Chapter 239: Worry
Mrs. Yongchangbo and Yongchangbo were originally childhood sweethearts and cousins who grew up together, and they also knew a little about the old things that belonged to the Earl of Yongchang's mansion.
In the past, Concubine Liao did intend to show friendship with Yongchangbo, but Yongchangbo had no intention of befriending this half-sister, and Concubine Liao came alone several times and was turned away.
Today, Mrs. Yongchangbo heard that the maid came to report that Concubine Liao was coming, and she was going to let people pass on the word to refuse Concubine Liao, but the maid said that Concubine Liao did not come alone today.
Mrs. Yongchangbo has not had contact with Concubine Liao a few times since she returned to the imperial capital, but she has heard about Concubine Liao's life in the past few years. knew that Concubine Liao had a sister under her knees, but she was weak, and she had never seen it.
Besides, the matter of the Yongchang Earl's Mansion is already an old grudge of the previous generation, and today Concubine Liao brought her sister back to recognize the door, and she always refused to let a weak little girl eat behind closed doors, so she ordered someone to invite Concubine Liao's mother and daughter into the mansion.
Concubine Liao's posture was lowered, and Mrs. Yongchangbo couldn't say anything.
The sister is young, but she is very good-looking, and she is a little shy and shy, unlike a few children who grew up with their husband and wife, and they look very well-behaved and cute.
Concubine Liao glanced at her sister encouragingly, and her sister mustered up the courage to walk up to Mrs. Yongchangbo in small steps, and whispered to her aunt.
"Hey, good boy." Mrs. Yongchangbo is a gentle, good-natured person, and she is also a mother, so she naturally loves a well-behaved little girl like her sister. "My aunt didn't know you were coming, and the gifts for you were prepared in a hurry."
Mrs. Yongchangbo leaned over to talk to her sister kindly, looked back and took a sandalwood box from the maid beside her, and took out a half-moon-shaped jade pendant tied to a red rope from it. It was handed to the front of the sister.
The sister and child have a child's heart, and when they saw that the jade pendant was cute and the jade color was transparent, they immediately fell in love. But my sister has been well raised since she was a child, and even if she liked the things in front of her, she didn't accept them directly, but subconsciously turned back to look at Concubine Liao who was sitting behind.
"It's okay, this is my aunt's gift to my sister, take it." Not to mention my sister, when Concubine Liao saw the color of the jade pendant, she also knew in her heart that Mrs. Yongchangbo had a heart, so she took the initiative to talk to her sister without waiting for her sister to ask. "Thank you, sister-in-law, I also brought some things to the children today, not very expensive things, I have a good embroidery since I was a child, and I made a dress for the children, but I haven't seen the children, the size is about the same, don't dislike it to my sister-in-law."
Concubine Liao came to bring a lot of things today, except for some normal gifts, she also made clothes for Yongchangbo and several children of Mrs. Yongchangbo. She didn't make this dress on a temporary basis, but prepared it a long time ago.
The boy is azure, the girl is pink, Concubine Liao has never gotten along with the children, and she doesn't know their personal preferences, so she has to choose these two safest eyes.
After Concubine Liao fell out of favor, she had nothing to do anyway, and she cut these sets of clothes by herself, although they were not as delicate and fitting as the special embroiderers, but they were better than their hearts.
Mrs. Yongchangbo took it and looked at the fine stitches of the clothes in her hands, obviously with her heart. Concubine Liao showed favor to the children, and Mrs. Yongchangbo couldn't say anything, so she had to let the maids accept the clothes.
"How is the concubine's life in the county king's mansion now?" The fact that Xiao Jin almost killed Concubine Liao was covered up by Emperor Chu in time, but most of everyone could guess it, because the old Yongchang Bo at that time was favored in front of Xiao Jin, and after the old Yongchang Bo gave up his title to his eldest son to avoid the imperial capital in the Jiangnan case, most of the favor on Concubine Liao was at an end.
"I'm doing well, although the king of the county doesn't treat me as well as before. But now that I've figured it out, I'm dedicated to serving the princess of the county. The princess of the county is a kind person in the end, even if I was offended a lot, I didn't take advantage of the situation, but took good care of me and my sister. Concubine Liao covered her lips and said with a smile. I'm now in the mansion helping the princess with the cooking and backyard affairs. ”
"Yes, Princess Jinjun's personality is a little arrogant, but she is not a bad person." Mrs. Yongchangbo is actually the same age as Hu and Concubine Liao. "In this situation, you must know something about your eldest brother's temperament, and he is inevitably rude when he speaks sometimes, so you don't care about him. How to say that the Yongchang Earl's Mansion is your maiden home, even if there is nothing to do to the Jinjun Palace, but after all, it is a support for you and your sister. ”
"Sister-in-law, I know." Concubine Liao said sadly with tears in her eyes. "My sister-in-law should know a little about what happened back then, and I can't say in good conscience that my mother didn't hurt my eldest brother for the title. I am my mother's daughter, and it is natural that my eldest brother is not willing to be close to me. It's just that my mother is now gone, and my blood relatives in the imperial capital are only my brother and sister-in-law. I know that I am not qualified to ask my brother and sister-in-law to do something for me, but I just want the door of the Earl of Yongchang to be open for me in the future. ”
"Oh, don't cry, beware of scaring my sister." Mrs. Yongchangbo saw Concubine Liao crying, and hurriedly took her sister back to Concubine Liao and persuaded her softly. "If you can come back in the future, come back and sit down, even if your eldest brother doesn't see you, I will see you."
When the sister saw that Concubine Liao was still talking and laughing, but she suddenly burst into tears, she couldn't help but be a little scared in her heart, and when she was brought back to Concubine Liao by Mrs. Yongchangbo, she immediately lay on Concubine Liao's knees very attachmentfully, and looked at her with her little head very worried.
"Thank you, sister-in-law." After listening to Mrs. Yongchangbo's assurance, Concubine Liao slowly stopped her tears.
"A family doesn't speak two words." Mrs. Yongchangbo simply sat on the seat next to Concubine Liao, patted Concubine Liao's hand and said. "I'll help persuade your eldest brother."
Waiting for Concubine Liao's emotions to gradually calm down, after talking to Mrs. Yongchangbo for a while, Concubine Liao seemed to suddenly remember something.
"That's right, sister-in-law." Concubine Liao never saw the children in the house, so she asked suspiciously. "Where have all the children in the house gone?"
"They all went to the Liao clan's clan to study."
Yongchangbo and Mrs. Yongchangbo were childhood sweethearts and had a deep relationship, and because Yongchangbo sought to be released soon after they got married, Mrs. Yongchangbo, who had been found to be pregnant at that time, was going to stay in the imperial capital to give birth, but she resolutely took office with her husband and left the imperial capital for many years. For this reason, Yongchangbo was also unwilling to live up to Mrs. Yongchangbo's affection, even if Mrs. Yongchangbo offered to arrange a room for him during pregnancy and after she had just given birth, but Yongchangbo refused. Therefore, all of Yongchangbo's children were born by Mrs. Yongchangbo, and there was no aunt or room around him.
After Yongchangbo returned to the imperial capital with his family and inherited the title, naturally someone took the initiative to send beauties, but Yongchangbo refused them one by one.
"I remember that my eldest brother and sister-in-law had not only boys but also girls." Concubine Liao asked. "Did the eldest brother send even the girls to the clan school?"
"Your eldest brother said that no matter how old the brothers and sisters in the family are, they have to go to the clan to study, the brothers have to study until they reach adulthood, and the sisters also need to study until they are fourteen years old." When Mrs. Yongchangbo talked about her husband, she couldn't stop smiling. "Your eldest brother said that reading is not for the brothers to gain fame in the future, not for the sisters to become talented women who export poetry in the future, but to read books to make people reasonable, as long as you don't read dead books, it's not a bad thing to read more,"
"Big brother's words make a lot of sense." Concubine Liao listened to Mrs. Yongchangbo's explanation and agreed very much.
"We can't decide the future path of the children for them, but we have laid a good foundation for them, at least we can ensure that the children will not take a detour in the future."
When Concubine Liao heard this, she was also emotional.
At that time, my mother was from a very good background, and my father, who already had a wife and children at that time, was not a good match for my mother at all. But my mother fell in headlong, at first it was for her father, and then it was for the title, how much blood her mother had on her hands in private, Concubine Liao didn't dare to think about it now.
And when she made Xiao Jin a side concubine at the beginning of the year, when she faced the Hu family, those dark thoughts in her heart were not without it. Fortunately, the Jiangnan case happened, even though she almost died, she suddenly woke up from the feeling of dying.
She almost walked the same path as her mother that made people almost crazy, but fortunately, Hu's rescue pulled her back, and there was no mistake after mistake.
"What the eldest brother and sister-in-law said is very reasonable." Concubine Liao looked at her sister lying on her knees gently, and said with her fingers gently combing her sister's soft hair. "I'm afraid that the grace of my life is over, my sister is my only child, I just hope that my sister can grow up and marry peacefully, and when she leaves the county king's mansion, I will be able to rest assured."
"Hey." Mrs. Yongchangbo understood the meaning of Concubine Liao's words, and sighed helplessly. "I've heard about the recent things, maybe King Jin can take advantage of the situation to recover, and my sister will have a bright future in the future."
"Sister-in-law, let me tell you the truth. Now in the situation inside and outside the palace, the princess and I would rather the county king be just the county king forever. Concubine Liao said with a wry smile. In the royal family, the higher you go, the worse you will fall. I almost lost my life last time the king of the county lost power, I was only afraid that there would be any accidents in the future, it was nothing to lose my life, I was afraid that it would hurt my sister. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, beware of frightening the kids." Mrs. Yongchangbo hurriedly intercepted her words.