Chapter 448: Northbound
"Miss, my uncle has sent a letter!"
Wen Xue trotted in all the way, holding a letter box in her hand, her face full of excitement.
Yan Qingge was feeding Aman pumpkin soup, and when he heard it, he almost dropped the spoon.
She handed Aman to the nurse beside her, stood up hurriedly, and said, "Give it to me!" ”
Opening the seal on the box and opening the letter, Yan Qingge read it in one breath, with a smile on his face. Qian Xue knew that what the letter said was a good thing, and asked with a smile: "Miss, is there anything good about my uncle's family?" ”
"My cousin is getting married." Yan Qingge's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, this incident had made her mood quite gloomy recently, much better, as if the cloudy sky had been torn open, leaking a touch of golden sunlight.
Le Xuan is twenty-five years old this year and has not been married for a long time, but he was actually said to be a good family six years ago.
At that time, Le Yi went to Qingzhou to take office, met a friend, and went back and forth, both of them felt that it was appropriate, so they were ready to marry their children and in-laws.
People in the capital often mention the disaster in the past few years, and always feel how miserable the capital is, but in fact, they don't know that Qingzhou, which is next to the grassland where the northern barbarians stayed, is the worst place.
There were almost ten rooms and nine empty rooms, and there were no chickens and dogs left where the barbarians passed, and even the aristocratic families could not escape, and there was a sea of blood everywhere. The girl's family surnamed Xu was originally a prosperous local clan, with a total of more than 400 people, and in the end only less than 50 survived.
The girl's parents died, leaving her and her younger brother to barely survive with the rest of the dozen or so children under the maintenance of the clansmen.
The fact that Le Jia and Xu's father had made a private appointment for marriage has not been publicized to the public, so when Le Yi came to the door again with the matchmaker, everyone was shocked.
After all, the current Xu family has nothing, it is no longer the previous Xu family, an orphan girl, and it can't bring any benefits to the thriving Lejia at all.
The family affair was finally decided, but Xu Nu had to keep filial piety to her dead parents and grandparents, coupled with all kinds of things, the marriage dragged on, and finally decided to do it before this year.
Yan Qingge was happy for Le Xuan in his heart.
She believes in the eyes of her uncle and aunt, and the Xu girl must be a very good girl, otherwise she would not be so valued by her uncle and aunt.
Some people behind the scenes say that Le Xuan is stupid, he is not a big man, and he is not a big man, so he doesn't want to think about it later, so the girls of the Xu family can't go first, so they can marry a few beautiful concubines at home first.
But the people of the Le family didn't think about taking a concubine at all, which also made the people who talked behind their backs even more jealous and red-eyed.
Who doesn't have one or two daughters and sisters to marry, if only they could meet someone like Lejia!
Many men may think that having three wives and four concubines is a good life, but they don't know how important it is to their lives if they can find a single-minded virtuous helper.
Xu's daughter has not yet entered the door of Lejia, in fact, she has been deeply moved by Lejia's actions and regards Lejia as her real home.
This incident not only alarmed Yan Qingge, but the eldest princess of Roufu heard about it and also came to Yan Qingge's place.
Le Yi is now in the middle of the day, although the court in the capital is not very peaceful now, and it is bleak everywhere, but in Qingzhou, where the emperor is far away, Le Yi is deeply favored. Everyone said that when Qingzhou is truly peaceful, Le Yi will still enter Beijing, and his future achievements will definitely not be under his father Le Hou, who once ruled the world.
For such a court celebrity, who wouldn't want to stammer. What's more, the two sides are naturally relatives, and Princess Roufu will not let go of this good opportunity to get close to Lejia.
"Brother and sister, your cousin's wedding is held on December 12, and the distance is not easy to walk in winter, so it is better for us to pack up the congratulatory gifts, and you will set off and arrive before the road freezes, so that you can help them." The eldest princess of Roufu groaned and said.
Yan Qingge's eyes were slightly condensed, and he actually wanted to tell the eldest princess of Roufu that she should not go to Qingzhou. The thought echoed through her chest for a moment, and she was immediately suppressed.
She obviously knew how good her uncle's family was to her, how close Le Xuan was to her, and she had to participate in Le Xuan's marriage no matter what.
When she got married, her aunt was coming with a big belly.
But now, she is crazy and just wants to keep an eye on the capital, so that she can know the news of Yan Xiuyu and Yuan Sheng at any time.
Her brow furrowed, tighter and tighter, full of sorrow.
After attending the wedding in Qingzhou, the New Year will be celebrated immediately, and the uncle will never let her leave at this time, and she will be there for the New Year, and when she comes back after the New Year, it will be almost April or May of the next year, and for such a long time, I don't know how many things will happen in Beijing.
What if she could have a chance to rescue Yan Xiuyu and exchange for Yuan Sheng, but she wasted a great opportunity?
But Le Xuan's marriage, she really had to go.
The eldest princess of Roufu saw that Yan Qingge's face was cloudy, and she probably knew what Yan Qingge was thinking.
She comforted Yan Qingge and said, "With me watching in the capital, nothing will go wrong." Besides, if you go to Qingzhou, there is still an important thing for you to do. ”
"What's the matter, sister-in-law, please tell me." Yan Qingge asked.
After some mental struggle, although she was reluctant to give up the capital, she also knew in her heart that this trip to Qingzhou would not be canceled, and she had better convince herself before arriving in Qingzhou that she would face her uncle's family happily and not let them worry about her anymore.
"Do you remember Danhe?" The eldest princess of Roufu said.
"Danhe? Didn't she become a fugitive slave! Yan Qingge was surprised. When she woke up from Xiuding, she was surprised to know that Danhe had become a fugitive slave.
Danhe is in the maid in her yard, can read and write, can also draw and play the piano, it is said that after the official family who committed the crime, he is a little arrogant, this kind of person generally thinks very highly of himself, and also takes things like promises very seriously, but binds himself, not like a person who can be a fugitive slave.
"Actually, she didn't really become a fugitive slave, she heard that her father was released, and when she arrived somewhere in Qingzhou, she left with her things." The eldest princess of Roufu said vaguely.
Yan Qingge's heart was like a flash of lightning, and he understood what the eldest princess of Roufu meant. She said how could Danhe leave the Yanwang Mansion inexplicably, it turned out that the eldest princess of Roufu provoked it inside.
Danhe herself left, but she had a reputation as a fugitive slave behind her, and if she was caught in the future, she would definitely not have a good life.
She didn't understand why the eldest princess of Roufu did this, and raised her eyes to look at her fixedly.
The eldest princess of Roufu continued: "In order to save Xiu Yu from coming out, we have thought of many ways, and Danhe's side is one of them. The prince and I got some clues before, there is a big situation on the Northland side, but unfortunately we have never been able to figure out what it is. ”
Yan Qingge was a little excited! Since this matter has something to do with saving Yan Xiuyu, she must take care of it, and she will no longer be entangled in the question of whether to stay in the capital or go to Qingzhou.
Sighing softly, the eldest princess of Roufu said to Yan Qingge: "When you arrive in the Northland, if your uncle is willing to say, ask your uncle what the situation is in the Northland." If your uncle is inconvenient, we have our own informants, who have the news of Danhe, and tell them to go to the grassland and arrest Danhe for trial! ”
Yan Qingge was taken aback: "Danhe went to the grassland? Didn't she go to Qingzhou! ”
"Her father had an affair with the Wei family and was imprisoned by the emperor, and some time ago there were a number of traitors in Beijing who had been imprisoned for a long time who escaped from prison, including his father, whose father was first exiled to Qingzhou, and then was taken over as a military advisor by some wandering warriors on the grassland. Our informant has been secretly protecting Danhe and revealing her father's news, otherwise she would have been assassinated because she was a lone woman and could not have found her father. ”
The words of the eldest princess of Roufu made Yan Qingge feel terrified.
She didn't expect that the wrist of the eldest princess of Roufu would be so high, and it was really good to put a long line to catch a big fish with this hand.
Yan Qingge laughed dryly: "No wonder I occasionally heard front-line battle reports recently, and there was no news of a big victory like before, it turned out that the Northern Barbarians found the Great Zhou traitor as a military advisor." ”
"There's a reason for that, too." The eldest princess of Roufu said: "By the way, Danhe's original name is Chen Qinghe, you can remember it!" ”
"I remember! Sister-in-law just waits for news. ”
After the eldest princess of Roufu finished speaking, she left.
As a cousin, it stands to reason that the congratulatory gifts she needs to prepare are not very many, but she spent a lot of time living in Le Yi's house when she was a girl.
Now that the shops in the capital are closed, and the bankrupt are closed, although good things are still circulating in private, it is more difficult to be as carefully selected and purchased in large quantities as before.
Fortunately, the eldest princess of Roufu took this matter very seriously, opened the private treasury of the Yanwang Mansion, and gave Yan Qingge a random choice, as long as it was what she liked, it could be used as a wedding gift for Le Xuan.
Yan Qingge picked and chosen, and then five or six experienced mothers-in-law helped to check and support the moves, and it took six or seven days to select everything.
There is no silk and satin in it, that is, the precious pearls and gems are also filled with a small box half a person high, because the gold and silver are too heavy, so only a box of red gold and various auspicious gadgets, when the time is to press the bed for the newcomer, the rest are all exchanged into golden tickets, anyway, Lejia will enter Beijing in the future, these golden tickets will be useful one day.
The remaining large items have pairs of tall and bright red blood corals, and the smaller ones have the villains who begged for the temple of the son; There are carefully selected embroidered beds of various colors in the sewing room, and there are auspicious pajin used by newcomers to spread the bathtub, and so on, and there are many dazzling, that is, the toilet and the small objects such as the descendant bucket Yan Qingge also prepared.
On the day of departure, the loaded cars were lined up in front of the gate of Yanwang's Mansion, there were no less than 100 cars, and some people believed that it was a big caravan that went south and north.
Yan Qingge sat in the special carriage, watching the car swaying and starting slowly, and his worries about Yan Xiuyu and Yuan Sheng had gone a lot.
She believed that Yan Xiuyu would definitely take good care of himself during her absence from the capital! It's like the two of them were separated in the war back then, Yan Xiuyu roamed the grassland alone, and finally recovered the Northern Barbarians with his own strength.
He's such a miracle man! He was the god of her heart.
And Sheng'er, as the child of the two of them, will definitely be great!
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(Tianjin)