"The harem is an impersonal place. Even if everyone has a smile on their face, even if everyone greets each other affectionately, in the blink of an eye, someone might stab someone in the back."
Ning Yujin went to ask the Queen Mother for a safe pulse and came back. When passing by the Imperial Garden, she suddenly said this with emotion.
Zi Su, who was accompanying her, followed her gaze and saw that in the Octagonal Pavilion not far away, Concubine Hui was enjoying the flowers and chatting with a few people who had promised to stay there. A group of warblers and swallows were surrounding them, laughing continuously throughout the process.
Incomparably harmonious.
At that time, Concubine Liu's incident had only passed a few days ago, but everyone seemed to have tacitly forgotten about it. Even the popular figure Hao Yisheng, who had been in front of Concubine Liu before, suddenly appeared in the octagonal pavilion.
She didn't know what she was saying, but it made Concubine Hui laugh so hard that she covered her lips.
"Betrayal of trust and forget the master when it comes to profit." Zi Su looked at Hao and said coldly.
Ning Yujin curled her lips, shook her head and said, "She and Concubine Liu were originally using each other, and it was not a master-servant relationship. Now that the person who is taking advantage of them is gone, they naturally have to choose a higher mountain to rely on."
And to be honest, Hao Yingcheng is a very thoughtful person, otherwise how could she escape unscathed when the Mingxi Palace was almost completely wiped out?
And this kind of person, after Concubine Liu's accident, immediately became associated with Concubine Hui...
"Come on, if I really dig deeper, I'm afraid I'll never be able to end it." Ning Yujin shook her head quickly, throwing away the doubts that appeared in her mind.
This is Mo Ye's family matter, and she has no qualifications or position to participate in it. Besides, Concubine Liu's matter has caused chaos in the court for a while. If Concubine Hui is involved again... Haha, her father, Pei Xingqian, is the new prime minister.
Now that you are prospering in the court, you can't even imagine the consequences.
"Let's go, lest we bump into him and get into trouble." She laughed to herself, called Zi Su, and went back to Yu'an Palace.
The shadow guard has already followed the instructions and asked the chief steward of Prince Ding's Mansion to start arranging the dowries for Xiangyue and Xiangqiao.
In fact, it was mainly Xiangyue's. Xiangqiao had already started preparing it last year, so she only needed to complete some items. But Xiangyue's was much more troublesome, and she had to reorganize each piece one by one.
After all, both of them have shared the joys and sorrows with her, and after so many years of ups and downs, no one can favor one over the other. There is a sweet and clever thing, and the sweet moon cannot be left behind.
"Vermilion lacquer and gold-carved three-screen mirror stand, vermilion lacquer six-poster canopy bed with door, vermilion red cabinet, fur and satin, gold and silver jewelry, jade..." Ning Yujin looked at the dowry list and rubbed her eyebrows, "Why is there so much mess?
Yes? It would be great if you just give the banknote directly. It is easy to carry and not troublesome."
Listening to this, Zi Su and Nanny Zhu covered their mouths and laughed secretly.
Aunt Zhu said: "How can you be such a master? Dowry is a reflection of a woman's status. If she marries with nothing, she will be looked down upon by her husband's family."
"Oh, you still dare to look down on our little Xiangyue? How lucky they are to be able to marry such a daughter-in-law over many lifetimes!" Ning Yujin curled her lips and couldn't help but complain a few words.
Although he complained, he could see the list clearly and asked Zisu to rewrite it.
"This is our Xiangyue's thing. If the Pu family dares to mess with it, I will have to demolish their house!"
Zisu placed the two house deeds in front of Ning Yujin and said with a smile: "Miss, this is the house you bought. Are you willing to demolish it?"
"Yes, how could I move my things?" Ning Yujin picked up the two house deeds and looked at them, and had to admire Zheng Erniang's ability to do things.
Both households have courtyards with three entrances and three exits. One is in a prosperous section of Shengjing City, close to Pujia Rice Shop, and is for Xiangyue; the other is in Beicun, ten miles outside Shengjing City, where the parents of the third son are both.
There she was guarding Zhuangzi, and Xiangqiao also planned to go there after getting married to him. She also planned to give birth to ten or eight children and let them run all over the mountains, so she also found a house for Xiangqiao there.
The dowry for the two girls was twelve dowries each. Originally, Ning Yujin said it was twenty-four dowries each because Aunt Zhu said that showing too much wealth would make people jealous, and officials of the sixth and seventh ranks would only marry their daughters with only ten dowries.
As for the second lift, this number is enough to make countless people envious and jealous.
Ning Yujin thought about it and thought it made sense, but if everything was prepared, could it be possible to deduct half of it? She simply waved her hand, stuffed it, found a gap and stuffed all those things for me!
Aunt Zhu also smiled and joked: "You are marrying a maid, and you are almost as good as marrying a daughter!"
Ning Yujin touched a pair of warm jade bracelets that she personally picked out among the things Mo Ye admired, smiled softly and said, "I am a real person, and whoever treats me well, I will naturally do my best."
It’s good for her.”
While talking, I thought, each of these pairs of warm jade bracelets, Xiang Yuexiang, has one for each of them. When they give birth to a daughter, they will use it as a dowry, so they will not lose their share.
Alas, marrying a maid was such a worry. She even started to think about it for her children.
But after all, it is right for a woman to marry the right person. If she marries the wrong person, she will suffer a lot for the rest of her life.
Xiangqiao is not bad, the savage energy eats up the little third son to death. The third son's parents are also honest and loyal people, so his life in the future will not be too bad.
Even Xiangyue, she hadn't had time to actually examine Pu Daoyuan's character, and she still felt a little uneasy after all.
When she thought of this, she couldn't help complaining: "Then the Pu family too, what's the point of setting a date so quickly?"
Zi Su rolled her eyes: "Haven't we said this many times? The Pu family has been picking and choosing, but in the end they have never found a good one. With this delay, Pu Xiucai is getting older.
Older. And Sister Xiangyue is also sixteen or seventeen, and she is already old enough to get married. It is understandable that the two families together should set the date earlier. Miss, you are the only one who is in trouble."
Ning Yujin waved her hands reluctantly after hearing this: "Come on, these are just floating clouds, and I'm not going to live for them, so what are you doing with all these worries?
When Ning Yujin was annoyed by these things, an urgent letter was rushed all the way to Shengjing and delivered to Mo Ye's hand.
Mo Ye opened it and took a look, and immediately became furious: "North Vietnam, you are going too far!"
The Minister of Humerus was summoned to the imperial study that night to discuss countermeasures. When everyone saw the contents of the urgent report, they all suddenly frowned.
In the past, King Ding, Mo Jingxiao, was stationed at Yushan Pass all year round, so even if the North Vietnamese nomads had the most ferocious cavalry, they still could not step into Daye's territory. Perhaps the DPRK had not worried about North Vietnam for a long time.
But this time, I don’t know where they got the news about Mo Jingxiao’s disappearance. They went around creating news that he was dead. They also took advantage of the uneasy mood of the Xiaozi camp troops to march to the city and prepare for war!