Chapter 10: Honored Nobles
Li Shenlan had been listening outside the house, and when she saw that Mrs. Li was about to leave, she hurriedly found a dark place to hide. Fortunately, Mrs. Li walked through the main gate of the courtyard, Li Shenlan and the others came in through the side door, and Mrs. Li couldn't bump into Bang Chun, who was guarding outside.
It's just that the Xiao family was hit by Mrs. Li like this, let alone asking, I am afraid that Li Shenlan will be killed by the Xiao family if she enters.
"Why did the young lady come out for so long, the slave maid just saw the lady go out from the main gate, the young lady didn't bump into the lady, right?"
Although he knew that Bang Chun was worried, but when he heard such exciting news, Li Shenlan didn't ease up much, so he could only shake his head casually.
"I'm a little tired, let's go back first, and I'll talk about other things tomorrow."
Seeing that Li Shenlan's face was not good, Bang Chun only thought that his body had not healed after being poisoned, and hurriedly helped Li Shenlan back to Xiaoyuxuan to rest.
On the other side, Mrs. Li returned to the bedroom proudly, but she didn't want the captain to sit on the bed and wait for her.
"Where?"
Taiwei's face was obviously not very good, and he was still angry about Xiao's affairs. Mrs. Li wanted to talk casually, but after getting along for so many years, she also knew that Taiwei was a person who didn't like to lie, so she simply told him directly that she went to the firewood room.
"Master, the concubine is also taking care of the sisterhood of the past, Xiao is my cousin in the end, she made such a big mistake in a moment of confusion, and the concubine still cares about her feelings and goes to see her off for the last time."
"Hu Xuan, it's not that I don't know what you've done for so many years, you can do it yourself."
The lieutenant left this sentence without being salty, and got up and walked out of Mrs. Li's bedroom and went back to his bedroom.
It's not that Mrs. Li doesn't know what Taiwei meant, it's just that what happened back then has been done, so what can she do now? After the captain left, Mrs. Li suddenly sat down on the emperor as if she had been drained of her whole body, muttering to herself.
"Master, didn't I do all this for you, for the Taiwei Mansion......"
This night, Li Shenlan couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning in bed. There are too many facts that happened on this day, first of all, I was unfavorable in the draft, and I was almost thrown off by the Queen Mother. Then it was easy to get selected, but when I returned home, I found that I had been poisoned. Fortunately, God had mercy on him, and he couldn't bear to accept his life and caught the murderer. As a result, in the middle of the questioning, I listened to the entanglement between Mrs. Li and Xiao.
A swarm of things came into his mind, and his body had just woken up, and after a night of tossing, Li Shenlan had a high fever at night.
Early in the morning of the second day, the palace sent someone to pass on the canonization decree to Li Shenlan. Bang Chun thought that Li Shenlan was late yesterday and wanted her to sleep more, but when the people in the palace came, Bang Chun could only go into the house and call Li Shenlan to get up.
"Oh no, old lady, the second lady has a high fever and is now unconscious......"
Taiwei and his wife led the eunuch into Xiaoyuxuan, and when they heard Bang Chun say this, the two hurriedly entered the house to check.
After more than an hour, after drinking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and holding on to the cold towel all the time, Li Shenlan's fever subsided. The eunuch waiting outside the dormitory and the others were waiting there, and the two of them were all focused on Li Shenlan, although the people in the house also served tea, but with the original plan, several people should go back to the palace.
It's just that although everyone has a grudge in their hearts, they can only sit there obediently. It is said that this Miss Li Er was quite loved by the emperor before she entered the palace, and on the day of the draft, she ignored the dislike of the queen mother and left a sign. After entering the palace, he must be a favored lord, that is, the emperor's father-in-law must pay three respects.
Fortunately, the captain didn't let them wait too long, and after a while, he finally came out to discuss with a few people.
"The little girl is unwell and can't wake up now, and she has delayed her father-in-law's time, so I'm really sorry."
The eunuch even said that he didn't dare, "If you say anything, the second lady will be the little master of the palace in the future, and the servants will wait for a while to calculate what a big deal, and Lord Taiwei is really polite." ”
"It's just that the little girl can't wake up, this holy decree ......" Taiwei pondered for a moment and said: "It's better to be like this, I'll kneel down to receive the emperor's holy decree, and when the little girl wakes up, I'll tell her, okay?"
The eunuch who announced the decree was also eager to do so, and when he saw that the eunuch said so, he was busy.
"In that case, I beg you to kneel down and receive the decree."
Taiwei knelt down in front of the holy decree with all the subordinates in the house, remembering that the last time such a scene happened was when Li Mingjin entered the palace three years ago.
"Feng, the heavenly carrier, the emperor's edict, said: Li Shenlan, the second daughter of the first rank Taiwei, was named a five-grade nobleman and was given the number Lan. Entered on March 27. ”
"Li Shenlan, the youngest daughter of the minister, thank you!"
"Lord Taiwei, the daughter of this batch of show girls is the highest, and the emperor has set the title in the name of the little master's daughter, this is a favorite of the top!"
No wonder the eunuchs are diligent, among these show girls, in addition to Li Shenlan, who was named a nobleman, Lu Xin, the daughter of the secretary of the Ministry of War, is also a nobleman, but she has no title. The default rule in this palace is that all masters with titles are one level higher than those without titles at the same level.
So it is not so much that Li Shenlan is a noble person of the fifth grade, but rather a concubine of the fourth grade.
"My father-in-law is really polite."
"Our family is not polite to adults, this is an aunt sent by the palace to teach the etiquette knowledge of the little master, and she is good. There is still a little and a half month before entering the palace, and the adults can arrange for the aunt to live first, and when the little master is well, it is not too late to teach. ”
The lieutenant hurriedly nodded yes, and hurriedly took Su Hao to the guest room prepared early in the morning to stay.
Sending away the eunuch who announced the decree, the eunuch looked at the heavy decree in his hand, but he didn't know why.
"Father, isn't the emperor's attention to the second sister exactly what we are looking forward to?"
Mrs. Li went to take care of Li Shenlan early, leaving the Taiwei and Li Yunhao father and son, seeing that the Taiwei was in a bad mood, Li Yunhao felt very strange. picked up Li Shenlan, and put so much effort into her, didn't she just hope that Li Shenlan could be loved by the saints, so that the harem could have the power of the Li family?
"The emperor is not a person who is addicted to beauty, although Li Shenlan is indeed like her, but I didn't expect such a favor."
Li Yunhao also fell into thinking when he heard this, thinking about the position that the emperor gave Li Shenlan, and attached importance to it, he couldn't help blurting out, "Is this making enemies for Li Shenlan?" ”
Taiwei didn't dare to guarantee too much at the moment, so he could only take one step at a time.
In the palace of nourishing the heart, the emperor is looking at the portraits of the selected show girls, although they are basically selected by themselves, but there are still those selected by the queen mother who have not seen them.
"The will of the Lan nobles has been told to the queen?"
According to the rules, the position of each show girl is first drafted by the queen, and then sent to the emperor for a look, and if she thinks it is no problem, she will send it to each house. The emperor attached great importance to Li Shenlan, specially prepared Li Shenlan's position in advance, and sent him to Changle Palace.
"Back to the emperor, I sent it over early in the morning, and the queen mother has no objections, and now it is estimated that it has already been sent to the Taiwei Mansion."
"That's it, by the way, don't forget the pastries sent to the Lan Guiren every day, and send them all the way to the palace."
As he spoke, the emperor flipped through the portrait, and when he mentioned the pastry, he happened to turn to Li Shenlan's portrait.
In the portrait, Li Shenlan was dressed in white, with a slightly fairy hairpin on her cloud bun, and the emperor took a closer look and recognized that it was the one he gave to Li Shenlan that day.
Xiao Dezi on the side saw the emperor looking at Li Shenlan's portrait, and for a long time the corners of his mouth hooked a playful smile, thinking that he liked Li Shenlan, and hurriedly opened his mouth to pat his ass.
"Lan Guiren is really a blessing that has been cultivated for several generations, and he can be so favored by the emperor."
When the emperor heard this, he didn't care, but chuckled and turned over Li Shenlan's portrait.
"This show girl looks familiar."
It was the portrait that the emperor was talking about at the top at this moment, and the prince Hou, who was serving on the other side, hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look at the portrait, and thought for a long time before replying
"Your Majesty, this is the third lady of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of War, called ...... Lu Xin. ”
"The ...... of the military department" The emperor listened to the words of Gonggong Hou, thinking about something in his mind, and his eyes narrowed invisibly.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Shangshu family of the Ministry of War is now the only daughter, the third in line. By the way, it seems that her distant cousin was also selected, and it is a family of merchants, called ...... Wang Jun'er. They were all selected by the Queen Mother. ”
Hearing that it was the Queen Mother who was selected to enter the palace, the emperor's serious displeasure was obviously a little more. In recent years, the emperor has gradually grown up, and almost all the officials in the court who originally had a relationship with the empress dowager have been dismissed by the emperor and distributed. The queen mother was dissatisfied, so she thought about reaching into the harem again.
"The military department Shangshu has also begun to think about it, what position did the queen give?"
"It's also a nobleman, but he hasn't set a title Except for Lan Guiren, Lu Guiren is the highest. Another Wang Jun'er, because she is the daughter of a businessman, the queen didn't give too much but a six-grade constant. ”
"After entering the palace, arrange to live farther away, and the palace near the Heart Cultivation Palace should not arrange people to come in except for Changle Palace, I think they are noisy."
Gonggong Hou saw the emperor's displeasure, so he had to bow his head and say yes again and again.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xiang came to greet you this morning. It's just that you were summoning the ministers at the time, and the minions were returned. ”
When the emperor heard this, he withdrew his senses from the portrait, and after thinking about the appearance of Concubine Xiang, he showed a little helplessness.
"The war in the southwest has been won, General Zhao has connected three times to ask for an excerpt, and Concubine Xiang can understand that she is worried about her father and brother. In this way, he sent a message to Zhao Yi, asking his father and son to enter the palace immediately after returning to Beijing to report on their work, and then go to Jinghe Palace to accompany Concubine Xiang. ”
"Yes, the minion will do it."
Gonggong Hou hurriedly received the order to go down on an errand, but ran into the eunuch who came to perform an errand.
"How do you go, now you don't even understand the rules?"
Father-in-law Hou is the commander of the eunuch in front of the emperor, so he naturally doesn't take a mere father-in-law in his eyes. Seeing that he bumped into himself, he just ran in front of the emperor, and complained angrily.
"Your Majesty, the slave has just returned from the Taiwei Mansion to deliver a decree......"
"How?" The emperor continued to flip through the portrait, without raising his head.
"Back to the emperor, Second Miss...... No, it's Lan Guiren, who has a high fever, and the slave left someone to inquire, and it is said that yesterday Lan Guiren was highly poisoned. ”