"Imperial concubine, why are you. It turns out that the friend Xiaoxuan said is you. ”

They are all friends of Xia Xiaoxuan, so they still call her by her name instead of changing because of her different identities.

But the imperial concubine is different, even if her status symbol is not as good as Xia Xiaoxuan, but she is from the palace. When Liniang, who was busy settling accounts on the side, heard this, she hurriedly put down the things in her hand and came over to salute.

"The grass people see the imperial concubine." It is not the first time that Li Niang has seen people in the palace, and there are often palace maids or stewards in the palace who come out to buy her rouge. But it's the first time she's seen such a big name, except for Xia Xiaoxuan, of course.

Now hearing the words 'imperial concubine', Li Wanrong feels very ironic, and there is a kind of sadness in her heart.

Xia Xiaoxuan naturally saw it, and hurriedly went to pull Liniang up, "Okay, no need to salute." All of them are friends, and there is no identity. It doesn't matter what the princess is, the important thing is that everyone talks. ”

Hearing this, Li Wanrong smiled and nodded, after all, they were from everyone's beautiful background, and they were not as open-minded as them.

Pull her to the chair and sit down, "Sister Wanrong, don't be restrained, everyone is a sister, there are no rules here, say whatever you want." But then again, you don't have that kind of scenery and dignity here, there is only equality here. ”

Hearing these words, Li Wanrong was very touched, especially the word equality. It's easy to say, who can do it. People in this world are all high and low, and when you are powerful, they will worship you as a god. If you're nothing, you're going to have someone step on you.

If this sentence had been put in the past, maybe she would have disdained it, and wouldn't it be too demeaning to let her be a friend of an imperial concubine and a commoner? But now that she is no longer powerful, this sentence of equality makes her feel warm. There were tears in his eyes, and he nodded happily.

Zhu Yinyin also heard about the imperial concubine, and when she thought about it, she knew that no matter how much the emperor used to favor her, now that person is gone, all the aura will disappear. There are many people who can't accept such a gap.

personally poured a cup of hot tea and put it in front of her, now Zhu Yinyin has changed a lot, you can see the demeanor of a strong woman from her, but you can't see the weakness of Miss Qianjin.

"Xiaoxuan calls you sister, if you don't dislike it, then I'll call you sister too. You can come here as often as you like in the future. Don't look at us as a small shop, but it's warmer than anywhere else, and you'll love it. ”

Li Wanrong nodded movingly, "Okay, thank you." ”

Li Niang still can't let go of it, but it's much better than just now, "My name is Li Niang, I'm the oldest here, but I'm the lowest of them." If I hadn't met Xiaoxuan at that time, I don't know what would have become of me now? Thinking of Xiaoxuan's kindness to her, she will never forget it for the rest of her life.

"As I said, we're all sisters, and it's right to care for each other. Wanrong is my sister, you should take care of her more in the future. Let me tell you, Sister Wanrong's incense is so good, it's the best incense-making technique I've ever seen. "I don't want to see them so polite and restrained, Xia Xiaoxuan is more direct.

Hearing this, both of them looked surprised, "Really? Then you can make incense and sell it, now many large families have to buy incense, what kind of incense is very expensive on the market? Sister Wanrong, you can try, we will help you. ”

Zhu Yinyin was also very excited because of her

Those shrewd eyes saw business opportunities again. Xia Xiaoxuan saw that her shrewdness was almost surpassing herself, and it wouldn't be long before she was a strong woman again.

Taking advantage of Zhu Yinyin's visit to Li Wanrong to ask for incense-making techniques, Li Niang brought another cup of tea to Xia Xiaoxuan, and asked with concern: "Isn't there a banquet in the palace tonight?" How do you still have time to come out. ”

"The banquet will not be until the evening, so I will not be bored waiting in the palace. By the way, take Sister Wanrong back to the palace, Li Niang, I want to pull her to do business with us, not that she has business acumen, but the things she experienced hit her very hard, and she didn't even have the will to survive. So I had to get her to shift her goals and find a way to survive. ”

Li Niang nodded when she heard this, thinking of the life experience of the imperial concubine, she couldn't help but sigh. What a good person the imperial concubine looks like, but it's a pity that her life is not good. So many people want to enter the palace, thinking that they will be glorious and rich if they enter the palace. Three years in Hedong, three years in Hexi, who knows what their fate is.

"In the past, I envied those who had a good background and a good marriage, but now it seems that nothing is reliable, people, you still have to rely on yourself."

This is a valuable experience that Li Niang has summed up after half a lifetime, and Xia Xiaoxuan can't help but praise her.

"Li Niang, what you said is so right. Women have to rely on themselves, and if you are nothing, your own men will look down on you. If you have the ability to support yourself, you don't need to look at other people's faces to live, but they don't dare to bully you casually. ”

Li Niang smiled embarrassedly, "It's not all infected by you, it's all deviant." ”

"Do you think that's good?"

nodded affirmatively, if it weren't for Xiaoxuan to help them, they would still be living in dire straits. It doesn't matter if she's alone, but she can't ignore the children and the father, right? If he hadn't met her, his father might not have been gone by now, and the child would not have had the money to go to school.

"I think it's still good to be self-reliant and self-reliant, and not rely on anyone."

"Li Niang, your idea is right, sometimes in order to survive, you must learn to change. But this does not mean that a person can carry it to the death. You're still young, and if you meet the right one, let's start a family again. ”

She knows that no matter how strong a woman is, she is a woman after all, and it is not easy to shoulder the burden of a family. What's more, Liniang is still young, not yet thirty years old, if you put it until now, many of them are not married, it is the time to enjoy a good time.

But here, once a woman marries, she can't divorce, no matter what a man looks like, she has to start from the beginning. This is not the worst, the worst thing is that the husband has to guard it when he dies, even if he dies before he has time to live in the cave, he has to guard it for his husband for a lifetime, which is too inhumane.

Even if Liniang opened it again, she couldn't help but be shocked when she heard such words, "How is this possible, Xiaoxuan, I know you are kind, but that is absolutely impossible." ”

Her words aroused the curiosity of Li Wanrong and Zhu Yinyin, and they couldn't help but look over here.

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Yinyin saw that Liniang's cheeks were red, and Xia Xiaoxuan had a funny expression.

"Xiaoxuan, are you bullying Sister Li Niang again." This Xiaoxuan is always okay to make fun of them.

Li Niang pursed her lips and said angrily: "She, she likes to make fun of us when she has nothing to do." ”

"Where do I have?" Xia Xiaoxuan was busy defending herself and trying to establish her tall image, "I am that."

Kind of people? ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The two replied in unison, provoking Li Wanrong to laugh again and again, and someone was very faceless.

"You bad friends, now you are uniting to the outside world." As he spoke, he squeezed out a wicked smile and made a gesture to scratch them.

Soon the three of them made a mess, and the room was full of laughter and laughter, and there was warmth and happiness everywhere.

Looking at this scene, Li Wanrong seemed to be infected, and the depression in her heart slowly opened. I listened to Zhu Yinyin's introduction just now, many of them are hard-working women, and it was Xiaoxuan who gave them a chance to survive. Compared to those who are desperate and forced to be sold to the Qinglou, it is simply hell, and it is like heaven here. Who said that power is happiness, and who said that there is no way to live if you are homeless?

Here she sees a different life, they have no rights, no glory, but they live very happily. It's just this happiness that she can't ask for.

"Okay, let's stop making trouble, I'll announce a happy event."

No one expected that Li Niang would suddenly stand up and say this, Xia Xiaoxuan asked excitedly: "Li Niang, you finally figured it out and decided to get married?" ”

"I'll marry you." picked up an apple from the table and threw it over, and then said seriously, "It's not me, it's Yin Yin, she's about to get married." ”

looked at Zhu Yinyin puzzled, only to see that her face was flushed with shame, and she was busy covering her face with a handkerchief, "What's the matter, don't listen to Liniang's nonsense, she has learned badly from Xiaoxuan." ”

Xia Xiaoxuan heard the doorway, grabbed Liniang's hand and asked eagerly, "Tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”

Li Niang smiled and ignored Zhu Yinyin's warning and said, "Isn't the palace going to hold a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet today?" The little marquis said that he would take this opportunity to ask the emperor for marriage. ”

"Really?" Hearing this, Xia Xiaoxuan was extremely happy, as if she was happier than she was happy.

Zhu Yinyin's cheeks were even redder, but the happiness was so clear. Shyly twisted, "Who knows if what he said is true, you also know that he is always crazy." ”

"That's true." Seeing her happy expression, Xia Xiaoxuan couldn't help but tease her, "It's really not enough friends, it's all developed to this point in secret, are you going to tell us when you get married?" I'll tell you, when the time comes, tell us not to go, and it just so happens that the congratulatory gift will be saved. ”

Knowing that Xia Xiaoxuan did it on purpose, Zhu Yinyin was still afraid that she would be angry with herself, so she couldn't help but beg for mercy, "No, when did I hide it from you." Besides, I didn't know him because of you. You weren't there some time ago, so of course I'm looking for him if there's something going on in business. In this way, the two are cooked. Speaking of the back, the voice is getting quieter and quieter, and it is already like a mosquito.

"Yes, I forgot if you didn't mention it, I'm still your big match. I should find Ye Ziyu to get a matchmaker red envelope. A certain woman touched her chin with a calculating face.

"You're not short of money, do you care about that?"

Zhu Yinyin said casually, but was grabbed by Xia Xiaoxuan, "Look, look, I haven't married yet, and I'm starting to save money for my husband's family, the standard heavy color and light friends." ”

"I hate it, ignore you." No matter how thick-skinned Zhu Yinyin was, she couldn't stand her teasing like this, so she turned around and was about to run out. Who knew that as soon as he turned around, he met Ye Ziyu who came up from below, and Lian, who was already red, even passed the sunset.

(End of chapter)