Daily life of noble ladies of the Three Kingdoms

Throughout the ages, spring has always been the most valuable season for rain among the four seasons. Du Fu even wrote the well-known song "Happy Rain on a Spring Night" specially for spring rain.

In the early spring season of alternating cold and warm, Xudu City ushered in the first rain in the five years of Jian'an.

This day, after Siqi got up early in the morning, there was still sporadic light rain outside. After Siqi finished washing, he had dinner with Mrs. Zhang, then asked Ayu to open an umbrella, put on a cloak and went to the library in the east courtyard.

Because of the non-stop fighting on the front line, not only Mr. Guo Jia has not been seen recently, but even Liu Yun has become busy and has no time to give lectures to the children.

Fortunately, Mr. Wei, who was on vacation a few days ago, rushed back these few days, Liu Heng and Liu Cheng had Shu Nian again, and Si Qi was assigned a task by Liu Yun to help sort out the books in the mansion's inventory.

Liu Yun has always been a lover of books, and he is also used to reciting poems and composing Fu on weekdays. He is also a man of great literary talent in today's Han Dynasty.

When he moved away from Nangong back then, Liu Yun confiscated much gold, silver and jewels, but took a large number of books. Now the collection of books in his mansion is also very complete, not to mention Xu Ducheng, even in the whole world today, no one can compare.

These books are Liu Yun's treasures, and it is also the same in Si Qi's eyes.However, due to frequent wars and turmoil in the past few years, the storage capacity is limited, and many bamboo slips have become blurred and broken.

The weather has not been very good these few days, so Siqi planned to register the books first, rearrange them and classify them, and repair them according to the original content if they can still be corrected, and try to transcribe them again if they are really difficult to repair. In the sunny weather, I will go to dry the books again.

Liu Yun is not at home these few days, but he has already handed over the bookboys and maidservants in the study to his daughter, so there is no need to think about it.

It's just that people didn't have a strong sense of reading at that time. Now that the Han Dynasty is in decline, the servants in the house are all children from poor families bought from outside. Not many can read, and even fewer can help transcribe and file.

It was tiring for Siqi to copy by herself, so she waited for the two elder brothers to invite Ah Qing to come over after school and complete the big project of registering and compiling with her.

Zhang looked at her granddaughter who was so busy these days that her feet didn't touch the ground, her small face, which was originally only the size of a palm, had lost a lot of weight, and she just felt a little distressed.She didn't want to see Liu Yun's whole yard of books, and now she didn't want to see them even more.

Si Qi is very happy to do this work, no matter before or after time travel, she has always been very interested in books, especially in this age without electronic devices, Liu Yun's collection of books has almost become her only entertainment product.

And Liu Yun's books are indeed extraordinary, incomparable to the novel magazines or reference books that Siqi's later generations come into contact with, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are treasures.

Because there were too many books in the house, Liu Yun even built a yard to store books after living in Jingyuan.Liu Yun spent a lot of effort in this courtyard. In addition to the collection of books, there is also a well-equipped and clean reading room.

It is the best pastime and enjoyment for Siqi to arrange fresh fruit and candied fruit, make a cup of hot tea, and find a few interesting classics to read.

In addition to the work arranged by Liu Yun last night, Si Qi has been concerned about Guo Yi's movements.

After all, Guo Jia is busy outside now, Guo Yi's mother died early, and all the nurses and maidservants around him are taking care of him, so it's hard to teach people not to worry.

After Si Qi reported to Liu Yun, the person who borrowed him sent people over to deliver some things to Guo Yi every now and then. Today is recipes, tomorrow is fruit, and the day after tomorrow is clothes...everything she has here is inexhaustible. If Guo Yi can use it, let the people in Liu Yun's courtyard send it to Guo Zhai.

Si Qi took Liu Yun's account and sent a lot of things to Guo Zhai, and he certainly didn't hide it from my father's eyes.

When Liu Yun heard that Si Qi had sent many things here and there to Guo Zhai, he couldn't help but start to mutter in his heart.

It seems that he was wronged at Mr. Guo's house. He felt that the livelihood of Mr. Guo's young man was difficult, so he sent these daily necessities there.

It is true that he has not thought carefully about this matter, Guo Jia's wife has been gone for several years, and now the family is the same as theirs, without even a mistress.Guo Jia also only got up in the past few years. He is not as wealthy as the Xun family, and he also has many servants. If you need anything, just tell us, and someone will buy it.

After Mr. Guo comes back, Ah Ying can't just go to class like this, it's better to bring more people to go there.

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Zhaohua Palace.

The morning food prepared by the dining room for the queen today is quite rich, much better than some time ago.

But even so, Empress Fu was still sick, and after taking a few mouthfuls of food, she stopped her chopsticks.

In the past few days, the food in the Queen's Palace has been served as it is served. Seeing that the lady I brought up is getting thinner and thinner, the nurse Tang who is serving at the side can't help but persuade the Queen: "Your Highness, please cheer up." , use more, even if you are not for yourself, you should take care of yourself for His Majesty and the princes!"

Empress Fu waved her hand with a headache: "It's better to ask someone to take it away first. I'm already full, and the smell makes me feel uncomfortable. It's not too late to ask the dining room to do it when I want to use it."

Seeing that Empress Fu was determined, Tang had no choice but to give up and ordered the palace people to remove the table.

Not long after the hall was cleaned up, the emperor walked in from outside.

After seeing Liu Xie, Empress Fu finally regained her spirits, struggled to get up and welcomed Liu Xie in.

Liu Xie pulled Empress Fu to sit down: "I feel bored, I don't feel happy being alone, so I just want to come and talk to Empress."

Empress Fu said: "The princess and the princes have all gone to study, and the concubines are free in the palace. I would like to chat with Your Majesty to relieve boredom."

Liu Xie also knew that except for a few confidantes, the palace people serving around him and the queen were Cao Cao's eyes and ears.

After Liu Xie dismissed the maids and servants who were serving in the house, he dared to chat with the queen.

Nowadays, no matter inside or outside the palace, the whole city of Xudu is most concerned about the frontline war, and the emperor and empress are no exception, and the topic of chatting inevitably turns to this matter.

After the Yidaizhao incident, Empress Fu hated Cao Cao deeply, and tried to send someone to send a secret letter to her father Fu Wan, asking Fu Wan to find a way to eradicate Cao Cao.

But after such a long time, there was still no movement from Fu Wan's side. Empress Fu knew that her family members were cowardly. After seeing the fate of Dong Cheng and others, she didn't dare to act rashly. .

"The concubine is incompetent, the family has an empty seat but can't share the worries of your majesty, but the concubine, like your majesty, has had enough of today's life. I heard that Benchu ​​is different from that thief Cao, and he is the most loyal and well-behaved person. , This time, I didn’t like Cao Cao’s actions in the imperial court. I don’t know how the battle is going now, which side has the upper hand. If Ben can win this time, I think His Majesty’s situation will be better.”

Liu Xie was silent for a long time after hearing this, but finally shook his head and said "I don't know".

Not only did he not know whether Yuan Shao would win, but he also didn't know whether the situation between him and the queen would be better if Yuan Shao won this war.

After all, Cao Cao also vowed to enshrine him as the emperor back then, and promised that he would be a good minister to assist the emperor. Now, only a few years have passed, and everything is no longer what it was at the beginning.

After talking about this topic, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became very heavy.

After Liu Xie tapped the teacup three times with his fingers, he tried to change the subject with the queen and talked about Liu Yun.

"Uncle Huang has been busy outside the past few days. It has been a long time since he came to the palace to play chess with him. After all, he helped a lot this time and was tired. I also prepared a few things for him. It’s just that I haven’t seen anyone else for a long time, and I haven’t looked for a chance to reward it.”

Like Liu Xie, Empress Fu was extremely grateful to Liu Yun.

After the incident of Yidaizhao, Cao Cao put her under house arrest in the Zhaohua Palace on the grounds that she was unworthy of virtue and incapable of managing the harem. Liu Xie was the emperor. Although he was not under house arrest like her, he was always restricted in his movements.

Before Cao Cao went out to fight, Liu Yun made a special trip to mention this matter to him, and Cao Cao accepted Liu Yun's face, and the two were able to come out.

After talking about Liu Yun, Empress Fu's mood finally improved a bit: "During this period of time, not only did the emperor see no one, even Ah Ying may not come to the palace for a long time to pay his respects, counting the time, the concubine will have more than three months I haven't seen her anymore. At the beginning, I thought that the little lady Aying was really cute, and she was about the same age as the two princesses. I originally wanted to tell His Majesty to let her go to study in the palace school with the two princesses, but it's a pity. The emperor's uncle's family cherishes the child and does not want to send it to the palace."

Pang, who was serving the two masters with tea, listened to Empress Fu's words, and couldn't help but said to Liu Xie: "I heard something from the young lady of King Li's family, I don't know if I should say it or not. "

Liu Xie asked, "What's the matter?"

Pang Jian said: "The former son of my family went to Prince Li's mansion to pay his respects to Mrs. Tai as you ordered. I heard from Mrs. Tai that the young lady in the family worshiped Mr. Guo Jiaguo as her teacher and sent her to study in that mansion."

Pang Jian went to Jingyuan to pay his respects according to the old routine. He just wanted to connect the relationship between the emperor and the palace. Although Mrs. Zhang Tai did not read much, it was not a problem to deal with these trivial matters.

In normal times, Mrs. Zhang and Jian Pang just chatted casually about family affairs, creating an atmosphere where the emperor is happy, the king of Li is good, and the world is good. They couldn't talk about Si Qi's invitation to Mr. Wang.

But since Mrs. Zhang knew about Guo Jia's ability, she couldn't help but talk to others about Siqi's ability to invite Mr. Xin, so Pang monitored this episode.

Empress Fu was stunned after hearing Pang Jian's words: "Could it be that this is also Cao Cao's idea, and this move is also for the purpose of controlling the emperor?"

Liu Xie also frowned.

After all, earlier, he and the queen also thought about using reading to control Siqi and keeping her in the palace, half as a reward and half as a hostage.

However, Prince Li's mansion didn't take up this issue, so the husband and wife had no choice but to give up.

But I didn't expect Cao Cao to do this early in the morning.

Uncle Huang and Mrs. Zhang Tai are so precious to Na Siqi, presumably it must be Cao Cao who used extraordinary means to make little sister come into Guo Jia's sect.

Liu Xie suddenly mourned for Liu Yun.

He did provoke Cao Cao first, and now Cao Cao can be forgiven for his actions, but the emperor's uncle has always treated Cao Cao well. When the eighteen princes attacked Dong Cheng, if there was no friendship for the emperor's uncle to bestow soft armor , I am afraid that Cao Cao will not be able to return to Daying in full.

But even so, Cao Cao was still worried about Liu Yun, even his daughter, and would not give up until he asked him to join his family.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie became more and more distressed: "I heard that the emperor's uncle has been out of the city for the past few days, and I can't take care of the family. Speaking of which, I may not have seen Aying for a long time. I just have time today, so I invite her Go talk to me."