Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Shougong Sand

In a certain dynasty and a certain generation, the border wars continued, and the imperial court repeatedly sent troops to fight bitterly, but decided to make peace, and the general Han Jing escorted the nine princesses to Hunan to appease them. Near the border, Princess Xiang suddenly called General Han into the account for a secret discussion.Through the bead curtain, the princess slowly stretched out a hand, slowly took off her sleeves, and slowly turned over her arm. There was a little cinnabar like blood on Ruxue's arm: "General Han, do you know what this is?" Han Jing just glanced at it and quickly lowered his head: "I don't know."

"This is Shougong sand. My father asked the imperial physician to order it for me when I was six years old. It cannot be washed off or wiped off, but it will disappear automatically after marriage. It is a symbol of a woman's chastity." Princess Xiang said quietly. , "Now, it has become a guarantee for the safety of the country. I never thought that the peace of the country and the people would be tied to the chastity of a weak woman like me. I am unwilling, and even more unbearable!" Han Jing lowered his head even lower, men all over the world should be ashamed to death when they heard this sentence: "Princess..."

"I am determined to assassinate the bandits on the wedding night, General Han, help me!" Han Jing looked up at the bead curtain in surprise, what a pure, resolute, resolute and courageous woman she is!He suddenly knelt down on one knee: "The last general swears to help to the death!" On the wedding night, under Han Jing's careful arrangements, Princess Xiang successfully assassinated King Fan, and the army took the opportunity to pick up the bandit camp.In the flames of war, the princess's long veil fluttered with the cloak. She looked at the messy battlefield and said quietly: "Father is the master of the world. He promises everything. Since he has married me once, I will never come back again." I won’t go. General Han risked his life to sacrifice my chastity. This kindness and virtue will never be forgotten. Even if I am a slave or a handmaid, I will not be able to repay you..."

Han Jing was shocked.He understood that this was the princess implying that he would go far away with her, but that was a crime of deceiving the emperor, and he wanted to kill the whole family and kill the nine clans!He could only say: "Princess is serious. How dare you be a minister?" Princess Xiang's shoulders trembled slightly, and water droplets seemed to fall from under the veil.She took a deep look at Han Jing, and whispered sadly: "Then please tell my father, the general, that I will be a benevolent man." After that, she walked straight into the flames of war without looking back.

With tears in his eyes, Han Jing knelt down in the dust, watching the figure of the princess drifting away, he could only silently bless in his heart: "Princess, take care..." After the "death" of the Nine Princess Xiang, many titles were posthumously awarded, and people worshiped them as the embodiment of loyalty, filial piety and fierceness.And Han Jing was also promoted to a rank, busy with affairs day by day, gradually he no longer thought of her.It wasn't until he married the daughter of a minister, and when he saw the palace guard sand on the bride's arm on the wedding night, that he suddenly thought of the long bead curtain and the bright wrist stretching out the bead curtain.He couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional: he had never seen Princess Xiang's true face on Mount Lu, either through a bead curtain or a veil.

One year later, one day, the old housekeeper suddenly brought a woman, who said that she voluntarily sold herself to the general's mansion as a maidservant.Mrs. Han saw that she had a pretty face and a decent attitude, so she happily stayed.Asked her name, the woman replied: "A homeless person has no name or surname. Please enlighten me, General." Han Jing pondered for a while, and said, "Then let's call him Xiangxue, Han Xiangxue." After speaking, his heart suddenly moved, Xiangxue?Or Xiang?I have not forgotten my love? The woman bowed down Yiyi: "Thank you General for giving me the name." There seemed to be tears in her eyes.

After Xiangxue came to the mansion, she was very dedicated to her work, she was actually the most diligent and loyal among all the slaves.The most rare thing is that she is good at cooking, and she often makes exquisite snacks for Han Jing and his wife to feast on.Mrs. Han specially called her to the upper room to order her around, and asked her, "Xiangxue, you seem to know all kinds of desserts from all over the north and south." Xiangxue replied, "I have traveled to many places and studied hard for a year." The madam was curious: "Why do you think of learning it? With this skill, where can you not get a bite of food, why sell yourself as a slave?"

But Xiangxue refused to answer any more. In the evening, Madam said to Han Jing beside her pillow: "That girl Xiangxue has a good foundation. I was bored that day and wanted to teach her to write well, but I found that she was good at willow style, which is very good. It is said that her father used to be a private school teacher, but How can a teacher in the countryside have such good knowledge? Although I haven’t studied it carefully, but I chat occasionally and look at the poems and songs in her belly, it seems that she is not inferior to me.” Han Jing turned over and said casually: "It's not necessarily a good thing for a girl to know too much. A woman's lack of talent is virtue. I'm afraid she won't be easily hired."

But there are not a few young servants in the mansion who have a crush on Xiangxue, some people kowtow in front of his wife every three days to beg for marriage.Xiangxue just said no, and said: "I would like to serve Master and Madam for the rest of my life." Madam is not good at forcing her, and as time goes by, no one proposes marriage. Twenty years later, the general died on the battlefield during an expedition.The lady fainted from crying, and Xiangxue led her servants all the way to pick up the general's body. All the servants cried loudly, Xiangxue didn't shed a single tear, but her hair turned gray all night, as if she had suddenly aged for decades, even her back was bent, she knelt down in front of Madam, begging to guard the general's grave.

A few days later, when people brought food to the grave, they found that Xiangxue had died in front of the grave.Madam pitied her for working hard for the Han family all her life, so she paid for her funeral.When the servants helped her change clothes, they saw a bright red mark on her arm, but they didn't understand what it was, so they told Madam.Madam looked at it and said in surprise: "This is palace guard sand, a custom popular among court nobles. But, how could it appear on the arm of a servant?"