Mighty and Majestic Concubine Wan Gui

At the beginning of December in the ninth year of Xuande, the hanging paintings in Kunning Palace were replaced by Zhong Kui marrying his sister.

This painting was written by a famous artist in the Tang Dynasty. It is only hung for five days every year, and it is only hung before the Chinese New Year.

Master Zhang spent his vacation and returned to the palace in the early morning: "Cheng En, call Wan Zhen'er over."

Cheng En glanced at the letter of silver on the table: "Hey, Grandpa, I'll go right away."

He took an oil-paper umbrella, held a lantern, and stepped out on the snow.

This Kunning Palace is a square courtyard with four walls. The Kunning Palace is facing the Jiaotai Hall, and the Jiaotai Hall is facing the Qianqing Palace. Needless to say, the main hall of the Kunning Palace is surrounded by two side walls. Hall, behind is the warehouse.

There are some flowers and trees behind the side hall, and outside the flowers and trees is a shorter wall.Outside the wall, there are two small courtyards on both sides, a total of four. The first main room on the left is the residence of Wang Shanggong, the side room is the residence of other court ladies, and the second courtyard is Zhu Nanny and the little palace ladies. , The residence of the maid of honor.The first courtyard on the right is the residence of Master Zhang, who also lived in Chengen, Xifu and Shanxiu, and two other old eunuchs with crafts. The second courtyard is a place to store things.

Cheng En went around in a big circle before arriving at the courtyard of the maids, and knocked on the door: "Mother Zhu, are you up yet?"

Nanny Zhu was combing her hair, and asked through the door, "Who is it?"

"Mother, it's me, Cheng En."

"Oh, little Cheng'en, come in quickly, it's very cold outside, why do you get up so early?"

Cheng En put away the umbrella and stood at the door, the lantern was also placed on the ground, patting the snow on his body under the eaves, as soon as the mother opened the door, he got in: "Mother, Grandpa Zhang sent me to tell Wan Zhen'er to come over. "

Grandma Zhu was startled: "What's the matter?" She has a separate room and doesn't sleep with the little maids.

Cheng En smiled slightly: "It seems that her natal family sent some money to her." Envy!My mother is still waiting for me to send money outside the palace.

Mother Zhu said: "I don't know if she's up or not, you sit and warm yourself by the fire, I'll go and have a look."

There were a bunch of little girls sleeping in the Datong shop, from seven or eight to four years old, a total of eleven girls.Some people have already woken up, some are lying in bed, some are fumbling to get up and get dressed, and some are secretly messing with things under the quilt.

Wan Zhen'er is lying in bed, she is deeply missing the candied haws, the big hawthorn, wrapped in rock sugar, taking a bite in the ice and snow, it is sour, sweet and cold... No, I can't think about it anymore, my saliva is about to fall up! "Cough, cough, cough..." She coughed choking on her own saliva, so she sat up and patted her chest.

"Should!"

"Choke you to death!"

"Bah, it's shameless to pretend to be sick!"

Grandma Zhu just walked in: "Miss Wan? Why are you coughing? Did you catch the wind at night?"

"Ahem, cough, mother, I'm choking, give me a pat."

Zhu Momo patted her and asked, "Why are you choking? You didn't drink any water."

Wan Zhen'er pouted, her face flushed like a hawthorn: "I thought of candied haws, and for some reason, I choked."

Grandma Zhu laughed happily: "Hey, promising! Put on your clothes quickly, Eunuch Zhang has something to look for you."

"Hey!" Wan Zhen'er agreed, grabbing the folded clothes last night and putting them on one by one.The outermost thing is a bright red padded jacket, new clothes given out during the Chinese New Year, all the maids in the palace wear red clothes, and the palace is full of joy.

Cheng En held an umbrella in one hand and a lantern in the other, and there were still snowflakes in the sky.As the two of them were walking, Wan Zhen'er's soles slipped and she sat down on the ground.

Cheng En was dumbfounded, Wan Zhen'er got up quickly, patted the snow on her skirt, stomped her feet, looked up at him embarrassedly: "Hehehe."

Cheng En hesitated for a moment, really unable to free his hand: "You hold my sleeve, walk slowly, don't worry."

Wan Zhen'er smiled and said, "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt at all."

Zhang Shouyi was about to fall asleep, and couldn't drink tea to refresh himself. He sipped a teacup of warm water and waited and waited. Finally, when the door rang, he saw Cheng En, a young man in black, walking in with a little chubby man in red. A thought came to me: If our family had roots, this scene would really look like having both sons and daughters, or a son leading a child to marry a wife.

Wan Zhen'er smiled and squeezed her small fists, blessing her body: "Happy New Year, Master Zhang~"

Looking at her beaming face, Zhang Shouyi thought it was amused, and pointed to the silver on the table: "Jia Guituo, our family brought you 24 taels of silver, take it." Sleepy, want to go back to sleep.

Wan Zhen'er had a cute look on her face. It was obvious that she didn't know the value of silver. Her pocket money in the past was copper coins.

"Thank you Master Zhang~"

The Eight Immortals table was as high as her neck. She grabbed the edge of the table and held the silver in her arms. It was a total of 12 yuan, two or two pieces of silver ingots.

She counted it silently, and then left six yuan on the table, pleading cutely: "Grandpa~ Can I deposit the money with you? I don't always have people throwing things away."

Zhang Shouyi was about to fall asleep, so he tried his best to open his eyes: "Okay, you can go."

Wan Zhen'er went out, tugging at Cheng En's sleeve.

Cheng En said in a low voice: "Miss Wan, don't drag me, I want to serve Grandpa."

Wan Zhen'er took out one piece of the six pieces of silver she was holding in her arms and gave it to Cheng En: "Don't drag it anymore."

"Give it to me?" Cheng En never had the opportunity to accept bribes, so he didn't know if it was too much or too little, but he was very happy anyway.

Wan Zhen'er chuckled: "Brother Chengen has always taken care of me. What about Xifu? There is also a piece for him." She looked around, but she couldn't find Xifu, so she handed the money to Chengen: "Brother Chengen handed it over to him, I'm going back."

Cheng En grabbed the silver, went back to wait for Zhang Shouyi to sleep, took off his boots and tucked in the quilt: "Grandpa, she gave Xifu and me two taels of silver each." So rich!This is my monthly payment for half a year!

"Take it." (.-ω-)zzz

Wan Zhen'er not only knows Wu Song, but also Song Jiang. I heard my father say, "I am also a petty official. Look at him, and then look at me. I really don't know how to make money." Like the earth, donating righteousness and donating money, people in the world call it "timely rain Song Gongming", that, donating righteousness and donating money is giving money, right?

She took out three of the four silver coins and gave them to Nanny Zhu: "Mommy has always taken care of me, and I even ate mommy's birthday cake, which is a make-up birthday gift. Hehehe."

Mammy Zhu was almost moved to tears: "Sister is so generous, Mama will keep it for you, and I am not short of money." I treat you well, because you are diligent and obedient and don't like to cry!

Wan Zhen'er happily ate a plate of snacks and two apples, then hiccupped and left the nanny's room with money in her pocket.She had no idea how many snacks and candied haws she could buy with six taels of silver, and she was very generous with it.

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The palace of Kunning is as warm as spring, and Empress Sun is also wearing new clothes. Golden Land Baidie wears a flowered jacket and a pomegranate skirt sprinkled with golden wreath patterns. It is festive and grand. On her head is a sea otter lying rabbit, which is very cute and fluffy. .Pouting his lips, he looked at the vicious and ugly Zhong Kui, covered his eyes and leaned softly on Emperor Xuande: "Zhong Kui is so fierce, I will be scared when I see him at night."

Emperor Xuande's skin was dark and fat, he was even fatter than a certain non-famous little black fat man surnamed Guo in later generations. He stroked his bushy beard and said, "Hey, ma'am, don't be afraid, I will accompany you at night."

Sun Niangniang pinched his beard and asked coquettishly, "Really? Your Majesty stays with me every day?"

"Of course." The emperor put his arms around his beautiful and delicate wife and said happily: "It's the Chinese New Year! I'll close my pen and rest. I'll take a good rest for a few days and play with you and my son for a few days. You should also seize the time and make persistent efforts. If you are born again A son and a half would be even better."

Empress Sun put her arms around the emperor's arm: "Okay, okay! It's just that Your Majesty has to work hard."

"That's why I choose to work hard without distracting thoughts during the holiday break. It is said in "Poetry·Daya·Zhimin" that the bandit slackens all day long. It is a matter for one person."

This "thing" refers to serving. The original meaning of this sentence refers to doing things for the king, but it can also be understood as "doing things for a certain person". As for what to do, hey.

Sun Niangniang blushed and kissed him. In fact, she was not afraid of Zhong Kui, and she liked watching Zhong Kui very much. She was just looking for an excuse to act like a spoiled child.Originally, I thought His Majesty was very majestic. I looked at Zhong Kui and then at Your Majesty. Your Majesty is very handsome~

Emperor Xuande touched his little hands happily. Empress Sun's hands were very well maintained and delicate - she couldn't even get a trace of cold wind.

Zhang Shouyi stood on standby, thinking silently: □□, emptiness is form, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, your majesty is really educated, you can quote the words from the Book of Songs for such things as trying to have children every day.

This gentle and charming, sweet and fragrant atmosphere was broken by His Highness Prince Zhu Qizhen who rushed in carrying a wooden pole.

The seven-year-old Crown Prince was very steady and didn't jump up and down, because he had gained a lot of weight and couldn't jump up at all.He raised wooden poles in his hands: "Father, let's go to Hammerball and break willows, shall we?" It's holiday! It's holiday!No need to go to class!happy!

Hammerball is an ancient game in which a small ball is hit into a hole in the ground with something similar to a golf club. It began in the Tang Dynasty.Zheliu is an elegant name for archery, which evolved from "Piercing Yang with a hundred steps".

Emperor Xuande liked hunting and games the most, and he happily agreed: "Very good!"

Sun Niangniang glared at her son, which really spoiled the atmosphere: "It's too cold outside, let's throw pots inside."

Archery, horse tricks, balls, and pitching pots are all games recorded in "Ming Xuanzong Xing Le Tu", and Emperor Xuande himself was very good at playing them.

Although Empress Sun can't shoot arrows, she can also ride horses. She is good at hammering balls and throwing pots, and often even beats the emperor. This is also a reason for her good relationship.The former Hu Feihou was very serious, with a dignified manner and no flattery. Not only did he not play with the emperor, but he often advised the emperor not to indulge in entertainment.The emperor said: Fuck you~

In the spacious and majestic hall, there was a jug, Wang Shanggong was holding an arrow, Zhang Shouyi and Guo Shouren were holding a red silk rope, kneeling on one knee, letting the red silk rope be one foot above the ground.

The prince asked: "Royal father, queen mother, shall we gamble on the lottery?"

Emperors and empresses all know how to play, Empress Sun thought about it carefully: "Okay, if you lose, you can build two snowmen outside my palace gate."

Emperor Xuande thought for a while: "If you lose, Caiyi will entertain you."

Put on floral clothes and roll around on the floor with a rattle to make your mother happy.

The prince pouted: "Okay... If my son wins, what will you give me? Father, I want a hunting dog. Queen, I want that maid named Wan Zhen'er."

If a child wants something, as long as he doesn't get it, he will be bitter about it.

Wang Shanggong and Zhang Shouyi laughed together, His Highness was still thinking about it, if it wasn't for Wan Zhen'er still looking like a boy, both of them could think that it was because they were fascinated by beauty.But, Wan Zhen'er is very happy and fun, but not beautiful.

Emperor Xuande was surprised: "What's the inside story? What are you laughing at?"

The prince didn't wait for the two to speak, and said: "There is no inside story, my son wants to watch the maids fight."

Emperor Xuande frowned, and reproached him: "Nonsense! It's not bad for you to wrestle and play with the little firemen, but it's different for the court ladies to fight. If the foreign ministers hear about it, they will blame you for indulging in womanizing."

Wang Shanggong and Zhang Shouyi laughed even more seriously: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Wan Shi is only four years old now, and after five years old, he has a square head and big ears, and is not very attractive."

Emperor Xuande: "Hmph, what do foreign ministers know! You can't do it if you're a girl."

Pick up an arrow, take aim and aim, hey~ let's go~

Empress Sun applauded happily: "It's a hit!" She poured a glass of wine herself, held it in front of the emperor, and the emperor drank it with her fragrant and soft hands.

The queen also picked up an arrow, hey, let's go~

Emperor Xuande laughed loudly: "I hit it!"

His Highness the Crown Prince picked up an arrow unhappily, and hit it too.

One meter behind the red line, the distance is a little further.

After playing a few more rounds of throwing pots, it was the prince's turn to make a move.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and a court lady ran to the door: "Long live your majesty, a thousand years for your empress, the maids outside are fighting."

The prince forgot to throw the arrow and hurried out.

Let's watch the fun!