【Chapter 805】 Whose new swallow pecks at the spring mud
The sky is as blue as water, and the sun is shining.
Wanle Palace, the palace gate is closed, not as lively as in the past.
This palace is the main hall of Yiwu, and the palace door is wide open on weekdays, and the people who enter and exit are all subordinate officials who are responsible for the internal affairs of the General's Mansion.
Most of these subordinate officials were women, they had no official ranks, but they were all of a transcendent position, managing hundreds of workshops and other properties under the name of the Great General's Palace.
The name of the palace is similar to Changle Palace, Chang'an Imperial Palace, which violates the etiquette system and is a taboo.
But even so, the palace has been in existence for several years. It can be traced back to the time when it was first built, and the purpose of building this palace was to surpass the Chang'an Palace and become a free hall that overshadowed the Changle Palace.
This world-famous "Easy Palace" is Dong Zhuo's masterpiece, which is regarded as a "magic cave" by hundreds of officials in the court.
Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to spend millions of gold to build this huge palace complex, originally intended to be used for pleasure in his later years, but unfortunately less than a year after the palace was built, he gave up. So this Xiaoyao Palace became a marriage for others, and was taken by Li Li, the cavalry general who subsequently pacified the Chang'an Rebellion, and became the dormitory of General Wei, which is now the Hussar General's Courtyard.
The owner of the Wanle Hall is naturally the general himself, but he has a general's mansion in charge of military and political affairs in Chang'an City, so the actual principals here are his six wives.
That's right, it's the six wives. Nowadays, many people in Chang'an City still think that Li Li has three wives and eight concubines under his name, but this is not the case. In fact, as early as Li Li's wedding, he married six wives at one time, and the first six confidants who followed him were all wives. And not a concubine. As soon as this incident came out, it caused quite a stir at the time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was an uproar. It's just that these six wives still have a rank. It is that outsiders still subconsciously regard it as three wives and three concubines, and the concubines who are later married will not attract attention. After all, it is very common to take concubines, and it is not uncommon for hundreds of officials in the Manchu Dynasty to marry a concubine every year and a half, and this kind of thing is not uncommon, and it is not a problem.
The sun is warm and it's close to noon.
In the past, several ladies from the General's Mansion would come to Wanle Hall to take a walk. Take a look, and if there's something tricky, they'll solve it. And the person who is fully responsible for the property under the name of the General's Mansion on a daily basis is Li Li's concubine Zhang Ai. That is, Zhen Zhang, the helmsman of the original Zhen family consortium, but she has long severed her relationship with the Zhen family, and the Zhen family is taken over by her fake son Zhen Yan.
Today, Zhang is a veritable goddess of wealth. He has hundreds of millions of wealth in the name of the General's Mansion in his hands. It is this Hall of Paradise that is her "office building". However, Zhang knew the etiquette very well, and knew how to maintain the status and prestige of several ladies of the main room, so whenever she made important decisions and made large expenditures, she would ask the six "elder sisters" for instructions, and only after they unanimously approved did she start to implement them. Because of this, Li Li's backyard has always been stable, and many wives and concubines are like sisters. It was very harmonious, which also allowed him to concentrate on the war without distractions. Don't worry about family chores.
Since the start of the battle of Sili, Li Li has been fighting for a long time, and he has no time to take care of anything else, which has lasted for more than half a year, which inevitably snubbs a group of beautiful wives and concubines. But his wives and concubines were not ambiguous, and before he set out for the expedition, he was empty, sleepless for two days and two nights, lingering to death, and then stuffed into his three new concubines: Foot Trainer, Xiao Qiao, and Que Yue'er.
In addition, at the time of the New Year's Pass last year, a group of wives and concubines led by Li Xin brought their children to Hanguguan to the labor army, nominally as a reward army, but in fact to comfort her husband Li Li. That time of consolation lasted for half a month, so that Li Li's generals couldn't see their own lord for half a month. It wasn't until after the beginning of spring that the princesses and ladies left, and they found that the "lords" watched the car drive away with relief, and it seemed that they had cleared up a lot after not seeing each other for half a month.
After a few months, the spring flowers are blooming, and the castle of Yiwu once again ushered in a very strange phenomenon.
Since the early morning two days ago, the door of the Hall of Ten Thousand Happiness has been closed, and a number of internal affairs officials can only enter the hall through the corner gate to work, and the female officials and maids who come in and out tiptoe, as if they are afraid that the footsteps will be too loud and disturb the good things of some people. Unless it was necessary, they would rather not go out, and the maidservants would go to the antechamber to convey orders for all affairs, but they would not allow the servants to enter the main hall. Because the main hall is connected to the inner courtyard, if the movement is too loud, it will spread to the backyard, lest it disturb the "reunion" between the ladies and the general and dislike them.
Indeed, the master of the Emperor returned, that is, the husband of the eleven ladies who lived in this vast palace.
Since the early morning two days ago, the Ninth Lady Zhang, who was in charge of internal affairs, had not appeared in the main hall, and the other main ladies in charge had also disappeared, so the main entrance of the main hall had been closed.
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"Dingding———Dingdong??????"
The light and melodious sound of the piano fluttered in the garden on the east side of the backyard, and Dian Wufang, dressed in a purple dress, sat in the water pavilion and stroked the piano. I saw her Qianqian jade fingers plucking the strings briskly, and a song "Getaway" rose from her fingers, and the melodious sound of the piano drifted in the blue sky like water leaning against the red building, spreading to every corner of the garden. The sound of the piano contains infinite joy, just like the scenery at this time, the sky is blue, the sun is shining, the earth is covered with green, the willow leaves are lightly blowing, the apricot blossoms are blooming, full of vitality, a qiē is so beautiful, warm, tranquil and peaceful.
Next to the water pavilion, Zhen Mi took six three or four-year-old children to frolic on the green grass, catching butterflies, playing hide and seek, and having fun. Quietly, the children's crisp frolic sound and innocent laughter are fused with the bright and melodious sound of the piano, making the sound of the piano more and more long, and the aftersound is particularly warm.
"Sister Xiaomi, this butterfly is mine, and my sister already has one." When Zhen Mi caught a flower butterfly again, a little boy under the age of four ran to her, took her arm, and said in a matter-of-fact manner.
"Xiao Hao'er, you still don't change your words, do you? How many times have I told you that I want my aunt to know? If you don't change your words, your aunt won't give it to you, you have the ability to catch it yourself, don't want this butterfly in your aunt's hand. ”
Zhen Mi, who is fourteen years old, is slim and elegant, holding the fishing net that Li Li just made yesterday evening, catching butterflies one by one, and more than ten butterflies have been caught in a short time. But she gave all the butterflies to Li Hao's younger brothers and sisters, not even one to Xiao Hao'er, because other children called her aunt, but Xiao Hao'er, who was tiger-headed, called her Sister Xiaomi, and she was stubborn and stubborn. Zhen Mi was very annoyed by this, and corrected it at least dozens of times a day, but it had no effect at all, Xiao Hao'er opened her mouth and closed her mouth or "Sister Xiao Mi", the affectionate one called, she was so angry that her pretty face bulged, but she was helpless. However, now that Xiao Hao'er has a request for her, it is a good time for her to force her to comply.
However, this time Zhen Mi miscalculated again.
Xiao Hao'er looked at the flowers and butterflies in the net pocket very obsessively, as if she was ready to compromise and change her words, but she inadvertently caught a glimpse of two more aunts beside Liuniang who was caressing the qin in the water pavilion, one aunt Zou Jing, and the other was Aunt Jiu, that is, Zhen Mi's mother Zhang. Suddenly, the little guy took it to heart, bit his finger and looked at Zhen Mi who pretended to be angry with a smile, and said proudly: "Sister Xiao Mi really won't give it to me?" If you don't give me butterflies, I'll go and tell Jiu Niang that you are bullying me, and see how she cleans you up. Hum! ”
While threatening Zhen Mi in his mouth, the little guy also pointed out to her, and the direction of the chubby little finger was exactly where Zhang's was located.
"Ahh Why is my mother here? Didn't she sleep last night, uh??????"
Zhen Mi turned her head and saw that her mother was talking to Zou Jing in the water pavilion, her expression suddenly changed, and she whispered softly, and her face couldn't help but blush when she talked about the bed, and her voice stopped abruptly.
"Hmph, you little villain, as cunning as your father!" Seeing Xiao Hao'er's smug smile in her watery phoenix eyes, Zhen Mi couldn't help but stomp her feet in anger, then handed him the net bag, and said angrily: "Count you ruthless, this butterfly is for you!" ”
Xiao Hao'er carefully put her hand into the net pocket and grabbed the colorful flowers and butterflies, a satisfied smile appeared on her little face, and then said to Zhen Mi narrowly: "Sister Xiao Mi, you have said bad things about my father again, when he gets up in the afternoon, I will go to sue you, and you will wait for your father to beat your ass!" Giggle??????"
"Ahh Don't say it! Zhen Mi's voice changed when she heard this, and she said urgently.
"Then you catch two more butterflies that look exactly like this one?"
"Well、、、 okay, but you have to count when you speak, you can't tell the truth!"
"That's nature. My father said, a manly husband must be true to his word, and his spit is a nail, how can he lose his trust to you, a little woman? ”
"Flutter——— cluck! You little guy laughed at me, you are a big ghost, and you talk exactly like your father. ”
"Hey, hey, hey! That's what my mother said??????"
“??????”
Just when Zhen Mi and Xiao Hao'er were arguing, the sound of the piano in the water pavilion gradually stopped, and then Dian Wufang got up and sat next to Zhang's side, looking at Zhen Mi who was theorizing with Xiao Hao'er in the flowers, and said with a smile: "Sister is really a blessing, Xiao Mi is becoming more and more beautiful, and in two years, she will definitely be a beautiful woman with a natural beauty!" ”
The radiant Zhang smiled happily: "Flawless, don't praise this girl anymore." For more than a year, this girl has been spoiled by everyone, and even my mother can't control her anymore. The day before yesterday, when the husband came back, the girl clamored to see her husband, but after meeting, she actually opened her mouth and shouted 'big brother', which made the sisters laugh a lot. Hey, this kid is getting more and more naughty, I can't control it! ”
After hearing this, Dian Wuflaw smiled at Zou Jing and said with a smile: "Xiao Mi is indeed a big ghost, and she seems to have understood a lot of things at a young age, and she is teaching a few older children to call her aunt these days." Hee-hee-hee! ”
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