Extra Story 2: Six years later (1)(1/2)
Six years later.
Another spring is coming. The sunshine in March is bright and bright, willows are swaying, flowers are blooming, and birds are singing and fragrance are full of vitality.
The streets of the capital are bustling and bustling, with all kinds of shops, stalls and people coming and going in the middle of the street. The shouts of hawkers, waiters and peddlers are heard one after another, attracting pedestrians passing by to stop from time to time.
"Bang!Bang!Bang!"
There was a loud gong sound from afar, louder and louder, accompanied by the man's excited shouts:
"Good news! The Queen is born!"
"The eldest princess was born. The emperor just issued an order to impose a general amnesty on the world and be exempted from tax for one year!"
This good news made the people in the entire capital excited and overjoyed.
In some restaurants and shops quickly took out the firecrackers that had been prepared long ago. The sound of firecrackers on the street was deafening. Many children surrounded the shops that set off firecrackers, covering their ears and cheering, shouting, and laughing.
Several teahouses also set up tea sheds at the door, generously distributing free coarse tea for passers-by to rest and quench their thirst.
After the waiter shouted a few times, three or five pedestrians came over to ask for a cup of tea. Some people simply went into the lobby to sit in a small seat. The guests in the lobby and the passers-by outside were talking, which was very lively.
"So it turned out that the eldest princess was born. No wonder the sky was filled with colorful clouds yesterday!"
"Yes, yes, I woke up in the middle of the night and heard Tian Lemingkong. From me, His Highness the Great Princess must be a celestial girl who descended to earth!"
"There will be auspicious signs in spring, and this year is a good year."
“…”
A middle-aged woman with a round face politely asked for a cup of tea from Xiaoer and silently listened to the other people around her for a while.
After she had enough rest, she continued on the road with a gloomy face.
She was in a good mood and walked quickly. After a stick of incense, she returned to her house located in the northwest corner of the capital.
"Dada, I just heard from people on the street that the queen had just given birth to a eldest princess and would be exempted from tax for one year!" The woman said happily to the man at home.
At the door of the woodshed in front of the woodshed, a man in his forties and dark skin was sitting on an old small stool chopping wood, with piles of freshly chopped wood piled up at his feet.
"Bang!"
After he split a piece of firewood at his hand, he put down the hatchet in his hand and said with a simple smile: "A son and a daughter make up the word "good"."
The middle-aged woman walked to the man in two steps in three steps and said with a smile: "The Queen has done so many good things, and good people will be rewarded."
"I went to Jishitang to buy another bottle of Zhibao Dan today." As she said that, the woman took out a small blue porcelain bottle from her sleeve bag. "The Empress is so kind-hearted. She has made so many magical medicines that can cure the disease, and it is sold so cheaply."
As he said that, the woman's face showed gratitude, respect, sigh, etc.
Last August, her man suddenly fell to the ground in a coma, motionless and silent. She rushed to the hospital and fed him the pills, but he was relieved as soon as he took it.
Afterwards, she sent the man to Jishitang. Dr. Liu from Jishitang said that she was just right by chance and said that no medicine could cure all diseases. If you use the wrong medicine, it would be a disease that can be aggravated.
At the moment, the woman let Doctor Liu teach her, but she felt that she had done nothing wrong. If she didn't fight at that time, would she watch the man die and become a widow again?
Thinking of the fact that the woman became more and more grateful while being afraid.
"What I said!" The man also felt the same way. He took the small porcelain bottle as if he was holding some rare treasure.
The woman took out a green handkerchief and carefully wiped the sweat beads on the man's forehead, muttering: "Let you not be too tired. You just don't listen. You chop so much firewood at once. Can't you chop a little bit every day?"
The woman couldn't help but muttered to the man, her eyes full of concern.
She is already thirty-seven years ago. She lost her husband eight years ago and had no children with her husband's deceased husband. At that time, when her husband died, the land in the family was taken away by her husband's uncle and second uncle, and she had nothing. Her parents-in-law did not allow her to remarry, so she kept her chastity for her deceased husband for the rest of her life. She had no way to fill her stomach every day, and she was so hungry that she was pale and thin, and her life was almost impossible to survive.
Fortunately, after three years of her widowed husband, the county magistrate sent someone to the village to ask her if she wanted to remarry, saying that she could get five taels of silver for her dowry if she remarries. She also introduced her several men, including widowers and old bachelors.
After she met three or four people, she chose the current man.
Her man was a veteran who was retired. He was recruited by the court to join the army and did not marry a wife. Later, his parents died, and no one took care of him. He had been a soldier in the army for decades, but after he ascended the throne, he asked some veterans to retreat from the army. He took a share of the money given by the court to have the confidence to marry a wife.
The woman also saw him being honest. She thought that the two of them lived together. She was not young anymore. She was not pregnant when she was young, and now she doesn’t expect to get married again. Who would have thought that she would get pregnant two years ago? Now her family is two years old.
Now she has a husband and a son, and her life is booming. Looking back on her mother-in-law in the village and the villagers scolded her as a hen who can't lay eggs, she also feels like a different life.
The woman couldn't help but fold her hands together, chanted "Amitabha", and praised the Queen's medicine in her heart. If Goudan's father was gone, she, a widow, brought her son who was not yet one year old, how could she live this life? Maybe how many people would say behind her back that she was trying to harm her husband!
"If there was no emperor and queen, how could we have a good life now!" the woman said gratefully, "Dada, should we ask the eldest princess for a hundred clothes? If we get the blessing of the hundred families, the eldest princess will definitely be able to avoid illness or disaster!"
"This is a good idea!" The man smiled silly and agreed with the hand.
Even if the emperor and the empress have everything and lack nothing, this is the wish of ordinary people like them. With the emperor and the empress, there is a good life of peace in the world now.
The woman became excited when she thought about what she could do for the emperor and empress, and the fatigue she had been busy for a long time was wiped out.
She didn't rest anymore and hurriedly got up. She ran out after she got home without a cup of tea, leaving only one sentence: "I'll go and ask for the cloth head!"
The woman knocked on the door of her neighbor's house first. When the neighbors heard that they were going to make hundreds of clothes for the eldest princess, they all responded. Many people even spontaneously said that they would go back to their parents' house to ask for relatives.
It is said to be "Hundred Family Clothing", but these women joined forces to build sand into towers, and they wanted more than a thousand families. Several skillful women put these scattered rags together and sewed them into Baijia Clothing.
This hundred-family garment was sent to Duke Mu's mansion one day before the eldest princess, and she also left a note to send it to Duke Mu's wife into the palace.
After some twists and turns, Baijiayi finally delivered it to Chen Qianchen.
On this day, Chen Zhi and Chen Qianhuang, who entered the palace one later than Duke Mu's wife, also saw this meaningful "Hundred Family Clothes".
"This Baijia Clothes is really well made!" Chen Zhi carefully unfolded the colorful Baijia Clothes and looked at them carefully.
As she got closer, she could smell a faint soapy smell on the Baijia clothes. Obviously, it had been carefully washed and kneaded. The small clothes were soft, and each needle was neat and fine, evenly and uniform.
"I really have the intention." Chen Qianhuang also leaned over and looked, narrowing her eyes slightly.
She could see that the scattered rags on these hundred clothes were not randomly pieced together.
She turned her eyes, then smiled, took the Baijia Clothes, and said to Chen Zhi: "Mom, stand away and look at this Baijia Clothes."
Chen Qianchen smiled slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Chen Zhi was confused, and followed Chen Qianhuang's instructions and took two steps back to see the Baijia Clothing.
Then, she blinked quickly, smiled, pointed at Baijiayi and said:
"blessing!"
"Baijiayi" is made of so many pieces of rags. The materials and colors of these rags are different, and the old and new are different. Generally, the size and color of the cloth are not paid attention to. Anyway, when put together, they are definitely fancy.
What's special about this "Baijia Clothes" is that when the maker splices these rags, he spells out the word "Fu". When the human eye gets closer, he is easily confused by the patterns of these rags, and he can't see the tricks, but as long as he stands far, he can see it.
"This is probably called 'I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, because I am in this mountain." Chen Zhi said, and sat back again, smiling even deeper, "Sister Huang, you are so careful!"
Chen Zhi was both emotional and proud in her heart.
Since he was eighteen years old, Chen Qianhuang moved out of Pei's mansion and lived alone in Shen's house.
When she made this request, Chen Yunmu had made trouble for it, and Chen Zhi had also worried, so she went privately to discuss with Duke Mu's wife with Chen Qianchen... In the end, she followed Chen Qianhuang's wishes.
Of course, Chen Qianhuang is not really alone. Chen’s house has guards, and there are also a few maids who know martial arts around her. Chen’s house is as solid as a god.
In a few months, Chen Qianhuang will be twenty-one years old.
She has grown up completely in her twenties, with delicate and soft facial features, bright black eyes, and a slender figure, which is more beautiful than before. Her temperament is elegant but not without being heavy, and she is gentle and tough.
She is like a camellia that grows towards the sun, full of vitality.
The person who has changed the most in recent years is Chen Qianhuang.
Her female school has been running for five years. At first, it was not big. So far, the female school is as big as the Imperial College, and the number of students is twice as many as that of the Imperial College. She lives a fulfilling life every day.
Chen Zhi looked at the radiant Chen Qianhuang with a smile on her lips. Her sister Huang is really good!
"Second sister," Chen Qianhuang turned to look at Chen Qianchen and said in a positive tone, "You can see it too."
Chen Qianchen nodded and smiled.
Chen Qianchen was about to go out of confinement, so she didn't lie on the couch. Today she wore a light purple silk shirt, her hair was tied with only a loose one, and she didn't wear any jewelry all over her body.
One month after giving birth, her body had not yet fully recovered to prenatal, and her figure had become two more plump, but her facial features became softer, and there was a bit more charm and beauty in her eyes.
The twin sisters who were only a few hours apart in their birth time were all very different, both in terms of temperament, appearance, and life experience. The two sisters were not similar, but when they sat together, they had a wonderful sense of harmony.
The mother and daughter were talking, and the little baby girl next to her suddenly let out a restless moan.
Chen Zhi thought they woke up the baby, so she hurried over to take a look.
In the small swaddle, the baby's face was fair and delicate, and his white and fat little face was fleshy, so beautiful that it was like a jade carved doll and soft as a glutinous rice ball.
Her eyes were still closed, and her petal-like mouth smacked her twice, as if she was having a beautiful dream, which made Chen Zhixin melt.
"Nannan is so beautiful." Chen Zhi sighed softly from the bottom of her heart.
Chen Qianhuangshen nodded with consent.
In the eyes of their mother and daughter, the eldest princess is the cutest and most beautiful little baby in the world, and they don’t even think enough.
If it weren't for the fear of clamoring for the little baby to sleep, Chen Zhi really wanted to kiss her on the face.
After showing some sense of existence, the little baby girl continued to sleep quietly, as if she had no idea about the visits between her grandmother and aunt.
Chen Qianchen smiled and gently tapped the little baby girl's forehead, sighing: "This girl, now she looks good and has a bad temper!"
"Let her sleep." Chen Zhi was afraid that they would quarrel with her little granddaughter to sleep, so she pulled the two sisters to the window to talk.
The mother and daughter were chatting, talking about Chen Yunmu, who had been away from home every day recently, and talking about Chu Yunyi: "... In this blink of an eye, Brother Yi is nineteen years old."
To be continued...