Chapter 219: Joy
In the blink of an eye, it is almost the first month again, and as the weather gets colder and colder, the flavor of the imperial capital is getting stronger and stronger.
Princess Zhaoyue's mansion Suihong and Dan Tang have been very busy recently, and the first month is approaching, and the festival rituals used in the mansion for human exchanges are about to be prepared.
Xiao Xuan is a hands-off shopkeeper, so he simply handed over everything to Suihong and Dantang.
On this day, Xiao Xuan took Lu Lin to the Zhenguo Mansion when he had nothing to do.
As soon as she entered the courtyard of the second room, the first child in the courtyard, who was tightly wrapped and stumbled on the road, surrounded by a group of maids, walked towards her.
"Brother Bin'er is amazing." Xiao Xuan stepped forward with a smile. "I can walk steadily."
When the maids saw Xiao Xuan, they hurriedly saluted.
Xiao Xuan leaned over and hugged Brother Bin, who giggled.
Soon, Sister Chu, who was dressed in red, ran out of the house quickly.
"Sister-in-law, you're here!" Sister Chu said cheerfully. "Why don't you send someone to talk about it?"
"It's the end of the year, your brother is too busy, so I thought about coming over to see you." Xiao Xuan held Brother Bin firmly with one hand, and touched Sister Chu'er's head with the other. "What about Mother?"
"The eldest aunt said that the New Year is coming, and there are too many things in the house, so please ask my mother to come over and help." Sister Chu suddenly lowered her voice and said. "Actually, Sister Yan was picked up, and my aunt said that she wanted me to go with me, but I didn't want to go to my mother, so I went alone."
On the day when Xiao Xuan got married and returned to the Zhenguo Mansion to recognize her relatives, because Xiao Xuan pinched her weakness, the wife of the prince of Zhenguo was forced to send her young daughter to another courtyard outside the city.
Because of the lesson, Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi informed Xiao Xuan in advance before taking back Sister Zhen'er.
Xiao Xuan knew that a few months would not change Sister Zhen'er's temperament, but it could tighten the strings for Mrs. Zhenguo. It is enough to throw a pampered Miss Jiao to a separate courtyard outside the city alone for a few months, as long as Sister Jiao'er is not really stupid, she should know that she will have to restrain herself when she comes back. I know that if I have too much bullet pressure, it will only backfire.
For this reason, Xiao Xuan acquiesced in the matter of taking back Sister Yan'er.
Xiao Xuan came here today because he wanted to see the situation.
"Why don't you want to go over and see her?" It was cold outside, and for fear of freezing Brother Bin, Xiao Xuan took them back to the house. "Are you still afraid of her? Why was you often bullied by her in the past, but never took the initiative to talk to your mother and your brother? ”
"I don't know." Sister Chu shook her head honestly and said. "Sister Meng treats me very well, but Sister Ji has always disliked me, and she likes to bully me when she is a child, she often says that I am not my mother's biological child, if it weren't for my mother's own inability to give birth to children, where would I raise children born to aunts like me and my brother. I actually know that my mother has always missed her unborn child, if I tell my mother that I was bullied by my sister, my mother will definitely ask the reason, I don't want my mother to be sad, and I also know that my aunt is biased towards my sister, so it is better not to let my mother know. Sister left and right just said a few unpleasant words, at most a few more pushes and shoved me, it's nothing. ”
Xiao Xuan originally thought that Sister Chu had been forbearance because she was timid, but she didn't expect that Sister Chu was for Duansu County Lord.
"Sister Chu is a good child, if you don't want to see her, you won't see her." Xiao Xuan handed Brother Bin to the nurse. "In the future, if she still comes to provoke you, you will come directly to your sister-in-law, and your sister-in-law will stand up for you."
"Uh-huh." The sadness on Sister Chu'er's face faded, and she laughed instead. "I know that my sister-in-law loves me."
Their sister-in-law made a conversation together, and after half an hour, the county lord of Duansu came back.
"I've seen my mother." Xiao Xuan got up and greeted the county lord of Duansu.
"You're here, sit down." Duansu said with a tired face. "Why did you come here today?"
"I know that Mrs. Shizi has picked up Sister Zhen'er back, so I want to come back and have a look." Xiao Xuan hurriedly beckoned someone to serve hot tea. "Mrs. Shizi must have invited her mother over today for this matter, right?"
After Xiao Xuan got married, no matter where she went to walk, she would take Sister Chu with her, and Sister Chu is now well-known in the emperor. In the past, Sister Chu was just a little concubine in the name of her mother-in-law in the Zhenguo Mansion, but now her father and brother are becoming more and more prominent, and she has a favored princess and sister-in-law.
In addition, Sister Chu grew up under the knee of the lord of Duansu County, and her temperament is first-class and harmonious, and the female workers of needle chisels, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all good, and her appearance is not bad.
Now there are already many people secretly inquiring about Sister Chu'er's situation.
Sister Yan and Sister Chu were born in the same year, only a few months apart. But now few people come to inquire about her marriage, Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi originally wanted Xiao Lu to take her sister out for a walk, but Xiao Lu was pregnant soon after she got married, and Xiao Lu was recuperating in the princess's mansion for a long time, and did not go out to socialize.
As the eldest aunt of Sister Chu, Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi asked her about it, but she just became more and more anxious.
"Yes, she asked Sister Ji to come out and apologize to me." The county lord of Duansu thought that it was originally a matter between the two children, and Xiao Xuan came forward to force the wife of the prince of Zhenguo to punish Sister Zhen, and he didn't want to pursue anything more.
In addition, Sister Yan'er, who had not been seen for several months, looked a lot thinner, so the lord of Duansu accepted her salute with a soft heart.
"Mother is an elder, and she can bear the courtesy of her sister." Xiao Xuan said. "If it weren't for Sister Chu'er's reluctance to see her, she should have come over to apologize to Sister Chu. But now that she is suffering, this time I will let her go for the time being. ”
On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Emperor Chu announced that he would seal his pen.
Xiao Xuan and Duan Shaolan entered the palace early to prepare for the palace banquet, the palace banquet was held in the evening, and the couple stayed in the Yihua Palace at noon to participate in the family banquet.
King Qin and King Yi both brought their families into the palace, and after Xiao Xuan's marriage, Yihua Palace, which was much quieter, became lively again. It is rare for children, big and small, not to be bound by the rules, and the hall is full of chaos.
Concubine Liu treated her two sons harshly in her early years, but in front of her grandsons and granddaughters, she was a kind and gentle grandmother.
King Qin and King Yi were so troubled by the children's quarrel that they took Duan Shaolan to the side hall to talk.
"You are here, I will go out and talk to the two highnesses." Duan Shaolan was pulled up by King Yi, and then turned around and bowed his head and said to Xiao Xuan. "I'll be back in a moment."
"It's okay, you can talk to your brothers." Xiao Xuan covered her lips and smiled. "Leave me alone."
Having said that, Duan Shaolan went out all the way, but Xiao Xuan's eyes kept watching him out.
"Look, mother." Princess Qin sat beside Concubine Liu, smiled and said to Concubine Liu. "The princess and the concubine have such a good relationship, presumably in a little time they will be able to add a little grandson to the concubine."
Concubine Liu Huang saw Xiao Xuan's eyebrows stretching day by day, and even her complexion and appearance were getting better and better, as if her happiness was about to overflow, and she was naturally full of it.
Daughter, not like a son, although Xiao Xuan is a princess, after she got married, Emperor Liu also had to worry about her day and night, for fear that her daughter would suffer any grievances outside the heavy palace walls.
Although the Jokhang Dynasty treated princesses well, most princesses will be respected by their husbands and concubines after marriage, and spend their lives in peace and wealth. But there are also a very few princesses who fell out of harmony with the horses, and died depressed at a young age without even leaving an heir.
Let's just say that the youngest sister of the eldest princess of Yongshou, the eldest princess of Yongning, who has been dead for many years, is like this. After the eldest princess of Yongning got married, she learned that the horse belonged to her, because the horse's parents took the life of the girl she loved. The horse has been snubbing the eldest princess of Yongning all the year round, and the eldest princess of Yongning is not as flamboyant as the eldest princess of Yongshou, she is a gentle and quiet woman. She was so happy with the colt that she swallowed all the grievances she had received, and planned for the colt and her family.
But in the end, on the day she gave birth, the colt disappeared in search of a woman. The eldest princess of Yongning, who was able to give birth to a child safely, had an accident and went with the child in her womb.
After the death of the eldest princess of Yongning, her loyal servant was martyred after writing the princess's many years of grievances into a blood letter and presenting it to the first emperor.
Although the first emperor and the eldest princess of Yongning are not compatriots of the same mother, they can't allow the horse family to get benefits, but they connived at the concubine to snub the eldest princess of Yongning.
In the end, the whole family of the horses was condemned and demoted from the imperial capital, never to be returned.
The first emperor ordered the horse to be buried by the eldest princess of Yongning, but he was not buried with the eldest princess of Yongning, and only ordered the body of the horse to be thrown into the mass grave.
Now, seeing the changes in Xiao Xuan after marriage, Concubine Liu can finally feel at ease.
At the New Year's banquet in the evening, Xiao Lu suddenly vomited and felt uncomfortable, and Emperor Chu hurriedly called the imperial doctor, and after some diagnosis, it was Xiao Lu who was pregnant again, and it was almost three months.
Emperor Chu was overjoyed when he heard this, and rewarded Xiao Lu with a lot of things, and everyone also echoed and got up to say hello to Xiao Lu.
At this time, many people secretly moved their eyes to Xiao Xuan, who was sitting opposite Xiao Lu.
Xiao Xuan naturally noticed everyone's gaze, and he couldn't help but subconsciously look down at his lower abdomen.
Xiao Lu got married soon after the good news, and now her eldest daughter will turn one year old, and she was diagnosed with pregnancy at the New Year's banquet, which is really lucky.
Xiao Xuan looked at her slender waist and couldn't help sighing, she and Duan Shaolan have been married for some time, the relationship between husband and wife is harmonious, and they can't wait to be in one place every day, why hasn't there been any good news about them until now?
Xiao Xuan's heart was gloomy, but Duan Shaolan held her hand.
"What's wrong?" Duan Shaolan asked softly. "Isn't it uncomfortable?"
"I'm fine." Xiao Xuan looked up at Xiao Lu opposite at this time, and her eyes were full of envy. "I'm happy for my big sister."