After a few more days, Sanya's situation was basically stable. Sanya was in a hurry to go home and see her parents and relatives, so Hyun Gyu said goodbye to Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Liu also wants to return to Qinggang County and invite Hyungui to accompany them so that they can be taken care of on the way. Hyun Gyu did not refuse, and walked generously with Mrs. Liu and others.

When they arrived in Qinggang County, Mrs. Liu sent someone to escort Xuangui and the others back to Yujiazhuang. When I saw Sanya, Yu Lao Dad was in tears, and Yu Lao Niang cried so much that her liver and intestines were broken.

On the third day of Sanya's return, the Liu family sent a matchmaker to propose marriage.

Hyun Gyu agreed without much hesitation. Xuantu is right, this Liu Gongzi is really an excellent candidate for a husband.

The family business of the Liu family is much larger than that of the Zhang family who opened a wine shop in Lingxing Town, which my father was optimistic about before. In addition, Xu gave the eldest young master of the Zhang family to do a continuation of the string, and Xu gave the young master of the Liu family to do a yuan match, so the young master of the Liu family still has the fame of Xiucai, and he may be able to take the test in the future. No matter from that point of view, it is Xu to give the Liu family a more future. Therefore, after Hyun Gyu agreed to the relatives of the Liu family, Father Yu was so happy that the idea that his family was going to be developed kept bubbling in his heart.

The family matter is decided, and the next step is to go through the process of six rites. Zhang Dahu's matchmaker was a step late, so he had to sigh and leave.

The process of the wedding went relatively fast, because Yoo Ling and Hyun Gyu were not small.

The wedding dress was ready-made, and it was made by Hyun Gyu at the Provincial Female Official Provincial Costume Bureau before leaving the palace.

Because the professional diversion of the palace maids is relatively strong, and they are already twenty years old when they leave the palace, and there are various things after leaving the palace, the queen mother estimates that many palace maids do not have the time and ability to make wedding dresses for themselves in person.

Before Hyungyu left the palace, he customized a wedding dress. One is that she really doesn't have the strength to make her own wedding dress, and the other is to wear a wedding dress made by the Shangfu Bureau to get married, which is also more face-saving.

Before the wedding, Yu's sister-in-law, Yu's second sister-in-law and Sanya helped Xuangui embroider some purses, make some shoes and socks for her in-laws, and other things.

Hyun Gyu and others discovered: Sanya's needlework is really good! No wonder she can make money by making needlework for people! But she didn't ask Sanya how to train the female celebrity so well, so as not to arouse Sanya's sadness. In the past few days since Sanya came back, Sanya has never mentioned the matter of her original owner, the Xu family, and how to marry Song Xiaosan, and the family did not dare to ask, for fear of making her sad.

One day, when there were only two people, Sanya and Xuangui, suddenly said to Xuangui: "Second sister, you never asked me about the past!" ”

Hyun Gyu raised his eyes to look at her, only to see Sanya's expression faint, flying needles in his hands, and his eyelids did not lift.

She pondered the meaning of Sanya's question, and said softly: "I actually want to know how you have come over all these years. But I didn't dare to ask, thinking: When you want to say it, you will naturally tell me. ”

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Sanya's mouth: "Actually, there is nothing that can't be said!" After I entered the Xu family, I was assigned to my wife's yard, first to be a little girl, sweep the floor, run errands, do chores, and then do the needlework given to me by my mother and sisters. Later, my older sisters got married one after another, and I became a big girl. Somehow, the young master fell in love with me and begged my wife for me. Mrs. couldn't resist the little master, so she gave me to the little master to make a room. I thought it was not bad, and it was better to be a concubine than to marry an ordinary person who worked all day long, so I happily agreed......"

When she said these things, Sanya still didn't raise her eyelids and flew the needle, and her voice was so flat that there was no fluctuation at all, as if she was saying something that didn't concern her.

“…… At that time, I thought that the future of my life was to be an aunt to the little master. Later, the little master married the young grandmother, and accepted a dowry from the young grandmother to make a room. I'm not as good as the young grandmother in terms of status, and I'm not as good as the marrying girl in terms of appearance, and soon the young master won't care much about me. I was anxious, but I didn't know what to do, so I had to go to the young grandmother to offer my courtesy, and at the same time hope that the young master would be able to think of me again after he was fresh......"

Sanya's tone paused slightly, and the embroidery action also stopped slightly, and then said: "At that time, I didn't understand, I was the one who had passed the freshness of the young master, and the young grandmother couldn't tolerate me at all!" A few months later, my wife went out. I helped the young grandmother for a walk, and the young grandmother somehow slipped her foot and fell, falling all over the mud. I didn't catch it in a hurry, and the young grandmother said that I did it on purpose, and I didn't give up, forcing the young master to send me away! The young master agreed without saying anything, and I was completely stupid at the time. At that time, I understood: in the eyes of the young master, I was already a dispensable person! ”

Sanya's words paused again, and after a while, he said: "That night, I was taken out of the house, taken to Yushan County by Renyazi, and sold to Song Xiaosan as his wife at a very low price. Renyazi told me: It was the young grandmother who secretly gave me the silver and told her to take me far away, to marry the kind of person who can't marry a wife for half a lifetime and is not easy to mess with, lest I run back to her nose and beg people! She didn't dare to offend the young grandmother of the Xu family, so she had to obey her fate. Tell me to have a good birth in the next life, and stop being a slave to others......"

After hearing this, Xuan Gui sighed secretly in his heart: In Sanya's situation, he was a victim of the dispute between the Xu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law; And the man who gave up on Sanya from the beginning...... It's so heartbreaking that it's chilling! Even if you don't want Sanya, if she waits for you, can't you give her the deed of sale and send her back to her parents' house? Do you lack the money for the girl's redemption?

She put her hand on Sanya's shoulder and rubbed Sanya's shoulder to show reassurance: "Okay, these are all over!" It will be fine in the future! ”

Sanya finally stopped what she was doing and looked up at Xuan Gui: "Second sister, your life is better than mine." If Liu Gongzi also has a concubine you don't like, what should the second sister do? ”

Hyun Gyu suddenly realized, and then he understood why Sanya wanted to tell her this. She sighed: "Sanya, the queen mother once gave us a six-word admonition for retired palace maids: don't be evil, don't be cowardly!" I will always remember these six words. I wouldn't do the kind of thing that the young grandmother of the Xu family did. "If you have anything else, it's inconvenient to say more to Sanya.

The queen once said: In this world, it is not easy for women to survive, and it is naturally best if they can support each other. But there is no need to blindly give in because of this, so as not to be used as a soft puff by those ignorant women who do not know what to do and what is wrong. She is kind to others, but she will not let others slaughter her, but this kind of truth cannot be explained clearly to Sanya in a few words.

Do not be evil, do not be cowardly...... Sanya muttered these six words, staring blankly at Hyun-gyu's young and beautiful face, thinking that the second sister was about to marry the Liu family, who was more powerful than the Xu family, and became a young grandmother who could decide the fate of others, and suddenly burst into tears.

If he was born two years early, would he also have the opportunity of the second sister to enter the palace and come back as a human being? But I didn't give birth two years early, so I didn't have such an opportunity!

This is about fate!

She lowered her head again, and continued to do needlework in a gloomy mood: I was born with a hard life, and I don't have the good fortune of my second sister! To be a man, you have to accept your fate!

Hyun Gyu's wedding date will come soon.

Yujiazhuang's daughter, no one has ever climbed such a good relative, and the Zhuangzi is more lively than the New Year. The Yu family also put on beautiful silk clothes and held a happy event with joy.

On the night of the candles in the cave room, Liu Ling saw the two lines of tattoos on Hyungyu's chest: "Taichu 01077" and "Yu Hyungui".

His fingers, stroking the tattoo, his face was full of surprise: "There are still such rules in the palace?" Want to tattoo your name on your body? What does it mean? ”

Hyun Gyu looked down at the tattoo on his chest and said with a smile: "Of course there will be no such strange rules in the palace, I quietly asked someone to get it when I left the palace." The first 01077 of the beginning of Thailand is my palace registration number, the 01st day of the beginning of the Thai period represents that I entered the palace in the first year of the beginning of the Taichu period, and the 077 is my number in that group of palace maids. This palace number, each person is unique. ”

"Why do you want to stab this on your body?" The strong curiosity made Liu Ling even pause the interest in the cave room, "It hurts to stab this, right?" ”

Hyun Gyuben was very shy because of the night in the cave room, but when he said this, he smiled very emotionally: "It hurts!" But in order to always remember that period of time in the palace, the more painful it hurts when I stab, the better. I was originally a poor girl, if I hadn't entered the palace, I wouldn't be who I am today! ”

Liu Ling looked at her expression and smiled: "It seems that there are many unforgettable stories in the palace." Tell me about it another day! ”

He lowered his head and kissed the tattoo on Hyun-gyu's chest.

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Decades later.

When Hyun Gyu, who was already full of white hair, came out of the North Palace, he heard a mother-in-law next to the carriage say in a laughing voice: "Old lady, there is an old palace maid worshipping the palace again!" ”

Worship is a new word that has only emerged in the last two decades.

Since one or two decades ago, from time to time, some gray-haired or gray-haired old women, with their juniors, outside the North Palace, very solemnly perform the most solemn three kneeling and nine bowing to the palace gate.

At first, the guards guarding the palace thought that these people were going to sue the emperor, and they were still a little nervous. How do you know that after these people finished saluting, they just wandered around for a moment with great nostalgia, and then left on their own, neither taking out any kind of paper, nor kneeling down for a long time.

After a few times, some guards went to ask about the origin and purpose of these people, and only then did they know that the old women who took the lead were all old palace maids who had retired from the palace. They admired the cultivation virtue of the queen mother back then, and especially came to Beijing in the twilight of the year, and saluted the mother through the palace walls.

Later, this act became known as the worship palace.

"Go and ask the old palace maid's scientific name, and see if I know it!" Hyun Gyu instructed his mother-in-law with great interest.

The woman smiled and agreed, and then went, and came back after a while to report: "The old palace maid said: Her scientific name is Su Qi. ”

"Su Qi?" Hyun Gyu couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised! Su Qi is none other than the palace maid who helped her get a tattoo back then. The scientific name of the palace maid is never repeated, and it can't be someone else.

"Go get her!" Hyun Gyu said in surprise, "Tell her that I'm Hyun Gyu." ”

"Yes!" The mother-in-law answered, and Hyun Gyu also helped the girl's hand to get out of the car, looking at an old lady and two young people who followed the mother-in-law not far away.

Two white-haired retired old palace maids reunited outside the palace gate, and they had a surprise.

After exchanging a few words of greeting, Hyun Gyu raised his hand towards the carriage and said with a smile: "Meeting is fate." Sister Su Qi would like to go to the cold house to talk about it? ”

Su Qi smiled and said: "I don't dare to ask for it!" ”

The two got into the carriage and continued to chat. Su Qi asked, "Sister Hyun Gyu is still practicing medicine?" ”

"Exactly! What has Su Qi's sister been doing all these years? ”

Su Qi smiled: "My sister naturally doesn't dare to compare with my sister. Over the years, my sister has opened a little girls' school at home, and I dare not say that the peach and plum are all over the world, but there are quite a few children! ”