Concubine Kong did not answer Tang Mei's question immediately, but handed the sleepy girl in her arms to her mother-in-law. The girl woke up instinctively and reached out to grab her mother's skirt, but when she fell into her mother-in-law's arms, she
, and quickly fell asleep.
When the mother-in-law walked out of the house with the rosy-faced girl in her arms, Concubine Kong said: "Your fifth aunt has left like this, and it's time to select the princess again. I heard that the princess is planning to nominate my sister-in-law (Tang Qiu),
But I want to recommend Miss Six."
Due to the existence of the "League of Peace", the "Daliang Law" and "Daliang Rites" have many regulations that are different from those of the previous dynasty. For example, the three concubines on both sides of the family of An Guogong Tang Qiong all have titles and salaries.
Therefore, the pink and jade-carved little girl Tang Ji held in Concubine Kong’s arms just now is the twelfth-ranked lady in the Duke’s mansion, not an unranked girl. But after all, Tang Ji is not a direct descendant, so that little guy
Not eligible to inherit the family title.
After listening to Concubine Kong's words, Tang Mei sighed and said: "Historically, unmarried women have been selected to become princesses, but since I have already married, I'm afraid I won't be elected by the family. And according to custom, the selected woman must go to
I have lived in the palace for a while, but I have just become Okura Superintendent and cannot leave for a moment. Not to mention during the day, even at night, people often come to me to approve notes."
While talking, Tang Mei seemed to be deliberately showing off, holding up a pile of account books in front of her for Concubine Kong to take a look at.
Concubine Kong smiled slyly: "Routine? What is a convention? The reason why we choose those unmarried ladies is because they are prepared to stay at home. Therefore, all the previous princesses have adopted a bride-in-law instead of marrying someone. Since the sixth lady also has a bride-in-law,
This does not conflict with the convention. Let me put it here, I will definitely recommend Miss Six to be the princess."
Tang Mei nodded: "Okay, I understand what Aunt Kong is thinking."
Miss Six's eyes are too big, and she is easily distracted. She is not good at disguise, and it is easy for others to figure out what she is thinking.
Seeing that Miss Sixth really wanted to be the princess, Concubine Kong felt that she had given this great gift. Not to mention whether Miss Sixth really wanted to become the princess who was equivalent to half a nun, she just couldn't.
The relationship between them can be considered established. After all, she supports Miss Six in it.
Why is it said that a wealthy princess is half a nun?
When you become a princess, you are not living for yourself. Many times, you have to attend some gatherings on behalf of the family. In addition to regular favors such as weddings and funerals, new years, promotions, full moons, birthdays, housewarming, etc., there are also many messy favors.
Moving around, for example, the old concubine in Prince Qing's Mansion vomited blood, old lady Meng's vagina blossomed, and the second master Ximen couldn't poop.
In the past, the princesses had a high degree of freedom in life, but later they annoyed Duke An because of their lifestyle.
For example, the newly deceased Tang Gui would sleep wherever he went, which was a disgrace to the Tang family. So the Duke of Tang Qiong ordered two powerful nuns to stay in the princess's house all day long.
Keeping an eye on the life of the princess. If he behaves inappropriately, he will be scolded and beaten with his hands. In the final analysis, the prince has the most power, and the consequences of irritating the tiger will be like this.
Therefore, if you choose to be a princess, you have to bear the burden of being a princess. There are too many rules and regulations, which makes people feel uncomfortable. However, judging from Tang Mei's performance, she does not seem to feel that abiding by etiquette will make her feel restricted.
.In other words, Miss Six has always been a role model in terms of life style for so many years.
Not to mention ordinary men, not even the prince had ever gotten any advantage from her.
"Don't blame my aunt for talking too much. I have more important things to say. As soon as the princess dies, Princess Chang Xia will have to pass away. Although I heard that Princess Chang Xia is gentle, but before, Princess Fan was not a delicate lady.
?But when she came to the Duke's mansion, she couldn't help but change. She didn't want to fight with others, but others wanted to fight with her. As a result, she had a fierce fight with a few old sisters, and she suddenly got angry. No wonder
Her life span was so short. And it’s only because of helping her that Mrs. Lin and I are where we are today.”
Concubine Kong sighed and added: "Actually, I don't like to argue with others. If Princess Changxia doesn't take the initiative to embarrass me, I am willing to get along well with her. But I also have to prepare for a rainy day. When she comes
Before, I still wanted to get closer to Miss Six. If we hug each other, she would look up to us and avoid treating us like weaklings in the future."
The two of them talked a lot that day, but Tang Mei did not tell Su Ping what they said in detail. Both Rin and Kong's concubines put their children with Tang Mei, saying they would stay with her for a few days and get close to each other. That night,
Tang Mei wanted to give the two children to Su Ping and let Su Ping teach the two children martial arts in a symbolic way. But Tang Mei never expected that Su Ping would flatly refuse.
The reason Su Ping gave was that I don't know how to teach. In other words, I can't teach my martial arts to children who have no foundation, otherwise big trouble will easily happen, so you should take the child back.
"Su Baoyu, don't go too far!"
Tang Mei handed a pair of babies to the maid, who took the children away. Tang Mei stayed in Su Ping's hut, pinched her waist and said: "I personally sent the children to you, don't you think I'm condescending?"
? I am so condescending, what else do you want?"
Su Ping looked coldly: "Miss Sixth, you have given Su Baoyu so much face by stepping into a humble place. I should be very grateful to you. Do you want me to kowtow to you to express my gratitude?"
Tang Mei sneered: "That's not necessary. I don't accept false salutes."
Su Yu took off his coat, hung it on the hanger, kicked off his boots, lay down on the bed, covered himself with a quilt, turned on the lamp, turned around, turned his back to Tang Mei, and said nothing.
In the darkness, Tang Mei glared: "Get up!"
Su Ping didn't say anything. He raised a finger and pointed at the door, signaling Tang Mei to go out. Then he raised his finger again.
Tang Mei frowned: "What do you mean by hooking your fingers?"
Su Ping pretended to be half asleep and said in a vague voice: "When you go out, remember to close the door."
Tang Mei discovered that Su Ping was neither strong nor weak, but a fleshy person. Just like a piece of steamed rice cake that had been left out for a day, whether it was hard or soft, she was really angry.
I really wanted to lift my foot and kick him, but after thinking about it, Miss Six did not do that, but stomped away. She was mumbling as she walked, but I couldn't hear clearly what she said.
What. The general meaning is that you have to teach whether you want to teach or not. Anyway, I will put the two children in your room tomorrow.
Tang Mei had a total of four maids. Since she became the Superintendent of Okura and she didn't want to work the night shift in the Supervisor's Mansion, she left Zhu Tao and Feng Die in the Supervisor's Mansion to work the night shift for her. As a result, now in Miss Sixth's house,
There were only two little maids left.
Eleven-year-old Tang Ting stayed in the concierge, while twelve-year-old Tang Wan stayed in her room. Tang Wan came to her husband-in-law every morning and evening to ask if he had any clothes to change, which was considered as taking care of his husband-in-law.
Miss Six had no experience in taking care of children, so she chose a small house and let the two children sleep together.
Tang Wan had a busy day and had just settled the children. She returned to the small outhouse of Miss Sixth's bedroom, lay down and fell asleep.
But the two children were very excited to come to the new place and couldn't sleep. Especially the little boy named Tang Yan. Although he was only six years old, he was extremely precocious. , don’t sleep, get up and play.”
"playing what?"
"Mom said that the sixth sister-in-law is good at martial arts, let's go and learn it."
"oh."
They are the same age, Tang Yan is only two months older than Tang Ju. At this age, girls and boys have similar builds, and they are almost the same height.
Tang Yan was not as lively and naughty as Tang Yan, but she was very willing to play with her little brother. Although she was a little sleepy, she rubbed her eyes and sat up, put on her clothes sleepily, and ran out with Tang Yan.
The two aristocratic children in the Duke's Mansion, with thin skin and tender flesh, plump cheeks, were dressed in brocade clothes and had double buns in their buns, just like the golden boys and girls in New Year pictures.
In the middle of the night, I came knocking on Su Ping's door.
Su Ping was puzzled, got up and opened the door, and saw two little dolls. The two dolls were so beautiful that Su Ping liked them, so he introduced them into the room and asked why they were there. Tang Yan said that he wanted to learn how to kick the Khitan off the ring. Su Ping He said, don't worry, we'll talk about it tomorrow morning.
It had just fallen into the night and Su Ping was not sleepy. At this time, the side street was still open for business, so Su Ping took the two children out of the back door and walked out of the back door of the Grand Duke's Mansion along the wall of the seventh lady's house. He planned to meet the people who were watching the night. The guard said something, but found that there was no guard keeping watch at the back door today.
Although she felt a little weird, Su Ping didn't mind her own business and went directly to the side street with her two children. After a while, Su Ping held a child in one hand, and the children jumped back holding the candied haws in one hand.
Enter the back door of the Duke's Mansion, then walk along the wall of the Seventh Miss's house, return to the Sixth Miss's house, and sit in the small room. Su Ping said, after eating the candied haws, you will go back to sleep. The two children agreed. At this moment, suddenly, I heard the sound of wind and humming coming from the backyard.
Hearing the sharp voice was not a good thing, Su Ping quickly held down the two children and told them to be silent. Tang Yan was a brat and agreed seriously. Then Su Ping gently opened the door and walked out, jumping to the roof. At this time, I suddenly heard the trumpet blowing loudly from upstairs, and the arrow with the whistle made a sharp whistle and flew towards the seventh lady's house.
Su Ping looked up and saw several swordsmen chasing and killing a man in white robes in the yard of the seventh lady. The seventh lady was not afraid. Instead, she stood at the second floor window with a crossbow and fired downwards from time to time.
Su Ping said to herself: What a brave woman!
Hearing the sound of the horn, the Great Sima Guards rushed over. The rumble of horse hooves came from far away. A bald general was the first to bear the brunt. He screamed violently and crashed into the door...