Chapter 27: The Empress Dowager's Decree (1)

Yun'er and Yu'er came to the palace every morning, and when they came, they were busy with their work, not procrastinating at all, and preparing for the next step when they were free, without working at all. All the hearts of the characters written by Chen Dabin were selected by the prince, so the more than 20 hearts of the characters had to be framed in seven or eight days. The prince came to the place where Yun'er was working and watched her work, not disturbing, just watching quietly. Only when she had free time did she come over and ask her for advice, the prince's attitude was very modest and unsmiling. Yun'er didn't know what would happen soon after this, and the current situation was that he was a young man who was helping in the palace.

Seeing that there was still room for the paper wall of Yun'er's stickers, the prince smiled and said, "This king will also try one." As he spoke, he laid out the paper in the same way as Yun'er. Yun'er hurriedly untied his apron, tied it to the prince, and told him how to brush the paste. For example, you should brush from right to left, don't dip the paste too much, but brush evenly, brush it, and so on. It was easy to brush on a piece of paper paste, pick it up, carry it, and stick it on the paper wall, but it fell to the ground. The prince looked at the wet paper on the ground, and smiled helplessly: "Why didn't you listen to the call when it came to the hands of this king?" ”

Yun'er said: "You hold it too tightly, your hands are too close, so the center of gravity is concentrated, and the paper is heavy and wet when it is stained with paste, and it will naturally fall off." ”

"There's so much more to say here?"

"There are no rules, there is no circle, all walks of life have their own rules to follow, that is, methods, rules, violation, you can't do anything."

"There's some truth here. It seems that it is not easy to do anything, you have to learn it seriously. ”

"Yes, if you don't pay, you don't get anything."

"This king also wants to learn something, but he is too old, I'm afraid it's too late."

"How old are you, just say you're old?"

"Then, this king also worships you as a teacher to learn calligraphy and painting."

"Don't tease Yun'er, just Yun'er will be a teacher for the prince?"

"Didn't Confucius worship the seven-year-old Xiang Tuo as a teacher? You're seventeen, yes! When to worship? ”

"Are you really?" Yun'er giggled. Yun'er completely regarded the prince as his father, although Fujin's expression made people feel that they had ideas, but they didn't notice anything in the prince. Maybe people don't have any ideas at all, but Dad thinks too much. Yun'er has a very good impression of the prince, and he is a good uncle.

Yun'er's laughter is very innocent and natural, not pretentious at all, the prince thinks this girl is not bad, it is very suitable to be his daughter, it is a pity to be a woman.

There has always been a saying that "Manchu and Han do not intermarry", but in fact, it is not in line with reality.

**Before the unification of the Jurchens, in order to meet the military needs, Hachi set up four flags of yellow, white, blue and red, and later annexed the other three Jurchen departments, and established the eight banners system in 1615, that is, the system of yellow, white, blue, red, yellow, white, blue and red, which is the earliest Manchurian Eight Banners. After entering the customs, the strength of the Eight Banners of Manchuria was obviously insufficient, so the surrendered Mongols and Han people were compiled into the "Eight Banners of Mongolia" and the "Eight Banners of the Han Army".

During the Shunzhi period, the Shunzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager Borzigit were very enlightened and very supportive and encouraged Manchu and Han intermarriages. However, what they call Manchu-Han intermarriage refers to the Han military banner family members who joined the Eight Banners, and not all Han people can marry Manchus.

Fujin's father used to be the "commander of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army", and Yun'er's uncle, General Chen Fang, was the vanguard leader under Fujin's father, so he also belonged to the Zhenglan Banner. General Chen Fang is very discerning, he knows that the Manchu Emperor entered the customs and Dingding Central Plains, at least has a lifespan of more than 100 years, and the Han people in the banner are more popular than those who are not in the banner, so he personally brought the three brothers from their hometown in Kaifeng to the capital. When Shangfeng counted his family, he reported his younger brother and his three families, so that Chen Dabin's three families were all Zhenglan Banner people. Although Chen Dabin was very distracted about this, it was because Yun'er had the identity of the Han Army and the Blue Banner Banner that Yun'er was barely qualified as the side blessing of Lord Rui. Even Fujin is the same, her marriage to the prince is justified.

Since the prince knew that he had to marry Yun'er, he really wanted to learn about her situation in all aspects from the side, mainly her character.

Yun'er has been working in the general's mansion for five or six days, and she herself is nimble and free, and with the help of Miss Yu'er, the progress is very fast, and a batch of framed pieces is about to be completed. Only the sky pole and the earth pole remain. Yun'er comes with a special saw, as well as a small axe to chop the tenon and so on. The prince has been watching the whole process of framing, and when it comes to the last process, he thinks it is very interesting, how can there be carpenter's work? I saw Yun'er draw a line, put the round wooden stick used to install the pole on the stool, stepped on it with his foot, lifted the small saw and began to saw, the action was skillful and chic, and it was sawed in a few clicks. Then wrap the section of the wooden stick with a silk material head, glue the paste and roll the ground rod, and soon get on the heavenly rod, tie the ribbon, and become a piece. Then install a second one. That neat and energetic man can't catch up. The prince secretly admired it, and couldn't help but praise: "Not bad, Yun'er, who did you learn this craft from?" What a craftsman. ”

Yun'er said: "Yun'er is far from each other, and my father's painting is very good." ”

Wang Ye: "What, your father still has this ability?" ”

"My father's pool loading skills are much stronger than Yun'er, he learned them since he was a child, and many people in our family know this skill, which belongs to the family tradition."

On the afternoon before Yun'er finished framing calligraphy and painting, Fu Jin called Rong'er, a second-class maid who had helped Yun'er, to his room, which was the girl who had sold herself to bury her father when Yun'er returned to Beijing. Sue her and prepare to give her to Miss Chen. Rong'er knelt down for Fujin at that time and cried: "Fujin! Did the slave do something wrong or say something wrong? Slaves can be changed! Why did you kick out the slaves? You are the savior of the slave and maid, and the slave and maid have not repaid your great kindness......" and cried out loud, so as not to be sad.

"Alas, you girl, you misunderstood what I meant, I didn't mean to kick you out of the house, some words...... Forget it, when you go to Mama Zheng's house after you get off the business, she will tell you the specific situation. I can't say it in a few words, in short, I'm not cheating you or harming you, it's for your good. ”

When Rong'er heard Fujin say this, she felt that things were not as bad as she thought, so she hurried to Mama Zheng's house after a business trip, regardless of whether it was dinner time or not and Mama Zheng's husband was not there, and she couldn't care about anything when she burned her eyebrows.

Mama Zheng's family lives in a courtyard at the back of the house, Rong'er came directly to the main house where Mama Zheng lived, and it happened that all the children of the Zhu family were having dinner in the hall, with more than ten adults and children, lively and harmonious.

"Oh, isn't this Miss Rong'er? Come in, come in! Mama Zheng, who has always been straightforward, saw Rong'er standing at the door hesitating, and quickly pulled her into the door, and then said to her daughter-in-law: "Hurry up and take a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and let Miss Rong'er have dinner here." ”

"No, no, I won't trouble you, it's Rong'er who didn't think it through, Rong'er will come back later." Rong'er blushed and refused, how could a girl's family eat at someone else's house casually? Mama Zheng's husband, Mr. Zhu, is a person of official character.

"You girl, why did you get out of the way? Didn't you say you wanted to recognize my godmother? What else do you say in your godmother's house? The meal is home-cooked, not specially prepared for you, come here, I'll tell you what you want to know when you're done with dinner, don't worry, don't get on the fire, stop and steady, come here, sit here. ”

Everyone else also warmly invited Rong'er. Mr. Zhu said: "Miss Rong'er don't be afraid, we often see you on weekdays, you are not as old as my eldest son and daughter, so don't be polite." ”

Rong'er couldn't refuse, and sat down next to Mama Zheng, who and her daughter kept picking up vegetables for her, soothing her with a smile.

Finally finished dinner, Mr. Zhu said hello to Rong'er and went out, and Mama Zheng took Rong'er to the West House where she lived.

As soon as she entered the house, Rong'er cried, and then knelt down for Mama Zheng: "Please, Mama Zheng, how can you save Rong'er." Fu Jin said that he would give Rong'er to Miss Chen! ”

"Get up, get up! Where is there so strict zhòng as you think? Fu Jin called you to come to me, right? ”

"Yes, isn't it that Rong'er did something wrong and made Fujin angry, or is it ......"

"No, no, neither! Just because you did a good job, Fujin trusted you, so he gave you to Miss Chen. Quickly wipe your tears, you listen to me, Fu Jin told me, the prince has taken a fancy to Miss Chen, and has implored the emperor and the queen mother to marry Miss Chen as a side blessing, and the queen mother's decree has come down. ”

"What, what......" Rong'er thought that there was something wrong with her ears, and the prince took a fancy to Miss Chen? How so? Wang Ye and Fu Jin have been married for almost 20 years, and they haven't married a side room, why did they suddenly fall in love with Miss Chen? He didn't want the show girls sent by the palace, but he actually took a fancy to the daughter of Lord Chen, who only had a seven-rank official position?

"This kind of thing is not something that we can control at the moment, the reason why we haven't gone to Chen's mansion to announce the decree is that the prince Fujin wants to know what Miss Chen's character is, and Fujin came up with an idea to let Miss Chen come to the mansion to frame the painting. It is a big deal for the prince to marry Fujin, and you also know that Fujin has never given birth, so you can understand what Miss Chen means when she comes to the house. The Chen family's family is not very wealthy, and according to Ma Ping's foreign affairs, Lord Chen's sleeves are clean and his life is very simple, and there are few people in the family at all. There is only one accompanying mother by Mrs. Chen's side, as well as a cook and two rough girls in the kitchen, and there is only one long-term attendant by Mr. Chen's side. As for Miss Chen, she only served the fish girl who came to the house with her. You also know that the princes of other palaces marry at least two dowry maids to follow, and they must be intimate and trustworthy caring people. It's too late for her to look for it now. So, take advantage of the fact that I will send you to Lord Chen's mansion now, and when Miss Chen gets married, you will come back as her dowry maid. Lord Chen and his family are smart people, can they not understand Fujin's kindness? Fu Jin sent you because he trusted you. The emperor was about to send his father-in-law to Lord Chen's mansion to read the decree of the Queen Mother, and after the decree was announced, he would marry him in two months at most. In other words, you will only last two months at most in the Chen family and then return home. Do you know? There is a canonization of the golden book of the side Fujin, and the monthly example of the marrying maid is five taels of silver per month, although it is counted in the first-class maid, it can be more than the first-class two taels. Besides, you are often bullied by the hooves of the beard in Fujin's room, and Fujin wants to change your environment and mention the rank, how much honor is this? Don't you steal the fun and cry your nose? After becoming a dowry maid, your marriage will be much smoother, right? It's not going to be a little girl. I know that you want to repay Fujin for her kindness, and you are reluctant to leave her, but you can also repay Fujin when you get to Miss Chen's room. I don't know, you know what you know. ”

The more Rong'er listened, the brighter her heart became, but at the end of the sentence, Rong'er was depressed, didn't she call herself a secret agent? Who is Mama Zheng? At a glance, you can see Rong'er's reluctance. It's no wonder that this girl is too kind and honest. Hurriedly said: "It's not as you understand that Miss Chen is being watched all the time, Miss Chen is a full twenty years younger than the prince, and she is so beautiful, Fu Jin is really not at ease." You just have to pay more attention, what kind of man have you been in contact with in the past two months, and after you come back from marrying, you will quietly watch her and try not to deal with young guards, personal soldiers, small servants and others. Don't make any mistakes in this matter, it won't look good on the prince's face. You're not the one to tell the truth, just tell the truth. Miss Chen is from a scholarly family and a decent girl, Fu Jin knows that there is nothing wrong, but she is just a little wary. You also know that you are not the only second-class maid in Fujin's room, how can such a good thing come to you? Isn't Fujin the most trustworthy to you? When you let you frame Miss Chen, you will be familiar with her, and it is strange that people are not guarded when they have a face. I won't say more, let's get along well, I just poured the beans into the bamboo tube for you, you can take the idea yourself, but it must be a quasi-letter to Fujin tomorrow morning, understand? ”

"Understood, thank you for your advice."