Splendid Abandoned Wife

Chapter 192

Zhiruo was curious. Rudong was simple-minded, but he was not a simple-minded, chattering person. To make Rudong so surprised and lose his temper, we could only say that the person appeared on this street, or in the Xiangfang Square. The front of the store is really weird.

Ruchun obviously thought so too, and subconsciously leaned against the window to look outside. The next second, she softly exhaled: "Yin Zhiqing? Why is she here?"

Yin Zhiqing?Zhiruo narrowed his eyes. No wonder the two maids were surprised, and she was also surprised. If in the previous life, or before the bandit robbery, it would not be strange for Zhiqing to appear in Luo City. At that time, the Ye family was not divorced, and Ye The Ji family and the Ji family are also close cousins.

Before he could figure it out, Ruchun whispered again: "Ye...Ye Fang'er???"

Zhiruo couldn't help it anymore and stretched out his head. Ruchun and the two quickly stepped aside, allowing Zhiruo to move to the window.

Maybe it was because there were so many people on the street outside, or maybe Axiang also noticed something. The carriage was driving very slowly. When Zhiruo looked out, the carriage happened to pass by the entrance of "Xiangxiangfang", and she caught a glimpse of Yin Zhiqing, who was dressed in pink. There was also Ms. Ye standing behind her dressed as a mother-in-law with a terrifying scar on her face.It is also known that the three masters and servants are too familiar with Ye, otherwise they would not be able to recognize her.Zhiruo frowned: Where did this song come from?
Yin Zhiqing, who was standing on the roadside waiting for her carriage, said impatiently: "Why is it so slow? I'm almost starving to death."

"Come, come, isn't it over there?" Ye pointed to a carriage at the corner, "This road is too crowded, but it is still much better than Fugui Street in our capital. If it is Fugui Street, like the front Such a large carriage would not dare to enter at all, and would rather take a detour or get down and walk."

Zhiqing glanced at the carriage that her mother pointed at that was slowly passing by, and snorted arrogantly: "It's not much bigger than ours, and it's even uglier." It was gray in color and had no carvings or decorations at all.

Mr. Ye shook his head: "Don't look down on that carriage. Most people can't afford it. If I'm not mistaken, they use fine hard wood and are coated with a special layer of paint. It's said to be fire-resistant." It's difficult to light, and arrows can't go through. By the way, look at the curtains. You can't even see a person inside, right? But you can see everything from inside. The old lady in Wu Ge's hometown used such a carriage. ." She used to have a good relationship with the third lady from Wu Ge's hometown. She heard from the third lady that the carriage was spacious and comfortable and had beds, which was particularly suitable for long distance travel.

Mentioning that it was suitable for long-distance travel, Mrs. Ye suddenly thought, "By the way, when Yin Zhiruo got married and left the capital, Princess Qianxin also ordered such a large carriage." However, Princess Qianxin doted on Yin Zhiruo too much, and she added She made more requests, and it wasn't until the night before Yin Zhiruo left Beijing that the carriage arrived. It was wrapped in bright red brocade and wrapped with big red flowers. She had never seen the original appearance of the carriage.

Huh, Mrs. Ye glanced at her lips. Why are there so many requirements and complicated processes? It's not because Princess Qianxin, that bitch, is too careful, for fear that someone in the house can't help but climb onto the carriage secretly to have a look (there was someone in Da Ying Dynasty). According to custom, no one else, especially other women, can sit on the carriage or sedan chair first)?As a result, no one had boarded Yin Zhiruo's carriage and wedding sedan first. Wasn't it true that her marriage was not going well and she was divorced?

Ye's mind was agitated, and she quickly stretched out her head to take a closer look. Unfortunately, the carriage had already sped up, and there were no signs on the carriage. The driver was wearing a bamboo hat, with the brim of his hat and a cloth bag hanging down to protect him from the sun. , she couldn't see the appearance at all, she couldn't run to the front to see, right?

Zhiqing looked at her mother's expression and movements and thought of something. Her eyes flashed with a fierceness that was very inappropriate for her age, and she raised her eyebrows: "How can it be such a coincidence? Even if the carriage is as good as what mother said, the one from Luozhou There are many wealthy families, and she is not the only one who lives in a poor family and can use a carriage like that."

Yin Zhiqing hates Yin Zhiruo very much. He is obviously a stupid and naive person, but he has a powerful father who can fight and a noble mother who can collect money. She has been held in the palm of her hand since she was a child, and her food and clothing expenses are almost as high as those of a royal princess. .After the big house finally fell, she thought that from now on Yin Zhiruo would be stepped into the mud, and the Yaxiu Pavilion and Biquanzhuang that she coveted would belong to their second house, and she could finally be proud of being her eldest daughter of the Yin family.Unexpectedly, Yin Zhiruo suddenly changed her temper, ruined all the plans of her mother and the Qiu family, and caught them off guard. Later, her mother and the Qiu family's cousin lost their reputations, and her mother was even divorced. .

With a "crack" sound, one of Yin Zhiqing's carefully manicured and cared for nails broke in her palm. God is so unfair. It is clear that Yin Zhiruo is just the daughter of a rebellious minister and an abandoned wife, but she can live a leisurely life with a generous dowry. , and the life of her, the official daughter-in-law, is getting worse day by day, and now she has to travel thousands of miles to please a cripple who was born a concubine...

Ye sighed secretly, and took Zhiqing's hand distressedly to check: "It will be fine. You will definitely live a better life than that little bitch in the future."

Angrily, Zhiqing threw away Ye's hand. Wasn't her current life mostly caused by the stupidity and bad luck of worshiping this mother?Grandma and father were right. There must be a reason why my mother has not been favored by my grandfather's family since she was born. If they had known that my mother was a woman that even my biological mother, father and brother despised, they would never have married her.At this time, Zhiqing didn't even think about it. If Mrs. Ye had not married into the Yin family, she, Yin Zhiqing, would no longer exist.

Ye's eyes darkened, her husband abandoned her, her two sons disowned her, her family expelled her from the clan, and now even the daughter she held in her hand no longer wanted to see her.Although her daughter had a hard time because she was her mother, wasn't everything she did just for the three siblings?Even now, she is still thinking of ways to remedy the situation. She is fighting for her daughter, isn't she?

Now if Zhiqing wants to marry into an official family, she will either be a stepmother with a family full of children or a concubine. She might as well marry a rich businessman and become the first wife.Although the eldest young master of the Hong family is a concubine and has some disadvantages, he is the only son of the Hong family after all. Now he is also recorded as the legitimate son in the name of the deceased wife of the Hong family. In the future, only he can inherit the Hong family business, right? ?
The Hong family in Chuanzhou started their business by making pickles and sauces, and now their business is spread all over Daying. Although it cannot be compared with the wealthy imperial merchant family like Luo Dayou, it can still be regarded as a wealthy businessman. The prospective in-laws of the Qingyuan Hou Mansion, the Xu family, were on par, otherwise Yin Hui would not have approved, allowing her to disguise herself and secretly take Zhi Qing south to Sichuan Province to pay her birthday to the Hong family's concubine, Cheng.When Mrs. Cheng was a girl, she had a good relationship with Mr. Ye, and Ms. Ye once did a big favor to Mr. Cheng.Later, the Cheng family fell into decline, and Cheng married Hong Wei, a businessman who fell in love with her at first sight and was astonished by heaven. She became her concubine and went to Chuanzhou.Although Mrs. Ye, as an official's wife, looked down upon Mrs. Cheng who was a concubine, the annual gifts Cheng sent her every year were generous, and she was far away in Sichuan, so she had always maintained contact with Mrs. Cheng. Anyway, Beijing No one in the circle of noble ladies she interacted with knew about this, so it would not affect her reputation.

Now, she was extremely glad that she had not cut off contact with Cheng, leaving a way out for her and Zhiqing.

Although Hong Wei's wife did not know what the reason was, she forced Hong Wei to swear before her death that she would never correct the Cheng family and that the Cheng family would not interfere with the marriage of her legitimate daughter. However, the Cheng family had a better move and Hong Wei could not He was willing to remarry, and within ten days of his wife's death, he recorded his son Hong Tu in her name and became his legitimate son.Then, Mrs. Cheng still held the power of being the mistress of the house in the name of a noble concubine. From then on, the Hong family belonged to Mrs. Cheng and her two children. Haha, in the future, it would also belong to Zhiqing and her children.What does it matter if she is a business woman temporarily?The most important thing is to live a prosperous life. In the future, if one or two promising sons are raised to become officials, won't Mrs. Gaoming do the same thing?

Mrs. Cheng intends to form this marriage. Firstly, she is grateful for her "never leaving" for more than ten years. Secondly, she also likes that Zhiqing is still an official daughter. Zhiqing's father Yin Hui is still a capital official. Now Yin Are you still close to the prince?
As long as a girl comes from an official family, she will never forget her official status, and the same is true for the Cheng family.If Hong Tu had not accidentally broken his leg when he was five or six years old and had sequelae, Cheng and Hong Wei would have trained him to take the scientific examination and become an official (the imperial court did not accept people with disabilities to become officials at all).Hong Tu can't do it, but Hong Tu's son can. If there is another grandfather who is an official in the court, the hope will be greater, right?

Therefore, the two families hit it off immediately, and Yin Hui, who was short of money and worried that his daughter would not be able to marry, thought about it for a night, and had Zhiqing quietly sent out of the city to meet the Ye family with only one personal maid, and even gave Zhiqing 300 taels of silver notes. As the cost of the mother and daughter's trip south.

Ye was feeling sad when their carriage came over. Zhiqing's maid Shuxiang got down from the carriage and helped Zhiqing get into the carriage. She said to Ye: "Qingyuan Hou Mansion did take my cousin's wife back to the house, but it is said that she is under grounding." , the servant said that our girl will visit tomorrow, but they still went to report it, and my cousin’s wife also accepted the message. "

Ye nodded, she knew that Ji would be willing to see Zhiqing, not because of their old friendship, but because the Yin Hui brothers "returned" to the Yin family in Ningzhou, and the Yin family in Ningzhou had a close relationship with the prince. , and a girl is about to enter the palace.Secondly, Zhiqing is a junior and innocent. If Ji takes her anger out on Zhiqing, her own reputation will be damaged even more if word spreads about it.

Zhiqing got on the carriage and frowned: "I know she won't treat us well if we go, why bother to come and humiliate ourselves?" Let's not talk about how much cousin Ji Shi hates her mother, let's talk about Ji Shi's current situation If you can't protect yourself, what can you do to help them?The Qingyuan Hou Mansion is also empty, otherwise the Hou Ye's cousin wouldn't marry a merchant girl as Mrs. Hou, right?
Mrs. Ye shook her head: "A starved camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad the Hou Mansion is, there are still many conveniences. Besides, your cousin is indeed somewhat capable, much better than the old Hou. Your cousin is The Marquis' biological mother, no matter what, the Marquis must respect her and give her face. Therefore, whether it is the Hong family's business or your son's scientific examination in the future, it is always beneficial to have relatives from the Hou family. Qing'er , if I hadn’t been careful and cut off our relationship with Cheng over the past ten years or so, now... we would have... lost this path."

Zhiqing curled her lips and said nothing more.

"Qing'er," Ye continued, "you have to believe in mother. Although what mother did before had a very bad impact on you, the path mother chose for you this time will not be wrong. Although Hong Tu has a little foot The lameness is not serious and does not affect walking. Moreover, he is really good looking. It is said that he is also good in talent and learning. Now he is managing business with his father, Mr. Hong." Over the years, Mr. Cheng always wrote in his letters She was praising her son for his good looks, but he also had a photographic memory and an abacus faster than the old accountant...

Since she hasn't met the real person yet, Ji is not sure whether Hong Tu is really that smart, but from the looks of Hong Wei and Cheng, it can be inferred that Hong Tu's appearance is definitely not bad.

Zhiqing has always attached great importance to appearance. When she was very young, she said that the husband-in-law she would marry in the future must be both talented and beautiful, and must not be ugly.Hearing Mrs. Ye's emphasis on Hong Tu's appearance, as she was still a little girl who had not even had haircuts after all, her face turned red.To be honest, although she was troubled by Hong Tu's commoner background and lameness, Zhiqing still chose to marry into the Hong family and enjoy the blessings of being the mistress of the family. Otherwise, she would not agree to go to Chuanzhou with her mother to celebrate her birthday.

Comparisons with Yin Zhiruo since she was a child, as well as the changes in the Yin family over the past year, have made her deeply aware of the power of money. Her mother is right, poor couples are miserable. Even if the Qiu family has the title of marquis, everything will not go smoothly if they lack money. , Aren’t you going to marry a businesswoman in the end?Furthermore, the Yin family is still an official family. Even if Yin Zhiqing marries a businessman, she will still be an aunt of an official family. She will still have status and will be looked down upon in her husband's family in the future.

Seeing Zhiqing's face full of shame, Ye knew that she had completely figured it out, and felt relieved. She had no hope in this life, and she couldn't expect that her two sons would still serve her in the future. There was still a chance that her only daughter would let her Provide adequate food and clothing for the elderly.Therefore, only when Zhiqing gets better can she get better. All she can do now is try her best to plan for Zhiqing.

I don’t know why. After being silent for a long time, Zhiqing was almost arriving at the Qingyuan Hou Mansion. Zhiqing suddenly said: "Mom, since we have arrived in Luocheng, why don’t we go to Meizhuang to have a look?" Her mother was not worried about the big car. Before the carriage mentioned Yin Zhiruo, she really had no such thoughts at all.

Mrs. Ye immediately shook her head: "We came out quietly this time, don't cause any trouble! Mom knows you are angry, and I hate that little bitch even more, but it's really not appropriate to cause trouble now. Qing'er, Mom is You have ended up where you are today because you couldn't calm down your anger. You must remember that you can't be impulsive in anything. It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge." She was really scared. That Yin Zhiruo was too... beyond her expectation, or in other words, too much. It’s evil!
In the end, the mother and daughter of the Ye family avoided Yin Zhiruo, and after quietly visiting the Ji family, they left Luo City early the next morning.However, what they didn't know was that before their carriage even left the city, what they had said and done at the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion had already been laid out on Zhiruo's desk.

　Stick it on first and catch the bugs tomorrow morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)