Volume 1: The First Birth (The Future Is Unclear, Friend and Foe Are Inseparable; Clues to the real murderer) Chapter 21 A harmonious wife and concubine
In the afternoon, the spring sun shines warmly into the window lattice, a room is quiet, the beast mouth of the copper incense burner spits out wisps of light smoke, the elegant fragrance seems to be there or not, so quiet and comfortable, it really makes people drowsy.
When Binu knocked his forehead to the side of the flower stand again, Shi Niang couldn't help but nudge her henchman: "Don't brace it, close your eyes to the side for a while, I have to memorize my homework, and I don't need you to wait for the time being." ”
"The little lady is still working hard, how can the maid be lazy?" Binu blushed and shook her head resolutely.
"You're going to bump around for a while, but it's distracting me."
Binu still wanted to excuse herself, but Xiao Yuan pushed the door in, obviously hearing the conversation between the master and servant, and said with a smile: "At such a young age, the little lady knows how to be considerate of her subordinates, and she is really kind. Although the little lady is diligent, she doesn't have to be so anxious, and the lady has also instructed that although her studies are important, the little lady is young and can't be too tired, so Mo Ruo also took a nap and rested for a while. ”
Although she heard Xiao Yuan's words meant to be kind to her mother, Eleven Niang also appreciated it, but still refused: "My son knows his mother's love, but he can be enlightened and taught by his mother, and he only feels happy and excited, and he doesn't feel sleepy at all. I just hope to keep up with the progress of all the sisters quickly, so that we can listen to the school together and save my mother's energy. ”
Xiao Yuan was full of smiles, little girl, she was so sensible. At first, she was also worried that the lady's discipline was too strict, Eleven Niang was still young, it was the age of playfulness, and there would be complaints in her heart but misunderstood the mother's painstaking work, so she was enlightened and comforted when she was free.
What's even more gratifying is that the wisdom of Eleven Niang is simply beyond expectations, the word teaching once in mind, the lady explains the meaning of the text, and only needs one time to repeat it word for word, three days, it will be completed "Thousand Words", and now it has been learned "Filial Piety", even the consistently strict lady is praised, but Eleven Niang is not arrogant, still diligent.
Because the main mother Xiao is in charge of the feed, the trivial matters are complicated, and the "literacy" process of Eleven Niang is too amazing, resulting in Xiao not having much time to teach new words, but fortunately, Xiao Yuan is also literate, so that she can teach new words first, and then explain the meaning of the text and correct it with Eleven Niang.
So at this time, Xiao Yuan saw that Eleven Niang was really not sleepy, so she continued to teach her to read, so after half an hour, Eleven Niang was able to recite the Guangyao Dao Chapter, the process has been halfway, I am afraid that the day after tomorrow will be able to recite the entire Book of Filial Piety, this speed, is comparable to Xiao Fu Xiaojiulang, that is even the prodigy of Dr. Guozijian is amazed.
Although Xiao Yuan didn't know, she was amazed to see her, but Eleven Niang's heart was not without surprise, although her memory ability should not be underestimated, and she could barely be called a strong memory in that life, but she also knew that she was not unforgettable, and she was just taking advantage of the fact that she had memorized many scriptures and meanings in her previous life.
She didn't expect that the next day after returning to Beijing, Xiao couldn't wait to enlighten her, but in front of her was not the "Women's Rules" and "Internal Training" that the daughters of the Wang clan used for enlightenment, but the "Thousand Character Text", which was really in line with Eleven Niang's mind, she didn't think that men and women had different etiquette, and she didn't like the "Women's Rules" and other constraint dogmas.
And Xiao Shi next has not according to the norm, did not start from the literacy post, and asked Eleven Niang not to write and first will "look at the word", carefully observe the shape of the post, structure, strokes, try to understand the spirit, when you are sure to memorize, and then hold the pen, that is, it does not matter if you write at the beginning as well as the work of the work.
Eleven Niang is not really a child, of course, she understands that Xiao's behavior is not only not deliberately difficult and deliberately harsh, but is really planning for her, and is determined to cultivate her talent and cultivation, so Eleven Niang is really curious about what is the relationship between the "biological mother" Jiang Ji and Xiao, so that Xiao treats her as a concubine as his own and does not hesitate to teach.
It is precisely because of this that Eleven Niang no longer hesitated at all, showing her ability to be "precocious" and further winning the attention of Xiao.
At the same time, there is also a fortunate thing, that is, Binu - although Eleven Niang judged that the Xiao family treated her with true love, she did not dare to be negligent, she did not know much about the inside affairs of the Liu family, and at the beginning, her grandfather was not very willing to marry the Liu family.
Shi Niang remembered that when she was young, she heard her mother and aunt gossip in a daze when she took a nap, so she had an explanation: "My sister-in-law doesn't need to worry too much, although Ah Weng has a slight hint about Liu Shi's father's character and behavior, and the two families have never had much contact, but Princess Qi and Erlang's mother are good friends, seeing that Erlang has both virtue and ability, so she is enthusiastic about being a matchmaker, the princess and the A family are aunts and cousins, knowing that the sister-in-law is the pearl of the A family, and will never exaggerate and conceal the shortcomings." Although Erlang's biological mother has passed away, this step-room Mrs. Wei is also an open-minded person, and seeing that she is so enthusiastic and thoughtful about this marriage this time, she also knows that she is indeed kind to Erlang. ”
However, when the aunt married the Liu family, the grandfather was unable to be "close" to Liu Siqing, and the relationship between the two families has been mediocre, and it was just a full number of courtesies on the festival that year.
But now she has become the concubine of the Liu family, in order to plot in the future, of course, she must be familiar with the living environment and the temperament of the people around her, so as to "pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages" step by step.
It is always not good to be aware of the Xiao family, and Fu Yuan and Qingnu are Xiao cronies, so Eleven Niang has no choice but to ask Binu.
Who knows that this child, although he is younger than the Qingnu, usually seems inevitably not stable enough, but he is extremely loyal to Eleven Niang, smart and clever, and surprisingly unexpected.
Eleven Niang just told her to hide it from Fu Yuan and Qingnu, and before she could say the excuse that had been calculated, Binu replied very simply, without asking more, but said with a smile: "The little lady has difficulties, the maid understands in her heart, the little lady can rest assured, the maid will act when she sees the opportunity, and will not make others suspicious." ”
said that earlier, Binu didn't listen to the persuasion of Eleven Niang to take a nap aside, and took advantage of Xiao Yuan's teaching to learn to read, and went outside to gossip with those servants and "sisters".
When Eleven Niang recited in front of Xiao Yuan to the sentence "The few who are respected, but the people who are pleased, this is the main way", Binu has already received the news and sat next to him refreshedly, Eleven Niang only glanced at Binu's blazing eyes, and knew that this maid had something to say, but she was still eager to clean up, and it was easy to stay until Xiao Yuan was entangled in trivial matters and left, and then whispered to her henchmen.
"Jin Niang was punished today." Binu reciprocated.
For Liu Jin's stubborn sister-in-law, Eleven Niang didn't take it to heart, but when she visited Mrs. Wei the next day after returning home, she learned that Liu Shaoqing had added a new eldest son not long ago, and her biological mother was Bai Ji, who was now responsible for raising Liu Jin, Xiao and Liu Shaoqing had been married for many years, but there were only two daughters under her knees, although she had accepted three concubines, Jiang Ji and Yao Ji only gave birth to daughters, Bai Ji should have been included in the house after Liu Shaoqing returned to Beijing, but she got a son in one fell swoop, Mrs. Wei was naturally overjoyed, so this cousin did not hand over to his mother Xiao to take care of, It is even more impossible to let the biological mother Bai Ji upbring, but to be taken care of by her grandmother Webster herself.
On the same day, Eleven Niang witnessed Xiao asking Bai Ji to count the number of servants and concubines in the family and prepare to distribute this year's summer clothes, only to know that Bai Ji could actually assist Xiao in taking care of housework, which shows that her status is different from that of ordinary concubines.
Although Yao Ji is grounded at the moment, Liu Jin can't help but settle down in the morning and dusk, and on the first day, she was still crying and mourning, clamoring to see her "Auntie", but on the third day, she came to Wuyiyuan, and became a good child with a smile on her face, not only did she have a bit of rules in front of Xiao, but she also seemed to be close to Bai Ji, so changed, it can be seen that Bai Ji has a lot of means.
Eleven Niang told Binu to inquire secretly, only to learn that Bai Ji used the method of enveloping, used a few sets of beautiful clothes and exquisite wrist beads, and promised a lot of benefits, so she coaxed Liu Jin into obedience and was willing to listen to her teach the rules.
After watching from the sidelines, Eleven Niang saw that Bai Ji was very respectful to the Xiao family, and her words and deeds were generous and not too constricted, and she was very kind to her servants and concubines, and she never commanded her, and she could see that she had a certain cultivation and temperament, and she was thinking that if Yao Ji stopped messing around in the future and regained Liu Jin's right to upbring, Liu Jin would be lucky to follow Bai Ji, but she would be punished in a few days.
"But Sister Jin is naughty again?" Eleven Niang asked Binu.
"It was irritated by Ru Yu's restraint, and scolded a dog to kill a slave, Bai Ji said that Ru Yu was a nanny assigned by the mother, although she was a servant woman, she had the responsibility of discipline and discipline Jin Niang, and the insult was disrespectful, and then everyone should not be rude."
Eleven Niang nodded secretly, Bai Ji can teach Liu Jin like this, it can be seen that it is not just a superficial response to Xiao's orders, but indeed a sincere obedience to the master's mother's orders, no wonder Xiao uses her to assist in housework.
"The maid inquired today, the lady originally wanted Bai Ji to take care of the little lady, but because Yao Ji was punished, she had to hand over Jin Niang to Bai Ji, and Bai Ji's old servants showed off, saying that her family was also a wealthy businessman in Kyoto, and Bai Ji also read poetry and books since she was a child.
Among the wealthy merchants in Kyoto, it seems that there is really a white surname.
Although there are now Shinong businessmen and businessmen for the rank of respect and inferiority, the merchant is the lowest at the end, but those big businessmen because of their rich family property, and many nobles and eunuchs have dealings, not to mention often in and out of the high door, and even have the opportunity to participate in the palace banquet, the queen mother's birthday banquet, because the rich businessman Li Jianghai in Beijing presented a night pearl of the East China Sea, the light can be compared to the room full of lights and candles, so that the queen mother was overjoyed and surprised, specially edicted to see Li Jianghai enter the palace to go to the banquet, and also rewarded a palace person with him, Bai Ji is really the daughter of the rich businessman in the impression, and it is not a high climb to enter the Liu family as a concubine.
It's rare for her to be so respectful and polite, and not as self-righteous as Yao Ji.
Bai Ji's mother's family was wealthy and gave birth to the eldest son, Xiao did not think it was jealous but raised it everywhere, showing that Xiao's housewife had a strong position in the Liu family, and she would not be so narrow-minded that she could not tolerate others.
Eleven Niang was planning to make Xiao more serious in the future, but suddenly heard a sound outside the window, she couldn't help but be surprised, suspecting that someone was listening to the whispering of the two, and looked at the past subconsciously, but saw a puppet "jumping" at the window lattice, bowing and doing, and the man pinched his throat and spoke: "Little lady Wanfu, the servant asks the little lady for a reward, so can you reward a piece of jujube cake?" ”
Immediately following the white shadow, a person jumped in directly from the window, still holding the puppet and showing it, with a flattering smile on his face, but he was very cautious and showed that he was taken aback and turned surprised and was about to say hello Binu was silent.
Eleven Niang couldn't help but stroke her forehead - Liu Shaoqing, as a fourth-grade Beijing official, can she still stabilize the focus?