Chapter 4
Yuan Niang said that all sisters should be treated equally, so she gave the third sister and the sixth sister each a dog and a cat.
To the second sister who was imprisoned, Yuan Niang gave her a bird that the second sister liked.
So when Jia Sanniang listened to the rain pavilion, she could hear the cry of a silly bird in the distance.
Tingyu Pavilion, east wing.
Jia Erniang received a parrot as a gift from her eldest sister Yuan Niang. The birds have beautiful feathers, and the two words they like to shout most are "auspicious". So Jia Erniang named the little guy Jixiang.
That day, before the evening meal in Ning'antang.
When all the sisters went to pay their respects, Yuanniang interceded on behalf of the second sister. Princess Long'an looked kind. She asked Jia Sanniang again what she meant, and said, "Sanniang, do you still blame your second sister?"
"Grandma, Sanniang has never complained about her second sister." Jia Sanniang quickly replied.
As both concubines, Jia Sanniang didn't want to be known as a coward. The eldest sister Yuan Niang stepped forward to be a good person, so Jia Sanniang naturally followed the lead and must give the eldest sister some face.
"Besides, the second sister has been punished and will definitely not make the same mistake again in the future. I have the same idea as the eldest sister. Please forgive the second sister this time and give the second sister a chance to change her ways." Jia Sanniang Completed my own summary of the incident.
Wrong, it must not be hers, it was created by the second cousin and second mother. Jia Sanniang also thinks that she is a good sister in her heart. She, Jia Sanniang, will still say good things for her second sister after suffering a debt.
Princess Long'an glanced at each of her two granddaughters, then nodded and said, "Come on, you both beg for mercy, and that's the end of Er Niang's punishment this time."
"Jade, go and send a message to ask Er Niang to come to Ning'an Hall." Princess Long'an confessed.
The eldest maid Feicui responded, bowed to Fu and left.
The sisters in the house continued to chat with their grandmother about interesting things. Jia Liu Niang talked about how cute and lovable the kitten Xue Tuaner was as a gift from her eldest sister.
Princess Long'an was in a good mood, and she was happy to hear the story of her little granddaughter. Even though she is a little person, Jia Liu Niang is still very happy to talk about the fun of being a shit shoveler.
After a while, Jia Erniang followed Jade to Ning'antang.
It was unfortunate that Jia Erniang came. When she came, Jia Zhao, the first wife of the Duke, and Jia Cui, the second wife of the second room, also came to Ning'an Hall to pay their respects.
As soon as Jia Erniang showed up, she greeted her grandmother, her aunt, and her aunt. After that, she was also beaten one by one by several elders.
Jia Sanniang's situation is different from that of her second cousin. She also has the comfort of several elders.
Especially the aunt and aunt, the two elders each gave Jia Sanniang a golden hairpin. The two elders took it out of the bun on the spot and gave it to Jia Sanniang, a junior.
After an evening meal, the second sister returned to her normal life. Jia Sanniang got the benefit and kept laughing to show that she really didn't care about the Lantern Festival.
Waiting in Ning'an Hall, Jia Sanniang and her sisters accompanied her grandmother after dinner.
Princess Long'an stayed with her two daughters-in-law to talk, while the other sisters took their leave first.
On the way back to Yuge, Jia Sanniang listened to the sixth sister chattering non-stop. She had a lot to say with her small mouth.
"It's too noisy." Jia Erniang muttered when she returned to the courtyard gate of Tingyu Pavilion.
"Second sister, don't be angry. I won't make any noise. I'll shut up." After Jia Liu Niang hurriedly replied, she still stretched out her little hand to cover her mouth.
"..." Jia Sanniang looked at the pair of cousins in front of her, and she wanted to speak to lighten the atmosphere. After thinking about it, he shut up. She was afraid that if she opened her mouth, her second cousin might misunderstand something again.
At this moment, Jia Sanniang took the sixth sister's hand, and they walked quietly to the west wing.
Waiting to return to the west wing, the sixth girl burst into tears as soon as she entered the door. She hugged Jia Sanniang's legs and asked in tears: "Third sister, does the second sister hate Liu Niang?"
"Don't cry." Jia Sanniang took out the handkerchief and knelt down to wipe away the tears of the sixth sister, while coaxing her words: "The second sister has a straightforward temper, and she likes to choke people. In fact, the second sister is not bad-hearted. .Sixth sister is the pistachio in our house, everyone likes sixth sister."
"Really?" Jia Liu Niang's eyes looked disbelieving.
"Really, more real than gold." Jia Sanniang replied affirmatively.
After saying so, Jia Sanniang called out to the maid, "Shu Xiang". She took a pair of gold hairpins from Shuxiang given by her aunt and aunt. Jia Sanniang smiled and said: "Look, this is a gold hairpin, it's all real gold."
"I will give one to Sixth Sister, one for you and one for me. We both have it." Jia Sanniang coaxed Sixth Sister and changed the subject: "Which gold hairpin does Sixth Sister like the most?"
Jia Liu Niang was attracted by the beautiful gold hairpin in front of her. Her eyes looked back and forth between the two gold hairpins.
After a while, Jia Liu Niang stretched out her chubby hand, pointed at the golden hairpin given by her aunt, and said, "I choose this one."
"Okay." Jia Sanniang agreed and put the gold hairpin into the sixth sister's hand.
"After getting a golden hairpin, the sixth sister has to smile with the third sister this time." Jia Sanniang gestured with a big smile, but she smiled first.
When Jia Liu Niang looked at her third sister, she burst into tears and smiled, and she also smiled broadly back on the spot.
Seeing that her sixth sister had stopped crying, Jia Sanniang felt relaxed, thinking about finally coaxing the crying child.
After waiting for Jia Sanniang to come out of the west wing, she did not go back to the main room directly. Jia Sanniang went to the east wing.
The lights were on in the east wing, and Jia Erniang was copying Buddhist scriptures in the small study room separated by a screen.
When Jia Sanniang came in, Xiang Qi and Zhen Qi, the eldest maids in the east wing, greeted her with a blessing. Jia Sanniang nodded lightly and made a gesture to tell the maids waiting in the room not to disturb her second sister's copying of scriptures.
Jia Sanniang was in the small flower hall in the east wing. She was looking for a place to sit on the couch.
Xiangqi quickly brought the tea cup, and Jia Sanniang took it. She had no intention of drinking tea, but just played with it in her palm.
Waiting for Jia Erniang to finish copying a page of scripture, she felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right.
When Jia Erniang raised her head, she was about to give some instructions to the maid. Jia Erniang saw the visitors in the flower hall.
With a slight movement of her brows, Jia Erniang put down her pen and moved to the flower hall.
"Third sister." Jia Erniang was a little surprised.
"Come and see the second sister, and ask the second sister by the way, does the second sister like the parrot given by the eldest sister?" Jia Sanniang first looked for a topic. If a Jia Erniang is asked, she will definitely not get angry.
"Pretty good." Jia Erniang replied simply.
"The eldest sister has always believed that sisters should love each other and live in harmony." Jia Sanniang stared at the second cousin and said, "What does the second cousin think of the eldest sister?"
"It's good." Jia Erniang has the benefit of her eldest sister Yuan Niang, and she won't speak ill of Yuan Niang behind her back.
"I am in front of the courtyard of Tingyu Pavilion today. Second sister..." Jia Sanniang couldn't blame her.
Jia Sanniang hesitated for a moment, then added: "Second sister agrees with what eldest sister said, but what she said and did is a little inconsistent with her words and deeds."
"Huh." Jia Erniang snorted coldly. She would never admit her mistake, even if she yelled at Sixth Sister, she would regret it. Otherwise, she was copying some Buddhist scriptures in the room just to calm down her mood.
"Sixth sister likes second sister very much." Jia Sanniang wanted to sigh. It's not easy for her to show off, so she has to be the peacemaker. Jia Sanniang said: "If the second sister is more careful, you might as well observe more. You will see that the sixth sister has always wanted to please you. The second sister may have misunderstood something all along."
"Just like me, I also want to live in harmony with my second sister." Jia Sanniang talked about her sixth sister's affairs and then talked about her own attitude.
"..." After Jia Erniang heard this, she didn't believe a word in her heart. Ever since she was little, her third sister has always been a nuisance in her heart.
Jia Sanniang looked at her second cousin's disgusted eyes and felt helpless. The most difficult thing in this world is to put your own thoughts into other people's heads.
Jia Sanniang could only ease the atmosphere. She said in a very sincere manner: "Second sister cannot be entirely blamed for what happened during the Lantern Festival. I was also at fault at the time."
"I'm here to apologize to my second sister." Jia Sanniang bowed.
When Jia Erniang saw her third sister who was different from usual, Jia Erniang was stunned for a moment.
"You..." Jia Erniang thought for a moment before she said, "What kind of trick do you want me to get into?"
Jia Sanniang asked the sky speechlessly. She was such a scoundrel in the second cousin's mind.
"Second sister, you and I need to be more sober. There will be a general election in the royal family this year. Once the election is over, the eldest sister will enter the palace and become the empress." Jia Sanniang told a truth that everyone in Sui Guogong's palace knew about seventy-eight percent of the truth. .
"If it weren't for caring about my eldest sister, this is the most important thing. The third brother, the second sister and I are all at the age of discussing marriage." Jia Sanniang talked about major events in life.
"Second sister, the time we spend getting along with each other is getting shorter and shorter every day. I just don't want my memories of getting along with my second sister to be filled with arguments and quarrels in the future. This will hurt the relationship between the sisters too much."
In the fifth month of summer, it is the Dragon Boat Festival, Jia Yuanniang's birthday, she will be seventeen years old.
Jia Yuanniang was the first among the younger generation in the Duke Sui's palace, and the big event of her entering the palace took precedence over the marriages of her younger brothers and sisters.
Further down, naturally, there is Jia Hongxi, the third son of the second wife, who is one year younger than Yuan Niang.
As for Jia Erniang and Jia Sanniang being the same age, Erniang is one month older than Sanniang.
After the Beginning of Summer, Buddha's Birthday, on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, it was the hair-raising ceremony for Jia Sanniang when she turned fifteen.
"What you said like that, I don't know which part of you is true and which part is false." Jia Erniang's mouth was still as stubborn as usual.
Jia Sanniang replied: "There is only a long time to come. We will wait and see the results. Second sister will see my sincerity."
Of course, Jia Erniang didn't want to be a character who was hated by gods and ghosts. She reluctantly agreed with Jia Sanniang's statement.
Coming out of the east wing, Jia Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief.
The second cousin, this stubborn donkey, was finally comforted by stroking her hair.
Jia Sanniang thought to herself that she was not trying to trick people, she really wanted to get married sooner or later, and she also wanted to build a good relationship with her mother's family.
In such an era of feudal society, the relationship between a woman and her natal family is extremely important after she gets married.
If the second cousin eases the relationship here. Maybe in the future, when the second cousin marries a son-in-law from a noble family, Jia Sanniang will still be able to get some glory.
Who knows that in this era, the daughters of a clan all share the family's reputation and protection. No one wants to leave anyone alone. There is no such thing as being alone.
The son of aristocratic family marries a girl from a high family, while the son of Han family marries a girl from a small family. In this era, the so-called marriage of two surnames is good, and the veil of tenderness is lifted. The fundamental purpose is still for profit.
Did the groom choose the bride based on her temperament and appearance?
The couple may have never met before they got married. No one understands anyone.
Especially for marriages involving officials, the bridegroom's official image is simply the size of his father-in-law's official hat.
Jia Sanniang thought to herself that her biological father would be Duke Sui. Even if she was born as a concubine. When the eldest sister becomes the empress of the royal family, no matter how bad her future husband's family is, they won't be any worse off.
Jia Sanniang didn't want to marry high, so she thought it would be best to marry low. With the family background of the Duke's own daughter, Jia Sanniang would not only show off her power after marrying into her husband's family, but at least she would not be manipulated by her future mother-in-law.
Think about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in this feudal era. The mother-in-law's east wind cannot suppress the daughter-in-law's west wind. The only possibility is that the daughter-in-law's background is too strong, so she has to be supported and coaxed by her husband's family.
"The fragrance of books." Jia Sanniang recovered her chaotic and divergent thoughts at this time. She asked the maid beside her: "Tomorrow is the first day of March. Did I remember correctly?"
"Girl, you remember correctly." Shuxiang replied hurriedly.
Jia Sanniang thought to herself, just remember correctly.
Tomorrow is a new month, and Jia Sanniang's golden finger can be restarted. She wanted to take a closer look to see what the label of eldest sister Yuan Niang was.
At this time, Jia Sanniang's heart felt like she was holding a cat in her arms and scratching it.
The image of the eldest sister Yuan Niang is a little blurry, and falling into Jia Sanniang's eyes is almost like seeing flowers in the fog, which makes Jia Sanniang have many unreasonable guesses.
