Gao Ying smiled bitterly and shook his head, "After all, it was me who failed to live up to expectations. When I was in the boudoir, I only focused on messing around with the little sisters and never thought about the court affairs.
We still think that for people like us, the biggest thing in life is to get married and have children, and the only concern for those important events is the choice of our future husband’s family.”
The maid asked in confusion: "Is there any problem with this?"
Gao Ying sighed, "Most of the girls I was friends with were from my family's friends with the Gao family. After my cousin died, most of those families encountered some problems. The closer the relationship was with my cousin,
The greater the blow I suffered, the more I went to them. Even if they were willing to help me out of past friendship, what about their family members? Will they worry about getting into trouble because of this?"
"No...that's not the case!"
Gao Ying shook his head gently and said with a wry smile: "In the past, we were just fooling around together, and we never really had such a deep friendship. And now the prince is already a man of one word in the court, and the aunt is neither a human nor a ghost in the palace.
Who knows what else he might do?"
These words left the maid speechless. She just looked at the bustling street and was a little worried, "What should we do now, girl?"
"Go home first!"
"Home?" The maid was stunned for a moment. She looked at the direction her girl was heading and realized that she was talking about the original Gao Mansion. "But girl, our house has been sealed!"
"Take the small door."
Gao Ying didn't take it seriously.
In the past, when I would occasionally mess around with my little sisters, I would go out secretly without telling my parents. There was a secret door in the Gao family, which was almost invisible from the outside.
It was done by some useless brothers in the family. Once she discovered it, it became a convenient way for her to sneak out.
It was when she went out carrying her parents and wearing her brother's clothes that she met Chen Liu.
Then there is the current result.
Sure enough, there was no seal on the door, but it had already deteriorated a lot not long ago.
As Gao Ying walked along, he found that all the mountains, rivers and towers were in ruins, and there were messy things everywhere.
She walked step by step, looked step by step, following the footsteps of the past, and saw depression and chaos everywhere.
I finally walked into my yard, opened the door, and found that even the bed planks I used to sleep on had been removed.
Yes, her mother made it for her, using the best huanghuali. Those people have to scrape off every layer of the land, how could they let this go?
Instead, she found a useless thing, left under the bed. It was a worthless gadget that she bought in the small town where she found Chen Liu when she chased her out of the capital, a small clay figurine.
It was actually made of clay and cost two cents a piece on the street. She bought it because she thought that the old man who made the clay figurine made a scholar who looked a bit like Chen Liu.
That was the only time Chen Liu went shopping with her, and this clay figurine was the only thing she bought during that shopping trip.
It was originally a treasure, and she had to play with it day and night. In her opinion, Chen Liu was beside her at that time. Since he did not stop her from paying, he acquiesced in her keeping it, which seemed to be a sign of her loose mind.
Thinking about it now, with his temperament, he might not even realize why he bought this clay figurine!
The maid searched around outside and found only some scattered items. However, she found a purple stone ring in the second mistress's house. It was probably not forgotten by those people when they were searching. The other was a ring.
A worthless jade pendant.
"Girl, what should we do now?"
"Is there anything else in the kitchen?"
"Oh! There is still some here. The rice and noodles are gone, but the stove is still there, and there is still some scattered firewood."
Gao Ying smiled lightly, "Pawn the things you found and buy some rice and noodles. I'll go see if there is any embroidery shop willing to accept my embroidery."
The maid looked around and said in surprise: "Then...are we going to live here?"
"Of course we can't stay here for a long time," a somewhat sad look appeared on Gao Ying's face, "but since this place has been sealed, it is the property of the official family. If someone discovers it, I'm afraid they will be punished. But right now we
If you don’t have any money, you have to be more careful. Let’s talk about it later when you save money and can rent a house to live outside!”
It was only then that the maid realized that although the divorce between the girl from home and her uncle was just a matter of words, after the reconciliation, the daily necessities of life were all matters.
But looking at the girl's calm face, the maid felt that these things seemed not to be a big deal.
Xie Songhua naturally didn't know that Gao Ying was in such a state of desperation. As the days passed by, no news came from people looking for relevant clues everywhere, but what she was worried about was in the palace.
On the tenth day after Xiao Yu entered the palace, she finally couldn't help it and handed the post to the palace, but it was handed to Xue Suqiao.
It only took half a day to get a reply.
She was finally able to enter the palace, but she could only go to Xue Suqiao's palace.
As King Chen, Xiao Yu could enter and leave the palace at will. Originally, Xie Songhua could also do so. However, after the palace coup, the prince made major reforms to the palace, so Xie Songhua lost this right.
Xue Suqiao was actually very surprised when he saw her coming, "Since I entered the palace, except for occasionally seeing me at palace banquets, you have never come to see me for a day. What is the reason for this?"
I don't know if there are really no worries. After Xue Suqiao entered the palace, she actually gained weight, and her plump face looked very happy.
She was promoted to the concubine position a few months ago. It was not that she finally gained the favor. It was said that it was the crown prince's suggestion to make the harem more festive and lively, which might help Emperor Yufeng's condition.
All those with status were promoted at this time.
I have to say that the Crown Princess is better than the Prince in some aspects.
In the previous dynasty, the prince only focused on purging dissidents, but did not show any kindness to those ministers who had been on his side from the beginning.
Naturally, the Crown Princess could not reach out to the front court, but her kindness to Emperor Yufeng's harem was naturally remembered by the Crown Prince.
Xie Songhua took a look at Xue Suqiao's palace and found that it could be described as "full of vitality".
There were two low-ranking concubines living with her. At the moment, it was the two who were playing Shuanglu in the courtyard. The other concubines were either watching in groups, or they were busy with their own affairs.
There are even two big white geese in a small pond.
Seeing the smile on her face, Xie Songhua was really surprised, "I never expected that you would be so leisurely and comfortable in the palace."
Xue Suqiao couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled, "Didn't I tell you before? I'm not afraid of entering the palace. It's the same for me, and..."
She pointed in the direction of the front hall, "My family doesn't have any tendencies, so it can't fall on me. Besides... the person above has never looked at us people from beginning to end. Naturally,
There is no such thing as a dispute."
"Then before..."
"That one can't think about it." When mentioning this matter, Xue Suqiao couldn't help but sneer, but he quickly concealed his emotion and said cheerfully, "Anyway, my good days have come, no matter what
No matter how the situation changes in the future, I will be my Concubine Xue, and I will be Concubine Xue in the future. I will be provided with good food and clothing, so I won’t have any worries. But you..."
Xue Suqiao pointed in the direction of Qianyuan Palace in the distance, "But why did you come here?"