Chapter 389, a trip to the county town

The carriage squeaked on the official road to Wugong County, this time the family was low-key and simple, only brought three ordinary carriages and a long entourage on horseback, Pei Xun and his eldest son Pei Zijun and brother-in-law Xie Mingjing took one together, Xie Mingzhu took his youngest son Pei Ziji and daughter Pei Zichen to ride together, and there were several personal maids and women in the back, and there were only more than ten people with the coachman, walking on the official road where cars came and went, it was really inconspicuous.

Although this is a long journey to say goodbye, but the mood of the group is extremely cheerful, even the late autumn scenery along the way, in their eyes also has a unique flavor, from time to time in the carriage from the sound of laughter.

It's been a long time since I've been so relaxed and happy, since Xie's house was copied, it's been a long time, and every time Xie Mingzhu sets foot on the way back to his parents' house, his mood is always extremely heavy.

Xie Wuya was an important minister in the Sui Dynasty, the Xie family was rich and rich, and her mother was also from a famous family, and she was the eldest daughter of the Xie family, from her grandmother to her parents, all of them favored her very much, although she was not as noble as a princess, but she was also extremely delicate.

After getting married, the status of her husband's family was respected, and her mother-in-law loved her very much, the only daughter-in-law, and she gave birth to two sons and a daughter-in-law in a row, and was favored by her husband's parents. When the Sui Dynasty died and Tang Xing died, her maiden husbands and daughters were all meritorious ministers, and her status was more noble, and her father-in-law became the first minister of power in the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and her status in the hearts of noblewomen was higher than that of some princesses.

Her husband Pei Xun is extremely smart and capable, although his grade is not high, he is a powerful official in the ministry, and he is also a figure who calls for wind and rain. The most important thing is that her husband treats her very well, she doesn't like to have concubines and concubines, although he has a few concubines and concubines, and there are one or two who are quite favored, but he doesn't give them the opportunity to have children, and even the in-laws who are extremely important to the heirs have to rely on the son's temperament, and the noblewomen in Beijing do not envy her.

It can be said that in addition to the resentment against her husband who stays in the center of the concubine's room from time to time, her life can be said to be very smooth and happy. If the crown prince Li Jiancheng succeeds to the throne smoothly, the Pei family will be a meritorious minister, and her husband will rise to prospering because he is the prince's henchman, her life will get better and better, and her future will be as brilliant as a flower.

But with the Xuanwumen Incident, with the King of Qin who could not predict that no one could predict that King Qin killed his brother and slaughtered his brother to force his father to abdicate, in just a few hours, the situation of the court has all changed, although the status of the Pei family is embarrassing, the emperor Li Yuan is still alive and can still protect it for a while, and the official positions of the father-in-law and husband are still the same, but the father and son have changed from everyone in the court to everyone avoids them.

Because she couldn't stand the drastic change in the attitudes of those noblewomen, she didn't even want to go out again.

The most pitiful thing is her mother's family, **** between the family and imprisoned, including her old mother, the family fell from the clouds into the dust, life and death are unpredictable, and she has nothing but worry and crying, but she has nothing to do, she dare not do anything, for fear that her mother's family has been defeated, and a little carelessness will cause trouble to her husband's family, as long as the Pei family does not fall, it is better to avoid a little protection.

Fortunately, the new emperor saw that in front of his biological father Xie Wuya, he pardoned the Xie family, and although he was demoted to a commoner, he escaped with his life, which is a blessing in misfortune. At that time, the whole family escaped for their lives, panicking like a lost dog, if it weren't for the sacrificial field house that Ming Che was on duty next to the ancestral grave, I am afraid that there would not even be a place to live.

She had to take care of her mother's family, stealing silver, sending food, clothing and medicinal materials, and sending reliable servants to take care of her mother, but she was afraid of being tabooed by the new emperor and did not dare to do too much, the most uncomfortable thing was the feeling of not knowing when the catastrophe was coming, and the feeling of not knowing when life and death were momentary, the husband and wife did not dare to let their children know, afraid of frightening them, and did not dare to let the old people know, afraid that they would be more worried, often crying together with people behind their backs in the middle of the night, that terrible day, that feeling of panic day and night, it was not as pleasant as a knife.

Fortunately, the sharp blade that had been hanging over their heads was finally removed, and finally it did not fall on their family, and they could finally breathe and speak loudly, although the scenery was not as good as before, but life was no longer in crisis, there was no panic in their hearts, and they could finally live a normal life, what could be better than this?

What are you afraid of when you leave your hometown? Instead of fleeing with his family, he followed her husband to become a parent official, saying that it was an experience, why not retreat as an advance, and wait for the next time he returns to Beijing to regain the emperor's trust and seek a better future?

Although the noblewomen who have resumed contact these days have expressed sympathy and reluctance for her to leave Beijing for other places, whether true or false, although Jiannan Dao is almost a barbarian land in the eyes of the noblewomen, where can it compare with the wealth and prosperity of the capital. But she was extremely happy, she had been suppressed for too long, and she really wanted to go out and live freely for a while.

Although all this is mainly due to the extraordinary strength and thirst of the new emperor, her brother-in-law Zhou Changsheng's chatting and a few words at a critical time also contributed to the fact that they came out of the predicament of the authorities.

After listening to his brother-in-law's views on the current situation, his father-in-law and husband immediately convened several trusted staff members to discuss the whole ****, and finally came up with a surprising countermeasure. The father-in-law took the retreat as the guard, from the most powerful Shang Shuling to the position of the subordinate servant of the second class of power, and recommended the emperor's favorite person to serve as Shang Shuling, although the power has been weakened, but it is still one of the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty, still in the core of power, he originally had, thought that he was going to lose all the power and status to keep more than half.

The key is that the Pei family has regained the trust and reliance of the emperor, and has also become close friends with the new Shangshu Ling Fang Xuanling, which has laid a good foundation for the future development and prosperity of the Pei family and the smooth career of the two sons. It's just that Fang Xuanling doesn't want to remember the good of the Pei family, everyone in the court knows that Fang Xuanling became the Shangshuling that everyone yearns for because of his strong recommendation, which is equivalent to a teacher, if a person doesn't remember the love of the teacher, he is still a teacher who has the merit of recommendation, and he will not want to be a man in the court in the future.

And the husband takes retreat as advance, and goes to the local post not only to upgrade the grade but also to have more qualifications, but also to gradually calm down the remaining prejudices in the emperor's heart through distance and time, and when he has the opportunity to return to the capital, he will have a better future.

Since he knew that he was going to leave the capital soon, Zichen had been very unhappy, it was useless to cry and make trouble, and gradually fell silent, and there was a deep resistance and disappointment in his eyes towards the adults.

She could feel the dreary and oppressive atmosphere in the house in the past few years, there were almost no more visitors to the house, her father frowned every day, her mother rarely went out to visit friends, let alone take her out, and her grandmother was not in the mood to spoil her as before, she felt that her life was no longer the same as before, but she did not know why.

Later, the adults suddenly became happy, the parents were no longer sad, the guests and ladies who had disappeared for a few years came to the door, and the mother took her on a tour again, and life seemed to have returned to before, and she also returned to her former pampering and liveliness.

But within a few days, her mother told them that the family, except for the eldest brother Pei Zijun, was going to follow her father to Mianzhou in Jiannan Province to take office, of course she didn't want to go to that Laoshizi Jiannan Road, so far away from home, sit down all the way, stay in the carriage every day, how boring, don't you sit on the shelf? Who doesn't know that she Pei Zichen is most afraid of riding in a carriage for a long time?

And I heard that it is close to the barbarians, there are mountains everywhere, presumably the women there are almost as ugly and barbaric as the barbarian women, and I didn't even have a friend when I went, and I heard that she didn't understand the local language spoken by the people there, and the food was different from that in Beijing, although my grandmother sent the best cook and embroidery girl to follow, but she couldn't eat a lot of food in Beijing, and she couldn't wear the most popular new clothes in Beijing in time, how frustrated, she didn't want to go

But this time no one is willing to follow her temperament, no matter how coquettish she is and crying, it has no effect, all the people have bitten to death, she has to go, even the grandmother who spoils her the most refuses to let go, just found the cook who is the most suitable for her taste and the embroidery girl who will make her clothes the most, Xu used a lot of money to let the family follow, and also authorized her to bring her favorite girl and grandma, and promised to send people to Shuzhong several times a year to send delicious and fun and the most popular clothes in the capital to her, to put it mildly, just refuse to leave her.

She was very frustrated and resentful after crying to no avail, and she refused to say a word to anyone, but today, along the way, she found that her mood was inexplicably much better, and it turned out that leaving the capital was not so bad.

Xie Mingzhu looked at her daughter's expression from depressed to calm to gradually cheerful, and then breathed a sigh of relief, she had been killed by her troublesome headache in the past few days.

"Zichen, it's not that my mother doesn't love you, your father and I will always grow old one day, your brother will be admitted to the scientific examination in the future, and he will protect you for the rest of his life, only if he is strong, he can protect you for a lifetime, right? Staying in the capital is beneficial to his studies and career.

Your grandmother is right, if a girl doesn't follow her parents to more places when she is young, when she grows up and becomes married, she can only be trapped in a deep house for the rest of her life. The world is so big, don't you want to see other places? Isn't it boring to be in the capital all your life? Besides, your father is a chief, where will we suffer? I'm afraid of being more free."

Zichen's eyes rolled, but he still refused to answer, Ziji said in his ear: "Sister, do you know, that day the eldest brother mentioned that he wanted to stay in the capital to study, and he couldn't follow us to Jiannan Road to see the scenery outside, I felt uncomfortable, you saw him, but don't mention how fun it is to go to Jiannan Road, he will be unhappy." ”

Zichen raised his eyebrows and wanted to laugh, but he bit his lip and held back, Xie Mingzhu and Ziji were secretly happy.

"Of course it's true, who wouldn't want to go outside when they have the opportunity to go outside? I think the people in those places must be different from the capital, and they must be much more interesting, think about it, when we go back to Beijing to visit relatives and friends in three years, by the way, talk about the customs and anecdotes of Jiannan Road, and those young ladies who have been in the capital since they were born are not going to be jealous to death? Haha, if I scold them in the local language of Mianzhou, they will definitely not understand"

Zichen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed Ziji: "Really? ”

A carload of people burst out laughing.