[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

Mrs. Wang enjoyed the fun of her children and grandchildren wrapping around her knees, so he put the fifth girl back in her seat, and the whole family had a lively family dinner together, and went back to their respective rooms.There will be a banquet for guests tomorrow, the birthday banquet will last for three days, and there is still a lot of work!

Chun Equinox and Dahan carefully waited for the fifth girl to return to the room. Madam Xu had heard about the birthday banquet, but she didn't say anything, and just served the fifth girl to rest as usual.

After seeing the fifth girl sleeping peacefully, he took the maids and retreated out, and ordered Xiaohan to be on duty today.

"Nurse, let me do it." Dahan recommended herself. Although she and Xiaohan's name match, her background is quite different from Xiaohan's. What's missing is not the same.Xiaohan has always respected the old lady, and she can't tell the difference on weekdays, but when she is on duty at night, Mother Xu has always been worried that Xiaohan will serve the master alone.

"It's okay, the princess's daughter, with royal blood, what can she do." Madam Xu didn't know who the "she" was referring to.

"Ma'am is still knowledgeable." Dahan flattered, and then withdrew, and when there were only a few of them who knew the basics in the corridor, he asked in confusion: "Mama, I don't even know that the girl sent you the kang screen. You know."

"I guessed it, but I was sure later." Madam Xu said.

"A woman's lack of talent is virtue..." Chun Equinox said, this is the mantra of Mrs. Wang.

"That's the old lady." Madam Xu's tone was stiff, and after a while she sighed again, and said, "The Princess is a well-known talented woman in her boudoir, so now she can assist the county horse in the border to make contributions."

"The old lady..." Chun Equinox was still worried.

"The matter of the Wang family is decided by the old man." Mother Xu fully affirmed this.

Dahan thinks differently, the old lady has hated Miss Wu for not a day or two, so what if she hates it?The old lady of the fifth girl dare not cheat, and the servants such as Madam Xu dare not make a fool of herself. The most worrying thing is between the sisters, right? "Mommy, those girls also want to go to school together?" If they didn't go together, wouldn't they isolate their own girls?

"The eldest girl is about to get married, and the second and third girls can't figure out where they have the time to go to school, so let's not talk about other things." What Madam Xu said was recognized by everyone.

"That girl..." Chun Equinox is also aware of this problem, that is, adults will say "depressed and unhappy" when they are excluded, let alone a five-year-old girl.

"Girls have their own ideas, vernal equinox and severe cold, you two underestimated the girl." Madam Xu handed over the lighting lantern to the vernal equinox, and she had already arrived at the door of her room.

Chun Equinox and Dahan looked at the back of Madam Xu blending into the night, looked at each other, and were silent.

The fifth girl, who had been placed high hopes by Madam Xu, suffered from insomnia.Fifth girl couldn't sleep, but she didn't toss and turn the pie, she just opened her eyes and stared at the intricately embroidered bed curtain in a daze.

Obviously successful, why don't you feel happy?

If success is happiness, then you must not have experienced real success.

The fifth girl clutched the quilt with her right hand. Living in the way she likes is her own freedom, and reading is also her right. When do things that are taken for granted need to be planned?

Miss Wu didn't want these things to be attributed to the times and history. She was just thinking about the gifts brought by her parents at the border. If she was with her parents, she wouldn't have to worry about comparing them, right?

Life is not comfortable, and Miss Wu misses her parents and elder brother at Border even more.

It is said that it is going to school, but it cannot be carried out immediately, the birthday banquet will be held for two days, and all the elder brothers have not gone to school, so the fifth girl naturally does not need to go.After the birthday banquet was over and the whole family thanked His Majesty for the gift, the school started.

Early in the morning, the fifth girl changed into a neat attire and took a little maid who was about to keep her hair to say goodbye to the old lady.The old lady didn't even see her, she just said that it was still early and would not delay her homework, and the fifth girl was not a hypocritical person. From now on, she would only come to the door of the room to say hello before going to school, and went to school by herself, with the boys at home. generally.

The old lady found out, and she was so angry that she scolded "unfilial money loser!" Even this kind of abuse was only known to the old lady and her confidant nanny, who let this loser have a mother who is a princess?

When the fifth girl arrived at the school, she was also surrounded by crowds for a while.She is the youngest girl in the school, she is the only girl, rare things are precious, all the cousins ​​like to see something strange, even the teacher who teaches is fine and likes to look at her.

Today is the first day of school, the fifth girl behaved quietly and respectfully, she did whatever the master asked her to do, she didn't even bring the little maid who had just left her hair in the classroom, she was only asked to wait outside, and she came by herself.

The master who came to the class was a student from Jinling. Because he failed in the exam, he stayed in Beijing for the next spring, and found a job as a teacher in the Wang family based on his fellow countrymen.The young masters of the Wang family are not difficult to discipline, the old master is still in charge there!The master has always been at ease, but now a young girl has come, and the master is at a loss as to what to do.

"Fifth girl can read?" The master couldn't help lowering his voice. For such a white, tender and short little girl, a loud voice would not frighten her.

"Going back to Master, I learned "Three Hundred Poems" from Mammy, and I can recognize some characters...but I can't write." Madam Xu did enlighten Miss Wu. In fact, the high fever was caused by Miss Wu playing on the bed. Books lead to it, and the old lady hates women's reading even more.

"It's so good." The master stroked his beard to express his satisfaction. A little foundation is enough. He is a dignified recruit to be a teacher, not to be an initial teacher.

The master pointed out a low table to Miss Wu, which was specially prepared for her, and asked the boys to review the homework of the previous two days, in case they would forget about the birthday party.

The master personally checked Miss Wu's reading ability to see that she really knew how to read, and then held her hand and taught her how to hold a pen, start a pen, and how to write.Then I personally wrote a few simple big characters, and asked the imitators of the fifth girl to write them.

The brush is soft, and children have weak hands and poor control. Often, the ink and brush of a character are uneven, thick and thin.Miss Wu didn't practice calligraphy before, and Madam Xu was also afraid that children would be soft-boned, so now it's time to learn calligraphy at the age of five.

"Well, there is progress. According to this copy, I will write ten pages of big characters today." After checking the boys' homework, the master came over to see the progress of the fifth girl, and now he can not directly drip the ink on the rice paper. , wrote a new page to Miss Wu and asked her to copy it.It is said to be one page, but in fact there are only four big characters on it. Anyone who learns characters knows that it is not too difficult for Miss Wu to go from capital to small.

In the afternoon, the boys were going to the school grounds, which was arranged by Mrs. Wang, so the fifth girl could not go with them, so she packed up her things and went back with the little maid.

As soon as they entered the door, Madam Xu, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Da Han, and Xiao Han surrounded her. One helped Miss Wu to sit down, one poured tea for Miss Wu, asked if she was still used to it, and rubbed Miss Wu's wrist vigorously. Say hard.

The princess left four confidantes for the fifth girl, and now they all get together to greet each other.

"Mommy, I have nothing to do. I just go to school. How can I be tired after walking a few steps?" Miss Wu said hastily.

"How can you not be tired? I saw that the girl's wrists were a little red. I heard that girl Xiaoping didn't follow her to serve her. The girl rubbed the ink herself?" Madam Xu's face was serious, as if she wanted to punish Xiaoping.

"Mommy~ Brothers are all grown up, so it's not suitable for Xiaoping to go in." In fact, that's what it means to only bring the little girl who has just grown her hair. What if the brothers get their minds off by bringing them with them?

"The girl is too worried. There is no such thing in the Wang family." Mother Xu is also distressed. This should not be something that a five-year-old girl should worry about.

"Why not..." Xia Zhi muttered unhappily.

"What Mammy said is that I didn't think carefully. Alas, I was so nervous that I didn't even drink much saliva on the first day of school today. I just wanted to come back and eat hot chicken noodle soup." Miss Wu laughed.

"Okay, okay, it's good if the girl has an appetite. If you want to say that this chicken noodle soup is still Xiaohan's best, you go to help Xiaohan at the spring equinox, and you go to those dim sums to make a mat for the girl in Dahan. I'll let the small kitchen boil water, girl I need to use it later." Madam Xu ordered quickly.

Several big maids came out in a file, and Da Han who was walking behind reminded Xia Zhi: "You can speak freely, no wonder Mammy only rest assured to let you take care of the clothes."

After Xia Zhi replied, she couldn't hear clearly. Xia Zhi's ability to be loyal is not bad, but this mouth is like a firecracker. Mammy Xu usually let her look after the house, and never dared to let the fifth girl take her out.

Mammy Xu came back in a while, served Miss Wu for lunch, took a hot bath, changed into clean homely clothes, and let Miss Wu take a nap.

"Girls are so tired from going to school. If you add female workers in the future, it will not be even more tiring." Madam Xu is a little distressed. The Wang family also has nuns who teach female relatives. The eldest girl is about to get married. You can't make a mistake, the Wang family has its own way of raising female dependents, but reading is not included in the girl's parenting plan, knowing a few words, and being able to look after the housekeeper in the future will do.

"I'm still young!" The fifth girl laughed, she knew what Mammy Xu was worried about, if the old lady wanted to punish her, she would just ask the nanny to put in more effort, she didn't have to do anything, just make her homework harder, She would doze off when she went to school with the boys in the morning, so why would she have the face to argue that she must study with the boys?

"But girls have to grow up." The girls of the Wang family will officially start teaching after they are seven years old, and the fifth girl will definitely be too busy by then.

"Dad and mother should be back by then." Miss Wu muttered, closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Madam Xu tucked the quilt for the fifth girl. The first day of school made the girl tired.Yes, the princess should be back by then, right?When the princess left, the fifth girl was not even a year old...

Mother Xu blamed herself the most for losing her job of taking care of the young master after the princess left, and let the old lady raise the young master so that he was not close to the princess at all.It stands to reason that the Eldest Young Master was already ten years old when the princess left, so it's time to remember. What method did the old lady use to alienate the Eldest Young Master from his biological mother?Mother Xu was also puzzled, and finally admitted that she had always underestimated the daughter of a petty official, and she must have some tricks to secure her position as the countess.

"Princess, how about staying at the border? The fifth girl is thinking of you!" Madam Xu murmured to herself, looking at the sky to the west, thinking of her old master.