The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 684
"Mrs. Xiao, don't be too sad. You know Mrs. Tai doesn't like the sad look of relatives the most,"

Xiao Nan was crying silently, when suddenly a familiar female voice came from beside her ears, she raised her head, blinked her tear-filled eyes, and finally saw the speaker clearly, she whispered: "Rong Niang?"

Rong Niang is a woman in her 50s and [-]s, with normal facial features and a very rich appearance, smiling all day long, like a loving elder.

However, because of Mrs. Yang's departure, her face was also full of mourning. Her chubby cheeks had no color at all. She twitched the corners of her mouth and comforted Xiao Nan with a smile: "Before Mrs. Tai goes, I once specifically told her that if she falls asleep one day, the family members should not be too sad, and all affairs such as funerals should be kept simple."

In fact, for a woman to live as Empress Xiao, she basically has no regrets.

She was born in a famous family, but because she was born in February, it was considered unlucky, so she was fostered by her cousin and uncle's house at a young age, but she had to work in the fields as a princess;

She is docile, intelligent, well-educated and reasonable. Once she flew into the imperial palace and mother-in-law, she was extremely rich and honored, but she also experienced the pain of subjugation of the country and family, loss of husband and son, and homelessness;
She is like a duckweed who has drifted outside for more than ten years before finally returning to her homeland, but she has changed, and she has entered her twilight years.

It can be said that Empress Xiao's life is like a legendary story with ups and downs. She has been lonely, rich, and sad... But in the end, it all returned to peace. She has become Mrs. Yang Jiatai, who loves her grandchildren all day long and is obsessed with flowers and plants.

The old man has experienced so many joys and sorrows, his heart has long been as calm as water, and he has long since disregarded life and death.

Therefore, she is not shy about discussing the death with people around her. She even wrote a will in advance, dividing the property under her name and the private houses accumulated over the years.

As for Xiao Nan, he also got one. It was not a valuable item, but a bouquet of fresh flowers from the old man's last cuttings before he died.

"This is left by Mrs. Tai to my wife. I hope my wife will not work too hard and leave more time for myself. Don't lose your heart because of some mundane things."

Rong Niang is the personal maid of Mrs. Tai. She has never married and has been with the old man. From Turkic to Chang'an, she has been with her master and servant for nearly 30 years.Rong Niang understands Mrs. Tai's thoughts best, even a little bit better than the old man's real relatives.

She walked over holding a simple and exquisite ancient bronze goblet with animal face and dragon pattern in both hands. There were several budding flowers stuck in the opening of the big horn of the copper goblet. Xiao Nan could clearly see that the flowers were Magnolia , Begonia And Peonies.

Magnolia, Begonia, Peony, implying 'Jade Hall rich and honor'.

Although Mrs. Tai told her to be more indifferent and not to always be absorbed in vulgar things, she still hoped that she would be rich and honorable.

Tears fell silently, and I recalled what Mrs. Tai said to her when she asked Mrs. Tai for advice on flower arrangement skills: "Nowadays, many people pay attention to 'flowers and nine tins' when arranging flowers. They must use 'jade vat' and 'oasis spring'. No. I once heard an interesting story in the Southern Dynasties, "When Zimao was seven years old, his mother, Ruan Shuyuan, was critically ill and scolded monks to practice the Tao. There were those who offered lotus flowers to Buddha, and the monks used copper poppy to fill water and soak the stems. Desire for flowers will not wither.' From this, I think it is better to use copper utensils to arrange flowers."

At that time, Mrs. Tai took out an exquisite business goblet while she was talking, and ordered someone to pour some clear spring water into it, and then inserted the cut flower branches into the business goblet one by one, and finally made a very elegant flower shape.

And the flower branch that Gu used for the experiment did exactly as Mrs. Tai had guessed, the buds on the flower branch bloomed quickly and faded slowly, and the blooming flowers were bright and bright, and lasted for several days before the flowers fell.

Xiao Nan remembered very clearly that at that time, Mrs. Tai saw that her guess was correct, she was as happy as a child, and took Xiao Nan's hand, teaching her various cutting techniques little by little.

At that time, flower arrangement was already very popular. Every season when famous flowers were in full bloom, various flower arrangement festivals would be held in central Beijing, and a relatively systematic flower arrangement technique and technique gradually formed.

The "flower nine tins" mentioned by Mrs. Tai just now is a kind of flower arrangement procedure respected nowadays.

"Nine tins" are nine procedures, including: double-top curtain (wind barrier), golden wrong knife (cutting), sweet spring (soaking), jade vat (storage), carving pedestal (placement), drawing, turning, Beautiful spirits (appreciation), new poems (chants).

Every step has strict procedures and requirements. It can be said that the flower arrangement at that time was no longer just a leisurely game, but more like a feast. Congratulate each other with wine, so far is the best time.

Mrs. Yang does not stick to the so-called procedures, she pays attention to doing what she wants, as long as she enjoys the fun in the process of flower arrangement, that is the best flower arrangement.

She also instilled this idea into Xiao Nan, so when Xiao Nan arranged flowers, he was also very casual, and it was completely a kind of physical and mental enjoyment.

"...Qiao Mu is a spiritual child. Flower arranging is just a small skill, but he can feel a lot of truth in it. Therefore, grandma hopes that Qiao Mu can calm down and enjoy the way of nature in his spare time. Come for the fun...”

Mrs. Tai's words were still in my ears, tears welled up in Xiao Nan's eyes, she stretched out her hand to take the flower arrangement, hot tears fell on the half-opened buds one by one...

Mrs. Yang went, and the Yang family carried out the funeral step by step in strict accordance with the ancient rituals.

On the morning of the third day, with the joint efforts of the Yang family and the Xiao family, Mrs. Yang's mourning hall was officially arranged and all funeral objects were prepared.

The relatives cried in the mourning hall according to the shift, and the monks and priests were all ready. The chanting of the scriptures and the knocking on the wooden fish, surrounded by incense and candles, made the whole funeral look extraordinarily solemn and solemn.

Mrs. Yang has a special status. In the past 20 years, although she has lived in seclusion and almost disappeared in the elite circles of the capital, no one will forget her existence, let alone her other identity-the former queen.

Today's sage has not forgotten either, after receiving the note from Yang Zhengdao, the sage was silent for a moment, and then personally assigned the posthumous title to Empress Xiao - Min.

This is a neutral posthumous title with sympathy and sympathy. Compared with her husband's posthumous title of "Emperor Yang", it shows that Empress Xiao is not the "Xiao Mei Niang" mentioned in some unofficial history and story books of later generations, but A woman who can be called a worthy queen.

It's just that the husband is useless, and she has been implicated.

Afterwards, the sage decreed that Queen Xiao would be buried in Yangzhou with the ceremony of a queen, and be buried with her husband.

With the definite imperial decree, the Ministry of Rituals also got busy, and Empress Min Xiao's funeral was extraordinarily solemn.

Xiao Nan followed the eldest princess and went through the whole funeral in person.

Finally, Yang Zhengdao supported Empress Xiao's coffin and went to Yangzhou in person.

Regardless of the persuasion of his children and grandchildren, Old Duke Xiao insisted on dragging his old body to send his sister off to Yangzhou for the last journey.

When Xiao Nan heard the news, he was extremely anxious, but there was nothing he could do. Even the old Duke would not listen to the persuasion of Consort Xiao and the Eldest Princess, let alone her a married granddaughter.

In desperation, Xiao Nan had no choice but to go to Taoyuan, gritted his teeth and made a deal with Qi Ling, begging or threatening, and finally got a few drops of high-quality jade dew from Qi Ling.

She secretly gave Yulu to the old man's valet, and told him that it was a high-quality tonic obtained from overseas. If there was anything wrong with the old man, he ordered him to mix it with water and give it to the old man.

Seeing Xiao Nan's serious words, and knowing that the lady is not a good person to get along with, the boy nodded immediately, expressing that he would take good care of the old Duke and act according to the lady's words.

Xiao Nan was still worried, and discussed with his parents again. The eldest princess went to the palace to borrow two imperial doctors with excellent medical skills from the emperor to send to the old man, and brought a lot of precious medicinal materials with him.

Like ginseng, which is a life-threatening medicine, Xiao Nan even prepared a top-quality old ginseng that was bred in a peach garden and had a thousand years of history.

Yulu, the imperial doctor and medicinal materials, Xiao Nan prepared everything that could be prepared, if this could not save his grandfather's life, she, she could only accept his fate.

After Xiao Guogong and Yang Zhengdao left, the capital returned to its usual hustle and bustle, and Xiao Nan also started a busy life.

However, when the aunt and grandma passed away, Xiao Nan, as his nephew and granddaughter, still had to observe filial piety.

Therefore, on weekdays, except for occasionally going to the academy, Xiao Nan almost stayed behind closed doors, and all social activities were also stopped.

In addition, she missed the full moon banquet for the eldest son of Li Rong, missed the flower viewing banquet and poetry competition for several princesses, and also missed the Buddha's birthday on the eighth day of April...

Xiao Nan didn't have any regrets about this, except that she had a weird feeling when she heard the news that Li Rong had a son, she didn't care much about other grand events.

Compared with those, Xiao Nan cares more about his children, parents, and grandparents who don't know whether they can escape their fate.

Since Old Duke Xiao left Beijing, according to Xiao Nan's instructions, the old Duke's attendants sent a letter to Beijing almost every three days, and a small note every two days, informing the old Duke in detail. health condition.

After the old man found out, although he found it troublesome, he also understood that this was the filial piety of his son and granddaughter, so he just turned a blind eye and let the attendants surround him nervously. reveal their whereabouts.

The old Mrs. Xiao in Beijing is also the focus of Xiao Nan's attention. Since the return of Xintaoyuan, Xiao Nan has started to give fruits and vegetables to the acquaintances in Beijing.

The reason is that I bought another mountain forest, which has good geomantic omen, good water and soil, and the taste of the fruits and vegetables grown there is also good. What's more, it's not far from the capital, so it's very cheap to transport.

Those people didn't take it seriously after hearing Xiao Nan's words, but it was good intentions for them to send things here, and they certainly couldn't disappoint Xiao Nan's wishes.After some thanks, they all accepted it with a smile.

After finishing this matter, Xiao Nan breathed a sigh of relief, she felt that she had done enough, some things should not happen again.

However, man is not as good as God, on this day, Xiao Nan received another funeral news——

"Princess Pingyang is dead..."

PS: One more update, so what, a certain Sa once said before that some things from the middle and late Tang Dynasty were mixed in the article, so Hua Jiuxi and Southern History are all floating clouds, so you don’t need to care about it, (*^__^ *) whee……

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