Wealth and glory seek stability

"Madam, Jian Xi is here."

"Well, all of you go down."

"Yes."

Jian Xi was feeling uneasy. She probably hadn't done anything out of line recently, and Xia had never been so serious when he looked for her.

I don’t want to think about it anymore. There’s a big scar on my head.

"Jian Xi greets the Madam."

"Kneel down." Xia said sternly.

Jian Xi's heart skipped a beat, "Yes." She thought carefully about whether she had done anything that would anger God and man.

Xia sat on a mahogany chair, her expression unpredictable, intimidating without even getting angry, "Do you know you're wrong?"

Jian Xi hesitated for a moment before saying, "I don't know."

"You are young, but you are very capable. Aunt Qiao is the descendant of the master Meng of Baoxiufang Pavilion. You can think of clothes that she can't make. Today, the second wife wore the clothes you helped make and walked around the city, and she was praised by Concubine Zhao in the palace. Tell me, if Concubine Zhao asked me for you and let you enter the palace, would I agree? Or not?"

Xia's words were like a bolt from the blue. Go to the palace? Her?

Jian Xi said quickly: "Madam, please forgive me. I deserve to die. Please show mercy. I don't want to go to the palace."

Xia became interested and continued to ask, "Oh? Do you know that the imperial palace is the most noble place in the world, even more so than my Wu'an Palace? Concubine Zhao is the emperor's favorite concubine. She is usually generous and lavish. Don't you like money the most? If you go to the palace, you will enjoy endless wealth and glory. Besides, you are very beautiful.

In a few years, you may marry a prince, and you will become a phoenix. If you are lucky, even I may have to pay my respects to you." Xia was afraid that Jian Xi was too young to understand the interests involved.

After saying this, he stared at Jian Xi intently, not missing a single expression on her face.

Jian Xi was neither humble nor arrogant, she was calm and composed, she straightened her back and said in a tender voice: "Glory and wealth are just passing clouds, the relationships in the palace are complicated, I can't handle it, let alone the palace. I love money, but I also know that a gentleman loves money but earns it in a proper way. I save money just to live a good life after leaving the palace, nothing else."

If these words were spoken by a person who had experienced many vicissitudes of life, Xia might still believe them, but they were spoken by a child who was only ten years old.

"Why do you want to leave the palace?" Xia asked after thinking about it. People who serve in the palace are afraid to leave. Once they leave the palace, they will no longer have the support of the palace. Therefore, most of the elderly people in the palace are willing to stay in the palace for their whole lives. Some of them even have children and reproduce.

"It's hard to leave my hometown. My ancestral home is in Jiangnan. It's a great fortune for me to come to the palace. But when I first entered the palace, I heard that it was the madam who showed mercy and let a group of maids go out of the palace. Only then did people like us have the opportunity to enter the palace. I thought that I could save enough money to redeem myself in the future. My greatest wish is to die in my hometown when I am old."

Jian Xi thought of an absolutely reasonable reason: homesickness is something that everyone can understand.

She couldn't say that she didn't like being a servant and didn't want to serve others. She said that she could do whatever she wanted outside the palace and no one could control what time she got up every day. She just needed to think about it in her mind.

Xia Shi really gave in. "He is a kind-hearted child. Get up."

Jian Xi slowly stood up. The floor was hard, and her knees must have turned blue by now.

"I thank Madam Tai."

"Don't call me a servant. If you have such an intention, why do you always try to be the best? Don't you know that the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind? If you were not a good girl and the Second Madam loved you, she would not have mentioned your name to Concubine Zhao. Otherwise, you would have entered the palace by now."

"Really?!" It turned out that the Second Madam didn't sell her out! Jian Xi wanted to kowtow to Qian on the spot.

Woo woo woo, she was right about the person. Qian was truly a beautiful and kind-hearted person.

"Can I still lie to you?"

"Of course I know that Madam Tai would not lie to me. She was just in a hurry. I am really happy about this."

Seeing that Jian Xi had no intention of currying favor with the rich and powerful, Xia was relieved. "It's good that you know this. Just keep this to yourself. You can stay in my courtyard in peace and don't have to do any work. Ding Xiang is an honest and kind person.

Since you want to leave the house and have some freedom in the future, I will not stop you. I will ask Dingxiang to teach you the embroidery skills. Your brother and my son are fighting for their lives in the military camp. I will raise you as a little girl to repay your brother's loyalty to my son. When you are old enough, I will let you leave the house."

"Yes, Jane Xi thanks you, Madam!" Jane Xi knelt down and kowtowed to Xia seriously. This time she meant it sincerely.

Xia's love and care for her made her feel a rare warmth. She was not an ungrateful person. No matter what the reason was, she accepted this favor.

"Just get down."

"Yes."

Jian Xi walked out, and Qiangwei and others went in. Everything was the same as before, but it also seemed a little different.

Xia mentioned Shen Nanxing, the silly brother who was loyal and brave for her.

So this is what family feels like, not caring about gains and losses, just to make her life better.

Shen Nanxing usually couldn't see Xia Shi, so he must have asked Baili Yanhua to speak for her. After the last Dragon Boat Festival midnight banquet, Xia Shi treated her differently. Not only did he increase her allowance, he also found a reason to let her live in a house alone. All of these were done by Xia Shi because of Shen Nanxing's kindness in protecting Baili Yanhua in the military camp.

Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. Xia is paving the way for Baili Yanhua. It seems that her adopted brother is doing quite well in the army.

Jian Xi returned to her little room and reflected deeply on her behavior in recent days.

It is true that ever since she earned a lot of money from writing books, she started to become arrogant and forgot her original cautious intention when she first entered the palace.

Fortunately, her usual behavior left a very good impression on everyone, and the incident at the Peony Banquet sounded a wake-up call for Jian Xi.

Never do this again.

She is just an ordinary person, an honest and authentic citizen of the Xuanyuan Dynasty.

Jian Xi recited it silently three times in her heart, took out a piece of rice paper, wrote the words "be cautious when alone", and posted it in a conspicuous place in the room to remind herself to be cautious at all times! Think twice before acting.

It is not easy for Shen Nanxing to fight on the battlefield. They are a family, and she is Shen Nanxing's weakness at critical moments.

I used to be alone and had no worries, but now I have to be extremely careful in everything I do so as not to involve my family.

Jian Xi finally understood why people of this era value family so much. When one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer. No one can be immune to danger at critical moments.