Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 36 Yao Zhen
It is not a matter of a day or two for the eldest aunt to move the property of the Hou's mansion. As long as it is not out of line, Zheng Jingyan doesn't care, but this time it is too much. The wild ginseng is not a vulgar thing, and he even made up his mind not to send it to the old grandmother and mother. How can I let the eldest aunt take it away?Taking advantage of the anger stirred up by the marriage, Zheng Jingyan shaved off a few of the old lady's housekeepers and maids. This move was intended to let the eldest aunt herself know how to deal with it!

In the evening, Zheng Jingyan went to greet his mother, and then supported his mother. The mother and son went to the Anhe Hall to accompany the grandmother for dinner. He saw the long wooden box on the table next to the old lady sitting by the couch, and the old lady smiled. He beckoned his grandson over, opened the wooden box, pointed at the ginseng and said, "Your aunt told me that this is your filial piety to me? I think this one is not the same as the one you usually bring back. Is it more precious? If it's the same as before, grandma has quite a few here, why don't you take it and visit Pang's mansion another day to make a gift!"

No one mentioned why this wild ginseng was not presented by Zheng Jingyan himself, nor was it delivered by Mrs. Zheng, but by Mrs. Fang Zheng. Zheng Jingyan approached the old lady and sat down, smiling and teaching her to recognize ginseng:

"Grandmother, look, this is an old ginseng that has been used for more than 300 years. It has extraordinary medicinal and tonic effects! But we don't need it for the time being. Everyone in our house is in good health. Grandma, mother, and aunts eat it every day. The pills you made will do. Keep this rare thing for emergency use, and its aura can also suppress evil spirits... As for the gift for visiting Pang’s mansion, grandson should prepare it separately!”

Mrs. Zheng was overjoyed and said: "Good! Good! I already have a 300-year-old ginseng, and now I have a [-]-year-old ginseng. If I can get another [-]-year-old ginseng tomorrow, it will be a great blessing! My filial piety Good grandson... No matter how many grandchildren the old woman has, she is not as good as me!"

Seeing his grandmother so happy, Zheng Jingyan felt ashamed in his heart, and almost gave this ginseng to Wang Yaozhen.

He raised his eyes to look at his eldest aunt. Fang Zheng saw that his nephew was smiling leisurely and calmly, not as cold as in the past when he was unhappy. Everyone drove out, but he still saved some face for his aunt, and didn't blame her face to face for taking the things in his room on her own initiative.

When Zheng Jingyan went to Wang's house to visit sister Yaozhen again, he was holding a bundle in his hand. It was two pieces of precious purple fox fur that he had asked for from the fourth prince temporarily. His concubines and concubines, Zheng Jingyan had wild ginseng at that time, and they dismissed it. Unexpectedly, the wild ginseng was passed into the hands of the old lady, and he was too embarrassed to take it back, so he had to hit the fourth prince's idea, because the fourth prince said He gave him two too much, but he didn't take it, thinking that it was too late to regret it now, and the purple fox fur might not be able to be made into clothes immediately.

It's not that there are other good things in the warehouse of the Hou Mansion, but if he didn't bring them back from the place he went this time, he wouldn't show sincerity.

Wang Yaozhen was so happy to see Zheng Jingyan that she burst into tears, and she was even more moved and happy when she got the beautiful and precious purple fox fur. She looked at Zheng Jingyan affectionately, and murmured softly:
"Brother Jing, you are so kind!"

Sending the two maids away, Wang Yaozhen personally brewed a cup of fragrant Biluochun for Zheng Jingyan, and delivered it to him Yin Yin. Zheng Jingyan lifted the tea cover with a smile and smelled the tea fragrance, then put the lid back on, gently put it back on the desk, and said : "Why did you catch the wind and cold again? If you don't love yourself like this, when will you take care of your body? Seeing that you are getting thinner, you have to eat well. Five grains are the most nourishing. You can't just take supplements and medicines!"

Wang Yaozhen lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "I miss Brother Jing, I can't eat anything! Brother Jing has been away for 18 days, and I seem to have lived alone for [-] years!"

She raised her head slowly, her expression sad and pitiful: "I haven't congratulated Brother Jing yet, Brother Jing... is going to marry a new sister-in-law!"

Crystal clear teardrops dripped from her eyes one after another, Wang Yaozhen covered her face with her hands, got up and ran into the back room, sobbing, crying very sadly.

Zheng Jingyan froze for a moment, feeling bitter and uncomfortable in his heart. He followed into the back room to comfort Wang Yaozhen, but saw her lying on the bed and crying bitterly. There was no one else in the room, so he couldn't go directly to the bed, so he sat down at the round table. , when she calmed down, she said gently:

"The marriage was decided by my grandmother, and I was very helpless. I thought I could avoid being disturbed by the marriage for a while, but who knew it would be the result? Sister Yaozhen, you... still have five or six months of filial piety. After that, it will take a month or two to adapt to the people and things outside, and it will take more than half a year to discuss marriage..."

Wang Yaozhen sat up, sobbing and said: "The old lady always uses my filial piety as an excuse, and now brother Jing is also doing the same! Have you completely forgotten our original agreement? Forget it, you are as you wish, just marry a bride and spread the leaves. Anyway, no one will take pity on me, a lonely and heartbroken person!"

Zheng Jingyan only said one thing: "I haven't forgotten..."

I don't know how to say it: Is it useful to say that I have not forgotten my promise?Don't you need to marry that Xia Yiqing?
His heart suddenly moved, thinking of Xia Yiqing's situation of selling shoes and collecting money, she is so straightforward and good at calculating, she must be someone who values ​​profit and money very much, maybe, there is really any way to change this marriage?
Wang Yaozhen couldn't hear Zheng Jingyan's words for a long time, thinking that he wanted to give up, so she couldn't help but cried even harder: "I don't want to embarrass Brother Jing. In this life, no one will marry except Brother Jing! My aunt and wife came to find me and said yes. What the old lady means is that half a year after you and your new wife get married, you will take me in a sedan chair to be a concubine...Brother Jing! I have been waiting for this time, and they are the ones who will be abused and frivolous by others!"

Zheng Jingyan pursed his thin lips, and said in a deep voice, "Sister Yaozhen, I didn't ask you to be a concubine, and I never wanted to!"

Wang Yaozhen stopped crying, opened her red and swollen eyes and asked, "Then you don't want me, don't you care about me?"

Zheng Jingyan sighed: "Back then you told me that you only had me in your heart, and I also promised you: I am willing to grow old hand in hand with you in this life! I hope I can do it..."

"But now that you have someone else, you can't disobey the old lady with the order of your parents and the words of the matchmaker, so you can't do it!"

Wang Yaozhen sat on the edge of the bed dumbly, and smiled sadly: "My heart is still the same, and I am determined! But Brother Jing has a new sister-in-law, and I am not even qualified to be a concubine! If this is the case, then let go and leave me alone." I'm old! Who would seriously discuss marriage with me, a helpless orphan? Only the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng has left his life like this!"

Seeing her like this, Zheng Jingyan felt a pain in his heart: "Yaozhen, what nonsense are you talking about? You are arrogant and arrogant, are you willing to be a concubine? How can I bear it?"

Wang Yaozhen narrowed her gaze, fixedly looked at Zheng Jingyan's face, and suddenly burst into tears as if returning to her seat: "But I really only want to marry Brother Jing...only Brother Jing!"

She got up and ran towards Zheng Jingyan, throwing herself into his arms desperately and crying, "I wouldn't even want to be a princess even if I carried a palanquin! But if it was Brother Jing, let alone a concubine, I would be a girl, a cow or a horse." All willingly! In this life, except Brother Jing, I can’t tolerate anyone in my heart! Brother Jing, you can’t let me go, you can’t leave me alone!”

Zheng Jingyan hugged Wang Yaozhen with one arm, patted her on the back with the other, and said softly, "Don't cry, I understand... Let's discuss it carefully. Let me think about it. Is there any other way to stop this marriage?"

Wang Yaozhen stopped crying, choked up and said: "I believe in Brother Jing, and I am willing to listen to Brother Jing, but what should I do? You got married on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, and it is only more than a month away, how can you stop it? "

Zheng Jingyan frowned with a pair of handsome and straight eyebrows: "Let her retreat in spite of the difficulties, and just call off the engagement on her own!"

A burst of joy flashed through Wang Yaozhen's heart, but thinking of the visit that day by Mrs. Fang Zheng, the aunt of the Zheng family, and what she had said, she soon regained consciousness, stared at Zheng Jingyan for a moment with eyes red from crying, and gently turned her head. Leaning into his neck——I've been crazy enough, I just want to take a rest in such a comfortable way!
The words of Mrs. Fang Zheng, the eldest aunt of the Zheng family, echoed in her heart: "The old lady loves that girl very much now. She said that she was born with good fortune, but in fact she is just white and fat! Although she is the granddaughter of the Pang family, she is from the Xia family. The door is very humble, and her father is only a seventh-rank county magistrate, and he is from another province. Is such a person worth worrying about? Put her in the position of Mrs. Rongpinghou, and be Yan'er's wife. To Yaozhen, you That's the most beneficial! So what if you can be a concubine first? A lifetime is so long, and one's fate cannot be guessed. Who knows what will happen in the middle? Yan'er doesn't like fat girls, he always has you in his heart! Persuade him, let him get married with peace of mind, the old lady will naturally remember your cleverness and virtuousness, once she is happy, she will not hold you back in the future, and will like you even more from then on, as long as you can give birth to a son and a half, Yan'er will definitely I will help you to the position of the royal family! If you can't bear this tone now and refuse to be a concubine, then you will be in a situation where you are separated. You know the old lady's temper! Yan'er will be sad for at least one or two years away from you My God, how many men are really long-term lovers? But you are still young and pretty! Not only is he going to marry a wife, he will soon have a concubine, and he will open up branches and leaves for our Zheng family. Three or five beautiful concubines must be If you want, I will forget you completely from now on! If you get into trouble, cry and cry, make Yan'er feel sorry for you, and reject this marriage that the old lady has always dreamed of, then just wait and see, who can hold back Who can you win? The old lady will only hate you even more! If you still impose a ban on Yan'er, then you won't even be able to see him face to face! Even if Yan'er refuses to marry Miss Xia because of you, there will still be Miss Qiu Miss Dong and Miss Chun are waiting, if you get someone from a noble family, don’t say you want to be a concubine in the future, if you want to come as a guest, I’m afraid you won’t even have a family!”

While thinking about it, Wang Yaozhen had calmed down. She knew what Fang Zheng said was the truth. No matter how much she got Zheng Jingyan's heart now, she couldn't change the reality—she was still in her filial piety, the old lady didn't want to see her, she wanted to be Rong Ping Madam Hou, that is a fool's dream!
It's better to settle for the next best thing and hold onto Zheng Jingyan's heart tightly. As long as Zheng Jingyan doesn't forget his promise, it should be hers, and it will never be left behind!

Why go against the old lady's wishes?After going to Miss Xia, there is also "Miss Qiu", and if "Miss Qiu" is an authentic noble girl, she may be even more difficult to deal with in the future. It is better to keep this Miss Xia, the daughter of the seventh-rank county magistrate, a fat country girl, Believe it or not, she can't do it!

Wang Yaozhen breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head and said coquettishly to Zheng Jingyan: "Brother Jing, I lost my composure, don't laugh at me!"

"Silly sister, why would I laugh at you?"

Zheng Jingyan smiled: "It's just like this... It's not good for girls to come in and see, come down!"

Suddenly being hugged tightly by Wang Yaozhen, Zheng Jingyan was not in a state of confusion or palpitations, but just felt at a loss. After ten years of acquaintance, during which Yaozhen confessed her feelings to him, it took four years for him to make a solemn promise. For many years, the two were limited to sitting opposite each other, holding hands at most. He also touched Yaozhen's body. He usually diagnosed her pulse and helped her into the carriage, but it had never been like this today. Wang Yaozhen sat on his lap, and the two were tight. Sticking together, he doesn't think he is a person who sticks to stereotypes, but for a while, he still feels embarrassed.

Wang Yaozhen slid down gently, her face was as red as rouge: "For Brother Jing, I am willing to be a concubine, but why does Brother Jing refuse?"

Zheng Jingyan stretched the robe that was wrinkled by Wang Yaozhen, and said seriously: "It's fine if it's someone else, it's you, I will never let you be a concubine!"

"However, if I don't become a concubine, how can I get into your house?"

Wang Yaozhen's eye circles were red again, but she maintained her former elegance and reservedness, completely different from the out-of-control just now: "I'm down and out now, I have self-knowledge, I don't want to embarrass Brother Jing, I know that Brother Jing is a virtuous and filial person, in case I disobeyed the old lady, and if something happened, wouldn’t it drag Brother Jing to become an unvirtuous and unfilial sinner? I will not have a good life! I only wish to guard Brother Jing quietly, like today, for a while It is enough to be safe and happy!"

In the candlelight, Zheng Jingyan's eyes darkened slightly, Yaozhen promised her sincerity, how could he live up to it?
"Sister Yaozhen, there is still some time before the wedding, don't think too much, wait for me to talk to Miss Xia, maybe I can make her change..."

"No! Brother Jing, absolutely not!"

Wang Yaozhen turned around, took Zheng Jingyan's hand and said seriously: "My heart for Brother Jing will never change! If Brother Jing is really good for me, let Miss Xia come in first!"

Zheng Jingyan was startled: "She came in and took the position of wife, what should you do?"

"But if she is not allowed to enter, can I go in? Brother Jing also said just now that I still have a year to discuss marriage. Miss Ruoxia will step down as you wish. Wouldn't the old lady find someone else?" Fill it in? Let's resign to fate and marry this Miss Xia first. Anyway, she doesn't have a high family and is easier to deal with... Brother Jing doesn't like her, so he won't let her have an heir. Can!"

Looking at each other, Wang Yaozhen's clear and pale face was flushed sickly, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "Only in this way can everyone's wishes be fulfilled! Brother Jing has done his filial piety, and the old lady is satisfied. And I, always by Brother Jing's side! Don't blame me for not caring about others, in my heart, only Brother Jing..."

Zheng Jingyan sighed softly, he is not a child who is ignorant of the world, how could he not understand?In his eyes, sister Yaozhen is gentle and kind, and he really doesn't want her to fall into that kind of calculation!
"Sister Yaozhen, take care of your health and take care of yourself. As for other matters, just leave it to me! Remember not to agree to be a concubine lightly. There is always a difference from being a concubine to being a wife. When I welcome you in in the future, I will definitely be a matchmaker!"

With tears in her eyes, Wang Yaozhen took a step back and knelt down: "Yaozhen, thank you Brother Jing for your kindness!"

(End of this chapter)