Chapter 61: The Past
Chapter 61
In addition to the necessary ordinary tables and chairs, even the tea set in Aunt Zhou's house is only a crude porcelain tea set of fifteen wen on the street, if Lin Biluo is a bystander, she must not believe that she heard from the mouth of this old woman that she was a witness. has witnessed the ups and downs of the fate of countless people and countless families......
And Lin Biluo is just one of them.
For a long time, she couldn't connect the story to herself. It sounds more like a legendary story, and the young couple in the story just can't bear to be separated, so when the political division comes, they entrust their newborn daughter to an ordinary family in the market, hoping that she can grow up safe and healthy.
In the spring of the twenty-second year of Yuan Shou, Xiao Jin, the lord of King Kang's Mansion, married Yu Chuanxiong, a servant of the Ministry of Officials. At that time, the situation was unstable, and although the first emperor set up a crown prince, it was obvious that he gradually showed his tendency to prefer the second prince.
The crown prince and the second prince were both born by the first queen.
The first queen was jealous, and the mother's family made a great effort when the first emperor fought for the throne, but after the first emperor ascended the throne, he left his relatives out in the cold, whether it was out of guilt for the first queen's mother's family, or because of the temperament of the first queen, or the first emperor fought from the inconspicuous fourth son of the emperor, the half-brother only had a younger brother, and went to the Great Xiangguo Temple to become a monk, and the rest of the brothers were degraded, scattered in all directions, life and death never saw each other again, and learned from the pain, so the first queen secretly turned a blind eye to the pregnant concubine.
During the reign of the first emperor, only three children were born in the palace, the crown prince Xiao He, the second prince Xiao Shen, and the little princess Xiao Shu, brothers and sisters.
The first prince was diligent, didn't talk much but treated people kindly, quite an eldest brother, and was very friendly to his younger siblings. Unfortunately, his only flaw is that he is not good at saying good things. This was not a fatal flaw in the first place, as the future heir of the emperor, there were countless people holding and bowing, even if they frowned, there were countless people who guessed his thoughts.
He was born as the crown prince, and he was taught by the first emperor himself, the relationship between father and son was very good, but the first emperor's body was declining, but he was already a top beam, more than twenty-five years old, the power of determination gradually appeared, and some places were inconsistent with the political concept of the first emperor, according to Lin Biluo's understanding, that is, when the father did not want to let go of power but could not bear the body, from time to time he asked the prince to come to supervise the country, he came to recuperate.
But recuperation is recuperation, but there is no way to delegate power at all, so from time to time...... If you want to take out the prince of the prison country and beat it, it means that the country is still Lao Tzu, and you are just in charge. Escrow only.
At this time, whether the prince can do it or not is a question.
There are two princes who serve the sick day and night on the side of the former emperor's sickbed, small words blowing, small wind filling, and the first emperor and the prince are becoming more and more separated day by day. - Xiao He works day and night on state affairs, and in the face of a huge country, even the concubines don't have time to be lucky, how can they have the opportunity to serve the sick?
But under the worry of the second prince, it became evidence of unfilial piety in the eyes of the first emperor.
In the spring of the twenty-fourth year of Yuan Shou, the first emperor's health gradually improved, and he began to regain control of the government. And Xiao Jin gave birth to Yu Shilan in April of this year. For King Kang's Mansion, this is a happy event.
King Kang is sixty years old, he has fought all his life, and only got two daughters, although Yu Shilan's surname is Yu, but he is the third generation of King Kang's mansion. Even Emperor Xian heard that King Kang had a granddaughter, and he also rewarded a lot of things.
Emperor Xian and King Kang were cousins, the grandson of a grandfather. The royal bloodline, the orthodox descendants and the rest of the clan have the difference between monarchs and ministers, and they can't get close. The previous generation of princes in King Kang's mansion was in charge of the soldiers, and he took over the ancestral business in his generation, and still led the troops, but when King Kang was young, he vigorously assisted the first emperor to compete for the throne, and he had the skill of accompanying the dragon, so he depreciated his brothers and became a monk, and the first emperor attached great importance to this cousin.
Or, King Kang's childlessness is also a reason.
At that time, King Kang was still alive, and from time to time he entered the palace to chat with the first emperor, and from time to time he helped the prince to say good things, and when the second prince came, he would say bad things about the prince, even if the first emperor was like iron, his attitude towards the prince changed from time to time.
The weather in the court will not be reincarnated with the four seasons, but with the attitude of the first emperor towards the crown prince.
These things, Aunt Zhou, the nurse who worked on an errand in King Kang's Mansion, would not have known so clearly, but the county lord of Yi'an, who she was waiting for, and Rong Shao, the childhood sweetheart in the mansion, often chatted about current affairs, and they did not shy away from her. Even after the marriage of the county lord of Yicheng, Prince Kang betrothed the two of them, and when the two met, they had to be accompanied by someone.
Aunt Zhou took on this important responsibility without hesitation.
First, she is older, and secondly, Princess Kang also trusts her.
Rong Shao was already in the army at that time, but he still lived in King Kang's mansion.
King Kang was fighting in the north back then, and he was in distress once, thanks to Rong Qian, a close attendant around him, who sacrificed his life to save him. After King Kang returned to the court victoriously, he took Rong Qian's only son Rong Shao into the mansion and raised him personally.
At that time, Rong Shao was only four or five years old, and he was an ignorant child, and he didn't know how much his father's death had changed his fate.
Xiao Jin is six or seven years old, and he already has a concept of the status of master and servant, and when he is enthusiastic about exercising his master's rights, he looks down on Rong Shao at all. Fortunately, Xiao Yi is only two or three years old, what a stupid age, Rong Shao likes to run to play with Xiao Yi in addition to practicing martial arts and calligraphy every day.
Xiao Jin has already learned to practice the homework of the little lady, and from time to time he shows off at the gatherings of the little ladies of the clan, chanting poems or something, and is not interested in Xiao Yi's milk doll at all.
Children naturally like children older than themselves, Xiao Yi quickly liked this brother who played with her patiently and meticulously, and she woke up every day to find it.
The back garden of King Kang's Mansion is very large, enough for Shao to lead Xiao Yi, who can run a little and fall from time to time, to go on adventures and find fun.
King Kang seems to have always been happy to see the two children grow up hand in hand together. Perhaps in his heart, Rong Qian was able to sacrifice his life to protect the Lord, and his son also possessed the same good qualities. As it turned out later, he was not wrong.
What Lin Biluo can understand, Zhou, the nurse of the county lord of Yi'an, should be regarded as the common nurse of Rong Shao and the county lord of Yi'an. Anyone who has to watch the two children grow up all the time of the day, and it is difficult not to have deep feelings when they are guarded and watched.
Aunt Zhou smiled at the corner of her lips, and her memories seemed to be full of happy times, "Don't you know how naughty your A-Niang was when she was a child, and when she reached the age when she should learn needlework, she refused to learn, so she didn't want to say that Brother Ashao refused to learn?" There is no way to force it, in order to coax her to learn, in addition to practicing martial arts and calligraphy, you have to take the time to accompany her to learn needlework...... zuihou Ashao is a little Langjun, and the stitches sewn out are even smoother and finer than her......"
Lin Biluo couldn't help but wonder, it turned out that the two people who gave her life were so interesting and cute!
How can two people who grew up like childhood sweethearts be separated?
The rest of the story could almost be imagined by her.
"When your father took over the camp stationed in the suburbs of Beijing, he was promoted to a third-rank general, and the prince made them a parent. At that time, the prince's health was already bad, and he couldn't even get out of bed, and half a year after getting married, your aunt just conceived you, and the prince passed away. Three months after the death of the prince, the princess also went with him......"
Zhou's expression became solemn, and he was sad.
"At that time, the first emperor became more and more disgusted with the crown prince, and the second prince sent your uncle to contact your father, wanting him to take refuge in him, but your father firmly disagreed. The prince had already instructed your father to protect the prince before his death, and Emperor Daoxian was suspicious of his son, which really shouldn't be. The thought of the Son of Heaven is only in the blink of an eye, but as a courtier, he cannot waver and be disloyal. Your father listens to the words of the prince, how can he take refuge in the second prince? ”
During that time, King Kang's Mansion had just held two big funerals in succession, Rong Shaoyin lived in King Kang's Mansion since he was a child, and when he got married, he also did it in King Kang's Mansion, so even if King Kang and his wife passed away one after another, the first emperor never took back the mansion.
It's just that in the end, when Xiao Yi's belly was bigger, the prince was already abolished.
Everyone knows that King Kang's family is close to the crown prince, and at this time, the second prince excludes dissent in the court. He said to the first emperor, because his subordinates were not satisfied with the first emperor's snub to the prince, and they blamed the prince for rebellion......
The Son of Heaven was furious, and the blood flowed like a river.
During that time, from time to time, there were officials in different places at the entrance of Shangjing Caishi, and their families were sent to the Department of Education. When he arrived in Zuihou, even the lord of Nghe An began to worry and considered the way out of the child in his womb.
No one dares to guarantee that the first emperor will not cause trouble to the whole family because of Rong Shao.
At this time, she mentioned He Chunxiu, the embroiderer who was released by her.
He Chunxiu is an old slave of King Kang's Mansion, his parents died, and he has been in the needlework room since he was a child. When Xiao Yi was a child, if she had some gadgets, Zhou asked her to make them for the lord of Ngee An County to play. She is ingenious, soft and pure, and Xiao Yi is very happy, and later Princess Kang saw her, so she simply assigned her to serve in Xiao Yi's room.
In just half a year, there was a theft incident in Xiao Yi's room, and a girl framed He Chunxiu for stealing it, and sued Princess Kang, Princess Kang did not go to trial, so Xiao Yi vouched for He Chunxiu that she did not steal it.
Later, Rong Shao was asked to find out about the matter and returned He Chunxiu an innocence.
To be precise, it was the embroidery room Yahuan who won the favor of the little county lord with her craftsmanship, and squeezed into the master's room to serve, so that a certain Yahuan who did not please the little county lord had a sense of crisis, for fear that she would be laid off, so she was framed and wanted to squeeze her out.
This is a normal range of job competition, but some unscrupulous means, the consequences are more serious.
Xiao Yi took care of He Chunxiu once, and felt that her temperament was completely unsuitable for living in the palace, she would not please others, she would only work honestly, and she was too solid-eyed, so she gave her some silver, put the deed, and arranged it for the nurse.
He Chunxiu grew up in the palace since she was a child, and after leaving the palace, she had no relatives, how could she accommodate herself as a single woman? Even if the folk customs of this dynasty are opened again, it is not easy for a single woman to live. Zhou introduced her to a lonely widow who had no children and no daughters, and recognized her as a righteous daughter.
That mother-in-law was handed over by Zhou's handkerchief when he was a teenager, and her husband died and never remarried, and she was widowed until she was old, and her temperament was excellent. I saw He Chunxiu, and I also liked her beauty, and she was also gentle and kind, so she became a mother and daughter.
Later, He Chunxiu got married, and personally went to King Kang's Mansion to pay homage to Xiao Yi, the old owner who was only eleven years old......
At the time of the fourth festival, he will also do some needlework and send it to the Zhou family to the lord of Ngee An.
When Zhou quietly found He Chunxiu, she was with a big belly, and she was pregnant with Lin Nan. Lin Baosheng is saving some money and is going to buy a small yard to live. Hearing Zhou's intention, He Chunxiu responded without saying a word, and pulled Lin Baosheng to promise Zhou that he would treat the child well......
Before she gave birth, the first emperor decreed that the crown prince Xiao He would be demoted to a concubine, exiled to the border, and could not return to Beijing for the rest of his life.
Xiao He was already thin and silent in the daily estrangement between father and son and the hostility of his brother, and when he heard that he received the order, he just silently kowtowed in the direction of the palace of the first emperor, and left Shangjing with his wife and concubines and children......
Rong Shao went to the outskirts of Beijing to see him off, and when he came back to talk to the lord of Nghe An, he once said: "Is he relieved......
The old servants of King Kang's Mansion were gradually released one after another, before the first emperor did not have any will.
The prince was deposed, and Rong Shao was dismissed from his post and stayed at home all day. Originally, after the death of King Kang and the princess, he was already at home, but from time to time he had military affairs to go to the camp. At this time, it is completely idle.
Zhou is a nurse, belonging to the hiring, not a servant of King Kang's mansion, because Ngee An County mainly leaves a way back for the child in the womb, so he announced early that the nurse would leave the house for the elderly. In fact, in the fifth year after she entered the house, the child died. She was well paid in King Kang's mansion, and her mother-in-law's family took this salary to pick a concubine for her husband and admitted her to the door.
She didn't even want to go home.
When the county lord of Yi'an was about to give birth, Zhou stayed by his side, watched Lin Biluo be born with his own eyes, and took Lin Biluo out of the county lord's mansion and sent him to Lin Baosheng's house under the pretense of carrying the county lord's reward.
"Don't you know, since I sent you away, the county lord has been sad day and night, and he has been sick during the confinement and has fallen into tears in the wind. My eyes are not very good, I went to the border to see her six years ago, she lost weight into a handful of firewood, I only miss you very much, and I don't know what you have become...... I cried when I mentioned you......"
The first emperor died and the new emperor succeeded to the throne, who of these superiors would pay attention to a little baby girl who died young?
In the early years, the Zhou family was instructed by the county lord of Yi'an County that as long as his daughter was sent out, the Zhou family would not take a step closer to the Lin family, so as to save his daughter from the social disaster of killing......
The Zhou family lived honestly in a village on the outskirts of Beijing.
About the year when Lin Biluo entered the school, she pretended to be unintentional, returned to Shangjing, passed by Fengqiumen Street, glanced at the Lin family's shop from a distance, and saw Lin Baosheng holding Lin Nan with one hand and Lin Biluo out of the shop with the other, she almost wanted to cry at that time.
"Eldest sister, you don't know, how similar you are to your aunt?! Except that she was dressed poorly, that little look is exactly the same as when your aunt was a child......" she lowered her head to wipe away her tears. "Even if I just look at you, I can't help crying, let alone your aunt. Later, I couldn't help it, so I spent money to set up a road guide, pretending to earn some pension money, and followed a caravan to the border...... I saw your aunt and your daddy ......"
The author has something to say: When he came back from his errands in the morning, he was going to code words, but he was shocked to hear the bad news, and the author of "Cleopatra" died in a car accident......
I still remember when she was at the author's conference, she sat next to me, and we didn't come to the author's conference because we had a mutual close friend, so we took a headshot and sent it to our close friend, and then chatted and played.
She speaks softly, and she has a son, she is a gentle woman, a gentle mother.
――I didn't expect to see it for the first time, but it turned out to be a farewell!
This is the first author I know to meet since I arrived, leaving this shijie......
My mind went blank and tears were falling......
This afternoon, I didn't have the mood to code words at all, and I thought of that brief meeting countless times, as well as Qingge's quiet son......
The older I get, the more I can't face the bad news, and I always feel that there are fewer and fewer things to keep......
The New Year is approaching, everyone must pay attention to safety when traveling! Remember to travel safely, it's your family's wish!
zuihou, may Qingge go all the way......