Master Hu has been a famous criminal master in Zunhua County for many years, and after five county masters, none of them resigned from this Shaoxing master. This is the master's excellent character, and he is also a well-educated person, and Chen Zhixian is almost a mentor and friend. This Mrs. Lin Qing was only a concubine before, and she was redeemed by the master from a green building called "Peony Pavilion". According to the master's character, he would never go to that kind of place, he heard from the conversation of passers-by that there was a new woman from Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the "Peony Pavilion", a native of Taicang County. 's father was born in the former Ming Hanlin, and was framed and killed. All the men in the mansion are assigned to fill the army, Miss Lin is a wonderful flower that looks better than a fairy and is better than Wenjun, she should have married a fairy, but unfortunately the house was copied and all the female dependents were sold into the Qinglou. At that time, Lin Qing was still young, only a few years old. Naturally, she couldn't pick up customers, and she couldn't do anything when she was a maid, so she was sold again, and she traveled many times, and finally came to the "Peony Pavilion". This Miss Lin entered the "Peony Pavilion" to death and refused to accept guests, and did not give in when she was beaten to death by the bustard's mother. Master Hu was very moved by this strange woman who would rather die than give in. Out of righteous indignation and out of the feelings of fellow villagers, when Miss Lin was dying after being tortured by her bustard's mother, Master Hu sent the savings of two hundred taels of silver that he had saved for half his life to the Peony Pavilion. The bustard's mother thought that if this girl was stubborn and beaten to death, she would also be charged with abusing the girl. In desperation, he agreed with Master Hu to redeem Miss Lin Qing, and if he didn't sell her, he would be empty.

In this way, Miss Lin was carried home by Master Hu. He recovered his health under the careful care of Master Hu, and then willingly made him a concubine.

The people in the county government are all sorry for Lin Qing. Although Master Hu has a very good character, he is almost fifty years old. And the person is very thin, so thin that the chest is sunken, the eyebrows are very high, and the eyes are deep, giving people the feeling of a gorilla. But Lin Qing said, no matter how old this man is or how ugly he looks, as long as he is a decent man and a gentleman, I have a clean place to live. “

The officials in the county government admired Master Hu's righteous deeds, and even more admired Miss Lin's perseverance. At that time, Master Hu's original partner was crumblingly ill, and Lin Qing served him carefully every day. A year later, the original partner passed away, and Lin Qing was straightened out and became the master's wife. There is no trace of a Qinglou woman on her, and she takes care of a family for Master Hu, who is very thrifty, diligent, and virtuous.

Master Hu's ex-wife has two sons, and of course she is very repulsive to this stepmother who is younger than them. After a family dispute, he angrily returned to his hometown in Shaoxing. The master was not very strong, and his son was gone, and he fell ill immediately. Before dying, he entrusted Lin Qing and his two-year-old daughter to Mr. Chen: "Lord Chen, I will kowtow to you!" Please be sure to take good care of their mother and daughter and give them a bite to eat......

Of course, Mr. Chen agreed.

After the master left, Mr. still let Lin Qing's mother and daughter live in the back office and let her accompany his wife. This master and lady is really a person who is ice clear and jade, with her age and appearance, it is very easy to remarry, she is not yet twenty years old, she really does not look at incivility, do not listen to incivility, and wholeheartedly guard her daughter to live. Everyone is worried about what will happen to their mother and daughter's livelihood in the future, but they can't imagine that they have the ability to support themselves with excellent Su embroidery. In order to thank Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen for their kindness, she has been messing around with Mrs. Chen, accompanying Mrs. Chen to do needlework, talking and chatting, and living a light life with her daughter.

Chen Dabin was promoted to a sixth-rank official and entered the capital, it should be the time for the clouds to disperse. But Chen Dabin is very righteous, and he can't bear to kick away Jiang Zhutou, who was injured in the line of duty, and the lonely master, wife, mother and daughter, and promised to take them wherever he went. Although they could not live in a courtyard, they rented a house in the nearest place to live in order to take care of them.

Mrs. Chen asked Mrs. Lin Qing in a roundabout way. This one, without saying a word, agreed: "Madam, I am willing to be a companion for the fourth girl." and sister-in-law Jiang can still protect the four girls, after all, we are much older, and there are too many cats in big families, and the four girls are crystal glass people, and they can't afford to stumble behind the minions who step on the highs and lows. Lin Qing is a native of Taicang, he has been resold many times after the accident at home, and has been to many places, and his main accent is very similar to the current Shanghainese, which is also mixed with the accents of northern Jiangsu and Jiangxia (Hubei), and has always called Yun'er's "four girls" "four estimates".

Lin Qing agreed to be a companion for Yun'er, and Mrs. Chen was naturally happy. But there is another thing to worry about: "Mrs. Hu, I know that you are from a big family, and when you enter the palace, you have to call yourself a slave, is this too wronged for you?" ”

"Madam, Master Hu dragged me out of the mud pit and let me live refreshed, I am already very content. Regardless of whether he is a master or a minion, it is serious to be clean, you can rest assured that I will take good care of the four estimates. ”

In this way, there are two companion rooms.

Chen Dabin has no land and no shops to marry Yun'er, which saves trouble. Ma Ping lamented in his heart, the master is really an official with two sleeves. Anyway, the dowry and room are all together. Among the two wedding maids, the girl named Yu'er is not an ordinary maid, she was a young lady from a big family before, but she was unlucky and fell to the point of a beggar, and by chance she was rescued and redeemed by Chen Dabin, and became a maid for Yun'er. The name Shui Er was given to Yun'er by Fu Jin, and he went back after a circle. Anyway, it was a double pair, and the dowry was about the same.

These days, Yun'er has been very depressed. The person who is going to get married, going to the paper business to do things has become history. Daddy, aunt, uncle, cousin, cousin are all like a clock, constantly rushing for her dowry.

It was so sudden that Yun'er was not mentally prepared at all. If it is a girl from someone else's family, she may be elated: how many girls from a family can marry the prince? Marrying the prince is the beginning of glory and wealth, and even being a side room is also a lifetime of worry-free food and clothing. If you are lucky and give birth to a son to the prince, then your worth will rise sharply, not to mention that Chang Fujin is a person who cannot have children. What Ma Yuanwai said is the truth, how many ministers want to marry their daughters into the palace as a side room, and those who have children in the future will have great merit, a lifetime of glory and wealth! But Yun'er didn't have this kind of joy, but was very sad. Fang Fujin is also a concubine, doesn't the side room mean the room next to it? The prince and Fujin have been married for nearly 20 years and have not taken a concubine, because the prince does not want Fujin to be wronged. The Queen Mother's decree is just a superficial formality, there must be a justifiable reason, right? The prince can't rob other people's girls. But the prince can't be said to be the master's order, can the people in the world understand the arrangement of the upper realm?

Even Ma Ping has a little opinion on the prince about this matter, and he doesn't want to accept the side room, which also makes people think that he likes it too much when he sees a young and beautiful girl, and he is the color heart. The prince couldn't explain it, and he didn't want to explain it, and the more he described it, the darker it became.

Yun'er never wanted to be a concubine, nor did she want to climb a high branch to be a phoenix. I just want to have a person who is the same age, knowledgeable, talented, can take himself seriously, and is determined not to marry a concubine, but I never dreamed that I was favored by a prince. Entering the palace seemed to be an unattainable dream for her, but this dream was not made up by herself, it was real. Yun'er didn't dare to think about how she should survive when she entered the palace, how she would get along with other people, what she should say and do. Confused!

Although his father's official position is low, he is also an official of the imperial court, and he does not dare to refuse the queen mother's decree. Although Yun'er had a good impression of the prince, she didn't think of marrying him as a concubine! In Yun'er's opinion, as long as she is not a wife, she is a concubine.

Yun'er has read a lot of books and knows that the women in the emperor's harem have always been intrigued, and some even died unexplained. If you are eaten by someone with your own character, you may smile and thank the person who gnawed your flesh and bones. What about dad and mom? They don't even have a son, even if they have another sister, it won't make the second elder lonely and miserable...... The more I think about it, the sadder I get!

Mrs. Chen was also surprised, she didn't expect this ending. I still want the prince to help his daughter find her mother-in-law's house, but the prince wants it first. Mrs. Chen, like her husband, never thought of exchanging her daughter for glory and wealth. I just want to find a good in-law for my daughter, a simple and simple, self-reliant and educated junior son-in-law. never dreamed that her daughter would be favored by a prince. If you change your family, you may be so happy that you will dance behind your back and climb up to the royal family, how hard will this waist pole be in the future? But can you refuse? It was the queen mother's decree to marry the prince, and disobeying the decree is equivalent to disobeying the holy decree, and the husband will be punished! sent her daughter to the palace, there was almost no chance of meeting again, Mrs. Chen cried several times behind her back, how could she be reluctant? This is her only daughter! But what did she dare to say? can only force a smile to comfort her daughter. I have persuaded my daughter several times, but the effect is not too obvious. Now, she came to Yun'er's room again, trying to persuade her daughter, but she cried before she could speak: "Girl......"

"Mother!" Yun'er hugged her mother.

"Girl, can you listen to what your mother has to say? Your father said that the second master Fu who has the grace of knowing him is the prince of Rui, and the prince is the elder brother of the current emperor. Can your father not accept the Queen Mother's decree? Let's not talk about how high his title and glory and wealth are, just because he and your father don't know each other, he came to the rescue, which shows that this person has a good character! Mother can't bear you, you have been pampered since you were a child, and when you go to the palace as a side room, Mother is really afraid that you can't stand the grievances......"

"Are you so persuasive? You go out for a while, I have something to say to Yun'er. "Chen Dabin came in.

Mrs. Chen sighed and went out.

Chen Dabin patted his daughter on the back and gave her a handkerchief. Yun'er wiped her tears and hugged her father's neck: "Dad, Yun'er doesn't want to marry!" ”

"Silly boy, my father took all the instructions of the Queen Mother, do you say it's okay not to marry? Girls are going to get married sooner or later, and besides, Lord Rui's character is not to say. It's just a few years older. Are you because of this grievance? Chen Dabin is no longer reluctant and reluctant, and he has to persuade his daughter.

"No, Lord Rui has a good reputation in the government and the opposition, and he is also upright, and it is not enough to be a side room according to your official character Yun'er. But Yun'er didn't want to climb the high branches, she was reluctant to let you and your mother go, you don't have any other children, no Yun'er is in front of you, what should you do if you get sick? What should I do if I miss Yun'er? He sobbed sadly.

"You don't have to worry about this, your father and mother are not old, and your uncle's brother Ruiqian and your uncle's brother Minghe, as well as your sister Mingluan and sister Mingqin, and their cousins and cousins can also take care of us. Dad can't disobey the queen mother's decree, that's not just the crime of dismissal, it's the lives of your uncle, your uncle and hundreds of people in your hometown. These innocent people can't be implicated, you know? That is the decree of the Queen Mother, even if the prince does not blame, the Queen Mother's face cannot be dismissed. Actually, it's not necessarily a bad thing for you to follow the prince, the prince's character is good, and he is a lot older than you, and he will hurt you. Dad naturally hopes that you can marry a wishful man with comparable qualities, but can you guarantee that he will not take a concubine in the future and will not change his mind? However, the prince's conduct is more solid. Look at these silver tickets, they were sent by the prince to the horseman, and he knew that his father and Lu Shao did not have the ability to buy you a dowry as the prince's side room, which shows that he and Fu Jin are very sympathetic to our difficulties. Yun'er, Dad is worried about your temper, sometimes very much like your mother, open-mouthed, unreasonable, sometimes sharp and mean, you are the master in front of the people in the palace, but in front of the prince and Fujin are slaves, you must not be willful, let alone talk back to them, quarrel, that is not in front of your father, that is the prince, even if you have no power, you are also the emperor's brother, and you are called a thousand years old. You have no one to discuss, you have to grasp it yourself. There is a way that once you enter the Hou Gate, it is as deep as the sea, and your father and mother can't often see you, so it's not that ordinary people are palaces, and the rules are big....... Chen Dabin said his worries and what he wanted Yun'er to pay attention to. And he gave many words. Yun'er agreed one by one. She knows that it's useless to say anything, and she has to marry for her father's sake. Yun'er is a girl and doesn't care about the affairs of the country, but she is different from other girls, she once pretended to be a boy to run outside for a living, and she also heard some things about the court discussed in the market, and she also heard about the things about Prince Rui in the wine shop teahouse. While it may be exaggerated, there are many that are credible. Lord Rui's reputation in the government and the opposition is indeed very good, and no one has ever said that he has bad behavior. Oh, yes. How can a girl not marry? Let it be up to fate.