At noon, Xie Yixiao accompanied Mrs. Rong Guogong and Mr. Ming to have some meals, and then took a nap.
As for Xie Yu, I heard that she went out to play with a young man from the second room of the Rong family. He would come back to pick her up later. If he could make it in time, he would ask for a meal. If he couldn't, he would leave him alone.
The second room in the Rong family belongs to the second brother of Rong Guogong. There are many children in the family, and it is difficult to distinguish between the direct descendants and the common people. I heard that the second master Rong married three wives one after another and had five or six concubines, with a total of enough sons.
A total of six children were born.
There were good and bad among these six sons. Su Wan had heard a lot about them, and he didn't know who Xie Yu was going out with.
Just after noon, Mrs. Ming came to take her for a walk in Chuntingyuan. Mrs. Rong Guogong said that she was tired and asked them to go and have a look by themselves. She wanted to rest for a while.
So Xie Yixiao followed Ming's family.
Although the owner of the yard was not here and it was not good to go to other people's yards, she was really curious.
Think about what it would be like for Master Rong Jiu, who is like the clear breeze and bright moon, like pines, cypresses and bamboos. The spring garden where he lives is full of spring fragrance and full of flowers.
Then I thought about how he could stay cool among the clusters of flowers.
Ming took her all the way there, with the maids following behind.
Ming said: "The previous Chunting Garden was not called Chunting Garden, and it still looked a little deserted. But at the end of last year, Master Huiyuan sent a letter saying that the ninth brother could return home, and my mother had people renovate it.
I built this yard, transplanted many flowers and trees, and carefully cultivated it for a whole spring, so it is what it is today."
"Later, people from the family went to pick up the ninth brother, and Master Huiyuan named him 'Chun Ting', so the courtyard was named Chun Ting Yuan."
"Spring is warm in the world, and the flowers are blooming all over the garden." Xie Yixiao heard this from Mrs. Rong Guogong when he was at Yunzhong Temple in the past.
Mingshi smiled: "Yes, that's what it means."
Xie Yi smiled and said: "The Duke's wife loves her son very much."
"No." Ming looked at the flowers and trees on the roadside and smiled, "What mother is most concerned about right now is the marriage of the ninth brother. She hopes that the ninth brother will get married soon, and mother can feel at ease."
Xie Yixiao almost choked on his own saliva and was so shocked: "Nine, nine young masters are getting married?"
Does a person like him actually want to marry and have children?
Ming said: "That's natural. Since he has returned home, it is natural for him to get married and marry a wife. To tell you the truth, these days matchmakers have almost leveled the threshold of the Duke's mansion."
As she said that, she came over again, lowered her voice and laughed with Xie Yi: "You think that's why Mrs. Liao brought her natal niece to live here? It's not just for the first to get the moon near the water, it's really a beautiful idea.
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After saying that, she sneered, obviously displeased with this sister-in-law.
Xie Yixiao blinked and thought to himself: Although I know that you, Mrs. Shizi, like me quite a lot, but are you too relieved to complain to me about your sister-in-law?
Ming continued: "But, my mother doesn't like the Liao family girls. Besides, it's too unscrupulous to spread the word that aunts and nephews match brothers. Is it possible that there are no other girls in the world?"
It is indeed a bit unscrupulous to pair an aunt and nephew with a brother.
Ming continued: "To say that Ninth Brother is indeed a generation older than this generation of young people, we really have to go through many twists and turns. I see that most of these girls are his nieces...
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Xie Yixiao calculated the ages of Rong Guogong and his wife, and then calculated the age of Crown Prince Rong, and found that it was true.
Prince Rong is already in his early thirties this year. If he got married early and had children early at this age, his children would already be 13 or 14. The girls of the right age right now are 14, 15, and 16. This is really a generation.
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After all, Rong Jiu was just as unlucky as she was. She was older but not older.
She thought about how someone would call her great-aunt by the end of the year, and she felt like she was getting goosebumps.
It's not that I don't like children, I just feel that I suddenly feel so old and a little sad.
The two chatted all the way to Chuntingyuan, and then Ming asked the maids to wait outside the door, saying that Rong Ci didn't like too many people entering his yard.
Ming Xin Ming Jing was a little hesitant.
Xie Yixiao nodded: "Then you just wait here, we'll go in and take a look and then come out."
She didn't think anything could happen to her at Duke Rong's residence. Besides, many people knew that she came to visit Duke Rong's residence today. Duke Rong's people would not let anything happen to her here.
Ming Xin Ming Jing heard what she said and nodded: "That slave is waiting outside."
Ming said: "There is a pavilion next to it. If you feel tired, you can go and sit there."
After giving instructions to the maid, the two of them stepped into the Spring Courtyard together.
Spring Courtyard is a garden with three entrances. The first entrance is the outer courtyard. Bamboo and a few flowers are planted on the corners. The entrance is facing the screen wall. Going west is the Moon Gate. After entering the Moon Gate, it is to the west.
It was separated by a wall, and there was a door to enter, and there was a courtyard inside.
At this time, we were facing the second entrance of the Weeping Flower Gate. After passing the Weeping Flower Gate, we reached the main courtyard, which was very large. There was also a peach blossom tree in the southwest corner, and its branches and leaves stretched out into the courtyard outside.
There are several other trees, including rockeries, jade ponds, koi, and water pavilions. In addition, there are clusters of flowers in the courtyard. Everywhere you look, there are flowers in full bloom, including red, pink, yellow, white, and colorful.
, so beautiful.
The branches and leaves are crowded together, and the flowers are also crowded, and butterflies are flying around during this period. When the wind blows, a few petals flutter with the wind, and then fall to the ground, forming a beautiful blanket.
Xie Yixiao didn't even blink, feeling like he had simply stepped into a fairyland.
Spring Courtyard really lives up to the word Spring Courtyard.
Mingshi saw her happy face and smiled: "Doesn't it look good?"
"It looks good." Why doesn't it look good? This is simply the yard she has dreamed of.
It would be better if these flowers could be harvested.
Xie Yi smiled and said: "I have always hoped to have a flower farm full of flowers and plants I want, and a small courtyard, that would be perfect."
"Flower garden?" Ming thought for a moment and said, "There is one in the palace. If you want to see it, I can take you to see it. There is a big farm over there in Prince Ding's palace, and I don't want to leave the imperial city.
But it’s all in my mother’s care. Now I’m not planting flowers, I’m growing food.”
At this point, Ming laughed again: "But it's better to grow grain than to grow flowers, and it's better to grow flowers. People in the previous dynasty loved hairpin flowers, and some people like them now too."
In the previous dynasty of the Great Qin Dynasty, the life of the upper class nobles and clans was described as luxurious, with tea, incense, dancing, hairpins and many other pleasures to enjoy. After the establishment of the new dynasty, it became much simpler.
Women in the previous dynasties also liked to wear chest-length undershirts and myrobalan skirts, but now they prefer simple and dignified skirts. Waist-length skirts are common, but some people also wear chest-length skirts.
Xie Yi smiled and nodded: "If it is convenient for Madam Prince, I really want to take a look. I wonder if I can buy some from Madam Prince?"