The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

No matter how terrified Mrs. Wang is that Xue Baochai's entry into the palace has become a fact, now she can only hope that the Xue family does not know about it, and hope that Wang Xifeng can bring her good news, but this seems to be a very remote thing.

Wang Xifeng had already separated from Madam Wang, but now she saw that Madam Wang reacted so strangely to Xue's cousin entering the palace as a concubine. The smart Wang Xifeng had already guessed it, and she saw that Madam Wang didn't even discuss it with her. After discussing, she was treated casually like a housekeeper, daughter-in-law and mother-in-law. Wang Xifeng has been sneering in her heart since receiving the news.

It's only natural for a mother-in-law to order her daughter-in-law. If Wang Xifeng didn't have such a big reaction if she changed her mother-in-law, who asked Mrs. Wang to draw a beautiful cake for Wang Xifeng first, but then refused to honor it, which made Wang Xifeng unacceptable. If there is no hope, there will be no despair, and Wang Xifeng is in such a situation now.

After agreeing to this matter, Wang Xifeng took the congratulatory gift from Mrs. Wang and went to Xue's house together with the old lady and her own.First congratulated Aunt Xue, and then Wang Xifeng asked vaguely why Xue Baochai entered the palace suddenly.

Only Xue Baochai, the emperor, and the hidden guards around the emperor might know what happened.Aunt Xue didn't know the ins and outs of this matter at all, and Xue Baochai also knew that the Jia family would come to ask, so she didn't tell the truth to Aunt Xue and Xue Pan at all.

"My aunt and cousin are overjoyed. Originally, I shouldn't ask such unwelcome words, but in my heart, it's like a kitten is constantly there. I'm really curious." Wang Xifeng said with a smile.

Aunt Xue's eyes darkened, but she still had a smile on her face, "What's the relationship between us, if you have anything to ask, just ask!"

"The thing about my cousin entering the palace is really surprising. My wife is still saying that my cousin is still young, and I will find her a good husband in two years. Then the news of my cousin entering the palace came. Perhaps it was us I was busy building the family-friendly villa before, but I didn’t hear any news, so I can’t help being a little surprised now.” Wang Xifeng will not be a scapegoat for Mrs. Wang, and when facing Aunt Xue, she almost didn’t say that it was Mrs. Wang who wanted to inquire about the news by herself. .

Aunt Xue naturally heard what Wang Xifeng said.But she herself was dizzy, and she couldn't figure out how to answer Wang Xifeng's question. She sighed and said: "Don't say you are surprised, I still can't get back to my senses. Feng Girl, you are not an outsider, I am not afraid to tell you that Bao girl was not eligible for the draft before, and your aunt even told Baoyu to marry Bao girl, but no one would want to live in Zhuangzi for a few days, and no one came Come on, how come Bao girl has been favored by the emperor for a long time, and she announced her decree to enter the palace?"

Wang Xifeng has some eyesight, she can see that Aunt Xue really doesn't know about it, and she can't help but have a higher opinion of Xue Baochai in her heart. It seems that this matter is probably Bao girl's plan alone, and she doesn't know how she actually did it. The palace is a concubine.Wang Xifeng felt that this matter was either because of Bao girl's undying ambition and she wanted to enter the palace to be a master, or because Bao girl looked down on Jia Baoyu, and she didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for Jia's family to enter the palace at this moment, but It is foreseeable that it must not be a good thing for Jia Yuanchun.

I don't know why even Mrs. Wang has been talking about letting Xue Baochai enter the palace to help Jia Yuanchun, but Wang Xifeng clearly felt that Mrs. Wang's words were insincere. I really thought she didn't know?When Xue Baochai lost her qualifications for the election, Mrs. Wang smiled more than usual.

"Aunt needn't worry too much. To put it bluntly, my cousin's identity is still a little lacking. If the emperor doesn't have that heart, there will be other positions below the talented person. Since the emperor canonized the cousin as a talented person of the fifth rank, Presumably, I still love and pity my cousin in my heart." Wang Xifeng comforted, no matter what, no matter what Madam Wang's attitude towards the Xue family, at least Wang Xifeng thinks it is better to maintain a friendly relationship with the Xue family first.

"My heart has never calmed down since Bao girl entered the palace, and I don't know how she is doing in the palace." Aunt Xue is definitely telling the truth, not to mention the other concubines in the harem. A virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun alone is enough to worry Aunt Xue.

"My aunt is concerned about it, but my cousin is a smart person, and she will definitely be able to live in the harem like a fish in water."

Aunt Xue kept Wang Xifeng's meal, and it was really late in the afternoon, so Wang Xifeng returned to Rongguo Mansion in a carriage.

on the carriage.

Wang Xifeng propped her face with one hand, and said doubtfully: "What method do you think this treasure girl used to get herself into the eyes of the emperor in the suburbs? If it was in the capital, the emperor might still have a chance to visit privately, but in the suburbs of Zhuangzi Go up..." If it wasn't for the fact that the man is the emperor, Wang Xifeng would have thought of 'Hong Xing is out of the wall'.

Ping'er opened the drawer of a low cabinet on the carriage, took out the food box inside, opened it, and there were all kinds of small snacks that could be eaten in one bite." There is still a distance from the house , Grandma will have some snacks first, and be hungry carefully."

"I can not eat."

Ping'er put the food box house aside and said with a smile: "Grandma, why bother? The matter has become a foregone conclusion. There is still the emperor here. Even if you know the reason, so what? Maybe you can let Xue Cairen Getting demoted from the palace is not an option. This has nothing to do with grandma, what is grandma so worried about?"

"Ah!" Wang Xifeng sighed, "It would be great if I didn't worry about it. My wife is so concerned about this matter. It's not like I haven't seen it for several years. When something happens, my wife handles it by herself. , didn’t you tell me to do it.” Being a daughter-in-law is such a hard work.

"Grandma just tell the truth. If the wife doesn't believe it, just let the wife ask the concubine." Let Ping'er say, Wang Xifeng's trip was for nothing. What is the relationship between Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue? Isn't aunt more suitable?

"Hmph!" Wang Xifeng snorted coldly. If Mrs. Wang dared to ask Aunt Xue, she would have let her go to fight by herself.

Ping'er saw that Wang Xifeng's expression was not right, so he didn't dare to say any more.

After Wang Xifeng returned to the mansion and told the truth, Madam Wang frowned even deeper, and some people asked her to inquire about it, and she was afraid that there was a reason she didn't know. Accidentally offended the emperor, it would be like stealing chickens and paying rice on credit.

In addition, the construction of the provincial villa has already started, and she is afraid that other people will enrich her own pockets, so she deliberately controls the account books and matching cards by herself, even Wang Xifeng can only play small hands on the sidelines and take care of small things.Every day, the steward who was in charge of building the family-friendly villa had to come back and report to her big and small matters. Mrs. Wang really didn’t have much free time in a day, and Xue Baochai was only one person in the palace, and Jia Yuanchun was a noble concubine, taller than Xue Baochai. I don't know a lot, this knowledge made Mrs. Wang feel at ease a lot.Waiting to get busy, Mrs. Wang temporarily put this matter behind her.

After Jia Yuanchun heard the news of Xue Baochai's entry into the palace, her face turned red with anger. She knew about her own affairs. She was older than the emperor and her appearance was not as good as other concubines. Nothing at all.

Even so, Jia Yuanchun had worked hard to come here. If she hadn't betrayed the Zhen family, how could the emperor have made up his mind to confront the Supreme Emperor and deal with the Zhen family.

Yes, it is abominable for someone like her to betray her old master and her family friends.But if Concubine Zhen Gui hadn't intervened back then, how could she have lost the election and was forced to enter the palace as a minor election?It's not that Jia Yuan Chunye didn't think about getting ahead in these years, but she was destroyed time and time again by Concubine Zhen Gui, and she was even warned, and next time she would be kicked out of the palace directly.

Jia Yuanchun was fed up with Dowager Zhengui's oppression, and he was also fed up with being subdued in front of Dowager Zhengui day after day and year after year, as well as the insults to her by the servants in the palace.So Jia Yuanchun seized an opportunity to surrender to the new emperor and sold Princess Zhengui.

Things were just as Jia Yuanchun imagined, she was valued by the emperor and canonized as a virtuous concubine, and she turned over and became the master.However, when Jia Yuanchun was indulging in victory, he suddenly heard the bad news that Xue Baochai had actually entered the palace.

Some people don't know many things about other people, but Jia Yuanchun knows what Mrs. Wang has done for her. She can only seize the opportunity to sell Princess Zhengui. The reason why she can see the emperor is not Because she bought some eunuchs, the emperor's whereabouts are not easy to buy, Jia Yuanchun spent a lot of money, her savings in the palace and the 3 taels of silver Mrs. Wang gave her were all spent.

For Mrs. Wang's sudden and generous sending of 3 taels of silver, Jia Yuanchun thought it was the letter she sent back that played a role. Mrs. Wang gave her the money from her private house, but he didn't expect that the silver was finally given by Xue's family. Mrs. Wang used it to manage Xue Baochai's entry into the palace.

Later, when Mrs. Wang talked about the marriage between Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu, although Jia Yuanchun didn't like Xue Baochai's family background, but for the sake of Bai Huahua's money, she still had that meaning in her heart. Only people in the palace would know about it. How much is the expense, even if Jia Yuanchun is the master now, there is nothing that can be done at all with that little monthly routine.

Who would have thought that Xue Baochai's low status hadn't been disliked by him yet, and this man would put a slap on his nose, and directly kill the palace to snatch her man, favor, and status. ! !

Jia Yuanchun made up his mind to show Xue Baochai a good look. Now that she is in the emperor's favor, let her be proud for a while, and then wait for her to fall out of favor, and then settle accounts with her.

Regarding Xue Baochai's entry into the palace, some people were surprised, some were terrified, some held grudges, some were envious, and some were curious.Everyone thought that Xue Baochai used means to seduce the emperor, but the fact is exactly the opposite. When Xue Baochai received the imperial edict, she was as dumbfounded as Aunt Xue.

It is true that she saved the emperor, and it is true that the emperor is interested in her, but she knows the identity of the emperor, but it is absolutely false!

When Xue Baochai first rescued the emperor, he just saw that his clothes were made of good fabrics and non-official family members could not wear them. He just wanted to find someone who could show them the way if Xue Pan got into trouble, but he never thought that the person was the emperor. .

Isn't the emperor supposed to live in the palace, to write music during the day, and to have sex with beauties in the harem at night?

Why did you appear here and get hurt?

This is seriously unscientific!

Entering the palace was Xue Baochai's belief in the past ten years. Originally, she had given up on this path, but who knew that when she was disheartened, God would drop such a big pie, even Xue Baochai felt very uneasy. , but when this time came, she still got into the sedan chair without hesitation.

A talented person of the fifth grade is not qualified to bring a girl into the palace, and even Xue Baochai is calm and beating drums in his heart at this moment.

I didn't feel much before, but now sitting in the sedan chair, Xue Baochai felt for the first time that the palace is so big!No matter how they left, they still haven't arrived yet.

It is reasonable to believe that the first day a concubine enters the palace is to visit the empress, but this time the father-in-laws who came to pick up Xue Baochai seemed to have forgotten about it and directly said that Xue Baochai was carried to the palace where she would live in the future.

"Xue Cairen has arrived." A father-in-law's voice came from outside.

Xue Baochai sat in the sedan chair and waited for a while. After seeing a hand stretched in, she put her right hand on it and followed the man's lead out of the sedan chair.

"This is Lanyuexuan, the back hall of Yongshou Palace. The emperor specially ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pack it out for you to live in. Yongshou Palace is very close to the emperor's Qianqing Palace, and you can go through two palace gates. Now the main hall of Qianqing Palace There is no empress living here yet, and you are the only concubine in the entire Yongshou Palace." The maid supporting Xue Baochai warmly introduced to Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai lowered her head slightly and didn't speak, but looked around quickly and secretly with her eyes. She didn't know anything when she first came here. At this time, she would be right if she said more, said more mistakes, said less mistakes, and said less mistakes.But after hearing the maid's introduction, Xue Baochai still felt a little joy in his heart. It's better that someone cares about him than no one cares.

After Xue Baochai entered the house, the heart lake that was already rippling with ripples suddenly became turbulent. She looked at the furnishings in the house in surprise. The furnishings here were almost the same as those in her suburban house, just because maybe it was to welcome The new owner, so there are extra bright things.

"This... this..." Xue Baochai was speechless in surprise.

"Cairen, this is the emperor..." Before the maid finished speaking, she heard a majestic male voice coming from behind, "This is what I ordered them to arrange, do you like it?"

Hearing this sound suddenly, everyone was frightened and turned their heads to look towards the gate, only to see a young man in a light dragon robe standing there facing the wind like a tree, looking at Xue Baochai with a smile on his face and tenderly.

Xue Baochai has never guessed who has such a great ability to make the emperor suddenly recruit her into the palace without warning, and for the first time make her a talented person of the fifth rank, the daughter of an imperial merchant.

But now that she saw the man's true face, Xue Baochai had already guessed the cause and effect of this matter, but she still didn't think that this happiness would come so suddenly, and she froze there for a moment.

Xue Baochai was stunned, but no one else!When they saw who was standing at the door, everyone present except Xue Baochai knelt down, "See Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed and safe."

"Excuse me, step back!"

"Yes!"

After waiting for everyone in the room to retreat, the emperor walked up to her and said with a smirk: "Girl, do you like it?"

"I..." Xue Baochai gritted her teeth and said forcefully, "I don't like it!"

"Oh!" The emperor became interested, "Didn't you think about entering the palace before, why don't you like it after entering the palace now!"

really!

There was a flash of understanding in Xue Baochai's eyes with his head lowered. The emperor must have investigated him, otherwise it would be impossible to know him well.Xue Baochai has roughly understood what game the emperor wants to play, this game Xue Baochai is willing to play with the emperor, but what she wants to be is not a chess piece that anyone can throw away at will, but a chess player.

"I thought about entering the palace before, that was before, not now. My brother is not up to date and only knows how to mess around all day long, and I am the daughter of an imperial merchant, who would be willing to want me? Wanting me is equivalent to wanting my brother." Xue Baochai's face was a bit ugly, "I was sad for a while after losing the qualification for the draft, but when I think about it carefully, this matter is out of my imagination. It always makes my mother angry, if I'm not with my mother, and my brother will get sick with anger, then who can take care of her."

Xue Baochai didn't tell lies, she was telling the truth, there are advantages to entering the palace, and there are also advantages to not entering the palace, it depends on how you choose.

"But you are still in the palace now!"

Xue Baochai raised her head and fixed her eyes on the emperor, "That's because you issued an imperial decree, I don't want to disobey the decree and disrespect and implicate the three clans." There was even a hint of complaint in the words.

Everyone has to believe that the emperor sometimes has brain twitches, and his brain will short-circuit, so don't pay attention to the occasional self-abuse.Now the emperor started the self-abuse mode, facing Xue Baochai's cryptic accusation, instead of getting angry, he became more interested, looking at Xue Baochai as if he had discovered something new and interesting.

"Are you blaming me?" the emperor asked, tilting his head.

Xue Baochai was startled a little by the emperor's self-abuse mode, and then reacted, his eyes rolled, "How dare I blame the emperor, the emperor is tempering my courage, and I have to thank the emperor."

"I knew you were still blaming me, and I had no choice but to leave without saying goodbye because I couldn't reveal my identity outside. And I wanted to give you a surprise, so I didn't tell you in advance." The emperor pulled Holding Xue Baochai's hand and said affectionately, those who didn't know thought it was the loyal dog hero in some youth idol TV series, look at the affectionate eyes.

It's a pity that Xue Baochai doesn't like this. We don't know what kind of person Xue's father is, but everyone knows what kind of person Xue Pan said.Even though Xue Baochai is a big girl with yellow flowers, after seeing Xue Pan's romantic and happy life, she no longer has any hope for men. She can accept men with three wives and four concubines without any fluctuations, but she will never fall in love with men.

Now the man on the opposite side said that the lord of the world has three thousand beauties in the harem, and she didn't believe what he said even more.

Xue Baochai withdrew her hand from the emperor's, and said angrily: "Yes, the emperor gave me a big surprise, but it's a pity that there was no surprise." She was almost frightened to death. Uneasy, how can there be any surprises at all!

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, I shouldn't have done this and I should have told you in advance." The emperor fell in love with Xue Baochai's coquettish pouting, and couldn't help but want to kiss Fangze.

But Xue Baochai inadvertently avoided it, Xue Baochai looked at the emperor and said solemnly: "Since the emperor has admitted that he was wrong, then I want a grace." It looks like I won't forgive you if you don't give it to me.

"Oh!" The emperor raised his eyebrows, his eyes darkened, and the smile on his face became lighter, "What grace do you want?"

"The emperor didn't even say hello, so he brought him into the palace. The mother and elder brother at home didn't know what they would be worried about. I wanted to ask the emperor for a favor. Can you send an eunuch to my house and say that I'm here?" The palace is doing well, let them not worry." Xue Baochai asked cautiously, some cold sweat was already breaking out on her hands, she knew that this request was a bit risky, but people always have to try to get results, right?

The emperor never thought that Xue Baochai would beg for such a favor, and then he pulled Xue Baochai into his arms and said with a smile, "I'm sure."

Xue Baochai didn't quite understand why the emperor suddenly laughed out loud, but it was good news for her, right?

Because Xue Baochai could talk, the emperor stayed at Yuexuan for five days in a row, which aroused the jealousy of all the concubines in the harem. It was time to pay respects to the queen, so it was inevitable that Xue Baochai would become the envy, jealousy and hate target of all the women in the harem.

However, Xue Baochai felt that she was very wronged. The emperor came to her for five days in a row, but there was no such thing as sex as other people imagined. The emperor was just chatting with her in bed.

If the emperor told her about the four major families or about Jinling, Xue Baochai would be on high alert, but the problem was that the content of the chat between the emperor and her was messy, including poems and songs, gossip about a certain minister, and even the most famous in the capital. Trendy news.

Unfortunately, the most fashionable news in the capital is the Jia Mansion. Every time it comes to this, Xue Baochai is always careful before dealing with it.

Anyway, the wife in charge of the second house of Jia's house is Xue Baochai's aunt, and at least they lived in Jia's house for a while when they first entered Beijing.If he followed the emperor's words, Xue Baochai felt that he couldn't have no bottom line, and couldn't drop his bottom line just to agree with the emperor.But if he praised Jia's family and called out grievances for them, Xue Baochai would not be able to do such a thing with open eyes and nonsense.Besides, isn’t there a Xiande concubine in the harem of Jia’s mansion, who wants to clean up her reputation and has a Xiande concubine step in, she is going to do those thankless things, and the Xiande concubine is not in a hurry, what is she, an outsider, in a hurry. .

You can't praise, you can't blacken, you can't complain about it, the middle degree is easier said than done.

Others don't know when Xue Baochai is not at bedtime, but the queen knows it, because after the first time a concubine goes to bed, someone will put the chastity handkerchief in a box and show it to her and the queen mother.

Therefore, even if the emperor rested at Xue Baochai's place for five consecutive days, the queen didn't react at all, and she didn't sleep with a bed sheet, not to mention that it was only five days this time, even if it was seventeen or eight months, the queen could continue to smile Going on, no intercourse means no child, and no child is born, so naturally it will not threaten her back position.

If it can continue like this, the empress would like to have as many women as possible in the harem, so that no one can take her back seat.

The queen is also suffering. She is a prostitute, but she has a stepmother, and this stepmother also has a daughter who is one year younger than her.Therefore, she was not valued by others at home, and she thought it would be a good thing to be called the prince concubine and become the future prince concubine.But she didn't expect that her luck was so good that she became the mother and queen who everyone envied and hated.

However, the position of the queen is not easy to do. There is the queen dowager on the head, and there are countless concubines staring at the queen's throne below, and the stepmother's daughter is making trouble.

In addition, she and the emperor haven't been married for long, and she doesn't have a child under her body, and her family background is not very good.Naturally, some people took her seriously. Fortunately, the emperor was sensible and had enough respect for her as the Empress Yuan, otherwise she would not know where she would be underestimated by these rascals.

"Okay, shut up all of you!" The queen said with a serious face: "She is a talented person personally appointed by the emperor, and dissatisfaction with her position is dissatisfaction with the emperor's decision. Xue Cairen is still young and can be loved by the emperor." It's a pity that she didn't let her come to pay her respects. It wasn't because Xue Cairen was so bold that he did so on purpose. Also, if you have the ability to snatch the emperor away from Xue Cairen, if you don't have the ability, just shut up with me. Alright, next time I hear such words, I will punish you for a big crime of disrespect!"

The queen would not take the initiative to deal with Xue Baochai, but she would indirectly push others to deal with the queen Xue Baochai. Although the queen no longer expected the emperor's love, it would also feel sad to see others win the emperor's favor.

"Yes!" All the concubines looked at each other, and they all saw the schadenfreude in each other's eyes, and they didn't know who the schadenfreude was for.

"Understood, let's go!" the queen rubbed her head and said, not knowing who would be the first to lose her temper this time.

After waiting for all the concubines to leave the main entrance of the Queen's Hall, Concubine Zhou looked at Concubine Xiande with a half-smile and said with a smile: "My younger sister heard that Xue Cairen is Concubine Xiande's cousin, and Concubine Xiande personally praised her as the emperor A 'virtuous' person, if you want me to say it, I'd better remind Xue Cairen, after all, she is not familiar with old people when she first arrived, if she doesn't know the taboos in the palace and makes a mistake, it will be bad."

"Thank you sister for reminding me, I will definitely mention Xue Cairen well." Jia Yuanchun said with an ugly expression.

Ever since she became a 'virtuous concubine', Zhou Guifei, Xianfei, and Defei in the harem all disliked her. Isn't it because she is a two-word title? Isn't it because she enjoys the treatment of a noble concubine? .Originally, Jia Yuanchun didn't intend to provoke them, but the three of them not only had rich family backgrounds, but they were also more favored than her in high positions.

But Jia Yuanchun doesn't make trouble for others, but others want to make trouble for her. Since ancient times, there has only been one noble, virtuous and virtuous fourth concubine. What is going on with her, Jia Yuanchun!None of them were easy to talk to, so Jia Yuanchun, who was shot while lying down, naturally became a thorn in their side.

Several people had discussed how to deal with Jia Yuanchun, but they didn't know who leaked the secret to Jia Yuanchun, and then the four of them seemed to have turned on the hostile mode. Although they can coexist peacefully now, they can In the end, only one side can survive.

Although it is impossible for Jia Yuanchun to be dealt a fatal blow by this matter now, it is good to be disgusted with her. The concubines in the harem are all like that: I know that your life is not as good as mine, and I know that your life is miserable. I couldn't be happier.