Chapter 12: Wives and Concubines
At dawn in the morning, the small courtyard resounded with the creaking of the door opening, and the whispering of people.
Huizhu had already woken up, and when Yinshi was in the middle of the day, Yinzhen got up and went to the morning court, and when she saw that he didn't mean to wake her up, she continued to pretend to be asleep. About half an hour later, Yinzhen packed up and left, but she couldn't sleep. The chaos in my mind was that I thought of my past life for a while, and then I thought of Niu Hulu Mansion for a while, and all the people I knew appeared in my mind like a flower. In the end, it was Yinzhen who appeared. Thinking about him a lot, he will be the father of her children, the person she wants to be with all the time, the person who is called a husband in this era.
And in the future, Ama Eniang thinks that the whip is beyond her reach, and Yinzhen will be the cornerstone of her intact life. But at the same time, she also understands that this man can never belong to her alone, so she has to rely on herself in the future, striving to make her comfortable within a limited range. For this, it shouldn't be difficult to think about it, she has always been a passive recipient, never wanted to get ahead, and even now that she has crossed, she just wants to live a peaceful life and live her little life.
At this time, the door outside was pushed open, and Huizhu heard the sound of someone pouring water, and then Su Xin and Mama Wang walked over to the bedside together.
Su Xin was holding the clothes and waiting for her to dress and freshen up, while Mama Wang walked to the bed, picked up the white silk handkerchief stained with blood on the bed and looked at it, folded it and put it in a carved box, and then saluted her and said, "The slave maid is here to say hello to Niu Hulu Gege first." When he came, Fu Jin asked the slave to tell Gege that after the invitation, there would be someone who was ordered to wait in the Gege house, and now he could only grieve Gege and let the Suxin girl be busy. ”
Huizhu watched Mama Wang take the handkerchief and take it away, and was a little embarrassed, so she only nodded. Seeing this, Su Xin hurriedly blessed Mama Wang, and said with a smile: "Xie Fujin is concerned about his master." I also thank Mama for her concern for the slave and maid, and it is the blessing of the slave and maid to be able to serve the master, and she is not aggrieved. ”
"Since this is the case, the old slave will not bother, and the old slave will take the handkerchief to Fujin for inspection. It's still early now, Gege can have some snacks first, and after about an hour, Fujin will send Xiaofuzi over to lead Gege to the main courtyard to say goodbye. After that, Mama Wang saluted Huizhu and left.
After Mama Wang left, Huizhu didn't delay much, she was busy bathing and changing, and after eating a few snacks with Su Xin, she began to make up.
Su Xin took a set of pale pink plain soft satin flag clothes for Huizhu to wear, the neckline, cuffs and hem of the dress were inlaid with three points wide stone blue sheet gold narrow edge, and the placket was also embroidered with silver and white Su embroidery dark lines. After changing her clothes, Su Xin combed Huizhu with two handfuls of the woman's head, and the braids that had been combed at the back were also coiled, and the braids were fixed with silver-gilded jeweled jewels, and at the same time, she put on a small hairpin with beaded flowers and a powder-blue velvet flower at the bun. Then, Huizhu put on two white jade dotted emerald earrings, and finished her makeup.
Huizhu's whole dress will not be too conspicuous, nor will it be underestimated, and it will lose its solemnity. When everything was in order, Huizhu and Suxin checked it again. Xiao Fuzi, the personal eunuch next to Fujin, also happened to come over to take Huizhu's master and servant to the main courtyard to ask for peace.
Huizhu took Su Xin and followed Xiaofuzi to the main courtyard. Along the way, Huizhu also learned a few things through inquiries and observations. Every day, she only needs to go to Fujin in the morning to say goodbye, and the rest of the time is her own.
In addition, looking at the decent mansion buildings and the slaves who don't gossip much along the way, plus what Xiaofuzi said. probably knows that Yinzhen is more principled and disciplined than she imagined, and he will go to Chang Fujin every fifteenth day of the new year; Before the Nian family entered the mansion, the most favored was the side Fujin Li family, who was there for eight or nine days a month. Now, Nian and Li are on a par, and this month seems to have five or six days each. Then there are the three Geges in the house, at least one day each, and now with her, there are four Gege. In the end, there are four concubines who don't go to Jade Butterfly, and it is not necessarily that Yinzhen goes for a few days every month. As can be seen from the above, this master is indeed very concerned about the balance in the house, and the rain and dew are evenly wet.
While speaking, Huizhu and his party came to the main courtyard.
As soon as he stepped into the back room, a room of women was gathering together, and Huizhu was dazzled, and when she had settled down, she looked forward.
Sitting in the middle of the upper room must be the Fu Jin Wulanala clan, she is only twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a dignified and generous appearance, with a faint smile on her face, giving people a kind but alienated feeling.
On the left and right hands sat two young women, one in his early twenties, dressed in a dark red satin dress embroidered with gold, and her thick black hair was combed into a large hand, which was covered with various colored beads. Goose egg face, willow eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, plump lips, at the moment is smiling rather than smiling, she is really a bright and beautiful beauty. It's just that his eyes are very sharp, this is probably the side Fujin Li family. Now all three children in the house were born to her. Among them, the second elder brother Hongyun is five years old this year, and the third elder brother Hongshi is still a half-year-old baby and a ten-year-old Dagege. It can be seen from this that the Li family is so arrogant.
The other is the fifteen-year-old Fang Fu Jin Nian, she is wearing a two-section flag dress, the upper body is a lotus lotus embroidered orchid gown, the lower body is an azure inlaid colored tooth skirt, the eyebrows are like Yuandai, the skin is like greasy fat, a pair of watery apricot eyes, looking at a sense of pity I seem to have, and the end is a woman in the city. At this time, he held a pair of rippling pupils, stared at her deadly, and suddenly turned his head with disdain, glanced down at Li, and then a smug look flashed in his eyes.
Huizhu didn't have time to look at the women in the house carefully, so she walked in front of the Wulanala clan, and Yingying bowed down and said, "Niu Hulu Huizhu asks for peace to Fujin, and Fujin is auspicious." Su Xin, who followed behind him, also knelt down. Immediately, Mama Wang personally held a small tea tray, which contained three delicate celadon tea cups with a white background; She picked up the first teacup, raised it above her head, offered it to the Ulanala clan, and said softly: "Please use tea." ”
Wulanala smiled faintly, took the teacup, took a sip, put down the tea, and slowly said: "From now on, you are the master's person, and in the future, you will serve the master wholeheartedly and spread the branches and leaves for the master." Ye is the most disciplined, and the rules in the house are also big, no better than you at home. But as long as you abide by the rules, there is absolutely nothing to embarrass you. That's it, when you give tea to the two side blessings, and then recognize the remaining three Gege, who came in earlier than you and are older than you, you will call them sisters. After a pause, his smiling eyes swept over everyone with a hint of shrewdness, and then said: "In the future, you must live in harmony, and don't hurt each other's harmony for some trivial things." ”
Huizhu hurriedly replied respectfully: "Xie Fujin's teaching, the concubine will serve the master attentively in the future, abide by the rules of the house, get along well with the sisters, and will definitely live up to Fujin's high expectations." Ulanara nodded, in acceptance.
Then Huizhu knelt in front of Li again, holding up the tea. Li took the teacup, drank it meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Hehe, looking young, he is indeed a sensible person, and he is also well-behaved, it seems that the master is a beautiful woman." It's not like some, when you get some color, you kick your nose and face. Ouch, look what I'm talking about, sister, get up. ”
Huizhu answered to Li's yes, got up and knelt down in front of Nian's, and held the last cup of tea. Nian didn't care much about taking it casually, and took a sip, but he didn't say anything, just lowered his head and played with the Jinpa in his hand.
Subsequently, Huizhu gave a salute to the Gege Song clan, the Geng clan, and the Wu clan, and they all returned a flat salute.
Among them, the Song family entered the house very early, twenty-five this year, the appearance is elegant, it is a small family jasper, once gave birth to a daughter for Yinzhen, and died at birth. Geng's gentle and quiet, seventeen this year, was drafted into the house three years ago, not very favored, and has not come out so far. Wu's stature is slightly shorter than Geng's, but he is very beautiful and generous, and he is in his early twenties this year.
In the end, the three concubines gave Huizhu another salute. After a few more moments of gossip, they dispersed.
Huizhu breathed a sigh of relief, and walked quickly towards the small courtyard where she lived with Su Xin's support.