Prince Hui's mansion, on a bed of yellow pear wood with ruyi cloud patterns, lay a thin woman.
If you don't specify her identity, no one would have guessed that this person is the former Crown Princess and the current Concubine Hui Wu. Although Wu's was not born with the beauty of a city, she was also dignified and beautiful, but her complexion was sallow, skinny, and frighteningly thin.
The eldest son Zhao Zuo stood in front of the couch and said in a gentle voice: "Concubine Mother, my son's wedding will be five days away. I hope your illness will recover as soon as possible. Yan'er has a gentle temperament and good conduct. She will be filial to you..."
Zhao Zuo talked a lot, from what was the betrothal gift, to where the new house was arranged, and how the Wu family reacted, everything went too far. ,
When the maid next to him saw such a considerate and caring son, his eyes were full of surprises, and he thought again and again that the son was really filial. These maidservants are all new maidservants who moved into Prince Hui's mansion. It is said that the maids around Princess Hui were all replaced because of their bad temper after illness.
These maids were thinking about it, but they didn't notice the horror in the eyes of Princess Hui lying on the couch, and her facial expression was a little distorted.
In fact, even if they saw it, they probably wouldn't think about it too much. The princess was so sick that she was paralyzed on the couch and couldn't even move. It's also fortunate that he was born in the palace, if he was in an ordinary family, he would probably have died of such a disease. But let them see, the days of the concubine are not many, even if the son is filial to his mother, he is still tossing about making happy things.
"The concubine mother is probably tired, so my son will not bother me. Please take good care of the concubine mother. The son is still waiting for you to drink this bowl of daughter-in-law tea."
Zhao Zuo helped Princess Hui tuck the quilt, and told the maids a few words before leaving.
Concubine Hui suddenly took a deep breath, and she collapsed on the couch. If she listened carefully, she could hear the creaking sound of tiny bones. This is caused by being frozen for a long time.
"Your Majesty, you are working hard again, take a rest, and this servant will help you wipe off your sweat."
Just letting a few maids toss back and forth to wipe themselves, Princess Hui felt desolate in her heart.
She was still a high-ranking princess before, but now she has become like this. He died, it is said, a terrible death. This is said to be naturally according to King Hui. When that incident first happened, King Hui would come to beat Princess Hui every day when he was drunk, and that's what he said at that time.
Princess Hui didn't want to live a long time ago, but whether she could live or not, she didn't care. It is impossible for the royal family to let such a scandal go, so she spent the first period of time safely, and then one day she fell ill.
On the day of illness, someone came to the palace, Princess Hui was also lying on the couch, and her son was also there, just outside the door. But let the dog slaves spoil her, pour a bowl of medicine down, and she can only count the days like this.
Concubine Hui knew that she had given birth to a wolf cub, and Zhao Zuo was very clever, but he was cold-hearted, not at all like a prince. But she didn't feel anything wrong with herself before, but now Princess Hui feels what it means to be cold to the bone.
This kind of cold seeps into the bones little by little. Her son watched him being drugged, without saying a word, but after that, he kept quiet every morning and evening, and even served her soup and medicine, and now he wanted to marry a wife because of her.
Princess Hui is cold, it's really cold, even though it's dog days in June, she still feels cold.
"What's the matter, Princess?" The servant girl touched Princess Hui's trembling body.
"Did you feel cold after wiping yourself?"
"Help the concubine get dressed quickly, if the concubine has something else, the son will definitely be even more sad..."
"My son is so filial..."
The sunlight shone in through the translucent panes, casting circles of beams of light on the ground. Princess Hui could only look at the floating dust in the beams of light.
The day of Zhao Zuo's big wedding will come soon, and the marriage will naturally be held in Huiwang's mansion.
Several palaces came to express their congratulations one after another, not only the men came, but also the women and children at home.
Different from before, this time Yaoniang could clearly feel the warmness of the princesses towards her, as if they were her own family, and even held her hand and said a lot of thoughtful words, which made her stunned for a while.
In the end, it was Princess Qing who solved her confusion, because Emperor Hongjing repeatedly mentioned the words of brotherhood and brotherhood, which naturally refers not only to the men, but also to the women in the family, so the palaces of several princes are harmonious like never before. .
The older ones play with the younger ones, they don't fight or fight, they all have sweet mouths, and they know how to call someone. In the past, it was always an adult who asked someone, and never took the initiative to call someone. Now it has completely changed.
The older boys are in the front yard, while the smaller boys and girls are in the back yard with their respective mothers and concubines. Concubine An and others went to visit Prince Hui's mansion, and when they came back, they had tea and gossiped. A few children who couldn't be much older were playing together crazily.
"I'm afraid sister-in-law won't live long?" Princess Wu said.
"Looking at the appearance just now, I'm afraid it won't get better." Even Princess An couldn't help sighing.
The women were a little silent, they all knew what happened in the palace that day. It was expected that Princess Hui might not survive, but there was no news about it, and she never expected that it would happen after a year.
"She looks like this, living is more uncomfortable than dying, and it's better to die." Princess Lu said.
The words are a bit harsh, but it is true.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about her, why talk about these unhappy things on the big day, talk about something else!"
Then the women started chatting about other topics, Yaoniang and Xiao Jirou looked at each other, and they were both a little sad.
At the same time, there was harmony in King Jin and the others in the front yard.
Including King Hui, in the past, he liked to say inappropriate things, but now his son is getting married, so he has restrained himself a lot.
Dai Wang always felt that Jin Wang was looking at him, and he looked over quietly several times, but Jin Wang didn't look at him. For the last time, he couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "Old Fifth, why do you always look at me?"
King Jin looked at him and blinked.
Before King Jin could speak, King Lu started talking, "Third brother, do you think Fifth brother seems to like to stare at people? Could it be that you are usually overly sensitive by girls?"
This so-called girl should be in a story, and the brothers all know it, and they all laughed when it was mentioned.
Dai Wang said: "Come on, you will make fun of the third brother."
He shook his head with a smile, as if very helpless. He was born with a square face, fine features, a pendulous nose, and thick lips. Generally speaking, Dai Wang is the most loyal and honest-looking among the brothers, and he is born with a peaceful face. Neither like Emperor Hongjing nor Queen Wei.
Don't look at King Hui who is fat and out of shape now. Before King Hui was fat, he was also beautiful and handsome. He combined all the advantages of Emperor Hongjing and Queen Wei. However, King Dai has been inconspicuous since he was born. Like a brother.
The topic of this joke was naturally diverted, and no one brought it up again, but the subsequent kings always went to see King Jin intentionally or unintentionally.
Not to mention these, just use the wedding wine, when Yaoniang and Jin Wang returned to Jin Wangfu, it was already dark.
After washing and changing clothes, Hongsi came holding a letter, "My Lady, there is a letter for you from Jinzhou."
As soon as she heard that it was Jinzhou, Yaoniang immediately took the letter to read, and it was indeed a letter from her sister.
Before the New Year's Eve last year, Yaoniang asked someone to send a carload of New Year's gifts to Jinzhou, and reported safety and the recent situation. When the guard who escorted the car came back, he also brought a letter to Yaoniang. The letter said that Hui Niang and Yao Cheng are very good, and the younger ones are also very good, so don't worry Yao Niang and live her life well.
The content of this letter is the same as the previous one, but there are a few more interesting things. Seeing Yaoniang, she wanted to laugh and cry at the same time, tears came out as she smiled.
She misses her sister.
King Jin pulled her over and hugged her: "If you really miss your sister, then pick her up and live in Beijing for a while."
Yao Niang wiped her tears: "It's still not possible, there have been so many things in Beijing recently."
"It has nothing to do with them. Don't you think that this king can't protect a few people?"
"Not yet, let's talk about it when the situation gets better."
In Yaoniang's mind, it is best for King Jin to keep a low profile at this time, her sister and brother-in-law are not afraid, but if Mrs. Li comes and messes with someone, she doesn't have to cause trouble for King Jin. Besides, as soon as she thought of her sister and brother-in-law coming, Mrs. Li would also come, so she immediately lost all interest.
It has to be said that Mrs. Li is quite capable, leaving so many psychological shadows on Yaoniang.
But Yao Niang didn't know that the Yao family was already on the way when she was talking with Jin Wang, not only the Yao family, but also the Su family.
Speaking of this, it involves the carload of New Year gifts that Yao Niangnian went to Jinzhou to send.
In fact, this matter was also arranged by King Jin, Yaoniang didn't say anything, but her heart was sweet for a few days. For this reason, King Jin has received many beauties, but of course I won't mention it here.
Naturally, the annual gift is not only for the Yao family, but the Su family is Yaoniang's natal family. Even if Yaoniang feels estranged from Su Xiucai and the others, as a daughter, it is impossible to ignore it, so the annual gift is also for Su Xiucai. Some from the Yao family, but much less than what was given to the Yao family.
But it was precisely this year's ceremony that caused this incident. The elder sister-in-law Zhu had long heard some rumors that her sister-in-law had climbed a high branch. It's just that it's just gossip, and she can't count it. She also went to Yao's house to inquire secretly, but Su Huiniang didn't want to tell her at all, so she let it go.
This year's gift was given away, even if Yaoniang had already picked up the most inconspicuous gift, how could the things sent by the majestic palace be too bad. Not only did this plunge into Zhu's heart, he just got into a fight with the Yao family.
It happened that there was an uneasy Mrs. Li at Yao's house. Although Mrs. Li was too frightened to ask what happened to her daughter, it didn't mean she was willing to see Su Yaoniang well. It was obvious that Mrs. Zhu was a vampire. As for the leech, if the Su family came forward to cause some trouble for him, Li Shi would be very happy.
So she gave Yao Niang to the prince as a concubine, and she was very favored in the palace. The cold-faced prince loved her very much, and even gave birth to a son for the prince, and told Mrs. Zhu about it.
When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she thought it was okay, her sister-in-law was actually well-off.
She knew that her sister-in-law was not a simple person, so it was fulfilled.
King Jin, King of Jinzhou! God!
When Mrs. Zhu went home and said it, the Su family was shocked. Even Su Xiucai, a sour person who disdained Adu's things, would always be distracted after sitting in the hall teaching students for many days. Zhu Shi and Su Yucheng thought together that the younger sister was well-off, so she naturally wanted to support her brother and sister-in-law, and they immediately wanted to join her. But Yaoniang went too far, even in the capital, the two of them had no money in their hands, and had never traveled far, so they dared not rush on the road.
So they couldn't help but put their minds on Su Xiucai, the two of them also knew that they didn't treat the girl well, and if they went alone, nothing good would happen, but it would be different if their parents came forward.
Su Xiucai still has to sit in the hall, so he doesn't want to travel far.
I have to say that although Su Yucheng is lazy and has no skills, he still has merits, and that is his lip service. He coaxed Su Xiucai that the capital was at the foot of the emperor, and the king of Jin was the son of the emperor. Dad, didn't you always want to be promoted to be an official, and now your son-in-law is the biggest official in the world. With such a good son-in-law, are you afraid that you won't be able to be an official? !
It has always been Su Xiucai's biggest regret to fail in the examination. As for the Jinshi, he dare not even think about it. And becoming an official is his ultimate dream. What is the purpose of studying hard for ten years? To put it bluntly, it is to turn people into officials.
Su Xiucai was tempted, and the matter would be easy to handle. After discussing it with the family, they went to Yao's family.
In fact, they were looking for Yao Cheng. To put it bluntly, this family has lived their whole life, and they have never been out of Linyun County in the farthest place. They don't know the way to the capital.
From last year to this year, Hui Niang refused to agree, and Yao Cheng naturally did not dare to agree.
Later, Su Xiucai got annoyed and asked his son to let go. Since the daughter and son-in-law didn't help, they would go on their own way. Hui Niang was helpless, she was also afraid that this group of people would go, and her younger sister was too soft-tempered to deal with it, so she could only agree.
And it was obvious that this was a big show, so Li Shi was naturally unwilling to lag behind.
In the end, the two families added up to more than a dozen people and went on the road together.
Of course, Yao Cheng took care of this matter on the road. He is now the head arrester of Linyun County, and the county magistrate also has to save some face. As soon as he heard that the Yao family was going to Beijing to visit his sister and nephew, the county magistrate helped to open up the joints and let the Su family follow the people at the post station.
This inn was originally a place where government documents were delivered, board and lodging, and horses were exchanged on the way between officials and their families. As long as there were documents issued by the government, not only the safety on the road was guaranteed, but even board and lodging were free.
It's just that this way of walking is very slow, because they have to wait everywhere they go, so Yao and Su's family set out on the road in March, and they haven't arrived until June.