Chapter 8: Childe
The season is in late autumn, and the coolness of Yincheng is getting worse day by day.
On the road of the long palace, a line of slaves walked in a hurry, and from the end of summer, according to the records reported by the palaces, the dressing workshop began to prepare.
At this moment, all the clothes presented in the late autumn and cold winter seasons are the cold clothes of each palace.
Twenty miles west of the Yin Palace, there is the residence of the four kings of Yin.
On both sides of the door, the white marble lion stands majestically, the family at the door is stout, everyone has a killing stick in their hands, standing straight neatly, all of them are angry and round.
The bleak autumn wind blew by, and they didn't move like hard stones.
At the top corner of the plaque on the gate, a trace of residual red has not faded, leaving a little mark on the gift of marrying a wife a few months ago.
The new house is located in the Shizakura Pavilion, a three-in, three-out house with a soft green smoke plastered with a window lattice.
The corner of the wall is surrounded by exotic flowers and plants, the courtyard is not large, and the installation is horizontal but very exquisite.
Not far from the door, a thick shade hung down, the trees and trees were windy, and sometimes the wind was rustling, even if the flames outside were blazing, after penetrating into the house, it was also mottled and cool.
In the palace, everyone said that the Sakura Pavilion was a good place.
At this moment, Xie Tong was wearing a flower cloud satin skirt with a golden butterfly, with beautiful blue piping, using floating peacock gold thread, and the skirt was curling.
Her head was combed with a fragrant bun, the glass hairpins were bright white and green, and the clusters were new, and the rose flowers were pink and bright, blooming in the thick black bun.
At both ends of the temples, there are still red gold steps, and the luxury of using things is as luxurious as possible.
She has always been very proud of her appearance, because at present, she looks both delicate and radiant.
"Once a woman has beauty, she can tie a man's heart."
"Tong'er, go to the palace, walk around with the princess more, be filial to your mother-in-law, find a way to make your son love you, your brother's future depends on you."
This is what her mother said to her the most before leaving the cabinet.
She once vowed to hold her husband's heart tightly in the palm of her hand.
But now I dress up every day, and I call someone to Ziyang Pavilion in the early morning, but I haven't seen my husband for more than half a month.
Grievances and loneliness go hand in hand, Xie Tong is looking forward to someone coming from his mother's family to take her out as soon as possible, but Xie Fu has no news at all, as if she has forgotten her.
The panic made her even more combative, and she pinned all her hopes on her newlywed husband.
"Yancai, quick, go and invite Childe to come!"
"Miss Hui, you just ordered again, and Yancai has already gone."
Lonely, worried, ignored, like cracked firewood, in the depths of her heart, the flame of suspicion rose up, crackled, and was about to explode.
Speaking of Yin Siwangfu, there is also a little origin.
Princess Chen, nicknamed Youning, and her mother's family is the patriarch of the former dynasty - Chen Guogong.
When she was fifteen years old, in order to prevent the old Liang Dynasty from rebelling, the first emperor personally decreed that she would marry the fourth prince.
But the princess has been weak since she was a child, and since she was beaten, she has never left the medicine, and after five years of marriage, she almost gave birth to her son-in-law.
In order to pray for the well-being of the prince, the fourth prince named him "Yin Shou", a small character to send slaves, meaning a long time.
It's a pity that the sky is not merciful, the son of the world is congenitally insufficient, and he brought weakness from the mother's womb, and the princess is different, and she is also a medicine jar that does not leave her body, and there are a lot of girls who have been serving since childhood.
The head of the palace is worried, and from time to time he sends people to greet him, or sends his grandmother to take care of him.
The side concubine of the fourth prince is the Qin family, known as "Mrs. Qin".
Because of her beauty and temperament, she is as clear as ripples, her heart is elegant, and her writing is outstanding, so she is nicknamed "Xiaoxiang Xizi".
The son she gave birth to was Xie Tong's husband, Gongzi Yin Jing.
Speaking of the Qin family, when he first stepped into Yincheng, it was also a sensation.
Qin's real name is "Qin Zhiling", nicknamed Camelina, and his mother's family was a well-known wealthy merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, with tea and silk as the main source of trading students.
In the year of the establishment of the four princes, the first emperor had issued an order to investigate the salt tax in the Huaiyin area, and on the way to do things, by chance, he met the eldest lady of the Qin family.
At that time, Qin Zhilian was in her twenty-eighth year.
A hibiscus face is delicate and smart, two rows of willow leaf eyebrows are charming and vulgar, the eyebrows are beautiful and indescribable, and the skin is even better than snow, exquisite and transparent, and it is suitable for viewing from a distance and up close.
That's not all, she is slim, her talent is even more outstanding, she is good at singing and dancing, tonic rhythm, chanting poetry, and writing a fresh and elegant hairpin flower Xiaokai.
Although it is a businessman's family, the family education is excellent.
The fourth prince fell in love with her at first sight.
The princess lacked heirs, and there were rumors outside for a long time, and she also felt very guilty.
Moreover, the fourth prince failed to take a concubine, which made her even more uneasy, so this woman entered the door, firstly, to maintain her reputation, and secondly, to extend the heirs for the prince, she was very willing.
With the Yan clan in front, the Qin clan could only condescend to the side room.
The Qin family was fortunate to marry into the lintel of the palace, and the four princes were merciful, so the Qin family did not care about the position of the side room.
After marrying into the mansion, the Qin family was very peaceful.
She always abides by etiquette, pours tea and water, and serves the princess, not relying on beauty and pampering arrogance.
Because of the harmony between his wife and concubine, two years later, she gave birth to a son smoothly.
Legend has it that on the day of Qin's birth, Chen Guogong personally came to congratulate him, and it became a beautiful talk for a while.
The story returns to Xie Tong.
Since she married into the palace, the princess has always been happy and quiet, and she has been exempted from daily greetings; Mrs. Qin didn't like to see the living, so she sent a maid to say that there was no need to go.
Therefore, although it has been several months, there is only one person Xie Tong has really seen, and that is Gongzi Yin Jing.
On this day, Xie Tong sat for a long time with spring on his face.
The left can't wait, the right can't wait, and Yancai's tall and slender figure comes to mind again.
A thought flashed through my heart, and I couldn't hold it anymore at the moment, so I grabbed the tea cup on the edge of the table and threw it out of the house with a "clang".
Yanran is also a wedding girl, and she is guarding the door of the house, doing some needlework.
Hearing the violent movement inside, his heart "chuckled", and then hurried in to serve.
Coincidentally, a cup flew in front of her, and slammed on the door with a "pop", the porcelain piece was fine and sharp, and immediately splashed open, cutting the girl's forehead, and bleeding all over her face.
She knew the rules, and she didn't care about the pain, so she knelt down with a hula.
"Miss, angry."
Unexpectedly, when Xie saw her, he became more and more angry, and immediately scolded loudly.
"Anger? Do you still have the face to make me angry? Your sister's fox embryo, I'll say what's the matter, for most of the month, I have to stay for half a day when I go to Ziyang Pavilion every day, and I dare to love that this fox has ambitions, and I am in a hurry to dedicate myself to stammer! ”
"I ...... I'm not dead yet, you are just going to curry favor like this, are you all looking forward to me dying early, so that I can climb the high branches? Yes? ”
Yan Ran's face was covered in blood and looked very terrifying. But his hands were prostrate on the ground, and he did not dare to wipe them.
On weekdays, when encountering this kind of scene, she will never say half a word again.
But listening to her insulting her sister, even if she is short of breath as a slave, Yanran can't help but argue.
"Miss misunderstood, my sister is down-to-earth, honest and kind, and will never think about wrongdoing, and she has been by Mrs. for many years, if there is anything inappropriate, how can Mrs. let her marry into the house? Miss, you are angry for a while, but my sister is innocent! ”
Xie Shi heard her mention Xie Zhang's family, his expression was scornful, and his arrogance immediately dropped three feet.
"Don't mention my mother, if my mother can come to see me, I will definitely denounce you sister vixen, look at your old man's life, whether you want it or not!"
Hearing her mention the three words "Lao Tzu Niang", Yanran panicked.
In a hurry, she kowtowed a few times, and tears flowed from her eyes.
The young lady was angry...... The young lady was angry...... It's not good to be a slave, ask Miss...... Don't blame my mother. ”
"Who is to blame?"
The girl outside was idle, looking through the crack in the door.
They are Xie Tong's dowry, and they know their master's character well.
When I followed at the beginning, I was reluctant, but I had no choice but to pinch the deed in the hands of my master, and I could only be at the mercy of others.
A few months have passed, seeing that Xie Tong is not well received in the palace and is in a desolate situation, causing them to have no oil and water to fish, they are even more complaining, and they are naturally not satisfied with their work.
Most of the time, Yancai cooks for them and helps a lot.
This group of people is usually lazy to eat, and their mouths like to chew the root of their tongues, and they take care of a lot.
Now seeing Yanran's situation, they have all become shrunken turtles, and no one dares to come forward to stop them.
Hearing the man's voice, several mothers-in-law turned their heads and saw that the man was eight feet tall and had a long body.
When I looked closely, I saw that he had a black silk crown on his head, a blue and purple cloud auspicious charm crane pattern shirt, and a piece of auspicious cloud jade around his waist, white as snow, rich and powerful, thin and handsome.
The identity of the person who came was clear at first sight.
Everyone was shocked and immediately dispersed.
Yancai was originally following behind, knowing that something was wrong.
After pushing open the door, she saw the debris on the ground, a mess, Yanran knelt on the ground with blood on her face, her heart was convulsive, and she hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped her face carefully.
Xie Shi wanted to have a seizure, but when he saw a Yuli man enter the door with his hands in his hands, he was frightened.
The whole face was red and white, bruised and ugly, surprised and delighted, his lips were tense and trembling, his tongue was like a knot, and he couldn't spit out words for a long time.
"Why, you send people to call me every day, just to see you physically punish people?"
The audience was silent.
After a while, she recalled her mother's "teachings", tried her best to squeeze out a few tears, and wiped them with a handkerchief, as if she was coquettish and angry, and her face was very aggrieved.
"Childe...... You're here, you don't see me, and the minions are bullying people one by one, and in the past few months, even the people who marry have begun to abuse me! ”
"I always push and shout when doing things, grind and grind, and change a cup of tea depends on people's faces, my lady...... What is the meaning of deservedness! ”
Yin Jing didn't react, just looked at her lightly, and couldn't see her expression clearly.
She became more and more bold, and pointed to Yanran, who was kneeling on the ground, and said:
"Even this girl dares to bully me! Originally, I saw that she was not sensible, but she was a child in the past, so she didn't care much about it on weekdays. ”
Her tone suddenly turned sad, as if her chest was rising and falling violently.
"Who wants to ...... Who thinks that my connivance in the past will make a big mistake today, and I won't say what she did, but ...... said that the son liked her, but the concubine was really angry, so she hit her a few times......"
Yin Jing's expression was still faint, and he closed the ink fan with a "brush", pointing to Yanran who was kneeling underneath.
"You say."
After wiping, Yanran's face was much cleaner.
She raised her head carefully, glanced at Xie Tong in horror, and came into contact with that fierce gaze, like an electric shock, and immediately lowered her head again, choked and cried, and never spoke.
Seeing this, Xie immediately reprimanded.
"Childe asked you, are you dumb?"
My sister was beaten like this, and Yancai could only swallow her anger and cry secretly on the side.
"Childe...... Childe is not strange, it is all slaves and maids who are not good, it is the slaves and maids themselves who are ignorant, so they collided with Miss and made Miss angry, all slaves and maids are not good ....... ”
"Okay, okay, I'm also angry, and I accidentally hit you by mistake, how can I really blame you?"
Xie Tong pointed at Yancai and ordered.
"Don't take your sister down yet, find a Lang Zhong to take a good look, the silver comes out of my share, and it is important to heal the injury."
As a slave, she also had words of suffering, broke her teeth and swallowed blood, and hurriedly helped her sister to retreat.
The autumn wind is gusting, and the leaves are waving.
Looking at the person in front of him, the boredom in Xie Tong's heart swept away, and he felt extremely comfortable.
Yin Jing glanced at her up and down, not happy or angry.
The next moment, he suddenly turned to leave.
"Childe...... Childe ......"
She had been looking forward to it for a long time, and she had finally waited for this day, how could she let him leave easily?
couldn't take care of it at the moment, so he grabbed his sleeve, half coquettish and half begging.
"Don't go, Childe, stay and have a drink with me...... I heard that the son likes to drink plum blossom brew, but people have been preparing for a long time. ”
Yin Jing's eyebrows moved.
"Childe...... Why don't you stay......"
He frowned and stepped back unconsciously.
"Zicheng, come in."
A man entered.
Compared with Yin Jing, this man is slightly half an inch lower, his complexion is like mutton fat and jade paste, fair and delicate, his face is handsome, his waist is slender, his black hair hangs down like a waterfall, and his bun is crowned with royal blue gold and jade.
He was wearing a goose-yellow splendid pattern double cloud shirt, with a dark silk ribbon tied around his waist, the jade was delicate and transparent, and half of the auspicious clouds were embellished.
When people meet his gaze, they instantly feel that everything in heaven and earth is still; It feels comfortable and warm, and the spring willows in March are also difficult to match.
With just one glance, the spirit in her heart disappeared in an instant, she looked at him blankly, and blurted out an exclamation.
"Who is this?"
"A close friend of mine."
Hearing Xie Tong ask, he seemed a little unhappy, and his tone was deep when he spoke.
It was the only emotion he showed when he entered the room.
When Zicheng heard this, he immediately turned his head and smiled like a flower on his face.
With just a smile, Yin Jing seemed to be comforted, and regained his faint expression.
Xie Shi's heart was like a deer, and then he came back to his senses and pressed his restless heart.
"Childe...... Don't know what to call it? ”
"Sub-city."
The tone was really soft, Xie Shi couldn't help but feel fluttering, and looked at Yin Jing with a smile on his face, his tone was a little obsessive.
"The small kitchen prepares meals, all of which are what the son loves to eat on weekdays, I heard that the son loves plum blossom stuffing the most in his life, it just so happens that I have a marriage, and I have saved it for 30 years, the taste is excellent, the son tastes it."
She suddenly turned her head and looked at Zicheng's eyes, a little more tender.
"Since it's Childe's friend...... Also...... You're welcome. ”
After a while, the room was already cleaned up.
Seeing this big Buddha coming, the subordinates also changed their lazy appearance on weekdays, and they all thought about stuttering, and their movements were very sharp.
After retreating, Yin Jing sat down with the man.
He opened the flask with his own hand, sniffed it closely, and nodded with great satisfaction.
When he looked at the man again, his eyes were so gentle that they were about to pinch out water.
"This plum blossom brew is your favorite, come, you can taste it."
The cloudiness on Xie's face was uncertain, and when he saw that the two of them were restrained, as if there was no one around, he spoke curtly.
"Childe...... This ......"
"Zicheng has been with me for many years, no problem."