There was heavy snow outside, but the house in Baihuayuan was warm like spring.
Yu Sheng handed a piece of paper to Yuxi and said: "The empress dowager, this is from Gu Jiu." Gu Jiu was the coachman who followed Qixuan.
After reading it, Yuxi nodded: "It is a good thing for him to have someone who understands him by his side." That day, Dai Yanxin deliberately asked the concubines Ji if they would like to accompany Qixuan to Jiangnan. In fact, it was Yuxi's. mean.
Yuxi just broke Qixuan's fantasy and let him know that these women followed him not because of him, but because of his status. Although this wouldn't change Qixuan's good-natured beauty, at least it made him realize that without the help of his parents and brothers and sisters, he was nothing.
Yun Qing happened to enter the house, and when he heard this, he asked, "Did Qixuan have any news?" As he said, he took off his big hairy clothes.
Yuxi gave a hum, and recounted what Aunt Dou had said: "After taking so many concubines, I finally met a good one." She knew that Aunt Dou was for the future of her son, so she sacrificed herself and was about to be killed. Qixuan under house arrest. Ke Lao is so, Yuxi still admires her very much.
After listening, Yun Qing nodded and said, "It is really good for him to have such a sensible person by his side." Dai is smart and capable, but he doesn't like it very much. Obviously he doesn't like Qi Xuan, but on the face he can pretend that he likes everything for Qi Xuan's sake. Moreover, Qi Xuan has something wrong, and she never advises, so she just sits on the sidelines. Therefore, even if Dai Yanxin has properly prepared Xuanwangfu to cultivate children into talents, his attitude towards them has always been indifferent.
After thinking about it, Yun Qing said, "When she comes back with Qi Xuan, you can mention her as a concubine."
Yuxi didn't make a statement, but said: "What's in the future, I'll talk about it in the future." Now the key is to make Qixuan change it, and leave everything else aside.
Yun Qing nodded, without saying more.
In the twelfth lunar month, the school is closed. On this day, Dai Yanxin came to report to Yuxi about the situation in Wenhua Hall this semester.
After Yuxi listened, he made a few comments. Dai Yanxin nodded repeatedly, saying that it would improve next semester.
After talking about official business, Yuxi took a picture scroll to Dai Yanxin, and said, "This was left by A Xuan when he was leaving. Save it!"
Dai Yanxin was suspicious, but she didn't ask too much. Instead, she respectfully accepted the painting: "Mother, queen, is the prince okay now?" It's strange to be kicked out of the capital in the winter.
"Very good." After finishing speaking, Yuxi didn't want to talk about this topic anymore: "Hongbo's marriage to the Wen family should also be decided." Yuxi knew about the private agreement between the two families. At the end of last month, the Wen family was already in time.
Dai Yanxin said with a sad face: "This kid has been stubborn and said that he must wait for the prince to return before he decides to marry him."
Yuxi glanced at Dai Yanxin. Those eyes were calm and waveless, but people felt a sense of pressure for no reason.
Dai Yanxin's heart jumped. Even if she is valued by Yuxi, she still slaps her in her heart.
Yuxi didn’t answer this question, but just said: “Tell Hongbo that if you have already agreed with the Wen Jia to wait for the Wen Jia eldest girl and Hua Hun to come up for marriage, you can’t speak without words." The most important thing is to be a human being. Do it. If you can't win the trust of others, you won't be able to do anything in the future.
Dai Yanxin nodded and talked about another thing: "Mother, the prince left a message when he left, so that I would dismiss all the children and concubines Ji Ji who had no children." Qi Xuan said that those who had no health should be released. After that, Dai Yanxin secretly changed the concept.
Yuxi was not interested in these things, but still said: "If they are willing to remarry, it is good. If they don't want to, don't force it." This is the principle of adoption and support.
After a pause, Yuxi said: "The expenses of King Xuan's Mansion are too big, and it must be reduced by at least two-thirds. You can't get married, you really want to get your private house." Yun Qixuan doesn't matter, they can't afford to lose this. Face.
Dai Yanxin knew that Yuxi was warning her that enough was enough, not to go too far: "Okay."
Yu Xin said, "When Brother Mao and the others get married, find an errand or property for them to support the family, and then separate them out!" The brother Maoer mentioned here is ranked third in the palace. Shut out. The grandsons from the royal family all have a day in their names, but those from the concubine do not.
Ok-hee doesn't like concubine's room, nor his grandchildren. It's just that the blood of her and Yun Qing is also bleeding on these children. If Yun Qing knew that he would have nothing to eat later, he would be very sad. Therefore, Yuxi also specifically instructed Dai Yanxin not to allow this to happen.
"Okay." Even if Yuxi didn't mention it, she planned to do so. Not for his own reputation, Hong Mi alone can't make these children without food and clothing.
On the way back, Shui Lan looked at the scroll and asked: "Wang Hao, is this the Queen Mother rewarding you?"
Dai Yanxin gave a hum, but even though she was lacking in interest, she still took the picture and opened it.
Shui Lan looked at the painting people and was very surprised: "Wang Hao, this is you! Wang Hao, the queen mother asked the artist to paint for you?"
Dai Yanxin looked at himself in the painting, and was stunned.
After receiving it, Dai Yanxin said to herself: "I didn't expect it to be that he painted for me. Moreover, he took it seriously." If he didn't use his heart, he definitely couldn't make such a good plan.
Shui Lan didn't know that this painting was painted by Qi Xuan. In the hearts of everyone, all Qi Xuan's mind was on the woman. So after hearing this, Shuilan couldn't help but think too much.
At this time, Dai Yanxin was attentive to the paintings, and did not find the water blue.
When he returned to the palace, Dai Yanxin called the concubine who had no children under his knees. Of the sixteen Ji concubines, four had never been pregnant, and six had children but died.
Dai Yanxin looked at these four people and said, "The prince told me before he left Beijing, let me find a good family for your childless concubines."
Among them, Aunt Xin, who was the oldest and had never been pregnant, was so scared that she knelt on the ground: "The princess, the lowly concubine is the prince’s person, and the death is the prince’s ghost. The princess, the lowly concubine would rather die than leave." She is thirty this year. At one year old, even if you remarry, you won’t be able to marry a good family. It's better to stay in the palace instead of getting married and being tortured by others. Anyway, in the palace, I will have no worries for the rest of my life.
Dai Yanxin said: "It's okay if you don't want to leave. But if you want to remarry, not only can you take away the things in your hands, I will also give you an extra one thousand taels of silver as a dowry." No amount of money. .
In the end, eight were willing to remarry. Those who gave birth to children who died are all among them. They were thinking about Qixuan's absence, but they didn't know that the year of the monkey could only come back. Rather than staying in the house, it is better to remarry. Anyway, they can be born and raised, and have a son and a half after marrying, and they can rely on them when they are old. Otherwise, if you stay in the palace, you will have to be alone for the rest of your life.
Dai Yanxin nodded and said, "Okay, I will choose a good family for you." This is considered a second marriage, and it is impossible to choose a good family. But as long as a man has a good character, a sense of responsibility, and his family, it's almost the same.
Sending out the unborn concubine is only the first step. Next, Dai Yanxin began to reduce the expenditure of the mansion. Including her, everyone's monthly bills were cut in half. In addition, the mansion began to lay off staff. The number of people serving around him has been reduced by one-third since Dai Yanxin himself. In addition, all those who did not have errands in the mansion were eliminated, and the guards in the mansion were also reduced by half.
Qixuan was under house arrest by Yuxi, well-informed people know. Now that they were sent away from the capital again, everyone guessed that Yun Qing and Yuxi were fed up with this son. Therefore, everyone can understand Dai Yanxin's move. When the family had no need to cut back on staff and cut expenses and still hold on to such a ostentation, the palace would soon be defeated.
Also because of the need to cut expenses, except for new clothes, jewelry and rouge, they are all gone for the New Year. Moreover, the meals are not as plentiful as before, all meat and vegetable dishes are changed, and there is not even a soup. If you want to eat, you have to dig out your private house. The concubine Ji in the palace finally knew how Qixuan had affected them after the house arrest.
The concubine Ji of King Xuan's Mansion felt that life was not easy, and Qi Xuan also felt that life was like a year.
Because there was no way to rush due to heavy snowfall, Huang Zhijian rented a small farmyard. Unfortunately, this family does not have a kang. Qixuan woke up frozen in the middle of the night.
"Dou, you get me up quickly." Although Qi Xuan and Aunt Dou slept in the same bed, they were one person with one quilt.
Originally wanted to call Aunt Dou to get up and get firewood in to set the fire for warmth, but she couldn't wake up no matter what she called. In desperation, he wanted to get the firewood by himself.
As soon as he opened the door, the wind came in from outside, making him shiver with the cold.
After closing the door, Qi Xuan called out Huang Zhijian and Gu Jiu. Unfortunately, neither of them responded to him.
Qi Xuan couldn't help but cursed: "One by one, they all slept like dead pigs." The question is, why didn't these people get cold enough, and he woke up alone.
Qi Xuan is not a person who can endure silently. If you can't wake Aunt Dou, he wants to squeeze into Aunt Dou's bed. As a result, she was kicked out of bed by Aunt Dou.
Qi Xuan got up from the cold ground and said angrily: "What are you doing?"
Aunt Dou has become more courageous since she scolded Qi Xuan and Huang Zhijian and Gu Jiu didn't blame her last time.
"If you don't sleep by yourself, will everyone be unable to sleep?" It's not a dead person. How could Aunt Dou wake up so loudly that Qi Xuan just called.
Qi Xuan instantly understood: "So you did it just now?"
Aunt Dou sneered, pretending? She doesn't bother to pretend to me, she just doesn't want to talk to Qixuan.
Qi Xuan didn't care about getting angry, and said, "I'm very cold. Go get some firewood and come in." Burning a fire makes it less cold.
Aunt Dou knows what Qixuan thinks, and she looks at Qixuan like an idiot: "The house is so short, you want to make a fire in the house, aren't you afraid to burn yourself here?" She doesn't want to die, she has to return to Beijing to accompany her. Son now.
Qi Xuan was shivering with the cold at this time: "Let you go, you go quickly."
"Go, you go by yourself." After saying this, Aunt Dou tightened the quilt on her body.
ps:O(∩_∩)O~, I wish you a good Dragon Boat Festival.