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王珍十岁生辰那天,大姐王瑶失足掉进了池塘,一家子手忙脚乱,待到把大姐救上来,也没了兴致,结果生辰也没过好。当时她不知道,对于她,对于王家来说,神不知鬼不觉的变化已经开始发生。 王瑶持续两天高热不退,情况危险性命堪忧。王珍每天都去探望她,第三天早上,她听丫鬟说,大姐终于退热醒来,但是脑子烧糊涂了,把以前的事都忘记了。王珍脚步一顿,失忆... 王珍随着丫鬟进了大姐的房里,大姐大她三岁, 虽有正庶之别,但作为正房所出的长女王瑶待庶出又丧母的三女王珍却较为亲厚。王瑶秀丽文雅,极有才情,又通音律,为人和善,年纪虽也不大,却是靖城里有口皆碑的淑女。 待她见到王瑶的时候,王瑶正坐在菱花镜前由丫鬟帮她梳头,她用手摸索着自己的脸,后又仔细打量自己的手,古怪的笑了起来,王珍心里有说不出的惊异,她看到王瑶的眼里,泛着莫名的光彩. “大姐,你...起来做什么,身子骨还没好全,怎么能够起身?”王珍小心又关切的问. 王瑶抬起头一脸惊艳道:“你好漂亮,你是王珍...小妹吧,我听小桔说,这里就属三小姐王珍生的最好看,我想不会有比你更好看的了...抱歉,我什么都不记得了。”小桔是王瑶身边的丫鬟。 王珍没有说话,静静的盯着王瑶,盯得王瑶浑身不舒服,不禁发悚。突然,王珍笑了,笑得单纯无比。 “大姐这次受了大苦,脑袋一时迷糊也是难免的,不记得就不记得吧,过些日子说不定就能想起来了”。 “希望如此。”王瑶低头,埋下闪烁的眼神。 “不过你身子才好点,不该这就起身,依珍儿看还是在床上躺躺吧。”王珍语调里着实带着些关切。 “不要紧,我只是睡得身子骨酸了,起来略动动,一会再回去躺着。” “瞧着大姐你虽然不记得以前的事儿了,但也没什么大的不妥,方才听丫鬟说你失忆了,珍儿还乱担心了一把呢。”王珍不好意识的吐吐舌头。 “谢小妹关心,其实我昨夜就醒了,唤了医...郎中来看过,身体已经无恙,只是脑子给烧的稀里糊涂把以前的事情都忘记了,才醒的时候十分害怕恐慌,但现在已慢慢平静了一些,问了身边人好些事情,知道都是我失足落水才引起的,哎,慢慢治吧,还能怎么着呢?”王瑶叹道。 王珍心里咯噔一下,一脸心疼,眼睛立马湿了,泪汪汪的,漂亮的小脸更加惹人怜爱,她还像以前那样上前把王瑶抱住,脸埋在她的怀里:“别担心,会好的...珍儿刚才还想,要是大姐你不认珍儿该如何是好,素来大姐最疼我,要不认了,可真让人伤心死了,没想到就是失忆了,大姐也能一眼把珍儿认出来,真让人好生欢喜。” “......难怪我一见小妹就特别亲切,我们姐妹还像往常一样相处吧。”王瑶轻抚着王珍的头发道。 “那是自然。” 王瑶抱着王珍看不到王珍复杂的表情,王珍低着头也看不到王瑶脸上莫测的笑意。 姐妹俩聊了一会,听到丫鬟们说大夫人要过来,王珍拭了泪退了出去。 大夫人一向不待见她,要不是老太爷和爹爹待她一向与众不同,说不定早就被大夫人打发到不知道哪个角落去了。而他们待见她的原因却是,王珍是个绝世美人的胚子。 王珍走在廊下,丫鬟小桃见她一脸心事,不敢打扰,她却突然停住,说:“小桃你看我这记性,我现在去看二哥哥,二哥哥上次找我要的绣帕我竟然忘记带了,我在凉亭等你,你赶快去帮我拿来吧,我也不记得放在哪里了,横竖都那几个地方,你自己找找吧。” “那好,奴婢这就去拿,三小姐就在凉亭里歇息片刻,可别乱跑呀。”小桃不放心的叮嘱,大小姐这次落水可罚了不少下人,小桔要不是大小姐一向离不得她,可不是挨几板子能应付的过来的,三小姐千万要安安分分才好啊。 小桃走后,王珍到凉亭里坐下整理思绪:不是她太多疑,而是失足落水+发烧+失忆乃是穿越的经典要素啊,不会这么巧又是一个吧. 刚刚“王瑶”说什么来着?唤了“郎中”来看过? 不对,之前明明是说的“医...”医什么?八成是医生,这大政朝虽然是个“架空”朝代,但是磁场难道就真这么强大,连招引来两个穿越的?还在同一家?先观察看看吧,要是这“王瑶”真是的,不怕她不露出破绽,到时候再见机行事。 在这个时代,这个家庭中,别的王珍没有学会,唯有谨慎和装傻学了个八九成,枪打出头鸟是个经久不衰的至理名言。 如果说这个王瑶真是“灵魂穿”,那么王珍就是“投胎穿”了。她上辈子挂掉之后,再有意识就是一个横空出世的小娃娃,只是还有记忆而已,她再次经历了一个小孩子成长的漫长岁月,却没有表露出半点特异之处,甚至还十分低调,为什么呢? 王珍前世也看过不少杂书,穿越题材的也没落下,不会不了解“穿越”这两个字的定义,对于这种奇奇道道的事儿,一直抱着“既然不能证明它没有,那它可能就存在”的看法,只是从来也没想过会发生在自己身上。 不过,既然穿了,她活了这么多年也不能说缺心少眼,据她冷眼旁观,生在这王家,还是悠着点心里踏实些。 王珍所在的王家是什么人家?答案:官宦之家,附注,乃是穿越题材言情小说恶俗之最,无数的恶俗事件都是以这个立足点发生,莫看官宦之家几个字听起来风华正茂前程似锦,但是在那些小说里,这绝对是先扬后抑啊先扬后抑,绝对不是好事,呃……当然,这是看过数本穿越小说之后,留给王珍的心理阴影…… 但是,越了解她就越发现,那些作者的想象力是可怕,因为,她已经看到了痕迹…… 先来说说王家吧,王珍的爷爷王敬之是开国功臣,最高官职曾任太尉,也风光一时,后来不知道因为什么原因,辞官隐退把自己的两个儿子丢在了泱泱宦海之中。 大儿子王遇现任中书监令,二儿子王吉现任御史中丞,王遇有三个儿子,除了最小的那个才十五岁,其他两个也前仆后继奔向朝廷。王吉呢,目前最大的女儿也不过十四岁,二儿子比王珍大两岁,三女儿就是王珍了,而王珍却被王吉乃至整个王家寄予了莫大的希望。 因为他们都说,她是绝世美女的胚子。 王珍照过镜子,发现他们说的,可能是事实……几岁的时候,她照镜子觉得自己是长的挺可爱很漂亮的,但是小时了了,大未必佳,虽然家里人都对她兴致勃勃,期望颇高,但是她倒没那么强烈的感觉,可是随着年纪增长,脸越长越开……呃,好了,反正已经俗了,就不介意更俗一点。 拥有这样的皮相,是她上辈子做梦都会笑醒的事,这得多亏了她长俊美的爹和据说极为美貌的娘。虽然她的娘只是个妾,又死的早,但他们关于相貌的那一部分的遗传基因,顽强的抗拒了中途叛变的可能,顺利的在她身上继承了下来。此件事例说明,基因突变终究只是个案,非主流。 这种出身加上容貌,一股子意犹未尽的意味,在王家这样的人家,不会说重男轻女,在自古联姻就是一种不能避免的政治需求前提下,女儿也很有价值,美丽的女儿则更加可贵,而绝世美女的女儿却是万金难求的,有女如此,不客气的说,只要经营的高明,想在大政朝翻云覆雨都无不可能。 所以,王珍已经有了认知,她的命运可能免不了一番恶俗的折腾。不过,恶俗就恶俗吧,生活本来就是一番折腾,也用不着太介意,她这样想,就淡定了。 但是她并不知道,她淡定的太早了,她的命运与她的想象截然相反,远远超出她的意料之外,应该说,是任何人都预想不到的……

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“二哥哥,你要我绣的帕子做什么啊,我这个绣得不好,改天专门跟你绣个更好的成不?”王珍奶声奶气的腔调,禁不住自己先恶寒了起来。 二少爷王翰与大姐王瑶是同母嫡出的,跟王珍也很亲近,与大姐只流于表面的亲善不同,他心底倒是真心喜欢这个小妹。 要知道,他的几个小伙伴,都羡慕他有这么漂亮的妹妹,成天个拐弯抹角的打探她妹妹的事儿,连带的对他也颇为讨好,他这次就是想把王珍的绣帕拿去逗他们,那几个小子说不准还会抢打起来,多有趣啊。 汗一个,王家的二公子从小就有些为人所不齿的偏好。 “不用那么麻烦,这个就好,远怀那个臭小子把他妹妹的绣的荷包拿出来炫耀,说她妹妹多么心灵手巧,说你只是看着好看,未必有什么真本事,我拿给他看看,你绣得可比她妹妹不知强到哪里去啦。” 李远怀就是丞相家的四公子,他和双生弟弟李沐怀加上御史中丞家的二少爷王翰,端王府的小世子周旭还有征西将军的三少爷上官衷,是一起磕过头的“结拜兄弟”自称是靖城五小虎,这名儿多恶俗啊。 其实就是几个平均年纪十一、二岁在家闲的没事的小少爷,爱聚一起小打小闹而已,好在每家的家教都很严厉,不至于做什么出格的事情。 王珍一头黑线,她到底是比这帮小娃娃多活一辈子的人,做事自然强得过些,要拿去给这些真的小孩子炫耀,虽然她脸皮已经越来越厚,依然会觉得...很不齿啊... 可是.... “你说过我要是给条帕子你,你就带我出去玩的。”王珍十分幽怨的说,这朝代类似于中国古代,女孩子要出门可不是那么容易的呀。 “这...”王翰想想:“上次爹爹说不准带你出去玩。” “爹爹出去了,他不会知道的。” “爷爷也不让。” “爷爷最近身体不好,不会差人来找我过去说话的,他也不会知道。” “这...” “还靖城五小虎呢,说话不算数,胆子还小到针眼里去了。”王珍不屑道。 “谁说的?你去我房里换身我的衣服,咱们从后门走!”小孩子就是小孩子,受不得一点激,还不住的催促:“赶紧!” 王珍换了王翰的衣服,随着他和两个下人出了后门,小桃被迫眼泪汪汪万分担忧敢怒不敢言的留在家里给王珍打掩护,王翰这边也派了人打掩护,这些都是惯做的,安排的妥帖得很。 一行人偷摸的溜出去,在吉庆茶楼与其他几只“小虎”碰面。 “四小虎”早已到齐,只等王翰这第五只,见他珊珊来迟,正要数落几句,又瞄到后面跟的是王珍,只见她穿着白色祥云绣纹锦衣,腰间束着玉带,脚下穿着鹿皮小靴,头上梳着两个童子髻,看上去既像是用粉团儿捏出来的,又像是拿玉细琢出来的小童子,可爱透了。 不用说,准是又把王翰的行头穿在身上了,他们一个个便都把笑脸堆了起来。 “呵呵,珍儿妹妹你来啦。” “好久不见呀,饿不饿,这云片糕是干净的,没人动过,你先吃吧。” “珍儿你渴不渴呀,小二,再上壶好茶!” 王珍和他们早已相熟,各自打着招呼,旁边的王翰得意的撇了一眼李怀远:“我妹妹听说你妹妹的绣工好得天下独一份儿,想来学学,把你的荷包给我们看看吧。” 李怀远立刻满脸通红,支支吾吾的不肯拿出来,他平日那样说,只是为了气气王翰,倒没真的有想贬低王珍的心思,现在见到王珍,想解释又不知道怎么解释。 “放心,不会把你那独一份儿的荷包拿去不还的,喏,这是我妹妹绣的帕子,抵押在你这里啦。”王翰的嘴巴尖酸的不得了,从怀里丢出一张绣着双飞燕的帕子,还要做出一副看也不看随手一扔的样子。 其他几人立刻围上来,抱着帕子赞叹,别说还真的绣得好,就是绣得不好,也能照样夸朵花出来,赞着赞着几个半大小子居然还真争抢起来,只有李怀远眼睛轻轻的往帕子上一少扫,脸红的要滴血了。 王珍脸上挂着甜甜的笑容,看心理想的却是:看这哥几个含羞带臊的样子,真是早熟的让人感叹啊,想想也是,自己读高中那年纪,搁这时代已经该娶的娶改嫁的嫁啦。 “怀远哥哥,你别听二哥哥瞎说,我就是在家无趣,央了哥哥带我出来玩,见到几个哥哥真高兴啊,我们今天还去看杂耍吗?”王珍故作天真帮着解围。 “不是...杂耍的班子今天没来,要是你想看下次一定带你去看,今天...去我家玩吧。”李怀远感激的望着王珍道。 “你家有什么好玩的?又不是没去过”王翰不满。 “这你就不晓得啦。”李沐怀叫嚷道:“我爹素爱兰花你是知道的,最近得了一盆叫什么‘束兰’的花,一根枝子上开三朵颜色不一样的花,还有奇香,稀奇吧,没见过吧?” “没见过,真有那样的花吗?”上官衷问,这里他的年纪最小,只有十岁。 “我知道,这是大域进上来的贡品,一共就两株,一株在宫里皇后那儿,一株赏给了丞相,是个稀世之物,”小世子周旭道。 这里他年纪最长,也不过十三岁而已,束兰的事听他父亲端王爷随口提过,没真见过,稀世之物也是他爹嘴里蹦出来的词儿。 “原来是贡品啊,那真要见见啦。”王翰点头道。 本来看花这种事挺没劲的,但如果是贡品,又连小世子周旭都说是稀世之物,就另当别论了,最主要的是可以在其他公子少爷面前炫耀,然后用“瞧你那没见识的相儿,肯定没见过吧”的眼神蔑视别人,倍儿有面子啊。 王家二公子这德行,令人担忧啊。 既然目标达成统一,几个小公子加上王珍带着一票下人浩浩荡荡的来到丞相府。

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