Chapter 566 People
At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Fan Jin, Fan Zhuo, Zhou Bingwen and Zhou Xudou boarded the ship to Tongzhou and rushed to Beijing.
It is worth mentioning that Zhou Xudou also participated in this year's provincial examination and ranked 110th in high school.
Therefore, he also plans to participate in next year's Spring Festival. Because pomegranate workshops have been opened in their village, the lives of the people in the village have become more prosperous. He has run the school for two years, and his family members work in the workshops. I have saved a lot of money, so I can go to Spring Festival and give it a try.
It happened that Fan and Jin were all going to take part in next year's examination, so Shiliu asked them to take Zhou Xudou along with them, and they also had someone to look after them on the way.
Zhou Xudou and them are also of the same age, so it is not difficult to get acquainted with them. In addition, Zhou Bingwen and Zhou Xudou are both named Zhou, which makes it even more fateful.
So, let’s go together.
The first exam will be held on the ninth day of February. If we leave for the capital after the new year, we still have enough time, but we have to prepare for the exam non-stop as soon as we enter the capital. There is no time.
Therefore, candidates who are far away from the capital usually choose to rush to the capital before the year. With this condition, it is not troublesome to have a place to live and eat.
If you go early, you can have a good rest.
The house that Shiliu helped Fan Jin buy in the capital has already been decorated and repaired, so you can move in right away, which is very convenient.
The four of them were together and had someone to take care of them. When they arrived in the capital, Shiliu had already sent a letter to Jiang Bing in advance, asking him to pick him up at the gate of the capital in time to take Fan Jin and the others to his house.
On the day of the trip, pomegranates were delivered to Dafengji.
As for the marriage of the two, taking advantage of Fan Jin's two months at home, he was optimistic about the auspicious date and decided it would be May 15th next year.
No matter whether Fan Jinchun is in office or not.
If he fails the examination, Fan Jin will be able to come back in mid-March. If he succeeds in the examination, he will stay to prepare for the palace examination. Once he passes the examination, he will be admitted as a Jinshi. Regardless of his ranking, he will have one month left by then. It's fake, I'll rush back when the time comes, and I'll get married on May 15th, just in time.
As for Shiliu's dowry, everything else is easy to say, mainly the dowry furniture. Li Jihe has done nothing else in the past two years and has been making these furnitures himself. The drawings Shiliu drew are very different from the furniture he used to make. He played with great vigor.
It's finished now and almost finished painting.
Pomegranate secretly took a look. Not to mention, it was really good. She liked it very much.
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As the new year is approaching, all shops need to take inventory. Shiliu sent Jiang Tong there as usual, but she went there in person in Fucheng.
One was to take stock and look around, and the other was because the Liu family came back. First, she went to get together, and the second was to take stock of Kuaiyi Station's accounts with Liu Dong's family, and by the way, discuss the expansion of Kuaiyi Station to the surrounding areas after the year. matters.
Weifeng Express Station has been open in Bingzhou for more than a year, and it has already been on the right track within Bingzhou. It has taken orders from nearby Bingzhou several times before, and it went smoothly. It is just that there is no branch connection elsewhere, which makes it a little troublesome. .
After a few years, it is time to put it on the agenda to gradually expand the express station.
When they arrived in Fucheng, Shiliu went to the Liu family first, and stayed in the study room with Dong Liu for more than an hour. They discussed all the details. The Liu Dong family was still in charge of the territory, and Shiliu was in charge of the personnel——
Although the express station, which has been open for more than a year, is still not profitable this year, it has not lost much. From next year, Bingzhou should be able to make profits one after another.
After discussing the specific matters, Shiliu left the study and went to the inner chamber.
Butterfly Liu Yue rushed towards me, "Sister Pomegranate! Ahhh, I miss you so much!"
The pomegranate was thrown into her arms. Fortunately, the chassis was stable, otherwise it would have fallen over.
"Strangled, strangled me to death."
"Hee hee hee!" Liu Yue laughed, let go of Pomegranate, and turned to hold her arm inside, "Come on, Sister Pomegranate, go to my room to talk, I have brought you a lot of things!"
"Hey, I'm going to ask my aunt first!" Pomegranate was pulled away by her, and she didn't even have time to finish her words.
Liu Yuezhi said: "I'll say hello later during dinner! My mother is also busy, and the seventh sister will get married in the next year!"
Pomegranate knew that Liu Xi would get married on the first day of the third month of the lunar month. Hearing this, she said nothing and followed Liu Yue to her room. As expected, she saw that Liu Yue had bought a lot of things!
"Sister Pomegranate, you can leave as soon as you say. We didn't get to explore the capital properly. Later, I went shopping alone, and occasionally I went with my cousins from the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion. These are the things I like. I will buy them all for you, Sister Pomegranate!
Look at this piece of fabric, there are only a few pieces in total. If my cousin hadn't been there at that time, I almost wouldn't have been able to grab it. I think this piece of fabric will match you, Sister Pomegranate! Once you have made some clothes, you will definitely look good when you put them on!
And these bracelets! I heard that Sister Pomegranate, your wedding date has also been decided. This pair of bracelets is my gift to you! Take a look, do you like them all? ”
Liu Yue took Pomegranate and looked at the boxes, chattering endlessly.
Pomegranate looked at the piece of fabric. It was indeed amazingly beautiful. The color was also the lotus color that she loved to wear, and the pair of bracelets were also extremely exquisite.
"I like it, I like it! Sister Yue's taste in choosing things is beyond words!"
Liu Yue became proud, "Really? I have pretty good taste!"
As he spoke, he didn't know what he thought of, and his face fell, "It's a pity that my parents won't give me the chance to choose my future husband. Otherwise, with the way I look at it, I won't be able to choose Yang Xu'an no matter what!"
Listening to her gritted tone, Shiliu was also amused, "You don't like Yang Xu'an so much? Last time I saw him, he was also very handsome and talented. Don't you just like good-looking people?"
Liu Yue pouted, "Is that called good-looking? She's whiter than a woman, prettier than a woman, and has no masculinity at all! I don't like this!"
While she was disgusted, she couldn't ignore the way Yang Xu'an's eyebrows were twitching when he mentioned it.
Shiliu speculated that she might have had some encounter with Yang Xu'an later on, and a lot of things had happened.
He smiled at that moment and didn't say much. He just said: "The marriage has been decided. If you don't want to get married, it will be difficult to cancel the engagement."
Liu Yue sighed, "Isn't it difficult to handle? My parents are so determined that they won't cancel my engagement! My mother keeps talking in my ears all day long about how good Yang Xu'an is! You don't know, he I took the Provincial Examination this year and passed the National Examination, and I will take the Chunwei Examination next year!”
This is awesome.
Liu Yue shook her head and said, "That's all, let's not talk about him!"
He winked at Shiliu again, as if he was talking about gossip, "Did you know that Princess Zhaozhao has returned to Beijing?"
The war in Cangzhou has ended. The corpses of the rebels Li Yan and other subordinates have been smashed to ashes. The rebels who were captured alive should also be dealt with. The matter has been decided, but the Princess Zhaozhao who was kidnapped by the rebels has no one. information. Pomegranate is far away in Bingzhou and I haven't heard about it.
When I saw Liu Yue talking about it now, I was also shocked, "Has she returned to Beijing?"
The rebels didn't kill her.
"We came back not long before we left Beijing, but we didn't come back with a big fanfare, but were sent back secretly. I also heard from my cousin in the Jing'an Marquis Mansion that Princess Zhaozhao was secretly sent back to Yu. Not long after Prince Yu’s Mansion, Prince Yu’s Mansion announced that Princess Zhaozhao was going to Dafu Temple to pray and chant sutras for his deceased parents.”
Liu Yuedao: "There are rumors. I heard that Princess Zhaozhao was pregnant when she came back, as if she was pregnant with a rebel child. Prince Yu's Palace said it was sending Princess Zhaozhao to Dafu Temple to pray for blessings, but in fact it was sending her there. I have to give birth to a child, because the pregnancy is too old, and abortion may hurt the adult's life. Prince Yu loves this granddaughter so much, how can he be willing to let her die? "
Shiliu was also sighing. Previously, General Chen refused to admit that the person under the city was Princess Zhaozhao at Wuma Pass, insisting that Princess Zhaozhao was well in the capital. So, on the surface, it was naturally impossible for Princess Zhaozhao to return to Beijing with great fanfare. of.
Fortunately, Princess Zhaozhao survived, but returning to Beijing with a big belly would not be much better.
I thought that Li Yan, who was still young and had yet to marry a wife, was a man who was pure and dedicated to his career. Unexpectedly, he was also a scumbag and kidnapped Princess Zhaozhao and killed her.
In other words, the child in Princess Zhaozhao's belly is Li Yan's?
Under such circumstances, Prince Yu could still ask Princess Zhaozhao to give birth to the child, as he had already guaranteed it from the emperor.
I just don’t know what will happen to this child when he is born.
She couldn't help but wonder, since this Li Yan was not a clean and tidy person, might he already have a child of his own and hiding it somewhere?
When he grows up, he won't start another rebellion, right?
But it is impossible. I heard that the captive Bian Hong and others were tortured and interrogated. Li Yan never married a wife or had children——
One person can lie, but it's impossible for so many people to be so tough and tortured, and they can still lie, right?
So, the child in Princess Zhaozhao’s belly is Li Yan’s only bloodline in this world?
It's a daughter, or considering that Princess Zhaozhao's parents died fighting for the country, she could still be alive. If it's a son, it's hard to say.
Pomegranate felt sad, but this was something she couldn't control.
After Liu Yue said this, he turned to chattering about some popular events in the capital after Shiliu left.
Speaking of the fact that the Crown Princess gave birth to a son not long ago, the Emperor liked it very much and named him personally. A full moon banquet was held in the East Palace. Her father also got the post and took her and her mother into the palace together!
"Sister Pomegranate, you don't know, the palace is so big! I didn't even dare to walk around for fear of getting lost accidentally!
The rules in the palace are also very strict. I heard that there are eight wet nurses for the emperor's grandson alone, not to mention all the people who serve him! Otherwise, he is the grandson of the emperor. This is the eldest son of His Highness the Crown Prince, and there is no one else who can compare with him.
I heard that Liu Meiren in the palace also gave birth to a seventeenth prince, who was born to the Crown Princess, so the Full Moon Festival was a little sad because Liu Meiren had a low status and no prince had been born in the palace for so many years. Well, the birth of the seventeenth prince is also a happy event, but who told him to be born on the same day as the emperor's grandson! ”
"Seventeenth Prince?" Pomegranate was curious.
Liu Yue nodded, as if she was afraid that others would hear, and lowered her voice to gossip, "Yes! Seventeenth Prince, I heard that the Emperor is already fifty-three years old this year, and there is still a prince born!"
Shiliu heard this funny, "What's wrong with being fifty-three? You're not a woman, so don't you know the old man of the Qin family? He still has a son at sixty-five!"
"Yeah!" Liu Yue waved her hand, "I'm just surprised. The sixteenth prince is seven years old this year. No prince or princess has been born in the palace for so many years."
"Is it not possible that the emperor has not added a new member to the palace for a long time?" It is not uncommon for princes and princesses to be born in recent years. There are too many seeds, and not all seeds work so well.
This beauty Liu is also lucky. She was able to conceive and give birth to a prince in one fell swoop. She will be considered reliable when she gets old in the future.
According to the rules of the Jin Dynasty royal family, concubines who have never given birth to children will die of old age in the palace after the emperor dies. Unlike concubines who have given birth to children, those who have given birth to a son can leave the palace and live in their son's fiefdom. Those who give birth to a princess will also live in the palace specifically for the concubine, and the food and clothing expenses will always be the same.
The concubine who had never given birth to a child was miserable in her old age, but no one cared about her.
Of course, this does not include the queen.
Although the queen never gave birth to a child, once the prince ascended the throne, she became the legitimate queen mother.
Therefore, there is no comparison between being a wife and a concubine.
Liu Yueshen agreed, "My eldest brother-in-law's aunt in the courtyard gave birth to a child, and my eldest sister directly brought her to her to raise. She is the aunt, and no one can say no to her. I heard that the concubine cried, made trouble, and hanged herself. Yes, let's make a fuss Do you think that after giving birth to a son, you can take over my eldest sister? She doesn’t even look at who is standing behind my eldest sister! How dare the Tong family fall out with my family?
The concubine was punished to kneel down in the ancestral hall. She deserved it. Regardless of whether she gave birth to a son or not, the son could only call her aunt and could not even be a mother. Therefore, for someone who is rushing to be a concubine, you think she is out of her mind. What do you think? ”
"But in this world, there are still so many people who are chasing after their wives, doting on their wives and destroying their concubines, and it is not impossible that they are finally corrected."
The world is like this. Monogamy has become monogamous in future generations, and so many people are rushing to be raised outside. These days, the outer room is not nice. If you are not allowed in, you will not be allowed in. But the outer room in future generations, The children born can still have the right to inherit property openly and openly.
Liu Yue pouted, "Anyway, if Yang Xu'an dares to have a concubine in the east and a concubine in the west in the future, that's fine. Let's go our separate ways! It saves me the trouble!"
After that, she looked at Pomegranate again, "Sister Pomegranate, what kind of person is your fiancé? I've only met him twice, and he looks gentle and elegant, but I don't know if he will take concubines in the future? My mother I said, if this man takes a concubine, you can't spoil him. Once you have a concubine, there will be a second time. In the future, the backyard will be a mess, and you will be the only one who is tired. "
Will Fan Jin take concubines?
Pomegranate paused.
If she really didn't keep her heart in the end, and if Fan Jin betrayed her in the future, she would just turn around and leave.
I’m rich, but I’m still worried about having a hard time? However, if she had a child, she would definitely take her child away, even if she risked everything.
Alas, these love affairs are always troublesome and sad, so in her previous life, when she lived to be almost forty, she did not choose to get married and have children.
Once you are married, divorce will hurt your children; if you don't divorce, you will hurt yourself.
There are so many couples, but how many can truly stay together forever?
It's so cute, but I can't help but not be moved.