Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 42 Agreement
There are charcoal braziers in several corners of the upper room, which are very warm. After taking a bath, Xia Yiqing wears a soft satin jacket covered with gold embroideries and folded branches of peonies, and a long jade-color embroidered skirt. With a pendant horse bun, two delicate gemstone-studded gold hairpins are inserted obliquely. Her face is like a peach blossom, her skin is like creamy cream, and her eyes are as bright as morning stars. She sits pretty and alive under the lamp, as beautiful as a dream.

Zheng Jingyan looked down at the clothes on his body. It turned out to be a soft satin gown with red embroidered small balls of flowers. These days, the clothes of the two of them are matching sets. They are newly married, so let it go, and they will go back to Han this courtyard in the future. There is no need to wear these red and green clothes.

Across the round table, the two each gathered a cup of fragrant tea, Zheng Jingyan asked straight to the point: "This is settled, and Miss Xia will be Mrs. Rongpinghou from now on, are you satisfied?"

Xia Yiqing's face felt warm and hot, and she really hated this problem, why did she love to blush so much!
Lowering her eyes, her slender and slightly curly eyelashes fluttered slightly, Xia Yiqing said with an innocent expression: "What does Lord Hou mean by this? I don't quite understand!"

"You don't understand, do you? That's right, the order of your parents and the words of the matchmaker, this marriage is indeed not something you can do on your own!"

Zheng Jingyan took a sip of tea and said, "It's just that you didn't expect to marry me at first, did you? A weak man who is despised by all the girls in the capital—do you like it?"

Xia Yiqing blinked: What is this guy going to do?He picked all the girls in the city by himself, but now he beats them back and forth!
She said sternly: "No matter who you marry, once you get married, you will be my husband, and I will...be a good wife!"

Zheng Jingyan nodded: "No rhetoric, just a good wife, you are honest!"

Xia Yiqing lowered her eyes, but luckily she didn't say any high-profile words like never leaving her, regardless of poverty, disease or wealth!

Zheng Jingyan said again: "Miss Xia is a smart person. Since you were newly married, you should have understood: I am too weak to be a good husband for you! And you may not like me either! As luck would have it, we have become a bonded couple. , how to do?"

Xia Yiqing and him looked at each other for a moment, then slowly turned away: "Master Hou... what should we do?"

A smile curled up on Zheng Jingyan's lips: "Miss Xia dared to sell shoes on the street, and she was calm in arguing with men, and her words were not vulgar. I think the girl is quite courageous, and she should be different from ordinary women. Accepting this marriage is also forced to do so. Right? I am the same as the girl, I don’t like being forced and restrained! If the girl is willing, the two of us can discuss it... As compensation, I will try my best to help the girl do what you want, the girl is in the Hou Mansion During this period, all you need is to enjoy life in peace, to be a superficial couple with me, to hide things in front of old ladies and wives, and when the time is right, I will repair the paperwork and let the girl go! Look, how good is that?"

Xia Yiqing raised her head, her eyes sparkled, and met Zheng Jingyan's deep gaze: "Will you help me do what I want to do?"

"I try my best!"

"Is there anything you ask for?"

"Do your best!"

Xia Yiqing gently put the teacup in her hand on the table: "Okay, deal!"

After thinking for a while, he said again: "Do you want to make a note? Sign and draw something?"

Zheng Jingyan looked at her coldly: "Miss Xia thinks I'm a person who doesn't keep promises?"

Xia Yiqing quickly shook her head: "Ah, no, I'm just afraid... I'm afraid you won't believe me!"

Zheng Jingyan snorted and turned his gaze away: "You are not a businesswoman, why are you selling shoes at the market?"

"That day, I was just helping a woman look after the stall. She lost her baby and wanted to find it quickly. I passed by and I just looked after the stall for her!"

"But you are very good at business! You didn't count the pile of money, so you can know it at a glance?"

Xia Yiqing froze for a moment, unexpectedly that this person observed things so minutely, and said immediately: "Since we have reached an agreement, I am not afraid to tell the truth: the small Jiangnan town where my family lives is very prosperous and prosperous, and most of the neighbors in the neighborhood are doing things. As a business person, I have been familiar with it since I was a child, and I also know a little bit about business! So, if Lord Hou can help me, I want to make a difference in the capital!"

Zheng Jingyan looked at her: "Do you want to do business in the capital and make money?"

Xia Yiqing also looked up at him: "Is it not possible?"

"Don't forget that you are Mrs. Rongpinghou now, and you are usually confined to your inner house and are not allowed to go out! The capital is not your small town in the south of the Yangtze River. If you let the old lady know, you can't afford to be angry!"

"Don't you have Master Hou to help? I won't show up in person!"

"I said I would try my best to help, but not everything can be done, this, no!"

Zheng Jingyan stood up and walked towards the door, stopped after walking a few steps, turned to look at Yiqing and asked, "Do you have someone you like?"

Yiqing shook her head: "No!"

"That's the best! Remember, although you and I are not husband and wife, you must strictly abide by women's morals, and you are not allowed to have an affair with others! Otherwise, I can't guarantee whether you will be able to get out of the Marquis Mansion in the future! You must know how to manage this In the backyard are old ladies, wives, and aunts who are always watching...you do it yourself!"

"Hey, what do you mean?"

Yiqing didn't realize it for a while, but she could hear the meaning of these words, after a few steps, Zheng Jingyan opened the door and went out!

She could only bite her lip in a daze: she also said that she wanted to cooperate and help each other, but the first thing was rejected, she was not sincere at all!
Three days into the wedding, all the servants in the new house of the Yuhui Courtyard were maids brought by the young wife as a dowry, and there was no additional manpower. Zheng Jingyan was lucky, thinking that the old lady saw that there were many people serving the new daughter-in-law's dowry, and she was embarrassed to insert another person. That way he can relax and do whatever he wants.

Unexpectedly, on the fourth night of their wedding, the young couple went to Anhetang to accompany the old grandmother for dinner. When they were about to leave, the old lady beckoned a sixteen or seventeen-year-old pretty girl, and four other twelve or thirteen-year-old girls and The two mothers who have been at the mercy of Anhetang all year round smiled and Mimi said to Yiqing:
"Granddaughter-in-law, Ruyi entered the Marquis's Mansion when she was six years old. She grew up beside me for ten years. She is extremely smart and capable. The people around you are too young, and I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on to the scene. From now on Get up and let Ruyi serve in your room! These four little girls were trained early in the morning, and they will be assigned to you when you enter the door. There are also mother Chi and mother Zhong, who have been with me for half my life. The old people here, I am not willing to let them go anywhere else. Your place is different. Now Yuhui Courtyard is the most important place in our family, so let them take care of the affairs of Yuhui Courtyard and help discipline the girls. What do you have? If you don’t understand, you can find someone nearby to ask!”

Yiqing was only stunned for a moment, then quickly saluted and thanked, Zheng Jingyan kept his face calm, but felt that his head was about to swell to the size of three or four!
If it is given to someone, there must be a constitution that binds him!
Sure enough, the old lady's second order was suppressed: Hanjin Courtyard is the place where Lord Hou studied and practiced. Please come back, the people below should help remind... Especially during the wedding period, the young couple must live together every night, so that they will be harmonious and beautiful for the rest of their lives!
The old lady put on a serious face and said: "Last night, Master Hou studied in Hanjin Courtyard until dawn and didn't go back to sleep in the new room. The person on duty came to report. This is outrageous. During the hundred-day wedding period, it is not allowed for the couple to sleep alone! Those of you who serve, you must not take it lightly, the master said to them when the couple combined the horoscope: the young couple is destined to be a mandarin duck, and if they are separated, they will get sick!"

Yiqing pretended to be shy and lowered her head, complaining in her heart: Why didn't you talk about Butterfly Life?One dies and the other dies too!

But no matter what, the words of the ancestors cannot be disobeyed, at least they cannot be blatantly rebellious. The minions sent by An Hetang are not vegetarians. On the surface, they obey the Lord Hou and the young lady. Just go to Anhetang to report the situation of Yuhuiyuan, and will never be vague or delay the time.

Fortunately, Zheng Jingyan and Yi Qing had an agreement first, and after the night of being open and honest, the two of them lived together in the same room, even though they were awake, there was not much embarrassment or discomfort.

Zheng Jingyan was given a limited time to return to his new house, so he had to bring some books with him to read. He occupied the outer soft couch, and Yiqing stayed in the inner room separated by the bead curtain.

When they were going to rest, the two asked the maidservants to leave the new house. It is human nature for the newlyweds to be shy and not need someone to stay outside. After the bedding is done, Zheng Jingyan wakes up the next morning and will roll up the bedding and send it to the inner room, knock on the rosewood screen to wake up Yiqing, then open the door and let the maidservant come in to help the two of them freshen up.

It's so troublesome, I don't think it's anything, what makes Yiqing very painful is that Zheng Jingyan got up too early, this rhythm changes her biological clock extremely forcefully, I really don't know where the energy is for that skinny guy, He goes to bed late at night and wakes up early in the morning, but he doesn't need to take a nap, and his spirits are always undiminished!
On the sixth day of their wedding, Zheng Jingyan left the old lady's control on the grounds that he had something to do. He no longer wandered around the mansion with his bride, and resumed his habit of disappearing early and returning late when he left the mansion.

Zheng Jingyan, Marquis of Rongping, has no official position, he doesn't have to go to court or go to any government office to sit in office, but he is really busy when he wants to be busy. This is a fact, not a joke!
Everyone in the entire Celestial Dynasty knew that he was a person close to the fourth prince. To put it nicely, he was the cousin and companion of the fourth prince Yuan Zhao, and if it was not good, he was just a follower and an aide. However, his uniqueness cannot be ignored. He has medical skills and is proficient in dispensing medicines and making pills. He has relieved the emperor's hidden diseases and pains many times. The emperor gave him a gold belt. With the gold medal, he can enter and leave the palace at will.

The powerful officials in the court, the concubines in the harem, and the prince's family all focused their eyes on him, and none of them dared to take him lightly.

When he was 12 years old, he returned to the capital from the deep mountains and became the companion of the fourth prince Yuan Zhao who was often scolded and punished by the emperor for being stubborn, domineering and troublesome. For two years, Yuan Zhao was silent. Two years later, Yuan Zhao was noticed by the emperor again, but he had changed his appearance , is completely an image of a humble gentleman, respectful, loyal, filial, erudite, calm and steady, the emperor was overjoyed, and when Zheng Jingyan kept his filial piety for his father, Yuan Zhao was no longer accompanied by reading, so the emperor took him under his wing, and studied court affairs with him every day, taking time to teach himself ...The prince who was able to receive this honor at that time was the eldest prince Yuan Ji, whose mother, the Empress Concubine Virtue, had been by the emperor's side since she was seven or eight years old, and she was extremely trusted by the emperor.The other is the fifth prince born by the empress, while the birth mother of the fourth prince, Yuan Zhao, Xu, has long since passed away. However, Xu has a very high status and is the only imperial concubine in the harem. Her favorite!

Since then, Yuan Zhao has become a shining pearl among the princes, and Zheng Jingyan, who made this dusty pearl shine, has naturally been brought into people's attention, especially after his three-year filial piety expired, he helped the fourth prince. In order to win the emperor's greater trust and favor, the young Rong Pinghou's name almost overwhelmed the prestige of his father Rong Pinghou during his lifetime.

That's why Yiqing's grandfather, Pang Shizhi, heard that it was the Rongping Marquis Mansion, so he made up his mind to recognize his granddaughter and take care of the marriage for her.

Not long after Yiqing arrived in the capital, she naturally didn't understand these twists and turns. What she knew about Zheng Jingyan was that he was a young marquis, sheltered by his ancestors and born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He was the one who used her first. Why can't I use him by the way?
Although the wedding night was neglected by the groom, and on the second day of the wedding, he was still stingy and Bara refused to spill blood, caught her and slashed her hand like a chicken, but it was over, and Yiqing didn't complain— —— Zheng Jingyan chose her, but he didn't force her to marry him, she could refuse, but she chose this path for her own life plan, so there is nothing to complain about!

Leaving aside his indifference and arrogance, Zheng Jingyan can be regarded as moral. He has a sweetheart, keeps himself clean and doesn't touch her, and tells her frankly, so that she can be mentally prepared... There shouldn't be many such men in this dynasty, right?
Yiqing was thinking about nothing, and comparing herself with her cheap father, she actually felt that Zheng Jingyan was actually quite strong, and she had two respects for him.

Therefore, when the two of them are alone in the new house at night with the door closed, Yiqing will act as a little girl, bringing tea and snacks, cutting candles for Zheng Jingyan who is reading at night, and reminding him to go to bed early when she wants to take a break. It made Zheng Jingyan look at her strangely.

Yiqing had no choice but to explain: "You and I are the only ones in this room, and we're not enemies. Don't we have to stay away from each other forever? If we get to know each other better, we'll be able to cover each other better in the future, won't we?"

Zheng Jingyan stopped looking at her and nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)