Qixuan Episode (13)

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Yu Sheng handed Yu Xi a piece of paper, and said, "Empress Dowager, this is sent back by Gu Jiu." Gu Jiu was the coachman who followed Qi Xuan.

After reading it, Yuxi nodded her head: "It is a good thing for him to have a sensible person by his side." That day Dai Yanxin deliberately asked those concubines if they would accompany Qixuan to the south of the Yangtze River, but it was actually Yuxi's mean.

Yuxi wanted to break Qixuan's illusion and let him know that these women followed him not because of him, but because of his status. Although this will not change Qixuan's problem of being a womanizer, it at least makes him realize that without the help of his parents and brothers and sisters, he is nothing.

Yun Qing happened to enter the room, heard this and asked: "Is there any news from Qi Xuan?" While speaking, he took off the big woolen clothes on his body.

Yuxi hummed, and recounted what Aunt Dou said: "I have accepted so many concubines, and I finally met a good one." She knew that Aunt Dou sacrificed herself for the sake of her son's future Qixuan under house arrest. But even so, Yu Xi still admired her very much.

After listening, Yun Qing nodded his head and said, "It's really a good thing for him to have such a sensible person by his side." Mrs. Dai is smart and capable, but he doesn't like it very much. He obviously doesn't like Qixuan, but he can still pretend that he likes everything for Qixuan's sake. And if Qixuan was wrong, she never tried to persuade him, but just watched with cold eyes. Therefore, even though Dai Yanxin took good care of Prince Xuan's Mansion and raised his children to be talented, his attitude towards it has always been indifferent.

After thinking for a while, Yun Qing said: "When she comes back with Qi Xuan, you can mention her as a side concubine."

Yuxi didn't make a statement, but said: "We will talk about the future." The key now is to make Qixuan better, and put everything else aside.

Yun Qing nodded and didn't say much.

In the twelfth lunar month, the school is on holiday. On this day, Dai Yanxin came to report to Yuxi about the situation of Wenhua Hall this semester.

After Yuxi finished listening, she made some comments. Dai Yanxin nodded again and again, indicating that he would improve next semester.

After chatting about business, Yuxi took a picture scroll to Dai Yanxin, and said: "This is left by Ah Xuan before leaving, you should keep it carefully!"

Dai Yanxin was suspicious in her heart, but she didn't ask any more questions, but took the painting respectfully: "Queen Mother, is your lord okay now?" It's no wonder he was driven out of the capital in the middle of winter.

"Very good." After finishing speaking, Yu Xi didn't want to talk about this topic again: "The marriage between Hong Min and the eldest girl of the Wen family should also be settled." Yu Xi knew about the private agreement between the two families. And at the end of last month, the eldest daughter of the Wen family was already old enough.

Dai Yanxin said with a sad face: "This child is stubborn and said that he must wait for the prince to come back before engaging."

Yuxi glanced at Dai Yanxin. The eyes were calm and unwavering, but it made people feel a sense of pressure for no reason.

Dai Yanxin's heart skipped a beat. Even though she is valued by Yu Xi, she still hates her in her heart.

Yu Xi didn't answer this question, but said: "Tell Hong Min, since you have agreed with the Wen family to come to propose marriage after the eldest daughter of the Wen family is married, you can't keep your word." To be a human being, the most important thing is to say 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 said another thing: "Mother, the prince left a message when he left, asking me to get rid of all the concubines who have no children under my knees." After all, Dai Yanxin secretly changed his concept.

Yuxi is not interested in these things, but she still said: "It's good if they are willing to remarry, and if they don't want to, don't force it." This is the principle of adoption and support.

After a pause, Yuxi said: "The expenditure of Prince Xuan's Mansion is too high, at least it needs to be reduced by two-thirds. You can't get married in the future, and I really want you to pay for your private house." Yun Qixuan doesn't care, they still can't afford to lose this Face.

Dai Yanxin knew that Yuxi was warning her that enough was enough and not to go too far: "Okay."

Yu Xi hummed and said: "After Brother Mao and the others get married,

Find them an errand or an estate that will support their families, and give them away! "The Mao Geer mentioned here is ranked third in the palace, and he is a concubine. The grandsons of the royal family all have a date in their names, but the concubines do not.

Yuxi doesn't like concubines, and she doesn't like grandchildren from concubines. It's just that her and Yun Qing's blood is also flowing on these children. If there is no food in the future, Yunqing will be very sad if he finds out. Therefore, Yu Xi specially told Dai Yanxin not to allow such a thing to happen.

"Okay." Even if Yu Xi didn't mention it, she still planned to do it. Not for their own reputation, but for the future alone, they can't let these concubines' children have nothing to eat.

On the way back, Shui Lan looked at the scroll and asked, "Princess, is this a reward from the Queen Mother?"

Dai Yanxin hummed, but although she lacked interest, she still took the picture scroll and opened it.

Shui Lan looked at the person on the painting and was very surprised: "Princess, this is you! Concubine, has the queen mother asked an artist to paint for you?"

Dai Yanxin looked at himself in the painting and was stunned.

After receiving it, Dai Yanxin said to himself: "I never thought that he would paint for me. Besides, he put his heart into it." If he didn't put his heart into it, he would definitely not be able to draw such a good painting.

Shui Lan didn't know that this painting was painted by Qi Xuan, and in the hearts of everyone, all Qi Xuan's attention was on the woman. So upon hearing this, Shui Lan couldn't help but think too much.

At this time, Dai Yanxin's mind was on the painting, and he didn't notice the blue water.

Back at the palace, Dai Yanxin called the concubine who had no children under her knees over. Among the sixteen concubines, four had never conceived, and six gave birth but died young.

Dai Yanxin looked at the four of them and said: "My lord told me before leaving Beijing that I will marry you childless concubines to a good family."

Among them, Aunt Xin, who was the oldest and never conceived, knelt on the ground in fright: "Princess, the concubine is born to be the prince's man, and dies to be the prince's ghost. Concubine, the concubine would rather die than leave." She is thirty this year. At the age of one year, even if you remarry, you will not be able to marry a good family. It's better to stay in the palace than to marry and be tortured by others. Anyway, spending the rest of my life in the royal palace with luxurious clothes and fine food, I will not worry about it.

Dai Yanxin said: "You don't have to leave if you don't want to. But if you want to remarry, not only can you take away what you have in your hands, but I will also give you an extra one thousand taels of silver as a dowry." No matter how much, there will be nothing left. .

In the end, eight of them were willing to remarry. Those who gave birth to children who died young were all among them. They were thinking about Qixuan's departure and they didn't know that it would be a year of the monkey before they could come back. It's better to remarry than to stay in the mansion empty-handed. Anyway, they can bear children. After they get married, they will have a son and a half daughter, and they will have something to rely on when they are old. Otherwise, if you stay in the palace, you will be lonely for the rest of your life.

Dai Yanxin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll choose a good family for you." This is considered a second marriage, and it's impossible to choose a good family. But as long as the man is good-natured, responsible, and able to live in a decent family, it's almost fine.

Sending out the childless concubine Ji is only the first step. Next, Dai Yanxin began to reduce the government's expenditure. Including her, everyone's monthly allowance will be halved. In addition, the government began to lay off workers. Starting from Dai Yanxin, the number of people serving around him has been reduced by one-third. In addition, all those who have no errands in the mansion have been dismissed, and the number of guards in the mansion has also been reduced by half.

Qixuan was placed under house arrest by Yuxi, and anyone well-informed knew about it. Now that they were sent away from the capital again, everyone guessed that Yunqing and Yuxi were tired of this son. Therefore, everyone can understand Dai Yanxin's move. When the family can't support such a big show without laying off people and reducing expenses, the palace will soon be defeated.

Also because of the need to reduce expenses, apart from cutting new clothes, jewelry and rouge are all gone during the New Year. What's more, the meals are not as rich as before, they are all meat and vegetables, and there is not even a soup. If you want to eat, you have to dig out your own house. The concubines in the palace finally knew the impact of Qixuan's house arrest on them.

Concubine Ji of Prince Xuan's Mansion feels that life is difficult, and Qi Xuan also feels that life is like a year.

Because it was snowing heavily and he couldn't make it on his way, Huang Zhijian rented a small farmyard. Unfortunately, the family did not have a kang. After sleeping until midnight, Qi Xuan woke up from the cold.

"Mr. Dou, get up quickly." Although Qixuan and Aunt Dou slept in the same bed, they each had a quilt.

Originally, I wanted to ask Aunt Dou to get up and go out to get firewood and come in to make a fire to keep warm, but no matter how I called, she couldn't wake up. In desperation, he wanted to fetch firewood by himself.

As a result, as soon as the door was opened, the wind came in from the outside, making him shiver from the cold.

After closing the door, Qixuan called out to Huang Zhijian and Gu Jiu. It's a pity that neither of them responded to him.

Qi Xuan couldn't help cursing: "One by one, they all slept like dead pigs." The question is, why didn't these people get cold, and he woke up alone.

Qixuan is not a person who can endure silently, if he can't wake up Aunt Dou, he just 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?"

Since the last time Aunt Dou scolded Qi Xuan angrily and Huang Zhijian and Gu Jiu didn't blame her, she became more courageous.

"If you don't sleep yourself, are you going to make everyone sleepless?" It's not a dead person, how can Aunt Dou not wake up when Qi Xuan yelled so loudly just now.

Qi Xuan instantly understood: "So you were just pretending?"

Aunt Dou sneered, pretending? She doesn't bother to pretend, it's just that she doesn't want to talk to Qixuan.

Qixuan didn't bother to get angry, and said: "I'm very cold, you go and get some firewood in." Lighting a fire, it won't be so cold.

Aunt Dou knew what Qixuan was thinking, and she looked at Qixuan like an idiot: "The room is so short, if you want to build a fire in the room, you are not afraid of burning yourself here?" She doesn't want to die, she wants to go back to Beijing to accompany her son.

Qi Xuan was shivering from the cold at this moment: "If you are told to go, you should go quickly."

"Go, go by yourself." After saying this, Aunt Dou rolled up the quilt even tighter.

ps: O(∩_∩)O~, I wish you a healthy Dragon Boat Festival.