Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 462 6.33 Princess Yongjing: The Zhou family is really almost “unable to live in”
Volume VI

6.33 Princess Yongjing: The Zhou family is really almost “unable to live in”
The sixth day of February is an auspicious day, everything is suitable.

"Finally can you give it up?" Princess Yongjing got off the car in the front yard and entered the second door with a smile on her face. She supported Xue Baochai, who was waiting by the door, and slowly walked to the main hall of the main house. Zhou Yang hurriedly greeted her, "Actually, I have long wanted you to come over and take a look, but due to the rules, I have postponed it until today."

"What are you looking at? Although there was never a rule in the Great Zhou Dynasty that a son-in-law should not take a concubine, it still has a consistent tradition. If you show me like this, is it possible that I will be kicked out?" Princess Yongjing's tone was as graceful as The age is completely inappropriate, "Okay, there are not so many rules to follow as a family, are you ready?"

"Chen Zhou Yang——" Zhou Yang sighed, turned around and was about to go to the back of the incense table that had already been set up to "go through the procedure", but was stopped by Princess Yongjing.

"It's all like this, you haven't heard what I just said?" She didn't want Princess Yongjing to grab him and give him a blank stare, then turned her head and glanced at the eunuch who was also "going through the procedure" slipping behind her, and then saw Qiu Shi'an said, "Give it to me, Eunuch Qiu just go back and report to His Majesty."

"This -" Qiu Shi'an looked confused, "Your Highness, this is against the rules!"

"Why, do you still need your father-in-law to teach you how to behave in this palace?" Princess Yongjing looked at Qiu Shian coldly. Zhou Yang, who was originally pulled by her, changed his expression and looked at the eunuch in front of him. murderous.

"Your Highness is joking, we are slaves, we will do whatever the master says." Qiu Shi'an's expression kept changing. After a long while, he smiled without a smile and held the imperial edict in his hands and handed it to Princess Yongjing, "It's just that, slaves After I return, I will report the matter to Your Majesty as it is, and please forgive me, Princess."

"Eunuch Qiu, let's go slowly." Zhou Yang sneered back before Princess Yongjing could speak, and deliberately took out a stack of banknotes that he had prepared to play with. "I heard that my father-in-law used to serve in the Dragon Head Palace and follow Xia Xia. Father-in-law is running errands, right? It's a pity that His Highness Yongjing still sees less of him. If he had been promoted earlier, he might have saved a lot of trouble."

"General Zhou knows a lot." Qiu Shi'an regained his professional smile, bowed and said, "Since the matter is over, I will not delay the two nobles and return to the palace!"

"No!" Zhou Yang's expression was cold.

Watching a group of "honor guards" who were delivering the decree going out, Zhou Yang noticed that most of the large number of people who originally followed Princess Yongjing were actually "honor guards". The people who actually stayed in the front yard with the princess were actually There were less than 30 people, including the total number of palace maids and eunuchs. The number of pure guards was only one small flag!
"Brother Zhou is laughing at you." Princess Yongjing sighed, and handed the marriage decree to Zhou Yang and said, "The younger sister shouldn't have come here together, but I just remembered what I said to my brother a few days ago, so I'm so generous." Show off your shame; brother, don’t get me wrong, your majesty has not treated my little sister harshly, and these manpower allocations are also in accordance with the rules."

"Even if the person leaves, the palace is too direct?" Zhou Yang shook his head silently and winked at Xue Baochai, who had been supporting Princess Yongjing. Sister Baochai nodded with a smile and returned to the back house first.

When the Supreme Emperor was still in power, Princess Yongjing was considered the core of the entire royal family. She could get whatever good things she wanted in the palace. At that time, she always called Guo Kai "" "Nephew", eunuchs, maids, guards, etc. in the palace, who are not rushing to flatter you like a lapdog?

Now that the Supreme Emperor has lost power, her various configurations have immediately returned to normal "standard rules". Even a "transitional figure" like Qiu Shi'an has the courage to show off to her. The name he just addressed Guo Kai is even more... It became "Your Majesty", and looking at the personnel configuration that came to follow this time, it was really "very standard".

"Why haven't you seen the other sisters in the family?" Princess Yongjing smiled softly, looking very distressed.

"Come here - clean it up!" Zhou Yang first asked people to remove the incense table, and then gently held Princess Yongjing's delicate hand and said, "There is no way, today's situation is special, they are not qualified to come out to receive the order, I originally wanted to wait After completing the procedure, I will take you to the backyard to meet them together. It just so happens that only Sister Yun and Qingwen live in this courtyard, so it won’t be troublesome for you to come."

"Brother Zhou!" Princess Yongjing seemed to have been relieved of a heavy burden, and she threw herself into Zhou Yang's arms. "Silly girl!" Zhou Yang bent down and hugged her up with some distress, "No matter what happens outside, you will always be a happy little princess here with me - let's go, the main courtyard and back house will always be here. It's all reserved for you. It's yours if you come. If you don't come, the main room will be empty. Don't worry so much. I'm not one of those shallow-sighted people in the palace."

"Actually, the emperor's sister-in-law and your majesty did not treat me poorly, and the emperor's sister took great care of me." Princess Yongjing was hugged by Ai Lang, with her arms around someone's neck, "It's just that my residence has always been there. Over at Longshou Palace, the imperial sister didn't go there very often before, and now she even skips greetings and the like; on the other hand, the imperial sister-in-law and your majesty always have morning and dusk meditation every day."

While the two were chatting and laughing, Princess Yongjing's mood became visibly relaxed, and her whole person seemed to be much brighter; after passing through the second east corridor, the entire inner house came into view, and the girls of the Zhou family who had already entered the house were standing in the courtyard. , all of them are gorgeous, obviously they have been dressed up specially.

"I've met the princess!" Just as Zhou Yang carried Princess Yongjing into the hospital, the girls all bowed and expressed their blessings - this was also what Zhou Yang had specially told them. They really had to follow the rules when they saw Yongjing. The princess had to kneel down to salute, and she couldn't even stand up without hearing the "no salute" or other greetings.

But I saw the girls, with Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai in the middle, the Sichun sisters and Shi Xiangyun on the east side, and the Zhao sisters and Xing Xiuyan, Qin Keqing, and Qingwen on the west side. A total of twelve people almost dazzled Princess Yongjing, and also let everyone along the way. The mood that had just become "bright" suddenly became "dark".

"Sisters, please get up!" Princess Yongjing quickly jumped down from Zhou Yang's arms. She first motioned the girls to get up with a smile, then turned around and placed two slender fingers on the soft flesh of someone's waist, "General Zhou is so lucky. With so many sisters serving, I'm afraid they are very busy on weekdays, right? No wonder the younger sister can only wait pitifully in the palace, with no one to answer her!"

"Ahem, Xuan'er, image, image!" Although the girl's "two-finger Zen" is not even tickling, Zhou Yang still put on a "painful" expression, and quickly embraced Her Royal Highness in his arms , "The whole family is here. You will be the master of the backyard in the future. You must set an example for them and show your royal style."

"Are they all there?" But when the girls were watching with smiles, Lin Daiyu came to someone's side, hugged Princess Yongjing affectionately and said with a smile, "Let's not say that there is something that is not convenient to explain. , there are at least four people who haven’t come, two of them are familiar to His Highness, but the other two——"

"Is this Sister Lin? Speaking of which, I'm afraid it would be more appropriate to call you 'sister-in-law'." Princess Yongjing greeted, making all the girls laugh, and also made Lin Daiyu blush, "Emperor Sister Bing and Sister Bing didn’t come. I also greeted them, and the other two sisters also heard about it. I heard that there is also a sister who is the princess. As for that one, it’s inconvenient to talk about it.”

"Princess, come with me!" Before she could finish her words, Xue Baochai, who also had rosy cheeks, had already come forward to greet her. She still didn't know who the "unspeakable" person was. "I don't know where the princess will stay when she comes here this time." After a while, my daughter has brought people to clean up the room. It has always been empty. Only sister Qingwen lives in the outside room. She usually cleans it every day, but it is still clean and tidy."

Today's Zhou Family Courtyard, or "Zhou Mansion" as it is called according to the plaque on the main entrance, has already adjusted its residence due to the increase in population.

The easternmost courtyard is the outer courtyard. Guards are stationed in the east cross courtyard, and there are always three fusiliers of the general flag - firearms cannot leave the courtyard. The middle courtyard is the outer study, the main courtyard is used to receive some less important guests, and the east and west wing rooms are " "Guest Room in the Outer Courtyard", the back house was Jia Lan's "Academy", and the west courtyard garden became the "Four Spring Courtyard" where the four sisters of the Jia family lived. It was also from this cross courtyard that the long corridor behind the courtyard was no longer preserved. external passage.

The second courtyard on the east side is the "main courtyard". The east cross courtyard is used as the inner study room, where the Zhao sisters and three "secretaries" Xing Xiuyan live. It is also the most core and secret courtyard of the Zhou family. The reverse side room is always equipped with twelve female guards. Two-hour shifts; needless to say, the main courtyard, main entrance, and back house. The west courtyard is the inner garden, where Lin Daiyu and Xueyan live.

The third courtyard from the east was originally the Xue family, but it was also "occupied" by someone. The east courtyard is the "Xue family garden", and now Xue Baochai and Ying'er live there; the main courtyard belongs to the Xue family in name, and Wang Shu Ying and Zhen Yinglian live there; Qin Keqing and Ping'er live in the West Cross Courtyard. The orb has been released. In the future, there will also be Li Wan and Wang Xifeng. The three "little ladies" decided on it themselves.

In addition, there is Shi Xiangyun, who lives in the east wing of the back house in the main courtyard, which is considered a real "concubine" treatment. Qingwen is someone's personal maid. She used to live outside the bedroom of the main house in the back house, and will live in the back room in the future. Change to the west wing, and then there are the "Princess Empress" Xue Baoqin who has not yet moved in, Princess Yongchang and Dongfang Bing who have not moved in together.
"So, the Zhou family is really about to become 'unlivable'?" After listening to Lin Daiyu's "introduction", Princess Yongjing looked at someone with a half-smile.

(End of this chapter)