7、【7】(1/2)
The next morning, Tao Ti and Pei Yan got on the carriage to Yongwei Hou Mansion.
The Yongwei Hou Mansion is a typical ancient big family, such as uncles and brothers, aunts and aunts, sisters and sisters, and all kinds of relatives. Just thinking about it makes people dizzy.
Putting aside these relatives, let’s talk about the original owner’s father’s lineage, and the old man had too strong desire to reproduce. He has taken eight concubines over the years and added eighteen half-siblings to the original owner. The youngest brother is only two years old this year.
Tao Ti, who was the only daughter in her previous life, suddenly had so many brothers and sisters... Well, she was very panicked.
When the carriage left the palace gate, the surrounding area became lively.
Tao Ti was a little curious about what the ancient street looked like, but was afraid of losing the rules, so he subconsciously glanced at Pei Yan beside him. However, he saw his head against the back of his head, closed his eyes to rest, and his almost transparent pale face made him look like a peaceful-faced Bodhisattva.
Have you fallen asleep... Is he still sitting in such a carriage, and his body can't stand it?
Tao Ti felt a little sympathy in her heart, turned around and lifted a corner of the curtain, and looked out.
Zhuque Street is the main road of Chang'an City. It is spacious and flat, with shops on both sides lined up, and there are endless hawking sounds. It is really lively.
A warm spring breeze blew, bringing a sweet fragrance of locust flowers, and during this period, it was also mixed with the crispy smell of mutton baking pancakes.
Taoti looked in the direction of the fragrance, and saw a small stall at the entrance of the market. The vendor selling baked cakes quickly clamped pieces of baked golden and crispy long pies from the stove. He clamped them with a piece of grease paper, and his fingers were slightly pressed, and the crispy crust made a thorny sound.
Thinking of the delicious meat filling mixed with the filling feeling of the pie crust stuffed all over the mouth, Taoti couldn't help swallowing—
The meals in the East Palace were too light. If this continues, she would be greedy.
"Is there any fun outside? You're so fascinated by watching it." A gentle voice sounded softly.
As soon as Tao Ti turned around, she met Pei Yan's calm eyes. She quickly put down the curtain of the car and sat upright, "It's nothing, I'll just take a look."
Seeing her sitting upright, Pei Yan smiled and said, "It's time to go back to your house, why do you look even more nervous than lonely?"
Tao Ti whispered, "I did such a foolish thing, and I didn't know how to face my parents for a while..."
Pei Yan's smile was slightly curled in his eyes and said, "I tried my best to suppress the news of your poison. This matter is related to the face of the Tian family, and no one dares to talk nonsense outside."
After a pause, he looked at her, "Besides, I have the orphans accompany you, and I will protect you when I encounter problems. You can rest assured."
Tao Ti was so moved that she focused heavily on him.
After about half an hour, the carriage stopped.
The little eunuch lifted the curtain of the car. Tao Ti wanted to get out of the car first, but Pei Yan stopped her and said, "Go down first."
Taoti was stunned, "Oh, OK."
I couldn't help but wonder if I had wronged the rules again?
But when Pei Yan got out of the car first, stood firm, he smiled and reached out to her, "Come."
Tao Ti felt warm in her heart. It turned out that he was trying to help him.
She pursed her lips, slowly stretched out her small hand, and placed it in his wide and slender palm.
His hands were still cold, wrapping her soft little hands and helping her down steadily.
"Thank you." She whispered.
"You're welcome." Pei Yan said this, but he didn't mean to let go of her.
Taoti was a little strange. She was about to ask, but she accidentally caught a glimpse of the scene on one side from the corner of her eyes, and her words suddenly stuck in her throat.
OK, so many people!!
I saw more than fifty people standing in front of the grand Yongwei Marquis’ Mansion, Wu Yangyang stood in front of the gate of the grand Yongwei Marquis’ Mansion, one by one, dressed in a dignified manner, and stood neatly.
Pei Yan captured the frightened expression on her face, and the corners of her lips were raised without moving.
The leader of the Yongwei Hou took the lead in salute, and the whole family behind him also greeted him, "My wife, please pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince and to the Crown Princess."
Pei Yan whispered, "Get up."
After everyone got up, he pulled Taoti forward and said politely, "It's all a family, there's no need to be so polite."
This sentence made him feel frightened. While asking Pei Yan and Tao Ti to enter the mansion, he quickly glanced at his dazed daughter like a goose.
Looking at Atti's appearance in gold and silver, she seems to be living a good life? Moreover, the prince helped her get off the carriage and held her hand. Such affection is not like a fake.
Yongweihou thought about it again and again, could it be that Ati served the prince very well, so he let go of his past grudges? After thinking about it, it seemed that there was only one explanation.
Women and men are just like that in bed.
Everyone entered the hall together to take their seats. After a few simple greetings, the brave man looked at Mrs. Hou Zhang and Tao Ti kindly, "Madam, take Ati to the inner courtyard to talk."
Zhang responded, looked at Tao Ti, and said indifferently, "Let's go."
Tao Ti nodded and said to Pei Yan, "Your Highness, then I'll go first."
Pei Yan smiled, "Well, don't worry, chat slowly."
Tao Ti smiled on her face and felt bitter: She was still chatting slowly, but she was afraid that if she didn't have a good chat, she would be exposed.
She followed Zhang obediently, and the women in the next hall also left their seats when they heard the sound, surrounded Tao Ti and the others and headed towards the backyard together.
There are four bedrooms in the Yongwei Hou Mansion. The big and second bedrooms are the legitimate children of the old lady, and the third and fourth bedrooms are both concubines. Because the old lady is still alive, the four bedrooms have not separated and still live together "happyly".
Today, Tao Ti returned to the door, and the staff of the four rooms were basically here, which led to the lively scene at the door.
Let’s talk about the men staying in the front hall to accompany the prince. Tao Ti was not idle in the backyard. She held an awkward and polite smile and greeted all kinds of aunts, aunts, sisters and sisters obediently.
This feeling is like returning to my hometown during the Chinese New Year, being pressed by my parents to greet a bunch of elders I don’t know at all. It is a social fear nightmare and suffocating.
The aunts and sisters in each room were asking about their well-being while looking at Tao Ti up and down, as if they wanted to see each of her hair clearly.
It was spring, and Tao Ti was not dressed in a grand and gorgeous manner, but a gentle and generous outfit.
A goose yellow embroidered pine green ball pattern embroidered with a flying cloud bun, behind the temples are two exquisite palace flowers, a gorgeous tassel phoenix hairpin between the temples, and two jade pendants on the white and tender earlobes are two jade pendants.
She put on a little makeup, her lips were a little red, and her morning glowed in the snow, and she was so beautiful.
When everyone saw her like this, they were surprised, confused, and more full of surprise.
Is this still the old-fashioned and old-fashioned girl Tao Ti in the Marquis’s family?
Although a woman's marriage is equivalent to a second reincarnation, she is too thorough, right? Her whole body feels different.
Among the sisters in each room, there are several who are not in the ordinary way with Tao Ti. They wanted to see Tao Ti's haggard and ugly appearance, but now seeing her bright and imposing appearance, the smile on her face is a little unhurried.
Fortunately, the scene of family love each other did not last long, so Zhang politely invited everyone away. The reason was very simple, "This is the first time that my Ati has returned to the door, and let us have a good conversation in private."
Everyone left tactfully, and the yard of the big room suddenly became quiet.
Tao Ti uneasyly clenched her palm and stared at Zhang's big eyes.
After a moment of silence, Zhang sent out all the old men and servants who were serving in the house, and the house suddenly became quieter.
Seeing that there was no outsider, Zhang's long-haired face, which was no longer young, suddenly sank and slapped the table heavily.
The muffled "bang" sound made Tao Ti's little heart tremble.
"You are so capable that you dare to commit suicide by taking poison! Why are we sorry for you? Do you want to harm us like this? Tell me!"
“…”
Tao Ti looked at the woman with a dissatisfied look in surprise, and her memories of Zhang also surged into her mind.
Zhang is old-fashioned, fierce, and capable.
As the head wife of the Marquis' Mansion, she handled the housework in such a large Marquis' Mansion in an orderly manner and never made any mistakes.
As the mother of the main house, Yingying and Yanyan, who was in the backyard of the charity, was also in charge of her son and daughter, and no one dared to disobey her.
But as a mother, Zhang failed.
Since she made this marriage for Taoti, she has always asked her daughter to use the "Crown Princess" standard, and the method adopted is also a common crackdown education for Chinese parents-
Such words such as "Why are you so stupid? You will be a princess in the future, why can't you even learn this? Look at how capable and virtuous a girl from a certain country, and look at your stupid appearance." They are almost always spoken every day, and they are inseparable from three sentences.
The mother did not receive enough love and encouragement, and the father did not pay much attention to his children, which led to the original owner's lack of love since childhood and subtly developing a flattering personality of inferiority and sensitivity.
So when the third prince Pei Changzhou treats her a little better, she can't help but fall into it...
Thinking of this, Taoti couldn't help but sigh.
The impact of the original family on children is huge. Psychologist Adler once said: Lucky people are cured by childhood all their lives, while unfortunate people are curing their childhood all their lives. Unfortunately, the original owner did not have time to cure their childhood and ended his life too early.
"I'm mute? Don't think that you can fool me by without speaking?" Zhang's angry voice sounded again.
Taoti came to her senses, looked at her calmly, and asked, "What do you want me to say?"
Zhang didn't expect her to react like this and choked for a moment.
Tao Ti said lightly, "I was reckless in committing suicide by taking poison. I apologize to you. But... before this, I have said many times that I don't want to marry to the Eastern Palace. Have you ever heard of my wishes?"
The original owner said this, but he cried hysterically and never said it calmly.
Zhang still wanted to scold him with a stern face as usual, but for some reason, looking at Tao Ti's clear and serious gaze, she felt a sense of silence in her heart.
Taoti said again, "Mother, I want to ask you, when you hear the news that I was taking poison, is your first reaction to be angry or worried about my safety?"
"I, I..." Zhang's throat tightened and he turned his head awkwardly, "Aren't you doing well now? Don't mess with me."
Taoti clenched her fingers, her eyelashes drooped slightly, "I understand."
She sorted out her dress and slowly got up from the couch.
To be continued...