[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

After leaving their mothers and concubines, the elder brothers of the Qing Dynasty usually moved into the three places of Ganxi No. [-], Gandong No. [-] and Nan No. [-].Especially before Kangxi, Master Kang’s son was rushing to move out and in, and the housing utilization rate reached an unprecedented saturation.

When Shiyi moved out of Yikun Palace, both Qianxi No. [-] and Qiandong No. [-] were full, so he had to move into Nan No. [-], which was some distance away from Yikun Palace.

The South Sansuo, like the other two Elder Brothers, is a small building complex composed of three or five three-entry courtyards lined up, and each three-entry courtyard houses a prince and his family servants.

Sanjin's courtyard is not big or small, but except for the one where Eleven lives, the other courtyards are a bit overcrowded.

In the early days, Eleven lived in the five main rooms in the front yard according to the rules, but later moved to live in the main room in the middle courtyard for some careful consideration.

Afterwards, the two connected rooms in the east wing of the central courtyard were taken out for Zuo Xi to live in.

The front yard has been set up as a guest room and an outside study, but with the lifestyle of eleven, there is no doubt about the possibility of it being vacant.

In addition to the main room and the east wing room, the central courtyard also has two west wing rooms and two side rooms connected to the main room.

One side room was arranged as a bathing and changing place, and the other housed Tian Guo.The two rooms in the West Wing are arranged as a multifunctional tea room because they need to take medicine and supplements all year round, and there is constant ginseng soup and hot tea.

The last entry is a row of rear-covered rooms, plus the wing rooms in the front yard, where the maids, eunuchs, and nuns who waited on the eleventh day lived.It can be said that in the entire middle courtyard, except for the eunuchs and maids who often serve, there are only eleven, three Zuo Xi and Tian Guo.

In the past two years, on November [-], she changed her previous carelessness and thoroughly wiped out all the palace servants around her by various means several times.But even so, Eleven did not change his mind lightly.

Even tidying up the house was done by Tian Guo, and people who didn't know it saw it, and thought that Tian Guo had taken a lot of benefits from Xue's family.

Tian Guo, who has carried a lot of trouble, can't tell, and he only hopes that before he is beaten to death by Concubine Yi and Guo Guiren, his good master can take advantage of him for his loyalty.

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"I lived in the hot spring village two years ago, and the slaves thought that my body was a bit stronger. Whoever thought it was, it was still."

"It can be seen that there are no more people in the palace." Eleven coughed a little out of breath, put the book aside and began to close his eyes and focus on breathing, "We will go out of the palace in March next year." .At that time, the apricot blossoms had already bloomed all over the branches."

In just three sentences, there are three intonations and three moods.The first sentence is ridicule, the second sentence is anticipation, and the third sentence is full of fierce disgust.Tian Guo twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling that his master's temperament was too unpredictable.

"You said that my master looked like he was going to die, would she dislike him?" After his breathing calmed down, Eleven didn't know what to think, but asked Tian Guo in a very lonely voice.

Tian Guo shuddered, and quickly replied in a very firm tone, "How could it be? The master has done so much for the girl, and the girl immediately agreed with her body without gratitude, and she will never think like that again. And as long as the master's body is well maintained, it will be fine."

Hearing this, Eleven twitched the corners of his mouth, opened his eyes and glanced at Tian Guo amusedly, and then closed his eyes to rest his mind suddenly in a bright mood.

"No, it's the master who is grateful to her, and it's the master who wants to promise her with his body." How to make a girl who is soft but not hard willing to stay by her side, Eleven has already made no less than seventeen or eight sets of weak plans.

Women are also protective.

As long as Zuo Xi's desire to protect is aroused, are you afraid that he won't become Zuo Xi's little treasure?

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Tian Guo: What a hatred!

"Our princess got the title this year. When I sent people to Beijing to thank you, there was a heavy snowstorm and I missed the fifth master's birthday. Anyway, I didn't lose anything." Tian Guo waited for a while, and saw that Shi Shi really opened his eyes and prepared go to the ground.While squatting down to put on shoes for Eleven, he said in a low voice: "In addition to the birthday gift for the fifth master, I also gave it to the empress, the ninth master and you also brought some things. The empress sent someone to deliver it just now. I want to see it." ?”

Hearing Tian Guo mentioning the eldest sister, Eleven unconsciously showed a touch of warmth and longing, "The fourth sister is the first emperor daughter who descended from the Khalkha tribe and the first princess to participate in politics. She is The name deserves it. If the fourth sister is a man, "

Eleven smiled, but didn't say the rest after all.

The fourth princess and the eleventh princess were both born by nobleman Guo, half a year older than the fifth elder brother who was born by Concubine Yi.Because the fifth elder brother was brought up in the queen mother's palace as soon as he was born, so strictly speaking, only the fourth princess, the eleventh and the ninth master were raised in the Yikun palace.

Later, after the fourth princess caressed Meng, she was still thinking about her brothers in Jingzhong all the time, and she often asked people to bring things back in recent years.Master Jiu's business line in Outer Mongolia, if it weren't for the escort of the fourth princess, the business would not be so "worry-free".

"Ask someone to bring it here." Feeling grateful for the brotherhood of the fourth princess, Shi Shi asked Tian Guo to bring the things over to have a look.

Four mink furs, one lynx skin, a pair of silver tea buckets, a set of silver teapots...

Seeing the silver teapot, Eleven suddenly wanted to eat Mongolian milk tea and fried rice, so he pointed to the tea set and asked Tian Guo to go down and prepare it.

Tian Guo quickly thought about the eleven's recipe, and accepted the order.

'Ah Choo~'

Zuo Xi rubbed his nose, and without waiting for Bao Qin and Xue Biao to react, he shouted directly outside the room: "Ying'er, bring in three bowls of ginger soup."

"The capital city is not warmer than the south. I knew you were coming, so I guessed whether the clothes you brought were thick enough. It happened that I was making winter clothes at home, so I guessed the size and made a few for you. I will go back to the room and try it out later. Go, I'm afraid something will change."

Zuo Xi treated Baoqin and Xue Biao like a big sister. The brothers and sisters hadn't arrived in the capital yet, so Zuo Xi helped them arrange many things clearly.

It's the marriage of Mei Hanlin's family. Zuo Xi thinks it's really difficult.

He told the brothers and sisters about the situation of Mei Hanlin's house, and told them to drink a large bowl of ginger soup, and then asked the girl to send them back to their room on the grounds of modifying their clothes.

For this kind of thing, the brothers and sisters have to discuss it first and come to a result.

After Baoqin and Xue Biao left, they went to the room next door to Zuoxi. The maids came up to measure the brothers and sisters, and then retreated with great winking.

The two brothers and sisters sat silently for a while, but Baoqin's eyes were red but she bit her handkerchief and refused to cry.Xue Biao sat for a while, then kept walking up and down the room.

He wanted to curse a few words, wanted to vent his anger by smashing something, but then he realized that this was not at his own house, and such things should not be made public.

"You can hear what big sister means. This marriage, if you want me to say it, you don't need to do it." After a while, Xue Biao said to Bao Qin angrily, "The ungrateful villain of the family, if it wasn't for Dad to help him An Neng Is there today?"

Mei Hanlin was like Jia Yucun back then, a poor scholar, but thanks to Uncle Xue's generosity, he was able to go to Beijing to catch the exam.Later, it was Uncle Xue's help that made him what he is today. The marriage between his eldest son and Bao Qin was also brought up by Mei Hanlin on his own initiative.I don't want Mei Hanlin to regret his marriage just after Second Uncle Xue passed away, and his eating looks really ugly.

According to Zuo Xi's investigation, Mei Hanlin's eldest son is a young man who can read well. He was already a candidate last autumn, but unfortunately he was not listed in the Spring Festival this year, and he didn't even get a fellow Jinshi.But he is still young, as long as he studies hard, he will definitely be nominated for the gold list in three years.How could such a scholar with a noble background be willing to fulfill his old promise to marry a merchant girl.

Not only is he helpless in the future, but he will also be ridiculed by his classmates.

In addition, Zuo Xi also focused on investigating Mrs. Mei.

When that one married Mei Hanlin, it was when Mei Hanlin was in decline.From his background, his heart and bearing are quite indescribable.Later, when Mei Hanlin became popular, she took in Meijiao Niang again... In short, that Mrs. Mei looked down on tall and beautiful women.

Zuo Xi said everything he could say, and told Xue Biao and Bao Qin that it would not be difficult to get Mei Hanlin to recognize this marriage.The difficulty lies in the fact that Baoqin's life after marriage must be difficult and unsatisfactory after such a forced head pressing.

The parents-in-law don't like it, the husband-in-law dislikes it, even if you send a lot of dowry, life is hard.

Even if your natal family can support you for the rest of your life, living a life is like drinking water, knowing whether you are warm or not.The days of glamorous performance may not be perfect in reality.

Then he talked about Mrs. Xing, the eldest wife of Rongguo Mansion.

When Xue Biao and Bao Qin came, they were in the capital on the same boat as the Xing family.What about the Xing family, Baoqin brothers and sisters are smart, but they figured it out in a few days.

He was so poor that he had to rent the yard of the temple to live for many years.

It's also a marriage with the wrong family. I'm just asking what do you want to plan?

For a family like the Mei family, how could they borrow any momentum?

These days, Zuo Xi thought of some plots in the original novel.

I am afraid that when Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang to recognize Baoqin as her daughter, and made everyone know her love for Baoqin, when she called Xichun to paint later, she must draw the scene of Baoqin folding red plums in front of the snow I'm afraid that the Xue family invited the Jia family to help facilitate this marriage.

Mrs. Wang recognizes Baoqin as her daughter, so Baoqin's identity is not just a merchant's daughter, but the younger sister of the imperial concubine in the palace, and the younger sister of Baoyu, the phoenix egg in Rongguo Mansion.Coupled with the fact that Xue's family is related to Wang Ziteng, just looking at the power of Jia and Wang's family and the financial resources of Xue's family, Mei Hanlin had no choice but to admit this marriage.

Later, when Baoyu went out to a banquet, Mei Hanlin gave Baoyu a meeting gift, which was an obvious statement.

Bao Qin didn't enter the Bo Ming Division, maybe she said from the side that she married into the Mei family smoothly.But after she married into the Mei family, accidents happened to the Jia family and the Wang family one after another.One can imagine her days in Mei's house.

As for the phrase 'not by the plum, but by the willow', it was interpreted as a matter of the Mei family's marriage. Baoqin finally married Liu Xianglian. Zuo Xi doesn't know if she will marry Liu Xianglian now, but there must be no in the original book. of.

After all, Liu Xianglian couldn't help being fooled, and was abducted by the lame Taoist and Laitou monk.

Having said that, just looking at the Jia family, you can know what kind of life a wife who is not liked by her mother-in-law and respected by her husband lives.Zuo Xi really didn't want Bao Qin to suffer like Mrs. Xing.

Wait ~

Mrs. Xing, Xing Xiuyan. Is Xue Biao's marriage a good exchange, or did she really like Xing Xiuyan's character.

Or maybe they want to use Xing Xiuyan to get involved with Jia's family, and then make Baoqin's life in Mei's house easier.

At the same time, I can help my cousin.

Opening his mouth to sigh, Zuo Xi silently closed his mouth again when he thought that sighing would take away his blessings.

She also eats radishes lightly and is free to worry about it. The modern free love marriage is not a dream, and someone will get divorced.In ancient times, this kind of marriage was almost regarded as a blind marriage, no matter who Bao Qin married in the end, the risk value of the marriage would not be low.

Instead of worrying about Bao Qin, it's better to think about herself.

With her like this, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to marry.

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The Mei family is not in the capital yet, so this marriage is not in a hurry and must be considered now.After clarifying the business, Zuo Xi took Bao Qin and Xue Biao to start preparing for the New Year.

Before the Chinese New Year, Zuo Xi specially asked Xue Biao to go back to Hongyun Town with her.He took a look at the whole town and the Xue family's house in this town.

Aunt Xue has already discussed with Zuo Xi, and when Zuo Xi enters the palace, she will move to live in the house in Hongyun Town.Firstly, it is a bit farther away from Xue Pan, and secondly, it is the same for her as a little old lady, wherever she lives.

But before moving here, the house here needs to be tidied up carefully, and Aunt Xue has to keep an eye on the undrafted girls so that she can marry Xue Pan a daughter-in-law.

The latter is the big deal.

When talking about this, Zuo Xi even joked with Aunt Xue, saying that she was also in the palace at that time, and she would be able to help each other to see each other.

But both Zuo Xi and Aunt Xue knew that there were many rules in the palace, and the palace maids were not allowed to walk around casually, so this was just a joke.

In the battalion, there are shifts and rests, and it is not Xue Pan's turn to be on duty during the Chinese New Year.So Xue Pan took Zhou Yun back to Zhuangzi to celebrate the New Year.

Xue Biao and Bao Qin hadn't seen Xue Pan for several years, and they were really surprised to see them.

The person is still the same person, but the whole person is no longer like the old temperament.

Although he looked rude like a martial artist, it made people feel that he was a dependable elder brother from the bottom of his heart.

Xue Biao and Bao Qin are extremely happy to have such an elder brother.Especially Xue Pan is still a six-rank and a hundred households now, and will have a bright future.

Seeing Xue Pan like this, Xue Biao and Bao Qin felt that there was no need to hold on to the Mei family's marriage.But this chicken rib, in the end, I have to write a letter home and discuss it with my mother in detail before deciding.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Liu Xianglian also came to Zhuangzi.

It turned out that Xue Pan knew that he was the only one in Liu Xianglian's family, so he invited him to come to Zhuangzi to celebrate the New Year together.

Although Liu Xianglian's parents died and his family business withered, he was born in a family, and he was well-connected in this three-acre land in the capital.Although he was behind Xue Pan in the final written test, he also had a formal job after the event was overturned.

Now that he has joined the Wucheng Bingma Division as an errand, he is also a serious official.

As soon as he came, plus Zhou Yun, the Xue family's banquet this year was divided into two small tables.

Xue Pan, Xue Biao, Liu Xianglian, and Zhou Yun were seated at a table outside, and Aunt Xue, Zuo Xi, and Baoqin were seated at a kang table inside, with a screen in the middle, which conformed to the rules and was lively.

The men were talking and laughing loudly outside, drinking in big bowls, and talking about the big and small things of the folk court.The girls were talking about all kinds of family affairs on the kang table.

This is almost the busiest year for the Xue family in recent years.

Zuo Wan drank the high-quality sweet-scented osmanthus wine that was hard to buy, the slightly sweet taste made her drink a bit bitter.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already notified her that she will enter the palace on the sixth day of February.One full month of free time left.

Why did I suddenly feel reluctant.

Could it be that she has added hypocrisy?

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the Rongguo Mansion placed a New Year's wine.On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Wang Ziteng placed New Year's wine there.On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, it was the Xue family's turn to place a New Year's wine.

On this day, apart from some colleagues and friends invited by Xue Pan, Rongning and Ningfu, Wang Ziteng, Shijia and Lin's brothers and sisters all came to Xue's house.Because Xue Biao and Zhou Yun were there, nothing went wrong in the front yard.On the backyard side, there are two nuns from the palace to help, and it's not the first time for Xue's family to hold a New Year's wine. Zuo Xi took a Baoqin to check for deficiencies and make up for omissions.

During the period, when Jiamu and others met Baoqin, they not only gave the meeting ceremony according to the rules, but also showed their love for Baoqin.

It's just that compared with the original book, the current love is less than a star and a half.

Sanchun brought the elder sister who was named Qiaojieer by Grandma Liu, Xing Xiuyan, the niece of the eldest wife's natal family, Wang Xiluan from the Wang family, and Shi Xiangyun from the Shi family. They introduced Baoqin to them, and Baoqin and the girls were free Talk to go.

After asking why the two sisters from sister-in-law Zhu's family didn't come, and after carefully looking at Xing Xiuyan, they took Xing Xiuyan to talk on the phone.

It is said in the book that Xing Xiu's smoke is elegant and stable, he is knowledgeable and courteous, and he has a chic demeanor of being at ease with the situation.But Zuo Xi thought that she learned to read and write from Miaoyu's eccentric girl, so she always felt that Xing Xiuyan should not be like this.

Unexpectedly, there are times in the book that are not deceptive.

Zuo Xi asked east and west, Xing Xiuyan also had something to say and said that he was not ashamed of being poor.Speaking of the capital city, when I lived in the Grand View Garden, I also talked about Miaoyu.

".It's a pity that she left just after we met. When I asked her where she was going, she never said anything."

"Did Miaoyu leave Changcui Temple?" Zuo Xi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Yingchun and Tanchun, "When did Miaoyu leave Changcui Temple, and where did you say where?"

"I left on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month. The old lady and his wife still asked her to leave after the new year, but she refused to listen. Seeing that she had made up her mind to go, the old lady gave her a reward and let her go out of the house gone."

Zuo Xi thought to himself, Miaoyu might not care about any troubles.

Miaoyu left, Zuo Xi gave up even the idea of ​​going to Rongguo Mansion before entering the palace.

Just right, save trouble.

As for where Miaoyu will go, Zuo Xi is not worried about Miaoyu's safety.

Our eldest niece's uncle and cousin are alive, and even my grandmother is still working as a concubine in the palace.

In terms of decency, it may be even better than Yuan Chun, who has nothing to do.

Speaking of Yuanchun, before the Chinese New Year, Jia's family, like other families who built family-saving homes, submitted a booklet to ask the concubine to visit her relatives.However, an old concubine in the palace was seriously ill, and now she refuted all the confession papers.The imperial concubine and her family who have been looking forward to it for a year are very disappointed.

The Jia family was even more disappointed.

This year, the Jia family has had a lot of big and small things, so they wanted to take advantage of Yuanchun's family visit to have a good time.At the same time, Baoyu's marriage can also be implemented.I don't want to have discussed it properly, but I just happened to catch up with such a thing.However, Mother Jia and the others were not vegetarians, so they immediately changed their strategy and planned to ask Yuan Chun to work hard in the palace.

Of course, this year is the year of the general election, and Mother Jia and others are also very active because Aunt Xue wants to choose a daughter-in-law from among the undrafted girls.

If possible, they still hope that Yuanchun can give Baoyu a more decent marriage.

However, the matter of bestowing a marriage depends on how favored Yuan Chun is.

On this day, the Xue family held a big New Year's wine, for which the Xue family invited two theater troupes.The two theaters in the front and back yards sang at the same time, and the whole Xue family was not to mention noisy.However, as the host, Zuo Xi couldn't express the slightest bit of boredom, and had to greet him with all his enthusiasm.

No wonder modern people like to treat guests in restaurants.

Not only do you not need to manage it yourself, you also don't need to hire any theater troupe.When you want to sing, you just turn on the song jukebox and sing a song by yourself, even if you don’t have enough applause.

Zuo Xi, who has developed a habit of complaining, didn't say a word to Dai Yu all day.But she made an appointment with Daiyu, and there will be a sisters' reunion after fifteen.

After a busy day, all the guests were sent away one after another in the afternoon, Zuo Xi felt tired and paralyzed.

The Xue family is still a family with few things.Catch up with a big family like Rongguo Mansion.New Year's Day, birthdays, marriage and childbirth, you may be so busy.

Hey, Zuo Xi suddenly discovered that, regardless of the time and space where she is now, Sister Feng is still raising a baby.Just talking about the original book, how many people in the Ningrong and Rongfu's families, but they only saw the dead and no born, it's also strange.

I remember when later generations browsed the forums, some people said that the Dream of the Red Chamber was just a ghost story.The evidence is the opening sentence This is a story written in stone.

What stories will be written in stone?Naturally, it is the epitaph.

In addition, Yuan Chunchun, Hei Xingqin, left before dawn.The Jia family has only dead people but no newborns, etc., all of which are described by bloggers as ghostly.Zuo Xi still remembered that when she got excited at that time, she directly explained the reason for the decline of the Jia family according to the blogger's analysis.

Without him, or encounter landslides, mudslides flooded the entire cemetery.Or they encountered grave diggers.

Then the blogger didn't talk about martial arts, so he reported her and blocked her account.

Zuo Xi is still a little annoyed when he thinks about it.

It's easy to keep an account, and if you say it's blocked, she will be blocked.

snort!

Time is used to say whether it is fast or slow, and the magical speed that is close to the eyes in a flash brings everyone to the fifth day of February.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Xue Pan deliberately asked for leave from the camp and came back.Even Daiyu hurried over from Lin's house, wanting to see Zuo Xi again.

It's okay for Zuo Xi, his little head, who was always thinking wildly as time approached, now has a lot of expectations for entering the palace as time goes by.

Just like the countdown to the college entrance examination, if you extend your head with a knife, you will also get a knife with your head back. Instead of looking at the countdown sign hanging there and thinking about it every day, it is better to rush forward as soon as you bite your teeth.

According to the rules, Zuo Xi could only bring a small cloth bag into the palace, and nothing else.So neither Daiyu nor others gave Zuo Xi any parting gift.

Of course, the things that can be taken away and the things that can be used by Zuo Xi have long been packed into the small apartment.Even if other things were brought into the palace, she wouldn't need them in her capacity.

Aunt Xue wiped her tears again with a handkerchief, and began to scold Zuo Xi for being a monster without concealing her heart. She had a good life, but she sharpened her head and went into the palace.

What can Zuo Xi say, at this point, it's better not to be angry with her.

Rubbing her body and coaxing for a while, Aunt Xue, who is very coaxing in normal days, doesn't seem to smile no matter how coaxing she is now.Xue Pan watched from the side, opened his mouth to say something, and finally remembered his promise to Eleven, and swallowed back the words that came to his throat.

Don't worry, don't worry, when my sister is divided into palaces, my mother will be able to see people.

"Sister, don't worry, your courtyard brother will ask someone to clean it up for you. Make sure you look like you left, and you will look like you when you come back."

Zuo Xi thanked Xue Pan when he heard the words, and then talked about Ying'er and Wen Xing.

"After all, I have served me for a while. Now that the marriage is settled, I will leave their dowry in their mansion for the first two months. When the day comes, my mother and brother will help me to reward them again, which can be regarded as supporting them. I mean. If someone bullies them, it’s just because they have served me since I was a child, and they have never left me all the way from south to north, and they are more or less helpful.”

Ying'er and Wen Xing were waiting in the corner, and when Zuo Xi mentioned them, their eyes turned red without being shy.

No matter which master treats his servants best, Ying'er and Wen Xing dare to say that there is no one else but their girls.

And if it is said which master treats his servants the worst, Tian Guo dares to say that there is no one else except their eleventh master.

Tian Guo, who had been severely scolded by Concubine Yi and Guo Guiren, followed behind with a sad face, and looked up at Eleven sitting on top from time to time, feeling more and more aggrieved.

My lord, if you don't want people to know that little thing you hide, you should hide it well.

Why bother to call the slaves the blame whenever something goes wrong.

Eleven didn't seem to see Tian Guo's intentional expression, holding a cloisonne hand warmer, sitting on the basket, his mind drifted to tomorrow.

She tried her best to suppress the raised corners of her mouth, but there was a rippling breath in her whole body.

Just happy.

The so-called extreme joy begets sorrow, which is eleven.

As soon as I returned to my brother's office, I had a fever again.The whole person was in a daze with fever, and when he opened his eyes again and fully woke up, Zuo Xi had been in the palace for three or four days.

eleven:"……"