On this day, Duan Ruhao went to Zhao Lingyue's courtyard with a happy face, "Madam, madam, good thing." ”

Zhao Lingyue was lying on the recliner, and the four maids next to her were waiting, two beating their shoulders and two beating their legs, so comfortable. Hearing Duan Ruhao's voice, he quickly got up, waved his hand, and the maids each retreated to the back and stood respectfully, "Master, what good thing makes you so happy?" ”

Duan Ruhao looked at the four maids behind him, "You guys stand down." ”

"Yes, sir." The four maids bowed respectfully and withdrew.

"What's the matter, sir? Still so secret? Zhao Lingyue went to the table and poured a cup of tea while speaking, "Here, master, moisten your throat." "Hmm."

Duan Ruhao took a sip of tea before he said slowly, "This is not a confidential matter, that is, after the court today, the emperor said that after the end of the year, he will rarely get together with the ministers, and a banquet will be held in five days, so that everyone can get close to each other." ”

"Banquet? It's nothing special, the emperor doesn't do anything, the queen mother and the queen have a lot of flower viewing parties and tea parties. ”

"Hahaha, madam, you really like to laugh, how can it be the same, and this time the emperor also said that everyone in the palace can bring them to see the world, everything is casual, and all the princes will come when the time comes."

"Really? That's a good opportunity. "Well, you told Liel and Ya'er to get ready."

"Of course, with the talent and appearance of my two daughters, there are few people in this Ancheng who can compare."

"Li'er and Ya'er, I don't have to worry about it, it's that rebel girl, you discipline her well, don't let her lose face, I don't usually bring her to banquets, since the emperor mentioned it this time, then bring her along."

"Yes, sir, I'll call a grandma over and discipline her well."

Duan Ruhao finished speaking and left. Zhao Lingyue also hurriedly went to Li Ge and Ya Ge, both of them are young ladies in the house, and they both have their own attics, Duan Qingqian is a concubine, and she can only live in her aunt's yard.

When Zhao Lingyue arrived at Li Pavilion, Duan Qingli was painting her nails there, "Mother, why are you here?" "Lil, are you painting your nails?" Duan Qingli snorted and continued her work, "Okay, okay, my family's Li'er is becoming more and more beautiful and moving." "Mother." Duan Qingli was only painted at this time, stood up and hugged Zhao Lingyue and coquettishly.

Zhao Lingyue stroked Duan Qingli's arm with her hand and smiled kindly, "You child, why are you still so dependent on your mother, your father just said that there will be a palace banquet in five days, and the minister is allowed to bring his children over, this palace banquet is very critical, maybe the palace banquet is on the emperor's eye, and when he chooses a concubine, he will directly choose you, you dress up well, and tell your mother what you lack." "Really? That's great. I went out of the house yesterday and took a fancy to a piece of fabric, the price is too expensive, it is not easy to set, thinking that the emperor will start to choose a concubine in a month, and see if there is a good one later, since this is the case, then I will set the fabric later. "Okay, my mother will bring you the silver later, you can see if there is anything else you need to buy, and you will buy them all together, and my mother will go over and talk to Ya'er as well." "Okay, thank you."

Duan Qingli walked back and forth excitedly, "Lan'er, do you say this jewelry is good, should I buy it again?" And this hairpin? And this bracelet? ”

"Miss, since the lady said that you should dress up well, why don't you choose them all again, if there is a good one, use the good one, if you don't choose from this, after all, these have been brought once or twice before, and it won't be long before the emperor wants to choose a concubine, maybe there is a newer style now?"

"Yes, Lan'er, you're right, let's hurry up and pack up and go out of the house."

"Yes, miss."

Accord.

"Ya'er, what are you up to?"

"Mother, are you here, is there something wrong?"

At this time, Duan Qingya was writing, she was like her name, gentle and elegant, every move was elegant, Zhao Lingyue was actually closer to Duan Qingli in her heart, Duan Qingli would occasionally be coquettish with her, and she would make mistakes, she was simpler than Duan Qingya, Zhao Lingyue sometimes felt that she couldn't see through Duan Qingya, she was mostly obedient and well-behaved, but when she felt that she was well-behaved, she would be a little willful, she was more often fiddling with her calligraphy and paintings, she always felt that these things were a little elegant, and she was a little out of place as a mother, Unlike her Lil, Lil practices her singing and dancing the most on weekdays.

Zhao Lingyue put those thoughts behind her, "Your father just said that the emperor will hold a palace banquet in five days, and ask all the ministers to bring their children in, everyone is so lively." ”

"Really? Is the emperor going? ”

Duan Qingya was still standing elegantly just now, but now she was completely ruined, and walked in front of Zhao Lingyue to look at her mother and asked, "Mother, can I participate this time?" ”

"Well, yes, this time it is held by the emperor, not only the emperor will come, but other princes will also come together."

"That's great." "You hurry up and pack up, what is missing to tell your mother, on weekdays, Aunt Cui's daughter always rejects your quota, the eldest girl doesn't marry, and I don't feel ashamed, but I have wronged you, you won't blame your mother, right?"

"Mother, this Ya'er knows, you can't blame Mother."

"Okay, it's still my Ya'er who is the most sensible, you clean up and go shopping on the street with your second sister."

"Yes, mother."

Compared with Duan Qingli and Duan Qingya's excitement and surprise, Duan Qingqian didn't know at all, she still had the work in her hands, embroidery.

At this time, there was an old mother outside the door, and she often ran here in the whole house, "Miss, how are you embroidering my embroidery and fabric?" I'm going to take it to Boss Cheng tomorrow. ”

Duan Qingqian's movements in his hand kept stopping, and he lowered his head and said, "Mother Liu, you also know that I have to go out on a blind date in the past two months, and the time is a little late, and it will take half a month." ”

Mother Liu's tone was a little fierce but not vicious, just a little anxious, "My eldest lady, you have to hurry up, I promised him the morning after tomorrow, I gave you enough time on weekdays, you still have time to write and draw, this time you have to help me no matter what." ”

Mother Liu stepped forward and looked at the embroidery and fabrics that had not yet been embroidered, and frowned, "There are many more, so let's do it, I will rush to work with you tonight, you are faster, Boss Cheng said that there will be a palace banquet in five days, and he will use these embroideries and fabrics." "Got it." Duan Qingqian was still not in a hurry.

Mother Liu looked anxiously from the sidelines, "Miss, can you hurry up?" ”

At this time, there was a maid outside calling Liu's mother, and Liu's mother responded with a long voice.

"Miss, there's something going on in the kitchen again, you hurry up and embroider, I found you some scraps, put it in your kitchen, you hurry up and get it, help me embroider after eating, I beg you."

After Liu's mother finished speaking, she walked out the door, "Hey, it's coming, what are you urging." "Mother Liu, now you often run to this useless maid's yard, I don't know what you want, they are all from the moment, why don't you please the second and third misses." "Hey, after all, it's the eldest lady in the house, and it looks weird." "You're so kind." "Didn't I think that I had no one to take care of the children at home? You'll make less fun of me. "Alright, let's go quickly, Madame is urging you." "Okay."

Liu's mother's voice is getting farther and farther away, Duan Qingqian embroidered the embroidery in her hand, while thinking about the past, she was only 10 years old at that time, one night, a family drunk and walked around, walked to her yard, and touched her room, although she was young, but more than 20 years of experience in her previous life, let her come to this world for 3 years without letting go of her guard, she immediately got up when she heard the voice, she wanted to run to the side and stand, and wait for him to go before she came out, after all, as a child at that time, her body was not strong enough, And there was no special training. But I didn't expect to be seen by the family when I got up, he sped up a few steps, and suddenly stepped in front of her bed, she was small, and it was easy to escape, but because of the huge difference in physical strength, and he had the so-called kung fu in this world, he forced her to a dead end every minute, and she deliberately bumped and bumped when she walked, making a movement, she didn't have much hope, because there was no one living near her yard, and the next room didn't live here, just as she was about to fight for her life, there was movement outside.

When the family heard the voice, he immediately stopped his movements, and wanted to step forward and hold Duan Qingqian, Duan Qingqian couldn't do anything else, his body was still quite dexterous, Jia Ding wanted to leave, but when he saw Duan Qingqian in front of him, he couldn't catch it, he was anxious, and he didn't care that someone outside was about to come in, so he was bent on catching her, Duan Qingqian deliberately dragged him, no matter who came outside, there were more opportunities for someone to come, no matter whether his intention was good or bad. The person outside the door is Liu Ma, she usually helps the fabric store to make some embroidery to help the family, there is no time during the day, only a little time at night, who gets up a night down in the next room, people come and go to see the bad, so she chose the more partial Cuiyuan, but I didn't expect to hear the voice, although I was a little afraid, but I couldn't resist the curiosity in my heart, because Cuiyuan lived alone, and it was quiet on weekdays, and tonight was so big that I couldn't help but be curious to see it.

Mother Liu carried a lantern to Duan Qingqian's room, Duan Qingqian was all designed, as soon as the person at the door opened the door, she led this Ding to the door to see if anyone recognized this Ding, and then she took the opportunity to hide. As soon as Mother Liu opened the door, she saw the family in front of her, startled her, and shouted, "Ah." But her mouth was immediately covered, and Liu's mother struggled, but at that moment just now, Liu's mother also saw who it was, and she could guess what he wanted to do, she stepped on Jiading's feet hard, and Jiading let go of Liu's mother in pain, Liu's mother hurriedly retreated, but this also retreated into the house, "You, Wang San, it turned out to be you, why did you run to the eldest lady's room?" ”

"Mother Liu? I advise you not to meddle in your affairs, you'd better pretend that you didn't see anything, otherwise..." "You shut up for me, what a young lady, it's just an unfavored concubine, her mother is just a little more noble than us subordinates, and she is a servant after all."

"You..., Wang San, you will be punished for this."

Wang San grinned, "Retribution, what retribution, I don't believe it, Mother Liu, as long as you act like you didn't see anything, and walk out of here obediently, this silver is yours, Uncle Ben, I really want to taste this official lady today." ”

Wang San carried the silver in his hand, not to mention ten taels, he won the gambling money today, he drank some wine happily for a while, and was lonely in the middle of the night, and suddenly thought of Duan Qingqian, and came over while the wine.

Mother Liu stared at the silver in Wang San's hand, she swallowed her saliva, although she wanted the silver very much, but she still had some conscience, and Duan Qingqian was still a child, her mother's love was overflowing, "My mother Liu is a person with a conscience." Wang San was anxious, "Okay, toast without eating and drinking." ”

After Wang San finished speaking, he also came up ruthlessly, and went straight to Liu's mother, Liu's mother was unprepared, he was caught, and the two were entangled together, although Liu's mother was a woman, but she went crazy, and she didn't want to fight to a draw with Wang San, and finally Wang San grabbed Liu's mother's hair with his hand, and hit Liu's mother's head to the side, touching the corner of the table, and her forehead instantly bled out, and Wang San was also frightened.

Duan Qingqian saw that it was about the same, took the worn-out umbrella in the corner and hit Wang San's calf with all his might, Wang San immediately knelt on the ground, Duan Qingqian continued to greet him, every stick was exhausted, and the acupuncture points were very accurate, so painful that Wang San screamed, and most of the drunkenness woke up, and then rolled out of Cuiyuan.

Mother Liu held her forehead, screaming in pain, and she was also scared in her heart, she was afraid that if she died, her life would be gone, Duan Qingqian took some ointment from the side and gave it to her, Mother Liu looked at Duan Qingqian suspiciously, "This is left by Aunt Cui, it can still be used, I will help you put it on." ”

Liu Ma also asked Duan Qingqian to give her medicine at this time, after all, Liu Ma is a person at the bottom, and has inexplicable respect and trust for people in the upper class, although Duan Qingqian is a concubine, but her status is still higher than her, Liu Ma asked stupidly, "Miss, I have left so much blood, I won't die, right?" ”

Duan Qingqian helped her see the wound, Wang San drank wine, his strength was not great, the injury was not deep, it was just some skin trauma, Duan Qingqian said lightly, "No, as long as you use good medicine, you won't even leave a scar." ”

"Okay, then I'll rest assured, then this medicine..."

Mother Liu looked down at the medicine in Duan Qingqian's hand, afraid that Duan Qingqian would not give it to her, and then cried, "Miss, I was injured just to save you, you are reluctant to give me this medicine, let alone offend that Wang San, I don't know how to face him in the future, I knew that you were such a white-eyed wolf, I shouldn't have come to save you, my life is miserable!" ”

Hearing Duan Qingqian say that she would not die, Liu's mother was also relieved, this time she was so seriously injured, how could she get a sum back, think about Wang San's silver just now, but it was a lot, she didn't ask for it just now, this must be from Duan Qingqian's body.

"Mother Liu, this medicine is for you." Mother Liu took the medicine and patted the clothes on her body, although her hair was messy, except for the wound on her forehead, everything else was completely fine.

"Well, that's sensible." Saying that, he picked up the lantern next to him and lit the lamp in the room, everything in the room was instantly much clearer, at a glance, the room was in a mess, Liu's mother carried the lantern, searched for valuable things, and looked around and didn't see anything valuable.

When Aunt Cui just passed away, those subordinates were not so bold, and the people in the house also wanted to avoid bad luck, and few people came, and the subordinates of Cuiyuan were also waiting, but in the second year of Aunt Cui's death, her second and third sisters came to the door, and when they saw that they liked it, they would ask her at first, and they would take it away regardless of whether they agreed or not, and she didn't care, and then those subordinates saw Duan Qingli and Duan Qingya taking it at will, Duan Qingqian didn't lose his temper, and the subordinates also looked at each other secretly, and there were good things for Duan Qingli and Duan Qingya, Or other masters said to go, they were good to invite merit in front of those masters, and when the time came, they were transferred away, and then the subordinates slowly touched those valuable things and gave them to their new masters, Duan Qingqian, such a powerless and powerless concubine, what hope did she have for this master, and then the subordinates all walked away, and her yard was almost empty, only some furniture and large things. Fortunately, Duan Ruhao still remembered that she had such a daughter, and when she saw her at the family banquet, she would also ask some questions, so that Zhao Lingyue's food and drink should be arranged, and Zhao Lingyue should not favor one over the other, and Zhao Lingyue also knew what the situation in Cuiyuan was, so she also gave her some basic living needs, and didn't let Duan Qingqian have no clothes to wear and no food to eat. That is, Mother Liu wanted to earn back the silver from Duan Qingqian, and the fabric embroideries she took over were in a hurry, so she suddenly remembered Duan Qingqian, she had nothing to do during the day, so she stuffed the embroideries she picked up to Duan Qingqian.

Duan Qingqian's whole brain was chaotic for just a year or two, and she slowly absorbed Duan Qingqian's memories before, and also understood where she had been, she didn't seek to be rich and rich, she just hoped that she would be safe and secure, and she wouldn't have to live like the slave who worked hard before. Mother Liu can be regarded as kind to her, help her, and she can also subsidize the food through her in the future, and she can also see clearly in this house, only on her own. Duan Qingqian didn't know how to embroider at first, but Liu Ma taught him, Duan Qingqian's understanding ability was good, and he would be able to do it later, and then he created another embroidery method according to his own knowledge, which made Liu Ma make a lot of money from it. Duan Qingqian didn't think about how much money she wanted to make, she just wanted to be stable, and she didn't want to be the first bird, if she was out of step with this world, it would definitely attract attention, and at that time she had no ability to protect herself, so Duan Qingqian controlled this degree well, and also taught Liu Ma how to deal with the shop owner.

Liu's mother also knows that Duan Qingqian is a temperamental person, and it is useless for her to force her if she is unwilling to do it, so she generally obeys Duan Qingqian's orders, and every time she earns money, she will also give a little bit of Duan Qingqian, Duan Qingqian doesn't ask for much, just ask Liu's mother to buy her some calligraphy, painting, paper and pencils, and occasionally bring a roast chicken or something from outside to make up for her body. Mother Liu is not an insatiable person, now she doesn't have to do so much silver income every month, she is already very happy, there is more silver, she is still afraid, so she has so many dozen or so a month She is enough, Duan Qingqian helps her, she herself also cares about Duan Qingqian, seeing that every time the next person sends a meal to Duan Qingqian, it is some leftovers, although there is fish and meat, but after all, it has been eaten by others, it looks shabby, Liu Ma is a helper in the kitchen, and she also helped Duan Qingqian in front of the kitchen to speak," This eldest lady doesn't care about it, let's just give her some vegetable scraps, let her get it herself, some of the remaining dishes of this master are some fish, fish and meat, let's just keep it and eat it. ”

The kitchen mother listened to this reason, and then instructed Liu Ma to pick up some scraps for Duan Qingqian every day or every other day, and let Duan Qingqian get it herself, Liu Ma will occasionally steal some meat for Duan Qingqian, Duan Qingqian also knows, that is, because Liu Ma is still an honest person, Duan Qingqian will always live like this with her, Liu Ma brings some embroidery to her every once in a while, she helps her embroider, and Liu Ma occasionally helps her bring back pen and paper from the outside, and occasionally brings her some delicious food in the scraps.

Duan Qingqian put away his memories, put the embroidery aside, looked at the many embroideries that had not been embroidered, and planned in his heart that he would leave this house in three months, so this time he would help Liu's mother catch up, and then get his own lunch.