"Dare to ask a few fathers-in-law, do you know why my sister is a concubine, Yan Qingge asked respectfully.

In the past, no matter who he met, Yan Qingge mentioned Yan Shuyu, and always referred to him as a sister, but this time when he saw a few eunuchs coming strangely, he kept a little heart and deliberately said that the relationship was closer.

"This is the will of the saint himself, probably because the talented lady won the heart of the dragon." This eunuch Zhao glued a pair of eyes to the "gold", greedily looked at these yellow metals over and over again with his eyes, and replied absentmindedly.

When Yan Qingge saw his gluttonous appearance, he couldn't help but feel that he should not be the person invited by the eldest princess of Roufu.

Anyone in the palace who is a little more motivated, no matter how dirty the master or slave is, no matter how dirty he is in private, is always full of morality in his face.

But these eunuchs saw a little gold, as if they had lost their souls, which showed that they were by no means important figures, and they were easily bought by others.

The eldest princess of Roufu has always been cautious, this kind of person is too easy to be bought, although it may be for the sake of money, it is very easy to instruct, but it is also possible to betray her for money, it is too dangerous, it is likely to be bad, and it will never be used by the eldest princess of Roufu.

And the emperor in the palace is just a puppet, how can he issue a decree to seal the concubine? The prince is not a fool, so all this is full of doubts.

This made Yan Qingge can't help but think of a possibility.

Even though she had made up her mind, the smile on her face became more and more kind, and she said softly: "My sister is very good at serving people, and it is reasonable to get the holy will. It's just that I didn't know how the queen mother was at that time? If she is crowned a concubine in the national filial piety, will it be inappropriate for her to seal the concubine? ”

Eunuch Zhao said: "Niangniang thinks too much, Your Majesty and the Empress Niang are of one mind, and Your Majesty means the meaning of the Empress Niang." The matter of the concubine being crowned, even if the queen mother is under Jiuquan, she will not have an opinion, after all, there are still caring people around His Majesty to serve her. ”

I didn't expect this eunuch's mouth to be quite tight, but Yan Qingge can understand it, even if she encounters this kind of thing, she won't talk nonsense, and if she is not careful, she will lose her head.

Yan Qingge knocked on the side, sighed deliberately, and said, "It's me who is too worried about my sister!" In the past, when we were at home, the two of us were young and vigorous, and we didn't get along very well, but now that we have a family, I deeply regret that we are sisters who are related by blood, and who else can be closer than us. At the beginning, it was just a little bit of the little girl's bickering, how could there be any hatred that could not be revealed. Ay! It's a pity that the two of us can't see each other anymore! ”

She said this sincerely, and even wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, as if there were tears.

Xunshuang and Wenxue are old people from the Yan family, knowing what happened in the two sisters of the Yan family back then, Aunt Hai and Yan Shuyu always made a move against Yan Qingge, and the tricks were vicious, which time was not Yan Qingge's life, Yan Qingge saw the move, and the response was unceremoniously, where is it like Yan Qingge said in his words, but the sisters are angry, and they don't get along with each other at all.

Xunshuang and Wenxue felt that something was wrong, and before they could get back to their senses, they saw the eunuch below smile and said, "Our family loves to listen to what Niangniang said!" It's not a secret, our family is actually the person next to Cai Niangniang, and if Prince Ning can hope to be released, it is also Princess Yan who begged our mother, and our mother agreed. ”

The eunuch said this, and there was a trace of disdain in Yan Qingge's eyes.

He remembered the explanation Yan Shuyu gave him before leaving Beijing, and felt more and more that this newly promoted concubine was really talented. Sure enough, as soon as this Princess Ning heard the news of her promotion to concubine, she immediately talked about what kind of sisterly affection was almost there. It is estimated that the news that Concubine Cai said can make this Princess Ning bleed profusely is not false, and they can make a lot of money this time.

A chill rose from the heart of the feet of Frost and Snow, and it felt like standing barefoot in the snow on a snowy day, and I quickly shivered from the cold.

No wonder their eldest lady suddenly changed her temperament, she is so kind and pleasant today, it turned out that she was playing tricks on the eunuch's words, and the eldest lady had already seen their origins.

Yan Qingge heard the identities of these eunuchs, and smiled even more pleasantly.

She stroked her palms and laughed: "The water washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family didn't know the family!" A few fathers-in-law have long said that they are the right-hand men in front of their sisters, and we have already treated a few fathers-in-law as guests, where do we dare to let the subordinates collide. ”

The corners of Eunuch Zhao's sharp triangular eyes smiled a little smug wrinkles: "Look at what Niangniang said, we are also on business, how can we suppress people with our identity." ”

The two sides seem to have a good conversation on the surface, but in private they are constantly fighting.

Yan Qingge is a person who is "informed and interested", and took the initiative to mention it: "My sister is now a concubine, although we are both married and our mother's family is gone, I still feel honored." I have heard that my sister is very favored by the emperor, and she must have had a good life in the palace. ”

"Not really!" Eunuch Zhao's eyes flashed, and he looked at Yan Qingge: "Princess Ning has also lived in the palace before, and she knows where the situation is. To put it mildly, although the palace looks clean, it is really pure, and those days are also difficult. ”

"My father-in-law is really a transparent person." Yan Qingge smiled.

Seeing that Yan Qingge didn't answer, this Zhao eunuch simply tore his face and said: "Niangniang came back from Qingzhou and got a lot, why don't you give some gifts to Concubine Niangniang as a thought?" ”

Yan Qingge knew that this eunuch was asking for silver, so he hurriedly made a sudden realization, and excitedly ordered Xunshuang and Xue Xue: "Yes, yes, yes!" Looking for frost and asking for snow, you two, go and get a lot of souvenirs we got in Qingzhou, take everything, and prepare it for the second lady. Especially the wolf skins and tea leaves we got ......"

When Eunuch Zhao heard this, the expression on his face became gloomy.

He was obviously hinting at Yan Qingge and asking Yan Qingge to hand over a local product like "gold" to them.

He clenched his empty hands into fists, put them to his mouth, and coughed twice. Yan Qingge's face suddenly realized, and he hurriedly stopped Xunshuang and Wenxue, who were about to go out: "Stop, look at me I'm confused, when the second lady didn't leave the cabinet, she was a famous talented girl, and now she is a talented concubine, this congratulatory gift must be elegant." Aren't there two pairs of very interesting old tree roots in the car, and the second lady must like it. Don't prepare those messy things, just prepare the two pairs of roots and pull them back for the second lady. ”

Among the things that Yan Qingge and the others brought back, there were any tree roots, which she had compiled temporarily.

But Xun Shuang and Wen Xue understood, and immediately turned around and walked outside.

There are a lot of trees near this village, and digging up two of them at random to dig out the roots of the trees is not a difficult task for the people of Yanwang's Mansion at all, and it is still easy to fool these eunuchs.

Eunuch Zhao's face was already pale.

He said to Yan Qingge: "A few years ago, when Concubine Cai Niangniang had just become a lover, her life was not very satisfactory, and our family had helped her run to the Yan family a few times. Now that the concubine is only going to be a concubine, she has no family background, and it is also very difficult, our family has the heart to help the concubine Niangniang turn around, it depends on whether Princess Ning is willing to work hard. ”

Yan Qingge glanced at Eunuch Zhao, but he didn't expect that this eunuch was the one who went to Yan's house to loot money in the first place.

At this time, you can't pretend to be stupid.

She had enough of these eunuchs, and immediately exclaimed: "Oops! My father-in-law asked for money, why didn't he say it earlier! At the beginning, the second lady took away the little money of the Yan family, and almost starved to death a few aunts and younger siblings. Fortunately, the Yan Wangfu family has a big business and is not as poor as the Yan family. ”

Ignoring Eunuch Zhao's ugly face, she beckoned to a mother-in-law who was waiting behind her: "Go and tell Xunshuang and ask for snow, prepare the roots, and then carry a box of things we got from the gold mine and bring them back to Beijing for the two fathers-in-law to give to the second lady." ”

When Mrs. Zhao heard that there was gold, his face was slightly better, and he was no longer as gloomy as before, even if Yan Qingge's words were sneering, he just couldn't hear it.

With the arrival of these eunuchs, Yan Qingge asked someone to explain on this day, and he did not rush in the afternoon, and stayed in this small village to rest in the evening.

In the evening, someone came to tell me that the roots were ready.

Yan Qingge took the eunuchs out to take a look, and saw three pairs of huge tree roots tied by long ropes, dragged behind the horses that the eunuchs were riding.

This tree root must have been dug by someone from the Yanwang Mansion, but I don't know what treatment it has undergone, it looks very quaint, and there is no soil or anything like that, it looks like a real old tree root. As for whether it looks good or not, it is up to everyone.

This kind of thing is dead and heavy, and it has never been worth much, and those eunuchs got the "gold", and they definitely didn't want to pull the roots back.

Yan Qingge looked at the sky as the twilight was getting heavier, and said with a faint smile: "A few fathers-in-law must have to go back to restore their lives, and the farmhouse here is shabby, so there are no more left." ”

These dozen eunuchs obviously didn't expect Yan Qingge to be in the dark, and they didn't plan to stay for dinner, so they were very unhappy.

They don't know how the security of this place is, what if they encounter a bad guy on the night road, plus it is very inconvenient to take these three pairs of big tree roots, what does this Princess Ning want to do?

It's just that they didn't dare to ask to stay, because in the afternoon, Eunuch Zhao kept asking Yan Qingge for money, and finally asked Yan Qingge to add a box of gold to them.

This box of gold is more than 40 catties, about six or seven hundred taels, and now the gold is expensive and the silver is cheap, converted into silver, there should be nearly 10,000 taels. Even if the Yan Wangfu is a royal family, if he sends out three boxes of gold at once, it should be painful, no wonder he wants to drive them away.

Eunuch Zhao glanced at Yan Qingge deeply, and took the lead: "Thank you Princess Yan for your hospitality!" Let's go! ”

After saying that, he stepped on his horse and left.

After sending these eunuchs away, Yan Qingge officially started the meal. After eating, rest on the foot.

Xun Shuang and Wen Xue waited by the side and asked, "Niangniang, if those eunuchs found out that it was not gold, but just copper, how could they not trouble us?" ”

"When did I say it was gold?" Yan Qingge squinted and said.

Xun Shuang and Wen Xue couldn't help but be dumbfounded, indeed, Yan Qingge never admitted that it was gold, but said that it was a gadget found from the gold mine, these eunuchs themselves admitted that they were wrong, and it was really no wonder that others.

At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly ran in, sweating profusely, and reported to Yan Qingge in a panic: "Niangniang, we have lost twenty good horses in the stable, and the phantom is gone." ”

Yan Qingge sat up violently. The phantom is the obedient and handsome dark horse that took her who got lost in the snow in Qingzhou and Le Xuan, who was in a coma with a high fever, out of danger, how could it be lost!

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(Tianjin)