Chapter 12: Preparation II

Zhang Erzhen has been sleeping very heavily recently, and she didn't realize that there was a storm outside, and on the second day, she only saw the fallen leaves piled up all over the ground and the water was a little deep, she stretched out comfortably, watched the people in the yard shuttling among them, and grabbed the spring breeze with a fast reunion face and asked: "What are you busy with in the early morning?"

"It's the honor guard given by the palace that has arrived, and the prince and the princess have rewarded some of them, and the nurse has ordered the slaves and maids to sort it out, and they will be carried out tomorrow. After the spring breeze hurriedly finished speaking, she was about to walk away, but Zhang Erzhen grabbed her again and asked, "There are people in the palace, why don't you call me up, are the people in the palace going back?"

"The father-in-law who came to deliver the decree didn't see the girl, and the girl was asleep, so the lord said that he wouldn't wake you up, girl, you just have to rest, and the slaves and maids are busy." "The spring breeze slipped away and ran away.

Zhang Erzhen was really startled when she entered the Zhenghui Courtyard, and the cages wrapped in red silk festive cloth were piled straight up to the gate of the courtyard, some of them were tied with bright yellow brocade, and the word "Xi" was sealed with a big letter, Zhang Erzhen walked a few steps inside, heard the sound of "cooing", and heard the prestige, my God, two wild geese that cooed and screamed white fat were locked in the cage, Zhang Erzhen was misty, she was going to be Zhu Youji's little wife, huh?

The wild goose is a migratory bird, come and go sometimes, the most trustworthy, the average civilian marries a wife only with a pair of wood carvings, but look at this scene, two lively and fat geese are dangling in front of him, Zhang Erzhen opened a red lacquered wooden box next to the wild goose, Yajiang silk, double palace silk, interwoven silk, flower silk, ancient satin, brocade each six horses full of a box...... When Zhang Erzhen entered the inner hall of the main courtyard, Jin was smiling and looking at the dowry list in his hand, the thin ribbed paper was folded into a small box, Jin was pulling a corner to look closely, the smile in his eyes was about to ripple out, and when he saw Zhang Erzhen coming, he greeted with a smile: "Lazy girl, look at what time it is, the honor guards sent by the palace have arrived, you can take a look, you have to take these tomorrow." ”

Zhang Erzhen looked at Jin's hand, full of small brush words neat display, the top is gold and silver jewelry, dot Cui Feng Tian full score (with the phoenix title five hanging row of the composition of the big pick three each into a pair of vermilion gold lacquer dragon and phoenix Xiang Tian box), Fu Man hairpin Tian full score (with the big pick in the three picks each pair of vermilion gold lacquer dragon and phoenix Xiang Tian box), longevity full hairpin Tian (with the big pick in the three picks each into a pair of vermilion gold lacquer dragon and phoenix Xiang Tian box), double happiness word silver edge Tian full score (with the vermilion gold paint dragon and phoenix Cheng Xiang box), Double Ruyi silver side Tian full score (with the vermilion gold lacquer dragon and phoenix Cheng Xiang Tian box), peony flower ordinary Tian full score (with the vermilion gold lacquer dragon and phoenix Cheng Xiang Tian box) ............ Zhang Erzhen, who was looking straight at her, was dizzy, and she forced herself to hold on to the table and asked, "Mother, do we only have these things, or do the Wang family also have them?"

Jin glanced at her unhappily and said, "This mother hasn't asked yet, these things are all rewarded by the palace, who does the saint want to reward him, do you have to look at the faces of the people below?"

Zhang Erzhen sat down on the table and said: "Mother, you think, if it is only me, the girl of the Wang family still treats me like a thorn in the flesh, this has not entered the palace, it will make people unhappy, how can I gain a foothold in the future." ”

"It's not peaceful for you to marry into an official family, and you still expect to have a friendship with Wan Girl Wang and Girl Wang's sisters, and the backyard of the rich family's house is still full of gunsmoke, and the palace will naturally only be more cruel......" Jin took his daughter's hand and preached:" I know you are soft-hearted, but since you have entered the palace, you must be hard when your heart should be hard, don't listen to those words, whether it is the princess or the people below, there is no sincerity, even if you call those maids and mothers-in-law in your courtyard, if you dare to harm you, you should deal with it, don't be ......soft-hearted."

Zhang Erzhen patiently listened to Jin's instructions, turned her head to Hongliu on the side and smiled: "Good sister, you send a little maid to inquire, did the Wang family girl's mansion pick it up this morning." Hongliu glanced at Jin, Jin nodded, and Hongliu went down and instructed the little servant to inquire. Jin continued to pinch the rice paper to Zhang Erzhen to look down, except for the first one was rewarded by the palace, the second one was sent by the prince and the princess, and the back was the dowry prepared by the Zhang Mansion for the eldest girl, the golden satin embroidered dragon and phoenix Chengxiang held the golden double happiness word Ruiyun all over the ground and the descendants of Wandai sat on the back of the mattress and greeted two points (the name is too long, read it all at once), the red satin embroidered dragon and phoenix Chengxiang held the golden double happiness word Ruiyun all the descendants of the land Wandai side of the mattress backrest four pieces, the red satin mattress backrest greeted one point, the big red satin backrest six pieces, Red felt embroidered dragon and phoenix Chengxiang holding the golden double happiness word Ruiyun all over the ground descendants of Wandai side bed felt seven, two red gorilla felt, big red orangutan felt carpet、......... Two tiger skins, six wolf skins, a roll of black gray squirrel skin, a roll of sable skin, one hundred fine silks of various colors, fifty satins of various colors, fifty pieces of flower satin, one hundred folded branch brocades, twelve cloud brocades, and twelve Shu brocades. 12 pieces of silk yarn of various colors, and 112 pieces of wool...... Copper enamel Taiping elephant table lamp pairs, red sandalwood dragon and phoenix five-screen peak copper mirror table (with a big red satin embroidered gold double happiness word set), red sandalwood carved foreign glass large insert pairs, red sandalwood foot stepping pairs, red sandalwood carved dragon basin frame......... Big and small, Zhang Erzhen was dumbfounded, she didn't expect that Zhang'......s family had a lot of wealth over the years, why didn't she know? These are your dowries, and your father doesn't worry about you, saying that the dowry must be thicker, so that you won't be bullied. ”

Zhang Erzhen stroked the long list and was speechless for a while. Hongliu came back quickly, after all, Ming'er is the day when the prince welcomed the two princes and concubines into the palace, the streets and alleys are discussing, only a little inquiry, I knew that two teams came out of the palace this morning, divided into two places in the east of the city, one team entered the Wang's house, one team entered the Zhang family, the little eunuch wearing a red tunic guard led a long guard of honor into the door, and soon returned empty-handed, everyone sighed, this posture of marrying the prince's side concubine is not worse than the time difference of marrying the princess that day, the girls of the three families are really lucky.

Hearing that the girl of the Wang family also had these things, Zhang Erzhen breathed a sigh of relief, if Zhu Youzhu sent her something openly, she would be scared to death. The people in Zhang's mansion continued to be busy, sorting out the big girl's dowry box, Er Shu also commanded the little servants to lift and put it lightly, and followed Zhang Erzhen half a step behind, this girl has a deep affection for her sister, knowing that her sister is going to marry into the palace and not see each other often in the future, she pulled the hem of Jin's clothes and said that she would also follow, Zhang Erzhen explained to her in detail the meaning of marriage, Er Shu gave up, and continued to urge people to be sharp and not to be lazy.

Zhang Luan came back early, and compared with yesterday's gloomy and unhappy, today seems to be much brighter. Zhang Erzhen had a lot of time to talk to Zhang and asked, "Dad, do you remember what I gave you before I went to Shandong?" If it weren't for seeing a box of medicinal herbs, Zhang Erzhen would have almost forgotten that he had given opium to his father. Zhang Luan was thinking about whether to tell his daughter about the role of those opiums, only to hear Zhang Erzhen continue: "My daughter just saw that there is also a box of that thing in the box that the palace has rewarded, could it be that someone in the palace is using it?"

"Which box?" Zhang Luan was shocked, how did this thing get into the palace. Zhang Erzhen took out a box of more than two feet from the back room, which was full of opium with a faint black smoke fragrance, Zhang Luan pinched a piece and sniffed it carefully, closed the box and said: "I didn't want to tell you originally, it seems that I still want you to be vigilant, don't want to be in other people's ways." ”

Zhang Erzhen put the box at her feet, sat down under Zhang Luan, and said with a frown: "...... I used this thing on Wan Vieng, he can't live without this thing now, and it's hard to bear it without taking a few puffs in an hour, I see that his face is extremely bad today, and he fell down when he was physically exhausted when he went to court, causing the holy wrath ,......"

Zhang Erzhen asked carefully: "This is the reason why Dad is in a good mood?"

Zhang Luan stroked his long beard and nodded, not shying away: "I thought that Wanrong was in the right age, and it would take more than ten years for opium to corrode his body, but now in just a few years, he has been deeply poisoned, this thing really can't be touched, you have to be careful." ”

Zhang Erzhen nodded in agreement, and then asked, "What if the Holy Lord also sucks this thing?"

Zhang Luan shook his head after hearing this, put his right hand on the bamboo blue robe and lit it, and said with a smile: "The saint is so wise, how could he fall for someone else's trick." Zhang Erzhen was confused, I heard that the saint's body was getting worse and worse, and there was really no credit for opium? She vaguely remembered that the emperors at this time in history were in love with immortality, and the groups of Taoist priests in the palace could also show that the saint was obsessed with immortality.

...... Zhang Erzhen quietly looked at his handsome father, did he also hope that he would die earlier this day and the crown prince would succeed to the throne smoothly?

At the beginning of the unitary time, the Zhang family finished the reunion dinner, Zhang Heling looked more and more like his old son when he was young, but at this time he frowned, looking unhappy, Er Shu also sniffed and didn't dare to cry, the aunt said that my sister was going to marry the prince, it was a great honor, and I couldn't cry. Only Zhang Yanling calmly didn't care, and opened his belly to eat. After finishing the meal, Jin called Zhang Erzhen into the house alone, took out a box with a red face and handed it to his daughter, Zhang Erzhen opened it inexplicably and rolled her eyes at random, closed the book calmly, and Jin said angrily: "You are still young, you shouldn't need this thing yet." His face gradually turned to mourning: "In a blink of an eye, you are going to get married......"

Zhang Erzhen smiled and said: "Mother, I got married, so you don't have to be angry often." ”

Jin glared at her angrily: "You are my enemy, and you were born to be angry with me." ”

Zhang Erzhen smiled and snuggled into Jin's arms, and said softly: "...... No matter what, we're always close. I know you won't hurt me. ”

Jin stiffened his body and wrapped his arms around his daughter's thin shoulders: "Once you go to Houmen, it is as deep as the sea, nothing else matters, life comes first." ”

Zhang Erzhen said that he knew......

The night was very peaceful, and Zhang Erzhen, who had slept for many days, had insomnia. Nervous, excited, hesitant, confused, and chaotic thoughts made her toss and turn and couldn't be at peace. Zhang Erzhen walked to the window in a plain white silver mouse coat, the sky was extremely dark tonight, not a single star could be found, the moon had also hidden in the thick clouds, and the whole night seemed to be splashed with ink, and the black was intense and deep. There was not a single sound in her ears, everyone was preparing for tomorrow, what did she need to prepare?

Zhang Erzhen looked at the red wedding dress hanging on the wide mahogany shelf in front of the bed, the delicate golden silk magpie Dengmei pomegranate blossomed, the skirt pleats flowed lightly on the ground like moonlight, more than three feet long, and the phoenix crown full of pearls and gems was placed on the side, the ninety-nine eighty-one bright pearls slowly shone in the dark night, and the pendant made of silver silk was embedded with fluorescent and slippery double phoenix play beads, which was extremely rich and luxurious. Zhang Erzhen sighed, nestled back into the quilt, and stared at the goose-yellow water gauze tent connected to the top of the bed with her eyes open, she is getting married? Marry Zhu Youzhu as the prince's concubine? Why is she unhappy? Why is she not sad? That handsome prince will be the person she will be with for the rest of her life? No-Zhang Erzhen left a beautiful back for the moon that secretly drilled out of the clouds, if there is really such a day, she will go to find the old gentleman......