For his sister's explanation, Xue Pan really cares. He didn't care about the fact that he was getting better with his fox friends and dog friends the next day, and he wanted to go out for a drink, so he took the gift prepared by Xue Baochai and personally went to Xia Shouzhong's private house. It was also his luck that Xia Shouzhong happened to be sticky in the private house with his concubine, and when he heard that the Xue family was sending something, his heart moved.

His beloved concubine Feng is also a charming and lovely person, and when she saw that there was a set of Dong Ji's bead-inlaid treasures in the bundle sent to her, she smiled and said: "Oh, this Xue family really has a heart." Last time, I saw that my sister also had one on her head, and I was about to ask the master to go to the jewelry store to give me a pair, but I knew that this person was so coincidental that he sent this pair and let me catch up. ”

Xia Shouzhong said: "Since you like it, I'll give it to you." Then he asked the girl, "Who sent it?" For what? ”

The girl on the ground replied, "Master, the person who came is the uncle of the Xue family who lives in the Jia family." He was for his sister's entry into the palace, and he wanted to ask the master for convenience. The man is still in the porter. Do you want to see him? ”

Xia Shouzhong played with an ear digging hairpin, and after hearing about it, he narrowed his eyes.

Of course, he knew who the Xue family was, and he also knew the relationship between the Xue family and Jia Yuanchun.

At the beginning, he was the chief eunuch of the inner court, and Jia Yuanchun was the female history of the queen's side, and he was still indifferent in front of the emperor. He thought that with his own identity, it would not be considered an insult to this Jia Nushi, so he slightly revealed such a meaning, and wanted to have a match with Jia Yuanchun, in the future. No matter what Jia Yuanchun is, he will treat him like his wife.

In Xia Shouzhong's opinion, Jia Yuanchun is old. I can't get the emperor's heart, and the queen hates these girls who climb the bed the most, so Jia Yuanchun's final ending is only to wait for the age to be released from the palace, as for whether he will be a nurturing grandmother or a house-filler for others after he leaves the palace, I don't know.

But that fate. For an official lady like Jia Yuanchun, it was undoubtedly tragic.

It was because he knew Jia Yuanchun's yearning for glory and wealth that Xia Shouzhong would hit his idea. In Xia Shouzhong's opinion. How can he be a eunuch in charge of the inner court, although the grade is only the fourth grade, it is not as decent as the emperor and the two around him today, but it is also much stronger than Jia Zheng, who has been sitting on the cold bench in the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years. Again. Jia Zheng sent his daughter to the palace. Isn't it for glory and wealth?

In Xia Shouzhong's view, a person like Jia Zheng, except for a background that can be seen, he himself is simply a wreck, he has no vision, no ability, and even the ability to speak is not as good as those children. Such a person, who can sit in the fifth grade, is already an ancestor of virtue. Of course. If you give up your face, help him. It's not impossible, but it can only make Jia Zheng upgrade to one and a half levels. It's not that his ability is limited, but that Jia Zheng is really a fighter.

Xia Shouzhong felt that although Jia Yuanchun's background was okay, with his family background and that nest of bad relatives, ordinary people still didn't dare to understand it. It's just that he has a little sincerity towards this woman, otherwise, it wouldn't be Jia Yuanchun's turn to give him Xia Shouzhong as his wife!

Therefore, as soon as Jia Yuanchun left the palace, Xia Shouzhong sent a letter to Jia's house and received a reply. But Xia Shouzhong never expected that Jia Yuanchun would have the ability to come back and become the emperor's woman, forcing Xia Shouzhong to suppress his past thoughts.

There is a way that the Buddha fights for a furnace of incense, and people fight for a breath. Xia Shouzhong did like Jia Yuanchun before, and he believed in Jia Yuanchun very much, so after Jia Yuanchun entered the palace again, Xia Shouzhong only had disgust for this woman.

He never thought that this woman would treat him as a fool, and after playing him, she would dare to enter the palace and beg him to take care of him!

Xia Shouzhong's heart is dead!

But he had to swallow it in aggrieved terms. Even if he is a eunuch, it will be a trouble to let people know that he once beat Jia Yuanchun's idea. Therefore, he recognized what Jia Yuanchun said, what he said that he was interested in holding the qin, and he had to make a show for others to see. God knows, he wanted to strangle that woman.

Therefore, Jia Yuanchun has had a lot of days in the palace in the past few years, which is the credit of Xia Shouzhong. It's just that this little bit of achievement can't satisfy Xia Shouzhong. He wants Jia Yuanchun to pay the price, and he wants Jia Yuanchun to know that he Xia Shouzhong is not something that he Jia Yuanchun can afford to offend.

Xia Shouzhong would not let Jia Yuanchun die like this, it would be too cheap for him. Xia Shouzhong wanted to make Jia Yuanchun's life miserable, and he asked Jia Yuanchun to lie on the ground and beg for his forgiveness.

Xia Shouzhong squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Oh? So, does the Xue family want to send their daughter to the palace? ”

Of course, Xia Shouzhong knew about the Xue family. can be the head eunuch of the inner court, Xia Shouzhong's ability is naturally not to be underestimated. However, even though the Jia family has been silent for many years, and the top power circle of the Beijing division has long forgotten about the Jia family, Xia Shouzhong still knows everything about the Jia family, not to mention, he also did a lot of homework for Jia Yuanchun at the beginning, and naturally he knows the bad debts of the Jia Shi Wang Xue Si family. He even knew that if it weren't for Jia Yuanchun's action, the Xue family's case would not have ended so strangely, and if it weren't for Jia Yuanchun doing things behind his back, the Xue family's girl would have entered the palace a long time ago.

Since Jia Yuanchun dared to play him, he Xia Shouzhong wanted to get someone in and block Jia Yuanchun well.

Thinking like this, Xia Shouzhong patted the concubine's waist and asked the concubine to retreat, so that people called Xue Pan in. At the first glance of Xue Pan, Xia Shouzhong knew that the people of the Xue family were probably the kind of extremely simple people, otherwise they would not have been toyed with by Jia Yuanchun. However, whether this person is simple or treacherous, in the hands of people like them, it is good to use it well.

Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "You are the current head of the Xue family after Ziwei Sheren?" ”

Xue Pan had already kowtowed a few times on the ground: "Exactly." The villain is the head of the Xue family. ”

Xia Shouzhong hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, pointed to the embroidery pier on the side, and said, "You get up and speak." ”

Xue Pan got up from the ground at this time. Seeing that Xia Shouzhong was smoking a hookah, he hurriedly went over to serve and helped Xia Shouzhong light it.

Xia Shouzhong smiled slightly. He took a sip and said, "They all say that you are a nerd, and I can't imagine that you are also a spirit." ”

Xue Pan said: "Back to my father-in-law, when my mother is at home, she also likes to smoke hookah. ”

In this era, men smoked dry tobacco, and only women smoked hookah. Xue Pan took Aunt Xue more than Xia Shouzhong. It is equivalent to saying that Xia Shouzhong is not a man in front of Xia Shouzhong. For a eunuch like Xia Shouzhong, isn't it a sting in someone's heart!

However, if you will be angry about this kind of thing. Then Xia Shouzhong is not Xia Shouzhong.

He smiled slightly, didn't say a word, leaned on the couch and smoked the hookah slowly, puff after puff. Replaced by someone else. I'm afraid that I have to start worrying at this moment. Or thinking about what gift to give to make this Father-in-law Xia turn around, only Xue Pan stood stunned, waiting for Xia Shouzhong to speak.

Although Xia Shouzhong squinted his eyes, he didn't forget to pay attention to Xue Pan, and when he saw that Xue Pan was still so stunned, he couldn't help but smile.

He is the chief of the inner court. What do you have to do with a nerd?

Xia Shouzhong was too addicted to smoking, so he said, "Xue Pan." You're an honest boy, and I'm not going to beat around the bush with you. At the beginning, if you find a proper person to clean up your case, I am afraid that your sister will enter the palace two years earlier, why wait until this time, and ask for someone. Xue Pan, you have been tricked at all. ”

Xue Pan really nodded and said, "At that time, whenever my mother mentioned my aunt's family, she would say how rich and noble my aunt's family was, and we all thought that my aunt's family would definitely help us, who would have thought ......?"

Xia Shouzhong said to Xue Pan with a hookah pole: "You are from the south, so you don't know." That Jia Wang clan is not a good thing. You think that's all he did? I'll tell you something that no one else knows. At the beginning, that Jia Junjun once fell into the water, and in the harsh winter of Sanjiu, a six-year-old child fell into the pond! Think about it, in a family like the Jia family, there is no one around this girl? How could it be that the only girl in their big house fell into the water? The girl on the side was in a mess, but no one rescued her. Or did the kid throw off his cotton coat and fur cloak and climb up on his own! ”

Xue Pan was frightened to death: "How can there be such a thing?" ”

Xia Shouzhong said: "If it weren't for the special investigation sent by the top, I'm afraid that this matter would be buried." At that time, six-year-old Jia Junjun went ashore and fainted when he saw his parents. Later, it was concluded that Jia Junjun was young and naughty, and despite the dissuasion, he played by the pond, and then fell into the water......"

Xia Shouzhong was still waiting for Xue Pan to answer, but when he saw Xue Pan stunned, he couldn't help but feel angry.

However, a little eunuch on the side was clever, and said: "This is the first time I have heard of this." ”

Xue Pan said at this time, "But, why? ”

Xia Shouzhong replied: "Of course, it's because this niece is in the way of his own daughter!" Xia Shouzhong paused and said: "That's it, since you are so sincere in asking for me, for the sake of old friends, I will tell the truth, because of Jia Junjun's face, your sister participated in the small election, so you don't have to worry about this first trial." After your sister enters the palace, I can say where he goes. However, your case, whether it's big or small, you take two thousand taels of silver, and I'll help you invite someone to have a cup of tea. Remember, I'll send it here. ”

When Xue Pan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and agreed with his mouth. Seeing that Xia Shouzhong seemed to have no meaning to speak, and the purpose had been achieved, he immediately got up to say goodbye, and naturally someone sent him out.

Xue Pan couldn't hide his words, came out of Xia Shouzhong's private house, and immediately went home, after arriving home, he saw Aunt Xue first, and immediately found his sister Xue Baochai, and told Xue Baochai what Xia Shouzhong said.

Xue Baochai nodded again and again and said, "That's exactly how it should be." Reasoning, this kind of asking for help, if you ask for help, you shouldn't ask for a second person, just like this matter of entering the palace, we have already begged the second sister before, and the second sister really put my name in the list, it stands to reason that before the dust settles, we shouldn't ask for a lot of trouble and ask Grandpa Xia. The second sister won't care about us, but I'm afraid that Father-in-law Xia will think that we underestimate him and don't look for him in the first time. ”

Aunt Xue immediately spoke: "Then you still let your brother go to Grandpa Xia?" ”

Xue Baochai replied: "Mom, when we asked for the second sister. In order to participate in the selection of female officials around Her Royal Highness the Princess, if she wins the selection, she will be praised for her talents. The second sister said it at the time. The matter of choosing a companion for Her Royal Highness the Princess, it looks like Banzai feels sorry for Princess Changle, but in fact, Banzai is choosing talents. There is only one brother in our family, and it is not like those families, some of the family are famous Confucians. Look at the last few who were selected, and then look at our family, even if we didn't make the cut. But the second sister has done this for us, what else can I say? ”

Aunt Xue was still unhappy, and Xue Pan immediately replied, "Mom." You don't have to worry about this, I don't think Grandpa Xia is angry, otherwise he wouldn't see me. However, Grandpa Xia also told me one more thing. I don't understand why Grandpa Xia told me this. ”

Xue Baochai listened. Immediately asked what was the matter, and Xue Pan said.

Xue Baochai thought for a while and said, "I probably understand what Grandpa Xia meant." In the end, my aunt is just a member of the Ministry of Labor of Zhengwupin, and he has no real power, and if the eldest sister wants to enter the palace, she is not qualified to participate in the general election, and in this house, she was qualified to participate in the general election that year. There is only one second sister. ”

Xue Pan said: "Sister." You mean, seeing your own daughter can only go in and be a slave to others. The second girl was able to be the master as soon as she entered the palace, so there would be an accident that year? ”

Xue Baochai nodded and said, "If nothing else, I'm afraid that's the case." ”

Xue Pan nodded, seeing that his mother was still unhappy, and seeing his sister's deep thought, he immediately stood up and planned to go back to the room to rest, but was stopped by Xue Baochai: "Brother, please keep this matter secret for a while." ”

Xue Pan was very surprised: "Sister, what did you say?" ”

Xue Baochai said: "Brother, I mean, about the second sister, and I want to participate in the small election, please keep it secret." ”

Xue Pan was inexplicable: "Why?" ”

Xue Baochai asked his brother to sit down again, then sat down, and said softly: "Brother, look at the eldest sister and the second sister, they turned out to be cousins, and the same grandmother was older. I think the old lady also means this, the eldest sister and the younger sister are selected to enter the palace, first stand in the palace, and then when the second sister enters the palace, she will not be calculated. But where can my aunt endure this breath? Would he like to see his own daughter trampled under the feet of his second sister? Therefore, it is not surprising that the aunt will do something to the second sister. ”

Aunt Xue was very embarrassed: "So what? It's just such a thing, or it's from outside, who knows if it's true or not? Besides, where are you like that second girl? ”

Xue Baochai smiled bitterly: "Mom, the eldest sister is the daughter of her aunt, and the second sister is the daughter of the serious marquis in this mansion, both of them are the granddaughters of the old lady, and they both grew up in the old lady's house." I heard that when the eldest sister enlightened Baoyu, the second sister sat down and listened. Where is the friendship between the two of them comparable to others? Even if the aunt and the Hou Ye don't deal with each other, they are also cousins of the in-laws and cousins who live in the same courtyard. What about me? It's just halfway, and the eldest sister's surname is Jia, and my surname is Wang! ”

Aunt Xue said: "But you are also closer to your eldest sister than that second girl!" ”

Xue Pan saw that his mother had walked into a dead end again, and immediately came out to play a round.

Of course, he knew Aunt Xue's thoughts, but Xue Pan also agreed with Xue Baochai's opinion. They are cousins of the same grandfather and grandmother, even if the adults above do not match, they are also in Jia's mother's yard, and this friendship is something that their sister can't catch up with when she pats her horse. If he was Jia Yuanchun, of course he chose to look at his cousin, who was closer to him, rather than his sister, who came out halfway.

Besides, Xue Pan himself also felt that if it wasn't for the eldest cousin's deliberate calculation, I was afraid that this matter would not have been done like this.

Xue Pan immediately said: "What my sister meant, I understand." Rest assured, I will never say a word to others until the news is confirmed. ”

Xue Baochai couldn't help but smile when he saw his brother swearing: "Thank you, brother." He also asked Ying'er to take three thousand taels of silver tickets and handed them to his brother: "Brother, this is to give you some silver for Father-in-law Xia." The other 1,000 taels are for my brother's expenses. Brother, if you run out of money, tell your sister directly, and she will take care of it for you. I also asked my brother not to go to the shop to pay the silver. Those people bully their brother's good nature, and when they see that their brother is generous, they will definitely cause trouble, and they will plant what they have done on their brother. ……”

Xue Pan nodded again and again: "Sister, don't worry." If I am short of money, I will tell you first. ”

Xue Pan also knew that if he hadn't been angry and dragged down his sister, the family wouldn't have to ask for help now. Therefore, hearing Xue Baochai say this, Xue Pan was really well-behaved.

Although Aunt Xue was not happy that her son and daughter were against him, holding Jia Jiu and saying that Mrs. Wang and Jia Yuanchun were not, she also knew that he was now living in Jia Yu's house, and their family was now borrowing Jia Yu's prestige, so even if she lost face in front of her children, Aunt Xue still endured this breath and took care of the other party's affairs for her daughter wholeheartedly.

The selection of palace maids is naturally different from the selection of palace concubines.

If Xue Baochai wants to enter the palace, the most important thing to pay attention to is clothing and jewelry. When the palace maid enters the palace, she cannot wear more than five pieces of jewelry on her head, and the excess must be placed in the baggage. However, when the physical examination is carried out, the burden will be handed over to someone else, and as for the property in the burden after it is taken back, it is not a matter of two words. As for putting it on the body, that's even more unlikely. The physical examination of the palace maid during the selection, that is to strip off the body, where is it like the selection of the palace concubine, and can you change into tulle clothes? Even the hairstyle has strict requirements. And the reason why the regulations are so strict is to prevent entrainment.

Moreover, the selection of palace maids is not as easy as the selection of palace concubines. The selection of palace concubines, the primary selection, the first re-election, the second re-election, the third re-election, and the final selection, the first few selections, can all go home, and they are also allowed to bring some things. But what about the palace maid? From the first level, they can't go home.

In other words, unless other connections are used, even if the family has money, it will not be sent to the palace. Moreover, even if the money is sent in under the trust, just like Mrs. Wang did to Jia Yuanchun, the amount that can be obtained in the end is afraid that it will be greatly reduced.

Xue Baochai thought for a while and said, "Mom, it seems that we can't afford to make some gold and silver jewelry, and we don't need him to be very valuable, even if it is copper gilding, but it must be hollow inside, so that it is convenient to stuff silver tickets." There is no need for any hidden pockets on the clothes. The news from us is that even if you have a hidden pocket sewn on your body, you will only get yourself into trouble. According to her daughter's meaning, the jewelry is naturally to hide silver tickets, if you can, it is best to hide a little inside the shoes. Nowadays, there are many shoes that are lined with paper in order to support the shape, and there are also high-soled shoes that can hide things even more. I heard that high-soled shoes are very popular in this palace now, so we just need to make a ......."

Aunt Xue has always known that her daughter is capable, and when she heard her daughter say this, she nodded, which was acceptable.

In the following days, Xue Baochai was very busy, even if he still went to ask Jia's mother to say goodbye every day, he didn't forget to play with Shi Xiangyun, and occasionally went to Jia Jiu's house and Huansha Hall to sit, but after he came back, he was busy collecting the soles of his shoes.

He was wholeheartedly preparing for entering the palace.

Also busy is Jia Mu.

has been notified by the Ministry of Rites that Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing are all on the list of the general election, and the things that need to be prepared, those grandmothers have already prepared, but Jia's mother is still not at ease, especially telling Jia Jiu what to pay attention to after the three of them enter the palace.

Shi Xiangyun said on the side: "Second sister, I want to congratulate you this time." ”

Jia Jiu couldn't help but replied: "Sister Yun, although we have separated from Dongfu, in the eyes of others, we also need to be taboo. Besides, I'm still young, and I'm just on the edge of the general election this year. In previous years, girls of my age who participated in the general election rarely won the election that year. So, here, I still want to thank you for your good words. ”

Shi Xiangyun was stunned: "Won't the second sister enter the palace?" ”

Jia Jiu shook his head. He wanted to say that this time the possibility was not very great, but when the words came to his lips, he still changed his words: "This kind of thing is originally at the mercy of heaven." (To be continued......)