peasant young lady

Chapter 65 That Portrait Looks Familiar

It turns out that Dahua also noticed something different?
Cheng Xia and Dahua whispered head to head, "What do you see?"

Da Hua tried her best to use the lowest voice possible, "I look a bit like my brother-in-law in that portrait."

Yang Dalang?Cheng Xia's eyes never let go of the coachman's every move. She watched the coachman's back stiffen instantly when Dahua mentioned the word brother-in-law, but he returned to a relaxed state after a while, and his cold eyes softened instantly. secret.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think?" Cheng Xia glanced at the coachman, pretending to be mocking, and deliberately slapped a big flower to pretend to be like him, "Sister-in-law, you have seen it too, the man in the portrait is at least fifty or sixty Oh, how old is my husband-in-law?"

"That's right." Dahua scratched her head embarrassingly, "I just think the eyes and nose are quite similar. I feel relieved when you say that, little sister, otherwise I would be worried. My little sister finally has a stable life. , can't toss any more."

"Oh, sister-in-law," Cheng Xia was a little moved again, "Look at what you said, I'm going to cry."

Hearing a chuckle from the coachman, Cheng Xia turned to look at the man with a generous back, pondered for a moment and asked, "I don't know what your name is?"

"My surname is Joe." The man said after a long silence.

Cheng Xia nodded and continued to ask, "How did you and my husband know each other?"

Du Zhong coughed lightly, and said uncomfortably, "We are all copying books at the old man's place."

"Oh," Cheng Xia responded meaningfully, "I see that my husband goes to Huangdun Village to copy books almost every day. Do you get paid?"

"What? Remuneration?" Du Zhong repeated unnaturally.

"Yes, you copy books for the old man, you must make money, if you don't make money, who would waste your time doing this, you are right."

"Yes, yes, you are right." Du Zhong followed Cheng Xia's words.

"Then how much do you pay per month?" Cheng Xia didn't plan to let this Eucommia go, obviously he was much more tempting than his husband-in-law.

"Uh, it's about one hundred Wen." Du Zhong said.

One hundred words?Cheng Xia wrote it down, "Do you live in the east or west of the village or where?"

"It's not easy to find my house in the middle of the village." Du Zhong answered quickly this time.

"Little brother, how old are you this year?" Cheng Xia looked at his blushing face, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

"It's already twenty this year, sister-in-law, what do you want to ask?" Du Zhong looked back at Cheng Xia dumbfounded.

"It's nothing, just asking if you are married. If not, my sister-in-law will introduce you to a daughter-in-law, and she will be beautiful."

"No, no need," Du Zhong responded with a loud voice, "I got married last year."

"Oh, do you have any children?"

"No, not yet."

Cheng Xia nuzzled, seeing that Dahua kept reminding her not to talk too much, so she stopped asking, these few questions were enough, she wanted to see if the driver in front of her was an ordinary villager in Huangdun Village .

The identity of her husband-in-law is becoming more and more curious. In the portrait in the hands of the yacha just now, not only Dahua looks like her husband-in-law, but she even looks a little similar at a glance. Similar charm, but most people will not associate two people with such a big age gap together.

Thinking about what the shopkeeper of Tianyou Grocery Store said just now, the posture of those yamen servants did not look like the notice said they were looking for Concubine Wan Gui's old friend, they were clearly here to find Concubine Wan Guifei's sworn enemy.

Speaking of Concubine Wan Gui, Cheng Xia really had to recall her carefully. Concubine Wan Gui was considered a well-known empress and concubine in the history of the Ming Dynasty, even more attractive than ordinary empresses and concubines, because she was the most famous concubine in history. The only one who was 17 years older than the emperor and could still be honored and favored until the moment of his death.

Concubine Wan Gui was ordered to serve the young Ming Xianzong who was still the prince when he was a maid. During Ming Xianzong's chaotic, fearful and restless childhood life, only Concubine Wan Gui had been with him. To him, that woman was more like a concubine. It is the existence of both a mother and a mother, and this kind of affection is naturally not something that some young and beautiful concubines can give him.

Regardless of the opposition of his mother and all the courtiers, Xianzong insisted on Nawan noble concubine enter the harem, and even wanted to push her to the position of queen.And Concubine Wan Gui is naturally not a soft persimmon, she is full of scheming and strategies, so she has made great strides all the way, occupying the highest concubine status in the harem except the concubine, and she is in the limelight for a while. As for the other Empress Qian and Empress Wu, or Concubine Shao Gui and Concubine Bai, who had been favorites for a while, could not shake Concubine Wan Gui's status and her importance in the emperor's heart.

However, the reputation of Concubine Wan Gui has always been bad in history, because she used the power of Jinyiwei and Dongchang to remove all obstacles on the way for herself.

Concubine Wan Gui's purpose is very clear, she wants her son to ascend to the throne, and Xianzong did indeed do so, but Concubine Wan Gui's son is blessed with a lot of bad luck, but unfortunately passed away at the age of two, and Concubine Wan Gui has never been seen again since then. pregnant.She couldn't have a child by herself, and she didn't want other women to give birth to a son for Xianzong, which led to the absence of a prince.

As for Xiaozong, who will be enthroned in September this year, it is because he was born in the cold palace when he was a child, and he grew up to the age of five with the help of conscientious people in the harem. During this period, no one knew that the emperor still had a little prince. exist.When the little prince was five years old, Xianzong heard a eunuch's heartfelt words, and realized that he had another prince, and that he had grown to be five years old. Xianzong was very happy, and the next year he made the little prince a The prince, that is, Xiaozong who is still the prince.

Unfortunately, the existence of the little prince greatly threatened Concubine Wan Gui's status. Not long after Xianzong found the little prince, the little prince's biological mother, the eunuchs and maids who had helped him escape dangers, and some who had been in and out of the harem at that time, gave The family members of the little prince's ministers who ate and rescued suffered disasters one after another, and everyone who had anything to do with the little prince died.

Cheng Xia remembered that two ministers were massacred, and none of the family members were spared. Thinking of that scene, he felt that the cruelty was outrageous.

Right now, Concubine Wan Gui is seriously ill, and it looks like she will be leaving Hexi in a few days, why is she looking for the person in the portrait now?Exterminating the roots or reminiscing about the past?
Countless people died under the hands of Concubine Wan Gui, what kind of person is she looking for?Why is that person somewhat similar to her husband?
Today, Cheng Xia met Aunt Han, the daughter of the famous Wang Yue in history. For the first time, he felt that he had integrated into the history of the Ming Dynasty. So what will happen next?
Seeing that Cheng Xia was silent all the time, Dahua didn't urge her, just sat beside her and looked at her quietly. She was happy enough today. The shopkeeper of Shangji Pharmacy personally took her pulse and said that her health was not serious. By recuperating and replenishing qi and blood, I can slowly reduce my flesh, and I even grabbed three packs of medicine for myself, all of which were brought to her by my younger sister. In her eyes, my younger sister is now her most precious. important person.

Dahua originally thought that the little girl was thinking about something important, but she saw her head pointing and pointing. After a while, her head tilted and fell on her shoulder. Dahua laughed suddenly. She thought she was doing something , It turned out to be asleep.

The car was driving very fast. Although the heavy rain was getting heavier and heavier, there were very few pedestrians on the road, so we arrived at Yang's house in the next half an hour.

The carriage stopped at the door of Yang's house, and Lin Xiu, who had been waiting, hurried over to pick it up with an umbrella. Cheng Xia rubbed her sleepy eyes and bid farewell to Da Hua, and earnestly asked Du Zhong to carefully deliver Da Hua to Cheng's house. At the door, this time I got out of the car and went home with confidence.

Yang Dalang stood at the door of the room, saw Cheng Xia came back with a smile on his lips, Cheng Xia didn't know whether the smile was towards himself or the coachman Du Zhong at the gate, and didn't want to guess, so he curled his lips and entered the room.

The outermost part was covered with a large flowered dress, and her clothes were already soaked, sticking to her body was extremely uncomfortable.Cheng Xia put the basket in the house, and wanted to change clothes. Seeing that Yang Dalang’s old god was standing there, and the pestle didn’t seem to move at all, how could Cheng Xia change it directly? In the end, Cheng Xia weighed himself and walked to Yang Dalang’s side, “That, Can you go out for a while, let me change clothes."

Yang Dalang looked back at Cheng Xia carefully up, down, left, and right. Cheng Xia, who was scanning his eyes, wanted to hit someone, so Yang Dalang turned his eyes away, opened the wardrobe at the foot of the bed, and took out a blue dress and handed it to Cheng Xia, " Change this?"

Cheng Xia stared dumbfounded at the clothes Yang Dalang handed over, either accepting them or not.Is there any mistake, she didn't ask him to get the clothes, she asked him to go out for a while.

"Well, you go out first, I'll change clothes." Cheng Xia took the clothes and said again.

"It's raining outside. I'm not in good health. If I get cold, I'll get sick. If I'm sick, I'll be in trouble." Yang Dalang's seriousness made Cheng Xia unable to refute, but he used to consciously go out and stand, whether it was It's not raining.

"Then turn your back on it."

"it is good."

Yang Dalang listened obediently, turned around and began to look at the rain scene outside the window, the pouring rain continued, and according to this trend, it might not be able to stop tomorrow.

Cheng Xia quickly changed her clothes and walked to Yang Dalang's side, "Do you know Concubine Wan Gui? She is going to die."

Cheng Xia sensitively noticed that Yang Dalang's eyebrows frowned slightly, it wasn't very obvious, but he could tell, "A notice was posted in the market today, and there was a clerk who went door-to-door with a portrait and asked that it was Concubine Wan Gui." I want to see my old friend before I die."

"Well," Yang Dalang responded lightly, without making any unnecessary remarks about this matter, he just turned his head and walked outside, "you can rest in the room, don't get sick like last time when you catch a cold."

"Hey," Cheng Xia called out to Yang Dalang, "what are you doing?"

Yang Dalang didn't even look back, "Lihua hasn't come back yet, I'm asking if I should go out and look for her."

(End of this chapter)