[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

One is the prince's elder brother, and the other is a coat-coated slave, not to mention that the Xue family is not worthy to pay his respects on the eleventh, even if the old lady of Rongguo Mansion is here, it is not the turn of a prince's elder brother to pay his respects.

Looking at Xue Pan who led people in without knowing it, Zhou Yun was in a bad mood.

This is not right.

But after thinking about it, Zhou Yun became even more confused.

None of the prince's elder brothers has a shallow eyelid, and the little dividend the Xue family gets from the shop every year is not worthy of their condescension.So what can Brother Eleven do for Xue's family?

Zhou Yun, who was puzzled all the way, stopped when he followed Xue Pan and Shiyi to the inner courtyard. Looking at the backs of the two carrying them inside, he kept diverging his thoughts and coping with the Xue family's villa from time to time. The head is in charge.

Eleven didn’t come alone, and not everyone who came with Eleven could follow Eleven into the inner court. How to arrange the people brought by Eleven is something that Zhou Yun and the head of the Xue family need to take care of. thing.

Zhuangzi is not big and houses are limited, so Zhou Yun and others had to clean up four upside-down rooms for the guards and palace servants to rest for a while, then brought tea and snacks, and asked the people on the stove to prepare some meals to greet these people.

Those who come here in a rush for a meal must be useless.

After he was too busy to come to an end, Zhou Yun realized that Eleven had entered the inner house for nearly an hour.

I asked the waiters in the inner courtyard, and I knew that the eleventh class had already eaten.Zhou Yun thought for a while, then turned around and went to the palace servants again, intending to inquire about the news about the [-]th.

On the other hand, no one is as thoughtful as Zhou Yun, and the three members of the Xue family have a very pleasant contact with Eleven.

Eleven followed Xue Pan into the inner courtyard, and came to the main room where Aunt Xue and Zuo Xi lived, with an attitude like that of Erlang from an old friend's house, and he really gave Aunt Xue a half salute by clasping his fists.

Aunt Xue was a little slow to realize that it was Brother Eleven who was saluting herself, and immediately jumped up from the chair in fright.

Zuo Xi was also surprised.

Before Xue Pan and Brother Eleven came in, Zuo Xi was sitting under Aunt Xue, chatting with Aunt Xue about the dishes for lunch today.Seeing Xue Pan leading someone over, the girls in the inner courtyard didn't know how to report to the inside. Xue Pan and Shi Shi had already entered the house.

As soon as Xue Pan and Eleven entered the room, Zuo Xi, the younger sister, stood up from the chair, and before Aunt Xue could react, Eleven bowed down.

"Brother Xue and I hit it off right away, so I'll call you Auntie." Eleven said to Aunt Xue with a smile in his clear voice, "Auntie, don't be polite, just treat me as a child of an ordinary family."

Aunt Xue: I don't dare.

Shi Shi finished talking with Aunt Xue, then turned to look at Zuo Xi, and nodded with Zuo Xi with a deeper smile in his eyes, before asking Xue Pan, "Who is this?"

"This is my younger sister, whose baby name is Baochai."

Seeing Xue Pan introducing himself, Zuo Xi took a step forward and bowed to Eleven, "I've met Eleven."

"I heard that brother Jiu begged three Lengxiang pills from his sister that year. He should have come to thank him long ago, and he doesn't want to delay until today." After finishing speaking on Eleventh, he smiled and cupped his fists at Zuo Xi, "Thank you very much." , thank you."

"Don't dare." When Zuo Xi lowered his head to reply, he glanced at Aunt Xue from the corner of his eyes, and when he raised his head, he smiled and asked Eleven to sit down, and called Yinger to serve Eleven warm water.

I have long heard that elder brother Eleven is a sick man, a medicine jar.So in Zuo Xi's mind, this is the male version of Sister Lin.Now that he saw someone, he didn't dare to ask Ying'er to serve tea, for fear that Xue's tea would conflict with the medicine he took.

"I have been in poor health since I was born. I have been taking medicine since I was born. At that time, I was still young, and the nursing mother took the medicine and then fed me. I have lost count of how many medicines and supplements I have taken since I was a child. Fortunately, I Born in the royal family, it will be fine for a while, but if you are born in an ordinary family, it will be difficult to support you." After sitting down on Eleven, he glanced at the warm water that Yinger brought up, sighed softly, and then he became familiar with Xue The family chatted about the daily life, "Even if you are born in the royal family, everything is not as you wish. We are in the palace, and there are rules for what to eat and what to use. I can eat all the ginseng and ganoderma in a year. If It's not for me, Brother Nine will not go into business either. Last year I heard that Brother Nine took a stake in Brother Xue's business, and I told Brother Nine at the time that my life would drag him down a lot..."

As soon as Eleven came in, Zuo Xi was busy dealing with it, and didn't have time to observe Eleven in the future.Sitting across from Eleven now, listening to him while looking at him, I couldn't help but feel emotional.

God is really fair.

A little more is given to you here, and a little more is taken back there.

Good background, good looks, but only bad health.

"...I heard that my sister has also been ill since she was a child, and she is still taking that Lengxiang pill. I also took that Lengxiang pill, but it didn't work. I heard from Brother Jiu that the most important thing about this Lengxiang pill is What about the introduction to the medicine at the beginning?" When it came to taking medicine for illness, the topic naturally turned to Zuo Xi.I saw Eleven said with an expression of envying you for taking the medicine and worrying that your medicine will not cure the disease, "If you want me to say, it is something of unknown origin, my sister might as well find a few more imperial doctors to have a look, maybe Is there any person or prescription that can completely cure my sister's illness."

"Who says it's not." After a long time, Aunt Xue finally interrupted.I saw her glance at Zuo Xi with distressed and worried face, and then chatted with Eleven about it, "I don't know how many famous doctors I have invited, and how many medicines I have taken. Now I am taking less and less Lengxiang pills. I have been worrying all night. I can't sleep."

After hearing this, Zuo Xi's mood was only slightly touched, and then he regained his composure.

She cared more about her own body than anyone else.It's just that I've thought about everything I can think of now.All she had to do now was wait for a miracle.

"Auntie, don't worry too much. My sister still has Lengxiang Pills. You can take a pill when you are sick. It's not like me," Eleven lowered his eyes, mocking himself full of melancholy and depression, "I don't look like you. I, if I close my eyes today, I don’t know if I can open them again tomorrow. This kind of life is just living through the days. If it wasn’t for Er Niang and the others, I really don’t want to drag others down.”

After Eleven finished speaking, Aunt Xue was not in a hurry for Zuo Xi anymore, she began to feel sorry for Eleven.Xue Pan on the side was originally a confused and emotional person, but after hearing what Eleven said, his eyes turned red.

As for Zuo Xi, she picked up the green tea in her hand and smelled it.

It tastes like that.

The thought flashed by, and Zuo Xi didn't bother to distinguish whether Shi Shi was too sentimental, or whether he was feeling emotional and feeling for himself.Anyway, from Zuo Xi's point of view, the Xue family has nothing to be missed.

I want money, not much more.VIP?Zuo Xi looked at Xue Pan and Aunt Xue, and shook his head silently in his heart.Except for these two girls, she's the only one left

If it's aimed at her, it's not that Zuo Xi belittled himself, but that Shi Shi doesn't need to condescend like this at all.

She has long been a piece of meat on their royal plate.

If he really has any plans for her, he can just keep it in the palace during the draft, after all Concubine Yi still manages a lot of palace affairs.

Moreover... the eleventh elder brother in front of him is extremely handsome, and there is no shortage of beauties in the palace. There may be many like her.

So after thinking about it, Zuo Xi's visit to Eleven was more likely to be a whim, or he had never seen Xue Pan like this, and he treated it as a western scene to pass the time.

It can't be blamed that Zuo Xi thinks less, but the rhythm of the eleventh is very well grasped, and no one thinks that he has ulterior motives when he advances and retreats.It was as if he was really a prince who lived in the deep palace and went out as a guest for the first time. He was interested in everything, and he was warm, polite and unguarded towards everyone.

At the moment Eleven is still enthusiastically chatting with Xue's mother and son, talking about the customs of Jinling and Jiangnan.Zuo Xi listened for a while, then stood up, bowed to the three of them, said that he would go to the kitchen to see how the table was prepared, and then retreated.

Sitting on the porch outside, Tian Guo got up when he saw that Zuo Xi hadn't come out, blowing the wind lazily.

Zuo Xi wanted to walk away, but then thought that he would stay for dinner on the eleventh day, fearing that he would not know the situation and violate the taboo on the eleventh day, so he walked up to Tian Guo and asked him softly about the taboos on the eleventh day.

That's a lot.

Tian Guo thought for a while, raised his hand, and summoned a young eunuch, telling him to go to the stove with Zuo Xi.

"What's your father-in-law's name?" On the way to the kitchen, Zuo Xi asked the little eunuch with a very good attitude.

The little eunuch took a piece of gold that Zuo Xi gave him, and replied with a smile on his face, "My slave's surname is Yu, girl, please call me Xiao Zi."

Zuo Xi smiled and nodded, but still called him Yu Gonggong.While leading him to the kitchen, he asked Brother Eleven what his taboos were.In the middle, he asked some eunuchs and maids about their lives in the palace.

There are five sets of clothes a year. In spring and summer, they wear court clothes with green as the main tone, and in autumn and winter, they wear palace clothes with brown as the main tone.Wanshouyue issued an additional red court lady's dress, but not everyone has this.

Spring dishes are eaten on the first day of the Lunar New Year, rice dumplings are served on the Dragon Boat Festival, moon cakes are served on the Mid-Autumn Equinox, and flower cakes are distributed on the Double Ninth Festival.From the summer solstice to the hot summer, each person has a watermelon every day, and there are crystal meat, pea yellow, mung bean porridge... The food is not bad, but the meal must be [-]% full, and you can't eat strong food, and you can't burp or fart.

"The girl is a noble person, why are you asking about this?"

"What is honorable or not? We are all the same people. Maybe in two years, I will still have to rely on my father-in-law to take care of me." Seeing that he was in the kitchen, Zuo Xi was ready to end this topic, "The front It's the kitchen, Eunuch, let's go."

Xiaozi raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help touching the piece of gold with the hand in his sleeve.

Because today is Xue Pan's birthday, the meal was prepared much richer than in the past.Eleven elder brother is coming here now, and he must do his best to get a good meal on the table.However, Brother Eleven had a lot of taboos, and in the end he could barely make up ten dishes.

Four people ate ten dishes, tsk tsk, and Zuo Xi followed suit after a wasteful sound in his heart.

The roast pork dish mentioned earlier did not live up to everyone's expectations.The other dishes are Beijing-style or Jinling-style. I don’t know if Brother Eleven is hungry or what, but he ate a lot.

If it wasn't for Tian Guo, who was waiting for him, and persuaded him two or three times, Brother Eleven might not even put down his chopsticks.

"I made you laugh."

"Isn't the food in the palace delicious?" Xue Pan thought it was nothing, so he just asked casually.

"It's not as good as the ones at home. I don't dare to eat more, you just stop your chopsticks when you are full." Eleven picked up a cup of tea brought by Tian Guo and said to Xue Pan and the three, "Don't worry about it. Me, I drink tea in the same way. There are so many people in the palace, it’s hard to tell everyone what to say, and they don’t seek meritorious deeds, but no faults. Therefore, the meals they cook are naturally not as good as your home-cooked meals. I’m better, Erniang often calls them palace Send me some food from the small kitchen. Sister, you eat that piece, it looks delicious."

Zuo Xi stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the roast pork, when she heard Eleven commanding her.Although he was a bit puzzled that Eleven Elder Brother was too familiar with him, and his younger sister’s name was more sincere than Xue Pan, Zuo Xi still followed Eleven’s instructions and picked up the piece of roast pork with skin in his picture. .

The skin is crispy and the meat is tender, delicious.

"Eat another chopstick, this stir-fried dish, it's very greasy."

When Zuo Xi heard this, even if he didn't really like the stir-fry with oil and salt, he picked up his chopsticks.

On the eleventh day, not only was Zuo Xi busy, but Xue Pan and Aunt Xue also had special fan food.This one is delicious, that one is delicious.

When Eleven was satisfied and stopped nagging, the three members of the Xue family supported themselves.

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After eating, Eleven's expression showed a bit of tiredness. Tian Guo, who was on the side, saw it and knew that his master had to rest.So he stepped forward and whispered to Zhuangzi who returned to Jiuye eleven times.

Eleven also knows his body, and today's outing is already overloaded.So it was natural to bid farewell to the Xue family.Before leaving, let someone present the birthday gift he prepared for Xue Pan and the meeting gift for Aunt Xue and Zuo Xi.

When I left, I asked Xue Pan to be free several times, so I went to the hot spring village on the mountain to talk to him.Even before getting into the carriage, he asked Zuo Xi who was sending him out, "I heard from brother Xue that my sister can write well. If you have some free time, can you copy the Diamond Sutra for me?"

You are always the master, even if you have time to spare, I still have to copy for you.

"Coincidentally, I just finished copying a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" yesterday. If Master Eleven doesn't mind, can I ask someone to fetch it?"

"So best."

At that moment, Ying'er went back to Zuo Xi's room and fetched the "Diamond Sutra" that Zuo Xi had copied to practice calligraphy, and handed it to Shi Shi, who went home on Shi Shi.

……

The third day of May is Xue Pan's birthday, and on the eleventh day he went to Xue Pan's house for a meal.Two days later, it was the Dragon Boat Festival, and on the eleventh day, on the grounds that it was a miserable holiday alone and that they had to return the banquet, they invited the three members of Xue's family to celebrate the festival with Jiu Ye's Zhuangzi.

Zuo Xi didn't really want to go, but there was no reason not to.After all, I followed Xue Pan and Aunt Xue to Zhuangzi on the mountain to spend half a day.

After that, Xue Pan often went there to chat and joke with Shiyi, but Zuo Xi and Aunt Xue never went there again, and of course, Shishi never came to Xue's Zhuangzi again.

But Zuo Xi was picking mushrooms in the mountains, and he had seen it 11 or [-] times when he was digging wild vegetables.It's just that the distance is too far, Zuo Xi never saw it.When Ying'er saw it, she raised her lips to Zuo Xi, and Zuo Xi just bowed over there and then went on what to do.

Sheng Jia stayed in Changchun Garden until the day before the Golden Festival before returning to the palace, and on October [-], he left for Beijing the day before Sheng Jia returned to the palace, that is, October [-].

When I went back, I was still passing by Xue's village, so I called Xue Pan to come out and say something.

This kind of distance that is neither far nor near, not to mention that Zuo Xi lost his vigilance due to Shi Shi, even Zhou Yun, who has been holding a heart, is numb.

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.Brother Eleven is just a different bird.

After eleven left, the Xue family also prepared to leave Zhuangzi and return to the capital.

It's just that I have lived in Zhuangzi for a long time, so I have less expectations for the city.

But since he was going back to the city, he had to tell Xue Pan and Aunt Xue about Wang Ren being beaten.

Aunt Xue was so angry that she pointed at Zuo Xi and scolded her, while Zuo Xi put on a shocked expression of 'you scolded me for an outsider', and looked at Aunt Xue in disbelief.

While watching, she shook her head, and pressed the hand holding the veil tightly on her heart. Even though she didn't say anything at the moment, she still used her body language to explain what "you Ruthless, you are unreasonable, you are indifferent, you are vexatious'.

Xue Pan didn't see that his sister was acting, and once again stood by his sister to persuade his old mother, and said, "Wang Ren is such a thing." '

Aunt Xue is very angry, but she still has to think about how to unify her confession with her troubled children.

Tell me what's going on.

Ugh!

In late October, Xue's family packed their luggage, and took the New Year's goods that Zhuangshang was going to deliver to the mansion this year, and wandered back to the capital.

Aunt Xue was thinking about her nephew, so she brought some gifts to Wang Ziteng's place the next day.It has been half a year since Wang Ren's beating, even if he was angry at the time, it has almost disappeared now.On the day when Aunt Xue came, Prince Teng happened to be at the house.Because Wang Ren went out to have fun again today, Aunt Xue didn't see anyone, but only talked to Prince Teng Wufu.

My sister is shallow-minded, and now she came to the door with a face of guilt and embarrassment. No matter how dissatisfied Wang Ziteng and his wife had, they could not approach Aunt Xue, let alone for Wang Ren, it was not worth it.

"Why don't you see brother Pan and girl Bao?"

"Bao girl has suffered another illness, and now she is being raised in the house. Pan'er originally wanted to come with me, saying that she wanted to pay her respects to her uncle and aunt, but she didn't want to be called away by the people in Jiuye's house before leaving the house. See you later."

Wang Ziteng and his wife listened, but briefly asked about Zuo Xi's condition and praised Xue Pan's more vigorous words, and then talked about other things.

At this time, the only Wang Xiluan of Wang Ziteng and his wife is out of class.I heard that my aunt is here, so I came here to say hello.

Aunt Xue held her niece's hand, loving her so much.Holding Wang Xiluan in his arms, he couldn't stop boasting.

Wang Xiluan, who boasted about his appearance, his bearing, and his whole body, was embarrassed.

When this year is old, the crown prince's seat in the East Palace is wobbly again, thinking about the age of his daughter, Wang Ziteng and his wife don't ask her to pursue that elusive future.Because of this, Wang Xiluan's classes were all about how to be a mistress, not how to be a court lady or concubine.

Therefore, in this kind of family environment and curriculum, Wang Xiluan is naturally more beautiful than others.

……

With the entry of the Xue family to Beijing and the close proximity of the Lin family to Beijing, all the projects in Rongguo Mansion's Provincial Courtyard were also completed at the end of October.

The Jia Zheng brothers and all the Jia family's children walked inside with Jia's mother. After checking the omissions and filling in the gaps, Jia Zheng handed over the booklet and entered the palace that day.

On the day when Aunt Xue took Zuo Xi to visit relatives in Rongguo Mansion, Yuanchun was now approved to go home on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to visit relatives.

Aunt Xue and Zuo Xi, who were guests in Rongqingtang for a while, stood up to congratulate Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. After Jia Mu and others were happy, they invited Aunt Xue and Zuo Xi to come earlier that day.

After Yuan Chun returned to the palace, Mrs. Wang learned from Yuan Chun about Zuo Xi's tip-off.Yuan Chun was terrified after hearing this, and left behind the words that he wanted to see Zuo Xi when visiting relatives.

Zuo Xi saw that Aunt Xue was about to agree, so he hurriedly said, "There are already many rules in the palace. When the concubine goes out to visit relatives in the palace, the rules may be so complicated. The empress will be very tired when she gets home that day. Such and such, how can you be willing to make your mother suffer. Besides, when your mother visits relatives, she has to talk to her family members, see the whole family, close relatives, and old relatives. Whoever sees first, who comes later See, there are always rules. My mother and I are not outsiders. We see each other first, and when we see each other is the same. Why not wait until the fifteenth, or sixteenth, or seventeenth, or which day , When the lady is relieved and not busy, we girls will come to see you again."

"In the past, I always said that I was partial to Bao girl, but look, isn't it mine? It's clearly Bao girl who attracts people's pain." After hearing Zuo Xi's words, Jia's mother pondered for a moment in her heart, and she also felt that Zuo Xi This is such a rationale.In addition, Jia's mother thought too much, thinking that Zuo Xi didn't want to be a hero, so she gave in so much, and she became more and more satisfied with Zuo Xi.

Mrs. Wang was also satisfied with Zuo Xi's attitude, and said to Zuo Xi with a smile, "Good boy, your good lady knows everything. Even if no one else sees you, she still wants to see you."

Hearing this, Zuo Xi revealed a gentle smile at the right time.

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