[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

However, it was said that Xing Xiuyan was "banned from Beiyuan" for three days, and Tu Yuanyi lifted the ban because the Qixi Festival was coming soon.

On the Qixi Festival, the daughters in the palace also have a good time, and those who punish their daughters are not life-threatening, so let’s forgive them.

So, she, Hu Hansan, went back to Luoxia Pavilion.To be honest, Tu Yuanyi had to wake up from Beiyuan for the Daming Palace and the Taiji Palace for the Grand Court Meeting and the Small Court Meeting, nearly half an hour early.Morning was already early, and he himself didn't get enough sleep, so he probably wanted to wake her up.Moreover, a generation of emperors did not live in the Taiji Palace on weekdays, and it was not unreasonable to live in Beiyuan.

Xing Xiuyan kowtowed the melon seeds, watching the steady Ziyue and fiery Qingxuan instruct the little eunuch to move and put things away.

The small side room of Luoxia Pavilion was almost full of seven boxes and eight cages.

Xing Xiuyan spat out a mouthful of grape skins and said, "Ziyue, I told you not to bring so many things here, you can't be greedy. Do you think it can fit here?"

The housekeeper Ziyue said: "Of course I have to bring back the things of talented people. If I stay in Beiyuan, I don't know which vixen will be cheaper."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help laughing, and said: "In this harem, others call us a vixen, so we can also call others?"

Qingxuan snorted even more aggressively: "Why can't we? We can't scold us if others scold us? But if I want to know, I have to let her see how good this girl is!"

Zixue Qingjin's four maidservants have different personalities, Ziyue's ability is more comprehensive and she is the first of the four maidservants; while Xue Jue is meticulous in her work and takes care of everything in the house, and she is good at calculating accounts; Qingxuan is clever and popular in the palace. Such a person is needed, otherwise it is easy to be overwhelmed by others; Jin Yao is gentle and kind and makes good tea; the extra Lan Jiu is familiar with the relationship in the palace and can preside over "foreign affairs".

Xue Jue persuaded: "Qingxuan, what if the person who said this has an identity? Didn't the two princesses say that last time?"

Qingxuan was blocked in anger, blushed, and said: "Then I can't help it, I will cry to the saint!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Oh, your little hoof is on my head? When did I become such a person?"

Xing Xiuyan completely ignored the original act of hugging the golden thigh and crying for the little cabbage.

Talking and laughing here, Xie Wanying brought Wang Guiren and Chen Meiren over there to visit, and the four of them greeted each other.

Xie Wanying was the leader, and said: "Sister Xing has been away to Beiyuan for so long, I am lonely in Luoxia Pavilion, and I am thinking about it. Now that you are back, we sisters can play together."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "That's right, there's only one missing and three missing."

Wang Guiren and Chen Meiren couldn't help covering their mouths and laughing. Chen Meiren suddenly saw that the Xingxiu smoke house was full of things, a glass illustration screen with a height of one person, and the shelves were carefully carved with pineapple wood. The smooth transparent glass It's really rare, all of them are of the tribute level from the "imperial enterprise".They specialize in making large mirrors and large screens, and wealthy families spend a lot of money buying such ornaments.

And the paintings inside are the source of peach paintings she drew in Beiyuan when she was bored.There is also a movable one-person-high full-length mirror, which is also made of pineapple wood.

There are also tables, bookshelves, and cages full of calligraphy and painting books, and bags of silk and silk clothes moved out of large boxes, which are obviously not regular items in the palace.Except for the queen, no one in the palace has such a handwriting.

Seeing that the room was small and really crowded, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help but said, "They won't be able to clean it all at once, so it's not good to entertain the three sisters, why don't we go down to the pavilion for a walk."

There was nothing wrong with the three of them, so they went to the Imperial Garden together. The Luoxia Pavilion was originally a small attic near the Imperial Garden. There were many such places in the harem garden of this dynasty, like the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the Grand View Garden. .It is good for this kind of place to be close to the view of the imperial garden, but it is inconvenient to live on weekdays. The place is small, cold in winter and hot in summer, and it is impossible to set up a small kitchen.

Came to a cosmos flower bed, colorful, the flowers bloomed very lively, a few colorful butterflies fluttered, and a few Xiangfei bamboo bushes were planted beside the stone road.The four of them were enjoying the scenery in the garden, when they suddenly saw a group of beauties walking gracefully in front of them, surrounded by hairpins, which made people's eyes shine.

These people are almost new girls, those with outstanding appearance and family background are named Xiaoyi, Xiaoyuan, and nobles, and the rest are talented, beauties, and promises.

Under the supervision of the empress, except for Liu Jingru and a few other women, the family background of other women rarely surpassed hers. She originally wanted to protect her own status, which also coincided with Tu Yuanyi.

However, the family background of Xiunu who married his three younger brothers was better. His younger brothers have no real power now and will not threaten him.

Shen Man saw Xing Xiuyan.Although she is young now, she is already a woman.Tu Yuanyi played and sang every night, so when she walked and stopped, her brows and eyes unconsciously carried the flair of a young woman, which was more moving than that young girl.

"Isn't this Xing Cairen? I thought you'd been hiding in Beiyuan all your life." Shen Man went over with a smile.

Seeing her, Xing Xiuyan said, "Shen Xiaoyuan is so intrigued, what a coincidence."

Shen Man said: "You don't salute me when you see me, is there a rule?"

Xing Xiuyan took out a gold medal from her bosom and said, "I am very disciplined. This is a gold medal given to me by a sage. I don't need to salute in the harem except for the empress dowager, empress and noble concubine."

Xing Xiuyan also lamented that the man really has a Tom Su complex, once she admits that she likes him, he will be able to talk more.

Shen Man was so angry that his eyes were poisoned and looked at her, while many "salesmen" in the same industry looked at the "sales champion" (sold overnight) Xing Xiuyan with green eyes.Everyone didn't open their doors to make the first sum, and they sold to the point where they paid huge bonuses.

A beauty said: "Sister Shen, we are all harem sisters, so we can't stick to trivial matters."

Another nobleman said: "It's rare for Xingcai to come back, so it's time for the sisters to celebrate the reunion together."

Another Baolin ordered: "Yes, sister Cairen, why don't you do me a favor and go sit in the pavilion with everyone."

Xing Xiuyan didn't like Shen Man, who was so bad-hearted, but she didn't dislike her concubines, so she accepted the gold medal and accepted everyone's invitation.

Originally, everyone surrounded Shen Man, but now they all went to flatter Xing Xiuyan.Surrounded by so many beauties in Xingxiu, I suddenly feel that this place is much more fun than Beiyuan.

There are so many beauties, it's a pity that she was not born a man, so she passed them one by one.Although they all want to sleep with her man, it's not their fault, their job is to sleep with him, and those who don't have this idea are not professional at all.

Suddenly, the nine princesses and the ten princesses came with them. They had just had a calligraphy and painting class.

It was rare to meet so many middle and low-level concubines. Of course, I also saw Xing Xiuyan, surrounded by the spring breeze.

The tenth princess was very upset when she saw it. Since she was sensible, she has always been arrogant with the support of the queen mother in the harem, but when she faced the emperor's brother last time, the emperor seemed to dislike her very much, which made her very shameless. This account is also recorded in the tenth princess On Xing Xiu's cigarette butt.

None of the concubines present were high-ranking concubines, so Wu pressed his bow and bowed: "See the ninth princess, see the tenth princess."

Xing Xiuyan also bowed to her. If the princess of this dynasty receives two thousand stones from the emperor's gold book, she will be a first-class one.If there is no gold book (usually because you have not grown up or are not favored by your father), you will have no food and offerings, and you will be kept in the palace and walk in the palace.

Although the princess's husband is not as perverted as in the Ming Dynasty to marry a folk man to prevent the son-in-law from becoming a powerful minister, the real job of the son-in-law in this dynasty can only be the captain of the son-in-law.A consort's real position is also from the fifth rank, so if the family has a title, at least there will be a promotion in the title, but it is impossible to do big things.This is the practice of this dynasty, so the sons and daughters of princes and ministers rarely want to marry the princess.

Tu Yuanyi's second princess married into a powerful family in her previous life, and the family owner of her husband's family attached the prince born to Cui's family, not that her husband was a powerful man.

There were no concubines and concubines of the fourth grade or above, so of course they had to salute when they saw the princess.

When Shen Man got up and saw that Xing Xiuyan had also bowed, he couldn't help but gasped, and said, "Didn't Xing Cairen have a gold medal from a sage? Except for the queen mother, empress, and noble concubine, there is no need to worship."

Xing Xiuyan said lightly: "I don't have to worship, but I can worship if I want to."

Shen Man is the most provocative person. There are indeed such women in this world. They are "stars who don't provoke people" and "stars who don't see people well". Xing Xiuyan has seen them in modern times.

The tenth princess couldn't help but wonder: "Xing Cairen is really capable, the emperor even gave him a gold medal."

"The kindness of the emperor is mighty, but Xiuyan's death is hard to repay." Xing Xiu read a sentence on the cigarette holder.

The tenth princess said: "Xing Cai has been in the palace for so long, and he has never been to the Palace of Mercy to pay his respects to the Queen Mother. He is not a small airs!"

"Princess, please forgive me. A few days ago, Xiuyan was banned by a sage. There was no sage in Beiyuan. No sage allowed it. It's not because he didn't want to pay his respects, but because he couldn't. Presumably the empress dowager is kind, and she will be able to discern the reason."

The tenth princess's beautiful eyes turned cold, she snorted, and said, "Smart words!"

Although the tenth princess can't be said to be very close to her cousin Liu Jingru, she has known her since childhood.The princess is honorable now, but if her parents are dead and her elder brother doesn't value her very much, she still has to rely more on her uncle's family.As a close cousin, the Tenth Princess naturally tended to please Liu Jingru, who would please her and her mother.

"Xiuyan is terrified." Xing Xiuyan is full of hostility towards Princess Ten because she is Liu Jingru's cousin. Although she is only a little girl, she is not cheap enough to like her.Thinking about Tu Yuanyi's methods, he couldn't help but look at the much more cowardly and well-behaved Princess Jiu, walked over with a smile, and said, "Princess Jiu, long time no see, how are you?"

Ninth Princess said: "I'm fine, thank you for your concern."

Xing Xiuyan said: "How is the concubine Shugui? The saint mentioned the concubine the day before yesterday, and said that it was thanks to the nine princesses who were filial to the concubine and shared her worries."

The nine princesses were overjoyed, but after all, she had been educated in manners for many years, and said: "This is what Zhen'er should do."

The tenth princess was very annoyed, she wondered why the emperor only cared about the imperial concubine, and didn't care so much about the queen mother.

Xing Xiuyan said again: "If Princess Nine doesn't dislike her, then she can go to Xiuyan's place to sit. Xiuyan sees Princess Nine as gentle and amiable, similar to her former sisters and at the same age, and she wants to get closer."

The nine princesses smiled and said: "How can Zhen'er dislike her, she is talented and beautiful, if she can get close, Zhen'er will be very happy."

The tenth princess clenched her hands in anger, and said, "Sister Nine Emperors, Mr. has assigned ten sheets of homework, do you have time to play?"

Xing Xiuyan wondered: "Does the Ninth Princess also practice calligraphy? I have hidden a set of saint's calligraphy stickers, why not lend it to the princess. It is appropriate for the imperial sister to learn the calligraphy of the emperor's elder brother."

The tenth princess, Tu Shu, finally walked away in anger, as if she was not a royal sister.Xing Xiuyan also successfully diverted the attention of the tenth princess, and there was no conflict with the tenth princess' open fire holding a gun.

In the harem, it is said that time-traveling women like to keep a low profile, but they are all rumored to be vixens, and they are registered with the queen and queen mother. How can she keep a low profile?

Fortunately, the uncle judged that a soft-hearted person like her was a war scum in the harem back then, so he gave her a gold medal to save her life by asking her to move out.Finally, the golden thigh was not in vain, and the recent sales business was not in vain.

Although it is tiring to run sales, there will be no benefits if the performance does not improve.This is the same as modern work. If you don't work hard and improve your business, you will not only have no economic ability, but also no social status.The monthly sales champion still has to work hard to maintain it.

The harem is also a society!