Chapter 9 on King Ke
Although Su Su was thinking about his brother who was far away in the northwest, the most important thing now was the invitation of the King of Ke Mansion during the Double Ninth Festival.
This is the first time that King Ke has shown favor to the Song family in the open, and the Song family wants to hold a golden thigh, so naturally they have to put some effort into it.
The old lady opened a private treasury, and the eldest lord also took a few things from his private house and the public treasury, in addition to a set of red gold inlaid with eastern pearls for the little county lord, bracelets, anklets, and four other things, each of which is worth a thousand gold!
Among them, the old lady took out an agarwood frame Gu embroidered bird screen, which is lifelike, and it is a heirloom treasure that is difficult to buy even if you have money! As far as Su Su knows, this Gu embroidery is like the "Hui Wen" in "Dream of Red Mansions", which is chic and has no craftsmanship, and there are not many generations, so it is naturally sought after.
After ordering a gift, it is natural to set the person who will accompany you. The second girl is married, and she shouldn't go out at will, she won't go! The second lady wanted to go, but she had to put on a posture of telling the old lady not to invite her to go, but the old lady simply ignored her. The remaining three girls, four girls, five girls, and six girls are going to follow, and when the clothes and jewelry are ready, the old lady is not at ease, and she asks the nurturing grandmother to explain carefully before giving up!
It was Yang Liu and Su Su who followed the old lady out, and the girls were followed by a big girl and a nurturing grandmother.
Now there are two nurturing grandmothers in each girl's room, two second-class and two third-class maids have been cut, and the rough subordinates are also set at four, even so, each girl is not a nurse, and there are fourteen people to serve, no wonder there are three or four hundred people in the house, and the money per month is hundreds of taels of silver, and the poor of the Song family are left with money!
On the day of the Double Ninth Festival in September, the Double Ninth Festival banquet in the house was postponed to the evening.
The four girls dressed up properly, came to the old lady's room, and Su Su was taken aback when they saw the four girls' costumes. The third girl and the sixth girl are the same as usual, but the fourth girl is not wearing her favorite bright color on weekdays, but a rain-swept blue jacket skirt, embroidered with a few golden chrysanthemums, and the jewelry she wears is also a set of pink rose crystal series.
The four girls are the same size as Su Su, but now they look quite childish, and they trim their eyebrows, and their eyelashes droop, a proper harmless little Lori, let Su Su sigh that the master is in the folk!
On the other hand, the five girls who love to make people misunderstand her abuse on weekdays actually wore a rose-red skirt embroidered with silver silk roses, which was very gorgeous. In addition, he looks good, with rouge gouache and watery eyes, which is really pitiful for me. This made Su Su look at the sky for a while, and now the sun came out in the west?
The old lady didn't say anything, only waited for the carriage to press her forehead and said: "The fourth girl has recognized the reality, and now she is planning for the future, and I am very satisfied with this." What do the five girls want to do? ”
Yang Liu took a pill of incense balls and put it into the incense burner, glanced at Su Su, and said, "I heard that the brothers of the fifth girl's aunt have also entered Beijing, and they are just waiting to try it." The nurse of the fifth girl went out several times, saying that the girl liked to eat dried apricots from a dried fruit shop outside. ”
The old lady closed her eyes, opened them again, her eyes were full of indifference, and said lightly: "Don't pay attention to it." I, as a grandmother, took care of her eating and drinking, and invited someone to teach etiquette, and nothing else! When you are two years older, you should also be filial to your parents, and you can talk about your in-laws."
The performance of the five girls during this period of time is to completely provoke the old lady, the girl is not afraid of ambition, but in the end, she must also be measured, know the etiquette and shame and family honor, but the five girls are dead and want to go all the way to the dark, to put it mildly, it is really a ghost who is difficult to save and die!
Su Su saw that the old lady's face was not good, so she hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Old lady, you can talk about King Ke's mansion, and let the slave maid have a long experience."
The old lady smiled and said, "You haven't heard enough these days?" But in the end, I still know something.
"We just came to the capital, and we only know what we know in person. I specially asked your lord and the Marquis of Wenchang to know some inside. His Royal Highness King Ke is the fourth among the princes, and he was born to the wife of the original wife. However, when King Ke was ten years old, Princess Rong, who is now posthumously named Empress Xiaozhao, went. Shengshang remarried the daughter of Lord Wang, the first assistant of the cabinet university, who is now Queen Wang. ”
The old lady also sighed when she talked about this, this Queen Wang is two years younger than Concubine Xi, and she has not given birth to an heir so far, otherwise the Song family really can't say which prince to take refuge in?
The old lady continued: "When he ascended the throne today, the fourth prince was eighteen years old, and he was named King Ke, and he was given a hereditary marriage to replace the eldest granddaughter of the founding prince of Ningguo, and there were two side concubines from famous families, two concubines and some concubines, and now there are two daughters and a son. The eldest county lord is five years old this year, and he was born to a cold concubine; The eldest prince is four years old, born to a concubine, and is now Concubine Zhao; Today's little county lord who has passed the full moon is the princess Ke, and after the third wash, there is a title for Qingfu, which is different from having a title and not having a title, and the county lord with a title is more noble than the princess without a title. ”
Speaking of this, the old lady shook her head, this princess Ke is also a means, but unfortunately her luck is a little worse. King Ke has been married for seven years, and there are more than a dozen women in the house, but there are only three children, it can be seen that the backyard is rolling, and it is no wonder that the four girls want to put a layer of protection on themselves!
Su Su thought of the heroine of King Ke's Mansion, that is, the tenth sister and fellow countryman in her life. Su Su secretly pinched the purse in his sleeve, just looking forward to seeing him!
At this time, it is the heroine's snow hiding period.,After this time.,The heroine is going all the way up like a hanging.,When will you report if you don't hug your thighs at this time? Sending charcoal in the snow is far more memorable than icing on the cake.
Su Su thought of Fang Guan'er, a little drama in the house, and when Yang Liu got the quasi-letter from Qiao's steward, he told Su Su that Fang Fang'er was an official slave and had a great background, Su Su was sure that Fang Guan'er was the great-granddaughter who was the most liked by the old lady of Liguo in the third room of the Liguo Mansion, and the little niece who couldn't help but give the dried meat in prison.
If you want to say why Su Su is so sure, there is really a reason. There are always a few boys and girls with identical eyes in each generation of the Liguo Mansion, and I heard that they inherited the first acting Duchess of the Kingdom - the famous Lady Linlang. This Mrs. Linlang was originally a desperate lady, when Emperor Shengwu and the first acting Duke were chased and killed by the pursuers, she saved the two, and then not only tied the knot with the Duke of Liguo, but also worshipped with Emperor Shengwu, and dedicated all her net worth of a whole million taels of silver to Emperor Shengwu as a military salary. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Duchess of Liguo was named the eldest princess by Emperor Shengwu, with the title Linlang, and she was also a legendary woman in Dachu.
And Su Su's generation, the one who has the same eyes as Su Su is the heroine Ruan Shi Niang, and the next generation is the nephew of the eldest brother's family, the youngest niece of the second brother's family, which is now Fang Guan'er.
It is not terrible to be a slave, but what is terrible is to become an official slave, and what is worse than an official slave is a fugitive slave. If the fugitive slave is caught, he will be beaten half to death, and he will have to tattoo words on his face, which is called torture.
On the same day, Zhao's mother reported Su Su's illness and death, so that she took on the identity of Su He, and Su Su can be regarded as a fugitive slave in terms of strength. She herself is still dangerous, how can she dare to recognize her niece? It's just that I take care of it a little more with my conscience and blood fate.
As for daring to recognize the heroine, because the heroine is an adult, she can analyze the pros and cons, and will not reveal Su Su's identity.
Su Su made up his mind, reined in his thoughts, and arrived at King Ke's Mansion in a quarter of an hour.