Concubine Tang through space

Chapter 7

A few days later in the afternoon, Yin Nuo, one of the four maidservants beside Princess Changsun, brought six midwives to Su Lin's yard, and told Su Lin to pick them first, and then change them if they didn't like them.

Su Lin nodded. She is more than nine months old now, and it's time to choose a midwife. After Yin Nuo introduced the simple family background of the six wives, she spent half an hour asking the six people some questions. During the period, there were two A woman inadvertently showed maliciousness that irritated Su Lin, so Su Lin put it aside and ignored it. Among the remaining four, one was about five or sixty years old, the oldest of the six, with a slightly stooped back, When he spoke, his tone was very tense, his hands folded on his stomach trembled, and he didn't dare to look at Su Lin. In this era, the rule that slaves are not allowed to face their masters only exists on extremely important family celebrations, and they are not mentioned in other cases. Su Lin was not sure if the woman who restricted the slave from observing her master's expression would be cowering like this in the delivery room, so she put it aside;
The fourth woman is more 'lively', her words are very smooth and she inadvertently hits on Su Lin's jokes and key points in her questions, but her black and white eyeballs do not move around, and her gaze often stays in the room for comparison. The precious furnishings were full of reluctance when they were taken back, making Su Lin a little speechless.

The remaining one is called Han Niang and the other is Liu Niang. They are both around 30 years old. They are also the people who were recorded in the Zhuangzi under the name of the Qin Palace after Li Shimin entered Chang'an. They stood motionless in blue moonlight ladies' clothes. , Answer all questions, don't say a word if you don't ask, have a respectful attitude, and speak rigorously. When you look at Su Lin, you don't show any malice. You look honest, and Su Lin stayed behind.

According to the rules of the palace, Ruren needs to be accompanied by four midwives when giving birth, but the number of midwives can also be controlled according to Ruren's family background. No power and money, his father’s family was very rich in his previous memory, but after his father’s death, the family suddenly lost money. The most intuitive impression is that dozens or even hundreds of sets of new clothes are directly reduced to a few sets each year. Jewelry, rouge and other things have never been bought since then until she was about to marry into the palace. The quality of food and drink has not changed much, and the quantity has also dropped sharply. The original groups of slaves were also constantly sold by her mother. Lost, one or two hundred slaves, only eight remained in four years. When the predecessor got married, seven of them were left at home to take care of the sick mother, and only one was brought into the palace——Yu Niang.

In the memory of the previous life, the family's money was almost spent when the mother was sick several times. Although Su Lin found some clues from the memory of the previous life, she didn't think that the Su family was really poor and white, but the mother of the previous life was really poor when she married into the palace. Only 2000 taels of silver were given to the predecessor. According to the prices here, a biscuit costs three coppers, a set of coarse clothes costs about two hundred to three hundred coppers, a thousand coppers equals one tael, and three to five taels is almost enough for an ordinary One year's food and expenses, 2000 taels of silver is indeed a great wealth for ordinary people, but the period between the ages of six and ten before her mother's meticulous necessities for her is not counted, one year is pure This amount of pocket money is almost the same, and it is not enough to enter the Wangfu just to reward the servants. If you want to buy something you like, you can only think about it. This expresses to a certain extent how her mother treated her predecessor Married into attitude, training or other, so Su Lin didn't think that when she gave birth, the Su family would suddenly become rich and powerful to help her.

Therefore, the midwives who stayed by Su Lin's side during childbirth could only be chosen from those sent by the Changsun family. Su Lin naturally chose carefully. Pots of blood-colored sewage were sent out from the house, making people feel that Changsun's life was close to death. More than three months later, Su Lin still had lingering fears. The only consolation was that she carefully spread her shallow breasts in the center of her stomach. When mentally checking, I can vaguely feel that Baozi's head is facing down and the fetal position is upright.

Asking Yin Yan to send Yin Nuo away, and asking Lianniang to arrange two midwives to live in the Qiyuan, Su Lin went to the study to read the scriptures, and it has been five months since Yin Yan was brought back from the Changsun family. It is said that Yin Yan is worthy of being the proud person around the Changsun family, and the rules are naturally not to be said. Compared with Jingliu Jinghong and others, his behavior is more standard and fluent, and he is only around the age, and his speech is rigorous and smooth. After talking to her for a few days, I didn't hear any useful information she wanted. What even made Su Lin feel a little admired was that what Yin Yan said didn't sound very repetitive, even if she asked a question several times, What Yin Yan said is the same thing, but the words will not be repeated to make people feel bored. There is no doubt that he is a talent. Moreover, Yin Yan's mentality and respectful and serious attitude towards Su Lin are not half false. At least Su Lin couldn't see or feel that Yin Yan was dealing with or playing with false feelings, so that even if she knew some of her thoughts, she wouldn't hate her.

It's just that although Yin Yan is very respectful to Su Lin, she didn't say that because she stayed in Su Lin's palace, she moved closer to Su Lin in order to obtain a temporary good life. She occasionally leaked a few words and emotions to show that she always Both maintain a high degree of loyalty and absolute respect to the Changsun family, and clearly distinguish the Changsun family from Su Lin, and tell Su Lin clearly in words and deeds: the only master of her Yin Yan is the Changsun family, and she respects and takes Su Lin seriously It is purely because Su Lin is Li Shimin's woman and pregnant with Li Shimin's child, and is one of the masters of this mansion.

With a long-term vision, a firm mind, a certain amount of talent, and more clever ways of dealing with people, a slave that people envy and want, but unfortunately it is not mine, and I don't have the ability to subdue it for the time being. I have no choice but to regret it, Su Lin turned over a page of the script. In any case, she was grateful to Yin Yan. No matter why Yin Yan was so serious about teaching her how to read and write, it is undeniable that Yin Yan did patiently and earnestly teach her in five months. Taught her a lot of characters, let her understand some simple books in traditional characters, and she was always in a good mood during the pregnancy.

Yin Nuo and Yin Yan walked side by side, and the four women who were not selected by Su Lin followed behind them about ten meters away. With her head slightly lowered, her voice was clear and clear: "Sister A Nuo, Su Ruren is due to give birth in less than half a month, and she can also read a lot of words, and can almost understand the entire text of ordinary books and pamphlets." Now." Can she go back to the princess?Although she doesn't have much work to do in Qiyuan, she is more relaxed than the pregnant Su Ruren, but Su Ruren is not her master after all, and it's not a problem to stay with Su Ruren all the time. If a big servant girl takes her place, she will lose a lot.

Yin Nuo didn't turn his head, looked straight ahead, and walked steadily according to the familiar pattern, his voice couldn't hear the ups and downs, and he seemed a little indifferent. "Su Ruren didn't speak, what are you thinking? Stay with Su Ruren well, and how to do what a slave should do according to Su Ruren's requirements is what you want to think about."

Yin Yan pursed her lips slightly, and immediately restrained her slight expression and suppressed her dissatisfaction. She knew that Yin Nuo would not help her. After all, Yin Nuo was a maid brought by the princess from her natal family. The prince came to the concubine's side only after the prince, and it took four years from the rough servant girl to the second-class maid to become the first maid of the concubine, with dignity, Yin Nuo always looked at her very coldly and in most cases did not give her face.

It's just that unless something serious happens, she is not qualified to see the princess without the concubine summoning her. After staying with Su Ruren for so long, the concubine only summons her once a month, and asks her to quit after asking some irrelevant questions. Here it is, I didn’t reveal when she will go back at all. It will be almost half a year after Su Ruren gave birth. Yin Yan has not been away from the princess for such a long time since she came to the palace. Ruren has no complaints or regrets in her life, but the princess now has nothing else but to tell her to serve Su Ruren every time she meets, which makes Yin Yan feel very uncertain, but she can only do these things by herself. After thinking about it, I dare not reveal half a word or even half of my emotions.

Thinking about it, Yin Yan took out a slap-sized brocade box with a clean surface from his arms and handed it to Yin Nuo, with a bit of flattery and caution in his voice: "Sister A Nuo, can I trouble you to give this to my stepmother? "Two years after she entered the mansion, she was trained by the princess because of her literacy, understanding of rules, and seriousness and prudence in doing things. The one who taught her was Wanniang, the nanny of the princess. Later, due to some reasons, she recognized Wanniang as a foster mother a year ago. She is very filial to her late mother, but she seldom gives such precious gifts as the brocade box, and this time she has no choice.

According to the rules, without Su Ruren's instructions, even if she is the big maid next to the princess, she is not qualified to walk around or leave Qiyuan at will. It is okay if people who use Qiyuan to transmit information are not discovered, but if they are discovered, it is a big taboo , casualties are possible at any time, Yin Yan does not want to take risks, so the number of times she has seen her stepmother in the past six months is also very few, if she wants to get help from her stepmother, she can only find another way, such as asking Yin Nuo to help deliver For Wan Niang's sake, Yin Nuo would not refuse, open the box, or withhold the gift the first two times.

Yin Nuo glanced at Yin Yan expressionlessly, took the box and put it in his wide sleeve, and said in a cold voice, "This is the only time, do things well, it's not good for you to think too much, you go to Qi Yuan."

Yin Yan heard the words, the anger in her heart surged up again, she calmly and slowly took a breath to suppress the irritability and depression, with a smile on her face as always, and her voice was soft: "I know, Miss Yin Nuo, Thank you." I have been with Yin Nuo for four years, during which time I ran errands for Yin Nuo many times, but Yin Nuo didn't get any good looks from Yin Nuo, and Yin Yan also felt quite frustrated, but in the palace, the owner is the princess, she is not at all He is not qualified to face Yin Nuo, even if he is in a bad mood, he can only endure it.

Turning around to leave, Yin Yan thought about which book to teach Su Ruren.

Yin Nuo returned to the main courtyard, ordered the nurse in charge to take the four wives out of the mansion, and asked the second-class maid in the hall where the princess was. After getting the answer, she went to the room where the eldest prince lived in the side hall.

(End of this chapter)