Chapter 13: Prelude to Marriage
After the promotion of Mrs. Shen, the marriage of the sixth princess and the second son of Shen was officially put on the agenda. The wedding date was set for the third day of the sixth month, and because the two of them had made meritorious contributions at the state banquet with the North Night Kingdom, the emperor and the queen mother rewarded many things. So the flowing water moved to the Sixth Princess's Mansion, making others look envious.
Concubine Ning spoke sourly in front of Concubine Jing more than once: "Hey! The six princesses of your family are really blessed, they were in such a big limelight before, and now they are married in a mansion, the emperor loves them, their mother-in-law is good, and their husbands are also smart, but poor my Yue'er can't compare. ”
"What did Sister Zhenfei say?" Concubine Jing frowned: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I talk to my sister from the heart, I'm always worried about this concubine...... Hey, you know, he's a ...... man."
Hearing her say so much, Concubine Ning immediately thought of Shen Zhizhang's virtue of being a flower and a grass, and it was not so sour. Instead, he comforted: "You should be relieved, and the colt will be relieved after marriage." Look at the big horse, before he got married, wasn't he also one of the best gentlemen in the capital? ”
Concubine Jing didn't agree, she still frowned, and her heart was heavy: "Sister, are you still confused by others?" The eldest princess is the emperor's first-born daughter, her mother is the queen's mother, and her younger brother is the crown prince of the dynasty. But I am the only one who is a useless concubine, and the lintel of the Shen family is high, where does she dare to put the princess's style to discipline the concubine? I'm afraid that in the future, life will be difficult! ”
When Concubine Ning heard this, she only felt very reasonable, and nodded again and again. When I thought of my fifth princess, wouldn't her life experience be the same as that of the sixth princess? Sadness for a while, tears rippled: "I know what you said, every time I think of my month, I worry." ”
"Why should my sister worry? My sister is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and the emperor thinks in his heart every day, how can he be the same as me? Concubine Jing spoke in a sincere tone and prayed: "I just hope that the fifth princess will marry well in the future, and bring more of my books!" ”
Concubine Ning, who said this, was all comfortable, and responded with a smile: "Also, their sisters should take care of them a lot, so don't worry too much!" ”
After Concubine Ning left, Concubine Jing slowly recovered her mood, her face returned to her former breeze, and the corners of her mouth curved and said affectionately: "What are you still hiding there and eavesdropping?" Come out of here! ”
Jin Shu, who was hiding behind the screen and eavesdropping on the harem women exchanging arts, was coldly named, so he walked out with a smile: "How does the concubine know that I am eavesdropping?" ”
"I heard the hem of the dress and skirt." Concubine Jing smiled, her eyes were full of love, and she raised her hand and called her: "Shu'er, come here!" ”
Jin Shu ran over in a few steps, sat beside Concubine Jing, stared at his mother's gentle and soft side face for a long time, and then asked the confusion in his heart: "Mother, why are you so humble in front of Concubine Ning?" Now that you are tied as concubines, why do you always say that you are so bitter? ”
"The book has grown up and begun to learn the truth." Concubine Jing sighed slowly, and was not in a hurry to answer, but slowly asked, "Do you know how Concubine Ning got to the concubine position?" ”
Jin Shu shook his head.
"Concubine Ning entered the palace three years earlier than me, and when she first entered the palace, she was the lowest rank, and when I entered the palace, she was a nobleman. In the early years, there was a lady concubine, and she and now Concubine Degui are in the harem, and no one else has any outstanding days. Later, Concubine Ning gave birth to the five princesses, and the emperor took the initiative to raise the five princesses to the concubine Niangniang, who had no heirs. It was for the sake of the child that she worked hard, and little by little she got to the concubine position, and until the death of the lady concubine, she took back the fifth princess. Do you say she's bitter? Concubine Jing turned her head sideways, smiled and asked Jinshu, who nodded again. Bitter, a woman who can survive in the gap between the two concubines and survive to the concubine position is definitely not simple, I don't know how many lives there are in her hands!
"But what does this have to do with the concubine?" Jin Shu is puzzled, Concubine Ning's hard life is not Concubine Jing's fault?
"Silly boy." Concubine Jing stroked Jinshu's forehead and said, "The reason why the mother concubine was able to enter the palace was because the queen mother was angry with the first concubine." One said that I was mediocre and could not enter the palace, and the other said that I knew the rules. At that time, the queen mother couldn't get used to the concubine, so she helped the queen mother, because of the reason for their fight, I was a noble person as soon as I entered the palace that year, and Concubine Ning was on an equal footing. ”
"This ......" Jinshu was stunned, he didn't expect that Concubine Jing was the poor cannon fodder female supporting actress often played in TV series?
"Fortunately, I don't like to be low-key, and I slowly didn't become a figure on the cusp. Every year, the palace changes dramatically, and the concubines are raised and lowered, and the mother has survived little by little. Although it is hard, but it is not as bitter as Concubine Ning, and because you are promoted to concubine one step by one, you say, what should you think if you are Concubine Ning? ”
If she is Concubine Ning, of course she is envious, jealous and hateful! It's like if you work hard all your life, and someone else suddenly opens a plug-in to get it all, even if you don't hate, you have to say a few words sourly, "It's a good life, no way, I can't compare!" ”
Jin Shu seems to understand a lot.
Concubine Jing said earnestly: "In fact, the world values face the most, even if it is defeated, it must be golden. But in fact, isn't life for others to see? On the surface, if you are wronged and take a step back, others may still pity you, but whether you are wronged or not is actually clear in your heart. She reached out and touched her daughter's soft and neat sideburns, and admonished: "Shu'er, you have to remember that it is human nature to sympathize with people who are not as good as yourself, and people want to prove that they are better than others. ”
Jin Shu nodded vigorously: "I remember the concubine." ”
"What's more, in such an environment, without relatives, one less enemy, isn't it one more friend?" Concubine Jing's eyes were gentle, and her tone was brisk: "When you marry into the Shen State Mansion, just remember this truth." The population of their house is simple, a mother, a frail brother, a sister-in-law Wang, and only these few people on the left and right. Even if he can't get along with the colt in the future, don't let him treat his family poorly. Only if the people around you are not hostile to you, you will have more energy to run your life well, remember? ”
Jin Shu's expression gradually became serious and adoring, and he nodded solemnly: "I remember the concubine!" With that, he buried his head in Concubine Jing's arms and reached out to hug her. Concubine Jing gently patted her back and shook it slowly.
Concubine Jing is the first person she meets when she comes to this era, and the only one who is wholeheartedly good for herself and can trust and love with all her heart.
The woman holding her at this moment is a timid and mediocre-looking woman in the eyes of outsiders, but Jinshu knows that she is intelligent, open-minded, forbearing, kind, and shuangshang online, she is not only a hard-working person who can't break free from fate in this red-walled, yellow-tiled deep palace, but also a fighter who can play a bad hand for a better tomorrow.
This afternoon, she said a lot of "I remember", all from the bottom of her heart. Originally, she only thought that she was a bystander of this era, watching others fight, watching Concubine Jing plan for herself, always thinking that one day when she closed her eyes and opened them, she would return to modern times like in a TV series, she never thought that she was already a part of this era. I never cared about what marrying Shen Zhizhang meant to me.
She suddenly began to understand that this was not a few days of travel to experience ancient life, but that she was going to eat and sleep, walk sick, get married and have children, and live a life that belonged to Gao Jinshu in this era.
She raised her head and looked at Concubine Jing with sparkling eyes: "Mother Concubine! I really got it this time. ”
Concubine Jing was stunned, this child, what did she suddenly understand?
When the sunset poured into the carved window, the golden afterglow fell on the brocade book, illuminating her face as blurry as a dream. In the past few years, she has gradually grown up, and her eyebrows are delicate and picturesque, and under the reflection of the sunset, her eyes are like glass, shining brightly.
The daughter has really grown up.
The first thing that the brocade book wants to understand is to take stock of his property. Money is not everything, and no money is everything!
I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. As soon as the royal family made a move, they knew if there was one. It is said that the Sixth Princess's Mansion is separated from Shen Guogong's house by a street, just turn a corner. That house covers an area of more than 50 acres of land, which was not a mansion in ancient times, but a good location. It was originally the house of an old minister of the previous dynasty, and later after he returned to his hometown, this house was nationalized. This time, it was transferred to the brocade book and re-repaired.
Jin Shule's straight clapping, in the modern struggle for a year can not buy a toilet, and now suddenly has a big mansion, life, is really full of hope!
This is only a part of her dowry, in addition to the state's standard land, real estate, shops, royal villages, etc., as well as jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, furniture, antiques, slaves and maids...... With all the readily available, the brocade book satirizes the oppression of people by the feudal social hierarchy, and at the same time happily sighs that his life is good.
Concubine Jing said that these things would be personally delivered to the princess's mansion by the people in the palace the day before the wedding. But when the horse welcomes the princess, he will marry the princess into his own family, and wherever he lives after marriage, he will be the princess.
In the period of the brocade book, Ai Aidi asked, "That...... Then does Shen Ergongzi live with me? ”
"It's up to you." Concubine Jing smiled: "You are a princess, you can respect him before you get married, and calling him a concubine after marriage is already an honorific title, don't forget your identity." ”
Getting the ideal answer, Jin Shu was very happy, of course it was to let him go! Love to go wherever you go, how good it is to guard the mansion by yourself! Walk around the garden, eat delicious food, and see beautiful men......
"Mother, that ...... Can a princess have any faces? Jin Shu asked curiously. I heard that the ancient princess could raise seventy or eighty male pets, and she is now very rich, so she should have the financial ability.
It was only when she spoke, and Concubine Jing flew over with a knife in her eyes: "What else do you want to do?" She raised her hand and hit the brocade book lightly: "Daughter should love herself!" ”
It's cold, I thought the princess was chic, it was all a lie!
"Can the concubine be accepted by the concubine? Can I manage him like the second princess of Celestia and the second princess? Jin Shu asked depressedly.
"It's up to you to take a concubine. Discipline matters, unless you also have the status of the eldest princess and the second princess. Concubine Jing's tone was gentle, looking at her daughter's depressed face, and holding back the smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Then I can't control him Shen Zhizhang, why did Mrs. Shen ask to marry me? Isn't it for the sake of the town? "Jinshu is really depressed now, it turns out that all good imaginations are phantoms?
Concubine Jing laughed lightly and slowly explained: "The Shen Guogong Mansion is not married to you Gao Jinshu, but the emperor's daughter, in the past, they were just dukes and nobles, and in the future, they can be relatives of the emperor." And how can you, as a princess, ignore your colt? He will be knighted in the future, and you are the best way. ”
It's cold, I still think how romantic it was in ancient times, it's all naked reality. Can the princess be arrogant and worry about her own weight, she can't have a male pet, she can't beat and scold the colt, and she has to be a stepping stone in the pony's career.
Jin Shu gritted his teeth, and secretly made up his mind in his heart: He Shen Zhizhang wants to take a concubine? No way! If you are not happy, how can you let him be at ease?
At this time, Shen Zhizhang, who was lying in the arms of the Oiran lady, sneezed violently.