49. Monogamy

85_85279The former tranquility has been restored in the palace, and Xu Yunhua has also begun to repair the new courtyard - Zhu Di is right, she is very generous and virtuous, and the new courtyard is ready to be used for me to make a new house. Zhu Di said to Xu Yunhua not to be extravagant, just be simple and generous, but Xu Yunhua said, "There are still three or four months left in the wedding date, it's time to prepare, Sister Helian is different from other sisters, so she is naturally more serious." ”

As for how I am different from others, she didn't say why, but it seems that everyone around me knows that I am different from others, and sometimes I wonder if the marks of different time and space can be so obvious? Even people like me, who have lived in the Ming Dynasty for ten years, can't be erased?

When the new house was at the end of the preparation, Xu Yunhua suddenly sent someone to apologize to me, saying that he was unwell and could not continue to supervise the work, and asked me if I could supervise the work myself. I had no intention of doing this, and it was the same for me to live there. Xu Yunhua went to great lengths to help me build a new house, and I was very unkind to think that she was just currying favor with her husband and fulfilling her good name. It makes no difference to me whether I oversee or not. It's just that Xu Yunhua is a capable housewife, and she must do everything big and small in the palace herself, so that she can be governed in an orderly manner. In order to get along with her in the future, I decided to visit her.

After Zhu Di officially announced that he was going to marry me, the people in the mansion who used to squint at me have also changed, and they have become a little flattering, and I don't know if it was Zhu Di or Xu Yunhua.

Bao'er and Xu Yunhua didn't get along, so I only took Zhu'er and carried two boxes of self-made pastries to her main room. When we arrived at the door, several servant women saw us first, and greeted us, "Why is Miss Helian here?" ”

"I heard that the princess was unwell and came to visit. Please also inform us. The woman smiled and said, "Yes, you can." ”

After a while, he beckoned us in. I saw Xu Yunhua wearing a moon-blue light gauze jacket, jade bracelets tightly on both wrists, and only a beautiful bun was loosely tied on his head.

After I said goodbye, she smiled and pointed to the chair next to her, "It's rare that Helian came to me to talk, do it quickly." Xi'er, serve tea. ”

I have some doubts, Xu Yunhua obviously claimed that he was unwell, but now it seems that his cheeks are rosy and his complexion is excellent, where is the discomfort?

I called Zhu'er to hand over the pastries and said, "I heard that the princess was unhappy and Helian didn't have anything good to send, so I personally pinched some pastries, hoping that the princess liked them." ”

Xu Yunhua seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile, "Yes, Xi'er, open it and let me take a look." ”

Her girl Xi'er opened the food box, Xu Yunhua glanced at it, picked up a piece of sour jujube cake and took a bite, and said with a smile, "The summer weather is sweltering, and these pastries made by Helian look very appetizing, especially this sour jujube cake." ”

I stood up slightly, "If the princess likes it, it's fine." Next time, I'll do more, and I'll ask Zhu'er to send it. ”

The girl Xi'er pursed her lips and smiled, "Miss Helian don't make other flavors, just choose this sour jujube cake to make more." The princess is pregnant, loves to eat sour, and is probably a little son. ”

"You're too talkative. Let's go down. Xu Yunhua smiled and snorted softly, and Xi'er withdrew with the food box. I was stunned in the chair and looked at Xu Yunhua's abdomen, and it was really slightly bulging, no wonder she seemed to be plump. Although she and Zhu Di are married and have several children, and it is normal to have more children now, I am still a little stunned, and there is an unstoppable sourness in my heart that slowly swells into the corners of my eyes, and it took a long time to calm down and smile, "Ah, so that's the case, congratulations to the princess." Since she is pregnant, the princess needs a lot of maintenance. ”

Xu Yunhua was very afraid of heat because of his body burned, so he moved his body slightly, and said with a smile, "Yes, I am in my thirties this year, although I have given birth to several children for the prince, but this child seems to be very heavy, it has only been more than three months, and my body has begun to be lazy, otherwise, I must help you decorate the new house." ”

"It's so good that the princess treats Helian, and the heir in your womb is important." I said with a bit of a shake.

Xu Yunhua said lightly, "Where do you know it's the prince." I wish I was still a girl, a boy is naughty and tight, not as gentle as a girl's family. You, hurry up and marry the prince, and also open up branches and leaves for the palace. You're young, you're in good health, and you're much better than me. ”

I smiled wryly, not knowing what to answer, and chatted with her for a while, just telling her to pay attention to her body. It didn't take long for her to sit still, and seeing that she was also looking tired and yawning, she got up and said goodbye. When he walked out of Xu Yunhua's yard, he found that the sky was dark and blue, and there would be a heavy rain soon.

Zhu'er hurriedly said, "Oh no, I'm still drying clothes in the yard, Miss, let's go back quickly." ”

I smiled and said to her, "You go back first, I'll walk around the courtyard." I'll be back right away. ”

Zhu'er blinked, "Miss, what the princess said is right, if you hurry up and marry the prince, you can also add a little prince to play for us." I took a sip, "The big girl of Huanghua talked about adding children to her relatives at every turn, and she didn't know how to be shy, so she found a little girl for you to marry another day, and asked you to go to add children too." ”

Zhu'er stuck out her tongue, didn't dare to say more, and ran back. I breathed a long sigh of relief and slowly walked to the garden pavilion and sat down, my heart was full of flavors, but I didn't know where the depression was. It wasn't until the sky suddenly fell that I woke up, stood by the pavilion and watched the pouring rain, and before I could go out, my shoes and pants were already wet, so I had to sit down again, and wait for the torrential rain to pass before rushing back. I didn't expect the rain to fall endlessly, and there was more and more momentum, so I thought that I could only let go of this clothes and go back and change again. took a deep breath and ran out, but it was only two steps, and his body was already soaked, and he deservedly became a soup chicken.

The rain was dripping down my face, and I couldn't open my eyes, I ran with my eyes half-closed, and suddenly bumped into a person's body, and when I looked up, I saw Zhu Di holding an oil-paper umbrella and looking at me, "Wang, Wang, why are you here?" ”

Zhu Di didn't answer, only propped the umbrella on my head, "I'll send you back." ”

He moved the canopy all over my head, and half of his shoulders were soaked, until he arrived at my quarters, and Zhu'er came to open the door, and exclaimed, "Miss, I said it was going to rain, why are you still drenched like this, oops, the prince is also here!" Come in, come in! ”

I changed my clothes, took a dry cloth and walked out while wiping my hair, I didn't expect Zhu Di to be here, he was also half wet, he was sitting in the hall with a cup of hot tea drinking, seeing me come out, beckoned to me, I walked over and sat down, Zhu Di ignored me, only said to Zhu'er, "Go cook some ginger soup and serve your young lady to drink, otherwise you will catch a cold." ”

Zhu'er pursed her lips and replied with a smile, "Yes, Lord Wang." With that, he walked away like a gust of wind.

The rain gradually stopped, and I looked at the raindrops that were still falling on the eaves, and the moon flowers in the yard were blooming luxuriantly, but now they were invaded by this rainstorm, and some wolves were up. Zhu Di spoke first, "Why are you in the rain?" ”

"I forgot to bring an umbrella."

"I saw you coming from the direction of Yunhua, did you go to see her?"

I snorted twice, "Yes, I just came back from the princess's place, and it was raining heavily, so I blocked the way." ”

Zhu Di sat on the side and looked at me, silent.

I turned the words a thousand times in my heart, wanting to express my blessings to Xu Yunhua and make myself look less jealous, but what I said was, "The princess is pregnant, why don't you spend more time with her." ”

How sour, how graceless! Where can I express my half-blessing? After saying that, I bit my lip and regretted it. Zhu Di still didn't answer, I quietly raised my head to look at him, only to see him looking sideways at me smiling maliciously, "What are you laughing at, what I said and said is not right?" ”

"That's right. Then I'll go now. With that, he stood up, and I watched him walk out, and my heart became sour, but I didn't say a word. Zhu Di walked to the door, stopped but didn't turn around, and said lightly, "Do you really want me to go so much?" ”

“……”

"How can you do this, except for the eleventh brother who is managed by Lan Yu's daughter and only has a three-room side concubine, there are no less than ten side concubines of each other vassal king, not to mention the people in the house raised in each side concubine's room. If everyone is like you, the family will be in chaos. Zhu Di said jokingly.

I knew that I was wrong, I bowed my head and said nothing, Zhu Di walked up to me, held my hand and said softly, "Yunhua married me when she was a teenager, she has been diligent in running her family and raising children over the years, there is nothing wrong with it, and I love her very much in my heart." Naturally, I can't treat her badly, but I promise you that I will never marry any more women after I have you, even if my father points it at me. ”

I lowered my head with a fever on my face, "Bah, I look like a jealous woman." ”

"You're pretty much there." Zhu Di chuckled.

I broke free from his grasp, "Does the prince usually read any excerpts of words?" ”

"Don't look." Zhu Di said disdainfully.

"I once read an excerpt that says that there is a country where men and women are equal, and women can do everything that men can do, except for physical work. A woman can also be an official or the head of a country. The most peculiar thing is that the monogamous system practiced in this country, that is, a man can only have one woman as his wife, and he cannot have a concubine, let alone raise any people in the house, and even going out to sleep with prostitutes is a crime. If the couple does not agree after marriage, they can discuss divorce and find their own home after separation. That is, there men can divorce women, and women can divorce men. ”。