Chapter 293: It's just a sight to behold
At the beginning of the Great Chu Dynasty, there were no interiors, only six. Although the ancestor is diligent in government, he is not able to face the heavy state politics all the time without getting bored, but fortunately, there is the Duke of Chu, an important minister who does not have the title of prime minister, to share, and he can't notice it at first. And when Taizu was seriously ill and recuperated in his later years, and when the Hu family was in power, the disadvantages of not having a prime minister to control the overall situation surfaced. Therefore, when Taizu died and Empress Dowager Hu and Taizong carefully studied a large number of codex of Taizu, Wenyuan gradually became the center of the imperial court from a single place of book collection.
Chen Lan made up for the various small histories and miscellaneous records of the Chu Dynasty during this period of time, and he was naturally very clear about these. Although the name of Neifu Song Yiming is like thunder, she has never seen this first person in the substantive sense of the civil official, but whether it is Deng Zhong, the previous Jin Dynasty Mansion Book, or Yu Chengen, the imperial history of the city patrol, are all from Song Yiming's name, in a sense, in those countless events, there is the shadow of this assistant adult. At this moment, she lifted the curtain and looked at the group of people on the street with complicated eyes.
Compared with the sedan chairs of countless luxury names such as Shuangfeiyan and other dignitaries, and the battle of more than ten or twenty families at a time, Song Yiming's car can be called extremely simple. The sedan was just an ordinary cloud-headed green mantle fir cart, and it was a fairly strong mule pulling the cart, and a thin coachman sat on the wheel, and in addition, there were four relatives in front and behind. Many of the pedestrians who retreated to the side of the road bowed to the group that passed, and some civilians even kowtowed directly to the ground, muttering reverently to themselves. Seeing this rare situation, Chen Lan only felt shocked in his heart.
What came out today was Aunt Yun, who followed the queen when she was in the palace, although she was a woman, she was extremely familiar with the court figures. At this time, seeing Chen Lan's surprised face, she explained with a smile: "Madame doesn't know anything" Song Lao was originally a three-yuan and first, and he was initially assigned to supervise the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then within two years, because he offended Shangfeng, he was sent to Wanping County. Everyone knows that "the county order of Jingxian County is not easy to do, and it is light for a bad person to lose his official position, but he has done everything in three years, and the floods that Shuntianfu has not encountered for decades, he has stopped cooking, the lawsuit is judged fairly, and the arrears of taxes have been paid seventy percent" The bullies and ruffians who ran rampant in the township under his rule also disappeared for a while. Until now, the older generation in the capital still remembers the time when he governed Wanping County*......"
It sounded like it was just a glamorous political achievement, but Chen Lan didn't need to think about it to know how difficult it was to achieve such a political achievement, so while nodding her head, she couldn't help but look at the car that passed by twice. At this moment, the housekeeper who was hanging behind him on a horseback suddenly turned around and looked straight at her.
Even though it seemed like it was just a casual glance and she took it back, she still felt that the look was a little harsh.
With the departure of the internal auxiliary car, the street has returned to the bustling appearance just now, and the cars and horses are gradually moving again, "either because of the dispute over the road, or because of the congestion and scolding the mother, the same as the situation hundreds of years later, as if nothing had happened just now." Following the traffic, Chen Lan finally arrived at Du's mansion, and as soon as she got off at the second gate, she saw Du Zheng standing there waiting for her.
Behind the little girl stood two girls dressed in emerald green, lined with her red and gold skirts, the more there was a feeling of green leaves lining red hu. But she didn't care about these at all, and when Chen Lan stepped on the car and stepped down to stand firm, she immediately saluted with a smile, and naturally took Chen Lan's hand.
"Sister Lan, you haven't been here for a long time! I've asked Brother Yan several times, and every time he says you're busy*......"
For this future brother and sister, "Chen Lan has always loved it from the bottom of his heart, and when he heard this, he apologized and said that he would come often in the future. It's just that "I heard Du Zheng innocently hug Chen Yan's grievances, saying that every time he came over, he would be sweating profusely by his father, which was really pitiful, she unconsciously snickered in her heart, but her mouth deliberately tricked her words. When I heard that Chen Yan would bring all kinds of snacks or bits and pieces of gadgets every time she came back, from the prospective father-in-law, prospective mother-in-law, uncle, uncle to Du Zheng, and sometimes even secretly gave them to those subordinates, often everyone had a share, and her smile finally appeared on her face.
I have to say that in some things, Chen Yan is undoubtedly self-inferior, it seems that there is no need to worry about being small!
"By the way, Sister Lan came just in time today, Sister Zhang from Xiao Zhang's old mansion just came to deliver a post to her mother, and she hasn't left yet. When she heard that you were coming, she planned to leave, but she insisted on letting her mother keep her, saying that you are not an outsider*......"
Xiao Zhang Lao? Sister Zhang? Is that...... Luo Xu's fiancΓ©e?
Chen Lan's heart moved, and he responded with a smile. Not long after, she followed Du Zheng to Mrs. Wei's courtyard. As soon as she entered the big upper room, a girl smiled and opened the curtain in the east room, and Du Zheng let go of her hand and walked into the house, she handed Aunt Yun to the mother next to her to entertain her, and followed her into the door. Stooping down and walking under the curtain, she looked up and saw the girl sitting under Madame Wei. Only* She is about the same age as herself, with a jade-colored makeup and satin placket jacket, a duck egg blue embroidered origami huxiang skirt, but the facial features are not as soft as those of southerners, and her eyes naturally reveal a kind of robustness and coolness.
Almost at the same time as she entered the door, this Miss Zhang stood up and introduced Mrs. Wei in twos and twos, and now Chen Lan is only five days older after the preface, so the two greeted each other, and sat down on both sides. When the tea was served, Mrs. Wei, the host, smiled at Chen Lan and said, "After you got married, you were much busier than before, and you came to the door half a month later." β
Chen Lan was ashamed to come to Du Mansion to meet him now, but he knew that if he came early, he was afraid that he would cause trouble to Du Weifang, so he sighed and said pitifully: "Aunt Wei, don't mention this, in the first five days, every household visited the elders, and the later uncles were all on business, but there were a lot of things inside and out, if I wasn't busy and faint, I wouldn't have come to visit now." β
"Okay, okay, this time you are fooled, next time if you don't come to the door for ten days and half a month, I won't be so easy to fight." Mrs. Wei paused as she spoke, and then gave way to Miss Zhang on the side with her hand, "You have just met the niece of the Zhang family, but after all, you have never met before, and I have to introduce you to another." Although she is not one of those amazing women, she is a hundred times stronger than those who can only recite poetry! Her father has been the governor of Yunnan for many years, but she learned dyeing, winemaking, and dispensing there, and she didn't fall behind in studying, and it was the first time I saw her as an official daughter! β
"If Madame continues to praise me, I will be ashamed." Zhang Bingyun said this, but there was no shy expression on his face, but said generously, "The capital thinks that Yunnan is a wild place, but in fact, Kunming Mansion is really beautiful, especially Cuihu, where there is still a Weiguo Mansion." As for the local natives, in fact, they are not as vicious as others think, and my family invited several pendulum girls to be maids at that time. They are ingenious, weaving and tailoring, etc., and they are also taught those miscellaneous things such as winemaking. My father also taught me many times, saying that I would always go back to the capital in the future, and I would play with those, but my piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were fine, and I had a headache when I encountered those treacherous rhythms when composing poems. β
Chen Lan was originally worried that Zhang Bingyun was born in a scholarly family, and he might have a reserved woman, which would be difficult to get along with, who knew that sex was so generous, so he laughed when he heard the words: "Sister Zhang is at least proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, unlike me, who is lazy and can't learn anything, and only likes to read some miscellaneous notes such as mountains and rivers geography, and becomes mute when she encounters poetry." β
"I've heard of Sister Chen's reputation for a long time, so you're also afraid of composing poetry?" Zhang Bingyun raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then laughed, "It is said that gold is not enough, and no one is perfect, it is really true, who doesn't have one or two shortcomings?" To say that my real shortcomings are not in those poems and songs, but in needlework.
It's only been a few days since I came back, and there are several aunts on the female red, but they all have a rigid face, and I, a stupid student, am afraid of annoyance when I see it, so I don't see any growth, and my wife is still beating me just now. β
Du Zheng on the side couldn't find a chance to speak, but at this time he suddenly interjected: "If Sister Zhang really wants to learn embroidery, why don't you find Sister Lan?" Many of the clothes on Brother Yan's body were made by Sister Chen herself, whether it was fine embroidery with stitches, even my mother praised it, and said that I would let Sister Lan teach me in the future. β
Chen Lan didn't expect to go around and around, and the topic fell on him again. But when it comes to needlework, she can't help but smile bitterly. In this world, women have very few pastimes, so in addition to business, in order not to debunk her reputation for being good at needlework in the past, she had to work hard to hone it, and now it seems that the results are there, but it is also thanks to her body has long been accustomed to these tedious tasks. Just thinking about it, she suddenly came back to her senses, but saw that Mrs. Wei was already dragging Zhang Bingyun to stand in front of her. Taken aback, she quickly stood up, and after listening to Mrs. Wei's words, she was relieved.
"Xiao Zhang is the same year as my master. There is an eldest brother in her family, and when she first arrives in the capital, she will get married soon, and now I have bad eyes, and I have less needle and thread, and I can't count on Zheng'er, so you can be a good person and teach her quickly. β
Seeing that Zhang Bingyun had bluntly said that she would ask her sister for more advice, and then bowed, she quickly stretched out her hand to help the person up, and joked in her heart: "Okay, I agreed to this." It's just that I don't teach in vain, not to mention anything else, Sister Zhang's mastery of winemaking, medicine, and dyeing can at least be taught to me! β
"Anything is the same, three things and one piece will do, then let's make a decision!"