Chapter 49 The leisure life of the harem concubines
"What are you thinking? She is a serious princess, so of course she has to go with her. Zhou Yunyi said.
Yangmei picked up the teacup, drank two more sips of tea, and sighed to death, it seems that she is destined not to show her style at this grand event!
"Let me tell you, in fact, my father also thought about marrying me to Xiao Chengtian." Yang Mei said.
This is not unusual, after all, Xiao Chengtian was in the limelight at that time, and the probability of becoming the emperor was very high.
Even everyone was secretly planning how to distribute the rights and interests after becoming the emperor in the future, and no one thought that in the end, they would only be crowned kings.
"It's just that there were many sisters in the family at that time, and they were still fighting for this matter, and they didn't decide for a while, who would marry Xiao Chengtian."
Yang Mei said: "Later, Xiao Chengtian should not say that he left His Royal Highness and was divided into Lizhou, and my sisters stopped crying and scrambling to climb the high branches, and they all obediently married and found another good match." ”
"At that time, your sister and sister were married, why were you so calm?" Zhou Yunyi asked Yangmei.
This is not that Zhou Yunyi has a mockery of bayberry, but according to the rules of the time, it is generally orderly for the elder to be young, and the elder brother marries his sister to marry his younger brother and his younger sister to marry, no matter how bad it is, it must be carried out at the same time, and the younger brother must not be allowed to surpass the elder brother, and the younger sister must surpass the elder sister, which will make the elder brother and sister be laughed at by others.
In terms of Yangmei's arrogance, she would never be able to bear this anger, but she didn't expect that even when the fifth lady of the Yang family got married, Yangmei still stayed in the boudoir, and it was only later that his father stuffed him into the palace as a concubine.
"I don't want to get married!" Yangmei really didn't want to marry in a hurry at that time.
Even Yang Mei knows that with their family's identity and background, the family conditions will not be bad for any marriage partner.
For example, she has sisters who are married to civil officials in the court, and sisters who are married to young generals who have made military achievements in the military camp. The sisters-in-law married by several elder brothers in the family are the daughters of famous families.
Yang Mei looked at the sisters who had married and felt that they had become bored after they got married, either showing the love of husband and wife, or comparing the wealth of the husband's family, or comparing who had a son in the womb.
Yangmei loves to be in the limelight, but she wants to be in the limelight in poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, talent and reputation, and by no means this kind of limelight.
Yang Mei was tired and stayed at home for a few months, until General Yang intended to get closer to Xiao Chengze and mentioned to Yang Mei about entering the palace as a concubine.
As soon as Lord Yang said it, it took almost no effort to speak, and Yang Mei agreed.
She is also the daughter of a powerful family, so she naturally understands the benefits of this, and now, although his brothers and sisters in his family are well married and have connections in the court, they are always Xiao Chengtian's subordinates before, and they are always inseparable from each other.
Besides, his other sisters have all appeared, and now she is the only one left in the family, and if she doesn't marry, who can marry? Her father is now old, and he can't give birth to a little girl.
Yang Mei wiped the tea stains on her mouth with a hand roll, but accidentally stained the lipstick on her mouth on the handkerchief.
Yangmei was a little unhappy in her heart, this is a handkerchief she likes very much, it was specially designed for her by the southern embroidery girl, and she usually uses it carefully, but today she doesn't know how to rub the mouth paper, so that the precious silk will also fall off the background color in the wash.
Zhou Yunyi noticed that Yangmei liked this handkerchief very much, so he proposed to get some new ones. "Let's go to the storeroom in a moment and pick up some new ones."
As the queen and concubine of the harem, they have the benefits they deserve every month, which is the so-called salary and some subsidies for clothing, food, housing and transportation.
"Okay." Bayberry should be taken in one bite.
Yangmei has also been feeling very bored recently, and since entering the palace, the fun is naturally much less than before.
In the past, she loved to participate in what poetry meeting, flower viewing party, but now there are few concubines in this palace, only her and Zhou Yunyi, Zhou Yunyi is lazy on weekdays, and she is the least elegant, so naturally she will not hold a banquet or anything.
After the two of them finished drinking tea, they took the little palace maids to the treasury, ready to receive the clothes of this month, and some fabrics, jewelry, and the like.
When the eunuch in the treasury saw it, the queen mother and Concubine Liang came in person, and they went out to greet them in fright.
On weekdays, they are counted by them, and the monthly money and objects in each palace are sent to the door in person, and the queen and the concubine together, the two mothers come together, and it is the first time that they come to the door to get it.
"Minions, see the queen mother." The chief of the treasury knelt on the ground, and because of nervousness, he didn't control his strength well, and his head banged.
Zhou Yunyi said: "Don't be nervous, Concubine Liang and I will go out for a walk, take a walk, and get some things from you by the way." ”
"The things of the two mothers, the minions have long been prepared, and they are all in the warehouse, and I originally thought that I would go back to the mothers and send them to the palace in person, but now that the mothers are here. The slave went to get it for the mother. "The head of the treasury is still the old fritter in the palace, and after a short panic, he immediately resumed his usual hospitality.
"Go ahead!" Zhou Yunyi said.
The chief of the warehouse worked very quickly, and in less than five minutes after arriving in the warehouse, he came out with two small boxes.
The intimate reminder of the head of the treasury, "The red box is the queen's, and the green box is the good concubine's." ”
"Got it." Zhou Yunyi said, "I want to ask for a few more handkerchiefs this month, and the money for the handkerchiefs will be deducted from my monthly money!" ”
The head of the treasury smiled greedily, "If you don't work for the queen's mother, the slaves will go and get two more handkerchiefs for the queen's mother, and it will be regarded as the slaves' filial piety to the queen." ”
The chief storehouse immediately went to a small eunuch next to him, and took out six or seven more handkerchiefs.
Zhou Yunyi looked at the face of the warehouse manager, and finally understood, what does the treacherous person depicted in the TV series look like?
He simply wrote the whiskers and horses smiling and flattering on his face.
Zhou Yunyi really doesn't like this warehouse manager, and he doesn't want to accept his so-called filial piety.
"No need, just take it from my monthly money."
"Yes."
"The queen is sympathetic to the slaves, so thank the queen for her compassion." The chief of the treasury only beckoned the group of little eunuchs behind him and said.
The little eunuch behind him knelt on the ground in an orderly manner, and as soon as they heard the shouting of the chief of the treasury, they immediately kowtowed and thanked him.
"Minion, thank you, Queen Mother." The little eunuchs shouted together.
Yang Mei was also amused by the greedy appearance of the warehouse manager.
Zhou Yunyi felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he asked the little palace maids to leave quickly with the boxes.
Zhou Yunyi gave three bayberry handkerchiefs, and the material of this handkerchief was exactly the same as the one used before, but there was no embroidery on it.
However, as a native of ancient times, the embroidery maid is not just sprinkling water for him. If he is lazy and doesn't want to show himself, he will find a palace maid or embroidery girl with good embroidery skills to embroider.
Yangmei is also not polite, put things away.
The two of them came back to Chifeng Palace with their things, and as soon as Zhou Yunyi returned to the room, he began to open the box, and took out all the things and put them in the room, which was everywhere.
Yang Mei was very puzzled by Zhou Yunyi's behavior, "What are you doing?" How did you put everything out? ”
"It's nothing, it's just going to pick something for my sister to send over." Zhou Yunyi was holding an extremely good-looking embroidered blouse in his hand, but it was a pity that this size was a little small for Zhou Lingyi.
Zhou Lingyi's belly is now as big as a giant watermelon, and if it takes another two months, I'm afraid it will be even bigger. There is simply no way to wear it.
Zhou Yunyi threw the clothes aside in frustration, "It seems that I still have to take the fabric to customize one for my sister." ”
Zhou Yunyi finally found a light and soft orange-red cotton material.
"What do you think of this fabric?" Zhou Yunyi deliberately took the fabric to Yangmei and touched it.
Yangmei stroked the fabric with her hand, "It's very soft, but this color is too bright." Sister Lingyi seems to have never worn such a bright color of clothes! ”
Zhou Yunyi glanced at this batch of orange fabrics again, and then recalled in his mind that Zhou Lingyi's usual dressing style seemed to be really like this, his sister had never worn any bright and eye-catching colors such as red, green, and orange.
Zhou Lingyi's clothes are mainly plain, and his wardrobe always hangs white or light cyan clothes, in short, the kind of color that is light to the extreme.
"yes." Zhou Yunyi instantly dispelled the idea of taking this cloth to make clothes for her sister.
Zhou Yunyi thought about it, "Then leave this one to my sister, the child in the belly, and wait for the child to be born to make a few small clothes." ”
"This is a good idea, children should wear bright clothes, so that they can be energetic." Yang Mei also agreed with Zhou Yunyi's new idea.
Zhou Yunyi continued to tinker with the contents of the box until he had gone through everything in his hands. He made such a fuss and put everything outside, and Yang Mei was very greedy when he saw it.
After all, the queen's rank and treatment are much better than the concubines, and the clothes are almost the same material, the main difference is reflected in the pattern, the queen can embroider phoenixes and peony flowers.
The concubines could only embroider some other flowers, such as lotus flowers, plum blossoms and the like.
The main thing that makes Yangmei envy is that Zhou Yunyi's jewelry is all shiny, especially the golden phoenix hairpin, which shines in the sun.
Zhou Yunyi saw Yangmei's favorite gaze, and casually took the golden phoenix hairpin to Yangmei's eyes, "If you like it, take it here and try it." ”
Yangmei was frightened.
She is a concubine who wears a queen phoenix hairpin in front of the queen, which is deadly.
"Rest assured, there's no one else in this room. I'm not going to go out and talk nonsense. Zhou Yunyi patted Yangmei's shoulder to reassure her.
"No, I don't." Yang Mei decisively refused, and moved two steps back to keep a safe distance from Zhou Yunyi.
Yang Mei knew that Zhou Yunyi would not take advantage of this matter, and put her to death, just wanted her to simply take it, but the wall has ears, if this thing really spreads, then naturally no one will say bad things about the queen's mother, and it is she who is disrespectful.
All the subtle movements on Yangmei's body were seen by Zhou Yunyi, just a phoenix golden hairpin, and Yangmei was so scared.