Chapter 21 - Princess Xin'an
Picked a crisp autumn afternoon, Wanzhang called Liu Fu to go back to Xie Mansion to get some clothes for his daily wear, since it was known that Wang Xie and the two families were very close, they didn't bother the coachman, the two of them walked away, and they just happened to see the market on the streets of the Eastern Jin Dynasty on the road, if there are some interesting things, you can also buy them to let Yunzhi and Xie Daoyun in the boudoir relieve their boredom.
After taking the things out of Xie's Mansion, Wanzhang and Liu Wu each shared a small package, but it did not affect shopping, take a look, and unconsciously found that the little girl of Liu Wu had already been attracted by some small stalls selling food, and she was already much behind herself, but anyway, she was just walking and looking, so she didn't plan to wait for her, and walked to a jewelry stall to look through it.
Since it is a roadside stall, the jewelry on the stall is mostly flat goods, I looked at it a few times and did not look at it, just wanted to go, but unexpectedly glimpsed one of the very good workmanship of the emerald tortoiseshell hairpin, placed in many ordinary jewelry, it looks very eye-catching and abrupt.
Wanzhang curiously picked up the hairpin and looked at it, the goods were very good, and couldn't help but say to the boss incredulously: "You have such good goods on this stall." ”
The young boss nodded, his expression a little helpless, and sighed before saying:
"This is my mother's dowry, but now I am short of money, so I can only sell it."
Hearing him say this, Wanzhang couldn't help but feel sympathy for the first time, probably because of Wang Xianzhi's story that made her soften her heart in the cognition of men and women, who has not been down, how can a woman's dowry be easily sold, anyway, now that he has become a big family, he will help this family, and he will be regarded as a good deed every day.
"How much silver do you sell for?"
The boss's face finally showed a little relief, and he took the hairpin in her hand to wrap it: "Three taels of silver." ”
But just when Wanzhang freed his hand and was about to pay for it, he heard a woman's voice suddenly sounding beside him:
"Ten taels of silver, you take this hairpin back and return it to your wife." Wanzhang saw a snow-white hand stretched out from his eyes, and casually picked up a very ordinary carved wooden hairpin, "I want this one." ”
Halfway to kill a loved uninvited guest intercepted his beard, Wanzhang was displeased, and heard her squander with ten taels of silver to buy such a worthless hairpin, Wanzhang was puzzled, displeased and puzzled to look up, and saw standing beside him is a gorgeously dressed woman, holding back her heart, her forehead is plump, the mountain roots are tall, her lips are red and her teeth are white, it is the face of a woman's wealth.
In addition, the whole body has the charm of the heavenly royal family, in a word, in one sentence:
I can't afford to mess with myself.
Swallowing his saliva, the nobleman's behavior really couldn't be understood, but he could afford to hide, and Wanzhang smiled at the woman: "Okay, then let it be given to Madame." ”
Then he turned around and left, and by the way, he took a look at other stalls, but he couldn't find anything that could catch his eye, and before he had visited a few stalls, he heard Liu Wu stop behind him.
When I turned around, I saw her running towards her with a large bag of things in her arms, and before she could stand firmly, she panted and said:
"Miss Wanzhang, do you know the princess?"
"Princess, what princess?"
Wanzhang was confused.
Liu Wu tried to breathe calmly, took a long breath, and said a long sentence: "The one who stood in front of the jewelry stall with you just now is the eldest princess who married the prince of the Wang family." ”
After Liu Wu finished speaking, he gasped out of breath again, and Wanzhang unexpectedly palpitated.
What the?
That woman just now is the princess who ruined Wang Xian's life? Wanzhang gasped in disbelief, it was really a coincidence that there was no book, and she was talking about her every day in the past few days, and sure enough, she ran into it.
Finally regained a little sense, immediately pulled up the catkins and left, since this princess has returned to Huiji from the Jiankang Palace, she will definitely return to the palace soon, in order not to meet her in the palace embarrassingly, you need to step up and hurry up and take a step forward.
While walking briskly as if running away, he didn't forget to ask the catkins:
"How did you buy so many things?"
Liu Wu held a lot of things and accompanied her to walk, and when she asked, she proudly introduced: "These are all bought for the eldest lady and the young master Yunzhi, there are dragon whisker cakes, hibiscus cakes, and kidney bean rolls......"
After taking a shortcut and finally returning to the palace without running into the princess, Wanzhang returned to Xie Daoyun's courtyard before he dared to slow down and take a breath, and was afraid that Xie Daoyun would see the abnormality, so he first handed the burden to a maid in the courtyard to delay some time, and then waited until his breathing was completely calm before he dared to enter the house.
When the two of them entered the house, they saw Xie Daoyun and Yun Zhi talking intimately, and when they heard them come back, Yun Zhi's eyes were sharp, and his gaze fell straight in a certain direction, and he jumped up from Xie Daoyun and ran to Liu Wu, tilted his head and said to her sweetly:
"Sister Liuwu, you're back!"
"I'm back." Liu Wu's eyebrows were crooked, and he raised his eyebrows and gestured to the size of the package in his hand, "The dragon beard cake and hibiscus cake are also back." ”
Yun Yi was seen through his heart, scratched his head embarrassedly, and said in a sneering mouth: "Yun Zhi is obviously concerned about the two sisters. At the same time, he looked straight at him, secretly stretched out his little hand, and tentatively touched the box containing food.
Liu Wu really couldn't bear to bear the poor little appearance of Yunzhi, kindly and considerately handed him the box, and carefully helped him open it and took a piece of dragon whisker cake out, watching him eat it as if he was stealing food while carefully looking at Xie Daoyun's eyes, and couldn't help laughing: "It's obviously for food, and it's hard-mouthed." ”
"It's mainly for my sister." Yun Zhi swallowed hard, and said inarticulately, "Sure enough, it is the dragon whisker cake brought by my sister, which is exceptionally sweet, just like my sister." ”
Liu Wu smiled like a flower, he couldn't speak, and Wan Zhang on the side and Xie Daoyun not far away could also laugh, Wan Zhang wiped a crumb from the corner of Yun Zhi's mouth, and said: "Yun Zhi must have eaten too much dragon whisker cake, so he spoke so sweetly." ”
Yun Zhi swallowed hard, looked up at Wan Zhang and smiled, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yun Zhi is really flattered, he is so tired that Sister Wan Zhang, my sister has to wipe it for me, I just don't eat these from now on, I feel sweet and soft in my heart." ”
Such a young child, but he can talk like this, although it is something to make the girl happy, Wanzhang also thinks that he has a great future in the future, and laughs with Liu Fu so much that he can't stand up straight. I haven't had much contact with Yunzhi before, so I don't know, but now I finally understand, no wonder Liu Wu is so good to this child, who can not love such a well-behaved character.
Xiaoyan bent and wanted to take another piece of hibiscus cake into the box, Xie Daoyun finally couldn't look at it rationally, and a look came to stop it, seeing Yunzhi's obedientness and aggrieved hand, Fang said lightly:
"Eat less, dinner will be coming soon."
Yun Zhi sighed, holding a few boxes of food sensibly found a place to put it carefully, and then beckoned Wanzhang and Liu Wu to sit down, and finally sat on the stool, and took care of the three women on the table to drink tea, several of them were happy to see him busy before and after, like a funny little adult, even the maid who sent dinner came in, and helped them set the bowl and hand the spoon, until everything was ready to finally eat, then quieted down and began to eat with the bowl without saying a word, and rested for a while.
After the meal, Yun Zhi was about full, and he couldn't be busy anymore, sitting in place, Xie Daoyun pulled Wan Zhang to the side, and told her one thing without warning, which scared Wan Zhang almost to indigestion:
"The princess has returned to the house today, Zhang'er, you accompany me to meet the princess."
Wanzhang's mind was stunned, the blood was digesting food in the stomach so that the blood supply to the brain was insufficient, and when he eased up, he still felt weak when he didn't do anything, and he felt that he didn't feel like he was not a rival, he was really afraid of something, and immediately wanted to shirk it, but when he saw the sincere hope on Xie Daoyun's face, he couldn't bear to help her, and thought about it carefully, the reason why he felt weak was at most because he had said bad things about this princess in his heart, but how could the other party know that he had arranged her words in his heart. What's more, the noble person forgets things, she has forgotten the relationship just now, even if she remembers to recognize herself, she just humbly gave her the hairpin, and there is nothing to worry about.
Their own worries are gone, and there is only one question, that is, why do they have to call themselves as an outsider when they meet each other? After thinking about it, it can probably only be explained in this way, Xie Daoyun has regarded herself as her much younger sister, who is also a sister and a mother, and wants to take herself with her in everything, and even Yunzhi, who is her own son, has fallen out of favor.
Since there are no worries, it is not a big deal to agree to come down, Wanzhang calculated carefully for a long time, and finally nodded and agreed to go, leaving Liu Wu and Yunzhi to take care of the house, as a reward for Xie Daoyun's care for himself for many days.
Wang Xianzhi and the princess's house is not far in front of Wang Ningzhi Xie Daoyun and his wife, and there is only a hand-copying corridor against the gable in the middle, but the corridor is longer, but the window lattice carving is very delicate and meticulous, and it is not boring to enjoy it while walking, and soon after Wanzhang followed Xie Daoyun to the house where the princess was.
A few little maids in the courtyard were standing under the porch and lighting the lamps, and a steward kept pointing and pointing: "Don't forget the lights on the beam, the princess said that all the lights will be lit as soon as it gets night, don't be lazy!" ”
The steward saw that there was a guest while talking, stopped giving orders and immediately greeted them, and after recognizing Xie Daoyun, he took them into the room and reported them, turned around and sensibly instructed someone to pour tea.
The princess, who was originally sitting alone in the room, heard the second sister-in-law coming, and Jin Guizhi also stood up and bowed to Xie Daoyun respectfully, with an elegant and polite demeanor:
"I don't know if the second sister-in-law is coming, and I miss the welcome."
Xie Daoyun hurriedly picked up the princess, and didn't dare to say anything, while walking to the table with her and sitting down, and did not forget to introduce Wanzhang who followed behind him: "This is a friend of mine in my mother's house, and I brought her to live in the house." ”
"Miss Wanzhang, please be seated."
After receiving the princess's courtesy, Wan Zhang didn't dare to shirk it, and sat with them after thanking them again and again, and then saw Xie Daoyun holding the princess's hand and genuinely concerned: "I heard that after the princess returned to the city today, she actually walked back to the mansion?" ”
The questioner asked with concern, but the answerer spoke lightly, as if it was not a big deal to do these things as a princess:
"The daughter-in-law has been away from home for many days and has never served her aunt, how dare she be so relaxed when she returns, it is just to express a filial piety and shame to her aunt."