Chapter 171: Equal Joy for All Except Rich and Poor
Xuehou Mansion is a thousand-year-old family, and it is also an existence that the emperor trusts, and the Lingyuan Empire has countless troops, the most elite of which is the Dayuan Army, with a total of 300,000.
These 300,000 elites are in charge of the three parties, most of the Dayuan Army is in charge of 100,000, Zongzheng Temple is in charge of 100,000, and Xuehou Mansion is in charge of 100,000 elite cavalry.
The capital of the Dayuan Army commanded 100,000 Dayuan Praetorian Guards to guard the capital, and the 100,000 Dayuan Army led by Zongzheng Temple followed the princes of the empire under the leadership of several generals, one was to protect the safety of the prince, and the other was to monitor the prince's every move, and the Xuehou Mansion held the 100,000 elite cavalry in the Dayuan Army of the Lingyuan Empire.
The Great Abyss Army is customarily called the Praetorian Guard, the Praetorian Guard is divided into two parts, of which the Praetorian Army guards the imperial city, the Praetorian Guard is responsible for the Imperial Palace, Zongzheng Temple is a department specifically responsible for the members of the imperial family, Zongzheng Lord is generally the emperor's uncle, this Zongzheng Temple is under the authorization of the emperor to control the members of the imperial family in various places, mainly monitoring and protecting.
The status of Xuefu for thousands of years has relied on this elite cavalry, which is the most elite existence in the entire empire, and it is very mobile, and it is stationed in the military camp outside the capital on weekdays, and it needs to be trained in all directions from time to time, because Xuefu will never participate in the internal fighting of the royal family, so this army can play the best effect in the hands of Xuehou.
No matter how chaotic the imperial city is, how the Praetorian Guards fight each other, this army will be energetic to keep the safety of the imperial capital, in order to prevent someone from pulling in foreign forces when the power is transferred, it can be said that from the day the old emperor died, this cavalry will block the entire capital until the new emperor in the city ascends the throne.
And many princes in the city do not need to worry about the empire being taken advantage of during the period of competition for the throne, this cavalry is like an octagonal cage, and the door is completely closed when the battle for the throne officially begins, to a certain extent, to ensure the balance of all aspects, in order to produce a new emperor as quickly as possible in the city.
Over the years, almost every generation of the Lingyuan Empire has been accompanied by blood, but every time it has been within the controllable range, this army has contributed a lot, and avoided as much as possible the great turmoil that may occur when the old and new emperors alternate.
The tradition of the Xuehou Mansion never participating in the royal family fighting and only being loyal to the emperor in the past dynasties made this army almost branded with the title of the Xuejia Army, and even many people called this army the Xianglin Army, just because there is a fragrant wood in the Xuehou Mansion, this fragrant wood tree is not big, but it is very fragrant, and it has merged into a small forest.
The handover of the throne of the Marquis of Snow in the past dynasties was carried out in this forest, and this handover also meant the change of the commander of this army, so the army would also call itself the Xianglin Army, to distinguish the Praetorian Guard Army and the Dayuan Army of Zongzheng Temple, the pride of the Xianglin Army is that it has always been loyal to the emperor, and it is not like other armies may obey the prince or the official.
Yun Qianyu took Yun Bailing to play while walking, and finally arrived at Xuehou Mansion when it was time for lunch, and there was no greeting before, so the guards wanted to report, Xue Yunjun happened to pass by when he went out, and after seeing it, he saluted Yun Qianyu and Yun Bailing and asked casually: "How is Miss Yun's injury?" The housemate is not sensible, and I hope that Miss Yun will forgive me. ”
Yun Qianyu smiled gently, Yun Bailing glanced at the side and didn't like to talk much, but after seeing Yun Qianyu at this time, Xue Yunjun was a little restrained and said, "Nerd, what about your sister?" ”
The good-looking Xue Yunjun thought for a while before he knew that he was talking about himself, and immediately smiled bitterly twice, looking at Yun Bailing's appearance and not getting angry, he pointed in the direction and said, "When I saw it in the morning, my sister was playing with the maid in her room, and she should still be there now." ”
"You take the two girls to the young lady." The young man pointed to a guard, the guard nodded suddenly, and then he made a gesture to Yun Qianyu and Yun Bailing and walked into the courtyard, Yun Qianyu thanked Xue Yunjun and walked into the courtyard after following the guard.
Yun Bailing seemed to feel that the second son of the Xue family was good-tempered, so he leaned to the side and threatened: "Your sister bit my sister, I want to take revenge on her, unless you give me this of yours, I will reluctantly give up this matter." ”
Xue Yunjun looked at the little girl in pink clothes who came to his side, the girl's face was round and round, the girl's eyes were crooked and crooked when she smiled, she was very embarrassed for a while, and he reached out and touched his head in the direction of the little girl's finger, and he started with a wooden hairpin.
"This hairpin?" The young man who looked like a noble scholar tapped the hairpin on his head with his hand and asked.
The smart girl smiled and nodded, Yun Bailing has always been simple by nature, she knows at a glance who is good and who is evil, from the first glance she knew that this young man was a very good person, so she was much bolder, otherwise she would not have the courage to ask for something.
Xue Yunjun was afraid that this girl would misunderstand her stinginess, so she was a little embarrassed and said: "This is given to me by my mother, so I can't give it to you, please forgive me, or I will buy you a gold hairpin and a silver hairpin?" How about exchanging a gold and silver hairpin for this wooden hairpin? ”
"I don't want it, your wooden hairpin has a fragrance, I don't want gold and silver." It seemed that he also understood that it was inconvenient for this young man with a hairpin to give it away, so Yun Bailing tilted his head and said, "Do you know where there is this wood?" It seems to be called fragrant wood. ”
Xue Yunjun was a little curious: "Girl, do you know this?" ”
"yes, of course I do."
Xue Yunjun smiled modestly: "I have it at home, and when you go back, you can tell Chi Chi that she will dig one for you, how about it?" ”
"Well, okay."
Xue Yunjun looked at the girl who jumped into the yard after finishing speaking, shook her head with a smile, walked a few steps on the street, and then turned back and said to the guard: "You go and tell my mother, just say that Yun Qianyu and Yun Bailing sisters are here, after all, they are girls, so don't get together to eat for lunch, and send it to Mingxiangyuan, which is late, to let them eat together." ”
Watching the guard nod and running into the yard to say goodbye, the elegant young man left, and on the way he couldn't help but think that it would be a good thing if his sister could make two more friends, and I hope there will be no more fights.
Yun Bailing trotted to catch up with Yun Qianyu, Yun Qianyu turned his head slightly and said, "What are you doing?" ”
"I won't tell you."
Yun Qianyu didn't care, followed the guards and slowly went to the courtyard where the snow was delayed, the snow mansion is worthy of a thousand-year-old family, every grass and tree grows in the most suitable position, a long corridor is elegantly scented, and the maids sitting on the wooden chairs of some ages are stunned when they see Yun Qianyu.
When Yun Qianyu walked over, a group of maids gathered together and chattered and guessed the identity of the stunning woman who had just walked over, but they couldn't think of who it was, and finally a little girl whispered: "Could it be the one named Yun Qianyu?" Isn't it said that it is particularly beautiful? Do you think that clear and cold look like? ”
A maid nodded excitedly, stretched out her hand and gestured: "Don't say it, it's really possible, the one with a round face in pink clothes may be the one named Yun Bailing, the one who helped Yun Gongzi win more than 800,000 taels of silver." ”
"More than 800,000 taels, my God, I can't earn so much money in ten lifetimes." The tall and thin guy was fine at this time, sitting here to rest, and was surprised when he heard a group of people chatting here.
The little maid on the side smiled disdainfully, "A few of us here can't earn so much in ten lifetimes." ”
"That is, if you can earn 800,000 taels in your ten lifetimes, doesn't it mean that you can earn 80,000 taels in this life? What are the big dreams of spring and autumn? Don't look at how many years you can work hard in this life, how many taels of silver can you earn in a year? ”
The frolic of the corridor spread far away, some people were born to shine, some people were born to be slaves and maids, some people were born with dozens of taels of clothes, and some people could only earn two taels of silver for a month's hard work, but happiness was equal where money was not used, and it had nothing to do with rich and poor
The guard arrived at the gate of a courtyard with birds singing and flowers, exchanged a few words with the maid standing on the side, and then turned to Yun Qianyu and said, "Miss is in this Mingxiang Garden, two girls please." ”
Yun Qianyu nodded and walked into this not very big courtyard, it was about to be noon, the sun was very bright, Yun Qianyu did not rush to recruit snow after entering the courtyard, but took Yun Bailing to look around, Yun Bailing pointed to a room and said, "This should be a study." ”
Yun Qianyu nodded, she also smelled the scent of ink and other minerals, and was very curious that Xue Chichi, who had a bad reputation, actually practiced calligraphy and painting on weekdays, otherwise she would not have such a strong smell of ink mineral pigments.
"So many begonias?" Yun Qianyu, who was dressed in white, stood on the lace and stretched out her hand to gently stroke the petals, and Xue Chichi was giggling and playing with a little girl from the back yard.
When Yun Qianyu turned back slightly, he saw the same Xue Chi Chi, who looked at the sun shining on a begonia in front of the door of the study, and the begonia that was blooming was like a raging fire under the hot sun, shining in March, I don't know whether it was a red begonia in March or a begonia in March.
Standing next to the begonia was a white-clothed figure as clear as a pear blossom, her fingers were teasing the petals, Xue Chi remembered the dream she had, she couldn't help but be a little shy, and said angrily to Yun Qianyu with a blushing face: "Don't move." ”
Yun Qianyu followed Xue Chichi's gaze and looked at his hand, he didn't know what was going on for a while, but he still took his hand away, Xue Chichi looked at the hand taken away by the tall woman in white and was a little lost, frowned and said, "What are you doing here?" ”
"I'm coming to see you."
"Hmph, don't look at it," Xue Chi twisted her head, and Ning Xiaoxi on the side stretched out her hand and pulled her young lady before hurriedly beckoning Yun Qianyu and Yun Bailing to come into the house and sit down.
Yun Qianyu generously followed Ning Xiaoxi, who was wearing goose yellow maid clothes, into the room with the door open, this Ming Xiangyuan was just a room for girls, and there was no hall for guests, so Ning Xiaoxi had to bring the guests into the boudoir with a lot of space.
Xue Chichi's residence does not have an embroidery building, it is just a very simple small courtyard, Xue Chichi also happens to like it, she doesn't like to live in a building that is too high, she likes this kind of bedroom from the courtyard to the room.
Seeing Yun Qianyu and the girl who should be her sister follow Ning Xiaoxi into her house, Xue Chi stomped her heel hatefully, and after entering the house, Xue Chi Chi found that Ning Xiaoxi brought a stool to the two of them, and turned out a lot of small snacks to entertain the two.
Yun Qianyu looked at Xue who was standing at the door and smiled slightly: "What's wrong?" You're really not welcome, huh? If you're not welcome, I'll go back, huh? ”