Queen's Road in the Red House

Yuan Chun opened his mouth first: "Is it the cousin of the Lin family?"

The two had seen each other, and Yuan Chun's gaffe and anxiety just now at the door were gone, only calm and generous remained, and his voice was neither high nor low, and his tone was soft.

As soon as Daiyu heard it, she felt very much like Madam Ge, and she also looked like the female officials in the Queen's Palace.

This is the terrible thing about the rules of the palace. People of all shapes and sizes can be embedded in molds, and then they can be poured out almost the same.

Yuanchun greeted Daiyu kindly with a few homely words, and the two said goodbye for the time being.

"Sister Lin, I went to see my ancestor first, and I will talk to you later."

Daiyu saw that there was not a single girl accompanying her, so she knew that she wanted to talk to Jia Mu.If Baoqin had come back, Yuan Chun might have brought Baoqin with her, but apart from that, she would not believe that the maid at home was by Wang's side.

Yuan Chun waited in the side hall, Hu Po served her tea, and then quietly retreated.

Outside the partition, the words of Jia pardoning Jia Zheng could be heard vaguely from the main hall.

"Mother, since Yuanchun is out of the palace, you are in charge of her life's affairs. In the past, Yuan girl lived with her mother before she entered the palace. Now it is better to ask her to live in the same room as Baoyu before she entered the palace. In this way, she can live with her." The mother is close, and the mother also gives advice to her, which will be beneficial to her life in the future; secondly, Yuan Chun can also help the mother to share the chores at home, and accompany her to take care of the niece, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

This is the voice of his father, Jia Zheng.Yuan Chun's heart warmed.

Her biological parents still protected her after all.

"Huh? The second brother is relying on your mother? Your second room will move to Dongkuayuan soon, why did you leave your eldest daughter in the mother's room? What does this mean? If you want to say that, Yingchun also 15 It's a good age to discuss marriage, shouldn't you live in and let your mother teach you?"

Yuan Chun squeezed the veil tightly.

The eldest uncle is still so nonchalant, he puts all kinds of harsh words on his mouth, but he is just bullying his father, who is a scholar, and will not refute.

And the second room is going to move? !

Yuan Chun was shocked by this news.

That day when she announced that she was going to be a concubine, Wang was sure that the old lady would terminate the exchange of two rooms, so she didn't mention it to her daughter at all.

Today he was even dizzy, the second room was in a mess, who would tell Yuan Chun about this.

Jia Zheng's voice was full of resentment: "Brother! Seniors and children are orderly. Yuanchun's marriage is uncertain, so it will be Yingchun's turn. Besides, Yingchun is..."

Before he could say the word concubine, Jia Amnesty interrupted him first.

"Why, everyone's children and girls are raised in the same way, and the second brother is here to provoke me to come here? What's more, the four words of seniority and order, since the second brother can say it, he must do it. After all these years you have lived Looking at the Rongxi Hall, is the order of the elders and younger ones?"

Jia Zheng was obviously choked.

Jia She continued to work hard: "Besides, even if the girls want to marry in order, they have to be careful, pay attention to..." Jia She finally remembered the vocabulary: "It's all about rights and interests! Yes, that's it. Yuan Chun is now 26 years old. Can marriage be made easy? If Yingchun just waits blindly, what if it also delays her age?"

Yuan Chun's fingertips were cold, and he picked up the hot tea and took a sip, only to feel like drinking charcoal fire, a line of fire went from her mouth and tongue all the way to her stomach, burning her internal organs ached.

Jia Min knew that Yuanchun had arrived when Yuanyang heard it.

So at this time, I didn't stop seeing Jia's amnesty and Jia's political debate—let Yuan Chun listen to it, and have a clear understanding of the second room and his current status, so as not to expect too much and cause troubles.

Jia Min's hatred lasted a long time, and she couldn't have a good impression of anyone in the second room.

Although Yuan Chun has her pitiful features, Jia Min doesn't take it to heart.If the second room could find a good marriage for her, she wouldn't bother to care about it, and the dowry would come according to the government.

But if Erfang wants to make up his own mind, wants to show his face to Yuan Chun and ask for a generous dowry, that's a dream.

Jia Zheng said that he could not accept Jia Amnesty, so he had to look up at the person sitting above him.

"Mother, girl Yuan was wronged. Mother wanted her to enter the palace back then..."

Jia Min frowned, and then said: "Why, when you entered the palace, your husband and wife were very happy. As for Yuan Chun being able to be a female official in front of the Queen Mother, I went to Concubine Zhen Gui to make sense of it. Today I regret it ?"

When Yuanchun entered the palace, it was not the 56-year-old Taishang Huang who ran there.

And the prince in his twenties at that time.

I want to be a female official for a few years, and then be given to the crown prince by the elders. Naturally, the status is different from that of ordinary concubines. In the future, I will also be the emperor's concubine.

It is also Yuanchun's luck.

The empress at that time, who is now the empress dowager, has always had a dignified and indifferent disposition. She only takes care of the affairs of the princes and never interferes, so she has never done this.Even more because of the strict rules, Yuan Chun couldn't find a chance to fall in love with the prince at first sight.

It is precisely because of this that Yuanchun can be safe, otherwise he will be surrounded with the deposed prince and live a life that would be worse than death.

I heard that the deposed prince is now like a madman, with a violent temperament, and he beats the servants to death at every turn.Except for the main concubine and the children, even the side concubines are hard to keep safe.

Every time the news reached the palace, the Supreme Emperor would be angry again.

Jia Min looked at Jia Zheng coldly: "Now that Yuan Chun can leave the palace safely, it is a great fortune! If you still have shortcomings in your hearts, I can't help it. As for Yuan girl, I dare not keep her! In case she gets married in the future, If life is not going well for a while, you husband and wife will come to blame me, it's just because I said marriage!"

Jia Zheng broke out in a cold sweat: "Mother, my son doesn't mean that."

Jia She tutted twice: "Second brother, you are taking your mother for a fool. If your daughter is promising, it will be your second wife, and if it is unlucky, it will be your mother's. It's a good plan!"

Jia Min pointed at him: "You don't have to say a few words. Now that you have time to fight here, why don't you go back and watch people pack up their things. It's only a few steps away. Is it necessary to procrastinate between the two rooms? "

Jia Amnesty was used to being taught by Jia's mother in the past, but none of the lessons was as pleasant as this time.

He apologized and said with a smile: "What mother said is true, what she said is very true. My son will go back and pack up his things, and make sure everything is in order tomorrow morning!"

Jia Min rubbed his forehead as a gesture, and turned a blind eye to Jia Zheng who was stunned: "Okay, let's all go. Today's incident with Yuan girl made me very tired."

Jia Amnesty refused to keep Jia Zheng, for fear that if he continued to pester the old lady, his success would fall short.So he couldn't help saying that Jia Zheng was offended and left.

Seeing that both of them had left, Jia Min smiled slightly and nodded to Yuanyang.

Yuanyang invited Yuan Chun briskly.

--

Yuan Chun's heart was cold.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng didn't know he was there, but the ancestors definitely knew.But she still let her hear these words, and later said that she didn't dare to take care of her marriage, just for her to hear.

On the way Yuanchun came from Wang's place, he still had a lot of things to say.

I wanted to remind my ancestors of their love back then, and talk about their longing for these years, and finally stayed with Jia Mu.

She understood that at her age, marriage might be difficult.Because of the difficulty, there will be a world of difference between the intentions and carelessness of the family.

She had the confidence to think that her grandmother loved her granddaughter the most.

But now... Yuan Chun's eyes are filled with sadness and chills.

Just because he came out of the palace, the old ancestor felt that he was useless, not only did not think about himself, but tried his best to find a good marriage for himself.He actually let go of his hands and left him as a hot potato to his parents.

I don't even think about it, who made the decision for me back then, and had to enter the palace as a female official to delay until now.

If she became the emperor's concubine, the old lady would definitely rely on her power to domineering, but now that she didn't, she was so cruel that she didn't care.

If Jia Min could hear Yuan Chun's inner voice, he would definitely laugh.

Some people are like this, taking other people’s help for granted. If the effect of others’ help is not good enough, and they are not enough to dedicate themselves to pieces, they will complain instead: What, I can’t help at all.They are all a family, why can't you work harder for me, why can't you be my stepping stone?

Typical vampire psychology.

But now Jia Min doesn't know what Yuan Chun thinks, and she doesn't care.

She just wanted to squeeze out the whole second room, and find a good time to separate the family in the future.

Yuan Chun walked to the main hall.

Because of what she said just now, she couldn't follow the flow of her idea, so she went to the old lady to act coquettishly and weep.So I just took out the rules and kowtowed to my grandmother.

To her surprise, the grandmother didn't feel distressed and asked someone to help her up quickly, so as to comfort her pain.

The resentment in Yuan Chun's heart increased from three points to five points.

Jia Min looked at the eldest niece: Huh?After entering the palace for ten years, not to mention progress, how could he also wear away the aura at home?In addition to being more beautiful, Yuan Chun's temperament as a noble lady has disappeared. If she didn't look at her face, she would be no different from an ordinary maid.

I have to say that the empress dowager can take care of people.

Jia Min sighed: She also has no children as her stepmother. The whole world knows what kind of life Empress Yang lived, but the Empress Dowager was respected by the Supreme Emperor in every possible way. The son's concubine is very honest, no one dares to be a monster in her face.

This is a personal matter.

"It's good to be back." Jia Min picked up the tea and took a sip: "Although you just came back from the palace, there is nothing to clean up. But since your mother is sick, you can help her clean up. Tomorrow, your two rooms In exchange, it's not easy to make a fuss."

Yuan Chun, who had just stood up after kneeling and was about to sit down and talk in detail, couldn't help being stunned: what does the old lady mean by driving her away?

Repeatedly not following the routine she had set, coupled with the sight of her mother fainting today, the quarrel between her father and uncle, and most importantly, her own grievances, the last rationality in Yuan Chun's heart was burned out. .

There were two lines of tears in her eyes: "Grandmother, is it because I was sent back to the mansion and not made a concubine, so you think I am useless? You don't even want to see me?"

Yuanyang couldn't help but pause for Jia Min's hand to add water.

It's a big hat that is disgraceful and dissatisfied with the royal family.

Jia Min looked at Yuan Chun's face.

Three months ago, she came to Rongguo Mansion.At that time, if you wanted to let Mrs. Xing in as the housekeeper, you had to pretend to praise Mrs. Wang and block her with words if you wanted to cause trouble for Mrs. Wang.

Because at that time, she couldn't control the Rongguo Mansion, and if she was not careful, she would be ostracized and plotted against.

But now, three months have passed.

All the people who hold real power in Rongguo Mansion belong to her.

For the second room, she doesn't want it, and she doesn't need to make false claims anymore.

Yuan Chun was still crying, and the crying was extremely desolate: "Old lady, my granddaughter grew up under your knees, if you really dislike me and think I'm useless, then tell me..."

"Yes, you are useless."

Yuan Chun's crying stopped abruptly, with tears on her face, she stared blankly at the old lady who was unfamiliar to her.

how come?

Grandma has always liked the harmony of her children and grandchildren the most, and she also likes people to coquettishly praise her around her, saying that she is kind.That's why she retreated into advance and made a pitiful appearance, coaxing the old lady to soften her heart, and at the same time telling Jia Mu not to treat her badly, otherwise she would look down on her and be dissatisfied with Tian's family.

But what did the old lady just say?

As if she was afraid that she would not hear, Jia Min repeated: "You are really useless."

Then he stretched out his hand to hold the hand of Yuanyang who was so surprised that he was about to pour out the tea.

Jia Min's tone was light, as if he was discussing whether today's steamed stuffed buns are good or not: "Yuanchun. You should know the situation in the mansion. Although it is the mansion of the Duke, there is no one in the court. It is not considered a capital city where nobles are everywhere. What to do. So there is not much that the mansion can do, at most it is to give you a step up, and the rest is up to you. So when you enter the palace, you can only be a female official, just like your younger brother, who enters the palace as a companion. Became the accompanying reading of the Fifth Prince."

"This starting point cannot be said to be high, but it is not low compared to many others. In ten years, you have achieved nothing by yourself. Isn't it useless?"

If there is really a string of reason in the human mind, Yuanyang swears, she can hear Yuan Chun's string break.

She looked at Jiamu with red eyes and said, "Grandmother! Do you know how difficult it is to be around the empress dowager? I can only follow the rules and be a female official! If you really want to do my best, why didn't you ask Concubine Zhengui to let me go?" By the side of several concubines who have princes, or Concubine Zhen Gui herself has princes, it's fine to follow her, why do you want to be with the empress dowager who has no children at her knees!"

In that case, at worst, she would be the side concubine of the palace!Not for nothing.

Yuanyang thought in his heart: Hey, Shi Taijun opened the harem, and he can also control the female officials.

She couldn't help but want to ask.

Jia Min waved his hand lightly, signaling that Yuanyang didn't need it, and then looked at Yuan Chun with great interest: "If it weren't for the current emperor, the birth mother of Prince Xun, Concubine Liu, passed away early, would you still blame me today for not being able to open your eyes?" , put you next to Concubine Liu, so that you are now a noble imperial concubine, right?"

Yuan Chun choked.

After meeting Jia Min's gaze, he became even more angry.

She is familiar with Jia Min's eyes. The nobles in the palace look at their birds or cats and dogs barking like this!

Jia Min's tone was still unhurried: "Yuan Chun. How do you know that I never asked Concubine Zhen Gui to put you by her side?"

Yuanchun was struck by lightning.

Jia Min's voice was obviously very soft, but it hit her head like thunder: "Unfortunately, she declined and put you in front of the empress dowager. You understand what this means."

Understand?

Yuan Chun understands.

Jia's family sent their daughter to the palace, even bringing along the servant girl, who didn't know what they came for, and they definitely didn't just enter the palace to be a female official.

The Zhen family and the Jia family have been friends for generations, and with an identity like Shi Taijun personally begging to come to the door, Concubine Zhen Gui had to give face.

But he still refused to keep Yuanchun by himself.

What does it mean? It means that she doesn't like Yuan Chun!Refuse to give my son!

She knew what the Jia family was thinking. If she couldn't reach the prince, she would definitely find a prince's mansion for her daughter, so Princess Zhengui prevented Yuan Chun from coming to her son's side early on.

Yuan Chun figured it out in an instant, almost as if he had received two slaps on the face.

She couldn't help but said: "King Rui is so ridiculous..."

After the prince was abolished to seek rebellion, the Supreme Emperor would rather choose King Xun whose biological mother died young to ascend the throne, rather than hand over the throne to King Rui, the son of Concubine Zhen Gui.

Concubine Zhen Gui herself has no objection to this, and she doesn't even have the idea of ​​arguing.

It was because King Rui was so ineffective.

All his cleverness was spent on eating, drinking and enjoying himself, and later he added many lawless and ridiculous habits.

It is said that King Rui once took people to dig a lot of unowned graves at the mass graves in the middle of the night just for fun, and the news spread to the palace, which really drove the emperor to death.

Anyway, King Rui's absurdity is due to such things as kicking widows' doors and digging up family graves.Every time the Taishanghuang thinks that he still has such a son, he feels bad.

But just like that, Concubine Zhen Gui dared to look down on her and refused to be the side concubine of King Rui? !

Yuan Chun almost vomited blood.

Jia Min seemed unable to see her ugliness and anger, but blew on the tea lightly, and said to Yuanyang: "This new old Gongmei, send two cans to Yu'er."

This is what Xin Hong entrusted Fan Yunyi to send. It is a kind of white tea with jujube flavor. The tea soup is mellow and fragrant. It is also a tribute this year.Xin Hongcheng got a total of four cans, and sent four cans to Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Min didn't know what he was thinking, and thought it was a friendly exchange between the alliance.

Such a good thing, of course, be close to my daughter first.It's just that Daiyu has to drink medicines to nourish and has limited tea on weekdays, so she gave two cans.

Yuanyang agreed, and ignored Yuan Chun, who was standing in a daze on the ground, and went inside to take out two glass bottles from the box.

In this day and age, glass is still a rarity.It is also considered a luxury to hold tea.

Yuan Chun's attitude of ignoring her existence and Jia Min's understatement made her almost untenable.

Seeing the mandarin ducks, he was going to deliver things, and he couldn't bear it: in case he lost his composure, how about the mandarin ducks as a joke for others to hear!

So she softened her posture and knelt on the ground: "Grandmother, please show some dignity to your granddaughter!"

The mandarin duck that was half gone: ...

Why is this matter not over yet? From picking up the teacup, the old lady ordered herself to deliver tea to Miss Lin—this kind of performance of closing the door to see off guests is already obvious.After all, Yuan Chun was someone who had been in the palace for ten years, so he could definitely tell why a new round of crying had started.

Jia Min was also annoyed: "You just returned home today, so you're bound to be a little delirious, you go, I'll just pretend it's nothing."

Yuan Chun wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and there were already spots of tears on the lake blue brocade dress.

"Grandmother, my granddaughter is so dull that she can't figure out what Concubine Zhen Gui means. It's just that grandma, my granddaughter was young and ignorant. Since grandma saw through it from the beginning, why didn't she ask for grace for her granddaughter and let her out to marry? By the age of 26...Since what happened in the past can no longer be changed, I am out of the palace now, grandma, you should also take my life seriously."

The mandarin ducks were amazed.

This is dependent on it, isn't it, this is it!

She couldn't help it anymore, and said directly: "Miss, the palace is not a vegetable market, and people can choose to go in and out. The old lady begged for the grace of Concubine Zhengui for you back then. It is your good fortune to be served by the empress dowager, how can you continue to ask for grace to leave the palace? Doesn't this make people feel that the family disrespects the empress dowager and refuses to ask their daughter to serve the empress dowager? What a crime!"

She took a breath and continued her efforts: "Furthermore, according to the Shan Mansion, two of the maids serving the Empress Dowager have been given marriages to the imperial guards by the Empress Dowager in recent years, and now one of them has become the wife of a third-rank general. .Why do you only have a hundred taels of gold to leave the palace? Could it be the old lady's fault? Why do you still have to be responsible for you for life?"

Who can blame the empress dowager who can't hold her thighs when she is brought to her.

Yuan Chun was stunned, and said angrily: "You are a servant girl, and you deserve to talk about your master!"

Jia Min's face darkened at this point: "Presumptuousness, where have you learned the rules? The maid in front of the elders can teach the young master, let alone what Yuanyang said is right, even if she taught you wrong, it is up to me." Let's deal with it. If you go to the palace, not to mention progress, but even more regress!"

Yuanyang also got angry for a while before telling the truth and hating Yuanchun, thinking it was a crime, so she couldn't help sticking out her tongue secretly at this time, and quickly slipped away with tea.

Yuan Chun was already kneeling, but now he couldn't bear it any longer, and fell on the ground sobbing and crying.

For the past month, she has been dreaming of becoming an imperial concubine, but now that she has fallen from the clouds, even a lowly family girl can insult her.

Before Jia Min could speak, Hu Po carefully knocked on the door outside: "Old lady, Second Mistress is here to greet you."

Jia Min raised her eyebrows slightly: "Tell her to come in."

She was really tired of Jia Yuanchun, and Wang Xifeng came just in time.