[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Xing Xiuyan brought the Ninth Princess back to Luoxia Pavilion, since she was used, of course he couldn't just let it go.

The nine princesses saw that although the side room of Luoxia Pavilion was small, it was full of decorations, all kinds of exquisite things, and there were maids serving tea, the tea was the best Biluochun, it was difficult for her to get such a share.

After Xing Xiuyan arrived at the desk, she found a set of thousand-character scripts in the cabinet, which were written by Tu Yuanyi and her when they were reading and writing in Beiyuan.

The nine princesses trembled slightly when they received it. Unlike Gaozong’s free-ranging princesses, Suzong may have been A Piao for 200 years (the first 80 years of loneliness) and was influenced by Xing Xiuyan. He also attached great importance to the princess’s education, otherwise he would not Open a girls' school independently.

The nine princesses said: "Brother Huang lent me the imperial pen and book stickers, will the talent be difficult to explain?"

At this moment, the eunuch outside shouted: "The emperor is here!"

All the masters and servants inside and outside Luoxia Pavilion welcomed them out, including Xie Wanying who lived in the main house.When they came back together just now, Xing Xiuyan wanted to chat with the princess privately, but she knew how to look at her when she wanted to.

Surrounded by Zhao Gui and four young eunuchs, Tu Yuanyi came over. He was wearing a snow-blue casual dress embroidered with five-clawed dragons, a snow-white waistband, and a folding fan in his hand.

The man who finally fell in love is full of vigor, not to mention the emperor, his facial features and demeanor make the whole room radiant.

"Pingshen." Smiling, he helped his concubine up, and said, "I just moved back from there, have you tidied up?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "It should be tidied up, but it is very congested. Ziyue and the others are all stingy, they have to move everything back, and they don't even look at how big the place is."

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said: "You think the place is small, but you also say that Ziyue and the others are stingy."

"The concubine was wronged, so I don't think it's too small. It's better to be small." Xing Xiuyan thought of Tuzhen, and said, "This concubine just came back, and I invited her to come and play after meeting the ninth princess."

Tu Yuanyi smiled slightly and went into the room, Xing Xiuyan and Tu Zhen followed behind him, Xie Wanying and other low-ranking concubines couldn't follow in, but their eyes were all stared out.

When Tu Yuanyi heard that he lent his copybook to Princess Jiu to practice big characters, he couldn't help laughing and said, "You can use my things to sell well."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "The sage writes so well, what's wrong with taking in more apprentices? The sage is really blessed. The sage has the wisdom and martial arts of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, and the calligraphy and painting skills of Zhao Ji. Of course, we women can't learn from the sage. If you are wise and powerful, you will benefit endlessly by learning some calligraphy of the saints."

Of course, Tu Yuanyi knew that she was flattering her, but it made him very comfortable to be patted. He might not be so comfortable when others patted him like this.

"Stop flattering me. Since Zhen'er wants to learn it, let's call it borrowing, and call Ziyue stingy."

So Tuzhen happily took Tu Yuanyi's copybook of "Thousand Characters" back to Ci'an Palace.

Tu Yuanyi didn't let Xing Xiuyan go, and asked her what the hell she was up to.

Xing Xiuyan sat beside him, took his arm, and leaned on his shoulder, saying: "It's good to have friends in the palace. If the tenth princess doesn't like me, I'll be with the ninth princess. Could it be that the saint wants me to be humble and beg for help?" Be friends with me?"

Tu Yuanyi said: "Seeing that you are still so willful, I know you are doing well. How should I repay you?"

She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, Tu Yuanyi's handsome face was half a smile: "That's it?"

She smiled and said, "If the sage can make me Jieyu, he can do anything."

Tu Yuanyi's face was serious: "You still have to make progress."

She hugged his arm and shook it: "Saint~~~ It's about you lifting your finger."

"No."

"why?"

"Germany does not match."

"I don't read much, so don't lie to me."

"Then you should read more books."

"..." She thought for a while, then suddenly hugged his waist, and said, "Brother Yuan Yi, you love Xiu'er the most, so be a sister to Xiu'er."

Tu Yuanyi was so tickled by teasing, but said: "I can't get rid of this habit of hugging people."

She doesn't like to hug people, but loves to hug golden thighs.

She said, "I don't like to hug people, but I love to hug Brother Yuanyi."

Tu Yuanyi is also considered a veteran in love, the emperor, he can't remember his own woman clearly.But the joy of a beloved woman loving herself is incomparable.

Originally, Xing Xiuyan didn't want to make such progress, but she didn't care about the right to visit relatives. After all, she had feelings for Xing Zhong and his wife, and she would miss them. It's been too many years, and her modern relatives can't remember them. Of course, it's best The most important thing is to bring the younger sisters into Juju.

In the evening, Tu Yuanyi ate at Luoxia Pavilion and stayed overnight in Luoxia Pavilion. He didn't dislike the fact that the place was really small, and many decorations couldn't be piled up.

The two of them also met at night in Jinxiao Yulu, and the honey was blended with oil, like glue and paint, and they were turned into red waves, and both of them felt very happy.

The next day is Qixi Festival. Yesterday the emperor announced that the morning court would be exempted for three days and the officials would have a holiday.

When he got up in the morning, Tu Yuanyi actually said to take her out of the palace for a stroll, Xing Xiuyan was afraid that he had heard wrong, so he held his precious belt in his hand and did not fasten it for him.

"I used to be a blind dog, but now I'm a goose again." Tu Yuanyi chuckled.

Xing Xiuyan came back to his senses and said: "The sage can't joke, right? Tonight, on Qixi Festival, the empress hosts a banquet for some high-ranking officials, family wives and ladies. Doesn't the sage need to attend?"

Tu Yuanyi said: "You also said that you are entertaining the female relatives. It doesn't matter whether I go or not."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Then it's the same. Since we entered the palace, everyone came with the feeling of seeing the sky. When we saw the saint, we came here in high spirits and returned with full of reverence for the saint. The empress's face There is also light."

Tu Yuanyi said: "Are you so virtuous and generous to let me go?"

Xing Xiuyan knew that a man sometimes loves a woman and is jealous, and sometimes thinks a woman is jealous. At this time, he was afraid that he liked it, so he said: "Of course I am not virtuous, so I want to stay with brother Yuanyi by myself, without anyone else. But Yuanyi My brother has become the emperor, unlike others, I drink a pot of vinegar behind my back, so I can't be unreasonable."

As expected, his face was very pleasant, Xing Xiuyan lowered his eyes and whispered secretly the man's inferiority, the uncle back then was really not bad at all, who made him a straight man in the late stage of cancer.

Xing Xiuyan herself did not notice any changes in herself. When a person just changes a role, he will have many uncomfortable stress reactions when he enters a new environment.Xing Xiuyan's reaction was to resent Tu Yuanyi, but she couldn't deviate from him, which is why she had those absurd and contradictory attitudes.Now she has unknowingly adapted to the role and the environment, and her human instinct makes her do things that are beneficial to her.

Just like when she met Ah Piao back then, she didn't flatter him at first sight. She still has the independent pride of modern people, but after recognizing the reality of the disparity in strength, human nature instinctively obeys the strong.

Apart from Xing Xiuyan's firm belief that the two were uncles, nephews, masters and apprentices, she actually knew him very well. He could feel his real anger, fake anger, and whatever he liked. sex.

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said: "For the sake of the festival, I will fulfill your wish and accompany you today."

After washing up and eating breakfast, he took the imperial chariot, and she took the soft sedan chair to Taiji Palace, and then changed her attire.He pretended to be a wealthy son, and he pretended to be his younger brother. He wore a white silk robe, and brought a gem-studded headband and a folding fan from her.She wore a loose snow blue men's gown, for fear of showing too much female figure, there was no belt on the outside, and a delicate cloth black gauze on her head, Tu Yuanyi thought she looked so pretty as a young gentleman tight.

The two rode in a carriage and secretly guarded twenty Jinyi guards. This time, Zhao Gui did not follow, but Li Dequan served. He also presided over the work of the West Factory on weekdays. "Political commissar" work, while Dongchang is monitoring work. There are always rules to follow. "Political commissar" is Tu Yuanyi's original creation, and there are many difficulties in implementation.

Dazhou did not have strict market restrictions, and inherited the commercial prosperity of the late Ming Dynasty. Once you arrive at the market, you can see the bustle and bustle.

Asking for an entrance, the two got out of the carriage, and Xing Xiuyan had to look at the bustling streets of the capital like this.

I saw one after another shops opening their doors, and rows of vendors filled the streets. They greeted and yelled earnestly, not to be outdone, and greeted and sent them off.

Today's festive atmosphere is strong, and there are many ordinary women on the street who come out to buy lamps, needlework, rouge, and red rope flowers.

Xing Xiuyan saw a high-end store selling hot water bottles and soap produced by the Yuanyi factory.She sneaked into the soap shop like a fish. Although the model of the Tuyuanyi factory was very traditional in her opinion, the handicraft ingenuity of the ancients was no less than that of modern people. They also added various fragrances to make high-end products.

When asked about the price of these high-end goods, the shopkeeper said one tael of silver, and Xing Xiuyan said, "You might as well grab it."

The shopkeeper said: "My lord, you don't know. This kind of soap is made by a workshop under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is also in the capital. When it comes to the south of the Yangtze River, this high-end product is sold for two taels. The formula in the palace, the royal store , the other places can’t be created.”

While talking, some female relatives came to buy in sedan chairs, all wearing veiled hats, but when they saw a man, some maids stepped forward to block them.

She still bought five yuan, so that she could give one yuan to each of the five maidservants, while Tu Yuanyi was waving his fan and looking at the shops selling his products.

Until some women who came in and out of the shop took a fancy to him and looked at him shyly from a distance, he went outside to wait.

Soon she came out with the packed things and handed them to Li Dequan, and said to Tu Yuanyi, "I've taken care of your business."

"But it's still... my money." Tu Yuanyi hooked his thin lips. He is such a good man, and I heard her say that "modern men" have to pay for their "wife" when they go shopping with their "wife".Of course, in ancient times, men were the breadwinners of the family, but if she didn't shop, she didn't have this awareness.

"I touched my conscience and said, it's my own savings." She stroked her heart sincerely.

The two walked for a while, and she felt that she was at a disadvantage again, and said, "Why are you so stingy? You can't even support me. What do I want to marry you for? Bring your own food to be loved by you... Treat me as Jia Yuanchun ah?"

Tu Yuanyi frowned, and said, "Can you forget about Jia Yuanchun?"

She twisted her neck, her nose smelled fried chestnuts in sugar, and then she walked quickly to a street vendor.

"Boss, stir-fry chestnuts with a pound of sugar!"

Two crisp voices sounded, Xing Xiuyan turned his head, and the little boy turned his head too.

Xing Xiuyan saw that the man was wearing a moonlight robe, only three points old, and a light blue scarf on his head. He had a fair complexion, a pretty nose, and a pair of beautiful almond eyes.

"Three sisters?!"

"Big... big sister?!"