The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 5 Entering the Palace (1)
Whether in modern times or in ancient times, Zhao Jing admired these people who practiced martial arts.Abandoning Xiaojia for the sake of the country's righteousness, throwing his head and blood is no longer a problem, and 25 Liu didn't even have a child, which was really quite rare in ancient times.

So seeing Mrs. Xu's anxious appearance, Zhao Jing also felt anxious.However, the rich and noble families in the capital are all born with a pair of snobbish eyes, and the veteran dignitaries left by the previous dynasty are naturally unwilling to make friends with these upstarts.And none of the girls in these upstart families can wait to live in Marquis Wu'an.

I don't know how long the battle in the north will take. I have been fighting outside all year round, not to mention being a widow, and I have to worry about it all day long. Maybe when I open my eyes one day, I will change from a widow to a real widow.There is one more important thing, everyone knows that the old Marquis of Wu'an was born in Cao Mang, so the birth of the old lady of Marquis of Wu'an...is even more out of the question.A girl who has been pampered at home for more than ten years, marrying into such a family, and being ordered by a village woman who doesn't know which village or village, is really aggrieved as much as she wants.

So everyone discussed in private that if it wasn't for the poor health of the third girl from Duke Jing's family, they wouldn't be willing to marry.Now, he was convinced by those tongue-twisters, and he died within a year.

Zhao Jing came out of Songhe Hall, and then went back to the meeting room where she had been staying just now. Several young ladies and eunuchs also had lunch, and they were transcribing account books and organizing guest lists.When everyone saw Zhao Jing coming, they put down their work and greeted them. They saluted in a well-mannered manner. Among them, a round-faced maid named Xing'er, who was younger, said, "My aunt is back. There was someone outside just now. Talking back and forth, the two grandmas in the fourth room of Duke Jing's mansion left without lunch."

Zhao Jing frowned and thought for a while, this Jing Guogong's fourth wife is a concubine, these two grandmothers should be the two young wives of the fourth bedroom, and it took more than ten days for them to come to express their condolences, it seems that they used to be with these three The girl's friendship should not be considered good, so she replied lightly: "Let's go, it's been a few days, I'm afraid there are no important relatives coming. The relatives of my family include a few old ladies who are close to the old lady. My mother is taking care of me, and my relatives from my natal family are almost here, so it’s fine to let my mother-in-law take care of me. I’m going back to the palace today, so please behave yourself. When the busy days are over, On the side of the empress dowager, your rewards are naturally indispensable."

These little maids and eunuchs were all selected by the queen mother who asked Zhao Jing to go to the inner mansion to pick them out when they were about to leave the palace.She was too busy to go out alone, and the maids and eunuchs beside the queen mother couldn't move, so she selected a few literate ones from among the new maids and eunuchs in the inner palace to help her take care of the matter. Trivia for a few days.These little court ladies and eunuchs also knew Zhao Jing's background, and they wished they could serve her well, so that they could serve beside the emperor or the empress dowager in the future, that honor would be extraordinary.

Everyone agreed, and Zhao Jing sat down and looked through the account books of the past few days, trying to estimate the expenses this time.There is a war going on in the north, and I heard that life is not safe in the south. The empress dowager confessed that Madam Wu'anhou should not be wronged, but the money that the household department can provide is limited, so Zhao Jing must not only save face, but also save some money. silver.

Zhao Jing tried her best to inquire about the prices in the capital, so she didn't get cheated by those shopkeepers.They used to be ignorant people who came out of the palace, but now they dare not underestimate Zhao Jing.

Zhao Jing closed the ledger, thinking that when she leaves the palace in the future, she will always do some small business. It is good to put more thought into these matters, so as not to be deceived in the future.It's a pity that this trip out of the palace was ordered by the Empress Dowager, it's not convenient for her to go back to her own home on Gulou Street, and she doesn't know if her brother and sister-in-law are still alive.

Just as she was thinking wildly, a woman outside braved the snow and came over, but she didn't dare to come in at the gate, she just turned her head back outside Baosha: "Miss Jing, someone from the gate outside came to send a message, saying that someone from the palace has come to pick you up."

Zhao Jing originally thought that she would go back to the palace on the carriage of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, but who knew that the queen mother would send a car here. She thought that she would not be in the palace for ten days, and she was afraid that the queen mother would also worry about things outside, so she didn't After further delay, I put on a big cloak, and the old woman held the umbrella, and walked all the way to the front door.

The eunuch who came to pick him up was Fu Manduo who was next to the little emperor. The masters called him Xiao Fuzi, and the people outside had to respectfully call him Father Fu.Zhao Jing gave him this name. He didn't have a name when he first entered the palace. The queen mother said that the servants who serve the emperor should have a good name, so that people will feel happy when they hear it. Because she ate too much instant noodles in her previous life, Zhao Jing thought of the name Fumanduo in a flash.

(End of this chapter)