Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2342 Who is it, move the chessboard (bi)
Yuqin stayed in Yongshou Palace for a long time, and was able to return to Jingren Palace, but Yuqin was not found inside or outside.

Yuqin felt even more unhappy, asked Lianyan and Lin Shunbi, the chief eunuch in the palace, and they all said that Yuse was not on duty today, so she didn't pay attention to where she went.

Qing Guang said, "Then why don't you hurry up and send someone to look for it? The master has something to say to the second girl."

In Jingren Palace, because Yuse is Yuqin's younger sister, she is the second daughter in her own family, so everyone in Jingren Palace calls Yuse "Second Girl".

It was dark, Yuse Fang came back late.

Yuqin's patience was worn out during the waiting, and when she heard Yuse come back, she ordered sternly, "Tell her to come in and see me immediately!"
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Yuse is actually outside the hall.

It was already this hour when she came back, and she herself knew that she had violated the palace rules, so she rushed to see Yuqin as soon as she came back, and stood outside the hall waiting.

Qingguang saw that Yuqin was really angry, so she didn't ask others to pass on the message, fearing that they might not be able to handle it properly, so she went out to pass it on by herself.

It was already night like a curtain, Qingguang walked in a hurry, but when he went out, he just went straight towards Yuse.

I didn't want to raise my head suddenly, but saw that there was not only Yuser alone under the eaves of the corridor, but also someone else went.

After Qing Guang saw it, he quickly knelt down and saluted, "My slave's eyes are clumsy..."

The man smiled slightly, "No, I came suddenly, and I didn't alarm you."

Qing Guang hurriedly said, "Please wait a while, my master, the slave will go in and report."

But the man stopped him, "No need. I am here to see off Miss Xiao Lu. After it is delivered, I should go back."

The man paused for a moment, then grabbed Qing Guang's sleeve and said, "The place where I live, you know, is quite inconvenient. I also took advantage of the darkness to come to your side conveniently. This time I have to go back quickly."

Qing Guang also nodded, "The slave will send it to the young master."

The man laughed, "I can't go directly from your palace. I have to go far and make a big detour, and I will go back after a while. It's over, you don't care about me. If you are in a hurry, you can accompany Miss Lu to go in and reply to Concubine Qing. I will leave first."
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Yuqin waited in the hall for a long time before seeing Yuse come in, and the anger in her heart couldn't help but increased.

As soon as Yuse entered the palace gate, Yuqin shouted sharply, "Kneel down and talk!"

Yuse was so startled that his face was completely white, and he quickly knelt down on the ground.

Qingguang hurriedly stepped forward, leaned into Yuqin's ear and whispered, "Master, please don't be angry... just now, this slave went out and saw that the second girl was sent back by Bai Changzai."

Yuqin was also taken aback, "Bai Changzai? What about her, why don't you come in and sit down?"

Qingguang laughed, and said in a low voice, "Bai Chang said, master, you must understand her inconvenience. This is still coming to us at night, so I dare not delay, send the second girl back, and she will hurry up gone."

Yuqin also narrowed her eyes slightly, staring at Yuse, "Why did Bai Changzai send you back?"

Yuse hurriedly said, "Back to sister... Oh, no, Master Qing, I actually met Bai Changzai today, and it was Bai Changzai who talked to me for a long time."

Having said that, Yuqin vaguely sensed that there was a reason for this.The anxious stomach before got angry, and now it has gradually calmed down.

"Then don't wait for me to ask you one sentence at a time, why don't you explain everything to me directly?"
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After all, Yuse is still a 14-year-old girl this year. At this moment, her face was pale with fright, and when Yuqin asked why, her face suddenly turned red again.

Qing Guang looked at it, and quickly bent his knees, "The second girl must have something to say, and she wants to talk to the master alone. The slave can't understand, and can't help, so I don't feel comfortable standing here. It's better for the master to let the slave leave first. , if the master orders, he will tell the servant to do so, and the servant is right outside the door."

Yuqin also nodded.

Qingguang retreated, and locked the door of the Nuan Pavilion and the door of the palace outside.

Yuqin narrowed her eyes and stared at Yuse, "There are no outsiders now, just the two of us, you can talk if you have something to say. If you still push me against me now, it's clear that you don't treat me as a My family is gone... Then, there really is nothing to talk about between the two of us."

Yuse was terrified, and fell to the ground and shed tears.

"Master Qing Concubine, don't annoy this servant, first listen to what this servant has to say..."

It's just a 14-year-old girl. In this cold and deep harem, even if she is a little smart, where can she be smart?Seeing that Yuqin had completely lost face at this moment, she also understood that there was no way out now.

He said in a tearful voice, "I'll tell you the truth, Concubine Qing, my servant was lucky enough to be selected into the palace last year, and I really thought about it in my heart - if you are born in our family, Concubine Qing, the entire Lu family in Jiangnan, no matter how far or near It's like opening a door in front of your eyes, and you all hope that there will be another empress in your family."

"In the past, our family was only Han people in the south of the Yangtze River, and the great Confucianism of "Jiangnan Erlu" spread far and wide, but in the Qing Dynasty, our family was not in the banner, and no one became an official. Go to the empress?"

"But my sister set a precedent. Not only did she enter the palace and became a concubine, but she also broke the old rules. She was able to become a concubine without a son! It's also because of my sister, my sister's family, and our family and other close family members. He entered the banner successively by order, and had the money and food, official houses, and land property of the bannerman to go..."

"What an honor this is. My little sister, I have had the name 'Yu Se' since I was a child, and my family members have told me to follow my sister as an example, and strive to make our Jiangnan Lu family have another empress. Come."

Yuse's words are also human nature, and Yuqin sighed when she heard it, "You only see me as a concubine in the palace, and I go back to the south of the Yangtze River with a beautiful phoenix crown, but how did you ever know that my real life in the palace is going to go to the south of the Yangtze River?" ?”

"I didn't talk to you before, just because I didn't want you to worry about me outside. But you guys really think that because of me, you're all relatives of the emperor, so you can show off your power, don't you?"

As Yuqin said, she also shook her head and sighed, "My father dared to ask the Lianghuai Salt Administration to donate money to him three years ago, but your family thought that there could be another mother in the family... They just want Depending on us, what kind of glory can they get? How can they care about our situation in the palace? Your family sent you to the palace, but they didn't know that they were actually pushing you into the pit of fire in the cold pool!"

Yuse was so startled that she trembled all over, "Sister..."

Yuqin sighed, "Don't think I'm scaring you. The reason why you come into the palace now is because I've been in the palace for a long time, and you're here to serve me. Therefore, whoever wants to design you can't It's not that easy, so you haven't really experienced any crisis since you entered the palace."

"Let me tell you the truth, I was already 17 years old when I entered the palace, and I was three years older than you. Even if I was cautious, how many times did I almost fall into the trap of others? If you don’t want to fight, others will plan to force you to fight, and in the end, life and death will be yours, and the people who hide behind will only benefit from it!”

Yuqin pointed at Yuse, "Let me tell you, if you want to be favored, if it's just what you think, then that's fine. If you listen to what other people say, and if someone stabs you in private, then you will fall into their tricks, and sooner or later you will become their scapegoat, and you will be their gunman!"

Yuse burst into tears, "Sister, Yuse knew I was wrong..."

Yuqin shook her head wearily, "Did you know it wrong? I'm afraid that if you know something wrong, if you say you know it wrong today, you'll forget it tomorrow. If someone pokes you later, you'll wipe all your tears today." In vain."

Yuqin breathed a sigh of relief, "Yuse, let me tell you, you are in the palace right now, if someone takes the initiative to say something to you, it is definitely not because of how beautiful you are, but because of your age." She's still young, and she's my sister!"

"The person who stabbed you just wanted to take advantage of your status to turn you and my sister against each other first, and then tell me to have a relationship with Concubine Ling! When the time comes, I will hate you and poison you, so I will definitely break up with you." As for you, you are Jinfeng, the highest can only be permanent. With such a low status, you don’t have my care in this palace, how are you going to live, huh?”

"And the emperor is 50 years old. Yuse, how many women can the emperor favor at this age? Do you understand this truth?"
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Yuse burst into tears like rain, the girl who usually loves to be pretty, now she can't care about the palace flower on her head, she just keeps kowtow on the ground.

"Sister...Master Qing Concubine, please trust me, I really know I was wrong."

"It's not my sister who said these words from the bottom of my heart. What Bai Chang told me before has already taught me a lot."

Yuqin raised her eyebrows, "Oh? What did Bai Changzai tell you?"

Yuse sobbed, "Back to the master, Bai Changzai told the servants about her experience of entering the palace, entering the seal, and these years. The little master Bai Changzai told me with his own experience, in this palace, I and I Her identity is the most similar."

"She was the sister of the master Yipin in the early years, and I am your sister; the master Yipin was sent to the palace by Suzhou Weaving Anning back then, and Bai Changzai was also sent to the palace by Suzhou Weaving Anning." She came from the palace; after she entered the palace, she also became an official woman first, and was later bestowed by the emperor as a resident."

Yuqin sneered, "So the one who sent their sisters into the palace was the famous Suzhou weaving An Ning!"

It's just that when Concubine Yi entered the palace, Yuqin was still young and had just entered the palace, so she didn't understand many things in the palace.Now that these years have passed, this Suzhou weaving peace, she has firmly remembered it in her heart, and she will never forget it when it is turned into ashes!

Yuse didn't understand why Yuqin was gnashing her teeth to hate, so she was too frightened to speak any more.

Yuqin took a deep breath, and calmed down first, "Don't be afraid, what I just said has nothing to do with you. Just go ahead and say what Bai Chang said to you."

Only then did Yuse breathe a sigh of relief, and the tears rolled down again.

"Returning to my sister's words, the young master Bai Changzai told me about her sister's experience in the palace. Bai Changzai said that when the master Yi concubine first entered the palace, she didn't know how serious she was. , I thought that the emperor really doted on me, so I was so focused on being pampered. I didn't know that someone behind me had already designed it, and I just waited for her to jump down and become a weight to compete with others."

"As a result, I hurt the imperial concubine Ling in the garden, which completely cut off my retreat, and I can no longer turn back... And Bai Changzai himself, who had just entered the palace, also because he didn't know the real situation in the palace, he also listened to it. Regardless of what other people say, I once thought of avenging my sister..."

Those past events have been separated by more than ten years, Yipin has long been buried in the ground, and Bai Chang has less and less appeared in front of people after Yipin passed away.At this time, hearing those past events again, Yuqin couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Who said no."

Yuse nodded vigorously, "Bai Changzai used herself as an example, and told me her heartfelt insights over the years. She told me that those who can be selected into the palace because their sister is the main position in the harem, There are only two ways to go into the palace: one way is to have one heart with my sister, the sisters support each other, and live peacefully in this palace; the other way is to be used as a pawn and break up with my sister Face, in the end, I have to die."
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Yuqin nodded when she heard it, "This is Bai Changzai's own experience, so in this harem, even if you don't believe anyone, you should listen to her."

Yuqin got up and walked over, pulled Yuse up from the ground, and raised her hand to wipe Yuse's tears.

"Then what about yourself? How did you choose in your heart? At this time, the two roads are also in front of you. Which one do you go?"

Yuse didn't expect Yuqin to be able to do this, and her shoulders trembled slightly from crying.

Yuqin's eyes turned sadly, "Or, with my current position, I can still provide you with a third way - I can also send you out of the palace, find someone to marry, and live your own life go."

Yuse lowered her eyes deeply, struggling on her face, but she still shed tears, "My sister knows the situation in my family best. My sister and I are the only two in my family. My sister married early, but her brother-in-law also died early. My elder sister only gave birth to three daughters, and there was no boy to set up a family. As a result, my brother-in-law's relatives bullied me, saying that my brother-in-law's family has been wiped out, so other relatives can come to grab the property..."

Yuqin also sighed, "I know such a bad habit, it's called 'grabbing away households'."

Yuse nodded vigorously, "That's right. The house was robbed, and my sister and three maids couldn't make a living, so they had to come back to my house. But my father has passed away, and there are only my widowed mother and The two of us depend on each other for life. Although there are still some houses and fields under the flag, but because there are no males in the family, no one can inherit the money and food of the armored men. This is just sitting and eating."

"As for my elder sister, because she is married outside, her brother-in-law's family is not in the banner, so she doesn't have the money and food to go to the banner people like our family. In my family, my mother and I are already in a difficult situation, and my elder sister and the three nieces are added... It’s a really hard day.”

Yuqin sighed as she listened.

Yuse lowered his head and sobbed for a long time, "I really had no choice at that moment, I only hated that I was not a man. If I were a boy, I could at least inherit the money of the armored man; at worst, there is still a way to do it. Some livelihood, at least support the widowed mother, orphaned sister and three nieces."

"At that time, as long as I had a way to support my family, I was willing to do anything. It just so happened that I turned 13 at that time, and it was the age when girls under the Ministry of Internal Affairs were selected; and because there was an older sister in the palace, I was determined and wanted to come to the palace. As long as I can get the emperor's favor and see who dares to bully my sister's family, my family will also survive."
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Yuse's words made Yuqin feel extremely bitter in his heart.

Her own father once made such a big commotion about donating officials, but in her own family, there are four brothers at least, and the emperor ordered their family to enter the banner, so the four brothers were allocated land, as if, money and food for armored men .Her own family originally had some wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, and with the money and food supported by the Bannermen, it was enough to make her family have no worries about food and clothing.

And there are so many sad things in this girl's family, even if she is in the concubine position, how can she help her?
Yuqin sighed, supported Yuse and sat down, "If it's about money, you can find a way to tell me. No matter what I do, I still have a few hundred taels of silver a year. Besides, at least there are I was in the palace, and Grandpa Fu also told Yinglian to take care of our house back then, you can go to Yinglian and explain to him, but he can't ignore it."

Yuse nodded, "What my sister said is that Lord Yinglian has always taken care of my family. But after all, I am not my sister's biological sister, and I am not from my sister's family; Lord Fu asked Lord Yinglian to take care of me back then, and it is also my sister's own family. "

"Besides, Mr. Yinglian also made it clear that the biggest shortcoming of my family is that there is no man to inherit the money and food of the armored people, otherwise we will not be able to sit and eat. Therefore, Mr. Yinglian said that even alms is not a long-term solution; the only thing I can think of is a There are ways that a woman can do by herself to protect her family."

"And at that moment, with my age, what else can I do? The only way is to enter the palace..."

Yuqin was also sad, and the tip of her nose became sour.

"Then tell yourself, what are you going to do? I shouldn't have lost my temper with you without asking you anything before. Now I can put myself in your shoes, and I can feel relieved."
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Yuse breathed a sigh of relief.

She wiped away her tears, her face and eyes were already swollen from crying.

She lowered her head and rubbed the handkerchief in her hand, "Master Bai Changzai told me that her situation was quite similar to mine back then. It's just that her family's situation was better. After all, she still had two brothers. He was awarded an official position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs by the emperor."

Yuse raised her eyes quietly, staring at Yuqin with red eyes.

"Master Bai Changzai said... Although her sister is no longer here, she has only been in the permanent position for many years and has never been favored, but for the future of her two brothers, she would rather stay here for the rest of her life." In the palace."

With a slight twitch in Yuqin's heart, she also met Yuse's gaze.

"So, you mean...?"

Yuse bit her lip, and said resolutely with a strong man breaking his wrist, "My sister loves me, so she told me to go out of the palace. But if I go out of the palace, what else can I do, so what?" To support my widowed mother, orphaned sister, and three nieces? How can I stand up for the family and prevent my family from being bullied again?"

"My sister said that after I leave the palace, I can marry and live my own life... But if I marry someone else, it's hard to say whether my life will be good or bad, and then I won't be able to take care of my natal family."

Yuse took a breath, reached out and grabbed Yuqin's hand, "So, sister, please allow me to stay in this palace! I'm not going to the palace, but I also know which way I should choose in the palace go."
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Yuqin's heart suddenly brightened, and she reached out and hugged Yuse, "My good girl, you can figure it out! It's fine if you stay in the palace, as long as you understand how to choose the way in the palace, then I will naturally I will also help you take care of your home."

"Ying Lian sent you to the palace, not because he didn't mean to cling to me. I tried to pass it on to him, and he will naturally do his best to take care of your home."

Although Yuse finally showed a faint smile, the sadness in his eyes still hasn't been completely removed.

"It's just... the rules in the palace. Official women are not allowed to go to the palace when they reach the age of 25. Even if my sister is in position, she has the right to try to keep me; but my sister also said that the people in the harem are sinister. There are other people who decide. If others want to use me to control my sister, but if they don't let my sister do what they want, then I still have to go to the palace."

Yuqin paused for a moment, loosened half of her hands, and her eyes cooled slightly.

"So, you still want to be favored, so that you can enter the seal?"
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Yuse trembled slightly from nervousness, but her eyes met Yuqin's eyes bravely.

"...I don't want to hide it from my sister. Yes, I want to stay in the palace, but I still want to give my family a backer. Not only will they have enough food and clothing, but also so that no one will dare to bully them from now on!"

"If I'm just an official woman, I won't be able to achieve such a wish even if I stay in the palace. I can only be enfeoffed, and only when I become a concubine, people outside will feel jealous."

Yuqin let go of her hand abruptly, and turned her back.

"I said that I can help you and take care of your family, but even I can't guarantee you that you will be favored! In this palace, the most difficult thing to control is the heart of the emperor. I myself was infatuated back then. , I also wanted to get the emperor to look back - if I had the ability to guarantee you the title, I would have waited for a man and a woman for myself all these years ago."

Yuse listened, but also shed tears again sadly.

"I understand...I didn't say it was difficult for my sister."

"I'm just, I'm just thinking about the words of my lord Bai Changzai - my lord Bai Changzai told me that everything is done with her as an example. My lord Bai Changzai hasn't been favored or promoted in these years, but the emperor Didn't you also seal her as a permanent presence back then?"

Yuse sobbed and said, "Bai Changzai and I not only talked about herself, but also Ruigui. Ruigui's experience is also similar to that of Bai Changzai and me. Now he can also become a nobleman and become the head of the inner court." go."

Yuqin didn't speak for a long while, just bowed her head in thought.

Suddenly, Yuqin suddenly raised her head, "Why did Bai Changzai suddenly ask you to say such a thing today?"

It couldn't be Wanxi, otherwise Wanxi wouldn't have asked her to come back and talk to Yuse.

Then in this palace, who instructed Bai Changzai to do this, if not Wanxi, who else?
(Ahem, Double Twelve, where are your hands? Hold them up and let me see~~)

(End of this chapter)