Chapter 166: Enter the door
The Hundred Flowers Banquet is over, the name is determined, and the next step is for everyone to enter the house.
It doesn't take time for a concubine to enter the house, pick an auspicious day of the zodiac, and a pink sedan chair can be carried into the house at night.
When the lady enters the door, she needs to pick a date, have a letter of appointment, and set up a wine banquet. It is considered a second room of a large family, although the man does not give a dowry, but the woman can bring her own dowry, which is considered to be the property in her own name.
However, most of the ladies did not have a dowry.
Born in an official family, young and beautiful, and with a rich dowry, he can marry into a good family, so why bother to enter the palace as a child.
The most rules, the most troublesome procedures are the side concubines, the four side concubines, except for the court Zhaoshu and the golden seal without the main concubine, the process is no different from marrying the main room.
"Princess Jun, Miss Nian, no, Aunt Nian has already entered the mansion." Chun Tao said as he entered the door.
Nian Ruolan is the easiest to enter, and she lives in the Changshi Mansion. A small sedan chair was carried over, a simple little baggage, and even a calling girl was carried.
The Nian family doesn't care at all, the subordinates of the Changshi Mansion are all distributed by the palace and can be used, but they can't be transferred privately.
is shabby like this, it should be the only newcomer to enter the house.
"So soon, where does she live?" Wu asked.
Although it is very simple for concubines to enter the door, Princess Cheng said that everyone has a place to live.
The house always has to be cleaned up for a few days, and if the woman is a little more reserved, she will also pick a good day. Nian Ruolan entered the door in such a hurry, and the family was too troublesome and unwilling to raise it.
It's pitiful to think about, but she's also a former daughter. When I was down, my brother and sister-in-law didn't care, and my aunt and sister put all their money on my brother and sister-in-law.
It is said that the old lady of the Guo family also threatened to use the ancestral property of the Guo family to marry Nian Ruolan, which is also to say that if you don't stick to your mother's nephew, the niece's dowry will be saved.
"Aunt Nian lives in Hanqiu Pavilion, and it is said that only the furniture and curtains have been replaced, and they are cleaned up quickly." Chun Tao said.
Wu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”
"Huh?" Chunqiu was surprised, "Is the princess of the county going to see Aunt Nian?" ”
Nian Ruolan is like this, and she entered the mansion to eat and wait for death. It belongs to the background board in the concubine's room, and it is completely unnecessary to spend time on her.
"It's not useful, but it's not a bad thing to see." Wu said, instructing his mother-in-law, "Prepare a soft sedan chair, and I'll go to Qiuhan Hall." ”
She, the princess of the county, has long fallen out of favor, and it is even more useless to spend time on men.
Now that six newcomers have entered the door, it is completely unpredictable what the future will be. Now that Nian Ruolan has entered the door, she is idle and idle, why not go and take a look.
Even if Nian Ruolan is a background board, if you can win it over, you can pull it first, and it won't cost you anything anyway, in case it comes in handy.
"Yes." Mother-in-law should respond.
Hanqiu Pavilion is at the corner of Houyuan East Road, although it is a small place, but it is also a serious house with a single courtyard.
Wu helped Chun Tao get off the sedan chair, the door was open, but no one could be seen. Chun Tao wanted to call people, but Wu waved his hand.
Straight into the courtyard, the courtyard is not big, three main rooms, three bright and two dark, two retreats, also small and exquisite.
I saw that Nian Ruolan was shabby when she entered the door, and the front of the door was deserted, and she didn't even have any popularity.
"Is my sister in the house?" Wu raised his voice and said.
Nian Ruolan, who was busy in the house, heard Wu's voice and hurriedly greeted her, and said, "I've seen the princess of the county." ”
"My sister doesn't have to be so outside." Wu said with a smile, took Nian Ruolan's hand, and said, "I know that my sister is here, so I came to see you." ”
Nian Ruolan was a little surprised and a little moved, and said, "Please come to the princess's house." ”
The two of them entered the house hand in hand, three rooms, somewhat small.
Although the furniture and curtains had just been replaced, the premises were already somewhat old. It should be powdered before living in people, and now there is new furniture, and it looks a little old.
As for the interior of the house, there should be nothing except for basic items such as teacups and tea sets.
In addition to Nian Ruolan, there were two little girls and two mothers-in-law, who were cleaning, and when they saw Wu entering the door, they hurriedly stopped what they were doing.
"Alas, these forces are now, this is too simplistic." Wu sighed, and took Nian Ruolan's hand and said: "I originally wanted my sister to be a wife, she has a serious reputation, and these subordinates don't dare to go too far, but what...... Alas, I wronged my sister. ”
The monthly money of the princess, the side concubine, and the lady, as well as the subordinates who are called, are all counted.
Regardless of whether they are favored or not, the general manager of these things does not dare to be harsh. Concubines are different, they have no official status, and they can only rely on grace if they want to be treated. After many palace concubines fell out of favor, they lived a different life.
Nian Ruolan would have fallen out of favor when she entered the door, if she hadn't looked at Guo Changshi's face, she was afraid that she wouldn't even have two little girls and two little mothers-in-law.
"Alas, it's all my life." Nian Ruolan lowered her head and said, with a look in her eyes.
Originally, the Wu family chose her as his wife, and she could live a good life. As a result, Cheng Yuanniang had to ask her to be a concubine, so she ended up like this.
"My mother's family is like that, I really don't dare to compete with the princess." Wu said sadly, "Otherwise, my sister ......"
"Don't say that, princess, it's all my unluck." Nian Ruolan said, leading the Wu family to the inner couch and sat down, "This place has just been cleaned up, and the princess of the county has been wronged." ”
Wu sighed and said, "Between sisters, why bother talking about this. It's me, too, alas......"
In a few words, Nian Ruolan said that she was sad, but she felt that the Wu family treated her extremely sincerely.
"Speaking of which, you have entered the door, and the princess should also be rewarded." Wu said.
Nian Ruolan couldn't help but have a little resentment in her tone, and said, "How could the princess think of me, a useless person." ”
The Wu family's goal was achieved, but he bowed his head and was silent, looking afraid of Cheng Yuanniang.
The little girl finally brought the tea, Wu looked at the rough tea bowl, took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels of silver from his purse, stuffed it into Nian Ruolan's hand and said, "This is my meeting gift to you, I should have sent the girl to send something over." After all, it's a next room, and it's too conspicuous to send something. So I'll give it to you privately. ”
"This, this, how this makes." Nian Ruolan hurriedly pushed it away.
Wu insisted and said, "If my sister doesn't accept it, she will look down on me." My mother's family is a merchant, and although I don't have much status, I still have silver. ”
"But......" Nian Ruolan hesitated and didn't dare to accept it.
Wu continued: "Although this palace looks glamorous, if this person becomes hateful, it will be very hateful. Although you have a monthly routine, you must not spend enough for the newcomers. You take these, if there is any urgent need for money, send a girl to find me. ”
With such intimate words, Nian Ruolan was so moved that she only regarded the Wu family as a confidant. Only then did he accept the silver ticket and said: "The princess of the county treats me like this, and in the future, wherever there is anything about me, I will definitely repay it." ”
Wu smiled and said, "My own sister, why do you say such a thing. ”
Although Nian Ruolan's background board may not be of much use, a hundred taels of silver is really nothing to her.
Win it over first, maybe it will come in handy later. After all, she also lives in the back garden, and maybe she can help find out the news.
After saying a few more words, Wu also felt that it was almost over, so he got up and said goodbye.
Nian Ruolan personally sent her to the door, watched her get into a soft sedan chair and left, and then turned around and went back to the house.
"Where do the Ye sisters live?" Wu asked.
Chun Tao said: "The chief manager arranged for them to live in Yanqingzhai and Chunzezhai, those two places are next to each other, do you want to go and see the princess of the county?" ”
"People haven't come yet, there's nothing to see." Wu said.
The two sisters, Ye Fu and Ye Wei, were hand-picked by Princess Cheng and were Cheng Yuanniang's people.
She didn't know the two sisters well, and she didn't know what their personalities were. The princess of the county in the next room openly went over to show goodwill, and if she didn't get it, she would touch her nose.
Among the three concubines, the only one who may be useful to her is Nian Ruolan, but unfortunately it is a dead chess.
Three days later, the Ye sisters entered the door.
Compared with the shabby Nian Ruolan, the Ye family is still a bit of a face.
Each of the ten cages was used as a dowry, and although it was said to be empty, at least it looked good.
In addition, each person brought two little girls, and they were called closely. Although the girl brought from outside doesn't understand the rules of the house, she is her own person, so she can rest assured.
These two sisters have a bit of brains.
The next thing is that the lady enters the door, Wei Yu is hand-picked by the Wu family, and she is also under her room. The matter of setting up the wine is handled by the Wu family.
The scenery brought Wei Ling into the door, and her residence was arranged in the algae garden, not far from the Linglong Pavilion where Wei Ling lived.
Although the same sisters were selected at the same time, the situation of the Wei family was completely different from that of the Ye family.
It is said that the housewife of the Wei family made a lot of trouble, her own daughter-in-law was selected as a wife, but the concubine became a side concubine, how could the housewife of the Wei family be calm.
also publicly threatened that not a penny of dowry would be given to Wei Ling.
Wu listened to it funny, when it came to selection, who would care about the concubine, only by eye.
If you really feel sorry for your biological daughter, then don't send it to the selection, obviously she is a poor egg, she can't afford to marry her daughter, and she wants her daughter to be developed, so she wants to send it to the palace, and pretend to be a mother.
"The county king's mansion, Qin Tianjian has calculated a good day, and on September 18, he will marry Concubine Wei." Spring peach returns.
Wu said: "This day is fast enough. What about Shen Xiu, when did Shen Xiu enter the door? ”
is also a side concubine, Shen Xiu is true love. If Shen Xiu is allowed to enter the door and fall in love with Han Xiaoen, then there will be no matter for Wei Ling.
Princess Cheng handpicked Wei Ling, although with Wei Ling's appearance, she was not enough to compete with Shen Xiu. But since it has been chosen, there must be an intention.
Let Wei Ling enter the door first, whether it is grace or backyard authority, first come, first served, you can always fight.
"The day when Shen Fang entered the door was chosen on December 26." Chun Tao said.
Wu Shi immediately laughed when he heard this, and said: "It's pressed until the end of the year, it seems that it can't be pushed anymore, otherwise I'm afraid it will be the year after tomorrow." ”
Chun Tao said worriedly: "Six newcomers enter the door at once......"
"The more people, the better." Wu said with a smile.
If there was only one Shen Xiu, it would indeed be troublesome. But now that she has entered the palace so much at once, and Princess Cheng has intervened, such a chaotic situation is beneficial to her.
The water is too clear to see at a glance. On the contrary, the water is too muddy, and you can touch the fish instead.