Chapter 53
The peony girl accepted Zhan Shaoting's room, others were okay, everyone listened to the sound of 'goo'dong', looked back, and saw Aunt Ying falling to the ground, unconscious, a mother-in-law stepped forward and quickly pinched the people, Aunt Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, Zhan Shaoting was anxious, and when he saw her wake up at this moment, he was relieved, twisted his brows, unhappy, and said secretly, I slept with a maid, you are jealous like this, fainting in the hall, too much vinegar.
Shen Juan ordered Aunt Ying to lie down on the kang, and asked someone to ask for a doctor, this superficial kung fu had to be done, seeing that Aunt Ying was weak, disgusted in her heart, but she cared.
After the tea effort, Aunt Ying's face eased, Peony kept standing there, not moving, angry in her heart, no matter how you look at Aunt Ying, she is pretending.
After a while, Aunt Ying was taken away, and finally stopped, there were guests outside Zhan Shaoting, and the housekeeper's daughter-in-law came to the room again, and everyone quit with a look in their eyes.
The Fu family's leader cleaned up the main house of the West Side Courtyard, and the peony went to the next place to pack up the things, wrapped the usual change of clothes with a blue floral cloth wrapper, and the little maid came to wait for her, and followed her to the West Side Courtyard with the baggage, the Fu family stood at the door of the main house, watched her enter the courtyard from afar, and hurriedly shouted: "Girl, everything is cleaned up, the girl goes in to see, it doesn't hit, tell the slave." ”
The subordinates who were busy working inside also flattered each other, and said with a smile: "Say hello to the girl." ”
Shang Xiang stood under the eaves of the corridor of the west wing and looked at the main room, looking at the liveliness, seeing that all the people were flattering the peony, and the decency was not comparable to her master.
Shang Xiang lost interest in looking at the excitement, entered the house, and saw that Aunt Ying had sat up, and she was wilting, Zhan Shaoting openly asked for the peony girl in front of her, did she still value her in her heart? Heavy, she shouldn't be treated like this, Shen Wanzhen is not enough, and she has taken in sex one after another, so that she is embarrassed, and she understands that she is just one of his many women.
Shang Xiang was also deflated, with such a master, what future can he have.
"Peony moved in?" Aunt Ying didn't feel good in her heart.
"I moved in, Fu's mother personally took someone to clean it up, and I was in a hurry to ask if I was not satisfied, and my aunt didn't see her like this when she moved in." Shang Xiang was not angry, and the servants of the subordinates saw that the master mother did not like it, so they practiced them, and saw that Shen Wanzhen had given enough peony to her face, so she rushed to stammer.
Aunt Ying snorted, resenting Zhan Shaoting, hating Shen Wanzhen and hating these minions.
Qiaohui looked at the people who came in and out of the west side courtyard, and thanked the young lady, she lived alone in a spacious courtyard, and the young lady did not stuff people into the east side of the courtyard where she lived, but let the west side of the courtyard squeeze a few times, nothing more than to reduce the trouble and ensure the safety of the fetus in her womb, she wrote down this feeling.
Shen Wanzhen ordered to go to the big kitchen, arrange for the people on duty to start the meal early, add extra dishes, and allow a small amount of alcohol.
When the lights were on, as usual, the family banquet, the second room Qiaohui took leave, the peony was a newcomer and did not come up, only the red note and Aunt Ying, Aunt Ying had no oil and water in her stomach all day, and she didn't dare to eat more when she looked at the dishes on the table, for fear of being guilty of thirty nights, and her mouth was gluttonous, so she couldn't help but sandwich a few pieces of lotus leaf powder steamed pork ribs to relieve her hunger.
The red note looked at it from the side, not a good eye, and said in his heart, let the second master see this food, and he will be appetizing.
Called the maid Yu'er beside her, "Take a few bones for the dog to eat, gnaw them clean, and I haven't seen meat for a few days." Yu'er knew that the master of the Dao cursed, and only stood still.
The people at the table all knew what Lu Dao was referring to, and looked at Aunt Ying with a little contempt, Aunt Ying gnawed half of her bones, and she didn't gnaw it, she didn't gnaw it, she didn't bite it, she held it in her mouth, and she lowered her head and swept the concubines on the table with the corner of her eyes.
All the concubines knew that the red note of the road pointed to Sang and scolded Huai, and they all smiled and said nothing, watching the excitement.
Aunt Ying's face couldn't get up and down for a while, she was ashamed and angry, and she 'snapped' the bones still on the plate, staring at the red note, "Did the girl mean me?" ”
The red note sneered with a smile: "I said dog, it's my sister who thinks too much." Then he said to the maid: "Set aside half a plate for the dog to eat, leaving half a plate of bones, my sister wants to gnaw, but my sister has to come first." ”
Aunt Ying's face turned red with anger, and An was afraid of making trouble, so she hurriedly changed the topic and asked Aunt Ying: "I heard that my sister fainted during the day, and her body is better?" ”
Aunt Ying was distracted, and she didn't agree, so she had to say: "Sister Xie, don't get in the way, just lie down." ”
Hongjian rolled her eyes a few times, and deliberately said to the three-room room next to her: "Our second master received peony, otherwise there would be no peony girl on the table." "It's like deliberately angry Aunt Ying, tell her.
When Aunt Ying heard this, she remembered what was blocking her heart, and her appetite was gone.
The concubines had a lot of pity in their eyes, thinking that the second master's mind was all on her, the mother of the second house, He, was sick, and Aunt Ying was like the director of the second room, and her spirit was vivid, but now it has only been less than three years, and she has ended up so embarrassed, it can be seen that men are unreliable, don't take a man's temporary goodness as a lifelong dependence.
Peony dressed neatly, waited for the second master to come over, let the maid go out to see a few times, came back and said that the front hall seat was not dispersed, and waited until the third watch, and the second master was not seen, afraid that the second master would come, and he did not take off his clothes and fell asleep.
At the dinner dinner, Mrs. Zhan's life was dispersed early, she didn't rest last night, the first day of the new year to worship the ancestors, the children and grandchildren came to the room to kowtow to the New Year, and the people in the house kowtowed to the master, and they were busy all day.
Mrs. Zhan went back to the room, it happened that Mr. Zhan also came down from the front and went back to the upper room to settle, Mrs. Zhan and Mr. Zhan had a conversation, just about to rest in their wide clothes, listening to the bustle in the courtyard outside, and asked the maid through the curtain, "Who is coming outside, so lively?" ”
"Mrs. Hui, it is the second young lady who takes people to patrol the night, take care of the door, and be careful with the candlelight." The little maid replied.
"The second daughter-in-law is a fine person." Master Zhan praised.
"This year's Chinese New Year, I can't be busy alone for my eldest daughter-in-law, let her help, and the eldest daughter-in-law handed over the difficult family affairs to her. Mrs. Zhan has been working hard to see Shen Wanzhen in the past two days, and she likes her a little more.
"The Empress Dowager Ming'er set up a banquet in the palace, the emperor's relatives, the princes and earls, and the officials and relatives after the third grade of the court and the middle of the country are allowed to enter the palace, you might as well bring the second daughter-in-law to go, she is newly married and goes out to see and see, and you can also gamble on the fact that the court has nothing to do and loves to turn over the mouths of old things."
"The old man is thoughtful, the second daughter-in-law is on the stage, and she can handle it, and it also makes the queen mother know that my Zhan family loves and protects my daughter-in-law, and saves people with ulterior motives from thinking about the things ahead from time to time, saying that my Zhan family is not kind and abuses my daughter-in-law."
On the second day of junior high school, Shen Wanzhen woke up at dawn and beckoned the maids outside to come in and wait, Xiuju had been waiting outside for a long time, seeing that the master was asleep and did not wake up.
Listening to the call from the master's house, he hurriedly went in, "Master, sleep more today, don't get up too early." ”
"Survive these days." Let's say, Shen Wanzhen got up, although she was tired the day, she didn't dare to get up late, there were many things to do.
After getting dressed, freshening up, eating water and snacks for breakfast, Shen Wanzhen ate a bowl of soup together, and a few housekeepers' daughters-in-law came up, they had already listened to the movements inside outside, and inquired about the young lady After eating, they passed the word in.
Shen Xuanzhen asked a few people to come to see her every day, and she dispersed when she had nothing to do.
These people left, and the maid in the upper room came over, "Back to the second young lady, the lady asked the slave to tell the second young lady to set up a banquet in the palace tonight, and the queen mother gave a banquet to invite the courtiers and their families, and the lady said to let the second young lady prepare to prepare, put on a good dress, dress up, and enter the palace with the lady." ”
Shen Wanzhen was unexpected, and she didn't dare to despise it, this is related to the face of the Bofu, they are all important ministers of the imperial court, relatives of the emperor and relatives, and they can't embarrass the Zhan family.
So, he Xiuju carefully selected an alizarin crimson gold sleeve full-breasted silk skirt, a moonlight tulle shawl, and moved out of the makeup box, and picked a red gold bead butterfly step shake, decorated with horns and water drops of chicken blood rubies.
At the time of the palm lamp, Shen Xuanzhen's treasure bun was loosely pulled, the lead was lightly made up, and the skirt was elegantly stretched like the wind blowing willows.
Out of the gate of Zhan's mansion, holding Mrs. Zhan's blue sedan chair, Mrs. Zhan held her hand and instructed, "I told you the rules in the palace, although the rules are big, don't be afraid, the Queen Mother is very kind." ”
Shen Wanzhen nodded and wrote down what Mrs. Zhan said.
After about half an hour, the sedan chair stopped at the Shunzhen Gate of the Imperial Palace, Shen Xuanzhen got off the sedan chair, in the gray and black night, the palace was magnificent, majestic and magnificent, the heavy buildings were stacked, and the gold and jade were shining.
Shen Wanzhen helped Mrs. Zhan into the palace gate, changed to the eunuch's footsteps, and went north, the palace banquet was set up in Jinhua Palace, □, and many foreign women had arrived early.
Walking through the road, the walls of the vermilion purple palace on both sides reveal a side of the sky, the moonlight is hazy, and the stars are sparse.
Stopped in front of the palace gate, Shen Wanzhen and Mrs. Zhan entered the gate of Jinhua Palace, went to the main hall, and the eunuch led the seat according to the grade, and Mrs. Zhan was Mrs. Naibo, with a noble status and a front seat.
According to a number of glass lamps in the main hall, the palace is splendid, many boudoir girls, pretty and colorful, flowers and branches, clothes and temples, look at pleasure.
Wanzhen sat at the table, the two of them sat down, and there was a few long bars in front of them, and they listened to the whispers around them, "The Queen Mother's grace and permission to order Mrs. Yu to bring her daughter here is of deep meaning." ”
Mrs. Hou Pu and Mrs. Zhan next to each other were familiar with each other, and whispered: "Now that many of the princes are not married, the Queen Mother intends to draw the line, and when the draft was conducted in the past, she could see it, and she was in a hurry, the good and the bad were uneven. ”
Shen Wanzhen looked around carefully, and saw that the women were carefully dressed up, and they showed their demeanor.
Xuzheng, a shout outside the main hall: "The Queen Mother has arrived, the Queen Mother has arrived." ”
All the women left the table one after another, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Welcome to the Queen Mother, Queen Mother." ”
"Flat." When Shen Wanzhen heard the majesty, she saw a bright golden satin robe slipping past her eyes, and the queen mother and queen took their seats, and all the women sat down.
Shen Xuanzhen didn't dare to face it, her eyes were lowered, and she caught a glimpse of a middle-aged beauty on the middle seat, this is the most noble woman in this dynasty, the first person in the harem, Empress Dowager Guo, and the side seat is accompanied by Queen Li of the middle palace.
The chief eunuch whispered in the queen mother's ear: "The queen mother, the wine and food are ready, whether to open the banquet." ”
Empress Dowager Guo nodded, and heard the hall shout loudly: "Pass the meal." ”
With this sound, His Royal Highness came up to the palace eunuch, and in an instant, the long strips were full of delicious delicacies, Shen Wanzhen bowed her head slightly, and saw that there was a small silver medal placed in each plate, and looked closely, the name of the dish was written on it, and the name of the chef in charge, the palace was cautious in eating, such as the dish that was wrong, so as to implement the responsible person, and the quality of the dish was immediately opinionated.
Among the small characters that Shen Wanzhen looked at, there were phoenix-winged bird's nest, deer tendon in the mountains, steamed deer tails, bad crabs, bird's nest red and white ducks, and the luxury in the palace could be seen.
The palace eunuchs were ready to go in an instant, and everyone did not dare to move, and respectfully waited for the queen mother's admonition.
Wanzhen hung her head, not daring to look around, everyone's beautiful demeanor, only to hear a slightly majestic but crisp and beautiful voice from above, "Today's New Year, everyone doesn't have to be formal, just enjoy it, after eating it for a while, and fireworks, the emperor specially sent someone to go to the foreign domain to get it back, and it was lively." ”
"The last one, dinner."
The women waited for the queen mother to move, and waited for the queen mother to raise her hand before they dared to eat.
After three rounds of wine, the chief eunuch clapped his hands, and after the curtain, he turned out of the palace and the colorful girl, accompanied by the fine silk bamboo, fluttering.
Shen Wanzhen watched the palace lady holding a light veil in her hand, like a fairy concubine, dancing, drunk and gold-like like a dream.
Everyone greeted the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother drank a few glasses of wine, and her face retreated majestically, revealing a little kindness.
Glancing at His Royal Highness, he kindly asked all the young women one by one, as if chatting, the girls of each boudoir signed up for themselves, and the Queen Mother smiled and was amiable.
Wanzhen thought that this was to choose a concubine for the prince, looking at the behavior of the famous girls of various families, the queen mother had a spectrum in her heart, the queen mother's bad purpose was too obvious, when it was Mrs. Zhan's turn, she asked: "Yufang, the mourning family remembers that you don't have such a big daughter, the girl next to you ......" The queen mother can call Mrs. Zhan's boudoir name among the many courtiers and families, it can be seen that the queen mother has a good memory, and Shen Wanzhen thinks that ordinary people can't sit in this position.
Mrs. Zhan hurriedly got up, "This is the second daughter-in-law of the concubine." ”
Shen Wanzhen followed Mrs. Zhan to get up, squatted down and bowed down, and softly reported her name "Folk woman Shen's Wanzhen." ”
Empress Dowager Guo's gaze on her seemed to pause, slightly longer than when she was on others, and said with a smile in her own kindness, "Okay, Mrs. Zhan is blessed to have such a peugeot daughter-in-law." ”
Mrs. Zhan hurriedly said respectfully: "Thanks to the blessing of the Queen Mother." ”
Shen Xuanzhen thinks that she is not outstanding among the many delicate flowers and willows, but the Queen Mother pays more attention to it, obviously it is Zhan Shaoting's favorite concubine who killed his wife and left an impression in the Queen Mother's heart, so she paid more attention to her this time.
Shen Wanzhen was nervous and her palms were sweating, for fear that something would go wrong and affect the Bofu and make her mother-in-law unhappy.
Finally, the Queen Mother's gaze passed over her and looked at Mrs. Yun Libo, who was sitting at the head of the house.
Shen Wanzhen breathed a sigh of relief.
The royal banquet was decided, and the little eunuch came up to say, "The queen mother, the emperor is preparing fireworks in the front garden, and the queen mother will be invited to go out to watch it later, and the emperor instructs the queen mother to wear more clothes when it is cold at night." ”
Empress Dowager Guo smiled even deeper, and said to Empress Li beside her: "You see that our emperor is careful. ”
Empress Li hurriedly smiled and said, "The emperor is worried about your old man's phoenix health all day long. ”
Empress Dowager Guo smiled with satisfaction and said to everyone: "Go out with my wife and son, and I also fire artillery battles every year, but I heard that this year's one is particularly beautiful." "Let's say, supported by the queen, the eunuch Gong'e hugged and walked out of the hall.
The women followed, and walked out of Jinhua Palace, entered the east gate, and went to the back garden of the palace.
The strange stone Luobu in the back garden of the palace, there are the pine and cypress that are not withered in the cold of the year, there is the exquisite rockery of the beautiful stones, the building, the pavilion, the pavilion and the pavilion are hidden in the meantime, beautiful and quiet.
I only heard a cannon shot, and suddenly, the silent night sky, colorful, brightened the entire sky. Meteor-like brilliance reflects the astonishing beauty of the palace.
The figure swayed, obstructing the vision, Shen Wanzhen moved her steps unconsciously, and unconsciously walked to an uninhabited place, admiring this peerless beauty as if drunk.
When the last fireworks slipped into the sky, Shen Wanzhen was still obsessed, reminiscing about the beautiful fireworks in the world where she came.
After standing for a long time, her body was a little cold, she was conscious, looked around, and suddenly found herself standing alone in a clearing, surrounded by beautiful trees, its ancient cypress vines, all around the garden, not far away a rockery, casting a dark shadow.
A trace of panic crept up in Shen Wanzhen's heart, late at night, the garden was empty, and I didn't know when the Queen Mother had left, and the silence was a little scary.
Shen Wanzhen didn't know where she was, she was not familiar with the palace, and she couldn't distinguish between the south, south, west, and north.
Occasionally, a little movement frightened her heart, she didn't dare to move her steps, for fear of going farther and farther, she listened with her ears pricked up, except for the sound of the wind, it seemed to imply a dangerous atmosphere.
'Hula', as if something on the trees flew up, her heart was pounding, suddenly, her eyes were straight, only to see a white flower thing suddenly burst out from behind the dark rockery, through the hazy moonlight, Shen Wanzhen seemed to crawl on all fours, and went straight to the place where Shen Wanzhen was standing. With a thud, he leaned back and fell backwards.
This one fell, but he fell impartially in the arms of a man.
A young man asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" The one in the palace? "The sound is familiar.
Shen Wanzhen was clever, opened her eyes wide, and looked at a familiar face, and suddenly jumped away as if she had pressed a spring.
'Hehe, hehe', a playful laugh drifted through the cold air, "It turned out to be Mrs. Zhan, but I didn't expect Mrs. Zhan to have something to fear." ”
Shen Wanzhen blushed, stood up in shame, and glared at him.
"Ha Lu Ha, Ha Lu Ha." A string of happy childish laughter, the white four-legged monster on the ground stood upright, Shen Wanzhen was calm, and then he saw clearly, it turned out that the little ninth prince, Shen Wanzhen patted his chest and sighed.
"Madam, how is the wine and food in Changchun Building, can you eat to your heart's content?" King Anyang looked at her with great interest, and wanted to know how good it felt for her to use her own silver.
Shen Xuanzhen's nervousness eased, and her eyes filled with a deep smile, "This is the most delicious thing that a little woman can eat alive, and she doesn't have to spend her own money." ”
King Cheng, who was standing behind King Anyang, muttered in a low voice, "I didn't choke." ”
Shen Wanzhen turned her head to look at him, she didn't have a good impression of him, and her soft laughter floated in the cool night sky, "The prince said that the little woman didn't choke, how could it be?" Comfortable, smooth air! ”
King Cheng couldn't answer for a while, and stared at her with hatred in his eyes.
King Anyang suddenly asked, "What are you doing in the palace?" ”
"I don't have to ask too much, in short, I didn't come in through the wall."
King Anyang's face turned red again, remembering the embarrassment of lying on the wall, he was unwilling, and he had not figured out something, and said: "How does Xiao Wang look at Mrs. It seems that it is very rare silver, is there a shortage of silver in the Bofu." ”
This is a disguised claim that she is greedy, but Shen Wanzhen is not angry, and chuckles, "The little woman has a quirk that makes others happy with money." ”
King Anyang glared at her and said in his heart: Nima, you are really greedy for money.
Shen Wanzhen didn't wait for him to speak, turned around, and flew away, and the cool breeze sent her tactful voice, "The little woman is this bad problem, greedy for money." ”
The cool sound drifted away, and Zhao Shijiao, the king of Anyang, stood in a daze, reminiscing about the delicate body in Fang Cai's arms, which was soft and boneless, as if there was still a faint trace of cool and cool dark fragrance in the wings of his nose.
"This woman should give her some color," Cheng Wang smirked.
Seeing that Zhao Shijiao didn't react, he called out again, "Third brother, I have an idea, fix her." ”
Zhao Shijiao looked at him and was noncommittal, "What idea?" ”
King Cheng whispered a few words.
"Can it work? She is from Bofu, and Uncle Zhan has an upright temperament, so if she sues the emperor and the queen mother, ....... "Third brother, you believe in the younger brother, you are right." Zhao Shijiao hesitated, and before he could speak, His Royal Highness Jiu jumped to his feet and clapped his hands and shouted, "Okay, good, Seventh Brother has a good idea."