The princess' little concubine wants to reconcile [Rebirth]
Chapter 52 [Ten Thousand Words 1 Update]
The breeze and the bright moon fell into the pavilion, Liu Meier looked at the egg dumplings in the bowl, and secretly glanced at Sister Dai beside her.
"Meier likes to eat meatballs the most on weekdays, why don't you like them today?" Chang sipped her tea and said.
"No, of course I like meatballs." Liu Meier quickly picked up the meatballs with her chopsticks and stuffed them into her mouth. My sister smiled flatteringly, "But sister Dai's egg dumplings are also delicious."
Seeing that she was so cautious, Jiang Changdai naturally couldn't say anything, so she had soup with her and said, "Eat slowly."
"Hey, okay." Liu Meier couldn't help smiling with her eyebrows curved.
Chang's was ashamed to see her child's behavior of fawning on both sides, holding chopsticks and spread out a lot of dishes, and said with a little helplessness: "Since you like it, eat more."
During the whole banquet, Liu Meier did not stop for a moment, but Chang and Princess Chang did not talk aloud.
When the banquet was over, Liu Meier's stomach was so full that she wanted to accompany Mrs. Chang back to the consort's mansion, so she got up and left the banquet together.
When Jiang Changdai got up and wanted to see her off, Chang waved her hand and said: "It's not appropriate to come and go late at night, as long as I am accompanied by Mei'er, the eldest princess does not need to be formal."
These overly polite words clearly showed the close relationship between the two.
"Yes." Jiang Changdai naturally wouldn't put on a flattering face.
Liu Meier did not notice the alienation between the two at all, and said with a smile on her face: "What mother said is that Meier's company is enough. Sister Dai should rest earlier."
Jiang Changdai watched Liu Meier accompany Chang around the circuitous corridor, and when her figure became more and more blurred, she couldn't help sighing.
In fact, the main purpose of seeing off was to bring Liu Meier back by the way.
However, Liu Meier was very stupid, completely unaware of her thoughts.
The palace people went into the pavilion to clean up the dishes, Jiang Changdai guessed that the Chang family would not allow Liu Meier to come to the princess mansion tonight, so she went back to the bedroom
Liu Meier, who was walking in the long corridor, couldn't help hiccupping, and Chang's distressed patted her on the back to soothe and blamed in a low voice: "You, if you really can't eat, don't force yourself, drink a cup later Hawthorn tea."
After all, my child is still too honest, so he ate all of them in such a big plate.
"But I'm afraid my mother will be unhappy if I don't finish eating." Liu Meier managed to persuade Tong Chang to go to Sister Dai's banquet, so she naturally attached great importance to it.
Chang couldn't help but sighed and muttered: "If you are not happy for your mother, it is not worth it for you."
My child is such a beautiful girl, but the eldest princess who is eight years older is now 33.
No matter how you look at it, the eldest princess took advantage of it.
"Where is it not worth it?" Liu Meier carefully supported Chang Shi and asked.
"I see that your child's intelligence is only used to study the imperial examinations, why don't you pay attention?" Chang pinched her earlobe with her fingertips and said, "The eldest princess is a master, and she has a lot of thoughts. I'm afraid that you will be betrayed by her without knowing the truth."
Liu Mei'er looked blankly at Chang's and responded in a low voice: "Mother, you are too worried, Mei'er is not a child now, and sister Dai will not sell herself."
"Oh, forget it." Seeing that her child only accepts death, Chang helplessly let go of her earlobe, "Now we can only take one step at a time."
The two returned to the consort's mansion, and Liu Meier waited on Mrs. Chang to rest before leaving the courtyard.
The red earlobe was still a little hot, Liu Meier rubbed her earlobe with her hand, thinking that she could go to sister Dai now.
Liu Meier cautiously came to the corridor door of the Princess Mansion, there were no lanterns hanging on it.
"Dong dong." Liu Meier knocked on the door.
"Who?"
"It's me." Liu Meier responded with a low voice.
"Who are you?" The palace people held the lanterns and opened the door to see the person, still a little surprised.
This is the first time in seven years of marriage that the little son-in-law came running in the middle of the night, and he didn't bring any servants by his side, so it was probably sneaky.
"My son-in-law, please come in quickly." The palace people looked narrowly and couldn't help but smile.
Liu Meier was so embarrassed by being laughed at, she hurried into the princess mansion.
At this time, Jiang Changdai, who had just bathed, was looking at the documents of the court ministers beside the couch in plain clothes and long clothes.
Now the emperor says he is sick and ignores the government. The country cannot be without a king for a day. Many court ministers are asking for a prince to supervise the country.
But the emperor did not establish a prince, and the dead empress Yuan left only one princess, and the later-established kinsman Empress Jiang had no heirs because she was not favored.
There are currently twelve princes in the palace, the youngest prince under two years old is the youngest son of Concubine Wu, and the oldest is Jiang Hui, the son of Concubine Song Xian, who is now over twelve.
If there is no eldest son, it is natural to make the eldest son the crown prince.
The princes nominated by the courtiers were not consistent. The children of the Wu family had increasingly gained a place in the court over the past few years, so they naturally wanted to nominate Jiang Ping, the eldest son of the eighth prince, Concubine Wu, who was only six years old.
It's just that the Eighth Prince's birth has controversial rumors of suspicion and injustice.
Because Concubine Wu entered the palace on the 23rd summer of Tai'an, but this prince was born four years ago.
At the beginning, many court ministers opposed the emperor's inclusion of the prince in the family tree of the Jiang family.
For this reason, Jiang Changdai was even alarmed. The emperor had to reveal that in the spring of 19, Tai'an went to Yanliu Lane to favor Concubine Wu, who was only a dancer at the time, and then confessed her relatives in public, which barely stopped the courtiers' criticism.
At that time, Concubine Wu Gui was in the limelight, and the big families naturally rushed to be the first to befriend the brothers of the Wu family, so many officials in the court echoed Shang Zhezi and asked the eighth prince to be the crown prince.
However, the officials of the gentry who have been fighting against the aristocratic and powerful families most follow the ethics of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons. Naturally, they oppose the establishment of the eighth prince Jiang Ping as the crown prince, and instead vigorously promote the eldest prince Jiang Hui.
Of course, there is another key reason for the gentry officials to elect the eldest prince. The eldest prince Jiang Hui respected Confucianism since he was a child, and even worshiped many Confucian masters as teachers. An easy candidate for the crown prince.
Jiang Changdai closed the Chinese book in her hand, she couldn't help showing a little tiredness between her brows, and lightly rubbed her brows with her green fingers.
A soft sigh in the silent hall was especially clear. Jiang Changdai didn't want the Jiang country to fall into civil strife again, but no matter which side dominates, it may once again form the power of the original Yuan family.
This is a very dangerous situation for both Jiang Guo and himself.
"Report to the Eldest Princess, the son-in-law is here." The outside palace man reported in a low voice.
"Come in."
Liu Meier stepped inside, and saw that the bedroom was very brightly lit. She guessed that sister Dai was dealing with political affairs.
Jiang Changdai put the Chinese book in her hand aside, turned to look at the cautiously approaching person and joked: "Why is Meier willing to come to me?"
"I, I'm here to deliver the diary." Liu Meier didn't have the nerve to say it, so she had to turn a corner to find the reason.
"If you don't tell me about this diary, I thought you would forget it." Jiang Changdai took the diary with her hand, and because of Chang's illness at the beginning of the year and her sudden coma, she naturally knew that Liu Meier was busy.
Liu Meier approached slightly and said, "So I didn't write much."
Jiang Changdai flipped through it casually, then put it aside and said, "It's late at night, I'll take a look at it later."
"Yeah." Liu Meier glanced at the documents piled up on the desk, "Is sister Dai still dealing with government affairs so late?"
"I can't sleep for a while, so I passed the time." Jiang Changdai saw that her eyes turned as if she had nowhere to rest, so she knew that she should be shy, "Meier, do you want to stay tonight?"
Liu Meier tightened her cherry red lips and said, "Okay."
"Then go take a shower first."
"Yeah." Liu Meier turned around in a daze, then stopped again, "But clothes?"
"Go, it's already been prepared for you."
Ever since Liu Meier was transferred back to the capital from Ancheng, Jiang Changdai has specially prepared clothes for her in the bedroom, guessing it will be useful sometime.
When Liu Meier blushed and soaked in the bath water, she wondered if sister Dai had been waiting for her all this time?
Otherwise, how could I even have a change of clothes ready.
When she came out from the inner room, Liu Meier was wearing thin clothes, she looked quite soft.
"Come here." Jiang Changdai sat softly and waved.
Liu Meier sat obediently by the side, and saw sister Dai open the little jade bottle and asked curiously: "What is this for?"
"Of course it's for you." Seeing that her face had several red spots from mosquito bites, Jiang Changdai smeared some ointment on her cheeks and joked, "Are you breaking into a mosquito nest?"
"I don't know, there are a lot of mosquitoes tonight." Liu Meier didn't react, and explained sternly, "And why sister Dai wasn't bitten."
Jiang Changdai couldn't help smiling and said, "Maybe it's because Meier is so attractive to mosquitoes."
"It's better not to like this kind of love." Liu Mei'er didn't dare to scratch hard, because if she scratched a little, there would be a few red marks on her cheeks, which would be more eye-catching.
"Hold out your hand and show me."
"Hmm." Liu Mei'er lifted her sleeves to reveal her fair and slightly fleshy arms, the faint red spots on them were particularly obvious.
"It seems that you still need to wear a mosquito repellent incense bag."
After the ointment was applied, the two of them went to bed to rest. The chirping of cicadas in summer always refused to stop in the middle of the night.
Jiang Changdai held a round fan in her hand to fan her, and Liu Meier approached greedily for the coolness.
"Mayer must have suffered a lot for the old lady to come to the banquet tonight."
"Actually, it's okay." Liu Meier replied with her eyebrows bent.
"Isn't my stomach uncomfortable after eating so much at the banquet?" Jiang Changdai put her arms around the person in her arms, stroking her palms like rubbing a soft kitten.
Liu Meier shyly held down the protruding hand, showing a bit shyly: "I guess my stomach is going to grow flesh again."
Jiang Changdai saw that she was so squeamish, her eyes were smiling and her palms did not move away, she said: "The meat is also very good."
Feel, but better.
"I don't want it." Liu Meier held Sister Dai's hand and rested it on her cheek, yawning sleepily.
"Sleepy?" Seeing tears in her eyes, Jiang Changdai stopped teasing her, "Go to bed early."
"Ah."
She was probably really tired, and soon fell into a deep sleep with slightly heavy breathing.
On the contrary, Jiang Changdai didn't know whether she was old or worried about the government affairs in her heart, and she didn't fall asleep lightly until the middle of the night.
It was the hottest time in Jiang country in mid-June, and the emperor of Jiang country kept claiming that he was sick and could not go to court, so Jiang Changdai had even more heavy government affairs in his hands.
In order to cope with the secret division of party forces by the officials of the six ministries because of the election of the prince, Jiang Changdai had to choose to issue a number of decrees to let the six ministries handle it.
Liu Meier, who is the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, was supposed to go to the morning court with the officials, but because of Jiang Changdai's deliberate arrangement, she was exempted from going to the court, so that she had more time to snooze in the morning.
The officials of the Ministry of Industry usually have a leisurely time, but in recent years, Jiang Guo has frequently launched large-scale projects, and even the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is very busy.
Last year's water conservancy project still has two river channels that have not been completed, and the princess of the DPRK and China recently announced the plan to build a new capital.
The construction of a new capital is an extremely huge project, and sometimes it takes several emperors to complete it when the national strength is weak.
Jiang Guo is now at a time when its national power is growing stronger and stronger, and because it has acquired a large number of territories and population from Qing State, its treasury is sufficient.
Mr. Shang Shuji of the Ministry of Industry, who is going crazy all day long, always has endless approval documents in his hand.
After more than half a year, Liu Meier is now barely able to take over a proper basic position in the Ministry of Industry.
The daily drawings of the Ministry of Industry are piled up from the ground to the beams of the house, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry, who are busy with their work, have no time to consider the candidate for the crown prince.
At the same time, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and the other three ministries were also busy.
The imperial examination was originally held every three years, but now it is suddenly changed to a yearly exam. Those who are on the list will take office immediately, and the officials of the new government must be assessed, and their performance will be assessed every six months. If the official position is removed, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out.
In this way, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials suddenly became busy, and the evaluation and transfer of officials made Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, very nervous.
What's more serious, the eldest princess ordered to personally examine the officials of the Ministry of Officials, and the examinations will be held one after another in July, which makes all the officials of the Ministry of Officials feel insecure.
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment were privately summoned by the eldest princess for seven consecutive days, because the laws of the Jiang Dynasty needed to be amended and added hundreds of thousands of laws, and ordered to sort out the books in October, and the time was particularly urgent.
The household department is busy with household registration and re-collecting the number of existing fields in Jiang country, especially now that the territory and population of Qing country have increased by half.
The only thing that is not so busy is probably the Ministry of War. It has been reorganized and enlisted in the army. It has increased the soldiers' salaries and exempted families from taxes.
In this way, Jiang Guo's army can quickly obtain sufficient sources of troops.
Because of a series of drastic decrees, the ministers of the court changed their ways to recommend the prince as the crown prince every day, but now they only think about submitting the papers to request that the heavy official duties of various ministries be eased or the time for inspections be postponed.
Although Jiang Changdai didn't agree, she was very relieved that at least these ministers could spend their minds on Jiang's government affairs, instead of choosing to fight for power and profit in private to disrupt the court for the purpose of installing the crown prince.
At this time, the emperor who was sick in bed was a little mentally disturbed because of the panic all day long, curled up in the corner of the dragon bed at night and cursed: "I will not be fooled by you gangsters and thieves!"
"I will kill you all one by one!"
The emperor waved the sword in his hand with scarlet eyes, and the eunuch beside him called out with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, wake up."
"Go away, I want to see the imperial sister!" The emperor kicked the eunuch who was hugging his leg weakly, and fell to the ground weakly because he hadn't eaten for a long time, his fingertips trembling violently, "No matter how smart and vicious she is, she is nothing but a Woman, even if I die, I still have twelve princes, she can never be the emperor of the Jiang Kingdom!"
Blood oozed from the corner of the eunuch's mouth, and he looked helplessly at the mad emperor.
"Your Majesty, even if you are the princes, you have to cheer up." The eunuch persuaded with tears in his eyes, "Otherwise the eldest princess will really blackmail the emperor to order the princes."
Only then did the emperor regain his composure, his breath fluctuated, and he couldn't help weeping sadly: "It's because I'm useless that I was held hostage by a woman. Now my princes have nothing to rely on."
Seeing that the emperor was awake, the eunuch hurriedly climbed up on his knees to comfort him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the ministers of the court still support the princes, and General Wufeng stood upright to support the eighth prince, while many noble officials supported the eldest prince. Everything is turning around."
"Yes, you are right."
The emperor barely stood up, no matter how powerful the emperor's sister was, she would not dare to kill the prince openly.
In the first ten days of July, Jiang Changdai was so busy with the officials of the Ministry of Officials, that she naturally had no time to spend with Liu Meier.
In the evening, the sunset glow was so gorgeous that even Liu Meier's robe was dyed bright red.
The affairs of the Ministry of Industry became more and more complicated, and Liu Meier was quite tired.
More importantly, the Qiqiao Festival is coming soon, but Liu Meier is still very entangled in whether to give gifts or not.
After all, although the right servant of the Ministry of Industry has a lot of salary, but as the eldest princess, sister Dai must have seen a lot of rare treasures.
In the evening, Liu Meier accompanied Mrs. Chang to dinner, and she couldn't help but sigh in annoyance.
"Could it be that the court has encountered some trouble?" Chang's bad teeth can only eat porridge, usually Liu Meier is very hungry when she comes back, but this time it is strange.
"No."
Liu Meier was eating fried eggs.
The maid at the side, Chang Yu, couldn't help smiling and said, "Madam, have you forgotten, the young master is bored at this time every year?"
When Chang heard it, she remembered that the Qiqiao Festival is coming.
"My lord, I'm probably worried about what gift I plan to give to the princess mansion this year."
Liu Mei'er blushed and chewed the rice carefully, saying, "Sister Dai will be assessing officials from the Ministry of Officials this year, so I'm afraid I won't have time to go out and play."
Chang glanced at the hopeless baby and said, "The eldest princess is over 30 years old, and the Qiqiao Festival is a festival for boys and girls, so of course I won't join in the fun."
"But it's only the Qiqiao Festival, what a pity."
"I think you might as well accompany Wei Niang to the ancient temple to pray to the Buddha to pray for safety and save yourself from worrying about these things."
Soon it was the day of Qiqiao Festival, and Liu Meier accompanied Mrs. Chang to a temple in the capital that was full of incense.
There is an endless stream of pilgrims coming and going along the way, most of them are in pairs.
Liu Meier was waiting for Mrs. Chang outside the main hall, and saw these young girls walking towards the side of the temple together.
"I asked for a marriage talisman today, and it would be nice to give it to my sweetheart."
"Okay."
Marriage talisman?
When she followed the young girls all the way to the temple gate, Liu Meier was shocked to see the girls in the room.
"Benefactor, are you also here to ask for a marriage talisman?"
"En." Liu Mei'er faced the sizing eyes of all the girls, her ears were completely red.
Soon Liu Meier came out of the temple gate in a panic holding the marriage talisman in both hands, because she was afraid of worrying Chang Shi, she was anxious to go back to find Chang Shi, when a voice came from behind: "Lord Liu, what are you doing sneaking around here?"
This voice was very familiar, Liu Meier turned her head and saw the young girl Yue Yue in pink clothes.
Yue Yue originally just accompanied a few friends to the temple to ask for a marriage talisman, but she didn't expect to see the sneaky Concubine Liu, but now it's in public and she doesn't want to attract attention, so she called Master Liu.
"I'll come, come..." Liu Meier nervously protected the marriage talisman in her palm, not knowing how to prevaricate it.
"You're so hesitant, maybe you're behind your back, Sister Jiang is stealing someone!" Yue Yue had heard that this handsome concubine, who was so pretty and somewhat feminine, had been caught and raped by Sister Jiang overnight.
All around immediately attracted countless young girls who were deeply disgusted and shunned.
"Ah?" Liu Meier really didn't expect Yue Yue's thoughts to jump so fast, she quickly shook her head, "No, I'm here to accompany..."
Before she could say anything, the servant girl Chang Yu said anxiously: "Oh, my lord, you suddenly disappeared, and the old lady is in a hurry to find someone."
"Hey, I'll go back now." Liu Meier looked at Yue Yue with a murderous look again, "Don't talk nonsense, I accompanied my mother to worship Buddha."
Yue Yue saw that the old woman next to Prince Consort Liu was in her forties or fifties, so she believed her words, but she still responded bravely: "You didn't do anything wrong, why are you afraid that I will say more?"
Liu Meier has never seen a girl who is more unreasonable than the one in front of her, but now many people are looking at this direction, and they have to leave quickly with Chang Yu due to pressure.
A few friends who came out of the Marriage Temple saw Yue Yue looking at the back of a son, and couldn't help joking: "Miss Yue really likes this kind of frail scholar."
Yue Yue replied tremblingly: "If I like such a man, I might as well like that fierce old aunt Rong Yue!"
Seeing Yue Yue's displeasure, several friends stopped talking and joking just now. After all, Miss Yue's biggest enemy is General Rong who led the black-armored army to attack the Qing Kingdom and returned from victory.
At this time, Rong Yue, who was being inspected by the eldest princess in the military camp, suddenly trembled all over, couldn't help but sighed and muttered: "That little villain must be speaking ill of me behind my back!"
In the afternoon, Jiang Changdai took the time to come to the military camp on the outskirts of the capital to inspect the discipline of the military camp. To some extent, the black-armored army is an army of her own.
It does not belong to the place and is not ordered to court, it is a talisman for oneself.
Therefore, Jiang Changdai must ensure the combat effectiveness of the Heijia army. The purpose of the conscription reform of the Ministry of War is to enhance Jiang’s military strength to attack the other four countries in the future, and to ensure that the royal family’s forces must be stronger than those of the local governments to prevent rebellion and other coups. .
In the evening, the fire dragons in the barracks practice illuminated the whole mountain, and Jiang Changdai was quite satisfied with the award, "Rong Yue, you did a great job."
"The eldest princess is absurd." Rong Yue knew that the eldest princess treated her only as a compliment to her subordinates, but she was still very happy in her heart.
"At the end of the year, you will bring your subordinates to the capital to have a banquet at the Princess Mansion, and I will treat you well." Jiang Changdai said as she got into the carriage.
"The last will obey!"
When the carriage drove away slowly, Rong Yue felt a little more melancholy, lightly touched the pair of jade pendants worn by her side with her fingertips, looked up at the incomplete moon and sighed softly: "Tonight is the Qiqiao Festival."
In Rong Yue's eyes, the eldest princess is like the bright moon above her head, so even if they meet today, Rong Yue knows that the eldest princess is only here for military affairs.
In terms of love, it probably has nothing to do with the eldest princess.
Fortunately, knowing that the son-in-law was dressed up by a woman, Rong Yue actually lost a lot of jealousy. In short, don't let a stinky man occupy the eldest princess, and the other side will no longer have extravagant hopes.
Just when Rong Yue was feeling overwhelmed, she suddenly patted her with a palm from behind.
Rong Yue, who staggered a few steps forward, turned around in pain and was about to fight back when she saw Yue Yue proudly holding the wine jar in one hand and said: "Old aunt, are you old and not good enough now?" Quite a few."
"Whose old aunt are you talking about!" Rong Yue really wanted to slap this sharp-mouthed Yue Yue to death.
Yue Yue avoided Rong Yue's waving palm, quickly threw the wine jar to her, then circled up to the branch and laughed loudly: "You're welcome, old aunt, I'll give you this good wine!"
Rong Yue hugged the wine jar with one hand, if she didn't care about her status as a general, she would definitely give this little girl a good beating!
When he is free to enter the capital someday, he must let the old man Yue Wu discipline his little daughter well.
The carriage returning to the capital from the outskirts drove through the streets late at night, and the hustle and bustle outside disturbed Jiang Changdai's thoughts.
"Why is it so lively tonight?"
"Princess Hui, today is the Qiqiao Festival."
Just now Jiang Changdai regained her composure, opened the curtain and looked at the boys and girls walking together on the street.
After all, I am still in the older grades, but now I am a little numb to such festivals.
She vaguely remembered that Liu Meier's Qiqiao Festival gift was full of thoughts back then, and Jiang Changdai lightly touched the side pouch with her fingertips, but she never gave herself a Qiqiao Festival gift after that.
But now the two of them have their own affairs, probably Liu Meier should go to bed now.
When the carriage stopped at the princess mansion, Jiang Changdai entered, and the palace people reported in a low voice: "Eldest princess, the son-in-law has been waiting inside for a long time."
Jiang Changdai was a little surprised, and walked across the corridor to the bedroom.
The bright moon in the night sky was not full but very bright. When the silver-like light fell into the hall, Jiang Changdai looked at the sleepy person lying on the bed.
According to Jiang Changdai's frugal rules, not all the lamps in the hall are lit on weekdays.
Because the window was open, the night wind blew out several lamps, leaving only a little light not far from her.
Jiang Changdai waved her hand to stop the palace people from entering to hold the lamps, and approached there alone.
"Meier?" Jiang Changdai sat sideways beside her, touching her soft face with her fingertips, feeling a little guilty all of a sudden.
I am too busy.
In her previous life, Liu Meier waited for her in the same way when she was alone in the princess mansion due to illness.
"Hmm." When Liu Meier woke up in a daze, her whole arm was still a little numb and uncomfortable.
Jiang Changdai rubbed one side of her sleeping flushed face with her palm, and gently held her face and called out, "Why don't you go back to bed when you're so sleepy?"
Liu Mei'er slowly woke up, and responded with a hoarse voice: "I didn't want to sleep at first, maybe I was a little tired from accompanying my mother to worship Buddha today, so I accidentally fell asleep."
The abbot of the ancient temple in the capital city said that he had to go up to the temple himself to be sincere and spiritual. Chang's body was too old to walk, so Liu Meier had to walk up the steep ancient temple little by little.
"Then what are you doing looking for me so late?" Jiang Changdai poured tea and handed it to her mouth.
Liu Meier took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, then she reached out and took out the red marriage amulet and said, "This is for Sister Dai."
Jiang Changdai picked up the talisman woven with red string, and naturally knew that it was a marriage talisman.
Of course, Jiang Changdai didn't ask for it, but in the past every year during the Qiqiao Festival, many young masters put such objects in the invitations, and there were even a lot of love poems.
"Mei'er, what is this?" Jiang Changdai saw that her reddish cheeks were really cute, so she was more interested in teasing her.
"This, this is a marriage talisman." Liu Meier bit the bullet and said.
Jiang Changdai responded with a look of sudden realization on purpose: "It turns out that this charm is used to seek marriage."
Liu Meier nodded with sparkling eyes: "They all said that putting this under the pillow is very effective."
Liu Meier didn't even have the nerve to say the word "long life together".
"Okay, Meier let's go." Jiang Changdai gave her the marriage, turned her head to look at the night outside the window, "It's getting late now, I'm going to take a bath."
"Ah."
Liu Meier walked to the bed and placed the marriage knot under sister Dai's jade pillow, and then lay down quietly on the inside.
Jiang Changdai, who came out of the bath in the room, was a little tired, and walked towards the bed, but the person lying upright and obedient was very energetic.
"Have you put it away?" Jiang Changdai asked while lying beside her.
The remaining heat on Liu Meier's cheeks did not subside: "Yes."
Even though Jiang Changdai has experienced such a mysterious thing as rebirth, she still doesn't believe in ghosts and gods and legends, but just to cooperate with her, she said: "Then how long will this marriage tie last?"
"I don't know either." Liu Meier forgot to ask.
"Then keep it with me forever." Jiang Changdai put her arms around her, lowered her head and kissed the side of her cheek, "Is this Meier's begging gift?"
According to Jiang Changdai's understanding of Liu Mei'er, she should prefer to give girls things.
"En." Liu Meier responded without daring to move.
Jiang Changdai stared at her bright eyes and pecked resentfully, "I thought Meier would sew some personal items for me, such as handkerchiefs."
Liu Meier panicked for a moment, the handkerchief that party didn't send out was still in her room now.
"Does Sister Dai like these items?" Liu Meier remembered that Sister Dai didn't allow them to give them away before, and she was still sad for a while.
"It's okay, but I like everything that Meier gave me." Jiang Changdai carefully traced her brows with her fingertips, recalling what she had worried about back then, she couldn't help laughing.
Liu Meier asked in confusion: "What is sister Dai laughing at?"
In the past, I was worried that if Mei'er gave herself the soles of her shoes, she probably really worried too much.
"It's nothing, I just think that Mei'er still remembers to give me a gift during the Qiqiao Festival, and she is suddenly in a good mood." Jiang Changdai was already ready to collect her shoe soles at that time.
"If Sister Dai likes it, I will ask Sister Dai for a marriage talisman every year from now on."
"You don't need so many, just one is enough."
Jiang Changdai recalled the somewhat old sass, so she casually mentioned, "But the sass you gave may not be received soon."
At night, Liu Meier accidentally remembered this sentence before falling asleep.
It turns out that sister Dai wants a new pendant.
In August, the weather turned a lot colder, and Liu Meier prepared three layers of autumn clothes for Mrs. Chang early on.
Liu Meier, who was originally slim, was wearing bulky autumn clothes, but she looked a bit burly.
Autumn is the time when the farm work is busy, and the various ministries are in full swing to deal with the government affairs of the court.
In the morning, when the rain fell continuously, Liu Meier held an umbrella to protect the box containing the engineering drawings with one hand and rushed to the Ministry of Engineering.
The officials of the Ministry of Industry have always kept a respectful distance from this gentle but silent Liu Concubine.
Respect, naturally I am in awe of the power of the eldest princess behind Prince Liu. Now the officials are strictly investigating. If the son-in-law blows the pillow to the eldest princess, I don't know how I will die.
Far away, because it is common for officials to drink flower wine in twos and threes in private, but no one dares to pry the son-in-law to spend time and wine.
"This rain is really annoying."
"Yeah, it's been working non-stop. Not only have many projects been delayed, but even the clothes are filled with a musty smell."
"Morning, my lords." Liu Meier said while holding the oiled paper umbrella.
"Good morning, Master Liu."
After speaking, these officials hurried inside.
Naturally, Liu Meier could sense the taboos of everyone, but because of her status, Liu Meier rarely got close to others, so she didn't care too much.
The few officials walked through the hall and said in a low voice, "It was really dangerous just now."
"Who says it's not? Everyone is saying that Yuan Luo, the most powerful son of the Yuan family, fell off his horse and died because of a disagreement with this seemingly inconspicuous Mr. Liu. Back then, the emperor couldn't suppress the Yuan family, but Now that the Yuan family is all exterminated, Mr. Liu can't live happily ever after."
"There are still such things, this Mr. Liu is a real person."
"We were all transferred from other places to the capital, so naturally we don't know the way inside. This Master Liu also participated in the Battle of Shacheng. There are countless Jiang soldiers who died in Shacheng back then."
"It's no wonder that he was transferred from a small prefect of Ancheng to the right servant of our Ministry of Industry. It seems that the position of Taifu will not be far away in the future."
"Not to mention, as long as the eldest princess survives for a day, it is really possible for Mrs. Liu to become the grand tutor in the future."
These trivial conversations stopped as more and more officials entered the room one after another.
In the evening, many officials traveled together, but Liu Meier still had an umbrella and a heavy box in the morning.
The servant Xiaofeng saw his young master coming out from the room, so he hurried over to take the umbrella and greeted him: "Young master, are you busy today?"
"It's okay." Liu Meier stepped into the sedan chair hesitantly, and asked again, "Xiaofeng, am I not easy to mess with?"
"My lord, you are naturally a good person, how can you not be easily provoked?" The servant Xiaofeng patted the horse and praised.
Liu Meier felt a little awkward listening, so she didn't ask any more questions.
At night, Liu Meier sneaked into the Princess Mansion as usual, and Jiang Changdai saw that she was holding a box, which was full of drawings and documents when she opened it.
"Is the Ministry of Industry very busy these days?" Jiang Changdai saw that she was seriously frowning and examining the drawing paper, and moved the lamp slightly.
"Well, at the end of the year, many projects need to be inspected and reviewed, and the project accounts need to be submitted. There are many small things in it." Liu Meier took a pen to record carefully.
Jiang Changdai didn't want to disturb her, she just reminded her: "If you're busy, you don't have to run around every day, after all, it's very bright at night, so it's important to take care of yourself."
"Yeah." Liu Mei'er looked too seriously, so she just responded hastily.
The busy situation didn't get better until the heavy snowfall, and most of the six departments had already submitted the paperwork, so the officials could take a breather.
But Jiang Changdai found that Liu Meier was still busy, and sometimes she didn't come to the princess mansion for several days.
On a snowy winter day, Liu Meier was busy sewing things for Sister Dai.
The maid Chang Yu carefully taught and praised: "My lord, you are really ingenious."
"Now that the child is grown up, he doesn't even care about his mother." Chang sighed.
Liu Meier suddenly had a blood drop on her fingertips, she quickly pressed it with a handkerchief, turned her head to look at Chang's and said, "Mother has it too."
Chang's hand squeezed Liu Meier's face and said: "Silly boy, my mother is afraid that the eldest princess will look down on the things you made."
At the beginning, Chang always misunderstood that the eldest princess was ungrateful for the square handkerchief, so she was naturally aggrieved for her child.
Liu Meier smiled and said: "Mother, don't worry, Sister Dai will not dislike you."
After a few days like this, Jiang Changdai had no choice but to go to the son-in-law's mansion in person.
In the middle of the night, the heavy snow continued, and Jiang Chang stepped into the main house of Liu Meier's courtyard. When the maids outside were about to salute, they were beckoned to stop.
Jiang Changdai came here this time because she wanted to see what important matters Liu Meier was busy with, so much so that she forgot about herself.
Seeing the eldest princess stepping lightly into the room, the maids wondered why they had to touch her so quietly.
Liu Mei'er sat on the lamps and was seriously threading past them, but she didn't notice anyone entering the house at all.
Jiang Changdai, who was behind the curtain, saw her sitting on the couch doing needlework, so she coughed deliberately just now because she was afraid of disturbing her.
"Who's here?" Liu Meier quickly put away the things.
Just now Jiang Changdai slowly entered, seeing Liu Meier's panicked face, she guessed that she should be preparing things for herself.
"Meier doesn't welcome me?"
Liu Meier quickly got up and approached and said, "Why is sister Dai here so late?"
The cold wind outside the window was howling, Jiang Changdai unbuttoned her coat and responded, "I miss you, so I came here."
The light-white jade finger was a little red from the cold,
"Meier likes to eat meatballs the most on weekdays, why don't you like them today?" Chang sipped her tea and said.
"No, of course I like meatballs." Liu Meier quickly picked up the meatballs with her chopsticks and stuffed them into her mouth. My sister smiled flatteringly, "But sister Dai's egg dumplings are also delicious."
Seeing that she was so cautious, Jiang Changdai naturally couldn't say anything, so she had soup with her and said, "Eat slowly."
"Hey, okay." Liu Meier couldn't help smiling with her eyebrows curved.
Chang's was ashamed to see her child's behavior of fawning on both sides, holding chopsticks and spread out a lot of dishes, and said with a little helplessness: "Since you like it, eat more."
During the whole banquet, Liu Meier did not stop for a moment, but Chang and Princess Chang did not talk aloud.
When the banquet was over, Liu Meier's stomach was so full that she wanted to accompany Mrs. Chang back to the consort's mansion, so she got up and left the banquet together.
When Jiang Changdai got up and wanted to see her off, Chang waved her hand and said: "It's not appropriate to come and go late at night, as long as I am accompanied by Mei'er, the eldest princess does not need to be formal."
These overly polite words clearly showed the close relationship between the two.
"Yes." Jiang Changdai naturally wouldn't put on a flattering face.
Liu Meier did not notice the alienation between the two at all, and said with a smile on her face: "What mother said is that Meier's company is enough. Sister Dai should rest earlier."
Jiang Changdai watched Liu Meier accompany Chang around the circuitous corridor, and when her figure became more and more blurred, she couldn't help sighing.
In fact, the main purpose of seeing off was to bring Liu Meier back by the way.
However, Liu Meier was very stupid, completely unaware of her thoughts.
The palace people went into the pavilion to clean up the dishes, Jiang Changdai guessed that the Chang family would not allow Liu Meier to come to the princess mansion tonight, so she went back to the bedroom
Liu Meier, who was walking in the long corridor, couldn't help hiccupping, and Chang's distressed patted her on the back to soothe and blamed in a low voice: "You, if you really can't eat, don't force yourself, drink a cup later Hawthorn tea."
After all, my child is still too honest, so he ate all of them in such a big plate.
"But I'm afraid my mother will be unhappy if I don't finish eating." Liu Meier managed to persuade Tong Chang to go to Sister Dai's banquet, so she naturally attached great importance to it.
Chang couldn't help but sighed and muttered: "If you are not happy for your mother, it is not worth it for you."
My child is such a beautiful girl, but the eldest princess who is eight years older is now 33.
No matter how you look at it, the eldest princess took advantage of it.
"Where is it not worth it?" Liu Meier carefully supported Chang Shi and asked.
"I see that your child's intelligence is only used to study the imperial examinations, why don't you pay attention?" Chang pinched her earlobe with her fingertips and said, "The eldest princess is a master, and she has a lot of thoughts. I'm afraid that you will be betrayed by her without knowing the truth."
Liu Mei'er looked blankly at Chang's and responded in a low voice: "Mother, you are too worried, Mei'er is not a child now, and sister Dai will not sell herself."
"Oh, forget it." Seeing that her child only accepts death, Chang helplessly let go of her earlobe, "Now we can only take one step at a time."
The two returned to the consort's mansion, and Liu Meier waited on Mrs. Chang to rest before leaving the courtyard.
The red earlobe was still a little hot, Liu Meier rubbed her earlobe with her hand, thinking that she could go to sister Dai now.
Liu Meier cautiously came to the corridor door of the Princess Mansion, there were no lanterns hanging on it.
"Dong dong." Liu Meier knocked on the door.
"Who?"
"It's me." Liu Meier responded with a low voice.
"Who are you?" The palace people held the lanterns and opened the door to see the person, still a little surprised.
This is the first time in seven years of marriage that the little son-in-law came running in the middle of the night, and he didn't bring any servants by his side, so it was probably sneaky.
"My son-in-law, please come in quickly." The palace people looked narrowly and couldn't help but smile.
Liu Meier was so embarrassed by being laughed at, she hurried into the princess mansion.
At this time, Jiang Changdai, who had just bathed, was looking at the documents of the court ministers beside the couch in plain clothes and long clothes.
Now the emperor says he is sick and ignores the government. The country cannot be without a king for a day. Many court ministers are asking for a prince to supervise the country.
But the emperor did not establish a prince, and the dead empress Yuan left only one princess, and the later-established kinsman Empress Jiang had no heirs because she was not favored.
There are currently twelve princes in the palace, the youngest prince under two years old is the youngest son of Concubine Wu, and the oldest is Jiang Hui, the son of Concubine Song Xian, who is now over twelve.
If there is no eldest son, it is natural to make the eldest son the crown prince.
The princes nominated by the courtiers were not consistent. The children of the Wu family had increasingly gained a place in the court over the past few years, so they naturally wanted to nominate Jiang Ping, the eldest son of the eighth prince, Concubine Wu, who was only six years old.
It's just that the Eighth Prince's birth has controversial rumors of suspicion and injustice.
Because Concubine Wu entered the palace on the 23rd summer of Tai'an, but this prince was born four years ago.
At the beginning, many court ministers opposed the emperor's inclusion of the prince in the family tree of the Jiang family.
For this reason, Jiang Changdai was even alarmed. The emperor had to reveal that in the spring of 19, Tai'an went to Yanliu Lane to favor Concubine Wu, who was only a dancer at the time, and then confessed her relatives in public, which barely stopped the courtiers' criticism.
At that time, Concubine Wu Gui was in the limelight, and the big families naturally rushed to be the first to befriend the brothers of the Wu family, so many officials in the court echoed Shang Zhezi and asked the eighth prince to be the crown prince.
However, the officials of the gentry who have been fighting against the aristocratic and powerful families most follow the ethics of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons. Naturally, they oppose the establishment of the eighth prince Jiang Ping as the crown prince, and instead vigorously promote the eldest prince Jiang Hui.
Of course, there is another key reason for the gentry officials to elect the eldest prince. The eldest prince Jiang Hui respected Confucianism since he was a child, and even worshiped many Confucian masters as teachers. An easy candidate for the crown prince.
Jiang Changdai closed the Chinese book in her hand, she couldn't help showing a little tiredness between her brows, and lightly rubbed her brows with her green fingers.
A soft sigh in the silent hall was especially clear. Jiang Changdai didn't want the Jiang country to fall into civil strife again, but no matter which side dominates, it may once again form the power of the original Yuan family.
This is a very dangerous situation for both Jiang Guo and himself.
"Report to the Eldest Princess, the son-in-law is here." The outside palace man reported in a low voice.
"Come in."
Liu Meier stepped inside, and saw that the bedroom was very brightly lit. She guessed that sister Dai was dealing with political affairs.
Jiang Changdai put the Chinese book in her hand aside, turned to look at the cautiously approaching person and joked: "Why is Meier willing to come to me?"
"I, I'm here to deliver the diary." Liu Meier didn't have the nerve to say it, so she had to turn a corner to find the reason.
"If you don't tell me about this diary, I thought you would forget it." Jiang Changdai took the diary with her hand, and because of Chang's illness at the beginning of the year and her sudden coma, she naturally knew that Liu Meier was busy.
Liu Meier approached slightly and said, "So I didn't write much."
Jiang Changdai flipped through it casually, then put it aside and said, "It's late at night, I'll take a look at it later."
"Yeah." Liu Meier glanced at the documents piled up on the desk, "Is sister Dai still dealing with government affairs so late?"
"I can't sleep for a while, so I passed the time." Jiang Changdai saw that her eyes turned as if she had nowhere to rest, so she knew that she should be shy, "Meier, do you want to stay tonight?"
Liu Meier tightened her cherry red lips and said, "Okay."
"Then go take a shower first."
"Yeah." Liu Meier turned around in a daze, then stopped again, "But clothes?"
"Go, it's already been prepared for you."
Ever since Liu Meier was transferred back to the capital from Ancheng, Jiang Changdai has specially prepared clothes for her in the bedroom, guessing it will be useful sometime.
When Liu Meier blushed and soaked in the bath water, she wondered if sister Dai had been waiting for her all this time?
Otherwise, how could I even have a change of clothes ready.
When she came out from the inner room, Liu Meier was wearing thin clothes, she looked quite soft.
"Come here." Jiang Changdai sat softly and waved.
Liu Meier sat obediently by the side, and saw sister Dai open the little jade bottle and asked curiously: "What is this for?"
"Of course it's for you." Seeing that her face had several red spots from mosquito bites, Jiang Changdai smeared some ointment on her cheeks and joked, "Are you breaking into a mosquito nest?"
"I don't know, there are a lot of mosquitoes tonight." Liu Meier didn't react, and explained sternly, "And why sister Dai wasn't bitten."
Jiang Changdai couldn't help smiling and said, "Maybe it's because Meier is so attractive to mosquitoes."
"It's better not to like this kind of love." Liu Mei'er didn't dare to scratch hard, because if she scratched a little, there would be a few red marks on her cheeks, which would be more eye-catching.
"Hold out your hand and show me."
"Hmm." Liu Mei'er lifted her sleeves to reveal her fair and slightly fleshy arms, the faint red spots on them were particularly obvious.
"It seems that you still need to wear a mosquito repellent incense bag."
After the ointment was applied, the two of them went to bed to rest. The chirping of cicadas in summer always refused to stop in the middle of the night.
Jiang Changdai held a round fan in her hand to fan her, and Liu Meier approached greedily for the coolness.
"Mayer must have suffered a lot for the old lady to come to the banquet tonight."
"Actually, it's okay." Liu Meier replied with her eyebrows bent.
"Isn't my stomach uncomfortable after eating so much at the banquet?" Jiang Changdai put her arms around the person in her arms, stroking her palms like rubbing a soft kitten.
Liu Meier shyly held down the protruding hand, showing a bit shyly: "I guess my stomach is going to grow flesh again."
Jiang Changdai saw that she was so squeamish, her eyes were smiling and her palms did not move away, she said: "The meat is also very good."
Feel, but better.
"I don't want it." Liu Meier held Sister Dai's hand and rested it on her cheek, yawning sleepily.
"Sleepy?" Seeing tears in her eyes, Jiang Changdai stopped teasing her, "Go to bed early."
"Ah."
She was probably really tired, and soon fell into a deep sleep with slightly heavy breathing.
On the contrary, Jiang Changdai didn't know whether she was old or worried about the government affairs in her heart, and she didn't fall asleep lightly until the middle of the night.
It was the hottest time in Jiang country in mid-June, and the emperor of Jiang country kept claiming that he was sick and could not go to court, so Jiang Changdai had even more heavy government affairs in his hands.
In order to cope with the secret division of party forces by the officials of the six ministries because of the election of the prince, Jiang Changdai had to choose to issue a number of decrees to let the six ministries handle it.
Liu Meier, who is the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, was supposed to go to the morning court with the officials, but because of Jiang Changdai's deliberate arrangement, she was exempted from going to the court, so that she had more time to snooze in the morning.
The officials of the Ministry of Industry usually have a leisurely time, but in recent years, Jiang Guo has frequently launched large-scale projects, and even the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is very busy.
Last year's water conservancy project still has two river channels that have not been completed, and the princess of the DPRK and China recently announced the plan to build a new capital.
The construction of a new capital is an extremely huge project, and sometimes it takes several emperors to complete it when the national strength is weak.
Jiang Guo is now at a time when its national power is growing stronger and stronger, and because it has acquired a large number of territories and population from Qing State, its treasury is sufficient.
Mr. Shang Shuji of the Ministry of Industry, who is going crazy all day long, always has endless approval documents in his hand.
After more than half a year, Liu Meier is now barely able to take over a proper basic position in the Ministry of Industry.
The daily drawings of the Ministry of Industry are piled up from the ground to the beams of the house, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry, who are busy with their work, have no time to consider the candidate for the crown prince.
At the same time, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and the other three ministries were also busy.
The imperial examination was originally held every three years, but now it is suddenly changed to a yearly exam. Those who are on the list will take office immediately, and the officials of the new government must be assessed, and their performance will be assessed every six months. If the official position is removed, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out.
In this way, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials suddenly became busy, and the evaluation and transfer of officials made Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, very nervous.
What's more serious, the eldest princess ordered to personally examine the officials of the Ministry of Officials, and the examinations will be held one after another in July, which makes all the officials of the Ministry of Officials feel insecure.
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment were privately summoned by the eldest princess for seven consecutive days, because the laws of the Jiang Dynasty needed to be amended and added hundreds of thousands of laws, and ordered to sort out the books in October, and the time was particularly urgent.
The household department is busy with household registration and re-collecting the number of existing fields in Jiang country, especially now that the territory and population of Qing country have increased by half.
The only thing that is not so busy is probably the Ministry of War. It has been reorganized and enlisted in the army. It has increased the soldiers' salaries and exempted families from taxes.
In this way, Jiang Guo's army can quickly obtain sufficient sources of troops.
Because of a series of drastic decrees, the ministers of the court changed their ways to recommend the prince as the crown prince every day, but now they only think about submitting the papers to request that the heavy official duties of various ministries be eased or the time for inspections be postponed.
Although Jiang Changdai didn't agree, she was very relieved that at least these ministers could spend their minds on Jiang's government affairs, instead of choosing to fight for power and profit in private to disrupt the court for the purpose of installing the crown prince.
At this time, the emperor who was sick in bed was a little mentally disturbed because of the panic all day long, curled up in the corner of the dragon bed at night and cursed: "I will not be fooled by you gangsters and thieves!"
"I will kill you all one by one!"
The emperor waved the sword in his hand with scarlet eyes, and the eunuch beside him called out with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, wake up."
"Go away, I want to see the imperial sister!" The emperor kicked the eunuch who was hugging his leg weakly, and fell to the ground weakly because he hadn't eaten for a long time, his fingertips trembling violently, "No matter how smart and vicious she is, she is nothing but a Woman, even if I die, I still have twelve princes, she can never be the emperor of the Jiang Kingdom!"
Blood oozed from the corner of the eunuch's mouth, and he looked helplessly at the mad emperor.
"Your Majesty, even if you are the princes, you have to cheer up." The eunuch persuaded with tears in his eyes, "Otherwise the eldest princess will really blackmail the emperor to order the princes."
Only then did the emperor regain his composure, his breath fluctuated, and he couldn't help weeping sadly: "It's because I'm useless that I was held hostage by a woman. Now my princes have nothing to rely on."
Seeing that the emperor was awake, the eunuch hurriedly climbed up on his knees to comfort him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the ministers of the court still support the princes, and General Wufeng stood upright to support the eighth prince, while many noble officials supported the eldest prince. Everything is turning around."
"Yes, you are right."
The emperor barely stood up, no matter how powerful the emperor's sister was, she would not dare to kill the prince openly.
In the first ten days of July, Jiang Changdai was so busy with the officials of the Ministry of Officials, that she naturally had no time to spend with Liu Meier.
In the evening, the sunset glow was so gorgeous that even Liu Meier's robe was dyed bright red.
The affairs of the Ministry of Industry became more and more complicated, and Liu Meier was quite tired.
More importantly, the Qiqiao Festival is coming soon, but Liu Meier is still very entangled in whether to give gifts or not.
After all, although the right servant of the Ministry of Industry has a lot of salary, but as the eldest princess, sister Dai must have seen a lot of rare treasures.
In the evening, Liu Meier accompanied Mrs. Chang to dinner, and she couldn't help but sigh in annoyance.
"Could it be that the court has encountered some trouble?" Chang's bad teeth can only eat porridge, usually Liu Meier is very hungry when she comes back, but this time it is strange.
"No."
Liu Meier was eating fried eggs.
The maid at the side, Chang Yu, couldn't help smiling and said, "Madam, have you forgotten, the young master is bored at this time every year?"
When Chang heard it, she remembered that the Qiqiao Festival is coming.
"My lord, I'm probably worried about what gift I plan to give to the princess mansion this year."
Liu Mei'er blushed and chewed the rice carefully, saying, "Sister Dai will be assessing officials from the Ministry of Officials this year, so I'm afraid I won't have time to go out and play."
Chang glanced at the hopeless baby and said, "The eldest princess is over 30 years old, and the Qiqiao Festival is a festival for boys and girls, so of course I won't join in the fun."
"But it's only the Qiqiao Festival, what a pity."
"I think you might as well accompany Wei Niang to the ancient temple to pray to the Buddha to pray for safety and save yourself from worrying about these things."
Soon it was the day of Qiqiao Festival, and Liu Meier accompanied Mrs. Chang to a temple in the capital that was full of incense.
There is an endless stream of pilgrims coming and going along the way, most of them are in pairs.
Liu Meier was waiting for Mrs. Chang outside the main hall, and saw these young girls walking towards the side of the temple together.
"I asked for a marriage talisman today, and it would be nice to give it to my sweetheart."
"Okay."
Marriage talisman?
When she followed the young girls all the way to the temple gate, Liu Meier was shocked to see the girls in the room.
"Benefactor, are you also here to ask for a marriage talisman?"
"En." Liu Mei'er faced the sizing eyes of all the girls, her ears were completely red.
Soon Liu Meier came out of the temple gate in a panic holding the marriage talisman in both hands, because she was afraid of worrying Chang Shi, she was anxious to go back to find Chang Shi, when a voice came from behind: "Lord Liu, what are you doing sneaking around here?"
This voice was very familiar, Liu Meier turned her head and saw the young girl Yue Yue in pink clothes.
Yue Yue originally just accompanied a few friends to the temple to ask for a marriage talisman, but she didn't expect to see the sneaky Concubine Liu, but now it's in public and she doesn't want to attract attention, so she called Master Liu.
"I'll come, come..." Liu Meier nervously protected the marriage talisman in her palm, not knowing how to prevaricate it.
"You're so hesitant, maybe you're behind your back, Sister Jiang is stealing someone!" Yue Yue had heard that this handsome concubine, who was so pretty and somewhat feminine, had been caught and raped by Sister Jiang overnight.
All around immediately attracted countless young girls who were deeply disgusted and shunned.
"Ah?" Liu Meier really didn't expect Yue Yue's thoughts to jump so fast, she quickly shook her head, "No, I'm here to accompany..."
Before she could say anything, the servant girl Chang Yu said anxiously: "Oh, my lord, you suddenly disappeared, and the old lady is in a hurry to find someone."
"Hey, I'll go back now." Liu Meier looked at Yue Yue with a murderous look again, "Don't talk nonsense, I accompanied my mother to worship Buddha."
Yue Yue saw that the old woman next to Prince Consort Liu was in her forties or fifties, so she believed her words, but she still responded bravely: "You didn't do anything wrong, why are you afraid that I will say more?"
Liu Meier has never seen a girl who is more unreasonable than the one in front of her, but now many people are looking at this direction, and they have to leave quickly with Chang Yu due to pressure.
A few friends who came out of the Marriage Temple saw Yue Yue looking at the back of a son, and couldn't help joking: "Miss Yue really likes this kind of frail scholar."
Yue Yue replied tremblingly: "If I like such a man, I might as well like that fierce old aunt Rong Yue!"
Seeing Yue Yue's displeasure, several friends stopped talking and joking just now. After all, Miss Yue's biggest enemy is General Rong who led the black-armored army to attack the Qing Kingdom and returned from victory.
At this time, Rong Yue, who was being inspected by the eldest princess in the military camp, suddenly trembled all over, couldn't help but sighed and muttered: "That little villain must be speaking ill of me behind my back!"
In the afternoon, Jiang Changdai took the time to come to the military camp on the outskirts of the capital to inspect the discipline of the military camp. To some extent, the black-armored army is an army of her own.
It does not belong to the place and is not ordered to court, it is a talisman for oneself.
Therefore, Jiang Changdai must ensure the combat effectiveness of the Heijia army. The purpose of the conscription reform of the Ministry of War is to enhance Jiang’s military strength to attack the other four countries in the future, and to ensure that the royal family’s forces must be stronger than those of the local governments to prevent rebellion and other coups. .
In the evening, the fire dragons in the barracks practice illuminated the whole mountain, and Jiang Changdai was quite satisfied with the award, "Rong Yue, you did a great job."
"The eldest princess is absurd." Rong Yue knew that the eldest princess treated her only as a compliment to her subordinates, but she was still very happy in her heart.
"At the end of the year, you will bring your subordinates to the capital to have a banquet at the Princess Mansion, and I will treat you well." Jiang Changdai said as she got into the carriage.
"The last will obey!"
When the carriage drove away slowly, Rong Yue felt a little more melancholy, lightly touched the pair of jade pendants worn by her side with her fingertips, looked up at the incomplete moon and sighed softly: "Tonight is the Qiqiao Festival."
In Rong Yue's eyes, the eldest princess is like the bright moon above her head, so even if they meet today, Rong Yue knows that the eldest princess is only here for military affairs.
In terms of love, it probably has nothing to do with the eldest princess.
Fortunately, knowing that the son-in-law was dressed up by a woman, Rong Yue actually lost a lot of jealousy. In short, don't let a stinky man occupy the eldest princess, and the other side will no longer have extravagant hopes.
Just when Rong Yue was feeling overwhelmed, she suddenly patted her with a palm from behind.
Rong Yue, who staggered a few steps forward, turned around in pain and was about to fight back when she saw Yue Yue proudly holding the wine jar in one hand and said: "Old aunt, are you old and not good enough now?" Quite a few."
"Whose old aunt are you talking about!" Rong Yue really wanted to slap this sharp-mouthed Yue Yue to death.
Yue Yue avoided Rong Yue's waving palm, quickly threw the wine jar to her, then circled up to the branch and laughed loudly: "You're welcome, old aunt, I'll give you this good wine!"
Rong Yue hugged the wine jar with one hand, if she didn't care about her status as a general, she would definitely give this little girl a good beating!
When he is free to enter the capital someday, he must let the old man Yue Wu discipline his little daughter well.
The carriage returning to the capital from the outskirts drove through the streets late at night, and the hustle and bustle outside disturbed Jiang Changdai's thoughts.
"Why is it so lively tonight?"
"Princess Hui, today is the Qiqiao Festival."
Just now Jiang Changdai regained her composure, opened the curtain and looked at the boys and girls walking together on the street.
After all, I am still in the older grades, but now I am a little numb to such festivals.
She vaguely remembered that Liu Meier's Qiqiao Festival gift was full of thoughts back then, and Jiang Changdai lightly touched the side pouch with her fingertips, but she never gave herself a Qiqiao Festival gift after that.
But now the two of them have their own affairs, probably Liu Meier should go to bed now.
When the carriage stopped at the princess mansion, Jiang Changdai entered, and the palace people reported in a low voice: "Eldest princess, the son-in-law has been waiting inside for a long time."
Jiang Changdai was a little surprised, and walked across the corridor to the bedroom.
The bright moon in the night sky was not full but very bright. When the silver-like light fell into the hall, Jiang Changdai looked at the sleepy person lying on the bed.
According to Jiang Changdai's frugal rules, not all the lamps in the hall are lit on weekdays.
Because the window was open, the night wind blew out several lamps, leaving only a little light not far from her.
Jiang Changdai waved her hand to stop the palace people from entering to hold the lamps, and approached there alone.
"Meier?" Jiang Changdai sat sideways beside her, touching her soft face with her fingertips, feeling a little guilty all of a sudden.
I am too busy.
In her previous life, Liu Meier waited for her in the same way when she was alone in the princess mansion due to illness.
"Hmm." When Liu Meier woke up in a daze, her whole arm was still a little numb and uncomfortable.
Jiang Changdai rubbed one side of her sleeping flushed face with her palm, and gently held her face and called out, "Why don't you go back to bed when you're so sleepy?"
Liu Mei'er slowly woke up, and responded with a hoarse voice: "I didn't want to sleep at first, maybe I was a little tired from accompanying my mother to worship Buddha today, so I accidentally fell asleep."
The abbot of the ancient temple in the capital city said that he had to go up to the temple himself to be sincere and spiritual. Chang's body was too old to walk, so Liu Meier had to walk up the steep ancient temple little by little.
"Then what are you doing looking for me so late?" Jiang Changdai poured tea and handed it to her mouth.
Liu Meier took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, then she reached out and took out the red marriage amulet and said, "This is for Sister Dai."
Jiang Changdai picked up the talisman woven with red string, and naturally knew that it was a marriage talisman.
Of course, Jiang Changdai didn't ask for it, but in the past every year during the Qiqiao Festival, many young masters put such objects in the invitations, and there were even a lot of love poems.
"Mei'er, what is this?" Jiang Changdai saw that her reddish cheeks were really cute, so she was more interested in teasing her.
"This, this is a marriage talisman." Liu Meier bit the bullet and said.
Jiang Changdai responded with a look of sudden realization on purpose: "It turns out that this charm is used to seek marriage."
Liu Meier nodded with sparkling eyes: "They all said that putting this under the pillow is very effective."
Liu Meier didn't even have the nerve to say the word "long life together".
"Okay, Meier let's go." Jiang Changdai gave her the marriage, turned her head to look at the night outside the window, "It's getting late now, I'm going to take a bath."
"Ah."
Liu Meier walked to the bed and placed the marriage knot under sister Dai's jade pillow, and then lay down quietly on the inside.
Jiang Changdai, who came out of the bath in the room, was a little tired, and walked towards the bed, but the person lying upright and obedient was very energetic.
"Have you put it away?" Jiang Changdai asked while lying beside her.
The remaining heat on Liu Meier's cheeks did not subside: "Yes."
Even though Jiang Changdai has experienced such a mysterious thing as rebirth, she still doesn't believe in ghosts and gods and legends, but just to cooperate with her, she said: "Then how long will this marriage tie last?"
"I don't know either." Liu Meier forgot to ask.
"Then keep it with me forever." Jiang Changdai put her arms around her, lowered her head and kissed the side of her cheek, "Is this Meier's begging gift?"
According to Jiang Changdai's understanding of Liu Mei'er, she should prefer to give girls things.
"En." Liu Meier responded without daring to move.
Jiang Changdai stared at her bright eyes and pecked resentfully, "I thought Meier would sew some personal items for me, such as handkerchiefs."
Liu Meier panicked for a moment, the handkerchief that party didn't send out was still in her room now.
"Does Sister Dai like these items?" Liu Meier remembered that Sister Dai didn't allow them to give them away before, and she was still sad for a while.
"It's okay, but I like everything that Meier gave me." Jiang Changdai carefully traced her brows with her fingertips, recalling what she had worried about back then, she couldn't help laughing.
Liu Meier asked in confusion: "What is sister Dai laughing at?"
In the past, I was worried that if Mei'er gave herself the soles of her shoes, she probably really worried too much.
"It's nothing, I just think that Mei'er still remembers to give me a gift during the Qiqiao Festival, and she is suddenly in a good mood." Jiang Changdai was already ready to collect her shoe soles at that time.
"If Sister Dai likes it, I will ask Sister Dai for a marriage talisman every year from now on."
"You don't need so many, just one is enough."
Jiang Changdai recalled the somewhat old sass, so she casually mentioned, "But the sass you gave may not be received soon."
At night, Liu Meier accidentally remembered this sentence before falling asleep.
It turns out that sister Dai wants a new pendant.
In August, the weather turned a lot colder, and Liu Meier prepared three layers of autumn clothes for Mrs. Chang early on.
Liu Meier, who was originally slim, was wearing bulky autumn clothes, but she looked a bit burly.
Autumn is the time when the farm work is busy, and the various ministries are in full swing to deal with the government affairs of the court.
In the morning, when the rain fell continuously, Liu Meier held an umbrella to protect the box containing the engineering drawings with one hand and rushed to the Ministry of Engineering.
The officials of the Ministry of Industry have always kept a respectful distance from this gentle but silent Liu Concubine.
Respect, naturally I am in awe of the power of the eldest princess behind Prince Liu. Now the officials are strictly investigating. If the son-in-law blows the pillow to the eldest princess, I don't know how I will die.
Far away, because it is common for officials to drink flower wine in twos and threes in private, but no one dares to pry the son-in-law to spend time and wine.
"This rain is really annoying."
"Yeah, it's been working non-stop. Not only have many projects been delayed, but even the clothes are filled with a musty smell."
"Morning, my lords." Liu Meier said while holding the oiled paper umbrella.
"Good morning, Master Liu."
After speaking, these officials hurried inside.
Naturally, Liu Meier could sense the taboos of everyone, but because of her status, Liu Meier rarely got close to others, so she didn't care too much.
The few officials walked through the hall and said in a low voice, "It was really dangerous just now."
"Who says it's not? Everyone is saying that Yuan Luo, the most powerful son of the Yuan family, fell off his horse and died because of a disagreement with this seemingly inconspicuous Mr. Liu. Back then, the emperor couldn't suppress the Yuan family, but Now that the Yuan family is all exterminated, Mr. Liu can't live happily ever after."
"There are still such things, this Mr. Liu is a real person."
"We were all transferred from other places to the capital, so naturally we don't know the way inside. This Master Liu also participated in the Battle of Shacheng. There are countless Jiang soldiers who died in Shacheng back then."
"It's no wonder that he was transferred from a small prefect of Ancheng to the right servant of our Ministry of Industry. It seems that the position of Taifu will not be far away in the future."
"Not to mention, as long as the eldest princess survives for a day, it is really possible for Mrs. Liu to become the grand tutor in the future."
These trivial conversations stopped as more and more officials entered the room one after another.
In the evening, many officials traveled together, but Liu Meier still had an umbrella and a heavy box in the morning.
The servant Xiaofeng saw his young master coming out from the room, so he hurried over to take the umbrella and greeted him: "Young master, are you busy today?"
"It's okay." Liu Meier stepped into the sedan chair hesitantly, and asked again, "Xiaofeng, am I not easy to mess with?"
"My lord, you are naturally a good person, how can you not be easily provoked?" The servant Xiaofeng patted the horse and praised.
Liu Meier felt a little awkward listening, so she didn't ask any more questions.
At night, Liu Meier sneaked into the Princess Mansion as usual, and Jiang Changdai saw that she was holding a box, which was full of drawings and documents when she opened it.
"Is the Ministry of Industry very busy these days?" Jiang Changdai saw that she was seriously frowning and examining the drawing paper, and moved the lamp slightly.
"Well, at the end of the year, many projects need to be inspected and reviewed, and the project accounts need to be submitted. There are many small things in it." Liu Meier took a pen to record carefully.
Jiang Changdai didn't want to disturb her, she just reminded her: "If you're busy, you don't have to run around every day, after all, it's very bright at night, so it's important to take care of yourself."
"Yeah." Liu Mei'er looked too seriously, so she just responded hastily.
The busy situation didn't get better until the heavy snowfall, and most of the six departments had already submitted the paperwork, so the officials could take a breather.
But Jiang Changdai found that Liu Meier was still busy, and sometimes she didn't come to the princess mansion for several days.
On a snowy winter day, Liu Meier was busy sewing things for Sister Dai.
The maid Chang Yu carefully taught and praised: "My lord, you are really ingenious."
"Now that the child is grown up, he doesn't even care about his mother." Chang sighed.
Liu Meier suddenly had a blood drop on her fingertips, she quickly pressed it with a handkerchief, turned her head to look at Chang's and said, "Mother has it too."
Chang's hand squeezed Liu Meier's face and said: "Silly boy, my mother is afraid that the eldest princess will look down on the things you made."
At the beginning, Chang always misunderstood that the eldest princess was ungrateful for the square handkerchief, so she was naturally aggrieved for her child.
Liu Meier smiled and said: "Mother, don't worry, Sister Dai will not dislike you."
After a few days like this, Jiang Changdai had no choice but to go to the son-in-law's mansion in person.
In the middle of the night, the heavy snow continued, and Jiang Chang stepped into the main house of Liu Meier's courtyard. When the maids outside were about to salute, they were beckoned to stop.
Jiang Changdai came here this time because she wanted to see what important matters Liu Meier was busy with, so much so that she forgot about herself.
Seeing the eldest princess stepping lightly into the room, the maids wondered why they had to touch her so quietly.
Liu Mei'er sat on the lamps and was seriously threading past them, but she didn't notice anyone entering the house at all.
Jiang Changdai, who was behind the curtain, saw her sitting on the couch doing needlework, so she coughed deliberately just now because she was afraid of disturbing her.
"Who's here?" Liu Meier quickly put away the things.
Just now Jiang Changdai slowly entered, seeing Liu Meier's panicked face, she guessed that she should be preparing things for herself.
"Meier doesn't welcome me?"
Liu Meier quickly got up and approached and said, "Why is sister Dai here so late?"
The cold wind outside the window was howling, Jiang Changdai unbuttoned her coat and responded, "I miss you, so I came here."
The light-white jade finger was a little red from the cold,
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