The scorching sun was setting in the west, and the sunlight passed over the roof of the main building of Conglutang and fell under the eaves.
The princess of Beijing County, with exquisite makeup, slowly walked into the sunshine, and the golden steps on her head reflected the colorful light in the setting sun. These colorful lights did not scatter from one place, but followed her gentle footsteps, and the gem pendant hanging from the hairpin swayed gently, like the light of the Buddha hanging above the princess's head.
When she completely stepped into the setting sun streaming down from the eaves, her rich, dignified, beautiful and bright face became even more white and rosy.
Her gorgeous pomegranate dress left a shadow in the sunlight, reflecting on the wall next to her. The shadow and the gorgeous figure walked slowly in sync, but did not make a sound.
The etiquette and posture of a dignified woman from a wealthy family are perfectly reflected in the steps of the Princess of Beijing County.
However, when she came to the window near the sound source, she forgot her distinguished status and leaned slightly to peek in through the gap in the window.
"It's Brother Rong..."
She saw the people in the room, except Brother Rong and Aunt Zhu. Seeing that shameful scene, he only frowned slightly, not even a blush appeared on his face.
Looking at people through the gap, you can still see clearly. You can even tell that Brother Rong's well-proportioned body is constantly sweating, and you can see that Grandma Zhu, who used to be indifferent, elegant and dignified, looks frail and weak at the moment.
Hearing another rather unique scream, the woman she once thought was the most indifferent and elegant woman in the Jia family lay there trembling.
She paid careful attention and saw that Grandma Zhu's facial expression was a little haggard, but there was a smile in her haggardness, and a happy smile. The Princess of Beijing County could swear that Grandma Zhu's expression at this moment would be something she would never forget.
A weak smile can contain many emotions, and can even infect people peeping outside the house.
The princess of Beijing County sighed softly, and then she saw a faint smile on Brother Rong's side face, bending down and whispering something to Grandma Zhu affectionately.
The elegant and dignified Grandma Zhu raised her head and smiled, more like a Western oil painting. The princess could see the crystal clear dewdrops on Grandma Zhu's body, which seemed to be painted on her body, standing on her flawless white skin without slipping off.
As a daughter of the Zhen family, she has been exposed to Western paintings since she was a child. Jinling is different from Shenjing. The Westerners in Shenjing are concentrated in Honglu Temple, but Jinling can often communicate with Western and Nanyang merchants. Before she entered Beijing, she had also studied painting from a Westerner.
When I saw the scene in the room, I felt that any painting of figures I had seen in my life was not as shocking as the scene in the room.
The beautiful picture is so harmonious.
So much so that the princess of Beijing County couldn't help but feel sad secretly, and felt homesick for the scene.
Youyou let out a long sigh, feeling that the foreign silk clothes on her back were getting hot in the setting sun. He stood up straight and looked back to the west.
I could see that the sun was slanting on the edge of the vertical ridge of Conglutang. It seemed to be only one step away from the main ridge, but also seemed to be thousands of miles away.
After watching blankly for a while, I saw the fiery sun moving slowly, slowly hiding half of my body behind the ridge of the green hall.
Cong Lutang's shadow enveloped her, but she could still see the beautiful light illuminating the western sky. The golden color slowly turned into a shy girlish crimson, like a budding fiery rose. The colors are extremely beautiful.
Some of the green bamboo leaves in the side yard of Conglutang were also dyed golden, and even a few tall banana plants beside the wall greedily stretched out their big leaves and swaggered in the golden and crimson light.
Half of the courtyard of Cong Lutang was immersed in crimson and happy.
Without the setting sun, the princess of Beijing County still felt cold. I was thinking that it would be inappropriate to disturb this scene, so I could go back to the study and read a book. But suddenly she heard the woman in the room calling softly, persuading her, and raising her curiosity.
Looking into the crack in the window again, I saw a maid with delicate features had appeared inside. The maid stood aside obediently, but Brother Rong sat on the end of the couch, and the indifferent and elegant Grandma Zhu knelt down and bowed her head.
The princess slowly took the handkerchief from her waist and wiped her thin lips. Then he saw Grandma Zhu suddenly raising her head and pulling the maid next to her over, as if she wanted the maid to learn something.
She looked at it for a while, and her mind was shocked again. When she was in Jinling, she heard her family talk about the situation of the Jia family, and the master of the Zhen family once expressed regret. Brother Zhu from the Jia family married the legitimate daughter of the Li family of the Qing Dynasty. Brother Zhu went to school at a young age, and Mrs. Li was the daughter of the Imperial Academy's wine sacrificer. It can be said that a talented man and a beautiful woman are a good match.
The future of the Jia family should belong to Jia Zhu and Li.
Unfortunately, Jia Zhu died young.
The widowed Li was as calm and calm as a cold plum in the white snow. In the impression of the princess, Li was dignified and had a temperament like orchid. However, at this moment, he and the maid actually lowered their heads.
Looking at the intoxicated look on Mrs. Li's face and the charming and enchanting look in her eyes, the princess could not believe it at this moment. This kind of disbelief is not because I doubt the authenticity of this matter, but because I feel that my temperament is not suitable, and it is not like what Mrs. Zhu's grandma Li can do with her head down.
The princess looked at Uncle Xiao Rong carefully and secretly thought that the exact appearance was very different from the one in the painting.
Youyou thought about it and left the roof in a daze. When he returned to the study, he smiled bitterly to himself. He picked up the book he had put down and opened it again. The scene he had just seen was thrown out of his mind for a moment.
I don't know how long it took before a maid from Ningguo Mansion came outside to deliver meals.
The princess only heard the noise and walked out of the study. It turns out that the maids of Ningguo Mansion sent some meals, including those for Aunt Zhu and Brother Rong.
She glanced towards the room on the other side and said calmly, "Just keep all the food."
The maids in Ningguo Mansion just obeyed, but the people around the princess and princess showed doubts. The princess said: "Just leave brother Rong and Aunt Zhu's share in the study."
"..."
When Uncle Rong and Aunt Zhu came out of the room and went to the study, they saw that the original mess had been cleaned up. There are also several food boxes on the table, and you can still vaguely smell the fragrance of the food inside.
Uncle Rong was already hungry. Although he had doubts, he didn't want to think too much. He smiled and said: "Let's sit down to eat. Suyun also sat down. There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to wait until your grandma and I have finished eating."
Suyun lowered her head and glanced at Grandma Zhu quietly, and replied cautiously: "I will only eat the rest after the uncle and grandma have used it. This is the rule."
Li Wan gently brushed his hair and said: "Since Brother Rong has said it, it doesn't count as your bad behavior. You should also make up for it today. I can't give you anything else. Having a meal together is considered Brother Rong's kindness to you." Rewarded."
The word 'reward' sounds strange to Brother Rong, but he doesn't know how to say it. He just smiled and pulled Suyun over to sit down, then took the meal originally prepared for him in the mansion and sent it to Suyun.
The master and the maid also eat different rice. When Suyun saw it, she was nervous and moved for a moment, and a little afraid to move.
Grandma Zhu pretended not to see it and said calmly: "Let's eat. Everyone is hungry. Why can't we wait until it's completely cold?"
Grandma's words were considered a tacit consent. Just now, Suyun dared to use chopsticks to eat rice, but she didn't dare to reach out to pick up vegetables.
Seeing this, Li Wan took the initiative to give some fresh vegetables to the maid, and said calmly: "We are no better than others. From now on, you and I have to support each other. Although we are masters and servants, we should be like supportive sisters." .”
Suyun didn't dare to say anything. Grandma's behavior was so unusual that all she could do was lower her head and eat. Without thinking too much, Uncle Rong took the rice Suyun had eaten from the box and munched it without any scruples.
The rice eaten by the maids is indeed not as good as the rice eaten by the masters.
But Brother Rong doesn't have much other feelings. He has never been too picky about rice. Especially in this social era, many people still cannot afford white rice. Although these expenses in Ning and Rong's mansion are exaggerated, they are indeed necessary.
Otherwise, with his temperament, everyone in the house would eat the same kind of rice.
There is no way, the bigger the family, the more important it is for their external appearance. Many things are like tickets for admission, invisible rules of the circle. A family where the master and servants eat the same kind of rice will never step into a circle where the master and servants eat different kinds of rice. Just like why a simple golf course is expensive, this is the most basic and simple ticket, a threshold set by class intentionally or unintentionally.
The rarer it is, the easier it is to be monopolized, and it will become a threshold. Even if the existence of those things is meaningless, even if it itself is not of that high value, its ticket threshold attribute will give it an extremely high price.
Uncle Rong and Aunt Zhu had a meal in the study, Suyun was cleaning the room, and Princess Beijing County came over.
A few people were about to get their luggage when the princess glanced at them and said with a smile: "How can a family have so many rules? I'll live in your house anyway."
Brother Rong nodded lightly and gave up. He didn't care much about these complicated etiquette. However, Grandma Zhu had always behaved herself decently, so she still gave a small ceremony to the princess in person.
Princess Lejun looked at him carefully.
The color of Grandma Zhu's face has long since returned, but there are some traces of washing on her face and hairline. The same was true for the maid next to her. Even the princess could see that the walkway was slightly inconvenient for the maid.
The princess chuckled and said: "There is no need to be restrained. Our family can come and go freely. If we want to talk about it, I have to call you sister-in-law. Since you have finished using it, I will pick out the books here and go back."
After saying that, he walked to the long desk and picked up the book that was upside down on the desk and put it in his hand.
Brother Rong woke up suddenly. He originally thought that the maid from the palace came in to clean it up. Looking at it, the study room was probably cleaned up by the princess. It was probably the princess's idea to stay in the room if she was thinking about the food.
Suddenly a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Grandma Zhu also seemed to notice something was wrong. Although I couldn't understand it, I recalled the look in the princess's eyes just now, and a slight blush appeared on her pink cheeks.
After all, Grandma Zhu's psychological quality was not as good as Wang Xifeng and Xue Baochai's, so she was just shy when faced with such an occasion. He didn't even have time to think about it. Seeing that Su Yun had already cleared the table, he hurriedly said: "I suddenly remembered that there are some things in Xifu, so I have to go back and deal with them first."
So Brother Rong watched helplessly as Grandma Zhu, Li Wan, took Suyun and ran away shyly.
He walked faster than the Princess of Beijing County who had just picked up the book, so much so that the Princess of Beijing County couldn't help but turn around and look at Brother Rong in confusion.
Brother Rong coughed awkwardly and explained, "It's not what I thought."
The princess' expression didn't change much after hearing this. She sat down and didn't leave in a hurry, saying: "It's just something on the bed in the room, there's nothing shameful about it."
"Huh?" Uncle Rong opened his eyes wide, not expecting that the princess would point it out so straightforwardly.
I just listened to the princess's talk: "It's understandable that such a situation would happen to a woman who has been without her husband for many years. Although word spread that it broke etiquette and damaged her reputation, everyone thought it was a dirty thing. In my opinion, Come on, it’s dirty to make a woman spend her whole life guarding an empty house.”
"Ahem..." Brother Rong didn't even know how to reply. Why had I never thought that the Princess of Beijing County had such appalling views before? He knew he was a scumbag, but listening to a woman defending such a scumbag like him, he felt like he had a thousand words in his heart but didn't know how to express them.
The princess raised her eyes and glanced at Brother Rong without raising her head, and continued: "Don't think that because I understand Mrs. Li, I approve of your deviant behavior. Although it is a family matter of the Jia family, I can't talk to you about it. Once you have a relationship, it will also have an impact on other families. Not to mention that Li is still the daughter-in-law of Xifu, and you also have many wives and concubines. "
Brother Rong said coquettishly: "Empress..."
"Don't worry, this matter will always be rotten in my stomach, and I will also warn others not to come here. Generally speaking, I sympathize with Ms. Li, and as a woman, I also understand her difficulties."
"Forehead……"
The princess said calmly: "As long as I stay here for one day, you can rest assured that no one will disturb you, and there will be no gossip in Conglutang. If anyone needs help, I can even Help a bunch of Lis come here to meet you."
"Mother, why is this?"
The princess of Beijing County finally raised her head and looked at Brother Rong with a pair of clear and bright eyes. He said seriously: "Since the founding of this dynasty, the number of newly built chastity arches in various places in a mere hundred years has exceeded the total number of chastity arches built in the two to three hundred years before the Ming Dynasty. In a hundred years, 30,000 to 40,000 arches were built. These 30,000 to 40,000 chastity arches Buried under the memorial arch are the souls of 30,000 to 40,000 miserable women. I don't like it and don't want to see the Li family, like them, be lonely all their lives until they die."
"Thank you for your consideration, Madam." Brother Rong chuckled.
"Considerate? I am not considerate of you." The princess of the county scolded with a cold face, "Brother Rong was born as the eldest son of the Jia family. He doesn't manage well, but he is buried in Wenwen Township. You have two aunts and aunts in Xifu. Yeah, it’s against human ethics after all.”
"This..." Brother Rong scratched his ears. Could it be that the princess was a female pioneer in the feudal era?
