Chapter 51: The Bride Price
Unlike when he accompanied Jiang Mengyun to Prince Li's mansion last time, he stepped out of the palace gate again, and it was sunny outside, which was really a good weather suitable for travel, but Peony's mood was not happy at all.
Of course she couldn't be happy.
Although Empress Xue let her out of the palace, she was obviously very dissatisfied with her insistence on going home at this juncture, offending her master, and her future life would only be more difficult.
And the destination of this trip out of the palace is home, which makes her even more irritable.
Peony's home is in the suburbs of Beijing, and it is said that it is not close, but it is not far away.
If she walks, she is afraid that she will waste a lot of time, Queen Xue asked her to go and come back quickly, if she can't go to Yuqi Pavilion to report this evening, I don't mind sending someone to serve that Jiang girl again.
So she had to hold on.
In order to save time, no matter how reluctant Peony was, she could only hire a carriage with money and pull her all the way to the door of her house on the outskirts of Beijing.
There is a row of low houses by the river, and the peony family is the largest of them.
Over the years, she has not taken much money from home, but she has rarely returned, and the last time she saw it, the door was not so tall as it is now, but now it seems to have been re-repaired, and even the roof tiles are new, and it seems more and more wealthy than others.
As soon as her carriage arrived at the door, she saw her eldest brother Du Ziyu holding a folding fan in his hand, standing in the yard with a stomach to enjoy the flowers.
He didn't have any expression on his face, but when he heard the movement, he raised his head, and when he saw her, he immediately frowned: "Stinky girl, why did you come back!" ”
Peony naturally has nothing to say: "There are many things in the palace, and you can go back if you say it." ”
"Yo!" Du Ziyu's face suddenly trembled, and his voice immediately became louder, "I've grown my ability!" Daddy, come and take a look at the master of our family, now she even dares to refute her eldest brother's words casually! It's a stiff wing! ”
Sick.
Peony looked at him as if she were looking at him like a fool.
But he turned his head to look out, and shouted again: "Good girl, it's so far from the palace to home, and I hired a car to come back!" Daddy, come and see! ”
Du Ziyu's name sounds like a weak scholar, but in fact, he looks like a big man and three thick.
In the early years, he didn't eat so fat, and his appearance was outstanding, but later the peony entered the palace, and the family became more and more prosperous, and his father and mother were afraid that he would be hungry, so he let him eat openly, and he ate into the appearance of this fat head and big ears.
He is huge, and his middle qi is extraordinarily sufficient, and this voice movement is really not small.
The father and mother who didn't know what they were doing in the back room quickly ran out: "What are you doing, what are you doing?" When you come back, you dare to quarrel with your eldest brother, dead girl, who are you showing your face! ”
Peony was stunned for a moment.
She hasn't seen her father and mother for some days, although she hates it in her heart, but after all, it is the blood of the relatives who gave birth to her and raised her, and it must be a lie to say that she doesn't want to, not to mention that they also loved her in the past.
The eldest brother scolded her, she could not care, her father and mother scolded indiscriminately, and Peony subconsciously wanted to justify: "Dad, mother, there is really something in the palace, Niangniang sent a message, let me go early and return early, I can't hire a car." ”
She was angry and aggrieved: "You hurriedly called me back, the mother was very dissatisfied, let me ......"
Peony couldn't finish a sentence, and was slapped in the face by Father Du in two steps.
Her face immediately swollen.
"Daddy! What are you doing?! Peony was slapped by this slap and the whole person was a little dazed.
Although she is a subordinate in the middle palace, Queen Xue will not do anything to them at will, her identity is a slave, but she lives more carefully than ordinary young ladies.
Peony was stunned at first, and then the monstrous anger ignited in an instant, and she could hardly hold back her hand.
In the past, she was still a little tired when she was a rough palace maid, but later she followed Jiang Mengyun, she only cleaned the house on time, and she could do whatever she wanted.
Now that she has been promoted to a first-class palace maid, she will not be so angry.
"Bastard things, cheap goods, dare to use Niangniang to press us, what, send you to the palace to eat and drink, you will let Lao Tzu Niang suffer outside, you still have the face to call me father!" Father Du gritted his teeth and scolded viciously.
Peony has nowhere to cry out.
"Why am I eating and drinking well in the palace, and when did I make you suffer? What is there in this house today that I didn't buy with my money? From time to time, you have asked people to believe me a little and ask me for money, but have you ever thought that I also need some money in the palace! ”
"You still want me to buy a bride price for my eldest brother, so many things, where can I get so much money to buy them? Have you thought about it? ”
Peony felt that they were unreasonable.
Such a bastard family, she shouldn't have come back!
But she was angry, and her mother-in-law Chen was even more angry.
Peony asked them a few words, and Chen was so angry that he took out a broom from the corner of the courtyard and smashed it on her head: "Three indiscriminate money losers!" How much money did my mother spend to cultivate you in the past, and all the cultivation was done to the dogs! ”
She yelled twice, and cried out again: "From childhood to adulthood, how much effort we have spent on you, you now have a rich life, and you won't even help your eldest brother with such a little help!" ”
"Your eldest brother is just sending those bride price, you want silver in the palace to know, but you tell me, how much money did your mother spend in the past to teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you have learned these things from dogs, so many years, it is a female dog and someone should look at it, you are so ......good."
Chen wiped his tears, and scolded again: "I'm still a lowly palace maid!" ”
She gasped, picked up the broom and smashed it on the peony's head: "So many masters and mothers, you don't have the ability to grab a position, so many royal relatives and nobles, you should be able to climb the bed!" You useless money-loser! If I don't kill me today, I, I won't ......."
What is "no", she scolded for a long time and didn't scold.
The anger in Peony's stomach was nowhere to be sprinkled, even running and hiding, but her body was still smashed several times, and it hurt so much that she couldn't wait to pull out her feet and leave immediately.
God is really blind, why did she have to be born in such a family!
Du Ziyu, the damn fat pig, eats her and uses hers to say irresponsible things to her, and wants to ask her for money to get married, he wants to be beautiful!
And these two damn old immortals, who will always have that damn fat pig in their eyes!
"Old thing, stop fighting!"
Peony was chased all over the yard, couldn't help but roar and stopped, stretched out his hand and grabbed the broom in mid-air: "If you beat me again, I'll go back to the palace now, and if you let anyone come to me, don't want me to come out!" ”
The courtyard finally fell silent.
For the sake of money, everything is negotiable.
Du Ziyu was the first to react, stepped forward and hugged Chen, with an exaggerated smile on his face: "Oh, mother, mother, don't hurt yourself, it's all a family, it's easy to say, it's easy to say anything." Besides, my sister didn't say that she wouldn't buy me a bride price......"
He winked at Chen: "Otherwise, what did she do when she came back this time, right?" ”
This is too effective, Chen's instant strength, and Du's father also straightened his face: "This is like words, what is the trouble, go into the house, take a good look at the bride price list, and prepare it as soon as possible." ”
As he spoke, he glanced at the peony threateningly: "If you don't prepare ...... well."
Before the words were finished, Peony could guess most of it.
This is the reason why she had to come back today, her father and eldest brother have already been shameless for the sake of money, and they have done everything.
But she couldn't.
She also wants face.
What's more, she was also afraid that if they went to Gonggong Gui to spread the word again, in case the old gelding was bought by them, in case her secret would be exposed......
Peony didn't dare to think further, but her heart became resentful, so resentful that her whole body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
It's all because of them!
If they hadn't bought Gonggong Gui to let her enter the palace, she would not have been entangled by this eunuch, she would not have been touched by him, she would not have been seen naked by him, and even, she would have been handed down by that old thing!
A feeling of disgust hit her, and Peony couldn't wait to kill him right now.
But she didn't dare, and she couldn't.
Gonggong Gui is a person close to the emperor, so she doesn't even dare to climb around the ordinary royal relatives and nobles, for fear of getting into trouble.
This big Liang, maybe only a person like His Royal Highness King Qi, who is so tall that even Emperor Liang and Empress Xue don't pay attention to her, can really save her from fire and water.
Peony couldn't help but think about it, thinking for a while that if she could make peace with King Qi Jinse, how enviable it would be, and for a while thinking that King Qi was rich and rivaled the country, and it was not a matter of words to meet the requirements of his father and eldest brother, and then he thought about it, no.
If she can become the princess of King Qi, who cares about Du Ziyu, a fat pig?
Let him fend for himself, die early and be born sooner.
Even if it is her father, she has to live by her face.
Father Du and Chen's two pulled her to talk a lot, but the peony didn't respond for a long time, and suddenly changed her face with anger, and scolded: "Cheap billet, let's play!" When your father and mother talk to you, you think it's a fart, right? I, I'll kill you! ”
As he spoke, he moved his hands again, and for a while he was really jumping.
Here the chickens fly and the dogs jump, Yuqi Pavilion, Jiang Mengyun House, and the chickens and dogs are restless at the moment.
Zi'er didn't know what to say from Concubine Xie, so she came to do this personal palace maid, but it was not a normal service, but she was overly enthusiastic.
Mingyue went to get the basin, and she also rushed to go.
Mingyue came to help Jiang Mengyun comb her hair, and she came to grab the comb.
Mingyue wanted to take the clothes, but she directly lifted the entire box out and said that she would clean it up again.
Mingyue went to arrange flowers, she raised her hand and grabbed the vase, but one of them didn't hold it steady, and she fell apart.
The two made a fuss all morning, and finally Concubine Xi heard the movement next door, and she couldn't stand it, so she brought someone over, pointed to Zi'er's head and scolded: "You're too idle, aren't you?" If you don't know how to be a personal palace maid, this palace will go to the emperor and let you go to the Huanyi Bureau! ”
It was finally quiet.