Heshen is a strict wife

Regarding the draft, Feng Shuangzhi still knew something about it, only because he had just experienced it when he passed through in his previous life, so he was more impressed.

It was the 25th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and the Eight Banners drafted every three years, but the internal affairs government's coated Three Banners draft was held once a year, which was a small selection.This once-a-year selection cannot even be called a "draft", but can only be called a "selection of court ladies".

In the early Qing Dynasty, there was not a clear distinction between the show girls and the court ladies, but since the beginning of Shunzhi, the draft girls and the court ladies have been completely separated.

Generally speaking, "show girls" come from the families of officials of the Eight Banners and participate in the general election every three years;

Although Yinglian has a high official position, he was born as a leader of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with yellow flags and drums.Qigu Zuoling, that is, Zuoling of the Han Army.Therefore, even if the official reaches the second rank, without the emperor's grace, the three sisters Feng Shuangzhi can only participate in the small election once a year.The general election is in July every year, and the minor election is in February every year. There are slight fluctuations due to the situation in the palace.

So the three sisters on their side, the eldest miss Feng Xueying, the second miss Feng Shuangzhi, and the third miss Feng Yunjing, couldn't escape the draft.The children of the clan began to participate in the draft when they were thirteen or older, and they were registered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They had to be rejected at least twice before they could be married by the family themselves.

In addition, there were regulations in the fifth year of Qianlong. Due to various reasons, women who were not able to participate in the draft within the specified number of years had to be made up later.

Put it on Feng Xueying——Feng Xueying is fourteen years old this year, and she has reached the age of the draft. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already registered it, but because of the death of her aunt, she happened to miss it this year, and she will miss it again in the future. In other words, knowing her Seventeen, to participate in the minor election again.

Although she didn't understand why Feng Xueying was willing to rush to be a slave to the people in the palace, Feng Shuangzhi still knew that Feng Xueying hated herself because of this.

She glanced at Xitao, and continued: "Second Auntie was only brought up by the housemaid after all. She has shallow eyelids and little knowledge. She might think that it is good to go to the palace. Not to mention that Xueying's background can If you can't enter the palace, even if you enter the palace, you will only be a slave, and it is difficult to be a master."

Others thought that the selection in the palace was based on the face, but in fact it was based on the family background, but the second aunt didn't understand that after all these years of being a aunt, she was still held in the hands of Mrs. Xu.

Things that Feng Shuangzhi couldn't understand before, now that I think about it now, they are all clear.

Mrs. Xu is a formidable person, how could she allow her concubine's daughter to become so arrogant and ignorant of etiquette?In the final analysis, it is the word "praise and kill".

At this time, Feng Shuangzhi had to admire Xu's scheming.

If she was harsh to Second Aunt and Feng Xueying, others would definitely say that she was jealous, so the best and most vicious thing to do at this time was to just let it go.No matter what outrageous things Xueying and Second Aunt did, it was just a light sentence from Mrs. Xu, and they didn't punish them very much.As time passed, Second Aunt and Xueying became lawless. As women, Xueying was so arrogant and domineering, not to mention that she couldn't survive in the palace, even if she was betrothed to an ordinary family, who would be able to bear it?In the end, waiting for Xueying might be a dead end.

Pride and kill, Pride and kill, Praise first and then kill, Pride is kill.

I'm afraid that the second aunt, Mrs. Zhang, and Xueying still don't know anything about it.

"Just now, this servant saw...Qiao Xing seemed to be standing beside her, but she didn't speak."

The master and servant had already reached the flower pavilion, Xitao went up and wiped the stone bench for her, helped Feng Shuangzhi to sit down, and said this.

Feng Shuangzhi raised his eyebrows, felt the breeze blowing on his face, and asked, "Can you see her expression?"

"It seems to be a little scared." Xitao was not sure, but just took a vague look.

"Afraid?" Feng Shuangzhi tapped lightly on the edge of the stone table with his fingernails, and there was a slight crisp sound, "Get ready, maybe Qiao Xing will change her mind in two days. By the way, later you give Xue Ying's personal servant girl, called... By the way, the one called Wei Mian, send some medicine for reducing swelling and pain, keep quiet."

She saw that Wei Mian was a smart person, but she didn't know how smart she could go.

Xi Tao only felt that her young lady was becoming more and more secretive and unpredictable, so she immediately remembered the matter and agreed.

"People don't offend me, I don't offend others. As long as I can live in this mansion well in the future, I won't provoke others, but if others offend me, I won't be lenient."

What Xu can do, she can do too.

What's more, Feng Shuangzhi was able to deduce the clues of many things in this life based on some things he experienced in his previous life.

Less than a year after Xu's death, she also went to Ama Erzhang, and she could always see related news during the memorial service in her previous life.

What matters now is E Zhang's marriage to Xu Xian.

Feng Shuangzhi just explained her creed to Xitao, and she hoped that Xitao could understand what she said.Xitao did not disappoint her expectations, she nodded immediately and said: "Miss worked hard, this servant has made a note of it."

Seeing that Xitao understood, Feng Shuangzhi was also relieved. She was about to speak, but heard small voices in the white plum bushes not far away.

"Plum blossoms are beautiful when they are curved, twisted, and sparse. When you choose plum blossoms in the future, you can't choose such straight ones..."

"Yes……"

……

"Who's there?" Feng Shuangzhi sat in the pavilion, looked in the direction of the voice, and asked.

Xitao stood, stretched her neck to look, but came back and said to Feng Shuangzhi: "I can't see clearly, but the voice sounds like Third Aunt."

Third aunt?Feng Shuangzhi smiled slightly, he was quite a gentleman.

Just in this flash of thought, a woman wearing a moon-white cheongsam has come out of the plum blossoms over there, with her flag hair combed, she is all elegant, if it is not the third aunt Zhaojia, who is it?

Feng Shuangzhi was sitting in the pavilion, quite conspicuous, Zhao Jia saw her as soon as she came out, so she turned around and walked towards Feng Shuangzhi with her maid.

Feng Shuangzhi got up and blessed Zhao Jia's body, "Auntie is so elegant."

"Second miss, your body is weak and your injury hasn't healed yet. What are you doing with these vain rituals? Get up quickly." Zhao Jia waved a handkerchief and smiled, and pulled the timid third miss Feng Yunjing who was hiding behind her. , "Yun Jing, why don't you salute your second sister yet? What does it look like hiding?"

Feng Yunjing looked at Mrs. Zhao Jia, and Mrs. Zhao Jia's eyes moved slightly, and she gave her a quiet wink. Then Feng Yunjing slowly came out from behind Mrs. Zhao Jia, and gave Feng Shuangzhi a standard blessing ceremony : "Yun Jing greets Second Sister."

This Zhaojia family was also from a bannerman, a noble concubine in the mansion, her status was different from that of the second concubine and the fourth concubine.Although Feng Yunjing is one year younger than herself, except for being a little timid, she acts with reason and evidence, advances and retreats, and knows the rules very well, who knows how many times better than Feng Xueying.

With so many thoughts going round and round in her mind, Feng Shuangzhi didn't show anything on her face, she hid herself tightly, stretched out her hand to help Feng Yunjing get up, and said with a smile: "Third sister has always been timid, and she also shows timidity in front of her own family. This is not okay. But ah, looking at it this way, it's extremely cute."

Feng Yunjing lowered her head, her lips moved and she didn't speak, as if she was shy.

Mrs. Zhao Jia quickly came up, pulled Feng Yunjing to stand aside, and said with a smile: "My concubine is taking advantage of the good spring, so I came to pick some plum blossoms and put them back in the vase. I just told the servant girl how to fold plum blossoms."

The topic was finally moved away, Feng Shuangzhi didn't care, thinking of what Zhao Jia said just now, he continued: "You are an elegant person, plums are beautiful in music, shackles, and sparseness, you are deeply familiar with the three flavors."

"Miss Er is overrated, but it's just something from a book." Zhao Jia's appearance was quite modest, but she changed the subject and said, "Your fourth aunt is the best at playing with these little things. We made them." It’s not as good as him, and my grandfather likes it too.”

"That's because you, Third Aunt, never showed off in front of Ama, right?" The words changed a bit, but Feng Shuangzhi pretended that he didn't hear it, and instead complimented Third Aunt.I haven't been in contact with the third aunt before, so I don't know how deep it is, but judging from what Xitao met on the way to move the old man Yinglian to be a rescuer last time, this third aunt seems to be a good-hearted person. "Your life has always been leisurely and enviable."

These are the things that can be said between women, compliments come and go, every word has to be weighed in the heart for a long time, for fear of offending someone.

Feng Shuangzhi had already invited Mrs. Zhao Jia and Feng Yunjing to sit down. She took a look at Mrs. Zhao Jia, with light makeup on her face, she naturally had a romantic charm, and she looked no different than the thin horse from Yangzhou in the northwest courtyard. The fourth aunt is not good, but her kindness and softness are hidden under the eyebrows, not superficial like the fourth aunt.

Zhao Jia looked very kind, and said, "I'm just an idler. Just now I saw that there seemed to be some conflict between you and Miss Xueying?"

Spreading his fingers lightly, he pressed against the edge of the stone table, feeling the slight coldness and roughness, Feng Shuangzhi didn't show any strange expression: "The maids around the elder sister are not strong enough, and the elder sister has to do it herself to fold the plum blossoms. As a result, she almost twisted her waist, just now she punished the servant girl below, and she has already gone back to her own courtyard for treatment."

These words were impeccable, and she didn't mention herself from the beginning to the end, completely extracting herself from the "conflict" just now.

Zhao Jia nodded slightly, then sighed: "I looked at it from a distance, and thought it was her... making things difficult for you. After all, her wife's funeral delayed her draft, so...but don't take it to heart... ..."

As soon as she said this, Feng Shuangzhi lowered his head and pressed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, as if wiping away tears. "Auntie is concerned, Shuang Zhi wrote it down."

"I should hit you, I shouldn't talk to touch your heart, my wife is going now, I... good girl, don't cry, there are people in this house who love you." Zhao Jia hurriedly went to comfort Feng Shuangzhi.

Feng Shuangzhi wiped the corners of his eyes again, then raised his head, showing a no longer sad expression, and thanked Zhao Jia for his comfort and concern.

Over there, the maid in Zhaojia's room suddenly ran over and reported, "Grandma San, Hazel ate the red bean cake on the table, and she seems a bit unwell now."

hazelnut?Feng Shuangzhi heard it too, but what is this thing?

Zhao Jia was stunned for a moment, then stood up, smiled apologetically and said, "Hazel is a cat raised by my concubine. I must have eaten something, so I went back to have a look. It was windy outside, so the second lady should go back to herself earlier." In the yard."

After finishing speaking, she took Feng Yunjing to salute, and left after Feng Shuangzhi returned the salute.

Looking at the backs of the mother and daughter, Xitao scratched her chin with her fingers, and said, "Third Aunt is kind-hearted, even Miss San is very quiet."

Feng Shuangzhi sat there, his fingers gradually gripped the stone table tightly, the smile on his lips slowly fell, and the line of his lips became straight: "A kind heart? It takes time to see people's hearts."