Dajin royal family

Chapter 46 Zhuangzi
"Third sister."

Fifteen Niang trotted to catch up with the girl walking in front, "Third Sister, wait for me."

The girl stopped, turned to look at Shiwuniang, and asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

Fifteen Niang breathed calmly, and walked with San Niang, she asked: "Sister San, why doesn't brother get close to us?"

She asked her mother this question not long ago, but the answer Mrs. Zhao gave her at that time did not solve the problem.

Sanniang was taken aback for a moment, then a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.Can it be the same, elder brother is the son of the legitimate son and the son of the eldest son, with a noble status.Although they are the daughters of Dai Wang, they are the daughters of concubines in the final analysis, and their status is not comparable to that of brother.

How could he have a crush on them? It's lucky that he didn't turn his eyebrows coldly at them, how dare he pray for anything else.

"Brother may have forgotten, my mother is here today, brother can't be rude." Sanniang said.

She is older than Shiwuniang, so she naturally knows more. The only one in the entire palace who can be the younger sister of the eldest son is Princess Leping.

She only prays now that she can marry a good family in the future and live a good life for the rest of her life.

As he was walking, he suddenly saw a man standing on the small bridge in front of him, followed by two house slaves.

Sanniang and Shiwuniang approached and found that the man was Jiang Chengxiao.He was listening to what the slave said, nodding from time to time.

Suddenly, his eyes accidentally found himself.Sanniang was a little nervous at once, and she brought Shiwuniang to him, "Sanniang has seen my brother."

"Fifteen Niang has seen my brother."

Jiang Chengxiao was slightly in a daze. In this era, only three people know the name of an unmarried daughter's family, his father, his mother, and himself.Therefore, the general daughter's family either calls them "Sanniang" or a humble name.

The so-called humble name is a nickname, a name casually given by the elders, which has almost the same meaning as the "two dogs" in the folk, and they are all for the sake of making a living, but nobles generally don't use this.

Those who have titles are called titles, such as Leping.

So far, Jiang Chengxiao only knows the name of one girl, and that person is his fiancée.

Therefore, he basically didn't have the slightest impression of Sanniang and Shiwuniang's two half-sisters.

"Why are you here and didn't go back to your bedroom?" Jiang Chengxiao's expression remained calm, as if he didn't feel embarrassed about not knowing his sister.

Aristocratic men can often go out of the house to have fun, but girls can't. If they want to go out, they need a veil and scarf, and they stay in their bedroom most of the time.

But it didn't completely restrict them to death. If they really wanted to go out to play, no one would stop them, but the reputation would be worse in the future.

Like Yuchi Sanniang, there are relatively few people who spend all day mending their own wedding dresses in the dormitory.

Sanniang replied softly: "We are going back."

"Brother, are you going out?"

Seeing Nan Jiyun holding a whip in his hand, Sanniang asked a question.She just asked casually, after all, he was the elder brother, so he had to say a few words.

"Well, Auntie asked me to go with her to Zhuangzi outside the city, and said she wanted to arrange something." Jiang Chengxiao said.

She never thought that Jiang Chengxiao would answer her, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"You want to go too?" Jiang Chengxiao asked.

Sanniang shook her head, "No, there is still homework to be done today, so let's go back first." As she spoke, she lowered her head and brushed away from Jiang Chengxiao's side.When she left, Shiwuniang naturally left with her.

Looking at the backs of the two younger sisters, he didn't feel any emotion in his heart, only a little pity.

The Daiwang Mansion has a Zhuangzi covering an area of ​​[-] mu outside Chang'an City. This is the field that the first emperor bestowed on the Daiwang.Walls were built around Zhuangzi, and there were farmhouses inside.

Most of the people living here are old, weak, sick and disabled. They are widows and widows who stayed behind on the battlefield following the generation of kings.Of course, there are also some young and middle-aged people. Without exception, these people are all domestic slaves of Daiwangfu.

"The main purpose of coming here today is to repair the house. When your father came back from the conquest of the Turks this time, many generals must have died in battle. If their families are helpless, they must take them over." In the bullock cart, the princess Zheng said to Jiang Chengxiao.

Jiang Chengxiao endured the shaking of the bullock cart, and said, "Thank you, Ma'am."

He would rather ride a horse if he could.Cars in this era are all two-wheel drive, and the road is very uneven. Even if he is riding a slow-moving bullock cart, he still feels too wobbly.

Generally, he would only ride an ox cart in the marble-covered Chang'an City, and he would definitely ride a horse when he went out of the city.

Zheng said: "You have to learn these things in the future. In the future, these people will be our family's slaves. My son must treat them kindly."

Jiang Chengxiao nodded, expressing his understanding.

After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at Zhuangzi.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a large circle of house slaves kneeling on the ground to greet him, saying: "See the princess, see the son, see the princess."

Zheng first comforted a group of people, then talked with them in a friendly manner, and finally led Jiang Chengxiao and Le Ping into the group of houses.

Jiang Chengxiao's first impression here was chaos, with chickens and ducks running around on the ground, and all kinds of garbage and sewage scattered everywhere.The second impression was stolen goods, and an inexplicable strange smell wafted through his mouth and nose.

Le Ping, who was holding his hand, had a bitter face, and took out a silk scarf to cover his mouth and nose.

What surprised Jiang Chengxiao was that Mrs. Zheng didn't respond at all, and still greeted every household with a smile on her face.

Every family, Zheng asked the accompanying slaves to bring a stone of rice and a piece of mutton to them, and some of them were particularly difficult to give them a dime.

Jiang Chengxiao now understands why Zheng Shi told him that these people will be slaves of the royal family in the future.

To put it bluntly, these people are actually raised by the Daiwang Mansion, and those who farm are the young and strong slaves of the Daiwang Mansion, and those who are waiting to eat are the family members of the generals who died in battle.

The only way out for them in the future is to take the road of acting as the king's mansion, and becoming domestic slaves can guarantee their own food and clothing.

Of course, some people are unwilling to become slaves, but when he becomes an adult, the Dai Palace will not support him like this, but will let him go.

On the surface, the heart is like a bodhisattva, but in fact... hehe.

He smiled indifferently, instead of thinking about these people, he might as well think about his own situation.

After walking for a while, a group of people arrived at a construction site where the house was being repaired.

It is Uncle Mai, an old servant of the palace, who is in charge of this place.

"When will the work be completed?" Zheng asked.

Uncle Mai thought for a while and said, "It will take more than 20 days to report to the princess."

Mrs. Zheng shook her head, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Ten days, I will give you ten days at most."

"Ten days..." Uncle Mai looked embarrassed, "Princess, it's too late to start construction."

Mrs. Zheng resolutely said: "My lord will come back in a few days, so I can't miss my important business. Do you understand?"

Uncle Mai gritted his teeth and said: "In this way, we can only rush to work in the starry night, I am afraid that the wages will have to be calculated separately."

Zheng Shi said: "The palace is not short of this money, the most important thing is to repair these houses."

"Yes, I'll rush them right away." Uncle Mai saluted, then turned and went to the construction site.

Today's news made Jiang Chengxiao see another side of Zheng Shi.She took care of everything inside and outside the palace in an orderly manner.

(End of this chapter)