[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

The main store of Yunsheng Company on North Third Street was closed for business that day, and a red paper notice was pasted on the door, saying that shopkeepers from the north gathered here to listen to the owner's lecture, and they would not do business today.

The emperor took Qilin to Beisan Street. In the backyard, he saw a yard full of shopkeepers, and many craftsmen crowded upstairs and downstairs. Everyone was a little excited. Fresh.

"Father, no one has ever dared to speak loudly in front of me." Qilin raised his head, "They all speak so loudly."

There are too many people, and when these people talk, they use loud and shouting methods.

On such an occasion, the emperor quickly finished his speech, put the reward silver on trays, and handed out tray by tray.After listening to the grateful speeches of several award-winning craftsmen and shopkeepers, he fled out quickly with his son.

"We should let those old men come and see these shopkeepers. They all want to earn more money and get more rewards, and they all do their best. It's not like them, who just get their salary and don't work."

In order to avoid revealing their identities, the two of them were walking slowly along the fat son without saying too much, when they saw Jia Lian riding a horse and leading someone over.

"Brother Cui, everyone said that your firm is not doing business today. I just thought you should come here to try your luck. I didn't expect to meet you."

"Brother Jia, is there anything you can do to find me? This is what my son, Qilin, told you when he was going out."

"Hello, Uncle Job."

"Okay, okay, this is the jade pendant, and it's for you as a gift. Brother Cui, let's take a step to talk."

When the two came to the side of the street, Jia Lian was a little embarrassed, "I came here today mainly to ask my brother to borrow some money."

"How much do you want to borrow? But when you encounter something difficult, do you want my brother to help you?"

"Not much, not much, just lend me 3000 taels of silver, and I will pay you back when I have it. It's not a big deal, it's just to hide someone from our tigress."

The emperor readily asked people to pick up the silver, "The silver is fine, but I think Brother Jia's doing this is a bit unkind, how can you keep it from the family?"

"Now you're pretending to be a gentleman again. Didn't you hide one before? A full man doesn't know a hungry man is hungry. Now that you have a son, you're naturally not in a hurry. I'm also here to give birth to a son."

"Just because I hid before, I know that my daughter-in-law is unparalleled in the world. So I also advise you to live a good life with your daughter-in-law."

"That's your daughter-in-law is virtuous, don't stop you from taking concubines, look at that rouge tiger in our family, if he is half as virtuous as your wife, I don't have to be like this at this time. Speaking of which, I'm married than you It's still early, look at your son is already wandering the streets, and I only have one girl so far."

"Think about it too much. If two people live with one heart, sooner or later they will have a son. Everyone blooms first and then bears fruit. I also have a daughter before I have a son. In a family like ours, it is best for the eldest son to be born by the wife. Otherwise, it is the root of the chaos.”

"Don't I know this truth? But she just doesn't lay eggs. One family doesn't know about the other family's affairs. If my wife stops me from taking a concubine, I won't say anything. She wants to trample on everything. Give me a kick, as long as she can press me, she will do it, I can't even straighten my waist at home, what do you mean I am at home."

The emperor felt that there was no way to persuade him to go down.

After waiting for a while, a guard, writer Ding, came here riding a fast horse.He took out 3000 taels of silver bills from his pocket.

The emperor asked casually, "Why have you been here for so long? It made us wait in this cold place."

Who knows that this guard is also very straightforward, "Seventh Master, you don't know, I told the sisters in the backyard, and the sisters in the backyard went back to report to grandma, and grandma said that the master is out to socialize with others and just keep accounts. Let people send the bill to the house for a piece of reconciliation, and there is no money if you want it."

Jia Lian was a little embarrassed at once, it's not right to accept the money, or not to accept it.

The emperor's face was also somewhat embarrassing, but he still held on to his respect. "The one in our family is just talking about it, isn't it better to take out the money?"

Who knew that the guard next to him just didn't know how to look at the occasion, "Master Qi, this is what our wife quietly took out after she found out, and she also said to keep it a secret, don't let Grandma Qi find out."

"Brother Cui, if I have money, I will pay it back as soon as possible."

Jia Lian clasped his hands and mounted his horse and ran away quickly.

The emperor turned his head and reprimanded the guard, "Are you unable to speak?"

"Sir, tell the truth."

"You are a log!"

Tai Shilang, the chief guard, ran over and punched and kicked the guard.

After the beating, he whispered to the guards in front of the emperor, "He is a man, don't be as knowledgeable as him, this man has a good heart, but his mouth is too stupid. His father is also one of our old brothers, that is, The stupid big Jiang, the one who can make you angry when you speak, this kid is called Jiang Xi, such an elegant name was bestowed by Mr. Kou back then."

"I know, I know, let him follow the prince when you go out later. If there is anything wrong with the prince, let him persuade him."

The chief guard punched and kicked the guard again, "You're so stupid, thank you soon, don't you know you've been promoted?"

The emperor wanted to say that he didn't plan to promote him, but when he thought about the group of guards he used when he was a child, although they were all unwanted and had various problems, if they weren't loyal back then, he wouldn't be too mediocre grow up.

Although this person is still stubborn, it is good that this person is upright, and he will know how to persuade the prince in the future. As for whether the prince can bear him at that time... It depends on this person's fortune.

Turn this matter over and don't mention it anymore, a group of people walked slowly on the road.The reason is that Qilin ate chestnuts while walking, and threw chestnut shells everywhere.

Because there were few people on the road in the cold weather, most of them passed by in a hurry, watching them conniving a little doll rampage in the street, shrinking their necks and hands from the cold, they all looked at them like idiots.

It just so happened that at this time an old woman came up to him, holding the hand of a child.

"Grandfathers, please ask for a place."

The emperor looked at this village woman with wrinkled face and snow-white hair, and she seemed to have lost one of her teeth. The little grandson he was holding was staring at the unicorn, smelling the scent of chestnuts, drooling enviously. .

The emperor ordered Jiang Xi to give half of Qilin's chestnuts to the child opposite.

The village woman hurriedly stopped her, and after stopping several times, the little half bag of chestnuts was stuffed into her grandson.This village woman is going to kneel down to thank her grandson again.

The emperor waved his hand, "No, no, you don't need such a big gift to give something to a child. Isn't the old man asking for directions? Where are you going?"

"May I ask how to get to Ningrong Street?"

The emperor really had never been to Ningrong Street, and when he looked back, a guard came out and told the village woman.

The village woman thanked the group of people sincerely.

The emperor wanted to stop her and say a few words, "Old man, I saw that although your clothes are worn out, they are very clean. Your hands don't appear to have frostbite. Although your complexion is old, it doesn't look hungry. It's just that you In a hurry, with an anxious face, it seems that you are going to seek refuge with relatives and friends? Could it be that something has happened to you? Don’t dislike me for speaking harshly. The slaves of rich and powerful families have eyes on the tip of their heads. You go to seek refuge with them, for the sake of face, They won't recognize you as a relative."

"This old man's words are true. If there is anything unpleasant or not, the old man may not believe it. My old lady did not go to seek refuge with those servants. It is because the ancestors of the family have a little relationship with the Wang family. They also communicated with each other in the early years. But I haven’t moved around since I’ve been down all these years, and I heard that the Jia family’s wives and grandmas are all girls from the Wang family, so I thought I’d use my former face to beat the autumn wind, and get some money to treat the children in the family.”

"Seeing that there is not much dirt on your shoes, it should be from a family near the outskirts of Beijing. I heard that the lives of people in the outskirts of Beijing have been better in the past two years than in the past few years... To tell you the truth, I am the boss of Yunsheng and Ted. There are workshops in all parts of the capital. If the workers in the workshops get sick, they can let the little doctors in the workshops show them, and they can also drink a few medicines. You are in such a hurry to go to relatives and friends. Is it possible? Those in charge of our family have been greedy or bullied you?"

"So it's my boss, thank you for your great kindness." The village woman kowtowed three times, and the little grandson next to him also kowtowed this time without having to hold her down.

The emperor quickly asked people to help their grandparents.

The village woman wiped her tears, "To tell you the truth, without your workshop, our family would freeze to death and starve to death at this time. My wife lived with her daughter and son-in-law. In the early years, my son-in-law's house It is also a big family, and now life is down and out. At the beginning, the female family members in the family were not allowed to go out to work. Later, they saw that men and women were not in the same place where they went to work. One was in the east of the village and the other was in the west of the village. No bad words came out before they nodded and agreed. up.

But who knows that there are gossips in the workshop, saying that the owner hates to bind the girls' feet, and they can't work well with the feet. My wife also saw those girls with big feet climbing on the loom. Climb down and hold the fabric to come and go freely.Those girls with little feet are only three inches long at a step, and they can't carry things and do heavy work. No wonder the boss doesn't like them.In order to get more wages, the little girls in our Zhuangzi did not bind their feet.

But my stupid son-in-law said that girls from rich families must bind their feet, only those from small families don’t pay attention to this, and forced my little granddaughter to bind her feet. After binding her feet, she started to have a fever and talk nonsense, her feet were swollen. The little doctors in the workshop looked at it and said it was not good. There was no medicine in the workshop. If you want to cure a disease, you have to go to the pharmacy in the city to get the medicine.There is no money at home, so this is not because he wants to go to the city to get some autumn wind and ask for a few taels of silver to treat his granddaughter. "

Qilin understood, pointed at the village woman and said, "You broke the bones of her feet... What's so good about binding her feet? You can't even walk, and you have to be supported when you go up and down the stairs." , I don’t have that background, I have to slap my swollen face to pretend to be fat.”

The emperor put his hand on his son's head and patted, "Don't take it to heart, old man, my child's mother is a woman with big feet. Go back and tell your son-in-law to stop torturing your granddaughter, and she will bind her feet more and more in the future." Fewer and fewer, after all, the farmers are married, and capable girls can talk about their in-laws."

"You're right."

"We won't stop the old man. You can go at this time. I heard that their family is headed by Lian Erye's family. If you go and flatter her, it may be beneficial."

Seeing the village woman walking away holding the grandson's hand, the father and son turned around.

Qilin took the emperor's hand, "You gave away my chestnuts so generously, I thought you would reward her with some silver."

"Your father is so poor that he doesn't even have a copper coin, what reward is he getting?"

"No wonder you reward people with my things. Don't worry, my mother will give me money in the future. I will honor you."

"Good son! But dad wants to tell you, you can't love those chestnuts of yours. Did you see that child just now? What is he in your eyes?"

"The kid on the farm, you're still a little glutton."

"Son, this doesn't seem like what a prince should say."

"What should Chu Jun say?"

The emperor thought that his son was still young, so he taught him slowly, teaching him all the ways of being a king.

"That's not a farmer's kid, he's a citizen who can pay you taxes, and may be a strong man who goes out for you in the future. So, don't be stingy with some chestnuts, you have a lot, but he doesn't."

The village woman who had just asked the emperor for directions was surnamed Liu, and it was his grandson Ban'er who was holding her hand.

Along the way, it can be said that he passed five stages and killed six generals, and finally arrived in Wang Xifeng's courtyard.

Arriving at Wang Xifeng's house, as soon as she entered, she saw a young woman about to come out. Grandma Liu hurriedly got down to pay her respects, calling her Second Grandma.

Zhou Rui's family members who followed him hurriedly pulled him up. "Grandma Liu, you made a mistake. This is not Second Mistress, this is Ping'er in her house."

Grandma Liu is a well-informed old woman who knows the troubles of these big families with wives and concubines in groups.He called Miss Ping in his mouth, and followed him into the house.

While talking in the west room, she heard a girl crying, Ping'er hurried out, and after a while, came in with a little girl in her arms.

Zhou Rui's family introduced, "This is Lian's second grandma's eldest sister, she just woke up?"

Ping'er nodded, "Recently, I don't like to eat, and I'm always crying." While hugging and coaxing him, and then patting him lightly, the little girl's neck moved, and she winked at Ban'er. In the blink of an eye, Ban'er saw that the little girl was white and tender, prettier than other girls in Zhuangzi, so he took out a chestnut from his cloth pocket and handed it over.

Zhou Rui's family sniffed it, "It smells sweet."

Grandma Liu quickly took out the chestnuts in Ban'er's pocket, put them on the kang table, grabbed a few, and then stuffed them into Zhou Rui's hands, "Sister-in-law Zhou will also try it. This is because I met a kind old man on the way here. He gave it when he asked for the way."

Zhou Rui's family pushed it several times, and said, "We always have these things at home, just some wild animals in the mountains. You don't have to be polite, grandma Liu, just leave it alone."

Ping'er took one, peeled it a few times, and found that the shell was not easy to peel off, so he put the chestnut in his mouth, bit the outer shell, and then fed the elder sister the nuts inside.

The eldest sister ate with relish, she took one eye and looked at the ones on the table.

Grandma Liu watched the words and expressions, and pushed the chestnuts forward in a fawning manner.

When he left, he got 40 taels of silver from Wang Xifeng. When he came, he was gloomy, but when he left, he was happy.

When Jia Lian came home in the evening, as soon as he entered the house, he saw his wives and concubines sitting on the kang peeling chestnuts, with their daughter and elder sister sitting in the middle.

Without further ado, Jia Lian went up and grabbed a handful of peeled chestnut kernels and stuffed them into his mouth.After the eldest sister saw it, she looked at Jia Lian angrily with a puffy face.

Wang Xifeng quickly hugged her daughter in her arms with distress, "How can you do this to me? Your daughter endured it for a long time, waiting to finish peeling and eat it in one breath. It's good for you, eat half of it first when you come."

"What's the matter, why don't you just send someone to the kitchen to order some more? Just give me a gap between my teeth."

"Look at what the second master said is light, the second master ate so much in one go, didn't it taste sweet?"

"After tasting it, isn't it just sugar?"

Ping'er didn't say a word, picked up the small dish, carried the eldest sister with the other arm to the west room, leaving Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng to talk in the east room.

Wang Xifeng sighed, "It's not as good as every year. We never had this in the kitchen. Our eldest sister wanted to eat it, so I also sent someone to the kitchen to ask for it. They said they could only make salty ones."

"Although sugar is expensive, it's really not worth it to our family."

"Even if we can buy sugar, can it be our mother's turn? Last month, Uncle Lin had a birthday party, and the empress rewarded six jars of white sugar. I heard that Uncle Lin likes to eat Su Yang's. Most of the dishes are light and sweet. But my eldest sister was so greedy that her saliva dripped, so I went to my aunt to ask for a jar. I left it for a few days and didn’t care about it. I remembered it a few days ago Damn, let someone ask in the kitchen, only to find out that the old lady and Baoyu's maids have divided it up, and now I can't even see the sprinkles. Speaking of which, our mother and I are not as good as those big girls."

"What are you talking about? It's boring. Next time I get such a good thing and bring it back directly. Just eat it whenever you want, and don't send it to the kitchen again."

"You said it lightly, old ladies and wives are two layers above the elders, how dare I eat alone... I'm not as good as a poor woman in the country. When I came here today, my grandson still stuffed half a bag of chestnuts in his pocket. .”

"This is the chestnut you got today? It was dug out of a country boy's pocket. It doesn't look like it. The chestnut I ate seems to be top-grade. It tastes amazing."

"Where can they get such good chestnuts? Even if they can get them, they don't have the money to buy sugar. This is because they met a kind person on the way to show them the way, and gave them some by the way. This Grandma Liu is also lucky, You can't imagine who he met?"

"tell me the story."

Wang Xifeng sat up, looked outside, and whispered to Jia Lian, "Yunsheng's boss. I heard from Ping'er that Zhou Rui's family heard that the person Grandma Liu met was Yunsheng's boss, so hurry up I'm going to find my wife, I think my wife will have a plan for their family one out of ten, just wait and see, my prediction will not be wrong."

"Him? Good second grandma, please tell me carefully, how does the wife play against their family? It's for no reason..."

"I didn't hear what Brother Xue said. Brother Xue said that this Yunsheng is rich and powerful, and their money in the capital can be tens of thousands of dollars a day, let alone Jinling, Yangzhou, Hangzhou. My wife thought of a trick and wanted to get Dividends will be distributed after the silver is invested."

Jia Lian sat up straight, and said to Wang Xifeng with a bit of contempt, "Their family's business is doing well, and there is no need for someone to pour money into it. Madam is crazy about money. If you want to seek property, I advise Madam not Make a move, their family has something to do with the clan, I heard that they were all one ancestor 500 years ago, and the house in the capital is next to several princess mansions, it is not something like us that can do it."

"I hear what you mean, you know the owner of their family."

"Have drank a few times, and have some friendship. Brother Cui was born in a big and stable family in Hebei. His elder brother passed away a few years ago. Now he has inherited the family business. He married a girl from a scholar family. Four boys and four daughters."

Wang Xifeng became interested, "Hearing what you said, you know quite a lot."

Jia Lian smiled smugly.

Wang Xifeng continued to hold him, "It can be seen that when I went out, I didn't fool around with those cronies, nor did I search for that smelly fish all over the world like a stealing cat. I finally met a few people who I can make friends with. Then tell me Madam's plan is really going to fail... I heard from my wife a few days ago that she wanted to ask Aunt Xue to be a middleman in the middle, and she wanted to get to know the lady of the Cui family."

"Ask me to say that Aunt Xue is not enough. Yunsheng is already the leader of the cloth business. Many shopkeepers who used to be in the cloth business have now become their family stewards. Look at Aunt Xue's family. If it weren't for the Ministry of Internal Affairs , with the background of the former imperial merchants, it is no different from those second-rate merchants. I heard from the steward of Brother Cui's family that the things of the Xue family have been rejected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs twice. The Xue family does not work hard on it every day. Worrying about what you have and what you don’t have is putting the cart before the horse.”

Wang Xifeng was a little unhappy when he heard that he commented on her natal relatives, "Why are you saying that? It's useless to spoil others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige."

"I'm telling the truth. Is there any good tea? Bring me a bowl to eat, and go to bed after eating."

There was no one else in the room, so Wang Xifeng stood up and poured him a bowl of tea, touched the cup, it was hot, and brought it to him with confidence.

Jia Lian was drinking tea when someone yelled outside. Ping'er came out from the west room and took a look. It turned out to be a girl named Qingwen.

This Qingwen is a little beauty. She used to be the second-class maid in front of the old lady, but she became the first-class maid in front of Baoyu.

After coming in, he spoke simply, "Our Second Master Bao asked Second Grandma Lian to ask if there is any white sugar from last time. I wanted to have a bite of sugar steamed cheese, but the kitchen said there was no sugar."

"Go back and tell Baoyu that the candy was brought back from Aunt Lin's house last time. We don't have any at home anymore. Don't we still have brown sugar and icing sugar? It's the same with those."

Qingwen gritted her teeth and stood for a while, seeing that Wang Xifeng was unwilling to go to the Lin's house to ask for some more, so she had no choice but to go back.

After Qingwen left, Wang Xifeng cursed, "What! These things dare to point fingers at the master now."

Jia Lian put down the teacup, "Forget it, don't be so angry, I will ask Brother Cui for some and bring it back in a few days, you two should keep it hidden."

"Sure enough, a stolen gong can't be beaten. There are elders on it. Even if you get something good and want to eat it, you have to hide it. Tell me to stop doing these, or you will owe more Favor."

Jia Lian nodded, "It's up to you. You have to keep the friendship between me and Brother Cui secret, don't tell your wife, or I won't have a quiet life here. I heard Brother Cui say that his wife is not Fuel-efficient lamps are now controlling the entire family, and I'm afraid that in the end, my wife won't be able to please her."

"It's not as evil as you said, no matter how powerful it is, it's still a little daughter-in-law, just like me, no matter how powerful this mouth is, it still can't turn the old lady's Five Fingers Mountain."

The husband and wife packed up and went to bed without mentioning it, just saying that Mrs. Wang and Jia Rui's family were discussing this matter.

"... Ma'am, their business is well established. I heard from my son-in-law that the big shopkeepers of their family have arrived in a remote village, and the county magistrate is going to invite them to sit down."

"Of course those low-ranking sesame officials want to praise these people. When I was still in the Wang family, I heard the old man talk about this kind of thing. Those sent to the backcountry and remote areas have no backing. The big business has a hand and eye, so these small officials I don't hesitate to bend down to curry favor, just expecting them to lead them out of the ravine."

"Madam is right. Madam is more knowledgeable. I don't know where Mrs. Xue is..."

"Since he is willing to introduce our two families, Pan'er has friendship with their boss, so it's difficult to meet them, not to mention that Yunsheng is indeed a big business in those remote villages, and it's nothing in the capital. Family status, as well as relatives of the emperor, many things depend on our family, these firms usually come to the door holding dry stocks, or put all their wealth into our door, we usually don't even look at it."

Jia Rui's family nodded at the side, "Madam is right, then shall we send someone to talk over there tomorrow?"

"Can"

The sun rises and the sun sets.

It's already winter now, if Jia Yuanchun wants to continue deceiving himself and others, it's time to wake up from his dream.

She didn't even raise her spirits after being in the room for the past few days.

In the early days, I thought that I might be pregnant, but as long as I reported that I was pregnant, the empress would not stop me from boarding Qingyun Road.But now, after waiting for two or three months, nothing happened... Jia Yuanchun could only think of other ways.

Baoqin hurried in from outside the house and took a bank note from the box, "Wait a little longer, girl, the meal will be delivered in a while. There are eunuchs making facial fat outside, and the girl's face is a little dry when I see it." I want to go get an extra box."

Jia Yuanchun touched his face, it was indeed a bit rough, he nodded quickly, and after Baoqin went out, he got off the bed and touched the mirror, and took a look at his face.

Taking advantage of the sunlight under the window sill, I could clearly see that my face in the bronze mirror was indeed a little dry.

Jia Yuanchun quickly threw away the bronze mirror, covered his face with his hands, fidgeting and waiting for the piano to come back.

After Baoqin came in, he closed the door and put three boxes of facial fat in front of Jia Yuanchun.

"It's not a good thing, girl, let's make do with it first."

"Why are there only three boxes? I haven't bathed for a long time. I will use it all over my body after taking a bath. These can't be used until spring."

"Girl, don't worry. I'll go out and ask in a while to see who wants to exchange facial fat for silver. Let's buy some more. I asked the eunuch who distributed these things, and they said that they are bought by the head. There are not many. If someone doesn’t get it, they will make a fuss in front of the empress, and no one will be able to afford it.”

"It's her and it's her, but it's against me."

"Girl, girl, don't be angry. I'll go find some hot water for the girl."

After Baoqin went out, he sighed and closed the door. It would have been fine if he had managed to get out of the palace a few months ago, but now that the girl's innocence is gone, even if she goes out, she won't be able to find a good marriage.What's more, my girl is like crazy...

After leaving the house, he walked a few steps along the corridor, and was met by a court lady named Dayan.

"Baoqin, I just said I'm looking for you guys. I happened to meet you here, so I won't go to your master either."

"What is it?"

"It won't be long before the Chinese New Year. There are rumors from above that there are maids who want to go out, and they will report their names today. If it is too late, it will be next year. The mother asked me to ask you... Let me say something Don't be annoyed by the words, and advise your master to take this opportunity to go home and be her eldest lady. You should also think about it, except for the selection of concubines in the past few years, no one has entered the palace in recent years , What's the use of your master wasting away here."

Baoqin burst into tears after hearing this, "Why don't I want to go home, but our girl is crazy."

"You helped me before, and I'll tell you something from the bottom of my heart. There is a tiger like the empress and a group of wolves like the ladies in this palace. When will you girls have their day? Don't say it's your girls. The maids in this palace have no chance, and the ladies outside have little chance.

The queen empress has the grace to pass it down anyway, no matter how old she is or not, as long as she signs up, she can go out.If there is no one in the family, then continue to work in the palace, and then there will be a place for retirement.Those who have a family want to leave, and those who have no family stay, like some older sisters. Rather than go home and be married off by the family, it is better to stay in the palace. I want to leave when I am young. up.If you don't go, take care. "

After Baoqin watched the geese go away, she quickly wiped her eyes and found the place where the hot water was piped.

"Girl Baoqin, it's not impossible to want hot water. When the water boils, you can take a bucket to carry it."

Baoqin agreed and went back.

The elderly eunuch looked at Baoqin's back and shook his head.

"Suffering with such a master, it's okay for one person to do two people's errands, and she has to choose hot water for a bath."

The weather was cold, so I managed to pick up a bucket of hot water, and when Jia Yuanchun took a bath, it was already lukewarm.

Jia Yuanchun sat in the bathtub shivering with cold.

"It's okay, I can bear it, I can bear it."

"Girl, why bother? I heard today that the palace maids are being released from the palace. Although the next time is said to be next year, it is not certain whether next year will have this kind of grace..."

"Shut up, don't think about going out when I'm here." Jia Yuanchun splashed water all over Baoqin, the water soaked his clothes, and Baoqin's two teeth trembled up and down.Baoqin didn't dare to change clothes immediately, and asked Jia Yuanchun to come out tremblingly.

"Come out, or you will be the one who suffers from the cold again. Maybe the queen empress will seize the opportunity to move you out of the palace."

"Yes, yes, you are right, where are my clothes, take my clothes and help me out. Go and ask for some charcoal fire to burn a prosperous brazier."

"But girl, we have no money now."

"How come there is no money?"

"My wife hasn't brought us any money for half a year. Let me cover you with two more quilts."

"You find a way to tell your wife, you said that I am short of money here, and ask my wife to send someone to bring it to me quickly."

"……it is good."

Some of the maids left the palace, and when they left, they shared some of the little things they saved that they couldn't take away with the little sisters.

Dayan gave Baoqin the clothes she didn't wear.

"I see that you are wearing thin clothes. I will give you these clothes. I know that you used to wear good clothes. Don't dislike them."

"What do I dislike..." Baoqin's tears fell, "I beg you one thing, after you go out, find a chance to go to the back street of Rongguo Street. The one in the innermost alley in the first alley on the left is Our family, you go and have a look first, if our family is doing well and my father and mother are still there, you can say that I said it, and hurry up and leave. If my father is not here, you will treat it as a mistake The door is closed, don't mention my business."

"I made a note. What if they ask why?"

"Just tell them the truth, the eldest girl in our family will drag the family down sooner or later."

A few days after the maids left, the empresses of the palaces began to move.

Places like Fengzao Palace are also getting busy. As long as those ladies are literate, they will transfer some books to decorate their facades.

Jia Yuanchun has been nesting in his room to mourn the spring and the autumn, holding the piano and being instructed to keep his feet from touching the ground.

Having been busy for two consecutive days, Fengzao Palace was very tired up and down.

Baoqin is one of the few illiterate maids in this palace. The Empress Hu Fei was looking for a palace maid to decorate the study, and Baoqin was sent there.

Not long after holding the zither away, several rough and round court ladies pulled Jia Yuanchun out.

Pulled to a side hall, they threw her a basin of water and a rag.

"Stop pretending to be Miss Jiao, go to work. Now you are alone up and down, and you have to know what you do when you enter the palace."

Of course Jia Yuanchun was unwilling.

Wipe the tables and benches with a basin of cold water in winter, which can easily cause palace cold and make it difficult to conceive in the future.

Those who do this work are some elderly ladies and some eunuchs.

"Even if I am down today, my grade is higher than yours. You are the next to commit a crime."

"Miss Jia, I advise you to be more sensible. Although you have a higher rank than me in name, have you done any high-level things? Your errands are all done for you by your girl. We don't support idlers here. , if you don’t want to work, you don’t have to eat in the future.”

If you don't eat, you don't want to eat, Jia Yuanchun threw the rag and went back to the room.

An old court lady complained, "Why didn't such a person be sent out a few days ago, isn't staying here just to torment us?"

"I don't want to leave. It's not that the nanny in charge hasn't asked him, and she insists on staying in the palace."

"Tell me to let Baoqin do all the errands that go out in the future. She can just stay alone. She doesn't have Baoqin to cook for him, wash his hair, pour Yexiang and pick out the bath water. See if she can still be a charming girl." Miss."

Everyone said it was a good idea.

During the Chinese New Year, the palace is even more hectic.The court ladies who can read are borrowed and borrowed. This year is the first year that the empresses have been entrusted. Many harem concubines who have been promoted to their ranks want to express their gratitude.

Although these forms may be thrown into a corner by the empress to collect ashes in the end, they must be written.

For example, Concubine He who just gave birth to the princess, that is, He Guiren in the past, didn't know a lot of Chinese characters, so she bit her pen and thought about it for a long time, but she didn't know where to start.

Baoqin was borrowed by her.

This empress didn't know Baoqin's identity, she just thought of her as an ordinary court lady who could read characters. Seeing Baoqin came in, she wrote down a few hundred words in one breath, and she was very happy in her heart. To reward something.

With these rewards held by Baoqin, he saw that there were two bottles of hair oil and two boxes of face powder inside, and he was very happy.

As soon as she returned to Fengzao Palace, she found that many people were talking about it, and she didn't care about it.He returned to the room with his things, "Girl, I got a few good things today. I think this face powder is pretty good. You can use it first."

Jia Yuanchun took the things in his hand, looked at them, and threw them out at once.

"Bah, an aunt dares to show off in front of me."

"What's the matter, girl? These things are good things." Baoqin hurried out to pick them up, and before returning to the room, he saw the courtyard door