Farmhouse Qiaofei

Chapter 306
The new emperor is about to ascend the throne, but there is only one concubine.

Regardless of whether or not to confer this concubine as the empress of the palace, this harem must never be suspended like this.

So during these days when Yan Shu was handling the government affairs, someone co-signed a memorial, saying that he wanted to ask His Majesty to increase the harem, for the sake of his children, and to extend the unbroken fortune of Yan Shu for hundreds of years.

The words are so pleasant, but the purpose is not to send his own daughter to the palace.

The ministers who followed Yan Shu long ago wanted to stabilize the regime, while those who defected to other princes earlier were anxious and wanted to exchange their daughters for a chance to be intimate with the new emperor.

However, these were rejected by Yan Shu with "the first emperor will not go for half a month".

But unexpectedly, someone still couldn't let go of this shortcut, and brought the girl to find Bai Shao.

Although she doesn't know who the future empress is, Bai Shao is the official concubine of the fourth prince, who has the right to buy Yan Shu a concubine.

On this day, the sun was just right, and Bai Shao was basking in the sun in the courtyard of the Fourth Prince's Mansion with Bai Wei, when Mrs. Shang Shu came to visit with her daughter.

"Madam Shangshu with the surname Hao?" Bai Wei still had a deep impression of this name.

Without him, it's just because the "love affair" caused by Linglong's naughtiness is too famous - because of those things, the eldest princess was not allowed to go to the scene even when the late emperor died.

"It's Hao Shangshu's wife." Hanyu reported respectfully.

"It's really her..." Bai Wei grinned, and said as if thinking of something for a while, "But her daughter, didn't that Miss Hao family marry the second prince as a side concubine?"

Because of the late emperor's departure, the second prince's death seemed very insignificant. Some people even deliberately suppressed this matter because he might have participated in the palace battle. As a result, many people only knew that the second prince died, but did not know how the second prince died. Yes, not to mention holding a grand funeral for the second prince.

Fortunately, Yan Shu was magnanimous, he didn't care about the second prince concubine and those poor side concubines, he still allowed them to live in the second prince's mansion and raise the next generation well.

It's just that they belonged to "widows" after all, so they shouldn't be walking around like this, let alone coming to the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

That's why Bai Wei was so suspicious.

Fortunately, the quick-talking He Xiang cleared her confusion, "The eldest miss of the Hao family who married the second prince, and the second miss of the Hao family, Mrs. Shang Shu brought the second miss of the Hao family today. She is fifteen years old and just reached the age of Ji. "

"Oh..." Bai Wei understood in an instant, raised her neck and stared at Bai Shao, and stretched out her "oh".

Although she has a bit reckless personality and a bit straight temper, she is not a fool.

At this critical juncture, Mrs. Shangshu came to the door with her daughter, and she could still see the twists and turns.

Seeing her so cute appearance, Bai Shao couldn't help pursing her lips and smiling.

Bai Wei was so angry that he glared at her and said, "You're still laughing, what does he want to do here, don't you know? If you're still laughing, your husband will be robbed!"

"Go ahead and grab it." Bai Shao said slowly, "Anyway, he won't belong to me only in the end. If that's the case, it doesn't matter if he gets snatched, it's just a few more shares."

Saying these words made me feel a lot more sad.

Bai Wei gently tugged at Bai Shao's hand, and said in a low voice, "Shao'er... We didn't know he was the fourth prince at the beginning, let alone that he was going to fight for the throne. If we had known... you said , do you not like him anymore?"

"How can I explain clearly what happened back then." Bai Shao smiled, turned her head to Han Lu and ordered, "Bring Mrs. Shang Shu here."

"You, you know what she is going to do, but you still want to see her?" Bai Wei said anxiously.

"Of course..." Bai Shao gathered up her skirt and straightened her sleeves, making sure that her body was not indecent at all, then she stood up, walked towards the room gracefully, and sat down dignifiedly. bit.

Standing behind her, Bai Wei looked at her fine steps, her straight back, and her dignified and kind smile, suddenly her heart skipped a beat, she always felt that something was missing.

Is it the girl who can laugh in the fields in plain calico?
Or the girl who rolled her eyes and thought of all kinds of tricks when Liu slapped her?
Or maybe it was the younger sister who saw Wu's being bullied, and rushed to scuffle with those old Lai without any regard for her image?

Bai Wei felt dazzled, she seemed to see Bai Shao when she was seven years old just now, that girl in ordinary clothes, standing on a small bench, holding Liangpi with one hand, and flipping tofu on an iron plate with the other.

But in a blink of an eye, she turned into that Gu Wanqing who wore gorgeous clothes, walked the palace step by step, and was indifferent to everything.

Eight years are fleeting, and Bai Wei always felt that she couldn't see through this sister who was five years younger than herself.

Now, I can't see through it even more...

The Fourth Prince's Mansion, the main hall of Yanyun Pavilion.

Bai Shao looked at the old woman and the shivering girl beside her with a sweet smile, and said with a dignified smile, "It turns out that Mrs. Shang Shu and Miss Hao are here, please sit down quickly."

"I've seen the fourth prince and concubine." Mrs. Shang Shu humbly bowed to Bai Shao.

"Ma'am, that's too polite. According to seniority, Wanqing is only a junior, so how can she receive such a big gift from Madam." Bai Shao smiled and helped Mrs. Shang Shu, and said with a smile, "Madam, please sit down."

Then Mrs. Shangshu lowered her head and sat down on the lower right side of Bai Shao.

During this period, Bai Shao never got up from the beginning to the end.

Bai Wei, who was sitting under Bai Shao's left hand, pouted lightly.

Seeing her little gesture, Bai Shao shook her head helplessly and smiled.

It just so happened that Mrs. Shangshu saw Bai Shao's expression, and she was instantly determined.

It was rumored outside that the four concubines grew up in peasant families, but they had a high status in the sky, but in fact they were peasant girls, with no pretensions or imposing manner.

At first, I was taken aback when I saw her so motionless, but it was just a paper tiger, which revealed the fox tail inside.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Shangshu calmed down a lot, first exchanged a few words with Bai Shao, and then began to talk about Yan Shu.

"This harem is huge. There are four palaces in the front and back. When the late emperor was here, there were only thirty or so empresses in the harem, and it was very deserted. Now that His Majesty is enthroned, the harem cannot be too small, or it will be too deserted. You need popularity to hold such a big palace." Mrs. Shang Shu said with a smile.

"Oh?" Bai Shao raised her eyebrows and said in a calm tone, "That's going to fill up..."

At this time, Bai Wei said, "Yes, choose a few more maids to go in. If such a big palace is empty, it will be easy to collect dust. It would be better if someone sent it over. You can just accept it, Shao'er, and save it." elected."

In the palace, court ladies are divided into three classes.

The first-class court ladies are close-fitting grand court ladies, with status and status. Sometimes, the grand maids next to the fourth concubine and the queen are even bigger than those ordinary concubines.

The second-class maids are in charge of clothing and jewelry, etc. Although they are not as beautiful as the first-class maids, at least they don't have to do dirty and hard work.

The third-class maids are doing things like sweeping and sweeping. Not to mention the monthly money, they are the most tiring, hardest, and most embarrassing, because they can't see the master.

Now Bai Wei’s words are all about asking the second lady of the Hao family to be a third-class maid. The lady of Shangshu’s face immediately changed when she heard this, and she said coldly, “I don’t know who you are? , do you want outsiders to intervene?"

"Outsider?" Bai Wei laughed when she heard this, "Shao'er, tell her if I am an outsider."

"This..." Mrs. Shangshu is also a person who has seen the world, when she saw Bai Wei's confident appearance, she suddenly felt a "thump" in her heart, and a bad premonition emerged, and her face became even uglier. ,

Bai Shao saw the tit-for-tat between the two, if it was according to her own ideas, she would definitely help Bai Wei without hesitation.

But Ruan's earnest words a few days ago are still in her ears, reminding her all the time, "You are not only representing yourself now, you are also representing the Gu family", which made her unable to act willfully and do things according to her personality.

So after thinking it over and over again, Bai Shao said with a light smile, "I'm really sorry ma'am, my sister-in-law was spoiled by my brother, and she said some words without thinking, which made Madam laugh."

Mrs. Shangshu was worried that Bai Shao would take the opportunity to attack her, but now that she saw Bai Shao being so tactful, she took advantage of the steps and walked down the steps, and said with a smile, "It turns out that she is the general's wife. I think she is younger and has a bit of a personality." It’s okay to be naive, it’s okay, my daughter is also like this, but it’s just that she doesn’t stick to trivial matters. The women inside and outside Yanjing all observe etiquette, and sometimes such a true temperament is more liked by men.”

As she said that, Mrs. Shangshu looked at her woman meaningfully, and said with a smile, "It must be the same for Your Majesty to have such a magnanimous and dignified wife as the fourth concubine, and a concubine who is informal and innocent." One of life's great pleasures."

(End of this chapter)