A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 4 The feeling of falling into the snake's den

Feeling cold all over, Jiang Taohua stretched out her hand to grab Qingmo's hand, curled her lips: "I suddenly felt that it would be great if I really married Nan Wang smoothly."

At least it won't feel like falling into a snake's nest.

Moss's face turned green, and she held Taohua's hand tightly, her voice trembling: "What should I do? Master Xiang wants to harm you?"

"Not necessarily, I'm just an unimportant princess. Few people in Dawei would take me seriously. He is a dignified prime minister, why should he risk offending King Nan to harm me?" Jiang Taohua thought for a while, and put Qingmoss I pulled myself up and straightened up: "Now I can only rely on you. You are very skilled in martial arts. Although you have no brains, you can also help me do a lot of things."

The situation was critical, so Qingmo automatically ignored her master's negative evaluation of herself, and asked with a frown, "What does the master want the servant to do?"

"To continue to inquire about the news, it's best to go outside the Prime Minister's Mansion." Tao Hua said: "Find out the background relationship of the three people, King Jing, Nan Wang and Shen Zaiye, and come back to report to me."

"Your servant understands." Qingmos nodded, and quickly changed her clothes to find a chance to slip out.

After taking a few breaths, Jiang Taohua immediately asked someone to come in and change her clothes, so she did a good job of dressing up.

Qingmo said before that there are many concubines in Shen Zaiya, and she is not the boss now, she is new here, so she has to find out the situation with her tail between her legs.

The first thing must be to find the wife to say hello.

When she was not married, Jiang Taohua would always dress herself up like a peach tree, but once she entered the house, she immediately changed into an ill-fitting fat brocade robe, with her bare face facing the sky, and the jewelry she chose was very old-fashioned.

"Princess." The servant girl Hua Deng frowned and said, "Although you are naturally beautiful, why bother to spoil yourself so much?"

"It's not spoiling, it's called protection." After tidying up, Taohua took her outside: "Your princess is so beautiful, it's useful for men, but it's useless for women, it's also a disaster, so let's go to bed You can be as coquettish and coquettish as you are, but you can be as ugly as you are when you see the wife."

Hua Deng pouted: "This is too cunning."

Reaching out and knocking her, Jiang Taohua rolled her eyes: "Can a silly child talk? Is this called cunning? This is called cleverness, do you understand?"

Clutching her forehead, Hua Deng smiled dryly and nodded, but she thought in her heart that it is really too dull to describe her as clever, and she should be paired with the word cunning.However, a woman in her twenties and nines doesn't know what she has experienced in these years. How did she turn from a dignified and elegant princess when she was a child to what she is now...? "The old slave Mrs. Xu has seen the lady."

The group hadn't walked through the corridor when a woman wearing a brown coat and a gray skirt came up to her. Her face was full of wrinkles, and the lines from the nose down to the corners of her mouth were extremely deep, forming a big "eight" character. , with a pair of sharp eyes, and please Ann in his mouth, but he has already looked at Peach Blossom up and down.

"Mianli, is this the steward Xiangye said?" Taohua asked with a smile: "I'm going to greet my wife, if there is anything I need to pay attention to, why don't steward Xu talk about it now?"

"Yes." Steward Xu nodded, turned around and followed her, and began to talk about the rules in the prime minister's mansion.

"Wei State has a clear distinction between superiority and inferiority. From the imperial palace down to ordinary people's homes, those who have multiple wives and concubines have positions in the courtyard. Our Prime Minister is an important minister of the court. There are many concubines in the mansion, and there are four positions. The wife is the main wife. , the Mei family is the only one, and under it is the lady, besides you, there are four other ladies. Below the lady is the maid, there are six in total. Under the maid is the warm tent, which is no different from ordinary maids , only occasionally being favored by the master, there are eight of them in total."

Smiling and nodding while listening, Jiang Taohua thought to herself, with so many women, why hasn't Shen Zaye died on the bed yet?How can he still be so lively and flickering?

Incredible.

"Now you go to pay your respects to Madam, as long as you curtsy according to the rules below and above. Our Madam is gentle and will not embarrass your lady, but...if there is Lady Qin around, you should be more careful."

Mrs. Qin?Taohua became interested: "Is he a person with a bad temper?"

Guanshi Xu frowned, opened his mouth, but stopped, bowed his head and said: "How can the servants in this mansion tell the truth of the master, you will know when you go and see it."

Well, everyone has talked about this, so Taohua kept her mind on her own, and continued to walk forward with her skirt in her hand.

Mrs. Mei lives in Linghan Courtyard. Don’t listen to the elegant name. Inside is the Hall of Gold, May and Jade. The mahogany carved door is exquisite and luxurious, and the four doors are wide open. The first case of red peonies lined up on both sides of the courtyard. This is the only position in the prime minister's mansion.

"The princess is here?"

As soon as he walked to the door of the main house, several people surrounded a woman and came out to welcome her.The woman's facial features are correct, she may not be glamorous, but she is gentle and dignified.Her phoenix eyes are smiling, she has a plain mouth and nose, and there is a small red mole on her chin, which makes people feel kind.

Without looking at anything else, Tao Hua bowed to the bright red embroidered edge of her dress: "I have seen Madam."

It has been two years since Mei Jingxue entered the mansion, and she has seen all kinds of women in the mansion, and she knows Shen Zaiye's preference, and she has always been partial to beauties.So when she heard that Princess Zhao was beautiful, she was ready to meet her.

But, why does the girl in front of me seem to be different from the rumored one?

Looking up and down suspiciously, Mei Jingxue sighed: "Princess must have been tortured enough yesterday, right? Look at this haggard face, and the clothes don't fit well. Come on, hurry up and get the new ones made by the mansion. Bring them all, and choose a set for the princess."

Jiang Taohua liked this kind of kind person who gave her things as soon as he came up, and his eyes were much gentler.

However, before she could have a moment of fun, the woman beside Mei Jingxue who was holding Mei Jingxue's right hand said with a smile: "Madam is generous, let the new sister be the first choice when she arrives. But now this new sister has entered our phase." The mansion is only a lady who is on the same level as the concubine, so the madam doesn't need to be called a princess anymore, right?"

There is nothing wrong with saying this, Jiang Taohua's status as Princess Zhao really doesn't matter in the Prime Minister's Mansion of Great Wei, and it's impossible to put on airs or something.But having said that, it makes people feel uncomfortable.

Taohua raised her eyes and looked at the person who spoke.

There is a water chestnut mole between her eyebrows, and a pair of peach blossom eyes can be regarded as attractive. This woman is much more charming than the wife in the main room. She is wearing a concubine-colored begonia robe, lined with light brown brocade, and there are two peacocks on her head. Look is the concubine of being favored.

Thinking about what Guanshi Xu said just now, Tao Hua suddenly said, "This elder sister is Lady Qin?"

Qin Jieyu raised his eyebrows, glanced at Guanshi Xu standing behind him, and said with a light smile, "My new sister has just arrived, and she has done a lot of homework. She remembers me as soon as she comes? But some people say bad things about me and tell you to be careful." some?"

"How could it be?" Taohua looked at her at the same level, and said with a smile: "It is said that elder sister Qin is very beautiful, younger sister will naturally know it at the first sight."

"Oh?" Qin Jieyu was amused: "You mean, my wife is not as beautiful as me?"

Mei Jingxue pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and straightened her sleeves.

Manager Xu was right in reminding her that Mrs. Qin really needs to be careful, she is always picking things up with her mouth, for fear that she will get better today.

However, Jiang Taohua figured out the way of speaking a long time ago, and if the same sentence is said in different ways, the result will naturally be very different.In the exchange of favors and masters, the comparison is nothing more than who is more shameless.

"Begonias are as gorgeous as begonias, and plum blossoms are as elegant as plum blossoms." Smiling, Taohua said: "Sister, you can never compare plum blossoms with begonias, nor can you compare begonias with plum blossoms. Each has its own good time to bloom. In the yard of my grandfather, there will not be only one season of flowers blooming, one kind of fragrance. Since I like them all, what is there to compare them to?"

Qin Jieyu was taken aback, then turned to look at Mei Jingxue.The latter smiled slightly, with appreciative eyes: "Sister Jiang is a person who can talk, and she looks sensible, which can save me a lot of worry. Don't stand here at the door, go in and talk."

"Yes." Taohua nodded, and then stepped up the steps.

"There are a lot of people in this mansion, so you don't have to come every day to pay your respects." Sitting on the head seat, Mei Jingxue said gently: "It's enough to come once every three days, and if there is something to do, please send a servant girl to let me know. That's right."

so easy?Jiang Taohua nodded quickly.

Just now I was worried that if she met a ruthless mistress, she would have a hard time. I didn't expect to be so lucky!
"The other rules in the mansion are not strict, just one point, I hope you will abide by it." Mei Jingxue looked at her and said: "As for the sleeping, there are special arrangements in the mansion, don't deliberately disrupt them, so as not to cause disputes in the backyard .”

This is natural, Jiang Taohua nodded obediently.A large yard of women but only one man is like a hungry wolf grabbing food. Instead of fighting for blood, it is better to set rules for equal distribution early in the morning, which is good for everyone.

But, the dignified prime minister, will he pamper the woman in the backyard according to the arrangement?

As if aware of her doubts, Mrs. Qin stroked her nails and said, "Our master has never liked women to fight, so as long as there are no tricks, the master will follow the rules."

"Understood." Taohua nodded, and took a look at the list of servants handed over by the maid.

There are 30 days in one month. In addition to her, there are 12 people in the mansion except those who have no status in the warm tent.Three days for the wife, two days for the lady, one day for the servant, and the rest of the day to be arranged by Shen in the wild, depending on which tent to choose, or to spend it in the study.

Counting the number of days it will take to work, Jiang Taohua feels that what Shen Zaiye lacks most now must be bullwhip soup. If she needs to please him in the future, she must boil it for him to drink, otherwise she will die if she indulges in lust. Days passed.

Secretly clenching their fists, Tao Hua and Mei Qin stayed polite for another hour, avoiding Mrs. Qin's provocation, and inquired about the situation in the mansion, and then they resigned and prepared to return to their own yard.

As soon as he walked into the garden, he bumped into Shen Zaiya head-on.

"...my concubine has met Xiangye."

(End of this chapter)