Daily life of noble ladies of the Three Kingdoms

The fourth year of Jian'an is destined to be an extraordinary year in the Three Kingdoms period.

Just at the beginning of this year, Yuan Shao wiped out Gongsun Zan in one fell swoop, occupied Youzhou, and his morale was high for a while. After the summer, he came to attack Xuchang. In name, he came for the emperor, but in fact he came to destroy Cao Cao.And Liu Bei also occupied Xuzhou through military offensives, and Sun Ce launched several wars in a row to secure his position in Jiangdong.

Compared with the turmoil in the outside world, Xudu Jingyuan can be said to be peaceful and peaceful.

Since Cao Cao moved his capital to Xuchang in the first year of Jian'an, he gave this beautiful garden to Li Wang Liu Yun as a mansion, and it has been three years since now.

Liu Yun's mother, Mrs. Zhang, lives in the largest courtyard east of Jingyuan. There is a newly made square stone table under the grape trellis in the south of the courtyard. In the center of the table is a white jade plate with exquisite craftsmanship. There are autumn pears, grapes, pomegranates and other seasonal fresh fruits.

These kinds of fruits were splashed with well water by the maidservant, and they were dotted with a few drops of water, and they were placed so casually on the jade plate, making them look even more crystal clear and lovely.

Si Qi sat under the vine and devoutly ate grapes, two big Chinese characters flashed in his mind - luxury.

Traveling to the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, it was basically insulated from food. The only thing that can comfort Siqi is the various fruits and melons that grow naturally with sufficient sunshine.

Nowadays, the world is not peaceful, the princes are separated, and wars are frequent. These melons and fruits brought to the Central Plains by Zhang Qian through the Silk Road on land can be regarded as absolute luxury goods, and Zhang Tai who can sit on a whole plate of fruits every day The wife is also a local tyrant among the nobles.

Seeing that more than a dozen grapes fell into Siqi's mouth in a short while, the female officer serving at the side, Mrs. Zhao, couldn't help but muttered: "Little lady, don't be greedy for coolness. If you use too much fruit, your stomach will hurt."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang raised her eyelids a little, and said to Mrs. Zhao: "You old people who came out of the old palace, you are too lenient in everything you like, the medical officer said , this food is good for people's health, and the fruit will disappear after the season, since Ah Ying likes it, what can I do if I eat two more bites?"

Siqi's nickname is A Ying, and the family members are used to calling her by that.

Zhang is the grandmother of Siqi, and also the concubine of Liu Hong, the father of Liu Xie, Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, and the biological mother of Liu Yun, the king of Li. Emboldened.

Si Qi only found out after time travel that the relationship between his family and the royal family is very close and complicated.

All of this starts from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In December of the first year of Yongkang, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhi, died. Seeing that Emperor Huan had no children, Dou, his relative, appointed Liu Hong, the son of Liu Chang, Marquis of Duting, as Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, like Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, was a mediocre monarch who ignored the government. During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong, the famous peasant uprising broke out in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which was also the largest religious organization in history. Uprising—Yellow Turban Uprising.

Later, Liu Hongbeng died in Nangong, and his two sons came to power one after the other. After the death of the young emperor Liu Bian, the relatively young Han Xiandi Liu Xie ascended the throne again.

Although the princes now have their own forces, and Cao Cao is in charge of Xuchang, Liu Xie is still the nominal leader of the country.

And Si Qi's father, Liu Yun, is Liu Hong's younger brother, Liu Xie's uncle, and a real emperor's uncle.And Mrs. Zhang was also taken out of the palace early, and lived in the mansion of Li Wang Liu Yun for the elderly.

Mrs. Zhang has not read many books and can't read a few words. In the past, she also entered the eyes of Liu Chang, Marquis of Duting, with her good looks, and never won with connotation.Although sitting there looks luxurious, it is actually very down-to-earth, and I like chatting with others the most. Inside, it is no different from those old ladies who usually sit in the village and listen to people chatting about homework.

Mrs. Zhang recalled the rumors outside in the past few days, and asked Si Qi: "Why did I hear that there is a war outside again, are those uprising Yellow Turbans fighting again?"

Si Qi shook his head.

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce are all showing their hands and feet outside, and it really has nothing to do with the Yellow Turban Army.

Si Qi gave Zhang a brief introduction of the battle outside in vernacular.

Mrs. Zhang is indeed not sensitive to these things in the current situation. After listening to Si Qi's words, she just said "oh" lightly, and then asked her elder brother: "Your father is busy today. What? You want to come over for lunch at noon?"

Si Qi said: "Outside, Liu Yuzhou is here and is drinking tea in front, I'm afraid Father is going to accompany the guests today."

Liu Bei and her father have been on good terms since they fought against Dong Zhuo together, and later they were together in Xuchang. Recently, they come to her house quite frequently, and each time they have to stay for a long time. Liu Bei will not be free if he wants to come. Come to Zhang's for dinner.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang was a little displeased: "Is that Liu Bei who farms at home every day? He came home again? This person is also, anyway, he is also a son of the clan. He just does those things that are not motivated. Your father doesn't want to make progress...but your father has such a temper that he is willing to get involved with these people."

Si Qi: ...

Although her father and Liu Bei are both lovers of growing vegetables, they often discuss many matters of growing vegetables together.But Liu Bei is called keeping a low profile, and her father is really not seeking to make progress, which is not a concept at all!

Liu Bei is famous in history, but her father is just unknown, which is the best example.

While talking, Zhu Hong, a maidservant outside, came to report that it was Cao Sikong's mansion who had sent Shixin brocades to show the old lady.

Although in the film and television dramas of later generations, everyone called Prime Minister Cao Cao long and short, but in fact Cao Cao's early position was "Sikong" instead of "Prime Minister".It wasn't until the 13th year of Jian'an, when the personnel of the court changed, and Cao Cao abolished the Sangong and replaced the post of prime minister, that there was a theory of prime minister.

When Mrs. Zhang saw the twelve bolts of fashionable brocades sent by Sikong's mansion, she immediately beamed with joy, and immediately rewarded the visitors generously.

After the other party received the money, he spoke more politely: "Our wife has just started the house, I don't know what Mrs. Tai likes, and if I don't think well, I hope your house will forgive me a lot."

After a pleasant conversation, the person from Cao's residence resigned and left.

While checking the materials on the table, Mrs. Zhang expressed her opinion to Si Qi.

Although both Liu Bei and Cao Cao are well-known in the clan, and have recruited many talents under their names, Mrs. Zhang just feels that Cao Cao is a more generous person than Liu Bei. It's just that his former wife didn't know how to speak, and she had a stubborn temper, and she never smiled when she was entertaining guests.

Si Qi: ...

Who gave her grandmother the confidence to pick and choose from these two big shots?Liu Yun is still an ineffective son of the clan. Both Liu Bei and Cao Cao have unlimited futures, and he can drink a pot of any one he picks out.

But having said that, Zhang's "confidence" is also capitalized.Now that the court has just gone through a few turmoil, and it is time for everything to be done, her family, as the family closest to the emperor Liu Xie, is indeed Xu Du's respectable figure.

Although Liu Yun's status is respected, the situation is indeed not good.

The relationship between their family and the late emperor Liu Hong was terrible. Liu Hong only regarded his younger brother Liu Yun's family as transparent people and ignored them. Mrs. Zhang Tai was trained by Liu Hong's birth mother a lot in the past. From the first day Hong took office, he was at home looking forward to his downfall.

Later, after Liu Xie became emperor and Cao Cao came to power, Liu Yun and Cao Cao also had friendship in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, so the situation of the family was better.

But even so, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yun had to stand firm, and he could not show too close to Cao Cao, nor could he get too close to Liu Xie, the son of Liu Hong who had been at odds in the past, so he had to practice the skills of Master Duanshui hard. It wasn't even a comfortable one.

Not long after Cao Cao's men left, Liu Yun came to Zhang's courtyard, nearly two hours earlier than usual.

When Mrs. Zhang saw Liu Yun coming back alone but did not see his two precious grandchildren, she asked Liu Yun, "I heard that Dalang Erlang went to the front to meet the guests early in the morning, why didn't he come back?"

Si Qi is the only daughter from the legitimate family in the mansion, and there are two elder brothers above her, but they are all born from the concubine, and they are relatively mediocre compared with other sons of the family.

The old lady is a bit patriarchal, and she also regards her two grandchildren as her own family in her heart.It's just that there is no hostess in the family now, and the two elder brothers are not married yet. The father and the two elder brothers have their own affairs to be busy, so they can only take her as a granddaughter.

Although Si Qi is only six years old now, she has been in the third year of university before crossing over, and she has the soul of an adult. Although she can't say how well she can coax the old lady, at least she can do it without being annoying .

People's hearts are fleshy, and Si Qi has been raised under Zhang's knees for the past few years, and Zhang's love for her has gradually grown.

Liu Yun had already sat down, took a few grapes and held them in his hands. After hearing Zhang's question, he replied: "The two of them have missed their homework for half a day, and now the master is waiting ahead, so I will let him go first." The two went to school."

When Mrs. Zhang heard that her two grandsons were still busy, she stopped talking, and instead cared about her son Liu Yun: "I came back early today, and I talked with Ah Ying earlier, saying that you were going to entertain Liu Bei. , Xishi may not be able to come back and use it.”

Liu Yun said: "Xuande still has important matters to attend to, so he has no free time today, so he left earlier."

Mrs. Zhang asked again: "Why did he come to look for you today? I'm afraid it's not possible to discuss expanding a new land to grow vegetables?"

Liu Yun said: "Not entirely. Xuande's current situation is not good, and there is also a quarrel with Mr. Cao. He came here this time, and he also wanted to ask me to speak for him in front of Sikong. It's not easy to make things worse. Too stiff."

In Zhang's eyes, Liu Bei is an ordinary clan, and Cao Cao is no more than an official working for the court no matter how powerful he is, and he can't win over her no matter how much he fights.

The old lady was not interested in these things. After hearing Liu Yun's words, she responded perfunctorily, and said nothing more.

Mrs. Zhang didn't care about these things, but Si Qi, who was sitting by the side, could hear the truth.