Shen Shi, the hall was dispersed, and the seventeenth princess went back with Zhixin. The seventeenth princess is a warm-hearted person, and after only two days with Zhixin, she feels like a sister. Xiao Mo has been gone for many days, she is lonely and bored, and the appearance of Zhixin just fills this gap. Moreover, although he and Xiao Mo get along, it is because the two people have similar personalities and are very arrogant, but in the end, "men and women" are different, and they can't be too close; Getting along with Zhixin, the two girls' homes can be much more casual.

Seeing that she was so cheerful, Zhixin asked with the doubts in her heart: "Seventeenth princess, I don't understand something, I want to ask you." ”

"What's the matter, you say." The two men walked side by side in front, and the retinue followed behind.

"Why do those princesses in the pavilion have strange names, what Princess Xingyang, Princess Yingchuan, Princess Wu'an, but you call it Seventeenth Princess?"

The seventeenth princess was walking happily, when she suddenly heard Zhixin ask this, she immediately stopped smiling, and her face became gloomy.

"What's wrong?" Seeing the sudden change in the expression of the seventeenth princess, Zhixin knew that there must be something hidden in it, so she said, "If there is anything inconvenient to talk about, I didn't ask." ”

"There's nothing inconvenient about it." The seventeenth princess squeezed out a smile, slowed down her pace, walked to the edge of a curved corridor, held the white jade railing, and said slowly, "Dr. Xin, you don't understand, our royal family seems to be noble, but in fact, it is also divided into three, six, nine and so on. The status of our princes and daughters mostly depends on our mother's identity. My father has many concubines, and there are countless untitled ones, and in addition to the queen, there are more than a dozen ranks such as three ladies, nine concubines, beauties, and belovers. Like the officials of the DPRK and China, they also enjoy treatment according to their ranks, with the higher rank being regarded as the three dukes, and the lower rank being no more than 800 stones. The nobles, the ladies, and the concubines are the three ladies, and the concubines, the concubines, the concubines, The children of the queen and the third lady are naturally extremely noble, the children of the nine concubines are naturally one level lower, and the beauties and belovers are even lower. My mother is okay, she is a cultivator, but unfortunately, she was framed and died unjustly. If my mother falls into such a fate, can I, as a daughter, still be treated by my father? ”

"I understand what you're saying, but you didn't explain why your name is different from theirs, do you?"

"Why, you still don't understand? Your family has been a minister for generations, and your father is a close minister of my father's emperor, so he should be very clear about royal affairs, how can you, as his daughter, not know about our royal affairs? ”

How did the seventeenth princess know the true situation of Shi Chong's daughter! Zhixin only entered Shifu at the age of sixteen, and has only been in the past four or five years now. During this period, except for getting along with the old lady like a real mother and daughter, there was basically no contact with the rest of the people. Her so-called godfather Shi Chong usually either accompanies the king to drive, or collects money for fun, and even pays attention to his own children, let alone the goddaughter whom this lady forcibly recognizes? And what about Zhixin, as a woman who grew up in an ordinary folk, of course she can't understand these things?

Of course, Zhixin couldn't tell the truth, she paused for a moment, and then said: "Although my father is a close minister of the emperor, he never wants to disclose royal affairs to others, even at home. ”

The seventeenth princess heard that it made sense, so she continued to say to Zhixin: "According to the rules of this dynasty, most of the princes are crowned kings, and those brothers of mine have their own fiefs and name themselves with fiefs, for example, my imperial uncle Sima You, King of Qi, and my imperial brother Sima Wei, King of Chu. It's just that based on the reasons mentioned above, the quality of the fiefdom to which they belong and the size of the fief are all determined by the status of their mothers. And our princesses are the same, when they grow up, they will also be given a fief by their father, such as Princess Xingyang, Princess Wu'an, and Princess Yingchuan, all of which are the names of their fiefs. It's just that the fiefs of the princesses are smaller than those of the princes, and they are also different from the princes in terms of food and descendants. ”

When Zhixin heard this, she suddenly understood: "Oh, that is to say, the same child born to a father, because of the status of the mother, there are different treatments, some are named the king of the big county, the princess of the county, and some are sealed in a small place, like the princess, the mother is gone, or the mother has no status, even if it has long passed the time now, there may be no fief, only the rank at birth as the title." ”

The seventeenth princess nodded: "The princes and princesses who have fiefs can not only eat and rent taxes from the fiefs in proportion, but also inherit them. When she said this, she was already grieved and burst into tears.

"In other words, if you have a fief, princess, if you marry someone in the future, then your title can still be passed on to your son, right?"

The seventeenth princess is at this age when she is in love, and when she heard the words "married" and "son", she was a little shy and said: "Isn't it just in front of me after thinking about it, the same brothers and sisters, some of them have a prominent identity, while we are mediocre, isn't it very resentful?" ”

Zhixin listened to the words of the seventeenth princess, smacked her tongue, and really sympathized for her in her heart: It turns out that she is a child without a mother like me, although she grew up in the royal family, although the palace is big, who will really take care of her? All motherless children in the world suffer the same.

In this deep palace, not everyone is happy. Everyone revolves around the emperor alone, so many concubines and concubines, it is impossible for the emperor to pamper everyone, and it is impossible to pamper only one person. When they are favored, they are extremely glamorous; When you fall out of favor, you are extremely lonely. Not only those concubines who were left out in the cold, but even those princes and princesses. When did Sima Yan remember such a daughter who had lost her mother?

"Maybe it's not what you think, maybe the emperor still thinks you're young, and when you get married, he will definitely give you the treatment you deserve."

Zhixin was very upset about the seventeenth princess, but she couldn't do anything about it, so she couldn't think of any way, only a few words of kindness to comfort her.

The two of them left the edge of the corridor, and just a few steps away, they saw a palace maid running over and said to Zhixin, "The queen summons Dr. Xin." ”

The seventeenth princess asked, "Do you know what it is?" ”

The palace maid said: "Mrs. Shi Shizhong came to see the queen and said that she wanted to see Dr. Xin." ”

When Zhixin heard this, there was a panic in her heart: Why did Old Madam Shi come? Do you want to pull me back to force me to marry? Thinking like this, her steps naturally hesitated, one step was divided into two steps, and three steps were half a step back.

The seventeenth princess smiled when she saw it: "What a strange thing! In the past, when the families of other female officials came to visit them, they were all overjoyed, and your mother is here, you should be happy, why are you so hesitant? ”

"Uh...... Princess, you don't know, my mother may have to pull me back. ”

"Why did you pull you back? Your mother doesn't approve of you coming to the harem to be a doctor? ”

"I'm just guessing, and I don't know what she's here for."

"What do you mean? I'm guessing you'd rather stay here than go back, right? ”

Zhixin nodded.

"As long as you want. Don't worry, I won't let you go back, and they don't dare to disobey the queen's will. ”

Zhixin listened to the words of the seventeenth princess, increased her courage, no longer cowered, and walked straight to the Mingguang Palace.

It turned out that after Zhixin entered the palace that day, Chunlan and Peony got the news that Zhixin was a female doctor of the palace outside the palace gate, so they went back to tell Shi Chong and his wife. When Shi Chong and his wife heard this, they were surprised for a long time, and then told the news to Xiahoumen and Xun Bao, who were anxiously waiting in the living room. Just now, Shi Chong had already agreed to the marriage of the Shi family, but at this moment, he had withdrawn half of it. Xiahoumen and Xun Bao were helpless, so they could only go back and inform the Shi family.

Shi Chong and his wife were surprised and helpless at the moment. Mrs. Shi only thinks about Zhixin's personal happiness, so she is more helpless. And Shi Chong is a person who is good at meeting opportunities, and he is more of a surprise at the moment. Because, although the female doctors of the court are not of high grade, they can get close to the queens and princesses, don't look at them as having no rights, but they are a political force that cannot be underestimated. When you think about it, it's a great thing. Since it is a good thing, it must be grateful for the queen's grace, and it is necessary to enter the palace to thank you. I just went to the harem to thank you, but I couldn't go, so I had to let my wife go. He then sent his wife into the palace to thank him. Mrs. Shi was depressed, of course she didn't want to go, but she had to obey her husband and promised to go tomorrow.

Zhixin followed the seventeenth princess into the door, first saw the queen, and then walked to the old lady. She saw that Shi Mu's face was full of love, just like before, but she remembered the harsh appearance of her forced marriage yesterday, and she was very afraid, lest she would make herself go back, and she had mixed feelings, and called "Mother", but she actually cried.

Shi Mu took Zhixin's hand and comforted: "Daughter, our Shi family has been Mu Huang's grace for generations, and your entry into the palace as a female doctor shows that Her Royal Highness values you very much, and that is another grace to our Shi family." Don't worry about anything else, my mother is here to thank Her Royal Highness the Queen. Family affairs are not as big as state affairs, you have to teach the princesses well here, female officials always have a time limit, and your life's affairs will be determined after you come out. ”

Hearing the old lady say this, Zhixin's hanging heart suddenly fell into her stomach: Oh, it turns out that my mother came to thank me when she entered the palace, and she didn't mean to pull me away. What the seventeenth princess said was true.

The seventeenth princess was beside her, and she didn't know what Mrs. Shi meant by coming, although she patted her chest and said: No one dares to disobey the queen's will, but she doesn't dare to guarantee 100% in her heart. I just waited to hear what Mrs. Shi said, and I was thinking in my heart about how I would plead with Empress Yang if Mrs. Shi wanted to pull Zhixin back. At this moment, when she saw Old Madam Shi say this, as expected, she also put her mind at ease.

Zhixin remembered her two maidservants again, so she asked her mother, "How are Chunlan and Peony?" ”

"The two of them are also here, after all, you young girls are often together, and the master and servant are like sisters, and once they are separated, they are very reluctant."

"Where are they? Why don't you see it? ”

Shi Mu smiled: "The forbidden place of the palace, how can outsiders enter casually, they are waiting outside the palace gate now." ”

Empress Yang said: "Since they are here, let them in." ”

Zhixin listened to the thanksgiving, and then a palace maid went to the palace gate to announce. After a while, Chunlan and Peony announced that they didn't dare to enter the palace to see Queen Yang, only outside the hall, Zhixin and the three of them held hands and were intimate for a while.

The seventeenth princess said, "Since their master and servant are so close, wouldn't it be good to let them also enter the palace to serve Dr. Xin?" ”

Shi Mu said: "That's good, I'm worried that my daughter is new to here, she is not used to it, there is no one to talk to, but she is just taken by the royal rules, and she doesn't dare to ask for it." After that, he secretly looked at Queen Yang.

When Empress Yang saw this situation, and in order to make Zhixin feel at ease here, she agreed: "Okay, just let the two of them enter the palace with Dr. Xin, I saved two palace maids." ”

Everyone was happy, busy and grateful. It's getting late, and Shi Mu wants to go back. Chunlan and Peony will follow the old lady back for the time being, pack up the things used by the three of them in the peony garden, and come back tomorrow.