Red House Farm Stay

Ban'er and the two peas-sized little people stared at each other. After thinking for a while, Ban'er took out the wood carving he made.

"War horses, chariots..." The eldest son's eyes lit up, and he played with the chariots and horses by himself.

The little boy grabbed a precious wooden knife and said "ho ho" happily.He kept slashing around with a knife, and if you ignore the lotus joint-like bumps on his arms, he really looks pretty good.

Seeing that they were having fun, Ban Er sat aside and practiced calligraphy. After practicing for a while, he looked up and poured them a cup of tea or wiped the sweat off his forehead.As for how they played, they made a mess everywhere, Baner didn't even care about it, and let them go.

After Mr. Zhou finished talking with the prince, when he opened the door, he saw the two young masters having a great time playing. Ban'er was sticking to his pen and practicing calligraphy, and the noise and silence were very harmonious.

Ban'er stood up, installed all the wood carvings, and said softly: "It would be nice for the two young masters to take it home to play."

The Eldest Young Master nodded quickly, the Eldest Young Master glanced at him, the Eldest Young Master hugged his fleshy fist, and said in a childish voice, "Thank you sir."

"I'm not Mr., I'm just Mr.'s disciple." Ban'er pursed his lips and smiled, and sent the packed wood carvings to their car.

When he returned, Mr. Zhou was already waiting for him.

"The confidants of King Zhongyong arrived at Andu Mansion yesterday, and met King Suqing and his son. But what they will think about, I have no way of knowing. The son only promises that he will think of the common people, no matter what Whatever you do, you will be upright."

"Is there anything we can do." Ban'er wondered if Mr. Zhou could stop this.

"When we came to Andu Prefecture, no matter where we went, no one stopped us. The officials even led the way and hoped that we could visit more places. What do you think they want us to see?" Mr. Zhou didn't answer the question. If so, ask him instead.

"The lives of the people here are stable, and everyone can see the hope for a better life in the future. The soldiers work hard, and the officials are clear." Ban'er sighed. It is true that here, as Li Hong said, the lives of the people are even worse. better off.He was also glad that the rice seeds were handed over to Prince Suqing and not someone else.

Seeing that the twice-cropped rice seeds are blooming everywhere in Andu Prefecture, the promotion efforts are not insignificant. Many places are densely populated, obviously because they can feed more people, so they attract more and more people. .

"These are nothing. What's really scary is that there are rice seeds that are harvested twice a year in Andu Prefecture, which is fatal." Mr. Zhou sighed, he valued the value of rice seeds more than anyone else.Dai Viet is an agricultural society, and farmers will always be the cornerstone of this society.

If the peasants are not chaotic, the society will not be chaotic, otherwise how could there be a saying that a rebellion by a scholar would fail in ten years.

The most effective way to stabilize the hearts of the peasants is that the tillers have their fields, and their fields yield something.The stability of Andu Prefecture is that both are achieved. No tyrants are allowed to annex farmers' land. Once discovered, family raids, family killings, beheadings and exiles abound.

At the beginning, King Suqing relied on this to quickly stabilize the people of Andu Prefecture. Coupled with his outstanding military exploits and ruthless tactics, the atmosphere of Andu Prefecture began to change a few years later.

As for advocating Confucianism, establishing female households, and encouraging scholars to take scientific examinations, although they are all merits, compared with the land owned by the tyrannical and stable farmers above, it is just icing on the cake.

The rice seeds that are harvested twice a year make the farmers more and more rich, and the wealth is hidden in the people instead of in the business. Mr. Zhou feels a great crisis.It seems that the right time, the right place, and the harmony of people are all on King Suqing's side.

Ban'er's eyelids twitched. If Mr. Zhou knew that the rice seeds were given to Prince Suqing by his hands, he wondered if he would jump up and kill him.

"Actually, it's easy to promote it when we bring some back." Ban'er changed the subject.

"Do you think I don't know? It's useless." It's okay not to mention it, but Mr. Zhou wants to sigh more and more when he mentions it.

In other parts of Dai Viet, land acquisitions by tyrannical powers have become very serious. The rice seeds that are harvested twice in one season will eventually benefit from those aristocratic families, not the common people at all.What's more, if they can grow twice a season, they can raise their taxes, and they will still be busy in vain.

In the final analysis, no matter how good something is, it must have the cooperation of the corresponding people and the corresponding system, otherwise it will not be able to play a corresponding role.

Ban'er silently withdrew, letting Mr. Zhou meditate.

He let out a foul breath in his chest. He didn't have the strong orthodox and irreplaceable thought of Mr. Zhou. He felt that as long as it was beneficial to the people, it didn't matter who sat on the throne.

And King Suqing has already proved that he has the potential to be a Mingjun, and even Ban'er thinks that he is much stronger than the current emperor.

But he only dared to bury this rebellious thought deep in his heart.He didn't dare to confide in others, especially a few words to Mr. Zhou.

The Jun family's gift-giving convoy finally arrived. It stretched half a street, and you couldn't see the end from the beginning.Everyone is astonished at the wealth of the Jun family, and in the palace, the concubine Shizi is even more proud.

Jun Xiaoyao, the little girl who loved to wear red clothes back then, is now a mother of a child, but she still likes to wear red clothes, especially bright red and bright clothes.

"Where is the eldest son?" Jun Xiaoyao asked, the young master of the Jun family, Jun Xiaoyao's younger brother brought a motorcade to give his nephew a first-year gift, so why should the eldest son personally receive him.

"If you go back to the concubine, the son said that he has military affairs, so he is in a hurry to go to the barracks."

Jun Xiaoyao's face changed, Young Master Jun smiled and said: "Since brother-in-law has something to do, don't be in a hurry, it's the same to go to see the prince first."

"Okay." Jun Xiaoyao's nails hidden in her sleeves had sunk into her palms but she didn't know it, and she grinned, which gave Young Master Jun a big jump.

The elder sister in his memory always laughed loudly, laughing until his mother frowned and told her to restrain herself and behave like a lady.But the current elder sister seems to have not smiled for a long time, her face is very stiff, and her smile to herself seems to be forced out, not to mention how ugly it is.

Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Young Master Jun was led by the housekeeper to see the prince.

Jun Xiaoyao stayed in the room, saw her younger brother leaving, and slammed the table hard, "What urgent military affairs, not yesterday, not tomorrow, but my younger brother has entered the city, there is an urgent military affairs. Look, it must be Xiao The younger brother of that concubine of mine is playing tricks."

The maids held their breath and stood aside, not daring to answer.In the past, there were those who were not afraid of death and dared to speak ill of Concubine Xiao and General Xiao, but they were all thrown out and beaten to death by the crown prince.A group of maidservants who followed from Jinling died, and the rest dared not speak anymore.

The master can say anything, but they can't answer a word. If they answer, it will be a death penalty.The prince ruled the family with military law, and the son even worse. Those who didn't believe it all paid the price with blood and life.The rest are naturally quiet.

Jun Xiaoyao talked for a long time, seeing these people stuck here like wooden stakes, she was so angry that she wished they could all disappear.But she held back, because in this place without foreign aid, these people disappeared, and there were even fewer people to help her.

Young Master Jun was placed in the front yard, and the mother-in-law at home came to visit, and naturally they brought letters from Mrs. Jun and Princess Zhongyong.Opening the letter, her eyes were moistened with love.

"Seeing that my sister is getting married well, I feel relieved. She was only very old when I left, and she is married now. I don't know how my mother is doing, and whether she is still working as hard as before." Wiping away tears, Jun Xiao Yao talked with her mother's confidant, Nanny.

"Ma'am is in good health, but miss miss's heart aches." Mammy also watched Jun Xiaoyao grow up, and seeing her current appearance, she was shocked from the bottom of her heart.

When a married woman wants to know if she is doing well, it does not depend on what she is wearing, but on the color of her face, whether she is rosy or not, and her face is rosy.Look at her eyes again, are they dark and bright, and there is a smile when she is not smiling.

With the comparison of Miss Fourteen, no matter how much powder Jun Xiaoyao wears, no matter how exquisitely she dresses, she can't hide the mental exhaustion in her eyes.

"I'm doing well, let my mother rest assured." Jun Xiaoyao gritted her teeth and let out a smile.She doesn't want people to see her jokes, and she doesn't want her mother to worry about her.As long as she stands in the position of the main wife, she will stand at the highest point of morality, no matter who you are, you have to follow the etiquette.

"Yes, seeing Miss, the old slave is also relieved. I don't know if the young master is okay, Madam made clothes for him by herself."

"Go and ask the nanny if Ru'er is awake, and bring her here when she wakes up." Jun Xiaoyao ordered, and after a while, a nanny came in with a baby in her arms.

Mammy received it in her arms, weighed it, and was surprised again, how could a child who was about to turn one year old be so light.

With a small face the size of a palm, a pair of dark eyes looked around, seeming to be curious, but also afraid.He hummed a few times, but it was also extremely faint.

"Ru'er is very obedient. She never cries and makes a lot of noise. She has been like a son of a noble family since she was a child. She is better than the children born to those country women." Jun Xiaoyao took her son, patted her son gently, her eyes Gentle and kind.

Mammy had no choice but to say yes with a smirk, and asked the maid who sent her off as soon as she had resigned, "Why didn't you see Mammy Qi?"

That is the dowry nanny of the eldest concubine, logically she shouldn't be around the concubine, especially someone from her mother's family, she should have greeted her early.Unexpectedly, she didn't see anyone, and Mammy frowned. Could it be that she was so angry that she was already angry.

The little girl was expecting Ai Ai, which made Mammy even more angry, "Take me to find her."

"Don't embarrass her, Momo, the Momo you said is already dead." Another little girl who was helping her with her luggage suddenly made a relief.

"What, dead, dead, why did we die, why didn't we receive the letter." Mammy was in a dizzy state, and burst into tears immediately, the sisters who had been half-life, died as soon as they said it.

"Sister, don't ask any more questions. After you ask, clap your hands and go back to Jinling. What can we maids do?" The servant girl who carried the luggage had something to say, and Mammy pretended to be furious, insisting that the house was not clean, and left her to clean it again. , Let the other little girls go back first.

As soon as she left, the nanny pulled her up, "I remember you are the youngest girl among the dowry girls, and you belong to Aunt Yue's family."

Huaya nodded with tears in her eyes, "Mommy, I am Huaya."

Mammy became more and more uneasy. This group of twelve dowry girls, from young to young, were all prepared according to the girls in the house.Even if she is not favored, she should be served by the concubine Shizi, why should she not be a rough girl who runs errands.

"There are twelve girls in our group, and I'm the only one left." Hua Ya saw her relatives, and her tears became more and more fierce.

"What does it mean that you are the only one left? They all..." Mammy wanted to ask if they all became aunts, but reason told her that this might not be the case.

"They're all dead, beaten to death just like Nanny Qi." Hua Ya was scared out of her wits, and she still had half a thought, if she didn't dodge quickly, she might not be able to survive as a rough envoy to today.At the moment, she is in favor of the nanny from Jinling City, and her only wish is to return to Jinling.She doesn't want to stay in this palace for a day anymore, this is not a palace, it's an abyss that eats people.

Mammy's eyes went dark, and she sat down on the ground. Before she came, she had thought about everything, but she never thought that it would be like this.

The Jun family only thought that the son favored the side concubine more, and the concubine might not be favored so much, but they never thought that the truth was much more tragic than imagined.

Huaya complained with tears, "When the son was traveling before, he was attacked by assassins. It was the Xiao family who saved him. Afterwards, he took Concubine Xiao into the mansion and arranged for Concubine Xiao's younger brother to enter the military camp. That At that time, our young lady hadn't left the mansion yet, and the previous concubine was in charge of the house. Because of this woman, the whole family was disturbed."

"My servant heard that the former concubine was pissed off by this woman. As soon as the former concubine died, she was raised as a side concubine, regardless of the rules." There is no side concubine for the prince, and when he becomes Only the prince can talk about the side concubine.Except for the concubine, the son of the world only has his aunt.It's just that in the family's one-acre three-point land, if the prince admits it and the prince admits it, it becomes true.

"The most irritating thing is that the younger brother of Concubine Xiao is now a general. The two siblings, one inside and the other outside, control the son to death. Once the son comes to the concubine, they will use the excuse of urgent military affairs to send the son Grandpa, please go."

Hua Ya was full of grief and anger, "We maids, whenever someone complains about the concubine, Concubine Xiao will incite the concubine to beat them to death. After a long time, our concubine will be like an invisible person in this palace. The concubine is not in good health and can't stand the housekeeper, so I leave it to Concubine Xiao to take care of it. Now, even if we have porridge and a meal, Concubine Xiao must nod, who would dare to go against her."

Nanny clutched her chest. No one in the Jun family expected that the matter would be so serious.

"Nurse, please take me back. I can't help you if I stay here. I miss home and my mother. I don't want to die without anyone sending a message back." Huaya cried Tears, Mammy calmed down instead.

"Wash your face, don't cry anymore, you'll be fine, you'll be fine." Not only did Mammy's words not comfort Hua Ya, but it frightened her even more.

What does this mean, Mammy is not convinced, do you still want to turn over?

At that time, it will not be the errands of the current people like them, the concubine Shi Zi already has a young master, and for this young master, she has already paid more than a dozen lives.Come again, what to fight for, fight for favor.Huaya sneered in her heart, since you don't take our lives as yours, why should I work for you.

On the second day, Mammy went to greet the concubine Shizi again, looked around, frowned and said, "The aunt in the backyard of the son, why didn't I see you to greet you?"

The Crown Princess smiled lightly and shook her head, "I'm impatient to see her, so I'll save it."

"How can I do that? This is the rule. I heard that there are two young masters in the backyard, so why don't you come to greet your aunt?"

The concubine Shizi was stunned for a moment, "Those two country children, I feel upset just looking at them, so I won't let them come."

The nanny looked disapproving, "Miss, no matter what the aunt is, the child is always the son's, and you should raise it by your side. How can an aunt raise the son of the son, even if it is a bastard, it needs a good life. □."

Shi Zifei shook her head again, "You don't need to say more, Mammy, I think Ru'er is right, I don't want to be distracted by other things."

Mammy concealed the anxiety in her eyes, she knew that Shi Zifei was only pretending to be peaceful in front of her face, but she was actually heartbroken.

"Didn't Master Shizi rest at your place yesterday?" Mammy saw that Concubine Shizi had frowned, and knelt down with a "plop".

"Miss, how did you become like this? You can't keep the prince's favor at such a young age. How can the prince think about the young master in the future. You are still young and so beautiful, how can you be disheartened?"

A cluster of flames flashed in Jun Xiaoyao's eyes, she was disheartened, she gave up lightly, who knows how hard she tried to keep the son.She suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, and she was about to be unable to draw her breath. It was only when Mammy saw her pale lips that she rushed over to help her rub her chest, and then she calmed down.

"I won't say anything, I won't say anything." Nanny half hugged the concubine Shizi, shedding tears of distress.What a lively and pleasant little girl, she turned into what she is now.If Madam sees her, she might faint from distress.

But in his heart, he hated both Concubine Xiao and Shi Ziye, so he simply made an excuse to kowtow to the concubine, wanting to find out the reality of the palace.

The concubine's health is not good, and she has been ill all year round. When the nanny was led in, she saw a beautiful woman holding medicine and persuading the concubine to drink it.

"Drinking and drinking is like this, it's better not to drink, it's too hard." Although the princess is weak all the year round, she is well maintained, half lying on the bed, and her complexion is actually better than that of the struggling princess.

"Mother, you can't do this, your grandson still said that he would take you to ride a horse?" The beautiful woman sitting on the bedside had a coquettish tone, which sounded like the daughter of a princess.

The nanny went in and kowtowed, and brought the gift from the mistress of the Jun family to the princess.

"Bring an embroidered pier for the nanny to sit on." The beautiful woman spoke, and the people in the room moved quickly. The princess smiled and took the gift list, and asked her a few things about Jinling.

"...Earrings are popular now, covering from the tip of the ear to the earlobe. Among them, the butterfly-shaped ones are the most popular. I also bought a few sets for you. Let's take a fresh picture. It's also a good way to entertain people."

The princess found it interesting, and immediately asked someone to hold the box to see.

"It's really interesting. Only Jinling has these skilled craftsmen. Our craftsmen here can only make farm tools." The princess thought it was funny, took the earrings and gestured, and immediately gave a pair to the beautiful woman next to her. , Let her wear it for herself.

"I also prepared gifts for several aunts and grandmas. They all have earrings. I don't know when it is convenient. I have to ask someone to show me the way, so that the old slaves can kowtow one by one."

"Yo, I prepared them for them too, how polite. Wan'er, you arrange someone to take this nanny." The princess is so naive, it's no wonder that everyone in the world says that King Su Qing is a seed of infatuation, and he loves everything that the princess loves. I don't know, even the director of the housekeeper is in a mess.

Looking at it now, what the world said was actually true.This princess really couldn't hear the slightest subtext.

"Yes, Mother ordered, Wan'er will do it right away." The beautiful woman ordered people immediately, and took the nanny to the houses of several aunts and grandmas to say hello.

"I don't know who was just now..." Nanny followed a steward and asked her.

"It was our side concubine Xiao just now." The steward replied with a smile.

Xiao Wan, it turned out that she was Xiao Wan, and Mammy gritted her teeth and hated secretly.Pretending to be ignorant: "Does my son still have a side concubine? I don't know if it's my old eyes that are dizzy, why don't I remember that the royal family has this rule?"

"Rules are made by people. In our palace, what the prince and the son said are the rules." The steward gave her a sideways look, and said with a smile that was not a smile.

The nanny said awkwardly: "Yes, I overstepped." But she scolded all the people in the palace in her heart, all the princes and concubines are a group of barbarians, barbarians who do not obey the rules.

In the palace, because of the arrival of the Jun family and his family, the peaceful life caused another disturbance.

And all this, outsiders have no way of knowing, even Ban'er, who pays the most attention to the palace, doesn't know.

The Jun family thought that the palace would hold a grand birthday banquet, after all, this is the eldest grandson of the palace.Unexpectedly, the palace simply set up a family banquet, and even the lieutenant soldiers were not invited.Only my family, some staff in the mansion, and the Jun family.

Young Master Jun was very dissatisfied, and specially invited Mr. Zhou, hoping to save some face for his sister.Because of this, Ban'er accompanied Mr. Zhou and stepped into the palace for the first time.

Mr. Zhou was very interested in grasping the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty. He watched the child slowly climb up the table covered with red brocade step by step, groping around among various objects, and couldn't help laughing.

Jun Xiaoyao watched her son nervously crawling around among the objects, and kept looking at the small gold seal with her eyes.The little man was tired from crawling, so he just sat in the middle, spread his hands, and didn't even grab anything.

When the nanny saw it, she picked up the young master and coaxed him to pat him. When she put him back, she slipped the little golden seal into the young master's hand while no one was paying attention.

Jun Xiaoyao breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her son, and said proudly, "Show your father quickly, what is it that you caught."

Seeing Shi Ziye's serious face, the young master suddenly burst into tears in fright, loosened his hand, and the little golden seal fell to the ground and rolled a few times until it reached Shi Ziye's feet.