Elegant Feather

I am Chang Sun Rong.

I was born in Jinju Jangsun.That's right, "Having a son should be like the eldest grandson, and marrying a wife should seek the eldest granddaughter." The Changsun family of Jinzhou is the famous eldest grandson family all over the world.

My grandfather is the current patriarch of the eldest grandson's family, my father is the eldest son of my grandfather, and my mother, who was also born in the famous Lu family in Yuzhou, is the wife of my father who is currently married.Before I was born, my parents gave birth to my elder sister, Sun Yun, who was eight years older than me.As a matter of course, I am the Second Miss Sun who is the descendant of the eldest grandson family.Speaking of these, I think the world will envy my origin.Indeed, my rich family background allowed me to grow up carefree in my ancestral home in Yuancheng. Even under the guidance of my mother and sister, and under the support of the prestige of the eldest grandson's family, I have vaguely had Minxue's reputation began to spread, and I always felt that I was lucky enough to live a carefree life... until... when I was seven years old...

When I was seven years old, my elder sister, fifteen and Ji, got engaged to Xiao Han, the son of the Xiao family in Shanzhou. I didn't want to make the wedding ceremony. Within half a year, it was reported that Xiao Han passed away on the way home from his study tour. information.The death of the groom-to-be did not end the marriage between her sister and Xiao Han.As a model of etiquette and righteousness in the world, the daughters brought up by the eldest grandson family have always been consistent models of women's morality.Regardless of whether the elder sister is willing or not, since the marriage contract between her elder sister and Xiao Han was established, she was born as Xiao Han's person and died as Xiao Han's ghost. Even if it was too late to get married, Xiao Han would have passed away.

The wedding of my sister and Xiao Han came ahead of Xiao Han's filial piety period.I have never seen such a strange wedding, there is no joy to preach, and there are few smiles on the faces of the guests.The young man in linen clothes and white filial piety is Xiao Han's younger brother. He holds Xiao Han's spiritual tablet and helps his brother complete the worship ceremony.The memorial tablet tied with red silk and my sister were married. The scene was so ridiculous that no one could laugh.My sister's face was covered by a bright red hijab, so I couldn't see her expression clearly.Looking up at the happy hall, the white curtain is mixed with the red wedding silk, which is extremely dazzling.My sister got married, and as a younger sister, I should bless her, but the strangeness of the red and white mixed made the seven-year-old me unable to say anything.I wasn't the only one who couldn't say my blessings. After the mixed red and white welcoming team picked up my sister, I heard someone whispering, "As expected of the eldest grandson family...", and also avoiding everyone, the sighs of my father in the inner hall and Mother's tears.It wasn't until later that I learned that that weird wedding had a name that blended sorrow and joy——ghost marriage.There is great sorrow in the dark, and the marriage should be joyful, but after the sorrow, the joy cannot be found, and it is destined to remain forever.

After my sister married to Xiao's family, she didn't stay there for long. After more than three months, she came back in the name of visiting her relatives.But that woman, who has never been tainted with the festive atmosphere of New Year’s Eve, is no longer the sister who taught me to read and play the piano, accompanied me to paint and play chess, and warmed my bed and cooked for me.Even with white gauze on her face, it's not difficult to see the sadness shrouded in the light smoke between her sister's brows. My mother often sighs at her back, and even every time my sister touches the strings, my mother will secretly wipe away tears.You must know that Niangqin is not a person who is always sad.Although my mother occasionally slept with me when my father went to rest at my aunt's place, on such nights, when I woke up in the middle of the night, there would be figures under a lonely lamp or sighs in the dark.

In retrospect, in my sister's calligraphy and painting, and in my sister's piano sound, it is all her melancholy, so it must have drawn my mother's heart as a mother.At that time, I just didn't want to see my mother and sister depressed. I remembered that when I made progress in painting and calligraphy, I always made them smile. I spent more time on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and wanted to improve myself They are happy.My mother would still pat my head and praise me, but when I glanced at my sister who was silent beside me, she still didn’t have the smile I wanted on her face, and my sister... my sister’s eyes were complicated, I couldn’t understand.

I really began to understand the complex meaning of my sister's eyes in the winter when I was nine years old.My family praises me as a young talented girl, but in fact, the answer is not something I came up with, but something I overheard.Since the beginning of winter that year, my elder sister has been ill. It was obviously just a little cold at first, but who would have thought that my elder sister would stay on the sick bed for a long time and never get sick again.And the "answer" was that when I went to see my sister that day, I accidentally overheard a conversation between her and my mother outside the door.

"Yun'er, be obedient. The doctor said that your heart is stagnant. You have to let go of your heart to get better."

"Mother, don't say any more, I know I'm not going to get better..."

"What nonsense are you talking about, bah bah, stop talking nonsense, it's just a cold, Yun'er, take two more medicines, and you will be fine."

"I am now, what is the difference between good and bad, I look like a living dead all year round, and even my tribe thinks I am unlucky..."

"In the clan... no... Yun'er... the matter between you and Xiao Han, it's your parents who are sorry for you... If you could have hired a few more physiognomy before you got engaged..."

"This is the end of the matter. I am the one who has to leave. I have nothing to say about my affairs. Mother, what my daughter wants to talk to you today is my sister. Even if Yun'er asked her mother for the last thing, it should be given to her." My compensation, the future is hard to guarantee. If my sister suffers like me in the future, I beg you to pull her out of the grave. Because of my affairs, my father always owes my mother something. Your words will be useful. I It would be better to pay a dead person for the rest of my life, but my sister can't."

"...Yun'er...this is fate, our eldest grandson's family..."

"Oh, the eldest grandson's family? When you marry a wife, you should ask for the eldest granddaughter. What a big joke! There are so many widows and widows who remarry in this world. Except for the eldest grandson's family, who would keep a pedantic reputation and give their good daughters to the dead to be buried with the dead! Grandfather Do you think the Xiao family appreciates it? Does he know that they blamed Xiao Han's short life on me, saying that I was Kefu, that Xiao Han died accidentally in order to come back and get married with me! Cough..."

"Yun'er, don't be angry, hurry up, mother will help you pat."

"Ahem, I'm fine, thank you mother... Mother said her fate before, so she didn't agree? Forget it, with the old rules of this house, it's useless for father to promise, so I don't want to make things difficult for mother. Poor sister is so smart, He is so cute, it would be great if he could be born in an ordinary family, but he is the eldest grandson...Mother, I am tired and want to sleep..."

"Okay, that mother won't bother you anymore, you have a good rest, and mother will come to see you at night."

My sister went there that night, and when my mother went to my sister's room again, what was waiting for her was my sister's cold body.

I will never forget the winter when I was nine years old, it was the coldest winter in my memory.My sister with a smile has gone away with the sedan chair of the ghost marriage two years ago, and after that winter, my sister will never come back.

In fact, I think my sister is very stupid, why bother to die for a dead person I don't know.If the Xiao family can say what Kefu said, it means that Xiao Han is not dead, so will my sister be fine if she really marries him?According to the orders of parents and the words of the matchmaker, marrying someone they don't know before, marrying a husband and raising children, just like a mother.Mother, I'm obviously sad, but back then I took the initiative to take the initiative to take concubines for my father in the name of childlessness. If mother gave birth to me and sister instead of my sister, would father not take concubines?I do not believe.As for being born in an ordinary family... Maybe it's precarious, maybe it's a slave or a handmaid.The Han family has the worries of the Han family, and the expensive house has the worries of the expensive house.It's true that mother said fate, but it's not just the eldest grandson's family, children in the world, who can't do it if they don't have their own?

I was also in the year of Jiji, and my marriage contract was ushered in. The Holy Majesty bestowed a marriage and betrothed me to King Yi's second son, Jun Kangshu, Prince of Chun'an County.When I married into Prince Yi's Mansion, I was very calm, and even before I left the mansion, I didn't have the reluctance and panic that ordinary brides should have. "Having a son should be like the eldest grandson, and marrying a wife should seek the eldest granddaughter." This is the greatest glory of the eldest grandson family, and it is also the greatest shackle of the eldest grandson family. I know that I have become a bargaining chip for the eldest grandson family's interests, but I am the daughter of the eldest grandson family. After enjoying the favor of the eldest grandson's family, it is also reasonable to give something when the eldest grandson's family needs it.It's just going from one cage to another.Compared with my sister, I have been much luckier.

Sitting alone in the new house, I waited for my "husband" who I had never met before. Listening to the footsteps, there was a large group of people following, presumably maids and bridesmaids.He drove everyone away with a strong smell of alcohol, and after everyone retreated, his voice became clearer, "I will treat you as my younger sister, not your husband. I will give you the bed, sleep comfortably, and I will go outside to have a little sleep." The couch." After speaking, the footsteps that went away quickly seemed a little bit like fleeing, but I couldn't help laughing under the red hijab.Sister, if you still thought about me before you died, and prayed for me after you died, I am really lucky.

I understand Jun Kangshu's "running away". If he abandons it willfully, if he changes any bride, he will be so wronged that he wants to cry, especially when the bride comes from a family with the eldest grandson, it is equivalent to declaring that people will be guarded on the wedding night. A widow for a lifetime.And I, laughing and sighing that fate is impermanent, only feel that the cage of Prince Yi's Mansion may be freer than imagined, and my heart is still calm, or even worse.

I happily accepted Jun Kangshu's "unreasonable request" to only be a nominal husband and wife with me, and continued my five years of peace, bearing the honorable title of princess of Chun'an County, and lived my life quietly, without any intention , there is nothing to worry about, and under the nine springs, my sister doesn't have to worry about me.So, very good.

It’s just that fate is really unpredictable. I never expected that I would meet the person who disturbed my peace in Yiwang’s mansion, and he was not Jun Kangshu who was supposed to be my husband... His name is Jun Yiyu, it’s Jun Kangshu The eldest brother's son is my... nephew in name.

The day we first met, it was at Mi Nong Tang. Even though it was agreed that we were not real husband and wife, in front of people, the appearance of a husband and wife should not be less. On the second day of marriage, as a "bridal wife", I should respect my parents-in-law. Tea, and Jun Kangshu's eldest brother also came with his wife and children to meet me, a new "sister-in-law" in the family, and I met him at that time.At that time, he was still a baby under one year old. He was hugged by "sister-in-law", and he could use a waxy and soft voice to call everyone accurately, but when it was my turn, he called me sister by mistake.Recalling the situation that day, maybe from the beginning, it has foreshadowed my fate with him?At that time, my smile inevitably froze, but I liked the little baby with bright eyes in front of me. I couldn't help but reach out and tap his little nose, and said affectionately, "Little guy, you should call me aunt." Look at him Amber I glanced at the surnamed husband next to me, and thought lightly: "Sure enough, the child's eyes are the most clear and clear. He can see through the illusion and know that I am not his aunt. Sister, it's not wrong to call me, right?" .”