HLnovel Chapter 454: The Little Cannon Fodder in Ancient House Fighting Novels 10
Chapter 454: The Little Cannon Fodder in Ancient House Fighting Novels 10
"Thank you all for your praise!" Cui Xiaoxiao bowed and expressed her gratitude!
She breathed a sigh of relief after she walked out of the Imperial Garden. She then felt a little hungry. She was so busy watching the show that she almost forgot the time.
She hurried back to the room. Yongqiu also knew what was going on today! She had already heated up the food, and when she saw Cui Xiaoxiao coming back, she went straight to serve it!
"Miss Cui, are you hungry? Come eat!" Yong Qiu said with a smile. Without even looking, she knew that these were the ones who had passed the re-selection. Those who had not passed, who were not in the mood to eat, began to pack their bags and prepare to leave the palace.
"Where is Miss Gu? Has she come back or not?" Cui Xiaoxiao was a little surprised that she didn't see her roommate. Logically, she should have come back first.
"She came back to eat, and then went to see her good friend off."
Cui Xiaoxiao understood that some of her friends probably did not pass the re-selection, so she went there to send them out of the palace.
After eating and drinking, Cui Xiaoxiao sat at the table and read a book. However, her mental power was always focused on observing the performances of the concubines, and occasionally observing the words and deeds of the princes, hoping to extract more information that would be beneficial to her from their conversations.
After all, it's a rare opportunity for so many princes to gather together, so it's good to observe them more. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Maybe one of them is her future husband!
The current situation is like this. She doesn't think the royal prince is bad. Anyway, after her scumbag father's interference, even if she doesn't enter the prince's mansion, she will be quietly sent to a rich and powerful old man as a concubine! If the theft of the Marquis's mansion breaks out, her scumbag father's desire for quick success will only get worse!
If that's the case, she might as well join the royal family. At least they are rich, so she won't be so embarrassed. More importantly, she won't be easily controlled by the people in the Marquis' Mansion. Although she is not afraid of anything, it is troublesome.
As for sharing a cucumber, I guess she can't escape it no matter who she marries in this life! From the fact that a servant in the Marquis's mansion has a wife and two concubines, we can see that some naive ideas will not work at this time.
If it wasn't difficult to survive as a commoner outside and if she couldn't be a female household, she would have looted the mansion and faked her death to escape.
It's not like she hadn't thought about stealing some things from the homes of the rich and powerful or corrupt officials in the capital. She would create a widow persona and find a place where she was unfamiliar with the people, buy a large house, and buy some servants to serve her so that she could live a comfortable life!
But this doesn't work! A woman without a name or surname living alone in a big house, and living a life of ordering servants, isn't this just like a kid carrying a gold brick through the street? Not only will she be harassed by people from all walks of life, but any small official can take over her property and raid her house!
Didn't you see that her maternal family was so rich, but they still needed to spend a lot of money and even a legitimate daughter to find a backer in a marquis's mansion? A businessman without a background can't be a good businessman! What's more, a woman with no background and money! Unless you live in the deep mountains and old forests!
This era is really unfriendly to women. There are all kinds of restrictions wherever you live, and it’s very frustrating everywhere. What a fucked-up life!
Since she couldn't get the exclusive use of cucumbers, she simply gave up the expectation, so she had already coaxed herself and looked at money first. Even in modern monogamy, there are many people who cheat outside, and they look at money first!
If she entered the royal family, she would forget about being the legitimate princess, as she was not qualified. She also could not reach the level that the emperor gave to meritorious officials and dignitaries as tools for marriage alliances, which meant that she had no use at all.
Unless His Majesty is afraid of a powerful minister, and gives him a legitimate wife who sounds good but has no effect as a warning! But how can she live like that? Isn't it just following in her mother's footsteps, or even worse than her mother!
She must enjoy life, not live a hard life! Well, let's take it one step at a time! I can only try to find a better boss for myself, who can give her a high bonus and salary...
At this time, Gu Yingyue came in with red eyes, and sat by the bed silently crying. Cui Xiaoxiao handed her a handkerchief, and then ignored her, continuing to read books but actually watching performances and handsome men!
"Xiaoxiao, just watch me cry like this? Why don't you comfort me?" Gu Yingyue probably calmed down, or maybe she felt that it was meaningless to cry alone with no one to comfort her or ask about her, so she stopped crying!
"Do you need comfort? I don't know how to comfort you." Cui Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows. This was the first time she showed girlish emotions!
"You can ask me even if you don't know the situation!" If it were her, she would do the same.
"If you don't want to tell me, this involves other people's privacy. You can't refuse me, and you don't want to gossip about others behind their backs. If I ask you, you will be very embarrassed. If you want to tell me, you will tell me naturally when you calm down."
"I...actually there's nothing to hide about this! My best friend was framed by a friend we both know and lost the election. She's very sad." Gu Yingyue hesitated for a moment, but still said it.
"Well, she should be sad when this happens!" Cui Xiaoxiao answered sincerely.
"I'm sad too. We used to hang out together! My best friend even found someone else to exchange rooms with so that we could live together and take care of each other. How can a person change so quickly? Can she throw away our relationship of so many years just for a talent show? How could she have the heart to do that?"
"Maybe she was like this from the beginning! It's just that she disguised herself well and you didn't see it. Or maybe she was jealous of you. Is her family's conditions not as good as yours?
There is another possibility. This is a talent show. There are many excellent girls in all aspects, but few excellent boys. So one less person means one less competitor, and she has one more chance to marry into a good family.
Anyway, you have money, power, and your family will spoil you, so you won't have any trouble finding a good husband. If she loses this opportunity, she might marry a man she doesn't like. So, you should start with the person you are most familiar with and eliminate your opponent, so that you have a better chance of success!
It's fine at ordinary times, but this is related to her lifelong event. Compared with the friendship between sisters and this lifelong event, which one is more important is obvious at a glance. You are not sisters! Sometimes, even sisters can't be harmonious for the sake of interests, and they calculate against each other! "Cui Xiaoxiao said calmly.
"Is it really like this?" Gu Yingyue fell into deep thought after hearing Cui Xiaoxiao's words.
Cui Xiaoxiao let her think about it herself while she continued watching her own show!
Then they were made to laugh out loud by a talent show. A dancing girl somehow failed to control her strength and kicked the paint in front of a painting girl away.
As luck would have it, the paint just happened to hit the head of one of the judges' concubines, and the red paint splashed all over her head, face and body.
The dancing girl was frightened and stood there like a fool, not knowing how to react!
At this moment, it was as if the pause button was pressed. No one moved, and the accompanying musical instruments and singing team also stopped.
At this time, no one knew who was being rude and said, "Good luck~ to you!"
When she spoke these words a few breaths ago, no one could probably hear them clearly. But now it was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. These four words were extremely clear and everyone heard them.
Many people were so irritated by these four words that their faces turned red. Many people covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and their shoulders were shaking. But this occasion was really not suitable for laughing. Anyone who laughed out loud would definitely be hated!
The concubine was stunned for a long time before she realized that she was in trouble. She screamed "Ah~~Ah~~"
"Empress~"
"Empress~"
"Empress Shufei~~"
The scene was chaotic for a time!
Seeing this mess, the imperial concubine thought that the selection would definitely not be held. Fortunately, it was time for lunch. She had no choice but to announce the suspension of the selection and let the remaining girls go back to eat and rest, and continue in the afternoon!
"What book are you reading? Is it so funny?" Cui Xiaoxiao's laughter interrupted Gu Yingyue's thoughts!
"Sorry, it's not the book that's funny, but I thought of something funny. What? Are you not sad now?" Cui Xiaoxiao diverted her attention.
"Sad! But I'm much better, thank you!"
"Unkind!"
At this time, there was some noise outside, and the concubines had all returned to eat.
Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch for the time being, Cui Xiaoxiao took a nice nap to get enough energy to continue watching handsome men and beautiful women in the afternoon.
When the time came, Cui Xiaoxiao spent some money and asked Yongqiu to go to the kitchen to buy a few plates of cakes and nuts, and also made a pot of tea.
Soon the six concubines arrived, but the cozy and relaxed atmosphere of the morning was gone. The concubine did not smile at all during the whole process, and often scolded the concubines who performed poorly or made small mistakes.
This caused many concubines to become extremely nervous, and once they were nervous they were prone to making mistakes, and their performances were not up to their usual level, which made Concubine Shu's words even more insulting.
The Imperial Concubine was the first to lose patience. "Alright, Concubine Shu, stop it. It was just an accident, and you've been making a fuss for so long, that's enough. If you really don't like staying here, you can go back, and we can still have the selection. As long as we report the situation, I believe the Emperor and the Empress won't blame us."
"That's right, Sister Shufei, I don't want to do that either. Besides, wasn't that concubine eliminated by you? She has already exchanged her lifelong happiness for the price of this mistake, why are you still fussing about it?
Besides, they didn't offend you, so why do you keep picking on others? Is it necessary to make such a fuss? Look how scared you made them. As the emperor's concubines, we should be more generous!"
"You, the paint didn't fall on you, but you are talking without any pain in your waist..."
"Alright, Concubine Shu! Do you want outsiders to see that there is discord among the six palaces and the harem? What would the emperor think if he knew how you treated the court officials and meritorious officials?"
Concubine Shu was furious, but her rationality prevented her from losing her temper and she calmed down a little. They were right, each concubine represented a family, and she couldn't make too many enemies for her son.
The draft is back to normal!
However, the talent show in the afternoon was not as good as in the morning, and no one danced. Even the painting area and the piano were moved to a different location, further away.
But the number of people eliminated in the afternoon still far exceeded that in the morning.
Cui Xiaoxiao also persisted and watched to the end, only then did she feel satisfied.
However, the story of Concubine Shu accidentally getting hit on the head by paint was still spread because too many people knew about it. Especially the allusion of good fortune, even the emperor knew about it, he laughed and said it was interesting!
Concubine Shu was furious, but she had no idea what to do and could only vent her temper in her own palace.
The concubines who failed the re-selection packed up their things and left the palace that same day, leaving the entire palace looking much emptier.
The day after the re-election, some people were ready to move to a new dormitory. After one of them successfully moved, many of the concubines took their money and went to see their nannies!
Gu Yingyue looked at Cui Xiaoxiao with a look of hesitation, and Cui Xiaoxiao looked at her with amusement. "Why are you looking at me? If you want to move, just move. Don't worry about me. How can one person live comfortably with two people? There's no need to put yourself in a difficult position. If you don't want to move, then I will!"
"No, let me move! Haha!" After saying that, she took the silver and went to find the nanny.
When I got back, I started packing my luggage to move. The luggage wasn't too much, so I packed it quickly. "Xiaoxiao, I'll find you to play."
"Okay! Go ahead!" Cui Xiaoxiao saw him off with a smile. Finally, she could live in a room by herself.
After that, the concubines started to interact more with the ladies in the palace. After all, many concubines might marry into the mansions of their sons, and no one wanted to pick a troublemaker to bring unrest to their son's mansion.
If possible, it is best to choose someone who is knowledgeable, interesting and can help your son. If you meet the right one, even if you can't get a high position, don't you still have a wife and concubines!
All the concubines who had sons started to get busy. At first, the concubines were fine and followed the rules. This concubine called this concubine to talk, and the other concubines tacitly did not call her!
But Concubine Shu always felt that her selection was not to her liking and that all the good ones had been picked by others. She wanted to see what kind of concubines they had chosen!
She chose two people, Concubine Ning and Concubine Chen, because she knew that these two people were very smart and had a good eye for selecting people. Haven't you seen that the servants they chose were obedient, smart, and loyal?
So she sent servants to keep an eye on these two people to see what kind of beauties they picked. She immediately invited the beauties to her palace and chat with them.
Then she found out that her choice was not as good as others', so she started to replace the one she originally wanted to marry her son with some she thought were better!
But others don’t want to do it!
So it was a mess. Today this empress summoned a concubine to drink tea, tomorrow that empress summoned a concubine to appreciate paintings... everyone was very busy!
Some of the concubines who had not been talked to by the palace maid became restless after seeing this situation. Not willing to be outdone, they began to use money to build connections in various ways.