The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 187
It was hot in June, and after half a month of drought, it finally rained.

It was raining heavily outside, and Ah Ju in the room looked at the three children lying side by side sleeping soundly, and his heart was peaceful.

Cancan wore the water-green pajamas her grandmother made for her, with two little ducks embroidered on it.Because her grandmother told her mother that she let the ducks go when she was a child, Cancan especially liked this one, and she got tired of the other clothes after a few days, but she always wore this one.

Brother Ping and Brother An were only wearing bellybands, and Ah Ju was afraid that they would get cold, so he covered them with a thin quilt.

Looking at the three children, Ah Ju looked down at her stomach again.

I don't know if the baby will be a boy or a girl, or mother-in-law...

Ah Ju shook her head and laughed, remembering her father-in-law's ecstatic look.

Regarding where the Ning family raised the baby, Zhao Chen insisted on keeping his mother at his home, and moved there after giving birth and confinement.Of course, Zhao Yunting hoped that his wife would be by his side, but thinking that his wife was not too young, living with her son and seeing her grandchildren every day should be more suitable for her to raise a baby, so she didn't insist.

If people don't move away, the relationship must be settled early.

Not long after Ning's diagnosis was born, in order to deceive others, Zhao Yunting went out of the house on purpose. By chance, he fell in love with an ugly and kind-hearted mountain girl, and even married her into the house in just three days.On the wedding day, Zhao Yunting only invited his own relatives to have fun, and Ah Ju and Zhao Chen also took their children there, but only their family knew that the mother-in-law was still enjoying leisure in their own residence.Because of her ugliness, Mrs. Hou never showed it to others, nor did she enter the palace to meet the emperor after her wedding.Emperor Wen of the Tang Dynasty lamented that the senior officials had met a good match when they were old, so he spared Mrs. Xinhou's congratulations.

As for his own family, Zhao Chen's plan is to wait for Ning's confinement and let his "adopted mother" return to his hometown for the elderly. Ning will find an excuse to move back after Ning's return to Yanping Hou Mansion for half a year. Zhao Yunting will continue to run on both sides. .Zhao Chen has already thought of an excuse, and the stepmother and Mrs. Tai are at odds...

Thinking of Zhao Chen's sneer when he said this, Ah Ju felt that her husband was very stingy, if anyone offended him, he would remember it forever.

Nanny Jiang walked in lightly, looked at the three children, and said with a smile, "Chen Shou is back."

Ah Ju nodded.

It was still sunny when Zhao Chen entered the palace in the morning, and it suddenly started raining when he was eating at noon. Seeing that the rain was getting bigger and bigger, Ah Ju sent Chen Shou to the palace to deliver coir raincoats to Zhao Chen, so as not to come back and get wet in the rain , and also sent a copy to Zhao Yunting and Lin Xian, just in case.

At the same time, in the county prince's mansion, a boy in black was replying: "Master, everything has been arranged over there, and now the two of them are almost arriving at Marquis Wuying's mansion."

Prince Qing leaned on the couch, closed his eyes and said lazily, "Where's the child?"

"I asked people to lock the children in the courtyard where they were detained, and they would go back to find the children after finishing their work. By then, all of us would have disappeared without a trace. No matter how powerful the Zhao family was, they would not be able to find us. superior."

Prince Qing nodded: "Good job, let us all come back, don't need to stare at any of them, any news over there will come out soon."

"Yes!" The boy immediately went out to spread the word.

King Qing opened his eyes, slowly shaking his fan in his hand.

At first he sent someone to investigate Zhao Chen's affairs in Dengzhou, but he didn't hold much hope. He learned that Lin had a childhood sweetheart fiancé before, and then the fiancé was snatched away by a girl who appeared out of nowhere. Then Zhao Chen came to the door to propose marriage, and he guessed that there must be something strange in it.Catch the woman and threaten her with the child, and the other party will do anything.

It turned out that Lin had a soft spot for his fiancé and didn't like Zhao Chen at all, so Zhao Chen came up with this way to break up the mandarin ducks.

If Mrs. Lin was greedy for the rich and powerful, it would be meaningless to find out about it, but Mrs. Lin is obviously a simple village girl. Today she learned that her husband beside her is actually a pious wolf. The fiance she loves deeply is because of Zhao Chen. She married someone else because she was framed, can she not be sad and not hate Zhao Chen?

Hate it, hate it so much that you are so angry, if Lin's brain is exhausted and he kills two people, he will be happier.

Outside the gate of Marquis Wuying's mansion.

It was raining heavily, and a couple staggered over with their umbrellas in their hands. When they were about to reach the door, their steps slowed down a bit, but after a little hesitation, they walked over.

Hearing the knock on the door, the concierge opened the door with an umbrella, and saw two soaked guys standing outside, dressed as if they were from the country, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?"

Ru Niang couldn't cry, Meng Zhongjing supported his wife steadily, and explained nervously: "The steward, we, we are from Dengzhou, and we are Mrs. Zhao's fellow villager. We have something urgent to see my wife today, so please let the steward pass it on. "

The concierge looked at the weeping woman leaning on the man's arms, and asked him with a frown: "Do you have evidence to prove that you know our wife?" Go in and communicate.

Meng Zhongjing pursed his lips, looked into the doorman's eyes and said, "Mrs. Zhao's house is the second from the left on the last street in the northwest corner of the village. There is a persimmon tree planted in the yard... We are really from the same village. My surname is Meng and my name is Zhongjing. Tell me your name, Mrs. Zhao will definitely meet us."

His eyes were frank and firm, and the concierge hesitated for a moment, telling them to wait, and he asked people to report back.

The word first reached Luyun, who came from Dengzhou with Aju, of course he knew about Meng Zhongjing.She didn't dare to make up her own mind, and instinctively felt that Madam might offend Lord Hou when she saw Meng Zhongjing, so she planned to tell Mother Jiang first, who happened to be talking with Madam in the inner room.Luyun quietly opened the corner of the curtain, trying to secretly call Mammy Jiang out, but Ah Ju saw her first.

"Is there something wrong?" Ah Ju asked suspiciously.

Lu Yun forced herself to calm down, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just made a pair of shoes for Mammy, and I want to ask Mammy to try them on. Since Mammy is talking with Madam, I'll try them on when Mammy comes out later." Smiling at Mother Jiang, she turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait, tell me what the hell is going on." Ah Ju glanced at Mother Jiang and stopped him.

If it was really a shoe test, Luyun would not have come here even knowing that Mammy Jiang was with her.

Lu Yun couldn't help looking at Mother Jiang.

Ah Ju frowned.

Mother Jiang reprimanded in a low voice: "What's the matter?"

Madam asked Luyun to look at her first, could it be that she would stop talking about Luyun if she didn't let him?Today's madam is no longer the little girl who just married to the Zhao family and even needed her to discipline the maids. Madam respects her and still regards her as an elder, but she is just a nanny in the end, there is no reason to be more dignified than madam.

Lu Yun knew something was wrong, bit her lips, and lowered her eyes: "Madam, the concierge said that Meng Zhongjing and his wife want to see you outside."

Ah Ju's heart skipped a beat.

She doubted her ears a little.

She thought she would never hear that name again in her life.

After a long time, she found her voice: "What are they here for?"

Lu Yun still lowered her head: "It seems that there is something urgent, saying that the clothes of the two of them are almost soaked, and Mrs. Meng has been crying."

Ah Ju looked at the three children, and calmly ordered: "Invite them to the side hall first, and I will go there right away."

"Ma'am..." Mother Jiang reminded her worriedly, "Where is Lord Hou?"

Aju shook her head, put on her shoes and went to the ground, and told Mother Jiang to stay here and take care of the child, and she led Jinshu Jinmo to the side hall together.

When the wind blew and the rain slanted, Jin Mo held an umbrella for her, and Jin Shu supported her steadily.

The three entered the corridor without taking a few steps.

The Tang clogs stepped on the ground, making a soft clacking sound.

Amidst the sound of rain and clogs, Ah Ju looked at the heavy rain, and those memories in Dengzhou flashed in her mind. The distant ones were her childhood, and the recent ones were Meng Zhongjing saying behind the door that she would marry her soon , it was he who stood in the rain and said that he would protect her, and it was he who begged Ru Niang to marry him on the edge of Bangzi...

At that time, it hurt so much that she hid in the bed and cried secretly in the middle of the night. Now that she thinks about it, those days seem to be a dream, and she has no other emotions except a faint sense of sadness in her heart.

It's just that we got to know each other once. Since Meng Zhongjing came to ask for help, there must be something urgent, so she will help if she can.

In the side hall, Meng Zhongjing was comforting his crying wife, when he heard footsteps, he looked sideways.

He saw a young woman in light blue make-up gown turned around, he saw her look up, her eyes met, the rain outside seemed to have stopped, there was no sound, it seemed as if she had returned to the past all of a sudden.

She stood pretty on the ground and came to call them home for dinner.

She fled to the kitchen in a panic without showing him...

Too many memories were suddenly interrupted when she got closer and closer, Meng Zhongjing took one last look at the girl who was soft and beautiful than before, lowered his head, and whispered to his wife: "Ah... Mrs. Zhao is here, don't cry. "She is Mrs. Hou in the capital, and he can no longer call her by her nickname.

With red eyes, Ru Niang wanted to pounce on Ah Ju, but Jin Mo pushed her away, and she wanted to get closer, but was grabbed by Meng Zhongjing.

Ah Ju ignored Ru Niang, and asked Meng Zhongjing directly after sitting down, "Why did you come to the capital?"

The man's face didn't change much from his memory, but he seemed to be thinner, and his eyes were full of exhaustion.

Meng Zhongjing looked at her, and suddenly knelt down: "Ah Ju, I have always owed you an apology. I know you may not care about it, but I still want to tell you. This time we came here because we were forced to do so. I... ..."

"Big girl, please save me, please!"

Ru Niang cried and interrupted her husband, and kowtowed three times to Ah Ju in a row: "Miss, I really don't want to come, I want to bring those things into the coffin, but someone put my two-year-old son They took me away, and they used the life of the child to force me to say... Big girl, I am sorry for you. Back then, Mr. Zhao failed to ask for a marriage, so he ordered me to pretend to be an orphan to seduce Zhongjing. Zhongjing has always had you in his heart, but Mr. Zhao Repeatedly provoking him face to face, he was ashamed of himself, and he was drunk that night... Miss, what I said is true, I am a skinny horse that was sold to Dengzhou, and I haven't received the guest yet, Mr. Zhao redeemed me for me, promised As long as I can make Zhong Jing regret the marriage, I will give me the deed of sale. After you left, I thought I could live my life in peace, but those people forced me to tell the truth... Big girl, Zhong Jing and I Jing Chengqin only had a son in six years, I really can't see him die, please intercede with Young Master Zhao for me, he will kill me if he knows I come..."

After the woman finished speaking, she fell on the ground and kept crying.

Jin Shujinmo looked at his wife worriedly.

Ah Ju stared blankly at Ru Niang.

At first she didn't really believe it, but after hearing Ru Niang say that she was that kind of person in front of Meng Zhongjing, she couldn't help but believe it, and then the scenes of Zhao Chen provoking Meng Zhongjing or ordering Ru Niang to do things appeared in her mind.She has been husband and wife with Zhao Chen for so many years, she is familiar with all his joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys, and has seen his various faces, honest man, sinister villain... she is so familiar that she can completely imagine Zhao Chen's expression when he does these things.

She thought she would be angry, but in fact she had a hard time not to laugh.

What did that guy do to marry her?
If even Ru Niang was arranged by him, then the robbers who appeared in the village for the first time were also arranged by him?

But these are all matters between her and Zhao Chen.

"Who forced you to say these things?" Ah Ju asked the calmer Meng Zhongjing.

Meng Zhongjing stared at her incredulously: "Aju, aren't you angry?"

Ah Ju smiled, looked at Ru Niang, and asked him back: "Will you divorce her because of this?"

Ru Niang trembled and looked up at her husband. Although he promised not to blame her after the incident, she was afraid when she saw the eldest daughter of the Lin family.She already had traces of a village woman on her body, and the eldest girl of the Lin family was even more beautiful than before, so beautiful that she lost her mind when she saw it. She was afraid that Meng Zhongjing would sever ties with her in order to prove his innocence.

Meng Zhongjing didn't stay silent for too long, he wiped his tears for Ru Niang, and said in a low voice: "No." son.

Ru Niang burst into tears.

Ah Ju's mood was a bit complicated. Seeing her former fiancé deeply in love with the woman next to her, she was really uncomfortable, but she soon felt relieved.Meng Zhongjing hadn't changed at all, he was still that out-and-out farmer with the temperament she used to like, and he was responsible, at least it showed that she didn't like the wrong person back then.

"Who forced you, and where is your child?" Instead of seeing their deep love as husband and wife, Ah Ju wanted to know who Zhao Chen provoked.

Meng Zhongjing completely calmed down, bowed his head and said, "I don't know, we don't know anything. We have been locked in a courtyard since we entered Beijing. They said that after we go back, we will be able to see the child."

Hearing this, Ah Ju immediately looked at Chen Shou who had been standing silently by the side: "Send them back, bring a few more people, and find a way to find out the origin of each other. By the way, by the way, go to the accountant to pay 100 taels of silver, and arrange for their family of three Go back to Dengzhou."

Chen Shougong said yes.

Ru Niang asked Ah Ju in disbelief: "Miss, don't you blame me?"

Ah Ju shook her head: "This matter has nothing to do with you, you can go home with peace of mind, and I will intercede for you with Lord Hou." In fact, it was she and Zhao Chen who disturbed the peaceful life of Meng Zhongjing and his wife.

Ru Niang broke down in tears and kowtowed again to thank her.

Ah Ju walked out on her own, ignoring the bewildered gaze that fell on her.

Back in the backyard, Cancan and the twins just woke up, and they were looking for her with Mammy Jiang. When they saw her come in, they called mother in unison.

The shadows of Zhao Chen were all in the three children, Aju hugged each of them, and when she hugged Brother Ping, she kissed his son's eyes, and couldn't help but began to think about how Zhao Chen would interrogate him when he came back.

She has always known that he is bad, but he has done more bad things than she knows.

(End of this chapter)