Chapter 11: Heavenly Mother
"She should be in charge, but she just lost her husband at the time, and she was still in the period of filial piety, and Yu Li couldn't go to the wedding banquet of the newlyweds, her husband was the queen's cousin, so she simply asked for a decree to take you into the palace to ask for peace."
Chu Yunjing asked, "Does the queen like me?" ”
Old Lady Chu chuckled and recounted retrospectively: "Your eldest aunt asked you to salute, but you went to stare straight at the queen's phoenix crown and completely forgot to salute, if someone else had cured you of a great rebellion, the queen is merciful, don't care if you are a little doll." She asked you why you looked at her, you said she was beautiful, she asked you why you dare if others were afraid of her and didn't dare to look at her? You say that the lady of heaven should be known how beautiful she is before she can praise her beauty, if you don't even know her true appearance, then what you say is a fake compliment. Your aunt was terrified, but the queen just laughed and asked if you would like to be by her side in the future, guess what you said? ”
Listening to the words, she was sluggish and embarrassed, blushing for her childhood ignorance. At that time, I was really brave, and I wanted to go back and kill myself.
No wonder her father said that day, it turned out that he was mocking her! I'm still so reasonable.
She was ashamed of her own flattery to others, but she felt sorry for the orphan girl at the beginning, people were always born, so she had to flatter, but fortunately, her thighs were big enough.
She shook her head: "Oh my God! Sure enough, he was childish and ignorant, and now he is going to die of shame when he listens to his granddaughter! I guess I said yes. ”
This is the root of her marriage, and finally found the reason, it is so appalling, I think the queen doesn't really like herself, just to fulfill the promise she made at the beginning, otherwise how can she marry someone seven years older than herself, and she is not favored.
The old lady smiled, took her hand on her lap, and the two sat side by side, very lovingly.
"If it's a little doll after all, no one cares about you in general, and you should forget it all, and you can do whatever you want in the future, and if you don't know the rules in the future, it's a big sin."
Chu Yunjing regretted: "Of course, I will definitely behave." ”
The old lady is inseparable from the rules, but to remind her not to be as ignorant as her mother? Chu Yunjing thought to himself.
"Grandmother, I still have something to ask you, back then.... How did my mother die? Can it be related to others? ”
Mrs. Chu replied without thinking, as if Yuan Jingchu's death was not hidden: "Your mother is perennially depressed, which causes the relationship between their husband and wife to get worse and worse, and finally dies of depression. Xiaojing, grandmother hopes that you will understand that the deceased has passed away, don't think too much, if you are like your mother because of some trivial things, the gains outweigh the losses. ”
Chu Yi is a very pedantic person, he will not lose the character of a scholar for the sake of power and status, and naturally he doesn't look down on those flattering people, he probably doesn't look down on this eldest daughter for this reason, and thinks she is too clever, but Chu Yunjing only thinks that he is too stubborn, and not knowing how to be flexible is equivalent to self-styled way out, and he is really distressed about how he got to today's official position.
"My father? Distressed? Does he have a good relationship with my mother? ”
She has always felt that there is no affection between her parents, maybe Chu Yi really likes her mother, so he will marry her, otherwise how could the son of a dignified clan marry the daughter of a businessman.
Old Mrs. Chu sighed: "Hey, back then, your father insisted on marrying your mother despite the opposition of the Chu clan, I know this son best, he has a stubborn temper, and he thinks that he wants to go all the way to the dark, knowing that the Yuan family has a purpose..... Ay! simply let him go, and after getting married, it was good at first, but then the two always didn't deal with each other. ”
She lowered her eyes and was silent, and when she got what she wanted, she didn't want to stay longer.
Chu Yunjing was silent for a long time: "After staying for a long time, my granddaughter should go, I came in a hurry today, and I brought some gadgets from Yongzhou to my grandmother, don't dislike it, my granddaughter can't serve under her knees, and she can only make up for it." I gave a few nephews and nieces New Year's money, and my grandmother conveyed it to me, and my granddaughter won't bother my aunt and sisters-in-law today. ”
The old lady didn't stay: "Okay, you can go, if there is any shortage, just let someone instruct you, and I'll help you with your uncle's affairs." ”
The relationship between her and the old lady Chu can only be said to be up to the point, and there are not too many, saying that the love of the ancestors and grandchildren should be done, she respects the old lady, and the old lady is also satisfied with her, which is enough.
Out of the old house, she stopped under the courtyard, looked left and right at the bustling streets, the shops in the courtyard, and suddenly a struck in her heart, and her eyes instantly brightened.
She raised her face, stretched out her white jade-like tender fingers to the side, smiled at the corners of her lips, and her noble appearance made passers-by stop and want to take a few more glances at Fangze, and said a little proudly: "Come to Siyu!" Help the girl to get into the BMW incense car, let's go to do something big, take a look at our store! ”
Si Yu smiled and said "eh", took her arm and got into the carriage.
After coming to Kyoto these days, she forgot the storefront given by Yuan Ting, and she had an impression of the location of the store, so she informed the coachman, took the trail, and walked through the clouds to the back street.
There are few people on the path, and they walk at a constant speed all the way.
Suddenly, the coachman pulled the reins tightly, and the woman in the car was stopped and shook for a moment, and she was still frightened, and heard what the coachman said outside.
"We belong to Chu Shilang's family, who is the adult, can you use us to make way?"
It turned out to be opposite the carriage in front, and the back street was so narrow that only one carriage could pass, and someone had to give way now.
The other horseman also replied: "In my car is His Royal Highness King Huai, I have something to do when I go out today, and I bother you to make way." ”
"Let's turn around from this alley!" Chu Yunjing said leisurely.
She was only one step away from the most powerful prince of the Dafeng Dynasty, and she didn't know that at the moment when she passed by, King Huai looked at her carriage with gloomy eyes.
She wondered in her heart why King Huai didn't leave the dignified avenue and preferred to drill the path, so she immediately called the parkman and stopped at the corner.
After waiting for a while, it was estimated that King Huai had gone away, she opened the window to look, King Huai got out of the car and walked straight into the back door of a store, she looked, the building was red, it was from the clouds!
The dignified King Huai actually entered Vasher through the back door? In broad daylight, he still has a reputation for doing things.
"Where the clouds come from smoke and willows?"
The carriage started, and Chu Yunjing knocked on the door and signaled to the coachman.
"Back to Miss, the girls in it are all prostitutes, and only some princes and ministers can go, and civilians like me can't go."
If a prince goes to Vashe to talk about things, it makes sense, and it makes sense to go to see dance music...... She didn't know who King Huai was, so she didn't dare to guess at will, so she only listed the possibilities one by one. There is a thought in my heart that is magnified, maybe King Huai is the owner behind the scenes, if it is true, then King Huai is using this method to form a party for personal gain, and sure enough, men know men best.
She turned around a few shops in the afternoon, and the location was good, and the source of customers was also smooth. There are four silk shops in the East Street are connected together, there are many customers in the East Street, but there are not many customers in their own silk and satin shops, perhaps it has not been reformed, or the old way in the past, Kyoto has always been the most fashionable place in Dafeng, there is no new style, naturally it does not attract Kyoto women.
She thought maybe she could do something else with these four rooms.
Seeing that the day of marriage is approaching, the dowry is piled up in a car, and the grandmother in the palace and Aunt An sent by the old lady Chu are also sent to the Chu family, Chu Yunjing can learn things almost at one point, and the grandmother who teaches the rules in the palace is very satisfied with her.
She doesn't have much to look forward to, and she rarely has the shyness of her youngest daughter before she got married, but she just lives her life in a different place and changes her identity.
He is more excited than her, these days many official wives come to the house to walk around, He wears gold and silver every day for the reception, and is praised by those ladies for some good and obedient words, He is beautiful to go to heaven, and she praises her three children when she meets people, and she is extremely beautiful in the name of the princess's mother.
Especially when her eldest aunt came, He took out all the treasures in the house, and went to turn over her dowry, and took out all the beautiful and valuable things on the table to show off. Chu Yunjing only thought that He was interesting, so he didn't care about her, and let her take whatever she wanted. Chu Yi didn't comply, scolded He that night, and punished her for taking out the dowry for several days in a row, and carefully wiping it up. He Shi wiped it for a few days and was shocked for a few days, she couldn't imagine that there were so many treasures hidden in the box, even if she had been in Gaomen all her life, she had rarely seen it, she was wronged, and then her eyes were shining.
There weren't so many guests in Shilang's Mansion before, and the people who were offended by Chu Yi were about to line up at the gate of the city, who would pay attention to his house.
Chu Wei studied hard every day, and their sisters and brothers rarely saw each other, and most of them greeted each other. Chu Yunxi was afraid of her, and he had to hide when he saw her from afar.
Chu Li likes this big sister, Xu is always for the sake of giving him good food, they often frolic in the yard, Chu Yunjing is also willing to take this younger brother, but when he sees it, he always takes the younger brother away in a panic, for fear that Chu Yunjing will hurt her son, and says some cursed words in Chu Li's ear while walking.
She subdued the He family, Chu Yi didn't bother to care about her, and her days in the Shilang Mansion were leisurely. Although most of the family is not in one place, it is always complete.
The family seems to be calculating, but in fact, they are all people with joy and anger on their faces, and they don't have as many hearts and eyes as Chu Yunjing.
Spring bamboo shoots sprout, all things are revived, the chaffinus returns, winter clothes fade, old jackets are put into the bottom of the box, and the warm breeze is coming, the most comfortable season of the year. In the spring, it is a good time for the marriage holiday, many newlyweds pay respects, and the Chu family also joins in the fun!
On this sunny day, the marriage girl of the Shilang Mansion has already spread to all corners of Kyoto, and many people have been surrounded early, and the mansion is full of joy, and the green tiles and red walls seem to be glowing. The people got the most rewards on this day, and they worked very hard, running inside and out.
The people who came in and out of the boudoir were all the daughters-in-law of the Chu family, and all the relatives of the Chu family's married clan came, and Chu Yunjing couldn't recognize all these people, but just asked for gifts one by one according to Aunt An's guidance.
Chu Yunjing sat in front of the dressing table, letting the combing of his hair and the fiddling of his makeup, his fair and delicate face in the mirror, his black and red lips, and the vermilion flowers blooming on his forehead, and his eyes added a little softness.