Chapter Twenty-Eight: Messing with Mandarin Ducks

"Auntie, this matter can be discussed. It's just that our mansion is too small, I'm afraid it can't accommodate so many people. ”

Walking on the bank of the Huai River, Zhang Xiu said to a mature woman next to her.

The mature woman looked to be in her thirties, but her beauty was not inferior to that of a twenty-year-old girl, and the mature charm revealed in her demeanor was like a jar of fermented wine, just looking at and smelling it was enough to make people intoxicated.

Zhang Xiu was wearing a white shirt at this time, different from the popular clothes in the Central Plains with wide sleeves, Zhang Xiu's clothing showed the characteristics of Yongliang, with narrow sleeves and tight body, which made people feel light at a glance.

Originally, Zhang Xiu preferred blue, but the dyeing technology of this era was really flattering, so he had to wear a plain dress. But the white color shows the heroic and extraordinary Zhang Xiu, and the pale pink clothes of the woman next to him match, the two are like a couple, coming to the bank of the beautiful Huai River.

The rivers of this era are so clear, the mountains are so green, and the peach blossoms in full bloom are so enchanting. The fish are so lively and free, and the birds are so lovely. Heaven and earth are all pure natural colors, and even if there is a trace of man-made, it is just farmland in the distance.

The Huai River, which was polluted into the Black River in later generations, is like a girl at this time, showing a clear and moving demeanor. The river waves are swelling on the sandy banks, and there is no eye-catching white garbage, let alone odorous discolored foam.

Yes, just two children of four or five years old, a boy and a girl, running and playing in the shallow water of the sandy shore.

Between heaven and earth, in addition to the sound of birds, there is only the natural laughter of children. Zhang Xiu only felt as if he was in a paradise that no one had ever set foot in at the moment, and he didn't know whether there was a Han dynasty, whether it was Wei or Jin.

"It's better for us to leave some obedient and sensible maids, and the rest, if you see which adult general has merit or suitability, reward them directly, so that they don't have to find maids and maids when they settle down again." This charming woman is Zhang Xiu's aunt in her forties, the wife of the former hussar general Zhang Ji - Zou.

What Zou and Zhang Xiu discussed was the question of the departure and stay of hundreds of palace concubines in Yuan Shushouchun Palace.

After Zhang Xiu liberated Shouchun, he immediately ordered all the maids in Shouchun Palace to be sent to be dismissed. After that, because I was busy, I didn't bother to find out what the final result would be. It wasn't until Zhang Xiu came back from Lujiang's expedition that he finally had some time to accompany his two cheap children out on a spring outing, and the Zou family found an opportunity to reflect the actual problems of the hundreds of palace maids.

There are 800 female concubines in Shouchun Palace, and these women or girls, Zhang Xiu thought that either Yuan Shu's subordinates were sacrificed for favor, or Yuan Shu forcibly took them. Anyway, most of them are involuntary, and since they are not willing, they can just send someone home for the entanglement settlement fee.

But it wasn't until the Zou family told him today that Zhang Xiu knew that most of the eight hundred palace concubines actually entered the Shouchun Palace voluntarily.

But after figuring out the reason, Zhang Xiu didn't feel strange.

A small number of people entered the palace in order to fly on the branches and become phoenixes. Yuan Shu became the Son of Heaven, although the queen has no share, but being a concubine with her beauty and charm is also a glorious lintel.

But most people enter the palace to be able to eat a mouthful of food!

Joke, under the rule of Yuan Shu and Yuan Highway, it is impossible to eat by farming.

At this time, Yuan Shu's Shouchun Palace recruited. The treatment of a concubine is equivalent to the treatment of a serving general; A small palace maid who washes clothes and vegetables, a month's treatment is the last family's one-year ration. Not to mention that there are three days and two rewards, and anyone who enters the palace at home is actually exempt from taxes!

Where can such a good thing be found? Yuan Shu himself estimated that no one would send his daughter, after all, he wanted eight hundred girls, eight hundred! But in fact, the people who came to the gate of Shouchun Palace to sign up were directly bursting.

Although everyone knows that the treatment is good, it is another matter whether it is implemented or not. There are even officials who specialize in blackmailing people who have entered the palace in their families, but the most pitiful thing is the hearts of parents in the world, whether they can eat well is no longer something that can be considered, at least sending their daughter into the palace will not starve and freeze.

Zou told Zhang Xiu about the experience of a palace maid. As soon as she heard that Shouchun Palace was recruiting palace maids, this girl immediately signed up without telling her parents. Although he knew that anything could happen after entering the palace, he had also seen the body of a palace maid wrapped in a mat and pulled out of a carriage from the palace gate early in the morning.

But my parents have only eaten one meal in two days, but they have allowed themselves and their young brother to eat one meal a day, so it has been more than three months.

Even though her parents cried and fainted when they learned about it, they wanted to lock her up, but she still ran away. Perhaps, she will never see the moon again the day after entering the palace. But at least, after she left, her brother could eat a little more every day, and her parents could eat at least one meal a day.

Therefore, after Zhang Xiu entered the city, he felt that he had done a pretty good job of dismissing the palace maids, but he really did not start from reality. Because after the severance order was issued, only a very small number of a dozen palace maids went home. The others are all stranded in Shouchun. Because most of them have no home at this time. Or, some people are still dreaming of becoming a phoenix.

Fortunately, in the past month or so, Zou comforted them. The Zou family didn't have the money and food to feed them, but she could at least shelter these poor and lamentable people temporarily, and not let the Shouchun officials embarrass them. Then, with his identity, he looked for an opportunity to find Zhang Xiu to solve the problem.

In Zou's memory, his own nephew and her husband are the same kind of people. He only cares about military and political affairs, and he doesn't bother to listen to these trivial matters at all. Although she has no son, she and Zhang Xiu actually have a mother-son friendship, but there is no guarantee that Zhang Xiu can seriously solve this matter.

Moreover, since her husband died in battle, this nephew seems to have changed after crying and fainting in the mourning hall. Not to mention his attitude towards himself, the behavior towards Quan'er and Ruo'er's two children is not at all the same as before.

How to say it, I always feel that Zhang Xiu looks at his two children with a look that wants to be sold.

What does it feel like?

Listening to the Zou family's suggestion, Zhang Xiu's mind was opened, and she pondered for a moment and said: "Auntie is a good proposal, I have divided the mansion for those five big and three rough guys, but it doesn't look like a home without a mother-in-law or a maidservant at home." I'll do this right away, but I just ask my aunt to arrange for those who have thoughts in her heart to clean Shouchun Palace. ”

"In addition, what my aunt said, it reminds me of the palaces built by Yuan Shu in other places, and there are many palace maids and concubines. The palaces of Ruyin, Guangling, and Lujiang together also have four or five hundred palace concubines, and it is estimated that the magistrates do not pay much attention to it as much as I do. I'll order someone to deal with these people properly, and then I will have to check with my aunt and eliminate some unbearable women. ”

Zou smiled and agreed: "What Xiu'er said is exactly what the aunt still wants to ask, no problem, the aunt is also a woman, so she should clarify these things." ”

"Then it's troublesome for the aunt, it's really that the people available around Xiu'er are not enough to take on this role, and the aunt has to bother. Auntie still has anything to do, do you want to fill in the gaps in the embroidery? Zhang Xiu asked.

It's really simple to talk about, and you can only know the curves and corners when you do it. I thought that simply dismissing the palace maids and letting them go home for reunion was the best way to deal with it, but I didn't even know the truth.

This problem really has to be changed, and the eyes are high, and the master is low, and the ambition is far away, and something will happen sooner or later.

"If you want to say that there is any truth, in fact, there is, in fact, there is not, it is that my aunt wants to think about it for you......" Zou looked like he wanted to say something.

Zhang Xiu was puzzled: "What's the matter, auntie, you tell me directly." ”

"You see, Quan'er is five years old this year, and Ruo'er is three years old this year......" Zou said.

Zhang Xiu was even more confused: "Yes, I know, what's wrong?" ”

Zou still looks like he can't speak. Zhang Xiu seemed to understand something: "Auntie, it turns out that you want to talk about ......"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zou immediately confirmed: "Ruo'er is almost three years old, you are still ......"

Zhang Xiu was confused again: "Isn't Quan'er's birthday coming soon, Ruo'er still has a few months?" ”

Zou almost fainted, and couldn't help but say directly: "It's not Ruo'er's birthday, it's your ......"

"Mine?" Zhang Xiu recalled well: "My birthday hasn't arrived yet?" Is it too early to prepare now? ”

Zou couldn't hold back any longer: "It's just a matter of renewing the strings for you!" I asked you back then, and you said that she was considering the end of her mourning period. Now that Ruo'er is three years old and the mourning period is over, you have to reconsider. I'm not afraid of taking these two children, or I'm afraid that you are alone, and there are so many things to do every day, and no one brings tea and water. ”

……

What? Marry a daughter-in-law? I'm only twenty-four years old now, wait, according to Zhang Xiu's age, I'm just thirty years old now, and I'm almost at the end of my life.

Why didn't I find this terrible problem when I just crossed at that time, and I thought I had picked up a big bargain, but it turned out that God had lied to me for six years.

Six years, six years of youth, it's gone.

Although I came to Sangoku, I learned much more in three months than in the whole university. However, Zhang Xiu still didn't have a taste in her heart.

Seeing Zhang Xiu's bitter face, Zou also understood in his heart. It seems that it's not the right time, what Yuan Shu's daughter, Yuan Yao's sister, the family has a bad reputation, and now she asks someone to ask me to help pull the strings.

It's just that the next moment, Zhang Xiu suddenly changed her face: "Auntie, look, I... I... Can I do it now? ”

……

Ahem, maybe because he felt that his performance was a little unstable, Zhang Xiu'er hurriedly continued: "Xiu'er didn't want to continue the strings, but those people under Xiu'er kept telling me that they wanted to allow anyone in their family to enter the mansion in the past few days. ”

I have to be anxious, how many adults are there, and I still have an empty seat.

After listening to Zhang Xiu's hastily made up explanation, Zou actually had a deeply approving expression, nodded and said, "Auntie heard that the Yuan family's accusation form has been handed to the imperial court, right?" ”

Zhang Xiu really couldn't keep up with this cheap aunt's train of thought, so she had to say honestly: "Yes, it is said that it was written in blood by Yuan Shu when he was dying, and Xiu'er played it to the court by the way." ”

Coaxing ghosts, Yuan Shu was already angry with himself, and at that time, he was directly angry and unconscious by Liu Xun in the Lujiang Palace. Coupled with the bumps on the way back to Lujiang, according to Liu Ye, he lost his breath as soon as he entered the city. You can also write blood books, hehe.

"That means, the Yuan family is not guilty now?" Zou asked.

"The Yuan family is not guilty in the first place, after all, there is also the first prince in the world, Yuan Shao. The imperial court will not blame the entire Yuan family for the matter of claiming the emperor, and Yuan Shu is only the one who is guilty. ”

"That's good," Zou sighed, "Auntie is just afraid that it will affect you." ”

Why, what's going on, I'm not surnamed Yuan.

"Have you heard that Yuan Shu has a daughter? looks very cute, and the personality is also very suitable for you, but I don't know what you mean? ”

I'm rubbing! What do you mean by "I mean it", where did you know my taste interest aunt?

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