Originally, after the Winter Clothes Festival, the north wind became more and more urgent, and the sound of winter's feet was approaching, and in early October, it rained for a few days, and the weather was really cold.

Yijing woke up from a nap, with a thick felt under her body, nestled in a large pillow, and looked at the trembling silhouette of the treetops outside the white mulberry paper. In order to alleviate the dryness of the charcoal, the house was lit with agarwood, and the fragrant and elegant fragrance seeped out, like the breath of flying dust.

The Zhenguo Mansion is in a uproar about the separation of the family, but Yu Feng was ordered to go to Jizhou because of the establishment of the official school, and the Ministry of Rites proposed the Mingshan Academy as the official school of Jizhou, because Yu Feng studied here, the saint intended to appoint Wei Wangyong as the chief of the mountain The edict was personally brought by him to issue it, and he had to stay for a while to preside over the official completion of the official school.

After the two got married, they parted for the first time, and it was a bit hypocritical to say that it was difficult to give up, but whenever they had a meal, they saw that the case was empty, they slept deeply at night, and there was one less person on the pillow.

It is indeed a bit of a sad hypocrisy.

After sitting on the kang for a while, and gradually felt thirsty in his throat, Yijing picked up a jade Ruyi, and tapped the side of the service, but he had already slept on the edge of the kang with a blanket.

Chundu, who was guarding the needlework outside the curtain, heard the sound and knew that it was Yijing who woke up, put down the needlework in his hand, poured a bowl of hot tea and went in, and saw that Qiuyue was lazy and yawning, and scolded a few words angrily: "It's cloudy today, and I don't dare to open the window to let in the cool breeze, I stayed outside because I wanted to do needlework, and I told you to serve well, but you were a snooze, the master woke up, and you still looked sleepy." ”

Yijing drank tea and moistened her throat with Chundu's hands, and then teased Qiuyue a few words, so that the maids served to put on the autumn-colored jackets, and listened to Chundui's reply: "The princess just fell asleep, and the clear sky in front of her came in to report, saying that Xue Changshi asked to see, and the slave maid was a little tired during the day because she saw that the princess had not slept well last night, and she didn't dare to disturb, so she only asked because of Erlang's dowry, so she first asked Qingkong to tell Lord Changshi, saying that the princess would wake up and call him for questioning." ”

Yijing was slightly surprised, she knew that although Xiao Xie's was in charge of the feed, but because she was not a serious housewife, she was not directly in charge of the money and silver, and the monthly expenses were allocated by the palace chief Shi Si according to the routine, and the palace secretary Chu Wang didn't want to worry about it, so he handed it over to Yu Feng, Xue Changshi only looked for Yu Feng if he had something to do, even if the prince was not at home at the moment, but this was Yu Zhou's marriage, and the reason had nothing to do with the palace, why did Xue Changshi discuss it with himself?

After thinking about it, he guessed that Xiao Xie's family should be counting on the Chu Wangfu to pay the dowry money for Yu Zhou.

But even if Xue Changshi can't make up his mind about this matter, he should discuss it with the prince, and now he has found Guan Suiyuan, but I am afraid that it is the prince's instructions.

Yijing pondered for a while, and let the spring twilight prophet know the clear sky and pass Xue Changshi to see him, put on a brocade cloak, and went to the flower hall in the vestibule to meet guests.

When he saw the gift list presented by Xue Changshi, Yi Jing reacted that not only the bride price, but also those clothes, decorations, tea ceremonies and deer skins and other things, Xiao Xie only drew up the style of the quality utensils, and submitted them to the subordinate officials for preparation.

It's ridiculous.

"What does Father have to say?" Yijing didn't finish reading the thick volume, and slapped the list on the tea case and asked directly.

Xue Changshi got up and replied: "Back to the princess, the prince has caught a cold in the past two days...... became more and more impatient to pay attention to these trivial matters, knowing that the prince went to Jizhou, and only asked his subordinates to discuss with the princess. ”

Yi Jing glared, she didn't know anything about King Chu's illness.

There is no mother-in-law above, and the king of Chu lives in the study in the front yard, Yijing is not good to visit often, and occasionally meets the king of Chu, all in Rongxi Hall, but he doesn't even know that Weng's father is sick, and this daughter-in-law is too unqualified.

Xue Changshi replied with a smile: "Originally, it was also hidden by the prince, because I was afraid that the old princess would worry, I had a fever the day before yesterday, and I invited the imperial doctor in the palace to come and see. ”

Only then did he talk about the dowry in Yuzhou, Yi Jing thought of himself, and became even more puzzled: "Aren't all clan weddings hired by the heavenly family?" I see the list drawn up by the second aunt, and I have to buy it myself? ”

"Emperor Taizong had a clear edict, all clans, non-titled, marriage should take care of themselves, although the second master has a title, but not hereditary, so the Erlang wedding ceremony is an example of idle clansmen...... In addition, the wedding ceremony of the prince and the prince of the prince, although it is hired by the royal family, each government has added it according to the situation. ”

Yi Jing then understood that the marriage ceremony of Yuzhou was not managed by the heavenly family, but the second master was a person who had a title to eat the emperor's salary, and he had never paid a cent of his income to the public in these years, and the family ate and drank for nothing, and even Yuzhou's wife and dowry were handled by the palace...... Thinking about it, Xiao Xie has drawn up a list, and he should have gotten the tacit approval of the old princess.

Yi Jing flipped through the gift list again, found the gift money, traced the amount, and rubbed her eyebrows, her second aunt was really ...... According to the convention, the woman will at least double the man's dowry to prepare for marriage, and if Jianning Houfu really prepares Jiang Yue's dowry according to this dowry, it can exceed the time when the Houfu is a serious lady marries.

Yi Jing remembers listening to the gossip of the eldest aunt and the Huang family at that time, when it comes to the dowry of Liuniang, it should be more than 30,000 yuan of real land and money...... Because of Wu Niang's affairs, the eldest uncle has long stopped treating the third uncle as a sibling, and hates Jiang Yue even more for being ruthless, where would he agree to let Jiang Yue marry like this.

However, she really can't be the master of this matter as a bride, so she can only ask the king of Chu for a truthful word first.

So Yijing left a gift list first, sent Xue Changshi, asked Chundui to prepare ginseng supplements, and found a roe deer skin couch with good quality, packed it in a brocade box, brought Aunt Li, and asked Hu Xuan to go to the front yard first, sit on his shoulders, cage his cloak, and go to the study in the front yard.

What greeted him was Aunt Mo, the personal maid next to the prince.

The day after Yijing's wedding, she came to Guan Suiyuan to say hello, from Mama Xie's mouth, Yijing knew that this was the princess of Chu's dowry maid, after the death of Princess Chu, Mogu has been waiting by the prince's side, but after so many years, the king of Chu did not give her any name, so the servant woman in the house only called Mogu.

A middle-aged woman who is already over thirty, she is no longer in her prime, and she doesn't speak much, except for her makeup and brocade that shows a slightly different status from ordinary servants, and her eyebrows and eyes already look haggard and old.

In fact, in that life, Yi Jing also knew that there was such a person around the King of Chu, just in the ninth year of Yuanqing, before the assassination of the prince, Mogu died of illness, and the King of Chu asked a maid to send Mogu's coffin back to Qingzhou for burial in the name of Mogu's daughter.

Everyone sighed that Mogu was an idiot, and the King of Chu was really devoted to Princess Chu.

In this life, when Yijing accidentally chatted with Yu Feng, he mentioned Aunt Mo, only to know that this and the princess were also sisters, when the old princess forced the king of Chu to take a concubine, the princess originally intended for her, but Mo Gu politely declined, expressing her unwillingness to be a concubine, and the princess had no choice but to think of the Jiang family.

The princess originally found a lover for Mo Gu, who was a soldier of the palace, but the world was impermanent, seeing that Mo Gu was about to get married, but her fiancé died of a sudden illness.

The princess soon had a poisonous hair, and Mo Gu saw that the king of Chu was in pain, so she completely gave up the idea of marrying and was willing to serve the prince for life.

At this time, Yijing followed Mogu all the way in, when she saw the autumn wind rising, the dead leaves were scattered, and a few pieces fell, sticking to Mogu's hair, she couldn't help but stop her steps, plucked the yellow leaves for Mogu, and accidentally touched her sideburns with her palm, feeling the slight roughness on the dry skin, and couldn't help but feel a sourness.

It is difficult for Yijing to understand the feeling of being a woman, she can have a happy life, but she would rather serve the lord's family all her life, I don't know if such a late autumn, witnessing the bleak scenery, will Mo Gu also feel lonely and desolate.

The six years of Yuanqing are about to pass, and the people in front of them do not have a few years to live.

Mo Gu was also stunned by Yijing's behavior, when she saw the yellow leaf in Yijing's hand, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she wiped it with her sleeve, with a slight surprise: "The slave maid is out of shape, because I think that in the past, the slave maid was naughty, and she loved to play with flowers and plants, and her hair was often stained with flowers and leaves. At the mention of the princess, the corners of Mo Gu's eyes were even more sparkling, and she turned around and stood for a few breaths, and then said: "The prince is infected with some wind and cold, and there is no big problem, but this season is ...... It is inevitable to add worries, the prince is extremely Xiao Princess, in previous years, when the autumn scenery was scarce, the prince did not even want to see the prince often...... The wedding of the prince and the princess is autumn. ”

It seemed that she felt that she had talked too much today, and Aunt Mo was even more embarrassed, so she finally pursed her lips and didn't say anything more.

Such a taciturn person, it is really difficult to imagine the naughty and active appearance back then, but Yijing saw that she seemed to be full of bitterness and wanted to talk to others, so she took Aunt Mo's hand and said warmly: "I am young, and I have never seen my mother's concubine, and I usually talk about it occasionally in the world, but I am afraid of touching the sadness, and I dare not talk deeply, if my aunt is willing, she is usually free, you can come to Guan Sui Yuan to sit idly, and I can also talk to my aunt." ”

At this time, there were always some tongue-in-cheek servants in the palace of the king of Chu, who were indulged by Xiao Xie's family, but whenever Mo Gu was mentioned, she had a look of disdain, ridiculing her for voluntarily not marrying for life, which was nothing more than an attempt to become a concubine.

There is a lot of gossip, and Aunt Mo is even more secluded, in addition to going to Rongxi Hall regularly to greet and report to the old princess about the daily trivialities of the prince, it is just that she occasionally has a little contact with Mama Xie and a few old servants who married in Qingzhou back then, and she is no longer willing to talk to others.

It was the beautiful scene of that life, listening to Dongyu discussing these rights and wrongs, I only thought that Mogu was just like a human being.

In this life, in addition to Yu Feng's words, Mama Xie also sighed when she talked about Aunt Mo to Yijing: "Since the death of the princess, half of the prince's soul has been lost, and he doesn't even want to live in the bosom friend hall, for fear of touching the scene, the princess is virtuous, in the past, she took care of the princess personally, and when she went like this, the prince didn't even have a person who knew cold and hot, and the old slave was all about the son of the world at that time...... Alas, at that time, I thought that the princess had passed away, and the prince was sad, and his body was getting weaker and weaker, and it was going to be bad...... I don't know it's the Jiang family's! ”

If it weren't for the fact that the nurse of the prince followed closely and disappeared, seeing that the symptoms were exactly the same as those of the princess at that time, the prince became suspicious and asked for an autopsy, only to know that the nurse was poisoned, and then the Jiang family was detected...... After the prince knew the truth, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he was sad and self-blaming, and he was sick in bed...... Only Aunt Mo, because she has been following the princess, knows the prince's preferences and habits, and has her to take care of and persuade her, and the prince is getting better...... Mo Gu followed the princess when she was seven or eight years old, she was a few years younger than the princess, the princess had no sisters, and the maids around her were excellent, Mo Gu was a good girl, not as good as the poisonous scorpion heart of the Jiang family, but she was also a bitter life, a good family business, and she didn't think it would work out after all. ”

"The princess was not worried about Aunt Mo before she died, and instructed the prince to find a good family for her, Aunt Mo was listening to it on the side, crying so much, the old slave saw it in her eyes, and felt like a knife in her heart, the princess went, Aunt Mo wanted to be martyred, it was the old slave who looked at her in those days, and let people stare at her, and took her off the beam...... The princess is full of a year, the queen mother in the palace, and the old princess in the family, all persuade the prince to marry again, the prince knelt on the ground and swore not to marry a newcomer for life, after Aunt Mo knew, she also felt sorry that the prince didn't even have a useful maid around her, and because she felt guilty...... This girl told the old slave about her heart, regretting that she rejected the princess back then, if she agreed, the Jiang family would not be resentful about this, and the princess would not have been poisoned and died early, but it was already like this, no matter how much she regretted it, it was too late, Mo Gu made up her mind not to marry for life, and to wait for the good prince, and to repay the princess's kindness. ”

When Mama Xie talked about the old things, she also touched a sad heart, and she couldn't help but cry in front of Yijing, Yijing thought that the king of Chu and the princess were originally married and happy, but because they were not resolute enough, the difference of one thought finally made a big mistake and separated heaven and man forever. Before the princess died, it was difficult to give up, and the king of Chu was only left alone, guilty for half a lifetime, and he never lost his hatred.

There are hundreds of kinds of sadness, and the saddest is nothing more than the four words "regret not at the beginning", which is difficult to make up, so you can't let go.

When Yijing looked around again, he saw that a sycamore tree outside the study was old, and he heard a sharp cough from the king of Chu from the window, and somehow, the wetness in the corner of his eyes couldn't help it.