On Wangfu Middle Road, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Sun, You Liangyuan, Gao Liangyuan, Su Liangyuan, Geng Liangyuan, and several beauties gathered for the ceremony in Tongqi Hall where the princess lived. The princess wanted to say a few words about the birthday banquet of the princess tomorrow.

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"There will be many guests coming and going tomorrow, so beauties and ceremonies should not leave the hospital, so as not to disturb the distinguished guests. Gao Liangyuan, after your sister-in-law and niece come over tomorrow, I will send someone to inform you. I will meet you in the main hall and the side hall after the meeting.

Let Sister Qian stay, and when the time comes, let Concubine Zhuang take the lead and play with Sister Hua."

Thirteen years ago, Gao Liangyuan gave birth to Li Qian, the second daughter of the royal family. Now she is no longer favored, and her mother's family can't support her. Relying on the prince's favor, her brother got a job raising horses in Jinyiwei, and the princess treated her very much.

You're welcome.

Gao Liangyuan bowed her head very respectfully and said yes, while Concubine Zhuang smiled disdainfully and said yes. Princess Xiao Ning turned her head and stared at her with a gloomy face for a while, then she had to stand up and give her a blessing.

Feeling a little aggrieved, he whispered: "I understand."

The princess then looked at Su Liangyuan: "Su Liangyuan, are your sister and two nieces here?"

Su Liangyuan lowered her head and said yes.

When Su Liangyuan entered the palace more than ten years ago, her father was just the county magistrate of a small border county in Yunnan. In the past ten years, relying on the relationship with Prince Su's palace, she is now the prefect of Chengjiang Prefecture in Yunnan. Chengjiang Prefecture is an important economic town in Yunnan.

It's not important. Su Liangyuan's third sister is lucky and has a capable husband. She is currently a bachelor's degree student at the Hanlin Academy and can often walk around in front of the emperor. Although Su Liangyuan has only given birth to a third girl, Li Yuan, the prince has given her face, so

The princess should also give her some face.

Princess Xiao Ning thought for a while and then said: "At that time, you can take your sister and two nieces to the Zhuxiang Pavilion to sit down. It won't be too late to leave after dinner."

Su Liangyuan stood up and thanked her.

You Liangyuan has a sixth brother, Li Shi, who is ten years old this year and has been living in the front yard since he was seven years old. You Liangyuan was born in a Lingnan businessman and his family background was not obvious, so the princess told her to stay in her yard honestly.

Watch your children carefully and don't run around on the east road.

Then there was Geng Liangyuan. Her father was just a local official in Lingnan. She had a fourth girl, Li Hui, who was currently six years old. The princess also asked her to give Sister Hui to Concubine Zhuang and let several girls from the palace play together. Geng Liangyuan bowed her head and agreed.

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Zhang Meiren gave birth to the seventh son of the palace last month. She is still in confinement and the seventh son has not been named yet. The princess has no control over them.

Then there was Ye Dianyi, who was born as a dancer. She just found out that she was pregnant. The princess also gave a few explanations and then admonished everyone for nearly a quarter of an hour before leaving the meeting.

Concubine Zhuang rolled her eyes and stood up to go out. Concubine Sun followed her and pulled her aside: "You should be more relaxed. Sister Hua doesn't want to get married anymore?"

Concubine Zhuang snorted: "Why, are you afraid that the princess will anger you?"

Concubine Sun said: "I am doing it for your own good."

Concubine Zhuang's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm: "I said Sun, can you stop pretending? After so many years, who still doesn't know who it is? Such a big event as the Crown Princess's birthday banquet is completely arranged by Eunuch Wang. But everything

The princess didn't even have a chance to get involved in matters related to the East. The prince now doesn't even want to do anything superficial. He made it clear that he doesn't believe her. Our princess, if she gets angry at the prince, she will turn around and run away.

She comes to the backyard to show off her power, find a few servants to run errands, and insist on mobilizing a large number of people to act like a princess. I can't laugh at her anymore? The most ridiculous thing is that not a single woman in our courtyard is favored.

Yes, hehe... Your Majesty... Your Majesty, he... is really very affectionate."

When Concubine Sun heard the word "long love", she was obviously startled, but she quickly realized that the person Zhuang Concubine was talking about was her original wife, Princess Daning, who had been dead for almost twenty years.

Among the remaining women, the only one who was relatively favored was Zhuang's concubine, who gave birth to two children.

For the remaining women, pregnancy means falling out of favor. The prince is not interested in pregnant women, and he is even less interested in women who have given birth. Basically, everyone will not have the chance to conceive a second child, which makes these women in the backyard of Prince Su's Mansion very

Tangled up, there were not a few people who secretly drank Bizi Decoction, and there were even several who secretly aborted their babies while the month was still young, even though they were clearly pregnant.

Because the quotas for two concubines, four beauties, and six ceremonies have been filled. As long as the first women do not make mistakes, the later ones, no matter how favored they are, will not be able to get better positions.

There is no limit on the number of beauties, but the treatment of beauties is only a little better than that of the girl in the same room.

When you are favored, with the subsidies from King Su, your living standard will naturally be quite high. But once you lose your favor, your life will be worse than that of a maid.

For example, Ye Dianyi has been very favored in the past two years. Half a year ago, the princess found out that she was secretly drinking Bizi soup. She sent a nun to watch her and not let her drink it, so she became pregnant. No, because she was pregnant.

She fell out of favor immediately. The prince didn't spare her a single glance, and looked for a new love, then turned around and hugged other little goblins and went away happily.

Prince Su's behavior made everyone lose their temper. The huge backyard of Prince Su's mansion was so quiet except for the princess occasionally smashing a tea cup because of the prince's affairs.

The four Liangyuan girls all fell out of favor since they got pregnant. At this time, they gathered at Su Liangyuan's Zhuxiang Pavilion to play leaf cards. When these few first entered the house, they were fighting like cockfights. Unfortunately, after so many years, everyone is doing well.

If you have a child, your status cannot change, and you can no longer count on the prince's favor, so why fight?

The only thing I hope for is that my parents' family can produce one or two capable children so that my life in the palace can be more comfortable.

Nowadays, everything on Wangfu East Road is filled with joy and wealth. From the front yard to the small gardens on both sides of the veranda in the backyard, there are ceilings made of thin and almost invisible gauze, and various seasonal orchids and chrysanthemums are planted along the edges.

The verandah is so arranged that it is overwhelming.

There is also the East Road Garden Waterside Pavilion, which is densely covered with roses of various colors. The small courtyard beside the stone boat has turned into a sea of ​​hibiscus flowers. Looking from a distance, the pink clouds are really cute. In the afternoon, the Ministry of Internal Affairs

A car of gardenias was brought as a gift. There were pots in the east and one in the west. They were placed in inconspicuous little corners. The fragrance of gardenias was everywhere.

The most eye-catching thing is the sunflower planted by His Royal Highness Prince Su himself in the middle road garden. This thing is not so common because it has not been promoted by the imperial court. However, this thing can squeeze oil and fry it into melon seeds and eat them directly.

It can also be viewed in the garden.

Eunuch Wang saw the girl next to Song Qingyue on the East Road boiling water with dried sunflower flower plates and corn hearts to drink, saying that it could clear away heat, detoxify and cure dizziness, but he didn't know if it was true.

In short, he likes sunflower oil more than rapeseed oil now. Rapeseed flowers grow in the south. A lot of oil used in the north is shipped from the south. Those oil barrels that store and transport rapeseed oil are used repeatedly, and there will be some stale oil.

Artemisia flavor.

Sunflowers are drought-resistant and more suitable for growing in the north than rapeseed. Nowadays, when cooking in Wangfu, they either use lard, chicken fat, or sunflower oil produced in Wangfu Zhuangzi.

On Wangfu West Road, the courtyard of Second Young Master Li Yi is not as peaceful as other places.

Princess Xiao Ning felt unhappy. In addition to causing trouble for the women in the backyard, she also asked her daughter-in-law to come over to vent her anger. But after all, she was worried about the Meng family. She didn't dare to do anything to Meng Yuyan. Every time, she asked Meng Yuyan to go to the main courtyard to serve her.

Copy scriptures.

Standing and grinding for an hour can be fatal. Meng Yuyan was already feeling depressed as she watched people coming and going in the east these past few days, preparing a birthday party for the concubine of the Song family.

Air pump.

So she also used Li Yi's concubines and concubines as a punching bag. In exactly the same way, she asked Wu, who was Li Yi's favorite, to wait on her to copy scriptures, and stood and polished the ink for an hour or two.

Trembling, one can hardly stand.

When Li Yi came back from horse racing with his friends, he asked Mrs. Wu to come over and help him wash himself.

Although Wu's father was just the boss of a local county government, she was still an official girl. She was selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and given by the emperor to the second son of the palace. She was a legitimate concubine.

She has a well-developed figure, a charming appearance, and a more docile personality than Meng Yuyan. Although she was so tired that she could hardly lift her arms, she still gritted her teeth and continued to serve him carefully until Li Yi finished bathing and asked Wu to help him.

Then he realized that Wu's face was not good, so he took the comb in her hand and asked the maid to continue combing his hair. He pulled Wu into his arms and asked her with a smile: "Madam, did you bully you again?"

Mrs. Wu lowered her head, bit her lip, and shook her head slightly: "Madam, teach me the rules. I have no grievances."

Li Yi burst out laughing: "You said you were not aggrieved. Look at your little face. The grievances are written on your forehead. I know you are a sensible person, but after all, my wife is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Baoding, so she also has some small tempers.

, please follow her, if she goes too far, I will tell her."

This means that it is not too much at the moment. Although Wu was a little disappointed, she quickly laughed again, hugged Li Yi's neck, and rubbed his face with her head: "As long as the young master has a concubine in his heart, what grievances do I have?"

I can bear it all.”

Li Yi raised the corners of his lips and lowered his voice: "Don't worry, I love you. Wait a little longer, wait a minute, I will tell you to come forward."

At this time, the comb suddenly pulled Li Yi's hair, causing him to cry out in pain. The maidservant was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground, shaking like chaff. Li Yi didn't even look at it, and just said lightly: "Drag him out and beat him."

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Wu, who was in his arms, suppressed the shock in her heart, lowered her eyes, and buried her head in his arms, preventing Li Yi from observing the change in her expression. Before entering the palace, she had no idea that the second young master was like this.

character.

She only thought that the position of the eldest son Li Zhao was stable, and there was nothing to fight for in the backyard of Prince Su's palace. The second young master was the legitimate son, so his treatment would definitely be good. She would be honest, safe, and be a low-key concubine.

Who would have thought that her husband had completely inherited His Royal Highness Prince Su's ruthless and cold temperament, and also added cruelty and willfulness.

She understood that this man was unreliable.

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On the East Road, Little Qin's father-in-law was called to Wufangzhai. Song Qingyue gave him the drawn resume form and said to Mo Yun: "This list covers all the servants on the East Road, from the stewardess to the

The little girl in the laundry room, everyone has to fill out a copy for me. Also, I want all the stewards to be able to write. If they can’t do it now, give them six months to learn. Just learn simplified Chinese. We can do it by ourselves in the yard.

Use it and don't get in the way. If you can't learn well, replace it with someone else. Mo Yun knows my rules."

Mo Yun smiled and agreed. Little Eunuch Qin's eyes were filled with excitement. Is the imperial concubine finally starting to take control? He lowered his head and saw that the form was very detailed. In addition to the name, age, and place of birth, he also needed to fill in the form.

There are many questions, such as how old you were when you entered the government, who your parents are, where your parents are now, your current position, the positions you have held in the past, whether you have been punished, when you have been rewarded, what you are good at, etc.

Mo Yun asked Mo Zhu and several other little girls, as well as the servants who knew how to write on Eunuch Qin's side, to copy a few copies of the blank resume form according to the format, and then immediately transferred all the eunuchs in charge of the front hall on the East Road and the nuns in charge of the backyard.

After calling them together, they first asked who could write. Most of the eunuchs in charge of the front yard could read and write, but most of the nuns in the backyard couldn't. Mo Yun then asked the nuns who couldn't read and write.

Said: "The Crown Princess has said that the nuns must learn to read and write within six months, otherwise she will replace them."

This sentence made the nuns angry. Mo Yun ignored their noise and directly announced the morning class time for the literacy class: every single day, it would start at Mao o'clock and end at Chen o'clock; when it gets cold, it would start half an hour later.

Based on the time of dawn, the location is in the courtyard of Wufangzhai.

Then he sent the resume form to the eunuch and the nun who could read and write, and said with a smile: "Everyone under your command must fill in one form. Submit everyone's form to me within seven days. No."

The writing will be done by our sisters from the main courtyard."

At the same time, Mo Zhu and several other little maids went to various courtyards on the East Road to inform the little maids who were sweeping and washing clothes, as well as the little yellow gates, telling them that anyone who wanted to be literate should get up the day after tomorrow and go to Wufang at Mao

When gathering in the courtyard, the stewards of each courtyard must not stop them.

Finally, Mo Yun took Little Eunuch Qin to the Jinxiu Pavilion in person, saying that the Crown Princess had something for them to do, and if they were willing to do it for the Crown Princess, they would go to Wufangzhai for breakfast the day after tomorrow.

This action made people down the east road startled and suspicious. Naturally, other courtyards of the palace also heard the news. Everyone was wondering what the heirloom was up to.

Even His Highness Prince Su, a careless person, was rubbing his hands, so he just had to prepare melon seeds and peanuts and wait to see what Song Qingyue would do.

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It’s 9000 today··┗|｀o′|┛Ouch~~
Chapter completed!