Daiyu's stepmother is not easy to be

On the sixth day of April, an imperial decree granting the marriage of the queen's righteous sister Su to Lin Hai, the censor of Zuodu and the censor of Yangzhou Yanzhou, caused quite a stir in Beijing.

Other mansions either lamented the seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate, and the maids around the queen became second-rank imperial orders in an instant; or praised the benevolence of the empress empress;

Although Su Shangshu and Mrs. Bai had mixed feelings about the sudden addition of a 41-year-old "son-in-law" from the second grade, they still couldn't compare with the mixed feelings of everyone in Jia's mansion.

Three days ago, an imperial decree for bestowing marriage caused Jiamu to cry. First, she lamented Jia Min and mourned Daiyu.

Everyone in Hou Jia's mansion thought that Lin Hai had a new Yue's family, which was still the empress's family, and Jia's mansion would be separated by one floor for anything in the future.It is not an exaggeration to say that the political power that Jia's government can rely on has dropped by half, but it is no exaggeration to say that it has been reduced by one third.

Early this morning, the eunuch Feng who was beside the Empress came to deliver a message, saying that the Empress had sent Daiyu to meet her in the palace.When this news spread to the ears of everyone in the mansion, everyone's thoughts were floating.

Baoyu was anxious and said, "For no reason, what do you want to see Sister Lin? Don't you want to harm Sister Lin, right?" stop.

In Jiamu's courtyard, Daiyu also wept in her own room.

When I first came here last year, I threw jade for myself. Although it was not obvious in those few days, the second aunt was a little indifferent to me.

It's hard to pass the winter safely, and I'm used to living in Jia's mansion. The emperor suddenly gave his father a marriage, and today the empress wants to announce herself to the palace, so I was at a loss.

Although Baoyu cared about himself, but he spoke too casually, what do these words mean!It caused me to be beaten again, and it also made others tired.

Daiyu was anxious, angry, ashamed, and distressed, no matter how Zijuan Xueyan persuaded her, she couldn't stop crying.

Zijuan had no choice but to report to Jia Mu, and Jia Mu hurriedly came out of Baoyu's room to Daiyu, put her arms around Daiyu and said, "Good boy, I don't blame you. Baoyu doesn't pay attention to what he says, so it's not wrong to provoke him to beat me." Once or twice. He is still shouting that he said the wrong thing, and he wants to apologize to you. Don't cry, grandma's heart is broken."

Seeing this, Daiyu disturbed Jiamu, a little embarrassed, and listened to Jiamu's consolation, so she stopped her tears.

Jia's mother wiped her tears and said: "Don't listen to Baoyu's nonsense, the queen's mother is beautiful all over the world, and the Su family is very well educated. It's not a surprise that Miss Su wants to see you. Don't be afraid, everything is done by my grandmother.

"Tomorrow you will follow grandma, talk less and listen more. If the empress asks something, you can answer it, don't be afraid."

It turned out that Jia's mother was also worried that Daiyu would enter the palace alone, so she interceded with Eunuch Feng who came to pass the message, saying that she was afraid that her granddaughter would be too young and would be rude, so she begged herself to take her granddaughter with her.

Eunuch Feng's order was to bring Mrs. Lin's daughter. If Jia's mother followed her into the palace, it would be fine. In addition, Jia's family gave him a lot of money, so he agreed with a smile.

Jia Mu took advantage of this to tell Daiyu something about the palace.The Great Yan Dynasty is the third emperor from the founding of the country to the present.Second Duke Ning Rong fought the world together with the founding father, got credit and was conferred the title of title.

Jia Mu's husband, Jia Daishan, was also a minister of the current Supreme Emperor, but Jia Daishan died before reaching fifty, and the rest of Jia's family had no one to use again.

Today, he is just twenty-five years old, and he plays harmoniously with the empress. There are not many concubines in the palace, only Concubine Zhou, Concubine Wu and a few Jieyu beauties.

The Empress Empress is now twenty-three, and she already has the eldest son and the second princess, the concubine Zhou has the eldest princess and the third prince, and the concubine Wu has the second prince.

The empress's father, Cheng Engong, is the current Minister of the Household Department. There are only two elder brothers in the family, both of whom have entered the court as officials.

Miss Su Er, who gave the marriage to Daiyu's father, was originally a court lady in charge of the empress, she was deeply favored by the empress, and she was considered a righteous sister by the empress.

Mother Jia told Daiyu what she knew about the situation in the palace in detail, just for Daiyu's peace of mind, and also because she was afraid that Daiyu would run into someone.

After some narration, Jia's mother was worried about Baoyu again. When she arrived in Baoyu's room, Baoyu was already asleep, and Mrs. Wang was wiping tears beside her. When she saw Jia's mother, she got up and saluted.

When they went out to the outer room, Jia Mu asked, "How is Baoyu? When did you sleep?"

Mrs. Wang said: "After taking the medicine, I fell asleep complaining of pain." After speaking, he hesitated and said: "Old lady, I will enter the palace tomorrow, Yuanchun..."

Mother Jia sighed and said, "I know, it's just that Yuan Chun is a female historian in the empress dowager's palace, and the empress dowager summoned Daiyu. Could it be that the palace is in our house, where we can move around at will? Besides, our house now..."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were relatively silent.

People in Jia's mansion outside the palace have different thoughts because of the will and Baoyu's beating. Xia Yun, who has changed his name to Su Wenjiao in the palace, is watching the queen tidy up the dowry list for her, dumbfounded.

Empress Su said that when Jia Min got married, she was the daughter of the Duke of the State, and the dowry was full of 120. Although Wen Jiao was the second wife, she was also the queen's sister, so she needed 120 dowry.

At noon when the emperor came to the court for dinner, the queen joked that the emperor bestowed a marriage, and she always had to express it, so that the emperor's favor seemed mighty.So I searched out some famous calligraphy and paintings, jade and antiques from the emperor's private treasury, and wrote them into the dowry list for Wen Jiao.

Now Wen Jiao is still dressed in elegant decorations, but the style of the whole body is different after all: six silver hairpins are twisted into the spirit snake bun, and a jasper peacock and pearls are slanted on the hairpin, with long beads falling straight into the ears, and The tourmaline earrings on the ears complement each other.

The upper body is wearing a celadon-colored silver thread stroke, and the butterfly is wearing a flower jacket, and the lower body is an ivory-colored floor-length skirt. The arm is covered with a water-colored golden thread and cloud-patterned silk, and a piece of cherry-colored jade is tied on the waist with a yellow silk sash.The whole person seems to be shrouded in a blue mist, demure and elegant, elegant and elegant.

Finally, before the weather got hot, I finished all the appointments and appointments.

While looking at his already long dowry list, Wen Jiao thought that these ancient etiquettes were really too cumbersome, so he tossed and tossed for a whole month with four words and two words in total: "recognize relatives and give marriage".

After acknowledging relatives, Empress Su was afraid that Xia Yun would be uncomfortable in the Su residence, and that her parents and brother-in-law Wen Jiao would be uncomfortable. After the imperial decree, Empress Su took Wen Jiao to the palace to prepare for marriage.

Being able to return to the palace to prepare for marriage, Wen Jiao was really relieved, he could relax a bit, why would he make himself uncomfortable?In Changle Palace, she was already almost alone, but now her status is different, and the palace eunuchs are even more respectful to her.

Here Empress Su is wearing a long gown with a real red and gold thread and a phoenix, her lower body is a crow blue skirt sprinkled with gold, her head is tied with a flying fairy bun, and a golden phoenix with seven tails is inserted obliquely, reflecting the pearly light of the sun, which is full of rich ink and heavy colors , bling.

If it was an ordinary person, I would be overwhelmed by clothes and jewelry, but Empress Su sitting here, she is like the red color of "a little red in a thousand green bushes", with infinite elegance.

Empress Su ordered Wenjiao to sit beside her, pointing to the dowry book and said: "Good wood is accumulated slowly, and it is hard to find now. Fortunately, I kept all the furniture from my wedding, and I don't need it now. I just pick it up." Here you go."

"Siji Clothes has ordered the needle and thread to hurry up. I think I can get them in two months. I will prepare more for you even if there are good materials."

"Head jewellery, these are the most indispensable in the palace. I have written all the ones in the Changle Palace that suit you to wear. I also asked Neizaofang to make new ones. It will take a few days, and I will give you more. Put some pearls and jade, what you want in the future will be beaten."

"I'll give you another 1000 taels of gold in a press box. My home is paved in those fields in the south. I don't know what to do with the mountains and rivers. I'll just give you a part of it as a dowry. When you settle down, you can help the family to take a look. Mother is already sorting it out one by one, and I will tell you the situation when the time comes."

Wen Jiao smiled and said, "Sister, our second princess is only two years old, why are you marrying your daughter now?"

Empress Su's phoenix eyes slanted, and she tapped Wen Jiao's forehead with her onion-like fingers, and said, "You should be serious, it's not all about worrying about you. The Lin family is fine, and the Jia family is all A pair of rich eyes, at least let them see what Miss Da is." Wen Jiao replied with a smile.

Empress Su thought about it again, and said: "There are also antique calligraphy and paintings, as well as playing utensils. The emperor rewarded a few pieces, and the parents at home also have a few pieces. I will pick some more for you from the library."

"That Lin Hai was born in Tanhua. Although he can't be said to be very talented, he is also fond of elegance, and he often recites poems and paints on weekdays."

"Wen Jiao, you are excellent in everything, but you really don't know much about poetry and books. Although you can't live by reciting poems and making love, after all, there must be something to say between husband and wife."

"From now on, you don't have to worry about anything else except dowry embroidery. Let's hold on for the moment: I'll pick a few more books here. You should read them thoroughly in the past few months and acquire some talent." .”

Hearing this, Wen Jiao didn't show much on the face, but he sighed repeatedly in his heart.

Although I have been through for so many years, I have taken many basic and advanced literary literacy classes with Empress Su. When Empress Su saw that Wen Jiao was fast at reading and writing, she also deliberately taught Wen Jiao to write realistic lyrics.

But I don't know whether Wen Jiao's poetic talent has been worn away by more than 20 years of modern life, or Wen Jiao himself does not have this talent.

Regardless of how Wen Jiao wrote, there was always a sense of craftsmanship, and as time passed, Empress Su had put out the idea of ​​asking Wen Jiao to write poems.

Unexpectedly, when this matter was brought up again today, Wen Jiao felt his head was as big as a bucket when he thought of composing poems.

Empress Su also said worryingly: "Hey, that's all, you haven't written a good poem in the past few months. In the past few months, you have read a few more poems without seeking to understand them, and at least you have kept some useful sentences in your stomach. When it comes to judging the quality of other people's writing, you speak clearly and logically, but when it comes to writing by yourself, you just..."

The two looked at each other, and couldn't help but smile.

At this time, eunuch Xia just came to pass on the emperor's oral order saying that today the emperor came to have dinner, and when he was Xia Yun before, he should be serving in the register, but now he is Wen Jiao, but he should avoid suspicion.

So Empress Su and Wen Jiao talked and laughed a few more times, and Wen Jiao retired and returned to his current residence, Chunhui Hall, the side hall in the back hall of Changle Palace.

It's still early, but Shen Zheng, the trees in Changle Palace are gradually turning green, and the big peonies and peonies are blooming wantonly. The breeze is blowing, bringing the warmth of late spring on the face, blowing on the body, outlining the Wen Jiao's young and beautiful curves.

Wen Jiao walked slowly from the corridor, looked up, and what the corridor eaves could not block was the clear blue sky.Suddenly, Wen Jiao felt a glimmer of expectation for the future life.