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Chapter 4 The feeling of falling into a snake's nest

?The whole body was a little cold. Jiang Taohua reached out and grabbed Qingmose's hand and curled her lips: "I suddenly felt that it would be great if I married the Southern King very smoothly."

?At least you won’t feel like you’re falling into a snake’s nest.

?Qingmos's face turned green, and she grabbed Taohua's hand tightly, and her voice trembled: "What should I do? The prime minister wants to harm you?"

? "Not necessarily, I'm just an unimportant princess. Few people in the Wei Dynasty will take me seriously. He is the prime minister, why should I take the risk of offending the Southern King to harm me?" Jiang Taohua thought for a while and pulled Qingmos up and shook her head: "Now you can only rely on you. You are very skilled in martial arts. Although you have no brains, you can also help me do a lot of things."

?The situation was critical, Qingmos automatically ignored the negative comments from his master to him and frowned and asked, "What do you want your master to do?"

? "Go and continue to inquire about the news. It is best to go outside the Prime Minister's Mansion." Taohua said: "Let's find out the background relationship between King Jing, King Nan and Shen Zaiye, and report to me."

? "I understand." Qingmoe nodded and quickly changed her clothes and found an opportunity to sneak out.

? After a few breaths, Jiang Taohua immediately found someone to come in to change her clothes and put on her makeup.

?Qingmos had said before that Shen Zaiye had many concubines. She is not the boss now. She is a newcomer, so she has to find out the situation with her tail first.

?The first thing is definitely to ask the official’s wife for peace.

?When she was not married, Jiang Taohua always dressed herself up like a peach tree, but when she entered the house, she immediately changed into a fat brocade robe that was not suitable, with a plain face facing the sky, and her jewelry was very old-fashioned.

? "Princess." The maid Hualan frowned and said, "Although you are born with beauty, why bother yourself so much?"

? "This is not a waste, this is called protection." After sorting out, Taohua took her out: "Your princess is so beautiful. It is useful for men. Not only is it useless for women, it is also a disaster. So when we serve the bed, we can be as charming as we are, and when we see the official room, we should be as ugly as we are."

? Hualan curled her lips: "This is too cunning."

? He reached out and knocked her, Jiang Taohua rolled her eyes and said, "Can a silly child speak? Is this called cunning? This is called intelligence, do you understand?"

?Covering her forehead, the Lantern nodded with a dry smile, but thought to herself that using intelligence to describe her is really too naive, so she should have the word cunning. However, the woman in her 29th year old doesn't know what she has experienced in the past years, so how could she become like this from a dignified and elegant princess when she was a child...

? "The old slave Xu has met his wife."

?Before the group walked through the corridor, an old woman wearing a brown upper jacket and a gray and white lower skirt came towards her. Her face was covered with wrinkles. The lines from the nose to the corners of her mouth were extremely deep, forming a big "eight" character. Her eyes were a little sharp, and she was looking at the peach blossoms up and down.

? "Don't give me a gift, is this the prime minister said to be in charge?" Taohua asked with a smile: "I am about to pay tribute to my wife. What should I pay attention to? Manager Xu might as well talk about it now?"

?"Yes." Manager Xu nodded, turned around and followed her, and began to talk about the rules in the prime minister's mansion.

"The Wei State has clear distinction between the high and low. From the palace to the homes of ordinary people, there are many wives and concubines in the courtyard. Our prime minister is an important minister of the court, with many concubines in the palace, with four positions. The wife is the official family, and the Mei family is the only one, and the lower one is the wife. In addition to you, there are four wives. Below the wife is the servant clothes, with a total of six. Below the servant clothes is the warm tent, which is the warm tent is no different from the ordinary maids, but occasionally the master is favored by him, with a total of eight."

?While listening and nodding, Jiang Taohua thought to herself, why are so many women who Shen Yanyan have not died in the bed? Can she still fool people so lively?

?It's incredible.

? "You are going to pay tribute to your wife now. Just follow the rules of the best and perform curtsy. Our wife is gentle and will not make things difficult for her. But... if Mrs. Qin is here, you should be careful."

?Nam Qin? Taohua became interested: "Is he a person with a bad temper?"

?Manager Xu frowned, opened his mouth, but stopped, and lowered his head and said, "How can the servants in this mansion tell you the right and wrong? You will know if you have seen it."

?Okay, everyone has said this, so Taohua has been careful and continues to walk forward with her skirt.

?Mrs. Mei lives in Linghan Courtyard. Don’t listen to the elegant name. It has the Golden Horse and Jade Hall inside. The carved doors of mahogany are exquisite and luxurious. There are four large opens. The first red peony in the courtyard is rows in rows on both sides of the courtyard. It is noble and lively, fully demonstrating the owner’s unique status in this prime minister’s mansion.

? "The princess is here?"

?As soon as I walked to the door of the main house, a few people surrounded a woman and greeted her. The woman had a straight facial features, not necessarily very beautiful, but she was gentle and dignified. She had a smile on her phoenix eyes, a plain mouth and a small red mole on her chin, which made people feel friendly.

?Not looking at anything else, Taohua treated her tribute to the red embroidered edges on her clothes: "I've seen my wife."

?It has been two years since Mei Jingxue entered the mansion. She has seen all kinds of women in the mansion. She knows that Shen Zai’s preference has always been a favoritism for beauties. So when she heard that Princess Zhao was so beautiful, she was ready to meet her.

But why does the girl in front of me seem to be different from the rumored ones?

After looking up and down in confusion, Mei Jingxue sighed: "The princess must have been tortured very much yesterday, right? Look at her face so haggard and her clothes don't fit. Come on, go and bring all the new sets of hair and faces in the mansion and choose one for the princess."

Jiang Taohua likes such a good person who gives her things at the beginning, and her eyes become much gentler.

However, before she could have a secret joy, the woman holding Mei Jingxue's right hand next to her smiled and said, "Madam is generous, let the new sister have a choice when she comes. But now that this new sister has entered our prime minister's mansion, she is just a lady who is the same as hers. The lady doesn't have to call her princess anymore, right?"

There is nothing wrong with this. The identity of Princess Jiang Taohua, the state of Zhao, is really not worthy in the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Great Wei Dynasty, and it is impossible to put on airs. But then, it makes people feel uncomfortable if you say that.

Taohua looked up at the person who was talking.

There are diamond-shaped moles on the eyebrows, and a pair of peach-blossom eyes are also considered attractive. This woman is much more charming than the wife of her husband. She is wearing a concubine-colored crabapple robe, with a light brown and beautiful inside. There are two peacock strolls on her head. She looks like a favored side room.

After thinking about what Manager Xu said just now, Taohua suddenly realized: "Is this sister Qin Niangzi?"

Qin Jieyu raised his eyebrows, glanced at Manager Xu who was standing behind him, and chuckled, "My new sister has just arrived, and she has done a lot of homework. I remember me as soon as she comes? But someone says bad things about me, tell you to be careful?"

"How could it be?" Taohua looked at her straight and smiled: "It's said that Sister Qin is very beautiful, so my sister will know at first sight."

"Oh?" Qin Jieyu was amused: "What do you mean is that my wife is not as beautiful as me?"

Mei Jingxue pursed her lips and lowered her eyes to tidy up her sleeves.

Manager Xu reminded him correctly. This Madam Qin is really a person who needs to be careful. He kept asking for trouble, for fear that she would be better today.

However, Jiang Taohua had figured out the way of speaking a long time ago. When she said the same sentence in different ways, the result was naturally very different. People's relationships and masters fight, they only compete with who is more shameless.

"Begonia have the beauty of begonia, and plum blossoms have the elegance of plum blossoms." He smiled and said, "Sister can't compare plum blossoms with begonia, nor can they compare crabapples with plum blossoms. They have their own good times to bloom. In the yard of the prime minister, there will not be only one season of flowers blooming, a kind of fragrance of flowers. Since they are all liked by me, what's the point?"

Qin Jieyu was stunned and turned to look at Mei Jingxue. The latter smiled slightly and praised: "Sister Jiang is a good speaker. She looks sensible, but she can save me a lot of thoughts. Don't stand at this door, go in and talk."

"Yes." Taohua nodded and stepped onto the steps.

"There are many people in this mansion, so you don't have to come every day if you pay your respects." Sitting in the main seat, Mei Jingxue said gently: "Come here every three days. If you have any trouble, send the maid to tell me."

So relaxed? Jiang Taohua nodded quickly.

I was worried just now that if I met a cruel mistress, she would be sad, and I didn’t expect to be so lucky!

"The other rules in the mansion are not strict, just one point. I hope you can abide by them." Mei Jingxue looked at her and said, "There are special arrangements for the sleeping service in the mansion. Do not deliberately disrupt them to avoid causing disputes in the backyard."

This is natural, Jiang Taohua nodded obediently. A woman in a large yard has only one man, so she is like a hungry wolf scrambling for food. Instead of fighting for a bloody battle, it is better to set rules and equal distribution early in the morning, which is good for everyone.

But will the prime minister please favor the women in the backyard as arranged?

As if he noticed her doubts, Madam Qin stroked her nails and said, "Our master has never liked women to fight for it, so as long as someone doesn't use any means, he will do his kindness according to the rules."

"I understand." Taohua nodded, took the maid's list of bedtimes and looked at it.

There are thirty days in a month, and she is added to the mansion. In addition to the warm tent who has no status, there are twelve people in total. The wife accounts for three days to favor, the wife accounts for two days, and the servant clothes accounts for one day. The rest of the time will be arranged by Shen Zaiye himself to see if he chooses which warm tent to be lucky or to spend it in the study.

After counting the number of days that need to be cultivated, Jiang Taohua felt that what Shen Zaiye lacked most now is bullwhip soup. If he needs to please him in the future, he must be given a drink, otherwise she will die of lust and live a bad life.

Secretly clenched his fists, Taohua and Mei Qin made a polite approach for another hour, avoiding the provocation of Niang Qin, inquiring about the situation in the mansion, and then taking the leave to return to his yard.

As a result, as soon as he walked into the garden, he ran into Shen Zaiye head-on.
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