Friend or foe
Concubine Taisun is right, there are no secrets in the palace. After Xu Xun came back from Concubine Taisun's house, He Xianxian changed her expression when she saw Xu Xun, and she felt a little guilty, as if she had just accidentally stepped on Xu Xun. In the afternoon, Xu Xun took a nap, and when she came to Xu Xun to play chess, she saw that there were no maids around, so she whispered to Xu Xun, "You don't make it clear, but let me expose your scars in front of others!" β
How could Xu Xun and He Xianxian bother about this, she waved her hand and said, "Oh, what is this." β
As he spoke, he brought the small plate of milk crisp to He Xianxian, "You can also taste it, it is indeed quite delicious, it doesn't look like a dim sum from the north at all." β
Although the emperor is in the north, it seems that it will also be the location of the new capital, but He Xianxian and Xu Xun, the little girls in the south, will not be able to change their impression of poverty and desolation in the north for a while. He Xianxian didn't speak in front of Zhang Guifei, and couldn't control his mouth in front of Xu Xun, "It's better than almond tea, I can't imagine that there are good things in the north." β
The two little girls played chess against each other, He Xianxian's level was higher than Xu Xun's, usually when the two played chess, Xu Xun always lost more and won less, but today he won two games in a row, Xu Xun thought that his level had improved at first, and then he Xianxian observed his expression, only to understand that she was deliberately letting herself. She was funny and angry, picked up a handful of chess pieces and made a gesture to throw He Xianxian, and said, "You can trouble me." β
He Xianxian said with a smile, "How can I want to trouble you, it's that your chess skills are so bad, you can lose as much as I want, you can't see it." β
After a few words of fighting, He Xianxian lowered his voice and asked Xu Xun softly, "What happened yesterday, you don't know, it's very mysterious outside." Say, you have half a bed of blood ......"
A group of women, living in one place, no matter how big the place is, it must be inevitable to speak tongue, right and wrong, if it is the same as the Yuhuatai where Xu Xun lived before, almost every woman has a husband, and there are a lot of things to do, this kind of short-term and long-term may be less. But in the palace, the opposite sex who has the most contact with them is not the grandson and the prince, but the crippled man who has removed that and that, and is sometimes more feminine than a woman. If you want not to gossip, it's difficult. However, the gossip in the palace is also gossip with rules and quality.
Masters like Xu Xun and He Xianxian are not allowed to chatter with the palace maids in other palaces, that is, they usually walk together and can't talk to each other much, otherwise, one is arrogant, and the other is not self-respecting. Generally speaking, the gossip in the palace is from the bottom up - the palace maid tells her good palace maids, and then passes it on to the aunts and grandmothers, and the grandmothers pass it on to the masters, that is, in the palace, Xu Xun can't bite her ears with the palace maids in her house. In the words of Mama Zhao, in the long run, it is easy to 'bully the master'. Even if you inquire about the news, you have to inquire through the grandmothers, otherwise, once you are seen by others, a crime of being short and long-term and loving to chew the root of your tongue will definitely not be able to escape.
He Xianxian must have also gotten the news from the grandmother beside her, her grandmother wanted to inquire with the palace maids in her palace, or the aunts and grandmothers of other palaces, and the news didn't know how many hands it had turned, and it was human nature to be a little scary. Xu Xun is still familiar with this kind of thing, when she lived with her grandmother in the village in the past, rumors could spread even more mysteriously, there was a weasel at the entrance of the village who came to steal a chicken, and at the end of the village, Wong Tai Sin came to make trouble again, and bit a litter of chickens to death.
"After so much blood, can you still get out of bed?" Xu Xun corrected He Xianxian's statement, "Anyway, Taisun just thinks I look small, and I didn't say anything else, so I was rewarded with some food and let me come back." β
He Xianxian was skeptical, but he didn't ask too much.
By the second and third days, Sun Yunu was well and could get out of bed. She also came to condolence Xu Xun, and said almost the same as the princess, "In another half a year, it will be the eldest girl, Your Highness will love you in her heart, so she will give you food and plates." Tsk, this newly burned colorful disc, even I don't have it, it is said that it is a new product that was only experimented in Jingdezhen, and there are dozens of pieces in a kiln, even Taisun, there are a number of good things. β
Taisun rewarded Xu Xun for eating, and no one came to ask for food boxes and plates afterwards, Xu Xun put away the food box, because the plates were relatively large, a few grandmothers put them in Duobaoge, Xu Xun felt that this was good-looking, and it was not lost to the specially burned plates, and he didn't think so much about it at all. was told by Sun Yunu, and I realized that most of the grandmothers also have intentions. Seeing that Sun Yunu always looked at the colorful disc, she smiled and said, "Does my sister want it?" β
"To want is to want, but if it is given to you, it is your thing. Taisun's side is also going to be on the score," Sun Yunu was very calm, touched the plate with love, and came back to educate Xu Xun, "The things that the elders appreciate cannot be exchanged privately, you must remember this, these are all things on the library spectrum, you have lost it here, if you don't remember it on the spectrum, the person in charge of the treasury will be unlucky." β
Xu Xun smiled and said, "I mean, if my sister wants it, you can ask the grandson if you want it, your eldest brother has so many good things, I just have a plate, I know you are embarrassed to grab it with me." β
Only then did Sun Yunu know that Xu Xun was joking with her, she was so angry that she slapped Xu Xun's forehead fiercely, and she laughed herself, "You're so annoying, I don't want to be nice to you - who said I have a lot of good things there?" Let me tell you, there are good things, but they are all rewarded by the princess. The eldest brother hasn't given me much things, and his own good things are also on the score, and he is also in trouble if he rewards people casually. β
Xu Xun immediately looked at the plate worriedly, and Sun Yunu comforted her when she saw it, "These are two different things, he wants to reward you seriously, so naturally he will send someone to register for the score." β
Then if you want to reward your grandson and jade girl, you can also register it in the score? Xu Xun still didn't understand a little, but Sun Yunu sighed softly when she saw it. - She usually laughs and haha, she doesn't have a straight shape, although she is five or six years older than Xu Xun, but she looks like a sister who is one or two years apart, but at this moment, she looks a little ...... Xu Xun couldn't tell clearly, he was a little bit of an elder palace concubine.
"Actually, you know a little bit in your heart." Sun Yunu asked Xu Xun to lean over her, and she bit her ear and said softly, "According to the theory, in this palace, in addition to the emperor, the prince and the princess are the princess and the princess when they come down, and then they are the grandson...... But there are so many people in the Tai Palace, and they all live in a place as big as the Chunhe Palace, and life is actually not very easy, and it is not very comfortable to live alone. It's the same with our Taisun Palace, the wives and concubines of the average rich family don't live so narrowly, and their daily use is not just like that, and they don't dare to exceed the rules at all. What about this weishenme? β
"Is it because, His Royal Highness the Prince...... "When others gossip about her, Xu Xun must not be very happy in her heart, but now that she comes to gossip about others, the taste is different, especially when this matter also involves the prince and the princess, the little girl is so excited that goosebumps stand up." How can I say it......"
"It's just that I'm not very treated by the emperor." Sun Yunu finished speaking to Xu Xun, "Among the three sons, the emperor's favorite is King Han." A few years ago, the King of Han only went to the fiefdom, and when he was here a few years ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or the grandson were not less affected by him. Even if others have gone to Shandong now, there are also people who say bad things about the prince in the ears of the emperor. It's okay when the emperor is there, as soon as the emperor comes out of Beijing, our palace and grandson palace have to be a man with their tails between them. This reward is the same, if the reward is frequent, the eldest brother will have a reputation for luxury, and it is always bad to bump into the emperor. Therefore, the education of concubines in our two palaces has always been the strictest. Who is the closest person to the emperor? Except for the ministers, are they the concubines, usually fine, they don't let us enter the inner palace, that's the reason, who knows which lady you accidentally offended? She said one more word in front of the emperor, maybe it was the prince and grandson who suffered. β
Xu Xun understood at this time, and couldn't help sighing, "So, usually when the crown princess and the princess sister enter the inner palaceβ"
"I put my heart in my throat and went in under my eyes." Sun Yunu pursed her lips, as if she was a little angry. "The serious eldest son and grandson, in the palace, is like an outsider, and his action is to be angry, and everyone will listen to it as a joke when he says it. But that's the way it is, what's the solution? Now I don't have to go in, I feel really relieved, when I used to go in, every time I went in, before I said a word, I had to roll three times in my heart. I'm afraid that I will make a mistake and turn my head and be troublesome. β
Xu Xun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and sighed and said, "When I went to ask for peace, several ladies looked so kind...... Who knows, it's so calculating in my heart? β
"That's what you see." Sun Yunu smiled, "In front of Concubine Zhang, you can say whatever you want, that person is a good person, and he has always been very close to our Chunhe Palace." Wang Guifei Niangniang has nothing to say, Wang Niangniang is not in good health, she is also an old man in front of Bixia, Bixia misses her in her heart, and has been giving her a position, she herself doesn't care at all. The main seat is old, and they are very good to us, but those who are a little older than us, it is the popular and favored Jieyu, Zhaoyi, and Concubine, who are the most difficult to serve. Anyway, we don't have to enter the palace yet, and I'll tell you when we're going to go in for an event......"
Xu Xun felt that he was really eager to learn, and nodded while listening to Sun Yunu's words. Sun Yunu saw that she was so obedient, she laughed as she spoke, she touched Xu Xun's forehead, and suddenly said with pity, "Ouch, it's really unlucky, pitiful, the first day of next month is Zhang Niangniang's birthday, and there are no ten days and half a month." If this news reaches the harem, when the time comes, you will become a Western scene, and everyone will compete to see you, and I don't know if our delicate little Xun will be seen crying. β
Xu Xun thought to himself: I don't cry, don't you just look at me, just watch it if you like it.
Her thoughts were probably revealed on her face, Sun Yunu laughed even more, she hugged Xu Xun's neck, and said pitifully, "Big brother can really bear it, such a cute little girl can't eat it...... Tell me how he tossed you that night. β
Xu Xun didn't even tell the truth to He Xianxian, let alone Sun Yunu. She was vague, "I really didn't toss, I just said a few words......"
Sun Yunu was entangled with her for a long time before leaving. Xu Xun turned his head and told Mama Qian all the words of Sun Yunu, and asked her, "Is what Concubine Taisun said right?" β
Mama Qian hesitated and said, "We don't know much about this Han King...... However, for other things, Concubine Taisun is quite reasonable. β
In other words, the Spring and Palace is indeed not very popular with the young concubines. Xu Xun nodded, and asked Mama Qian again, "Then you say, who are these people in the Taisun Palace now, who is Zhang Guifei's mother, who is Wang Guifei's mother, and who is like the emperor's Zhaoyi and Jieyu?" β
On this point, Mama Qian's answer was very firm, "You are all in a batch, and in the future, in the palace, you will all be the old men of the Taisun's hidden mansion." Old man of the Hidden Mansion, you should help each other, there is no enemy among you...... You just have to put a hundred hearts, and the three nobles will not harm you. β
Xu Xun always didn't understand Mama Qian's words, but somehow, he was particularly convinced. As soon as Mama Qian said this, she immediately became happy, "That's good, otherwise, I really don't know what to do." I'm just very heartless. β
"Whoever wants to say that about you, who doesn't have a heart." Mama Qian smiled and touched Xu Xun's face, and the words changed, "However, even the old man of Qiandi also has a close and secondary...... No matter how good you are with others, you can't forget that Concubine Taisun is your master. β
How could Xu Xun forget this? Just because Concubine Taisun didn't ask about the situation that night, she was a little closer to her.
In addition to this episode, in general, the days of the Taisun Palace are still very harmonious, the crown princess, there seems to be nothing about the new story in the Taisun Palace, if it weren't for Xu Xun going over to ask for peace several times, she was made fun of by the prince's concubines, she really thought that this little thing in the Taisun Palace was only limited to the Taisun Palace.
In any case, the crown princess herself never mentioned this matter again, and in the middle of the year, the grandson went out to live in the suburbs of Beijing with the emperor, and everyone did not have a share to go, until Zhang Niangniang's birthday, the palace was calm - this also means that the failure of the grandson to break the melon was also the biggest gossip in the palace before Zhang Guifei's birthday.