In the side hall of the Chu Prince's Mansion, Yang Yuanqing met this woman who was fighting for justice. She was about twenty years old and had beautiful eyebrows and eyes. She was wearing only a thin white dress. She was so cold that she was covered in purple. She was holding a cradle in her arms. She knelt on the ground.
, crying in a low voice.
At this time, Princess Pei Minqiu also came in. Seeing that the woman was so cold that she ordered the maid, "Go and get my squirrel coat, and then let the kitchen make a bowl of rice paste."
The young woman was extremely grateful and turned to Pei Minqiu to kneel down, "Thank you, ma'am!"
Pei Minqiu quickly helped her up, "Don't kneel down, the ground is cold, stand up and talk."
Pei Minqiu looked back at her husband and found that he smiled at her without saying a word. Then she realized that she was a little overwhelmed. She felt embarrassed to smile at Yuan Qing and said, "You have something to ask! I'll go out first."
"Madam, why not sit down and listen!"
This matter is probably related to the Wang family. Yang Yuanqing also hopes that his wife can listen to it. Pei Minqiu felt a little strange. Generally, when it comes to official business, he will not let himself beside him. What's going on today? Is this woman related to him?
Is it?
Pei Minqiu was puzzled, so she sat down next to her husband. Yang Yuanqing then asked the woman, "You said! What happened?"
The woman wiped her tears and whispered: "The little woman is a pipa girl from Chang'an Lefang. She is named Luo Ji. She is a lively person. At the beginning of the year, I met a good friend. She is suave and has a great literary talent. This person's name is Wang
Ling, he repeatedly showed kindness to me and was willing to redeem me as a concubine. I was moved by his sincerity, so I committed myself to him. The fetal beads were secretly knotted and gave birth to a son two months ago. When he was pregnant, he obeyed me and made every conciliation. Unexpectedly,
I gave birth to a son, but he drove us mother and son out of the mansion, saying that this son had nothing to do with him. I looked for him several times, but he refused to see us and moved. I was angry, so I came to Taiyuan to ask for the Wang family.
To be told, the Wang family said that I was a crazy woman and wanted to stick to the Wang family. They said that the Wang family was a famous family, how could they have a son with Le Ji? They blasted me out of the mansion and threw my luggage into the well. The poor little woman was penniless.
, I had no relatives and wanted to die, but I couldn't let go of my child, so I begged the prince and the princess to make the decision for me...
Speaking of this, the woman was crying like rain, holding the child and crying bitterly. Pei Minqiu was so angry that she trembled all over. She knew who Wang Ling was, and she was Wang Xu's second son. She actually did such a thing that was worse than beasts, just because
This woman was born in a fairyland and refused to admit her own sins. The Wang family’s self-proclaimed aloofness and ruthlessness made her extremely disgusted.
Pei Minqiu glanced at Yang Yuanqing and saw that his face was extremely gloomy. She suddenly remembered her husband's life experience. This incident probably hit Yang Yuanqing's pain.
"What is this Wang Ling doing in Chang'an?" Yang Yuanqing said without saying a word.
"When I knew him, he was just a scholar in the official school. In August, he had gone through some tricks and went to the East Palace to serve as a literary museum next to the prince. Once I remembered a eunuch who came to him and said, "The Prince."
When he summoned him, he hurried away. His companions also said that he was a popular man around the prince. Since he entered the Eastern Palace, his attitude towards me has gradually changed."
Yang Yuanqing was secretly angry. He was so kind to the Wang family and even made Wang Xu the prime minister, but he was the two sides of the rat! He secretly asked his second son to serve Li Yuan, obviously trying to stand on both sides. He restrained his anger and asked again: "
How do you know that he is from the Wang family in Taiyuan?"
The woman cried and said, "He told me that he was the son of the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and told me not to go out and talk nonsense, as it would cause trouble. I didn't want to come to find his family, but I was really... desperate."
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment. Now it was the moment when he was preparing to attack Hebei. It was not a mess yet. This matter must be suppressed for a while. When Hebei was captured, he would go back to deal with the Wang family.
Thinking of this, Yang Tuqing said to his wife Pei Minqiu: "This woman is very pitiful. You can take her in the mansion for the time being. Let's talk about the Wang family later."
Pei Minqiu guessed his intention from her husband's question. He didn't want to turn against the Wang family yet. She nodded and said to the maid: "Take her to the East Courtyard and ask Aunt Li to clean up a room for her.
In the house, take care of her food and accommodation, and don’t neglect it.”
The woman was moved and knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you for taking in the prince, thank you for your kindness, the little girl should repay you with her in the next life!"
Seeing that she was so young, Yang Yuanqing thought of her next life and couldn't help but feel funny, so he said to her softly: "Since you have been wronged to me, I will naturally give you justice, but it is not possible for the time being. You can live in peace and take good care of your children, too
Don’t go to the Wang family. When the time comes, I will naturally ask the Wang family to give you justice."
"Thank you for your kindness!"
The woman kowtowed again and stood up and followed the maid down. Pei Minqiu looked at her and walked away, sighed a long time, and said hatefully: "I didn't expect that the Wang family was such a person, cruel and ruthless!"
Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "All famous families have this problem. They value their reputation more than anything else. They will strictly restrain their family members and do not allow them to go to find women in the world, but when they cannot restrain themselves, they will
I will not admit that I will deal with it. The Wang family is like this, the Yang family is like this. In fact, the Pei family is the same, but you don’t know."
Pei Minqiu was speechless. In fact, what she knew was that one of her clan brothers was kicked out of the house because she married a woman in Fengchen. There was no news since then. However, the Pei family is more fair than the Wang family, unlike the Wang family who only hurts unfortunate women and hides them.
His own children.
"Husband, if you have something to do, go and have a lot of work! I'll go see the children."
Pei Minqiu turned around and was about to leave, but Yang Yuanqing turned around and grabbed her, and smiled and said, "Sit down first, I have something to tell you!"
Pei Minqiu sat down, Yang Yuanqing glanced at her, and when she saw that there was no smile on her face, she seemed a little unhappy, so she smiled and asked, "Are you unhappy when you said your Pei family just now?"
"What do you think?" Pei Minqiu gave him a blank look.
"You won't be really angry at my words!"
Yang Yuanqing held her hand, "When I first met you, I remember you were a tolerant little girl."
‘Sweep!, with a sound, Pei Minqiu couldn’t help laughing out loud, slapped heavily on the back of his hand, and said coquettishly: “What a tolerant little girl, talking nonsense!”
Yang Yuanqing smiled, but remembered the situation when she broke the vase when she first saw her. Wasn’t she a nervous little girl?
Pei Minqiu glanced at him, and then he understood his thoughts and didn't know where he wanted to go. She pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay, I'm not angry, I'm just teasing you and say! Your Highness the King of Chu has something to order
Little girl?"
Yang Yuanqing did have a serious matter and he smiled and thought for a moment, saying, "That's right. When I was in Shanggu County not long ago, many generals told me that a luxury trend has recently blew up Taiyuan City, and many officials' families have lived in luxury.
And they compete with each other, even the servants wear silk and silk, and the carriages entering and leaving are even more inlaid with gold and silver, one more gorgeous. I don't know how this wind was stirred up, but I must stop it. I hope you can help me.
We persuade these families to restrain luxury and promote thrift. Now the hungry people in Central Plains and Hebei cannot even afford to eat, but we are extravagant here. If this unhealthy trend spreads, we have no hope of seizing the world."
Pei Minqiu nodded. Actually, she knew how this trend of luxury competition started. About a month ago, Mrs. Su Weixin mocked Du Ruhui's wife for being shabby in her clothes. Du Ruhui's wife was angry and wore silk the next day.
As a result, everyone followed suit, and the wind became more and more intense, which was indeed a bit too much.
"I remember this, and I will persuade them to give up the competition and return to simplicity as soon as possible!"
Yang Yuanqing still had some official duties to deal with, so he went back to the study room first, but Pei Minqiu brought a few maids to the outer house. The outer house covers about 40 acres of land, divided into the left courtyard and the right courtyard. The left courtyard is the personal guards.
The residence of the right courtyard is where the servants and servants live. There are about a hundred people in the Chu Palace, including servants, maids, mothers, etc.
Many people have followed them for a long time. After Pei Minqiu escaped from the capital with her sisters and children, her family members were dismissed, but almost half of the servants traveled thousands of miles to Fengzhou to join them, and now they are with them again.
Taiyuan.
After a long time, most of the people in the next winter have small families, and basically live in a small courtyard for the whole family. There is a monthly payment. Pei Minqiu is generous to the people, and the money for servants and maids in the mansion is 50% higher than that of other people's families.
If there are many children in the family or if you have to support the elderly, there will be additional subsidies.
Although the treatment is generous, Pei Minqiu's rules are very strict. He is not allowed to bully good people while wearing the flag of the Chu Palace, not to make friends with bandits, not to quarrel with the master, not to gamble, not to lead outsiders without authorization
The government and dozens of rules, including the government, violated any of them, and immediately drove out of the palace, without any mercy. So far, five or six people have been driven away. Even if they are driven away, she will do her best to do her best, give her a severance fee and arrange it
They live.
Pei Minqiu's leniency and strictness were loved by the people, and even those who were driven away by her would not say a bad word to her. On the contrary, they also promoted her kindness and kindness everywhere.
A maid took Pei Minqiu to a small courtyard. The maid named Chunyu, who was Pei Minqiu's personal maid. Her head kiss had passed away, so she brought her mother to live with her.
"Mom, open the door!" Chunyu patted the yard with great force.
After a moment, the door opened and a middle-aged woman stood in the yard. She saw the mistress behind her daughter and was startled and hurriedly wanted to kneel down. Pei Minqiu quickly supported her and said with a smile: "Your daughter."
If you don’t kneel down, do you still want to kneel down on me?"
"Mom, don't kneel anymore, just give me a blessing." The maid Chunyu said with a smile.
"You girl, there are no rules."
The middle-aged woman's surname is Jin. Everyone calls her Aunt Jin and goes to the kitchen to help every day, but she is not a servant of the royal palace. She scolded her daughter and quickly invited Pei Minqiu into the yard. She really didn't know that the princess came to her house.
What he did, he asked tremblingly: "Is there anything wrong with the princess coming to the courtyard?"
Pei Minqiu smiled slightly, "I heard Chunyu say that you usually weave cloth and make clothes by yourself, right?"
Aunt Jin glared at her daughter fiercely, hating her for being too polite. Since the princess asked, she had to say that, and she had to smile and said, "Actually, there is no need to weave cloth here, you can buy cloth to make clothes, but I'm used to it in my hometown.
If you can’t stay idle, you will spin and weave cloth, which is actually just to pass the time.”
"Can you let me see?"
"Of course, please come with me, princess!"
Aunt Jin took Pei Minqiu into a room, where there was a spinning wheel and a pedal incline loom, and there was a lot of fine linen piled in the dustpan next to it.
"It's these two machines that are proficient in you, and you can weave a piece of cloth in five days."
Pei Minqiu sat down and shook the spinning wheel gently. She looked up and smiled at Aunt Jin, "You will move into the inner palace tonight! Tomorrow morning, several of us sisters want to learn spinning and weaving from you."