[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

"Sister, come here." When Zuo Xi came back to his senses, he saw Eleven smiling at her, and saw Eleven waving at her, so he walked over. "This year's birthday gift."

"It's been so long, how can I still remember it?" After receiving the small box handed over by Eleven, Zuo Xi opened it naturally, and saw a carved ruby ​​bracelet inside, and his eyes lit up, "It's so beautiful. It's so beautiful. That’s all, but the workmanship is rare. It’s hard to understand how they carved it.” Zuo Xi pointed to the peony flower on the bracelet, admiring it very much.

This bracelet is so beautiful it can be called a work of art.

Take the bracelet out of the small box, shine it in the direction of the sun, put it on your wrist and show it to Eleven, "Does it look good?"

"Naturally, it's pretty." Bai Nen had such a precious carved ruby ​​bracelet on her fleshy wrist, and she felt it was a kind of enjoyment just by looking at it.

Zuo Xi is not an ignorant person, and he also knows that this gift is very expensive, so he wants to refuse, but he also knows that since Shi Yi finds it out and gives it to her, he will not take back the gift because of the question of whether it is valuable or not.So I wore it in front of Eleven, and after making him happy, I thought about finding an excuse and an opportunity to return the things to him.

Put on the bracelet and play chess in the house with Eleven to pass the time.After lunch and taking a nap on the [-]th, Zuo Xi was called by Tian Guo to help pack the luggage for leaving the palace.

In Eleven's private warehouse, there are the most medicines, and there are also many other precious items.But if you want to say what is the most precious and meaningful, it must be the bracelet on Zuo Xi's wrist.

"This bracelet was originally a pair. At that time, my grandfather had just turned one year old. The Empress Dowager shared the furniture with her old man and gave it to our grandfather. It is said that it belonged to the royal family of the previous dynasty..." Eleven years old just turned two Within a month, the Empress Dowager passed away, and the bracelet remained in Shi Shi's private treasury and was never taken out.

After hearing this, Zuo Xi smiled and said while looking at the list Tian Guo handed her: "I guessed it was expensive, but I didn't expect it to be like this. In this case, I can't accept it. But, I will wear it for a few days first. After enjoying it, I still have to return it to the master for a while. How long are you going to stay outside the palace this time? I see that you even have big woolen clothes on the list?"

Tian Guo gave Zuo Xi a list of the eleven private treasury, and then took out a travel list they made, and asked Zuo Xi to help the staff, what to bring and what not to bring.The reason is that Zuo Xi is a careful girl who can read and understand the words on it.

In short, it was a lot of boasting, which made Zuo Xi extremely embarrassed, and then followed him to the warehouse.

In the warehouse, Tian Guo saw the red jade bracelet on Zuo Xi's wrist, so he deliberately mentioned the origin of the bracelet to Zuo Xi.

The phrase "this bracelet was originally a pair" that has passed from generation to generation is definitely the finishing touch.Just waiting for Zuo Xi to find out the whereabouts of the other bracelet.

A few people were talking, and they finished their work.Then many eunuchs and palace people carried all the packed boxes out of Nansan Institute, and first carried them to Zhuangzi in Xiaotangshan.

After that, Zuo Xi also went back to her room to pack her luggage, but she didn't have much luggage, and with the help of Yuncheng Yunjin, a box was packed.

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Today I returned to the palace five days ago. On Shishi, I did not greet the princes at the gate of the city or the palace with all the princes. Instead, I met with the other princes the next day when I went to Ningshou Palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother. My dear father who has been away for several months.

Old Kangtou also saw Eleven in the crowd, and seeing that he was still alive and well, he turned his attention to the others.

When Zuo Xi knew that he was going to Ningshou Palace on the [-]th, he wanted to follow along to see the excitement.When she came to this time and space, she hadn't seen Master Kong and Fourth Master yet.It's a pity that when Zuo Xi was hesitating about how to speak to Eleven, Eleven spoke first.

"There are a lot of people there, and I won't be here for long, my sister will stay at home and take care of the house."

Eleven didn't want Zuo Xi to appear in front of people right away, nor did he want Zuo Xi to kneel when he saw everyone, so he thought that the future would be long, so he left Zuo Xi in the South No. [-] Office, and took the people away by himself.

Seeing this, Zuo Xi couldn't help shaking her head and chuckling, look, she was entangled for nothing.

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After returning to the palace today, the peace in the palace was broken.Of course, there was excitement outside the palace.

As soon as I came back today, I favored two girls who were in the draft.Then a dozen marriage decrees were sent out.

Some are happy, some are sad.After waiting for a few days at the Rongguo Mansion, they found out that their family's precious jade was not included in the marriage decree. It was an indescribable disappointment.

Compared to the wild-minded Jia family, the Xue family has been busy for several days.

With the help of the two nuns, Aunt Xue finally found a daughter-in-law candidate who was satisfied with everything.

The daughter chosen by Aunt Xue is a stepdaughter of Wanyan's family.

She is 15 years old this year, and she is an undrafted show girl whose former son failed the election and returned home and got married on her own.

The girl's father is a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites, and her maternal ancestor's family is also a Manchu surname outside the Guan.In terms of ancestry, he is a Manchurian Bannerman.

But this girl is also a bad luck.

Her mother was her Lao Tzu's second wife. When she married her father, the original wife left one son, two daughters and three children.When her mother gave birth to her younger brother, both of them died in childbirth.When she was three or four years old, her father's third wife also came in.

This lady is young, beautiful, good at coaxing people, and is extremely favored by Master Wanyan. After three or five years in the mansion, she gave birth to two sons.Two years ago, this wife gave birth to another daughter.

Master Wanyan is not a flat-tempered person, he is worried that his original spouse's children will be harsh, so he protects his original spouse's three children in everything. He loves his new step-wife, and he also loves the children of his step-wife .He is also full of pity for those concubines raised in the backyard, and he also cares about their children.Xiao Wanyan, who has no mother and no brothers, is the least favored among the children of the whole family. Although she is a stepdaughter, she is even more unfavored than the concubine girls in the house.

But even in such a narrow living situation, this girl was able to keep her mother's dowry, and didn't let anyone climb on top of her, didn't ruin her reputation, and there was not a single servant named Hejia Anyone who dares to neglect her will know that he has a strong temper.And the fact that she arranged for her confidantes before the draft shows that she is also very affectionate.

These materials were obtained by the head steward who sent people to inquire about them, and the two nuns around him helped to investigate them through their "connections".

Aunt Xue is soft-hearted, and the two nuns got orders again, so they used all their strength to lobby Aunt Xue.Then Aunt Xue was tempted, and when she went out to socialize, she took the opportunity to talk a lot with the current Mrs. Wanyan.Later, after looking for a day, I held a birthday party for Bao Qin at home many days in advance, sent the post to Wanyan's mansion, and invited several girls from their mansion to attend Bao Qin's birthday party.

A young girl in the yard, Aunt Xue really didn't like this Wanyan girl much, but she couldn't help her soft ears, and in the end all dissatisfaction was fooled into satisfaction.

With her natal family like this, if you marry in, you won't be thinking about your natal family.How nice she is to live with us wholeheartedly.

Moreover, there are many brothers and sisters in the natal family, and some people have become talents, and they are also the contacts of the grandma.After all, they come from the same family, so it's nice to say it.

Then Aunt Xue told Xue Pan about the candidate she was looking for, and if Xue Pan was not interested, she would come to propose marriage.

Xue Pan originally wanted to find someone who was stunning, but later he wanted to find someone who could write and write poems. Now, he and Zuo Xi have the same idea. For the sake of the next generation of smart, the wife must find a smart man. .

Seeing that Xue Pan agreed, Aunt Xue invited official matchmakers and middlemen to Wanyan's house.

Although Master Wanyan is a fourth-rank official, the Xue family is not bad, a serious sixth-rank official.And compared to the unfavored Wanyan family, the Xue family can afford a large amount of dowry, so there is talk about this marriage.

It is true that some people say that Wanyan's family has a lot of income and little income, so he is naturally happy to have such a big brother propose a marriage.Especially that Mrs. Wanyan, she even praised Xue Pan like a flower in front of Master Wanyan.

As for that old master Wanyan, he is also a eccentric one.It was confirmed again whether Xue Pan wanted this daughter. If it could be changed, he also had a daughter who was a concubine who also lost the election this time.

The marriage was settled in a quick way, and even the wedding date was set in December this year.

It's a pity that Xue's family has fixed the marriage and the wedding date in the front foot, and a concubine in the back foot palace is gone.

Xue Pan is destined not to marry a wife this year.

"..."

There are two flowers blooming, let's talk about Zuo Xi's one.

After packing the luggage for going out of the palace, Zuo Xi walked out of the palace early next morning without going to Yikun Palace to bid farewell.

Eleven still sat on Buchu, Tian Guo and the others walked around Buchu, Zuo Xi stood in the queue of maids, and looked up from time to time at the palace road as Eleven was walking outside the palace. I haven't met anyone who needs eleven steps to salute.

Walking to the gate of the palace, there was already a carriage waiting there. After Tian Guo helped Shiyi get on the biggest carriage, Zuo Xi also consciously lifted up the hem of her skirt when Tian Guo looked over.

There were only eleven people in this carriage, Zuo Xi and Tian Guo, and everyone else took another carriage or accompanied them on horseback.

Strive to make Eleven comfortable, so the team is not driving fast.The carriage passed through the busiest street in the capital, and the speed was historically slow. Zuo Xi was still a little excited and excited to lift the curtain of the carriage, and kept looking out.

Seeing this on Shishi, Wei Wei felt a little guilty, and it showed on her face.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so ill, we should have left the palace a long time ago."

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't chosen to be drafted, I would still be acting wild outside the palace right now."

After eleven eleven finished speaking, Zuo Xi took the conversation from the side.Smiling, playful and cute.

Tian Guo rubbed his nose, looked at Eleven, then at Zuo Xi, and couldn't help but answer in his heart:,

'It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on riding in the same carriage with you, our family wouldn't have no ground to exploit right now. '

"I heard that the concubine in the palace is having a hard time right now. Is it okay for us to go out of the palace now?" Zuo Xi suddenly remembered the gossip that Yun Jin and the others told her before.

Eleven nodded, "Even if I'm not in the palace, others won't notice me." At most, they noticed that he wasn't there when they were paying attention to Yikun Palace.

There are far more people who want him to live to hinder Yikun Palace than those who want him to die.

Zuo Xi nodded, and recalled when the concubine died, and then found a black hole in her memory.

Why did she only love to read doujin in the first place, but she always didn't take it seriously when she read the original works.

The carriage walked for a long time, and they didn't reach Xiaotangshan until the sound of the sound.When I arrived at Zhuangzi in Xiaotangshan, before going to rest on the [-]th, I still thought that Zhuangzi was newly built, so I should take a good look around.

Since he had already arrived at Zhuangzi, he was not in a hurry. Eleven asked clearly what had been repaired this time, and arranged Zuo Xi again in the east wing of his yard, and then helped Tian Guo and took Zuo Xi back to the room to rest first. .

When Eleven walked in, the housekeeper in the Zhuangzi told Eleven that the Xue family lived in the Zhuangzi.

Hearing this, Zuo Xi looked directly at Eleven, the anticipation in his eyes made Eleven slightly sore.

"Tomorrow, arrange a carriage to take the girl to Zhuangzi for a few days. Yuncheng and Yunjin will take good care of the girl. Xiaozi will follow."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Forget it, let's have dinner first. After dinner, go to the hot springs. That's the best way to relieve fatigue." Seeing Zuo Xi's bright smile on Shishi, no amount of reluctance was suppressed.

Put the long line and catch the big fish.

"it is good."

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What happened on the day Shi Shi and Zuo Xi left the palace was that Mrs. Wang handed over a sign and entered the palace to meet Yuan Chun.

The two of them talked about this draft, and they also talked about the newly selected Xiao Chang who promised that they would compete for favor in particular, and they haven't come for many days now.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang urged Yuanchun to try to have a child again.Without children, favors are false.Yuan Chun thought about his current age, then thought about the newborn in the palace, and kept this matter in his heart.

Today is older than her father, if she doesn't try to have a child, then she doesn't have to think about it.

However. "Madam, don't worry, I've already taken care of it. This batch of new entrants often promises that there will be two people living in my palace."

If they were pregnant, then in their identities, they could not raise the emperor's heir in person.But as the lord of the first house, she has no problem.Born in Fengzao Palace, the child would naturally be brought up by her side.If it's a prince, don't blame her for leaving the mother and keeping the son.

Mrs. Wang saw that Yuan Chun had already made two preparations, she was relieved and told Yuan Chun that it would be better for her to be her own.

Why didn't Yuan Chun know about this kind of thing, but that also depends on her being able to come out.

Yuan Chun didn't want to keep talking about this topic, so he talked about Zuo Xi.

Mrs. Wang originally wanted to ask about Zuo Xi's situation later, but Yuan Chun didn't want to mention Zuo Xi now. After hearing Yuan Chun talk about Zuo Xi's whereabouts, Mrs. Wang directly scolded Zuo Xi.

The scolding is extremely ugly, but in summary it has one meaning.

Scolding Zuo Xi for being self-willed and despicable or something.

When Yuan Chun heard this, he nodded his head twice in approval, and when he turned his head and saw Baoqin nervously looking out of the palace, he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with what he said.

No matter how good Baoyu is, he can't compare to the elder brother of the prince.To say that Zuo Xi is willing to be degraded, isn't that scolding Elder Brother Eleven.

Thinking of this, Yuan Chun hastily interrupted Mrs. Wang's words, and told her not to say such things outside, and then said a few more things, then asked Mrs. Wang for some silver notes, and gave some rewards to her. The old lady and Baoyu asked Baoqin to send Mrs. Wang out of the palace.

After leaving the palace, Mrs. Wang became more and more angry when she thought about it, so she told Zhou Rui's family about Zuo Xi's "future".Zhou Rui's family was another slobber, so they naturally spread the matter.Of course, apart from Zhou Rui's family, Mrs. Wang herself also raised her mouth when she told Jia's mother about Yuanchun's situation in the palace.Baoyu was in Jiamu's warm pavilion. Hearing this, he sighed once.

Another good girl has become a fish-eye.

How many people were in Jiamu's room, and it spread completely in just one night.

From Rongguo Mansion to Ningguo Mansion, then to the entire Ningrong Street, and finally to various relatives' homes, such as Wang's family, historians...

When Mrs. Tianwang went to knock on the door of Xue's house, the old concubine in the palace successfully swallowed her last breath in this life.

When the death knell sounded, Mrs. Wang was startled.Sitting in the carriage, he silently counted the number of death knells, only to be relieved to find that it was not the number of the emperor's death.

Blessed by the Buddha, her elderly son-in-law must not die so soon.

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The sound of the death knell could not be heard as far as Xiaotangshan, but someone rushed to Xiaotangshan to report the news.

But after all this coming and going, or when those people thought of reporting to Xiaotangshan, three or five days had passed.

And at this moment, Eleven was turning his head, thinking about what reason he could use to call Zuo Xi back to Xiaotangshan.