Chapter 402, Old People and Old Things

Menzi was arranged by Princess Jin, guarding this important position, from time to time there are people who want to go out of the house to do things without permission to take money and be accommodating, of course, they don't look down on these money, but they all know that Bao Niangzi is a celebrity around the princess, and she is very generous, her mother's family is here and she can't take anything and not give it to the pass, and the reward she gives is silver

pushed Mo'er's hand back with the money: "Master Bao is polite, we should do our best to deal with Bao Niangzi, you wait, I'll send someone to call"

After speaking, he instructed an eleven or twelve-year-old servant: "Quietly go and call Bao Niangzi out, saying that her mother's brother is looking for her, don't let others know"

Soon Bao Niangzi came out, full of anxiety, she only went back to her parents' house ten days ago and took some private money, brother will find it, is there anything urgent?

went out the back door to the alley outside, but couldn't see his brother, he was looking, Mo'er walked forward and saluted: "Bao Niangzi, I'm sorry, my master has something to ask the lady to help, so I came out here to coax the lady out of the house, and I hope the lady will not blame." I heard that you are the most trusted person of Princess Ji, and my master has something that he wants to entrust to the princess, please help"

After speaking, he took out a thin envelope with a golden hairpin on it, Bao Niangzi was about to get angry because of being deceived, when she saw the golden hairpin hesitated, she stretched out her hand and pushed it away and asked suspiciously: "Who is this little brother?" Who is your master? What the hell is going on with the princess? If it's really the princess's business, even if you don't send this, I'll do it, if it's any trouble or hard work, I won't have a conscience no matter how much you send."

Mo'er secretly praised Mingjing's thoughtfulness, so he said according to what he taught: "Bao Niangzi is too careful, you know the master of my family, it is Zhou Changsheng, the younger daughter-in-law of Junma, she was very fond of Princess Ji's eyes last time she came to the house, and this must be known to Bao Niangzi." Last time, Princess Ji rewarded my master with very valuable things, my master has something to repay the princess, but he is afraid of causing the county lord and Princess Jin to be taboo, after all, she is the daughter-in-law of the Xie family, so she entrusted me to hand it over to Bao Niangzi, please transfer it to the princess, please rest assured, the princess will not blame you"

On the day when Ming Che and An Yang left with Mingjing and Changsheng, Bao Niangzi had been serving by Princess Ji's side, and naturally knew that Princess Ji, who was regarded as a thorn in the eye of the county lord, liked the county lord's younger daughter-in-law Zhou Changsheng very much, and after that day, the princess still muttered in front of her several times that she wanted to see Changsheng, but because Princess Jin finally gave up, she didn't expect Changsheng to send someone to send something to Princess Ji despite Anyang's taboo.

Princess Ji doesn't lack anything, what she lacks is this heart. Bao Niangzi took the letter, but pushed the golden hairpin back: "Little brother, don't worry, I believe that I will definitely hand it over to the princess, this is not necessary, the princess treats me very kindly, I don't lack this." Do you have to wait for the princess to reply? ”

Mo'er shook her head: "No need, my master said that please tell the princess that she doesn't have to reply to the letter, and she said everything she had to say in the letter." ”

Bao Niangzi was worried that if the master had something to say, he would take it back, and insisted that he wait for a while, Mo'er said helplessly: "Then I will wait in the carriage at the entrance of the alley, if there is anything wrong with Bao Niangzi, you can see it when you get out of the alley, but I only wait for half an hour, if I can't wait, I will leave." ”

Bao Niangzi nodded and went in quickly, came out in less than half an hour, and said politely with a smile on her face: "The princess said that her identity is not suitable for going to the inn, and it is inconvenient for many people to be mixed, she will go to the Fayuan Temple in the west of the city tomorrow to incense, and ask your master to meet there, and said that she will arrive at the end of the hour." ”

After saying goodbye and going in, Mo'er's goal was achieved, and he happily returned to Mingjing.

Princess Ji took the thin piece of letterhead, and the letter was signed by Zhou Changsheng, saying that she had something important to discuss with the princess, and asked her to go to an inn tomorrow morning to talk about it. She was a little puzzled, although she was very close to Changsheng, but Changsheng was Anyang's concubine after all, how could she find herself?

A while ago, I heard that Anyang was angry about a trivial matter and drove away Junma's younger brother and sister-in-law, she felt that she had gone too far, and she really lost the identity of the county lord and eldest sister-in-law, not to mention that Mingche was not there, and it was inevitable that she would be suspected of bullying, so she told King Huai'an, and wanted him to persuade Anyang to restrain himself, but King Huai'an didn't care, so she didn't bother to care, but she was a little worried about immortality.

Could it be that Changsheng came to the door today for this matter? Although she is Anyang's mother-in-law, the king of Huai'an spoils her too much, and this matter is also a matter that is difficult to manage in the housework of his daughter-in-law's family, and he doesn't want to take care of it, so he is just a villain in vain.

Thinking about it again, how could a person who spoke and acted so measuredly give her such a problem? Although she couldn't figure out what was going on, Princess Ji still decided to go for it just because of her inexplicable affection and love for Changsheng after just one interaction.

And after Mingjing went back at night, he still didn't tell Changsheng why Mo'er was looking for him, only saying that he would know tomorrow, Changsheng couldn't ask, although he was angry, he couldn't, so he had to go with him. But he didn't know anything about Mingjing pretending to be in his own name.

Early the next morning, Princess Ji went to the king of Huai'an, saying that the Bodhisattva blamed her for neglecting last night, she wanted to go to the Fayuan Temple in the west of the city to incense today, so as to ensure the safety of the family, in order not to disturb the people, but also not to disturb the peace of the Buddhist gate, she did not want to bring a guard of honor and too many slaves, only brought a coachman, two guards and Bao Niangzi, the light car is simple, and the clothes are very simple, the king of Huai'an can not help but she has to agree.

She got up early, and walked quickly, but just after midnight (more than eight o'clock in the morning) arrived at Fayuan Temple, and put on the first pillar of incense in the morning. Today is not a festival, it is early in the morning, there are very few pilgrims, the Buddhist hall is very quiet, and Princess Ji is mindful.

Just after worshipping the Buddha and making a wish, a little novice came to invite, saying that there was a guest waiting for her in the tea room, Princess Ji thought that Changsheng was waiting, and immediately went happily.

When he came to the door of the tea room, he came forward and saluted respectfully, and Princess Ji smiled: "In the end, it is a young couple, and Shangxiang has to accompany him in person." ”

Mingjing only smiled and said nothing, welcomed Princess Ji into the door, and ordered the guards and Bao Niangzi to wait outside, and not let anyone in.

The tea room is quiet and elegant, the fragrant tea is curling, Princess Ji thought it was Changsheng, but she only saw a half-old village woman bending down to salute her, although the clothes were neat, the appearance was neat and neat, the clothes were also newly made good clothes, and the demeanor was quite calm, but she still saw at a glance that she was just a village woman who had been in a high position for a long time, and she was secretly surprised in her heart, and she didn't understand what Changsheng meant.

"Who is this?"

Mingjing stepped forward and introduced: "This is Changsheng's mother, my mother-in-law, who only came from the countryside of Yunzhou in Jinyang yesterday. ”

Princess Ji was stunned at first, what did Changsheng's mother want to see her? Hearing the word Yunzhou, his brows furrowed, and a thin layer of sadness appeared in his eyes.

Mingjing helped her sit down, and the village woman was surprised, and stepped forward cautiously and respectfully, and said: "The women, Zhou Wang, have seen the princess, and it seems that the princess has long been unable to recognize the women." ”

Zhou Wang's? Princess Ji was full of suspicion, feeling that this title seemed to have a familiar feeling, but she couldn't remember anything, but she really couldn't remember where she had seen this village woman.

Zhou Wangshi became more and more excited: "Princess, more than 20 years ago, you passed through a village called Nianpanzigou in the mountains of Yunzhou? Is there a family surnamed Zhou next to the ravine? ”

Princess Ji's lips trembled, and she stood up suddenly: "You are sister-in-law Zhou?" ”

"Yes, princess, it was a folk woman twenty years ago, and a folk woman had a past with the princess." As he spoke, he carefully took out a lotus pink brocade from his arms, unfolded it and handed it to Princess Ji, only a golden pedicle flower was embroidered on the brocade handkerchief, and a small "Yao" word was embroidered under the flower branch.

Princess Ji took it with trembling hands, tears fell one by one, she never thought that twenty years later, she would be able to see this most cherished handkerchief again, which was specially invited by her husband to embroider it to her when she was newly married, and the word "Yao" represents her boudoir name "Ji Yuyao".

Twenty years ago, because Emperor Yang of Sui suspected that Li Yuan had the intention of rebellion, he removed his younger brother Li Shentong, who was an official in the Sui Dynasty, and is now the king of Huai'an, and exiled him to a remote and bitter cold place. His wife Ji Yuyao was exiled with him, and Ji Yuyao, who was born in a famous family, was originally a golden and noble person, but she had to drag her pregnancy and leave Chang'an with her husband step by step and go north.

Along the way, the scolding of the errand servants, the poor food and the distance of the road, made her suffer the hardships that she had never endured in her life, and when she arrived at a small village in the mountains of Yunzhou, she finally couldn't stand the torture and was going to give birth prematurely, plus Yunzhou was as cold as winter in September, Ji Yuyao thought that she was about to die.

That small mountain village is Nianpanzigou Village, the Zhou family was poor at that time, the family lived in a mud house at the head of the village, seeing that his wife was about to give birth, but he couldn't find a place to produce and a stable wife, Li Shentong endured the bad words of the servants, and finally knocked on the doors of several families, but they were suspicious of the bloody disaster, and they were the people who ate lawsuits, and refused to help, Li Shentong was about to despair, and knocked on the door of the Zhou family.

That is Zhou Houchun's previous home, during that time just farming, he made money to support the family, followed a few people from the same village to Jinyang to be a porter, only Zhou Wang's family with the seven-year-old eldest son Zhou Ansheng and two-year-old daughter Zhou Qiaosheng, that day Zhou Wang's mother, that is, Changsheng's grandmother Wang Cui's happened to be at the daughter's house.

Seeing the situation at that time, the family was very sympathetic, and they didn't care about the taboos, so they quickly helped the dying Ji Yuyao to the hot kang, boiled hot water, and took hay and old clothes.

In order to prevent the errand from abusing and torturing Li Shentong because of the delay in the trip, Zhou Wang's family used the life of the whole family to guarantee that the errand took off Li Shentong's shackles, and killed two laying hens in the family, branded multigrain cakes, made a few dishes, and opened an altar of burning knives used to worship ancestors for the New Year, and tried his best to entertain the two errands. When they got drunk and asked Li Shentong to help him go to sleep in another room, Li Shentong had to take care of his wife who was struggling in the ghost gate.

Under the care of Zhou Wang's and his mother with chicken soup noodles and eggs, Ji Yuyao had the strength to give birth to a premature baby girl after being in pain, but after torture along the way, and because of the long delivery time, the baby girl was born without breath.