Chapter 56 Concubine ([-])
Chongrenfang Princess Mansion

Princess Changle is very happy today, because her precious daughter sent someone to give her a gift again.

"Hehe, is this really made of trees?" On the table in front of the bed was a flat square box of red lacquer mother-of-pearl. Inside the box was a moon-white skirt. colored embroidered pattern, asked with a smile.

Mama Su knelt aside and nodded repeatedly, "It was indeed done by the county lord himself. From material selection to tailoring to the final embroidery, the county lord did it all by himself. Yulan and the others wanted to help, so they all did it by the county lord." The lord refused. The county lord said—”

Su's mother peeked at the smiling princess, and imitated Xiao Nan's tone and said, "You can only know the kindness of your parents when you raise a child. I used to be ignorant, and I didn't know the hard work of Auntie. Since I was pregnant with Xiao Langjun, I It was only then that I gradually realized how much painstaking effort A Niang put into giving birth to me. It’s just a piece of clothing, compared to what A Niang did for me, this bit of hard work is nothing?!”

Sure enough, before Mama Su finished her sentence, Princess Changle's beautiful eyes were curled into smiles, and the corners of her mouth were raised even higher. She looked extremely happy at first glance, "Did she really say that? This child is really grown up."

After speaking, the princess's words were a little more emotional.

Speaking of which, Princess Changle can definitely be regarded as the proud daughter of the heavens. As the eldest daughter of a saint and empress, she was named "Li Zhi" by the ecstatic Aye when she was born—a natural beauty, just from the name. Out of her parents' love for her.

When she grew up, the queen was even more worried about her marriage. Originally, the sage proposed to betroth Changle to the uncle's eldest son, but the queen declined.It's just that no one knows what the queen said to the saint except the couple.

After several discussions, the emperor finally decided to marry the princess to Xiao Jing, the eldest son of the Lanling Xiao family.

When the princess got married, the queen once said to her, "Although my uncle's family is good, you and Chong'er are too close. Your Qi disease is inherited from your mother, who is a direct sibling of your uncle—" —”

The queen didn't say anything about the rest, but Princess Changle understood. A Niang was worried that her uncle's cousin also had an inherited qi disease, and she was worried that she would not be happy when she married.

Regarding the Xiao family, the queen said this: "The Xiao family in Lanling, the family members, have flourished since the Jin Dynasty. In addition to their family's strict family precepts and etiquette rules, the attitude of the head of the Xiao family to judge the situation is also the key. You see Look, there are so many gentry families in the Northern Dynasties, how many of them are still prosperous today? The Xiao family is related to the royal families of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the royal families of the former dynasties, and their status is not considered an insult to you...

The Xiao family's family education is very strict, and you are a good child who is refined and courteous. If you marry into their family, you will be able to get along well with Lord Xiao..."

Facts have proved that the queen has indeed chosen a good husband for the princess. Xiao Jing is worthy of being the legitimate son of the Xiao family in Lanling. On poetry, there is quite a taste of harmony.

Xiao Jing's personality is also very good, although he has the usual arrogance of the Xiao family, but people don't feel disgusted, on the contrary they feel that he is full of dignity.In front of her, a princess, she is neither humble nor overbearing, and has a certain amount of advance and retreat.

Especially compared with Gao Yang's husband-in-law, he is even more handsome as a banished fairy, and as chic as a gentleman.

The birth of Xiao Nan made Princess Changle's happiness almost complete.

Thinking back to when the empress knew that the princess was pregnant, she was also very happy. Even when Xiao Nan was just born, for the first time, she disregarded the court's regulations and made an exception to seal Xiao Nan as the head of Xiangcheng County, enfeoffing [-] households in the city.

You must know that the county head can only be granted by the daughter of a prince, and most of them are only granted when the new emperor ascends the throne and favors the nobles of the royal family.

What's more, those who are not favored will not be awarded until the little lady is old or married.

Unfortunately, after the princess gave birth to Xiao Nan, she never got pregnant again.

On the contrary, Xiao Jing's concubines gave birth to three sons and two concubine daughters. Only the eldest son, Xiao Bo, was raised by the princess and had the right to pass the time.

In detail, the princess still loves Qiao Mu the most.

Of course, Qiao Mu is also a lovely child, no, he just learned how to tailor clothes, so he made one for his mother.

In terms of fineness, Xiao Nan's rookie work is definitely not as good as a professional embroiderer, but what the princess cares about is her daughter's heart.

The more she watched, the happier she became, but the princess did not forget to ask about her daughter's recent situation, "By the way, how is Qiao Mu? Has she ever had morning sickness? Is the Cui family treating her well? Where is Uncle Cui? Still in the ancestral hall?"

Su's mother was about to report to the princess. After hearing her question, she hurriedly explained Xiao Nan's recent situation.

"Oh? She's still learning gardening from Mrs. Cui's family?" The princess frowned slightly with her fine eyebrows. She is very precious to her daughter. She won't let her take all the books, but now her daughter spends all day in the greenhouse working as a gardener? !
Mama Su is the old man next to the princess, and she knows the princess best. As soon as she heard her tone, she knew that the princess was unhappy, so she quickly raised her head and explained: "Actually, according to Yi Nu, the county master just found someone to pass the time. Just for fun. The county head is your daughter, you know her temperament, she has always been a restless person, but now she can't ride a horse, nor can she throw pots, cuju, play polo and ducks (what a lively kid). She lives in the old lady's yard again, and it's normal to see that the flower house that the old lady has arranged looks good, so she can learn something along with her."

The tangle between the princess' brows still hasn't dissipated.

Seeing this, Mama Su seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and took a square log box from her side, put it on the table, and opened it, "This is what the county lord specially asked the slave to bring to you, and it's all from the county lord. I picked it myself, hehe, let you have a taste."

The princess took a closer look, and there were several brightly colored purple eggplants in the box, "This, is this also grown in Cui's greenhouse?"

Mother Su shook her head and said, "It was planted in the county lord's newly built greenhouse. Although it was only two months old, because it was a vegetable seedling transplanted directly from the farm, the lady arranged by the county lord took good care of it. It bears fruit. The county lord said that you can't stand summer and eat very little. This purple eggplant is a good thing to nourish your spleen and stomach. So I went to the greenhouse to pick a few, so that you can eat it anyway for the sake of her filial piety. a little."

"Puchi..." Maybe Su's last words made the princess think of her daughter pouting and acting coquettishly. She finally couldn't hold it anymore, covered her mouth with a fan and smiled, and the dissatisfaction just now disappeared without a trace—— Forget it, as long as Qiao Mu likes it, she can do whatever she wants, anyway, she can't be tired because of the maid.

Mother Su breathed a sigh of relief, and then took out Uncle Cui's letter. When the princess heard that it was a letter from her son-in-law to her son-in-law, she didn't open it, and ordered someone to take the letter to Xiao Jing's study.

In the end, Mother Su explained the main point of this trip, "...the county lord said that no matter what his background is, as long as he looks good, understands the rules, and knows his duty... The county lord also said that in this world, she is the most trustworthy person. Princess, the people you have trained must be extremely safe... There are not too many, four are enough."

At noon, when Mama Su left Xiao's house, there were two ox carts behind her carriage. The first cart contained piles of fine cloth, imperial venison, bear fat, and various precious medicinal materials; In the car, there are four young and beautiful ladies, all of whom are both happy and apprehensive, following the shaking ox cart to an unknown new life.

……

This day was the fifth day of the lunar new year. In the early morning, when the dawn drum sounded, Xiao Nan got up on time, and after washing up, he walked to the main hall with a group of maidservants.

Originally, according to Da Furen's instructions, Xiao Nan only needed to go to pay his respects on the [-]th of every lunar month.

But Xiao Nan felt that she came to pay her respects, one is to clear her bad name, and the other is to exercise her body.Especially the latter, the most important to her at present.

It's just that I only exercise two days a month, which seems a bit small.Cough cough, no, it should be only two days a month for my mother-in-law, which seems a bit disrespectful.

Xiao Nan, both public and private, felt that it was time to add some days of greetings.

After thinking and thinking, and calculating and calculating, Xiao Nan finally made a decision to increase the time for her mother-in-law to save (that is, go to work) in the morning and evening every month from the first day of the first day to the fifth day of the first day.

Today is the fifth day of the lunar new year, which is the day she clocks in for work.

Along the way, Xiao Nan managed to surprise the servants of Cui's family who got up early to clean up, as well as all the maids in the main hall.

Under the almost strange eager eyes, Xiao Nan's smile did not change, and he walked in calmly.

Compared with those servants who didn't know how to hide, the eldest wife Zheng and the youngest wife Wang had much higher skills, seeing Xiao Nan who shouldn't appear at this moment, they didn't even move their eyebrows.

Mrs. Wang even greeted Xiao Nan warmly, "Come and sit down, brother and sister, just now I was talking about the arrangements for the festival with Auntie, I wonder if you have any suggestions?"

holiday?Xiao Nan was taken aback for a moment, his brain started to work quickly, today is the fifth day of July, July, etc. Could it be Qixi Festival?

Thinking of this, Xiao Nan walked over with a smile, and said, "I don't have any suggestions, hehe, Aniang and sister-in-law have experienced a lot of things, and they also have a lot of experience in this field. With you two, our family's Qixi Festival The Qiqiao Festival will definitely be properly arranged."

There are old rules on what to do and what not to do on such a festival, just follow the rules.

Xiao Nan can't always suggest, Qixi Festival is Valentine's Day, why don't we have a bachelor party? !

Tch, even if the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were open again, once she said this, the two mistresses in front of her would be terrified.

But wait, Tanabata?Well, this is an opportunity.

While thinking about it, Xiao Nan knelt down beside the eldest lady, hesitantly said: "Aniang, I have something to ask you."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Did something happen again?The eldest lady is really a little scared now, lest something will go wrong with Xiao Nan, half a month ago, for the sake of milk, she almost cleaned up the Cui family from top to bottom. come down.

"Lang Jun, Mr. Ba Lang has been staying in the ancestral hall for two months, and it's going to be a festival again, do you think you should invite him out—"

PS: In the process of editing...

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