Self-cultivation of the noble concubine who eats melons

The Song residence was not peaceful at this time either, the eldest lady in the east courtyard discussed important matters with her son and son-in-law, and even wrote a letter to her husband in a hurry.

On the contrary, Cai took Song Qinghan to prepare the dowry, as if he wanted to take a gamble. The dowry prepared for Song Qinghan was very rich, and Song Jinxuan was so angry that her eyes turned red, but there was nothing she could do.

But Aunt Che was not in a hurry at all, she spread her speculation, and now it is confirmed that the birth mother of the concubine in Marquis Wuxin's mansion has another one in her stomach, but the marriage has already been negotiated, and Song Qinghan, a big girl, has a bad reputation. It's time to repent of the marriage and it will be harder to choose someone in the future.

The madam is knocking out teeth and swallowing blood, and wants to save face by giving some dowry to the big girl.

Song Jinxuan doesn't go out at all except to pay her respects every day, Mrs. Cai is in a bad mood, her father is not in Beijing, and Yun Zhao has become a noble Jieyu, so Madam can only vent her anger on her.

Although Aunt Che is favored, it is useless if her father is not at home. Fortunately, their mother and daughter have always acted in a low-key and cautious manner, and their lives are barely smooth if they don't get caught by the wife.

"When Daddy comes back, tell him about my marriage. When I get married, Auntie, you don't have to be so cautious all day long." Song Jinxuan felt sorry for her Auntie.

She is a girl who grew up in the backyard, so she was naturally ruled by her wife. Back then, Song Yunzhao was still a legitimate daughter, and her father had always protected her, so she had to be wronged in front of her wife.

She is a concubine, but she has no confidence to fight against Madam.

Only when she is married and the wife has nothing to do with Auntie, will Auntie's life really be easier.

Aunt Che kept sewing in her hands, she rubbed the tip of the needle between her hair, continued to thread the needle, and said in a soft voice: "It's a big deal for a daughter's family to get married, and the husband's family has to keep their eyes open. Don't be in a hurry, why are you in a hurry. Just wait and see, the three girls have now achieved the position of Jieyu, and they may go further next year. By then, your marriage will be even easier to talk about. Auntie doesn't want to be rich, But I don't want you to marry and suffer hardships, and when the master comes back, he will palm your eyes carefully, so you can just wait with peace of mind."

Song Jinxuan didn't have such patience, "I feel that my wife has been looking at me strangely recently, as if she is looking at something. Auntie, I'm afraid that my wife will make an appointment for me while my father is not at home."

Aunt Che stopped her needlework, "When did it happen? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I'm afraid you're worried, and I'm afraid that I'm wrong. But I went to pay my respects in the past two days, and this feeling became stronger, so it may not be my illusion."

Aunt Che's face darkened suddenly, and she slapped the table with a slap, "Don't worry, wait for me to check. If madam is really upset and kind, I won't sit and watch her push you into the fire pit. Since madam is so free, Then let her get busy."

Song Qinghan's marriage is full of deceptions. If Madam really plots against her Jinxuan, she will let Song Qinghan and Wushunhou's mansion become famous in the capital, and when she gets busy, she won't be able to take care of Jinxuan.

"I think you still need to tell the eldest lady about this matter." Song Jinxuan was very worried. Now the eldest lady is helping to manage all the major affairs in the mansion. If her aunt does something to make the eldest lady unhappy, it will not be good. alright.

"I know." Aunt Che sighed, "It will be fine when the master comes back."

The two families had already separated, and the eldest lady rarely cared about the affairs of the third bedroom, but as Jieyu became more and more important in the palace, the eldest lady has now taken care of the affairs of the East and West Second Courtyard.

Although the madam is displeased, the eldest madam is entrusted by the master one by one, even if the madam is dissatisfied, she dare not confront the eldest madam.

Both the master and Jieyu in the palace trusted the eldest lady even more. The lady was already standing on the edge of the cliff but she didn't know it.

Thinking of this, Aunt Che put away her needle and thread, unfolded the finished clothes, looked carefully, and nodded with satisfaction.This was made for the youngest son of the elder girl. When Song Guiyi was not married, she was the first girl in the Song family. Now that her husband and son-in-law are coming to Beijing to take the exam, she took the opportunity to return to Ning with the child, the granddaughter and grandma Love it tight.

Aunt Che has always been clever, so she made a suit of clothes for each of the two children, worked hard for five or six days, and today is considered a good day.

After wrapping up the two small clothes, Aunt Che stood up, "I'll go to Da Furen's side."

"Auntie, I'll go with you."

Aunt Che shook her head, "The two of us are too conspicuous, I'll just go there quietly."

Song Jinxuan could only nod her head, "Then I'll go talk to Eldest Sister tomorrow."

Aunt Che went out with her bundle in her arms, and walked to the east courtyard by a small path.

Aunt Che came by coincidence, the eldest lady had just sent her son and son-in-law out, and when she heard that Aunt Che was coming, she was invited in.

Aunt Che saluted as soon as she entered the door, "I have met the eldest lady in person."

The eldest lady knew that Song Yunzhao still had a bit of sisterly affection for Song Jinxuan, so she was polite to Aunt Che, "Why is Aunt Che here, but something happened?"

"My concubine made a suit of clothes for the cousin girl and the young master. The needlework is rough, please forgive me." Aunt Che said and put the burden on the table.

"You have a heart, sit down and talk." The eldest lady did not expect that Aunt Che had such a heart, and she looked at her kindly.

Aunt Che thanked her, sat down on the brocade stick brought by the girl, turned her body slightly, and smiled all over her face, "Why didn't you see the eldest girl?"

"I went to talk to her sisters." The eldest lady said.

Aunt Che praised Zhong Runyi and Zhong Minxing again. There is no one in this world who praises other people's children to make people happy. The eldest lady is indeed in a happy mood after being coaxed by Aunt Che.

While talking, Aunt Che turned the conversation to Song Jinxuan, and then mentioned Cai's mistakes these past few days, she said helplessly with a sad face, "I am very worried about the second girl's marriage, my wife has been very unhappy all these years. As a happy concubine, I am afraid that the second girl's life-long affairs will be harmed because of me. The concubine in this mansion doesn't know who to ask, so I can only ask the eldest lady to help me with the cheek."

The eldest lady frowned slightly, "The third younger siblings are busy with Qinghan's marriage, I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of Jinxuan now, Aunt Che is too worried."

She said so, but considering Cai's temperament, I'm afraid Aunt Che is not talking nonsense.

When the third brother went south, he asked himself to take care of the house, she really couldn't just ignore it.

"My concubine really wished I was thinking too much." Aunt Che's face was full of bitterness.

"Now the third sibling has not mentioned Jinxuan's marriage. If she mentions it, I will ask about it." The lady said.

Aunt Che immediately got up to thank her, she felt at ease with the words of the eldest lady, she didn't ask the eldest lady to really stop Cai, as long as the eldest lady was willing to step forward, she would naturally do other things by herself.

Don't blame her for being the fifteenth if she is the first grader.

After Aunt Che left, Mrs. Zhao called Mother Zhao and asked her to find out if there was such a thing.

Mother Zhao hesitated when she heard the words, and said softly: "Ma'am, there are indeed a few wives visiting the west courtyard recently. I don't know if it is for the second girl's marriage."

The eldest lady's expression was not very good-looking, "You go and find out what's going on."

If Mrs. Cai really wanted to find a bad marriage for Jinxuan, she would come forward to stop her if she had no choice but to think about it, she would become very angry, what kind of thing is this.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Song Guiyi came back with his youngest son in his arms, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard his mother's tone of voice was not very good, so he hurriedly asked.

When Zhao's mother saw it, she hurriedly took the young master Biao, and said with a smile: "Miss, I will take the young master Biao to the nanny."

Song Guiyi nodded in agreement, his son was a little sleepy, and his little head was biting, and he was familiar with Zhao's mother and others these days, and now he doesn't reject her holding him.

After Zhao's mother left, the eldest lady told the eldest daughter about Aunt Che.

Song Guiyi's long and thin eyebrows were frowned. She was not particularly outstanding, but her facial features were very attractive. After she got married, she helped her mother-in-law manage the housework, and she also gained a bit of dignity.

"Aunt Che dared to ask you for it, but you are becoming more and more lenient now." Song Guiyi felt sorry for his mother, "With Third Aunt's temperament, you will have to make things difficult for you."

Hearing that her daughter felt sorry for her, the eldest lady was very upset, and said softly: "Jieyu and Jinxuan are still on good terms, if she marries into a poor family, Jieyu will lose face. This time the son-in-law and your brother's For things, Jieyu has to spend a lot of time in the palace, so I naturally have to share Jieyu's worries about family affairs, a little hard work is nothing, as long as you are all doing well."

Hearing what his mother said, Song Guiyi raised his eyes to look over, and said softly, "Mother, my heart is in a state of agitation. Is it really okay to make such a big fuss? What if..."

"Wealth and wealth are in danger, our family has a beloved Jieyu, so we can only bite the bullet and move forward. But your father and third uncle are too low-ranking, not only can't help Jieyu, but also hinder her. Guiyi, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds in this world, we can't just think about taking advantage of Jieyu."

Song Guiyi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Mother, what do you mean, am I that kind of person? I'm just worried that Jieyu's popularity will be bad for her."

The eldest lady glanced at her when she heard her daughter's words, "Ever since Yun Zhao entered the palace, she has been favored all the time. Back then, the three concubines still shared the emperor's favor equally, but now your third sister is the only one out there. Do you really think it's just because of Yun Zhao's beauty that seduces people?" ?”

Song Guiyi had just arrived in Beijing not long ago, and he didn't know much about the affairs in Beijing. Hearing what his mother said, he asked, "Isn't it?"

In her memory, when Yun Zhao was young a few years ago, his face was already quite beautiful.

So she was favored after entering the palace, she was not surprised at all.

"Of course not." The eldest lady taught her daughter earnestly, "It has been five years since the emperor ascended the throne, and no prince has been born in the harem. After Yun Zhao was favored, he overwhelmed the three concubines. How could he have such ability with just a face?" , the emperor is not the first emperor."

Song Guiyi's face also became serious, "Mother, you mean that the emperor used Yun Zhao to suppress the third concubine and her family?"

The eldest lady was a little relieved that her daughter was able to understand everything, she nodded slightly, "It should be like this until now, when Yun Zhao was at home, apart from confronting your third aunt, when did you see her being tough and domineering? But when she entered the palace After that, she was favored, but under the great favor, she spread the reputation of being tyrannical, why do you think it is?"

Song Guiyi's expression changed again and again, and finally he sighed, "You mean that Yun Zhao had an accident?"

"It can only be said that she sensed the emperor's thoughts and acted according to the emperor's wishes." The eldest lady smiled, "Otherwise, with so many ladies entering the palace together, how could it be that Yun Zhao can stand out?"

"But... this is too dangerous." Song Guiyi said with a pale face.

"You're right. Because of this, the Song family was able to stand up as quickly as possible. Why did your third uncle go south to help the disaster? Why did your father marry Li Rong to Yucheng? Now the son-in-law and your younger brother both You can't stay out of it, the leaked test questions are indeed dangerous, but they are also a great opportunity."

Song Guiyi's heart was pounding, and he couldn't hold back his expression for a while, "Mother, if this matter doesn't work out..."

"How can you fail if you try your best? If you fail, you will succeed!" The lady said firmly, "I have already written to your father. This time, there are many students from Yucheng who are coming to take the exam. Come on, is it true that the court is dominated by right ministers? What's more, your father has colleagues, classmates, in the same year, as long as the news is released, as long as there are candidates in the family, as long as His Majesty wants to investigate to the end, this matter It will never give up easily.”

At this moment, Song Guiyi finally understood why her husband's expression was so serious before, and it was indeed very dangerous. It was the first time she experienced such a thing, and she was afraid and hopeful, nervous and looking forward to it.

"Mother..." Song Guiyi's heart was beating a little violently, "If things can really come true, my brother and husband will have made great contributions."

The eldest lady nodded slightly, "There are tens of thousands of students, how many of them can be remembered by the emperor? If they can catch the emperor's eyes this time, as long as they don't go astray in the future, they will be fine. Guiyi, don't say anything about it. Don't mention it to your sisters either."

"I see." Song Guiyi nodded hurriedly, "I didn't expect that I would encounter such a big event after traveling thousands of miles back to my mother's house. When I go back in the future, I will be able to brag about it in front of my mother-in-law."

The eldest lady was amused all of a sudden, "If your mother-in-law hears, I can't beat you."

Song Guiyi smiled, "My mother-in-law treats me like her own daughter, she is only happy for me."

The eldest lady sighed softly, "You didn't catch up with the good times. Your father's official position was low back then, so your marriage was inevitably lower."

"Mother, how can you say that, my husband is motivated and hardworking, my in-laws treat me kindly, my daughter is very grateful for the marriage that mother chose for me." Song Guiyi said immediately.

Seeing her daughter protecting her husband's family so much, the eldest lady smiled and said: "That's good, as long as your son-in-law makes progress, you will have a better life in the future."

Song Guiyi naturally thought so too. She watched her mother change the subject, "I wondered if I could meet Jieyu before I left Beijing, and we sisters haven't seen each other for many years."

"I'm afraid it won't work right now. Jieyu mentioned to me that I miss you very much, and I'm afraid we will have to wait until the imperial examination case is over." The lady said.

"It's good if we can see each other. It doesn't matter if it's earlier or later. The main reason is that our sisters don't know when we will see each other again." Song Guiyi said slowly, marrying far away has such disadvantages, and he wants to meet his family. It's not easy.

"As long as the son-in-law is motivated, he will be an official in Beijing sooner or later. By then, it will be difficult for your sisters to meet each other." The eldest lady comforted her daughter with a smile, but she knew in her heart that even Zhong Yingzhang was really motivated. If he wants to become an official in Beijing, unless he has made some special achievements that can be achieved in just a few years, he can only go up step by step.

If it is fast, it will be ten or eight years, and if it is slow, it will be 20 years.

But there must always be something to look forward to.

With Anshun's help, Song Yanran's progress went very smoothly. Someone had evidence, coupled with a group of young and passionate students, things quickly became serious.

Many students feel that they did not do well in the exam, and they don't want to wait for the imperial list to come out and return home. As a result, such a thing happened and they didn't leave. Maybe they'll still have a chance to try it out.

Countless candidates rushed into the yamen to ask for justice. These candidates have merit and reputation, and even the government cannot arrest them and imprison them at will. The matter suddenly became stalemate.

After Xie Jinshu heard the news, he immediately called his younger sister, "You go to see the eldest lady immediately, and ask the eldest lady if she can find a copy of the exam paper you bought and lend me a copy."

"Brother, what are you going to do?" Xie Linlang asked strangely, what's the use of asking for exam papers at this time?

Xie Jinshu said, "Didn't you see that it was Young Master Song who took the lead?"

"I know." Xie Linlang didn't understand for a moment.

"Master Song dares to make such a fuss, do you think there is anyone behind him?"

Xie Linlang was shocked, "You mean Jieyu is behind the scenes?"

"Almost, what Jieyu dares to do must be sure of success. At this time, we must help. There are very few people who can afford this kind of test paper, and many people have never seen it. Let's take the test paper Take it and engrave it overnight, even if everyone does not have a copy, everyone must know what the test paper looks like. Seeing such a test paper will give everyone more confidence to make a fuss, and only then can they seek justice."

When Xie Linlang heard it made sense, "I'll go right away."

This is a big deal that cannot be delayed.

Xie Linlang hurriedly went to the Song Mansion to ask to see the eldest lady. Xie Jinshu asked people to spend a lot of money to hire engraving masters. Fortunately, he had a friend who was in the bookstore business and had a few engraving masters who could be borrowed for a while. .

After Song Yunzhao in the palace told the matter to the emperor, he didn't ask any more questions. Even after Anshun introduced the person who had been arranged well to Song Yuran, he stopped going out of the palace. Wangyou Palace seemed to have returned to its previous state.

After two days of leisure, Han Jinyi was the first to come to find him.

"Something happened to Yun Zhao, have you heard?" Han Jinyi was sweating on his forehead, with a worried look on his face.

"What happened?" Song Yunzhao asked knowingly, pretending to be ignorant.

"Didn't your family write to you about the leaked test questions? Oh, hurry up and ask, this time it's your cousin who took the lead." Han Jinyi's eyes were full of anxiety, "Don't be taken advantage of by others. , The leakage of Qiu Wei's exam questions is of great importance, if there is a mistake here, I am afraid that your cousin will be used as a stepping stone."

"It turned out to be for this matter, and I know this matter." Song Yunzhao waited for Han Jinyi to say it, and made a look of righteous indignation, "You don't know, my cousin bought a copy of the so-called I didn't expect that the guessing papers were all successful, but he was terrified. He didn't dare to write a single word on the exam papers, so he handed in the blank papers. When my aunt entered the palace and told me, she was very angry. Cry, don’t you think this is ruining someone’s future?”

Han Jinyi was stunned, "There is such a thing? Someone is selling exam questions at a high price?"

Song Yunzhao nodded melancholy, "Yeah, these people really fed their conscience to dogs in order to earn money. After ten years of hard work, the result is that they can't compare with those who spend a little money to go to high school. Incompetent, who do you think can swallow this breath?"

Han Jinyi agreed with her relatives, "Yes, who can be reconciled?"

After a pause, she looked up at Yun Zhao, "You know about this matter, don't you support your cousin's troubles?"

"That's natural!" Song Yunzhao was filled with indignation, "My cousin has always been a man of integrity, otherwise he would not have given up the test for nothing, and would not have joined forces with others. Not only my cousin, but my cousin's husband is also a fool. I handed in the papers, and I handed in blank papers in the next two rounds."

Han Jinyi: ...

I really didn't expect that the descendants of the Song family had such a backbone, and I couldn't help admiring them. No wonder they could cultivate Yun Zhao's temperament.

For ordinary people, who is willing to hand in a blank paper?
Thinking about it this way, she understood that Song Yuran took the lead in seeking justice.

However, I am afraid that this matter will not be easy, so I can't help but worry: "But this matter may not be able to get a satisfactory result."

"There will definitely be a result." Song Yunzhao said with great confidence.

"Why?" Han Jinyi looked at Yun Zhao suspiciously. This was not a fight between concubines in the harem, and it could easily end.

"Of course it's because I sued the court!" Song Yunzhao said confidently.

Han Jinyi was speechless, looked at Song Yunzhao in shock, nodded in admiration for a while, "As expected of you!"

Song Yunzhao and Han Jinyi looked at each other, and they couldn't help laughing.

"Since you have plans in your heart, I'm at ease. I'm afraid that your cousin will be plotted against you, but now that you are backing him, why should I worry?" Han Jinyi was really relieved, and the whole person relaxed. .

"Jinyi, thank you." Song Yunzhao said sincerely, "You are the only one who misses me like this."

Han Jinyi shook her head, "You and I have met each other. Now that I know about it, I can't just sit idly by."

"Then let's just wait, there will definitely be a good result." Song Yunzhao said.

As long as the emperor upholds justice for these students this time, he will definitely win the support and love of these people, and the emperor's justice will win him a group of important officials.

At that time, the title of Emperor Mingjun will slowly be recognized, and it won't take too long. It only takes two or three years for the emperor to deal with these people, and these people will gradually be able to use them. At that time, the situation above the court will slowly reverse.

In the past two or three years, the most important task Song Yunzhao set for himself was to give birth to a prince.

It's not that she favors sons over daughters, but the status of the prince can guarantee her status. With her status and power, she can be stable even if she has another daughter.

This gamble is not easy for anyone.

Today's update is sent, sweethearts, have a nice weekend.