363, a palace gate (4)
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"Eh, when will Xiao Lanzi grow up? ”
When Tong Xinlan walked into the courtyard, she heard the palace maid sigh like this.
Resisting the urge to look back at her, Tong Xinlan returned to the house with a paper bag.
The house is a large shop, and the little eunuch doesn't want to have his own room at all, it's good to have a place.
has squeezed into a sweaty tent with rough men, slept in the same room with a group of eunuchs, and Tong Xinlan has no psychological barriers.
Tong Xinlan didn't know what the client's usual behavior was, but she knew that she needed to make some connections in the palace, and she didn't need to be reminded by the little palace maid, she would also distribute the osmanthus cake to other little eunuchs who were not worth it.
The rest of the little eunuchs accepted the osmanthus cake she gave and happily ran to share it, Tong Xinlan asked everyone not to wake her up, and went into the quilt to read the memory.
A handsome man appeared in front of Tong Xinlan's eyes, and if you look closely, you can see that he has a white face and no beard, and his cheeks are relatively soft and without sharp edges and corners, and the overall look is a bit like those modern Han stars who are not manly, but he has a little more murderous than those sissy little fresh meat eyes.
This trace of murderous aura made Tong Xinlan feel trembling, how much blood was contaminated to make people have such eyes.
"Hmph, yes, I'm not afraid of miscellaneous people. The man picked up the orchid finger and stroked his sideburns.
Because she knew that the other party was a eunuch, Tong Xinlan's receptivity was much better, and if she brought in the other party's good-looking face, such a scene was actually more kind and pleasing to the eye.
"Then, I'll tell you what I want. "The client should have succeeded in ascending to the top of the ladder later. So with a sense of arrogance, even if there is a request, it is not as weak as the client I met before.
"Say it. Tong Xinlan made a gesture of please, and the man raised his eyebrows and turned around, telling the story.
Before the man entered the palace, he was called Wei Xinlan, and his father was a gentleman in the township, enjoying the respect and love of the villagers, and he also accepted the teachings of Confucius and Mencius since he was a child. In the future, when he grows up, he may be able to get famous. At worst, go home and become a teacher.
But fate is so impermanent.
Wei Xinlan's father had a classmate friend named Gao Liangsheng, and when the two went to Beijing together, they had ordered a baby kiss for their unborn child.
After that, Wei Xinlan's father failed to pass the imperial examination, and Sorghum was admitted early.
Wei Xinlan's father naturally tried hard several times, but he still couldn't win.
In the early years, the doll pro-agreement didn't know if it was still valid. Anyway, the sorghum students in high school are officials in other places. The two also had difficulty communicating.
But when we were able to communicate before. The Wei family knew that the Gao family had given birth to a daughter, Gao Ruyue.
Because of the death of his father, Sorghum needs to return to his hometown to worry.
When they return to their hometowns, two people who have classmates and friendships naturally want to get together. But during this period, there was no mention of the children's relatives, after all, the two children were still very young at this time, Wei Xinlan was 7 years old, and Gao Ruyue was 6 years old.
When adults get together, children play together.
At the same time, the girl who was waiting for Gao Ruyue was Gao Ruyue's maid, 9-year-old Dongmei.
The reason why I want to talk about Dongmei here is because Dongmei is the palace maid who gave the osmanthus cake to Tong Xinlan, and it also has a lot to do with Wei Xinlan's wishes.
Dongmei, as a tall maid like the moon, has been doing her best since she was a child, and she is beaten and scolded.
Gao Ruyue is unqualified as a lady, but she is qualified as a daughter, because she is very delicate.
Girls always know how to hide their shortcomings in the opposite sex and show their perfect side, even if she was only 6 years old at the time.
However, precisely because she was only 6 years old, Gao Ruyue took the eldest lady's arrogance to the extreme, even in front of Wei Xinlan, she was drinking Dongmei and using all kinds of means to tease Dongmei.
Wei Xinlan's three views, which were still young back then, had not yet been fully formed, and out of etiquette, the ancient master and servant classes were clearly distinguished, and he would not interfere with how his playmate treated her maid.
Although she felt bad at first, but later watched Gao Ruyue become more and more aware of etiquette and knowledge, Wei Xinlan felt that she had grown up, and she loved this girl whose father said that she was his baby.
Two years passed quickly, and the sorghum students entered Beijing again.
The two children also agreed that they would wait for each other to marry/marry themselves in the future without telling their parents.
When Wei Xinlan was 10 years old, Wei's father waited for a letter of recommendation from the Gao family, saying that he could help Wei's father find an official position, so that he would not waste time in the township, and also help his classmates.
This is the ultimate dream of every scholar, and in this era, being recommended by officials is not a shameful thing, but a thing that cannot be sought.
Father Wei naturally packed up and hurriedly went to Beijing, because he left in a hurry, he did not take his family with him, and only said that he would send someone to pick up the two mothers and sons after they were properly settled in Beijing.
Wei Xinlan is very happy, Uncle Gao helps his family so much, and he will work hard to earn a reputation in the future, so that he is worthy of Gao Ruyue.
Wei Xinlan and Wei's mother waited for a long time, but they couldn't wait for the news of Wei's father, and it wasn't until 2 years later that they waited for the news that Wei's father had been beheaded for making a mistake.
Wei Mu was so angry that she was angry and died as soon as she rolled her eyes.
Wei Xinlan didn't believe that her father would make a mistake, and after settling her mother, she took the little silver left after being divided by relatives and went to Beijing alone to find the Gao family, hoping to know why her father was beheaded.
It was a difficult journey for a child who had never left the county, and after many hardships, Wei Xinlan finally arrived in the capital after walking for more than a year.
At this moment, Wei Xinlan is no different from a beggar, but his eyes are full of hope, and he will be able to go to Gaofu soon.
Because he had seen the correspondence between his father and Gao Liangsheng, he knew the location of Gao Mansion and went straight to the past.
But unfortunately, he couldn't enter the Gao Mansion at all, and he didn't have a token to prove that he was an acquaintance of the master of the Gao Mansion.
Later, thanks to Dongmei, who went out to help Ruyue buy pastries, saw him, after being reported. brought him into the Gao Mansion.
After Wei Xinlan entered the mansion, Gao Liangsheng was still very good to him, and he was very guilty, he should not have introduced Wei's father to Beijing as an official, Wei's father was too honest and upright, he was framed by a traitor, and finally lost his life.
Wei Xinlan hated the traitor she had never seen before, and vowed to study hard, avenge her father as an official in the future, and give her father justice.
Move. It was praised by sorghum students. Praise Brother Wei has a queen.
Seeing this, Tong Xinlan didn't see anything wrong, she only felt that Wei Xinlan had a rough childhood, but fortunately his father's classmate was a good person. If you meet a bad person, drive him out of the high mansion. The lonely Wei Xinlan can only be a flower child.
Things seem to be moving in a good direction. Wei Xinlan also reviewed the study of Confucius and Mencius, while waiting for the sorghum students to help him find a gentleman to teach him to read.
Because I have something on my mind, and now the two of them are older. Wei Xinlan didn't go to the backyard to see Gao Ruyue, she only thought that she would win the imperial examination in the future, and she would be able to meet her when the time came.
The change happened again, the emperor wanted to be drafted, and Gao Ruyue met the criteria for entering the palace draft, which no one could stop.
can't say that, if Gao Ruyue said that Gao Ruyue was engaged, then Gao Ruyue could still not enter the palace, but he didn't say it, why didn't he say it, Wei Xinlan didn't know, and he couldn't interfere, whether the other party was an elder or an elder who took him in.
Before Gao Ruyue entered the palace, Wei Xinlan had seen her once.
The childish girl's face was full of uneasiness, standing in the garden, she was like a delicate flower that was about to be bent by dewdrops, Wei Xinlan really couldn't bear to put pressure on her, just cared, "Ruyue, are you afraid?"
"Scared. Gao Ruyue nodded, hanging her head and not daring to look directly into Wei Xinlan's eyes.
Perhaps, it is because of the man who has no face to break his promise, or he doesn't dare to say that he is not going, and how can he be worthy of his father if he does not go. Wei Xinlan is a romantic and kind teenager, and that's what he thinks at the moment.
But Tong Xinlan saw the difference here, Gao Ruyue didn't look at him, not just because of guilt, what it was, Tong Xinlan couldn't see it.
"I heard that the palace is very big, but the people inside are not very friendly, you have to take care of yourself, don't let yourself suffer and be bullied, in the future, I may not be able to be by your side again. "Since the other party is going to enter the palace, Wei Xinlan can only bless, the daughters of officials who enter the palace to participate in the election, not all of them can be concubines, and those who are not selected may stay in the palace as palace maids.
Wei Xinlan's mood is complicated, his fiancée is about to enter the palace, he can't object, he can only pray that she can be well, but wishing her to be a concubine is to hope that she will become a woman, such a thing, he still can't do it, but thinking that the other party can't be a concubine, and will suffer to be a palace maid for 3 years, how unacceptable it is for the girl who has been cared for by the Gao family and him.
He's struggling.
"I also want Brother Lan to always be by my side, I want to be the sister who is protected by you forever. Gao Ruyue suddenly raised her head, stared at Wei Xinlan with tearful eyes, and confessed affectionately.
"Ruyue!" Wei Xinlan hated his powerlessness, if he had the ability, he would be able to keep the woman he liked, but he was too young, and now he was not even a lifter.
Gao Ruyue didn't say anything more, wiped her tears and took Dongmei back to the yard.
Wei Xinlan fell into deep self-blame at this point, and he couldn't use wine to kill his sorrows when he was still young, so he could only run to the edge of the pool in a daze.
A sound sounded in the rockery behind him, Wei Xinlan did not move, only listened to the two of them.
"Tell me what you heard when you left the house today?" asked a curious female voice.
"Then let me tell you, Mr. Jiangshu is telling the story of the former queen mother today. A guy replied.
"Wow, Gong Yu is secret, he is not afraid of cutting off his head?" the woman asked again.
"You are stupid, you have said that it is a matter of the previous dynasty, and it has nothing to do with the current saint, this is not the emperor's harem, don't be afraid, do you still want to listen?"
"Listen, tell me about it. The maid pleaded.
Wei Xinlan originally planned to leave quietly, he was a righteous gentleman, and he had been taught by Confucius and Mencius, so he would not eavesdrop on other people's whispers, but when he heard them say that he wanted to talk about the content of the commentary, he also wanted to hear what it was, maybe he could resolve his worries.
I only heard that little guy tell a story that was used in the TV series of the Tong Xinlan era.
It is nothing more than the former queen mother entering the palace draft, a man who is obsessed with her enters the palace from the palace to serve left and right, accompanying her through the wind and rain, resisting the open guns and arrows of the harem, protecting his beloved, but untouchable woman has gone through one trap after another, and finally, the man helped his beloved woman ascend the throne of the queen mother.
It turns out that there was really such a story in ancient times?
Tong Xinlan listened to the story told by the little maid, and thought to herself, at this time when the woman Wei Xinlan likes is about to enter the palace, will it be too coincidental to hear the maid of the Gao Mansion tell such a story?
It's like someone deliberately arranged to tell Wei Xinlan to listen.
This guy won't be naïve enough to listen to such a story, so he will enter the palace from the palace!
If her client did do that, she really didn't know what to say.
The undefeated self-palace of the people in the East is to practice martial arts, if he is from the palace like this, well, well, if he goes to the palace for a worthy woman and accompanies him for a lifetime, Tong Xinlan will still be moved by him. Think about those scumbags who have wives and mess around, such a man who stays in the palace for the sake of his beloved woman, no matter how stupid he is, Tong Xinlan still admires it.
After experiencing the childhood experiences of her father being framed by a traitor, her mother being angry to death, and being bullied by her relatives, Wei Xinlan is naturally not as impulsive as those naïve sons who only have love in their hearts, and they are desperate for love.
Therefore, Wei Xinlan just sighed at the deep affection and dedication of the man in the story at that time, and she was ashamed of herself.
After all, Wei Xinlan still has his own pursuit in his heart, besides, the draft has not started yet, if Gao Ruyue loses the election, he only needs to be a palace maid in the palace for 3 years, he can still use these three years to study hard, take a fame, and use his official title to welcome Gao Ruyue out of the palace.
Seeing this, Tong Xinlan was relieved, and did not feel that Wei Xinlan was a ruthless person, for the sake of a woman entering the palace from the palace, what should he do with his father's grievances? That is unfilial piety.
However, Tong Xinlan wondered even more, why did such a boy with a strong heart enter the palace in the end?
After Gao Ruyue entered the palace and waited for the election, although Wei Xinlan's mood was much lower, he still studied hard, he forced himself to read well, and when the time came, whether Ruyue was a little lord or a palace maid, it was useless for him to be anxious.
The time for the draft passed quickly, and finally it was time for the draft.
Wei Xinlan couldn't see the scene of the draft, and Tong Xinlan imagined it, probably about the same as when Zhen X passed on the draft, right?
After a day of anxious waiting, Gao Fu finally waited for the news, and Gao Ruyue was defeated...... (To be continued.) )