Chapter 324 The General's Wife
Han Qingqiu, the wife of the great general Xiao Xiao, used to be the maid beside the eldest princess, and was favored by the princess in the past.
Later, Xiao Xiao asked the Empress Dowager to marry Han Qingqiu to Xiao Xiao.
Back then, Xiao Xiao thought he could marry the eldest princess, so he ordered someone to make a wedding dress for the princess. When the empress dowager bestowed the marriage, Xiao Xiao personally asked the eldest princess to take back the wedding dress and gave it to Han Qingqiu.
Many people in the princess mansion still remember this scene. It was early winter, and the fallen leaves were swirling in the courtyard by the autumn wind. At that time, the princess was standing at the door of Wuru Pavilion, holding the exquisite wedding dress in her hand. Xiao held Han Qingqiu's hand, walked over, took the wedding dress in her hand, said thank you lightly, and left holding Han Qingqiu's hand.
At that time, the princess stood there, motionless, like a stone sculpture, letting the cold wind blow across her face.
No one knew what kind of turmoil she experienced in her heart. In short, after that, she seemed to be a different person.
Han Qingqiu is the maid of the Princess Mansion, and she gets married in the Princess Mansion.
At noon that day, the guard of honor played loudly, and Han Qingqiu happily boarded the sedan chair wearing the wedding dress that belonged to the princess.
The princess was still standing at the door of Wuru Pavilion, her face was calm, but her eyes were broken into pieces.
In the blink of an eye, many years have passed.
That year, the princess was only sixteen. This year, the princess is almost twenty-eight.
Zi'an was very troubled by the matter of King Liang, and went to the Prince Liang's mansion to persuade him two days later, but King Liang was not moved at all, so she came to the Princess Mansion to look for Zhuang Zhuang in desperation.
Qinzhi beside the princess led Zi'an in, Zhuang Zhuang sat in front of the door of Wuru Pavilion, closed his eyes, and seemed to be asleep.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, she opened her eyes, but there was still a trace of daze in her eyes, as if she hadn't returned to reality from the dreamland.
"Here we come!" She sat up a little, stretched out her hands to gather her clothes, the weather was getting colder.
"Why sit at the door? It's cold, go in and sit!" Zian frowned.
"It doesn't matter, the door is cool, and it's very interesting to watch these leaves float by one by one," Zhuang Zhuang said.
"When did you become so carefree?" Zi'an looked at her expression, "Aren't you happy?"
Zhuangqiang cheered up, "No, it's just that when the weather is cold, people start to get tired and don't want to move."
"You're not that old yet."
"Old mood." Zhuang Zhuang said, laughed again, looked at her, looked at her carefully, "Let me see, marrying someone you love deeply is really different, and your complexion is brighter than before gone."
"Go!" Zian slapped her hand, "You made fun of me, didn't you?"
Zhuang Zhuang stared at her, "Zian, are you happy? Marry the person you love, you can see him every day, you can eat with him, sleep with him, walk hand in hand, you can complain about his untidy clothes, He sews his favorite boots, happy?"
Zi'an felt a slight pain in his heart, raised his head, and saw the heartbreak flashing through her eyes.
"Zhuang Zhuang..." Zi'an didn't know what to say. When Sanchao came back that day, she said she didn't love her anymore, so did she really not love her? Who can she fool? I'm afraid I can't even fool myself.
Zhuang Zhuang smiled suddenly, "Silly girl!"
Zian held her hand, "Can you tell me what happened back then?"
Zhuang Zhuang's eyes were bright, and the water mist moved, "It's all over, no matter what happens, he and I can't go back to the past."
Zian looked at her face that forced a smile, and felt very sad in his heart. If it wasn't for the extreme love, how could there be such heart-breaking pain?
"Qin Zhi, bring some pastries to the princess." Zhuang Zhuang turned around and ordered.
"Yes!" Qin Zhi responded and went down.
Not long after Qin Zhi left, the concierge came, "Princess, Mrs. Han, the general's wife, is here."
There was a moment of astonishment in Zhuang Zhuang's expression, he hadn't seen each other for so many years, what was she doing here?
Zi'an knew that the maid had come, and was afraid that she would make Zhuang Zhuang sad, so he said, "No, send it back."
Zhuang Zhuang said, "Let her in."
Zian looked at her, "Why do you make yourself uncomfortable?"
Zhuang Zhuang's face was a little pale, but he was extremely firm, "No, I once said, that part of the past has been let go, I can't just talk about it, but I can't do it, don't worry, I'm fine."
If you don't even dare to see Han Qingqiu, how can you let go?
She already hated her half-dead appearance too much, and her youth was buried in that ruthless past.
If she wants to be reborn, she must face it.
Seeing her bravery, Zi'an thought of King Liang's retreat, and sighed softly in his heart, if only King Liang had half the courage of being strong!
The porter bowed out, Zhuang Zhuang and Zi An entered the room, and after a while, they brought in a woman in a crimson satin dress.
Her appearance can only be considered average, but her makeup is very delicate, her lips are dyed bright red, her eyebrows are painted slender, and her face is painted white.
She walked very slowly, Zian looked at her, as if watching a movie in slow motion, the sunlight cast down between the leaves, and shone on her face, with a faint light.
Her lips fluttered, and there was a faint smile between her brows, as if telling the world that I was very happy.
However, when she got closer, Zian found that there were still fine lines at the corners of her eyes that couldn't be concealed, no matter how thick the powder was, they couldn't hide them.
A pair of white satin satin shoes with embroidered toe caps inlaid with pearls loomed under the feather skirt. As the young lady of the Yasukuni government and the wife of the general of the general, she had shed the humbleness of being a maid. Ding Fu body, the etiquette is also very correct, "Mr. Han sees the princess, the princess is blessed!"
Murong Zhuangzhuang looked at her, "Madam is flat!"
The voice was calm and unwavering, and the face was indifferent, without the slightest abnormality, but Zi'an's palms were filled with cold sweat.
Han Qingqiu flattened his body and looked at Zian with doubts in his eyes, "Who is this?"
Zhuang Zhuang said: "Princess Regent!"
Han Qingqiu was very surprised, but immediately saluted, "Mr. Han sees the princess."
Zian listened to her talking about Han's name, as if she was terrified of being called by her name.
That's right, in this princess mansion, everyone shouted her name. At that time, she was still a maid.
Zi'an said, "Madam, you don't need to be too polite."
"Sit down!" Zhuang Zhuang said.
"Thank you princess!" Han Qingqiu walked over and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, Qin Zhi came back with a pastry. Seeing Han Qingqiu, Qin Zhi lowered his face, but still kept his sense of proportion, and shouted, "Qingqiu is here?"
Zi'an could see that Qin Zhi hated Han Shi very much, but she was very cooperative with Zhuang Zhuang and didn't want to give Han Shi any shame, because no one cared about her.
Han Qingqiu took a closer look at Qinzhi, then smiled and said: "It turns out to be Miss Qinzhi. I haven't seen you for more than ten years. You have changed a lot."
There was a hint of arrogance in her smile, watching her busy with the plate in her hand, but now, she was sitting on the grand master's chair, waiting for Qin Zhi to serve her.
Back then, the princess had four maids by her side.
Qinzhi, Qionghua, Yaozhi, Qingqiu, the four are similar in age, and they grew up with the princess since they were young, so they are very much loved by the princess.
Yaozhi has been dead for many years, Qingqiu got married, and now only Qinzhi and Qionghua are beside the princess.