Through the west window, the sunset illuminates the Qinxiang small building in red. A burner of incense is lit in the princess's study. The incense is misty. Behind the smoke line is Princess Loulan, who is wearing a purple robe embroidered with phoenixes. She holds her head high and is fair-skinned.
Her neck was exposed, showing her indescribable arrogance. Su Ping sat at the table with her head down, not bothering to look at her.
After saying the words just now, the princess raised her head higher, and her tall bun seemed to fall over. But not long after, she lowered her head again and stared at Su Ping coldly. Because facing the dilemma of being evicted,
Su Ping actually sat there with an indifferent expression, showing no reaction.
"Aren't you scared?" she asked obliquely.
"Are you afraid it will be useful?" Su Ping said calmly: "You, the Tang family, destroy mills and kill donkeys, and cross rivers and demolish bridges, which is a good way to do it."
Tang Mei frowned and glared: "You are so hateful. Before I even finished speaking, you jumped to conclusions and criticized me. I can tell you that our Tang family is not that kind of person. I have already told my brother that whether you want to stay or leave, I have to tell you.
It’s up to me.”
Su Ping understood that Tang Mei wanted to sell well, but unfortunately the sales results were not good, so she was a little annoyed.
Tang Mei said in an unarguable tone: "My fourth uncle and fourth brother want to regain their face. I order you to go to the fourth brother and fourth uncle's home tonight to make amends. Do you hear me?"
Su Ping said: "It was your fourth brother's idea that I offended them. It's enough for everyone to understand. Do you need to really apologize?"
"But the problem is, others don't know."
"Then I don't care."
Tang Mei was so angry that she swallowed her saliva, and after a while she said: "Then I will take you to the fourth uncle and fourth brother's house to sit down, and say to the outside world that you are going to apologize. Is that okay?"
Su Ping thought for a moment and said, "That's pretty much it."
Then Su Ping followed Tang Mei to her fourth uncle Tang Jiong's house.
Mr. Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture is a third-rank court official, and his family is wealthy, so it's no surprise that he is.
When they left, Tang Jiong was drinking and chatting with several friends. Without avoiding everyone, Tang Mei explained her purpose. Tang Jiong knew it well, but he still educated him, and finally said: "We are all a family, there is nothing to argue about, next time
Please pay attention."
This passage can not only resolve the so-called face problem, but also reflect Mr. Fu Yin's broad mind. He kills two birds with one stone.
Then Tang Mei took her adopted son-in-law, who had been deposed, to the inner house.
The old lady Xue sent the eldest young master and his wife to greet Tang Mei and come to sit down in the main hall. Then Su Ping saw a large group of women and children. After sitting there for half an hour, he could only hear the whining in his ears, like a group of ducks.
It made my head spin.
During the conversation, we learned that Mrs. Xue was also from Daoguangfang and was a relative of Xue Pang, the Minister of Punishment. According to her seniority, Xue Pang wanted to call her aunt.
It is worth mentioning that in official circles, relatives should not be discussed lightly.
After leaving Tang Jiong's house, he went to Tang Kuan's house. At this time, Tang Kuan was singing and dancing with a group of kabuki actors at home, having a great time. Tang Mei said that she brought Su Ping here to apologize to her brother. Tang Kuan was wearing a opera robe.
, painted with Wu Sheng facial makeup, just saying that the family has a slight misunderstanding, no need to say more.
Su Ping then followed Tang Mei to the inner house of the Fourth Young Master's Mansion. The fourth lady Fan was sulking in the house because Tang Kuan was having fun with his concubine and did not take care of their mother and son. Seeing the sixth sister-in-law coming, she couldn't help crying and said something
If you complain.
After all this work was done, it was already dark. The maid held a lantern beside the princess, and the group went home.
It was spring, and it was especially warm today. Su Ping walked in a good mood, enjoying the spring breeze, and fell behind the team. Tang Mei suddenly stopped, turned around and stared at Su Ping: "Have you done what I asked you to do?
?”
Damn it, Su Ping forgot about that.
Su Ping had an idea and pretended to be sorry: "I promised to come this evening, but unfortunately the princess was not in Xiaozhu, and the matchmaker missed it."
Tang Mei stared at Su Ping not trustingly, but she turned away without saying anything.
In fact, there were loopholes in Su Ping's words, but Tang Mei didn't take advantage of them.
Perhaps, she felt that Su Ping's ability to say this had already given her face. If she continued to talk to Su Ping, she didn't know what trouble Su Ping could do, but she would lose this face.
Since I met Su Ping, I have encountered so many accidents that Miss Six is a little overwhelmed.
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Emperor Wanlong Zhao Tian eliminated many eunuchs and maids, and "invited" the old imperial concubines except the Queen Mother Han. Now the palace was empty and quite lonely. So he recruited many more eunuchs and maids.
Officials of the Ministry of Etiquette also began to collect information about unmarried women of the nobility in preparation for enriching the harem for His Majesty the Emperor. Of course, the concubines of Emperor Wanlong first considered their family background, and their appearance second.
However, Emperor Wanlong felt that those aristocratic ladies were not interesting, and women from the common people were more interesting. No, he had just recruited eighteen big-eyed maids for the Changqiu Palace a few days ago, and yesterday he brought back twenty-three Huai
Yang little girl.
These twenty-three people were extremely handsome, and Emperor Wanlong was very satisfied. He wanted to take action, but was forced to do so because Tang Zhao was watching from the side, and he never succeeded.
Ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect the family information of the twenty-three girls, and instruct each government to send letters of condolences to the girls' families, saying that the girls have been hired by the Imperial Household.
Although this is not the best result, it is already very comforting to those families who have lost their children. The mothers who were slapping their thighs and crying a while ago are no longer crying. Those anxious fathers have hanging hearts.
Also fell back to its original position.
Moreover, they knew that their daughter was beautiful. If she entered the palace, wouldn't it be possible for her to be favored by the emperor?
It's a pity that they don't know that entering the palace may not necessarily be a good thing. When Tang Zhao saw the twenty-three handsome Huaiyang women, his eyes were as wide as pearls, as if he had seen a feud in the world.
But now that Tang Zhao was not the queen, she decided to endure it.
Moreover, Tang Zhao had already prepared in his mind that the emperor could not only have one daughter-in-law, and sooner or later he would enrich the harem. But there was one condition: those people must listen to the empress. Including the empress dowager, they must also listen to the empress. After all, the empress dowager Han was just a decoration.
Although he couldn't be cruel to these little girls yet, Tang Zhao still thought of a way to deal with them, and said to Zhao Tian generously: "Your Majesty, look at these maids, they are so handsome. Why not choose a few,
Come to serve His Majesty?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tian perked up, but he felt there was something wrong with it, so he said: "I have always been clean and self-sufficient, and I am by no means a lustful person. Zhaobao, please don't test me, right?"
Tang Zhaodao: "Your Majesty's dragon body involves the country, so he naturally has to keep himself clean. But as an emperor, it is in line with etiquette and law to have six palaces that match each other. It is my responsibility to select a good concubine for your majesty."
"Really?" Zhao Tian was so happy that he wanted to rub his hands: "Zhao Bao really thinks so?"
"How dare you deceive the emperor."
"Well, Zhaobao will choose it for me!"
Obsessed with sex, Zhao Tian was fooled.
Tang Zhao secretly observed the little girls and found that they had good personalities and could seduce others, so he couldn't keep them to prevent future troubles.
Tang Zhao said that if you want to serve the emperor, you must be in perfect condition, so I will inspect it on behalf of the emperor.
Then Tang Zhao found out those charming and flirtatious palace maids, and tampered with them during the physical examination. As soon as the examination results came out, Concubine Tang was furious.
"If you are not a young girl and sneak into the palace, you will be killed!"
The maids were so frightened that their legs weakened and they fell to their knees.
"I am merciful and will not kill you. I also consider that you are far away from home and lonely, so I take care of you and send you to the princes and the three princes as slaves."
While the emperor was in court, Tang Zhao sent away the little girls who were crying and crying that they were wronged. But as soon as they cried a few times, they were slapped by Hu Rong so hard that they dared not say a word.
As Lao Diao Si said: Who has wronged you? Concubine Tang said that you are not young girls, but you are not! If you say more, you will be beheaded!
"Princess Princess, Ouchi sent two maids to Mrs. Cao, but the old lady said that the girls in her house were enough, so she sent them to the Duke's Mansion. The two concubines just discussed and said that the princess's side
There is only one nun, two eldest girls and four little girls, which does not meet the specifications of a second-grade princess's house. So these two maids are sent to the princess's house."
The maid from the inner house came to Qinxiang Xiaozhu to explain her intention.
Hearing this, Tang Mei said: "Speaking of which, I am planning to take over the big warehouse, and I am short of manpower around me. They came at the right time."
So Tang Mei took in Wu Xiaoxiao and Yangliu'er, two 12 or 13-year-old court ladies. Seeing the two little girls, Tang Mei frowned and thought to herself: These two little things are so evil.
Tang Mei knew Tang Zhao very well. In other words, they not only looked alike, but also thought alike. She instantly understood why Tang Zhao sent these maids out. If such a little goblin stayed with Zhao Tian, how could he still be with her?
Didn't you take his soul away?
Tang Mei also knew Emperor Wanlong Zhao Tian very well, and the bad reputation of that boy had already spread. In the past, Tang Mei had worried about this matter, but now she no longer had to worry about it. Let Tang Zhao bear this worry.
…
The two little maids were sent to Mrs. Cao's house in the morning. After lunch, they were sent to the Duke's Mansion. The two concubines discussed it in the afternoon and sent it to Qinxiang Xiaozhu in the evening.
At that time, Su Ping was playing chess with Zhu Tao in the backyard. This was a newly purchased backgammon set because Grandma Wang had thrown away the previous set. After playing chess, they went back to their houses, and no one came to tell Su Ping.
, the princess took in two little goblins.
Moreover, they are two very charming people.
At night, Su Ping was thinking about putting all the money in his hands together, walking a few more streets tomorrow, choosing a house, and starting his own real estate investment.
The next morning, Su Ping took the money and the golden knife with him and walked out. When passing by Qinxiang Xiaozhu, he met two little girls. They were preparing to fetch water under the command of Zhen Ping'er.
"Eh? Isn't this Brother Su?" Wu Xiaoxiao said in surprise.
"Yeah! It's true, it's Brother Su!" Yang Liu'er trotted over: "How pitiful God, Brother Su lives here? We are so destined!"
I still remember that day in front of the Ministry of Justice's mansion, among a group of little girls, two lively little girls ran over and asked Su Ping when they would be sent home. Someone also asked, will they see Brother Su again in the future?