One of the Red Buildings: Three Thousand Miles

Concubine Xian sat on the chair and listened to the servants telling her about Princess Mulan and Xuanxuan's happy conversation. She was so relieved that she smiled and said to Du Shu, "Sister, don't take offense, I'm just like this." A precious girl, now that she is married to someone else, it is unavoidable that I feel uneasy, and I always want to think more about her, which makes my sister laugh."

Du Shu didn't even dare to say it, and she was still a new wife after all, she said she was the head of the house now, but she didn't attend many occasions in this capacity, so she was still a little naive, she just explained to Madam Shi If it is given to her, it is more or less to be said to Concubine Xian.

"Pity the parents of the world. The princess's kindness to Princess Mulan is human. My sister actually wanted to come in person, but she couldn't. I hope the princess will forgive me for letting me come here with a clumsy tongue."

Concubine Xian shook her hand, "Forgive me or not, what a big deal. We will be one family in the future, why bother to talk about the polite words of those two families? By the way, I heard that your family intends to let Hou Xuan go outside to seek advice. A position? Do you mean that?"

Du Shu's face turned serious, knowing that she was serious, she quickly went through Mrs. Shi's explanation in her heart, and then said seriously, "There was such a plan. My sister thought about it at home, if she didn't climb into the prince's house, It’s a good marriage for Hou Xuan to go out to practice. But now, since he is the future reliance of the princess, Hou Xuan naturally has to work harder. Otherwise, even our family can’t bear to wrong the princess. But Hou Xuan He is also an honest kid, and he doesn't want to go too fast, for fear that people will think he didn't make it out of his own abilities, so he is hesitating whether to stay or not recently."

Du Shu's words were very clear, and Madam Shi thought about it for a long time to make up for Hou Xuan's impulsiveness.Hou Xuan first entered the officialdom, after all, he was still immature, and his work was a little lacking.When he inquired about the affairs of the foreigner, no matter how small his actions were, there were still traces left, and anyone who was interested could find out if he wanted to.As for his actions, if the explanation is not good, it is far-fetched to say that he insulted the royal family. After all, after becoming the son-in-law of the prince, many things cannot be decided by himself.Of course, Mrs. Shi wasn't too upset about Hou Xuan's "sophistication". Hou Xuan had just set foot in the court, and the outside world was completely different from the school at home, so the change couldn't be instantaneous.

Princess Xian readily accepted Du Shu's explanation, since she was her own son-in-law, Princess Xian didn't intend to embarrass the Shi family at first.After this topic came to an end, the rest of the time, the conversation between Xian Wangfei and Du Shu can be described as quite harmonious, the atmosphere is very good, Xian Wangfei even pulled Du Shu to talk about life, especially being an official wife time tips.What about gift-giving and dinner, especially the gatherings of the ladies in the capital, we must not only know what we know, but also "pretend to be deaf and dumb" at the right time. Some tricks.

"Mom, what are you chatting about? It's already noon, it's time for lunch." Princess Mulan pulled Xuanxuan in from the outside.

Concubine Xian wanted to scold Princess Mulan with a straight face, but after doing it several times, she still couldn't put on a face of reprimand, and finally she put on a smile and recruited Mulan, "It's still so unruly, it seems that I still have to learn from my aunt. Borrow a nanny and look at Xuanxuan next to you, how quiet she is."

Mulan stuck out her tongue playfully, "Mother, I want to bring Xuanxuan with me when I visit the Queen Mother in the palace next time, do you agree?"

Concubine Xian was taken aback for a moment, but then she thought of the family that Xuanxuan would enter in the future, and she became a little clearer. Although she didn't know it was Mulan's own request, it was Mrs. Shi's thought. , Princess Xian has no objection.

"Okay, in two days, isn't it the day when you go to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, just in time, take Xuanxuan with you, and let the Queen Mother see how good your future sister-in-law is, so that she won't worry about her too."

Princess Mulan's whim and Concubine Xian's casual remark made Xuanxuan busy again in the following days.

When they returned to Shi's house from Prince Xian's mansion, the servants' eyes on Xuanxuan began to change. In the past, servants looked at their masters with the eyes they should have, but now, the whole house began to stir up a faint surge of excitement, more than On that day, the king of Beijing Jing came to announce the decree, which was even more exciting.The second young lady of their family is going to enter the palace with the future young lady!

"Bastard, bastard, bastard..." Mo Xuan lay on the bed, with tears streaming down his face, and cursed through gritted teeth.Aunt Liu stood by the bed, looking at Mo Xuan who was getting thinner and thinner with a painful face, her heart was full of pain and anxiety.Mrs. Shi's body is getting heavier and heavier, and she is getting more and more substantive care from Mo Xuan.Serving tea and pouring water, and even daily feeding are now done by Mo Xuan himself.Mo Xuan, who obviously didn't want to do it but had to do it, was exhausted physically and mentally, and he became thinner day by day.Today, when she suddenly heard that Xuanxuan was going to follow Princess Mulan into the palace to meet the Empress Dowager, she was furious!

When Mrs. Shi heard this, she was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled. "My son is blessed. I have never seen the royal family before. I didn't expect you to see it first."

Xuanxuan didn't show too much thinking, on the contrary, she was surprisingly calm. "Mother, tell me, is it inappropriate for me to go to the palace with the princess now?" Xuanxuan had Xuanxuan's thinking, Princess Mulan didn't come up on a whim, she was preparing for her future life.Since the Shi family is basically based on Xuanxuan's decisions, Mulan naturally wants to establish a good relationship with this future sister-in-law before she gets married.If you can find some "things" for my sister-in-law to think about and do before she gets married, and by the way, enhance the relationship between each other, and Princess Mulan will move into Shi's house in the future, I believe there will be much less unnecessary resistance.

Mrs. Shi shook her hand and chuckled, "This is an opportunity. Since their family took the initiative to show their favor and they are thinking about your future, our family naturally has to know how to flatter you. Go, why is it not at the right time? Her Princess Mulan is the Queen Mother's favorite. If you Follow along, don't ask for blue eyes, as long as they can let people know that there is you in this capital, and leave an impression that a little girl is not bad, that's fine."

The corner of Xuanxuan's mouth twitched slightly, leaving the impression that a little girl is not bad? !How to keep this kind of thing? God knows what kind of little girl the queen mother likes, is she quiet and lively, or convulsive?This made her totally unable to match what she wanted.Furthermore, human heart is the most troublesome thing, even if she has heart, people may not know it.

Seeing Xuanxuan's embarrassed face, Madam Shi was amused, so she had to tell her, "You don't have to think about doing something deliberately, the palace is full of human beings, you are just a tender person who wants to go in with someone else." It’s better to play tricks that don’t come to the table, and to follow the rules taught by your mother, to be honest, is worse than anything else.”

Xuanxuan understood.No, who can have a place in the palace, which one is simple?Since it’s not necessarily pleasing to do anything, it’s better to go back to the basics, don’t use those unnecessary brains, as long as you do your best, even if it’s not pleasing, I believe it won’t be annoying.

Xuanxuan, who was a little relieved, hurriedly reviewed the rules she learned from her mother in the next two days, and two days later, in the morning, accompanied by the morning frost, she took a carriage to the Xianwang Mansion to report, and then went to the Xianwang Mansion to report. Without delay, she followed Princess Mulan into the imperial city.

Along the way, Princess Mulan enthusiastically talked to Xuanxuan about the fun things and the beautiful scenery in the imperial city, but after entering the door, Princess Mulan suddenly became serious, and said to Xuanxuan seriously, "Enter this door." You can’t talk and joke casually. Younger sister, don’t be afraid, don’t be happy, the big taboo in the palace is to be happy and angry, no matter who you see for a while, you must be calm, don’t seek to advance and retreat, and don’t seek to be quick-witted and spiritual. For little girls like my sister, when we arrive in the imperial city, sometimes it is better to be obedient and well-behaved than to be too alert."

Xuanxuan hurriedly remembered that this was exactly the same as Mrs. Shi's confession to Evil Dou, she nodded and said, "Yes, that's what my mother told me when I came here."

Princess Mulan was slightly surprised, but it was only for a moment, and then nodded, "You can do as you see me later. I brought you into the palace, in fact, it is for your future. Since you will become a family in the future, you The future home will also be in such a big family life, if you go through the door without seeing the world, if you think about it in the future, you will definitely be angry when you go to that home."

Xuanxuan was a little surprised, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind, but from the countless thoughts that flashed through, she still grasped a piece of information, the extremely important information, that is, Xuanxuan had already confirmed her at that time!

When did this all happen, why she never knew.But thinking about it now, it seems that girls her age are at the age to discuss marriage. After all, a good marriage always needs a period of careful consideration.As for Xuanxuan's close friends, as well as those ladies from official families whom she met after arriving in Beijing, they always heard about marriage negotiations for them in their respective families.She also snickered, making fun of people proposing marriage too early.I also feel that it is good that I have been quiet all the time.Unexpectedly, she was the only one who didn't know what everyone knew!

Princess Mulan saw Xuanxuan's complexion changed slightly, thinking it was the anxiety of entering the imperial city for the first time, so she didn't care.When they got to a place where they couldn't take a carriage, Princess Mulan took Xuanxuan down from the carriage mountain.One of them hugged a stove and said in the air, "No way, the next section of the road can only be taken by car except for the imperial concubine and above. We can only walk in honestly. To be honest, summer is fine, and this winter , it’s freezing cold, and the road is getting colder and colder.”

Xuanxuan was about to answer, but before she could open her mouth, a gust of cold wind blew by, and she immediately shivered violently.

"You dare to say it. I'll see if you still say it when I see the Queen Mother later." A deep male voice came from behind.

Xuanxuan turned her head slowly, and three people appeared in front of her...