It seems that her mother has never mentioned these words to her. Ruiniang seems to know her mother again. Han's appearance is by no means gorgeous. In fact, her father's subordinate officials and Shangfeng have not never given away gorgeous women. He came here, but his father never took a look at her before letting her go. He always had a deep affection for his mother.
But Han's temperament is like a orchid, and she also behaves elegantly, is talented, and has an excellent temperament.
Not to mention the father, even Rui Niang likes the mother the most. She would say that the mother is the most patient mother in the world. When she was a child, she didn't want to write. Her mother neither beat her nor scolded her, but she would wait until she was willing before learning to write or paint. In addition, her mother would accompany her to learn music, dance, and even study as a red housekeeper.
Therefore, for Ruiniang, her mother is not only her mother, but also her best friend.
However, she didn't expect her mother to have such high expectations for her: "Mom, I didn't think so far. I just didn't expect that my mother would never return to Jingzhong because of this incident. My daughter actually doesn't want to leave you. No matter how good Jingzhong is, It's better to stay with your parents, a golden den or a silver den is not as good as your own kennel."
Most likely, she did not have a relationship with children in her previous life. In this life, Han has been very doting on her children: "We are all grown up girls, so we can't be stupid when we speak. Your father also agrees with this. He is about to go to Fujian and Zhejiang to supervise the war, and your brother will also follow. On the battlefield, I want to take your eldest sister back to Xiangyang. If she is willing to marry again, I will find a family for her who knows her roots. If she does not want to marry, we will also be companions. But if you follow back, you will be unreasonably harassed. The impact is that even if you stay in the Xuan Mansion, it will be difficult to find a husband. My Ruiniang, don't worry, your grandmother and others will write to me and your father whenever they betroth you, and we will check it for you."
It seems that her parents have made a decision, and it is indeed for her own good. Ruiniang does not want to be pretentious. She nodded heavily: "My daughter will listen to her parents in everything."
After all, after the death of his eldest cousin, his father is now struggling to support himself. His brother is only one year older than him and cannot support the family. If she could marry into a good family and take care of the family, her parents' hard work in raising her would not be in vain.
"Okay, that's good." After Mrs. Han said it, she couldn't let go of her daughter: "But you haven't been away from my mother for a day since you were born, and my mother can't let you go."
Ruiniang couldn't bear to let her parents go. She hugged Mr. Han's arm tightly and refused to let go.
Han couldn't help wiping her tears with a handkerchief, but seeing that the white elephant doll on her bed was old, she added, "I'll sew a new one for you tomorrow, and you can sleep with it, okay?"
This little white elephant doll is a few years old. When Han was fighting in Yunnan with her husband, she saw an elephant for the first time and thought it was very cute, so she sewed a little white elephant for her daughter. Ruiniang got the little white elephant doll. If the white elephant has found a treasure, he will hold it to sleep every day. He has become accustomed to it over the years.
"Okay." Ruiniang replied dully.
The Han family had very strict rules for handling affairs. Since Ruiniang had decided to go to the capital, she sent two people to report the news quickly, so that the people in the Tai'an residence could make arrangements easily and not have to arrange a place to stay after people left.
Then they began to prepare the boxes and cages for Ruiniang to go to Tai'an Bofu and the gifts to various places. From the grandfather's generation becoming a senior military officer, to the uncle and father fighting for many years, the Meng family was well off.
Moreover, her mother, Han, was very good at running a house, so although the utensils used by Ruiniang were not very expensive, they were all carefully selected, so she prepared several carts of things.
Ruiniang was stunned when she saw it: "Is this too much?"
Mrs. Han smiled and said, "If one of your daughter's families hadn't gone on the road alone, they were afraid that we would bring too much stuff, and your maternal grandfather's family would blame us for being heretics. I would definitely have to prepare more."
Also, Tong Niang had just returned to her uncle and aunt's house when she heard that Rui Niang was going to the capital to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Tai'an, so she couldn't help but come over to discuss the matter. She also traveled around the capital with her husband, and her brother Meng Rang was the adviser to the emperor's eldest son, so she knew more about it, so she reciprocated the favor.
At the same time, she could probably guess that her cousin's reputation and marriage would be affected by her relationship with Li Dagui, so her aunt was sending her cousin away to avoid it. Naturally, she blamed herself in her heart, but she was helpless.
Regarding the situation of the maternal grandfather's family, Han and Ruiniang said that Uncle Tai'an was a hero during the late emperor's rebellion. The late emperor was originally from a vassal clan and was named the King of Changle. His concubine was Dou, who was the niece of Empress Dowager Dou. Empress Dowager Dou was known as the daughter of Yao and Shun. She not only controlled the political power, but also had the intention of the second Wu Zetian. However, she was destroyed by the Lu clan, so the clan elected the son of the late emperor, King Changle, who seemed to be the most indifferent to fame and fortune, as the emperor. To reassure the clan and nobles, he executed his first wife Dou and her four sons before taking power, and promoted his concubine Pang to the position of middle palace.
Both Pang's father and brother were born in the military, and they were also loyal supporters of King Changle. After the late emperor ascended the throne, these heroes were rewarded. Tai'anbo, one of the heroes at that time, married Queen Pang's sister, and he was considered to be quite prominent, and he was closely related to the royal family. The relationship is very close.
Tong Niang said: "Mrs. Han from the Tai'an residence has a son and a daughter. The eldest son is Xijue, who is now Tai'an. He is married to Princess Yongning, who is your eldest aunt."
In fact, Ruiniang knew that Mrs. Han had no children, so she held her brother Han under her knees and regarded her as a concubine in the family tree. Probably very few people knew about this matter, and Han only told Ruiniang because she was afraid that she wouldn't know the relationship.
"How is this eldest aunt?" Ruiniang asked.
Tong Niang smiled slightly. Seeing that the Han family was not here, she rarely started gossiping: "Your aunt is the daughter of King Zhou. Although she is of noble birth, she is very strong-willed because she is the daughter of a concubine. I have seen her several times. He is quite good-looking, with a smile on his face, but he could inadvertently tell that his eyes were higher than his head. I heard someone gossiping that your uncle is quite henpecked and obeys your aunt. Oh. , By the way, you didn’t know that last year, I saw her at a flower banquet, and many ladies were fawning over her, as if they wanted to marry into Tai’an’s house, but your aunt didn’t even raise her eyebrows. "
Tong Niang speaks without intention, but Ruiniang listens with intention.
My grandmother, Mrs. Han, has been writing to her since last year, asking her mother to send her to Beijing because of the discord between Mrs. Han and her aunt, Princess Yongning. This kind of discord can be tolerated by these two noble women in other matters. For example, Princess Yongning did not allow her uncle to take concubines, and Mrs. Han also pretended to be deaf and mute and tolerated it. After all, they She is the princess and has given birth to a son and a daughter. On the face of it, Princess Yongning is still very filial to Mrs. Han.
However, Mrs. Han and Princess Yongning could not compromise on their grandson Han Xian's marriage.
Princess Yongning wanted to choose Guo Miaoyi, the daughter of her sister Princess Roujia, and the granddaughter of Duke Wei, for her son. This girl's father was Yibin, her grandfather was the Duke, and her family background was excellent.
But Mrs. Han thought that although Guo Miaoyi was from a good background, she was extremely jealous and had a strong temperament. After entering the house, she was afraid that Han Xian would be controlled by others again, so Mrs. Han thought of Ruiniang.
Because his biological mother died early, Mr. Han grew up under the knee of Mrs. Han. He has a gentle temperament, beautiful appearance and a peaceful manner. Mrs. Han's mother came to Xuan Mansion to give New Year's gifts last year. When she saw Ruiniang's eyes widening, she was full of praises, which made Mrs. Han even more eager.
Ruiniang now had to go to Beijing because of her cousin's divorce. She couldn't help but hold her forehead.
