Empress and concubine

That day Chu Yao came back by car with Zhao Yi, only Zhao Yi and Xia Yunjing entered Wei Wang's mansion first, and the coachman drove the car into the alley at the back, and sent Chu Yao and Yi Niang home.When Chu Yao came back, Chu's mother hadn't come back yet, so Chu Yao hurriedly cleaned her face and changed her clothes before reaching the door, and happened to catch up with Chu's mother to get off the car.

"I thought mom would be back early, but if I don't want to, I should go earlier," Chu Yao led Yi Niang over, and took Chu's mother's hand, "Mom must be tired after a long journey, why don't you go to bed early today," and ordered Jian Jian from Wang Lin's family prepared some light meals, and told Yi Niang and Liu Niang to go to the ear room to talk and wait for dinner, and then went into the upper room with Chu's mother.

After sitting on the couch, Chu's mother smiled and said, "In the old years, it was said that you are a stubborn temper, but now you really have the aura of being in charge of the family. It is not impossible for me to be an old Fengjun with peace of mind."

"I'm ashamed of my mother's words," Chu Yao said coquettishly, "I'm still not sure about everything, I think the princess really likes me, but the prince has nothing to do, and he asked me when he heard that I was originally from the south. "

Speaking of which, Chu Yao was honored as a concubine of Yuan in her previous life, and Chu's mother was indeed the first-class old lord. The other daughters have their own rewards, so they can be regarded as the Zebei family.Chu Yao was just dazed, and she didn't need to ask Chu's mother, so she picked up what could be said about today's events.Just finished talking on this side, Yi Niang was reporting outside.

"Madam, sister, someone from the palace has brought a pot of Cymbidium, and Liu Niang is waiting on it."

After hearing this, Mother Chu glanced at Yi Niang outside the door, and pouted at Chu Yao again, before responding, "I'll go right away," and said to Chu Yao, "You wait for me here."

"Hey," Chu Yao agreed, and Chu Yao called Yi Niang over only when Chu's mother was out of the house, "You and Liu Niang are together, you should know together, why is she serving at the front?"

"Don't be upset, sister," Yi Niang hurriedly bowed her head to perform the salute, "Liu Niang and I were doing the netting together in the ear room, but Aunt Wang Hu came in and called her halfway, saying that I had something to do and asked me to do the work first. I'll be back in a while. My mother came over in a hurry and said that a reward came from the palace, so I went back immediately."

With a cold face, Chu Yao slowly studied the patterns on the cup. After a long while, Mother Chu came back and did not wake her up.

Liu Niang entered the door behind Chu's mother, holding a pot of Cymbidium in bloom in her hand, and placed it on the small table next to Chu Yao's hand, secretly glanced at Yi Niang who was being punished, and smiled happily .

When Chu's mother saw her, her expression was not very good, "I have learned the rules for a few days, Liu Niang, give me a squat and see."

After hearing this, Liu Niang turned pale immediately, her eyes made of water filled with tears, she looked at Mother Chu in disbelief, finished the squatting step by step, and was about to get up.

"Who told you to get up?" Mother Chu took a sip of her tea, and glared at her, causing Liu Niang to back away in fright, not daring to do anything else. Chu Yao said, "As a slave, the first thing is to have your heart towards the master's family, and the second thing is to know your identity clearly. The death contract filed in the government is not a good family. If you don't obey, you will be beaten to death immediately. If the master is kind-hearted, he will give you two coffin boards, and if he is stingy, just wrap a roll of broken straw mats and throw it out."

Seeing that Liu Niang was so frightened and looked stupid, Mother Chu said a few words of kung fu, and then began to beat the legs of the swinger. She lost the mood of discipline, and looked at Yi Niang again. His mouth is a little gray and his hair is dry, but he still holds it seriously, if it's not for his poor looks, he would be a talent to make, it's a pity.

Just as Chu's mother was thinking, Liu Niang couldn't hold on, and fell to the ground with a thud, and then looked at Chu's mother with a face full of grievances. I admire Wang Hu's family.I have taught my daughter to be able to act so well, it doesn't make much difference to follow a little white flower.It's a pity that my mother is not a man, and she is used to these things in the south, so she has no use for her.Chu Yao was about to take a closer look at Hui Lan beside her when Mother Chu spoke.

"I can't even follow the rules, and I can't afford to use a slave like you," Chu's mother looked at Yi Niang again, "You can take her down, and tell her mother that since she can't even follow the rules, you can't fight her." The water will always work, tell her to change the water everywhere in the house every day, if I know she can't even fetch water, then tell her to marry the old widower who pours Yexiang."

Perhaps Chu's mother was frightened, or she had been punished for a long time, so Yi Niang hurriedly dragged Liu Niang down with great strength.

"It hurts my health, mom doesn't have to be angry because of this unclearness," Chu Yao got up and brought the teacup to Mother Chu.

Mother Chu took a sip of her daughter's thoughtful filial piety, and felt better, "I don't know how her mother taught her daughter, what else can she do besides seduce men."

"Mom," Chu Yao tugged at Chu's mother's sleeve, "we have agreed to live a good life, like Liu Niang, just find a wrong place and send her to the government. Even if there is a way to send it to a place, it cannot pass your hands, your hands are to help my daughter send it to a high place."

"It's because my mother is thinking about it." When Chu's mother heard this, her mood improved a little. "How can this kind of thing get my hands dirty, she can't compare to my sister," Chu's mother was in a good mood. , then thought about other things, "Let's raise her first, I don't know when I will use it in the future."

Chu Yao and Chu's mother talked about some interesting things again, and rewarded the pot of Cymbidium again. After eating, they went back to their own room.

Yi Niang followed Chu Yao into the door, saw Chu Yao sitting down on the couch and was about to pour tea, she hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, sister, I went to buy hot tea, cold tea hurts the spleen and stomach."

"Don't be too busy," Chu Yao put the teacup back again, "I have something to tell you."

"Hey," Yi Niang agreed, and stood across the table from Chu Yao, looking down at the pattern on the teapot, while holding the sleeves underneath to make a lot of folds.

"I know that your family was forced to do nothing. You were the only girl who couldn't bear you, so you found a middleman. I wanted to find a powerful family and seek shelter. It's rare for a small family to buy and sell. It’s a big family, and it’s enough to have children. It’s so easy to meet my mother and daughter who are willing to buy the whole family, and they have the palace as their backing, so they rush forward,” Chu Yao made half-truths and half-fake nonsense, "My mother not only agreed to you, but also took care of the troubles in the future. She wants you to be single-minded. How dare you tell me that you haven't noticed at all about today's matter?"

Before Chu Yao finished speaking, Yi Niang knelt down with a thud, "Sister, please forgive me, I heard her mother talking to her, but I thought her mother was going back and forth between you and your wife, so I didn't take it to heart , At that time my sister asked me, I was terrified, so I lied, I..."

"That's enough," Chu Yao felt that she had made a bad move. Yi Niang was originally a girl from a good family. No matter how smart she was, she was only 14 years old. , I was scared out of my wits, presumably it was because of Chu's mother that she was scared terribly.

"You know you're wrong, and I'll put the ugly words up front. I'm the most impatient for someone to lie to me. I want you to be down-to-earth and sincere. If you can't do it, I'll go back to my mother." Let you go to another place and buy a younger one from outside, with thicker hands and feet, and it will be enough to mend it sincerely."

After Yi Niang heard this, she hurriedly agreed with red eyes, and went down to change Chu Yao's tea, and the matter was considered over.After Chu Yao drank the new tea, she asked Yi Niang to fetch a pen and ink.Chu Yao thought about it, and took out a small box from the cabinet in Duobao Pavilion.

Chu Yao opened the box first, and it was full of red notes made with her sisters in the South, in ten colors such as deep red, pink, and bright yellow, and the patterns were exquisite, Chu Yao took them out one by one, and called Yi Niang also forgot what happened just now.

"Sister, what kind of paper is this? It's bright in color and has a fragrance, and the flowers on it are so delicate, it looks real." Yi Niang couldn't take her eyes away when she looked at the red note.

Chu Yao smiled, picked up a piece of crimson, pink, and apricot red paper, and handed them to Yi Niang, "You can take this and play with it. I'll teach you how to do it when you're free some other day. I'll share it with your little sister in the future." It is also for us to exchange letters, and when you are about to get married, I will share a box with you."

Yi Niang hesitated and reached out to take it. Just when she heard Chu Yao's joke, she blushed, which was similar to the red note in her hand. Yi Niang accepted the red note, and saw that Chu Yao seemed to be writing something, and then Moved a lamp over, "I'm right outside, if my sister has an order, just ask me to come."

Chu Yao nodded to let her go, and after spending some effort, she picked out the four colors of deep red, apricot red, residual clouds, and light blue, and wrote a short letter home on each of the first three sheets. After the letters were sealed, After writing the small characters of the three sisters, I wrote another lengthy letter to the elder sister, and asked the elder sister to hand over the red paper, and then sealed it together and put it aside.

Chu Yao sat down slowly, picked up the light blue red paper, and pondered for a long time, but she didn't know how to start the pen. It was not until Yi Niang came to urge her to rest that she made up her mind and drew Cymbidium on it with an ink pen. When it's done, put it away.

"Sister put it away now?" Yi Niang felt that something was missing, "If you want to give it away, you should write a sentence or two."

"It's just that I was born rough, so I can't write those wonderful chapters and sentences. If I want to use someone else's to fill it up, it's not as clean as this." Chu Yao put the scattered papers on the table back into the box one by one, leaving only the The letter and the orchid note, "Tomorrow morning, you will take this letter to my wife for me, and ask your father to send this note to the palace for me. Just say it is a thank you gift for the princess."