Chapter 1 There are women like clouds
Is the handsome boy in the mirror me? Folding fan scarves makes it more and more ostentatious. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Wan Xin, look at the clothes you prepared for me, no matter how you look at it, they are all women dressed as men," Qingling tore off his feather scarf, took off his fancy clothes, opened the cabinet, and found a set of beige cloth clothes from it to put on.
"Miss, it's Chongyang in a few days, don't go out today." Wan Xin hurriedly closed the door and picked up the clothes.
In the embroidery room of Qingling, the eldest daughter of Jiang Wenyuan, the left temple of Honglu Temple, the brocade tent hangs low, and the furniture of pineapple flowers and trees shines with a faint luster.
On the silver curved flower stand is a pot of green morning cloud chrysanthemum, the flowers are blooming brightly, and the light yellow stamens are hidden in it, and the dark fragrance floats.
On the floor covered with velvet carpets, dozens of large boxes with new vermilion clusters were placed, and Chongyang was her big day, and the dowry had been delivered to the house.
Xu Shilang's wife died of illness in Zhongshu Province, and he knew that there was a woman in Jiang's Mansion who had not yet been married, so he asked someone to kiss him. When his daughter reached the year of marriage, Jiang Wenyuan has been thinking about the next family business, but he is unwilling to let his daughter continue the string. But Xu Shilang is a five-grade official in charge of the six departments, and he has real power in his hands, which is a hundred times stronger than his own idle from the six-grade Honglu Temple. If you refuse, it is difficult to guarantee that the officialdom will not stumble openly and secretly in the future.
Mother died early, although Qingling is the daughter of the main room, but Jiang Wenyuan's follow-up Wang family is not happy, three years ago to follow Mrs. Tai to learn the rules as an excuse to send to the garden outside the city, a three-year year, Qingling is also happy outside, rarely go home.
After all, it was not his own birth, and the Wang family wanted to send Qingling out of the door as soon as possible, so he encouraged Jiang Wenyuan to take care of his family, and on the grounds that the elders and young were orderly, he set Qingling to marry to the Shilang Mansion.
After three books and six ceremonies, Nacai asked Najib, and Xu Lang's mansion set a good date for the dowry.
The best date is set for September 9, which means a long and a hundred years of harmony and beauty. The twenty-nine-year-old Xu Shilang is not the age of marriage for men, he is a full thirteen years older than Qingling, but Xu Shilang is a Tanhualang appointed by the Emperor of Heaven in the first year of Qianfeng, and he can be regarded as a talented woman when he marries.
There were many etiquettes to learn before the marriage, but Qingling still delayed until three days ago before moving back to Jiang's mansion with Mrs. Tai from the garden to be married.
At this time, it was the ninth year of **** Qianfeng, and the imperial court had two important events. The first major event is the Enke exam in June, and once every three years, Enke selects outstanding talents for ****. The second major event is the triennial draft of the Emperor in September, and all unmarried girls between the ages of 11 and 18 in the families of officials above the ninth rank must be included in the show girl audition.
For the Jiang Mansion, these two events changed the fate of many people in the Jiang Mansion.
The Wang family has been in the government for more than ten years, and has added two daughters and a son to Jiang Wenyuan, namely fifteen-year-old Qingmo, nine-year-old Qingtao, and seven-year-old Qingqiong.
Wang regards his three children as the pearl of his palm, Qing Mo is already fifteen years old, and he is afraid that he will not be able to escape the September draft. If you don't get the favor of the emperor, you have to be a palace maid for more than ten years before you can leave the palace, and it is better to set a family affair before the draft like a young lady who is unwilling to enter the palace.
Originally, I asked someone to spend money to choose a good son-in-law with a gold list title and outstanding character and talent after Enke this year, but who knew that Enke had not yet released the list, and found out about the leakage of the test questions, and the Emperor Long Yan was furious, punished some officials involved in the world, and postponed the Enke exam to October, so that Wang's plan to find a good son-in-law for Qing Mo was in vain.
Seeing that it was about to be September, just when the Wang family was anxious about his daughter Qingmo's relatives, Jiang Wenyuan brought back a good news, after Enke's accident, for some reason, the Emperor abolished Zhongshu Province, and the officials of Zhongshu Province were assigned to other departments, and his uncle Xu Shilang was transferred to the left Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and he was promoted from the original official of the fifth grade to the official of the third grade.
Jiang Wenyuan didn't dare to be careless, and prepared a gift to congratulate him.
Jiang Fu has been an official in Beijing for generations, but in his own generation, he only found an idle official position in Honglu Temple, and his family business gradually declined. But marrying a daughter is a big deal, and because the dowry can't be underestimated by the squire of the knight, so he discussed with the Wang family that Qingling's dowry should be more generous.
Jiang Wenyuan doesn't have much, and there are many places to send it to the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the expenses have been very high in recent years, and sometimes the Wang family has to come up with his own dowry subsidy. Hearing that the dowry was going to be increased, Wang was in a very bad mood, and prevaricated for various reasons, the two were at a stalemate, and Wang had a cold face and took a few children back to his parents' house under the pretext that his mother's family had something to do.
Who knew that Wang came back happily that afternoon, and offered to make a dowry as it was sent by the Shilang Mansion, and listed a list of additional dowries, not to mention the head of the jewelry, the silver money was 20,000 taels, and there were dozens of boxes of other objects, plus three large gardens outside the capital, and almost half of the family business went to the Jiang Mansion.
Wang's transformation puzzled Qingling. She frowned and glanced at the big boxes piled up in the room a few times, sitting on the pear blossom wooden bench with exquisite carvings, her beautiful eyes were cold, "Wanxin, come and tie my hair!"
Wan Xin doesn't know what Miss wants, marrying into the Shilang Mansion, a lifetime of glory and wealth is a dream that the daughter of a common family can not seek, I heard that Xu Shilang is twenty years old is the Emperor of Heaven hand-picked Tanhualang, that is full of economy, why is the young lady still unhappy on her face? Isn't it good? She was full of doubts, and obediently retied Qingling's long hair, and tied a gray cloth towel that ordinary men often tied on the crown of her hair.
A sixteen or seventeen-year-old man appeared in the delicate pear blossom wood grain bordered mirror, with bright eyes and bright teeth, skin like white jade, standing with his hands tied, his demeanor was cool, and there was a faint and elegant bookish atmosphere between his eyebrows.
"Miss is becoming more and more bright and beautiful, and wearing a man's clothes is also peerless, so that people can't take their eyes off, Miss, you go out like a fairy, and everyone in the capital is compared to you!"
Qingling chuckled, "Wanxin, you are good at sweet words and making people happy!"
She grabbed Wan Xin's hand with one hand, and put the other hand on Wan Xin's little face, "Today, my son is going to travel with beauty, is Miss Wan Xin willing?" “
"Miss hasn't been in shape for a day, she knows how to make me happy. The ninth day of the ninth month of September is the day of the young lady's big day, the young lady marries into the Shilang Mansion, see if you still make trouble! Wan Xin broke away from Qingling's hand, turned his head to the side, and muttered in a low voice.
"What kind of waiter doesn't serve him, Qingling just doesn't want to marry! Don't put the name Squire in front of me!" Qingling's beautiful eyes swelled with deep stubbornness, and he hung a mutton fat white jade Pisces on his belt.
Qingling frowned, hearing that Xu Shilang had a three-year-old son. Marrying into the husband's family, three from the four virtues, involuntarily, not only to endure the accusations of the in-laws, but also to endure the three wives and four concubines to share the favor of the husband, as soon as you enter the door, you have to be a stepmother. Who has thought about the burden that a weak woman is about to bear?
If the mother is still alive, she will definitely not let her daughter marry into the Shilang Mansion as a continuation, and Qingling's eyes are full of crystal.
"Miss, don't say angry words, my uncle used to be a famous Tanhualang in the capital, or a pillar of the imperial court, what an honor this is, this is the respect that other girls can't envy!" Wan Xin cautiously smoothed Qingling's crumpled belt, and comforted him with clever words.
"Wan Xin talks about Tanhualang every day, why don't you marry for me?" Qingling clenched his fists and made a pleading appearance, "Miss Wanxin, are you okay?" ”
"Miss deliberately teases the slave maid, my uncle is the pillar of the court, the courtiers of the emperor, how can the slave and maid climb high? The slave maid can follow the young lady in the future, and being able to serve the young lady for a lifetime is the blessing that the slave and maid cultivated in their previous life. ”
Wan Xin's eyes suddenly turned red, knelt on the ground, and stretched out his hands to hug Qingling's legs, "The slave grew up with Miss, no matter where Miss goes in the future, don't leave me!" ”
Qingling hurriedly helped her up, "Look, just say a few jokes, and your eyes will be red." Who said that I was going to leave you, since I was a child, I didn't treat you like my own sister, and I was a slave and a slave when I told a joke, am I the harsh master in your eyes? ”
The corners of Qingling's mouth twitched, "Okay, you don't have to go out of the house today, go to the backyard to chop firewood for cooking, laundry and cleaning, right?" ”
"Miss, do you really want to leave the house? The lord instructed the lady to prepare a dowry for you, and if the lady can't find you later, it should be distributed in front of the lord. She reminded in a whisper, and her big quiet eyes looked at Qingling worriedly.
"It's okay, Madame took Qing Mo out and won't be able to come back for a while." Qingling pouted, "You're afraid, don't go if you're afraid." ”
Wan Xin hurriedly said: "I'm not afraid, or I'm a little worried, will your stunning appearance be robbed by a lady to be a bed-warming husband?"
Then he said with a dog-legged look, "Miss, are you really taking the slave and maid?" ”
She pretended to be angry and said, "Why don't you go and change your clothes?" Are you really going to go out like this? ”
After a while, Wanxin was also dressed in a cyan cloth shirt, her eyebrows were smart and handsome, and she was not masculine enough and more feminine.
Qingling frowned, "How do you look at it, you are dressed as a woman, and you don't blacken your face a little, if you go out like this, you may not be robbed by a lady to be a bed-warming husband!" ”
The words that made fun of Miss just now were immediately used by Miss to make fun of herself. Wan Xin stared at the calm big eyes angrily, pouted her little mouth, and painted a gorgeous and moon-looking little face sallow and sallow.
At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the roots of the imperial city are incomparable in splendor, and the scenery is unparalleled. The streets are bustling with traffic and shops, and its prosperity cannot be compared to that of the day.
Qingling and Wanxin walked to the street, the endless flow of people surged, and the two walked forward with the flow of people.
After walking for a while, Wan Xin saw that Qingling's eyebrows were not stretched and she was depressed, and proposed to go to Dongchaomen to enjoy the chrysanthemums.
"Miss, there are a hundred flowers in spring and chrysanthemums in autumn, the slave maid heard that the chrysanthemums in the East Chaomen are blooming, and many people go there to enjoy the chrysanthemums, let's go and see it."
Finally came out for a trip, Qingling didn't want to spoil the fun, but he didn't want to go to the crowded Dongchaomen, "Wanxin, let's go to Qianlichi to row, the chrysanthemums have just bloomed, and there are still many days to see, now that it's autumn, I'm afraid that the lotus flowers in Qianlichi will wither in a few days, and if you don't go to see it, you should wait until next year." ”
The two men stepped out of the crowd and hired a carriage to go to Chirichi. After walking for a stick of incense, Qianli Pond arrived.