Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 343
Luo Bing and Lu Tieshi were drinking sorghum wine, while Ning Wan, Mrs. Wei, and Luo Yan warmed up the Jiangnan rice wine and drank it slowly. Ning Wan said: "Dongping Palace will hold a plum blossom banquet in two days, sister-in-law and Yan'er will go Is it?" She thought that Mrs. Wei might not go, if Luo Yan wanted to go, she would just follow her.

Mrs. Wei said: "Even if my younger brother and sister don't come, I will send someone to tell you to help me make amends in front of Princess Dongping. I am so weak that I can't go out. Yan'er has to stay at home and take care of me." .”

Ning Wan understood.

Mrs. Wei's family suffered a lot when she was young. It was not easy for her as a weak woman to raise her younger brother, and her body was not well taken care of.Although this refusal is not an excuse, in fact there are many servants in the Luo family. Where is a young girl in Luo Yan taking care of her at home?The Luo family just didn't want to marry the royal family.

She had already told Brother Luo and Mrs. Wei completely about the situation of King Dongping, and it was not unusual for them to make such a decision. The Luo family had suffered too much, and they were unwilling to get involved in any right and wrong.

Ning Wan didn't intend to persuade her, so she just smiled and said: "It's a pity, I heard people say that the scenery of the Dongping Palace is very beautiful, it was specially given to the youngest son by the first emperor, and Dongping Princess has not invited guests for more than ten years, everyone Looking forward to it." In fact, she felt a little pity for Duke Dongping and Luo Yan.

Seeing Mrs. Wei's expression was not a pity, Luo Yan didn't know the inside story but smiled and said: "Sister Ning, tell me after you go and tell me, it's as if I saw it."

Ning Wan responded, "Okay, I will take a closer look!"

Sure enough, the next day, I went to Princess Dongping's flower viewing banquet.

Dongping Prince’s Mansion is not far from the imperial city, occupying an entire area. This time, all the female relatives were invited, and the cars drove directly into the mansion like a stream of water. There were already maids in the palace who picked them up, and then changed into sedan chairs and sent them to the inner hall. It took only half an hour for this section of the road, which shows the scale of Dongping Palace.When he got off the sedan chair, he saw that the palace of Qijian was very magnificent, and what was even more wonderful was the red plums against the Kazuki tree.

Yes, now Dongping Wangfu has become a sea of ​​red plums. From the three or five old plum trees that are scattered beside the hall, there are many plum blossoms in the garden. Some are hidden behind a rockery, or stand beside a small pavilion, and gradually gather together, and finally become a plum forest in the deepest part of the garden.Under the radiance of winter snow, the thousands of red plums are breathtaking.

After Ning Wanzi guarded the empress in the palace, she became a frequent visitor in the palace. She was familiar with the magnificent and luxurious scenery in the palace, but she felt that the Dongping Palace with plum blossoms in full bloom was more beautiful than the palace.

Princess Dongping didn't invite many guests. After eating tea in the hall, she took everyone to admire the plum blossoms. In the Tingxue Pavilion in front of the plum grove, there were piano, chess, brush and ink, and many talented girls came forward to play the piano, play Xiao, recite poems and paint.Ning Wan sat with his wife and wives on the warm kang, listening to the piano and enjoying the paintings, took advantage of the spare time and smiled and said to the princess what Madam Wei had said, and said: "It's a pity that they didn't have the chance to appreciate the red carpet." plum."

There is something that a person like Princess Dongping can't understand, so she smiled and said: "It's all fate, so there is no need to regret it." Of course she really wanted Luo's daughter to be her daughter-in-law, after all, her son liked it, but she didn't have to. demand.Over the years, she has come step by step, especially after King Jing rebelled and appointed the crown prince, the emperor's attachment to the Dongping Palace has become more and more shallow. Now there are many families in Beijing who want to marry the Palace. Among these famous ladies, there are quite a few .

It's a pity for Ning Wan, but she didn't want to reveal anything, she just smiled and said: "The princess's words are very reasonable." According to Mrs. Wei, Brother Luo has made up his mind, and among the children of the Yang family in the south of the Yangtze River, Luo Yan has already seen him. I won a young man's exam. It is said that he is a romantic character, has excellent talents and learning, and he will definitely win next year.The two families also had a tacit understanding, and they only waited for the wedding to be held after Chunwei.

The young girls had shown their talents, and everyone praised them. Ning Wan also admired some small jewelry with everyone, and casually said, "When we were in Liaodong, we had to barbecue in this weather."

Not wanting to, a young lady retorted with a smile: "Such a barbecue in front of Meilin, the smell of smell is a bit unpleasant."

Ning Wan smiled and looked over, and saw that although the girl was wearing a red dress, she looked old-fashioned, and she was overshadowed by the red plums in the garden, and she was two or three years older than the other girls, and her appearance It's normal, but now I feel a little funny with an upright face, as if I just said that the surname is Yan, it should be the granddaughter of Yan Yushi's family.This time Princess Dongping held a flower viewing party, and the girls invited were second and third class in the capital. Most of their fathers and brothers held official positions around the fourth and fifth ranks, and Yan Yushi happened to be among them.

Ning Wan had no intention of competing with a little girl, and let Miss Yan refute her, she just ate tea with a smile.

Miss Yan is the eldest granddaughter of Yan Yushi. The Yan family was transferred from Sichuan to the capital a few years ago, which delayed her marriage.This time I was very happy to get the post from Dongping Palace. After thinking about it for a long time, I thought that my uprightness and rigor would definitely be appreciated by Princess Dongping, so I set my sights on Princess Dongping, waiting for her approval.

But she was very wrong. Princess Dongping wanted to choose her daughter-in-law. The future princess of Dongping County would be a smart woman who would take charge of the Dongping Palace and overcome countless difficulties.Princess Dongping didn't like her at first, and she was completely excluded at this time. Now she smiled and replied as if she hadn't heard anything: "So Mrs. Lu also likes barbecue? I used to love it the most. There is a set of stove irons and so on ready-made in the Xuanli, and the county king and I roasted meat here when the first snow fell this year." Then he ordered, "Take the thing out, and let the kitchen send it to you. Some preserved deer, we will enjoy the plum blossoms and eat the meat at the same time."

Several other wives laughed and said: "Barbecuing meat and enjoying plum blossoms, the princess and Mrs. Lu are really elegant."

"Our family also loves to eat, and we often make these at home. Once, we even roasted a whole lamb in the garden."

Another person said: "If you eat barbecue, you must have wine, so I will have the audacity to ask the princess to give you some more shochu, soak it hot, and let us have a drink!"

In fact, Ning Wan really didn't want to eat barbecue in front of Meilin, she just said it casually when she saw the snow and felt homesick.However, she is no longer the Mrs. Lu who was rejected by some people when she first participated in the banquet at the foreign Lang's family of the Ministry of War. Now, except for the rare exception of Miss Yan, everyone is doing their best to support her.No matter what she says, there are always many people who agree with it, and sometimes she even thinks, if she said that the sun rises in the west, there must be someone who will say it is good!
These people praised themselves, needless to say, they would not take Ms. Yan seriously at all, even Princess Dongping was a little inferior, after all, an idle palace, in terms of power, could not compare to the Jinyiwei Yamen.

Ning Wan looked apologetically at Princess Dongping, but Princess Dongping didn't care, and brought a string of roasted venison skewered with iron skewers to her, "Madam Lu, try it, compared to the barbecue in Liaodong How is the taste?"

Ning Wan, however, would not fail to give Princess Dongping face, "The barbecue in the palace is of course excellent." After eating a bunch of meat, she praised: "Compared with Liaodong's, they have different flavors, and they are all delicious!"

After the flower viewing banquet at the Dongping Prince's Mansion, there was no immediate news about which lady the Princess Dongping had chosen. On the contrary, it was a beauty in the palace who gave birth to a prince, which became the most discussed topic among officials and eunuchs in the capital.The emperor is nearly [-] years old, and no prince or daughter has been born in the palace for the past ten years, and the prince is the only prince of the emperor.Now, another Prince Gong was added to the royal jade plate, and the emperor also conferred the title of Concubine Li on the little-known Chen Meiren, and bestowed three official positions on Chen Meiren's father and brother within a day.

This makes many people have to think about it.

Everyone knows that the emperor doesn't like Duan Wang, but he has no choice but to make Duan Wang the crown prince. Now that Concubine Chen Li has given birth to a son, what will happen in the future?
Ning Wan also said ironically behind her back: "The little prince is more than thirty years younger than Duan Wang. It's hard to say whether he can be brought up. Is it possible that he still has to fight for the throne? But the empress is as stable as Mount Tai, playing cards every day."

"Anyone who becomes the emperor must respect the empress dowager as the empress dowager, so the empress dowager is very calm," but Tie Shi didn't look down on those officials, "I accompany the driver on the west side of the throne every day. I am afraid that the emperor will spoil Prince Gong too much, and I think it is really ridiculous."

Ning Wan asked in a low voice: "Is the prince really a bit stupid?"

"It's not that stupid, but he is indeed not a smart person. He doesn't read well, and his speech is not elegant enough. Especially when he is in front of the emperor, he stutters when he is afraid."

"It's no child's play to register a prince."

Tie Shi patted her on the head, "These things have nothing to do with us."

Ning Wan naturally also knew, "Nowadays I often hear these words in the capital, so it is inevitable to discuss a few words."

"However, after the emperor added a little prince, I spent a long time going to the harem every day, so I was free." Tie Shi said, "I went to the Zhenfu Division today, and saw that the instruments of torture inside were really outrageous. It's all burned."

Wu Liangshang was tortured and became disabled in the Zhenfu Division, but he was lucky. He heard that there were not many people who died in the Zhenfu Division, and most of them were princes and grandchildren, high-ranking officials and wealthy people, so he was in Beijing. No one is not afraid of Jin Yiwei.Ning Wan also said: "Although Jin Yiwei is responsible for the investigation, abuse of torture should never be done." But she couldn't help but sigh, "It's because of your kind heart and not ruthless methods that Yan Yushi and the others are so arrogant, sometimes I can't find a reason to scold you. Even if I went to Dongping Palace, I was laughed at by the little girl of the Yan family."

Every time Tie Shi mentioned Yan Yushi before, he never took it to heart, no matter what Yan Yushi scolded, he didn't hear it.Now when he heard that his daughter-in-law was wronged, he immediately lowered his face and said, "Miss Yan Yushi's family dares to disrespect you?"

Ning Wanyuan accidentally muttered something, and hurriedly said: "You have a big heart, how can I be a person with a small belly? Besides, that matter has long passed, Princess Dongping didn't give her favor at that time, and she shouldn't even think about entering the palace. Already." Pulling Tie Shi again, he changed the subject with a smile, "Every family in Liaodong made bean buns in the last month of the month. The capital city is different. Steamed buns with diced meat are steamed from inside the palace to outside. Today I also tried it. Come on. How about a taste."

Tie Shi smiled slightly, "Recently, the kitchen in the palace does often make it. I wonder if yours is the same?"

All of a sudden, the steamed buns with diced meat were served, each of them was as big as a sea bowl, and you had to hold it with both hands to eat, and you could eat the stuffing with one bite: the meat and green onions were cut into cubes, sautéed with soy sauce, wrapped in the steamed buns and then steamed, full of mouthful They all had a mellow and strong fragrance, so Tie Shi said, "It's better than the ones in the palace!"

Ning Wan treated it as the end of the meal after eating, and didn’t want Tie Shi to take a small box and hand it to her when she came back from the yamen the next day, “Have someone send it to Miss Yan’s family, and I promise that the next time Miss Yan sees you, I’ll be better than you.” Mice are afraid of cats."

The small wooden box is of ordinary texture, and the flowers painted on it are not outstanding, and it is not very eye-catching. When I opened it, I found half a double-strand hairpin inside. , slightly old.Ning Wan knew that there must be a reason, picked it up and looked at it carefully, the hairpin was broken abruptly, the break was already a bit old, there was a small word "Spring" on the back of the head of the hairpin, she thought for a while and asked: "What is this?" Is it Miss Yan's hairpin? Does her boudoir name have the word 'chun' in it?"

"That's right, the other hairpin is in Shuzhong, in the hands of one of her cousins."

Ning Wan said "Ah!", "How could you know?"

"Don't forget that Jinyiwei also has the duty of detecting silk. There are ten thousand households who are responsible for spying on all kinds of secrets inside and outside the capital. There are so many news reported to me every day that I can't hear them."

"But who knows that you can even know the old affairs of Miss Yushijia at your fingertips!" Ning Wan sighed, "Don't you know all the family affairs of those first- and second-rank high-ranking officials like the palm of your hand?"

"Which concubine's room did Shoufu sleep in last night, I know what he said before going to bed."

Ning Wan screamed again, "Then us?"

"Don't worry, no one dared to inquire about our affairs," Tie Shi said with a smile: "Actually, the Yan family is not worthy of Jin Yiwei's attention, but after he scolded me in the book, someone specifically investigated. Apart from this, there are other In addition, in fact, he is not as clean and noble as he looks on the outside."

Everyone can't help Jin Yiwei's scrutiny like this, right?Even myself, I often say things that I shouldn't say in private with Tie Shi.Ning Wan handed the box back again, "Forget it, Miss Yan is not very old now, she should not be very sensible when she was in the middle of Shu, and it's okay to have friendship with her cousin for a while, thinking about people like Yan Yushi On weekdays, the management must be very strict, and there is no real difference between the cousin and the cousin, and we don't want to ruin her life for a single sentence."

But Ning Wan's heart is different from the past. It's really funny to see the opponent foolishly trying to embarrass herself even though she is clearly holding the opponent's fatal trick!

After all, she is a woman, so Ning Wan inevitably has to be curious, so she asked quietly under the covers at night, "Tell me those secrets differently, and I promise not to tell them."

Lu Tieshi looked at her so funny that he didn't want to say anything, but finally couldn't help but said a few things, which made his daughter-in-law laugh for a long time, and finally sighed: "Now you are really a person with outstanding hands and eyes."

"What is the best hand and eye? After the new year, I want to reorganize the Jinyiwei and abolish some of the detectives and listeners. It is really a waste of the court's salary and not doing business. I don't want to know the secrets of these courtiers, let alone hold them. These excuses are going to embarrass someone.”

Of course, the daughter-in-law is bullied exception.

(End of this chapter)