Houmen's concubine

Chapter 35
Enter through the back door and walk through a gravel path lined with seasonal flowers and plants. On the left is the small yard where the servants live and the stables.

On the left side of the stable is the tall courtyard wall, which occupies one-third of Zhongyonghou's mansion, where Zhongyonghou, his concubines and concubine children live.

On the right is also a tall courtyard wall, inside the courtyard wall is the back garden of the Hou Mansion.Further to the right is the ancestral hall and family temple in the Zhongyonghou Mansion.

Then the courtyard in front is Huijuyuan, the big courtyard of Zhongyonghou's wife Rong, and Qingsongyuan, which is the same size as the Shizi's courtyard.

In addition, several small courtyards are vacant there.

At the very front is the main hall, where guests are received.

There are jade tile glazed walls everywhere in the mansion, pools and rocks between the yards, hand-painted verandahs, pavilions, terraces and attics are all covered by a piece of residual snow...
There are only two yards in Rong's Huiju Garden, so there is a large garden behind the yard, which is full of plum trees and sweet-scented osmanthus trees, only a few crabapple and jasmine climbing the wall.

At this time, when the wintersweet is in full bloom and will not fall, when the red plums are blooming, the scenery inside is needless to say that the scenery is infinitely beautiful!

Therefore, Zhongyonghou's Feiqing Pavilion is not a little far away from Rong's Huijutang. This is also what Rong has planned a long time ago, in order to avoid meeting those two concubines.

Therefore, every time Wang Tong'er went home from the back door of Zhongyonghou's Mansion, she had to go through more than half of the Houye's Mansion.

I just don't know why Xie Yuheng has to walk so much and loves to go back to the house through the backyard door. Is it for the convenience of the horses to go to the stables?

When Wang Tonger was walking to the wide and scattered side road paved with bluestone slabs in front of the courtyard of the Lord of Zhongyonghou, he saw a group of people walking in front of him, and Wang Tonger hurriedly stood sideways on the small road on the side road, like other servants, bowed his head Bow down and wait for the masters to pass by.

It turns out that today is a palace banquet held in the palace, but all wives of the inner house who are ordered to go to the palace will go to the palace.

This is the end of the palace banquet. Zhongyonghou in court clothes and his wife who is also wearing first-grade imperial clothes have just come out of the palace. The husband and wife parted ways at the fork in the road, one going east and the other going west.

It is estimated that Shizi also came back from the palace. He must be one step faster on horseback than Zhongyonghou and his wife in a carriage.

Zhongyonghou put on a gloomy fat face, shook his clothes, led his entourage and guards, and strode away quickly on the fork road to the west.

Mrs. Hou Ye's wife, Rong Shi pouted her lips, and walked gracefully to the fork in the east, surrounded by her maids and maids.

Tsk, it's really similar to a modern physical marriage, a pair of strangers under the same roof.

Wang Tong'er sighed softly, in this feudal society, how many marriages between aristocratic families are loving couples?
Even if there are couples who love each other, they are always separated by the men's concubines and concubine children, and the relationship has faded long ago.

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By the time Wang Tong'er arrived at Qingsongyuan, Xie Yuheng was already immersed in his work in the study.

Wang Tong'er was still hesitant to knock on the door and ask if Shizi was working on New Year's Day?
Do you want to go in by yourself and wait for Shi Ziye to bring tea and water or grind ink or something?

Thinking about it, since he arrived at Qingsongyuan, he neither sweeps the floor and does laundry, nor does he go out on business with the eldest son.There are only a few occasions when the ink is ground.

By the way, this maidservant is too leisurely!

Coincidentally, the door opened at this time, and Xiao Yan came out from the inside and said, "Miss Tong'er, Master calls you to come in and study ink."

"Oh, I'll go in right away." "Brother Yan, Happy New Year!" Wang Tong'er did not forget to say auspicious words for the New Year to her.

"Happy New Year, Miss Tong'er!"

Only half a head taller than Wang Tong'er, the fair-skinned little Yan gave her a strange look. Could it be that this little girl really grinds ink better than herself?

Ever since she came to Qingsongyuan, Shizi didn't let him study ink with Xiaomo.

They don't need to serve in the study, and the pastries that the master doesn't like to eat are also brought in.

It seems that the master has finally come out from the shadow of the death of the concubine, and is willing to get close to the woman!
Well, a good sign!
Be more polite to Miss Tong'er in the future.

"My maidservant has seen the Eldest Son!" Wang Tong'er opened the long-awaited door curtain and went in, blowing a gust of warm air in front of her.As usual, he bowed to Xie Yuheng respectfully.

In this damn feudal society, every time you see your master, you have to pay respects.

After entering the study room where the charcoal basin was burned, Wang Tonger just remembered to take off the earmuffs on her ears, put them in her small bag, and put the small bag on the corner of the corner.

At this moment, she thought of the disdainful look that Shizi looked at her on the horse, probably because he disliked this pair of earmuffs.

"Well, let's study ink!" Xie Yuheng said in a cold voice while holding the book in his hands without even raising his head.

"Oh."

Wang Tong'er looked up and saw that Xie Yuheng, who never wore bright red and green, was actually wearing a scarlet brocade robe with python pattern today.

He was originally born with an unmistakably handsome face, but with the scarlet red, his majesty remains undiminished, and his complexion is even more complex.This looks really like a military general fighting on the battlefield, how can he be a handsome Jiangnan patrol censor?

Wang Tong'er rubbed her little hands first, then acted quickly, poured some water, took a piece of pine smoke ink in the inkstone vat, and began to grind it.

I've been shopping for half a day today, and my two calves have never rested. It is said that shopping is a tiring job!
What she wants most is to have a comfortable Ge You lie on the chair...

At this time, there was no sound in the study room, except for the rustling sound of Xie Yuheng splashing ink on the rice paper with the Zihao in his hand.

Wang Tonger sneaked a peek at his handwriting, which was different from her grandfather's flowing, handsome handwriting style. His handwriting was sharp and flamboyant, and it became full of soul.

Forehead?How do you think his handwriting is the same as the copybook for her?
When I received the copybook from him before, I wondered why the copybook was so difficult to copy?

It turned out to be Master Xie's handwriting, no wonder no matter how I copied it, I didn't have one-tenth of the style of the words on the copybook.

Wang Tong'er and Xie Yuheng, master and servant, stayed in the study until it was getting dark, and then hurriedly lit the candles in the room.

After nearly a cup of tea, Xiao Mo's voice came from outside the door: "Master, it's time to go to Huiju Garden to accompany the old lady for dinner."

"Ah."

Xie Yuheng then put down the pen in his hand, put the pen on the pen stand, and walked to the place where the washbasin was placed.

When Wang Tonger saw it, he quickly walked over to pour some hot water from the iron pot on top of the charcoal basin, poured some hot water into the copper washbasin, stood aside, waited for him to finish washing his hands, and handed over a dry cotton towel thoughtfully Let him wipe his hands.

Xie Yuheng then went to the dormitory and asked Xiao Mo to wait for him to change into a brocade suit, with a black gold silk cloak on top.

"Well, let's go!"

"Oh."

well!This is going to see their family with a hungry stomach again, eating seven big bowls and eight big dishes, delicacies from mountains and seas, delicious food and wine!

　The Zhongyonghou Mansion, which is superficially luxurious, is like most wealthy families. How many couples are really cowardly?
　　Most of them get along well with each other for the sake of common interests, and the actual relationship between husband and wife is like a stranger.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)