Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 66 Concubine
"The edict says: The wife of the Zhongyong Bo Yuan Wenshao, the Sheng family, has a prudent nature, is diligent and submissive, is yonghe and pure, has a gentle temperament, has a good inner discipline, and is virtuous. She is specially granted the title of fourth-grade respectful person. The master will implement it!"

Although Yuan Wenshao told her on the way that the imperial decree was likely to be her order, when the imperial decree was read out, Hua Lan's mind was still blank.

Seeing Hualan in a daze, Yuan Wenshao pulled her. Hualan came to his senses, followed Yuan Wenshao to salute and thank her in a daze.

After thanking you, Yuan Wenshao got up to accept the imperial decree, then took out a bank note from his sleeve and handed it over, smiling, "Thank you, Eunuch Li."

"What is Uncle Yuan doing?" Eunuch Li pretended to be displeased.

Yuan Wenshao said with a smile: "It's nothing else, just invite a few father-in-laws to drink tea."

Hearing the words, Eunuch Li took it over, and said with a light smile, "It's a happy event for your lady to confer an imperial order, so our family will be blessed with the lady's happiness."

Eunuch Li packed the banknotes and said, "By the way, the official asked us to bring a message to Uncle Yuan. Uncle Yuan is newly married, so he doesn't need to go to the palace to express his gratitude."

"Thank you for your concern, officials." Yuan Wenshao bowed.

"In addition, the officials also said that if Uncle Yuan is allowed to rest for a few days, he should go to Daying in the western suburbs to take up his post." Eunuch Li said.

"Yes, I will go tomorrow." Yuan Wenshao said hastily.

After resting for so long, I forgot to go to the camp in the western suburbs for training.

"That's not necessary. What the officials mean is that Uncle Yuan can take office in five days." Eunuch Li said.

"Yes, I accept the order." Yuan Wenshao said respectfully.

After the business was done, Eunuch Li took his leave. Yuan Wenshao tried to persuade him to stay, but Eunuch Li refused on the grounds that he would return to the palace to resume his duties.

The couple personally sent Eunuch Li out of the house and waited for others to leave before returning to the house.

"Madam, I am just a first- and fourth-grade courteous person. I am so happy for you. If you are granted the title of Lady of the State in the future, will you be so happy?"

Yuan Wenshao joked when he saw Hua Lan smiling.

"It's a blessing to be granted the royal title. I don't want to be my concubine anymore, Mrs. Guo." Hua Lan said with a smile.

Madam Gaoming also has grades, which are divided into ranks one to nine just like officials, but there is no distinction between obedience and obedience.

The wife and husband are together, Yuan Wenshao is a fourth-rank Zhongwu general, and Hualan can only be named a fourth-rank respectful person.

Mrs. Guo is a first-rank imperial order, and unless Yuan Wenshao is an official of the first rank, it is possible for her to be a first-rank Mrs. Guo.

"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?" Yuan Wenshao smiled.

Gu Er can earn a second-rank county lady for Minglan. He is now a fourth-rank official. Gu Er only has a false title on his head. The starting point is much higher than Gu Erke, so there may not be no opportunities.

Hualan didn't know what Yuan Wenshao was thinking, so she opened the box and carefully took out the imperial uniform, as if she was holding some rare treasure.

"Would you like to put it on and take a look?" Yuan Wenshao said.

He could understand Hua Lan very well. In ancient times when women could not be officials, Mrs. Gaoming was already the greatest honor for women who were not from the royal family.

Officials below the fourth rank have to salute when they see Hualan, this is the benefit of the imperial order.

Hua Lan was a little moved when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment and said: "Let's forget it, it's not like entering the palace to wear some imperial clothes."

A married woman with imperial orders would go to the palace to pay homage to the queen during festivals and festivals, and only at this time would she wear imperial uniforms.

On weekdays, I keep it carefully and rarely wear it.

"How do you know if it fits if you don't wear it?"

Yuan Wenshao also wanted to admire Hualan's appearance in the official uniform, so he said to Cuichan and Caizan beside him, "Go, and help Madam change."

Hua Lan couldn't resist him, so he could only go into the back room to change clothes.

After waiting for a long time, the door of the inner room was opened. She was dressed in a blue long-sleeved dress with cloud patterns and phoenix patterns embroidered on it, Xiapei on her shoulders, and a phoenix crown on her head.

This is the so-called Fengguan Xiapei.

Fengguanxiapei is the regular uniform of the concubine and the imperial uniform of the imperial concubine.

It's just that there are some differences between the royal clothes and the concubine's clothes in some details.

Wearing a phoenix crown and Xiapei, Hualan looked very graceful and luxurious, which made Yuan Wenshao's eyes stare straight.

"Is your husband good-looking?" Hua Lan asked after turning around.

"Beautiful, really beautiful." Yuan Wenshao praised.

I just don’t know if I’m praising the clothes or the person.

"It's just that this phoenix crown is too heavy, much heavier than the crown I wore when I got married."

Hua Lan is also very satisfied with the imperial uniform, the only thing she dislikes is that the phoenix crown is too heavy.

The phoenix crown is made of gold and silver, dotted with various gemstones, and weighs several kilograms.

"Since it's important, let's take it," Yuan Wenshao said.

"Well, wearing this commandment uniform always feels very restrictive and not very comfortable."

Hualan nodded and entered the room, ready to change out of his imperial uniform.

Yuan Wenshao drank the water in the cup and walked into the room.

Cuichan and Caihan had just taken off the phoenix crown and put it aside. When they saw Yuan Wenshao coming in, they wanted to salute.

Yuan Wenshao hurriedly waved his hands to stop them, motioning them to go out.

"Cui Chan find me some plain clothes. It's better to be plain at home." Hua Lan said while admiring the phoenix crown on the table.

"Ah~"

As soon as she finished speaking, a pair of strong hands suddenly picked her up, startling her.

When she saw that it was Yuan Wenshao who was picking her up, Hua Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and said angrily, "Officer, you scared me to death."

Yuan Wenshao said with a smile: "My husband made a mistake. In order to apologize to my wife, I changed my clothes for my husband himself."

Hua Lan also reacted at this time, and hurriedly said: "Officer, it's daytime, so it can't be done."

Yuan Wenshao couldn't care so much at this moment. Last night because he felt pity for Hualan, he was honest all night. Just now Hualan's appearance in the official uniform irritated him, so he couldn't bear it.

Seeing that Yuan Wenshao was unmoved, Hua Lan hurriedly said: "Officer, let this concubine change the imperial order first... um..."

Before she finished speaking, Yuan Wenshao blocked her mouth.

In the outer hall, Cuichan came out, closed the door of the inner room, and was about to go out, but saw Caihan standing at the door of the room, not moving.

"Caizan, let's go out first." Cuichan reminded.

Caizan glanced at her and said: "You go out, the eldest lady told me to take good care of you, I have to wait here, in case the lord and the others need anything, I can go in and serve you."

Cui Chan naturally knew that the eldest lady the hairpin was talking about was not Hua Lan, but Wang.

As for Caihan's intentions, Cuichan could guess a little bit. Hearing this, he advised: "Caihan, the lady has a good nature and treats us well. I advise you not to have other thoughts."

Caizan's face turned ugly when she heard the words: "What can I think? If we all go out, if the lord needs someone to serve you, you won't be able to call anyone, what should you do if you blame him?"

Cuichan shook her head and walked out without saying much.

"Humph, we deserve to be maids for the rest of our lives. No matter how kind the lady is to us, she will not betroth us to the house stewards in the future, or be slaves as maids. Although being a concubine is of low status, it still depends on who we are concubine for." Cai Cai Hairpin thought to himself.

Although Caizan is someone close to Mrs. Wang, she has always looked down on Mrs. Wang. On the contrary, she admires Xiaoniang Lin very much.

So what about the concubine's room, as long as the means are good, it's still more dignified than the headed lady.

……

An hour later, the wind stopped and the rain stopped, Hua Lan rested for a while before recovering, looked at the obligatory uniform that was thrown on the ground, and complained: "Officer, that is obligatory obedience, it was almost torn by you , and threw it on the ground."

Yuan Wenshao was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "It's okay, just wash it later. The material of the imperial uniform is good, it can't be damaged so easily."

Hualan was silent for a while and said, "Official, I will give you a concubine."

Yuan Wenshao was startled, stood up and looked at Hua Lan and said, "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

Hua Lan blushed, and said in a low voice: "The official is too strong, the concubine can't stand it, and the official doesn't even have a concubine, so it's rumored that the concubine is jealous."

"Uh."

Yuan Wenshao thought for a while and said: "There is no urgency about the concubinage. Let's talk about it later. Besides, we have just gotten married, and no one will make an issue out of it."

Hua Lan whispered: "I want to give the official a concubine as soon as possible. When I am inconvenienced, I will have someone to take care of the official. I think the two maids the official has are pretty good."

Normally, before a man gets married, he will have one or two wives in the house.

But Yuan Wenshao didn't, which is why Hualan offered to take a concubine for him.

She takes the initiative and takes the initiative.

Both of Yuan Wenshao's maidservants have deeds, so even if they were raised as concubines, they would still be lowly concubines and could not pose a threat to her.

Yuan Wenshao pinched Hua Lan's face and said with a smile, "Why didn't you say you would give me those two maids as my concubines?"

Hua Lan's face paled when she heard this, and she offered to take a concubine for Yuan Wenshao. She just didn't want her to be inconvenient, so Yuan Wenshao asked Cuichan and Caihan to sleep with her.

Although Cuichan and Caihan had not been with her for a short time, they were brought by her from her mother's family after all, so they were more trustworthy.

If they become concubines, if there is any conflict, she may not be able to deal with it ruthlessly.

"Okay, okay, I was joking, why do I still take it seriously? I thought I really didn't have the idea of ​​taking a concubine, but my long-term follower Zhang An is not young, you can see if there is any suitable one, give it to him Pick one," Yuan Wenshao said.

It's not that Yuan Wenshao doesn't want to help Zhang An find a wife with a higher family status.

Zhang An himself was a slave. Even if Yuan Wenshao helped him to deregister, the officials would not look down on him, so he could only marry a woman from an ordinary family.

The maids in the mansion don't look like they have low status, but they are no worse than the young ladies of some small families in terms of education and ability.

Hua Lan thought for a while and said, "What do the officials think of Cuichan?"

"Cui Chan, but that one looks better?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

Hualan brought over six maids and an old lady, four of whom were doing rough work. He didn't have much memory, but only remembered the two serving as personal servants.

"No, that one is called Cai Hairpin, it's another one." Hua Lan said.

"Then why don't you promise Zhang An the good-looking one? Although Zhang An and I are master and servant, we have always regarded him as a brother." Yuan Wenshao said.

He helped Zhang An find a wife, so he naturally wanted to find him a more beautiful one.

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