Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 117 The remaining two things
Mrs. Zhou sat upright on the kang, pointed to the kang and signaled Zhu Mingyan to sit down, looked at Ao Shuang and said: "Everyone go out, you stay at the door." Guard at the door of the upper room.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Zhu Mingyan, who was still angry, and asked with a long sigh, "Why are you angry?"

"Didn't Grandma hear about the Yongguo Mansion?" Zhu Mingyan's aggrieved voice trembled, and Mrs. Zhou nodded indifferently: "I heard, what's the matter? Just because of this?"

"Grandmother!" Zhu Mingyan exclaimed in disbelief.

"You are confused!" Mrs. Zhou reprimanded sharply: "Are you jealous? Jealous? You are dizzy! Forgot who you are going to marry!" Zhu Mingyan was stunned by Mrs. Zhou's stern expression , Mrs. Zhou looked at Zhu Mingyan with a snow-white face, sighed for a long time, and her tone softened: "You forgot what I told you, I asked you, married such a person, you can't do much except fame and status." Ask for a little bit, you have to think about it, you nodded with me, and you forgot so soon?"

Zhu Mingyan's lips were trembling non-stop, her fingernails were piercing her palms, and her palms were getting wet and sticky without realizing it. Mrs. Zhou looked at her with pity, closed her eyes, and sighed deeply. Zhu Mingyan's tears dripped from the corners of her eyes Didixia looked at Mrs. Zhou and said in a low voice: "Since he proposed to marry me, since he was in the palace of Dongyang County on the day of the proposal, he talked to me, he..." Zhu Mingyan couldn't go on. Looking at her deeply, she only saw herself in his eyes. His gaze was so deep, "In Dongyang County Prince's Mansion, Mrs. Sun specially called Li Jianizi to come in. Don't you understand why? Your Where is the heart?" Mrs. Zhou hated that iron could not be steel, Zhu Mingyan shuddered slightly, looked up at Mrs. Zhou and said painfully; "Since he has fallen in love with Li Tian for a long time, why did he ask for a kiss? Congratulations?"

"Yeah, why?" Mrs. Zhou looked at Zhu Mingyan and said coldly, Zhu Mingyan looked straight at Mrs. Zhou, her straight body shrank little by little, and said in a low voice, absentmindedly: "Because my surname is Zhu. "

"You finally understand that he wants to marry you just because you are the daughter of the Zhu family and your surname is Zhu." Mrs. Zhou's words were as sharp as a knife, piercing Zhu Mingyan's heart.

"He wants to fight for the position and the support of Zhu's family, so he married me?"

"The Zhu family does not support anyone except the official family." Madam Zhou's words were rigid and cold. Zhu Mingyan stared at Madam Zhou in shock. For hundreds of years, they hold nothing but the same, and the Zhu family is only loyal to the official family."

"The seventh uncle? And the twelve uncle?"

"They are not the Zhu family, just like you are not the Zhu family. The Zhu family has multiplied for hundreds of years and has many descendants. Even the direct branch has hundreds of people. Everyone has their own ideas, but the Zhu family is only loyal to the official family. , the men of the Zhu family will join the army when they reach the age of 14. Life and death are determined by fate. Although you were born as a woman, your surname is also Zhu. You have to rely on yourself. What the grandmother told you today, you must firmly remember In your heart, you have to know clearly that before your husband became an official, if you didn't stand behind the Zhu family, it would be considered as a queen." Mrs. Zhou's words were extremely indifferent because of her calmness: "The Zhu family only Loyal to the government."

Zhu Mingyan shivered, looked at Mrs. Zhou with fear and blankness and muttered: "Then does he know? Does he know that I am not the Zhu family?"

"Son, this is a matter for our Zhu family. You must remember what the grandmother told you today, but you also have to know that your surname is Zhu, and you are the daughter of Marquis Chang'an, the granddaughter of the head of the Zhu family. , don't get angry like today because of jealousy and jealousy. From the moment you nodded and agreed to the fourth master's marriage proposal, you were standing on the edge of a cliff full of dangers. How many important things are in front of you? The position of queen, Just like that huge dragon chair, walking up and stepping on blood and conspiracy all the way, sitting on it is also sitting on blood and conspiracy, so that you can do it yourself." Mrs. Zhou sighed, got up and got off the kang, walked to the door of the house, looked at the Aoshuang ordered: "Take good care of your second wife. She is well, and you are naturally well." Aoshuang stood at the door of the house, heard the words of the two of them clearly, her face was so pale that there was no trace of blood on her face. If he said that, his legs softened, he knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to promise.

Zhu Mingyan didn't know how long she had been sitting there, the tingling pain in her palm made her come to her senses, Zhu Mingyan slowly raised her hand, looked at the blood stains in her palm, slowly spread it on the table, Aoshuang loosened Heaving a sigh of relief, he hurriedly ordered to bring the light salt water prepared earlier, carefully washed Zhu Mingyan's palms, and applied Jinchuang medicine.

Her surname is Zhu, she is not from the Zhu family.Zhu Mingyan felt as if she had been broken and stuck together again. The affairs of Duke Yong's mansion were so far away that she would never see them again.

Although it has already entered March, there are still charcoal basins in the inconspicuous corners of the Forbidden Chinese and German Hall. In the hall, apart from the official family sitting on the big wool mattress on the kang, and the great eunuch Zheng Ping standing in front of the kang, there is no one else. people.

"My fair lady, gentlemen are so naughty, and that girl is really good. What does Mr. Jian say?" The official put down his pen after approving a stack of memorials, and asked slowly while watching eunuch Zheng, who held up a teacup and offered it to her. The official responded respectfully: "Master Jian said that the fate is very good. It is a rare life of peace and wealth. It is in harmony with the five elder brothers. It is like a fish in water, and it is suitable for descendants. It's just." Eunuch Zheng looked up at the official. , and continued with some distress: "Master Jian said that the sister of the Li family has a double life, she is extremely intelligent, and her fate is stronger than that of the fifth brother. If they get married, the fifth brother may be afraid of internal troubles."

"Oh?" The official raised his eyebrows slightly, put down the teacup lightly, and thought for a while: "If you are afraid, be afraid. It's not a big deal. Old Wu has a temper. It's good to be a little bit afraid." Eunuch Zheng looked at the official, full of emotion The face can't bear it.The official got off the kang, walked slowly back and forth in the hall a few times, stood at the gate of the hall, looked at the spring scenery everywhere and sighed: "It's spring again."

"Yes." Eunuch Zheng's response was as tasteless as ever. The official looked up at the clear sky and lost his mind for a while, and walked into the hall with his hands behind his back, talking to Eunuch Zheng, but also talking to himself: "I I promised her four things, two of which I failed to do, and I can no longer do it, and the remaining two must be done well, and now it seems that these two things can be regarded as one thing."

"Yes." Eunuch Zheng's Ying Nuoli was thinking: "Is it for Lady Ye to do it, or Lady Jiang?" The official sat down on the kang again, picked up a pen and slowly stained it with cinnabar, and opened the book again, He replied without raising his head: "Just make an order, and you can do it. Let the fifth man choose the house by himself. As long as he doesn't meet the requirements, let him go." Eunuch Zheng replied 'yes' again. This is the compensation given to the fifth master by the officials because of the fear of guilt. It can be seen that it is not a good thing to live too carefree these days.

In the small courtyard at the back lake of the Qingfeng Building, the fifth prince Qin Juzheng and Huang Jingjie sighed with emotion: "Fourth brother actually has such courage, he is not afraid to spread it to daddy's ears? Poor Li family lady, this time is really troublesome, fourth brother Putting on such a stance, who would dare to touch the side of Mrs. Li? Whoever dares to move forward is to make the fourth brother an enemy. It is a way to die. I heard that Concubine Ye Gui was very angry, so I rewarded you. The wife of the Zhu family has a bunch of things, what's the use of appreciating things? The fourth brother is also, why did he suddenly go crazy and make such a move, where does this make the lady Zhu face? But it's okay, just put the gongs and drums in the open place, I am If you like the lady of the Li family, you just want to pamper her. What's the matter? If you wish to do something after passing through the door, you have to weigh it carefully. In fact, as I said, it's better to get a separate courtyard for the lady of the Li family. Sending a separate courtyard to the fourth brother will also save the Li family's wife from being aggrieved every morning and evening."

Huang Jingjie slanted the fifth prince who was talking more and more excitedly, and couldn't help asking: "It's useful for the fifth master to think about it. If the fourth master makes such a fuss, will the officials be displeased? Impeaching the fourth master would be a violation of virtue."

"What's there to impeach? The fourth brother just watched the ceremony and gave some things. The little lady in Nanning County's palace and the fourth brother and I went to impeach this and that one. Don’t we want to impeach them together? This kind of impeachment is irrelevant and boring!” The fifth prince waved his hands indifferently and said, “As for whether Dad likes it or not, it’s hard to say. Dad’s mood is the sin of being romantic, so what? I’m often impeached for wandering in theaters and disorderly conduct? What can I do? Once I heard Dad say to the Taifu, ‘Who hasn’t been young and frivolous? ?'Listen, Father is not an old-fashioned Taoist like Taifu. This kind of thing can't even hurt me, let alone fourth brother. Fourth brother should have done this a long time ago. What happens when she enters the mansion?"

"According to what the Lord said, it would be better to just carry it into the mansion, it would be simpler." Huang Jingjie couldn't help but said, the fifth prince spread his hands helplessly: "You are very right, but isn't fourth brother no mansion to carry? His mansion I just pointed out that no matter how fast you tidy up, people will be able to live in autumn, it will be autumn." The fifth prince squeezed his chin and calculated for his fourth brother: "That girl from the Li family can be so obedient and wait for a small sedan chair to enter. Mansion? That girl." The fifth prince thought of those unlucky encounters with Li Tian and the words of Li Tian, ​​and twitched the corners of his mouth in fear: "I'm not someone to provoke, I'm sure I won't be honest and just wait like this Come on, tell me, why hasn't she moved at all until now? There's not much excitement recently, and the days are lonely!"

The corners of Huang Jingjie's mouth twitched, and it took him a long time to let out a sulky breath. He was too involved in watching the excitement, and he has been in close contact with the fourth master recently. What if he thinks too much on the other side?
"When did you go to the mansion last time?" Huang Jingjie couldn't help reminding, the fifth prince stopped tapping Gao Ji's fingers, and said slightly annoyed: "Brother came to the mansion on the [-]th day of the lunar new year. Shiwu also goes to the government office, and sees him at least twice a month."

"I'm going to eat noodles, let's go to the government office along the way." Huang Jingjie answered without hesitation, and the fifth prince's eyes flickered a few times: "I'm going to the government office, and eat noodles on the way. That's fine, let's get the wine Take two buckets, some Shixin Caishu, and the gadgets I bought last time, take them all, and I'll go to the eldest brother's house right now."

There are a lot of gossips and big events in March. In the early hours of the morning, the lucky ones of the provincial examination filed into the Hall of Huixian, and the huge Hall of Huixian was filled to the brim. The rustling sound is just the slight rustling sound of papers being turned. The officials, with their hands behind their backs, stop and walk among the students, reading one by one, and the soft-soled blue satin shoes fall silently.

In front of the gate of Duke Yongguo's mansion, eunuch Zheng rode on a horse, and motioned to Xiao Xi'er, his servant, "Go and spread the message, there is an order for Li Xiaoning and the fifth lady of the Li family, let them come out to receive the order, be gentle, don't scare them " Xiao Xi'er promised, jumped off the horse, trotted up the steps, knocked on the half-covered door, an old servant with gray hair poked his head out, probably his eyes were blurred, he squinted his eyes and looked up and down the little servant, Xiao Xi'er Er politely said, "Yes, for Li Xiaoning."

"I found the wrong one!" The old servant interrupted Xiao Xi'er bluntly: "This is the Duke of Yongguo's mansion, and the fourth bedroom is next door!" After finishing speaking, before Xiao Xi'er could react, he had already shrunk his head back,' After closing the door with a bang, Xiao Xi'er's polite smile was shattered on her face, and she didn't even catch her breath after swallowing a few mouthfuls. She was always polite when she met him, but now an old man just threw a bowl of rejection in her face like that!

But Mr. Zheng has confessed, be gentle!Xiao Xi'er raised her hand and rubbed her face, ran down the steps and returned to Eunuch Zheng first, led Eunuch Zheng's horse by herself, and walked along the somewhat dilapidated wall for a long time, and sure enough, she saw a double-opened black lacquered gate , the gate seems to be newly opened, very ordinary, not the Wutou gate of officials and eunuchs, and there is no dismounting platform in front of the gate.

Eunuch Zheng sized it up and sighed secretly, no wonder the fourth brother dared to press Li's sister to carry her into the mansion, but in the past ten years, Li Zhongxian's team has been defeated like this, it is really like a lamp being extinguished.Eunuch Zheng raised his hand, Xiao Xi'er went up the steps quickly, knocked on the door knocker a few times, waited for a while, the door was opened inwards, and the gatekeeper's old servant, Old Sun, poked his head out, Xiao Xi'er learned this time Be good, and asked first: "Is this Li Xiaoning's residence?"

(End of this chapter)