Self-cultivation of the noble concubine who eats melons

Chapter 113 Chapter 114: Confrontation

After an autumn rain and a cold, Song Yunzhao opened the window in the morning, and the raindrops fell gently under the eaves. From a distance, it seemed that the courtyard was covered with a layer of rain and mist. The autumn wind blew, and she couldn't help shivering. .

Xiangxue hurriedly took the outer clothes and came over, "Master, don't stand by the window, it's very windy right now."

Song Yunzhao nodded and walked back, and said as he walked, "The weather is going to be cold as soon as it is said to be cold, has the autumn clothes from the Department of Clothes Bureau been delivered?"

"Not yet." As soon as Xiangxue put her hands together, she felt that the master's hands were a bit cold, so she turned around and sent a hand stove over.

Song Yunzhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's not winter yet, how can I use this."

"Your hands are too cold. Warm them up. It doesn't matter what the season is, as long as you are comfortable, this thing will be useful."

Song Yunzhao stretched out his hand to take it, not to mention that it really felt a lot warmer in his hand, even his cold fingertips felt warm.

Shi Zhu held the umbrella and walked to the eaves of the corridor, and handed the umbrella to the little maid, who carried a big burden into the palace herself.

As soon as Xiangxue saw it, she asked, "What did you take?"

"My master's autumn clothes, I took me to the clothing bureau to get them back. It got cold all of a sudden. Fortunately, I went early. There are quite a lot of autumn clothes from the clothing bureau." Shi Zhu Handing the burden to Xiangxue, he bowed to the master again, and said with a smile: "Your maidservant changes into clothes and then comes to serve the master."

Seeing that her shoes were soaked, Song Yunzhao hurriedly said, "Go quickly, don't come here first after changing your clothes, let the waiter make you some ginger soup to drive away the cold."

There is no small kitchen in Wangyou Palace, only a tea room, where water is usually boiled for tea, and occasionally it is used to warm up snacks and other snacks for Song Yunzhao.

Shi Zhu answered with a smile before turning around and leaving.

On the other side, Xiangxue took out the autumn clothes and rummaged through them carefully, checking the patterns, styles, and stitches one by one. Make two bright bodies."

Their own needlework is good, but it is rare to have time to make such a big piece when they are on errands, autumn clothes are no better than summer clothes.

Song Yunzhao thoughtfully, looked at Xiangxue and said, "I've been promoted to Jieyu, shouldn't our Wangyou Palace add people?"

Xiangxue was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "I want to add someone."

Song Yunzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, "Did Gong Zhengsi send anyone here?"

Xiangxue's expression was also not good-looking, "It's a servant who neglected his duty, so I ask the master to punish her."

Song Yunzhao didn't think of it herself, so she didn't blame Xiangxue, she just didn't expect Gong Zhengsi to pretend to be deaf and dumb, which is kind of interesting.

She looked at Xiangxue and said, "You go to Gong Zhengsi and ask them to add people according to the book."

Xiangxue responded immediately, "I'll go now, servant girl. It is reasonable to say that Gong Zhengsi will select someone, and then let the master look over and select someone."

"Let Nanny Yu go to Zhangyan and pick some good needleworkers." Song Yunzhao felt that he had a good relationship with Liangzi from the Shangfu Bureau, so he couldn't rely on them for needlework, so he had to pick someone for himself.

Xiangxue went to find Nanny Yu, and then the two went to Gong Zhengsi.

Song Yunzhao found it very troublesome. As he lived in the palace longer, he felt that there were more and more things that were controlled by the Six Shang Bureau.

Relatively speaking, Gong Zhengsi belongs to the palace organization and serves the concubines exclusively, but things are not that simple. The relationship between the harem and Gong Zhengsi is a mutual check and balance.

This delicate relationship is difficult to describe in words, and the six female officials in the Six Shang Bureau under Gong Zhengsi are not all bricks and mortar, just like the Department of Clothes Bureau under the Shang Fu Bureau has a bad relationship with him.

The Department of Clothes Bureau dared to do this because of the support of Cui Shangfu, who had a close relationship with Concubine Wan.

But now that he is being favored, Cui Shangfu doesn't dare to blatantly embarrass himself, so the autumn clothes he sent are in line with the regulations and have no merits. Beautiful and thoughtful autumn clothes.

The Bureau of Shangfu is waiting for him to give up?

It's just a dream!

She decided to cultivate her own talents. Although it took time, it was cost-effective to cultivate her own people.

In the harem, it is very important to have your own territory and your own connections.

If you can't get Cui Shangfu's handle, you can't easily go to the emperor to file a complaint. You must know that such a thing as a complaint must be beaten seven inches.

An hour later, Nanny Yu came back with a grim expression, and Song Yunzhao looked at her.

"Master, Gong Zhengsi said that there are no suitable palace ladies to be selected at the moment, and the previous batch of palace ladies have just been selected by Huayang Palace."

Song Yunzhao was overjoyed, Qin Xiyue's movements were fast, she deserved to be an ambitious heroine.

"When does Gong Zhengsi say to send someone over?" Song Yunzhao could hear what Gong Zhengsi meant. His relationship with Qin Xiyue was average. Huayang Palace chose the remaining people, and he was sure. Can't.

Besides, he had a higher rank than Qin Xiyue, if Gong Zhengsi really dared to choose Qin Xiyue's leftovers for him, it would be an obvious offense to himself.

Gong is a sensible person.

"Gong Zheng said that the shortage of palace staff here in Wangyou Palace is due to her dereliction of duty. When she chooses someone, she will come to Wangyou Palace to choose someone to make amends for the master." Nanny Yu said so, but the expression on her face was not very good. joy.

Song Yunzhao thought that Nanny Yu must have fought Gong Zheng, and it turned out that Wangyougong won.

"It doesn't matter if you wait for a few days." Song Yunzhao chuckled, "However, Mammy asked someone to go to Gongzheng to reply, and just said that I want two palace maids who are good at needlework."

Song Yunzhao didn't want to have an enmity with the entire Liushang Bureau, he was afraid that he was living too freely and making things difficult for him.

Gong Zheng's attitude is acceptable, and she is also willing to give the other party a step down.

As for whether her posture when descending the steps suits her, it depends on Gong Zheng's attitude.

When Xiangxue heard this, she said, "Your maidservant, go for a walk, and go with someone else so as not to be unclear."

Song Yunzhao nodded, "You should run again, remember to be gentle."

"Yes." Xiangxue went out under the eaves of the verandah, put up an umbrella, and this time she was in a better mood than before.

If the master ordered like this, there must be someone behind him. If Gong Zhengsi is not sensible this time, there is a high probability that he will be unlucky.

The rain gradually stopped, the autumn clothes were put into the closet by carnations, and the summer clothes had to be sorted out one by one. Several palace maids were busy running around, registering and making books, and they had to take them out to dry when the weather was fine. Sealed and put into storage.

Song Yunzhao was impatient with these trivial matters, so she went to the study to continue writing her "The Peony Pavilion". She wrote scatteredly over the past few days, and she recalled a lot of forgotten libretto through her unremitting efforts, but some of them were really hard to remember. Now, she can only make up the rhyme by herself, so this job is not easy to do.

She is ignorant and inexperienced, no matter how you look at it, the holes she repaired are still a bit short, so she can barely do it.Tang Gong's name was written on the signature, and Song Yunzhao heaved a sigh of relief.

Checked it from beginning to end, found nothing wrong, put the booklet in a brocade box and sealed it, and sent it out of the palace when the weather was better tomorrow, and inquired about the news by the way.

She had lunch alone, and after taking a nap, Han Jinyi's personal servant came over and said that Feng Xiaoyuan wanted to visit with Han Xiaoyi.

Song Yunzhao agreed when he had nothing to do. In the book, Feng Yunjin served as Qin Xiyue's military adviser, but the two of them are not yet tied together. As long as there is a corner that can be dug, she will definitely dig it.

Feng Yunjin has a good impression of her so far. When it came to Lu Zhixue, she knew the grievances between herself and Lu Zhixue, and she was willing to pay back the family's affection. She was not afraid of offending herself because of this matter. It can be seen that this person has a bottom line and morality.

Who knew that when he was waiting for the door, he saw Lu Zhixue following behind him, and Song Yunzhao fell silent.

She discovered that Lu Zhixue was really an incomprehensible existence, why did she follow others to her place every time?

Do you want to chat too?

Lu Zhixue was a little embarrassed when she saw Song Yunzhao's surprised expression, but she followed Song Yunzhao and didn't learn to be thick-skinned. She took the initiative to say, "I happened to run into Yun Jin and Jinyi when I was out of the palace."

What else could Song Yunzhao say, but he couldn't drive people out.

What kind of friendship do you think she has with Lu Zhixue?
It's very strange.

After inviting the three of them to sit down, she had long ago decided to come and make tea by the stove. The weather like this really couldn't be more suitable.

Song Yunzhao asked people to get the necessary equipment for the stove from the imperial dining room. The charcoal was burning in the small clay stove, and the copper pot stand was on the road. Soon there was the sound of sizzling water, and the white mist slowly overflowed along the spout. , the table is full of all kinds of snacks, pastries, fruits, and melon seeds.

She also made a grilling net and put it on another small oven. The mesh is very fine. Put the melon seeds on it, and the aroma will soon be roasted.

For a moment, the clumsy people all laughed, and Lu Zhixue knocked a sunflower seed that she roasted herself, thinking it was delicious.

This thing is really interesting, and she will play with it herself later.

Song Yunzhao put jujubes, pears, and hawthorns on the roasting net and roasted them slowly over low heat. Lu Zhixue asked, "Can these also be roasted?"

"Why can't these be baked?" Song Yunzhao asked her deliberately.

Lu Zhixue: ...

Song Yunzhao looked at Lu Zhixue's expression, and said happily: "You can know whether it can be roasted or not. If you don't roast it, how can you know if it can be roasted? If you roast it, you will know whether it can be roasted or not."

Lu Zhixue was stunned.

Feng Yunjin and Han Jinyi narrowed their brows and eyes with joy, they are living happily.

Han Jinyi walked down the steps for Lu Zhixue, "I don't know that these things can be roasted, let's just try it." He said and looked at Lu Zhixue, "After we try it at Jieyu's place, we will make one ourselves when we go back. Definitely not going to go wrong.”

Lu Zhixue thought it made sense, so she pinched the dates and put them on, and it smelled quite delicious.

Song Yunzhao felt a little regretful that there were no oranges. Let’s not talk about whether the roasted oranges are delicious, but the aroma is really charming.

"I heard that Concubine Zhuang wants to hold a small banquet for Qin Wanyi to congratulate her on her promotion. Why is there no news so far?" Han Jinyi looked at Feng Yunjin and asked.

Feng Yunjin lives in the West Palace, which is closer to the palaces of Concubine Zhuang and Qin Xiyue, so the news is naturally better than theirs.

Feng Yunjin swallowed the melon seeds in her mouth, and then said: "I heard that Qin Wanyi refused."

Lu Zhixue snorted, "Pretentious, I'm afraid that everyone in the harem will go to congratulate her."

Song Yunzhao agreed seriously, "It makes sense."

Listening to Song Yunzhao echoing her words, Lu Zhixue looked a little brighter, coughed lightly and said, "I heard that Qin Yuanjing was impeached recently, Qin Taifu is running around for the matter of the eldest son, how can Qin Wanyi be in the mood to congratulate herself."

Song Yunzhao's eyes lit up, oops, the news he handed out has been moved so quickly?

Lu Zhixue originally wanted to show off to Song Yunzhao that she was well-informed, but when she raised her head to meet the bright eyes in her upper eyes, she suddenly froze.

Song Yunzhao looked at her and urged: "You said it, how is it?"

Don't be too obvious about your attitude towards jokes, but Lu Zhixue likes it, and she especially likes Qin Xiyue's jokes now.

Han Jinyi suppressed a smile and remained silent, and Feng Yunjin also had a smile in his eyes. The two looked at each other, and took a sip of tea at the same time, lest they couldn't help talking too much.

Lu Zhixue said a little arrogantly: "Qin Xiyue's promotion to Wanyi is different from your promotion to Jieyu's. Your family is not easy to pick faults, but Qin Yuanjing is different. He has great ambitions and few talents. Only with the protection of Qin Taifu did he sit down. In the position of Gongbu Langzhong, the Taifu is very arrogant to rely on her own father to do things on weekdays, but this time something happened, I don’t know how many people saw her as a joke."

After talking for a long time without getting to the point, Song Yunzhao was so angry that he almost flipped the table. Do you think this popularity is infuriating?

Feng Yunjin looked at Yun Zhao's eyes that were about to get angry, and hurriedly explained to Lu Zhixue: "It's hard to say whether what Qin Langzhong committed this time is serious or not, it depends on how His Majesty makes a ruling, but considering Taifu Qin's face, it shouldn't be too serious. will be held accountable."

Song Yunzhao glared at Lu Zhixue, seeing how good Feng Xiaoyuan was at talking, he knew what she liked to hear.

Lu Zhixue shut her mouth in anger!
Song Yunzhao turned his head to look at Feng Yunjin, settled down and spoke to her slowly, "I heard that Langzhong Qin accepts bribes, and the amount of bribes will be judged to determine the responsibility of the crime. I wonder how much Langzhong Qin took?"

Feng Yunjin nodded, "This matter has just caused a storm, and the result has not yet come out. Someone needs to be investigated for impeachment."

Han Jinyi added from the side, "Both the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Dali Temple are investigating fraud cases. There are not many people who can be allocated. I'm afraid we will have to wait for the results."

"What's the matter, when something like this happens, Qin Xiyue, who claims to be a noble family, let's see how she has the face to promote her nobleness in the harem." Lu Zhixue said fiercely.

This made sense, the other three looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Lu Zhixue looked at the three of them, "What's so funny, am I wrong?"

"That's right." Han Jinyi quickly reassured her, "Qin Wanyi refused the congratulatory banquet, probably because she didn't want to show off at this time. If what happened to Mr. Qin this time is found to be true, she really can't bear it."

Acting low-key now is also planning for the future.

Lu Zhixue still looked a little unhappy. She trusted Qin Xiyue at the beginning, but she was tricked by her. Now that she thinks about it, she feels stupid.

Now that she can see Qin Xiyue's jokes, she is happier than Song Yunzhao. Thinking of this, she said: "Qin Taifu has profound talents and knowledge, and is a good official, but it is a pity that his descendants do not live up to it."

Han Jinyi nodded, Qin Xiyue would not have entered the palace if it hadn't been like this, and Grand Tutor Qin may not have let her enter the palace to find a way for his son.

Feng Yunjin raised her head, "I heard that Qiu Wei will re-open the exam this time."

"Really?" Lu Zhixue was a little surprised. If the exam is retaken, will the emperor forgive the previous incident?
She didn't know how much her father was involved with, but she hoped that her father would be safe and sound.

"It should be." Feng Yunjin nodded, then looked at Song Yunzhao, "Does Jieyu know about this?"

Song Yunzhao shook his head, "I haven't heard the news, but the emperor is a wise king, and he will definitely not disappoint the students. You have been studying hard for so many years, and you can't just go back like this."

Feng Yunjin didn't believe that Song Jieyu didn't know that it was her cousin who was leading the disturbance outside the palace.

However, after she learned that Song Yuran had handed in blank papers, she was deeply impressed. In the entire examination room, he was the only one who handed in all three blank papers, and the other one who handed in two blank papers was Song Jieyu's cousin-in-law.

You said, for Song Jieyu's good fortune, it's just that she was favored in the palace, and her natal family also added honor to her outside the palace, which is a great help.

The fact that the fraud case has become so big is no longer simply a matter of leaked exam questions. A letter from her family told her cryptically that the fraud case has swept through to the fight between the left and right sides of the court.

There are many officials involved this time, and the emperor will certainly not deal with all of them, but there must be many unlucky ones belonging to the direct descendants of the second prime minister.

The emperor has always wanted to take back the power of the court, and this time the Song family really handed the knife to the emperor.

With this credit, it is already foreseeable that Song Yanran will rise to the top. If he can be on the list again in the scientific examination, he will probably be even more famous than the number one scholar.

This is really enviable, this is not just a matter of luck and good fortune, it requires decisive courage and strategic planning.

The emperor already liked Song Jieyu, and now the Song family was so worried about him, before the next draft, no one in the palace could compare to Song Jieyu.

Would the emperor like these beautiful girls from outstanding families?

Certainly not.

Their entry into the palace was the emperor's compromise with the courtiers.

Their situation is even worse than that of the third concubine and the noble concubine, because the emperor is no longer the emperor five years ago, so there is no need to feel wronged to dote on the noble concubine and the third concubine.

Feng Yunjin saw this clearly, so she worked hard to adjust her position in the harem. It was better to build a good relationship with Song Jieyu than to count on the emperor's favor.

After several months of careful observation, Song Jieyu seemed to be domineering, but she acted in a very orderly manner and followed the law, and her mind was not narrow.

It can be seen from what happened to Lu Zhixue.

She could know that Song Jieyu was domineering and hated sharing favor with others. When someone tried to compete with her for the emperor's favor, her attack power was quite strong.

And she has no extravagant hopes for the emperor's favor. If the emperor favored her back then, she would not refuse, but obviously she is not so lucky.

Befriending Song Jieyu may not get what she wants, but it will not become her stepping stone either.

Feng Yunjin once hesitated between Qin Xiyue and Song Yunzhao, but as time passed, she finally decided to approach Song Jieyu.

However, Song Jieyu has been favored for several months, but she still has no good news.

Thinking about the lack of good news for the third concubine and the noble concubine, she even suspected that it would not be the emperor's problem, right?

I only dared to think about this, and didn't dare to say a word.

She even hoped that Song Jieyu would give birth to the emperor's eldest son, so she took refuge in Song Jieyu and hoped that she would rise to the top.

Han Jinyi took a bite of the roasted pear, which was slightly sour and sweet, but it was really to her liking, so she immediately asked everyone to have a taste.

Lu Zhixue cut a piece of the mouth with a small silver knife, frowned slightly, a little sour, but the sourness was just right, it was really delicious.

"If the exam is repeated, the ranking of the students will definitely be very different this time." Han Jinyi laughed.

"Of course, can wine bags and rice bags be compared with talented people with real talents?" Lu Zhixue complained.

Song Yunzhao smiled, and Feng Yunjin also smiled.

It wasn't until the fourth day of Youchu that the people dispersed, and Lu Zhixue's Yihua Palace was closer, and soon said goodbye to the two at the intersection.

Han Jinyi and Feng Yunjin continued to move forward, passing through the East Imperial Garden, Liuhua Palace was in the distance, Feng Yunjin looked at Han Jinyi, "It's a very happy thing to talk to Song Jieyu, no wonder you flirted with her at the beginning."

Han Jinyi was happy, "It's unexpected, but Jieyu's temperament is really easy to get along with."

Feng Yunjin thought that it might not be easy to get along with, but it is indeed good to be an ally with such a person.

"It looks like autumn is coming, and the Chinese New Year will be in a few months. This year is really fast, and it will pass in the blink of an eye."

"Yes." Han Jinyi nodded slightly, and the Chinese New Year would soon be here.

"Wait until the New Year's banquet, do you think our family can attend the banquet?"

Han Jinyi was taken aback, then shook his head, "How can I know this, but I hope so."

If the mother can go to the palace banquet, it is also the honor she brings to the family as a daughter.

"Yes, I hope so too." After Feng Yunjin said goodbye to Han Jinyi, she continued walking in the autumn wind.

Han Jinyi stared at Feng Yunjin's back, and after a while entered the gate of Liuhua Palace, not wanting to meet An Fangyi who was walking, she stepped forward to greet her, "I have seen An Fangyi."

An Fangyi nodded lightly, looked at Han Jinyi and asked, "I seem to have heard Feng Xiaoyuan's voice just now."

Han Jinyi replied with a smile: "Yes, my concubine and Feng Xiaoyuan are walking along the way."

An Fangyi didn't speak any more, turned around and went to her own Feishuang Palace.

Han Jinyi returned to his Qiulan Hall with a smile, and entered the inner hall, then looked at Xia and asked, "Why is An Fangyi walking in the courtyard at this time?"

Wen asked Xia to stay at the Qiulan Palace today, and upon hearing the words, he replied: "I haven't seen anyone visiting An Fangyi..." After finishing speaking, he paused, "However, An Fangyi left Liuyun Palace in the afternoon, and it took more than half an hour to come to see An Fangyi. return."

"Do you know where you went?"

"The servant doesn't know, or I'll go out and find out?"

Han Jinyi shook her head, "No need, it's just a casual question."

That's what Han Jinyi said, but she felt a little puzzled in her heart. An Fangyi seldom left Liuyun Palace, and only came back after more than half an hour. In this weather, she must not be going out to enjoy the flowers and gardens, but must be meeting someone.

Han Jinyi remembered what An Fangyi had asked her before, as if he was waiting for her to come back.

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