Chapter Eighty-Three: Nongsang
Qin Heng was polite, and thanked Empress Chu on behalf of the emperor's sister, Princess Changrui, knowing that Empress Chu chose to see him at this moment, it was not as simple as inviting him to tea, and only smiled and waited for Queen Chu's words. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
I only heard Queen Chu sigh leisurely, stroked the green jade ring on her ring finger and said: "Under the knees of this palace, the eldest daughter is not yet thirteen, and she acts like a child, when will she be blessed like your father." ā
The implication is obvious, the daughter is young, and she will not marry her far away at present, and she will make plans in the future.
Jian'an has taken the initiative to extend an olive branch, and Xixia will naturally not let go of the opportunity to make friends for a long time, but now she is reluctant to marry the princess, and she will probably think of other ways.
The marriage between the two countries is a big deal, and Qin Heng naturally didn't expect Queen Chu to agree, and he didn't say anything about it, but he tacitly agreed.
For a few days in a row, the women outside the palace entered the palace to greet the New Year, and Murong Wei was afraid that she would be tired of the imperial grandmother, so she spent most of her time in Shoukang Palace to help socialize, which won the favor of the queen mother.
There are also Mama Bai and Mama Luo secretly mentioning points on the side from time to time, the ins and outs of each family and the relationship between in-laws are clearly sorted out, Murong Wei has some personal contacts for the imperial grandmother, rewards the court ladies, and has faintly brought some decidedness to kill in the process.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Tang Ge's old wife brought her granddaughter Tang Jia'er to meet her.
At that time, Murong Wei had just served the queen mother and took pills to rest, and when she saw that the imperial grandmother was a little sleepy with her eyes closed, she signaled the palace people not to be alarmed, and first led the two guests to the side hall to serve tea.
After listening to the report of the palace people, Mama Bai was afraid that Murong Wei would not know, so she said a few words as usual: "This Tang Ge old man has been in Beijing for a long time, but his old wife only came from the countryside of Tongzhou the year before last. There are some things that the princess is not used to, and it is also an unintentional mistake, and the princess does not need to meet her in general, so she kneels early. ā
Mama Bai was cautious in her words, and reminded Murong Wei that this old lady had lived in the countryside for a long time and didn't know much about the etiquette in the palace. If you are more serious with her, you will investigate her for the crime of dereliction, wipe the face of Tang Ge Lao, and make such a humerus minister cold in vain.
Hu Ge is an old man, Murong Wei is not impressed, she only remembers that he is a kind and rustic old man. It is worth mentioning that there was no such person in the court of the Su Duhan Millennium Kingdom in the previous life.
Xixia's important ministers who did not appear in the millennium court were all old people who were loyal to the Murong royal family, and his old wife was from the people and did not understand the rules of the palace, which showed that he was not a scheming person, so why should he care about these small things.
Murong Wei bowed her head in response: "Thank you Mama Bai for mentioning it, Ah Wei knows." ā
After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, it is considered to be the end of the New Year, and the salute greeting naturally cannot be delayed any longer.
Tang Ge's old wife looked very cramped when she came in, thinking that because of the rules of the palace, she couldn't help but come to ask for peace, and she really had no confidence, so she rubbed it to the fifth day of the new year, and called her innocent little granddaughter to go with her, all of which should be courageous.
Seeing Her Royal Highness the princess sitting in the middle, Mrs. Tang hurriedly came up to say goodbye, she was about sixty years old, with a strong figure, and her steps were huge, because she was wearing makeup according to the quality, her clothes and headdress were luxurious and fine, and her actions were somewhat restrained, and she looked even more nondescript.
The little granddaughter was about seven or eight years old, with slightly dark skin, shining a very healthy color, wearing a pink tulip dress, a little rustic.
Her hair was combed into a regular bun, with a few pale pink beaded flowers, her dark eyes were shining, and she was curious about everything.
Hearing Murong Wei say that the Queen Mother was resting, the old lady was obviously relieved, took a seat, sat down on the rose chair with dark green elastic flower cushions, smiled a little wryly, introduced her granddaughter Jia'er to Murong Wei, and told her to salute and greet her, and then she didn't know what to say.
The old lady's hair was already gray, and she looked very unaccustomed to wearing a complete set of Lady Destiny crown clothes, so she moved her body uneasily, and straightened the already strong Qizhai crown on her hair.
Murong Wei didn't want to embarrass the old man, so she picked up a familiar topic and spoke: "I heard that the old lady came from her hometown in Tongzhou, I don't know if she is still used to it in the capital? What are you busy with at home on weekdays? There are many people in the old house, and the Spring Festival must be very lively." ā
Mrs. Tang listened to the talk of her hometown in Tongzhou, and asked her about her daily love, and immediately opened the conversation.
The old lady was in good health and rarely had to be waited. She loves farming, she reclaimed a few acres of wasteland in the back garden of Zhuangzi, planted some loofah beans on weekdays, built a pergola, and set up a spinning wheel in the house, and raised silkworms and weaved cloth by herself when she had nothing to do, which was quite self-sufficient fun.
The old lady loves this kind of Tianyuan fun, Tang Ge three urged four invitations, are reluctant to leave to the capital, the year before last Tang Ge accidentally twisted his waist, the old lady can not rest assured, this is to Beijing to take care.
In order to keep the old wife, the land was circled in the backyard of the old mansion for the old wife to grow vegetables and raise mulberry.
From the hometown of Tongzhou to the vegetable yard in the backyard of the old mansion of the pavilion, the old lady said that it was rising, and Mama Bai was afraid that Murong Wei would be bored to listen to it, so she coughed lightly to remind her, and the old lady suddenly realized that she showed an embarrassed smile: "The courtier's words are vulgar, and she actually talks about these agricultural mulberries with the princess, which pollutes the princess's holy hearing." ā
Everything is inferior, only reading is high.
Merchants and farmers are all stubble, and they are not among the nobles. When Mrs. Tang remembered it, her husband asked her to talk less and listen more.
He actually opened his mouth and closed his mouth to talk to the eldest princess about farming, and praised the vegetable garden in the house complacently. The old man fell for a moment, and quickly stood up and pleaded guilty, for fear that he would annoy the princess by saying the wrong thing.
Murong Wei was full of spring breeze and motioned for the old man to sit down. The palace people came up at the right time to add tea to the old lady, and Murong Wei smiled demurely: "The old lady is serious, agriculture and mulberry are the top priority, the foundation of the country and the source of the people's livelihood, where is there a vulgar word." Hongu looked at it, as if Jia'er also had something to say, what do you want to say?"
The princess did not mean to blame, but was extremely friendly to her granddaughter, and mentioned her granddaughter's name with a pleasant face, Mrs. Tang was relieved, but she didn't dare to talk nonsense, and the scene returned to the stagnation of the first entrance for a while.
The little girl was not stage frightened, and when she saw Her Royal Highness the princess mention her name, she looked at her grandmother embarrassedly, bit her lower lip lightly, and showed a wise smile: "Fang Cai Jia'er heard her grandmother mention the crops, and suddenly thought of the snow on the Laba Festival last year. My grandmother said that day that this was a good omen for the snow. This winter, the wheat covers the three-layer quilt, and sleeps on the pillow of steamed buns in the coming year. ā
This proverb was taught to her by her grandmother in her hometown in Tongzhou, pointing to the fields covered with white snow, and she has always remembered it. (To be continued.) )