Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 107 The borrowed life will eventually be repaid

"Miss, you believe me, the third lady really didn't think about coming to Chang'an at first, she knew her identity and knew that it was impossible, so we found a deserted old house to live in temporarily, but what I didn't expect was that, God's will tricks people, the third lady found out she was pregnant..."

"Even so, we didn't think about contacting the third master again. Mrs. Zhanmei and Linglong both said that it is still possible to support the child with their skills. We discussed that I will take care of the child after it is born. They The master and the apprentice just concentrate on making money... Who would have thought that after we settled down and went out, we would meet someone from the third master."

"It turns out that the third master has been sending people to look for our whereabouts... When he learned that the third lady was pregnant, he became more determined to take us back to Chang'an. He said, even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your children. Children can't Without a father, let alone a normal identity."

"To be honest, with our identities, if we raise our child by our side, if it is a boy, how will he start a family and start a career in the future? If it is a daughter, will he still be bullied like us? We are all shaken. Chang'an Tiangao Lu Yuan, if you can start a stable life again with a new identity, what's wrong with that?"

Zhao Xiwei was a little puzzled: "The third lady married into the Zhao family like this?"

According to the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty, the good and the poor do not marry. For a family of officials like the Zhao family, marrying a Jiaofang woman as the official wife is not only inconsistent with the etiquette system, but also violates the law.

Mother Liu sighed: "This servant is a countryman, and I don't know much about it. I only know that the third master has put a lot of thought into this matter. And..."

She glanced at Zhao Xiwei cautiously, "At that time, Mr. Xiang refused to marry because of your mother's affairs. The old lady seemed to be worried about something. Seeing that the third lady was pregnant, one was happy in her heart, and the other was also thinking about it." It doesn't sound good to make a big fuss, so I don't pursue so much anymore. I only heard that the third lady came from a small family, and I was a little dissatisfied. But after the third lady passed the door, her temperament was gentle and filial, and the old lady slowly accepted it. gone."

Unexpectedly, there is such a reason for the third lady to be able to enter the door.

Zhao Xiwei asked again: "In that case, why didn't you change your household registration?"

If you change it and find someone to marry and have children in the future, you will completely escape from such a tragic fate.

Mother Liu sighed: "One reason is that this matter is too troublesome. In order to create an identity for the third wife, the third master went to Jianye to find a pair of old people and asked them to recognize the third wife as their daughters. This kind of thing can be fooled once. In the past, I’m afraid it’s not easy to do it two or three times.”

"Secondly, at that time, Mrs. Zhanmei took over the Miaoyin Pavilion, and her business was booming. She had been homeless for half her life, and she had no idea of ​​starting a family. She just wanted to make enough money, and take Linglong to find a secluded house. Live the rest of your life."

Zhao Xiwei was speechless for a moment.

Lady Zhanmei was right.

A woman's fate has always been beyond her control.Even if you change your identity and marry into a noble family, the fake will never be true, and the borrowed life will always have to be repaid.

Instead of being frightened, it is better to earn a future and have the ability to stand in the world, that is the real control of destiny.

If there was no such thing as Linglong, their lives would have gotten better and better.

The sky was getting dark gradually, and a gust of cold wind swept by. The big red lantern was like a blood-colored shadow, swaying from side to side through the soft gauze of the window lattice.

Seeing Zhao Xiwei's serious face, Mother Liu glanced at her pleadingly again, and said cautiously: "Miss, no one else in the house knows what this servant girl told you except the third master. This servant girl didn't hide it on purpose. Knowing that the matter is so serious, I shouldn't have visited Linglong in the first place..."

"This matter is really difficult." Zhao Xiwei sighed deeply, and picked up the teacup: "It's getting late, you should go back and rest first."

Why did you just call yourself to send yourself back?

Mother Liu was so anxious that she knocked her head three times grandly, and said with red eyes: "Miss, I knew you were a smart and kind person the first day I saw you. I can't just let the third lady have an accident! I beg you, miss!" Help me find a way, I would rather exchange my life for the third wife..."

"Get up, it's cold on the ground." Zhao Xiwei's voice was as calm as ever, "If I can help you, why should you kowtow?"

Mother Liu was stunned for a moment, but suddenly she came back to her senses, her whole face became bloodless!
That's right, Miss just came back from the countryside, and she is a concubine, how can she help herself!

She lowered her head, and forgot to do the ceremony, so she backed out in a daze.

Zhao Xiwei kept his original posture, sitting upright at the table.

Until Jinxiu came in quietly and brought a bowl of steaming soup: "Miss, the old lady heard that you woke up, and specially ordered the kitchen to make you angelica silky chicken."

Zhao Xiwei held the small celadon bowl and unconsciously stirred the chicken soup with the spoon, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

It's not that she hadn't been suspicious of Mrs. Sun and Mother Liu, but she never expected such a background.

Thinking about the Sun family too, such a big secret is like a time bomb buried in the Zhao Mansion, and they don't think of ways to leave a way out for themselves.Haven't you thought about what will happen after being detonated?

The imperial court strictly forbids the intermarriage of the noble and the humble. It has the intention of promoting folk education and restraining the nobility. This is an iron plate and no one should touch it.

But now that things have happened, it is superfluous to say what is right or wrong.

The top priority is to minimize losses.

Save or not?
From an emotional point of view, the third lady is the person who cares most about her in the entire mansion. If she chooses to stand by and watch when she is in trouble, her conscience will not be at peace.

In terms of interests, the third lady's matter is related to the reputation of the entire Zhao family, and helping her is tantamount to helping the entire Zhao family.

Besides, Zhao Xiwei grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and suffered a lot with his biological mother, so he sympathized with those disadvantaged women very much.

No one is born humble, but they are limited by their origin and have no strength to resist.

Now, she is the lady of Xiangfu, how can she sit and watch others be bullied with peace of mind?

But if it is saved, how should it be saved?

Leaving aside the court regulations, the Empress Dowager instructed behind this matter.

It's just to give the Zhao family a bad start: if you don't listen to Aijia's words, Aijia will kill you.

Not to mention that she, a young lady in the boudoir, has no way to resist, even the father of the prime minister, I'm afraid it's not easy to intervene.

She once again felt the suffocation of being crushed.

For the first time, she wondered if she had done something wrong in returning home.Although she knew that the empress dowager's various suppressions against the Zhao family were essentially due to the dispute between court and court.

But it was precisely because of her appearance that the queen mother found her father's weakness.

At that time, I just wanted to live a good life, but I never imagined that it would become such a complicated situation.

She couldn't help asking herself, Zhao Xiwei, you are no longer an ordinary country girl, you are the eldest daughter who represents the interests of the Prime Minister's family.Are you really ready to face these turbulent battles?
You know, that enemy, she is not a harem girl who only knows needlework, but a powerful empress dowager who controls half of Wei's fate.

How do you solve this crisis?
(End of this chapter)