The upgrade of Concubine Xian in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 39 The Tortoiseshell

Three days later, at Choushi, before dawn, many mansions in the capital were brightly lit. At the gates of the mansions, motorcades began to line up. All the openings in the city were open, and carriages lined up to drive out of the city.

Today was the day when Kangxi ordered his tour to the south to leave Beijing. The accompanying courtiers arranged for their family members to go south in advance. Those courtiers whose families were not rich hoped to use the time before Kangxi arrived to reduce their expenses.

The Old Summer Palace started to get busy yesterday, and even Zarafen’s courtyard was loaded all night. Zarafen’s clothes alone, Yinzhen and Sifujin prepared four or five boxes, hoping to make the little girl happy of.

Tortoise saw that the time was almost up, she thought about going to the inner bedroom and asked Zarafin to get up, she was about to turn around and go in, when she saw Hongli striding in from the outside in golden elder brother's uniform.

"Greetings to the fourth elder brother." Tortoise shell hurriedly said hello.

"Keep your voice down, don't wake Jiaojiao up, you go get a Jiaojiao's cloak, don't wake her up, just carry it to my carriage." Zarafen is a courtier's daughter, of course the carriage is not as comfortable as Hongli prepared Well, in order to allow Zarafin to rest, Hongli even arranged it according to Yinzhen's carriage. Behind the carriage, there was a separate resting place.

The tortoise shell just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Hongli's eyes. Pearl looked at Hongli's eyes, and quickly stepped forward to grab the tortoise shell, and did as Hongli ordered.

Since Zarafin is young, tortoiseshell and pearl can decide some things. When Zarafin is easy to talk, tortoiseshell is a bit arrogant and always wants to control Zarafin.

Hongli noticed this situation, his eyes flickered slightly, and he went straight into the inner bedroom, planning to talk to Erniang and Zarafin at the right time to get rid of the tortoise shell.

Pearl respectfully brought up the cloak and covered Zarafin's body directly. Hongli carried Zarafin and went to his carriage. Tortoise just tried to persuade him, but was pulled tightly by Pearl.

"Pearl, why are you dragging me? If the fourth elder brother does this, what will happen to the master's reputation?" Tortoise felt that he was justified, Zarafin's grade was young, so he should be restrained to some extent.

"Huobi, you have violated the rules. Can you meddle in the affairs of the masters?" Pearl looked at Huobi, and found that the other party had a reasonable attitude, which made her suddenly frightened.

Tortoise shell sneered: "Pearl, if you are timid, you can go back to the house directly. Could it be that I won't obey Madam's words?"

"No matter how young the master is, the master is still the master, tortoise, you are a servant girl, if the madam knows and you want to control the master, what kind of attitude will the madam have?" Pearl didn't want the sisters she grew up with to go astray.

Pearl just noticed the dark light in Hongli's eyes from the corner of the eye just now. Hongli has protected Zarafin very well and will never make it difficult for Zarafin because of these things.

"Since when did I decide on my master!" Tortoise shell was a little flustered when Pearl told her what was on her mind.

"No matter what you think, I don't want to be like you. What others say, outsiders say, we have fallen into the nest of blessings. The master doesn't treat us as slaves. Could it be that we are going beyond our duty? "Pearl has always stayed true to her duty.

Tortoise's family had some influence on her. Her family knew that Zarafin had been assigned to Hongli, and they wanted to let tortoise take advantage of the opportunity and climbed into Hongli's bed. It was for the sake of the family.

"How can you talk nonsense!" Tortoiseshell thought of Hongli, blushing on her cheeks.

"It's good that you understand it in your heart, the master will find out, you'd better put away those scheming ideas, and don't cause any trouble for the master." Pearl sneered.

In the carriage, Hongli gently placed Zarafin on the soft bed, pulled up the silk quilt, and covered her well, which did not affect her sleep at all.

After he settled Zarafin, he walked around the screen and came to the door of the carriage. Gao Wuyong lifted the curtain, Hongli came out, and whispered a few words in Gao Wuyong's ear.

"Gao Wuyong, go and find out the situation of Tortoiseshell's family and her actions, and don't let me miss anything." Hongli looked at Gao Wuyong and warned him not to tell the truth.

"Hey!" Gao Wuyong saw Hongli's eyes, and understood that the tortoise shell should have violated the master's taboo, and stepped on the master's bottom line.

Tortoiseshell is originally clever, if it does not hinder itself, reminding it is a good relationship.

When Zarafin woke up again, the convoy had already left the capital a long way. She saw Hongli lying beside her, and they were sleeping together.

"Jiaojiao, are you awake?" Hongli opened his eyes as soon as Zarafen moved.

He has gone out with the car many times, and Hongli has long been used to light sleep, waiting for Kangxi's summons at any time.

"Well, Hun, when did we leave?" Zarafin knew that neither Yinzhen nor Hongli would get up when they would make themselves ugly.

So, when she woke up and found herself in the carriage, she wasn't too surprised.

Hongli only asked Pearl to serve her. Zarafin looked at Pearl curiously. In the past, the tortoise shell was more active. Sometimes, the tortoise shell's attitude was a bit uncomfortable, and she preferred to talk about her age.

"Jiaojiao, after the tortoise shell returns to Beijing, just send it away." Hongli couldn't bear it anymore, and Pearl didn't say anything extra. It's been a day or two.

"Yes!" Zarafin nodded.

According to Hongli's words, Zarafin knew that if the tortoise shell really did something, it would basically be cleaned up by Er Niang.

After the two changed into their normal clothes, they sat together at the kang table. Hongli watched Zarafen staring at the food with sparkling almond eyes, and didn't pay attention to the tortoise shell who was hesitating to speak.

Hongli gave Pearl a look and told Pearl to leave immediately with the tortoise shell.

"Ah Hun, I don't want to deal with the tortoise." How Zarafin didn't know that the tortoise wanted her to intercede.

After living with Si Fujin for several years, she understood that the infighting in Hongli's future mansion will never be light, and the servants around her must be carefully selected, otherwise, she will definitely feel a little numb.

"Well, I'll just help you, Jiaojiao, if you have similar requests in the future, just tell me directly, okay?" Hongli looked at Zarafin and asked.

Zarafin smiled bitterly: "Ah, I understand, don't let her stay away from the capital, let her family go to another courtyard, so as not to worry Ama and Erniang."

Both tortoiseshell and pearl were selected by Nanny Yu who was close to Sifujin, so Sifujin hoped that these two could take the lead.

(End of this chapter)