The Concubine of the Red Chamber

"Your Majesty is feeling a little unwell today, and she said that you don't have to go in to pay your respects." Nanny Ping saw Princess Baoqing and her party, but stepped forward to stop her, and then took Princess Baoqing's hand and said, "My Majesty said that the princess She knows about filial piety, but the princess is still young, and she is afraid of getting sick, so don't let the princess worry about it?"

Princess Baoqing firmly held Nanny Ping's hand, and after a while she gritted her teeth and whispered: "Thank you for your reminder, I won't let my mother and concubine worry."

Concubine Zhen is sick?Jia Lan was a little silent. If she didn't admit her mistake, the maid she saw in the courtyard just now who didn't wear a court lady's attire should belong to Zhen Xianya. In other words, Zhen Xianya should be in the palace now no matter whether Concubine Zhen is really sick or not. And something happened that she couldn't know about.

"Just now I heard in a daze that Concubine Zhen was ill, so she summoned Miss Wu Wu of the Zhen family to attend the sickness." Back at the residence, Jia Lan was finishing the handkerchief embroidered by Jia Min. Wu Wanjun came in to look at it for a while, somewhat sarcastic. said softly.Miss Zhen Wu was already on the waiting list, and she was only a month away from the draft, and now entering the palace is really... everyone knows.

Jia Lan talked with Wu Wanjun for a while, and when she went back, she asked Shen Momo to tell herself about the situation of the concubines in the palace. The family that was favored by the sage, and three generations later, the Zhen family was just a slightly affluent peasant family. The Zhen family background was not high, but the concubine Zhen sat on the second-rank concubine.Before Emperor Longchang succeeded to the throne, there was one main concubine, four side concubines, eight concubines, and several concubines.Today's harem is similar to the rank of concubines in the harem of the Ming Dynasty in history. Under the queen, there are four noble concubines, wives, and untitled concubines. Except for the late Gu Guifei, who was named a noble concubine by the eighth prince, but She passed away before the canonization ceremony was completed, and she was a madam during her lifetime.After the death of Concubine Gu, the emperor named An Shi, who was originally a wife, also a noble concubine.Since then, the lady's position has been vacant.Above Concubine Zhen, there are only Gui Shude and the Empress. Concubine Shu and Concubine De have no heirs yet, but because of their family, they have gained high positions.Although Concubine Zhen is not the most favored in the palace, she is still favored constantly, even much better than Concubine An.So Jia Lan believed that if she could, Concubine Zhen would never let Zhen's family enter the palace to compete with her.

However, according to the current situation, Concubine Zhen intentionally caused herself to fall out of favor to confuse the Zhen family, as if she wanted Miss Zhen Wu to enter the palace. Although Jia Lan didn't know what she was thinking, she obviously had no good intentions.

"From now on, concubine Zhen, Miss Zhenwu and the others should avoid their affairs." These two are sisters, and they probably don't have much relationship. Jia Lan doesn't want to be a pawn between them.

Nanny Shen quickly complied. The fifth prince asked her to guide Miss Jia not to get too close to Concubine Zhen. Nanny Shen would not persuade Jia Lan to order this order.

Sitting in the hall, Concubine Zhen blinked her eyes, tears streaming uncontrollably, she knew that the eldest sister was extraordinary in Emperor Longchang's heart, although it was her own design, but... all means."

Nanny Ping nodded, it goes without saying that she will do it properly, after learning that the Fifth Miss has the same appearance as the Eldest Miss, she and the Empress began to plan, the Fifth Miss will be married before she enters the harem, although she will draft the emperor in the future He will definitely order someone to take care of him, but whether the palace is complete or not, it can be seen that there are not only one or two, so everything today is due to Fifth Miss and His Majesty's uncontrollable love, and there will be no tricks.

Afterwards, Emperor Longchang looked at Zhen Xianya who was crying, and somehow had some connection. Originally, he was angered by Concubine Zhen early on, and he wanted to calm down early, but it happened that Zhen Xianya entered the palace, and when he saw her appearance, Emperor Longchang It was inevitable that I couldn't help myself, I wanted to take advantage of Concubine Zhen's intentions to chat with her in the side hall, but who would have wanted to chat with her when she raised her hand and opened her mouth... Emperor Longchang didn't like it. He didn't suspect anything else, he was sober the whole time, and Miss Zhen Wu didn't refuse much... But when such a thing happened in Concubine Zhen's palace, Emperor Longchang felt a little embarrassed when he thought of Concubine Zhen's crying last night.However, Concubine Zhen was very tolerant and said that she was responsible for her inappropriate arrangements and had nothing to do with the Holy Majesty, and she also took the initiative to say that she would handle the matter of her younger sister's audition properly, and Emperor Longchang was naturally more satisfied with Concubine Zhen.

"Father is really impatient!" Jun Zezhen put the note in his hand on the candle with some sarcasm, watching the note burn out little by little, Jun Zezhen remembered the teaching of his mother and concubine in the firelight, and turned his head Said: "The Eighth Prince must be properly arranged."

The concubine mother took great pains to arrange these trustworthy hidden guards around her and Xuan'er without letting the emperor suspect that the dark guard camp is now in the hands of the emperor. Although the concubine mother knew about the hidden guards before, but After the father came to power, he cleaned up the entire dark guard camp. It was really not easy for the mother and concubine to keep these people.Jun Zezhen was a little thankful that Emperor Longchang didn't care so much about the harem, otherwise it would be a matter of time before he was exposed.He had some hope that he could get married earlier and leave the palace to build a mansion, but then he suppressed it, his father didn't like him very much, and Xuan'er too!So you must be steady, you must be steady!

Jia Lan listened to Nanny Shen's words, and only Hui'er was left to take care of her. After washing, the two of them sat on the bed fully dressed and turned off the lights.After a long time, Jia Lan heard a slight sound in the dark night, the door was pushed, and Jia Lan even saw the faint moonlight outside through the bed curtain.

Jia Lan held her breath, but felt that the visitor hesitated for a moment. When she walked to her bed, she suddenly lifted the bed curtain and said, "Who are you?"

"..." Jun Zexuan felt something was wrong as soon as he came in today. He originally wanted to take a look and leave, but he didn't expect to be dragged away by the other party.It's not that he couldn't break free, but in a daze, he felt his clothes being grabbed.

"Eighth Prince?" Without the reflection of the lights, the room was pitch-black. Jia Lan was surprised that Hui'er only saw the person coming after he lit the lamp, and at the same time motioned Hui'er to go out to watch the door.Jun Zexuan looks very delicate, whether it is the red clothes in the daytime, or the black clothes at the moment, Jun Zexuan who is only half a head taller than himself is still just a child, but Jia Lan really did not expect Shen Could he be the master behind Mammy?

Jun Zexuan suddenly felt overwhelmed and didn't know what to say.

"The eighth prince has put in so much effort, what exactly does he want the little girl to do?" Jia Lan didn't want to try, so she let go and said directly.A nine-year-old child has such a scheming heart, and she feels that she may not be able to fight in her two lifetimes combined.And more importantly, this little prince's temper is not very good!

Jun Zexuan blinked, looked at Jia Lan, and naturally felt that she was in a bad mood, and said a little aggrieved, "I...I just want to see you."

Jia Lan widened her eyes when she heard the words, she was just a child under nine years old, what's so interesting about it?But she still has another question to know: "Why did the Eighth Prince say that the little girl has a strange fragrance?"

"I smell it, it's very fragrant and comfortable." Jun Zexuan said honestly, "I can sleep comfortably when I smell this smell." He feels very comfortable now.

Jia Lan thought, are you a dog nose?But he didn't want to admit it, he was still very surprised, he even put his hand under his nose and sniffed, and said: "My little girl can't even smell it, the eighth prince is thinking too much?"

"I just smelled it, very fragrant plum blossom." Jun Zexuan saw that Jia Lan was lying, and said a little angrily: "Yes, don't lie to me!"

Jun Zexuan became angry, full of momentum, Jia Lan still couldn't help shrinking a bit, and then said: "The eighth prince can ask the palace servants to make some plum blossom sachets to take with him."

Jun Zexuan didn't like to see Jia Lan afraid of him, so he turned his face away, and said, "It's useless, the fragrance on your body is different from other plum blossom fragrances, it's very comfortable and pleasant to smell. My head doesn't hurt anymore after smelling it. "

"The eighth prince has a headache? Why do you have a headache? Is there nothing the imperial doctor can do?" Jia Lan finally understood that the fragrance on her body still has this effect, so she asked, if the headache problem is solved, will he not be able to do it? Find yourself.Although they are still young now, they don't always get in touch well, and she has a feeling that it must not be the first time that the Eighth Prince has come here.

Jun Zexuan lowered his head and didn't want to answer this question. He didn't want to lie to him, but he also promised his mother and concubine not to tell others.

Jia Lan was a little annoyed immediately, but she also realized that the Eighth Prince might not be as scary as she imagined, but she still had to say something clearly, so she got off the bed and knelt on the ground and said, "Eighth Prince, whether a man or a woman can kiss each other, my daughter doesn't want to die."

"You won't die!" Jun Zexuan didn't like to see Jia Lan knelt in front of him, stretched out his hand, but retracted it, then squatted in front of Jia Lan, and said seriously: "You won't die, I will protect you." Yours, I'm great."

"Little girl...my biological mother is a concubine. I have been disliked by my aunt since I was a child. I have sworn that I will never be a concubine. Although I am young, I also know that if someone finds out that you have been with me, I will die. One. The eighth prince, you are very powerful. I believe that you will protect me as you say, and you will definitely protect me, but I don’t want this kind of protection. I want to grow up safely. I want to be a regular wife. I want my The child should be an upright person." Jia Lan thought to herself that there are really no children in the palace, but at such a young age, it is really underestimating that she can speak such love words without a teacher.Thinking about it, the headache is just a cover!It is estimated that the nose is a little more sensitive, so I am here to make fun of myself.So what I said was very true, even I came out.

"Is it okay if I don't let others know?" Jun Zexuan just felt uncomfortable all over, especially his throat was very congested. He said: "I told my father that I want to get married, but my father asked me to wait until I was 16 to get married." To marry a wife, can you wait for me, when the time comes, I will marry you."