"Did you really burn all those notebooks?"

In Yuanying Hall, the eldest princess straightened up from a pot of camellias, handed the scissors in her hand to the maid on the side, and walked towards Mingtang while asking Mama Song.

"The slave maid came in earlier, and happened to meet the Duchess on the road, and I heard the lady say that she had just gone to visit Wu Niang, and mentioned that she wanted to take away those books, and Wu Niang replied that they had been burned." Mama Song, who was dressed in an apricot-yellow dark satin narrow-sleeved gown, followed behind Da Changgong steadily, and replied: "That's it, I don't know if Wu Niang really burned it, or kept it secretly." ”

Lifting the brocade curtain on the left side of the Ming Hall, the eldest princess sat on the carved kang near the window in the second room, took the hot tea handed by Linglong, tasted it lightly, and shook her head: "Jing'er, this child is a straight child, and she will not choke and hide, if she says that it is burned, it must be really burned." ”

Mama Song smiled, took a fan, stood beside the eldest princess and shook it slowly: "The slave maid also thinks so, thinking that Wu Niang still feels aggrieved in her heart, so she took those words to vent her anger." ”

"Jing girl is pitiful, there is no mother's love in the swaddling clothes, I think of back then, Wanniang was so sick that it was difficult to speak, but looking at the little baby in the nurse's arms, she was reluctant to close her eyes, took my hand and begged with tears, and entrusted Jing'er to ......"

Speaking of the eldest daughter-in-law who had passed away, the eldest princess closed her eyes slightly, as if she recalled the situation at the time, and still felt uncomfortable: "Don't talk about Jing'er, Chen'er and Jing'er were only three years old at the time, and they didn't know anything about personnel yet, but they also knew that they would lose their mother, and they would cry heartbreakingly in front of Wanniang's bed, no wonder Wanniang was reluctant...... She is gone, Da Lang is in the prime of life, and the three children can't do without their mother's teaching, and it is inevitable to continue the string, and I also want to let Jianning Houfu marry another daughter for the sake of the children...... Wan Niang's sister-in-law Juan Niang is kind-hearted and gentle, which is very much in line with my heart, and she has a good relationship with her sister, so she will not treat a few children badly...... Who would have thought that Mrs. Hou was unwilling to let her daughter marry her. ”

After so many years, the eldest princess no longer complains about the old things, but at that time, she was suspicious of Mrs. Jianninghou: "It's not that I don't look down on the concubine, but the daughter of the concubine is not as good as the concubine, how many can really be loved by the grandmother?" Besides, Mrs. Jianning Hou is not a generous person, and she has always been harsh when she treats her children...... I'm afraid that the concubine will have a grudge against her sister in her heart, which will be unfavorable to these three poor children. ”

"Fortunately, the Duchess of the Kingdom is a kind and generous person, and regards the son, the eldest lady and the fifth mother as her own." Mama Song said with a smile.

"If it weren't for her docile temperament back then, and she didn't seem to have a grudge against Mrs. Hou, how could I have allowed this marriage? After the Huang family got started, it was also cautious, even so, at first I was not at ease to hand over the children to her, but later, seeing that she was virtuous, not like a jealous woman with resentment, I was relieved, but Jing'er was young, and used to being with me, I was also reluctant, I have always kept her by my side, it is really too spoiled, this child Bingxue is smart, but also sensitive, the most can see people's eyes, I am too strict with her this time, no wonder she is uncomfortable. ”

Speaking of this, the eldest princess let out another long sigh.

"The slave has a word, and I don't know whether to say it or not." Mama Song had a smile on her face, and her attitude looked sincere and humble.

The eldest princess sat up slightly and scolded her grandmother with a smile: "When did you choke and hide your words in front of me, don't say it quickly." ”

Mama Song laughed even more wrinkled, coughed and cleared her throat: "If you want to talk about these ladies in the house, the eldest lady is the most dignified and quiet, although she is not her own child, she has been exposed to it over the years, and the temperament of the mother and daughter seems to be the same; Two ladies...... is used to it by the second lady, and she is too competitive and competitive; The third lady is also a strong character, not like Aunt Cui, who is quiet and gentle and obedient, but fortunately, the Duchess of Guo is impartial to her, and with such a mother-in-law pressing, she finally obeys; Needless to say, the fourth lady was also taught by the princess, the slave and maid looked at it, decisive and straightforward, and had a bit of the princess's character back then, which was not similar to the second lady; Liuniang is still young, but her temperament is not as good as that of the Duchess of Guo, and she is too silent, but she is not a naughty person, which shows that the Duchess of Guo is very strict with her; Qi Niang followed the third master in office, the slave maid has not seen her for many years, and I don't know if she is still as lively as when she was a child, with sharp teeth and sharp teeth, like a little yellow warbler; Banniang and Liuniang are in the same year, and thanks to the training of the Duchess of the country, they are not as troublesome as Aunt Zhang. ”

The ladies of the Guogong Mansion were evaluated, and seeing that the eldest princess listened attentively, and there was no unhappy look, Mama Song said about the beautiful scene: "The eldest lady is more like the grandfather of the country, but the fifth lady inherited the appearance of the first duchess of the country, although she is still young, her eyebrows and eyes are childish, but she can also see that she is the most outstanding among several ladies, it is rare that she is smart in ice and snow, and she is personally taught by the princess, playing the small piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, even the queen mother is full of praise, no wonder the princess favors her, but the fifth lady is already noble, and she is cared for in a thousand ways, Ten thousand kinds of love, although the temperament is not said to be overbearing, but there is a bit of arrogance in the bones, now it is still young, and there is a princess to protect it, but the only thing to worry about is that the future out of the cabinet, Wu Niang's temperament is afraid that it is not good to get along with her husband's family. ”

Although the Weiguo Mansion is a noble family, and it is a relative of the emperor, and it is illustrious and honorable, but the three ladies from the Weiguo Mansion are not worthy of the Langjun of the ordinary mansion in the future, maybe they all have to marry into the royal family, and if they are too arrogant, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not suffer.

The eldest princess didn't know this truth, but because Wu Niang was still young, she didn't have to think too much, at this time she listened to Song Mama's words, and her heart was also heavy, and then thought about Wu Niang's past, and the sisters didn't seem to be very close, especially with Er Niang and San Niang, often quarreling over trivial matters, that is, Banniang was weak, although she was two years younger than Wu Niang, but she let this sister everywhere, Wu Niang and her were on good terms, and it didn't hurt to stumble between her sisters, but when she got older, she would always go out to interact with the ladies in the noble mansions, If you are too strong, you may offend others and plant mustard.

If you go out of the cabinet in the future, you can't say that you will become a sister-in-law with these noble girls, and Wu Niang is not a city government, and she is proud of herself, but she is afraid that she will suffer.

It seems that she can't be pampered, and she should be strict with this girl and teach her how to behave in the world.

"Wu Niangzi will wake up at this time, why don't the princess go to the Green Qing Garden to take a look at her, and say some words, so as not to make Wu Niang want to go left more and more." Mama Song persuaded again.

The eldest princess seemed to be a little moved, but after hesitating for a while, she shook her head: "She's better, I'm afraid she doesn't have much energy, let's wait for her to rest quietly for two days." ”

Mama Song seemed to want to say something, but she opened her mouth, and saw Linglong open the curtain and come in, with a sad face, and reluctantly reported: "Mrs. Tai...... Aunt Zhang came, knelt in the courtyard, and said that she was here to greet Mrs. Tai. ”

The eldest princess looked serious, and deliberately raised her voice and said: "An aunt, come to me to ask what kind of peace, tell her to go back, if you have the heart to make rules, go to wait in front of the Duchess of the country!" ”

But before Linglong could go out, he heard a violent cry in the courtyard—

"Mrs. Tai, the concubine is really helpless, please listen to the concubine, he is also your own grandson, just for his future......"

Seeing that the eldest princess was becoming more and more impatient between her eyebrows, and Linglong didn't know what to do, Mama Song finally found a place to use, handed the fan in her hand to Linglong, and asked her to stay in the house to fan the princess, and lifted the curtain to go out.

In front of Yuanying Hall, a woman wearing a silver and red gauze dress knelt down the steps, blocked by a few maids, looking at it if it weren't for this posture, she would have rushed in regardless of it, Mama Song snorted lightly, and when she had a lukewarm smile on her face, she walked down the stairs slowly, and stretched out her hand to help Aunt Zhang: "What is Auntie doing, crying and kneeling, others saw it, and thought it was Mrs. Tai who punished you." ”

- This Aunt Zhang, formerly known as Purple Butterfly, is a second-class maid next to the eldest princess, but she was not a slave, to say that her grandfather was still the commander of the Chinese military governor's palace at the time of Gaozu, and was an officer under the British public account, and was later convicted of Jiao Yue's conspiracy case, and beheaded her family, and her female dependents were all reduced to official slaves.

Because Aunt Zhang's mother was a female general in the Feifeng Department, and she was an old acquaintance with the eldest princess, the eldest princess had pity for them, and ransomed the mother and son from the official office and bought them back to the house.

Aunt Zhang's mother suffered a great change and finally died of depression, but she died in a year, so the eldest princess became more and more fond of the brother and sister, and let her brother be the eldest son's companion and student, and kept her sister by her side to raise her.

To say that the eldest princess treats these two brothers and sisters like a mountain, and has never called them as slaves, but the saying that people's hearts are not enough to swallow each other has once again been fulfilled in this brother and sister.

When the eldest son Su Yi was still the son of the Duke of Weiguo, Yuan and Huang Wanniang had just conceived their first child, and the brothers and sisters of the Zhang family colluded, one of them was half drunk and took the aphrodisiacs commonly used in the fireworks alley, and the other climbed into the bed of the prince that night.

The eldest princess was furious after learning about it, and she wanted to send the two of them, but Aunt Zhang knelt in the courtyard and cried for two days, fainted several times, and repeatedly begged her mother who had been dead for many years, and said that she really admired the prince, and the virtuous Wanniang also persuaded her on the side, so that the eldest princess softened her heart, and only sent Aunt Zhang's brother far away to Zhuangzi as an errand, but let her sister become the eldest son's concubine.

But Aunt Zhang has become a thorn in the eldest princess's heart, so she doesn't want to see her again, and she is not allowed to take another step in Yuanying Hall.

Five years ago, the current saint ascended the throne and ordered an amnesty to the world, and Aunt Zhang was again soft and hard, persuading the Weiguo Gong to cancel her brother's slave status, and also rewarded her brother with a shop to run and become a shopkeeper.

Zhang's family is a lively, scheming person, within a few years of business to run the rumor, now there are two inns, three restaurants, become a veritable rich businessman, Aunt Zhang is more confident, but also more and more domineering, in the past to the people commanding, often beating and scolding, I don't know what is the reason for today, will deign to kneel in front of a group of maids.

"Mrs. Tai is so quiet, she can't listen to the noise, my aunt should go back to Jinguiyuan with the old slave first, if there is anything, it is the same to tell the old slave." Seeing that Aunt Zhang still wanted to cry, Mama Song couldn't help but pull her out of the yard.

If it was someone else, Aunt Zhang would only be afraid that she would throw her mouth up earlier, but first, this was in Yuanyingtang, and secondly, this person was Mama Song, even if she gave her ten guts, she didn't dare to be presumptuous.

Who doesn't know Mama Song's "noble" identity?

She is not a house slave in the Guogong Mansion, but a palace maid in the palace!

Her father turned out to be a small official of Ninghai Mansion in the former dynasty, and then heard that Gaozu raised troops in Chuzhou, so he went thousands of miles to vote, and followed Gaozu to be a personal guard, Song Mama was a child and waited beside the eldest princess, after Dalong founded the country, Gaozu was called the emperor, and Song Mama officially became a palace maid, and her father was named a thousand households under Ninghai Mansion.

To put it mildly, Mama Song is not only not a slave, but also a serious official woman, but she would rather stay by the eldest princess's side and wait, never married, only recognized an adopted son, and now she is also the chief steward of the front yard of the Guogong Mansion! Nowadays, the eldest princess has long stopped treating Mama Song as a maid, and has specially set up a two-entry house on Banyan Street near the Guogong Mansion, so as to teach Mama Song and the Song steward family to live, but Mama Song is unwilling to live in the house, and still enters the house every day to wait, and the eldest princess has no choice but to follow her, only to let her do those trivial things.

Such a grandmother, not to mention that the aunt who climbed the master's bed by taking medicine did not dare to offend, even the Duchess usually had to respect her.

Therefore, Aunt Zhang had to be "persuaded" to leave Yuanyingtang.

I couldn't help crying along the way, it was nothing more than regretting that I didn't do it at the beginning, I couldn't help but do something wrong because of my feelings, I couldn't help but be sorry for the eldest princess's grace for many years, and Mama Song slandered - I knew why I had to do it today, and even if I did it all over again, maybe it would still make those indiscriminate means.

But I still persuaded all the way, and Mama Song's attitude was quite sincere.

In the Golden Gui Garden, Banniang was doing needlework with a few maids under the laurel in the yard, and saw that her biological mother was "escorted" back by Mama Song, her face was covered with powder and grease, and she couldn't help but be startled, and stepped forward, and was about to help Aunt Zhang's hand: "Auntie, what's wrong?" ”

Aunt Zhang waved her arm and staggered Banniang fiercely: "I blame me for giving birth to such a stupid girl as you, neither your father loves nor Mrs. Tai's pity, even if you can say a few kind words in front of your mother-in-law, it won't make your brother ......."

"Auntie, let's go into the house and talk again, this look, the maids look too different." Mama Song immediately made a decision and continued to "detain" Aunt Zhang inside, without looking at Banniang.

Fortunately, the maid helped her, so that Banniang did not fall to the ground, and her eyes couldn't help but redden, but she also squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and explained to the maids: "It turned out to be for my brother's business, no wonder my aunt was in a hurry, you have to be careful these days, and you must not make your aunt angry." ”

But said that Mama Song "escorted" Aunt Zhang back to the room, and listened to her unbounded remorse, and disgusted with Banniang, and finally guided Aunt Zhang to get to the point, understand the reason why she was so out of shape today, persuaded a few good words, and finally dutifully warned: "Aunt herself understands, Mrs. Tai is still annoyed with you in her heart, you are so troublesome, will Mrs. Tai pay attention to your difficulties?" Although Erlang is a concubine, he is also the blood of Grandpa Guo, and his future will naturally not be bad, what do you have to worry about? The old slave said a little more, reminding his aunt, if it is really for the good of Erlang, he can't go to Yuanyingtang to disturb Mrs. Tai in the future, let alone cry in front of the slaves and maids, who is Mrs. Tai? How many Dongming soldiers were killed by our Feifeng Department back then, can you still compromise for a few cries from you? Auntie think about it carefully. ”

Seeing that Mama Song got up to leave, Aunt Zhang hurriedly asked the maid Yinchai to give her a ride.

As soon as this journey was sent, it almost arrived at Yuanying Hall, Yinchai had been chatting about endless gossip at first, until the fake stone garden, seeing that Yuanying Hall was in sight, as if he had made up his mind, he reached out and grabbed Mama Song's elbow: "Mama, I have something to say." ”

Mama Song's expression became very strange.

The two entered the fake stone garden, and after a full quarter of an hour, they came out one after the other, with a smile on Yinchai's face, and Mama Song walked to Yuanying Hall without looking back.

It wasn't until in front of the door of the hanging flowers that Mama Song turned around, looked at the graceful back of the silver hairpin from a distance, and the ruthlessness in her eyes swept by, but she calmed down for a moment, and smiled faintly at the corner of her mouth, and hurriedly walked towards Yuanying Hall.

The eldest princess was leaning on the pillow and closing her eyes to recuperate, but she accurately heard Mama Song's footsteps, opened her eyes lazily, and looked at her: "What is Aunt Zhang for?" Did Erlang get into trouble? ”

The old prince and the eldest princess are in love with each other, the piano is together, and the knot has been married for decades, not to mention the concubine room, there is no connecting room, the three sons and one daughter are all descendants, the heirs of the prince of the country are the most abundant, there are three sons and five daughters, although the second master Su Ke also has two concubine rooms, but only the two daughters born to the main room Li Shi, the third master Su Yi is now out of Qiongzhou, and there is already a son and a daughter, and the eldest princess is nearly forty years old to get the daughter Lianniang, and she is still waiting for the word boudoir.

The eldest princess was talking about Erlang at this time refers to Su Ying, the concubine of Duke Weiguo, who is just one year younger than Su Xun, the son of Duke Wei, and is fourteen this year, which is from Aunt Zhang.

Mama Song smiled: "Erlang has a quiet temperament, what trouble can he cause?" The princess is relieved...... Because she was not admitted to the Guozijian during the spring exam, Aunt Zhang wanted Grandpa Guo to find someone to ask for a favor, so Erlang entered the Guozijian to study with the prince, but was scolded by Grandpa Guo, so she begged in front of the princess. ”

The eldest princess's eyes showed more displeasure: "She would like to...... The imperial brother reformed the official system back then, and the reason why the previous dynasty was canceled was to avoid the children of the noble family from getting something for nothing, and they could also be appointed as officials without talent and virtue, and later further reformed, and even the elimination system was abolished, in order to prevent high-ranking officials and important ministers from directly promoting the children of the clan, and those who want to be officials must pass the assessment of the national prince and the selection of officials, even so, in fact, the official system is still not clear, and it is very troublesome for this matter today, how many pairs of eyes are staring at it, we don't lead by example, Do you want to be in the same league with those who are hungry for profit? Erlang is still young, not this year, there is still a chance next year, what is she to worry about. ”

Mama Song nodded: "What does Aunt Zhang know, where is the princess, your foresight." ”

The eldest princess sighed: "I looked at it coldly, Erlang is also a hard-working student, but he is not as flexible as Xun'er, in the end, it is still insufficient, it is better to let him be tempered." ”

After speaking, the eldest princess closed her eyes and rested again, and Mama Song fell silent, listening to the eldest princess's breathing gradually even, she took a brocade and put it on her body, and walked out of the house with light steps.