Empress and concubine

"Sister, what hairstyle do you want to do today?" In the early morning, Yi Niang rarely took over the work of the hairdressing maid again, and gave Chu Yao a hair oil with the scent of crabapple.

Chu Yao thought for a while, "I'm at home these few days, so let's pick up some simple ones to comb."

"Okay," Yi Niang agreed, and combed Chu Yao's hair into a bun, and placed two begonias made of jasper between the buns, with tassels made of pink pearls the size of rice grains on top, "Sister It looks good like this."

"Yi Niang's hair is always the one I like the most," Chu Yao smiled and helped Yi Niang's hand to stand up.

Yi Niang hurriedly went up to tidy up the moon-white spring shirt she was wearing, and took the knot with the jade ring from Jin Yi's hand, and tied it around Chu Yao's waist.

Chu Yao sat on the soft couch leaning on the pillow, "Jin Yi goes to the kitchen to pass the meal, and Yi Niang stays, you all go."

"Yes," all the maids agreed, and then retreated in an orderly manner.

"You didn't go home yesterday, what did your father say?" Chu Yao turned over the teacup handed over by Yi Niang, took a sip, and put it down again.

"My family is all servants and servants at home, so naturally they follow the master," Yi Niang added, "Slaves and servants also mean the same thing."

Chu Yao nodded, "My mother will go back to the south in a few days, and my brother will also go back together. It is inconvenient for me to be alone in Weidi. Now there is a decree to let me enter Weiwangfu. Although there is sister Zhao Protecting you, but I can't lose my eyes and ears, so I'm going to bring your family as a dowry to Prince Wei's mansion."

"This is a blessing that others can't even ask for. My sister even asked me to go back and discuss with my father. There is no more kind master than you in the world," Yi Niang smiled and covered her mouth.

"I used to say that you are clumsy and steady, but now you have learned how to behave like Ziyan." Chu Yao looked at Yi Niang, "So I don't worry that you won't adapt to the life of the palace."

"They all come and go frequently, so what needs to be adapted," Yi Niang said.

"But it looks the same on the surface." Chu Yao shook her head, "When we often go to the mansion to play, we meet the concubine and the prince. Don't forget, there is Xu Yushi in the backyard."

"It's just a master attendant, and my sister is still a side concubine." Yi Niang thought for a while, "It's just that she entered the mansion early. I heard that when the prince was the prince in the capital, she was in the prince's house. We have never seen her before." , and you can’t figure it out, if she wants to trip you up, sister, we have to know where it came from.”

"That's the reason," Chu Yao smiled, pinching the jade ring around her waist to look at it carefully, but she was still talking to Yi Niang, "Now she is the only one in the backyard, and when autumn comes, I'm afraid you can I saw a team," Chu Yao finished, pointing to the knot again, "Whose craftsmanship is this, tell her to make some pots of flowers for me tomorrow, and ask my mother to bring them to my sisters."

"Team one?" Yi Niang covered her mouth and exclaimed, and suddenly remembered something, "This year's general election, and the princess is pregnant again, I think they are going to recruit some newcomers." Hearing Chu Yao's question again, she leaned over to take a closer look Looking at the knots in Chu Yao's hands, "This was made by a little girl who just came in from our yard. Because the knots she tied were extraordinarily unique and delicate, I asked her to come in some. It just so happened that my sister saw it today. It was also her creation."

"Looking at what you said, it's getting more and more senseless," Chu Yao said with a smile, "Since you also said that it was her good fortune, ask her to come and let me meet, if I look at the close eye , give her a fortune."

"Okay, I'll pass on the message, but my sister has to have dinner first before seeing her," Yi Niang bowed, "I'll go and see if Jin Yi is back, we won't let her in, she thought she hadn't finished talking. "

"Come here, sister Yi Niang, what are you talking about me again?" Before Yi Niang finished walking, Jin Yi came in from the outside, holding a lacquered food box in her hand.

"I was just saying that it took you too long to pick up the food. I was afraid that you would lose it and go to find you, so you went back. Seeing that you have the wind, you know that I said it behind your back," Yi Niang did not hide her words, and said what she just said. That said, Chu Yao was there, and Jin Yi was still half of her apprentice.

The two talked and laughed, and asked Chu Yao to have a lively meal. After the meal, Yi Niang went out and brought in a little girl.

The little girl combed her hair with a green headband, and she was wearing grass-colored clothes, tied with a belt of a darker color, neatly tidied up.

As soon as Chu Yao saw it, she felt familiar, but she couldn't remember when she saw it.

"Sister, I keep my word. I found her just after you finished your meal." Yi Niang asked the little girl to kowtow to Chu Yao, and then stood on the other side of Chu Yao. Jin Yi was already standing there.

"The slave girl Tsing Yi has seen my sister, and my sister is always happy."

Tsing Yi?Chu Yao was a little dazed, and connected the little girl in front of her with the girl she met in the palace for the first time back then, but unfortunately, she was only slightly similar, but she was not the same person back then, "Tsing Yi? This name is not very good, just follow Hua Yun and the others and change it to Huaying."

"Slave Huaying, thank you sister for giving me the name," Huaying responded with a smile.

Here, Yi Niang is as immobile as a mountain, but Jin Yi is a little surprised, this girl of the Hua family is a second-class maid, thinking this way, Jin Yi took a second look at Hua Ying.

Chu Yao was about to ask a question, when she heard a maid outside saying that the uncle had come, so Chu Yao asked Yi Niang to bring some things to admire the flowers, and then asked her to bring some pots of flowers, and then told her to go down, and then set off to go Flower hall to go.

"Why is brother here at this time?" Chu Yao and Chu Feng sat down a few steps away.

Yi Niang and Jin Yi rushed to bring refreshments, Fang kept Yi Niang, Jin Yi went out to send the maids, and moved a stool to guard outside.

"You will be fifteen in a blink of an eye, and in a few days, you will belong to someone else." Chu Feng looked at Chu Yao with a blank look in his eyes, "I have been busy outside for the past two years, but I didn't talk to you properly. The last few times I talked..."

"Brother," Chu Yao interrupted Chu Feng, "There is no such thing as a relationship between brothers and sisters."

"That's right," Yi Niang also hurriedly persuaded, and then said, "Master, it's because my sister is going out, and I feel reluctant."

Chu Yao smiled and glanced at Yi Niang, "Although my brother is busy, it is for our family. When I go out to do errands on weekdays and meet delicious and fun people, I must be the first to think of me. If there is anything, my brother will also send Let me talk to you first, and spread a word. If you want to blame my brother, blame Yao'er for always staying with the concubine in the palace, never going home, not seeing her face to face with my brother, and not having so much time to play."

"How can I blame you," Chu Feng took a lotus-patterned wooden hairpin from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Yao, "I made a hairpin in the past few days, so you can use it." After doing this, some hands are raw, so you make do with it first, and wait for my brother to find better wood, and then I will make a good one for you."

Chu Yao hurriedly took it in pleasant surprise, and held it in her hand to enjoy it repeatedly. Although it was not as delicate as a skilled craftsman's, and even a little rough, Chu Yao didn't feel it hurt when holding it, and the body of the hairpin was polished very round.

Chu Yao played with it for a while, and her eye circles became a little hot, "My brother still loves me. When my brother goes to Nandi, we must not forget Yao'er."

"Nonsense, you are my sister, how could you forget?" Chu Feng clenched his fists, "If you have suffered any grievances in the palace, just write a letter and tell your brother, even if your brother is not very capable now, he will definitely find a way Make a goal for you."

"Yes," Chu Yao quietly wiped her eyes, and agreed earnestly.

Chu Feng felt Chu Yao's movements around him, but he could only focus his gaze elsewhere, "You have always been soft-tempered and uncertain. Although you have some small schemes, you always live in a muddle-headed way. In the future, when your brother is not around, you have to think twice before doing things. Okay, you have to lose your sense of proportion. If you are undecided, go find Princess Zhao, but you have to learn to make up your own mind."

"I know everything, brother," Chu Yao said, and her voice changed a little in the last sentence.

Chu Feng closed his eyes, and finally turned around to wipe away the tears on Chu Yao's face, "It's also because my brother is not capable enough now, so I can only take care of you for a year, and wait a few more years for my brother, and he will definitely earn a share." For the future, let Yao'er go home to visit relatives in a graceful manner."

"Then Yao'er will wait in peace," Chu Yao said with a smile.

Chu Feng looked at Yi Niang who was only doing the background, and Yi Niang immediately saluted and went out to guard with Jin Yi.

"Brother?" Chu Yao was a little surprised.

Chu Feng turned his head and said, "I said earlier that you are soft-tempered, but it is not in vain. Although my brother does not know why you trust Princess Zhao so much, you must also know how to be defenseless. It's the best policy."

Seeing that Chu Yao was about to open his mouth to argue, Chu Feng continued, "I know you are not the one to be slaughtered, I just want you to keep a record in your heart. In the palace, the most important thing you care about is the prince. The second is Wangfei, the rest of the people don't need to worry about it."

"Okay, I'll listen to my brother," Chu Yao pretended to be crazy, "It's just that I get along with sister Zhao, and she always loves me, so I'm closer to her."

"Silly girl," Chu Feng shook his head helplessly, "I don't want you to act according to that, as long as you make the prince feel that he is the first in your heart."

"Brother taught me like this, is he trying to teach me badly?" Chu Yao smiled and acted like a baby with Chu Feng.

"If it can make you more careful, it doesn't matter if I teach you badly," Chu Feng smiled, and said again, "Father sent a little girl named Tsing Yi to serve you by your side, you can find a way to get her Bring them into the house together."

Chu Feng said with a sense of loss, "Originally, my father was optimistic about her sister Liuhua in Tsing Yi, and because he couldn't find you for many years, he married her. When you return to the South, I will give you the deed of sale of her family."

"Father?" Chu Yao's eyes widened, "Brother, you mean..."

"It's our father," Chu Feng reached out and pinched Chu Yao's face.

"Brother, I'm already grown up," Chu Yao muttered.

"Okay, okay, our Yao'er has grown up," Chu Feng felt a little disappointed, "Wait a minute, Yao'er, after a few more years, we will be able to reunite as a family."

Chu Feng talked with Chu Yao for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, Chu Feng took another navy blue brocade bag and handed it to Chu Yao, "This is the nameplate of our family. The ones in the ancestral hall are engraved with your name that father chose for you, and you usually keep them by yourself, and if you have something urgent, you can take the jade plaque to the Fengji silver building in the west of the city."

Chu Yao put the brocade pouch and the wooden hairpin together in her sleeves, sent Chu Feng out, and then came back, but she was a little crazy, saying that being closer to the country is more timid. Chu Yao looked at the brocade pouch, but dared not open it for a long time. In the end, they had to put them together in a small box and lock them.