Tangled

"Why did my sister come to my sister's place all of a sudden?" Concubine De, who was wandering around in the yard watering the flowers, watched Su Qingwan's sedan chair drop in front of her palace gate, full of doubts, "The sun outside is scorching, and the servants don't know how to hold umbrellas for my sister." , should be punished."

"It's not their fault, it's my sister who was too impatient to prepare in time." Su Qingwan got off the sedan chair and met Concubine De Ping Li, "My sister came here in a hurry. I'm afraid the pastries I asked for last time will have to wait until next time, or wait until the next time." I'll go back to the palace and order someone to bring it to my sister."

"I'll just send someone to follow my sister to get it later. Why bother to run away again with my sister's servants." Hearing these words, Concubine De knew that Su Qingwan's visit was temporary, and she didn't know why. Indifferent, it must not be easy to come to the door for something, "Sister, come in and talk, come and prepare tea."

"No need, I'll just talk to my sister about myself and leave." Su Qingwan raised her hand to stop Concubine De, then took Concubine De's arm and walked into the house.

"You all go down." Concubine De waved her hands towards the servants in the palace. Su Qingwan didn't interact with the people in the palace very much, and at most had simple exchanges with others when attending palace banquets, such a situation where private chats with servants were excluded. , is really rare.

"Beauty Zhang who has just entered the palace, I think my sister doesn't know her?" Su Qingwan suddenly turned her head, and her eyes were no longer on Chun Jiangshui, but on Han Shanxue, whom Concubine De had never seen before. The eldest daughter, but you, Zhang Xinju, are the eldest daughter of the concubine's family, so it's clear at a glance whether your status is higher or lower?"

"What do you mean?" Concubine De looked at Su Qingwan in front of her, feeling strange.

"In the draft five years ago, Zhang Xinlan was ten years old, and looking at the entire Zhang family, you were the only woman of the right age, Zhang Xinju. Therefore, General Zhang had no choice but to send you to the palace, but unexpectedly, you won the Holy Spirit! Xin, she suddenly became a righteous concubine, but the Zhang family still hoped that Zhang Xinlan would win honor for her mother's family in the palace, so for the past five years, she has been training Zhang Xinlan to be like you or like a concubine. , I said, right?" Su Qingwan walked to the table and poured a cup of tea, took a sip, looked back at Concubine De, smiling meekly.

Concubine De looked at Su Qingwan with a complicated expression, unable to refute.

"Now that Zhang Xinlan has entered the palace, she has become a beauty in just one night. I guess she already knew His Majesty's likes and dislikes when she was at home." Su Qingwan walked slowly to Concubine De, "My sister is twenty-two this year. And Zhang Xinlan is at the age of Ruhua. In terms of figure and face, my sister can't compare with her, right? My sister thinks about it in the long run. Zhang Xinlan will definitely become a concubine one day if she is favored. Now that she has all four concubines, what will happen then? I think My sister shouldn't be ignorant, right?"

There are four imperial concubines of the first rank in the current dynasty: the noble concubine Song, the granddaughter of the minister of the court; the Shu concubine Su, the eldest daughter of the world's military general; One of the four great masters in the south of the Yangtze River, he holds a very important position among the literati in the south of the Yangtze River.Among the four concubines, Concubine Shu is the most favored, Concubine Gui is the one who has a prince under her knees, Concubine Xian is the one who assists the sixth palace, and there is only one princess under her knees who does not receive much attention.In this comparison, only myself is the weakest and most insignificant of the four concubines.

What Su Qingwan said is correct, once Zhang Xinlan is favored, she must be raised to the concubine position. However, according to the ancestral system, there are only four first-rank concubines. At that time, she must be lowered to lift Zhang Xinlan, and she will become the Zhang family's concubine. abandoned son.A woman who was robbed of her concubine position by her younger sister and abandoned by her mother's family, how can she survive in the harem?

"What do you want to do?" Concubine De looked at Su Qingwan with mixed feelings in her heart.

"I just want my sister to stay in the position of the first-rank imperial concubine." Su Qingwan stretched out her hand to take De Concubine's hand, and shook it coquettishly, "My sister entered the palace in the same year as me, and she is older than me. Nian is well taken care of by my sister, of course I don't want my sister to struggle in this palace."

"You and my sister's love is stronger than gold, so there is no need to say more about the twists and turns." Concubine De sighed in her heart. Over the years, she had misjudged Su Qingwan. of?It's just disdain, but Concubine De couldn't figure out how she, a younger sister who had just entered the palace, offended this pure Buddha.

"I'm at ease with my sister's words, my sister is at ease, I always do things clean, as long as my sister cooperates with some small things." Su Qingwan smiled lightly, and then blessed her body, "My sister is a little tired, so I will leave first. I ordered someone to pick up Princess Hehua, and I think she will come to my sister's palace soon."

Concubine De was shocked when she heard the words, is this the prostitute daughter of a big family?Be aggressive.The princesses have been raised in the Princess Garden uniformly since they were born, and they are not picked up easily, but Su Qingwan has obtained the emperor's dispensation, and can enter and leave the Princess Garden anytime, anywhere to pick up the princesses as she wishes.

"Why? Why do you want to kill in the bud?" Seeing that Su Qingwan was about to go out, Concubine De still couldn't help asking, "You obviously didn't care before."

"I don't care, so I don't care, but now, I have something I want to protect, and she has violated my prohibition." Su Qingwan stood at the door and looked back, the sunlight squeezed in through the crack of the door she pushed open, It completely enveloped Su Qingwan.

What Concubine De saw was the darkness in the golden light, just like Su Qingwan.

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"Water...water..." Mu Luoluo murmured softly, her throat was on fire.

Suddenly a pair of soft lips covered her, followed by cool juice.Mu Luoluo sucked greedily, and involuntarily hugged the person who was pressing on her into her arms.With the infiltration of the juice, Mu Luoluo's mind gradually cleared up.

"I dare to hug without opening my eyes, and I'm not afraid of hugging the wrong person." Su Qingwan flicked Mu Luoluo's forehead lightly, scolding coquettishly.

"I know it's you even if I don't open my eyes." Mu Luoluo opened her eyes, looked at Su Qingwan with a smile, raised her head slightly and touched her lips lightly, "How long have I been asleep?"

"I don't know." Su Qingwan heaved a sigh of relief, and lay on Mu Luoluo's chest, "I dared to change my clothes and come here after the sun set. Tonight, Majesty will go to the new lady Cai who entered the palace."

"Thank you for this month's grounding. It just so happens that there are some things I haven't finished explaining." Mu Luoluo gently stroked Su Qingwan's black hair and said softly.

"Helping her is also helping me, but why did you bother to make yourself so embarrassed." Su Qingwan raised her hand and patted Mu Luoluo as she said, "Do you know how worried I am when I hear you haven't woken up all afternoon!"

"I was wrong, please forgive me." Mu Luoluo cupped Su Qingwan's face, and kissed her gently on the forehead.

"Sister Xiaoxiao's future path, I will pave her way, and anyone who blocks her path, I will get rid of her." Su Qingwan got up and sat on Mu Luoluo's body as she spoke, and raised her hand to tap her heart, "What about you?" , just protect yourself and train Xiaoxiao to look like a mother, this matter is not difficult for Miss Mu, whose ancestral family is a hundred-year-old Feng's family, right?"

"The Feng family is the first-class big family in the south of the Yangtze River, the head of the four great families. The literati and merchants in the south of the Yangtze River all look up to the Feng family, but the Feng family adheres to the ancestral precept that women should not enter the palace and men should not enter official positions. It has never been heard of since ancient times. Empress Feng's surname." Mu Luoluo supported Su Qingwan's waist, and said slowly, "Besides, with the family background of the Mu family and Xiaoxiao's identity, it may be very difficult for her to be a mother."

"The family background of the Mu family's merchant family is difficult to change, but Xiaoxiao's status as a concubine, isn't it possible that Miss Mu can change it? I don't need to say this, you should have thought about it, right? Even if she is just a favorite concubine, the Mu family can use it to become an official. I remember that Zixu is very interested in being an official, but not interested in doing business. Isn't it the best of both worlds?" Su Qingwan said, while Slowly undo the buttons on Mu Luoluo's collar.

"You know me clearly." Mu Luoluo smiled and scratched Su Qingwan's waist. Su Qingwan was always ticklish, but Mu Luoluo's scratch made her body go numb and lay on Mu Luoluo's body again.

"It's been a long night in the palace, I have nothing to do, and I miss you deeply, so I can only ask for news about you to relieve my boredom." Su Qingwan played with Mu Luoluo's blue hair, her voice was a little aggrieved.

"I'll accompany you from now on." Mu Luoluo turned over as she said, and pressed Su Qingwan under her body, enjoying the whole night.

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In the blink of an eye, it was October, and all the new ladies in the palace took over except Mu Xiaoxiao. For a while, Mu Xiaoxiao became a joke. Most of the palace people were snobbish. Seeing that she couldn't get better, she left in one go. Only Mu Luoluo and Zhu'er were left. Mu Xiaoxiao was so happy, and Mu Luoluo didn't have to worry about being watched anymore. With Su Qingwan secretly subsidizing her, she lived a leisurely life. Mu Xiaoxiao has a lot of time to study.

Besides, the beauty Zhang Xinlan, after moving into the side hall of the Shangqing Hall, she really felt like a fish in water, and the holy family kept talking.The concubine Zhang Xinju looked on coldly, and probably understood what Su Qingwan meant, so she wanted to flatter her and kill with a borrowed knife.

During this period of time, although Mu Xiaoxiao was grounded, Mu Luoluo was not idle, and quickly got an overview of the situation in the harem.

Now in this palace, the position of the middle palace is vacant, the empress dowager holds the phoenix seal, and the virtuous concubine An's assists the harem.There are two concubines of the first rank and four concubines, two concubines of the second rank, one Jieyu of the third rank, six beauties of the fourth rank, eight talented women of the fifth rank, one Baolin of the sixth rank, and four imperial daughters of the seventh rank.

Of the four pickers who entered the palace at the same time as Mu Xiaoxiao, one was promoted to Baolin, and the other three were promoted to imperial daughters. For a while, Mu Xiaoxiao, who had never served in bed, became the lowest in status, even inferior to the eldest maids in the imperial concubine's palace.

The emperor's heirs are not many, the first prince died early, the second prince was born of the noble concubine Song, the third prince was born of Jieyu Shen, the fourth prince's mother was implicated because of the corruption of his relatives, and now there is no news of the fourth prince. Because she looked too much like her mother, she was moved to the palace to be raised.There are quite a few princesses, and the eldest princess has already reached the age of marriage.