[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Zhao Guiwu didn't dare to rush in to disturb the saint's love affair. He reported the news from the palace that the Supreme Emperor rolled down from the collapse and was injured.

Tu Yuanyi couldn't help being startled, the Taishang Emperor's re-paralysis last time was naturally his hands and feet, pressing on his acupoints also brought in some yin force that hindered smooth flow.But he just didn't want the Supreme Emperor to interfere in the government, not to kill him.Firstly, he still thinks about human relations, and secondly, even though the Supreme Emperor has selfish intentions towards him, it is undeniable that he passed on the throne to him.

After a brief lunch in the afternoon, Tu Yuanyi got up and drove back to the palace. He didn't go back to the palace in full ceremonial guard, but rode back with Jin Yiwei himself.He liked it so much when he traveled for a short time, and this style brought him closer to the samurai in his hands, making them more loyal and not wasting money.

Tu Yuanyi himself ended his vacation, of course Xing Xiuyan couldn't stay in Xiuyuan, this is a palace after all.

He Hui, the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei's right army, was appointed to personally escort her back to the city in Weifu, and then returned to the inner city in a bumpy ride.

Her hairpin was already crooked, she leaned against the side of the car, quietly watching the scenery on the street, seeing that Mother Zhao was also a bone that was about to fall apart and couldn't care about her.

Suddenly he felt that the carriage stopped in the middle of the road. It turned out that he had reached a crossroads, and there was a group of officials and family members on the other road who were also heading towards the west city.When Xing Xiuyan went there, there were two carriages and ten Jinyiwei riders plus Su Qing and Zhao Quan had a total of twelve riders, but now there were three carriages, plus a cart of things brought by the palace, but there were twenty Jinyiwei riders, but it was still impressive vast.The ancients cared very much about ranking, and it was a symbol of status, just like the seating of modern leaders.

He Hui waited for them to give in with a cold face. Jinyiwei was born with a hint of arrogance of the emperor's guard, especially Tu Yuanyi who favored Jinyiwei very much in recent years and spent a lot of effort building it.

But I saw that the other party sent someone to negotiate. He was a man in his forties.

"Everyone is invited. I am an official of Lord Jiandian Wang's residence in Nine Provinces. I will go to Tiekan Temple to pay homage to the Buddha and return to the residence. I don't want to delay everyone's journey."

He Hui just said indifferently: "It's easy to say, I'm going to hurry, so please wait at Mr. Wang's house. We only have about twenty riders, and we will drive there soon."

The steward of the Wang family couldn't help being startled. Wang Ziteng's current official position is not small. The Wang family did not join the rebellion when Prince Lian conspired against him, and Wang Ziteng also has some talents. Tu Yuanyi has now held the imperial guards in the Beijing camp. Jiedushi is also his confidant, not afraid of not being able to control Wang Ziteng, he is short of people, so naturally he keeps him instead of wanting him to die so early.

How can Jin Yiwei put foreign ministers and officials in his eyes, the person he is protecting is a nobleman, the heart of a saint is sharp.He has been a Jinyiwei for five years, and even the empress in the harem can't handle the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factory. host.

But this one is different. When Sima Xiao supervised the ministers in the south of the Yangtze River, he still had the task of guarding and taking orders from her.

The steward of the Wang family went back and talked to his own family, and his own family went to report to his wife. Mrs. Wang Ziteng was only surprised when she heard this, but Wang Xiluan was annoyed: "Which family is so powerful that you dare not take us seriously?"

Wang Xiyan did not dare to be so arrogant. Her biological mother died early and was raised under her wife's knees since she was a child. After all, she is a concubine.Wang Ziteng has no children, so he only has these two daughters. Mrs. Wang Ziteng has no confidence if she has no children, so she still loves this bastard.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng said: "Luaner, the capital is full of dignitaries, we may not be the best people, so don't be rampant."

As he spoke, he ordered someone to step aside, but Wang Xiluan told the manager that he would secretly follow the other party to find out where the other party came from, and dared to tell them to wait.

All this, Xing Xiuyan sat in the carriage and didn't show up, so he doesn't know yet.

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But it was said that Xing Xiuyan returned to the west courtyard as soon as she returned to the Xing mansion, and the other two nuns and the two remaining maidservants had already prepared for her to wash and change clothes, so they told the master and wife to prepare dinner in the main courtyard.

Xing Xiuyan ordered Zhao, Nanny Cui, Ziyue, and Xuejue to rest on their own, and took Qingxuan, Jinyao, Nanny Wang, Nanny Zhang and four second-class girls to the main hall. hospital.

There were only three masters in the Xing family, and Xing Zhong finally got an official position. He was afraid of making a wrong move because he was inexperienced. Yes, I don't like luxury.

Mrs. Xing and Li used to know how to live carefully and carefully. Now, with the guidance of Mrs. Yun and Mr. Chen Yan's wife, Mrs. Yin, she looks decent.There are two big maids and four second-class maids around her, and the other ones are the little maids and the nurse who looks after the yard, and the seven housekeepers in the mansion also obey her orders and manage the farm.

On the contrary, Xing Xiuyan is the most luxurious person in the mansion. There are two servants in the palace, four court nuns, four maids, eight second-class, eight third-class, two housekeepers (one house is Qingxuan's) parents, Xue Jue’s parents in the first room), four wine sweepers, and two small kitchen cooks.There are also three old men guarding her private treasury, and there are eight new housekeepers outside, who are going to take care of the two villages she just acquired and the daughters' property of the two shops.

After Xing Xiuyan greeted her parents, Mrs. Xing Li also worried about her for two days, and took her hand and said, "How hard is the journey?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "It's not hard work, it's just a panic."

Mrs. Xing and Li knew that she was going to visit the saint, so she didn't want to ask more questions when she saw that there was a maid and nanny present, so she just took her to the dining table in the back hall and took a seat.

After the three of them had dinner, Mrs. Xing and Li went back to the house to talk with her daughter, and Xing Zhong went to find Master Chen again.

Mrs. Xingli sat down and retreated from the servants, and asked: "Can you see the saint, the empress, and the princess?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "This is when I went to the Lishan Palace, I only saw the sage, and he was on vacation there."

Xing Li said: "Did I only summon you?"

Of course Xing Xiuyan knew that there were no outsiders in the palace at that time, so there was something unspeakable about the reunion of their uncles and nephews.

But she said: "I don't know this, I was alone when I had an audience. I was cautious in the palace, the sage liked my calligraphy, I wrote a picture for him, and he was very pleased."

Mrs. Xing and Li thought about what happened to the young master and lady of the second room in the Rong Mansion two days ago, and even the misfortune of embroidery earlier, and said worriedly: "Yan'er's actions are too sharp, and I still need to remember the lesson from the past."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "This writing is different from the previous one. My original handwriting is exactly like a sage's imperial brush. The sage was lucky enough to give me his copybook. I practiced diligently. I have improved a lot in the past two years. I want to show him. Sure enough, the sage Long is very happy, just like his own disciples are promising."

Mrs. Xing Li calmed down a little, and said: "You have such good luck, it would be good for your father to be blessed. But if you can see the princess, princess and other nobles in the future, it should not be the same as when you were with sisters Dai and Hui. If you make a mistake, it’s not good to have too much blessing.”

Xing Xiuyan said: "My daughter can save it."

Mrs. Xingli took out another post and said: "The Shifu sent someone to send a post, inviting us to visit the mansion to enjoy the flowers and listen to the opera."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Fortunately, I came back early today, otherwise I would have missed it. I'm afraid the second and third sisters miss me too."

This is probably because Shi Zhang is careful and wants to open up contacts. Zhang comes from a noble family, and an elder brother of her natal family is still an official in Beijing. Shi Bai also has several officials who reached the fourth and fifth ranks in the same year, and there are some high-ranking officials. Three grades.There are three families of Xing, Shi, and Lin. Xing Li's family background is too low to have this ability, and Lin's family does not have a mistress now.

Xing Xiuyan thought about it again, seeing that it was early, she hurriedly asked Madam Yun to go to the scholar's mansion and send a message to Daiyu.Tomorrow, they will go to the scholar's mansion first, and then go to the stone mansion with her.When the female relatives go out to socialize, they are all women who go out with their unmarried daughters and sister-in-laws. Although Daiyu is the daughter of a bachelor, she is only an orphan, which is embarrassing to outsiders.

After talking for a while, each of them stopped to mention it.

But they said that the next day the two of them really went to the scholar's mansion to pick up Daiyu together. The daughter of a dignified scholar, of course, didn't have to rub the carriage of a fifth-rank official in the Xing family, but she was afraid that Daiyu would be embarrassed when she got off the carriage at the gate of Shi's house alone. , Xing Xiuyan went to rub her car with her.

In this way, without losing her noble status, it also shows that the foster mother of the Xing family took her out to socialize.

Sure enough, the door of the Shi family is full of distinguished guests. Although everyone avoided the Shi family at first, the Shi family is still there.Now the Prophet of Spring River Plumbing Duck, Emperor Qianyuan obviously wants to re-activate the Shi family.

The most important thing is that the Shi family has two good sons who are not yet married. Shi Rui was a Jinshi when he was young, and Shi Cong, who is [-] years old, is still in his hometown of Fujian, waiting for Qiu Wei.The Shi family has a good family style, Shi Bai only has one concubine, a maid who was taken in by the Shi Zhang family, but she has nothing to do, the backyard is very clean in the official family.

Back then, Lin Ruhai still had three concubines, but they dismissed them only because they thought they were about to die. In recent years, they have not hired maids. Firstly, he wants to maintain his health. Secondly, he still wants to continue to have a son. Thirdly, he takes a concubine for the housekeeper of his daughter Also embarrassing.

It was also rumored that the Shi family's son was very handsome, so the Shi Zhang family sent out a post, and besides Daiyu's family, the officials of the third-rank family with the highest official position also came.

Although the Shi family was opened, the current mansion is of course not as good as the scholar's mansion, and even the Xing mansion remodeled from the mansion of the fourth-rank official.But the grandmother and mother-in-law arranged meticulously to welcome the guests without losing everyone's style, and arrived at the second gate in a small sedan chair.

Then they took each other to the east and went around the corridor. There were also many officials and relatives in front and behind, who didn't know the mother and daughter of the Xing family and Daiyu.Seeing that the three of them were dressed in chic, elegant yet precious clothes, they just smiled.

After passing the veranda, we turned seven turns and eight turns to reach the back garden. I felt that the spring was beautiful, the fragrance was blowing, and there were many people singing and laughing.