The Lady of the Red Chamber

Yingchun was a little puzzled: "A lucky star descended from the sky?"

Yun Qing slowly twitched the corners of her lips, thinking of this, she just felt very tired: "On the day Princess Jiatai was born, it was rumored that the ten-day rainstorm in the capital had just stopped, and all the flowers in the Second Prince's Mansion were there. They bloomed one moment at a time, and a long bridge of flying rainbow was hung in the sky. It was said by word of mouth that it was a fairy from the sky descending to congratulate the princess on the birth of the princess. Even the master of the Great Compassion Temple commented that on that day, there was a fairy from the nine heavens. Xiangu has been reincarnated after many calamities, and she is the blessed star of Daqing."

Yun Qingxuan felt that this matter was out of bounds, because the ancients were ignorant and believed in such anecdotes: "The royal family has a vision from heaven, and your Majesty's dragon's heart is very happy, and it was broken when the princess was washed. Confer titles and titles. For more than ten years, the princess has been deeply favored by the emperor, and has been honored and favored continuously, and even His Royal Highness the Second Prince and Concubine Zhen have been promoted."

Thinking of this, Yun Qingxuan felt a little angry, not for anything else, but for being wronged by her aunt, and continued to lower her voice: "Because of the princess, with a wave of your majesty's ink pen, enter the concubine Zhen as a concubine, and Concubine Hui The empress is in charge of the Phoenix Seal together and governs the harem together. His Royal Highness the Second Prince has also logically changed from Prince Xing Guozun of the Second Rank to Prince Zhen Guozun of the First Rank, which is equivalent to His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince."

However, due to Empress Liang's teachings, the royal family respects the humble and the elders.Therefore, even if Princess Jiatai is favored again, she still has to perform the junior ceremony in front of all the princes and princesses, and when they meet each other, she should respectfully salute: "Aunt (uncle) hello."

The Rongguo Mansion is far away from the center of power, and the elders also stick to those pedantic old rituals, only thinking that the daughter's family should be pampered.He insisted not to let them go out without talking, let alone tell them about these twists and turns in court.

Therefore, Yingchun was hearing these things for the first time today, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a thunderstorm, and said: "No wonder His Royal Highness is like this, but no one dares to touch its edge."

Yun Qing smiled slowly, seeing Yingchun's dazed appearance, she just thought it was very cute: "No, there are still some."

At least the Princess of Huining often fights openly with the Lord of Jiatai.

Fortunately, Yun Qingxuan's voice was not loud, and everyone's attention was attracted by Princess Jiatai and Princess Wylan, and no one heard their conversation.

Princess Jiatai raised her chin and continued to be aggressive, refusing to back down: "Aunt Huailan, this so-called school attendant is nothing more than a maid who was specially sent by the emperor's grandfather to serve us. Name. This maid, Jiatai, looks too clumsy, so why not give it to Jiatai if she is my aunt, and how about Jiatai finding a better one for my aunt?"

Princess Wyland: "..."

How could Princess Wyland agree?

She managed to beg Concubine Hui under the name of an escort, and wanted to use Yuxiu Academy to support her mother's sisters.Princess Kejiatai has always been at odds with her.If the cousin was allowed to go to Princess Jiatai's side, she would have to be tortured to death.

Princess Jiatai, on the other hand, wore a proud smile and looked at Princess Wylan arrogantly, waiting for her answer.

At this moment, a person came from the path in the secluded forest, stood in front of Princess Huailan, looked at Princess Jiatai and said, "Situ Xinyan, don't go too far."

As he spoke, he saluted Princess Huailan again: "Aunt Huailan is well."

When Princess Huailan saw Princess Huining, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's Huining."

Princess Huining guarded Princess Huailan behind her, and looked at Princess Jiatai with a sneer: "Situ Xinyan, it's been a long time since I haven't seen you for a few days. How dare you force my aunt in front of Xingyun Pavilion. Don't you forget, St. Wu Niangniang hates the subordinates and superiors the most, is the house restless?"

Princess Jiatai raised her eyebrows, and smiled with the corners of her lips curled up. She was radiant and arrogant: "Xinhong, I really don't understand what you said. I saw that my aunt's servant was born as a mason. , too vulgar, I just wanted to change it for my aunt. Coincidentally, sister Rouping’s attendant was a young lady from the imperial merchant’s Xue family. I wanted to give her to my aunt with good intentions, but why did you force me to force my aunt when you talked about it?"

The corners of Yun Qinghu's lips twitched, and she looked behind Princess Jiatai.

Sure enough, amidst the flowers, Xue Baochai was wearing an inconspicuous blue cotton skirt, standing with low eyebrows among a group of noble ladies in brocade and jade.There are only a few unremarkable pearl hairpins on the head, other than that, there are no extra accessories.

No matter how much Yun Qingxuan hated Xue Baochai, at this moment she also felt that she was really miserable: she had always said that she didn't like flowers and grass, and she wouldn't wear any pearls and hairpins.It's even better now, in order not to attract the eyes of Princess Jiatai, she dare not even wear brighter clothes.If it wasn't for the still good color, it would look no different from a woman working in the fields.

Princess Huining was not deceived by Princess Jiatai's distorted words. She always knew who Princess Jiatai was, so she immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Princess Jiatai: "Jiatai, Huai! Aunt Lan's escort was ordered by her grandmother and Concubine Zhen together. If you change it at will, aren't you questioning Concubine Zhen's decision?"

Princess Huining and the Eleventh Prince have been together for a long time, and she also knows that the most important thing is to hold seven inches, so she whispered in the ear of Princess Jiatai: "Cousin, if this is the case, will everyone in the harem tell Concubine Zhen?" The empress's will is capricious, and it is clearly a golden rule, but it has become an 'iron mouth and copper words'?"

Princess Jiatai didn't expect Princess Huining to protect Princess Huailan today, and was so angry that her chest ached.

Originally a small attendant, if Princess Wylan let go of her own initiative, she would just change it, and there would be no disturbance.

But Princess Huailan was obviously unwilling, and Princess Huining made it clear just now.If she went to ask Concubine Hui to push the flames behind her back, it would be hard to say what the harem would say about Concubine Zhen.

Considering the pros and cons, Princess Jiatai gave Princess Huining a hard look from an angle that others could not see: "This round, you have won. The future will be long, let's wait and see."

Princess Huining smiled brightly: "Thanks for the prize. I hope my cousin will teach me a lot in the future."

As soon as Princess Jiatai left, everyone felt quite boring and dispersed one after another.

The three of Yun Qingxuan stepped forward and greeted Princess Huailan and Princess Huining together: "I have met Your Highness the Princess, and I have seen Your Highness the Princess."

Princess Huining saw a few people, his eyes lit up, he took Yun Qingxuan's hand and smiled, "Huanhua, I've been looking for you since I arrived. Where have you been?"

Turning to look at Princess Huailan again, she said, "Aunt Huailan, this is my little cousin."

Princess Huailan nodded her head slightly, and Yun Qingxuan hurriedly bowed when she saw her.

However, because of the incident just now, Princess Huailan was obviously not very interested, and left after a few polite words with Princess Huining.

Princess Huining looked at Princess Huailan's back and sighed, "Aunt Huailan is really pitiful."

Yun Qingxuan nodded with deep feeling: No.

Speaking of the grievances between Princess Huailan and Princess Jiatai, it can really be called protracted.

Back then, Princess Huailan's concubine was the sweeping maid in Concubine Zhen's palace, that's why Zhen Guifei hated and disliked Princess Huailan, and even Princess Jiatai looked down on Princess Huailan.What he did today was to intentionally humiliate Princess Wylan in public.

Because it involves royal secrets, Princess Huining didn't want to say much, but took Yun Qingxuan's hand and said with a smile: "Let's go in quickly. The entrance ceremony is about to start, and I heard that Senior Sister Liang will come to teach in person. Let's hurry up and occupy a good position far away from Jiatai."

Since it was the opening day of the academy, the academy didn't restrict the newly admitted ladies too much.After listening to the lectures in Xingyun Pavilion, everyone had a private conversation with their close friends. After choosing the class they liked, they went back to their homes.

Today is Yun Qingxuan's first day of school, and everyone in the Zhen Guohou Mansion attaches great importance to it.When they returned to the mansion, Zhen Guohou's family had been waiting for Yun Qingxuan in the hall.

As soon as she entered, Lin and Yuan smiled and waved to her: "Slow down, come here."

Yun Qinghuan finished saluting to her parents and elder brother, then rushed to her mother and aunt, and said with a sweet smile: "Aunt, aunt."

Yuan Shi patted Yun Qingxuan's little head, and asked softly: "Did you have fun in the academy today?"

"Happy." Yun Qingxuan nodded vigorously, and began to count with her fingers who she met and what she did today, emphatically mentioning Mu Jinghuan: "That Mu Jinghuan of the Dongping County Prince's Mansion is really annoying. Dare to laugh at my empty stomach and lack of ink in my chest."

The smile on Lin's face suddenly faded: "Although Mu Jinghuan is known as a talented woman, she has no virtue of humility. Slowly, when I see her in the future, avoid her. Our family is not good with their family now. It's better if you don't have any contact with each other when it comes to relationships."

Yun Qingchi took a sip of the tea in the cup, shook her head and smiled: "What kind of talented woman is she, but she can write some poems, and she was given a name by the four kings and eight princes. If you talk about talent, she Nothing compares to Miss Liang's."

Ok? !

Yun Qingxuan instantly woke up, squinting her big eyes to look at her elder brother, and her eyes were full of scrutiny.

She knew her elder brother best, he was bright and breezy, elegant and absolutely dusty, no matter what he was to, he always looked indifferent and didn't care about anything.

But what did she hear just now?

Yun Qingchi seemed to feel Yun Qingxuan's examining eyes, raised his head and bent his lips towards Yunqingsu.

Yun Qingxuan immediately retracted her eyes in fright, leaned against Lin's arms and ate the dried meat that Yuan's fed her, and continued: "Today I also saw Princess Jiatai, she not only gallops in the street, but also wants to take A common girl's face was scratched."

The Yun family has always cared for the poor and the weak, and they have always looked down upon the deeds of Princess Jiatai.

Yun Qingyu curled her lips: "It's not the first time Princess Jiatai has done this kind of thing. Riding horses in the street, it's nothing to play with girls. She once even wanted to rob the boys, thanks to the second prince concubine It was stopped. Because of the name of that lucky star, His Majesty always indulges her. If His Majesty doesn't care, who would dare to discipline her?"

Yun Qing sighed slowly.

In fact, she also knew that Princess Jiatai's dominance was inseparable from the current national conditions of Daqing.

After all, the imperial examination system was created by Liang Chaotai Zu and Shengwu Empress, and it has only existed in this world for decades.

Although the founding of the emperor tried his best to change the method of selecting officials in the previous dynasty, the clan system had lasted for thousands of years, so how could it be abolished overnight?

Although the officialdom in Daqing has improved compared to the situation where all the descendants of the high-ranking families were hereditary officials in the previous dynasty.Even if you were born in a noble family, if you want to enter the officialdom, you must either donate officials or rely on imperial examinations, otherwise your family may decline, and you will never recover from it, and there is no hope of recovery.But the court is still controlled by powerful nobles.

It is said that nobles and commoners have equal opportunities, but the imperial examination is just a gilded field for the children of aristocratic families.Even the descendants of high-ranking bureaucrats who finally passed the palace examination accounted for more than two-thirds of the total number.

It is said that he changed his family by studying and becoming an official, but the idea of ​​superiority and inferiority is deeply rooted.

Today's Daqing, from top to bottom, is actually more inclined to the Wei and Jin Dynasties "the upper class has no poor families, and the lower class has no noble families".There is still a gap between the nobles and the common people, and it is as difficult for a student from a poor family to be an official as a butcher.

Aristocratic children love imperial examinations, and if they win the Jinshi, they will be the disciples of the emperor.And even if a child from a poor family enters the court, he will still be ridiculed because of his birth.

Because of this, most nobles disregard human life.Such as Zhen Guohou's Mansion is already a minority, and many people even think that the actions of Princess Jiatai are nothing, after all, those who are persecuted are just a group of "untouchables" in their eyes.

Thinking of this, Yun Qinghuan felt a little blocked, and said in a puzzled voice, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. Why don't you understand?"