37 years old, I became a harem concubine

"Madam..." Qingzi called him in a low voice, holding a heart.

"Whatever he does, the whole Chen Mansion belongs to him. If I want to come, I can't stop it, and if I want to leave, I won't stay." Shen Huan went straight into the inner room, wrapped in a quilt and facing the wall.

Chen Fangyue also followed in, and opened his arms to ask him to take off his clothes.

Qingzi looked at Shen Huan, gritted her teeth and knelt down: "My lord, Ma'am, he is not in good health yet, Dr. Su has repeatedly told him to rest."

"Wow—"

Shen Huan suddenly lifted the quilt and stood up: "Qingzi back down."

"...Yes, ma'am." She said she was retreating, but for the convenience of serving, she only retreated to the partition between the inner room and the outer room.

Shen Huan looked at Chen Fangyue: "I don't want to see you right now. Whenever I see you, I think of Huan'er and many unhappy things."

Chen Fangyue lowered his raised hand and put his back behind his back: "I am your husband."

Shen Huan shook her head, "You are a liar."

"Shen Huan!" Chen Fangyue suddenly said, "Speak carefully."

The wind outside the house has stopped, and occasionally a few small insects hide in the corners, squeaking and screaming.

Shen Huan turned around and lay on the bed, holding in her arms the pine green pillow that she sewed together with the nanny, her back to Chen Fangyue.

He didn't want to see him, didn't want to hear his voice.

After a while, there were footsteps in the room, Shen Huan threw away the pillow in her arms, looked at the empty room, and called Qingzi in a raised voice: "Where did the nanny go, I didn't see her today."

"Return to Madam, the shopkeepers of Baocui Building and Nishang Pavilion came early this morning. Seeing that you are still asleep, the nanny told me not to disturb you, and went out with the two of you."

Baocui Building and Nishang Pavilion were originally the dowry of Shen Huan's mother, but after Shen Huan married Chen Fangyue, they were transferred to his name.

Both of them are time-honored brands with hundreds of years of history, and they need more than 1000 taels of clean money every month. They are the ones that Shen Huan earns the most. thing.

Just as she was thinking about it, the nanny came back suddenly, and handed the account book to Shen Huan with a sullen face: "Madam, please take a look, no matter what, Ms. Guan Miaoyi will move the whole Baocuilou Nishang Pavilion to her room. "

Shen Huan took the ledger and flipped through it.

On the [-]th day of the sixth month, at the beginning of time, a pair of white jade ear pendants and a pair of white jade inlaid gold silk orchid hairpins were taken away.

On the [-]th of June, when the time was confirmed, a pair of jadeite bracelets was taken away.

At noon on June 21st, take away a butterfly hairpin...

Looking at the Nishang Building, it's similar to Baocui Building. It's not cheap to take away one or two things every few days.

The nanny said: "The two shopkeepers settled the accounts. Ms. Miaoyi took 950 taels from Baocui Building and 92 taels from Nishang Pavilion. This month's profit is enough to post."

When the nanny checked the accounts, she almost died of anger. She never expected that Chen Miaoyi, who is usually silent, would be so greedy. When she went there, she met the maid beside Chen Miaoyi, and she arrogantly told the people in Baocuilou that You have to pick the top, and the people in Baocuilou should not be fooled, her master is not easy to get along with.

He took Baocui Building as his own room.

The nanny said: "Ma'am, you have to take care of this matter. Now she is the only one. If other people in the house follow suit, I'm afraid you will not be enough to pay a few thousand taels a month."

Shen Huan asked Qingzi: "What have Miss Miaoyi and Ting Fanghuiru been doing in the past few days?"

"Since Aunt Zhou entered the old man's courtyard, she no longer has time to teach Miss Miaoyi and Miss Tingfang, Miss Huiru. Just now, the slaves went to find the maids to do something, and the second wife asked the slaves how to teach the ladies. Do it, do you want to hire another foster nun, I haven't had time to report this to my wife yet."

"There must be a regulation for this matter," Shen Huan got up, "Let's go, go and see how the girls are learning the rules."

"Nurse, bring the account book."

When Shen Huan went out, there were usually four maids and two servants behind her. The nanny and Qingzi were on the left and Qingzi was on the right, and Qingzi was holding an umbrella.

Autumn has just entered, the sun is still a little hot at noon, the sun shines through the branches and leaves and falls on the umbrella surface painted with green mountains and green waters.

Although Chen Miaoyi was raised under Shen Huan's knees, Shen Huan did not stop her from interacting with her biological mother, so she stayed with Aunt Luo most of the time.

When she entered the yard, the two maidservants were twirling, and when they saw someone coming, they hurriedly saluted: "Greetings to the old lady."

"Get up, is Miss Miaoyi here?"

"Yes." A servant girl replied, and another servant girl turned to report.

Shen Huan raised her hand: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome." A few maids and servants stood outside, leading the servants and servants into the room.

The three of them had just stepped into the threshold when a voice came from inside: "Mother, this looks good, give it a try, does it really suit you?"

"Miaoyi, aunt, aunt is not used to it."

"Is there anything you're not used to? Why can't you use what the old lady can use? When I enter the palace, your good days will be in the future."

Shen Huan stood at the threshold, the nanny frowned and coughed heavily, Aunt Luo and Chen Miaoyi who were talking stood up abruptly, a gold bracelet on the table rolled to Shen Huan's feet.

Shen Huan picked up the bracelet, put it in her hand and looked at it, the golden bracelet engraved with wishful patterns was in excellent condition and was shining.

"Mrs……"

Shen Huan put the bracelet back on the table, looked at the golden hairpin on Aunt Luo's hair, "Baocuilou's craftsmanship can be regarded as one of the best in the capital. Just talking about the Ruyi pattern on the gold ring, there are some sayings. .”

"Miaoyi made a good choice."

Chen Miaoyi's expression froze, and then she walked up to him with a smile: "My wife also said yes, then it will prove to be true. It finally fulfills my intention of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha."

She was full of enthusiasm, holding a golden ring: "My daughter is raised under my wife's knees, and I depend on my wife to follow the Buddha for food and clothing. Although I want to repay one or two things, I don't have anything, and I can't give a decent gift."

"Fortunately, my wife drew the curtain and let me go to Baocui Building and Nishang Pavilion to pick things up. I saw this golden ring at a glance, and thought it was perfect for my wife, so I asked for it with the cheek, and prepared to give it to my wife."

Aunt Luo blinked, looking at her daughter as if floating in the air.

Shen Huan flipped through the account book she brought: "So it was all for me. It just so happens that I brought a lot of people today, so take them all back."

"Haruko, check it out."

"Yes."

"A pair of white jade ear pendants, a pair of white jade inlaid silk orchid hairpins, a pair of emerald bracelets, a butterfly hairpin, a pair of pearl necklaces, and a pair of agate ear beads..."

Chen Miaoyi clutched her skirt tightly, listening to Qingzi's voice: "Madam, you... what do you mean..."

"Miaoyi is not a stupid person, and since she was a child she learned how to read and write with a female teacher, so she must know how to write the two characters "full and full."

"There are more than a dozen female family members in the Chen family. If all of them are like Miaoyi, how can they live?"

After closing the ledger and putting it on the table, Shen Huan looked at Chen Miaoyi.

Chen Miaoyi didn't hear what he said at all, all she was thinking about were those things that would be taken back, she gritted her teeth: "Is this really what the old lady wants to do? I'm going to participate in the audition soon, and when I enter the palace, I will be a concubine in the palace. The old lady is not afraid of chilling my heart."

Shen Huan was a little surprised that this cheap daughter who was respectful to her on weekdays could actually say these words: "You are thinking about it, your surname is Chen, what will happen in the future, if you want to leak something from your nails, it is also for you!" What does the Chen family have to do with my old lady surnamed Shen?"

"Get your stuff, let's go."

Shen Huan was too lazy to talk to her, so Qingzi called the outsiders in, stared at Aunt Luo to find everything on the bill, and left in a mighty way.

Aunt Luo, who has long been like a quail, took Chen Miaoyi's hand: "If Auntie knows that you brought those things to your wife, you will send them back to your wife no matter what, how brave are you to do such a thing?" .”

"Mom, I told you not to call yourself aunt in front of me!"

Aunt Luo shrank her shoulders when her daughter yelled at her: "I was originally my aunt, and my wife is your mother. You can't be without dignity."

Chen Miaoyi waved her hand suddenly, and the things on the table fell to the ground.

"As long as you have a little bit of his skills, how can you not even get close to your father after all these years, and send me to be his daughter?"

Aunt Luo muttered in a low voice: "I was originally my mother's maid. If my wife hadn't given birth for a few years, she wouldn't give me a face and be my aunt. What's wrong with being your wife's daughter? If you wear something useful, everyone in the house will look at you highly."

"Stop it!" Chen Miaoyi hated her words so much, "Do you think he treats me so well, he just throws some leftovers to me, how nice he is on weekdays, but he just took a few pieces I just chase after the door to ask for things, and my eyelids are so small."

Aunt Luo couldn't talk to her, so she squatted down to pick up the things on the ground.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, let alone a palm-sized place like Chen's Mansion. In just one day, everyone in the mansion knew about Shen Huan's going to Aunt Luo to get things, and some rumors spread everywhere.

Wherever Chen Miaoyi went, those gossips followed, and no one said them in front of her face, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was gossiping.

Chen Miaoyi was so angry that she simply locked herself in the room and waited for the draft.

And Yan Shi closed the door and recited a curse to the two daughters: "Don't learn from your sister-in-law, who did such a scandal before she was out of the court, and who would dare to come to ask for marriage if she was known."

She has always been aggressive, Chen Tingfang and Chen Huiru didn't even dare to show their air in front of her, they replied yes.

Seeing their petty looks, Yan couldn't help but get angry: "The mosquitoes are buzzing, they can't talk!"

"Mom, we all heard clearly."

"That's right, come on, give your mother a salute to open your eyes."

Chen Tingfang, Chen Huiru, you look at me, I look at you, following the standard palace etiquette.

Yan Shi was so happy that she couldn't find Bei, she patted her thigh: "Okay, okay, your father and I are just looking at you two sisters to save face."

"By the way, you two sisters have to go to the old lady to learn the rules."

It's related to whether I will live a good life or a bad life in the future. After talking to the two daughters, Yan went to the old lady, and when he entered the house, he said anxiously: "Ma'am, Ting Fanghuiru can't see it now." They are about to participate in the draft, and no one taught them how to behave, so what should they do?"

Shen Huan was discussing autumn clothes with her nanny Qingzi. Qingzi was still holding a piece of silver-red satin in her hand, gesturing at him, and she was startled by her.

Yan's pug clung to it like a pug: "This color is really bright. I haven't seen my wife wear it yet. It must look good wearing it."

Looking again, Shen Huan is wearing a string of jadeite bracelets with a good head on her wrist, and a pair of white jade earrings on her ears. They are all bright things that I have never seen on him, which makes him look younger. It is said that it is 24 five, and some people believe it.

Yan Shi was dumbfounded, and said in a daze: "Outside, I always hear people say that someone's daughter looks better than Xi Shi. They have never seen an old lady. What Xi Shi and Dong Shi are definitely not as good as you."

Shen Huan has a little hobby, like bright and pretty colors.

But as soon as he entered the mansion, he was the old lady of Chen's mansion, and he could only put those things under the box because of his identity, and he wore either old green or old blue, or else black.

Today, the case of Nishang Pavilion sent a new pattern, and I built a few horses of new material imported from Hangzhou, and tried the colors for a while, who knew that Yan Shi would barge in.

Shen Huan winked silently and told Qingzi to put away her things and sit upright on the kang: "There are many beautiful women in Beijing, but there are few nuns, and you won't be able to find a suitable one for a while."

Yan patted her thigh: "I think Aunt Zhou is pretty good. I've seen her apostle Fang Huiru, she looks pretty good."

"She is already in your elder brother's house, and she just lost a child, so it's not easy to call her again."

"I just went to see her yesterday. She is well-trained. I mentioned this to her, but she didn't refuse."

Shen Huan was speechless to the second daughter-in-law, you have already talked with me, and you came to me just to clear the way.

He said: "Since both of you are willing, I have nothing to say."

"Hey, I have to tell my wife that Aunt Zhou was agreed by my wife to come into the mansion, and she is also considered one of yours. I don't dare to order her around casually."

Yan Shi laughed so hard that the lines at the corners of his eyes couldn't be covered, suddenly remembered something, took out a handkerchief folded squarely from his bosom, opened it and took out a sachet.

"My craftsmanship is rough, and I can only embroider like this after more than half a month of embroidery. Madam, please don't dislike it."

The craftsmanship is really rough, a green pine and two white cranes are embroidered in a rigid and lifeless way.

Shen Huan took it and stroked the embroidery patterns on it: "I have a heart."

"My wife likes it. I'll embroider a forehead for you again. It's getting cold, so wear a windbreaker."

She didn't expect that her skills could still be recognized by the old lady, and Yan Shi was very excited.

She is not someone like Chen Miaoyi. She knows that although the old lady doesn't interfere with the affairs of the house, she has no bad intentions and treats everyone the same.

That is to say, relying on the old lady's attitude of treating everyone equally, the eldest and third housekeepers dare not go too far, otherwise, relying on the master who has achieved nothing and her mother's decline, she has long been so oppressed that she dare not breathe.

Reciprocating, Yan Shi really has a bit of admiration for the old lady.

When Shen Huan heard that she still wanted to embroider for herself, she paused: "There will be a talent show in a few days, so hurry up and find Aunt Zhou."

"Yes, I'll go right away."

After leaving the Minghui Hall, Yan Shi was also happy that even the old ladies could like his handicrafts. His fat and puffy body turned around flexibly, and he arrived at Aunt Zhou's yard.

Aunt Zhou was loved by Chen Ping, and she lived in a wing on the west side, with four servant girls waiting in front of her.

Yan Shi went in and said what the old lady meant: "Ting Fang Huiru and the two sisters are bothering you."

"Thanks to the old lady and you for not dislike." Zhou Lan, who has become an aunt, is wearing a woman's dress. She just had a miscarriage a few days ago, her face is a little unhealthy gray, but she is even more charming and charming, she is a very beautiful woman.

Yan sighed inwardly, as for His Majesty today, he is particular about never being lucky with slaves, otherwise, with Zhou Lan's appearance, how could it be possible to enter the palace without even getting a nobleman.

If Tingfang Huiru had her figure, the road ahead would be much smoother.

Thinking of this, the Yan family despises the men of the Chen family. None of them are good-looking. It's okay for the daughter to look like her mother, but it's okay for her to look like her father. None of them can be called beautiful.

Zhou Lan began to teach the girls how to behave again. For the first two days, there was only Ting Fanghuiru, and then Chen Miaoyi, who locked herself in the room, also came in.

In a few more days, the day of the draft arrived.

The whole Chen family is concerned about this matter, this is the best time to establish a relationship with the palace, the opportunity to reach the sky in one step is close at hand.

Grandma Chen and Grandma Chen San ardently presented hairpins and rings to the three girls, and talked with Yan Shi and Aunt Luo, while Shen Huangao sat on it.

Not long after I said that, the servant girl brought the three of them in to say goodbye.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the draftsmen must wear uniforms and comb their hair.

The three of them are all beautiful women who haven't been selected yet, so they comb their hair with the younger ones. One of Chen Tingfang and Chen Huiru wears pink beaded flowers and the other wears light green beaded flowers. The Qi robes are also the same color.

Chen Miaoyi is different, although she combs her hair small, she wears quite a lot. There are two pearl flowers on the left and one on the right. On the left is a peach red silk flower, and there is a jade bracelet on each wrist.

Dressed in a moon-white cheongsam, with feet on the bottom of a flower pot, she is slender and jade-like, with weak willows blowing in the wind, she is a delicate and beautiful woman.