Chapter 1: The Spring Palace
In the spring of the fiftieth year of Emperor Qingping of the Great Liang Dynasty, the county lord of Yiyang, who had just gotten married, entered the palace to greet his grandmother Empress Xu.
Empress Xu had already heard from the crown princess about the anger of the county lord of Yiyang and the county horse, so she took the county lord of Yiyang to Fuyun Palace. The grandparents and grandchildren retired from the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting, crooked on the soft couch under the corridor of Fuyun Palace, eating snacks and drinking tea and chatting.
Empress Xu finally led the county lord of Yiyang to tell her troubles.
"Imperial grandmother, Junma only likes the maids around him, he doesn't like me, I can't get along with him!" The eyes of the county lord of Yiyang were red, "Imperial grandmother, how did you capture the heart of the imperial grandfather?" You know, he has been guarding you alone for decades! ”
Empress Xu's still beautiful eyes floated with a smile, and she said in her heart: When I was not married, I loved your imperial grandfather, and your imperial grandfather also loved me; After getting married, I was not only a slut on his bed, but also his spiritual partner, I never left him when he was in danger, he could get satisfaction and happiness from me, he never could not do without me, how not to love me?
But these words can't be said to the granddaughter, looking at the pear blossoms blooming like snow outside the hall, Queen Xu said after a long time: "When I married your imperial grandfather, it was also the season when the pear blossoms bloomed, and unconsciously, more than 50 years have passed, and I have been the queen for 50 years, and I am the longest reigning queen in the history of Daliang!" Now that you are married, I will tell you how I and your imperial grandfather have come over for more than 50 years! ”
When the county lord of Yiyang heard this, he hurriedly begged the imperial grandmother to tell him about the events of the year: "Imperial grandmother, I want to hear it!" ”
When Empress Xu heard this, she quietly looked at the pear blossoms in the courtyard and fell into memories.
In the early spring of the thirteenth year of Yong'an, although the spring is cold in Luhe Town, west of Wanzhou, Daliang, the willow beside the riverside street has grown small buds, and the delicate yellow and fresh spring flowers are swaying in the cool spring breeze.
Xu Cancan, the girl from Shunhetang, the largest pharmacy in the town, pushed open the window of the east wing, looked at the spring flowers and peach trees outside the window, and said with a smile to the little maid Xiaoxiang standing behind her: "Spring has really arrived, the spring flowers are blooming, and even the peach branches are bulging with a lot of dark red buds!" ”
Xiao Xiang leaned over to take a look and said with a smile: "Really! Wait for the peach blossoms to bloom, see if the peach blossoms are good-looking, or if the girl is good-looking! ”
Hearing Xiaoxiang's words, Xu Cancan looked out the window and smiled.
Although she was born well in her previous life, she did not have the exquisite beauty of this life.
Although Xu Cancan lived in the prosperous era of the Celestial Empire in her previous life, she divorced her parents when she was five years old and soon remarried.
In this life, her family has dozens of acres of land and a pharmacy in Luhe Town, and her father is also a well-known doctor in Wanzhou, and he can be regarded as a well-off family. Mother said that she was fifteen years old, and it was time to talk about her mother-in-law's family, and that there was a maid who could put out the girl's score, so that she could say that she was a good mother-in-law, so she asked someone to buy a twelve-year-old Xiaoxiang.
Xiaoxiang took a step back and looked at her side face with a smile. Xu Cancan's skin is snow-white and pink, her eyebrows are delicate and picturesque, her peach blossom eyes are full of water, her tender yellow jacket and white sara skirt are lined with her willow-branch-like thin figure, which looks like a spring flower blooming in the spring breeze, beautiful and delicate.
She thought the girl was good-looking, like a painting.
Xu Cancan's mother, Xu Wang, walked over from the aisle east of the shop in front. As soon as she walked into the courtyard, she saw Xu Cancan standing in the window, and hurriedly shouted: "Cancan, isn't it cold with the window open?" ”
She lifted her sauce-colored horse-faced skirt and crossed the threshold into the bright room of the east wing.
When Xu Cancan saw his mother come in, he greeted him happily: "Mother! ”
Xu Wang took out a small red lacquer carved box from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Cancan: "Cancan, what do you think this is?" ”
Xu Cancan happily opened the box and found that it was a pair of delicate gold-inlaid jade pear hairpins, and he was immediately surprised and delighted, and threw himself into his mother's arms to be coquettish: "Mother, you are so good!" She has always liked pear blossoms, and she has long wanted pear blossom hairpins, but she didn't expect her mother to remember them in her heart.
Xu Wang's was rubbed by his daughter, but his heart was sweeter than honey: "Silly girl, father and mother are not good to you, who is good!" ”
She put the gold-inlaid jade pear hairpin on Xu Cancan's hairpin, looked at it again and again, and then sat down on the chair by the window and asked, "Cancan, how is your silver-gray satin skirt embroidered?" "Cancan's needlework is not very good, she has to teach her well!
Xu Cancan took out the half-embroidered skirt from the needlework dustpan and leaned on her mother to let her mother see it, and said coquettishly: "Mother, it's almost embroidered, but the silk thread is not enough!" "Her craftsmanship is so poor, the embroidered peony flowers are going to be clustered into chrysanthemums, but she doesn't dare to let her mother see it, so she has to quickly change the topic.
Xu Wang's family has always pampered his daughter, so he didn't look closely at Cancan's needlework, took out his purse, took out a few pieces of broken silver, and put it in Xu Cancan's hand: "You take Xiaoxiang to the silk thread shop, you can buy whatever you want!" ”
Xu Cancan leaned over to his mother's cheek and kissed it hard, put the broken silver into his purse, and smiled and went out with a little fragrance.
Xu Wang followed to the door of the bright room, looked at Xu Cancan's anxious back, and advised: "Cancan, it's getting dark, come back quickly after buying, don't play on the street!" ”
Xu Cancan was in a hurry to get out, so he casually agreed, and entered the aisle on the east side of the shop and walked out.
As soon as he came out of the aisle, Xu Cancan and his father Xu Shunhe walked face to face.
Xu Shunhe wore a gray cloth robe and walked over with his apprentice Chang Liu. When he saw his daughter coming in a hurry, he asked, "Cancan, what are you going to do?" ”
Xu Cancan blinked, and slyly pulled Xu Shunhe to shake and shake: "Dad, I want to buy some silk thread, but ......"
Xu Shunhe couldn't resist his beloved daughter's coquettishness, so he hurriedly took out his purse and took a piece of broken silver and gave it to Xu Cancan: "Be good, come back early!" ”
He also said: "There is an army of Dingguo Gong stationed in the military camp outside the town, and those soldiers also come to the town to visit, you must not run around, hurry home after buying silk threads!" ”
Xu Cancan agreed and asked, "Dad, are you going to pick up your brother?" ”
Xu Shunhe smiled: "I'll go in a while!" ”
Xu Cancan turned around and left with Xiaoxiang.
Xu Shunhe walked to the front of the hall, and then remembered that he wanted Chang Liu to follow Cancan, but Cancan was already gone, so he had to dispel this idea and take Chang Liu to the warehouse in the backyard to get medicine.
The silk thread shop is at the east end of Luhe Town, some distance from Shunhe Hall, and Xu Cancan walked east along the long street with Xiaoxiang in the sunset. At the corner, Xu Cancan was just about to turn a corner, but a tall man turned around suddenly, and Xu Cancan suddenly crashed into the other party's arms.
Xu Cancan was stunned, stunned for a moment, and only came to his senses when he heard Xiao Xiang's exclamation, and hurriedly pushed the other party away and tried to stand up straight. The tentacles are soft silk, and the silk is like an iron plate, but it is warm.
The other party was almost a head taller than her, and she looked up at the other party. The other party was also looking down at her.
The two looked at each other.
The golden sunset shone on the man's face, gilding his fair face, and the long eyelashes cast a heavy fan-shaped shadow on the eyelids. A pair of good-looking Danfeng eyes are sparkling under the cover of long eyelashes, and their facial features are delicate and beautiful, and they are a little feminine.
Xu Cancan's heart skipped a beat, he was a little out of breath, and he took a step back in a panic.
The handsome young man reacted quickly and turned sideways to make way for Xu Cancan.
After walking a few steps, Xu Cancan involuntarily turned around, and it happened that the beautiful young man was also looking back at her. For a moment, his eyes were cold and lonely, and he looked at her with a hint of scrutiny.
Again, they looked at each other.
Xu Cancan's face turned red with a "boom", and he hurriedly turned his head and walked forward.
Xiao Xiang followed.
After walking for a long time, Xu Cancan's face was still spicy, and she quietly stopped and moved forward - naturally there was no one around the corner.
She thought as she walked: He was born so well, especially the pair of Danfeng eyes, which are so good-looking, although he is a little feminine, but he has a long figure with a thin waist and long legs......
In the evening, after dinner, the family sat in the hall. On the east side of the hall against the wall, there is an oil lamp lit on the table, Daddy Xu sits on the left side of the square table drinking tea, Xu Wang sits on the right side of the square table with the soles of his shoes, Xu Cancan and his younger brother Xu Yichun sit side by side on the square table and read "The World Speaks New Words" with the oil lamp.
Xu Wang pulled out the awl from the sole of his shoe and pricked the needle into it, then put down the sole of his shoe, picked up a glass of warm boiled water and said with a smile: "Cancan, Hechun, which of the two of you will drink water first?" ”
Xu Cancan approached her, took a big sip of her hand, took the cup and turned to Xu Yichun and said, "Stinky brother, it's honey water!" ”
When nine-year-old Xu Yichun heard this, he put down the book and took a sip of the cup, and found that he had been deceived by his sister, but under the collective attention of his father and sister, he had to obediently drink all the remaining boiled water.
Xiao Xiang saw it on the side, and hurriedly picked up the thermos and filled the cup.
Time flies very quickly together as a family.
Late at night, Xu Yichun and Xu Cancan wiped their teeth and washed their faces, and Xu Yichun went to sleep first. Xu Cancan, who was dressed in a white bedclothes, sat on a small stool in front of Xu Wang's and asked her mother to comb her long hair with a wooden comb. The wooden comb gently glides over her scalp, which is very comfortable. Daddy on the side was smoking a cigarette pouch, and the smell of smoke wafted over, a little choking.
Xu Cancan quietly felt the warm and quiet atmosphere and did not speak.
In this life, her father and mother gave her the best wealth they could give—beauty, love, and dowry, and a younger brother who could support her after she got married!
Very happy! She felt that she was really lucky, Xu Cancan at this time would never have thought that one day she would become the queen of Daliang!