Mrs. He wiped her tears, suddenly felt her throat itch, and then turned her back and coughed violently.
He Shaoting's eyes were full of worry, but he couldn't do anything, so he hurried back to the house and brought her warm water.
Mrs. He took the white porcelain cup he handed over and drank a few sips of water one after another, only to feel that her throat finally felt a lot more comfortable. Seeing him looking at him worriedly, he couldn't help but patted the back of his hand lovingly: "Don't worry, aunt is fine."
"Well." He Shaoting lowered his head to hide the tears in his eyes, and the urn sounded back angrily.
Mrs. He could only pretend that she didn't hear his nasal voice, and said with a smile, "Aunt suddenly wants to eat the little meat porridge made by Brother Ting!"
"I'll do it for you now." He Shaoting quickly wiped away tears.
"Don't be in a hurry, I'm not hungry right now, I'll talk about it when the guests are gone. It's just that my brother-in-law is so capable, capable of both civility and martial arts, he can cut tea and boil water for cooking, and I don't know in the future. Which girl has such a blessing." Mrs. He pretended to be relaxed.
The young man was thin-skinned. He blushed when he heard his aunt's joking words, and said like a gnat, "I'm still young..."
Mrs. He teased: "I'm young again now? Who said yesterday that he's grown up and can take care of a family?"
He Shaoting blushed and murmured, but he couldn't say a word to refute.
Mrs. He couldn't hide her straight laughter, which made the young man lower his head even more and his ears turned red.
"Just now, Aunt Agen told me that there were people from the capital looking for you two or three years ago, as if they were sending letters and things. I was thinking that Xu is the young master of the Tang Mansion. Do you want to find an opportunity to return the letter? Letter to him?" After a while, she asked with a smile.
He Shaoting was stunned for a moment, and instantly remembered the child who could lie quietly under the tree and poking at the ant's nest, and the little girl who was stunned.
After leaving the capital that year, they did not go back here, but went to the old house of the He family, and then went to Anping County to pay homage to their mother. At the insistence of his aunt, his mother's grave in Anping County was moved back to the He's ancestral tomb, and Aunt Tian was also placed in a cemetery not far from the He's ancestral tomb.
This may go against his aunt's intention, but after all, his surname is He, and his mother is also a member of the He family, so he should be buried in the He's ancestral grave.
He lowered his eyes, and there was a faint smile on his lips, but in the end, he still shook his head: "No need."
Mrs. He's answer to him was not too surprising: "That's fine."
"He's sister-in-law, congratulations! Huh? Is this your nephew? You haven't seen him for a few years, and he's grown so big?" A late-arriving guest came over to congratulate her, and when she saw the tall and straight young man beside her, she couldn't help but a few surprised.
"Thank you very much, but it's not my nephew. Children, they always grow faster. It seems that in the blink of an eye, they have grown so big from just a little bit." Mrs. He smiled and greeted.
He Shaoting had been following her closely, paying attention to her all the time. Seeing the tired expression on her face, he hurriedly stepped forward to help her rest for a while, and then he took her place to greet the guests.
Looking at the young man who obviously didn't like to talk much and didn't like to be in contact with people very much, at this moment, he tried to imitate her appearance and greeted the guests, pretending to be calm and enduring all kinds of jokes from the guests.
She sighed lowly, only feeling that it was a blessing from her previous life that her unsatisfactory brother could have such a son. Even if this child is not shed by the blood of the He family.
Suddenly, her throat felt uncomfortable again. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed. After the cough passed, she slowly looked at the handkerchief in her hand. In the center of the originally white handkerchief, a bright red bloodstain appeared impressively.
"Aunt." The boy came with a somewhat hoarse voice, she hurriedly closed her palms, covered the blood on the handkerchief, and turned her questioning eyes to the boy.
"Auntie, the guests are all gone. I'll make you a little meat porridge. Would you like to go back to the house and rest for a while? I'll call you after I've cooked the porridge?"
"No need, I'll just sit here for a while, if you're busy, go ahead!" Mrs. He said softly.
He Shaoting was not reluctant, he responded and went to the kitchen room.
It was not until the slightly frail figure of the young man could no longer be seen, that Mrs. He lowered her head and looked at the blood on the handkerchief for a long time and was speechless.
The daughter is married, and the son-in-law is an honest child. The two of them live their lives in a down-to-earth way, and she has nothing to worry about. The only thing she worried about was the child Tingge'er. Although the two were nominally aunts and nephews, she had treated him as her own son all these years, and that child was also a sensible one.
No, it's just too sensible, sensible enough to teach her distressed.
If she is gone, and Sister Fang has her own little home, where will this child go? Will there be a good girl to take care of him in the future
In the kitchen, He Shaoting was washing rice with his head down. With a tick, a teardrop fell into the rice washing water. He rubbed the rice grains with his hands, and the sound of the water clattered over the uninterrupted 'tick tick'.
After he cooked the porridge, he put it in a porcelain bowl, and then put it in the water for a town. After the temperature was moderate, he went to find Mrs. He, but found Mrs. He sitting on the Taishi chair in the main hall and dozing off.
"Aunt, aunt, the porridge is ready. Aunt, aunt..." He first gently pushed Mrs. He's arm and whispered, but unexpectedly Mrs. He, who was usually a light sleeper, didn't respond at all.
His heart tightened, he pushed with a little force, and shouted again with a trembling voice: "Auntie, wake up, I have already cooked the porridge. Aunt, get up quickly, don't go to sleep, if you sleep again, the porridge will be ready. It's cold, aunt..."
What responded to him was Mrs. He's inaudible breath.
His voice was getting louder and louder, and his hands were shaking more and more: "Aunt, Aunt..."
After a long while, Mrs. He's eyelids trembled and she slowly opened her eyes, she heard the boy in front of him suddenly burst into tears, crying and saying, "Why did you sleep so deeply, you're going to scare me to death? , the porridge is ready, you still haven't woken up to eat..."
Mrs. He was stunned. After a long time, she gently patted her nephew who was crying like a child, "What a stupid child, why are you crying? Aunt is too tired, so she fell asleep. I didn't hear Brother Ting's voice for a while. Didn't he say that the porridge was already cooked? Aunt just felt hungry, so I'll bring it to my aunt to taste it and see if Brother Ting's craftsmanship has improved."
He Shaoting carelessly wiped away a handful of tears, said 'um', and stared at her seriously for a while, and then he took a few steps back and brought out the prepared porridge.
Three days later, Sister Fang returned to the door, looked at her ruddy face, and then looked at the sight of her son-in-law Ge Qingyun on her from time to time, the smile on Mrs. He's face deepened a bit, and the big stone in her heart finally fell completely.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the newlywed husband and his mother talking, Sister Fang took He Shaoting aside and asked him in a low voice how his mother was doing these days.
He Shaoting pretended to be relaxed and said, "Sister, don't worry, perhaps because my sister has a good brother-in-law, my aunt's spirit has improved a lot these days. On the day you got married, she even asked me to cook her porridge!"
"That's it." A smile finally appeared on Sister Fang's face.
He Shaoting looked at her and smiled slightly, but the smile was not as wide as his eyes. Unfortunately, Sister Fang didn't notice it, and walked briskly towards her mother and husband.
He Shaoting lowered his eyes to hide the faint tears in his eyes.
Ge Qingyun choked and assured in a low voice: "Mother, please rest assured, since I am married to Fang'er, her younger brother is naturally my younger brother, even if I lose a bite of my meal, they will never lose their sister. brothers."
Mrs. He sighed, and a relieved smile finally bloomed on her face.
After Ge Qingyun and Sister Fang left, He Shaoting never dared to leave He Niangzi for half a step, and he took care of him with relief, but he could only see that He Niangzi's spirit was worsening day by day, and it was time to compare. Hard to wake up once.
Finally, one morning half a year later, no matter how he cried, Mrs. He never opened her eyes to look at him again.
After finishing Mrs. He's funeral, He Shaoting packed his luggage in silence and followed Ge Qingyun and his wife out of the home where they had lived for a long time.
Seeing that the door was locked, his face was blank.
Surely they can't be kept? Grandmother, mother, aunt, and aunt...
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It was also in this year that the Empress also put the matter of choosing a concubine for the prince Zhao Yuande on the agenda. Every day, many imperial wives were ordered to bring their daughters, who were the best in their mansion, and who were similar in age to the prince, frequently in and out of Fengzao Palace. .
Xu Yunyao sat in the pavilion of Fengzao Palace, looking at the fairy-like girls who came in and out, she couldn't help but touched the fifth princess beside her: "Does the Empress have a candidate in mind?"
The fifth princess was solving the nine series, and she said without hesitation: "Yes, the mother and the queen prefer sister Wanjing, and the father also thinks that sister Wanjing is more suitable."
"Then what about your crown prince? Do you also like Sister Wanjing?" Xu Yunyao asked again.
"Brother the crown prince... Then I don't know. Sister Wanjing is so good-looking and good-looking, the crown prince should like it too!" The fifth princess replied casually.
Xu Yunyao was noncommittal.
In her last life, she worked in Zhao Yuande's East Palace for a few years. When it comes to favoring, Xu Wanjing, the crown princess, is far inferior to the crown prince Liangdi and Peng Yuqi. It's just that Xu Wanjing has the support of the empress behind her. No matter how the crown prince will maintain her dignity as a crown princess, that's all there is to it.
It's Peng Yuqi...
She thought about the Peng Yuqi she had known in her life. She was as dignified and graceful as Xu Wanjing. It was really difficult to associate her with the charming and bold Peng Liangdi in her previous life.
But she thought again that being a wife and being a concubine are not the same after all. It is often said that a good wife is a beautiful concubine, and Peng Yuqi is also the daughter of a Hou family.
It's a pity that God does not obey people's wishes, and in the end, she can only submit to Xu Wanjing and become the prince's liangdi.
Although Prince Liangdi sounds nice, in the final analysis, she is only the prince's concubine.
"It's not fun anymore, it's not fun at all." After so long, the five princesses finally got impatient, got up and pulled Xu Yunyao, "Little Tangtang, let's Go and practice the whip!"
Since the five-year-old Xu Yunyao shocked several princesses and their companions with a whip, the fifth princess also clamored to play whip with her. Of course Xu Yunyao wouldn't refuse, but it's a pity that although she can play the whip like a tiger, she has to teach others... After all, it's a half-ass.
However, the fifth princess didn't care. Every day when she had time, she took a whip and threw it with a 'crackling' sound. The destruction of flowers, plants, tables, chairs and chairs caused countless headaches to the queen.
On the contrary, Emperor Tianxi laughed when he heard about it, only that the little girl was a woman and did not let her men down, but her kung fu was a little inferior. But this is not a big deal, just ask a teacher to teach and teach.
Also because of the emperor's words, Xu Yunyao and the fifth princess were able to play the whip with the master in an open and honest manner. Xu Yunyao, who was already very skilled at playing, benefited the most. It seems like it looks like it, but after all, there are many flaws. After some guidance from the famous teacher, the little girl's whip skills improved by leaps and bounds.
What makes her most happy is that because of the emperor's words, the whip in her hand was given to her by the Fifth Princess. Stop her from practicing the whip, and teach Nguyen what kind of remorse she feels in her heart.
I thought that after entering the palace to learn the rules, the little girl who was a little wild in nature could restrain a little, but she did not expect her to become more aggressive. Not only that, but now they can still 'practice the whip under the decree', and there is no way to teach people to take her.
Xu Yunyao let the fifth princess pull herself away from the Fengzao Palace, but she didn't expect to see Xu Wanjing approaching just after walking out of the palace gate.
Two years ago, Xu Wanjing’s grandfather, Zhongshu Ling Xu Lingru, passed away, and the status of Xu’s residence in Beijing was not as good as it was before. Won the crown of the princess in one fell swoop.
Xu Wanjing herself is determined to win the crown princess position. In the past few years in the palace, her etiquette has become more and more thorough.
Seeing the fifth princess and Xu Yunyao at this moment, she stepped forward with a smile, first gave a standard palace ceremony to the fifth princess, and said a few words with the fifth princess, both familiar and intimate, and during this period He didn't ignore Xu Yunyao either, it really made people feel good when they saw it.
"I saw that Yao sister seemed to grow taller again. If you go at this speed, she will definitely be a very tall girl in the future." She took Xu Yunyao's hand and looked up and down, and said softly.
Xu Yunyao nodded with a smile.
"I've grown taller and thinner, and I'm not as cute as before. It would be great if I was still as chubby as before!" The fifth princess sighed suddenly, with a look of pity on her face.
Xu Yunyao just pretended not to hear it.
Xu Wanjing was a little funny, but she was envious of the two people's childhood together. At least it's much better than their couple of princesses and companions.
I don't know when the flattery Jingyan Wu floated out, and floated to the fifth princess's side, staring at her with her arms folded and said: "No, Yaoyao was cute before, and she is just as cute now! She will always be cute in the future!"
When Xu Yunyao looked at her, she knew that she was learning the movements of the Fifth Princess, and she was a little helpless.
People in the world often say, 'Those who are close to Zhu are red, those who are close to ink are black'. In the past few years in the palace, Yan Wu did not learn anything else, but learned a lot of strange things from the Fifth Princess.
Xu Wanjing smiled and said to the fifth princess: "Sister Yao used to be chubby and cute, but now she looks slim, doesn't she look like a little fairy?"
The fifth princess carefully looked at her little companion reading, stroking her chin as if she was pondering, and after a while, she reluctantly said: "Okay, it's also pretty."
Xu Junyao really wanted to give her a roll of eyes.
Anyway, she doesn't know how satisfied she is with her current figure. She is not as soft as before, she is slim and handsome, even better than her previous life.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that because Yan Wu wore the face of her previous life all day and did some strange things, it unknowingly affected her judgment on her appearance in her previous life.
But these are not important, the important thing is that she will be an outstanding beauty when she grows up! she thought happily.
The three of them chatted and laughed and walked forward. Xu Wanjing didn't talk too much, but occasionally a few words could provoke the Fifth Princess, causing her to speak again happily.
Xu Yunyao continued to pretend to be innocent and cute and cooperated with the crazy words of the fifth princess. In this way, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
"His Royal Highness, please stay, the court lady's sleeve was caught by a flower branch, and I dare not lose my way in front of Your Highness." Suddenly, a woman's sweet voice came from nowhere. Xu Yunyao was stunned at first, but soon recognized the voice. The owner is Peng Yuqi, raising her eyebrows slightly.
Your Highness? Could it be... Prince
Sure enough, the next moment, she heard the words of Prince Zhao Yuande again.
"Sister Yuqi is joking, her beauty is peerless, and her manners are infinite, how can she lose her appearance because her sleeve is hooked by a flower branch!"
"His Royal Highness..." Peng Yuqi's somewhat coquettish words came again, Xu Yunyao glanced at Xu Wanjing subconsciously, seeing that the smile on her face had already froze, and her eyes were even more annoyed.
She lowered her eyes and looked at her hands, which were tightly wrapped around the veil, and shook her head invisibly.
In the end, you are still young, and your effort is not enough! Whenever Peng Yuqi flirts with the prince in front of her, she can keep her face straight, that's the real practice.
After the footsteps of the prince and Peng Yuqi faded away, the fifth princess suddenly woke up and said, "It turns out that the prince and the prince prefer sister Yuqi!"
Xu Yunyao managed to see Xu Wanjing's face a little ugly, and there was even a faint watery light in her eyes
She thought about it, could it be that Xu Wanjing had already developed a love for the prince? If that's the case, then it's no wonder that she would suffer successive losses at the hands of Peng Yuqi in her previous life.
In the battle between the harem and the harem, the most important thing is the infatuation with men. Far.
It was Peng Yuqi who surprised her a bit. She didn't expect that she would start from the prince early. It seems that she also knew that the emperor was more interested in Xu Wanjing, but she was unwilling and wanted to fight again. Focus on.
Xu Wanjing quickly calmed down and smiled again: "Let's go! I heard that the scented tea in the Palace of the Fifth Princess is unique, so I'll be cheeky to disturb a cup today."
The fifth princess smiled and said: "Not to mention one cup, ten cups is fine."
Another month later, Emperor Tianxi officially issued an decree to marry Xu Wanjing, the eldest daughter of Xu Shangbo, the eldest daughter of a scholar, as the crown prince, and Peng Yuqi, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Kangning, as the prince Liangdi. Everything was the same as in the previous life.
After the Prince Concubine and Prince Liangdi were selected, the number of palace maids in the East Palace should naturally increase accordingly. The Queen selected more than ten maids from the batch of palace maids who had just entered the palace the previous year to fill the East Palace. Teach them the rules.
Xu Yunyao and the fifth princess sat next to the queen, one by one, and the two of you coaxed the queen with every word, and those words only made the queen smile endlessly.
"Niangniang, the female official Fangyi is waiting for the order." A palace maid came in to report.
"Xuan."
When Xu Yunyao heard the word 'Fangyi', she looked at the door subconsciously, until a familiar and unfamiliar figure appeared at the door. The face was getting closer and clearer. She used to respect Fang Yi like a mother.
Sure enough...
Her eyes flickered slightly. She doesn't have to do anything, she just needs to wait quietly, everything will happen like in her previous life, Tuyi, Fangyi, will there be another 'Xu Yunyao' appearing in the near future
In the early spring of the following year, the prince married the prince concubine, and three months later, the East Palace welcomed the prince Liangdi Peng Yuqi. At this time, the news of the riots in the frontier was frequently sent back to the capital, teaching Emperor Tianxi not to be angry.
In particular, the Xidi people are the most serious, who have repeatedly detained and disturbed the people, and have long aroused public anger by burning, killing, and looting.
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He Shaoting moved the chopped firewood into the firewood room one by one, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, washed his hands, and was about to go to find Sister Fang, when he passed through the main room and heard the sound of Sister Fang. Miao's mother-in-law had a somewhat sharp voice.
"Our family doesn't open a shantang, and such a big boy eats and drinks here for free, and has no face?!"
"Mother, how can brother Ting eat and drink for free? Everyone can see how capable he is. If he does it alone every day, it will be worth the two adults in our family." Ge Qingyun Brother-in-law argues hard.
"He's staying at our house, shouldn't he do some work for us? Could it be that we still expect us to treat him like a son and a young master? If you want me to tell you, you shouldn't have brought him back in the first place. His surname is not Ge. , Erbu's surname Zeng, what does it have to do with you? Those who should be cared for and raised are also from their old He family!"
"The He family is long gone. Where can he go as a child? Mother, they all said..."
He silently turned to leave.
The next day, Ge Qingyun and Sister Fang were teasing their daughter when they saw He Shaoting walk in with a look of joy.
"Sister, brother-in-law, I found a good job."
Sister Fang was stunned: "What's the errand?"
"Sister, do you still remember that I helped a escort when I was a child? I don't think that the escort is now the head escort. I ran into him on the street yesterday, and he knew that I was looking for an errand, so he asked me if I wanted to go. Help at his escort? There's a full dagger of money every month!"
When Sister Fang thought about it, it really happened, and when she heard that it was as much as a coin, she couldn't help but feel a little overjoyed.
On the other hand, Ge Qingyun frowned and asked a lot of questions uneasy, but He Shaoting's answer could not pick out the slightest fault. After thinking about it, he was relieved.
Either way, it's better to go out on a business trip than to be scolded and scolded at home.
Two days later, after Ge Qingyun and his wife sent them off again and again, He Shaoting left the Ge family, who had lived for less than a year.
When he walked out of Gejia Village in the distance, the smile on his face finally faded, and he looked around blankly.
The world is so big that he doesn't know where to go...