royal girl

Chapter 63
The work of drafting sounds lofty, but it is actually quite trivial to do.The showgirls from all over the country have to start counting the list more than a year ago, check their identities, and then fight over level by level. Finally, the most beautiful women from all over the country can enter the capital.

Kyoto is the center of the country. Although it is in the center of the draft, signing up for the draft is also a big deal.Before the draft, there will be selection envoys who will go to various parts of the country in advance, and the capital will become boiling because of this matter.

Dong Wan was the only person in the Dong family who was old enough, so the registration process went smoothly and there was no disturbance at home.Dong Huiyu's indifferent attitude on this matter really made the mother and daughter uneasy for a few days. After all, Huiyu's temperament was quite willful before, and I was really afraid that she would suddenly make trouble.

This selection is more lively than before, because there are four more candidates for the prince's concubine and side concubine. It is more attractive to be the prince's concubine than to enter the harem and fight step by step, because It doesn't matter whether they are common or not, so the ups and downs of this session can be described as very exciting.

It was just winter, and I heard that some interesting things happened in several families in Beijing. Huiyu could hear many such jokes at home every day.Whenever she was idle and bored, she asked the two girls to tell her a joke.

"Each family has its own affairs. If you want to say which one is the cleanest in Beijing, there is another family besides yours." Guo Tong came to talk to Huiyu this day, and called Zhang Yuqiong by the way, and the three of them hid in the room Whisper.

Recently, Huiyu likes to listen to gossip to soothe her young heart that was full of holes by her grandfather. Immediately her eyes lit up and she asked, "Oh, which one?"

"Second House of Xin Guogong's Mansion." Zhang Yuqiong rarely answered, she was the most disciplined person, and she didn't like to talk about other people's right and wrong easily.

The second room of Xin Guogong's mansion?

Huiyu just remembered that there is really an interesting thing in the capital. The second wife of Lord Xinguo gave birth to all sons, and all the concubines gave birth to daughters. Look at the mighty and domineering wife of Zhengfang, who will keep the concubine stable for the rest of her life. Step firmly under your feet.In contrast to Mrs. Chu, Mrs. Xia of the Duke of Xinguo's Mansion gave birth to all daughters. Her sons were all entrusted to the womb of concubines, so that Mrs. Xia's role as a regular wife was a bit precarious. up.

There was only one girl running for the election in Duke Xinguo's mansion, and the aunt had no daughter, so there was only such a concubine who was old enough. The family was really quiet, and there was no scandal.But relatively speaking, the second room of the Xia family is quite lively. The two young masters of the Xia family were all born to one aunt. The first half of the first half of the year and the second half of the first half of the first half of the year, the lively fighting between open and secret.

"Second Madam Xia is very pitiful." Hui Yu sighed. In this time and space when concubines are legalized, it is already very sad for the main wife to fail to give birth to a son. She even dared to say goodbye to the eldest daughter, which shows that she is not a law-abiding person, perhaps because her heart has grown up.

"It's very pitiful. I also heard that most of the general affairs in their family are controlled by that aunt."

"Really?" Guo Tong was taken aback, looking at the explosive Zhang Yuqiong, "How do you know?"

Huiyu's eyes sparkled, begging for news.

Looking at the big sparkling eyes of the two, Zhang Yuqiong couldn't help swallowing, "What kind of eyes are you two, Mrs. Xia Er has some contacts with my mother, I heard my mother say something like this, and that lady is also Poor one. If her daughter has a good future in the draft this time, she will have someone to rely on in the future." Having said this, he sighed and said, "You two may not have seen this Miss Xia, I am I have some kind of friendship with her, it was a few years ago, she was very calm at a young age, maybe there will be great luck in the future."

Huiyu's eyes flashed, and the girl from the Xia family... suddenly remembered the woman mentioned in the original text, looked at Zhang Yuqiong and asked, "That girl Xia's boudoir name has a white letter?"

"You know her?" Zhang Yuqiong was also a little surprised, because Mrs. Xia was not keen on banquets and socializing in Beijing, and rarely brought her daughter out to socialize, so the two daughters of the second wife of the Xia family were rarely known.

Huiyu didn't know Xia Yingbai, but in the original text, Xia Yingbai did not point out the selection to the four princes, but was successfully selected into the palace. After entering the palace, she even fell into the eyes of the emperor. She was very favored, and anyone who could be favored There are some means.Of course, Huiyu couldn't say anything about it. Looking at Guo Tong and Zhang Yuqiong, she said, "I haven't seen it before, but I heard someone mention it. I didn't expect that Miss Xia might really be lucky to hear what you said."

Guo Tong and Xia Yingbai are not familiar with each other, and basically have nothing to do with each other. Hearing what they said, he smiled, "I'm a little curious about her when you say it like this. Is it as good as you say?"

"It's not good or bad, but her character." Huiyu looked at Guo Tong and said, "Character determines destiny. A person who is kind and tolerant will have a bright future."

"This sentence is a bit interesting. Character determines destiny." Zhang Yuqiong looked at Huiyu and smiled, "You can always say something that makes people feel... interesting."

Huiyu pretended to be stupid with a chuckle, and Guo Tong said, "I think these words are novel, but they are true. Otherwise, how can there be poor people in this world who must have hateful sentences? It can be seen that if people can't stand up on their own, Others will naturally ride on you to do their best. If Mrs. Xia can straighten her waist, then Aunt Gao can really turn the world upside down with a concubine?"

"It makes sense." Huiyu just likes Guo Tong's temperament, which is refreshing and free and easy.

The three smiled at each other. In fact, what they said was a bit too ideal. After all, men are the foundation of women's foothold.If Mrs. Xia's heart really only favors Aunt Gao who gave birth to two sons and one daughter, then Mrs. Xia's arrogance is useless.So what Second Madam Xia is doing now seems to be firmly suppressed by Aunt Gao, but if she can raise a daughter with Xia Yingbai's temperament, then Madam Xia is not soft.Mrs. Xia must have been heartbroken to Mr. Xia Er, so she put all her thoughts on her daughter, because Mrs. Xia understands that only when both daughters are promising in the future can she hold down her daughter firmly for the rest of her life. Aunt Gao.

Mrs. Xia Er is a smart person, and a smart person who plans long-term plans.

As the saying goes, you can't tell people behind their backs. After saying this for a few days, Huiyu went to visit her grandfather's house. Unexpectedly, she happened to meet Mrs. Xia, mother and daughter at the aunt's place.

"Come on, come on, what a coincidence today, let me introduce to you that this is my niece Huiyu, she is pretty, right?" Mrs. Pan took Huiyu's hand and said to Mrs. Xia, then turned her head and said to Mrs. Huiyu said, "This is Xia Zuodu Yushi's wife, and this is her eldest daughter Yingbai and her second daughter Aoyu, both older than you."

Mrs. Xia had a long face, but her complexion was extremely fair, and her eyes were very beautiful. If she had an oval face, Aunt Gao would not be very proud.Huiyu hurriedly stepped forward to salute, she still had to be polite to the emperor's future favorite concubine, "The madam Huiyu met, and the two older sisters."

Mrs. Xia, of course, has heard of Dong Huiyu's name. At this time, she looked at Huiyu carefully, and then reached out and took off the jade bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into Huiyu's hand, "What a good girl, she is beautiful, and her eyes are so beautiful. Alright, juicy. This is a gift for you, just don’t think it’s shabby.”

Huiyu looked down at the bracelet. It should be the item that Mrs. Xia has been carrying for many years. There is a faint light on the whole body, and it seems that it is a personal item that has been carried all year round.Huiyu didn't expect Mrs. Xia Er to be so generous, and she was slightly shocked, but she could also see that her relationship with her aunt was better than she thought.Thinking of this, Huiyu immediately replied: "If I despise such a good thing again, my aunt will kick me out. Huiyu thanked Madam for her kindness. She gave me all these good things. Did you go out today?" Looking at the almanac, I also hit the big luck."

Everyone in the room laughed. Mrs. Xia held Huiyu's hand, looked at Mrs. Pan and said, "You are really blessed. You can't even ask for such a sweet-hearted niece." If Huiyu had said this before Huiyu came here, Pan would probably have cried, but now she just smiled and said, "I just gave birth to a son, and I want to have a daughter in a padded jacket that fits me all my life. It's pity that I sent Huiyu here. Although this child is a niece, she is very considerate compared to your two daughters."

Mrs. Xia was quite surprised. She knew that Pan's attitude towards this second girl Dong was not so enthusiastic before, but after listening to this, it seems that second girl Dong is getting along very well with her now?

Huiyu blushed, "Auntie, stop praising me. If you continue praising me, the two sisters of the Xia family will really leave. I don't even bother to praise my own children like this." people."

Xia Yingbai and Xia Aoyu were also amused by Huiyu, Xia Yingbai looked at Huiyu and said, "We can't recover from Sister Dong's appearance. We have to hear her name all the time, but it's a pity that we don't have the chance to see her. It's really a feast for the eyes today."

Xia Yingbai's words really made people feel close to each other. He was a person who was very good at being a man. Such a person didn't have a good reputation in the capital, so it could be seen that he was someone who didn't want to be famous.Since Huiyu already knew about Xia Yingbai's future in the original text, it was time to make a good friendship at this time, so she said, "Sister Ying is really good at complimenting people. I think I'm three points more beautiful when you say that."

Xia Aoyu couldn't hold back her handkerchief and covered her mouth with a smile, she had never seen someone who could make others smile knowingly by climbing along the pole like this.Dong Huiyu's reputation was really not very good before. Although the sisters don't like to socialize, they actually know something about the ladies in Kyoto, especially Dong Huiyu who likes to show off.But I didn't expect that seeing the real person was completely different from the rumors, and the idea of ​​keeping a distance from her in my heart faded away.

"Sister Yu, what are you laughing at?" Hui Yu asked, tugging at Xia Aoyu's sleeve, with an air of breaking the casserole and asking the bottom line.

Pan pointed at Huiyu's forehead, "Aoyu, I've never seen you brag about yourself so shamelessly."

With such a joke, the estrangement between everyone when they met for the first time disappeared. Huiyu made a funny face, held each other and said, "We children go over there to talk, and don't bother auntie."

"You think us old fellows are in the way?" Pan laughed.

Huiyu didn't answer and made a funny face, so she dragged Xia Yingbai and Xia Aoyu to the cubicle outside to play.

The two sisters, Xia Yingbai and Xia Aoyu, followed suit and came out. The three of them sat on the big couch, and Huiyu let out a long breath, looked at the two of them and said, "You two sisters, don't laugh at me. Ah, I really like the people who hit it off."

So they are the people she hits with?

Xia Yingbai and her younger sister looked at each other indiscriminately, Xia Aoyu said firstly: "Sister Dong is an interesting person, we sisters rarely go out, and we hit it off right away."

"My sister seldom compliments others." Xia Yingbai answered with a smile, looking at Huiyu with gloomy eyes that made it difficult to see clearly, "It can be seen that you really hit it off."

The three of them were talking and laughing, Mrs. Pan and Mrs. Xia in the room listened to the laughter outside, Mrs. Xia looked at Mrs. Pan and said: "My two daughters are young and old who are dragged down by me, and they rarely laugh like this. I'm happy." As he said that, his eyes were about to turn red.

"Huiyu is a good girl. In the future, don't be too careful, let her sisters also come out to meet people. The reputation of a girl can't be built up in a day. Since Yingbai is going to be drafted, you should always plan I planned it." Having said this, he paused, thought for a while and said, "I dare not say anything else. Although my niece is not very good-tempered, as long as she likes her, she will take care of it. I'll see. She likes Yingbai and Aoyu very much. If you can trust me, the sisters can walk around where Huiyu goes in the future. Only those who suffer."

Although the restless one in her family was not nominated, it doesn't mean that Mrs. Xia naturally understood who Mrs. Pan was talking about, so she sneered, "It's just a slut born by an aunt, and I really thought it could surpass the sky. The more you praise it Gao, I'm not afraid of the worse the fall in the future, it's just that I don't want Yingbai and Aoyu to lower their figure and get angry with them, it's not worth it."

Mrs. Pan nodded, "It's hard for me to say what you want to do. We have been friends for so many years, and I still have to remind you that even if it is for the benefit of their sisters, it is time for them to come out and walk around."

Mrs. Xia understood this truth, but Xia Shuhui would definitely follow her daughter if she wanted to come out. She didn't want to bother about Aunt Gao's mother and daughter.So these years, she simply didn't even bring out her own daughter very much. Although it hurt the enemy one thousand and self-damaged eight hundred, she was happy just for the sake of breathing.

"I came to you today because of this. You also know that I seldom come out for so many years, and I don't have much friendship with outsiders, so I have to entrust you to take care of my two daughters." Mrs. Xia squeezed Wiping her eye sockets with a veil, "It's not impossible, and I don't want to cause you any trouble."

"You and I are talking about this. I don't like to hear it. If you want to talk about it, don't come to my door in the future." Mrs. Pan pretended to be angry, and Mrs. Xia hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Second Miss Dong sees that she is young, and she acts...I have heard a little bit about acting, do you think it is true?" Mrs. Xia is not sure, Dong Huiyu's name is known even to those who don't go out very often, and it is not very popular. Nice to hear.

"Humph, don't those people outside just look at the second girl's beauty and good family background, and wish they could trample her under their feet all the time. Let me tell you the truth, if I didn't dare to do this before, this child used to His temper is really a bit willful, but in the past two years, he has grown older, and he has read and written books to understand the truth, so he does things really differently. I can pat my chest and assure you that everything will be fine, Zhang Shoufu's family My eldest daughter and the only daughter of Master Guo have made friends with our second girl, and they are the real ladies from the scholarly family."

Mrs. Xia's eyes lit up. Although she said that Xungui was not at odds with the officials who came out of school, it cannot be denied that the ladies from the scholarly family are still very popular. After all, the rules and manners have been in the family for hundreds of years. Accumulation, a daughter raised by such a family can't even ask for it.Although Zhang Shoufu and Guo Dashi are not considered to be a century-old scholarly family, the reputation of these two families is quite good. I didn't expect that the daughters of these two families have good friends with Dong Huiyu. Mrs. Xia is really good this time. tempted.Not to mention, she also has some friendship with Mrs. Zhang, so she looked at Mrs. Pan and said, "Then I will entrust it to you."

"Don't worry, I'll let the second girl know in advance. Seeing that they are quite in tune with each other, this thing can happen. Today, you all met by chance. It can be seen that it is a fate arranged by heaven, and you can't drive it away. .”

After thinking about something, Mrs. Xia's expression also eased, and she heard Mrs. Pan say again: "You are willing to take out your own jade bracelet as a meeting gift, isn't it just to make a good relationship? , your gift is not for nothing, rest assured."

Mrs. Xia didn't feel embarrassed by being told by Mrs. Pan, she just said: "I only hope that my two children will be happy in the future, as long as I accompany them to marry, there is nothing I can't let go of."

Pan Shi also sighed, her good sister's life is really not easy.

Outside, Huiyu was listening to Xia Aoyu telling jokes, and what he was talking about was not someone else's, it was something that happened in Guo'an Temple a month ago.

"Really? I didn't expect that someone would dare to do such a thing in the land of Buddhism." Huiyu was full of surprise. A widow who had an affair was caught in the back mountain of Guo'an Temple. Such a thunderous thing did not expect to be hit by sister Xia Aoyu "What happened afterwards? Did you tell others?"

"The widow was crying pitifully. My elder sister said that one more thing is worse than one less thing, and forming a good relationship with others can be regarded as kindness and kindness for oneself. After we came back, we only told my mother, and no one said anything." Xia Aoyu said. Looking at Huiyu, he said, "You can't tell. That widow is so pitiful. In fact, she and that man are neighbors, and they had a marriage contract since childhood. But her mother died early, and her father went to stepmother. The stepmother was greedy for money, so she gave her to a sick child to make her happy. Her husband died within a few days of her marriage. Her husband's family said that she had lost her family and kicked her out. Her mother's family only said that the married daughter was thrown out. She also refused to take in the water, so she had no choice but to go to the nunnery, but she didn't expect to meet her childhood sweetheart who became a monk because of her marriage."

"This is more exciting than the playbook." Huiyu sighed, "This is fate."

Hearing Huiyu's words, the two sisters looked at each other in blank dismay. Ordinary people would have to accuse the woman of being unfeminine, and according to the rules, she should have sunk the pond.

"Don't you think it's wrong for her to do this?" Xia Yingbai looked at Huiyu and asked.

"I don't think this woman is very pitiful. The stepmother is greedy and vicious, and the husband's family is ruthless and ungrateful. She is a weak woman who can't be her own master. She drifts like duckweed. What's wrong with her?" Huiyu said. The Three Views really cannot be integrated with this time and space. If such a thing happened in modern times, I am afraid that the woman would have killed her with two kitchen knives.

Xia Yingbai lowered her head and smiled lightly. When she raised her head again, she looked at Huiyu with a closer look. "Sister Dong is indeed... a hero who sees the same thing."

"So the two sisters didn't report them, did they?"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling as if they were keeping their feelings secret.

Sometimes, friendship grows by leaps and bounds, because what we do is in the same way.

When Mrs. Xia took her two daughters to leave, Huiyu invited her in front of Mrs. Xia, "The day after tomorrow, sister Guo sent me a post to invite me to enjoy the winter scenery. The movement is also quite artistic. Aunt Xia, let the two sisters go with me."

From the moment Mrs. Xia changed her words to Aunt Xia, Mrs. Xia's face couldn't help softening a bit. Thinking of Mrs. Pan's words, she held Huiyu's hand and said, "Don't dislike them when you invite them. You can just be ashamed."

"Auntie is right. The two sisters and I are very close. The Guo family sister is also a very good person. We will have a good time together."

Hui Yu almost patted his chest to assure her, and Mrs. Dong agreed with a smile. Hui Yu happily took Xia Yingbai and Xia Aoyu's hand and said, "When the time comes, my carriage will pass in front of your house. Let's go together." let's go."

Xia Yingbai was taken aback for a moment, but when she figured it out, she looked at Huiyu differently. She held Huiyu's hand and said, "Thank you, sister." After speaking, she got into the carriage with Huiyu and Pan Farewell.

"Sister, why did you thank her?" Xia Aoyu didn't want to understand what happened just now, and asked after getting into the carriage.

The second Mrs. Xia looked at her second daughter and sighed, and said, "If you two sisters went to Guo's house in our carriage that day, do you think Xia Shuhui would not make a fuss? But if you took Miss Dong's carriage Go, what does the second girl have to do with Xia Shuhui who is a concubine?" Speaking of this, her expression was a bit complicated, she didn't believe what Mrs. Pan said about her niece before, but now she believes it. A smart person who knows how to behave, as long as she is willing, it is difficult for people to have a bad impression of her.

"Then she offended Aunt Gao's mother and daughter for us?" Xia Aoyu was really surprised this time, it was too... too unexpected.

Xia Yingbai nodded, "Miss Dong Er is a person worthy of friendship. Although she is still young, her skill is really beyond the reach of ordinary people. She is so enthusiastic about us, and she is so thoughtful. In Madam Xing's face."

"But Miss Dong Er's reputation outside is not very good, why does she do this?" Xia Aoyu couldn't figure it out, since Dong Huiyu is a smart person, how could she have such a bad reputation?

Xia Yingbai frowned, but Mrs. Xia said, "The Dong family still has Miss Dong."

The two sisters looked at each other, and seemed to understand a little bit, and didn't speak any more.

A few days later, Huiyu went to pick up the two sisters of Xia's family as promised, and greeted Guo Tong in advance, asking her to make some preparations.Guo Tong also wrote back to tease Huiyu, saying that he was still in a good location two days ago, but he didn't expect to hook him up in just a few days.A lady with a good reputation, said such a thing, Huiyu really couldn't laugh or cry, could it be her who led people into trouble?Ami tofu!

At the gate of Xia's house, Xueying got out of the car and went to the concierge to say hello. Sure enough, the Xia's sisters came out soon, but... Huiyu looked at the Xia's sisters through the curtain of the car. With a little tail, he immediately understood what was going on.

The rumors are indeed true, Aunt Gao's mother and daughter are very arrogant, Xia Yingbai can't leave her behind, looking at Xia Shuhui is not a cheap lamp.

Huiyu thought about it, put on a cloak, got out of the carriage and went out to meet her. She likes bullying with her nostrils turned up the most!
At this time, Xia Shuhui, who was following Xia Yingbai's two sisters, saw a dark red carriage drawn by four big horses not far away, with gold ornaments, silver embroidery, and dark red. Only the four great families can afford such a carriage. .Among other things, the four horses that pull the cart are worth thousands of gold. When he saw the man who was slowly walking down from the carriage holding the girl's hand, his face showed a bit of jealousy that could not be concealed.

(End of this chapter)