Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

Ruixiangfang has been in business for three or four years. On the surface, it is a shop for fine embroidery; but the women in the big and small courtyards in central Beijing know that they can't make a living, so they can knock on the door in the back alley. The small door painted the color of red sandalwood is here to borrow loan sharks.

In the capital, only here can the interest rate be reduced to one cent, and the repayment is not too urgent, and sometimes even the debt can be repaid without property: the family of the Duke who has gone downhill wants his second son, Princess Shang, and the younger brother of the Duke of Fu to pay the debt. The woman in the brothel will be the outhouse, and the servant of the Ministry of Rites and the leader of the green camp will be the relatives of the sons and daughters... As long as the news is suitable, the repayment date can be moved back, and part of the interest can be waived.

It was a strictly guarded secret among the women, who never shared it.Without such a good place to borrow money, when the monthly money of the servants cannot be paid, should they go to the vicious grocery store owner to borrow 50 taels of silver for three cents of interest, and if they don't pay it back in a month, they will come to the door and yell?No, in Ruixiangfang, the shopkeepers are all women, and they speak kindly. This is the best choice.

However, what they don't know is that apart from the main entrance for receiving ordinary customers and the back entrance for usurious business, Ruixiangfang also has a side entrance that cannot be easily opened, which is extremely hidden. .

This time it took a lot of trouble to open it, just to send a folk girl to the fourth princess to have a look.

"Take her to the Ministry of Internal Affairs properly, and don't disturb anyone. You are also old in business, so I shouldn't be bothering you. It's just that this time, it's too eye-catching for her alone. Try not to be seen by others."

Holding a lantern, Ah Xiang's second sister carefully inspected the ordinary second-class cab in the shop, and repeatedly told the driver to ask the old lady to invite Xin Qimei out.

"In the House of Internal Affairs, your surname is still reported as Wang. There are many people with this surname, so it is easy to cover up. If something goes wrong, don't be afraid, tell them to ask the Yikun Palace, Sister Fucha will do."

Xin Qimei kept these things firmly in her heart and got into the carriage.

Two lanterns were lit on the handlebars to illuminate the road. As long as they saw the big red word "Ruixiang" on the cover, the soldiers patrolling the street would not dare to interrogate them.

The carriage drove steadily into the inner city, walked through the Shenwu Gate, and went straight to the Yamen of the House of Internal Affairs. Before dawn, they sent Xin Qimei there.

Aunt Fucha's nephew, 25 years old, also worked here with his father and uncles, so he immediately picked up the carriage and asked her to get off.

"Hello, Miss Wang. It's not the time to pick a new maid. Let's be careful. You are wearing the clothes of a court lady. Ruixiangfang often makes them, and you never leave the palace. You are just pretending to be a maid who has just entered the palace for a month or two. Work in the newly built Ningshou Palace. No matter who asks you, you can only answer 'I don't know', and I will tell you the rest. Follow me carefully and walk with your head down."

Xin Qimei suppressed the fluctuation in her heart, nodded slightly, and followed behind him, walking silently towards Yikun Palace.

Fortunately, no one dared to ask questions along the way, but Xin Qimei's appearance was outstanding and different from ordinary people, and many young eunuchs couldn't help but secretly glanced at her, making her head lower and lower in fright.

Ah Xiang and Shu Tai got the letter early, and kept staring at the front of the palace gate, wondering what kind of beauty she was, and Rui Xiangfang was willing to make an exception and alert the princess.When I saw her in real life, I thought she was really good, but compared to the girls who were sent in, she was not second-class. I was a little disappointed, but still courteous and thoughtful.

"Miss Wang, please sit in our room. The princess must do her homework every morning, whether it is female red, or calligraphy. If it is the turn to practice Rakshasa today, the most difficult thing to learn, I guess I have to wait for a while The tea is Biluochun, and dim sum is used. There are mala cakes and chestnut cakes. Although it is our order, in fact, the common ones are always there, and the food may not be better than this.”

Xin Qimei saw that the two court ladies were only eleven or twelve years old, but they were dressed differently from her own, and there were many jade and pearl hairpins on their heads, so she guessed that they were the confidantes of the fourth princess, and thanked them politely. I took a sip of the pastry, and it was really sweet and refreshing, and it melted in my mouth, which was quite different from the ones eaten in Ruixiangfang these days.

A Xiang and Shu Tai secretly observed Xin Qimei's speech and behavior, and each had their own conclusions.Seeing that the time is about the same, I hurried to report to the master.

Nanny Sai Lun stood guard outside Haifeng's door, and when she saw the two of them coming, she pursed her lips and waved her hands.

"Be careful. I didn't learn well today. There are a few words that I said several times that were wrong. The princess is in a bad mood."

Shu Tai frowned, and couldn't help complaining.

"Why is the Rakshasa saying so weird? Our princess is so smart, and she hasn't learned anything after studying for a year. The emperor is still asking. When the princess will be able to clone like Sun Dasheng, will she be able to learn it? If you keep going, can the princess still sleep? Now I’m going to bed late and get up early to save my life!”

"Shu Tai's mouth is getting sharper and sharper, like a knife."

"Mommy thinks what I said is wrong? Even girls from ordinary families who have not left the cabinet are not in charge of things like this. Apart from other things, how much attention has the princess spent on the matter of laying off court ladies? There are only more than 100 palace maids left. If there are further cuts, there may still be two palace maids who agree to share one court lady!"

When Ah Xiang first entered the palace, she was cautious, but now she has been by Hai Feng's side for four or five years, and her courage and ability have grown, she joked casually.

"That's not right. Except for the princesses who have maids by their side, how can there be innocent people in the palace? The two agreed to share an official woman, which is more or less the same."

They chatted excitedly, and when Pian Haifeng's get out of class was over, the two rough envoys who had been found from Yaksa City came out of the room, and they kept winking, which meant that the master was not very happy.

Shu Tai hurriedly dragged A Xiang in, saw Hai Feng resting his head with his hands closed, the two of them didn't dare to speak out and stood silently aside.

Hai Feng just heard the footsteps and knew it was the two of them who came, so he asked questions without opening his eyes.

"How is the girl?"

Shu Tai and A Xiang met eyes, and first spoke to describe.

"The appearance is very neat, a bit like a concubine, with a small pointed face and delicate hands and feet, but she is too thin and has not been brought up. It is a bit petty in her behavior, but among ordinary farmers, she is already considered generous."

"Well, where is Axiang?"

"Back to the master, according to my second sister, among so many girls, she is the only one who is similar to Guo Guiren. She is thin and white. I don't think she is superficial. I poured tea for her with an agate bowl, and there was no one." Stare at it vigorously, put it down after taking a sip. Slowly adjust, maybe it will work."

Seeing that Hai Feng was a little lazy, Shu Tai added a few more words.

"Master, we have to give it a serious try. Cao Yin is a two-faced and three-faced product. If the master praises him, he will be able to pinch the tip. If he finds a good one, he will present it himself while the emperor is on his southern tour in spring. If it weren't for that girl The emperor disliked him because of his wrong origin, maybe it would be the end of it? Didn’t the Yikun Palace ask someone to slap him on the face?”

"I don't really care about this. He can come up with such a bad idea, so it's obvious that he doesn't have much ability. It turned out that I was wrong and counted on the wrong person. Let him fend for himself."

Haifeng thought that the father of the great writer Cao Xueqin must be good, but instead he understood how the Cao family lost.

In fact, it is not a big hindrance for a woman to be born poor these days, and the officials who are not of high status just turn a blind eye.Somehow this Cao Yin is so courageous, even the daughter of a guilty minister dared to take her in, and even placed her next to Kangxi, which is a little bit ignorant.

"Call her here. I must see is believing."

"Yes, the slave will go here."