Chapter 171: Ah Xing's Choice of Husband (1)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs provided a thick booklet to the 14th, which recorded in detail the list of the sons and daughters of the princes of the ministers above the third rank in the capital.
For example, how many years was the son-in-law of a certain family was born, the rank of the family, and the surname and flag of the mother's family, whether they are married or whether they have a marriage contract.
In the Qing Dynasty, all Manchu girls other than the Aixinjue Luo clan had to participate in the draft, and they could only marry after losing the draft, so it was unlikely that anyone with some family background would be married.
Fourteen threw the booklet to me and said, "If Ah Xing marries early, he won't be pointed to a distant place, how good it is to stay in the capital." I said, "She is only seven or eight years old, is it difficult for Huang Ama to marry her?" Fourteen glanced at me and said, "Who can say for sure, the year before last, Emperor Ama wanted to marry Mongolia, saying that he wanted to pick people from the emperor's granddaughters, and the big and second Gegege in the Ninth Brother's Mansion were all of marriageable age, and when they heard that they were going to Mongolia, everyone was bluffed." When I heard him, I was terrified.
Ah Xing is delicate, I don't feel at ease wherever I put it. So I began to vigorously start to pick a husband for Ah Xing, not to let her marry immediately, first make a marriage contract, in case Kangxi has a brain cramp one day, for the sake of the political program to marry the emperor's granddaughters outside Beijing, Ah Xing has a marriage contract, with him long live the emperor, it is not good to break the marriage.
It's just the end of the year.,There are more women in and out of the palace.,I'm cheeky and talk to people.,Don't dare to be too public.,When I saw a good thing.,I told Fourteen.,He will continue to investigate.。
After the New Year, when it came to the Spring Festival, Fourteen Xun held a banquet in the house, and specially invited all the boys we had looked for early.
Fourteen drank and talked with the ministers in the outer courtyard, and the inner women took their children to watch the play and eat snacks in the backyard.
In fact, there were not many people we invited, among them there were only eight boys and three girls, and one boy was sick and didn't come, all of them were about ten years old, and they played together quickly.
There are two courtyards in the house that are specially used for watching plays, one large and one small, the big one is used when there are many people, the small one is used when there are few people, and the small one used today is the small one.
Because the sky is sunny after the snow, looking at the bright sun, in fact, the north wind is bleak, blowing bone headaches. I ordered people to build a shed opposite the stage, and thick felt hung on three sides, and a pot of charcoal was wrapped around each guest, which burned red, and used thousands of pounds of silver charcoal in one day.
Ah Xing wore a purple plum blossom embroidered brocade armor made a year ago, a plain middle shirt, with a three-layer pure white gauze skirt and blue Ruyi silk, and a pair of white deerskin boots, carved with powder, she was a little beauty.
I arranged a shadow play for the children, and Ah Xing was like a master's shelf, beckoning them to eat and drink, and they were very happy.
Among them, Zhang Ruogu, the son of Master Zhang, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, is tall, only ten years old and has one meter four or five, looks knowledgeable, humble and indifferent, and stands out from the crowd in a bunch of children.
The only downside is that he is Han. Ah Xing didn't like him, Ah Xing didn't open his calf, and he was the closest to the little prince Gilanti from Geldan.
Ji Lantai's mother is Kangxi's third daughter, Princess Gulun Rongxian, married to Urgon, the second son of Ozir, the king of Zasakdoro County, and came to Beijing to ask Kangxi for peace, and he will return to Geldan after fifteen.
I secretly cursed Fourteen a hundred times, and this banquet was to prevent Ah Xing from marrying
"In the wilderness", he also invited some
The grandson of the emperor from the "wilderness" went to the banquet. In the Qing Dynasty, people love to kiss and kiss the most. Among the royal relatives and nobles, there is also an uninvited guest, not that I want to invite Wang Taoxin, but that Wang Taoxin heard that there is a banquet in the Fourteenth Baylor Mansion, hey, I didn't say hello, and I led my two sons Da'an Xiao'an to the door.
People knelt in front of them, holding gifts and smiling, their faces full of joy, and besides, in front of two children, I can't say anything
"You're not qualified enough, are you?" It would be a great sin to leave any psychological shadow on the two children.
Well, I had to invite them in. Many women did not know each other, and they all thought that the people who could come to Baylor Mansion must be either wealthy or noble, and when they saw Wang Taoxin laughing with me as usual, they thought that she was the lady of the fate, so they treated her very politely.
And Wang Taoxin is the kind of person who is aware of it later, and only takes everything for granted, and does not feel that he has taken advantage of it, let alone feel inferior.
Her two children are also like her, in a bunch of children of the family, playing happily, and they don't feel that they are inferior at all, what should they do.
Sometimes, I really want to praise Wang Taoxin, her two children are really not flawed at all in nature.
They all belong to the type of eating when you should eat, drinking when you should drink, and making trouble when you should make trouble, so it doesn't matter what prince and princess you are, if you make them unhappy, you still dare to fight, and there is no groveling posture at all.
Her son Da'an is also a good reader, and the children are playing, only he and Zhang Ruogu are comparing arithmetic, chasing behind Zhang Ruogu, the elder brother and brother are shouting, the two seriously discuss mathematical problems, who is right and who is wrong, they will not quarrel, but you praise me for being amazing, I praise you for being knowledgeable and very educated.
On the other hand, Ah Xing is circling around Ji Lantai, and now he is digging a hole in the sand with Ah Xing. So I fell into a deep state of worry.
In the afternoon, the guests gradually left, Ah Xing and Ji Lantai were reluctant, if it wasn't for Ji Lantai living in the post house, Ah Xing simply wanted to go to other people's homes to live.
In the evening, I changed my clothes and bathed Ah Xing, quietly tentatively, and asked, "Among today's friends, who do you like to play with the most?" Ah Xing squinted and smiled, and said shyly: "Ji Lantai! My heart sank and I asked, "Why?" Ah Xing smiled: "He can ride a horse and shoot arrows, unlike those nerds who only know how to do arithmetic." I couldn't laugh anymore and said, "What's wrong with just doing arithmetic?" Children who can read are smart, and E-Niang likes children who love to read. Ah Xing pursed his lips and said, "E-niang's taste is really bad." "Me:"" I slapped her twice on the buttocks, crying and laughing, "Do you know what taste is?" I dare to say that Eniang has a bad taste. Ah Xing didn't hurt, and said mischievously: "I just know!" Amma doesn't like to read, so you forced me to go to school. I grimaced and said, "Why doesn't Amma like to read?" When he was a child, he didn't know how many articles he had to memorize to his grandfather every day. Ah Xing said: "But Ama said that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and it is best if she does not study." "Me:"" Fourteen went back to the courtyard at night, full of wine and didn't say anything, and only knew happiness with a shy face.
Min Qiu had already prepared a sobering soup, waited for Fourteen to drink it, and changed his clothes and bathed him, so I relayed all the conversations with Ah Xing to him, and finally asked: "What kind of woman is virtuous if she is not talented?" Did you teach her? Look what you've taught! Fourteen said good-naturedly: "She can't do arithmetic problems, so I just comforted her casually." He exhaled the smell of wine and threw himself on me, wrapped his arms around my waist and laughed in a low voice: "The news from outside can spread, saying that you have to give your father another son if you are not in good health, and slap them in the face" I stomped my feet lightly and said: "Your daughter is going to leave with Ji Lantai, and you still have the leisure to have a son?" Fourteen snorted and said, "Don't worry, Gilanti will return to Geldan in a few days, and they can't see each other, how can they follow?" I poked my index finger at the center of his eyebrows, and said viciously: "Who asked you to invite him" After a pause, he said: "I think the eldest son of Zhang Tingyu's family is good, but unfortunately he is not full of people, he is not in the flag, and he is too far away from Ah Xing's identity" Before he finished speaking, Fourteen's head suddenly tilted heavily into my neck, and I looked sideways and saw that he had fallen asleep.
During the Lantern Festival, our whole family has to enter the palace, and the rules in the palace are big, and Ah Xingping always doesn't like to enter the palace, and he can't get up in the morning.
Today is unusual, not only before dawn, she called for Mama to dress, but also ran to my yard to call me to get up.
Fourteen asked the combing eunuch to weave braids, and smiled at Ah Xing: "It's rare, the county lord got up so early." In the winter, she often stayed in bed until three o'clock in the morning before going to school.
Ah Xing watched in front of my dresser, picked out a few golden hairpins and put them on my head, and I said, "You have your own jewelry, this is Eniang's, you can't use it." Ah Xing knew that it would be no fun to be sure with me, so he ran to Fourteen's side, hugged his thighs and coquettishly, and flattered: "Amma, do you want me to dress up beautifully?" Fourteen fell into the pit and said, "Of course." Ah Xing smiled: "My Zhu Hai is old, and my mother didn't give me new jewelry last year, do you say I'm pitiful?" Fourteen didn't move, glanced at me in the mirror, and said to Ah Xing: "It's pitiful. Ah Xing then put down the sleeve and said with a bitter face: "Does Ama want me to continue to be pitiful?" When I entered the palace, the county lords of other people's families were all showy, but I didn't even have a decent piece of jewelry. "If you say that jewelry made of ancient jade from the Song Dynasty can also be called
If you say "not decent", I really don't have anything to say. Her lips trembled, almost crying, Fourteen reached out and patted her on the back, and comforted her softly: "Don't be wronged, Ama asked Zhang Fangfang to take a few boxes of jewelry from the warehouse for you to pick" It was really a good hand, and I was speechless to refute.
Zhang Fangfang did things quickly, and the voice just fell here, and he had already ordered someone to move over. Ah Xing cheered, and directly sent the jewelry into her own courtyard, and then went back to dress up happily, and let us wait for her.
Fourteen and I got dressed, and ordered someone to urge Ah Xing twice, but Ah Xing was late. As a result, it is just a matter of wearing red and green, and the head is full of vermilion hairpins, although everything is luxurious and dazzling, but they are all piled up in one place, which makes people feel vulgar.
Besides, she's only eight years old, and she's greased and powdered, is it really good? I dragged her back to the house, washed her face, applied a layer of butter to her face, and then took off all the pearl hairpins on her head, combed her buns, pressed two pink and white peonies on the top of her head, and then put on two white jade hairpins, with a silk and white satin palace dress, elegant and noble, and it was the posture that the lord of the Qing Dynasty should have.
But in order to fight me, Ah Xing cried all the way to the Forbidden City, made trouble with me, and only talked to Fourteen.
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