Empress and concubine

Yi Niang and Liu Niang were all wearing the light green clothes ordered by Chu's mother, with double buns and red headbands.Yi Niang is 14 years old. She is taller, with yellowish skin, and a pair of bright eyes. She is dressed in a maidservant's attire, and she is also capable. She seems to be able to make up her mind.Liu Niang was 15 years old, not as tall as Yi Niang, but her skin was fairer, her brows were frowning, like a resentful girl from the south, her green clothes made her look as weak as a Xizi would hold her heart.

Chu Yao can tell the difference between Yi Niang and Liu Niang with just one glance. Naturally, there is no need to mention Chu's mother. Chu Yao looked at Chu's mother, but found that she was very satisfied with both of them, so she looked at Yi Niang again. Liu Niang.

Wang Lin's family ordered the two maids to bring the food to the small table in the room, and then invited Chu's mother and Chu Yao to sit down, "I am afraid that my wife and sister will be delayed for dinner, so I will ask them to come over and serve you on my own initiative." .”

"That's fine," Chu's mother nodded, and looked at Liu Niang, "she is really a girl like a spring onion, even if she is no worse than the girls in the south, I will like it as soon as I see it, so you come and I will give it to you." Zhang Luo."

Seeing this, Chu Yao smiled and said, "Mom likes older sisters who are good-looking, but I like Yi Niang even more. She looks stable and capable, and she is a good girl. Mom will allow Yi Niang to follow me."

Everyone in the world loves color, and people in Duwei prefer those who are talented. Because they have been fighting for many years, good-looking women often bring disasters and affect the family. Therefore, although it is said that Yi Niang is not as beautiful as Liu Niang, it is an exaggeration. The mother is stable and capable, and Wang Lin's family's heart is ironed, and the smile on Chu Yao's face is even more real.

"Since you like it, it's fine to follow you," Chu's mother nodded.

Hearing this, Wang Lin's family hurriedly asked Yi Niang to kowtow to Chu Yao.After lunch, Chu Yao took Yi Niang back, and told Yi Niang to behave a little bit, and she settled down for the day.

Before dawn the next day, Mother Chu took Chu Yao into the carriage, driven by Wang Hu, with Liu Niang and Yi Niang serving inside.Today, Mother Chu and Chu Yao both changed into light blue clothes, and went to the usual gold-embellished silk flowers. Mother Chu only used a white jade hairpin with moiré patterns in her hair, and Chu Yao only dotted a few rice grains in her hair. Pearls of all sizes, Mother Chu went to Dan Kou in her hand, and there was only a light layer of makeup and powder on her face, which looked quite haggard.

When we arrived at Baiyun Temple, the sky was already bright, Mother Chu took Chu Yao to add sesame oil, and after worshiping the main hall, she took Liu Niang alone to talk to the abbot, and asked Chu Yao to walk by herself.Chu Yao led Yi Niang, and ordered a little novice who just passed in front of her, and asked him to take her to find a clean place.

This Baiyun Temple is not well-known, but the place is very large, and there are many scenery inside, but the little novice took Chu Yao and two to pick some secluded places, the voices of people gradually decreased, and even Yi Niang felt that something was wrong. , Chu Yao walked behind, but noticed that the pattern engraved on the ebony plaque hanging around the waist of the little novice was different from that of the master next to him, but it looked a bit like the wild goose pattern of the Zhao family.

Yi Niang took a quick step and stopped the little novice, "Monks don't lie, where is my little master taking my sister?"

The little novice was not annoyed when he was blocked, he just turned around and bowed to Chu Yao, "The old man is waiting in front, and the benefactor will go on his own." After speaking, he called back by himself.

Yi Niang hurriedly persuaded Chu Yao, "The little master must have been instructed by someone to act like this, sister, you just came to defend the land, where can there be any old friends, sister, let's go back, the little novice walked not fast, I also remember Here we go."

Chu Yao waved her hand, feeling somewhat confident in her heart, "If you talk about old friends, there are some. Since you are in front of the door, it is not proper manners not to pass through the door."

After Chu Yao said, she bypassed Yi Niang and went to the depths of the path. Yi Niang had no choice but to persuade her, so she simply walked in front of Chu Yao, "I am in front of my sister, if I meet something, my sister Hurry up and run back and call for someone."

"Where are there so many bad things," Chu Yao said indifferently, but she valued Yi Niang more in her heart.

After half a month, the master and the servant saw a house with the front door wide open.The two walked for a few more steps before a purple-clothed maid came out, "My concubine invites the sister of the Chu family to come in and talk. This sister will wait outside with me."

Chu Yao had a deep friendship with this maid in her previous life. Because she preferred purple clothes, Zhao Yi gave her the name Ziyan. After Zhao Yi left, Chu Yao, the concubine of the Yuan Dynasty, sent her to take care of the affairs of the prince Xia Wenyuan's palace. Until June 27, [-], Chu Yao died quietly in the Chonghua Palace. , Zi Yan is still staying in the East Palace.

"Thank you, sister Ziyan," Chu Yao ignored the surprise on Ziyan's face, looking at Yi Niang, who had been very embarrassed since hearing the word wangfei, and said, "I'm going in."

When Chu Yao entered the main entrance, she felt that the room was very similar to the small Buddhist hall in Prince Wei's mansion back then. She didn't need anyone to remind her, so she went straight into the west side room, opened the curtain of the side room, and heard Zhao Yi's laughter.

"After so many years, sister Chu is more casual than before, and even Ziyan is joking." Zhao Yi was sitting on the couch, wearing a gray cloth dress, her hair was coiled behind her head, and an ebony hairpin was inserted, like The female Taoist priest in the Taoist temple looked at Chu Yao with a smile on her face, and patted the seat next to her, "Hurry up and sit down."

"Ziyan is your precious sister, how dare I make fun of it," Chu Yao walked quickly to Zhao Yi's side and looked him up and down, "The clothes are so ugly, how dare I call you upper body? It depends on my good foundation." , shouldn’t be ruined like this.”

"Wei Ren only thinks that practicality is good, nothing compares to my sister's craftsmanship," Zhao Yi pulled Chu Yao to sit on the couch, "I estimate that it will take 15 years to see you, but I forgot that you are also from Weidi went to Xiliang."

"Since I knew it was me, why didn't I recognize me until now?" As soon as the words came out, Chu Yao didn't feel like it, and hurriedly explained, "I only came here a few days ago, and I woke up in a daze. I have already hid behind the big weeping willow, but after a short time, I saw you." Then he choked his throat and sang a Wu dialect, "The general saves the life of the slave, and you should repay it with your own body, is the general willing?"

"You seem to have nothing to do. It was you when I saw you that day, and all three souls flew away. If I didn't have a certainty in my hand, I would go down to the willow shade today to lay a memorial ceremony for you," Zhao Yi said. While speaking, he only gave Chu Yao a sideways glance, and wanted to say something more, but in the end he had to bear it.

"Speaking of which, my sister and I met at that time. My sister has been kind to me a lot. I don't remember a little girl who hasn't grown up yet." Chu Yao pretended to be wronged and called people to feel sorry for her, and said, "Fortunately, God has mercy on me. My sister and I both stole a lifetime, and my sister has good eyesight, so she recognized me at a glance."

"You are a person who is used to flattering people. You lift people high, and then you fall down all of a sudden. How many people are still thinking about you?" Zhao Yi raised her hand to smooth the hair beside Chu Yao's ear , Seeing that Chu Yao's cheeks were slightly red, I felt a little joy in my heart, "I remember you were born in the first year of □□, you should be thirteen now, your mother didn't go to Xiliang, but stayed in Weidi, but there is What other plans?"

"I only learned one-tenth of my mother's tricks, so it's not that powerful," Chu Yao said modestly, but she was quite proud in her heart. When she heard Zhao Yi asked about her age, she replied, "It's thirteen," she paused. Stop, "We followed you into the city the day before yesterday, and she changed her mind temporarily, maybe she wanted to follow your hand and send me to Prince Wei's Mansion, so that she can retire in Weidi with peace of mind."

"It must be what you said, otherwise, according to Mother Chu's difficult temperament, would you really be willing to settle down?" Zhao Yi was a little incredulous.

"How did my sister know?" Chu Yao felt a little guilty, but immediately said seriously, "I just revealed to her the identity of your Princess Wei, the decision to stay in Weidi was made by herself, and no one else can change it. Woolen cloth."

Chu Yao thought for a while, "Speaking of which, today's visit to Baiyun Temple was planned because my mother heard that you would come here on the fifteenth day of every month. I never thought that I was preparing to find you, so you would Sending someone to lure me here, does this mean that you have a good understanding of the heart?"

"Sure enough, you have grown up, and you can come out with a tacit understanding," Zhao Yi joked, "Don't look at the cleanliness of this courtyard, if you don't have someone to guide you, you can't even walk the path ahead. If I don't ask someone to lead you If you come here, I can still tell you to burrow into the ground."

Chu Yao immediately clapped her hands and responded, "If I come here, my sister will prepare hot spring petals for me. It is best to have Nanshang brocade and South Sea pearls. If I can have a hundred flowers imperial meal, it will be bliss."

"Even if you don't say it, there is something," Zhao Yi said suddenly, "Since your mother wants to send you into the house, are you willing?"

"Besides going to the mansion, is there any better place for me to go?" Chu Yao leaned on Zhao Yi's shoulder, "Mother doesn't like traffickers and pawns, and she wants a rich merchant and high-ranking official, and Wei Dili can meet her requirements." Yes, how many can there be? Why don't you follow her wishes and come to the mansion to help you."

Zhao Yi was silent for a while, "After all, you are only 13 years old, so don't be in a hurry. In a few days, I will find a reason to bring you into the mansion, and first to whet your mother's appetite."

"That's good, if there is something to look forward to, she won't have any other thoughts."

The two were about to talk privately when they heard Zi Yan yelling outside, "The lord is here."

It was really lively, Zhao Yi and Chu Yao looked at each other, and they got up together, Zhao Yi walked in front, Chu Yao was a little slower, just like walking in the house back then.