After having dinner with the seemingly amiable lady in Qing'an Hall, Zhang Shou couldn't help but feel very excited when he looked at the east wing, which had been opened three times and the maids and maids were busy hanging up countless lamps and lighting up the room.
I want to ask this question.
Of course, looking at Mrs. Tai's age, she seems to be more than enough to be his grandmother, let alone his great-grandmother. Thinking about it, even if he is allowed to live in Qing'an Hall, no one in the entire Zhu family will criticize this man who does not avoid taboos between men and women.
It was long enough to wait until the women in the room finally gradually left. When they left, there was still laughter outside. He glanced at Qi Liang and Deng Xiaodai, who didn't know where to put their hands and feet, and then coughed.
"Xiao Qi, how much do you remember about the articles you tried to write before? Try to recite them to me."
Qi Liang was just stunned for a moment, and all the complicated emotions that he felt when he first entered a wealthy family were completely gone in an instant. He took a deep breath and said as calmly as possible: "In addition to the classics and meanings of the first test, Qi Liang
It’s just two articles on current affairs and three articles on current affairs, and yes, I also took an arithmetic test. The subjects of the government examination have just been readjusted this year, and I heard that it is Wang Fuyin’s new policy..."
Deng Xiaodai sat quietly aside, listening to Qi Liang racking his brains to recall the articles he had written a few days ago. He recalled in his mind the whirlwind experience he had experienced after entering the household in Shuntian Mansion, and unknowingly twisted his mind.
He moved his fingers and frowned slightly.
There were countless marriage documents archived in the entire household, and the marriage documents of the top dignitaries' families were not easily accessible to a junior official at his level. However, hard work paid off, and he finally took a look at the loophole and transferred the marriage documents of Zhao Guogong's mansion.
Those case files. It can be said that he even checked the birthplace and background of Zhao Guogong Zhu Jingyuan and his wife Xuxian for three generations, but Zhu Ying's marriage certificate...
There is no marriage certificate for Zhu Ying in the office room of Shuntian Prefecture!
But just now I saw the Madam’s attitude towards her young husband, it was clearly as if she was towards her own junior, much warmer than the attitude of an average grandmother towards her prospective grandson-in-law.
Could it be that the so-called finger-to-tip marriage was just a verbal agreement back then, before the marriage contract was issued?
In the east wing, Qi Liang was reciting his article. Outside the door of the east wing, Ah Liu was standing there. No one asked him to do this. Zhang Shou even asked him to go in with him when he entered the room just now. However, he
But he insisted on staying outside the door, turning a blind eye to the peeping glances of the girls and servants on the corridor and in the yard.
In the main room, the wife was still sitting in the center, turning the beads one by one between her fingers, but her eyes were a little dull. It wasn't until Mother Li came in that she got rid of that dazed mood.
"Madam, the eldest lady has gone back. Before I left, she repeatedly warned me not to neglect Mr. Shou. She also mentioned that Mr. Shou saved her on the night of August 14th..."
"Stop talking!" Mrs. Tai suddenly interrupted Mother Li's words, and then sighed softly, "Hua Qi had already said it when she sent the message. I can also see that he is a woman with a rift in her chest and courage.
A good boy with good looks and courage, I think back then..."
As soon as Mother Li heard the words "think back to the beginning", she turned around and saw Mother Jiang guarding the door like a door god, just like Ah Liu in the east wing. She had just come back in a hurry, not caring about being overbearing or disrespectful.
She complained loudly: "Madam, why do you still think about those old things? How many years have passed."
"I can't help but think about it."
The madam's eyes were blurred and she smiled sadly.
"Back then, Concubine Yu and Jiu Niang, who were pregnant with Liujia, were close friends, and became pregnant one after another. As a result, they were extremely restless. That day, they persuaded the emperor and Jing'er to go and burn incense together incognito, praying for safety during childbirth. Who could
Thinking that Ye Shuren would detect the matter and take the opportunity to collude with the Maitreya cult bandits to cause turmoil, Concubine Yu and Jiuniang forced Jing'er to lead someone to escort the emperor to leave first, and the two women escaped to the courtyard of the servants."
Mother Li looked complicated and said in a low voice: "My master has been feeling guilty for this matter all these years. It is said that the emperor is the same, otherwise Empress Yu would not have only one daughter, Princess Yongping, but she would dominate the harem."
The madam didn't seem to hear anything, but her knuckles holding the beads turned a little white from the exertion.
"Concubine Yu and Jiuniang met Widow Zhang, a scholar who also fled here with a big belly. Widow Zhang also took a bloody sickle, saying that she had injured a rebel soldier. Jiuniang has some martial arts skills.
, Concubine Yu was not a delicate woman, and together with Widow Zhang who was ruthless in order to save her posthumous son, the three women deceived several rebels and worked together to kill people, seize weapons, and escape through the side door."
"The three of them replaced their bloody clothes with monk's robes found in the temple. They hid in Widow Zhang's home not far from the temple. Unexpectedly, she suffered from labor pains. It was Widow Zhang who desperately tried to knock on Wen Po's door next door, but
Unexpectedly, that Wen Po happened to be very drunk. If Widow Zhang hadn’t kept a girl named Wu who was a cook at home, the three of us wouldn’t know what would have happened.”
Mother Li wanted to continue to interrupt: "So every time it's the Mid-Autumn Festival for the eldest lady's birthday, doesn't the master do his best to make arrangements for it?"
However, Mrs. Tai had no intention of stopping and continued to talk to herself: "Jiuniang and Concubine Yu's child was born smoothly. Po Wen just said it was a girl and put it aside. But Widow Zhang never gave birth, and Wu
She was so frightened that she panicked. Jiuniang and Yufei were weak and couldn't help. Widow Zhang was also ruthless. She actually asked Wenpo to ignore her and just go to the knife. When she was born, she fainted when she heard that she was a boy.
It’s over.”
"All three children were born prematurely. They were only a tiny bit big. If it hadn't been for the hot weather in autumn that year, I'm afraid they wouldn't have survived."
"When Hua Qi led people to find them, they found that there were one boy, two girls, and three children in the house. Concubine Yu and Jiuniang were healthy and saved their lives, but Widow Zhang had just died due to heavy bleeding, and Mrs. Wu was crying bitterly. But the two
But the girl couldn't tell who was who. After she woke up, Po Wen was frightened and frightened by Hua Qi's interrogation. She didn't know anything about her after asking her questions. Mrs. Wu didn't even have time to cry, so how could she know this? "
Thinking of the war and turmoil that year, Mrs. Tai felt her forehead and temples twitching, as if she thought of the past of mobilizing the Ding family generals in the mansion to search for their daughter-in-law and Yufei. The subsequent disputes made her sigh deeply.
"When the matter was brought to the Queen Mother, she was in trouble about how to raise these three children. I originally wanted to take the boy home with me, but Jing'er told the emperor that these three children were born on the same day in the same year and month, and the boy was
He can be raised in the Zhu family, or even in the royal family, but in the future, if he is seduced by a traitor with his life experience, rumors may spread all over the sky. It is better to leave him outside and find a good teacher to teach him."
"As for the girls, whether they are the royal princess or the daughter of the Zhu family, our families can pick whichever one we want to raise, and we will not pamper and pamper them too much. In the future, if the son of the widow Zhang is handsome, we will marry no matter which girl we marry.
In the past, it was a good marriage, and it was considered as a reward for her and Jiuniang Yufei's escape together, taking them in, and asking for the kindness of Po Wen. As for the widow Zhang, we have to wait until the children grow up."
"The Wu family asked Widow Zhang to raise a boy because of her great kindness to her. She also said that Widow Zhang had long named the child A Shou. Because the turmoil had just subsided at that time, some people in the court even took the opportunity to criticize the Queen Mother.
Jing'er asked the emperor for instructions and sent some veterans to protect him. He also sent the cunning and shrewd old Liu Tou and his wife to arrange for Wu to pick up Ah Liu."
"Fortunately, she doesn't know the identity of Concubine Yu, and she only thinks that she is a member of the family of my Duke Zhao."
As the wife spoke, she shook her head and laughed dumbly: "Except for Jing'er and Jiuniang, the only people in the house who know about this past are you and A Jiang."
"Ah Shou has been sick and weak since she was a child, and the Wu family is like a hen protecting its chicks. Jing'er knew that she was also the daughter of a scholar's family, but she was exiled to Widow Zhang's house due to misfortune, so she pretended to be a peddler and sent some books there. I heard that the child could read.
Come on, my health is too bad. When Taishi Ge passed away that year, Ah Shou didn't come out. From then on, Jing'er never mentioned the marriage in front of me."
"If I hadn't had a sudden thought this time, I would have thought that I would take the matter to the grave. When I choose a good time, I will tell Ah Shou everything. It's just a matter of the ban. I need to discuss it with Concubine Yu first, and then go to the Queen Mother