After some persuasion, the second lady finally regained some composure.
She let out a long breath and said: "It's not that I don't understand what you said, nanny, but I'm just annoyed that Mrs. Zhao is playing tricks behind her back."
Mother Liu said: "Ma'am, you are thinking about it now, let's take a step back, if she is against the Crown Princess, among other things, our Chen family will not be able to spare her. At this time, you see that the eldest lady is targeting her niece. , or toward the Chen family, with her suffering."
The second lady showed a smile, as if she had already seen that the eldest lady was caught in the middle and was not human.
"Nurse, what do you think should I do next? The old lady told me to enter the palace tomorrow, and told the princess about the matter. I heard what the old lady meant, and she wanted to take Zhao Xiyue into the East Palace as a concubine. That bitch Zhao People, actually persuaded the old lady to let Zhao Xiyue be the crown prince's concubine!"
At the end, the second lady became angry again, obviously hating the eldest lady deeply.
"You can do what the old lady says. For the current plan, we still need to persuade the princess. After all, the princess still has to be supported by her family. If it weren't for our family's inappropriateness to enter the East Palace, how could she get Zhao?" The daughter of the family. But in this way, the thoughts of the third and fourth wives will be in vain, why don't you take this opportunity to be a good person, and let the third and fourth wives know who to hate."
"I will definitely do this good person. She makes me feel uncomfortable, and I won't make her feel better! And Zhao Xiyue, didn't Mrs. Zhao tell her to help the crown prince and the crown prince? I will let her take care of her." Let’s spread the branches and leaves for the prince!”
Afterwards, the second wife had some private conversations with Mother Liu, and she stopped talking.
The next day, the second lady packed up and planned to enter the palace, but she was stopped by the old lady when she was about to leave.
The old lady is still worried about letting the second lady go to negotiate with the Crown Princess, and since the Crown Princess has entered the East Palace, she has not spoken to the Crown Princess for a long time, except for the feasts in the palace during festivals and festivals. up.
Entering the palace today, besides planning to do this matter, she probably also has thoughts of giving advice.
Pressing no mention, Pan'er received the message the next day.
The news came from Cattail, but it was just a trivial conversation among the little girls.
Pan'er only knew that the old lady called the second lady to Rong'an Hall, and when she came back, she seemed to be angry. This morning, the old lady entered the palace with the second lady, and she knew that what she asked Pei Yongchang to do was done. up.
She couldn't bear to think too much, because Pei Yongchang sent Aunt Qing here.
Pan'er has never been home since she was sent to foster care at the age of seven.
Except for the holidays, the mother in the family would occasionally come to visit her.
She was in an embarrassing situation, saying she was a foster daughter, but she was not. Although 'Niang' doesn't treat her close, but what the other sisters in the family learn, she also asks her to follow suit.
So it was inevitable that I would spend more time with Aunt Qing.
Aunt Qing is the foster mother of the "family". It is said that she was the top card of the Qinhuai River back then, and she fell into the dust for many years, and finally found a scholar who treated her sincerely, and redeemed herself and married her.
I thought this was a way out of suffering, but who knows that the world is impermanent. Men love the new and dislike the old. They say they love the old, but they are just greedy for sex. When they really get along with each other every day, the bitterness in them will flow up little by little.
The man said he was talented in literature, but in reality he had accomplished nothing in his career.
There is an old mother in the family, and there are also two servants who serve, but they are strong outside but capable in the middle, and their family has long since fallen. A few years after Aunt Qing got married, the family could no longer support her family, so she had to rely on the private house saved by Aunt Qing to subsidize the family.
Just like this, the mother-in-law still disliked her for her humble background and ruined her son's reputation. Not only did she repeatedly make things difficult, but she saw that Aunt Qing had nothing to do, and even forced her daughter-in-law to take a concubine for her son.
When the Nalai concubine gave birth to a concubine, the life of the family became even more difficult.
A man was educated, useless, and unwilling to go out to make a living. Aunt Qing took care of her mother-in-law and had to worry about the livelihood of the family. Life became more and more difficult. Seeing that vicious little concubine slandering men to sell Aunt Qing for money while she was still young, Aunt Qing had no choice but to find a job for herself.
This job is to train the skinny horse at home for others.
Aunt Qing was originally from a lean horse, and she was taught by a "famous teacher". She has seen and heard a lot during the years of being a prostitute, and she is very familiar with this.
Relying on this business, Aunt Qing saved herself, but the relationship between husband and wife is also in name only. Aunt Qing usually doesn't go home, and only when the man comes to ask for money, the husband and wife will meet each other.
Aunt Qing felt sorry for Pan'er's situation, and taught Pan'er a lot in private. Although she was not very good at learning, she also helped Pan'er a lot.
Pan'er in the previous life was sent to the Chen family by Pei Yongchang, and then to the East Palace just like this life.
Since she didn't win over Pei Yongchang to disrupt the situation, she was the only one sent away.
This is undoubtedly a thorn in the heart of the princess, so Pan'er's situation is not good after entering the East Palace. The princess wanted to use her to win over the prince, but she didn't want her to be favored, so she repeatedly tortured and suppressed her.
She is ignorant of worldly affairs, and timid by nature, she only knows that she was bought by the Chen family as a favorite, and is controlled by the crown princess, so she has to do things for her, she dares not speak out, and backs down repeatedly.
Not only that, the crown princess didn't want her to get pregnant, and she secretly attacked her more than once. Pan'er discovered this matter only by relying on the medical principles and perfumery techniques she learned from Aunt Qing.
Later, she was able to give birth to the third prince because of this.
When she finally had the ability, she ordered someone to go to Yangzhou to look for Aunt Qing, but that was five or six years later, and Aunt Qing had already died by then.
The people she sent said that Aunt Qing was instigated by that concubine and beaten to death by that man.
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For a while, Pan'er's mood was full of emotions, and the gaze she looked at Aunt Qing also revealed a kind of sadness.
After a long time, she came back to her senses and quickly helped Aunt Qing, who was kneeling in front of her, to her feet.
"I've lost my mind about things. Auntie, get up quickly. Pan'er can't afford you to kneel."
Aunt Qing is nearly forty years old, with fair skin, willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a slightly plump figure. It can be seen that she looked good when she was young, but it is a pity that she has been in a bad situation in recent years, her face is covered with dust, and there are bruises on the corners of her eyes and forehead. Fine wrinkles.
She was wearing a sandalwood-colored thong, her jet-black hair was pulled back, and she was very neatly dressed. There was a special charm in her speech and behavior, which was pleasing to the eye.
"Whether you deserve it or not, you should pay homage. From now on, the girl will be the master of the slave." It is estimated that Pei Yongchang said something to Aunt Qing, so she said that.
Pan'er asked Aunt Qing to sit on the kang opposite, and served tea with cattails. Seeing a bruise on Aunt Qing's cheek, she couldn't help but take a second look.
Aunt Qing lowered her head and caressed her face and said: "Thanks to the girl who ordered someone to find me, the young woman instigated the killing, saying that I didn't give the money back to the family, so she found an excuse to call me home and beat me up." I was locked up at home and not allowed to go out, and I had to be persuaded, and I promised to give all the money I earned in the future to the family before I was released."
It was also a coincidence that the people sent by Pei Yongchang found out that family, and only then did they know that Aunt Qing had returned home. Later, I found Aunt Qing's husband's house, and it happened that Aunt Qing was locked up at home and tortured.
Pei Yongchang is rich and powerful in Yangzhou, even the masters of Futai have to give him some face, let alone a down-and-out scholar. With only a small amount of money, the family took the initiative to bring Aunt Qing to the front with a sullen face. In order to show that they were sensible, they also took the initiative to sign the contract of selling their wives.
After listening to Aunt Qing's story, Pan'er was once again thankful that her idea was timely, otherwise Aunt Qing's end would be in danger.
The two talked about some past events, during which Pan'er also backed away, and confided a little about her situation to Aunt Qing. Aunt Qing also knows that there are pros and cons in everything, and now she can't allow her to go back on her word. In fact, in her opinion, as long as she can get out of the wolf's den, she is better than being tortured by that family.
In the afternoon, Pei Yongchang came.
Now that the matter is settled, the Chen family has already decided on the candidates to be sent to the palace, besides Pan'er, there is also the eldest lady's niece.
It's just that Da Furen's niece was brought into the East Palace as a concubine, and Pan'er was brought into the palace as a servant girl, and she still had to follow the princess.
Although Pan'er sighed a little, she didn't say anything on the surface.
Naturally, her schemes are not limited to these, otherwise there would be no difference between her in this life and her in her previous life, she would still be the servant of the crown princess, and she would still be pinched and suppressed by her. And after entering the palace, she will bear the identity of the crown princess's servant on her back, and it will not be easy to get out of the crown princess's hands at that time, so she can only face her face to face, or stay low for a lifetime.
But she won't tell Pei Yongchang about these things, she has to rely on her own means to make Pei Yongchang wholeheartedly use her.
At the same time, the two maids, Cattail and Qingdai, were like mourning for their concubine, because Pei Yongchang also said that if Pan'er entered the palace as a maid, he would be a slave and he would definitely not be able to bring anyone into the palace to serve.
The reason why Aunt Qing was able to go with him was because he used the excuse that Aunt Qing was Pan'er's nanny, and that she was the only relative by his side, so he really couldn't leave him. The second lady thought that this was the means to restrain the plate, and she planned to send it to the Crown Princess for her to hold before she agreed.
For a few days, the two girls looked down.
They were originally bought by Pei Yongchang temporarily to serve Pan'er. If they can't stay with the girl to serve, I don't know where they will end up in the future. It's not uncommon for little girls of their age to be bought as maids if they are good, and to live in low-class prostitutes if they are not good.
After looking at Pan'er for a few days, she really couldn't bear it, so she called them in front of her.
"As long as you serve with all your heart and listen to my words, I will definitely bring you into the palace together."
The two girls were overjoyed at first, but then they felt uneasy: "But, the master said, at most, I can only bring my aunt."
Aunt Qing also liked these two little girls very much. They have been depressed for the past few days, but they have never shown a look of jealousy and dissatisfaction.
In her whole life, she has seen many tragedies in the world that ordinary people can't see. She suffered in one place when she was a child, and another by the Qinhuai River. Girls, in order to learn art, starvation and beating are commonplace.
Like Pan'er back then, like Cattail and Qingdai now, the more sensible children are, the more unbearable they are.
She couldn't help but look at Pan'er.
During the days when she reunited with Pan'er, she also felt that Pan'er's personality had changed drastically. But the person is still the same person, there must be a big change for such a big change.
Thinking of what Pan'er's family did back then, and Pan'er's mother selling her daughter without hesitation, she could understand this change. Let her see that the former Pan'er was too kind and too weak. It's fine for such a child to be sheltered, but what to do without the shelter.
People like them have fallen into the pit of suffering. If they can't plan for themselves, they will have a lot of hardships in the future, so she is also grateful for this change in Pan'er. How did she know that in her previous life, Pan'er learned to use tricks to plan for herself after she had swallowed enough bitterness, and it wasn't just because of those people in Yangzhou.
"That's why I told you to listen to me." As she spoke, Pan'er waved her hand, and asked the two maids to come closer, and gave them some instructions.
The two girls were startled and suspicious, and they didn't understand. Could it be that after doing this, Master Pei would agree with them to follow the girl
Aunt Qing actually smiled, and said to Pan'er: "These two little girls alone are not enough."
Pan'er turned her eyes and smiled: "So, no matter what she says or does about the Li Rong family sent by the second lady, you just listen and watch. The more arrogant she is, the easier it is for us to handle the next thing."
This Li Rong's family is the mother who was just sent by the second wife to teach Pan'er how to behave. Most likely because she was afraid that Pan'er, a chess piece, would get out of control, so the teaching rules were false, and Shi Wei was the real one. She only came for two days, and Cattail and the others complained endlessly, which is enough to show how difficult this person is.
But what does Li Rong's family have to do with this matter
The two girls are still ignorant, but seeing that the girl and aunt have said so, they can only listen, and then follow Pan'er's instructions to do things without mentioning it.