"Do you recognize Minister Wei?" He had just been "frank" with the other party. At this moment, Chang Sui Ning had no scruples when asking questions, and no longer had to think about whether there would be any flaws in his words.
This sense of relief made her somewhat regret not revealing her "illness" to Wei Shuyi earlier.
"Of course I recognize her." Wei Shuyi looked at the woman getting off the sedan chair and said, "This lady is the first one... the wet nurse of the county prince."
He paused for a moment when he mentioned the word "prefecture king", and then fearing that Chang Sui Ning, who was suffering from brain disease, would not be able to understand, whispered: "That is the deposed emperor at the beginning."
Chang Suining nodded understandingly.
The other party was the wet nurse of the deposed emperor Li Bing, and she naturally knew this identity.
But what happened after Li Bing was deposed?
Looking at the other party's clothes, although they seem to be just regular and not flashy, but judging from the demeanor, steps and energy, you can tell that he is now worthy of being called "scenery".
After Li Bing was deposed, he was buried with the rites of a county prince, but the wet nurse of the deposed emperor could still appear in front of others with dignity, and was honored as "Madam" by Wei Shuyi. In addition to the "generosity and kindness" of today's saints,
I'm afraid there is another way to say it——
Sure enough, I heard Wei Shuyi continue to say: "This lady is extraordinary... When the prince was still an emperor, this lady followed her and became famous. Even the concubines in the harem all respected her."
Chang Suining was not surprised.
Li Bing lost his mother when he was young, and was brought up by this wet nurse. Moreover, this wet nurse was never a soft-tempered person. When Li Bing worked hard to be a foolish emperor, this wet nurse controlled most of the affairs of the harem.
Nothing could be more normal.
Wei Shuyi said: "No one thought at that time that when the court situation was in chaos, it was this lady who was the first to come forward and ask for the dethronement of the 'saint'."
"In the early dynasty, in front of hundreds of officials, he risked his life to ask for the dethronement of the emperor. Every word of his words was heartbreaking and he tearfully stated the crime of the emperor's ignorance——"
From this, the curtain was truly drawn on the abolition of Li Bing.
"That's it." Wei Shuyi didn't need to say more about what he said next. Chang Sui Ning guessed it: "It is reasonable for a person who understands righteousness so deeply and cares about the country and the court to be praised and treated well afterwards."
It is within the common sense of the Ming Dynasty and the common sense of the people in the world.
I just don’t know if the other party’s overly bold move of risking his own life to dethrone the emperor was an act of assessing the situation, or was he guided by an “expert”?
No wonder she views such righteous people with a villain's heart, because she has some idea of whether righteous people are righteous.
The character of Li Bing's wet nurse was something she learned from Ah Xiao when she was young.
Or in other words, being able to carry Li Bing, who had been motherless since childhood, to survive to the end in the bloody battles between the princes, apart from the fact that Li Bing was indeed a loser and no one cared about it, it also shows that this person is the best at it.
The purpose is to delve into the way of survival - of course, this is not wrong.
"That's right, he was praised by the saint, given a royal title, and respected by the world." Wei Shuyi said with a smile: "After he left the palace, he still served the deposed emperor and never left him until the deposed emperor passed away."
"This move is even more praised... and because he has lived in the palace for many years, he has set an example for women in terms of virtue, appearance, appearance, and merit, so he is regarded by the world as the teacher of women in the world, and everyone respects him as Mrs. Jie."
"The master of women in the world?" Chang Suining repeated, looking at the figure of the woman who had entered the building, he said, "Why did I alarm this Mrs. Xie?"
Wei Shuyi smiled and waved his folding fan: "It is said that Mrs. Jie is also good at poetry, and the standing poetry society invites the female relatives of the capital to come. Maybe they are also here to support her?"
He dared to say the word "favour", and Chang Sui Ning seemed to dare to believe it: "Very good, then my apprenticeship banquet today will add to my glory."
Wei Shuyi smiled and pointed his folding fan downstairs: "Why don't you go and greet me?"
Chang Suining nodded: "Such a person should be welcomed."
Wei Shuyi followed her and said with a smile as he went downstairs: "You must know that in Beijing, if anyone can get a compliment from Mrs. Jie in front of others, his reputation will spread, and he will be one step ahead when choosing a son-in-law."
layer."
Chang Sui Ning remains unconvinced.
She has no interest in choosing a son-in-law.
When she reached the second floor, she first found her own seat and sat down.
Seeing her sit down, Wei Shuyi raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you going to go down?"
"Didn't you come down from the third floor already?" Chang Sui Ning asked while adjusting his clothes, "Isn't such sincerity enough?"
Wei Shuyi was silent.
Not enough for ordinary people.
For Ms. Chang, it was even a bit too much.
So he nodded sincerely: "That's enough."
Chang Suining looked downstairs.
There were more than 200 people here today. If they all came downstairs to greet them, she would be exhausted.
What's more, she has no interaction with this uninvited Mrs. Jie, and her purpose of coming here is unknown.
…
"Madam, please stay."
The bookboy in front of the poetry desk on the first floor saluted Mrs. Xie, who was nearly sixty years old.
"The seats in the building are full today, and no guests have left yet, so it is no longer inconvenient to receive you all. I hope you will forgive me."
Mrs. Xie's calm expression did not change.
A maid beside her raised her eyebrows slightly and asked in a loud voice: "I am about to turn my wife away from the building. Have you asked the host of today's apprenticeship banquet?"
The two bookboys were only twelve or thirteen years old, and neither of them recognized the person in front of them. They looked at each other after hearing this, and one of them said: "Please tell me your identity, Madam. Let the junior go up and ask, and then I can talk to Madam."
The servant woman said with a straight face, "My wife is Mrs. Daoshengfang Neijie."
The book boy was slightly surprised, he had heard about it, and after saluting, he went upstairs to ask.
There were a lot of people upstairs and it was noisy. It took half an hour for the book boy to find Chang Sui Ning who had just come down from the third floor to ask, and then went back downstairs.
"Back to Madam, Mrs. Chang invites you to come in." The book boy saluted.
Looking at the empty stairs behind Shutong, the maid beside Mrs. Xie frowned slightly.
After waiting for so long, Mrs. Chang heard that her wife was coming, but she didn't even go downstairs to greet her in person?
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! It should be noted that her wife's status and reputation are here. Even those first-class ladies who ask their wives to teach the girls in their families the rules and etiquette, they all do so in person.
The servant woman was unhappy: "Madam..."
This lady from the Chang family is so rude and rude!
I have recently heard that this girl acts arrogantly and arrogantly, and now it seems that it is indeed true.
There was no expression on Mrs. Jie's face, she just glanced at the thick stack of poems on new paper on the poetry desk in front of her.
The book boy said hurriedly: "Ms. Chang has told me that Madam does not need to compose poems and can go in directly."
Mrs. Xie nodded slightly and walked upstairs.
Her appearance was obviously unexpected, and many female relatives gathered around to greet her and salute her.
In addition to Duan's mother and daughter, Yao Xia and others who were invited earlier, the female relatives who came today also came with them later. Some of them really liked poetry, and some wanted to make friends.
But the female family members were only a minority, and the two hundred or so people only accounted for a few dozen. The movement at this time was far less than the sensation when Taifu Chu suddenly appeared an hour ago.
But Duan didn't come forward to say hello.
Wei Miaoqing even frowned secretly.
Two or three years ago, her mother took her to participate in Mrs. Xie's poetry party. She was thirteen or fourteen years old at the time. She accidentally fell into a flower bush while chasing a butterfly and pricked her palm, which offended this lady.
Mrs. Xie’s admonishment.
He said with a straight face that as the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wei, her temperament was too out-of-touch. If she was not restrained, how could she be a wife to everyone in the future?
Amidst the echoes that sounded euphemistic and kind, the mother said doubtfully, "No, it's not summer yet, how can we hear the noise of flies and insects?" Then, ignoring Mrs. Xie's sinking face, she pulled her around.
Just left.
On the way back, my mother said a motto - If I had known this, the dogs wouldn't have come.
Since then, Mrs. Jie has never invited her mother to a poetry gathering. On weekdays, she and her mother would avoid Mrs. Jie, who was a good teacher.
But I didn't expect to bump into it here today.
As soon as he saw the other party, the scene of being reprimanded in public that day appeared before Wei Miaoqing's eyes. He was embarrassed and angry: "Mother, let's go back?"
"Why are you going back?" Mrs. Duan glanced at Mrs. Xie, who was a generation older than her, and said, "We are serious guests with invitations. Why should we avoid these uninvited people?"
Wei Miaoqing thought it right and sat up a little straighter.
The Master of Women in the World has a great reputation, but Chang Sui Ning specially gave her grandma an invitation, but she didn’t expect to give one to Mrs. Xie!
Wei Miaoqing thought about it, then subconsciously looked at Chang Sui Ning, and suddenly felt that the other person was much more pleasing to the eye.
Seeing the people coming, Chang Sui Ning also got up and walked to Mrs. Jie. While giving a gift, he said, "I've heard Mrs. Jie's name for a long time."
Mrs. Jie looked at the girl in front of her calmly. This was almost her habit after leaving the palace. She would look at and even examine every female family member who appeared in front of her, and then make an evaluation in her heart.
Compared with the many female relatives she had seen before, the one in front of her was very different, and different from what she had imagined.
Her imagination came from what she heard——
Arrogant, sensational, restless, and the most beautiful woman in the capital.
They are indeed rare beauties in terms of skin and bones, but they don't put much thought into their clothes and attire. There is not even a trace of makeup or powder on their faces, and there is no decoration at all.
The hands raised during the salute were not armored and even had thin calluses.
Compared with these external appearances, what caught her attention more was the girl's temperament and attitude.
When I saw her coming, I felt no fear, no joy, no uneasiness.
Nothing at all.
Mrs. Jie withdrew her gaze, looked at the noisy literati around her, and said with a smile: "I heard that Mrs. Chang from the Hussar General's Mansion is holding a poetry party here today. I came uninvited. I just hope that I have not disturbed the elegant and talented guests.
good."
If you are an ordinary "sensible" young lady, you will not know how to respond to these words. She is just trying to apologize for not sending the invitation.
In other words, these words were thrown out to give Chang Sui Ning the opportunity to follow up with this sentence. With the word "double dignity", she gained the dignity of being respected by the younger generation, while Chang Sui Ning gained the dignity of being sensible and humble as a younger generation.
But unfortunately, Chang Suining never believed that unconditional self-deprecation and humility was a virtue worth spreading.
If she ever depreciates and humbles herself, it will definitely be an act, and it will be profitable.
"This was just an apprenticeship banquet, but by chance it became a poetry gathering -" Chang Sui Ning turned his head and told a servant: "Take Mrs. Jie to sit down."
The servant responded "yes" and made a "please" gesture to Mrs. Jie.
Seeing Mrs. Xie being invited to take a seat and Chang Sui Ning returning to her seat, Wei Miaoqing was quite surprised: "She actually ignored him?"
"I made an exception and invited someone up, and treated me politely. How can I call it drying?" Duan said: "According to this, wouldn't all the guests in the building today be left hanging?"
Wei Miaoqing whispered: "But Mrs. Jie's brain is different from ordinary people... Everywhere she goes, isn't she surrounded by her master's family?"
"Then there's nothing we can do." Duan sighed softly: "No one asked her to come."
When Mrs. Xie sat down, she glanced at the young girl's figure, and a faint hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes - it was indeed consistent with the rumors, but she had not been wronged.
When he looked at the little girls who were following Chang Suining and chattering non-stop, he frowned slightly.
At this time, the maid beside her lowered her voice and asked for instructions: "Madam..."
Mrs. Jie's eyes were slightly cold and she nodded slightly.
She didn't think of this strategy at first, but she was so strange and obviously would not accept anyone's discipline. Moreover, she acted in such a flamboyant manner. If things continued like this, it would definitely disrupt the culture of women in the capital.
…
In the Ganlu Hall in the palace, the Holy Emperor also heard about today's grand event of climbing the Tai Tower.
"There hasn't been such a lively poetry gathering in the capital for a long time. It's not a bad thing." Emperor Shengsi sat behind the dragon case and said as he put down his ink pen.
In prosperous times, there are grand occasions, and she is naturally happy to see them.
But we also need to distinguish what kind of grand occasion——
If the person organizing this poetry gathering today was an official in the court or a member of the clan, she would naturally not be happy to see it.
A young lady's apprenticeship banquet led to this poetry gathering, which perfectly avoided everything she was taboo about.
It's not that she is a woman, but she despises women, ignores women, and does not use women as a threat. It is precisely because she is a woman that she knows how difficult it is for women to do things.
Even though she has made it this far, the road ahead is still unknown.
She sat in this position because she had to meet the right time, place and people...
Every step she takes along the way is something that no woman can try to imitate.
Even if a particularly outstanding woman appears, she can no longer become her real enemy.
Therefore, she can view this rather tolerant poetry gathering with appreciation.
"It is a rare event for all the scribes to gather together. Luo'er went to take a look on my behalf to see if there are any good poems and articles today." Emperor Shengce told Mingluo: "There is no need to announce it, and there is no need to use my name.
The pen in the hands of a literati can often be used as a knife.
When my aunt first came to the throne, she borrowed this knife.
People who have used it know better to be vigilant.
The Poetry Festival is a good thing, but if there are any unsightly things that undermine the power of God, it cannot be called a grand event - if there are such ignorant people, it will not end well.
And the person who facilitated this poetry meeting will inevitably be implicated.
Mingluo covered his eyes and thought, then exited the Manlu Palace, changed into his official uniform, and left the palace.
…
The fireworks had stopped, and suddenly there was a burst of crying outside the Dentai Tower.
