Empress and concubine

When the prince came over for dinner, Zi Yan retreated quietly.

"Miss Ziyan, why are you here at this time?" A woman saw Ziyan, her face was filled with flattery.

"Wangfei has orders, why don't you do it sooner?" Zi Yan smiled, "How is that girl?"

"I woke up early," the woman's eyes flickered, and she approached Ziyan and whispered, "I had a fever last night and talked nonsense, full of things like 'crossing the river and tearing down the bridge', 'revenge for revenge', and so on. She even scolded Master Attendant Xu once."

"There is such a thing," Zi Yan was a little surprised, "I didn't expect that she would have some quarrels with Xu Yushi. Just now, the concubine concubine asked her to learn the rules from Xu Yushi for a few days."

"It's also the concubine who is kind-hearted. According to the slaves, such a girl who is willing to risk her life should be punished and sold, so as not to bring disaster to the master's family, isn't it?"

Zi Yan felt a little bored listening to the woman's words, "I'll go and see her first, and after a while, I'll send her to Master Attendant Xu."

"Okay, okay, Miss Ziyan, you should be busy first," the old lady was also obedient, "The old lady has other things to do, so I'll go now."

"Thank you," Zi Yan bowed, the old woman hurriedly waved her hands and said she didn't dare, her old face was clustered into a chrysanthemum fold, and she went elsewhere.

Seeing that the woman was getting far away, Zi Yan pushed open the door of a room.

"Who?" Zi Yan just opened the door when she heard someone asking vigilantly, turned into the house, and saw the maid who threw herself into the lake last night, Zi Yan gently closed the door.

Seeing that it was Ziyan, the maid couldn't help laughing mockingly, "I, Hongzhu, have only been in the mansion for three or four years, but now this time, Miss Ziyan, who is the most disrespectful in front of the prince and concubine, also came to see me, so it can be seen that it is my fate." alright."

"You don't have to be like this," Zi Yan saw Hong Zhu sitting up against the wall, and also sat on the edge of the bed, "I'm just asking you on behalf of the princess."

"Yesterday I dropped my earrings on the rockery, so I went to look for them. I didn't want to slip away and fell into the lake. Fortunately, I was discovered by others, so I didn't become a ghost in the lake," Hong Zhu raised the corners of her lips. , with a pale face, "So, sister Ziyan, are you satisfied?"

"Look at what my sister said, since the concubine asked me to ask, she just wanted to listen to your sincere words. It doesn't matter whether the words can satisfy me or not." When Zi Yan spoke, she spoke in a soft voice, afraid of being shocked. Looking at it from a distance, it looks like a gentle and beautiful woman, "The princess is kind, sister, you can't let the princess down."

Zi Yan said, as if thinking of something again, "Princess Miss you are still young, Tete suppressed this matter, just said that you are not very careful, and sent you to Master Xu to learn the rules for a few days , "Zi Yan took a few glances at Hong Zhu, "Sister, why don't you get up now, after I send my sister off, I have to go back to be an errand."

As soon as Zi Yan said this, Hong Zhu fell silent. Zi Yan was not in a hurry when she saw her, she just slowly studied the pattern on her embroidered handkerchief. The stitches are fairly fine, and the color matching is not bad, but the pattern is not very attractive. Xinyi, I heard that Sister Chu has a girl who is the best at drawing new flowers, why don't I go to Sister Chu's place this afternoon and ask her to put that maid in the dowry.

Seeing that Zi Yan was not in a hurry, Hong Zhu felt a little nervous. She looked around and gritted her teeth, "If I tell the truth, will I still be alive?"

"The backyard of the palace is where the concubine is. The concubine has already let you go. Who else would want to kill you?" Zi Yan spoke very calmly, but secretly felt that there was something different about this matter. Hidden secrets.

"In that case, I can only tell the truth to the concubine," Hong Zhu grabbed the brocade quilt under her body, and looked at Zi Yan steadfastly.

After Zi Yan heard this, she just glanced at Hong Zhu with no expression on her face, "You know what the identity of a princess is, what can you do with empty words?"

Hong Zhu bit her lip, and found a small box with a lock from the box beside the bed. Hong Zhu opened the box with Zi Yan on her back, took a kit from inside, and opened the rope tied to the top of the kit, After confirming, he put it away again and handed it to Ziyan.

"This is a reward from the person who sent me into the mansion. As long as the girl takes it back and shows it to the concubine, she will naturally understand." Hongzhu gave the things to Ziyan, and the whole person relaxed a lot and felt a little better. The appearance of a young girl, "Didn't the lady say that the princess sent me to learn the rules from Yushi Xu? What does the concubine mean by asking me to live with Yushi Xu, or something? I want to see if I want to clean up the boxes and cages."

Zi Yan pinched the thing in her hand, it looked like a hairpin or something.Zi Yan put away her things carefully, "This princess didn't say anything, what do you mean, you want to follow Master Attendant Xu?"

"If you ask me to say, I don't follow the concubine, I don't follow Xu Yushi, it's best to just follow the side concubine who is about to enter the mansion." Hongzhu didn't shy away from Ziyan in front of her, so she just told the truth, " I know Miss Ziyan, you will tell the concubine one by one when you go back, and I don’t care, if you can serve Concubine Chu, I’d be willing to shorten my life for three years.”

Ziyan saw that she was quite serious when she said this, but she couldn't give her any promise, she just said, "Let's see your own fortune," and then said, "I'm afraid the princess won't have time to see her for a few days. your."

"I know that," Hong Zhu said, "The concubine always takes care of Concubine Chu, so she naturally wants to take care of it properly, and she also takes care of the affairs of the house, so she will grind my temper for a few days, not ten days and a half months , is determined not to see me, if I think about it some other day, I'm afraid it's better for me to win Miss Ziyan."

After hearing this, Zi Yan didn't say a word, which reminded Wang Hao that she was indeed doing it.

Seeing that Ziyan stopped talking, Hongzhu didn't continue, she only urged, "Didn't Miss Ziyan say that she would send me to Xu Yushi's office? Since there is nothing to clean up, the girl will just take me here." That's it, go back early, you have to go back to work."

"You're so urgent, but you forgot that you haven't gotten up to make up yet?" But after a while, Zi Yan and Hong Zhu spoke more casually, "I'll go out and wait for you first, you can hurry up."

Hongzhu agreed and got up, Ziyan only looked away and turned her head away, before Hongzhu was wrapped in a quilt leaning against the wall and didn't notice, now she just lifted the quilt and got down, that's why she called Ziyan I saw that she was only wearing a small dress, and most of her skin was on the outside. Although she was a little younger in age, she still looked five or six minutes old.Zi Yan's heart skipped a beat.

Zi Yan was about to go out here. Just as Hong Zhu put on her clothes and was tying her belt, she heard a girl's voice coming over, "Hong Zhu, Hong Zhu, I heard that the princess will arrange for you to be with Xu Yushi for a few days, you ...Hi Miss Ziyan."

Both Zi Yan and the girl who pushed the door were startled, but the girl who pushed the door reacted first and bowed to salute, Zi Yan hurriedly said no.

The girl raised her head. Zi Yan vaguely remembered that she was a little girl sweeping the outer courtyard by the concubine. On weekdays, she always liked to pick up news that everyone knew but hadn't spread, and went to Xu Yushi to ask for rewards, because she There is still a sense of propriety in acting, so the concubine only asks people to look at her a little bit, and then doesn't ask any more questions, because she and Hong Zhu are so close.

"She just got up and is dressing up." Zi Yan only took one look at the girl before going out, "Talk to her quickly, don't miss the hour."

"Hey, yes, yes," the girl saw Zi Yan, just like a mouse seeing a cat, she curled her lips after Zi Yan had gone out, and hurried to Hong Zhu's side.

"If I knew that this evil star was here, I wouldn't come looking for you. Seeing you like this, it's not a bad thing." Seeing that Hong Zhu put on the make-up and makeup, the girl hurried over to help.

"I'm afraid there will be a happy event in a few days," Hong Zhu said vaguely, causing the girl to have a good time.

Ziyan sent someone to Xu Yushi's place, but there was nothing wrong, so she asked Zhao Yi for instructions, and went to Chu's house to find Chu Yao in the afternoon.

Chu Yao was leaning on the lead pillow, watching the flower shadows playing nets. She was bored when she heard Yi Niang come in, "Sister, sister Ziyan is here."

"Sister Ziyan is coming, she will be notified at any time, and you have the guts to stop her." Chu Yao said loudly on purpose.

"Look at what my sister said." Zi Yan was not annoyed when she heard this, and came in from the outside by herself, "Didn't you ask Yi Niang to call me in front of me because you thought my sister was resting?"

When Ziyan came in, Huaying was packing up her things, before she finished packing, Ziyan stopped her, and Ziyan held Huaying's hand to look at her unfinished net, "A few days ago, I heard that my sister has a The dexterous servant girl, I have only seen it in person until now, she really is a treasure, and the netting looks better than others."

Chu Yao asked Huaying to serve her every day, and she already had some feelings, and it was sent by Feng Yingte from Li Guo. Although she had to be more cautious, she was a little more serious than others. Ziyan praised Huaying so much, and said, "It's good that you like her. In the future, I will rely on her to prepare most of my things. When she finds you, you can't just say that she doesn't have it."

Ziyan was a little surprised when she heard that, it was because although Huaying was dexterous, she was young, so she decided to entrust her with a heavy responsibility, and she didn't know if she had a temper.

Ziyan took another peek at Yi Niang and Jin Yi at the side, Yi Niang was fine, presumably she had confidence in her heart, although Jin Yi was a little surprised, she had nothing else to do.

Zi Yan laughed because of this, "Since I will be the steward of our side concubine in the future, then I will take good care of it. In a few days, I will ask our concubine to meet me and ask for a reward."

"I should ask my sister to meet you," Chu Yao nodded, and looked at Zi Yan again, "You are a person who does not go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, so tell me quickly, you have something to tell me again."

Ziyan looked around, Yi Niang Jinyi Huaying hurriedly led the people down, leaving only Chu Yao and Ziyan to speak by herself.

Chu Yao shook her head after listening to Ziyan talking about what happened in the past two days, "I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with the people in your house, but the prince has been away from Beijing for many years, and he is still 'remembered' in his heart. I'm going to be annoyed."

"Sister's words are very similar to the master's."

Chu Yao closed her eyes and thought for a while, before she said to Zi Yan, "I will enter the mansion the next day, and it will be time for my sister to go to the temple in six days. At that time, I will go with my sister. You can find a reason." Take that red bead with you and tell me to meet her, if she's a good one, it's okay to keep her."

"If the master finds out about this, I'm afraid I will be punished. Then I ask my sister to help me more."

"Sister is reluctant to punish you," Chu Yao blinked, and left Ziyan talking for a while before letting her go.