When Pei Shufan got married, the Pei family used the yellow rosewood that had accumulated for several lifetimes to make a set of furniture, and gave the concubine a dowry, so that this set of furniture would be used for several generations.

The status of the Pei family is extraordinary, and the girls of the Pei family will not be poor and small families if they marry into others. Therefore, like ordinary people, the rules of furniture can not be applied according to the size of the new house.

The big families of the Great Qi Dynasty are the same, when they give their daughters furniture, they never have to consider the size of the new house, as long as they use the best craftsmen and the best wood they can find in the high door, and spend time to make a set of large and small things.

It took several years of hard work for several skilled craftsmen to make the bed alone. And the whole bed is like a small house, the room is so small that it can't be put in at all. Such a bed is placed in the inner room, and if it is the same size as the inner room, it will look like a small family.

Therefore, when a large family gives a dowry to their daughter, sometimes it can be done from the time when the daughter is born, and it will be done until the daughter is fifteen or sixteen years old, or seventeen or eighteen years old, and is about to leave the cabinet.

Although the two children Pei Qianqian and Pei Qianyi were born in a high-ranking family, they suffered from the pond fish because of the incompatibility between their father and mother, and they have been displaced between the Pei family and the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. Later, although he was blessed by the saint and finally freed himself from the sewage pool in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, he couldn't live a carefree life like the sons and girls of ordinary high-ranking families.

As the saying goes, a motherless child is in charge early, and it is also said that a motherless child should take care of the sky, but they are all helpless, giving some comfort to those poor children.

Pei Qianqian and Pei Qianyi, the two brothers and sisters, grew up in such an environment, and naturally knew that their identities were different, and they didn't dare to put the young master's money at every turn, let alone fight with others, they were all careful to be within their ability... For the sake of each other, support each other, and become Pei Shufan's dowry that year, after Pei Shufen married into the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion... It was taken back by the Pei family one after another.

Pei Shufan's dowry that year, in addition to the set of yellow rosewood furniture, also had ten loads of jewelry, calligraphy and painting antiques, as well as thirty loads of silk and satin, sixty lifts of four-season clothes and bedding, and twenty lifts of several shops and granges. Of course, the deeds of the shop box grange will not be put out for people to see, and they are all made of clay to make models of various shops and granges... Packed in a carrying box, it means that these are things that will be productive every year for the female family's marriage.

The silver of the pressure box is calculated separately.

The Shen family gave 10,000 taels privately, Mrs. Xia gave 50,000 taels, and Mrs. Pei Lisheng gave 40,000 taels, a full 100,000 taels of silver. If it weren't for the silver ticket, Pei Shufan's dowry box wouldn't be able to fit another hundred.

Among the 100,000 taels, only Mrs. Pei's 40,000 taels were taken out by the Pei family, and Mrs. Xia's private room was her own... Shen is his own dowry.

Because the Pei family was ashamed of Pei Shufan, they could only make up for it in the dowry.

Pei Shufan is dead, and these dowries of hers... Except for the silk satin, it has long been unusable and cannot be recovered. Everything else was asked by the Shen family to come back from Ningyuanhou, and now except for the 100,000 taels of silver tickets, they are all placed in the Pei family's treasury.

Pei Qianqian and Pei Qianyi came to the library and saw that the furniture in the library was purple-red, the surface was oily, and there were bursts of fragrance.

Shen looked at these pieces of furniture and said with some sadness: "These Eight Immortal Tables, Strip Tables, Offering Tables and Kang Tables... There are also high and low tables over there, as well as dressers, interstitial screens, and multi-treasure shelves, all of which the old lady and old lady began to prepare before I got married. ”

Pei Qianqian silently walked in... A hand stretched out and gently brushed it on a piece of furniture, and saw that it was dusty, and it was obvious that someone often wiped and maintained it.

Pei Qianyi also walked in, looked around, pointed to the room that seemed to be bigger inside, and asked Shen, "Auntie, what's inside?" ”

Shen led Pei Qianqian and Pei Qianyi into it together, pointed to a huge Qiangong Babu bed in the warehouse inside, and said, "This room is full of beds. ”

The innermost is a reddish brown Qiangong stepping bed, and opposite the pulling step bed is placed a long couch, which is covered with a ramie mat. Next to the couch is a smaller Luohan bed, and on the railings of the bed on both sides, there are various small children of different shapes carved with hollows. In addition, there are different arhat beds with carved workers, which may be placed in the warm pavilion or cubicle, and Pei Qianyi, who is placed further out, just looked at the Qiangong stepping bed inside in a daze, and asked Shen: "Why is this bed different from what I remember?" ”

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, then understood what Pei Qianyi meant, sighed, and said, "This bed is actually just a shelf here."

When the mat and mattress are laid, the tent curtains are hung up, and the quilts and pillows are arranged, a brand new bed is made. ”

Pei Qianyi stopped talking and glanced at Pei Qianqian.

Pei Qianqian said with a smile: "It's really a thought left to me by my mother, I must do it." - Brother can't rob me. ”

Pei Qianyi's expression immediately relaxed, and he smiled at Pei Qianqian: "What do I want these for?" It's all yours, you just have to arrange it according to your own mind, if your brother-in-law is unhappy, let him reason with my eldest brother! ”

Pei Qianqian said angrily: "What nonsense? - I'm not married yet, where did you come from, brother-in-law? ”

Shen smiled at their brother and sister and greeted each other, and then led them to the door of a small room like an ear room next to them.

There was a big lock on the door, and Shen took the key from his body, opened the big lock himself, and took the brother and sister inside to see the antiques, calligraphy, paintings and jewelry inside.

Pei Qianqian is a girl, so she was naturally attracted by the colorful jewelry first, but she had already seen Pei Qianyi but already had some literary popularity, and looked intently at the copper tripod bottle on the multi-treasure shelf on the wall, and from a half-person-high blue and white vat, she took some calligraphy and paintings rolled inside. There was also a camphor wood box on the ground next to it, which contained the authentic scriptures, which shocked Pei Qianyi and made him a little unable to put it down.

Pei Qianqian pursed his lips and smiled: "If my brother likes it, these will belong to my brother." I have a daughter's family, and I don't need the authentic works of those famous people. ”

Pei Qianyi originally wanted to refuse, but he held his favorite book tightly in his hand, and if he refused, he couldn't say it, and his face was red in a hurry.

Pei Qianqian and Shen both turned around, pretending not to see it, and covered their sleeves and smiled.

Coming out of the warehouse, Shen called Pei Qianqian and Pei Qianyi over again... came to one of the south rooms of her usual director, took a few account books, and said to Pei Qianyi and Pei Qianqian: "There are two stacks of account books here, both of which are the income of the shop and the grange. - A stack of accounts from your mother's dowry shop and grange... A stack of accounts for the shop and the grange that your mother exchanged for half of the money that year. Look at it. ”

Pei Qianqian and Pei Qianyi wanted to be treated, but Shen's unquestioning expression made them unable to speak. I had to take the account book and flip through it casually. The number in it made them all stunned.

"Auntie, these .................. Too much. Pei Qianqian muttered, "Originally, it was also the Pei family's industry, so it was not as good as .................." Looking at Shen's face, Pei Qianqian changed his words again: "Why don't you return half of it to the Pei family?" ”

Shen shook his head and said, "You can't say that. Doing business is originally a profit and a loss. If you are unlucky and lose all the private property left by your mother back then, you will not get anything. Fortunately, God has eyes and protects your mother's properties. Don't shirk the brother and sister, it's all yours when the time comes. ”

Pei Qianqian hurriedly said: "These shops and granges are for my brother, I just want the furniture and jewelry left by my mother." - Antique calligraphy and painting are also given to my brother. Pei Qianqian knew that if she didn't want anything, Pei Qianyi would not be willing. I simply divided those things into two parts, and I could take the one for my daughter's family.

Pei Qianyi did not speak.

Pei Qianqian hurriedly said: "Or, keep half of the jewelry." When the elder brother marries his sister-in-law, he must also be hired. ”

Pei Qianyi's face turned even redder, his hands waved, and he said, "I want that calligraphy." Everything else is given to my sister to marry. - If my sister likes the calligraphy, my brother will borrow it for a few days and return it to my sister, is it okay? ”

Pei Qianqian pursed his lips and smiled, of course he refused to ask for it.

Shen also said: "Don't blame each other. If you don't listen to all these things from your aunt, you will all be one and a half. If you like the other party's side, you can exchange your own things for them, so that you can make it? ”

Pei Qianyi hurriedly said: "I'm my brother, what my sister wants, just pick first." ”

Pei Qianqian no longer shirked and nodded: "Don't worry, just take your time in the future." ”

This major event has finally been settled, and Pei Qianyi and Pei Qianqian, brother and sister, finally put their minds at ease.

Seeing the brother and sister walk out one after the other, Shen's mother-in-law hurriedly brought a cup of tea over and flattered: "Big lady, are you tired today?" - Actually, the eldest young master and the eldest girl are also too worried, how could our aunt and wife not be prepared for the success of the year? ”

Shen took a sip of tea and sighed: "It's always a motherless child, and it's more sensitive than other children." I thought the old lady would tell them, and the old lady thought I would tell them, but no one on either side said anything, so naturally I came down by mistake. ”

The woman hurriedly said: "This is also the lady's heart for them." He added, "There have been a lot of people who have added makeup recently, but why is there no one in their hometown?" ”

Shen glanced at the mother-in-law, his face turned cold, and said, "You are an old man on an errand, so you naturally know what to say and what not to say!" —-— I will send this matter for the time being, and if I commit it again in the future, I will be punished for both crimes, and I will not be spared! ”

The woman was frightened, and quickly knelt down for the Shen family, kowtowing.

The Shen family rectified some mouthy and tongue-in-cheek subordinates in the Pei family, and He Ningxin was in the Zhenguo Mansion, but he was actually busy adding makeup to Pei Qianqian.

Zhenguo Gong Jian Feiyang now has the weight of the saint, and he has the position of walking in Wenyuan Pavilion, he can counsel the military aircraft, assist in the affairs of the southwest, and even go out early and return late.

He Ningxin was both worried and happy about this matter.

Happily, Jian Feiyang has something to do again, and his spirit is much better. Although I go out early and return late every day, I am full of energy.

The worry is that Emperor Hongxuan has always been suspicious as a human being. Jian Feiyang is too capable, and Emperor Hongxuan will not rest assured of him. But if Jian Feiyang pretends to be stupid, in the face of major events, he will never will.

How to keep the Zhenguo Mansion standing, even if Emperor Hongxuan is suspicious, he will definitely not treat them like Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, this is the problem that He Ningxin has been thinking about for a while.

That night, Jian Feiyang came back earlier, and had dinner with He Ningxin, the boy said that he hadn't seen his father for several days, and he was so happy that he couldn't get off Jian Feiyang's lap, until he fell asleep on Jian Feiyang's body late at night, and was sent back to his own house by Jian Feiyang and He Ningxin.

The boy fell asleep, and the couple had a chance to talk well.

Jian Feiyang came out of the clean room and saw He Ningxin sitting thoughtfully at the head of the bed, holding a book in her hand and staring at the book, but she didn't turn a page for a long time, and she didn't even roll her eyes, obviously not reading a book.

Jian Feiyang sat on the bed and took the book out of He Ningxin's hand.

He Ningxin was still dumbfounded with her hands slightly raised, holding the book in her hand, and she didn't notice that the book was no longer in her hand.

Jian Feiyang smiled and called He Ningxin softly.

He Ningxin came back to her senses suddenly, looked up and saw Jian Feiyang's big smiling face, was taken aback, subconsciously shrank back, and said angrily, "When did you come in?" Don't say hello either. ”

Jian Feiyang held up the book in his hand and said, "The books were all taken away by me, and I said that I didn't say hello?" What are you thinking? So fascinating. ”

He Ningxin watched Jian Feiyang take off his robe, pull open the thin quilt with pale tooth color and lie down, and asked him, "How are the preparations for the silver?" ”

Knowing that Emperor Hongxuan recently gave this matter to the ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion, Jian Feiyang was a temporary walk of Wenyuan Pavilion, and he also attended the court meetings of these ministers.

After listening to He Ningxin's question, Jian Feiyang smiled bitterly and said, "Ming'er, I will go to the Holy Lord to resign from this position of Wenyuan Pavilion walking. - I really can't stand it. Each sentence of these scholars has to be divided into several halves, chirping crookedly, quoting scriptures, and listening to it without giving people a headache. I'd rather the Holy Lord send me to the King of Anjun and follow Tiqi out through the streets. "Full of complaints.

He Ningxin smiled and said, "It's okay." Ming'er, you can resign. Those ministers are like this, and they are not aimed at you. ”

Jian Feiyang squinted at He Ningxin: "Are you serious? - I'm serious. I can't stand it anymore. I'm afraid that you won't allow it, so I'm going to deal with them there. ”

He Ningxin spat Jian Feiyang and said, "Don't blame me for everything." Obviously, it's all your own idea, and in the end, you still want to use me as a raft, I don't accept this empty love! ”

Jian Feiyang laughed twice, pursed his lips, and said, "These people have been discussing for so many days, and no one has come up with a charter. If you want me to say that every official spits out a little bit of private goods, it is enough to go to the Wa Kingdom to buy grain. - Why do you have to discuss it for so many days? ”

He Ningxin said with a smile: "You are a full man who doesn't know how hungry [the man is hungry."

You military generals, every time you fight, how much benefit you can get, I don't need to say, right? Those civil servants have fished for a lifetime, and probably not as much as the generals have fished in a single battle. ”

Jian Feiyang disagreed: "When you are a soldier and fight, the wealth is exchanged for your head." It's not the same as these ministers sitting there and talking about it. "To live is to enjoy wealth. When you die, you are making wedding clothes for others.

He Ningxin knew that Jian Feiyang was reasonable, but these things were all public and reasonable, and her mother-in-law said that her mother-in-law was reasonable, and it was not interesting to argue, so she changed the topic and asked Jian Feiyang: "How is it in the palace?" Last time, the saint said that the eldest princess was pregnant and was going to make a prince, why is it quiet now? ”

Jian Feiyang closed his eyes and said, "Anyone can be appointed by the Holy Lord." Anyway, it's his son, and I won't ask a word about things that shouldn't be our business. ”

He Ningxin was a little embarrassed, and muttered: "I'm just curious, just ask in vain........."

The corners of Jian Feiyang's mouth curled slightly, and he suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged He Ningxin into his arms, and then his big hand followed his familiar curve and climbed up.

The next day, Jian Feiyang got up to practice swords with a refreshed face, and went to play with him in the boy Yan's house for a while before going to the court.

He Ningxin was troubled by Jian Feiyang all night last night, and she couldn't help but be sleepy.

In the morning, white tea and black tea came to clean up the house. Black Tea went to the clean room for a turn, took out the residual water used in it, and sent a little maid in, and wiped it in the clean room with a rag.

When the white tea was making the bed, a crumpled robe like pickles was turned out in the innermost corner of the bed, and after pondering for a long time, it was recognized as a long gown of the lady's cinnamon-colored cicada wing yarn. ”

Black Tea took it and looked at it, and said quietly: "Didn't Madam say that this shirt is too transparent to wear?" How did you get to bed? ”

The two looked at each other, suddenly understood, their faces turned red, and they couldn't help but smile, and their nervous and uneasy hearts had only relaxed recently.

The two of them are personal maids who serve the lady's internal affairs, and naturally know that Grandpa Guo has not been with his wife for a while.

Although they are young maids, they also know that if the master does not go to the lady's room, it proves that the lady has fallen out of favor. Their grandfather did not have a concubine room, although he slept with his wife every day, but for a long time, his wife's bed had not been changed. They were also secretly worried, thinking that Grandpa Guo was tired of his wife, for fear that soon, there would be more other women in the house.

Now seeing the crumpled gown and the list that had just been changed on the bed, the two of them were overjoyed, and they personally hugged it out and asked the mother-in-law to take it to the Huanyi Courtyard to be cleaned.

When those mothers-in-law saw it, they were all overjoyed.

They are the people of the lady, and only when the lady is favored can they have status.

He Ningxin sat in the outhouse, deliberately pretending not to see the mother-in-law and maid in her house, and lowered her head to drink tea.

After finishing things in the morning, He Ningxin returned to her house, put half a horse of Tianshui Bi in a rosewood box inlaid with luodian enamel, and rummaged through the cage where she had her jewelry.

When Bai Cha saw it, he hurriedly called Qingcha over and said, "Aren't you in charge of Madame's jewelry box?" Madame is looking for something, go over and take a look. ”

Qingcha came to the inner room, saluted He Ningxin and asked, "What is Madame looking for?" - Let the slave come. ”

He Ningxin raised up and said with a wry smile: "It's okay." You can help me find a piece of the head, and add a few auspicious things to come out. ”

Qingcha nodded, looked at it in the cage, and took a red gold inlaid beads and emerald head, a red gold inlaid white jade double happiness Ruyi and a descendant Wandai golden gourd came out, and asked He Ningxin: "How are these?" ”

He Ningxin looked at the past one by one, and only felt that it was more satisfactory than her own pick, nodded with a smile, and said, "Find a box and put it in." —To add makeup to my deed girl. ”

Qingcha found a long flannel Nanmu box and put the jewelry into it one by one. Knowing that He Ningxin valued Pei Qianqian, he said: "Madame's set of green jade jewelry is too valuable, and it is not appropriate to give it to Miss Pei." Otherwise, it is also good to play one set according to it. ”

He Ningxin smiled. That set of jewelry was handed down by Mrs. Xu, and it was passed on to her daughter but not to her son. Of course, she had to pass it on to He Ningxin's biological daughter, not Pei Qianqian.

He Ningxin waited for Qingcha to wrap the jewelry, and then asked her to put it in the carrying box together with the previous Tianshuibi.

"You go out and keep watch, I'm going to sleep for a while." He Ningxin commanded.

Qingcha was blessed, went out to spread the word, and stayed in the outhouse with Baicha, so as not to let people come in and disturb He Ningxin.

He Ningxin flashed into her own blessed land of Sumeru.

She thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to take out the "Hundred Herbs" and give it to the Pei family.

The Pei family doesn't know why, if it's okay to give birth to a son, but if you give birth to a daughter, it's easy to bring some problems out of the womb. Although not every daughter is like this, once it is stalled, it is easy to live like her predecessor Pei Shufan.

And in this "Hundred Herbs", there is a prescription, plus the two medicines of "Zuozhi", which can cure such stubborn diseases of the Pei family girl.

He Ningxin looked at the medical book in front of her, and she was not sad when she saw it in Pei Shufen's Langjing Cave Heaven back then.

Pei Shufen obviously had a plan, but she didn't take it out to save her sister..................

However, thinking about the many "elixirs" made by Pei Shufen, He Ningxin is not sure whether she could take her medicine willingly back then, or after taking it, I don't know if there will be a lot of trouble and discomfort.

He Ningxin sighed, got up and went to the medicine garden downstairs in the blessed land of Sumeru, dug up a few flavors of the main medicine in the soil, and planned to give it to the old lady Pei Lisheng together with the medical book. At that time, as long as you explain to him that the prescriptions in this are only "monarchs and ministers", there are no "assistants", and let them think of finding a famous doctor to make up for their shortcomings.

Of course, I must also explain to Mrs. Pei that there are many prescriptions in this house, and it is best to take them out one by one for people to refer to, and you must not take them all out, it is a crime.