The crown princess invited to eat a light meal today, the so-called light meal, which is to gather the concubines and her own portions of the dishes together, and then serve a few bottles of wine hidden in the palace, and did not instruct the imperial kitchen to treat the banquet.

"Wang Guifei is sick, more things are better than less, let's not make trouble for the elders." The crown princess smiled and said, "Everyone can sit together and eat lively, which is better than anything else." I don't advise alcohol anymore, just drink a little bit of what you can, just don't increase the amount. ”

In the Chunhe Palace, from the prince concubine in her thirties to the prince Zhaoyi in her teens, everyone had a faint smile on their faces, not pretentious, but very kind and relaxed. Hearing the crown princess say this, everyone responded, "Exactly, it is better than anything else to be able to speak lively." It's more comfortable that way. ”

As he spoke, he really talked about the cook's skills, the quality of the wine, and some interesting things around him recently. There are also some younger concubines who are coquettish to the crown princess from afar, "Niangniang, vegetables are always like this, I'm tired of eating them." ”

"Fresh vegetables are rare in winter, so don't be too picky." The crown princess smiled, "It's good to wait for the spring, when the time comes, I will say hello to the kitchen and replace Linlin's dishes with vegetarian dishes." ”

Everyone laughed, and Linlin's mouth curled, "Niangniang bullied me again." ”

Although the prince's health is not very good, but there are many concubines, the princess is entertaining today, all of them are famous concubines, as for those who choose to serve, although they have also served the prince, but because the spring and palace is not big, many are still serving as palace maids. - Although the crown prince is a noble person, when it comes to residence, he is really inferior to his relatives of the vassal kings. This is also a topic that several grandmothers sometimes sigh about in private.

After all, it is in the palace, and after a long time, Xu Xun also knows some of the situation in the palace, compared to before, he only vaguely knows, compared to the prince, the emperor values the princess and the grandson more, and she knows it more carefully now. For example, she knew that the prince's brother, King Han, had always been interested in the throne, and the prince had suffered many grievances from his younger brother, but she had not heard of any counter-attacks. She also knew that the emperor didn't stay in the capital for too long because he wanted to move the capital, and it was inevitable that he would be negligent about the inside of the palace, and the palace was often waterlogged, so it was really uncomfortable to live. The crown prince and the crown princess are crowded in the Chunhe Hall all the year round, which is very inconvenient, but neither of them has any complaints about the elders.

"This is filial piety." Mama Qian took the opportunity to teach Xu Xun, "The emperor is so busy every day, and it is normal for people to be negligent about the subsections. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are good at understanding the troubles of the elders, and would rather wronged themselves than add to the elders' hearts, so filial piety is enough to set an example for the world. ”

Xu Xun gradually grew up, and she also had some of her own ideas, of course, what Mama Qian said was a big truth, but she felt that she also had to be a little blind. Bixia clearly doesn't love the prince very much, the prince's family, of course you can't go to Bixia to tell some grievances, isn't this annoying? Several grandmothers told her thousands of times, lest she learn some annoying habits, this truth may also be very applicable to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.

Although she hasn't seen the grandson yet, she is already the grandson Jieyu, and no matter how stupid Xu Xun is, she knows that between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Niangniang and her, it is a relationship of both glory and loss. His Royal Highness and Niangniang acted so well, and she also felt very relieved. So although it was the first time they met, she really respected and admired the princess from the bottom of her heart.

When Xu Xun finished the meal and went back to rest, Mama Qian analyzed with her, "Jieyu and Zhaoyi are both famous concubines, and they can be regarded as a family." New entry, of course, the mother has to show something. But the two nobles are not of high grade, and they are too exciting, I am afraid that you will not be at ease in your hearts, and the princess will also have some thoughts in her heart. So the crown princess asked everyone to sit together for a meal, but did not order another dish, which was lively, cordial, and not tossed. The two nobles are also familiar with everyone, and they will be more harmonious in the future, and Niangniang's approach is very suitable. The so-called teaching by word and deed, although Jieyu's identity is ...... Niangniang will not teach you personally, but you can still learn a lot from Niangniang's practice. ”

Mama Sun also said, "There are so many concubines living in such a big place as Chunhe Palace, and for so long, they have been all happy and happy, and there have been no scandals." The crown princess has free time, and she often goes to the inner palace to serve Wang Guifei and Zhang Guifei, and the two concubines only have good things to say about the crown princess, which is not easy. If there are many people, it is easy to have a tongue of right and wrong, and when the mother dies, the father is easy to have a different heart. Only like the crown princess Niangniang, generous, cautious and considerate, can she live in the harem for a long time and peacefully, and Jieyu has to learn more about the benefits of her mother. In the future, you will live in the same courtyard with Zhaoyi and Taisun Concubine, and the favor of Taisun will sometimes inevitably favor one over the other. Whether Jieyu is more favored or not, she must have a normal heart and must not act indiscriminately. ”

Xu Xun felt that what Mama Qian and Mama Sun said was very reasonable.

After lunch, everyone went back to the house to take a nap. Xu Xun got up early today and tossed for a long time, she slept very sweetly, and it took an hour and a half before she was called to get up and refresh, and change into homely clothes.

As a royal concubine, of course, all kinds of dresses are indispensable, but in fact, no one will wear such grand clothes to spend daily life, usually, the clothes and ornaments of the women in the palace are basically not much different from the official eunuchs and their relatives outside, but the workmanship is particularly exquisite, and the materials are more expensive. It is said that in the past, when Queen Taizuma was there, the women in the harem did not have skirts as long as the uppers, and sometimes, they had to wear cotton clothes, which was actually not much better than the female relatives of ordinary people.

Of course, Xu Xun doesn't have to suffer from this now, but at that time, the women's dresses were almost the same, and the systems were indeed relatively unified. As for the top, the long shirt, jacket, etc. is the difference between length and shortness, anyway, people have to wrap it tightly, there is no special situation, rarely wrap the body, most of them are wide robes and big sleeves. On the head, they are worn on formal occasions, and they generally wear a bun and a plug in private, even the concubines in the palace will not be an exception.

Now that the weather is cold, Xu Xun wears a dress in the morning, and a thick cotton jacket is wrapped under the dress. When she came back at noon, she went out to eat as soon as she took off her dress, and when she got up to sleep, she changed into a red gold vertical collar long jacket, and wore a dark blue silver rat out of front leather jacket outside, and wore a gray-backed lying rabbit, ready to talk to He Xianxian.

Crouching rabbit is Zhaojun set, when Xu Xun is at home, Mrs. Xu sometimes wears it when she goes out, she has a white fox lying rabbit, with a slight variegation on it, but Mrs. Xu has attached great importance to it, this is still a big gift from Mr. Xu after he was admitted to Xiucai, and she personally said that she would pass it on to Brother Xu's daughter-in-law. If this white fox lying rabbit is brought to the market, it should be estimated at around twenty taels of silver.

As for Xu Xun, the gray-backed lying rabbit she is wearing now is made of a gray squirrel's back, but this gray squirrel back should be priced at around fifty taels of silver. This is not a good thing in the palace, at least for Xu Xun, it is just a casual dress when he walks around the yard.

Before she went out, Concubine Taisun sent someone over and asked Xu Xun to talk to her in the front yard, and by the way, she brought the housekeeper beside her.

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Since Xu Xun was elected at the age of thirteen, he has grown a lot taller, fatter, and more sensible. But generally speaking, she is only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child this year, and she has just left her parents' house, and she is a little ignorant about everything, and she is a little panicked if there is no one to call the shots for her.

should be selected as a draft girl, selected Jieyu, family education, and entering the palace for further study, these are all arranged and mastered by someone, Xu Xun just needs to follow them. Although it was a little hard, she was at ease, but when Concubine Taisun's words came out, she was a little panicked.

Zhao Qian, Sun and Li are the four grandmothers, which one is the housekeeper next to her?

These four grandmothers came to her together, and at that time, there was no priority, and no one would be the master of others. Xu Xun hadn't thought about this question at all - which grandmother was the housekeeper beside her, and what was this thing in charge of?

Mama Zhao and Mama Qian were not in the house, it was estimated that they went back to their own residence to rest, Mama Sun and Mama Li were helping her get dressed just now, so now they were by her side, neither of them spoke, nor did they look at Xu Xun.

Xu Xun was so panicked that he didn't have a place to put his hands, but Concubine Taisun's people were right in front of him, so Xu Xun couldn't say a word, right?

She thought for a while, and simply asked the person who came, "In our palace, how did this high value come up?" ”

Chunhe Hall is managed by the crown princess, and the Taisun Palace is managed by the princess, and this kind of thing is generally not asked by men at all. Because the staffing of each palace is different, there are subtle differences in the rules of the upper value. The palace people who came to deliver the message said, "Taisun Concubine, Jieyu, and Zhaoyi all have four old aunts, sixteen little maids, and four little eunuchs around them, and they rotate in two shifts every day. ”

In other words, in addition to today's special circumstances, in the future, Xu Xun should be divided into day shift and evening shift, with two old aunts, eight maids and two eunuchs in each shift. No matter what her own opinion is, as long as Concubine Taisun doesn't speak, the people around her will have to be rotated like this.

Xu Xun said, "Then Grandma Sun and Grandma Li will go over with me." ”

The two grandmothers laughed, and Grandma Sun said, "It's better for the old slave to go with you." Mama Li has something to do in the house. ”

Mama Li didn't show any objection, and the two Mama seemed confident.

Xu Xun made up her mind now, she glared at the two grandmothers angrily, and followed the palace people who passed the word to the concubine's house. didn't talk much along the way: Mama taught, Taisun Jieyu is the master, there is no reason to laugh and laugh with the palace people, especially the palace people around the princess, and she can't talk too much, otherwise, when others see it, they feel that Xu Xun is very flattering, and over time, the wind will be bad. Besides, the palace doesn't like women who talk too much.

Concubine Taisun was waiting for her in the house, and she also changed her clothes, because the charcoal fire in the room was burning, she didn't wear a leather jacket, but just put a leather hand cage on her hand - Xu Xun was taught by several grandmothers and had already developed a habit, first of all, she paid attention to what kind of skin it was, but unfortunately her experience was still a little shallow, and she couldn't see it.

"Why are you standing there stupidly?" Concubine Taisun smiled, "I'm sweating again, take off my big clothes quickly, lest I sweat here and catch a cold as soon as I go out." ”

The two concubines she saw in the main hall at noon are now sitting in the east room, which is warmer than the main hall, it is a warm pavilion, and there are two stoves in it, and the fire is relatively strong. Xu Xun was a little sweaty as soon as she came in, she hesitated to take off her coat, so she didn't move for a while, listening to the princess Taisun talking to her in the previous tone, she also relaxed, saluted the princess, got up and took off the leather jacket, and the lying rabbit was also untied, and the princess asked her to sit opposite herself on the kang. Xu Xun didn't dare, and the princess said, "We were the same as sisters back then, are we still alive now?" ”

The two of them are indeed very close in the six-year-long draft, and they are very good friends. Now that the identity has changed, Concubine Taisun has become a wife, Xu Xun has become a concubine, in an ordinary family, this is the difference between master and servant, Xu Xun only stands in front of Concubine Taisun. But fortunately, this is royal, Xu Xuna is at least an imperial concubine, of course she has to respect the princess everywhere, but there is no need to be so particular about it. The princess raised her four times, and she sat down opposite her.

Concubine Taisun smiled happily, and she said to Xu Xun, "That's it, what does it look like." When you came at noon, I saw that you and He Xianxian were so close, and I was envious, I used to live alone in this courtyard, and I was also very bored. ”

She said it very emotionally, naturally, and it could be seen that it was from the bottom of her heart.

Xu Xun became lively after a while, "If you are idle and bored, just read a few more books and practice more words!" ”

When Concubine Taisun was just Hu Xiunu, she was very diligent in reading and reading, but after all, she was old, sometimes Xu Xun gave her some homework as a joke, and she had to bargain with Xu Xun.

Concubine Taisun held her mouth and laughed, the two of you look at me, I look at you, they both feel the intimacy that they have not seen for a long time, and slowly return to the middle of the two.

"When I saw you in the morning, after all, the occasion was formal, and you came with Zhaoyi, so I don't want to favor one over the other, so as not to make Zhaoyi feel upset." Concubine Taisun said, "It's okay in the future, you can come over casually, anyway, except for going to my mother, or following her to the inner palace, I usually have nothing to do." ”

She remembered and said to Xu Xun, "Taisun has just gone out with Bixia at the beginning of the year, and it may take a few days to come back." In the next few days, you might as well settle down first. ”

Bixia is very active, always away for half a year, and likes to take his grandson with him, so his grandson is not there every once in a while. On the contrary, the crown prince usually does not leave the capital.

Xu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, she nodded, and asked the princess again, "Let me bring the housekeeper, is there something to order?" ”

It is true that there is something to explain, Zhang Guifei gave Xu Xun and He Xianxian their due share to the crown princess, because the Chunhe Hall is relatively small, the princess handed these things to the princess as they are, and the princess handed Xu Xun a list. "I'll put all the things in the house for you first, you are right, see if there will be more or less."

Xu Xun herself definitely didn't care about this, and she didn't have time to check this, so she handed it to Grandma Sun casually, "If it's a lot, forget it, will there be more?" ”

"Not necessarily," Princess Taisun said with a smile, "What if He Zhaoyi's things are misplaced in your place?" ”

Mama Sun read to Xu Xun while reading, "A set of sour branch wood furniture, including two kang tables, two square tables, one chess table, one drawer table, two crescent tables, one Luohan bed, one shelf bed, two pairs of large cabinets, two pairs of low cabinets, four large boxes, four benches, four sitting piers, two foot stools, and four rose chairs. In addition, there are two wenge chairs, two wenge multi-baoge, and one screen. Two pairs of porcelain vases, jade ornaments have a pair of jade Ruyi, jade peach, jade horse...... and other nine pieces, strange stone playthings have Shoushan stone ornaments...... and so on seven pieces. A number of porcelain plates and porcelain vessels. Two incense burners, two incense balls, two gauze tents, two brocade tents, four sets of bedding, and two jade mats. Four boxes of Baiwei incense, a set of silver incense utensils, and a set of daily sundries......"

"Three thousand copper coins, a box of pearls, a box of precious stones of various colors, two pairs of silver, three pairs of gold, and forty-three pieces of gold and silver miscellaneous jewelry. Forty tribute satin, forty tribute silk, forty tribute brocade, forty tribute yarn, forty tribute luo, and twenty each of the four seasons of the year. ”

"500 catties of high-grade red charcoal, 1,000 catties of black charcoal, 200 buckets of various colors of Yutian rice, and a box of needlework and sundries." After reading it, Mama Sun said with a smile, "The old slave has been counted and put into storage, and there is no difference, and sure enough, there is an additional hibiscus stone and jade tree bonsai, I think it was originally scheduled for He Zhaoyi." ”

"This one isn't." Concubine Taisun smiled hehehe, "I gave it to Xu Xun." ”

Xu Xun hurriedly got up to thank the reward, and the princess said, "We don't have to be so polite. ”

She said to Grandma Sun, "It's already halfway through this winter, so the charcoal is only half of the share." I look at everything else, rouge gouache and other things, they don't prepare, if you lack anything, just tell me, just go to the library to get it. If you still have to use it now, you can just wait, and by March, the new season of gouache will be delivered. ”

Mama Sun hurriedly said, "Niangniang is thoughtful. ”

Concubine Taisun said a few more words, "Don't be afraid of trouble, just ask me if you lack anything." ”

Mama Sun gave Xu Xun a look.

Xu Xun originally wanted to catch up with Concubine Taisun more, but after looking at Grandma Sun's eyes, he knew that Concubine Taisun still wanted to find He Zhaoyi to talk and advise. She had no choice but to stand up and say goodbye, and the princess really didn't stay much, only asked her to come over tomorrow morning to talk.

On the way back, Xu Xun said to Grandma Sun, "Good Grandma, you know in your hearts, just tease me." ”

Mama Sun is very discerning in these clothes and furnishings, and the most valuable things that are rewarded from above belong to her to count, if the princess Sun shouts for this, of course it is most suitable for her to follow. Xu Xun still doesn't know anything, but the grandmothers understand everything.

Mama Sun said, "Many things in the palace are like this, and the news of the people below spreads quickly." In the future, you will know that there is no harm in interacting with more people in the palace of the princess. ”

Of course, this correspondence also has to pay attention to identity, Xu Xuna can only communicate with the princess, and the palace people have to do the relationship with the palace people.

Xu Xun snorted, remembered these words in his heart, and exclaimed again, "My room is not big, why do I have so many things!" Those cloths are going to be a big room, but how can they fit down? ”

Grandma Sun burst out laughing, "Jieyu, where does this have to be placed under your nose to feel at ease?" It must have been placed in the treasury of Taisun Palace. ”

"So many people's things, are they all mixed together?" Xu Xun asked.

"It's all registered, and your signature is affixed to it," Grandma Sun said. "If you lose it, someone will pay for it, so you don't have to worry about that."

While talking, the two had already returned to the house, Xu Xun asked for the list given to her by the princess from Grandma Sun, she said, "I calculate that I have a net worth of a few taels of silver now." ”