The next morning, I asked Concubine Taisun to say goodbye, and Concubine Taisun took her and He Xianxian to the palace.

The crown princess also has to meet with the concubines every morning, the East Palace is a small place, everyone looks up and doesn't look down, always have to deal with the relationship, don't make anyone unhappy, a courtyard is gloomy.

Because of the big rules and little contact with the outside world, they all entered the palace at a very young age, so the concubines were also relatively naïve. What worries them the most is not whether they are pampered or not, but that it is difficult to pass the time.

A large group of people get together to talk nonsense, which is not a thing, they have to chew the root of the tongue, and they have to sit together with the haode sisters and chew secretly. But people can't live their lives by chewing the root of the tongue, besides, the food and drink here are all delivered, and the princess is also fair, usually everything, is given according to the portion, that is, to chew the root of the tongue, I don't know what to say. In addition to the first month and the longevity month, the palace is not allowed to push pai gow and gambling money, some of the concubines love to fight crickets, some love to play swings, some love to kick shuttlecock, some love to play Go, some are wild, love to kick and bow, are trying to pass their time.

Some of the concubines are the same age as He Xianxian and Xu Xun, and they are very fond of seeing newcomers come in, and they sit in front of the princess for a while, and they invite two people to go to the backyard to play swings. Concubine Taisun smiled and said, "Just go if it's okay, anyway, the place is close, just come back for dinner." ”

A group of people laughed and walked out of the house, the crown princess and the princess sat together and talked, the princess looked at a needle and thread made in the princess's hand, and knew that it was made for the prince's upper, so she took the initiative to say, "Can I help you make a few stitches?" ”

It is very troublesome to make shoes, the prince has fat feet and big feet, and the upper should be made particularly wide to be appropriate, although the princess has a noble position, she still insists on making shoes for her husband in person, and she has never stopped for so many years. Hearing what Concubine Taisun said, she also handed over the upper of her shoes, and smiled with relief, "Sometimes I forget that I am also a person with a daughter-in-law." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, the crown princess rubbed her somewhat sore neck, drank a few sips of tea, and said with a smile, "I heard that Jieyu and Zhaoyi both gave rewards to the palace people yesterday?" ”

At four o'clock and eight festivals, except for the palace, each master has some rewards for the people below, which is an unwritten practice. Concubine Taisun nodded and said, "Yesterday, Jieyu asked me first, and even asked the number clearly. Later, it seems that Zhaoyi put it at noon, and it was also released ten times. It's not clear how much Jieyu put out. ”

"Hold your hands tighter, young masters." The crown princess couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "It's okay to be simple, and the emperor won't touch his head when he asks about it...... In the past few years, the treasury has been a little tight, and there are rumors outside that the emperor is lavish, you are young, and sometimes you may love luxury, so you must pay attention to this, don't cause trouble for Dalang. ”

Concubine Taisun hurriedly bowed her head to be taught, and took the teachings of her elders very seriously, "You must be attentive on weekdays, and you won't let anyone with a heart pick a handle." ”

On the lips of the crown princess, a slightly sarcastic smile couldn't help but appear, and she said slowly, "People with hearts are much more extravagant than us, so you don't have to be too careful......"

As if sensing the contradiction in her words, she laughed self-deprecatingly, "This eldest brother and sister-in-law has a more bitter life, and the younger siblings, children, and concubines below are not sensible, and they can't follow the calculations, they can't go to their hearts, they have to teach ...... well."

"I often feel that I am not capable enough to share the worries of my father and mother." Concubine Taisun also said from the bottom of her heart, "For a while, there seem to be some unfavorable statements in the court, and I feel uncomfortable when I hear it, but it is not easy to show it on my face......"

"Don't show a trace." The crown princess sighed, "The emperor still loves Da Lang very much, and that's enough." There is Da Lang here, some wind and waves, and he is not afraid of anything. ”

She smiled heartily and turned the subject back to it. "Jieyu and Zhaoyi, I have always been careful since the draft, both of them are sensible and good children. It's Zhaoyi, who has a coarse heart and a careful heart. You didn't say how much Zhaoyi rewarded, she got the same reward as you, right? Well, don't take it to heart, it's not a big deal. ”

"Zhaoyi is the cheerful character, not scheming." Concubine Taisun smiled and said, "It's not bad for this one or two." ”

"Oh? But Jieyu just quietly rewarded Baguan. The crown princess said, "The children are still young, and they entered the court at the age of thirteen or fourteen, what can they think?" It's all the ideas given by the mothers in charge. What about the grandmother next to Jieyu, she is old, and Jieyu is also obedient. Zhaoyi has a rough temperament, she doesn't think about it so much, her grandmother is shallow, and she also loves the two money. This matter, because it has something to do with you, don't open your mouth, and I'll ask An'er to reason with the people around Zhaoyi when I go back, or do you have to take precautions, there should be a rule for everything, right? This is a small matter, and if Zhaoyi is taught now, there will be no big trouble in the future, which is also for her good. ”

Although the two palaces live separately, it was yesterday afternoon, and the princess only listened to the palace people around her a few mouths, and she didn't pay much attention, but the princess knew everything. -- She knew that her mother-in-law was teaching her to be in charge of the house, so she hurriedly took these truths to heart, and said respectfully, "My mother is right, I will definitely pay attention to it from a small point in the future." ”

Concubine Taisun is really gentle and courteous, and she has no choice anymore. The crown princess couldn't help but smile, and said, "The jade girl hasn't come over today?" ”

"The day before yesterday suddenly happened, and when she went back, she was in great pain. I didn't want to come over, but when I got together, I was afraid that people would say that she would take a big deal, so I had to come over, but I went back and lay down, and I couldn't get up after drinking a few patches of medicine, so I let her rest for a few days. "The princess reported to the princess one by one, and refused to say a bad word." When she is well, let her get close to Zhaoyi and Jieyu. ”

"They are all good boys, they can get along." The crown princess nodded with satisfaction, "The emperor is coming back soon, you have to let people go to see Dalang's dormitory, it will be a few months after leaving, and there will be no fire all winter, don't leak the fire wall, the whole house is not warm." ”

The two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law said a few more trivial things, and the crown princess couldn't help but smile when she saw that the princess grandchild happened to look out the window, "Go, you also go to play on the swing, how old are you, don't be restrained, you should also move." ”

Concubine Taisun blushed, "Mother-this...... Disrespect. ”

"How old are you?" The crown princess said, "Go, stop doing needlework, your father still has that pair of shoes to wear?" Go, go, go. ”

After sending the princess away, she lowered her head and embroidered the upper of her shoes with stitches and threads.

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That afternoon, when everyone got up from a nap, He Xianxian came to talk to Xu Xun, "Why don't you give up the reward?" I'll let it go—"

"I'll let it go." Xu Xun said, "It's just quietly released." ”

"Put? How much did you put it? He Xianxian immediately inquired, "Why don't I know at all?" ”

Xu Xun couldn't help but explain a little, "...... I didn't dare to compare with the princess, so I let it go. ”

He Xianxian immediately understood the truth, she sighed and was very frustrated, "I'm so stupid, why did I let it go!" Ay! Didn't figure it out! ”

Xu Xun didn't know what she was doing - she originally wanted to put fifteen times, she said, "It doesn't matter, Sister Hu, don't you know, people are so good, how can they care about us." It really doesn't work, you just have to explain a few words. ”

He Xianxian lowered his head and said, "No wonder Mama always says that I am not sensible, and I also feel that my brain sometimes lacks strings." ”

She left without saying anything, and she has been a little listless these days: Xu Xun didn't know about herself, but several grandmothers were well-informed, and they said that the crown princess had an aunt there, and said a few words about the guiding grandmother beside He Zhaoyi.

The youngest palace maid in the palace is called by name, and those who are a little older, waiting to be released in the future, are all called aunts. There are also some who have been in the palace all their lives, and they are called grandma when they are ready to leave the palace when they are old. This Aunt An should be the person who is very easy to use the crown princess, Xu Xun wrote down this name.

"Everything in the palace must be measured and ruled, this must be learned slowly, where can everything be clear in three or five years, everyone has a joke, a big thing, it will pass in a blink of an eye." Mama Zhao and Xu Xun said, "After a few days, no one will remember it." ”

This also makes more sense, but Xu Xun thought that the news in this palace could be spread so quickly, and he felt that it would be difficult for people to forget this matter. Unless something big happens, this thing is overshadowed.

He Xianxian was lucky, in the afternoon of the same day, there was really a big thing in the inner palace: the palace maids under Concubine Han Li in the palace of Wang Guifei had a quarrel with the grandmother under Concubine Zhang Guifei.

The matter of the palace maid should not overshadow the news of the master, but these two are palace people of the noble concubine, and they cannot be said in the same day, and no one in the palace cares about He Xianxian in a blink of an eye. Xu Xun listened to the reason, but felt a little tasteless, these short little things in the parents, the Xu family's street can produce thirty or fifty things a day, that is, it is news in the quiet palace.

After a few days, Concubine Taisun's body also got better, she ran to Xu Xun's house, and He Xianxian happened to be there, and the three of them sat down to talk.

"I've always had this old problem, and sometimes I can't get out of bed when it hurts." Concubine Taisun was also very kind, "At dinner that day, I wanted to say a few words to you, but I sat like that, and I was in a cold sweat." There are only a few words missing, so don't be surprised. ”

Because Xu Xun knew her origin, he treated her as half a master, so how could he be strange? He Xianxian is at a low ebb, and now everyone thinks that he is a dwarf, where will he take the words of the concubine Taisun seriously, and the two of them don't even say that it doesn't matter. The concubine exchanged names and surnames with them, and asked about the origin and family name respectively, and learned that both of them were locals, Xu Xun had only been in the palace for more than half a year, and she suddenly said enviously, "Alas, it's so good!" I haven't been home for almost 10 years......"

Of course, the concubine was born very good-looking, she was a beauty when she was a child, and it is said that Mrs. Pengcheng thought it was strange when she saw it at first sight. Now it is even more red lips and white teeth, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, this frustration makes people feel a burst of pity. He Xianxian also said, "Yes, I haven't been home for almost two or three years, I used to be outside, and I could see my family once a year, but now I can't even communicate with me...... When I left, my brother had just reached the full moon, and now I'm afraid he has a high bench—"

Taisun Concubine said, "It's all the same, you see that it's the Taisun Concubine, and you can't see your family from time to time." The family members sent letters to report that they were safe, and they were afraid that we would not feel at ease in the palace. ”

Xu Xun thought that she hadn't gone back for eight months, and she had gradually become a stranger home, and she suddenly understood: in this life, she will never be able to go back to that simple two-entry courtyard. Even if she now has a net worth of several thousand taels, good clothes that she can't wear for a year, and good jewelry that Mrs. Xu can't think of in her life—even if she exchanges these, she will never be able to return to her home, and this place will always be in her mind.

Her tears flowed uncontrollably, and her heart was very uncomfortable. He Xianxian saw her crying, and she cried herself, and the concubine said, "It's been a long time and I'm used to it-"

As he spoke, tears fell from his eyes, "But I'm used to it, and I still can't help it, the more I get homesick...... Alas......"

Which one of the people in the palace doesn't want to go home? The eyes of the people in the small palace around them were red, but they were so well-behaved that they were not allowed to cry in front of people, and they were not allowed to cry behind them, only Xu Xun and the three of them could still huddle together happily and sobbed softly for a while-but they were all admonished, and no one dared to howl loudly, and after crying for a while, they stopped their voices one after another.

Crying like this, but the distance between a few people is gone, and when the mood calms down, everyone looks at me, I look at you, they are a little embarrassed, and they still laugh at each other. Xu Xun said, "Oh, I'm crying like a cat, wash my face and put some powder on it." ”

Mama Zhao and Mama Qian were on duty in turn, and when they saw crying here, they had already prepared hot water there, and as soon as they heard Xu Xunyi, they immediately brought it up. The first handkerchief was given to Concubine Taisun, the second was given to He Xianxian, and then it was Xu Xun's turn. After washing his face, Xu Xun turned on the makeup again and asked the grandson concubine to pick up the powder.

Concubine Taisun smiled when she saw it, "I know you guys just came, and you haven't gotten rouge gouache yet." It's nothing else, this powder is not very good. This mama—"

Mama Zhao gave her a salute and her surname, and the concubine said, "You go to my house and talk to Mama Liu, and take two boxes of powder I usually use." ”

In a yard, the powder arrived after a while, it was two flat boxes with brass and gold horns, and the concubine opened one, picked out a little and put it in her hands to show the two of them, "This is made of purple jasmine seeds and talc mixed with rice flour, although it is not as white as lead powder, but it is much more natural to see when it is white, and it is enough to use a layer of flour fat, and it will never be unbearable, it seems to be as good as not being on it." It's just that there are rice noodles, and they have to be used up in one season. ”

She used facial fat, and sure enough, it was a little better, Xu Xun and He Xianxian were amazed, and they also used it. Taisun Concubine smiled and said, "You can each of these two boxes, I still have some there, enough to send new ones." Otherwise, if you put it in vain, you will throw it away. ”

When she said this, the two of them were not easy to push, and they were both very happy: the gift was not expensive, but it was very pleasant. Successively smiled and accepted, He Xianxian's share was sent back at that time, and the concubine played chess again, knowing that neither of them was good at playing Shuanglu, and said, "But if you want to learn, Your Highness loves to play Shuanglu in addition to fighting crickets." ”

She is so unselfish, the two naturally like it more, and if they say a few more words, the concubine will let them call them 'Sister Jade Girl'. "They are all sisters, and my rank is not high, so my mother is boring."

This is also the truth, she is enthusiastic, Xu Xun and He Xianxian both changed their words, and played the Seven Nations Chess with the Taisun Concubine for an afternoon, and then broke up happily in the evening.

Sun Yunu is so kind, the life in the Taisun Palace is better, Xu Xun gets up early every day to ask for peace, sometimes he goes to the Taigong every other day, and sometimes he comes back to play with He Xianxian, anyway, there is a way to play everywhere - after more than half a month, the imperial grandson is back.