Chapter 3 Anguo Mansion
Erya occasionally listened to her father and mother talk about things in the house, and with Erya's supplement, she quickly straightened out the content of Mama Zhou's words.
The place where they are located is the Anguo Mansion, and Mama Zhou's expression was obscure when she said this. Lao An Guogong obtained this title and mansion by virtue of his merit from the dragon, and he was injured and sick due to many years of fighting. The eldest son, Lin Wenjing, inherited the lord, and the two-bedroom and three-room mansions were separated, and now there is only Lin Wenjing, the Duke of Anguo, in the house.
"Our wife was born in the Zhou family in Runan and is the eldest daughter of the second room of the Zhou family. I heard that the Zhou family is a century-old family, a truly famous family, and there have been three elders and two queens one after another. Don't say it, I've seen Madame once, and I haven't seen it in the second person. Erya said it and refilled a cup of tea for herself.
Cersei remembered that when Mama Zhou talked about the Zhou family, she straightened her back slightly, and showed a look of arrogance and humility. Mama Zhou is a servant of the Zhou family, her grandfather's generation was given the surname Zhou by her master, she followed the Zhou family since she was a child, and later came to the Anguo Mansion as a housekeeper. It stands to reason that the Zhou family does not look down on a "nouveau riche" like An Guogong, not to mention that when the Zhou family got married, the old Guogong did not have his current status, and he was struggling in the northwest with a full family.
However, the Zhou family's room and the second room were not harmonious, and the Zhou family's room married the eldest daughter to the first prince and became the crown princess.
When the second room of the Zhou family married the eldest daughter of the flowery and jade-like daughter to Lin Wenjing, who was not famous at the time, the people in Kyoto laughed at it for seven or eight years, and the princess and the prince flounder had a deep relationship, and the eldest daughter of the second room Xu was dissatisfied with the marriage before she got married.
Until three years ago, the seventh prince had to ascend to the throne, abolish the emperor and kill the crown prince. Overnight, Kyoto changed the direction of the wind, and it was only the people in Kyoto who knew that the abacus of the second room of the Zhou family was not ordinary. Looking at the Duchess of Anguo Zhou, she is worthy of being born in a century-old family, and she got a man in one fell swoop in the second year of marriage, teaching her husband and children, managing the accounts, and restraining the inner house, and she insisted on keeping a foundationless Anguo Mansion in good order, and her wife and concubine were harmonious. Although he has a cold relationship with Lin Wenjing, he is also respected by Lin Wenjing.
Although the Zhou family only got a son, they raised their concubines very well, and it was impossible for people to find fault when they were taken out. It is Lin Huaijin, the son of Anguo Gongshi, who is also famous at a young age, but at the age of eight he has gradually shown his handsome appearance, and he has taken the advantages of his parents. On the other hand, Zhou's cousin, who lost her husband and two sons-in-law and a concubine at the time of the palace change, left only the eldest son, who was confined to Honolulu with her, and endured hardship, only waiting for the winter to be exiled, which is embarrassing.
Erya helped Cerse straighten out the relationship between the Anguo Mansion, thought about it and bit her ear again: "It is said outside that this year's catastrophe is because he is too tyrannical, so after ascending the altar to worship the heavens and praying for blessings, the will of exile has been postponed, and the abolished princess can survive in the mountains for a few more years." As he spoke, he pointed to the sky and nodded.
After a pause, Erya said again: "I heard my mother say that the brother of the abolished princess is smart and handsome, and he entered the cabinet at a young age, and many women in Kyoto regard Zhou Dalang as a dreamman. ”
Cersei looked at Erya and smiled: "You know what a dream person is." ”
Erya blushed and spat her: "Look at you!" It's not funny to see you lying bored, you're good! ”
Cersei was just teasing her, seeing that she was in a hurry, she hurriedly apologized: "Good sister, I was wrong, I won't make fun of you so much in the future, you continued, now that the crown princess has been deposed, what happened to Zhou Dalang?" ”
Erya's expression was slightly gloomy: "I heard that he was demoted to an official, but because he has a good official reputation, he didn't take his family and exile like others, but the year before last, during the epidemic in Runan, he happened to take his family to serve filial piety in the clan, and he was sick, and he soon died." I heard that most of the people in the Zhou family have also disappeared because of the epidemic, and they are no longer as prominent as they used to be. Now they say it's the handiwork of that person. ”
If this is the case, then it is too eager for quick success and quick profit, and it is no wonder that people are panicking. She is a little beggar who knows that sometimes she has to endure it for a while, maybe she doesn't have to endure anything if she becomes the emperor. Cersei's mind was spinning, but he didn't answer.
The two little girls were silent for a while, and they were a little embarrassed, but in the end, they were people who were very far away from themselves, and they sighed for a while, and the second girl soon had the interest to speak again: "I heard that the prince of our house is not quite like his own uncle, but has the demeanor of Zhou Dalang." As she spoke, Erya's eyes burst with brilliance, and she was very yearning: "I don't know what kind of character the prince is, if he can go to his courtyard as an errand in the future, it would be good if he was just a girl who sprinkled and cleaned, and he was also decent and glamorous." ”
Cersei smiled, she didn't have the heart to listen to what Erya said anymore, and only those clear eyes remained in her mind.
By the time the injury was completely healed, it was already winter and spring, and the ice and snow had melted. Strange to say, since the emperor postponed the idea of exile, it has really snowed heavily in Beijing. In this way, the emperor did not dare to toss, but gave a lot of gifts, so that the people had a happy and celebratory year. The holy family of the Anguo Mansion was quite long, opened the gate twice, and rewarded two jade ruyi and various dried fruit brocades. Seeing that the emperor couldn't do as he pleased, Cersei didn't know why he was a little happy in his heart, as if he was not so pitiful in this way.
There is also Erya, Erya's New Year is particularly festive, because the holy family is rich, the house has issued a lot of silver, and made a spring coat for the girl's little girl, I am envious, and I can't wait to go to the house on an errand immediately.
Mama Zhou didn't think so. After the wound was completely healed, he took her with him to learn the rules. Although Cersei remembers it quickly and firmly, it is natural to get used to it, and there are too many small movements unconsciously. Accumulated habits are difficult to change, which makes Mama Zhou a headache. Cersei also had a miserable life, and she could do what Mama said, "watch more, listen more, think more, and talk less", but she had to be scolded even if she blinked too many times, and it was even more common for her to be punished by beating hands and kneeling.
In fact, An Guogong was born in the army, and he did not have a deep family background, so the rules in the house were much looser. But because it was brought by Mama Zhou, Mama Zhou had the reserve and pride of a servant woman of the family, so she was particularly strict with her. Fortunately, Cersei suffered a lot when she was a child, these are nothing, her mouth is sweet on weekdays, and she is reluctant to beat her hard when she coaxes Mama Zhou, who is cold and hot-hearted.
Until there was a degree of restraint and a good manner, it was another spring and autumn, and Mama Zhou placed her and the second girl together, and they were all sprinkled and cleaned in the outer yard, and during this period, she never saw the son who saved herself and gave her a name. Er Ya has already kept his head, and the topic of conversation has become which little guy is clever and handsome.
The maid is not like the young lady of the family in the courtyard of the deep house, she is not so particular, and she can always meet a few when she runs errands. Erya matured early, looked thoughtful, only thirteen years old, and her figure already had some delicate curves, so there were often little girls who took the opportunity to climb. The second girl has a lively temperament, and when she talks about these scruples, she often makes her smile and a little envious.
Because of the deficit when he was young, his body has been shriveled and shriveled, and he has been raised in the Anguo Mansion for several years, but he has only a little more meat on his face, thin and small, and he is not open, but no one pays attention to it. It was the pair of clear eyes that I met in the snow that year, and it slowly faded in my heart. Another year has passed, but I can't remember it anymore, but I am familiar with the few little guys that Er Ya often mentions, and often use them to make fun of her.