Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 20 Retirement

In the Qingtong Courtyard, Yu Yaofang was leaning on the kang with red eye circles, and she was talking to Li Tian about the troubles at home: "...the troubles like this every year in the twelfth lunar month are obviously her own. Fei made a fuss about Aniang being a Yaoxian and letting her wear the red skirt worn by kabukis. Look, where is this? Who said red skirts can only be worn by kabukis? According to that, we love to wear them on weekdays What is the big red pomegranate skirt? Besides, even if the big red flowered skirt is often worn by kabukis, she picked it herself. I just blamed Aniang for forcing Aniang to change Yaoxian’s skirt now, I was really going to explode at that time, if Aniang didn’t push me away, I would have to argue with my father!”

"You are stupid again. The son never speaks of his father's faults, and his parents are everywhere. How can you argue with the word filial piety? As long as you quarrel with your father, you will be caught. Not only have you become unfilial In your name, even Madam will be implicated by you." Li Tian gently persuaded.

"Tell me, why is father so confused? He doesn't know what kind of person mother is? Why can't he see..." Yu Yaofang's tone was very stuffy, but such things are common in their Qingjianghou's mansion, and Li Tian was surprised. He handed her a bowl of tangerine peel xiangfu soup, and he had no choice but to listen to her vent quietly.

This Aunt Hong from the Qingjiang Hou Mansion was born in Qing Dynasty. She has a beautiful face and outstanding temperament. When she stops there, she is no worse than those wives. She is eccentric and has many tricks. Since Yu Shengshi, the prince of Qingjiang Marquis, returned home, the coaxed Yu Shengshi has been holding her in his palm for more than ten years.

Less than two months after Yu Yaofang's mother, Mrs. Xu, married into Qingjianghoufu, Aunt Hong gave birth to her eldest son, Yu Zhihong, and then gave birth to her daughter, Yu Yaoxian, and her second son, Yu Zhijian. , and did not give birth to a son-in-law.

Mrs. Xu and her stepmother, Mrs. Chen, married into the Qingjiang Hou Mansion one year ago. Mrs. Chen was born in a business, and she often had a dowry and was pretty. Since which year, Madam Chen and Aunt Hong have been in the same place. Aunt Hong has received Madam Chen's explicit and secret support. These years, she has not paid attention to Madam Xu at all. Small things happen every day, and big things happen every day. Madam Xu makes trouble There is almost no peaceful life in the Qingjiang Hou Mansion.

"I heard that Xu Shangshu's voice for joining the cabinet is very high." Li Tian said abruptly, Xu Shangshu is Mrs. Xu's second cousin, Yu Yaofangtang's uncle, Yu Yaofang was stunned: "How can I have the time to listen to these gossips? Hmm ? What do you mean by that?"

"I mean, your uncle's family has produced a large number of talents in the past few years, especially the fourth house of the Xu family. Your second uncle, who was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has become very prosperous. He is about to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the minister. I heard that you Uncle Ertang also has a son named Xu Sihai, who passed the Jieyuan examination last year. He is very talented and has an unlimited future. Except for Xu Sihai, among the younger generation of the Xu family, I heard that he will go to Beijing to take the examination the year after next. , there are seven or eight more, your uncle Xu Xueshi and Xu Shangshu are very brotherly, don't worry."

Yu Yaofang blinked her eyes for a long time, and said with a long 'oh': "You mean, my uncle's family is so imposing now, my father and the others dare not bully my mother?"

"I mean, you and your aunt should relax, like Aunt Hong, and your step-grandmother, those evil little tricks are completely unreasonable, don't even look at them, even your father and your aunt Don't worry about it, don't say they can't catch your aunt, even if they catch it, your father and your grandfather will have to weigh it up and swallow it. You advise your aunt, just live with your temper, who is afraid of whom? Ah!" Li Tian waved his hands in disdain.

Yu Yaofang tilted her head and thought for a while, then sighed heavily and said, "You're right, my father asked Aniang to help him find his cousin a few days ago, saying that he wanted to get an errand to do it. My aunt didn't agree, just like my father, who can't understand this family thing, what can I do? My aunt... Oh, I really can't help it, change someone, my mother's family is like this, I have sold Aunt Hong long ago Yes, but my mother, it’s not like you don’t know, last time I told her that the writer of Nushu had never been humble, and my mother’s face turned pale with anger, and punished me to kneel for an hour, I was locked up in the yard and copied the female training for ten days, and she knew virtuous and virtuous! I was so mad, I was angry with my mother, and I felt sorry for her. In the spring of this year, I started to sleep all night and night again. These two things are not good. Last month, I developed night sweats during childbirth. I am really afraid of her... My mother is bored with all kinds of grievances. There are many things to worry about. It’s not that I saw it, she even refused to tell me, what do you think I should do? Several times I dreamed that my mother was gone, and every time I was scared, I was covered in cold sweat, and I dared not sleep again when I woke up.”

Li Tian stretched out her hand to hold Yu Yaofang's hand. She felt the same fear and pain. She also felt the same way when her grandmother fell ill.

"Fifth lady, Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Lin is here." Qingzhi raised the voice to report, while directly lifting the curtain to let Lin Ke into the room.

Lin Ke rushed in with a face full of anger, shook his cloak, waved his hands again and again and said, "No tea, nothing, you all stand back." Qingzhi hurriedly pushed Yinhua out.Li Tian and Yu Yaofang looked at Lin Ke together, wondering, what made her like this?

Lin Ke sat on the kang like a gust of wind, looked at Li Tian and said, "Just now, that Leng Mingsong's mother and Mrs. Leng's family came to my house! They brought a lot of things, I still think about it, brother-in-law Tian's family is sensible, Brought me so many good things, who knew!" Lin Ke patted the Kang table angrily: "She actually came to withdraw the marriage! What is it!"

The smile on Li Tian's face froze all of a sudden, and Yu Yaofang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Isn't it all settled? How can I quit?"

"That's why I said they were nothing, but the Mrs. Leng's family actually said that her old lady, Mrs. Zhou, didn't tell her and made the order without her telling her. What kind of nonsense is this! Worse than farts!" Lin Ke patted again. I got a Kang table.

Li Tian felt a dull pain in his heart, that gentle and modest gentleman, those future plans just flowed away from his fingertips... She has no marriage, no shelter, those countless coveted schemes in the open and in the dark... Forget it... Li Tian was so miserable that he couldn't speak.

"Is there something inappropriate?" After a while, Li Tian asked dryly. Lin Ke nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes...she was talking nonsense."

"What exactly did you say!" Yu Yaofang raised her anxious voice, Lin Ke pouted and said, "What do you mean her son's horoscope is weak? Only the big ones will do, say Sister Tian... Anyway, it’s not the lucky ones, by the way, Aunt asked me to return this to you." Lin Ke said while carefully taking a piece of leaf from his purse The shape and blackness are neither gold nor jade, and it is a pendant tied with a thin silver chain.

Li Tian took the pendant with lowered eyes, lowered his head and put it on his neck. This pendant is said to be a Buddhist sacred object from Tianzhu. He took it off from his father and put it on himself. Now the token was returned and hung around his neck again.

"Tiantian, don't be sad. It's the one with the surname Leng who is unlucky. No wonder he is weak. He deserves to be weak! My sister-in-law came here to accompany me, right? She said it was her cousin who didn't think about things. I was so angry that I wanted to scold him." She paused, Ding's family is a mess of rotten people! Even rotten people can't do such a thing! But I didn't scold her afterwards. If I scolded her, she didn't dare to do anything to me, and I have to blame you Now, I will never do you a disservice, I just smiled at her with my mouth open, saying it's okay, it's that their Leng family is not good enough for Sister Tian." Lin Ke said with his fingers upwards.

Yu Yaofang patted her chest with one hand: "Amitabha, you finally know who is busy and who is not."

"That's right, I must think more than her toes." Lin Ke raised his chin at Li Tian and said, Li Tian raised his hand to cover his sore face, and after a while, he sighed and forced a smile: "That's right, they are unlucky. I have already planned everything, including the best counties to go to as a foreigner in the next year, and what kind of car will be the most comfortable to use on the road. I have already thought about it. In the end, Now the marriage is gone!"

Yu Yaofang and Lin Ke looked at each other, and they both looked at Li Tian. Lin Ke leaned over, looked at Li Tian and said, "Why don't we go to the bottom of the list and catch you when the list is released next year?" Son-in-law going?" Yu Yaofang laughed 'poof', quickly suppressed her smile, stretched out her hand to pull Li Tian up and said, "I know you're fine after hearing what you said, how can a person who understands you so much not think about it because of this, my aunt Qian'er also said that no matter how good the Leng family is, the Leng family is too low-class, so it's the best, the bad ones don't go, the good ones don't come, I'll go back and ask my mother to help you find a good family, Why don't you marry into my natal family, Le Ning Xu's family is a well-known Jiangnan Wang family and scholarly family, as you said just now, there are many young talents in the Xu family's generation."

The more Yu Yaofang talked, the more excited she became, she let go of Li Tian, ​​clapped her hands and smiled and said, "I'll go back and tell Auntie that I'll pick the best cousin from Xu's family and tell you, so that we will be relatives!"

"Sister Tian married into my natal family! The Jiang family in Huaiyang is no worse than the Xu family in Le Ning! By the way, my little uncle will be transferred to the capital to be an official in the next year, and my aunt will also bring her cousin to Beijing. Sister Tian, ​​let me tell you, this cousin of mine is a famous talent, and I heard that he is also good-looking, don’t you like pretty things the most? You should marry my cousin, and let’s get closer!" Lin Ke No one is willing to lag behind, even the candidate has been thought out for Li Tian.

"My cousin is also good-looking!" Yu Yaofang hurriedly snatched the words, "I also have a cousin Xie Yuan! Ah Tian..."

"Stop!" Li Tian hurriedly waved his hands to stop the quarrel between the two, and looked at the two speechlessly, as if they had the final say on their cousin's marriage.

"Yaoyao, you go back and talk to your aunt seriously, help me to be careful about good relatives, rich or poor, regardless of official position, clean family background, simple population, good people are enough. I advise you, aunt, don't care about your business, just do it. Focus on finding a good relationship for you and me." Li Tian said sullenly.

"I'll tell my aunt when I go back." Lin Ke couldn't leave anything behind.

"Forget it. Your aunt's friends are all powerful and powerful families, and there is no suitable marriage for me." Li Tian dared to let Lin Ke say this, so he waved his hand and refused, and added: "Our words are not suitable for me." Don't tell your aunt, the girl's family should focus on chastity, how can she think about getting married by herself, she wants to ask us what to say, you just answer like this."

"Okay!" Lin Ke agreed straight away, Li Tian would listen to ten percent of what she said, and A Niang's words could be discounted.The three of them were silent for a moment, Lin Ke gritted his teeth and suggested angrily: "Sister Tian, ​​this Leng family is too irritating and worthless, why don't I go and smash his house?"

Li Tian was so choked by her idea that she couldn't speak. Yu Yaofang stretched out her hand and patted Lin Ke hard: "Everyone in the capital knows that Sister Tian has been divorced by others. I just praised you for not being helpful, but you are not helping me." It's really helpful!"

"Forget it, as you said, it's their Leng family who don't have this blessing, this matter is over, don't mention it anymore." Li Tian was ashamed, unwilling to bring up this matter again, the two quickly changed the subject, chatting After chatting for a long time, they said goodbye and went back together.

(End of this chapter)