When I returned to the mansion, Mrs. Zhou was sorting out things in the front yard. It looked like someone had just delivered them, but there was nothing valuable. Feng Yuheng went forward to take a look and found that most of them were food. [Reading Pavilion Free]
Seeing her coming back, Madam Zhou hurriedly said, "This was just sent by a young lady. She also left a letter and named it for the princess." Madam Zhou handed a letter to Feng Yuheng and described the young lady's appearance in detail, "She doesn't look like a person from the capital. She is unfamiliar. She is sitting in a carriage pulled by two brown horses. She is very beautiful and makes people feel comfortable looking at her. She should not be familiar with the princess. She just said that she was here to visit. The things she sent were all specialties of Pengzhou. I don't think they are valuable, but it is a token of my appreciation. What's more, she left a handwritten letter saying that the princess would know who she is at a glance. Only then did I accept it."
"Pengzhou?" Feng Yuheng was stunned, and then she pondered the appearance of the woman described by Mrs. Zhou, and understood. "You came so soon?" She smiled, took the letter, and looked at the specialties. She thought that the cousin was really thoughtful and knew how to give gifts cleverly. The Prince Yu's Mansion had no shortage of good things, but if it was lacking, she was afraid that she couldn't get it, so she simply sent some specialties and food. The thought was there, and it seemed sincere.
"Princess, do you know who she is?" Madam Zhou saw something. "She came from Pengzhou..." She pondered for a while, "Could it be..."
"Madam, you guessed right." Feng Yuheng knew that Madam Zhou must have figured out the identity of the woman. After all, Madam Zhou was an old lady in the capital, and she had been serving in the palace before. How could she not know what relatives the concubines and imperial concubines had outside? "Since the gifts have been delivered, let's just order a return gift as normal! It's fine as long as it's not too close or too distant."
This was Feng Yuheng's suggestion, and Madam Zhou also thought it was appropriate, so she nodded and followed his instructions. As for the food she brought, she saw that there were still a lot of dried vegetables in it. These things were common in the countryside, but they were really new to people in the capital. She had eaten them when she was young, but since she entered the palace and came to Prince Yu's Mansion, she had never tasted that flavor again. Now seeing it, she missed it a lot.
"These things are delicious, but I don't know if they are edible." She muttered with a hint of regret in her voice.
"Eat?" Feng Yuheng stopped, looked at the things, and then said, "They are edible. They are not stupid enough to poison the Prince Yu's Mansion directly." As he spoke, he squatted down, took the dried vegetables in his hands, and smelled them one by one. Then he nodded, "Eat it, no problem."
When Madam Zhou heard her say that it was no problem, she quickly and happily asked someone to move everything to the kitchen. "The dried vegetables need to be soaked first. There is no time to prepare them for dinner tonight. Let the chef stew them tomorrow at noon. The princess will also have fresh food."
Feng Yuheng also likes to eat dried vegetables, so he thought of the farm outside the city. He could ask the people there to dry some dried vegetables. He didn't expect to sell them, but at least he could transport them to Beijing when he wanted to eat them. In addition, he could also subsidize some poor people in winter.
That night, Xuan Tianming returned home, and she told him about the eighth prince's cousin. Xuan Tianming knew more than she did: "I don't know when the idea of sending a cousin to the capital was made, but we got the news as soon as she arrived in Beijing. The cousin is the child of a concubine's sister from the natal families of Concubine Yuan and Concubine Li. In fact, she calls Concubine Yuan and Concubine Li aunt. Their concubine's sister married to Pengzhou, and her husband's surname is Zhu. The concubine married to the Zhu family as a concubine. The cousin had no status in the Zhu family at first. Later, two concubines in the palace climbed to the position of concubine and gave birth to princes, which improved their status. Although they didn't become mistresses, they were no longer controlled by the mistress. The eighth cousin is said to be a kind-hearted person in Pengzhou. Not only is she kind to her family, but she is also very caring towards the people. Her father is only a sixth-rank official in Pengzhou, but because of this daughter, the reputation of the Zhu family in the local area is higher than that of the governor of Pengzhou."
Feng Yuheng was stunned when he heard this. "You've heard quite a lot of information."
"There's no need to ask. This is information that has been stored. If they don't show up, the information will be useless for the time being. Once the characters show up, someone below will naturally report the relevant situation."
"It sounds like Miss Zhu is comparable to Feng Chenyu of the past! One has the heart of a bodhisattva, and the other has the face of a bodhisattva. I just don't know if this bodhisattva is real or fake, and whether she is here to save people from suffering or to take their lives."
"The previous dynasty recently punished three people under the Eighth Brother's clique. The Seventh Brother's people found evidence of their buying and selling of official positions. Father was furious and stripped them of their official positions and sent them out to guard the city gates. In my opinion, this female Bodhisattva came to Beijing. I'm afraid that the previous dynasty is going to make plans for the backyard." Xuan Tianming said as he took his wife into his arms, and said, "As soon as she came to Beijing, she sent gifts to the Prince Yu's Mansion. Wife, the other party is likely to start with you!"
"Okay!" Feng Yuheng shrugged. "I have nothing to do, so I can accompany her for a while. I want to know what tricks the young lady from the Zhu family can use, and who is better than Feng Chenyu back then."
"Hey?" Someone was not happy. "Wife, why do you say you have nothing to do? You are so busy!" After saying that, while Feng Yuheng was stunned, he turned over and pressed...
The next day, a carriage drove out of Prince Sheng's mansion and headed straight for the Rui Gate of the Imperial Palace. Zhu Kongshan, a concubine of the Zhu family, came to the capital in the name of visiting her relatives and lived in Prince Sheng's mansion. This time she came to the palace to pay a visit to her two aunts, Concubine Yuan and Concubine Li.
Zhu Kongshan was sitting in the carriage, accompanied by her maids Ah Huan and Ah Ruo. She was speaking softly to them, "This is the capital, not Pengzhou. You are not allowed to act so unbridled in Pengzhou, and you must consider the Eighth Prince's face in the capital. I know you are both arrogant and usually follow your elder sister, but since mother asked you to come with me to the capital this time, you must listen to me in everything."
"Yes! Don't worry, Miss Third, we will never dare to do that again." The two maids spoke in unison. After they finished speaking, they saw Zhu Kongshan close his eyes and stopped talking. Then they looked at each other again, with obvious disdain in their eyes. She is just a concubine's daughter. Isn't it because she is related to the emperor? Why is she so arrogant?
Zhu Kongshan could imagine what the two girls were thinking without opening his eyes. She didn't want to care. After all, they were not her personal maids. No matter how hard she tried to teach them, she couldn't teach them well. No matter how hard she tried to raise them, she couldn't make them accustomed.
Originally, she had a good life in the Zhu Mansion. Although the mistress and two elder sisters were domineering, her aunt was a sister of two concubines who had given birth to princes in the palace. Although they were not born of the same mother, they were still a family after all, and the Zhu family was still polite to them. But unexpectedly, the two aunts were suddenly demoted to noble ladies. From concubines to noble ladies, such a gap made the feng shui of the Zhu family change a few times. Although there were still princes, how could two noble ladies match two concubines? The elder sisters who did not dare to bully her before finally had the courage to exploit her and her mother all day long. Fortunately, she still had some reputation outside, so her father could think of some good things, so she was not bullied to death. But even so, the mistress of the house often said: "It's better to be demoted to a noble lady. You can't be sure that one day you will become a concubine again, and finally be driven out of the palace. There are also princes who have fallen on hard times. Think about the fourth prince, wasn't he demoted to a commoner!"
Half a month ago, the eighth prince's cousin sent a letter to the Zhu Mansion, inviting her to visit the capital, saying that Concubine Yuan and Concubine Li missed her very much. Zhu Kongshan didn't know why her two aunts who never cared about Zhu's family affairs and her cousin who was the eighth prince suddenly wanted her to come to the capital, but it was a good thing for her after all, at least it showed that this relative had not forgotten her.
Regardless of whether she was in a bad state or not, the noble lady was still the emperor's woman, the prince was still the emperor's son, and her cousin's throne was still there. After receiving the letter, the Zhu family responded quickly. Her father slept in her aunt's yard for three consecutive nights, and various good things were frequently given to her in the mansion, which was clearly to shut her up and prevent her from complaining in the capital. Even the mistress put away her usual face and showed concern for the two of them. The two elder sisters no longer excluded them on the surface, but called them good sisters.
So before she left, the eldest sister Zhu Kongyue forced the two maids around her to come to her, saying that she would feel at ease only if she had her own maids accompanying her to the capital.
She was not stupid, how could she not know the ins and outs of this. First, they were monitoring her and reporting to the Zhu Mansion anytime and anywhere. Her aunt was also in the mansion. If she said anything bad about the Zhu family, her aunt would be punished. Second, these two girls were too arrogant and good-looking. With these two servants around, Zhu Kongshan thought that it was possible that these two girls would climb into the bed of the eighth prince's cousin. At that time, her elder sister would be able to trample her under her feet with the two maids.
Zhu Kongshan was thinking in her heart. The carriage soon arrived in front of the Rui Gate. She got off the carriage with her maid and handed over the waist badge given by the Eighth Prince. At the same time, she handed over her own name card and a small bag of silver to the eunuch. Then she said, "My name is Zhu Kongshan. I am the cousin of the Eighth Prince. I came to the palace to pay my respects to my two aunts, Concubine Yuan and Concubine Li. I hope you can help me."
In fact, it was not inconvenient. With the Eighth Prince's badge, she could enter the harem. However, the eunuch on duty at the Rui Gate today was obviously not on the Eighth Prince's side. When he heard that she was the Eighth Prince's cousin, his face was not very friendly. He stretched his draped duck and said to Zhu Kongshan: "You can see Concubine Yuan from the Cunshan Palace, but Concubine Li is now under house arrest in the Jingsi Palace. Whether you can see her depends on whether Concubine Yuan is willing to arrange for you." After that, he glared at Zhu Kongshan again, weighed the silver in his hand and said: "Let's go, I will take you there, but don't walk around in the palace, so as not to offend any master, or you will lose your life."
"Thank you for your teachings, eunuch. It's a great honor for you." Zhu Kongshan followed the eunuch obediently, lowering his head and walking silently, very obedient to the rules. However, her two maids were very excited after entering the palace. Every building in the palace was enough to amaze them, and even every brick and tile became their longing...
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