The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 154 Jasmine Hanging
Although Cui Ba didn't guess Xiao Nan's thoughts, but when he walked into the main hall, he found something strange.

"Ma'am, this is?"

Cui Ba looked at the lacquer box pushed over in puzzlement. A set of moon-white fine linen clothes was neatly placed in the unsealed lacquer box.

"This is the clothes I made for Mr. Lang. Mr. Lang is going to take the exam in Shangshu Shengdutang in a few days. I heard that it is very cold in the Dutang, and the examinees need to make their own charcoal stove... Those are easy to prepare for." , it’s just that I heard people say that the exams in the Dutang are all sitting on the floor—”

Speaking of this, Xiao Nan couldn't bear it, and said with some heartache: "Lang Jun, it's the end of winter, the winter is expected to be severe, and the examination hall in the capital hall is open on all sides, and it must be cold and windy inside. The imperial court has regulations , Candidates who take the exam can only wear a single gown. In this way, how can Lang Jun's body bear it?"

The voice became smaller and smaller, and at the end, it actually added a bit of crying.

Although the requirements of the Tang Dynasty examination room are not as strict as those of later generations, in order to prevent candidates from cheating, clothes will still be checked.In order to prevent those vulgar soldiers from bullying them, they only put on a white linen jacket with wide sleeves besides the inner jacket and middle jacket.

Over time, it became an unwritten rule in the examination room.

However, the exams in Beijing are often held in late winter and early spring. If he only wears a gown, even if the candidates are strong and healthy, he will not be able to survive the two-day exams.

Fortunately, the examination room only stipulated the number of robes, but did not limit the thickness of the clothes.

Therefore, in order to pass the exam, the family members and attendants of the candidates tried their best to use their brains to study how to make the clothes keep warm and look simple, so that the soldiers could not even find an excuse for body searches.

And the fine linen white clothes made by Xiao Nan are wide-sleeved gowns that are as thick as cotton clothes.

Cui Ba glanced at it. Although he didn't look carefully, he could guess how thick the robe was just by looking at the height of the clothes.

At that moment, Cui Ba was so moved that he hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Nan's hand, and was just about to caress the lady's slender fingertips considerately, but he didn't want to but saw a little bright red on the white and tender fingertips.

Cui Ba was stunned, and then asked with concern: "My lady, what's wrong with you? But—"

Xiao Nan withdrew his little hand in embarrassment, and said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty laughed, it's because I'm not good at learning, and I can't even make a pair of socks well."

The jade hairpin who was on the side couldn't help it anymore, and interjected: "Mr. Lang, the socks my lady made for you are not ordinary socks, they are several times thicker than the ones you usually wear at home. Let's just say that my lady is not good at working as a maid at home. Magnolia, who is used to doing embroidery work, will get hurt doing such thick socks."

As he said that, before Xiao Nan could reprimand him, Yuhan stepped forward and unfolded the clothes in the lacquer box, and a pair of dark brown cotton stockings fell out.

Cui Ba didn't blame Yuhan for being rude, but was attracted by the pair of strange socks.

I saw that this pair of socks was two feet long, except for the soles of the feet, the sock can also be stretched to the knees.

Reaching out to touch the socks, Cui Ba carefully sized them up. Well, to be fair, the handwork of this pair of socks is really not very good, with crooked stitches, even a layman like Cui Ba can pick out many faults at a glance.

However, after lightly stroking the dense stitches, he realized that these socks were actually thicker than the soles of padded shoes worn in winter.

Cui Ba remembers very clearly that in the past, A Jin would make several pairs of cloth shoes for him every winter. Whenever he made them, A Jin's fingers would be stabbed by iron needles thicker than bamboo sticks...

These socks are thicker than the soles of shoes... If Cui Ba still can't figure out how Xiao Nan got his finger injury, then he is both a fool and a blind man!
"My lady, you, why are you bothering?"

Cui Ba is definitely not a fool, let alone blind, he has seen and understood Xiao Nan's hard work and changes in the past few months.

Although Xiao Nan has been trying his best to downplay his identity as the princess, Cui Ba can't really forget that his wife is the first-rank princess conferred by a saint, and her status and rank are higher than his Aye.

But Xiao Nangui is a princess, but he can treat him like an ordinary wife, how can this not move him? !
Xiao Nan smiled lightly, and said: "Lang Jun, uncle also said that all the candidates who take the exam sit on the floor in the exam hall of the capital hall, and the seats they sit on are all single seats. It's a cold bluestone slab, how can you bear sitting on it?"

Pointing to the long socks on Cui Ba's hand, Xiao Nan went on to say: "I came up with these socks with great difficulty. After wearing them, my lord can at least protect the calves from the cold when kneeling."

Cui Ba pursed the corners of his lips, carefully put the socks back into the lacquer box, solemnly straightened up and cupped his hands, "Thank you, lady."

Then, Cui Ba seemed to think of something, but he was embarrassed to say it, his lips moved a little, but he still couldn't say it.

Xiao Nan changed his mind slightly, then guessed it, and said with a quick smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, there are also Mr. Liu. But, he, his trick was made by Yulan—"

The voice became smaller and smaller, and the person lowered his head in embarrassment, as if he was afraid that her husband would blame her for being petty and treating honored guests slowly.

Cui Ba felt more and more ironic - the lady really cared about him.

As for the lady not making clothes for Liu Han, Cui Ba felt more reasonable, please, his lady is a princess, and she is not a servant of the sewing room, so how can she casually do needlework for the outsider?

Cui Ba forgot, before he kept saying that Liu Han was his brother, but now he has been thrown into the team of 'outsiders'.

Hehe smiled, Cui Ba said indifferently: "Liu Shixiong is the most polite person, he won't think too much about it. By the way, where is A Yuan?"

Xiao Nan winked at Yuzan, Yuzan understood, quickly put away the lacquer box, and quietly backed out.

In the second room, Yuhan walked to the museum shelf against the wall, stepped on the embroidery pier, and took a black lacquer box from the top shelf.

This box is not big, about six inches long, three or four inches wide, and two inches high.

Unlocking the lock of the box, Yuzan opened the lid, and saw that the box was covered with plain white brocade, and on the plain satin were neatly placed more than a dozen fragrant pills the size of longan.

Because they were all the same incense pills, Yuzan didn't think too much, just touched one and put the rest away.

Yuzhu was not idle either, and went to the warm room according to Xiao Nan's instructions, carefully put the jasmine flower balls prepared in advance in the small bamboo basket, and then put the flower balls by the door of the main hall while Cui Ba was not paying attention Son.

Yuzan also put the incense pills into the hollowed-out silver incense balls, and then hung the silver incense balls outside the window of the main hall.

Smoke drifts out from the carved holes, and drifts into the room along the gaps in the windows, making the couple sitting opposite each other feel more relaxed.

Xiao Nan held the pot and filled the wine cup on the small table with wine, and replied softly: "Maybe I played wildly during the day, and A Yuan went to bed early. Hehe, sir, speaking of A Yuan, this The child is really getting more and more lively, you don’t know it, she can climb now, although she can’t climb very far, she is already much better than children of the same age.”

Hearing that his daughter was healthy and smart, Cui Bayi was very proud of himself, and nodded with a busy smile: "That's right, don't you want to see whose family Ning Xin'er this is?"

Xiao Nan also saved face, followed his voice, and said: "No, when I went to pay my respects to the old lady yesterday, the old lady said that our A Yuan is the same as her Aye when she was a child."

Speaking of this, Xiao Nan paused, and said a little shyly: "The old lady also said that Ah Yuan is getting older, shouldn't she have a little brother?"

Cui Ba picked up the wine cup, took a small sip of the clear and strong 'Diluchun', was intoxicated by this rare fine wine, when he heard this, his heart became hot, and he looked straight at Xiao Nan.

With a bang, Xiao Nan's cheeks turned red, and she didn't know whether it was because the smell in the room was too tempting, or because the alcohol was on her head, and she blinked at Cui Ba with a bit of intoxicating charm in her eyes, " Mr. Lang, I think what the old lady said is very reasonable, don't you think so?"

At this time, Yuzhu, who received Xiao Nan's hint, walked in with a Jasmine hanging.

"Lady, are you satisfied with the hanging?"

Hearing this, Cui Ba raised his head, and his eyes fell on the blooming jasmine ball. For some reason, seeing this pure white flower, he felt hot all over.

The lust that has been silent for a long time seems to be awakened by this snowy white flower.

Xiao Nan noticed the change in Cui Ba, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he said to Yuzhu: "Well, it's great, let's hang it in the curtain according to the old habit."

Yuzhu responded crisply, and carried Jasmine into the main bedroom.

Xiao Nan explained to Cui Ba, "I don't like incense, but they all said that winter is already dry and lonely, and it would be too monotonous if there is no fragrance in the house. It just so happens that more than a dozen jasmine plants in the greenhouse are blooming, I then ordered people to pick flowers and make them into hangers, so as to add some fragrance to the house. Hehe, would you like to go and have a look, sir?"

Speaking of this matter, if Cui Ba still doesn't understand, then he is also a romantic and suave 'Cui Jiayu Lang'.

Throwing down the wine cup, Cui Baxie smiled angrily, and said: "'Hanging the musk tent low, Suyan will experience it tonight', how can a husband miss such an elegant scenery."

It's just Hong Guoguo's flirting, Rao Xiao Nan III is a man with a long history, and at this moment he is so ashamed to bow his head.

Yuzan and Yuzhu sent everyone out of the house with great discernment. Finally, they quietly retreated to the next room, knelt quietly to the side, and listened to the master's orders.

Indoors, the fragrance is wafting, passing through the layers of curtains, the husband and wife came to the big kang at the Humen, and the hangings made of white jasmine were tied to the door frame of the Humen hole.

"Well, sure enough, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, and the lady has a 'heart'."

Cui Ba deliberately sniffed his nose in front of the hanging, and Cui Ba's smile became more casual.

Xiao Nan seemed a little annoyed, he grabbed a handful of jasmine and threw it at Cui Ba, "You, you bully me!"

Pieces of petals flew down head-on, Cui Ba's interest was aroused to the peak, he grabbed a few with his backhand, brought them to the tip of his nose, and smiled naughtily, "Is this considered bullying? Ha ha, lady, why is that?" Isn't the husband's next thing to do—"

With a big wave of her hand, Jasmine's suspension shook violently, causing the petals to fall down one after another...

It's really "... When I wake up from the dream, I can smell the wonderful fragrance!"

PS: In the early Tang Dynasty, Jinshi examinations were mostly held in the capital hall of Shangshu Province in the first month, and in the South Court of the Ministry of Rites in the later period.

(End of this chapter)