On the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month of the twenty-third year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, the palace issued an order to order Chu Yunjing, the daughter of Chu Yi, the servant of the household department, to marry Qin Mian, the king of Qi, on the sixth day of the fourth month of the twenty-fourth year of the Shengyuan Dynasty.

The wax moon in Yongzhou revealed not the bone-chilling cold, but the continuous cold. The country is big, divided into north and south, east and west, the more north is the winter, the more warm the sun in Vietnam, the west is the desert and the lonely territory, and the east is the Fandu Shuijiang. Yongzhou is located in the southeast of the center of Dafeng, and Kyoto is located in the center slightly north, and it takes six or seven days to come and go, and if it is a fast horse, it is only three days' journey.

Yongzhou Yuan Mansion, the home of merchants, the Yuan family has been rich in the rice industry for generations, but although the Yuan family's business is large, they cannot set foot in Kyoto, and the Kyoto rice industry is actually an imperial businessman.

The Yuan Mansion is huge, the front hall and backyard, the garden and the water pavilion, all reveal the four words of the big family. The most conspicuous position in the backyard, sit a set of pavilions, two floors high, the door is conspicuously hung with a plaque of 'Yuexi Pavilion', the west of the mountain is called Yuexi? This is Chu Yunjing's boudoir in the Yuan family.

In the front hall of Yuexi Pavilion, the main seat sits a seventeen or eighteen girl, the girl's pink face and red lips are wearing a moon-white winter coat, and her complexion is so beautiful, her small face is hidden in the fluff of the neckline, and she is charming between her eyebrows and eyes, which is a little cute.

"Suddenly married?"

At this time, the girl's eyes widened, and a chill appeared around her body, staring at the person who replied.

This girl is the woman who was given marriage, Chu Yunjing, the eldest daughter of Chu Yi, the head of the household, who has been fostered in her grandfather's house since she was a child.

When she heard about the marriage, she didn't want it from the bottom of her heart.

Chu Yunjing knew that it was inevitable that she would be married as a daughter of a family, and she was also old, but it was just a matter of a day earlier and a day later, even if she was far away in Yongzhou, this 'grace' could not be avoided.

As for her in-laws, she has also calculated that there are many families that can be married, but this one is married into the royal family..... But she was a little caught off guard. The Chu clan is so powerful in Kyoto now? The squire of the household can also get close to the royal family.

The person who replied shuddered and quickly explained: "The little one... The little one also came at the behest of the order, and the head of the family asked the little one to pass the word, how dare the little one ask more. ”

This person's name is Sun De, thirty-five or sixteen years old, dressed as a subordinate in charge of affairs, and is a messenger from Chu Mansion in Kyoto.

Without waiting for the lord to speak, Sun De flattered: "This.... The minions of our whole house are the ones who are closest to the young lady.... Some words are not afraid to hide from the young lady, a few days ago Chu Bo came to the mansion to discuss this matter with our family, the two masters mean that they want the young lady of our house to marry the royal family. ”

Chu Yunjing knows how to buy people's hearts very well, this is a common technique used by business people, she has seen a lot of methods in the Yuan Mansion, and she has learned all of them.

The person in charge of this message is sweet and good at flattery, she gives Sun De a lot of benefits every time, and Sun De has become her 'spy' for exploring the news of Chu Mansion every time.

"So... And they remembered me? Chu Yunjing's face was gloomy, and he didn't know why this small body always revealed a trace of majesty.

The marriage made her feel no emotion, but she felt that this arrangement was the Chu family's consistent style. She has no good impression of the Chu family, and in addition to hatred, she also has a bit of awe in her heart, after all, the rumors of 'ten years of court, one hundred years of Chu' also gave her enough face.

No! It's not just the Chu family, even other families, or the royal family, it's just a political marriage.

"Uh.... No, it's the young lady personally referred to by the nobles in the palace. Sun De looked at Chu Yunjing's face without any waves, and only then did he dare to reply, for fear that a sentence would anger this bad-tempered young lady and attack him.

She didn't have the current temper in the past, she only knew how to be reckless when she was a child, she was not protected by her father, and her subordinates treated her coldly, and she learned to please her. Unlike now, when her grandfather was arrogant and indulged her, it was easy for her to punish a slave who made a mistake as a master.

"In the palace?" She raised her voice, puzzled.

Sun De's words almost didn't make her squirt out the tea she had just drunk.

How can the palace give her a little girl who has been away from Kyoto for more than ten years to marry, she is still a prince, and this hand is inevitably too long! Chu Yunjing muttered in his heart.

Although she doesn't know who King Qi is, this finger marriage is definitely not normal, and she is about to be married off as a political bargaining chip.

Sun De lowered his head and waved his hands a little tremblingly: "Yes...... Yes. ”

She didn't want to talk to her, she just felt a little upset, she couldn't connect these things in her heart, and now she just desperately wanted to know the ins and outs of the marriage, and it seemed that she could only understand it when she returned to Kyoto.

"Siyu." Chu Yunjing's cold mouth seemed to be calling someone.

Then a woman dressed as a maid walked out of the inner room with a dignified step, looking delicate.

This is the maid of the Chu family, the eldest Chu Yunjing is four years old, and it was Chu's mother who put Chu Yunjing by Chu Yunjing's side when he was three years old.

Si Yu's mother was serving Chu Yunjing's mother, but later the master died, and Si Yu's mother also went soon, at that time it was still a regrettable thing in Chu Mansion, and the maid followed the old master and followed Chu Yunjing for more than ten years to be loyal.

Si Yu walked lightly, walked up to Sun De, smiled, and handed the money bag in her hand to Sun De: "Sun Zhangshi will accept it with a smile." ”

At this moment, Sun De's face was full of smiles, and his face was already festive, so he took the money bag and subconsciously turned it upside down.

Sun De smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, Miss, little one, Miss will return home in the future, and the little one will be the head of Miss Ma." ”

What is the horse's head?

Chu Yunjing became interested after listening to Sun De's words, and spoke with interest: "Sun Zhangshi is a smart person and knows that this money is not taken for nothing. What about this girl, who is now lacking a person to inquire about the news of her future husband, I wonder if Sun Zhangshi is willing to help this girl? ”

This is a disguised job for Sun De.

"Hehe, it's natural and natural, it's a small honor to do things for Miss."

She wanted to take people away, so she held her forehead slowly, pretended to hammer her chest, coughed lightly, and her voice was a little floating: "Oh yes, I have to bother Sun Zhangshi to go back to pass the word, just say that I am sick, and I will go back after recovering from my illness, I am afraid that I will have to finish the New Year." ”

She pretended to look sick, and her good-looking willow eyebrows were twisted into eight figures by her, and she gasped for breath, looking extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Si Yu hurriedly ran over to accompany the play, patting Chu Yunjing's thin back, she naturally didn't dare to use force, Chu Yunjing's body was thin, and she was pretending, in case the shot was heavy, she would make it true.

Si Yu twisted her veil and wiped her tears in a fake way: "My young lady has been sick for a few days, and she is not getting better, and the slaves and maids are all in her eyes, and I hope that Sun Zhangzhi will forgive me, but now I really can't toss it." ”

Chu Yunjing coughed again, and Chu Chu looked pitiful: "Yes, Sun is in charge... Ahem.... What do you think? ”

She knew very well that these tricks could not deceive the scheming Sun De in front of her, and she also knew that Sun De did not dare to offend her, this action was just a reason, the purpose was to let the people below pass the word.

Sun De nodded awkwardly and pulled a smirk: "Yes, this.... The small one must be brought. ”

"Lao Sun is in charge of things, and if Sun is so transparent, a good life will definitely be ahead." Si Yu glanced at Sun De meaningfully.

Chu Yunjing coughed again, this time he pretended to be a little too much, his face turned red, and his little white jade-like hand ran down his chest, and he sighed a few times.

"Ouch, Miss must have been sitting for a long time, the old disease has flare up again, come on, come on, come on, go and call the doctor!" Si Yu shouted and screamed, her two hands clapped her legs urgently, and the sky was falling.

Four or five people hurriedly came in before and after, they didn't know the reason, for fear that something would really happen to the young lady, and the water would be served by the water, and the doctor would be invited to the doctor.

There was a person outside the house who led Sun De out, and when he saw Sun De coming out, he just led him out of the door.

Chu Yunjing coughed and raised his eyes to look at the person's back, and when he saw that the person had gone away, he stopped pretending.

She picked up the silver cup on the table, took a sip of tea, and was relieved.

Over the years, hundreds of miles away, fighting several times, the little wolf has not yet grown up, and can only use some means to pretend to be weak to fight with the two old wolves of Chu Mansion.

She regained the color on her face, her eyes were so gloomy, as if the weak woman who pretended to be sick just now was not her, and pursed her lips: "Did my grandfather and aunt send someone there?" ”

"Go, Sun Zhangshi sent someone as soon as he entered the courtyard, if he rushed back immediately, he estimated that he would arrive home in a quarter of an hour." Si Yu replied smartly.

Si Yu is her most trusted, and she is also the most realistic, she doesn't have to be too smart to be loyal enough, and the master can understand it with a glance is a good slave.

Chu Yunjing let out a light "um", looked up and glanced at his house, and couldn't help but feel lonely in his heart, the furniture in the outer room was readily available, and it was extremely luxurious, enough to see how much his grandfather loved this granddaughter.

She touched the carved pattern on the handle of a chair, and the bat pattern was carved on it, and the bat homonym was 'all over the blessing', which means that blessing falls from the sky, and the descendants are rich and auspicious, which is also her grandfather's expectation for her.

Yuan Shi's white-haired people sent black-haired people, and all the debts he owed to his daughter over the years were compensated for his granddaughter, from childhood to adulthood, Chu Yunjing wanted the moon in the sky, Yuan Shi would pick it for her, and no one was allowed to hurt her granddaughter.

"The furnishings of this house were all purchased by my grandfather himself, the bat pattern on the chair, the floating flower pattern on the door, and even the silver cup for drinking tea are all my grandfather's residence for me." Chu Yunjing looked lonely.

She knew that this separation would probably never be seen again in this life.

"And this!" Si Yu replaced a palm-sized ink-colored flip box.

Si Yuhan said with a smile: "When I was a child, Miss yelled about hiding treasures every day, and the master took the thick branches of the old tree in the yard to make this box for Miss with his own hands. At that time, the lord said that if the lady could open the box, the treasure in the box would be the miss's, but I didn't expect you to immediately find a stone to smash the box open, and the lord wasted his mind in vain. ”

She fumbled with the box in her hand, and a smile on her face that she hadn't seen for a long time: "That's the treasure set up by my grandfather is not rigorous." ”

"At that time, the face of the craftsman who set the lock was blue, and he refused to repair anything, or the old man took it back and studied it for several days before repairing it, and he told him, 'If you break it again, don't play with Xiaojing to hide the treasure'." Si Yu put her hands behind her back, cleared her throat and learned Yuan Shi's tone a little stupidly.

Chu Yunjing's eyes also showed a look of reminiscence: "Yes, it's been so many years in the blink of an eye." ”