Fragrance on Red Sleeves (II) (II)

"You don't know this, women sometimes just like to be tortured. You say that they are strong soldiers, but people say that our generals are more powerful. ”

"Why did you get involved with our general again?"

The woman said that those military uncles fell in love with the red-sleeved girl, but the red-sleeved girl was a performer and not a woman, and the only man who could enter her inner courtyard was the third son of the Tang family. Those military masters have been greedy for the red-sleeved girl for a few days, and they haven't given them a look. Last night, someone had a cheeky face to beg the girl with red sleeves, and no one even looked at him. These people are angry in their hearts, and they are all thinking about how to succeed, so they are always walking around the red-sleeved yard these days. Last night, I suddenly heard that there was a man in her yard, isn't that only the third son of the Tang family, our general? And it is said that the red sleeves called all night, and it did not stop until the fourth watch. Those military masters admired our generals so much. You said it would be nice if we could have half the effort of a general. ”

"You, for the rest of your life..."

Chen Cheng frowned, Tianyin Pavilion is a place where generals used to go, although he hasn't been there since returning to Beijing this time, it doesn't mean that he won't go in the future. Tianyin Pavilion is a good place to collect intelligence, Pingluan Pavilion also buried people in it, the general went out with him last night to run errands, and then went home directly, and did not go to Tianyin Pavilion. If what these people said was true, the matter of the red sleeves would be considered an accident in Tianyin Pavilion. Why didn't anyone report it?

Today, the fifth lady of the Marquis of Kangning Mansion in the capital, Lan Ruoyun, got up early and prepared to enter the palace to meet her aunt and queen. According to the regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the families of the harem concubines can enter the palace once a month to meet them. Lan Ruoyun was in the Lan family, a very inconspicuous person in the past, born to a concubine of Lan Banggu, the second master of the Lan family, and her biological mother died when she was six years old. Although Lan Banggu has been working outside the country all the year round, his family members are all in the old mansion of the Marquis of Kangning Mansion in the capital, and only two concubines follow him. Lan Erye's wife is a peaceful person on the surface, except for her own two sons, she is not close to anyone. With this daughter, there is not a trace of heat. Lan Ruoyun has known since she was a child that if she wants to live a stable life, she must be an invisible person silently and honestly. As long as the second wife can't see it, her life will be peaceful. So in the past, whether it was Lan Ruoxue in the big house or Lan Ruoyu born to the second wife, she avoided it. They disliked her, they didn't look down on her, so she stayed away from them. Every day when I went out to study with my husband in the home school, I went back to the yard to be a female celebrity, planted flowers and plants with the maid and mother-in-law, and planted some melons and fruits she loved to eat in the backyard.

She originally thought that the days would pass so plainly, and when she reached the age of saying that she was married, the second wife would have to make a show and find her someone to marry. She has long seen through it, no matter what meritorious family, those gentlemen are almost the same, and whoever they marry is married. So when the two fourth and seventh sisters in the big house, who were not very old, tried every means to please their wives and wanted to find a good family business, she stayed out of the matter and treated it indifferently. What she just didn't expect was that Lan Ruoxue went from Luoyang to Xianyang, and following Xiangyang Hou would cause changes in her life. The Lan family knows that Lan Ruoxue was specially cultivated by the Lan family, and her family affairs are valued by the Lan family. At this time, she unexpectedly left with Xiangyang Hou, does it mean that the family affairs originally designed by the Lan family will fall on the remaining girls of the Lan family? This change caused the daughters of the Lan family who had not yet left the cabinet, whether it was a big house or a second room, or a concubine, to become restless. At this time, the queen also deliberately often used several girls from the Xuanlan family to walk around the palace, and even brought her to the monthly audience. Lan Ruoyun couldn't hide if she wanted to, just like today.

As soon as she inserted the last hairpin, she saw Lan Ruoqian, the fourth sister from the big house, come in. Lan Ruoqian lived in the courtyard next to her, and she rarely came to visit the house, and the two rarely spoke. Previously, the Lan family planned to hide Lan Ruoxue and sent her to Luoyang's grandfather's house early. Lan Ruoqian is very active. The status of the crown prince and the queen determines that there are many people who want to marry the Lan family. In addition to what the Lan family wants to woo, there are also those who want to tie up the Lan family. Lan Ruoqian had already intentionally or unintentionally revealed her thoughts to the wife in charge, and she was willing to be used. The eldest lady is a kind-hearted person, although Lan Ruoqian was born to a woman she hates, but people show kindness, of course she is willing to reciprocate. And Lan Ruoqian woke her up, the Lan family can use it to pull the relationship, not just Ruoxue, who is favored by the queen. Since then, Ruoqian has often followed the eldest lady in and out of various social occasions and heard a lot of news. Seventh sister Lan Ruoyin also seemed to have realized the doorway here, and began to compete with her, competing to get close to the eldest wife. The two have not been short of tricks in the past two years.

This tense relationship caused Lan Ruoqian to sometimes have something to say and didn't know who to talk to. Inadvertently, she discovers the benefits of Ruoyun. In her eyes, Ruoyun is very scheming, but she doesn't like to fight, and everything is negative. Ruoyun in this state has become the best listener for some of her recent troubles. And recently, Ruoyun sometimes gave her some tips, which also allowed her to avoid the pits dug by many good sisters in the family.

Therefore, this morning, despite the fact that everyone was busy going out, she hurriedly came to Ruoyun to analyze the news she had eavesdropped from her wife yesterday.

"Yesterday, I heard that the queen mother sent someone to ask our wife to pay attention to those who returned to Beijing to report on their work at the military department. The wife had already promised to give one or two. ”

Lan Ruoyun looked at her: "Is the fourth sister willing to marry the military master who leads the soldiers?" ”

"Don't want to, not to mention that they are rude, dirty and smelly, and they are stationed all over the year round, if you marry them and follow the army, you can't come to the capital for many years. Staying in those backwoods makes people stupid. If you stay in the capital, if you don't say anything else, it's up to your wife, the second uncle has been away for a few years, and she can only watch the two aunts guard her man. I came to you today, just yesterday I heard this and I was scared and didn't want to..."

"If it were my turn, I would. If you can really go with the army to get away from the capital, it is actually a very comfortable life, at least it will not be so tiring. Ruoyun said lightly.

"You are stupid, far away from the countryside of the capital, you don't want anything, although you are not tired, but those so-called generals are not rich, and it will be too late for you to cry on that kind of poor day."

Lan Ruoyun didn't speak, she knew very well in her heart that the Lan family's current marriage partners were all the right people, and they would not be minions in the army. As long as the man's character is not bad and he doesn't make people small, she can accept it.

Seeing that Lan Ruoyun didn't speak, Ruoqian could only ask her again: "Did you say that the queen mother would arrange it during the audience today?" But if we bring it up, what if we don't want to? ”

"Just tell the queen directly, wouldn't it be good if you already have someone you like? Anyway, you're not the only girl in the family. The queen also knows that twisted melons are not sweet. And if you can really marry that person, it will be good for you, the queen and Her Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"But what if he doesn't like me?" Ruoqian was a little nervous: "I'm a concubine, but he's..."

Ruoyun patted the back of her hand: "It's man-made, how do you know if you haven't tried it?" Ruoqian looked at her thoughtfully, she couldn't understand Ruoyun. The women of the Lan family are all beautiful, and Ruoyun is no exception. Although it is a concubine, but the rules of the Lan family are there, every girl enters the school from a young age, and she has a foundation in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. And Ruoyun is the best in her studies among them, no matter what the master checks, she can pass the test. Maybe the piano skills are not as good as those of Ruoxue, but they are much better than them. But she never fought or grabbed. For example, the person mentioned above, they met together in the palace, but she didn't have any thoughts. The eldest lady has taken them to a lot of entertainment recently, and Ruoyun is also very indifferent. She thought she was careless, but she was able to say something encouraging.

A group of family members of the Lan family divided three cars and entered the palace to greet the queen. When they arrived, the queen was still entertaining some foreign wives. These women also came in with signs in the chamberlain's house, waiting for their appointments. The queen mother specially picked a few together.

The girls of the Lan family got a hint earlier, and they all took their respective female reds to present to the queen. The foreign wives also playfully followed the compliments one by one. Everyone said good things, and words of praise flew in the Fengyi Palace. Among them, only two of them are the quietest, one is Mrs. Liu of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is the second grandmother of the Tang family who followed Tang Xinyu back to Beijing to report on work.

Mrs. Liu came from a family of poetry and books in Runan, and both the literary collection and the female celebrity were the best among the noblewomen in Beijing. But she is a steady and dignified person, and does not like to swing with the wind. Except for smiling and nodding in approval, there was not much to say. She's always been so stylish, and no one blames her. But today, the queen was at ease, and she had to deliberately mention something: "Mrs. Liu, do you see that the embroidery of Ruoyun in my house can still be eye-catching?" You are a master of calligraphy and painting here. ”

"The queen has won the prize. I'm already old, I haven't done it myself for many years, and I can't be envious when I look at Miss Yun's face. If I were twenty years younger, I would like to embroider one by hand to compete. Mrs. Liu said sincerely.

"Then our family Yun'er is definitely not Mrs. Liu's opponent." Second Mrs. Lan said with a smile: "The courtiers heard that Mrs. Tang is also both civil and military, not only can she get on the horse to carry a gun, get off the horse to hold a pen, and the female red in one hand is even more praised by the old lady of the Tang family." ”