Lin Qingyun had more dealings with Princess Sujun than Princess Xiangjun, so she naturally heard the meaning beyond her words.

In the past two years, Lin Qingyun has released all the big girls who served her and Tu Yan, and outsiders have not gossiped about it, so she just ignored it. Princess Sujun only took it out today and said, just because a maid who served by Princess Sujun's side was recently accepted by the princess of Sujun, and she was very favored, and the maid was pregnant again. Princess Sujun was annoyed by this matter, and others thought that the girl was arranged by her, and she couldn't lose her identity because of this, and she had to show her generosity and virtue with a smiling face everywhere in front of outsiders. Now that I see Lin Qingyun, who has been quiet and quiet for several years, enjoying exclusive favors, how can I not be jealous? But the princess of Sujun didn't dare to ridicule Lin Qingyun in person, so she insinuated with the princess of Xiangjun, who was low in rank and close to Lin Qingyun.

Speaking of King Sujun, there may be something lacking in other aspects, but he is not greedy for women, and the people in the house are within the regulations. The king of Sujun is five years older than Tu Yan, and it has been more than ten years since he got married, and he and the princess of Sujun can be regarded as an old husband and wife, and the sons of the house are eleven years old. In the past, in the first few years of marriage, the princess of Sujun had to give the two girls prepared by her to the king of the county in order to make a gesture, and the king of the county was favored for three or five days and then left it behind.

Lin Qingyun patted Princess Xiangjun's hand, looked at Princess Sujun and said with a smile: "Third sister-in-law, if you want me to say that the eighth brother and sister did a good job." The girls around them should be released when they are older, and it is also hard for them to serve once, so it is also our grace to make them choose a good life. Besides, some girls know the rules and know the rules, but some are not right-minded, and staying by their side will be ...... Ah, I forgot, the third sister-in-law is the most virtuous person, but I don't care about these, we are young, but we haven't been able to survive the realm of the third sister-in-law. ”

Princess Sujun's face changed and she was almost angry, but finally held back, and said with a forced smile: "Yes, you are young, don't just care about the present, think about the future." When you reach my age, if you can still retain the respect of the prince, then it will be a good life. ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone say, "The new man is here." ”

Looking up, Tanchun was dressed in a silver-red jacket and skirt, full of beads and greenery, bright and bright. When everyone saw it, they praised: "What a beauty! The princess of Dingjun called people over, held her hand and looked at it carefully, and the princess of Sujun asked again, Tanchun answered one by one, and everyone had a salute. When it came to Lin Qingyun, how embarrassed it was for the sisters to see each other, Tanchun pursed her red lips, covered the pain in her eyes, and knelt down to salute.

"Concubine Jia Shu, get up." Lin Qingyun was busy making Acacia pick people up, and now goodbye, his identity has changed. The so-called married husband, now I can't call the three girls, so I asked Acacia to give the prepared gifts, and only said to Tanchun: "Have a good life in the future." ”

It should be to visit the spring, and go to see others.

Watching Tanchun kowtow one by one, Lin Qingyun felt very uncomfortable in her heart, who let Tanchun just be a concubine. Even so, such an "honor" is envied by many concubines, and if it weren't for the fact that Tanchun was involved a lot, there might not be such an opportunity.

That night, the half-drunk King Chengjun walked into Tanchun's house.

The furnishings in the house are beyond the share that the concubine should enjoy, even if Tanchun still does not understand these, but from a few precious ornaments to feel the clues. Aware of this, Tanchun originally planned to ask the maid to remove the things, but in the end, he finally changed his mind and pretended not to notice. Now that she has entered the county king's mansion, she knows that this road is difficult to walk, and if she is not careful, she will be destroyed. As soon as she came, she had attracted a lot of attention, and presumably those people did not want to see a concubine who was too smart.

"Concubine Shu, the king of the county is here." Cui Mo came in to report.

The two big girls around Tanchun, the servant and Cuimo, both got married this time.

Tanchun hurriedly got up to greet him.

Chengjun Wang is in his early thirties, born handsome, and has the majesty of a county king. Seeing Tanchun kneeling down to greet him, he hurriedly bent down to help him up, and said with a smile: "Concubine Jia doesn't have to make this big gift." ”

"Thank you for your concern, but the ceremony can't be wasted." Tanchun half-lowered his head and looked at King Chengjun very quickly. Before Concubine Gao officially arrived, the county prince's mansion sent someone to contact her, and she offered to exchange this for Jia Zheng's safety in the exiled land.

King Chengjun waved his hand to order the waiter and the others to retreat, and while looking at the objects in the house, he asked: "When you first came, the things in the house were all ordered by Concubine Gao, but what is missing?" If you are short of something, just go and talk to Concubine Gao. ”

"The concubine doesn't lack anything, the sister of the side concubine is already very well prepared." Tanchun looked a little nervous, but it was not because she was nervous in the face of a strange man, but because tonight was very important, and it was related to how she would gain a foothold in the county king's mansion in the future.

King Chengjun's eyes fell on the makeup table, on which was a rosewood carved jewelry box, the small drawer of the box was opened, and all kinds of hairpins and beads were dazzling. King Chengjun's eyes were hot, and he pretended to ask, "This thing doesn't look like it's new?" ”

Tanchun replied: "This is what my grandmother left me, maybe it was my grandmother's dowry back then, it's really not a new thing." ”

Originally, Daiyu took this jewelry box, but someone sent it back three days ago. The inside and outside of the box are intact, and the jewelry and things are all there, but there are only three bills of exchange in the mezzanine, which are 2,000 gold, 3,000 gold, and 5,000 gold, a total of 10,000 gold.

After confirming that the things were correct, the smile on the corner of Chengjunwang's mouth was much more real, and he no longer gossiped with Tanchun, and stretched out his arms and said, "Rest in peace." ”

Tanchun immediately stepped forward to dress him widely.

One night in Wushan**. When Tanchun woke up, it was already dawn, the waiter came in with his clothes, and after serving the change of clothes and freshening up, it was not early, and he had to rush to the upper room to ask for peace.

Now the Chengjun Wangfu is the housekeeper of the high-side concubine, although she does not have the name of the princess, but she does the things of the princess. Even Tanchun, who had just entered the mansion, understood the shape of the inner courtyard from the words of King Chengjun yesterday, which showed that the situation that Zhen told her was not an exaggeration at all. However, the princess is the princess, and the side room is the side room, even if the Zhen family is no longer worthy of the name, she must still have the dignity of the princess externally, otherwise the princess of Chengjun will have no face, although she can't manage internal affairs internally, but a newcomer like Tanchun still has to be the first to give Zhen's tea, and you can't save it sooner or later.

It wasn't too early to visit spring, but it was quiet in the main courtyard, and no one had arrived.

Zhen's eldest maid Chunhua came over: "Concubine Jia Shu and sit down, yesterday Xiao Shizi's condition was a little recurrent, the princess went to see it, she rested late, and she got up a little late today." ”

"Don't dare to urge the princess, I'll wait." Although Tanchun has dealings with the Zhen family, the two are indeed not familiar with each other, they are allies, but they are also wary of each other. Taking advantage of the silence at this moment, she began to sort out the various people in the county king's mansion.

Not long after, the other three concubines and concubines arrived one after another.

Originally, the rules of the palace were to get up early every day to ask for peace, since the Zhen family had an accident, to the Zhen family's complete fall from grace, and the power fell into the hands of the Gao family, the rules of greeting in the palace were changed to once every three days, once every ten days, and even once every half a month, the reasons were ready-made, and the Zhen family took care of the little prince hard, and it was not appropriate to disturb too much. The Gao clan naturally has no right to make such changes, but it was said by King Chengjun himself, and the instigators behind it don't guess who it is. The Zhen family was not without anger, but Xiao Shizi was important, and he really didn't have the energy or capital to fight with the Gao family, so he had to retreat step by step.

Originally, there may not be a few people who take the new Tanchun to heart, but now I look at it, the new Concubine Jia Shu is delicate and bright, like a blooming rose, and she just accepted the grace last night, which adds more and more indescribable style. The concubines and concubines below were pantothenic acid in their hearts, fearing that Concubine Jia would win the favor of the king of the county, so they ridiculed and ridiculed one by one, either explicitly or secretly, and there were too many places on Tanchun's body that were easy to be talked about, and they were all things that outsiders knew, and there was no way to argue.

Tanchun just listened to all the voices, sat quietly, and didn't say a word.

Those people didn't react when they saw her wood, and they stopped talking for a while when they felt bored.

Zhen listened to the maid Qiushi relay the situation outside, and was very satisfied with Tanchun's reaction: "In the past, I heard my mother say that the third girl of the Jia family was very smart, shrewd and capable, but now I see that I still know how to hide and endure humiliation. You can see that I didn't choose the wrong person. ”

Qiu Shi knew her plan, and said with great convince: "Concubine Jia Shu is good for everything else, but her family background is poor, and her ranking is low, how can she dare to compete with Concubine Gao?" It's right, I'm afraid there is no chance of winning. When Concubine Gao was still a concubine, Concubine Qiao was so favored, but she was not defeated by Concubine Gao, but she was gone at a young age. ”

"Joe's?" Zhen sneered: "Concubine Jia Shu is much stronger than her." ”

Qiao's family relied on the favor of the county king, relied on his family background to be higher than Gao's, and was too arrogant and careless when fighting with Gao's, and as a result, he was clever and mistaken by cleverness. Jia Tanchun is different, he has nothing, he doesn't even have a way out, he can only go all out, and he is more and more likely to win.

Zhen took a look in the mirror, got up and walked out.

Qiu Shi said: "Concubine Gao and Concubine Chen haven't come yet. ”

Zhen didn't care: "How could those two people put me in their eyes, which time was not late, I didn't ask the reason, so as to save those two sluts from spitting disgusting words out of their mouths." ”

As soon as Zhen came out, everyone in the room was silent.

Even if the Zhen family is no longer favored and has no housekeeping power at hand, she is still the princess of the county canonized by the royal family, and after experiencing the collapse of the family, the Zhen family has never smiled on her face again, and her face is cold, once you look at someone, you will feel goosebumps on your back. In addition to the two side concubines, the concubines and concubines at the bottom were already scared of her, not to mention that not long ago, a concubine was scolded by the rod for contradicting the princess, and everyone was abolished under the twenty boards. Although the king of the county disciplined the Zhen family after learning about it, it was only that, even Concubine Qi Shufei could only summon him to the palace to reprimand. The people below don't know what the mother and son of the county prince are having, they only know that the princess can't be offended, at least they can't afford to offend.

Zhen sat up, and didn't ask why Gao Chen and the others hadn't arrived, and said directly: "Since Concubine Jia Shu is here, let's make tea." ”

Tanchun stepped forward and knelt down, and the maid had already brought tea, and just held the tea to be saluted, but heard laughter outside: "Ouch, it's a coincidence that I came, and then half a step late, the tea is finished." ”

It's not good to look back at people at this time, and no one reminds them, but from these words and the posture of the comer, it is not difficult to guess that it must be Concubine Chen. Although Concubine Chen and the Gao family live together as the side concubine, they are better than the Gao family in all aspects of their family background, and they also have a son under their knees, and the housekeeping in the Bisheng Mansion was handed over to the Gao family by the county king, how can she be convinced? The Chen family was directly pointed out as a side concubine to King Chengjun, but the Gao family was promoted as a concubine, where can she compare to her? But now not only the king of the county is towards the Gao family, but also Concubine Qi Shu in the palace often says that she wants the two of them to live in harmony, and the meaning of favoritism and maintenance under the words is very obvious.

Concubine Chen always remembered the slap given by Zhen, but it was very strange, she was clearly a person who had fallen out of favor, and she occasionally provoked and provoked, but she couldn't do more. This made Concubine Chen dare not underestimate the Zhen family, she often didn't ask for peace on weekdays, robbed the princess and other things, but it was cautious to really make calculations.

"Go on." Zhen just glanced at Chen, and there was no extra expression.

Chen was not surprised, sat down on the chair on the left, and looked at Tanchun. Looking at Tanchun's young and delicate face, Chen was slightly in a trance, and unconsciously looked at his hands, no matter how well maintained he was, it was different from the young girl. She is also nearly thirty years old, how can she compare to a girl who is eighteen, fortunately she has a son.

Tanchun first saluted Zhen, and then Chen.

"The princess forgives me, I'm late." Concubine Gao walked in a little hurry, bowed and pleaded, and the expression of apology on her face was also very sincere, but without waiting for Zhen's statement, she straightened up and sat in the chair on the right. At this time, even if Concubine Gao is friendly in words, it will not make people feel gentle and harmless.

Of course, Tanchun didn't dare to underestimate the Gao family, so he respectfully served tea, and met the other three concubines, and the other concubines came up to meet him. The princess's side concubines and concubines are the same rules in each county palace, the difference is only in the concubines and the room, there are eight concubines in the palace of the county, and there are a few rooms, and there are several that are not connected to the house, but they are not qualified to come.

Zhen was too lazy to see Gao Chen and the others dangling in front of him, and after the rules were gone, he said that he was tired, and served tea to the guests.

At the beginning of spring, it can be said that every step is like walking on thin ice, a sentence must be turned three or four times in the heart before daring to speak, last night was a happy night, at this time back to the house only to feel that the palms of the hands are sweaty, can be described as physically and mentally exhausted. I casually glanced at the dressing table, where the rosewood carved jewelry box was quietly placed.

With a move in her heart, she ordered the waiter and the others to stand down, and said, "I want to rest, don't quarrel with me." ”

The waiter saw that her face was not very good, so he said: "Concubine Shu, I'll go to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of porridge, Concubine Shu didn't eat a few bites this morning, I'm afraid I'm hungry." ”

Tanchun nodded indispensably, but in fact, he didn't have the heart to eat at all, but it was An Shishu's heart. After the waiter and the others went out, the bottom plate of the jewelry box was pried open, and the three bills of exchange inside were indeed gone.

There are three other concubines in her residence, she lives in the main room, and there is a grandmother, two girls, and the waiter Cuimo, a total of five people. Each of those concubines is two girls, plus the mother-in-law who watches the door in the yard at night, and the little girl who is in charge of sprinkling and sweeping, there are a total of more than a dozen people, and I don't know how many people's eyes and ears here.

Now that King Chengjun has gotten the bill of exchange, although it is not all, it is easy to find out the fact that there is a time limit for the retrieval of things, and there is only less than half a month left.

The Zhen family wanted her to deal with the Gao family, and she got a certain amount of connections from the Zhen family, after all, it was her idea to enter the county king's mansion, not Zhen's temptation. Although she didn't know what Zhen's purpose was, it was absolutely dangerous, and then again, what she did was more dangerous than Zhen's purpose, and she was alone and had no support.

At this time, King Chengjun, who got the bill of exchange, had a gloomy face, obviously things were unexpected.

A pair of Rouyi held fragrant tea in front of him, but it was the side concubine Gao, and Gao said softly: "Why should the king of the county be angry, I think the Zhen family is used to being cautious and refuses to put their eggs in the same basket, or the princess lied, or it may be that Concubine Jia Shu is too smart." ”

"No matter who lies or conceals it, this bill of exchange cannot be faked. I asked people to go to the money bank to confirm that it was indeed the money order issued by those money banks, which means that there are still ten days, and once the ten days have passed, the gold cannot be withdrawn. The more King Chengjun spoke, the more annoyed he became, seeing that the cooked duck had arrived, but it was about to fly again.

Gao said: "Do you have to get a bill of exchange and a letter?" The king of the county can't come forward? ”

"How can I come forward? If it is detected by his father or others...... "King Chengjun did not dare to say anything more when he thought of the origin of this money. "Just taking a money order won't work. can be the largest big money village in the country, the forces behind it are intricate, and this gold is not visible, so I can't be involved in the slightest. ”

"Then you have to get the letter." Gao Shi Dao.

"How? Zhen searched the house two or three times, but found nothing. Since King Chengjun got the bill of exchange, he took the opportunity of Zhen to take care of Xiao Shizi in the house outside, and searched Zhen's hospitalized child carefully, but he never found it.

Gao pondered for a moment and said, "Will she take the letter out?" ”

"You will check the house, and I will do it outside."

In the past few days, the Gao family has obviously been busy with something, in addition to Zhen's Tanchun knowing, as Concubine Chen, who has been secretly staring at Gao's family, is also very quick to notice. Concubine Chen felt that it was a big deal, so she ordered someone to keep an eye on the Gao family and the people around her. Zhen ignored it, as if he was not afraid of things being found out, and Tanchun was calm and simple on the surface, but in fact, he was more anxious than anyone else.

On this day, the waiter came in at lunch, and said what he had just heard: "The princess has gone out again, it seems that Xiao Shizi's illness has been committed again, and it is a little dangerous." The doctor who treated Xiao Shizi is said to be very capable, and he has been treating Xiao Shizi for some time, but he has not been able to get better. ”

"Where is the child's illness so easy to cure...... Tanchun said in a pause, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. The Zhen family attaches the most importance to Xiao Shizi first, and Zhen is extremely distrustful of the county king's mansion, so the most important trust is likely to be put together with Xiao Shizi.

Although I feel very sure, Xiao Shizi is not in the mansion, and the whip is out of reach.

After thinking about it, Tanchun suddenly said: "I went to ask for peace this morning, and one of my earrings seems to have fallen in the upper room." ”

"Concubine, what earrings? The pair of fan-shaped earrings I wore in the morning were removed and put in the box, both of them. The waiter thought she had forgotten about it, and walked over to open the box to show her.

"Servant!" Tanchun grabbed her and grabbed the wrist of the servant very hard: "You go to find the earrings, in addition, I heard that the princess is not in the house most of the time, and the people in the house are all stealing and playing tricks, if no one is watching, you will go to find two small objects that the little prince often plays with and bring them back quietly." ”

The waiter was stunned: "Girl......"

"It's important!" Tanchun didn't say much, but the solemn look on his face was enough to make the waiter understand the importance of the matter.

"I—I'll try." The waiter had never done such a thing, and he was still taking things in the princess's house, and his body trembled just thinking about it, but when he saw Tanchun's look, he still went in the end.

As soon as the waiter went, Tanchun began to be anxious, walking around the house, his palms were full of sweat. Half an hour later, the waiter returned, and as soon as he entered the door, he collapsed on the ground, and two things rolled out of his sleeves. One is a fist-sized colored hydrangea, and the other is a pottery ringing ball.

"No one found out, did they?" Tanchun helped people up.

The waiter shook his head, grabbed the tea and poured it violently, and finally returned to his normal color: "There was no one in the house, so they asked me to go in and find it myself." I went to the princess's bedroom, and saw two things on the dressing table, which seemed to be old things from several years, and I didn't play much with them, so I took them back. After speaking, he said nervously: "Girl, this thing is so obvious, it must be common to the princess, let's take it now, and the princess will find out as soon as she comes back." ”

"How can we see that we took it?" Tanchun held the two things in his hand and said: "There have been more people going to the upper room in the past two days, even today, Concubine Gao and Concubine Chen have sent people to go, who can guarantee that no one will enter the princess's house?" ”

Shaking the pottery ringing ball, there was a rustling sound inside, it was a good one, and Tanchun threw it aside and didn't care. If something is stuffed inside, the sound will be abnormal, but I haven't heard anything abnormal now. I took a small colored hydrangea again, and sank my hand slightly, because it was filled with something, and I was not sure if there was anything else for a while.

Tanchun took the scissors, cut the hydrangea open, and removed the cotton rags and other things inside, and finally made a discovery.

"Found it!" Tanchun took out a small cloth bag, which was stuffed with nine thumb-sized rosewood carvings, although there was one less, but it was a great surprise to find nine. Tanchun held the cloth bag in his hand, and immediately picked up the broken little hydrangea and threw it into the charcoal basin to burn it.

The waiter was puzzled when he heard it, but said: "I'm afraid it's not easy, although I've only been in this mansion for a few days, but the courtyard of the concubine is extremely strict, and I can't enter it if I have nothing to do." ”

Tanchun said: "Adults are easy to manage, but children are not." ”

The waiter immediately understood: "Don't worry, girl, I will be careful." ”