[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Liu Jingru had been doted on since she was a child, and even if she entered the palace to run for election, she would still have the empress dowager to take care of her all the way, so how could she have been so angry that she scolded: "Damn maidservant!"

There were already many beautiful women peeking around, when there was a sound of footsteps, and a dignified voice sounded: "What's the matter, what are you all doing here?"

"Eunuch Zhao Wanan!" The little eunuch and the nuns hurriedly bowed down to pay their respects. After the incident just happened, the nuns also hesitated.

When Xing Xiuyan heard that it was Eunuch Zhao, he wondered if it was Zhao Gui, so he couldn't help but look, and saw that the man was about forty years old, with a beardless face, even though he was an eunuch, he had good features, who was it not Zhao Gui?

Xiao Lianzi hurriedly said: "Grandpa Zhao, it's the lady from Cheng'en's mansion who had some misunderstanding with Miss Xing, so I just said a few words."

"What misunderstanding?" Zhao Gui looked at Xing Xiuyan.

Seeing that it was him, Xing Xiuyan felt a little more at ease, so she said: "To my father-in-law, this little father-in-law brought me and the four of us to live in this room, and this lady from Cheng'en's mansion came to say that she wanted to live in this room. The father-in-law was in a dilemma, so he said let her live in the house. The lady was so angry that she scolded the little girl, saying that the house belonged to her in the first place, and she didn't need to give it up. The little girl didn't understand that Chuxiu Palace belonged to a saint, so how could it be Cheng Engong from the government, and then she became anxious..."

Liu Jingru scolded: "You didn't say that at all, you are trying to frame me!"

Liu Jingru wanted to pounce on Xing Xiuyan, but at this moment Zhao Gui stopped her with a whisk, and said, "Miss Liu, here is the Chuxiu Palace. Although you are the niece of the Empress Dowager, the palace has rules. Also, For the sake of Duke Cheng'en, you shouldn't say such things, even the empress dowager won't help you."

Seeing the little girl hated, angry and wronged, Xing Xiuyan suddenly felt bored. Cheng'en Gong's mansion is still worried about the future of the descendants, how long can she last as an appendage of the upstart emperor's uncle?

Forget it, she has lived for decades, and she doesn't have any brothers from her natal family. Even if she has lived her life, the Xing family has no intention of being a century-old family.

In fact, it's fine to enter the palace, as an author, she only has one audience in this world, that is, the emperor's uncle, er, a saint, or she can write and tell stories in the palace.She thought about telling Xiao Daiyu the unscrupulous story, but she was afraid that Lin Ruhai would strangle her to death.

Zhao Gui said: "All the beautiful girls, let's arrange it earlier, so that this kind of thing won't happen again. No matter who you are, you have to abide by the rules of the palace and obey the arrangements of the palace."

"Yes, father-in-law."

Zhao Gui didn't stay any longer, Xing Xiuyan and Sanchun went back to the house, went to the public bathroom to wash and change their clothes.The public bathing room is relatively crowded, but it's really hot, but it's necessary to wash. From tomorrow onwards, there will be a re-election, because the show girls will face the emperor and queen one after another.

After turning off the lights at night, I suddenly heard Xichun say: "In this place, I haven't chosen yet. What's the point of arguing about everything? It's really not as clean as the nunnery."

Hearing Xichun mention the nunnery, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help but think of Miaoyu. When she came to Beijing, she was busy setting up a house, meeting the saint, helping her father sort out the documents, and also busy with the coming-of-age ceremony, so she didn't have time to go to the Muni courtyard.She really has no conscience at all.She thought in her heart that she must visit Miaoyu after she went out.

Jia Tanchun said: "Fourth sister should never say such things. This is the most honorable place in the world. Naturally, everyone wants to come and everyone wants to fight for it."

Jia Yingchun sighed: "Actually, there is nothing to care about with them. If there is a quarrel, there will be no end to it. If you have a grudge, you still have to make a quarrel."

Jia Tanchun said: "Second sister, if you don't fight, others will bully you. If you don't resist, others will bully you. Sometimes you can't just not fight."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help but think of herself, yes, it's not enough not to fight, she was a bit like Jia Yingchun, she could see through but always wanted to give way.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Cousin Yingchun, the third girl is right. Today, one person bullies you. If you don't fight, tomorrow ten people will bully you. When you should fight, you have to fight. We don't ask for good things from others, but you But you have to guard the things that belong to you, otherwise you won’t even be able to guard your own life.”

In the world of Red Mansions, women are tragedies, and I don't know if she can live a normal life.

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After hearing Zhao Gui's report, Tu Yuanyi sighed, "It's really worrying."

He naturally knew that she didn't want to enter the palace, but the two of them have a tacit understanding and haven't communicated in the past few days.

He is the emperor, even if this relationship is changed, he can't bow his head to a woman, he can't do this kind of thing.And she was finally smart for a while, and she was quite obedient during this period of time. She didn't feel sorry for it before, but he made it clear that he decided to accept her into the palace and slapped him in the face. Trim trimmed.

Zhao Gui knew the emperor's thoughts best, and quickly said: "It's not to blame for Master Xing, Miss Liu is indeed a bit arrogant. It's not that Master Xing doesn't eat well or live well in Chuxiu Palace. The servant feels distressed when he sees it. Even being insulted by others, she knows how to bear it and doesn't want to say anything."

Tu Yuanyi sighed: "Tomorrow she chose to leave the palace early, so as not to worry people."

Zhao Gui understood and went out to make arrangements.

The next day, many court ladies came to help many beautiful girls get up, wash and dress up. When beautiful girls enter the palace to participate in the election, they are not allowed to bring maidservants, and the clothes are uniformly distributed in palace clothes during the re-election.

Xing Xiuyan is wearing a lake-green top, a snow-white skirt, and a pink-white belt around her waist. She is wearing a soft smoke blouse and is wearing a water-colored lotus-printed cloak. The hair tie she wore herself.

Jia Yingchun wore a blue palace attire with a flying fairy bun, Jia Tanchun wore a rose red palace attire with a horse bun; Xichun wore a pink palace attire with a double bun.

Out of the house, singing and singing, Jiang Shanggong has already arrived, the show girls lined up in the square, issued a number plate, and then went outside the Yuxiu Palace according to the number plate to wait for the summoning, a group of four.

At this time, Xing Xiuyan got No. 20, while Sanchun got a little later, so they had to be separated.Xiu girls lined up in two teams to Yuxiu Palace, the distance was not far, but it was summer, when the sun was hot, many girls were afraid of getting sunburned.

The forty people in front of them were already waiting for His Royal Highness Palace Master Yuxiu, at this time the sun was shining slantingly, it was quite unbearably hot.I saw the first group of four people go in, and after a while, the sound of ding-dong zither came from inside, presumably there was a show girl performing.

After about a quarter of an hour, the first batch of show girls came out with different expressions, some were happy and some were sad.When the second batch of beautiful women entered, they suddenly saw eight people with bright yellow canopies and red gauze curtains walking towards the inner palace.

"The Emperor is here!"

Xiu Nu, palace maids and eunuchs all knelt down on the ground, only to see the imperial chariot guarded by a team of royal royal guards pass through the central axis of the square and head straight for the gate of Yuxiu Palace before landing.

Passing through the crowd, Xing Xiuyan squatted on the ground, vaguely saw a piece of bright yellow clothes, and couldn't help feeling complicated in her heart.

Standing outside the hall gate for another half an hour, before they entered the hall, Xing Xiuyan saw the beautiful girl in front of her fall on her back.She had to catch it, it was heat stroke.

Suddenly the eunuch in charge came over and directed the little eunuch to carry him away, but the beautiful girl grabbed Xing Xiuyan's skirt and yelled in a daze, "I don't want to go, I want to see the emperor, I don't want to go, the emperor..."

"Hey, let go of my clothes..."

While pulling the clothes, the eunuch in charge came to announce the audience of the fourth batch of beautiful girls. Seeing Xing Xiuyan and the already weak beautiful girls, he wanted to make up for the latter.Zhao Gui just happened to come out and said: "The weather is so hot that the show girls can't bear it. When we get here, let them face the saint."

The weak and beautiful girl was overjoyed, but she couldn't stand up, she just grabbed hold of Xing Xiuyan's clothes.

Xing Xiuyan secretly said: You girl, if you can’t choose, you’ll drag me into the water too, right? It’s none of my business if you faint from heat stroke. I kindly help you. Your obsession with pulling me forward and back What's going on, we don't know each other well.

The eunuch helped her to stand up, she was still very weak, but Xiunu could not be supported by the eunuch when she entered the door.

The beautiful girl was still pulling on her soft smoke blouse and said, "My dear sister, please help me."

Xing Xiuyan supported her and said, "Let's go."

When going up the steps, Xing Xiuyan felt that almost her whole body was pressed against her. This beautiful girl was plump and looked like a concubine Yang. She was pampered and pampered since she was a child, but this kind of woman was especially afraid of heat.

Xing Xiuyan followed her in and bowed down to Yingying.

"The courtiers see the emperor, empress empress!"

When she was kneeling on the ground, she didn't dare to support her anymore, only a few pairs of women's feet and a pair of dragon boots were seen.Xing Xiuyan heard that the person next to her was breathing even more heavily, and she tightly grasped the corner of her clothes.

Ouch, you caught the wrong one!

Xing Xiuyan pulled gently, and suddenly saw that the beautiful girl couldn't stand it any longer, she fell on Xing Xiuyan, and she was thrown to the ground, under her body.

Xing Xiuyan was dumbfounded, she didn't dare to make a sound, she was lying on the ground and couldn't get up, she could only push the beautiful girl away, and she was sweating all over her head.

"How could this be? Come here, and carry him down first." Empress Yang frowned. The emperor gave her full authority to host the draft, and even the Queen Mother had never asked about it, and Concubine Ping and Concubine Shun were even more so.

The queen wanted to show off the majesty and ability of the mother of the country, and she made the draft beautifully. Now the emperor came here and found such an ugly thing. What would the emperor think?

The eunuch came to pull him up, but the beautiful woman was too obsessed, and murmured: "I want to see the emperor...I want to see the emperor..."

Xing Xiuyan pulled back her clothes vigorously, and now the pickles were all dried up.

Suddenly the emperor said, "Queen, the weather is too hot, let the beautiful girls enjoy the cool in the corridor instead of drying outside the hall."

Empress Yang's face was slightly embarrassed. She had no favors and rights for several years, so she inevitably had an imbalance, and took the opportunity to make these young girls who might enter the palace suffer.She thought to herself that the emperor would not care about this kind of woman's secretiveness, and the assistant's two concubines Ping and Shun would not care.