The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

After grading the last notebook, Ning Shan let out a sigh of relief, stood up and stretched her muscles.All the eunuchs, big and small, standing and waiting in the hall were all in the posture of an old monk who was watching his eyes, nose, nose, nose and heart, and no one expressed surprise at their Majesty's private casualness.

Seeing that His Majesty's activities were about to start, the Chief Steward of the Qianqing Palace stepped forward at the right time, bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to pass on lunch?"

Ning Shan turned her head to look at the western clock placed behind the side screen at the back of the hall: "It's already past the time for dinner, so we might as well skip it, go to the queen's place, and just pass on the dinner earlier."

The chief manager of Qianqing Palace hurriedly replied: "Yes." Then Xiao Suibu went out of the palace first, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, set out to drive Fengyi Palace, get up."

When I arrived at Fengyi Palace, I happened to see Yingchun bringing sister Qiao over to say hello, Yinghua leaned on the soft pillow and pulled Qiao sister to look carefully, admiring: "Looking at the child's appearance, there is a hint of cleverness."

Yingchun laughed and said, "Second brother Lian and second sister-in-law Lian are both very clever. How can sister Qiao not be smart?" Looking at her again, sister Qiao said, "And I saw that she gave birth to second brother Lian. It would be nice to be with Lian's second sister-in-law, with such a small appearance and such a cleverness, he will definitely be better than Lian's second brother and Lian's second sister-in-law in the future, and he can read better than them."

It is understandable to say that Sister Feng is not very literate, but Jia Lian forgot most of the three hundred thousand. Babbling and repeating a few words, jumping out a few short sentences bit by bit, once Jia Lian listened to what he was reciting, she even asked what Yingchun taught, and it took Yingchun a long time to comprehend her second brother. The bleak fact that I can't even remember the "Three Character Classics".

Sister Qiao was a little shy, but after all, she wasn't such a petty character, so she replied openly: "I can't be praised by the empress and princess aunt, my mother always said at home that I know how to play all day long. I don't know Xiaoqing at all, so I have to learn more about the dignity of the empress and the integrity and ability of the princess and aunt."

As soon as Ning Shan came in, she happened to hear such a sentence, and she immediately smiled: "This is the child of Lian'er's family. He can speak very cleverly, and everyone loves him with a word of praise. How can this be called ignorant?"

Yingchun hurriedly got up to salute, Yinghua also struggled to sit up straight, Ning Shan hurriedly called out: "Help your sister-in-law, don't make her move." Yingchun was busy helping Yinghua, without paying attention to sister Qiao.Ning Shan smiled and looked at the pretty little girl in trouble for a while, then she seemed to make up her mind, bit her lips lightly, turned to him, swayed slightly, squatted down unsteadily, clenched her hands into fists, Stacked on the waist one by one, said in a low voice but clearly: "Sister Qiao pays respects to the emperor, and all blessings to your majesty."

Ning Shan walked over to pull up sister Qiao, and said with a smile: "Since you call the princess aunt, why don't you call me uncle?"

Sister Qiao pursed her lips and said, "Mom taught me."

Yingchun explained: "Second sister-in-law Lian is too careful, presumably she is afraid that she will be too ostentatious to foreign ministers, so she taught sister Qiao like this."

Yinghua suddenly said: "What's there to show off? Isn't the emperor her uncle?" Sister Feng called "Emperor brother" and "Emperor sister-in-law" one by one, but asked the children to test their reactions. What's the matter?Yinghua has always been straightforward and doesn't like to fight with others, but this doesn't mean that she is really stupid and can't understand other people's intentions.

Yingchun laughs with her and doesn't express her opinion.Perhaps the discord between sisters-in-law and daughter-in-law is a rule just like the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Yinghua doesn't like the slick Feng Jieer very much, just as Feng Jieer often belittles Yinghua behind her back because she is just born to take advantage of it, but the two live together. When they were in the living room, whether it was Sister Feng's attentiveness or Yinghua's generosity, they all maintained their appearances.This model is a bit like the past Madam Wang and Madam Ning and Madam Xing who were at odds with each other, but what Yinghua and Sister Feng are far better than those three ladies is that they treat each other's children very well. With love, the unhappiness of adults will not spread to children.

Sister Qiao naturally felt that the empress really liked her, which to some extent diluted some of the gloomy feeling that her mother often lamented that she was not a son, and even relaxed a lot towards Ning Shan: "Uncle Huang likes Qiao If sister calls you Uncle Huang, sister Qiao will call you that in the future." After speaking, she yelled loudly: "Sister Qiao has seen Uncle Huang."

Seeing Qiaojie's cute and intelligent appearance, Yinghua liked it very much, and said to Ning Shan with longing, "It would be great if our little princess could be half as smart as Qiaojie." Although she and Ning Shan They are all smart people, but they don't have a smooth temperament. They don't like to deal with people, and they are used to being straightforward.

Yingchun hurriedly teased Sister Qiao and said, "Tell your uncle and aunt about what your parents taught you at home?"

Sister Qiao said: "My mother is always very busy, and she doesn't care about me. She just asked me to learn Chinese characters with Li's mother for a few years. Occasionally, when she has free time, she will take an exam and ask me what I have learned? I said I read more than 3000 characters, read a copy of "The Classic of Filial Piety for Women", and published "Biography of Lie Nv". But when I showed it to my mother, my mother said that I did it blindly. , how can I learn how to read? Dad doesn't help me judge, he is also busy."

Ning Shan was sitting beside Yinghua's bed. Nanny Hua hurriedly asked the little lady-in-waiting to bring a chair for Yingchun to sit on. He teased her on his lap and said: "Then Uncle Huang scolded your father and asked him to give you a good judgment?"

Sister Qiao said like an adult: "That's not good, Daddy is busy with business, how can he be scolded for my little things?"

Yinghua smiled softly: "You're such a good boy, then let your imperial uncle reward your father."

Sister Qiao said: "You don't get paid for nothing. Although Dad is very busy, he hasn't achieved much. How can he accept the reward from Uncle Huang?"

This time even Yingchun laughed: "It makes sense, I don't know how to answer this sentence."

Ning Shan asked Sister Qiao with a smile: "Then I will give you a reason. You tell me what you have learned. If you are right, I will reward you both, father and daughter. Yours is a reward for learning. Your father will reward him for making you so smart."

Sister Qiao didn't quite understand it, but she knew it was meant to be an exam, so she responded crisply, "What does Uncle Huang want to hear?"

Ning Shan said, "I will listen to what you say."

Sister Qiao recounted the "Biography of Lie Nu" that she learned this month, and talked about one or two of the typical women such as "virtuous", "stunned", "virtuous", "sincere and filial piety" and so on. , and explained her own views, and said clearly and logically, although there are some childish things, but it also shows the sincerity of the heart, the three of them listened to her for a long time, and they all sighed at Qiao's intelligence.

Sister Qiao went back to the Yihexuan holding the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Ning Shan had rewarded and the golden hairpin and jade ring bestowed by Yinghua. Jia Lian and Sister Feng hurriedly questioned what happened. He also encouraged Sister Qiao to go to Jia Amnesty to act like a good girl.Sister Qiao was obedient, and she went there the next day, and came back with many rewards from Jia Amnesty.

It seems to be inspired by sister Qiao. During the period before the Chinese New Year, when everyone was too busy and could only send the eldest prince to Jia Shen to take care of him, Jia Shen devoted himself to studying books every day. From the three hundred thousand for literacy to the Book of Songs for enlightenment, then to the Four Books, and then to the Five Classics... The "Three Masters" who spent their leisure time at home and enjoyed their family relationships were frequently called into the palace by the Supreme Emperor, and asked many inexplicable and incoherent prefaces. language problem.

So much so that at the palace banquet on New Year’s Eve, when the officials raised their glasses to toast, the Supreme Emperor made a rather "unreasonable" request: "When saying the congratulatory speech, you should use the classics, starting with three hundred thousand." The officials responded with many faces. , They have prepared a lot of brilliant toasts, including classics and classics, but they definitely don't include the three hundred thousand stories that the nanny told her son's bedside story!

Ning Shan was also shocked by this sudden proposal, and failed to solve the situation in time, so the first person to toast, Wu Guogong, could only memorize the last four sentences of the Three Character Classic, and then quickly finished speaking The toast written by the eldest granddaughter on behalf of a knife was so fast that even the neighbor table couldn't hear clearly.

Jia Amnesty was slightly dissatisfied, but he did not dare to disgrace Duke Wu. In fact, he respected officials of the third rank and above. Gao, Jia Amnesty had to give face to his eldest son, so he was more respectful to generals. The emperor's "corporate of courtesy and virtuousness" was praised by many historians and occupied a lot of space in history books.

So Jia Amnesty did not begin to express his dissatisfaction until the academician in charge of the Imperial Academy finished his toast: "What are you talking about? Haven't you ever studied the Three Character Classic when you are a widow? There is nothing like what you said." Inspired by Wu Guogong, the adults who followed up all used the original text to recite and muddle through. However, in order not to be exposed early, the adults showed their own special abilities. To be "reciprocal", so once he deviates from the right track, it is a new book for him.

Ning Shan had no choice but to interrupt: "It's time to watch songs, dances and dramas. The Ministry of Rites has arranged a new piece of Zhonghe Shaoyue called Vientiane Qingning Movement. How about enjoying it with me?" After listening to it, he first praised him fiercely, and then Jia Amnesty pouted and pointed out that his tone was urgent, his words were straightforward, not tactful enough, his feelings were not sincere, and he had no literary value, but this was overshadowed by the applause.

In the apse, Empress Yinghua, who was barely able to get up, was taking the old ladies and wives from various houses to make dumplings. This was a new way of connecting with each other in this dynasty.However, judging from the implementation situation in the first year, it is quite embarrassing. The old ladies often have one or two hidden skills, but the young ladies hardly know how to make dumplings. I don't even know what to say to compliment the delicate dumplings on the curtain.

Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng stood at the forefront of the orders. Mrs. Xing was full of praise for Yinghua's craftsmanship, but Sister Feng felt uncomfortable. She has always been proud of "not letting men down", and female celebrities are not very good at it. Naturally, she doesn't know how to cook, and she also can't figure out why the empress who came from a wealthy family has such skills.What made her even more depressed was that even Mrs. Xing knew how to make dumplings. She stood next to the queen to help, helping roll out dough and handing out vegetables. Embarrassed.

As the eldest princess, Yingchun undertakes the important task of entertaining the ladies of various families to watch the palace and watch the year. The queens in front lead the wives of the families to do the work, so naturally they can't be idle behind.But the culinary skills of young ladies are more difficult to describe than those of wives. Nowadays, although women pay attention to the culinary skills of female red needles and housekeepers as the four major bases, but when it comes to serious calculations, the butler's ability is often the most important, and the second is the most important thing. It's the turn of the girl.

When it comes to cooking skills, ladies often grab a handful of lotus seeds and throw them into the pot. When the cooks are ready, they can say that it is lotus seed soup made "by themselves".But everyone doesn't know how to do it, and it's extremely harmonious.It's just that when it's time to cook dumplings, they have nothing to cook, and they are too embarrassed to ask for it from the front, so they can only go hungry.

Daiyu hid early in the morning, huddled in the side hall and refused to show her face, only responsible for taking care of the children - the eldest prince was carried by Jia She to the previous court to offer treasures, and the little princess was Daiyu's responsibility tonight. To please her, sister Qiao was also sent here. Later, Xichun didn't know how to make dumplings, so she ran to Daiyu's place to hide. The four generations of sisters, aunts and nephews happily ate the dumplings cooked by the imperial chef. The most relaxed and comfortable person to spend a night.