The daily life of young girls in ancient times

Chapter 72

Mrs. Qingyuan Hou drove everyone away, and immediately had someone arrest Wang An and shut her up in the firewood room, and then asked someone to hire a doctor for the eldest daughter. Mrs. Qingyuan Hou looked at the eldest daughter almost in disgust, of course she knew The eldest daughter has no personal relationship with this scholar, there is no personal relationship, but there is some small love and righteousness, the two must have had a friendship, otherwise this scholar would not dare to come to the Hou's mansion.

Zhang Ninglan excitedly watched the maids and women rushing about, but she didn't want Mrs. Qingyuan Hou to order everything, and then called her second daughter into the room, and slapped her on the face.

Zhang Ninglan was stunned, her mother doted on her the most, when had she ever slapped her like this, this slap obviously used all her strength, she could feel her cheeks swell up quickly, and finally couldn't help crying aggrievedly covering her cheeks Get up, "Mom, why are you hitting me?"

Mrs. Hou of Qingyuan trembled angrily, "You idiot, look at the good deeds you have done. You actually did such a thing for your own selfish desire. Do you want to harm everyone in the Hou Mansion?"

"Yes, I did it." Zhang Ninglan cried, "So what, why can she get a marriage from the King of Shu, and besides, if she is clean, this talent will come to her? Why don't you just follow the old lady?" When I was there, I fell in love with this scholar. When I returned to the capital and climbed Gao Zhier, I dumped him. The king of Shu is like a gentleman, how can she be worthy of her! The ruin of this marriage is also for the good of the king of Shu !"

"You..." Mrs. Qingyuan Hou was so angry that she almost lost her anger, "You hurt your sister like this, what good will you get? Could it be that your sister ruined her reputation and you can still marry the King of Shu? Don't Speaking of the king of Shu, even the better people in the capital will not want you! Do you know what it means to be both prosperous and ruined? Not only that, our family may not even be able to keep the title of the queen mother for such a big matter. It's gone! How can you be so stupid! Tell me, who gave you the idea!"

Zhang Ninglan was stunned when she heard what Qing Yuanhou said, but she still said stubbornly, "This is what she did. She was raised by the old lady. Even if it spreads out, everyone will only say that the old lady didn't She taught me well, what does it have to do with us, why should we blame us for this matter?" Then thinking that no one gave her advice at all, Yan Zhu would not be suspicious and asked her elder sister to be seventeen, could it be Haven't gotten engaged yet, so I found the scholar by following the vines, and said, "This matter is my own idea, I saw the scholar walking around outside the Hou's mansion all day, so I asked him, he I just said that I admired him and my sister, and I wrote a love poem to my sister, and my sister returned his poem. I read it, and it was my sister's handwriting! This is obviously my sister's fault. Since there is someone I like over there, Why can't we say that our Hou Mansion has been implicated for no reason. The birthmark on her waist is also the result of I bribed the little maid next to her, and then let someone tell that scholar!"

The idea in Zhang Ninglan's heart was also to kill with one blow, and she was afraid that the poem would not be safe, so she came up with this idea for the scholar and told her about the birthmark on Zhang Huilan's body.

Mrs. Qingyuan Hou was almost paralyzed by the anger, and she began to cry with the support of her mother-in-law beside her.

Hou Qingyuan made a decisive decision, and immediately went to the palace to plead guilty, without interceding, only saying that he did not raise his daughter well, and begging for punishment.

This matter really made the queen mother and the emperor furious, saying that Qingyuan Hou lied to the royal family, the queen mother intended to demote, but the emperor was a little unwilling, Qingyuan Hou still has the ability, and he didn't want to be demoted just because of this matter, in the end He fined Qingyuan Hou one year's salary, and gave him twenty big boards to settle the matter.

The queen mother also called the King of Shu over, and cried, "Chen'er, the queen mother is really sorry for you, I didn't expect the girl from this family to be such a shameless person."

Zhao Chen took the handkerchief from the hand of the maid next to him, stepped forward to wipe away tears for the queen mother, and said softly, "Queen mother, I don't blame you for this matter, it's because of that woman, so don't be angry, just forget about the marriage. If you are so angry that you lose your body, my son will be the one who loves you the most."

The queen mother was a little uncomfortable, took the veil and wiped away her tears, and said sadly, "Then what about your marriage? Tell me which girl you have a crush on? Mother will give you a marriage later?"

Zhao Chen chuckled, "Mother, since that's the case, it's enough to call off this marriage. My son doesn't want to get married recently, and wants to serve you by your side for a few more years. Why don't we talk about it a few years later."

The queen mother hesitated, "But you are only seventeen, if this is someone outside, maybe you have a son."

"Mother's Empress." Zhao Chen's eyes are as deep as a deep pool, "I have no plans to get married yet, it is fate to meet a woman I like, since the fate has not yet come, why not just wait a few years and ask my mother to make it happen."

The queen mother smiled and said, "You child, that's all, it's just as you want, and it will be a few years later, but you still have to have a woman to serve you, the two girls you gave last time, why don't you give them Open your face? Open your face earlier."

Zhao Chen's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a light smile, "My son will remember what the queen mother said."

"Okay, since this is the case, the Ai family will not force you, but according to your plan, what should the girl from the Zhang family do? Or just beat her to death with a stick. This kind of woman is also disgusting in this world."

Zhao Chen said with a smile, "You don't have to get mad because of her. Why don't you give me fifty rods? If she doesn't die, it's her luck. If she dies, she can't blame anyone else."

The Queen Mother agreed after thinking about it, and specially asked the palace servants to go to Qingyuanhou's Mansion to execute the cane punishment. After fifty boards, Zhang Huilan had only one breath left.

The king of Shu returned to his bedroom, asked his maid to bring hot water, took soap and scrubbed his hands several times before giving up, his face was cold and gloomy.

Naturally, the story about the eldest daughter of the Zhang family could not be concealed, and it spread all over the capital within a few days. For a while, everyone looked down on Qingyuan Hou's family. Although they were raised by the old lady, this kind of Who is to blame?Don't you blame the big girl, if she is really innocent, can she come to her?There is also a female family member who is a guest, and a foreigner unexpectedly barged in, and the guards in Qingyuan Mansion are too loose, who would dare to visit her house as a guest in the future.

Baozhu probably didn't expect things to turn out like this. She heard that the marriage between the king of Shu and the eldest girl Zhang had been dissolved, and the eldest girl Zhang suffered fifty boards and almost died, but she survived in the end.

That day Gao Yang came to look for Baozhu, and the two were talking in the room. After a while, Gao Yang mentioned the big girl's head, and said, "Although the appearance of the scholar was a bit of a coincidence, when the big girl saw him, her face turned pale. Obviously, there is nothing innocent between the two of you, it's just that she changed her mind after she climbed up to Gao Zhi'er in the capital, and she deserved it."

Baozhu didn't refute, because she was standing next to Zhang Huilan that day, her face was indeed terrified, obviously she had an unusual relationship with that scholar, as for the birthmark, she didn't really believe it, it was nothing more than the affection of childhood sweethearts who grew up slowly. I slowly developed some feelings, but I probably didn't say anything about it. Later, when I entered the capital, I had other ideas.

Baozhu didn't think this was a bad thing for Zhang Huilan, she thought it was a good thing, even if she really married the King of Shu, waiting for her fate would be to die of illness in the back house.But if he followed that scholar, that scholar dared to venture into the backyard of Qingyuan Hou, it can be seen that he really likes her. If he married that scholar, at least his life would be saved, but that scholar is also considered finished, and the matter of obtaining fame must not be possible. Think about it.

The two had a conversation, Gao Yang suddenly tugged at Baozhu's sleeve, and said with a sad face, "My cousin insists that I tell you something, whether you really engaged Sheng Mingchuan or not."

Baozhu didn't react for a while, cousin?Suddenly remembered Gao Yang's cousin is not the prince?She was startled and asked, "How does the prince know that I am engaged?"

Gao Yang became a little embarrassed, "It's all my fault, the prince really hates it, he came to the princess' mansion all day to ask me about you, and I got annoyed, so I told you about your engagement with Sheng Mingchuan He, he...he told me to take you to see him."

Bao Zhu's expression changed, "How can this be? This is absolutely impossible. Now that I have engaged Brother Sheng, how can I have a private opinion with him? Ayu, you didn't agree to him, did you?"

Gao Yang nodded hastily, "Of course I didn't agree. I know that girls in your capital value their reputations, so of course I won't agree."

Only then did Baozhu feel relieved, but also a little worried.

Gao Yang laughed again, "It will be my birthday in a few days, and my mother will invite the wives and wives in the capital to visit the Princess Mansion, so you should go then."

Baozhu nodded and smiled again, "Of course I want to go, but our birthdays are about a few days away, and it will be my birthday in half a month."

Baozhu was chatting vigorously with the princess, while Wei Shi and Cen Shi were talking to Di Shi in the main room, and Cen Shi said softly, "Mother, when Gao Wu's family went to collect things in a nearby village, they met a The person was actually Chen Yong who was next to the second brother. Chen Yong left the Rong Mansion a few years ago and only said it was the grace of the second room. I went to Sanshui Village. Niangke still remembers that my husband had a rash when he was in Qiuwei. At the beginning, he investigated the people around the second brother. Chen Yong only found out that they were from other places. He didn't know that he also knew people in Tianshui Village. Mother, there was something wrong with the rash on your husband back then, why don't we have someone tie Chen Yong up to ask?"

Gao Wu's family is the shopkeeper of Cen's shop, and Cen's dowry maid. After marrying to Rong Mansion, she betrothed this maid to Gao Wu, the steward of the Duke's Mansion.The reason why Gao Wu's family remembers Chen Yong so much is because Chen Yong even thought about her back then, and asked Gao to talk to Cen about the marriage, but Cen drove him away.

Wei Shi also said, "The matter of the fourth younger brother Qiuwei is indeed weird. The second time he had a stomachache, and the third time he developed a rash. The doctor diagnosed it as smallpox. I am afraid that this thing is really artificial. Someone went to Chen Yong to ask."

Mrs. Di also felt that something was wrong back then, and she really hated the second room jumping up and down in the mansion all day long. Mrs. Gao didn't know if she was sick these days, and felt that it cost a lot of money to dismiss Mr. Rong Er's outer room. He actually cried poorly in front of Second Mistress all day long.

Seeing his daughter-in-law crying and begging for money, Di Shi almost died of anger.

(End of this chapter)