Chapter 53: The Thief's Heart Never Dies
At this moment, in the palace, in the Shuyun Palace where Concubine Yun lived, Jun Ninglan was bored and teasing a snow-white cat raised by Concubine Yun, the cat's eyes were like amber, lying lazily at Jun Ninglan's feet, stretching out and letting Jun Ninglan tickle it, and howled a few times comfortably.
Concubine Yun, who was sitting on the high seat on the side, was dressed in dark purple palace clothes, holding a tea cup in her hand, took a few sips casually, and said thoughtfully: "Ning Lan, now you see that the emperor has included a noble girl named Gu Xuege in the palace, what does it mean?"
Jun Ninglan raised his eyes at this time, a pair of peach blossom eyes were full of mockery, and he said lightly: "That woman looks like the late former Empress Xiaozhen, and it is not unusual for her father to accept her into the harem."
"However, that Gu Xue Ge doesn't know whether he is friend or foe." Concubine Yun sighed: "For no reason, where is there such a person like Queen Xiaozhen, I'm afraid that he has other intentions and enters the palace with a purpose."
I'm afraid that this harem will be restless again, and regardless of the current Queen Chunjing's jealousy nature, seeing Gu Xuege, she will definitely suppress it, and if Gu Xuege gets the favor and chooses to form an alliance with one of the six concubines to deal with the rest of the concubines, then she will also add a strong opponent to herself, after all, the emperor is the one who loves for a long time!
Jun Ninglan was silent, and as soon as his subordinates stopped, the cat immediately complained and rubbed his head against Jun Ninglan's thigh, calling dissatisfiedly, Jun Ninglan hooked his lips and smiled, continued to move, and asked casually: "Mother, do you want to bring such a woman as an ally?"
Concubine Yun shook her head, "I don't know how much skill that woman has now, and let's see, it's not a last resort, I still don't want to go against the queen." ”
Although she is one of the six concubines, she can't compare to the virtuous concubine in terms of family background, Concubine Rong in terms of talent, and Concubine Ruan in terms of appearance, but she is empathetic, obedient to the emperor's words, restrained her edge, does not fight or rob in the harem, and acts in a low-key manner.
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Yefu
When Ye Hao and the others returned to the house, the old lady heard the good news that Ye Hao was canonized as the county lord, and hurriedly ordered to go down to celebrate the banquet.
After thinking about it again, he added: "For the sake of the good name of the girl, take some silver from the public for three days, and order the kitchen in the house to boil some porridge and give alms outside the house."
The second old man was wearing homely clothes, sitting on the Taishi chair on the right hand side of the old lady, and he was also happy, as if he was also extremely happy, as if Ye Rong had been canonized as the county lord, he said: "Today, the girl was canonized as the county lord by the emperor, which is really a happy event, if the eldest brother knows about it outside the Saiwai, he will definitely be very happy."
The old lady smiled and said, "But isn't it, I never thought that there would be a county lord in our Ye family."
The third old man laughed a few times, said a few good words as if cooperating, looked at the second master's fake appearance, looked away with disdain, stared at the jade wrench worn by the big finger, and listened to the old lady and the second master stage a circus of deep love between mother and son.
Xiyun lifted the curtain, hurriedly saluted, and said, "The old lady, the second master, the third master, the second lady and the young ladies have returned to the house."
Her tone couldn't hide the joy, everyone in the house knew the good news that the fourth lady was canonized as the county lord, and they all felt that their status was higher than that of the slaves and maids in other people's houses, so they secretly decided to please the fourth miss.
The old lady's face was overjoyed, and she hurriedly asked Xiyun to wait for them outside the courtyard gate, and when Ye Zhen and the others entered the house, they came to Baishou Courtyard first, saluted the old lady, and sat down according to their seniority.
The old lady beckoned Ye Hao to her side, looked at her carefully, and only smiled for a long time before she spoke: "The girl is now also a girl who is about to reach adulthood, it is really a fast time, and now she has been canonized as the royal county lord by the saint, I am really very pleased!" After speaking, some feelings touched my heart, and I secretly wiped my tears with a handkerchief.
Ye Hao's mind moved, in the entire Ye Mansion, I am afraid that only grandmother will really be good to her, even if this is mixed with many complex factors, but it is undeniable, so she softened her heart and said softly: "Grandmother, don't cry, carefully blow the wind."
The old lady nodded, and took her hand and said a lot of words, Ye Rong looked at it from the side, and it was not a taste in her heart, in the final analysis, her grandmother was eccentric to Ye Hao, she just felt that the uncle's family had contributed a lot to the house, and she swore that she only loved herself.
Thinking about it, she became more and more uncomfortable, and simply muttered in a low voice: "What's there to be happy about, it's just the identity of the county lord in exchange for a beautiful picture."
Her voice was actually very small, as low as a mosquito's chirping, Ye Miao, who was sitting next to her, listened to it word for word, and had the intention to embarrass her, pretending to exclaim, and said loudly: "The fifth sister is not so messy, you want to know the will of canonizing the fourth sister as the county lord, but now the saint himself said it, are you questioning the emperor's decision?"
She deliberately exaggerated the facts, and successfully saw Ye Rong's pretty face slowly suffocating into the color of pig liver, and her heart was triumphant, so happy!
Lin snorted coldly, glanced at Ye Miao with both eyes, his eyes were like poison, he stared at her tightly, but he couldn't challenge Ye Miao, after all, she was a junior, so she looked at Huang's family, word by word, and sneered: "Brother and sister really want to teach Sister Miao well, you look at the same fourteen-year-old girl's family, Sister Zhen has become the county lord, but Sister Miao is talking wildly, slandering my family, in the end, my brother and sister teach well!"
After speaking, he glared at Huang unceremoniously, and the displeasure in his tone was very obvious.
The Huang family was extremely angry, and subconsciously wanted to refute, she was the most protective of her daughter, where could she accept the Lin family's words about Ye Miao, and was about to fight back, when she saw the old lady frowning, and stopped the two of them coldly, her face was gloomy, like an omen of anger.
She observed her words, immediately bowed down and made small, restrained the anger between her eyebrows, sat on the chair silently, and did not dare to speak, after all, their four rooms have to rely on the other three rooms to live, if the old lady is angry and separates, where should they go?
Xiyun ran into the inner room again, panting to report the good news, "Old lady, someone came to the palace, saying that he was going to read the holy decree, and asked the fourth lady to go and receive the decree." ”
The old lady's face was a little pale, and she took the lead out of the house with Ye Hao, and walked to the living room, only to see an old eunuch wearing a dark blue eunuch suit, holding the dust in his hand, with a proud expression, followed by a few little eunuchs, who were bored looking at the furnishings in the Ye Mansion.
Ye Hao's eyebrows were calm, and she slowly walked to the eunuch, smiled slightly, and said, "There is Chief Manager Lao Zhang who came to read the holy decree."
The eunuch was Zhang Yonghai, the red man around the emperor, he retracted his gaze, nodded not salty, cleared his throat, and read out loudly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict, Ye Hao, the fourth lady of Ye Mansion, is virtuous, talented, courteous and courteous, and I am happy, so I was canonized as the lord of Jiamin, and I was given 10,000 taels of gold and 1,000 taels of silver."
He also instructed the little eunuch behind him to bring a bright yellow lacquered gold sandalwood plate, in which a seal was placed, which was the seal of the county lord, and handed it to Ye Hao, who half knelt on the ground, respectfully took the seal, and said calmly: "Courtier, thank you Lord Longen!"
After everything was done, Ye Zhenfang got up, took off a high-quality bracelet from her wrist, handed it to Grandpa Zhang, smiled gently and politely, she smiled and said: "Manager Zhang, this little care is not worth mentioning, I hope Manager Zhang is not too little."
Lin had to hold the words in her throat in a sullen voice, she had to tell Amber to go to the small treasury to get some silver for Zhang Yonghai, so as to show her that she was a generous and gentle aunt, and add a good story to her good name.
How did Ye Hao not give her this opportunity at all, she just handed the bracelet to the eunuch, but it was a good product, it was difficult to make a thousand dollars, it must be a relic of her dead mother, it seems that she still has a lot of good things!
Thinking about it, I thought about it a little bit.
Zhang Yonghai was accustomed to seeing this bridge, took the bracelet expressionlessly, and quietly weighed it in his hand, and then said lightly: "Thank you for the reward of Lord Jiamin, the miscellaneous family went back to the palace to resume their lives."
The old lady hurriedly asked her subordinates to bring a plate of gold, and smiled flatteringly, "Manager Zhang, this is a piece of the old body's heart, I hope the manager will not dislike it." "The girl sent a bracelet and Manager Zhang, as the head of the Ye Mansion, she naturally has to express it, firstly, not to be tongue-in-cheek, and secondly, to show that the Ye Mansion values Ye Hao.
Mr. Zhang: "Since Mrs. Ye is persistent, the miscellaneous family will accept it." After all, what do you do with the money sent to your door? The emperor said that those who come will not refuse, just don't go too far, and also said that these high-ranking officials have a lot of money, which is true.
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The sky is dusk, the slanting sun breaks through the window, the sky is bright and golden, the late autumn festival, the evening breeze is cold, Ye Hao sat in front of the window, silently distracted, staring at a bush of hibiscus outside the window, the girl's face is quiet, still with a little childishness, but the pair of apricot eyes are surprisingly calm, as if seeing the world.
Suddenly, her pupils shrank, as if she had seen something interesting, and she withdrew her gaze.
It was Aunt Lu who brought Ye Ning here, the purpose was very simple, just to cling to her, but Ye Hao had never been a good person, and when she saw that she was now in a high status, she came to join her, so she really thought she was stupid.
Sure enough, Miao Lan walked into the inner room in surprise and puzzled, and said, "Miss, Aunt Lu and Miss Ning are here, saying that they want to see Miss."
Ye Hao fiddled with a few hibiscus flowers in the vase, and said casually: "In this case, let them in." What Aunt Lu will plan, she is also very curious.
Miao Lan responded, Aunt Lu took Ye Ning's hand and walked in slowly, her face was happy, this time she was very obedient to Ye Hao, and she didn't forget to take the opportunity to compliment, "Ah, the concubine is going to call the fourth lady now, the concubine has seen the county lord of Jiamin." ”