The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 1 Hou Mansion (1)
The Xu family in the Marquis of Wu'an is holding a funeral for the past few days.

At the beginning of the month, the old lady of Marquis Wu'an entered the palace in person, and asked the empress dowager to ask the imperial physician Du to diagnose the disease of Marquis of Wu'an. The first thing she said was blood deficiency, and it wouldn't be fatal if she took more care, but who knew it would be too late After more than half a month, Mrs. Wu'an Hou left.

Mrs. Wu Anhou was originally the niece and aunt of the Empress Dowager, the third daughter of the Gu family in Duke Jing's mansion. Because of her poor health when she was young, she was raised until she was over 20 years old, and she was not married yet.At the same time that Marquis Wu'an fought in the east and west for Dayong these years, he also delayed the age of marriage. When the border was settled in the old year, Marquis Wu'an returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and the queen mother made the decision and betrothed the niece to Marquis Wu'an.

Unexpectedly, on the night of the wedding, the Tartars would sneak in from the border gate. Marquis Wu An only enjoyed the wedding ceremony in the middle of the night. Before dawn, he put on his battle armor and went to the border gate overnight, leaving only a delicate and weak man behind. Mrs. Hou, who lives alone, guards her empty boudoir.

Mrs. Hou is also a blessed one, but she became pregnant in the middle of the night, and it is absolutely necessary to make Mrs. Hou happy.All the rules and etiquette should be ignored, only hope that she can be safe and sound, and spread the branches and leaves for the Marquis of Wu'an.

Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, Mrs. Hou has been weak since she was a child, and although she has taken care of it over the years, it is still a big difficulty in giving birth. When the child was formed in four or five months, he fell down After falling, the good boy was stillborn, and Mrs. Hou was infected with the root cause of the disease from then on, and she has never been able to get better.

Zhao Jing stood under the eaves of the blue-gray corridor outside Xiamen, watching the snow falling again.This year's winter is very cold. When she stayed up late doing sewing a few days ago, a small red spot appeared on her little finger, which was very itchy. She was afraid of breaking it if she scratched it.

Under the porch was hung a reed curtain with a new pattern that was rewarded in the old palace, covering the whole verandah airtight. A few old mothers came in from the door of the moon cave. Ning walked a long way and came to Zhao Jing.

"Miss Jing, the guests' lunch is ready. The old lady said that it's cold outside, and it's not fun for the girl to eat alone. She invited the girl to Songhe Hall for lunch." The person who came was the old lady Wu'anhou. The two mothers in charge, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Han, are considered decent people in this house. The old lady was afraid that sending a girl over would appear disrespectful, so she specially asked them to come over.

Speaking of which, Zhao Jing is a remarkable person in their eyes!I heard that she used to be a court lady next to the Empress Dowager, but later she dedicated herself to serving the little emperor, and even the little emperor wanted to call her aunt!Moreover, Miss Jing is fair, quick-witted, and fierce in quarrels. She said that she made great contributions in the palace chaos ten years ago, so even the empress dowager relies heavily on her.Originally, the queen mother wanted to keep her in the palace to serve for a few more years, but she didn't know why she refused. She only said that she would come out when she was old.Therefore, everyone is guessing, and they don't know what kind of good fortune this girl Jing has. Did she become a noble concubine for a certain minister?It's better to find a small official in the middle of the capital, and be a decent husband and wife in an upright manner.

But no matter what, Zhao Jing's future must be rich.

Even if there are a few withdrawn ones who come out of the palace late, and those who don't marry at all because of their age, they will all be treated with courtesy by the princes of various families and taught some rules in the palace, no matter what kind of The golden branches and jade leaves should be polite and call them sir.

But Zhao Jing has not thought of this at all. She has been staying in the palace since she crossed, and she knows nothing about the outside world. If she had to take care of the funeral, I'm afraid she would have to wait until the day she left the palace before she could breathe the air outside the palace.

But no matter what, this was the first time she had walked out of the palace and outside the palace walls.

"Thank you, the two mothers, come to invite me personally. The road is slippery in this snowy day. It's the same if you ask a little maid to tell you the same." Zhao Jingqing responded lightly. She has an oval face, white and clean skin, and a pair of eyes. Especially big, black and bright, the corners of the mouth are slightly raised when talking, looking gentle and charming.

It was also the first time for the two mothers to see a nobleman coming out of the palace, and they didn't dare to say anything nonsense, they just kept admiring in their hearts: everyone said that the palace is all fairy daughters, and this girl Jing is said to be 25 , how can she still be born so well, she looks no different from a fifteen-six-seven little girl?

Zhao Jing has long been used to the curious eyes of these people these days, so she is not surprised. The little maid at the side put on a padded cloak with a crow blue silver edge for her, Zhao Jing turned her head and glanced at it. Several little palace maids and eunuchs waiting in the room ordered in a low voice: "You guys also go to eat separately, just leave one person here to guard."

(End of this chapter)