Chapter 33: Brother Mo's Courtesy (3)
Mo Ziyin met Gao Zhuang, and then became familiar with Gao Da Niang.
Although Mrs. Gao is a tooth woman, her heart is not bad, and she is not greedy. Twice a year, he went to the capital, and the rest of the time he spent the rest of his time in various small towns and villages in Luozhou, looking for maids and servants for large families. Don't accept the recommendation of others casually, you have to run and see it in person, and determine the character before deciding. Therefore, she has a good reputation, and even the official's wife gave up her official teeth and asked her to find a servant.
"Auntie, you have been to Shangdu often over the years, I want to inquire about something." Mo Zi got straight to the point.
"Just ask, you have helped my family grow strong so much." The tall lady put on an apron and began to scoop water to cook, making what she wanted to eat and what the guests wanted to eat. Steamed the rice, and turned over the chili beans that were drying in the courtyard.
Ordinary people like the Gao family rarely have time to spare until sunset and before dark.
Mo Zi stepped forward to help, she was originally very clumsy, but soon she seemed to look like her.
Gao Da Niang looked at it and smiled, "At this time, it looks like a girl." ”
"Auntie, I never said that I was a man, and it was easier to walk like this." Mo Zi never deliberately concealed the identity of her daughter's family from familiar people, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have admitted it as soon as you asked me, wouldn't I?" ”
Gao Da Niang is a tooth woman or a matchmaker, those eyes have seen Mo Zi's daughter thoroughly in the morning.
"It's just my stupid big guy, Brother Mo, Brother Mo is so serious." Gao Da Niang had a headache, "Every time I see him patting you on the shoulder, I'm afraid that his brute strength will break the bones of a good big girl." ”
Mo Zi laughed and said, "Then you tell him that it's okay for me." ”
"That stupid boy himself is not enlightened, he can't even find out such an obvious thing, he will definitely not be able to marry a wife in the future, and I don't expect to hold my grandson in this life. So, I won't say it, wait for him to open his mind. "Mrs. Gao has been in and out of mansions for many years, and she has won the trust of the ladies, which is that hearty." By the way, what do you want to ask? ”
"Shangdu respects the palace." Mo Zi asked in general terms.
Mrs. Gao looked over, looking up and down, "Brother Mo, you will pick something to ask." ”
Mo Zi was puzzled, "Auntie-"
"If you want to inquire about other people's homes, I don't necessarily know. This is the king's mansion, and I have to bring back twenty or thirty letters from my family when I go back all these years. "That means, she has chosen many servants for the palace to enter." Respect the king's mansion to the surname Xiao. Now the eighty-year-old old lady Xiao is the only king with a foreign surname in our Great Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years, and the throne is hereditary. As early as 20 years ago, the old lady Xiao invited the first emperor to give his second son Xiao Su. Xiao Su and Princess Xiao have three sons-in-law, Xiao Ting, Xiao Wei, and Xiao Yong. The Xiao family has made great military achievements since the old lady, most of the men have joined the army to establish a career, and the women have married royal dignitaries. ”
"Auntie, these things are probably known to the people of Shangdu." Mo Zi turned over the red peppers one by one, but it was very fresh news for her, "Xiao Yong is the third son of the Jingwang Mansion?" ”
"Exactly, he is still the only prince in King Jing's Mansion who does not enter the military camp. He can write poetry and paint, and he is eight buckets high. Cao Cao's son became a poem in seven steps, but he could become a fu in three steps. If it weren't for ......," Aunt Gao suddenly stopped talking.
"What if not?" How can Mo Zi let it go.
"This kind of thing, you can't say it to people casually, otherwise I won't be able to do it." Mrs. Gao shook her head, leaned over and brushed the bean sift with her hand, "Unless you tell me why you asked about Xiao Sangongzi, I'll see if I should say it." ”
Mo Zi thought about it for a while, and felt that she still had to tell the truth, "Auntie, you only know that I am the maid of a big family, but in fact, I secretly tell you that I am inquiring for my young lady." The guests who came to our mansion a while ago deliberately wanted to be a matchmaker for the third young master of the palace. Of course the old lady likes it, but my young lady is very smart. Not to mention that it is far away, it is really a bit bad to say that the door is right. ”
When Mrs. Gao heard this, she sat up again, and her face showed a strange expression, "Someone proposed marriage to your young lady for Xiao Sangongzi?" ”
"That's just what it means." Mo Zi looked at the strangeness in her eyes, "Auntie, it's about my young lady's life, please tell me, I will never say what you said." ”
"Brother Mo, if I were you, I would advise your young lady not to marry." Mrs. Gao sighed and continued, "Actually, this matter is not a secret. I hesitated because I didn't want to talk about right and wrong behind my back, not to mention that the old princess and the princess treated me very well, and handed over the errand of finding a servant to me every year. ”
"Aunt Gao, you are really embarrassed." Mo Zi knows that there are many people who want to keep their reputation, or they are people with a conscience.
"It's mostly rumors in the market. So be it, I say mine, you listen to you. Gao Da Niang looked at Mo Zi and nodded, and then continued, "Although the third prince of the Jingwang Mansion is a talent, even today's saints have praised his knowledge and literary talents, but he is only twenty-two years old this year, and he has already married two wives. ”
"You're saying he's married two wives?" Mo Zi heard something unexpected.
"It's not bad at all, and I married two in four years, so I divorced two." Aunt Gao looked at Mo Zi, "Otherwise, how could I say that your young lady should not marry." ”
"Married two, divorced two?!" Too surprised, Mo Zi repeated the words of the tall lady, and was excited, and hurriedly asked, "Why is this?" Could it be that he married an ugly monster, a tigress, or does his family background and identity not match, and the elders don't like it? "In this era, it is not uncommon for men to have three wives and four concubines, but it is very rare to divorce their wives one after another.
"Where's that. Both of them are young ladies from famous families, and one of them is also the big media of King Wu Cheng Wanbao. is definitely a good match, a woman with excellent appearance. Besides, choosing a wife for the son of the prince's mansion will be ugly and fierce? Hearing Mo Zi say a little too much, Mrs. Gao hurriedly explained.
"What is the reason for that? The third son is only twenty-two years old, and he will not divorce his wife because he has no children. "Childlessness is the most commonly used of the seven.
"I don't know exactly why, but there are rumors. said that the first one was immoral, had an affair with another man, and was bumping into the third son. The second is that he was not right-hearted, and poisoned the food eaten by the third son, but fortunately let the princess find out, otherwise it would be an innocent life. After Mrs. Gao finished speaking, she emphasized again, "Although these words have sound and shadow, when I was in Jingwangfu, I never heard anyone mention it at all." ”
It did spread with sound and shadow. Mo Zi thought in her heart, is it because these three sons are unlucky and meet two women with bad conduct in a row? Or is there another insider?
"Auntie, you just said that the eldest son of the third son, but he was born to the first lady?" She thought that might be a big deal.