Chapter 73
Kind and upright, he seems to be in a very good mood today, he stayed in the West Garden for a long time, drank two pots of tea, and ate a full plate of snacks, until the big men and little boys of the Pei family went home one after another, and were urged by the beautiful and lovely again and again, and then reluctantly left.
"In fact, the name Deyin is quite good, elegant, beautiful, connotative, and full of luxury. Still, I like to bark. "Give the emperor's handwritten letter to Pei Erye, and say seriously.
"So, what about Mei Ai?" Lin Youhui joked with a smile.
"I'm not called Meiai!" With a small face, her voice was crisp, "I am, not Pei Meiai!" Mother, my little brother's level of naming is really not good, don't pay attention to him. β
Lin Youhui told Pei Erye the words "kind and upright" and "beautiful and cute", and the husband and wife both found it funny. This child is a child, and when he speaks, he often can't imagine it.
"Daughter, Dad taught you to write a thanksgiving recital." Pei Erye smiled.
Nodding, "Okay, Dad taught me to write one, and I'll write another one myself." "One is a decent official clichΓ©, the other is a sincere child's talk, the two styles are put in front of the emperor, he likes whichever he likes, let him choose.
Second Master Pei smiled, "Okay, attach your own writing in the fold." "Teach my baby daughter how to write a thanksgiving recital, the serious one of eight hundred is written, and I can play it by myself, and write another one. Lifting the pen, he wrote with immature strokes: "The name you gave is high-end and magnificent, thank you!" I'm cute, the name isn't cute enough, but I still like it, thank you from the bottom of my heart, I appreciate it. β
Pei Erye and Lin Youhui deliberated on the thank you letter they wrote for a long time, and the last word of the letter was not changed, so it was attached to the thanksgiving fold.
The third brother Pei Qi was quite loyal and patriotic, and saluted respectfully to the emperor's handwriting, and called out in a serious manner, "Deyin." "Since His Majesty the Emperor has given him a name, of course my sister should immediately use it to show her attention and gratitude.
Persistently reasoned with Pei Qi, "My big name is already Pei Deyin, and everyone knows the way." But I'm still your sister, third brother, you still call me sister like before. "Third brother, if you call me Deyin every day, I have to vomit to death. What a cute little Lori I am, Deyin? The name Deyin is just a little bit better than Shanzheng.
Debate and reason with the third brother, express their opinions, and do not give in to each other. The brother and sister were arguing, and their parents and sixth brother Pei Ying were watching with great interest, commenting from time to time, "Ah Qi's words are good. "This gesture is very impressive."
In the end, no one convinced anyone. However, if Pei Qi called "Deyin", he would ignore him with a small face. Pei Qi had no choice, so he had to rely on her, and called his sister as before, so he smiled.
Picking up the lantern, the family of five took the maid and the mother-in-law through the mezzanine and went to Mrs. Lin's main room to accompany her grandfather and grandmother to gossip and play cards. Lin Shangshu and Pei Taishou are old friends and old rivals, and they deliberately sighed, "When your grandfather named you back then, he didn't seem to have enough foresight. He didn't even think of it......"
Lin Shangshu was unkindly happy. Lao Pei, Lao Pei, you didn't expect that Nannan's surname and first name are connected, and the homophony is not very good?
smiled sweetly, "My grandfather didn't expect that when I went to school, I would meet a schoolmate like Miss Cao Er in the most elaborate boudoir school." β
Even if a normal person thinks of it, he won't say it if it doesn't matter, at most he will secretly laugh twice. It is very abnormal to ridicule Cao Shun in person. Abnormal people, abnormal people, this is unpredictable.
Lin Shangshu couldn't help laughing, "Nannan, you are very fond of your grandfather." "This child has been away from Gusu for a year, and she is still very longing for her grandfather. Lao Pei, thinking about you, looking at you, are you proud?
"Of course, you can't write two Pei characters in one stroke." Giggle.
Pei Taishou is a strict patriarch to his children and grandchildren, and it can be seen that he has transformed into a loving grandfather. I frolicked in his arms, played in the lobby where he tried the case, and had a deep relationship with my grandfather.
Mrs. Lin pushed Lin Youhui, and the mother and daughter smiled. Since Lin Shangshu was still the governor of Su Song, he and Pei Taishou often met and quarreled, at first for official business, then for chess, and then for their children, which was very lively. These two people, one is the governor of Su Song, and the other is the Taishou of Suzhou, but they quarreled like children, laughing to death. No, how many years have we been apart, and my grandfather is still jealous of my grandfather.
He showed off his new name to his grandfather, "Pei Deyin, is this name grand enough?" "My grandfather was happy," it was very magnificent, very magnificent. "Nannan, you don't look at who came up with this name, can my grandfather say it badly?
My grandfather asked about the origin of the name and explained gently, "When I go to school, I get along with my classmates." Smile agreed.
While he was talking, the eldest uncle also came, and also asked him to ask about the day's events, and he was not bored, and told the eldest uncle one by one, and did not miss any details-the child was not long-winded, in case something important was missed, it was not good.
The eldest uncle smiled, "Deyin, this name is excellent." "Ordinary people just love the girl and have great expectations for the girl, and they don't dare to give it this name. That is, the emperor opened his mouth, so that people had nothing to say. Deyin, Deyin, it seems that the emperor is going to give amnesty to the world.
When it was almost time, Pei Erye and his wife took the children to say goodbye and return to the West Garden. yawned on the way, Pei Erye smiled and asked, "Are you sleepy?" Well-behaved nodded, "Hmm." Pei Erye leaned over and picked her up, "Good daughter, go to sleep." When I arrived at the West Garden, I was already asleep in a daze.
After falling asleep, Pei Erye and Lin Youhui sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her lovingly.
"My daughter can't be snatched away."
"Well, no, no matter how powerful people are."
The parents spoke softly, in a small voice, but very firmly.
I got up early the next morning, freshened up, got into the carriage happily, and went to school with my cousins. I can see Teacher Chu again, I can see Wen Ya again, and I can play happily with my friends again......
When he arrived at the boudoir school, Mr. Chu smiled gently as usual, but there were more indescribable strange emotions in his eyes. seems to be unconscious, still smiling very sweetly, and looking well-behaved.
The classmates also looked at a different light than before, with some envy, some fear, and maybe some disdain, which was quite complicated. The simplest and clearest is Wen Ya, she grabbed it and threatened in a low voice, "Tell me what's going on, or else, you'll have a good look!" "I'm the one my father gave to Qi, of course I'm my father's student, right?" My dad also took in a student, the one who came yesterday. "Wen Ya knows that the Ten Princes are senior brothers, tsk," you have such a senior brother, it's really majestic! Are you and Your Majesty relatives in the corner, so powerful. β
"Your Majesty is high, it's really his relative, and it's inconvenient to call yourself a relative, not to mention that I can't hit it with eight strokes." Shake oneβs head.
"Really sensible!" Wen Ya smiled and praised her.
glared at the gentle little girl, and said who is sensible? You're a little kid, do you know the truth?
During the recess, in addition to the little girls such as Wen Ya, Fang Xinxin, and Mei Qiong, who usually play together, Qu Yingying, Cheng Xing, Du Ming and others were added. Qu Yingying's family is hereditary thousands of households, a petite and delicate, smart-looking girl, she kindly invited others to eat snacks, "This is a recipe from the palace, and the taste is very good." "The dim sum is very delicate, made into the shape of a peach blossom piece by piece, white and red, crystal clear. and Wen Ya and others have tasted it, and they all praise it for being delicious.
"It is a great honor for you to have the name given by Your Majesty. Do you still have a handwritten letter from Your Majesty? Yesterday, I was far away, and I didn't see the imperial pen under His Majesty, which is really unlucky. Qu Yingying is petite, but she is very good at talking, and she regrets that she did not see the three words "Pei Deyin" written by the emperor himself.
"I've only watched it once." smiled: "After I went home, my father personally offered the incense case, which was very high, and I couldn't reach it." "Knowing that Qu Yingying wanted to be a guest in the West Garden, but she refused to do it. This is not a previous life, there is something very rare, I will show you generously, and I will not lose anything. The imperial power in this era is more scary, and I take the emperor's handwriting to exhibit it casually, and I don't have anything to do.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Qu Yingying's eyes, but she still smiled diligently and let everyone eat snacks.
When eating in the dining room at noon, there were many girls in the first and second xuan, who came over to set up, polite, smiling and welcoming, without any arrogance. Among the crowd, Cao Ying's luxurious clothes are particularly eye-catching. She is still a reserved picture, but there is a different person around her, no longer Cao Shun, but another sweet-looking little girl, who also seems to be good-tempered. "It's a change of staff." Naughty thought.
It seems that Cao Shun is an insignificant figure in the Jingqing Marquis Mansion, and he was easily cannon fodder. Cao Ying is business as usual and is not affected at all.
Cao Ying is also a little different from before, although she didn't come to say hello, but if she met her on the road, she would nod slightly. is a good child of the Pei family, advocating etiquette, Cao Ying nodded in response, and she smiled in return.
, never willing to stingy smiles.
passed by Cao Ying and walked happily towards the white jade plate. Cao Ying looked at the little back, a trace of contempt flashed in her eyes, she was just the daughter of a six-rank Beijing official, what was her anger? The future will only be ...... Cao Ying snorted and walked straight towards Zhuoyu Yixuan.
Her new follower, cousin Cao Ji, hurriedly followed.
I don't know what Cao Ying is thinking, even if she knows what she is thinking, she won't take it to heart and laugh at it. There are many people in the world who have an inexplicable sense of superiority, and it is useless to deal with them.
Cao Ying held her breath and finished her day's class, went out to get in the car, and her face sank. What kind of wisdom does this learn from the boudoir, how can there be a private school of his own! In their own private school, Mr. and Harmony, the sisters heard that how dare to get along with themselves, the eldest lady of the Cao family, and how dare not put themselves, the eldest lady of the Cao family, in their eyes.
Cao Ying, as the only daughter of the Marquis of Jinghai, has been noble since she was a child. In the palace, she chose a companion for the ninth princess to read, and Mrs. Jinghai Hou pushed it without thinking about it, "My family Ying'er can't stand that restraint." Cao Ying herself was not happy, "If it is a princess born by the queen, I am happy; Concubine Xian's daughter, forget it. "The princess born of the concubine, why should the eldest lady of the Cao family serve diligently. Cao Ying, who even disdained to be a princess companion, did not have a flourishing after she arrived at Huiming's boudoir, and everyone admired her, so how could she not be angry.
Cao Ji was in the same car as her, and when he saw that her face was not good, he was accompanied by a smiling face, and his heart was beating. Cao Ji's identity is worse than Cao Shun, although Cao Shun doesn't have a good father, he is still a concubine, but Cao Ji is the concubine of the second brother of Jinghai Hou, and he is not taken seriously in Jinghai Hou's Mansion. For Cao Ying, she doesn't know how to stammer.
When she arrived at the Jinghai Marquis's mansion, Cao Ying got out of the carriage with a calm face, changed her sedan chair, and went to the main room of Mrs. Jinghai Hou. Cao Ji patted his chest happily and told the little girl, "Quick, hurry back to the room." "It's been a tiring day, go back and rest, this eldest lady, it's really hard to serve.
Cao Ying went back to the room to see Mrs. Jinghaihou, and said coquettishly: "Mother, I don't want to go to the boudoir anymore." You still run a private school at home, just ask me to be a gentleman, okay? It's so comfortable to go to a private school.,In the boudoir school.,There are a lot of people who hate it.γ β
Mrs. Jinghaihou caressed her and said softly: "Ying'er, you have to grow up." If you study in a private school, everyone follows you, holding you one by one, but the little girls of the same age as you go to school, and you know how to make handkerchiefs with noble girls since you were a child, and you are good at dancing with long sleeves, and you will suffer when you grow up. β
Cao Ying pursed her lips, "Like our family, are Ying'er still afraid that she won't have friends?" What kind of handkerchief do you make friends with, with the power of the Marquis of Jinghai's mansion, I'm afraid that no one will post it? Mrs. Jinghaihou smiled and said, "The ones posted are all lower than our family's status." But Ying'er, my father and mother still want you to go up again. Cao Ying thought thoughtfully, "Oh, that's it." "Go up, go up, go up......
Mrs. Jinghaihou looked at her daughter's delicate appearance and sighed lovingly. Ying'er, you are still a child, there are many unexpected places, good boy, you just have to relax, your father and mother will make decisions for you in everything.
Jinghai Hou Cao is unharmed, shrewd and capable, he is busy outside, even if he goes home, he is more in the outer courtyard and the staff to discuss matters, and less when he goes back to the inner house. This was also the norm for aristocratic men: except when they were sleeping, they rarely went into the inner house.
Mrs. Jinghai Hou was worried about her daughter, so she specially ordered someone to invite him, "Master Hou, Ying'er is not willing to go to school, how can this be good." Mrs. Jinghai Hou knew that Cao Wuxian liked Cao Ying very much, so she dared to call him back for Cao Ying's schooling.
Jinghaihou is a tall middle-aged man, he frowned, "It's okay if you don't want to enter the palace as a companion, but you don't want to go to school, but this is not okay." Madam, Ying'er is getting older, and she can't be capricious except for being willful. "The girl is getting older, and she has to learn everything she needs to learn slowly. Daddy can't follow her for a lifetime, and she can't protect her for a lifetime.
Mrs. Jinghaihou didn't really want to discuss with her husband about her daughter's schooling, but she just used this excuse to call her husband back to the inner house. When she heard Jinghai Hou say this, she nodded softly, "Yes, listen to Hou Ye." β
"Our Ying'er should be taught well, this child must be blessed when he grows up." Mrs. Jinghaihou pursed her lips and smiled, "When she was only full moon, she asked the Taoist monk to calculate it, she is a rich and noble character." β
Jinghaihou smiled, "Yes, rich and expensive." "My daughter who is not injured by Cao, which monk dares to say that she has a bad life? It's all nonsense.
Mrs. Jinghaihou looked at her husband's face, and slowly mentioned the matter of Huiming's boudoir, "...... For a little girl to be ridiculed, the emperor personally gave her name and wrote it himself, which is also a rare honor. Master Hou, you said, how can the emperor value the daughter of an editor in the Hanlin Academy? It's hard to figure out. β
Jinghaihou smiled indifferently, "Hanlin was originally a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, and this matter is not surprising." "These literati are moving their mouths, and they have a great effect. The generals worked hard and shed blood on the battlefield, and they may not be able to catch up with the weight of these people in the emperor's mind.
Mrs. Jinghai Hou said angrily: "Why don't you want to think about it, not only the emperor's imperial pen himself, but also the tenth prince personally sent it?" Isn't this intriguing? The emperor and the ten princes treat this Pei family too well. Jing Haihou was silent for a moment and smiled faintly, "This, we can't take care of it." "The emperor just likes to be close to the ministers, and the nobles are not convinced, and there is no way.
Mrs. Jinghaihou was a little anxious, "How can we not take care of it?" Master Hou, sister-in-law can tell me through the words, the queen is interested in our family Ying'er! is interested in Ying'er, how can he give the Pei family favor? Master Hou, this matter should not be underestimated. β
Jing Haihou smiled and picked up the teacup, "Yes, don't underestimate it." "Jinghaihou is not like his wife, he only cares about who his daughter can marry when she grows up and how noble her status she can be. The tenth prince is good, his status is high, and he is beautiful, but he is still young, and Ying'er is still a little girl. As a courtier, you must be loyal to the king, that is certain, but loyalty to the prince and loyalty to the emperor are not the same thing at all.
"Ying'er is still young, there are some things, Mrs. will let them go first." Jing Haihou said with a smile.
Mrs. Jinghai Hou was coquettish, "Master Hou, after this village, there is no such shop!" You look all over the capital, among the children who are about the same age as our Ying'er, are there any more noble than the Ten Princes? If you don't start first, it's too late. β
Jinghaihou thought about the status and talent of the Ten Princes, and he was also tempted, "Yes, there is no better child than the Ten Princes." "If you want to pick a son-in-law, the Ten Princes are of course the first choice, and others can't compare to it anyway.
Mrs. Jinghaihou gritted her teeth, "It's good, but a Pei family just popped out!" The tenth prince is obviously different from the little girl of the Pei family, but the Hou Ye didn't see it? The Pei family has no foundation, and that little girl is just the daughter of a six-grade Beijing official, and she can't become a climate, so she will be a second concubine at most in the future. It's just that if you're so favored, won't it be a scourge in the future? At a young age, he will seduce the Ten Princes, and he will have it when he grows up? With her, Ying'er is sad and comfortable. β
Jinghai Hou was stunned, "These civil officials have a good face and talk about style, I'm afraid they won't let their daughters be subservient." "The second concubine is also a concubine, the Pei family won't be willing, right?
Mrs. Jinghaihou sneered, "She can't be subservient, can we Ying'er?" Master Hou, the family affairs of the ten princes, the emperor promised Empress Zhang to let Empress Zhang call the shots, but Empress Zhang gave our family a message. β
When Empress Zhang gave birth to the tenth prince, she was already middle-aged, and that birth was extremely difficult. finally gave birth to the tenth prince, the emperor took pity on him very much, and promised in person, "Xiao Shi's upbringing and marriage are all decided by the queen." β
Jinghaihou was quite hesitant. When the emperor was still alive, it was very dangerous to get too close to the prince, but the prince was the eldest son, and the next two princes, the third prince, and the fourth prince died young, and the biological mothers of the five princes, five, six, seven, eight, and nine, were not visible, and they only nodded and bowed in front of the prince. The ten princes are also the queen's concubines, and the next eleven, twelfth, and thirteenth princes are still very young. The crown prince's succession to the throne, no matter how you look at it, is a sure thing.
Empress Zhang handed over a message, if her family does not continue, the prince will succeed to the throne in the future, Queen Zhang will become the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the Cao family will be good? The Cao family is just the maiden family of Empress Zhang's sister-in-law, and they are not close relatives to Empress Zhang.
"The queen's orders, we should obey them. The affairs of the Pei family are inconvenient to take care of. Jinghaihou groaned: "Madam, no matter which family Ying'er marries, there is such a thing, and it can't be avoided." "Don't say it's royal, it's the right family, even a low-class family, can you control your son-in-law without three wives and four concubines? Men are by nature, and there is no way to do it.
"We can't care if he marries ten or eight second concubines, but if he is affectionate, it makes people unable to sleep." Mrs. Jinghaihou was very annoyed, "This kind of affection means that Ying'er has the status of a concubine, but I am afraid that I can't resist it." β
Mrs. Jinghaihou decided to invite her married aunt and grandmother back to the house to discuss this matter, and Jinghaihou nodded and did not object. The matter is serious, and I should invite my sister to come home and discuss it carefully.
The words of Jinghaihou and his wife were secret business, and even the maid and mother-in-law were rejected, and no third person heard it. If these words spread out and reached Pei Erye's ears, Pei Erye would definitely not talk about his demeanor and demeanor, find a knife, and viciously cut down Jinghaihou and his wife, and he would not be soft.
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