hand: "There are no outsiders here, aunt doesn't need to be so big, get up and talk quickly." She looked at Xiuju again: "Hurry up and get up!"

Du Ruoxie stood up: "Your Majesty must be very surprised how my family got to Yanxi Palace."

Yingchun's forehead: "Exactly. You are going to leave the palace next year. It is better to be familiar with it. I remember that you are the one who doesn't like to cause trouble. You just want to stay safe and sound until you leave the palace. Everyone in Chuxiu Palace It was you who brought out the manpower, logically, you should wait in Chuxiu Palace to leave the palace."

Du Ruo suddenly turned pale when she heard the words, and pursed the corners of her mouth: "Your Majesty has just entered the palace. I don't want to make Nanny unhappy because of my own affairs. I just want to tell Nanny that I sent you to Chuxiu Palace. I asked you to do so. Niangniang Yi is playing around with it, and now, the Nu family asked Niang Niang a question, is the agreement between Nanny Wuyue and the Nu family still valid?"

Yingchun frowned: "Well, I thought I would not be selected at the beginning, but now you also know that the situation has reversed, and the previous assumptions have become empty talk. You will be of the age of leaving the palace next year, and you are about to let the sky fly. Although I can't bear you Talent, but I can't bear to trap you here and delay your reunion with the only relative, so let's not mention this matter."

Du Ruo's expression darkened upon hearing this.

Yingchun frowned: "Isn't that your grandma?"

Du Ruo's eyes turned red and she knelt down: "Your Majesty should be happy to enter the palace today, but if you don't say this clearly today, I'm afraid your Majesty won't believe in my determination to serve your Majesty for the rest of my life. In fact, my family has deceived your Majesty before."

Yingchun was surprised: "Cheat?"

Du Ruo looked at the embroidered orange and pursed the corners of her mouth.

Yingchun smiled, and introduced Siqi Xiuju to Du Ruo: "Siqi Xiuju is my dowry girl, and I will never hide anything from them."

Du Ruo forehead: "Actually, I said that there is a grandma who depends on each other in my family, but it is not true. Grandma is not my biological grandma, but my mother-in-law's mother-in-law. Both my parents died when I was young, and I live in the house of my aunt and grandmother. My cousin lives in the town. Opening a pharmacy in Shanghai, the family has no worries about food and clothing. I was betrothed to my aunt's grandson Liang Jiajun since I was a child. I originally agreed to consummate the house when I turned 13, but unexpectedly when I was [-] years old, my cousin's pharmacy died. The lawsuit not only closed down the pharmacy, but was also brought to the court by the bitter master, who injured my cousin, my father-in-law and Liang Junjie. Although the lawsuit was won in the end, the family property was wiped out because of the lawsuit, and my father-in-law passed away in a fit of anger. , the family shop can’t support it anymore, it’s worth buying a shop for the family and going back to the countryside to live on a few acres of Susukida.”

"Because the family owes debts, people block the door to ask for debts every day, pots and pans have been smashed many times, Liang Junjie had to go up the mountain to collect medicines and sell them, and slowly repay the debts, but unexpectedly, Liang Junjie was greedy for a Ganoderma lucidum on the cliff and stumbled." I fell and hurt my leg, which made things worse. The family can hardly open the pot. Where can I get money to treat the disease? In those days, the grandma and mother-in-law cried all day long, and they cursed me together, saying that my life was hard. I didn’t know How did the day go."

"It coincided with the selection by the imperial court. Originally, I had a sister-in-law who married into the county magistrate's family. It was because of her help that our family won the life lawsuit. My sister-in-law and sister-in-law were selected. She But they were engaged since childhood. Ten years is too long. The man was not willing to wait and asked to divorce. They were willing to pay a hundred taels of silver to find someone to replace them. At that time, the family"

Yingchun raised her eyebrows: "So, you came instead? In this way, you are their family's benefactor. Wouldn't it be a good time to go out to reunite and get married next year? Why did you change your mind?"

Du Ruo bit her lip: "I met him last month. It turned out that he was married eight years ago and his children are six years old. Because I will leave the palace next year, and because my mother promised to help me settle down in Kyoto, I wanted to ask them to come to Beijing to be attached to my mother, reorganize the family business, and inherit the ancestral business to open a drug store. Her family panicked. He felt sorry for me, so he brought his wife and children to Beijing to apologize to me, and gave me the money I earned back then. 100 taels of silver, and the 500 taels of silver sent back over the years have been returned to me, saying that everyone has settled their debts since then. He also said that it was for me, and told me not to return home. Since there are good people willing to help, it is better to take root after experiencing fallen leaves ,Everyone is good."

Yingchun sighed inwardly, Chen Shimei is everywhere.

Xiuju gritted her teeth and cursed angrily: "This family member should be beaten to death! Tell me, you shouldn't be too soft-hearted and save those white-eyed wolves!"

Du Ruo raised his forehead: "Thinking about it now, they never thought of telling me to go back. Now that they can't hide it, they might as well make a clean break."

Yingchun sneered: "Could it be that his daughter-in-law still has money at home, and then opened a drug store for him?"

Du Ruo raised her forehead: "She got a wife who is my sister-in-law's husband and cousin. She said that it was because I replaced my sister-in-law at the beginning, and their family was grateful, so they made a marriage. It's ridiculous. I came to suffer for them, but they cut me off." the way back."

Although Du Ruo's story is very sad, Yingchun is not. Du Ruo is only 22 years old now, so it may not be impossible to start over. Moreover, he also needs someone like Du Ruo who is familiar with the rules of survival in the palace as a helper.

Yingchun looked at Du Ruo: "So, what's your plan for the future, aunt?"

Du Ruo bit her lip: "I sold my family's [-]-acre tea garden to help them agree to the life lawsuit. I was trapped in this palace for ten years when I was young. I suffered all kinds of humiliation and almost died several times, but they treated me like this. I want a piece of paper." One back."

Yingchun frowned: "How can I return it?"

Du Ruo suddenly sneered a few times: "At the beginning, I entered the palace instead of Du Xing'e. Next year, her elder brother and daughter will be three years old. She should be selected as a maid in the palace. I hope that when I heard that they bought contacts and failed to be selected, I hope that the empress will Make a move and keep her in the palace. I won't embarrass her, I just want her to try again. And Liang Junjie, he got his current status because he betrayed me. I want him to go back to the beginning and eat three meals a day! Then I bought it from the small tea garden left by my parents to comfort the spirits of my parents in heaven."

Du Ruo suddenly knelt down: "I will not be able to do these things in another ten or a hundred years. Therefore, as long as my mother fulfills my wish for me, I am willing to serve my mother for the rest of my life!"

Yingchun was stunned, a family behind the county magistrate, to destroy his family was nothing more than killing an ant to Rongfu.But such an ungrateful person deserves to die, and it is nothing but a waste of money.

Is such a fluke Duruo worthy of a lifetime?

Yingchun stretched out his hand to help Du Ruo: "I can promise you, but it's not about being avenged for you, but you go out and avenge yourself. However, before you leave the palace next year, you have to train Xiuju Siqi to be as good as you. If you live in this palace like a fish in water, you can do anything with ease, otherwise, the time limit for revenge will be extended indefinitely after you leave the palace. So, are you willing?"

Du Ruo suddenly laughed like a flower, tears glistened in his eyes, he knocked his head on the ground, and said reverently: "Thank you for your kindness, Empress Debi, for Du Ruo's life..."

Yingchun smiled and waved her hand, interrupting Du Ruo's vow: "First of all, you love to swear that you will correct your mistakes."

Du Ruo was overjoyed and confused today: "I would like to follow your mother's teachings, and I will correct myself from now on, if not..."

The master and servant of Yingchun Embroidered Tangerine burst out laughing at the same time, but Du Ruo himself burst into tears: "My family has been so angry and confused these days. I am so happy today. Your empress forgive me."

Yingchun raised her hand: "Okay, from now on, you can reply to that shrewd and wise Auntie Du Ruo in Chuxiu Palace. Now, I want to know the situation of all the concubines in the six palaces of this thing. How were the 36 draftees enshrined and how did they live?"

Du Ruo said with a smile: "I knew that the empress must care about this. In fact, 36 people were registered and selected at the beginning, but not all of them were awarded the imperial seal this time. Sixteen, including Jia Nushi, Zhang Nushi, Wu Nushi, and Cai Nushi, made a total of [-] empresses, including eight concubines, four Jieyu, four beauties, and four talents.

The empress belongs to the last batch of entrants to the palace. However, all the beautiful women who entered the palace, except the original empress dowager Shi Jinfeng, were conferred the title of Empress Zhaorong, and Shi Jin, the daughter of Wu in the Empress Dowager's Palace, was named Empress Zhaoyuan. In addition to being favored, the remaining empresses of the Jin Dynasty, regardless of their succession, are all favored. "

Du Ruo paused, looked at Yingchun, and said: "According to my family's inquiries in the past few days, there are even several empresses who have entered the palace for half a month, but they have never seen the Holy One."

Yingchun raised her eyebrows: "Your Majesty doesn't like it? Or, it's not His Majesty's intention that these beautiful women be selected?"

Du Ruo shook his head with a smile: "That's not true. Since the Holy Majesty came to the throne, first the red-haired ghosts in the north have been rioting and occupying a large area of ​​land. Now the sea is restless. The Holy Majesty wants to teach these foreign thieves a lesson, but the treasury is empty. The Yushufang smashed several ministers in a row, saying that once, for some reason, the emperor dropped the folder and smashed the head of a bad-mouthed censor."

Yingchun understood: "The Holy Majesty has nothing on his mind!"

Looking at it this way, at least the current sage is not a fool.It's good if it's not a faint king, at least you can be a concubine for such a sensible person, and you won't lose your head in a daze.

From this point of view, this guy should not be a junior, but rather a cold-faced fourth master, but Yongzheng is not the emperor.

Du Ruo was very happy when she saw that Yingchun was very transparent. She likes a smart master.

Yin said: "Miss Zhaoyi is currently the most favored empress among all the new empresses. The emperor entered the harem three times, and one of them rested in the Chengqian Palace. Empress Dowager, Empress Empress also received the most rewards. Yesterday, Empress Dowager and Zhaoyi's When the dowry entered the palace, the Holy Majesty even came to have a look in person. After seeing the dowry list of Chongyuan and Zhaoyi, the Holy Majesty praised the mother's family, saying that the entire Rongguo Mansion really followed the ancestral teachings and was loyal to the country. All the money was returned. Debt, the dowry of the two empresses is not as good as that of a clan princess."

"Afterwards, it was ordered to add a gold pot and ivory chopsticks inlaid with gold to the House of Internal Affairs, Chengqian Palace, and Yanxi Palace. The rewards for the original silver utensils were doubled. The empress did not enter the palace yesterday, and she has already won a big face. Yes. Once the Holy Majesty makes this example, I am afraid that the Queen Mother, even Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui, these rewards should be doubled."

Yingchun asked with a smile, "Did the dowry of the imperial concubine offend His Majesty?"

Du Ruo said in a low voice: "Who else is there? It's not the princess of Prince Zhongshun. It is said that there are 3 taels of gold alone. This is not counting gold and jade utensils, antique calligraphy and paintings, and paving. I met a courtier who was crying poor. He didn’t want to repay the debt, saying that the Holy Majesty’s pursuit of the debt was contrary to the original intention of the Supreme Emperor, which chilled the hearts of the heroes, and the Holy Majesty was very angry. His brain was broken, so he was reprimanded by the Supreme Emperor, and he was very unhappy, you said, how can the emperor have any thoughts?"

This is persuading myself not to be irritable, the implication is that the emperor will not visit Yanxi Palace today.It's better not to come, who likes it.

Wouldn't it be good if the emperor didn't come, it's nice to take care of him slowly.

Yingchun's eyes flicked past the small steamed stuffed bun on her chest, and she suddenly remembered, it seems that this is not as big as a peach in space. How long will it take for this small steamed stuffed bun to become the size of a peach?

For some reason, Yingchun's mind suddenly unfolded, thinking of his grandson eating peaches.In a blink of an eye, the emperor turned into a golden crown with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.

Yingchun laughed until the flower branches trembled: "Okay, I understand." Yingchun hurriedly approached her mouth, suppressing her laughter, thinking that she couldn't just smirk here, spread it out and make people laugh, she wanted to find something to make today's thoughts Miao wanted to suppress it, so she stretched out her hand and grabbed Du Ruo: "Auntie, take me to the bedroom, and take a look at the golden rice bowl that the Holy One bestowed on me!"

Du Ruozheng didn't know that Yingchun's shoulders were shaking suddenly, and he said that Yingchun had caught a cold, but he would be sick if he entered the palace, and was about to persuade Yingchun to go back to his room. , all the way down the gazebo, and came to the back hall, but saw Siqi coming excitedly, smiling happily: "Girl, no, empress, empress Zhaoyi has come to see empress, and she is already waiting in the front hall!"

Du Ruo immediately became happy when she heard the words: "Miss Zhaoyi is so fond of her that she actually came to Yanxi Palace in person. Now Yanxi Palace is going to be lively."

That's right, Yuan Chun is now a favorite concubine, and he is willing to come to Yanxi Palace. Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, this is Yuan Chun's recommendation of pillows and mats for Ying Chun.

Yingchun was thinking, what would she say to herself when she came here from afar?

Do you pretend to be a benefactor, or tell yourself why you entered the palace?

Yingchun frowned, how should I deal with it?

In Yingchun's heart, it is very difficult to have no grudges against Yuanchun as before. Although Yuanchun may have some unavoidable difficulties, her hopes for a better life are shattered in Yuanchun's hands.

Yingchun didn't hate her, and didn't blame her, but she still felt uncomfortable.

Unfeeling?Yingchun couldn't do it again.Asked coldly, Yingchun didn't seem to have this position.

She asked Yuan Chun to protect and pity her. Although she agreed, but she didn't do it, doesn't it mean she owed herself!

Yingchun patted her stiff and cold cheeks with her hands, she wanted to smile, she wanted to laugh, Yuanchun was not her enemy, but a relative, at least a friend, an ally.

Before Yingchun could figure it out, Yuanchun had already arrived at the apse, and he stretched out his hand towards Yingchun from afar: "Sister, you are finally here, my sister is looking forward to you every day!"

Yingchun was taken aback for a moment, then smiled suddenly, and stepped forward to greet her: "I've seen my sister!"

Regardless of her natal family or her husband's family, it is correct for Yingchun to call her elder sister Yuanchun.

Yuan Chun didn't take it seriously, he seemed very satisfied with Yingchun's title, and his relatives took Yingchun's arm: "You have visited the sleeping hall, do you like it? Sister, do you know that these things are all handpicked by my sister for you!"

While talking, Yuanchun led Yingchun into the bedroom in the back hall of Yanxi Palace. The bedroom decoration was mainly red, and the bedding, chair cushions, and bed covers were all in the style of "satin embroidered double happiness for all generations".

The most auspicious thing in the eyes of ordinary people is "dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness, and auspicious clouds are all over the ground." This old-fashioned and ridiculous thing in the eyes of modern people has become the expectation of concubines and the exclusive privilege of the queen.

Yuanchun introduced the Palace of Yanxi Palace to Yingchun after hearing the words: "The Palace of Yanxi Palace has been newly decorated this year. Originally, the empress wanted to arrange a few young masters for the palace. All the beauties are arranged in Chengqian Palace."

Yun Chun's eyes were clear, but his tone was sweet and affectionate: "In the future, my sister can't guarantee that there will be no more people here. Right now, my sister can protect my sister for a while!"

Since Yuan Chun is pretending to be confused, Ying Chun is as good as a blessing: "Sister, worry more."

After saying that, I helped Yuan Chun to take the seat: "Did you see all the dowry? It was the old lady who drew up the regulations, and Sister Feng handled it. The wife took a look at it at the end, and the conclusion was made. The old lady also said, after all, they have been separated for ten years. These are all according to what my sister liked before. Prepare, I hope my sister will be satisfied!"

Yuan Chunxiao listened slightly to Yingchun's words, Yingchun was sitting on his back, with a slow and calm tone, Fang Fu talked about other people's affairs, which surprised Yuanchun slightly, and then felt displeased.

He gritted his teeth secretly, his eyes flickered, could it be that he seized the fleeting opportunity and gave the second sister the chance to fly on a branch and become a phoenix, was it wrong?

To be a concubine, is it really no better than a sojourner scholar?

Yuan Chun is actually a sophisticated person, he was unhappy in his heart, and had a sweet smile on his face: "Today the sage will not enter the harem, and it will be tomorrow to meet the Empress Dowager. Today, my sister will go to Chengqian Palace to recognize her family. From now on, when there is nothing to do Go to my sister's palace more, we are sisters, and we serve the Holy Majesty together, we should be more intimate!"

"I was thinking about going to see my sister after the arrangements were made, but I was afraid that there would be too many people in this palace, and I would make a mistake. My sister came, so I happened to follow my sister to identify the door."

Yingchun hung the sachet containing the banknotes on his waist quietly, and Yuanchun took Yingchun out of Yanxi Palace for a while: "Chengqian Palace is not far from here, let's just talk and laugh and arrive."

Yuan Chun stretched out his hand, and Ying Chun stretched out his hand to shake her, and took the opportunity to stuff the purse into her palm: "There are ninety thousand silver in it, ten thousand in the palace, ten thousand for the old lady, ten thousand for the old lady, ten thousand for sister Feng, and ten thousand for Ning Fuzhen." Eldest brother, five thousand, and elder sister will share three thousand silver in dividends this year, and the rest will belong to the second wife and elder sister. There is only this this year, and if elder sister doesn’t use enough, the younger sister will have more than ten thousand silver in her hand.”

Yuan Chun tucked his purse into his cuffs, his eyes watered like water: "That's enough! My sister, keep the money, and the reward is a lot of money. If there are many things in the palace, you are not generous, and they I dare to skip your meals and give you the empty tree branches that have been opened. Although they are some toys, you don’t need to pay attention to them, but they are an eyesore. The money will be spent in a few days, just to coax a cat or a dog. Son, buy dog ​​food and cat food!"