Happiness Consist in Contentment

"Well, okay, I'll just eat it myself, you don't need to wait on it, hurry up and rest."

"Well then, girl. You eat first, and the servants will come to clean up later."

Shu Mo and the others were also tired all day, and it's not easy to hold on now, after all, they still have to watch the night.

"Um."

After Shumo and the others went down, Liu Fang sat at the table and ate slowly: a bowl of chicken noodle and a few savory snacks all suited her taste, so she was very satisfied.

When Liu Fang was full, Shu Mo brought someone over to clean up, and Yang An was not over yet.

It wasn't until Liu Fang fell asleep next to the bed that Yang An returned to the room with the smell of alcohol.

After another wash and toss, when Liu Fang helped Yang An to lie down on the bed, she was pulled into Yang An's arms at once: "My lady..."

Liu Fang closed her eyes: she had to come, she was mentally prepared.

This night is destined to be scorching hot...

...

There are no elders in the Yang family, so the next day Liu Fang and Yang An only need to open an ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, then write Liu Fang's name on the genealogy, and then go to the teacher's house to meet and thank them, and they can recognize their relatives by the way. .

All day, Yang An was sticking to Liu Fang, and her sister-in-law Yang Hui was always behind her sister-in-law, which made Yang An a little depressed.

Liu Fang has many dowry servants.

Therefore, the entire Yang family was already struggling to put her dowry and place these servants.

On this day, Liu Fang hurriedly arranged her dowry and arranged the errands of the servants to be dowry, so that they could do what they were supposed to do.

As a result, the dowry servants were reduced by two-thirds.

The dowry of the Duke's Mansion is fixed, but because Liu Fang was the youngest of her generation, she received the most dowry, which turned out to be the most generous of her dowry.

However, most of them are farm shops, houses and other fixed assets. There are also some silver bills at the bottom of the box. Others are cloth, calligraphy, painting, antiques, jewelry, etc., which are simply boxes.

Some were from the betrothal gift, some were used by Liu Fang since childhood, some were purchased by relatives, and some were specially made to add makeup...

Yang An was all right, so he helped to sort it out.

While arranging, he was shocked: Is the Guogongfu so rich?

Seeing his expression, Liu Fang knew what he was thinking, and while looking at the dowry booklet, she said, "That is, I have a good time.

When the eldest sister got married, there was no

So many good things to accompany.

I still remember that when the seventh sister got married, the house was still very tight, that is, when the eighth and ninth sisters got married, the house was much better.

At that time, the eldest brother had established a foothold in Dali Temple. Although his official position was still low, he showed his face in front of the emperor, and let everyone see his talent.

Later, the starling went to the border gate alone, trying his best to earn his merits, and being sealed as a general, the mansion really gradually got better. "

Liu Fang smiled, full of nostalgia, looked at Yang An and said, "You probably can't imagine that when I was a child, there were a lot of snacks in the house.

Because there is no money. Only when there are guests visiting Fuzhong, the Fuli will make some cakes to entertain the guests and keep the Fuzhong decent.

However, in daily life, I am a gluttonous cat that drools when I see candied haws on the street.

At that time, my little brother counted his little moon silver every day, counted the copper coins, bought me a candied haws every day, and then we two shared it.

Oh, yes, and Seventeenth Sister. She is delicious, but also greedy, and the monthly silver is not enough to spend. So, every time my little brother came back with a candied haws, she would come and fight for one of them. "

Yang An really didn't expect, "I thought that you must have a very good life because of your noble birth."

Liu Fang shook her head and said with a smile, "It's not a bad life. It's just that there are many people in the house, and it's not an easy thing to maintain decent.

Say nothing else. Every time our sisters go out to a banquet, they have to spend a lot to make new clothes, new jewelry and so on. It's not that our family likes extravagance, but that the world is like this.

In such a position, one cannot lose the dignity of the government.

So, at home, we live a simple life.

In fact, on weekdays, we have a lot of what we should eat and use, and we still grow up in fine clothes and jade, and it is not as difficult as you think.

It's just relatively speaking, the pastries and snacks are strictly controlled by my mother, who does not allow us to eat and use them at will, and secondly, the house is indeed extraordinarily economical in this regard.

That's why I was so greedy when I was a kid.

When you grow up, it will be fine. This is nature, and it is nothing.

At least I live a much better life than ordinary people. I don't worry about food and clothing, I wear gold and silver, and I have fish and meat every day, and servants to serve me. "

Yang An didn't know what to say, should it be said that he had a better life than her when he was a child?

When her parents were alive, Yang Anzhen really

He lived a very carefree and happy life, at least at that time he wouldn't be greedy for a sugar gourd, and he had to share it with his brother and sister.

Liu Fang couldn't help laughing when he saw that he was still distressed.

She really didn't feel like she was having a bad time.

When I was a child, the house went through successively the marriage of the eldest brother, the marriage of the eldest sister, the marriage of the second brother, betrothal gifts, dowry, etc., plus Liu Fang, who grew up every year, cost a lot more.

When Liu Fang was five or six years old, there was another eldest brother's son, her nephews, and all of them in the house, from the servants who served, to the daily expenses for food and clothing, why not spend money?

Furthermore, in those years, there were weddings, various banquets, etc. in the mansion, and later, there were expenses for the brothers to go to office and so on. Fang, that is just to maintain everyone's life, the rest is actually not too much.

Moreover, Liu Guogong's mansion can be said to have been married one after another. After all, there are many children, the one here is married, married, and the one over there has grown up and should be engaged...

So, even if the Duke's mansion is rich, then Mrs. Liu Guogong has to use it according to the calculation, otherwise when the child gets married, even a decent dowry can't afford it.

Because of this, Liu Fang seemed to have a miserable life when he was a child. But in fact, her cost of food and clothing is still the standard of a first-class country girl, and compared with the prostitutes of other noble families, it is definitely no worse than that.

Who let her have a good first-mother?

After the whole day, Yang An accompanied Liu Fang to organize her dowry.

The next day, the three dynasties returned to the door. Early in the morning, Yang An accompanied Liu Fang back to the house.

Because there were only two brothers and sisters in the Yang family, Yang An and Yang Hui, Liu Fang brought Yang Hui back with them.

Mrs. Liu Guogong waited for breakfast early in the morning, and kept changing jewelry in the room. She asked Cuiying to open her warehouse and found a lot of good things, and planned to let Liu Fang take them away later.

Liu Guogong was sitting in the side hall eating, while listening to Mrs. Liu Guogong's busy work, he shook his head helplessly, and said, "As for what?

Jinbao, the servant who was serving his meal, reminded him in a low voice, "Master Guo, don't say anything else, in case the lady overhears..."

Liu Guogong glared at him angrily, "It's just you."

Jinbao didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "It's not that you don't know, now that the eighth master and the others have all returned to Beijing, there must be something important. Madam

You know what you have in mind, so don't make trouble. Besides, when Aunt Shiba is going back to the house today, you should hurry up and choose something, so that the girl can take it back later, otherwise, what would you say if Madam asks? "

Liu Guogong sighed and said, "Alas... in such a position, even if our family wants to be alone, it is impossible. Forget it, I don't care. Listen to you, I will go to the warehouse and fill the house with the gold and jade that I beat first. Send it to Xiao Shiba, so that her future life will be just as golden and jade!"

The corners of Jinbao's mouth twitched: ... Grandpa, it's good if you're happy!

On returning home that day, Liu Fang seemed to have just gone shopping and went home. She didn't even feel that she was married and was already a guest.

It was rare for the family to gather together, and it was a lively day. Yang Hui also played very well with Liu Fang's nephews and was very happy.

When she left, she finally had the real feeling that she was married, and was no longer a girl from the government's mansion, but the wife of the Yang family, Yang Liu's.

Mrs. Liu Guogong's eyes were wet, and she waved her hand, "Go back quickly, it's getting late, if you have time, come back and have a look, it's not too far away anyway."

Liu Fang nodded, "Well, mother, my daughter will."

She was in Kyoto anyway, and even if the outer city was a little far from the imperial city, she could go home at any time.

Yang An helped Liu Fang to get into the carriage, bowed to Mrs. Liu Guogong's wife, then got on his horse and protected the carriage away from the Guogong Mansion.

Mrs. Liu Guogong stood at the second gate and watched them leave the Guogong's mansion, her eyes were hot and wet, and she said to the prince An Geng standing beside her, "Let everyone wait for me in the study."

"Well, mother."

Mrs. Liu Guogong looked up at the sky: This time, she will never let herself lose! Never compromise!

...

Liu Fang was sitting in the carriage, holding her forehead and closing her eyes. Calligraphy and painting were sitting on one side with Yang Hui, who was already tired and asleep, while Shumo was sitting on the other side and poured a cup of hot tea for Liu Fang.

"Ma'am, it's cold, drink some tea to warm you up."

Liu Fang opened her eyes, took the tea cup, fixedly looking at the tea, and said softly, "Shumo, what is mother going to do, right?"

Liu Fang almost died of a cold when she was four years old. Since then, she has been by her mother's side, taking care of her and growing up.

Therefore, she knew Mrs. Liu Guogong very well.

She knew that she was a very gentle person with a soft heart. But she is also a very strong, very proud person.

She's wise, she's smart, she's broad-minded, she's gentle and fair, but she's also decisive, she's also tough

Selfless, even she is equally ruthless!

Just like once, Liu Fang's nurse.

Not long after she turned one year old, Mrs. Liu Guogong discovered that the nanny had privately deducted her moonsilver cloth, various small jewelry and small toys. They arrested her, beat the wet nurse half to death in front of her children, husband, and parents-in-law, and threw them out of the house.

It is said that because the reputation of the wet nurse was ruined, no one asked her to do anything again. Her family was also implicated by her, and was bullied by the surrounding neighbors and even the local hooligans.

Although Mrs. Liu Guogong didn't kill the wet nurse at the beginning, she didn't specifically tell anyone to torture her. But just being beaten and thrown out of the house in public was enough to ruin the nanny's family.

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Doesn't Mrs. Liu Guogong know? she knows.

Just because she knew that she did this too well, not only would she not be called cruel, but she would make everyone feel that her small punishments and big admonitions were already generous and kind.

After all, she didn't send the wet nurse to the office, let her be sentenced by the law, let alone kill her directly, or even sell her as a slave.

Is it too much to just beat her up and drive her away? Not too much.

But this is not excessive punishment. In today's society, it is more serious than her sentence, exile, beating to death, and being sold into slavery.

Why? Just because she was kicked out by the mistress of the state government, and because she was too greedy, she ruined her reputation.

In this society, reputation is the most important foundation.

Without a reputation, it was never a matter of one person, but a matter of a family and a family.

Therefore, the life of the nanny's family was not easy afterward, until it couldn't stand it anymore, sold the family property, and stayed away from Kyoto.

In fact, what she suffered was of the same nature as the human flesh search triggered by cyber violence in later generations: no one would care whether her family members were innocent or not, and no one would care how much their words meant to her and her family. Embarrassing, what a sharp injury.

Everyone just pointed and commented from the top. For a moment, it seemed that everyone was a saint and could attack them at will until they were powerless to resist, had nowhere to go, and destroyed themselves...

And this is exactly the result that Mrs. Liu Guogong knows well.

Therefore, Liu Fang understands that if Mrs. Liu Guogong really wants to do something, she is very likely to take action, and she will hit it with a single blow, leaving no room for it, and simply slam the opponent into the abyss, and never again Can't turn over!

Such people are actually quite scary!

She's capable enough to do anything she wants, even upend the world!

Therefore, when Liu Fang returned to the mansion today, she vaguely discovered one thing: the mother-in-law is too emotional.

She shouldn't be like this.

And to make her so abnormal, something must have happened.

Liu Fang was very worried.

She didn't know what the mother-in-law was going to do. But she felt that it was definitely not a trivial matter, let alone something that could be done easily.

...

Back at Yang's house, it was already dark.

Yang An and Liu Fang first sent Yang Hui back to the room to sleep, and then went back to wash up.

Yang An came out after washing up and saw Liu

Fang sat in front of the dressing table and brushed her hair silently, her brows furrowed and a worried look on her face.

He stepped forward, stood behind her, took the jade comb from her hand, and combed her hair slowly.

"What's the matter? You looked so worried when you came back."

Liu Fang sighed, "I don't know. I always feel uneasy."

Yang An put down the jade comb, stroked her shoulder, leaned over, touched her face lightly, and said, "Don't worry, there's also me."

Liu Fang looked at him in surprise.

Yang An smiled, "What? Do you think I'm stupid? Or do you think I'm stupid?"

Liu Fang shook her head, "I just didn't expect that, even you found out."

Yang An smiled and kissed her face, holding her in both hands.

"Actually, it's not surprising. The emperor has not been to the court for three days recently, and the last time the chief assistant of the cabinet mentioned the establishment of the eldest princess as the crown princess, I guess it's not normal. After all, we are also in Kyoto."

"Yeah." Liu Fang sighed, "But my mother made all the brothers and sisters go back to Beijing."

"Are you worried?"

Liu Fang shook her head, "I don't know."

Yang An raised his eyebrows, "Don't know?"

Liu Fang smiled, "You don't believe me. I used to think I wasn't stupid, but after going back to the manor today, I realized that I'm really stupid."

She looked into Yang An's eyes and said, "I don't know what my mother is going to do, I don't understand why she wants all my brothers to go back to Beijing, and I don't even know what her intentions are... Look, am I stupid? "

Yang An was silent for a while before speaking, "Then do you know who your mother-in-law is going to support?"

Liu Fang smiled and said very firmly, "Princess Dieldest!"

Yang An was surprised, "Princess Princess? Isn't that Prince An?"

Liu Fang turned to look at him and said with a smile, "Who gave you the illusion that my mother would support the fifth brother-in-law?"

"You also said that he is your brother-in-law, or the serious son-in-law of your mother-in-law. If he...then the government's government, then the status of the mother-in-law will be completely different."

Liu Fang raised her eyebrows, "What's the difference?"

"The mother's family, the foreign relative of the monarch."

Liu Fang nodded, "Indeed. But in the end, it's just a royal relative."

Yang An was speechless, "Isn't it enough?"

Liu Fang spread her hands, "But, our family was originally a royal family!"

Yang An: …

"Look, my mother-in-law was born in the Prince's Mansion, a serious princess, and she has the title of royal canonization on her body.

A prince.

Then there is the fifth sister, she is already a princess. In other words, our family and the emperor are in-laws, right?

Also, my eighth sister is married to Princess Rong Ning's house, she is the emperor's sister.

So, you see, even if the fifth brother-in-law does not sit in that position, we are still serious royal relatives and honorable family members.

If that's the case, then why should we support the fifth brother-in-law?

Anyway, it's just a better name. In fact, it's not good for our family at all.

You have to know, man, if you are too rich you will go bad, if you are too powerful, the same is true.

The fifth brother-in-law is now a prince. As long as he doesn't die in the future, he can be prosperous and rich until he grows old, and he doesn't have to worry about anything.

And there are not many people in this world who need him to kneel down and give a big gift. Similarly, my fifth sister is the same.

If so, why bother? Is it because the queen's name sounds better than the princess?

But being a concubine can monopolize the prince's husband, but it is impossible to be a queen. Even if the fifth brother-in-law is willing, the ministers are not happy, and the world is not necessarily happy. "

After hearing her words, Yang An was really speechless, "So, the mother-in-law chose the eldest princess?"

Liu Fang sighed, "Yes. Part of the reason why my mother chose the eldest princess, but the most important thing is that she still has unwillingness in her heart."

Seeing that Yang An didn't understand, she got up, walked to the window, and looked at the bright moon in the sky outside.

"Actually, my mother has been gifted and intelligent since she was a child. She is more virtuous than her elder brother, the current prince. Even, her mother has an extremely high martial arts that no one knows about."

Liu Fang turned to look at Yang An and smiled, "Does it sound familiar?"

Yang An nodded, "It seems to be another eldest princess."

"That's right. Maybe that's why my mother did such crazy things at such a young age."

Yang An stepped forward, hugged her and said, "Don't worry, I will watch. Even if my abilities are limited, I will do my best to protect them."

Liu Fang's eyes turned red, she closed her eyes, and replied softly, "Yeah."

If it really gets to that point, I'm afraid it's not something that a little show like Yang An can interfere.

But she understands that now she, they, can't do anything and can only wait.

Wait - the final result is out.

...

Twenty years of Jinwen are destined to be a disturbing year. Until New Year's Eve, the news from the palace was not very optimistic: Emperor Jinwen was seriously ill, and the entire palace city was in a state of turmoil.

When the rain is coming.

This atmosphere has been maintained until the first month of the twenty-first year of Jinwen, and even the excitement of the Chinese New Year in Beijing could not dilute this dark tide.

From the second day of junior high, Liu Fang and Yang An had to go to various in-laws' homes to formally integrate into the Kyoto aristocratic circle. Even if he only has the reputation of being a scholar, even if he just married the concubine of Liu Guogong's mansion, he is still a guest of honor in each mansion and cannot be underestimated by others.

Originally, Liu Fang was a little worried about whether Yang An would be able to adapt to this kind of entertainment. Unexpectedly, when he went outside, he was quite able to hold on, neither humble nor arrogant, which was amazing!

The eldest sister An Su also said to Liu Fang, "The little brother-in-law is really extraordinary."

Liu Fang is also a little proud: O(≧▽≦)O

It's just that there are still some strange people in the banquet and entertainment. For example, I met such a wonderful person on this day.

The eighth day was a banquet at the residence of Princess Rongning, the mother-in-law of the eighth sister, An Fen. As a younger sister, Liu Fang naturally arrived early to help her sister entertain the guests, and she also brought Yang Hui with her.

Although she just married into the Yang family, but because of her, the Yang family's social circle is also different from before, so she has been taking Yang Hui with her recently, teaching her, and letting calligraphy and painting follow her to serve. It is to allow her to adapt to the current banquet entertainment and socialize with people.

After all, it is definitely impossible for the future Yang Hui to marry a child of a poor family like Yang An. It is very likely that she will marry into a wealthy family. Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate and teach from an early age.

Even if she still married into a poor family in the end, her sister-in-law was born in a state government, and she inevitably had to associate with these high-profile families. It would be beneficial to learn more now.

Yang Hui is indeed as his name suggests, very intelligent. In addition, both parents died since childhood, and he lived with his elder brother, but he was very sensible and well-behaved. Understand that Liu Fang is for her good, so she also studies very hard, very diligent, never complaining, but it makes Liu Fang feel very gratified.

Today, she was brought by Liu Fang to entertain the guests, and she did a good job and was very decent. An Fen, her sister-in-law, and the eldest lady of Princess Rongning's mansion all praised her.

However, when the people from Liu Kanghou's mansion arrived, Liu Fang was entangled.

Liu Kanghou also has the same surname as Liu, but it has nothing to do with Liu Guogong's mansion, it just happens to be the same surname.

However, the family style of Liu Kanghou's mansion is really indescribable.

The first Liu Kanghou was born as a local ruffian.

In fact, if you really have the ability, no matter how low your background is, it doesn't matter. Besides, the Jin Dynasty was still a new one, and many

The founding fathers were actually from grassroots. After all, heroes don't ask where they came from, and the world was in chaos at that time, and anything could happen.

That ruffian joined the insurgent army and followed them to fight in the east and the west. Actually, there is nothing strange about it.

However, after the establishment of the new dynasty, Liu Kanghou, who was born as a ruffian, turned the earl into a marquis because of his shameless behavior of crying, making trouble, and hanging himself. It was truly speechless.

Well, Emperor Jinyuan doesn't care, so it's hard for others to say anything.

But, this Marquis is still licking his face to marry Liu Guogong's mansion, which is very disgusting.

No one can stand it!