The Favorite of the Court of Joy

In the early morning, the moist wind gently came in through the cracks in the door and window along with the rising sun, and lightly brushed Zhang Xiaoqian and Wan Zi. They had Ximei in their minds and immediately opened their eyes. Xiao Cheng, who served them, said to them: "Masters, don't worry. The slaves have visited Ximei from time to time. He is in good condition. His face has turned red, and his lips have faded from purple and red. He must be gone soon. will wake up."

"Ah, that's really great." Zhang Xiaoqian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are the two masters going to wash up?"

"Well, wash up and eat."

After washing and dressing up, Zhang Xiaoqian and the others went to the table to eat, and specially left a portion for Ximei, thinking that if he suddenly woke up, he could eat it immediately after heating it up.

While eating breakfast, Zhang Xiaoqian felt crying outside from time to time. He was very puzzled, and asked Xiaocheng: "What happened today? Why is there a lot of movement outside? There are crying and noise."

Xiaocheng replied: "Didn't you say you were going to release the news last night that someone in Yimeiyuan was poisoned, but for some reason everyone thought that the person who was poisoned was your side concubine, and many masters were gloating in their own yards. Write down the list, and drive them all out of the palace."

"If you catch up well and expect me to die, I will live a better and longer life than them." Zhang Xiaoqian said, "Tell me, who are the people who take pleasure in other people's misfortunes?"

"Master, have a good meal, those people will be driven out anyway, so you don't have to care so much about who they are."

Zhang Xiaoqian felt that Xiaocheng's appearance was strange, and said, "No, do you have something to hide from me?"

"Master, it's better not to listen, it's unlucky."

"Huh?" Zhang Xiaoqian wrinkled slightly, "I don't believe this, so tell me."

"This……"

"Say, as the side concubine of the palace, I can't lose anyone in the palace. I don't know why. How will I manage the house in the future?" Zhang Xiaoqian thought that I would be a princess in the future, how could I not know anything.

Xiao Cheng had no choice but to report the truth. "The prince personally interrogated Mrs. Lu and Ying'er. It was consistent with our guess. Ying'er did everything alone. In the end, the prince ordered them to be thrown into the military camp as military prostitutes. Ying'er committed suicide by taking poison. The prince respected her loyalty." Let people bury her in a good life. As for Madam Lu, although this matter has nothing to do with her, she and her biological mother used the name of the prince to lend usury outside, so the prince threw her to the military camp. Later, it was the matter of the concubine Hua... ..."

"Yes, how is Hua Shi? Judging from last night, the matter seems to be quite serious." Zhang Xiaoqian is naturally concerned about Hua Shi. This woman wants to harm him, and she is also pregnant with the same man's child as him. Think about it This woman is really annoying, but after all, she can't implicate innocent children.

"Concubine Hua was also one of those who gloated after hearing that you were poisoned and died. She was too excited, accidentally tripped her foot while walking, fell, and lost her child. After the prince knew the reason, he didn't even want to see it. She glanced at her, let the government doctor take care of her body, and drove her out, and all the people in Ningxiang Pavilion, except Zijuan, were sold out."

"Amitabha, Amitabha..." Ever since she was pregnant with a child, Wan Zi couldn't hear these things about life and death.

Zhang Xiaoqian was deeply surprised.He knew that Hua would definitely take pleasure in others' misfortune, but he didn't expect that her happiness would harm his own child, so what should I say about her?Self-inflicted?But what did the unborn child do wrong?Zhang Xiaoqian stroked her belly, felt the fetal movement, then put her hands together like Wan Zi, and said reverently: "Amitabha"

"Ximei is awake, Ximei is awake." Xiao Hua ran over to report, sweeping away Zhang Xiaoqian and Wanzi's bad mood.

"Come on, let's go see him."

A group of people rushed to the room, Ximei was sitting by the bed, her complexion was much better, but she still looked very weak.

"Ximei, it's great that you woke up. Are you hungry? I'll ask Xiao Huang to make you hot porridge right away. We're having breakfast. With you, we can only be complete if we rely on the plum garden."

"Yeah." Ximei nodded with a smile, and continued, "But you have to tell me, what happened to me last night? Why did I suddenly faint, and what did I go through?"

"Okay, okay, let's talk to you about this slowly." Zhang Xiaoqian ordered Xiaohua to wait for him to wash up.

Then, they sat back at the dining table, and Zhang Xiaoqian had a very delicious breakfast.

Ever since Ximei woke up, Yingying and Yanyan in the palace had been kicked out of most of them. Zhao Minghan was busy with the affairs of the court these days, leaving early and returning late every day. He was the biggest in the palace, and everyone obeyed him. He is also a reasonable master who clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments. From Butler Wu to many servants, there is no one who does not sincerely obey our side concubine Zhang.Zhang Xiaoqian's life is getting smoother and smoother, with a smile on his face for the past two or three days.To this day, when the servant at the back door came to report that Bai Mudan was begging to see him, Zhang Xiaoqian frowned and said to Wan Zi and Ximei, "What do you say Bai Mudan is doing?"

Both Wanzi and Ximei shook their heads, and Wanzi said; "Sister Bai never suffers, the last time we forced him to suffer such a big loss on his territory, he must have thought of thousands of ways in his mind." I want to get it back. I don't think we can see him."

"I agree with what Wan Zi said." Ximei said.

Zhang Xiaoqian also thinks it makes sense, the palace is the safest, not to mention that he is such a big brother now, he doesn't need to go out to do errands, and it is impossible to deal with Bai Mudan, so it is better to avoid it. "Xiao Cheng, go and send him away."

"Yes."

Xiaocheng came back not long after he went, and it seemed that he didn't get things done.

"What's wrong with Xiaocheng?" Zhang Xiaoqian asked.

"Master, that Bai Mudan refused to leave, saying that he had something very important to ask to see you, and he refused to leave until he saw you."

"Oh, you still refuse to leave? Why do I have to see him as a dignified side concubine of the palace. All right, it's fine if he refuses to leave. We can stay as long as we like, and we just ignore him."

So, as usual, they fought against landlords, often sang songs, fed fish, seemed to put Bai Mudan aside, but inside, Zhang Xiaoqian asked someone to inquire about Bai Mudan and the current situation of Xinghuan Pavilion.He learned that the business of Xunhuan Pavilion is going from bad to worse, and Bai Mudan doesn't have much interest in managing it, and only wants to run around for Bailian.Bai Lian was sentenced on the second day after she was taken into prison. She attempted to kill, but her behavior was heinous, and she was sentenced to ten years in prison.So Bai Mudan ran to the prison for a while to deliver food to Yin Zi, hoping that Bai Lian would have a better life inside, and then ran to the back door of Prince Rui's mansion to continue begging to see Zhang Xiaoqian.

This happened to Bai Mudan for several days in a row, and Zhang Xiaoqian was also annoyed. Although he knew that his intentions were not good, he finally agreed to see him.

This time, Zhang Xiaoqian put on the posture of a concubine and vowed to return all the humiliation suffered in Xunhuan Pavilion to Bai Mudan.

When it was time to meet Bai Mudan, as soon as Bai Mudan came in, he bowed and bowed to him, saying: "Cao Min sees the side concubine, the last time Cao Min admitted the wrong person and offended the side concubine, please forgive Cao Min's blindness."

Bai Mudan has done all the etiquette and rules, and said it so humbly, Zhang Xiaoqian's prestige is in vain, not to mention that Bai Mudan apologized and said that he confessed to the wrong person last time, if he was still thinking about being in Xunhuan Pavilion Isn't it because she admits that she is Qianhong who fled.Although they knew it in their hearts, how could they make it public and slap themselves in the face.

"Bai Mudan, get up, and Xiaocheng will serve him a cup of tea." Zhang Xiaoqian continued, "I have no relationship with you, why do you ask to see me over and over again?"

Bai Mudan knelt down again, without quarreling with Wan Wan, she directly said to Zhang Xiaoqian: "Caomin asks the side concubine to help Bai Lian."

"How to help? As far as I know, Bai Lian committed the crime of murder. Although Zhou Bowen was fatal and was not stabbed to death, he has been sentenced to ten years in prison. I am not the emperor, how can I help him?"

"The lord can." Bai Mudan said, "As long as the lord shows up, Bai Lian will be released without charge, and the sentence can be reduced a little. No one in the whole capital knows that the lord loves the side concubine the most, and the words of the side concubine will definitely help."

Zhang Xiaoqian gave him a blank look and didn't speak, feeling disgusted in his heart.He's so dumb, a few days ago Ying'er begged him to let Zhao Minghan rescue Bu Xiangshi, now Bai Mudan asked Zhao Minghan to release Bailian from prison.Is this treating him as a god, or is he treating Zhao Minghan as a fatuous prince who listens to slander?If he intercedes, 80.00% of Zhao Minghan will agree, but he doesn't want Zhao Minghan to be a person who doesn't know right from wrong, and he doesn't want him to be charged with trampling on human life.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Bai Mudan knew that he didn't agree in her heart, so she came up with a last resort and took out several 1000 taels of silver bills. "My concubine, can you take a look at these?"

Zhang Xiaoqian frowned, snorted coldly and said, "Oh, are you trying to bribe my side concubine? You look down on me, Zhang Xiaoqian too much. I am also Prince Rui's side concubine, and Prince Rui loves me so much, what do I want? What's the matter, you want to buy me with just a few thousand taels of silver, is it possible?" Zhang Xiaoqian didn't believe it, a big bustard like Bai Mudan, who runs such a big duck shop, has so many beautiful darlings on hand as cash cows, secretly There must be hundreds of taels of silver hidden.

"Grassman... hey..." Bai Mudan was completely depressed. He was running around because of Bai Lian's affairs these few days, and he didn't get a good night's sleep.Bai Mudan sighed, and said frankly, "It's not easy to run the Xunhuan Pavilion. The Qunfang Pavilion on the opposite side always competes with the Caomin for business. Caomin lost the two biggest signs of being red and purple, and the business has gone from bad to worse. But care The silver used by Bai Lian could not be less, not to mention that it was at the most tense stage of the imperial examination at that time, and all kinds of money were needed for various aspects. Now that he has murdered again, he used even more silver. This money is already the entire property of the grassroots, and he will not come out any more. Please also ask the side concubine to help the grassroots with the money."

Originally, Zhang Xiaoqian really wanted to refuse, but suddenly he remembered those poor darlings in Xunhuan Pavilion, they were all sold to Xunhuan Pavilion since they were young, and who voluntarily sold their meat in the kiln.Zhang Xiaoqian suddenly overflowed with sympathy, and said to Bai Mudan: "It is impossible for him to be released from prison immediately, but it is possible to consider reducing the sentence appropriately, but I don't want your thousands of dollars. What matters is the entire Xunhuan Pavilion, including all the people in the Xunhuan Pavilion."

Bai Mudan was very shocked. On the one hand, he didn't understand why Zhang Xiaoqian wanted Xunhuan Pavilion, and on the other hand, Xunhuan Pavilion was his painstaking effort, so how could he be reconciled?He asked: "What do you want Xunhuan Pavilion for? You are the dignified Prince Rui's side concubine!"