Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

Seeing Zhen Ning's expression of wanting to be friends with her, Zili started to have a headache again, she didn't want to be a grandson Liangdi, she has a light taste, not as strong as Zhen Ningshan, she likes a fat man!But even though she didn't feel disgusted in her heart, she still had to gather her energy to deal with Zhen Ningshan.

"Where does my sister live?" Zhen Ningshan affectionately took Zili's hand and walked towards the courtyard where they lived, "I live in the east wing of Qingyun Villa, where does sister Ning live? I can visit my sister when I have free time later." .” In fact, Zili didn’t want to get involved with them at all.It's just that one has to be wary of facial affection, and Zili knows that since he has already entered the palace, he can no longer have extravagant hopes for reason.

"We are destined very much. I live next door to you, in a place full of apricot blossoms. It's a pity that the apricot blossoms have all fallen these days. It would be nice if it was a few days earlier." Ning Shan pulled his hand Li's hand, and they left together.Zili saw a court lady following Ning Shan, and Ning Shan said proudly, "Originally I wanted to decline, but this is the princess' wish. You go back first, and take a walk slowly with the younger sister of the Wang family." The girls like Li and the others were not allowed to bring maids and women in. They lived in the palace and there was only a little maid to serve them, but the girls from the Zhen family were different.The Crown Princess specially assigned someone to serve Ning Shan. When she first entered the palace, from where she lived to the people she served, it was already vaguely highlighted that she had a special status different from everyone else.Zili didn't want to offend anyone as soon as she came in, she smiled at Ning Shan: "Sister Ning is better than us, let alone the queen mother, the empress dowager and the princess like her, even we like her too, I also have a sister at home Sister, seeing Sister Ning today, I sincerely take you as my own sister. Just please don't dislike me."

After Zili said something, he seemed affectionate and made Ning Shan feel that the girl from the Wang family was young and thoughtless.People like to listen to flattery, so she held Zili's hand more cordially: "I just like straightforward people like my younger sister. If you take me as your older sister, I will naturally take care of your younger sister. It's a pity that others may not see it that way. "Ning Shan seems to have met a bosom friend, talking to her about girls from the Fang family and the Yuan family.

"You know, the ancestors of the Fang family also followed the emperor to fight the world. His family is also a family with a title, but it is a pity that the title of the original title has been diminished and cannot be inherited. In her father's generation, he only did It's a small judgment. At the beginning, their Fang family and Rongguo Mansion were very close. Now their family has fallen, and they are far away from us." So Zili was surprised just now, Fang's family is not It's a small general judge, but their daughter knows the situation of the Zhen family, Jia family and Wang family very well. No wonder, her family also won the title of military exploits with the Jia family and Wang family in the past.

"It turns out that's the case. I haven't heard of it. The Jia family has come to Hangzhou these days and I haven't heard of the Fang family's visit." As soon as Zili said that, he suddenly felt a slip of the tongue. The Fang family is in Jinling, and the Jia family is here. Hangzhou is also where the old lady of the Jia family went to see the girl from the Fang family who lives in a relative's house.No wonder the book says that Jia's family has a pair of rich eyes and a rich heart, which seems to be true today.Thinking of the traces of cynicism in the words of the girl from the Fang family, her sophistication is nothing more than that.

Shanning smiled and shook Zili's hand: "Actually, everyone is on the job of the royal family, and the titles and official positions are all false. It's just that some people are self-conscious. Since they are noble, we don't have to rush to get along with them for nothing. . " Zili sneered inwardly, what he said was so grandiose.Although she was noncommittal to Shan Ning's words in her heart, she still smiled and said: "Thank you sister for teaching me, but no one said that to me at home."

"You're still young, so your family members won't talk to you about the ways of the world. You'll get to know it gradually. Although I'm not talented, I can help you solve any troubles you have." Zili curled his lips when he heard Ning Shan's words, this Miss Zhen's family is a dignified and kind sister again.

Fortunately, the palace is not very big, the two of them arrived at their place quickly, Zili and Ning Shan broke up and went back separately.Although Zili's place is not big, it has been newly decorated and furnished beautifully, so she can finally take a good look at the place where she wants to live temporarily.This place is the emperor's palace that Mr. Wang Changchun and the local officials in Hangzhou spent a lot of time repairing. I didn't expect Zili to enjoy it. She pushed open the window with ice cracks covered with Xiaying gauze. This courtyard looks like the small courtyard that the old man carefully repaired Yes, there are also many green pines and cypresses in the yard, and the windows, beams and columns are also in the original wood color, without the luxurious decoration of carved beams and painted buildings.Zili took a deep breath, she looked at the darkening sky with a little loss, feeling inexplicably melancholy in her heart.It's been a long time since she left her family alone in a strange place.

Footsteps sounded behind her, and when Zili turned her head, she saw an elderly court lady coming in with a young palace lady, Zili hurriedly stood up and greeted with a smile: "May I ask if my aunt is the aunt next to the queen mother?"

"The servant girl is the Sun family next to the empress. The empress is outside, and her majesty has also ordered not to disturb the place. Therefore, there are not many people serving, and the girls are wronged. The empress specially sent a girl to serve Miss. Her name is Xiao Fuzi, how about asking her to serve you these few days?" As soon as Aunt Sun finished speaking, the little palace maid immediately came forward to greet Zili.

"Thank you, Empress, for your concern. It's just that I can't ask the sisters around the Empress to serve me. I have enough people around me, and I ask Miss Sun to go back to the Empress for me. I thank the Empress for her compassion, but I don't want to. Dare to go so far." Zili asked Aunt Sun to sit down, poured tea for her, and gave Xiao Fuzi a purse.

Aunt Sun sat on the chair without refusing, but Xiao Fuzi didn't dare to take Zili's purse. She looked at Aunt Sun's face before taking Zili's purse. "Young lady is really a polite person. The empress empress specially draws out maids from other places. If you have any errands, you can order her around. You don't need to bear with them if they are not good, just tell them directly."

After hearing what Aunt Sun said, Zili let it go.Aunt Sun sat for a while before standing up to say goodbye. Zili politely sent her to the gate of the courtyard, and returned to the courtyard after seeing Aunt Sun and the eunuch leading the way far away.Zili looked helplessly at the maid sent by the queen to serve her. In fact, except for combing her hair in the morning, Zili felt that she needed help. She was definitely not the kind of person who couldn't live without the servants.The Empress Dowager had assigned maids to serve each of them, and now the Empress sent another person.Zili smiled wryly in his heart, these two came here to serve him, they are basically two surveillance cameras, and they are smart all-weather!

After a while, the maid sent by the Empress Dowager came in with a basin, Xiao Fuzi was very winky, she didn't pay much attention to Zili when she saw someone bringing in water, and hurried up to help serve when she saw someone bringing in water.She stepped forward to Zili and knelt slightly: "Miss, you need to wash up, and you should change into looser clothes." Zili looked at the two girls and said with a smile, "I don't know what to call the two sisters yet." .I am the most careless person. I have nothing else to do except to wash and wash every day. It is hard for you to work alone in the palace. Since it is our fate that you come to me, you can play with this thing." Of course Li knew that rewarding money was the most affordable in the palace, so she took out two purses and handed them to the two maids.

The two were busy taking it, and both thanked them for the reward.The maid sent by the Queen Mother is called Shun Niang, and she has been serving the Queen Mother for ten years.That little Fuzi had been in the palace for three years, so Zili asked Shunniang to take charge of the affairs of her house and Xiaofuzi to help.

Zili said to Shunniang: "I don't have many things, so I can pack it myself." She didn't like others touching her things, so she interrupted Xiao Fuzi's move to put her baggage in the cabinet.

Shunniang looked at Zili's simple package, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager loves the girls so much, she has already asked someone to prepare the clothes. Later, the nurse from the needlework bureau will come to tailor the clothes for the girl. This cabinet is specially for the girls. Yes." Shunniang pointed to a large huanghuali cabinet.Zili suddenly remembered what the old man told Mrs. Tang not to prepare too much for Zili, and couldn't help feeling that the old man is really a living person.Zili said to Xiao Fuzi calmly, "Take out my light blue homely clothes."

Xiao Fuzi agreed, took out the clothes that Zili had specified, and sorted the rest of the things away. Zili didn't need Shunniang to help her wash her face. Although Zili was washing her face with her back to the two girls, she could still feel it. Shunniang secretly observed what she brought in.

Waiting for Zili to wash up, Shunniang looked at the sky and said to Zili, "Please go over to have dinner. From now on, the girl will eat with the Queen Mother, and the girls don't need to do the errands for the night. But I have to serve you every morning." The queen mother gets up to do her makeup. The rest of the time depends on the queen mother's arrangements." Zili looked at himself in the mirror, simple and generous, neither too much decoration nor casual.She said to Shunniang: "I just entered the palace and I don't understand some of the rules, so please ask Sister Shunniang to give you some pointers."

When Zili arrived at the Empress Dowager's bedroom, she found that something was wrong.In front of the Empress Dowager's bedroom stood five or six inner eunuchs wearing eight-packed pythons, Shunniang whispered in Zili's ear, "Your Majesty, please greet the Empress Dowager, please don't go in first." Naturally, Zili didn't want to see the emperor, She immediately followed Shun Niang and stood under the wall of the bedroom to avoid it.

Zili stood under the palace wall as the night was getting darker, she didn't dare to raise her head to look around the situation, she could only lower her head and count the stones on the stone path under her feet.She really doesn't know what's good in the palace, if the empress dowager leaves the emperor for dinner, wouldn't they be hungry all the time?Just when Zili felt a little empty in his stomach and began to miss all kinds of delicacies, Zhen Ningshan and girls from the Fang family and Yuan family came.The emperor was inside and the others had no choice but to avoid outside. Seeing the three of them, Zili suddenly felt hungry.

Fortunately, the emperor was inside, even though Zhen Ningshan and the girl from the Fang family didn't dare to fight each other for a few more rounds, they all stood obediently under the wall with their hands down.Just when Zili thought he was going to stand all night, he suddenly heard a faint whistle.The servants who were originally standing there like wooden stakes seemed to be some kind of animal when they heard a strange sound, and each of them became nervous.Before Zili could figure out what was going on, several people came out surrounded by a middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties.That is Imakami who has robbed his nephew of the throne.

It's a pity that according to the rules, you can't look at the emperor casually, Zili can only lower his head silently, looking at the corner of the servant's clothes that flashed in front of him.The emperor's shoulders passed by, but Zili heard a muffled groan full of anger at the moment the emperor flashed past her—the emperor was angry, and there was a 90.00% chance that the emperor was angry with the queen mother.

After Sheng Jia left, the four girls immediately raised their heads and exchanged surprised glances, they all heard the emperor's angry hum.But with outsiders around, they didn't show anything.After entering the palace, the aunt in charge next to the queen mother came out. Although the sky was getting dark, the sadness on her face was still very obvious: "The queen mother is not feeling well, and I don't need the girls to accompany me to eat today. Please eat in the side hall .”

There was a long table in the side hall, and there was already a sumptuous dinner on it. Shun Niang brought them in and said: "Girls, let's eat first, maybe the Queen Mother will ask the girls to talk later." Li looked at the delicate dishes on the table, but he wasn't hungry at all.

The four girls sat down to eat silently, the dinner was quiet, the four girls were all taught by strict tutors, they kept clinking their spoons, chopsticks and plates, they drank soup and slurped their mouths while eating.The Queen Mother was in a bad mood, and everyone was in a bad mood.Soon after the meal was over for the four of them, naturally a maid came in with tea, and everyone washed their mouths and washed their hands before sitting down quietly and talking in a low voice.

Shunniang didn't wait for Zili and the others to ask questions, so she sighed leisurely: "Today, the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty are here for the matter of mourning the Emperor. You must not bring up the matter of Jinling in front of the Empress Dowager and let the Emperor mourn. Is it?"

Emperor Ai is the nephew of the former emperor who was robbed of the throne by his uncle and died in the chaos. □□The emperor's crown prince died early, and his great-grandson succeeded him. As a result, his uncle robbed him of the throne within a year.In fact, the emperor and the crown prince were brought up together by Queen Zhang. The Queen Mother was not favored in the harem at first, but Queen Zhang always took care of her, and even put her son by her side so that he would not be wronged.It is precisely because of the care of Empress Zhang back then that the current emperor has a better chance to get close to the first emperor than other concubine sons in front of him, and he took advantage of it when he became king.Therefore, the Queen Mother always felt that she was sorry for Queen Zhang deep in her heart, and there was always some knot between her and her son.

The knot between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor is no secret, but Zili did not expect that the most honorable mother and son in the world could have such a trouble.Everyone was silent, suddenly a palace lady came in and said: "The Empress Dowager asked a girl to come over and talk."

Before the words were finished, the girl from the Yuan family let out an ouch. She was so slippery with holding the teacup that the whole cup of tea was caught on her skirt. It's a big amnesiac!Over there, Miss Fang and Ning Shan hurriedly stood up and rushed forward: "Oh, this pomegranate red silk is the most inexhaustible, so hurry back and change it. It's getting dark, I'll accompany you back." Miss Fang immediately called someone. Get the lantern and send her back to salvage the dress.

Ning Shan stopped them and said with concern: "But it's burning, and I'm carrying ointment. Why care about the skirt at this time, I'll ask someone to get the ointment."

Zili watched the play with cold eyes, she took a sip of warm tea, sighed inwardly, put down the teacup and straightened her clothes silently, and said to the maid who sent the message, "Let me ask my sister to lead the way."