Exquisite ingenuity

Chapter 151 The Uncle Who Can't Wait
Enduring the pain, Zhao Jinyi rushed to Tai'an Courtyard and sat down for a while. Before he could speak to his grandfather, there was a lot of noise outside: "My lord! My lord!"

Zhao Jinyi lowered his eyes, looking at his drowsy grandfather, feeling gloomy in his heart.Since the third uncle wanted to send the third sister to someone else as a concubine, some people in the Zhao family couldn't bear it anymore.

A thousand years of cold ice is not a day's cold, once the grandfather's suppression is lost, the Zhao family will lose control.

Zhao Chengze strode in, looking at the little girl guarding his father, with a loving smile on his face: "This is Yi'er, but his appearance is somewhat similar to that of the second brother."

Superficial work still needs to be done, Zhao Jinyi lowered his head obediently: "My niece please greet my uncle."

Isn't this a very well-behaved little girl.Zhao Chengze was very satisfied.He is the eldest son of the eldest son, so in a word, the second brother and the second younger sister have to listen to him.Although the Zhao family can't rely on a little girl, as a daughter of the Zhao family, there are mountains of swords and fire ahead, and she has to step in without hesitation.What's more, entering the palace to enjoy the glory and wealth is a distant dream for many people.

Zhao Chengze smiled more lovingly: "Good niece, you are really filial. How is your grandfather?"

As he spoke, he lowered his head and glanced at his old father.

I haven't seen him for ten years, my father is naturally old and dying, with one and a half feet in the coffin.Once the old father died, the three brothers of the Zhao family would have Ding You.Zhao Chengze is very self-aware, if Ding You is a small official like them, his official career will be in jeopardy.That's why he couldn't wait to rush back from Jiangzhou, trying to save the Zhao family.If a girl from the Zhao family entered the palace and was favored by the Tian family, the Tian family would think of them even if they were Ding You for a few years.

Facing people who tried to plot against him, Zhao Jinyi really didn't have a good face.Her tone was light: "My grandfather has always loved me, now that my grandfather is sick, I naturally have to be filial."

Zhao Chengze had also heard that his old father favored Zhao Jinyi alone.But no matter what, no matter how much you love your granddaughter, she will also get married.Could it be that the old man wants to find a husband for her?

Zhao Jinyi was indifferent to him, but he didn't care, he just smiled more lovingly, and said earnestly: "Good niece, if your father and mother treat you badly and arrange a marriage for you indiscriminately, you have to tell uncle, uncle And go and reprimand them. If you want to divorce, uncle can help you decide."

Zhao Jinyi smiled suddenly, the smile was so sweet and pleasant that Zhao Chengze couldn't help but tremble when he saw it.All of the Zhao family were born so well.If he didn't take into account... Cough, he was afraid that he couldn't bear it.

She relished it sweetly: "The eldest uncle just returned home after a long journey, and he wants to be a daughter for the niece. The niece is really flattered."

He said he was flattered, but the expression on his face had nothing to do with it.

Zhao Chengze was about to praise himself according to Zhao Jinyi's words, but he heard Zhao Jinyi's tone suddenly said lightly: "But marriage is a big matter, the parents' order and the matchmaker's words, my parents are still here, so it's not my uncle's turn to decide." .”

Zhao Chengze is an old fox.Hearing this, he was not annoyed, but only smiled more lovingly: "My niece is filial, because my second brother and sister taught me well. However, some acts of filial piety are not worth it. In the eyes of my uncle, children live well. , is to fulfill the responsibility of being a parent.”

Zhao Jinyi smiled sweeter: "What if the children are not doing well? For example, the elder sister who is still living in the Shen family's dire straits, the eldest uncle is back now, do you want to go to the Shen family to replace the elder sister? Get ahead."

Zhao Chengze almost forgot that he still has an eldest daughter, and he pretended to be surprised when he heard this, "There is such a thing? Uncle can't help it."

"My niece dare not lie to my uncle. The last time my niece ran into my elder sister outside the Baoxiang Temple, she was so thin that she seemed to be blown down by a gust of wind. Others thought she had escaped from somewhere else. Well. Unexpectedly, her own natal family is in the capital."

Zhao Chengze couldn't hold back his face anymore: "Is what you said true? But your aunt never mentioned this matter."

Zhao Jinyi smiled and said, "My aunt always reports good news and not bad news, and she works day and night to pay her dues, so how can she have time to take care of elder sister's affairs? What my niece said is true or not, wouldn't it be easy for uncle to bring elder sister back? If the Shen family went too far, if they heard that Yuezhang was released and came to pick him up in person, how could they not let him go?"

Zhao Chengze was overwhelmed by Zhao Jinyi's words, and immediately followed the conversation: "The Shen family has the guts!"

Zhao Jinyi smiled and said: "The niece went to tell my aunt to clean the courtyard and prepare to welcome my eldest sister back. Uncle, my niece will leave first."

After saying that, he saluted, and without waiting for Zhao Chengze to react, he went out, and stood at the door and told Guanshi Hu: "Uncle, who came back after a long journey, must have been exhausted. You can't let him serve the sick, you have to let him wait for you." My dad is coming."

Zhao Chengze watched Zhao Jinyi's figure disappear, and then suddenly realized: "I was caught by this little hoof." Instead of being angry, he smiled, "Such a clever, eloquent tongue, if he enters the palace, he will definitely be able to win for the Zhao family." Grace."

At this time, the second brother should also be on duty.He was right here, waiting for his second brother to come over and reprimand him properly.By the way, I canceled my niece's marriage.

Zhao Jinyi endured the pain, and when he returned to his small courtyard, his small face was wrinkled like a withered flower: "Quickly rub it for me."

The second servant got up to work and wiped the medicinal wine for her girl. Zhao Jinyi lay on her stomach for a while before feeling a little more comfortable.

Once the body is active, the brain can't be idle: "Yaoqing, go and see Changchun."

Yaqing went, and Meiran poured water to feed the girl again.God is pitiful, the girl suffered a great crime, but she didn't even take a sip of water.

While he was busy, a naked voice sounded from outside: "Miss is back. Madam sent slaves to ask Madam, the Song family's betrothal gift today, Madam must pass by. If Madam does not pass, Madam will put it in the warehouse."

She almost forgot that she was betrothed out of nowhere today.

She doesn't want to look away.

Zhao Jinyi said angrily: "Auntie just keep it, I don't need to look at it!" Auntie can't wait to marry her off?Although Song Jingxing is good, but, but...but he beats his wife!But thinking that Song Jingxing was recuperating alone in the small courtyard now, she couldn't speak anymore.Forget it, this marriage, let's quit after he recovers from his injury.

Thinking of this, she said: "I'm tired today, I want to rest, and I'll go see it tomorrow."

Wuyi remained calm: "The wife also bought two women from outside to look after the yard and do some rough work for the girl. The slave brought the two of them. Since the girl was tired, the slave resigned."

I could only hear someone outside saying respectfully: "The old slave please greet the girl."

The rough envoy's mother-in-law has always been assigned to each room by the public. This is Aniang, and she wants to support her.

Zhao Jinyi sighed, the separation of the Zhao family was unstoppable.She has no objection to the division of the family, but grandfather, if the long house treats grandfather badly, she will take care of him.It has always been the rule of the state of Lu that the head of the house should take care of his parents.But the rules are made by people, and she can still be afraid that the long house will fail.

The two rough envoys, one surnamed Zhong and the other surnamed Lu, were both in their early forties, dressed neatly and worked neatly.Mei Ran asked them why they sold themselves even when they were old.Mrs. Zhong said, they were originally the dowry of the eldest wife of the Zeng family in the city, but because the eldest wife died of illness, the elder married a new stepwife, who saw that they were not pleasing to the eye, so they found an excuse and sold them off.Both of them are widows and have no children. They thought that no one would buy them when they were old, so they entered Zhao's house by chance.

Mei Ran sighed for a while.She is a child of the family and stays at Zhao's house, so she has never heard of these things.But we are all slaves, and we can't help ourselves, so she naturally developed empathy.

Zhao Jinyi lay on the inside, knowing that Mrs. Zhong said that the eldest wife of the Zeng family was indeed a hard-fought person. She had given birth to several children and all died. She was heartbroken and her body was broken. It is reasonable to take concubines and have children, and now that the stepmother enters the door, she cannot accommodate the former wife.

I just feel sorry for these old slaves who follow their masters, their lives are like duckweed, and they have nowhere to rely on.

Zhao Jinyi waited for Mei Ran to come in, and asked her in a low voice: "Do you have someone you like?"

Why did the girl ask this!Mei Ran blushed with embarrassment: "What are you talking about, Miss?"

Zhao Jinyi said frankly: "It's human nature for a man to marry a woman for a woman. I'm your master. I have to arrange the marriage of the two of you before you can get married with peace of mind." People at the time There are often maids who marry as dowry, and the master conceives. In order for the master not to go out and mess around, she takes the initiative to dedicate the maid to her husband.

She, Zhao Jinyi, doesn't like doing such a thing.Her husband can only have her as a woman in this life.

(End of this chapter)