The female supporting role never believes in fate

"That's not as good as today. We will exchange birthday characters. In August, when the sweet osmanthus is fragrant, the Cheng family will marry a daughter, and the royal family will marry a concubine!"

The empress made a final decision and fixed the wedding date for Cheng Yuguan and Li Mian.

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The thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month is a special day.

In front of the gates of every household, no matter how far away the head of the family is, they all return home at this moment.

When the family brought Zhi'er and exchanged the old talisman with a new peach, Zhi'er started with the paste, with the excitement of welcoming the new year on his face.

There are also diligent people who replaced the old talismans early in the morning, and now they climb up with a ladder to replace a pair of fiery red lanterns in front of their own gates.

Those who have earned money this year will replace it with a pair of exquisite wind lanterns that they bought, and there are auspicious and festive paintings on them, such as magpies climbing branches and grain harvests, painted in gold lacquer.

No money was made.The family also lived smoothly for a year, and they were one year older. They bought red paper by themselves, pasted a pair of red paper lanterns, and hung them under the eaves of the gate. Kua Dang's craftsmanship is exquisite, and he is a good hand in life.

Cheng Yuguan has already handed out all the red envelopes to the guys, and they have completely closed the accounts yesterday, and they will only open the boxes after work starts on the seventh day of the lunar new year.

Early in the morning, Cheng Yuguan and Cheng Lang helped father at the gate.

There are three father and son, just like in Chengjia Village, changing old talismans and hanging lanterns by themselves.

Cheng Liuchuan climbed up the ladder, held up the new peach and asked whether it was crooked, Cheng Lang deliberately left and right, up and down, and only waited for his father to open his eyes, Cheng Lang finally did not dare to be mean, and cooperated honestly.

Cheng Yuguan held the lantern issued by the palace this year, and when the old talisman was replaced by the new peach, Cheng Liuchuan stretched out his hand, Cheng Yuguan presented the lantern and hung it in front of General Cheng's mansion.

The street at the entrance of the General's Mansion is a north-south street, around the Cheng family, naturally there are nobles and officials busy at the entrance.

But most of the servants are busy in front of the door, only General Cheng's mansion, the family is busy by themselves, so the servants prepare the ladder and other tools and wait aside.

After a while, maybe it was the steward of Befu who reported the report, and the heads of the Cheng family came out of the gate. Sure enough, they saw Cheng Liuchuan, the majestic general, commander of the Dragon Guards, hanging up lanterns in person.

"Brother Cheng is really sincere in his service. He even hangs the lantern given by the emperor himself."

This street is close to the root of the imperial city, so the people who live there are all blessed by the emperor, and almost every household has imperial lanterns.

Now that Cheng Liuchuan hangs up personally, it seems that they are dishonest to their superiors.

A maverick is easy to target, even if he has done nothing wrong.Doing more is also wrong.

Cheng Liuchuan faced the yin and yang of the neighbors on the left and right, and hung up the lanterns with a straightforward smile on his face.

"This man eats a lot of meat, so he doesn't feel the smell of meat. My family's mud legs are still smelling of meat. Don't laugh at me, neighbors."

It was as if they had been bathed in the grace for many years, and they no longer found it rare and valuable, but the Cheng family had just come to Beijing, and they were naturally grateful for His Majesty's grace.

Cheng Yuguan's way of speaking is also sometimes learned from Cheng Liuchuan.

Straightforward and straightforward.

Hearing what Cheng Liuchuan said, the neighbors on the left and right seemed to be choking on dry steamed buns, and were speechless for a moment.

Then, Cheng Liuchuan said again.

"In Chengjia Village, there is nothing to do all year round. You can only take your sons and daughters to practice martial arts. Although you seem to be worthless in your eyes, you can finally enjoy the family happiness. No, after entering Beijing, the family relationship is still the same. .”

"It's not like you guys, adults and children are busy in their own way. The children in our family are clingy, that's all they can do. During the big festivals, they don't talk about going to banquets and drinks, but they have to follow my butt to get busy. When I change peaches, they take nails with paste, and when I hang lanterns, they insist on watching. It’s very annoying. My lords, I’m laughing at you.”

In Cheng Liuchuan's words, he looked like he was cheap and obedient.

The capital is prosperous and charming, and each has its own interest. There are many choices and temptations, and it is inevitable that the mind will shift, and even the family relationship will inevitably be weak.

Cheng Liuchuan's words were heartbreaking.

They also only have some time to spend with their children in the morning and evening. On weekdays, they are always busy.

Cheng Liuchuan is like this, and when he reaches middle age, he still has children behind him. This is probably one of the biggest pursuits of a grown man.

The few who came to Cheng's house with strange yin and yang, finally suffocated and went back.As for how to toss the family after returning, they don't know.

Only at this moment, the triumphant laughter at the door of Cheng's house spread for a long time.

After the old talisman was replaced with the new peach, the new embroidered lanterns given by the imperial court were hung up, and the servants also wiped the gate up and down to make it spotless.

After busy work, I had a bowl of [-]-year-old dumplings for lunch, and the Cheng family's New Year's Eve dinner began intensive preparations.

Cheng Yuguan is not proficient in cooking.Except for roasted rabbit.

Mrs. Chang took Cheng Yuguan, made dumplings, prepared meat fillings, and finally looked at the flat dumplings made by Cheng Yuguan, Mrs. Chang waved her hand.

"Go, Lang'er and the others are going to have fun on the street in the afternoon, and you should go with them."

The two sister-in-laws laughed secretly when they heard this.

Mrs. Zhao said, "Let's go play, little girl. This year is the last year to relax. After the new year, I became the fourth prince's concubine. You have to worry about the trivialities of the whole prince's mansion during the New Year. But there is no time to be a girl again." It's time to relax."

Cheng Yuguan's straightforward temper is the easiest way for people to let their guard down.

Because she has already earned what she wants, and she doesn't care if there is more.

With Cheng Yuguan's personality of distinguishing right from wrong, the sister-in-law who has been with him for several months has completely let go of her guard and treats each other sincerely.

What's more, Cheng Yuguan is going to get married next year, so there is no conflict of interest between him and his sister-in-law.

Besides, Cheng Yuguan is the fourth prince and concubine who is certain.

Seeing Cheng Yuguan now, the two sisters-in-law are just like their younger sisters, not like the temptation and reservation they had when they first met.

Mrs. Zhao laughed and teased Cheng Yuguan, and Mrs. Qian followed suit.

"That's right, when I was at home back then, I never imagined that after getting married, it takes a lot of things to support a family. I just married the second child, and I don't have to deal with people like my sister-in-law. Little sister, you are a royal family." No.1 of the concubine, in the future, you will worry about some things. Now, you can enjoy the last leisure years to the fullest."

When the two sister-in-laws talked, Chang only listened with a smile, and did not speak admonishing them.

For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, even if they are wrong, she won't mind.

Because, it's Chinese New Year.

In this way, Cheng Yuguan was "driven" out of the mansion.

"Miss, shall we go find the third young master?"

Cheng Yuguan shook his head.

"Third brother is a nostalgic. At the moment, the clansmen in Beijing have brought their family members by their side. At this time, third brother will only go to Wang Qin and the others. If I go, they will only be embarrassed. If they don't go, they won't go."

Hearing this, Liu Yun wanted to say something, but he only sighed when he opened his mouth.

Time has passed, Liu Yun, who was gasping for breath at that time, thinks about it now, he only sighs to Wang and Cao, but he has no anger.

"Young Master Wang and Young Master Cao..."

Liu Yun didn't know what to say.

Right now, the two of them are in the capital, unaccompanied and alone, in Liu Yun's mind, they are already pitiful.

"They've done it to themselves. Otherwise, where the third son sneaks around, they can pass through the house and have a lively New Year."

Hearing what Liuyun said, Cheng Yuguan smiled.

No matter how angry you were at the time, in retrospect, you don't remember the bad, only the good.

Liu Yun's big temper is similar to his own.

However, Cheng Yuguan is a little different, she will not soften her heart just because she sees others being pitiful.

Every drink and peck is all caused by oneself.

Say "serve it right", no one is wronged.

Afterwards, the master and the servant stopped talking about Wang Cao and where Cheng Lang was now, and just wandered casually in the rarely deserted streets of the capital.

The joy of New Year's Eve makes people feel lazy.

Cheng Yuguan was told by his mother to obediently wear a thick cloak inlaid with white fur and a colorful embroidered lion mink cap with a fat ring of white fur on his head. In the cotton roller sleeve, I am in every possible way leisurely, walking leisurely on the spacious streets of the capital.

On weekdays, these roads look very narrow, but now they are wide and wide, and they look neat and dignified.

"Sure enough, there are fewer people, and even the street has become wider."

Cheng Yuguan sighed lazily.

Just walking casually and aimlessly, Cheng Yuguan liked this feeling very much.

"Miss, don't you want to take a look at the Fourth Prince's Mansion?"

Liuyun's sudden suggestion broke Cheng Yuguan's leisurely gait.

When Cheng Yuguan heard this, he stopped and turned to look at Liuyun.

At this time, Liu Yun was wearing a pink cotton pleated skirt, also trimmed with white fur trim, which looked round and cute.

At this time, her eyes were shining brightly, and she looked at Cheng Yuguan smugly.

"These days, the fourth prince is busy. Miss and the fourth prince haven't seen each other for a month, don't you want to?"

Seeing her like this, Cheng Yuguan couldn't help sighing.

"Isn't your lady busy? There's no time to think about it."

With that said, Cheng Yuguan sighed again.

"My good interest was disturbed by you."

Speaking of the fourth prince from Liuyun, Cheng Yuguan's leisurely mood disappeared instantly.She began to struggle.

Go ahead and appear immodest.

Don't go, it seems that you are too cold.

In the end, Liu Yun's words made Cheng Yuguan make up his mind.

"In the past, the fourth prince came to look for the young lady, but the young lady has not taken the initiative to look for the fourth prince!"

Cheng Yuguan is a very fair person, if you come and go, just like Liuyun's words, Cheng Yuguan decided to go today.

Moreover, the last time I said that the government took the painting, but due to some accidents, the trip never took place.

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes, Cheng Yuguan decided to go now!

The prince's mansion is not far away, just at the root of the imperial city.

Cheng Yuguan and Liuyun didn't ride horses or sedan chairs, they just walked slowly, feeling the rare cleanliness and joy in the capital, while heading to the west city.

Walking to the gate of the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Cheng Yuguan took Liu Yun and watched from a distance.

At this moment, it was very lively in front of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

A familiar female envoy was instructing the people below to hang lanterns.

"Yes, tighten it! The door of our fourth prince's mansion is high, and a gust of wind will blow the lanterns. Fixing it like this is not only beautiful, but also for the sake of safety."

The woman's voice was gentle, and the servants smiled and flattered them while they were busy.

"Aunt Mei Qing is thoughtful and careful. After all, she was sent by the empress. The fourth prince doesn't care about the mansion. Inside and out, it's because aunt is the master, so our mansion looks like it."

Hearing the flattery from the people below, Mei Qing lowered her head and smiled, and did not explain, but acquiesced to her own value.

Seeing this, Liu Yun looked at Cheng Yuguan.

"Miss, there seems to be something wrong with the rules of the Fourth Prince's Mansion."

After thinking about it, Liu Yun hurriedly explained.

"The fourth prince is busy with official duties. Even if he opened the mansion, he just went back to rest and make a place to stay. The people below are like this. Whoever is in charge will flatter them."

Liu Yun was afraid that Miss would be angry, but Cheng Yuguan just shook his head.

"What's going on here has nothing to do with me for the time being. You don't need to explain, I understand everything."

That being said, Li'er is also the same, but Cheng Yu cares about Li, how can there be no disturbances.

Subconsciously, Cheng Yuguan took a step back, then made up his mind and took a step forward.

She habitually urged herself that when something happened, she should solve it face to face, otherwise she would be left with too much consumption.

Seeing that the young lady took a step forward, Liu Yun also became more confident.

The two master and servant, just so lonely, big lala, stepped forward boldly, and set foot on the high platform of the prince's mansion.

"Stop!"

As soon as Cheng Yuguan approached the Fourth Prince's Mansion, he was stopped by the guards standing there.

At the same time, the movement here caused the servants who were busy at the door and the aunt who was directing in front of the door to turn their heads.

Unlike the servants who were confused, Mei Qing recognized Cheng Yuguan immediately.

For some unknown reason, Mei Qing paused for a moment before stepping forward to rescue Cheng Yuguan.

"Okay, this is Miss Cheng Yuguan, His Highness's fiancée!"

After Mei Qing finished speaking, all the busy servants stopped and looked at Cheng Yuguan.

The future hostess came suddenly, and everyone couldn't react in time.Afterwards, someone took the initiative to invite Ying and ran into the mansion to inform the fourth prince.

Another servant moved away the ladder and other sundries at the door to make way for Cheng Yuguan.

Cheng Yuguan nodded for this kind of silent hospitality, but Mei Qing's eyes darkened for a moment.

"Sister Mei Qing."

Cheng Yuguan called out.

A smile appeared on Mei Qing's face, "After three years of separation, Miss was still young, but she still remembered me."

At this time, Cheng Yuguan was on the high steps of the Prince's Mansion, and Mei Qing was standing on the high platform.

For a moment, the two stood up and down, facing each other.

Mei Qing didn't know why she didn't react, so she just stood on the high platform to greet her.

Cheng Yuguan stopped on the steps and stopped moving forward, just looking at the gate of the Prince's Mansion.

Mei Qing had a stiff smile on her face.

After a moment of stalemate, Mei Qing heard hurried footsteps coming from the mansion, and then took two steps, stepped down from the high platform and stood beside Cheng Yuguan.

"Miss Cheng, please come in. Your Highness is busy with palace affairs, so you can rest for a while today. Knowing that Miss Cheng is visiting, Your Highness will be happy to welcome you."

After Mei Qing finished speaking, Li Mian's figure appeared at the gate of the Prince's Mansion. Seeing Cheng Yuguan's figure appearing at the gate, Li Mian's face showed surprise.

(End of this chapter)