[Qing Chuan] Yongzheng's embarrassing empress

Shuwan was very obedient, when Concubine De told her to leave, she left immediately.

She took Fourteen Fujin to chat with Thirteen Fujin, and the nobleman who lived in the side hall said auspicious words to please Concubine De.

Fourteen Fujin was still a little uneasy, "We only want to make ourselves happy, is this really okay?"

Shuwan smiled and said: "This is Er Niang who loves us, what's wrong! There are many opportunities to honor Er Niang, this day is not bad!"

Shuwan and Thirteen Fujin pulled Fourteen Fujin to joke and divert her mind.After a while, Fourteen Fujin couldn't think of serving Concubine De any more.

After sitting in Yonghe Palace for a while, everyone went to Ningshou Palace to pay New Year's greetings.

The Fourteenth Fujin ran to the front to support Concubine De, but Shuwan didn't fight with her, she and the Thirteenth Fujin walked behind side by side.

When we arrived at the Ningshou Palace, when everyone arrived, we kowtowed to the Queen Mother to pay New Year's greetings.

The queen mother is still the same, cheerful, like an old lady from an ordinary family.She called everyone to sit down, and let the high-ranking concubine come forward to talk with her.

As usual, Shuwan still sat next to Wu Fujin, thirteen Fujin and Fourteen Fujin next to each other.

Shuwan and Wu Fujin whispered gossip, and Shuwan talked about her four maids.

"Nurse Ning is getting old and has gone out of the house to enjoy the blessings. I asked her to help find a few reliable families to find a good marriage for my big maids. Nurse Ning is very caring, and she didn't have time last year. So, my big maids are ignorant and look down on none of them, so they want to be old girls by my side."

"Sister-in-law four, it's boring for you to talk like this. You still show off to me about our relationship. Loyal servants are hard to come by. If they are willing to stay by your side, you should burn incense! That one went to the south of the Yangtze River Xia'er, who is the shopkeeper, left her family and business far away from her parents and relatives, and went to the south of the Yangtze River to earn money for you, what a girl! You think she is a good daughter!"

Shuwan smiled and said: "Nonsense! How old am I, am I worthy of being her godmother? I thought about it too, it's fine if they don't want to marry, I can always afford my big maid."

Wu Fujin agreed very much, "It's hard to find such loyal servants, you just keep them by your side! Besides, they are getting old, and they are probably just filling in houses when they get married. Not comfortable either."

Just as Shuwan was about to speak, she heard someone laughing loudly in front of her.

"In terms of filial piety, Fourteen Fortunes are the most filial. When I just entered the door, I saw Fourteen Fortunes helping the concubine's sister into the house. In the past! It was the four Fujins who helped the concubine's sister, and now the youngest daughter-in-law has entered the door , Sure enough, the elder sister still loves the younger one more."

The person who spoke was Concubine Yi, she was always quick to speak, and she was at odds with Concubine De.Concubine De is partial to the matter of her youngest son, and everyone knows that she insists on speaking out when everyone is around during the New Year's Eve, in order to intentionally embarrass others.

Fourteen Fujin's face was not very good-looking when she heard this, she forced a smile and said: "Ms. Yifei is joking, I like to show off, please give me the opportunity to show my face."

Concubine Yi smiled and said: "You don't understand, although you love present, your mother-in-law also loves you and prefers to be close to you."

Concubine De smiled slightly, as if she didn't care, but Shuwan knew that Concubine De must be about to explode at this moment.

Shuwan quickly came out to make a rescue, "Empress Yifei is absolutely right, my mother-in-law just loves younger siblings more! There is nothing I can do, younger siblings are young and delicate, and they are beautiful, unlike me who are older, my skin is not tender enough, and my eyes are not The water is as radiant as ever.”

Shuwan pretended to touch her face, "Oh, I have the heart to compete with my siblings, but when I see her, I can't love her enough, how can I be willing to compete with her?"

Fourteen Fujin bowed her head shyly, and everyone around her laughed in good faith, and Concubine Yi couldn't say anything.

The queen mother was still smiling, "Look at our fourth daughter-in-law being wronged, don't worry, your mother-in-law thinks you are ugly, but I don't, come quickly and let me love you."

Shuwan ran to the Empress Dowager to chat with her, but she didn't take this incident seriously, and after a lukewarm meal in the palace, she went home with the fourth elder brother.

During the first lunar month, everyone brings gifts to visit relatives, watch plays and eat wine. Shuwan also prepares a banquet and invites relatives and friends to come and drink and have fun.

So busy, it didn't stop until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, palace lanterns were hung everywhere in the palace of Yongjun Palace, which looked very beautiful. Now that the festival is over, the palace lanterns should be put away.

Shuwan likes the two beautiful palace lanterns hanging at her door the most. She stands at the door deliberately and asks her servants to keep these two lanterns.

The gatekeeper's wife came in to report that the Fourteenth Fujin had come, and asked Fujin if he wanted to see him.

Shuwan scolded: "She's already at the door, can I not see you? Invite her to the flower hall!"

Shuwan went back to the room, brushed her hair, added two pieces of jewelry, and filled up the rouge on her lips before going out to see Fourteen Fujin.

Fourteen Fujin has arrived at the flower hall, and the maid is serving her tea and snacks.

"Siblings are here! Are you leaving the palace by yourself or the fourteenth brother is going out with you?"

Fourteen Fujin got up and greeted each other with Shuwan, she smiled and said: "I will go out of the palace with Brother Fourteen, I will go back to my mother's house for a sit down, Brother Fourteen has other things to do, I will go back to the palace by myself in a while."

Shuwan thought to herself, the emperor detained the fourteenth elder brother to study in the palace, if he had something important to do, maybe he ran to find the eighth elder brother and the others again.

Shuwan doesn't have the slightest affection for Elder Fourteen, this kind of stinky brother just owes a lesson.Beat him several times to see if he dares to bend his elbows.

Shuwan smiled reservedly, and said polite words to Fourteen Fujin, hoping to send her away quickly.

"One of our sisters-in-law lives in the palace and the other lives outside the palace. It's inconvenient for you to leave the palace, and I can't stay long in the palace. There is no chance for us to get close to each other."

Fourteen Fujin smiled and nodded, "Yes! I want to have a good chat with my fourth sister-in-law, but I can't find a chance. Today I went back to my mother's house, and it happened that the fourteenth elder brother was not there, so I had the opportunity to sit and sit in my sister-in-law's house. .”

Shuwan felt a little thumped in her heart, and we didn't know each other very well, you deliberately avoided Elder Fourteen, what did you want to tell me?

Fourteen Fujin lowered his head and sighed: "Since entering the palace, I have served Er Niang and Fourteenth Brother diligently, and I dare not slack off in the slightest. But...the Empress and Fourteenth Brother seem to be dissatisfied with me a lot, I, I I really don't know what to do, so I can only learn from my sister-in-law and ask for an idea."

"It's not appropriate for you to ask me for advice, is it?" Shuwan was a little embarrassed, "You should go home and discuss this with your mother!"

How could anyone come to ask my sister-in-law?

Shuwan declared in advance, "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that everyone has different habits and personalities. What suits me may not suit you."

Fourteen Fujin sniffed. Although he didn't cry, his voice changed obviously.

"I came to ask my sister-in-law for advice today, so I'm not afraid of her jokes. When I went back to my mother's house, my mother-in-law said that I was not diligent enough to serve. My grandmother said that if I could do everything perfectly, my mother-in-law and the fourteenth elder brother would not be able to pick me up." Something is wrong."

Fourteen Fujin lowered his head, tears fell down, and made a wet circle on the hem of his clothes.

"I know I'm not perfect, but I've worked very hard, I can't work harder, I'm about... I can't take it anymore."

Fourteen Fujin took a deep breath, trying to hold back the tears.

"On the first day of the first day of the lunar new year, Madam Yi didn't speak very well. After returning home, Madam said that I was not eloquent enough. Brother Fourteen found out about that and despised me for being too weak. That's all. I'm not as articulate as my sister-in-law. Other than that Besides, there are many things my sister-in-law doesn't know.

I was late in delivering the tea, and I will be reprimanded.Because the tea needs to be changed frequently, the tea leaves are used up too quickly, and they have to be reprimanded.At home, I cut clothes and embroidered purses for Brother Fourteen.Because there is no time during the day, I can only work at night.The candles were dim, and sometimes I misidentified the color. My fourteenth elder brother saw it and hated it, so I had to do it again.

It's a trivial thing to say, I care about it, it seems that I am stingy and don't care about it, and I feel panicked again..."

Fourteen Fujin took a sip of tea, and quickly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes by wiping his mouth to ensure that his makeup was complete.Except for a little red eye circles, there is no trace of embarrassment, and she is very restrained.

The Fourteenth Fujin raised his head and asked Shuwan: "Sister-in-law Si, how did you endure those years in the palace? I want to learn from you, I am so tired."

Don't say Fourteen Fujin feels tired, Shuwan is tired just listening to it.

Serving the old ones during the day and the young ones at night, Fourteen Fujin has to take care of the yard and sew clothes for the fourteenth elder brother, and the long-term labor of the landlord's house doesn't work like this!

Talk shallowly and speak deeply, a gentleman is abstained.Shuwan knew that she shouldn't come up with random ideas, but felt that Fourteen Fujin was pitiful, so she couldn't help giving her some advice.

"Have you ever thought that you are working so hard now, perhaps because...you are too diligent."

Fourteen Fujin said timidly: "Being someone else's daughter-in-law is definitely not as comfortable as being an aunt at home. And I often accompany my grandmother when I am at home. I am used to doing this."

Shuwan thought to herself: No wonder she was a long-term worker when she entered the palace. It turned out that she was used to being oppressed when she was at home.

"I think this way. The royal Fujin is different from the daughter-in-law of ordinary people. The daughter-in-law of ordinary people has to wash, cook, clean the house, and take care of the elderly. For the royal Fujin, the laundry and cooking are done by servants. , and we have to do housework and socialize with other Fujin wives. This is called specialization in the art industry. Whatever your status, you have to do the corresponding things.

It is your intention to serve your mother and husband, which is precious, but if you rob the servants of their work and worry about the affairs of the family, of course you will feel tired. "

Fourteen Fujin understood what Shuwan meant, but she dared not refuse.

"I don't want to serve my mother-in-law, is that really okay?"

Shuwan couldn't answer this question, she could only answer what was not asked.

"My idea may not be right, the family looks the same, brothers and sisters can decide for themselves!"

Shuwan said it very politely, but if she said it more bluntly, Fourteen Fortune had spoiled her mother-in-law and husband.

She made a lot of mistakes made by newcomers in the workplace, hoping to impress her leaders and colleagues with her hard work.

In fact, the leaders and colleagues don't care about her efforts. She takes all the work and does it. From now on, all the work will be hers, and gradually more and more work will be done.

So, whether it's marriage or work, the first thing to do in a new environment is to set the bottom line.It's not that I don't do my job, it touches my bottom line, and makes me uncomfortable, so I have to show it in time and tell everyone that some jokes can't be taken.