The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 2 Hou Mansion (2)
After hearing this, the two mothers quickly laughed and said: "The old lady ordered that the people who follow the girl eat here, and someone from the kitchen will deliver it in a while."

Zhao Jing nodded slightly, said softly "I'm sorry", and followed the two women to Songhe Hall.

It has only been twenty years since the founding of Dayong, and this Marquis of Wu'an's mansion is not based on deep foundations, but is the mansion of a powerful official in the capital of the previous dynasty.When Taizu came to Beijing, he rewarded ministers with meritorious service, and Marquis Wu'an got this place.It is said that the powerful official was originally from the south of the Yangtze River, so the garden scenery and pavilion arrangement all imitated the appearance of the Jiangnan area, so although the courtyard is small, the scenery is very good.

But at this time, Zhao Jing was not in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the snow.

In two months, she will be able to leave the palace. Thinking of how she walked on thin ice in the palace these years, Zhao Jing knew that her heart must not be as young as she looked on the outside.

The emperor was young and the empress dowager was kind. For these two people, Zhao Jing was able to deal with it with ease, but there was only one person, the regent king of the Dayong Dynasty, who had power all over the world. Zhao Jing felt frightened when she saw him.

Although the memory of this original body is fragmented, Zhao Jing also vaguely learned from the rumors of some old people in the palace that her original body seems to have had some festivals with the regent.As a result, whenever the other sisters want to leave the palace, the Empress Dowager's grace has not yet been given, and some suitors have come first.But I am the only one, until now there is no one who dares to ask for marriage.

But this suits Zhao Jing's own wishes, she doesn't want to marry, let alone marry at the age of 25 in ancient times.

After passing the aisle between the front and back yards, and turning around a corner gate, there is a large courtyard with three entrances right in front, which is the Songhe Hall where the old lady Xu, the old lady of Marquis Wu'an, lives.Before Zhao Jing entered the Hanging Flower Gate, she heard the faint laughter of a girl coming from inside.Zhao Jing frowned almost invisibly. Although the funeral has been going on for more than ten days, and the sadness is almost over, but laughing with the door closed like this, it really shouldn't be the behavior of this kind of people group.

There were two little maids guarding the main entrance, and when they saw Zhao Jing coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to close the curtain, and said inside, "Old lady, Aunt Jing is here."

The laughter inside stopped, and Zhao Jing lowered her head and walked in, almost choking on the warm air just after entering the room.Although the silver frost charcoal is used, there will be a smell of smoke if there is too much.She just came in from the outside, and her nose was itchy even more.

When Zhao Jing raised her head, she saw several children from the Marquis of Wu'an's residence were there.

Although the current Marquis of Wu'an already has 25, he has nothing to do with his knees.The brothers and sisters in this hall also have their own backgrounds.Zhao Jing has been here for about ten days, so she has figured everything out.

Wearing a moon-white filial piety dress, with a pair of buns on her hair, the thin, about twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was left behind by Wu Anhou's elder brother who had gone first.

It is said that the dead Zhunwu'an Hou Shizi was killed by the old Hou Ye himself because he was on the wrong team when the imperial power changed ten years ago.Even his wretched wife, Shizi, was so frightened by the news that she had a difficult delivery. She died twice, not even a single root was left.At this time, the girl standing in front of her, who looked cautious and shrugged, was the child of the eldest son and an outside room. It is said that Mrs. Lao Hou refused to recognize her at first, but later the eldest son went to Thinking that she didn't even have any flesh and blood, so she sent someone to carry her back.

It is conceivable that this girl's situation in the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion is probably a miserable one.

In contrast to her, there was another girl who was tall and slender, with exquisite eyebrows and eyes, and who had grown into a bit of feminine beauty. It was the one who heard Zhao Jing's laughter before she entered the door just now.

This one is not as upright as the one just now. She is the granddaughter of the old sister who fled together when Madam Hou was young. Her old sister was a young widow and had three sons under her knees. One followed the uncle and died ten years ago. The other followed the current Lord Hou, who also died in battle three years ago.This girl is the only daughter left behind by the one who died in battle with Lord Hou.Mrs. Xu thought of their family's contribution to the Hou's Mansion, so Marquis Wu'an adopted her as a foster daughter, and thus became the eldest lady of the Hou's Mansion.

The other two children who looked no more than four or five years old, looked like chubby dumplings, were white and cute, and exactly the same, they were a pair of twins from my aunt's family.My aunt was married to a general, and she died of dystocia when giving birth to twins, and my uncle died for the country at a young age. Only these two children were left behind, and the elders over there were also dead, so they were taken to the Hou's mansion to raise them.

In addition to these four people, there are two young masters in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, one was adopted by the deceased uncle in the clan.The other one belonged to the family of a subordinate who was killed in battle by Marquis Wu An. Marquis Wu An adopted him as his adoptive son. Even so, it was not recorded in the genealogy like the righteous daughter just now. He only said that he would wait until he got married , and let him recognize his ancestors, and now he is just raising him.

(End of this chapter)