Chapter 253: Entering the Palace
I'm afraid that when will those shopkeepers who help her make money make the same old mistake again, and secretly eat all the shops, Chu Yun still doesn't know! As for the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, these passers-by don't know the way of doing business at all, so they dare to talk nonsense here, which is really ridiculous!
It took Chu Jiayin half a month to get the Chamber of Commerce to reluctantly accept her, the owner who temporarily manages the Chu family's business, why should Chu Yun? Just because she raised her head and her nostrils widened? Or are those eyes wide open, the tone is loud enough, and the person is arrogant enough?
She won't know anything! It's nothing, it's just an uneducated niece in the outer room, with a small belly, envy addiction, and jealousy! Sooner or later, God will punish her, no, the world will punish her!
Who can endure this kind of hypocrisy that does not pay for their lives? Even Her Royal Highness the Princess, once she becomes hypocritical and willful, she will be criticized by the courtiers, not to mention that she is a little outer room girl!
After this time, if Chu Yun still dares to disagree with Chu Jiayin, this gossip outside is Chu Jiayin's best weapon against Chu Yun!
Chu Yun in the previous life and Chu Yun in this life, because the Chu Jiayin he met was different, the things he did were naturally different. Then the end will be different.
"Tut-tut! This is not able to get married, and while his brothers and uncles are away, he makes a mess of the family business. In the future, the family property will be ruined, the dowry will not be able to come out, and it will be even more difficult to get married! "There was a grandmother who said.
In the eyes of these women, getting married is always a woman's destination!
Chu Jiayin really wanted to die of laughter.
You are amazing, you say, say it! Hahaha...... She wants to see what these guys who have licked Chu Yun will look like when Chu Yun becomes a water dog in the future!
Chu Jiayin withstood the gossip of a few streets, and after telling the things in the shop, and handling them properly, he dared to change into clean clothes and get into the carriage.
Today, I want to enter the palace to participate in the concubine selection banquet of the Seven Princes, and when I entered the palace in my last life, how good Chu Jiayin looked. In this life, it's good to dress up casually and not be rude.
The woman is the one who pleases herself, the person she likes is fighting bloodily on the battlefield, she stays at home, how can she wear heavy makeup and luxury, and go to see another man.
Using the bronze mirror on the carriage, Chu Jiayin pinned the hairpin in his hand to the hair. This was given to her by Jing Yan yesterday, this hairpin is very familiar, and Chu Jiayin likes it very much.
In the early years, she seemed to have worn this style of hairpin, but now she can't find it. Ever since she had been practicing martial arts with Feng Chenyue, she hadn't been in the mood to study the makeup, beads, and beautiful new clothes made of silk and satin.
As a person who practices martial arts, narrow sleeves are more suitable for action, and everything is simple and more convenient to do!
The concubine selection banquet of the Seven Princes invited young ladies from all the big families in the inner and outer cities of Kyoto, who were either official or rich. They are probably between fourteen and eighteen years old, and they are all budding and fresh and aura.
When Chu Jiayin arrived, there were already many people coming. Those girls who are going to participate in the selection of concubines are competing for beauty, beautiful clothes, and exquisite hair accessories.
This year's war came suddenly, and many brothers and brothers in their families were forcibly arrested to join the army, and the official family did not care whether the family was an only child or not, or whether one of the two brothers was left to pass on the lineage. When the national disaster is at hand, the officials only think about whether they can win this battle!
Chu Jiayin felt that the Chu family was targeted at first, but now it seems that everyone is the same. But these people in front of them are all happy to be like something, and the psychology of wanting to enter the palace as a princess is also strong to bless the safety of the men in the family.
"Look, Chu Jiayin is here."
"I've heard that she is one of the best beauties in the inner and outer cities of Kyoto."
"Cut, what's the use of being beautiful? It's not a shrew yet, it's something that no one wants! β
Chu Jiayin has long been accustomed to hearing these slanderous words, and now that he listens to them, he just wants to laugh. She lifted the curtain and, because there was no maid to take care of her, jumped out of the carriage herself.
Everyone is dressed in fluttering clothes, but Chu Jiayin is simple, with narrow sleeves and wrists, a belt tightly wrapped around the waist, and a skirt that does not cover the feet. With a simple bun and a simple and monotonous hairpin, the whole person looks like a chivalrous woman, not at all like she came to choose a concubine.
Speaking of makeup, the girl who came to choose a concubine here should be no one who doesn't apply fat powder. Chu Jiayin didn't even draw his eyebrows, and his mouth grease didn't get wet, so he came out fresh and bland, like boiled tofu with green vegetables.
She had to go to the shop before she went out, and she painted herself like a fairy in the painting, which was obviously a little inappropriate, so she went out casually. When she came out of the store, she just washed her face hastily.
"This is Chu Jiayin? How did she dress like this? My maids are all better dressed than her! β
"I heard that her family is about to go bankrupt, and the people in the family who can support the family business have fallen one or two, and she is the only one left. At present, those family businesses have been messed up by her, and they are half dead. Maybe if you only lose money and don't make money, where can you have the money to buy beautiful clothes, wear gold and silver? β
"It's pathetic."
said that the poor man came to Chu Jiayin, covered his face with a fan, and asked unkindly: "Miss Chu, do you need me to borrow you a few beads?" If you go in like this, the royal family will think that you are disrespectful for a while, and what if they kick you out? β
"No need, I didn't intend to come to the concubine selection banquet. It's just that the holy name is hard to disobey, if you really get kicked out because of your plain dress, you can't ask for it! Chu Jiayin replied to the woman coldly and strode forward.
The woman who was blocked snorted angrily and said, "The dead duck has a hard mouth, and Miss Ben is willing to help, isn't she happy?" I don't want to come to the concubine selection banquet, because I'm afraid that I won't be able to choose at all, right? Who in the inner and outer cities of Kyoto doesn't know the reputation of Miss Chu Liu, and they don't dare to cause this kind of trouble even if they are afraid of the royal family! β
Chu Jiayin turned a deaf ear and walked straight forward, until she met Princess Qiuyang, then she stopped and saluted: "The folk girl has seen Her Royal Highness Princess Qiuyang." β
Princess Qiuyang was blocked by someone, and at first glance she was still dressed like this, and she thought she was some kind of maid, and she just wanted to speak ill of her, but she found that this person was actually Chu Jiayin. Chu Jingyan's sister?
Recalling the first time they met, Chu Jiayin, dressed like a peacock, standing on the street more eye-catching than her, Princess Qiuyang couldn't help but wonder if this person in front of her was possessed by some dirty thing. Otherwise, it's only been a few years, how can taste have changed so drastically?
Princess Qiuyang immediately changed her attitude, and said softly: "Sister of the Chu family, please get up." I heard that your family is in trouble, these days, are you okay? β
Princess Qiuyang held Chu Jiayin's hand, with a worried look, making Chu Jiayin wonder if she was very familiar with her before! However, if their relationship is really as close as Princess Qiuyang shows, the Chu family is in trouble, why doesn't she, the princess, say hello?
Presumably, for someone.
"Fortunately, Her Royal Highness Princess Prison Fei cares." No matter how arrogant Chu Jiayin is, he doesn't dare to offend the princess, he can be as polite as he can.
These days, she has long been accustomed to seeing people, talking about people, talking about ghosts, flattering, and polite words smoother than anything else.
"I see, Chu Jiayin must have come to find a joke this time." The girls who had just said bad things about Chu Jiayin in the back came to this road together and ran into Princess Qiuyang and Chu Jiayin.
Everyone saluted the princess, and at the same time saw the hand that the princess was holding, Chu Jiayin. Chu Jiayin and the princess seem to have a very unusual relationship.
"What's the joke?" Princess Qiuyang raised her eyebrows, wanting to ask her guilt!
The person who spoke just now hurriedly knelt down and said, "I mean, Miss Chu Liu came here dressed like this, presumably to find a joke." I was kind just now and wanted to share some beads with her, but who knew that Miss Chu Liu actually refused. The folk girl is also afraid that the sixth girl of Chu is really so simple, which will make the royal family ugly and laughed at outsiders. β
It's really a crooked reasoning and distortion, and nonsense becomes the truth! Chu Jiayin chuckled, helped the person up, and said, "Thank you sister for your kindness, my sister really doesn't need it, Sister Lao bothered, I really don't want to go!" β
Princess Qiuyang was also confused by Chu Jiayin's clothes at first, and almost thought she was a servant, so she said smartly: "Why don't you go to my place to change your clothes?" β
Although Princess Qiuyang has a princess's mansion outside, there is still a bedroom in the palace. Princess Qiuyang was born beautifully, her mother was favored, she was the treasure of the emperor's hands, and others couldn't touch it, if Princess Qiuyang was unhappy, the person who provoked her would be finished.
"No, thank you, Your Highness the Princess. It's good for the people to be like this, and the affairs at home still need to wait for me to deal with it, and after the banquet is over, you can leave like this, and you can still go by the way. Chu Jiayin behaved like a down-and-out eldest lady in the family, the Chu family has come out with so much negative news these days, everyone looks at her like this, and the people who didn't believe that the Chu family was about to finish playing, are afraid that they will believe it now.
Chu Jiayin is not afraid that they will believe it, and just ask that when the Chu family gets up again, don't be too surprised, and slander it for various reasons.
Princess Qiuyang hypocritically showed a little distressed look and said, "Sister needs help, or in a while, I'll send someone to help you, right?" β
"There is no need to trouble Your Highness in the family." Chu Jiayin really wanted to leave now, but Princess Qiuyang and the girls who were like wolves and tigers were reluctant to let her go like this.
After chatting with Chu Jiayin on the road for a long time, Chu Jiayin was able to get out. The palace is large and the back garden is even bigger.
In her previous life, Chu Jiayin came to the palace once, that is, to choose a concubine banquet, and she came to join in the fun as the fiancΓ©e of the Song family. The Seventh Prince met her on a small road at that time, probably because she fell in love at first sight.
In this life, Chu Jiayin deliberately picked a path that could not touch the Seven Princes.