Daily life of noble ladies of the Three Kingdoms

The relationship between Dong Guiren and Empress Fu has never been good, and now I happen to meet two grandparents of the Zhang family, knowing that they used to enjoy flowers in the Queen's palace, so I want to go there with them.

In this way, one can show that she and Uncle Wang's family are on good terms, and have face in front of everyone, and the other is that the queen has been wooing Li Wang's family in order to help the emperor, so it can also flatter the queen by the way.

Today's flower viewing banquet was held under the hint of Liu Xie. All the family members and ministers who supported the Han Dynasty or had a relationship with Cao Cao were invited. Empress Fu did not dare to neglect, so she got up early at five o'clock to be busy with the banquet. .

The wet nurse Tang looked at Empress Fu's increasingly tired face, brought a bowl of sweet soup over, and felt distressed to the Empress: "My lady, go to the inner hall and use this bowl of soup. I've been tired all morning, and I should sit down." Take a break, the servants are all old people serving the lady, you can't go wrong if they keep an eye on you, you are the queen, you shouldn't have to work so hard."

As Tang said, he complained for the queen in his heart.

I thought being a queen would be a blessing, but I didn't expect that the Han Dynasty would be so lonely, and the emperor would be suppressed by Cao Cao's lineage. Naturally, the situation of the queen was not much better.

Empress Fu walked into the inner hall holding Tang's hand, only used a small bowl of sweet soup and ordered people to remove it.

Now Cao Cao and the others are becoming more and more outrageous, and they no longer have the reverence and respect they should have for the emperor. Naturally, she is nothing in their eyes as a queen.

Mrs. Tang also saw Empress Fu's thoughts, and hurriedly comforted her, "Lady, relax, the servants and servants who came to the flower viewing banquet this time have been carefully screened, and those who have no eyesight like Mrs. Zhao A scumbag with vigor can no longer step into the boundary of Zhaohua Palace."

Mrs. Zhao is the second wife of Mr. Hu, the infantry captain. It is said that she is also from a family, but it is a marginal branch.

Just at the palace banquet a few days ago, the Zhao family went over Empress Fu to curry favor with Cao Cao's new wife, Bian, and prevented Empress Fu from stepping down on the spot.

The queen's face turned green at that time, and Mrs. Tang also gritted her teeth angrily, wishing to throw Mrs. Zhao out on the spot, but because of Mrs. Bian's face and fear of Cao Cao behind Mrs. Bian, she didn't attack.

What about the Bian family? The singers in the Jiaofang Division are not the daughters of some serious family, but because they gave birth to a few young men for Cao Cao, he was helped by him to the position of the head wife.

The queen's father is a son-in-law, and he came from a wealthy family. How could the Bian family sit with the queen, and some people even ignored the queen and went to curry favor with her first.

She deserves it too!

Empress Fu waved her hand at Tang Shi: "Forget it, don't say this now, if someone hears it and spreads it to Sikong Mansion, it will be another disturbance."

Although they all want to overthrow Cao Cao in the shortest possible time, but this kind of fact-based matter can still be avoided and should be said as little as possible.

Although the queen did not allow Tang to continue to comment on this matter, it did not mean that she did not mind.Thinking of how the women of the aristocratic family flattered Mrs. Bian at the palace banquet that day, Empress Fu's mood was always low, and there was always an unknown fire lingering in her heart mixed with aggrieved energy.

And this emotion reached its peak in an instant when he heard that Dong Guiren and Mrs. Zhang Tai entered Zhaohua Hall together.

Liu Xie treated Liu Yun well, and it was not the first time Si Qi came to the Queen's Palace. As soon as the grandfather and grandson arrived at Zhaohua Hall, they walked in familiarly, and found their place under the guidance of the servants.

This time the queen did not hold a flower viewing banquet. Compared with the previous palace banquets, the number of married women attending the banquet was not too large. Even Cao Cao's wife Bian did not come, and the wives of other officials who had good friends with Cao Cao Not even one person was missing. Those present were either close to Liu Xie and his wife, or somewhat anti-Cao.

At this time, the queen invited everyone to attend the flower viewing banquet. It was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Listening to the meaningful descriptions of a few of them, how many times Empress Fu expressed her loyalty to herself and the lord of the family, and then thinking of the dangerous atmosphere in Xu Capital City recently, Si Qi boldly guessed that these people were holding a group to greet Liu Xie and Empress Fu. Get closer, ready to go to the opposite of Cao Cao.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhang didn't have much education and didn't like to think about things. She couldn't hear other people's riddles and didn't care about them, otherwise she wouldn't be able to sleep well.

As soon as Zhang Shi and Si Qi appeared, they became the focus of the audience. There were quite a few people who came to ask about condoms, and they said "we are all a gang".

Si Qi: No, you misunderstood, we are not!

After everyone arrived, Empress Fu came out of the hall to accept everyone's greetings.

Although Empress Fu is a queen, she doesn't have a half-spirited posture, and her face is not full of energy. No one who looks at it thinks that this queen is living a comfortable life.

No matter which courtier has more power and prestige nowadays, Mrs. Zhang Tai respects her most in terms of status.

The queen invited Zhang Shi and Siqi to the table, and thoughtfully prepared some fruits and cakes that little girls love for Siqi.

Si Qi got up to thank you.

Empress Fu smiled at Zhang Shi: "After a few years, Ah Ying has grown up so much, Your Majesty and I like it very much. The two princesses in the palace are about the same age as Ah Ying, and they have already started studying. A few days ago, His Majesty hired two great Confucian scholars to be lecturers, and they taught in the palace, would Ah Ying go to the palace to study with her two nieces? They also have companions."

Zhang frowned slightly, unwilling in her heart.

Although the current emperor Liu Xie values ​​their family and respects Liu Yun, and Empress Fushou takes good care of Si Qi, but thinking of the absurd things that Liu Xie's father Liu Hong and his mother, Queen Mother Dong, did, Zhang Shi was panicking in her heart, wishing she could never see this family for the rest of her life, so naturally she didn't want her granddaughter to study with Liu Hong's granddaughter.

But Mrs. Zhang couldn't speak those official words, and she couldn't think fast enough, so she couldn't think of a suitable reason for a while, and even scolded Liu Hong and her son, daughter-in-law and family hundreds of times in her heart.

Si Qi also knows that her father is relatively neutral now, has good relations with various princes and forces, and is considered close to the emperor. If she enters the palace at this time, it is tantamount to being a hostage in the palace, and her father cannot help but turn to the emperor.

Besides, even if Liu Xie and Empress Fu had no purpose in doing this, they would not take other actions in the future, they were just out of good intentions.But now the situation is already very tense, Cao Cao would think that this is the evidence that Liu Yun and Liu Xie have recently repaired the relationship when she saw her entering the palace to study at this juncture.

Cao Cao has always been suspicious. After the incident of Yidai Zhao broke out, it would be really fatal if his father was included in Dong Cheng's faction again.

Si Qi's mind was spinning quickly. After hearing this, he stood up and smiled politely at Empress Fu: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. It's a blessing for Si Qi to be valued by you. It's just a coincidence that just yesterday, My mother wrote to me, saying that she would pick me up to live in Jiangdong for a while...I'm afraid I will disappoint your good intentions."

The queen also knew about her family's situation, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether Si Qi was making excuses or the truth, and finally she could only give up and said: "Jiangdong is not peaceful now, you must be careful when you go out."

Si Qi responded: "Thank you, Your Highness."

The atmosphere at the banquet was very dull. Mrs. Zhang was used to being comfortable at home, and after sitting for more than half an hour, she couldn't stand it anymore.

She is senior, and she is no longer young. Dang even told the queen that she had been unwell for the past few days, and came all the way from home in a carriage. After sitting here for a long time, she suffered from back problems. She wanted to leave early, please. Empress Grace.

Although Mrs. Zhang is a bit out of tune, she is Mrs. Tai after all, the elder of the emperor and the first emperor, and the empress can only send someone to take her back to the mansion properly.

The old lady is not a reliable person, Si Qi has been worried since the moment he entered the palace, and he was relieved when he returned to his carriage.

Mrs. Zhang is still struggling with what Si Qi said to the queen just now: "Your mother is really going to take you back? Why didn't I know about this? You didn't hear what the queen said. It's a mess over there. How old are you? ? Go out and run something, stay at home is serious."

Aunt did not write a letter in the future, what Si Qi said just now was a nonsense to deal with Empress Fu.Si Qi didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang was still thinking about it, so she responded obediently when she heard the words: "I just coaxed her, and my father also said that it was very chaotic outside, so I just stayed at home and didn't go anywhere. go."

It was only then that Zhang's cloudy and sunny.

After several years of getting along, Mrs. Zhang felt more and more that this granddaughter was caring and well-behaved. She knew that she didn't want to see that family and didn't want to deal with that family, so she would rather give up the opportunity to study in the palace and spend more time with her. towards oneself.

This granddaughter is really not in vain.

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After two successive autumn rains, the weather gradually cooled down.

The morning meal in Zhang's courtyard was simple that day, and he felt hungry before noon, so he asked someone to serve another snack.

After the grandparents and grandchildren had eaten dim sum, Zhang thought that he must have a good meal for dinner, so Si Qi proposed to eat hot pot.

These days, hot pot is called "antique pot", because the "gudong" sound made by cooking various dishes at the bottom of the pot is the same as "antique".

Zhang likes to eat hot pot, and prefers the sauce that the kitchen has spent a lot of time preparing according to Siqi's ideas. Every time, he dips the thin slices of meat in the dyeing cup [1] and puts it in his mouth, and then takes a sip. Xiaojiu is as happy as a fairy.

Finally, cook the soup cake with green vegetables, put it in a small bowl, add various pickles and seasonings, it is really a delicious meal.

While the grandfather and grandson were thinking about dinner, Zhuhong came to tell Mrs. Zhang that Mrs. Gan from Liu Yuzhou's mansion outside came to see Mrs. Tai.

Liu Bei has not yet married a wife. Seeing that his concubine, Mrs. Gan, is virtuous and capable, she entrusted her to take care of the back house. Now Mrs. Gan has been given almost all the powers of the head of the house by Liu Bei, only one title is missing. The family members of the family are also willing to show some face to the Gan family.

Si Qi still remembered that the Gan family was the biological mother of the well-known Adou in history, and she also had a name in later generations.

It's just that A Dou won't be born until seven or eight years later, and the current Gan family has no children. Although she looks beautiful, she still doesn't dare to trust her, and she is very respectful to Zhang family.

"Today the lord came to Jingyuan to discuss matters with the king. My concubine thought that in the past, Mrs. Tai treated my concubine most leniently and took care of me all the time, so she followed me brazenly and prepared some small gifts to show my gratitude."

Mrs. Zhang doesn't think much of Liu Bei's family, and naturally she doesn't have a good look at Mrs. Gan's concubine. Siqi sitting here now, Si Qi can't remember how Mrs. Zhang took care of Mrs. Gan on weekdays. Gan's coming to thank him was just a pretext, but in fact, he came to cover Liu Bei.

After all, now is an extraordinary period, and Liu Bei took his master's entourage to Jingyuan too frequently, which is not a good thing after all.

But it's different if Mrs. Gan is with her. It can create a good atmosphere for the whole family, and it is even possible to say that it is possible to visit relatives, and it can achieve a very good effect of deceiving people.

But Mrs. Zhang is quite faithful, and she really thought that she came here to thank her specially, so she smiled at Mrs. Gan and said, "It's nothing, you child, you just have a heart, and you can do whatever you want." Keep it in your heart."

After all, he praised Gan for being good-looking and able to talk, everyone would like it.

Gan is indeed a talkative, but after a while, Zhang laughed and laughed, and his body language was very close to Gan.

Listen to the doorway for those who can listen, and listen to the excitement for those who don't.

While Zhang Shi and Gan Shi were talking lively, Si Qi heard something else.

The two first chatted about Cao Cao's new wife, Mrs. Bian, and Mrs. Gan looked envious. After they chatted a few words about the affairs in Cao Cao's mansion, they talked about the rare things in other people's homes.

Si Qi sensitively discovered that the Gan family had contacts with the family members of Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu, etc., and unconsciously revealed positive comments on the heads and female family members of these families, which made Si Qi's mind ringing alarm bells.

This time Liu Bei and Mrs. Gan did not come here for a long time, and they left at the end of the day, and still did not eat at the house.

After Mrs. Gan left, Mrs. Zhang went to the back for a lunch break. Si Qi couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so she called her maid, A Fei, to redress her and go to the front study.

She had almost finished reading the books that she brought in from Liu Yun's study last month, and this time she wanted to exchange books with Liu Yun.

Thanks to the fetal wear, after a few more years, she has been able to read the books of this era without barriers, and the acceptance of both the text and the format is very good.

Because the days in ancient times were really boring, there was basically no entertainment, and it was not like the dynasties after the Song Dynasty where you could listen to a play or find a storyteller or something. Before the Tang Dynasty, almost all entertainment industries were still in their infancy and had not developed. When he got up, in order to keep himself from being too bored, Si Qi could only find some books in Liu Yun's study to bring back to read.

When Si Qi was led into the study by Ah Qing, Liu Yun's maidservant, he saw Xiao Tan, his father's follower, reporting to Liu Yun that he had caught up with Liu Yuzhou just now, and that the money was put in the car for him. superior.

Si Qi only listened to the ending, and found it very strange.

Did Liu Bei come to the house today to borrow money from Liu Yun?

Although Liu Bei's current situation is not as good as Cao Cao's, he can be regarded as a celebrity in Xudu City. He has his own people, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't be short of money.

Besides, if Liu Bei really wanted to borrow money, Liu Yun should have given him the money in person when he asked for it, instead of letting Xiao Tan chase it out later.

Si Qi thought for a while, and then gave a reasonable explanation.

Liu Bei was going to do something that needed money, and my father was afraid that the other party would not accept it if he gave it to him face to face, so he asked Xiao Tan to chase him and give him the money. He was afraid that the other party would not want it, so he put it in the carriage that Mrs. Gan was sitting in.

Then what will Liu Bei do?

Si Qi thought about it in combination with the historical events of this period.

It should be planned to leave the sphere of influence of Xu Du and Cao Cao when necessary.

When this is necessary, it should be the time to tear your face.

And what Dong Cheng and others are doing now is to tear themselves apart with Cao Cao.

But having said that, her father's generosity is really not in vain. I think he gave a lot on weekdays, and he gave money quite happily. He can be regarded as a rare "talent" in this era.

Liu Yun noticed Si Qi, leaned down and asked her softly, "Aying? Why are you here at this time?"

Si Qi hurriedly explained to Liu Yun the purpose of her visit. She came to return the books and find some books to go back to read.

Liu Yun readily agreed, and ordered Xiao Tan and Ah Qing to help Si Qi move the stool over, and let her find her favorite books by herself.

This is the smartest child under his knees, and her two elder brothers at her age couldn't even read the difficult book she chose, let alone understand it.

Besides, Ah Ying didn't just read it hastily. He also asked her about her homework in his spare time before, and when he listened to it, he read it deeply and understood the meaning of it, rather than just reading for the sake of making up numbers and reading.

He ran outside with Yuan Shao and others a few years ago, and he didn't take care of this child much. He didn't expect it to turn out so well.

But having said that, is it because of his improper education method that the two sons he taught are mediocre, but the daughter who doesn't care about tutoring homework is better.

Thinking of this, Liu Yun couldn't help but frowned. It wasn't that he was not confident, it was just that he couldn't help but believe the facts before him.

Ah Ying is an excellent child, maybe in the future the burden of honoring the lintel will fall on her head, so she can't be buried.

This child will be seven years old in the new year, and no matter how hard she is to study hard at home, she should find a way to find a teacher for her.

Now that he had this idea, Liu Yun started to act. He has been thinking about how to find a suitable master for Si Qi these days.

Just when Liu Yun's thinking was beginning to take shape, Dong Cheng came to visit again this morning.

Dong Cheng is now very much valued by Liu Xie, he worships General Cheqi, and his daughter Dong Guiren is pregnant again.

But Liu Yun and Dong Cheng have never had much contact with each other, and even the women in the family have little contact. Dong Cheng is the nephew of Liu Hong's biological mother Dong, and Zhang and Dong, Liu Yun and Liu Hong can almost be said to be incompatible. Even the death of the emperor cannot change the fact that the two families were at odds with each other back then.

Liu Yun had an average opinion of Dong Cheng, thinking that he was a bit "taken for granted" in his behavior, and that he had a very tough personality and was too blindly confident.

Liu Yun felt strange when he heard Dong Cheng's visit, but since the other party came to the door in person, there was no reason for him to be turned away, so he still ordered his servants to invite him in.

Dong Cheng sat down, exchanged greetings with Liu Yun, and after practicing Tai Chi for about a quarter of an hour, he slowly explained the purpose of his visit.

He said that he has now obtained the imperial edict of the emperor Liu Xie, and plans to unite those high officials in the court who are not used to Cao Cao's actions and the children of the loyal Han family to punish Cao Cao, who has recently become more and more powerful and almost overwhelmed the emperor. In order to achieve the purpose of restoring the Han Dynasty.

After Liu Yun heard Dong Cheng's words, he didn't say anything for a while.

Seeing that Liu Yun neither agreed nor refuted, Dong Cheng thought that the other party was still thinking about it, so he gave Liu Yun more firewood.

"I have made an agreement with Benchu ​​(Yuan Shao) that if there is an emergency, he will never sit idly by, and he will become a king of soldiers and restore the Han Dynasty."

Liu Xie may have done nothing to be a young emperor in peacetime, but it would be too difficult to secure his position without resorting to external forces during this turmoil.

No matter who accepts the court's offer after Cao Cao's death, he will never hand over the power to Liu Xie. Liu Xie is still the puppet emperor, and his situation may not be better than this time. If he is more ruthless Yes, Liu Xie will be abolished if he fails to keep it in order, and he will proclaim himself emperor.

In Liu Yun's view, although Cao Cao has some flaws in character, he is not recognized and liked by Dong Cheng and others, but he is a very capable person. Hunger, to be able to live with dignity in his sphere of influence, that's enough.

Yuan Shao's ability is not necessarily stronger than Cao Cao. If he wants to kill Cao Cao, the court will have to go through a bloody storm again. Liu Yun really doesn't understand. Repeating the situation of the past will be beneficial to the emperor himself and the people. what's good.

Thinking of this, Liu Yun couldn't help but asked Dong Cheng: "How does the general know that Yuan Shao will not be the next Cao Cao?

Dong Cheng was still full of confidence as before, and continued to analyze to Liu Yun: "The Yuan family has four generations and three generations, loyal and good for generations, originally talented, famous all over the world, and loyal to His Majesty, An Neng can be compared with Cao Bandit and others ?With this beginning, the recovery of the Han Dynasty is just around the corner.”

"Recover the Han Dynasty?" Liu Yun sneered: "As early as Liu Hong was absurd, Dong Hou was in chaos, the court was torn apart, and the Yellow Turban Army shook the capital, there was no Han Dynasty to speak of."

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Note [1]: tableware