Rebirth of Yijia

Chapter 106

The first time Le Chengmin saw Liang Mingzhu, he asked, "Who is this?"

"It's my second aunt's younger sister, called Liang Mingzhu." Liang Mingyue said, and asked Liang Mingzhu to salute Le Chengmin.

Le Chengmin waved his hand indifferently, "No need, it's your sister, and that's my sister."

Although Liang Mingzhu is small, she is extremely intelligent, and she should be kind and polite: "Mingzhu has met my sister."

Le Chengmin giggled, leaned close to Yijia and said, "Sister Jia, I have recognized a younger sister who just gave you something, can you divide it into four parts? Save some for my younger sister, and I will give it to you tomorrow. You're having fun."

Yijia doesn't care about her stuff, she just thinks that Le Chengmin is innocent and cute.

"Okay, then I'll be waiting for your other fun stuff," she said.

A group of people walked happily to the grandstand inside, and as soon as they reached the grandstand, the servants of the Anping Hou Mansion outside hurried over and said: "My lord, Miss Mu's family and Princess Wenqing of Prince Cheng's mansion are here. .”

The Marquis of Anping had no contact with the two families, and Liang Mingzhi only met General Mu during the incident at the Summer Resort.So these two young ladies came here, naturally looking for joy and success.

"It's Sister Chaoyun and Sister Wenqing!" Le Chengmin shouted happily, "Then I'll go meet them!" Then he pulled Yijia and Liang Mingyue, and Liang Mingzhu, a little oil bottle, followed them.

When people arrived at the land of the Marquis of Anping, Liang Mingzhi and Liang Mingfei naturally had to go there too.

I saw Mu Chaoyun and Qi Wenqing at the door.

Mu Chaoyun is not tall, and looks as soft and beautiful as a Jiangnan girl, but his eyes are very clear.Yijia has often heard Le Chengmin say that this Mu Chaoyun is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs, and Le Chengmin learned how to swing a whip from Mu Chaoyun.Qi Wenqing, on the other hand, was slightly taller, with a round face, full of smiles, looking blessed and noble.

Le Chengmin screamed and rushed over to hug Qi Wenqing.

Qi Wenqing pulled him down helplessly, first greeted Liang Mingzhi, then looked at Liang Mingfei, smiled at him, and then dragged Le Chengmin to hold Yijia and Liang Mingyue.

"I've heard Cheng Min mention you a long time ago, and I didn't have the chance to see you until today." She said, looking at Yijia, "You are Miss Zhou's family, right? It's really as gentle and generous as Cheng Min said." After seeing Yijia nodding, she asked Liang Mingyue next to her, "Then this is Miss Liang."

She kindly pulled Yijia and Liang Mingyue over, and said, "You two usually go out for a walk more often. We have been in the capital together for so many years. If it wasn't for what Cheng Min said, I wouldn't even know that there are two of you in the capital." You are such a good girl."

Both Yijia and Liang Mingyue were flattered.

Although this Princess Wenqing has a reputation for being kind, she is the only daughter of Prince Cheng. It is a little surprising that she treats a daughter of a fourth-rank official and a concubine from the Hou's mansion.

"The princess is overwhelmed. I've heard Princess Chengmin mention you a long time ago, and I've always wanted to see you." After Yijia finished speaking, she and Mu Chaoyun greeted each other again.

Liang Mingyue then greeted Mu Chaoyun.

Mu Chaoyun was a bit cold-tempered, so he just nodded with a smile.

Qi Wenqing said casually: "Since I'm here, I'll go in and meet the old lady too."

Now it wasn't just Yijia and Liang Mingyue, Liang Mingzhi also took a look at her.What everyone didn't notice was that Le Chengmin looked at Qi Wenqing like this, with a guilty conscience, and slowly followed behind Yijia.

Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Wu received the report from the servants early on. Qi Wenqing and Le Chengmin greeted them as soon as they arrived at the door.

Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Wu are both imperial wives, and there is no need to kneel down to salute when they see the two princesses, but there is no need to be less respectful.

"Princess Wenqing, Ankang, and Princess Chengmin, Ankang, the two princesses are great, I am too far away, I am rude." Mrs. Liang said respectfully.

"Old lady, you are being polite. The younger generation is passing by, so I should come to say hello to you." Qi Wenqing said, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Mrs. Liang.And nodded to Wu Shi with a smile.

Wu also smiled back, and then looked at Liang Mingzhi with a question.

Liang Mingzhi shook his head, expressing that he didn't know what was going on.

Wu looked back and saw that Qi Wenqing had already sat down with her mother-in-law.Not only that, it seemed that he had also met with Mrs. Zhou, and he said something for some reason, which made Mrs. Liang laugh.

Wu Shi left her puzzlement behind and walked over.

Qi Wenqing was a girl who was very good at talking. With her present, the girls around her became a foil, and she made Mrs. Liang happy every time.Even Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Song also laughed when they heard her youngest daughter's happy talk.

Several other girls sat beside them and talked.

Only then did Yijia realize that her sister was not there.

Her heart suddenly panicked, and she looked at Xiao Song's side several times, but seeing that there was really no one there, she had no choice but to walk out quickly.

Because Zhou Chengyan went to see Mr. Kang, Liang Mingzhi stood on the edge of the stands.Seeing Yijia running out in a hurry, she hurriedly greeted her.

"What's the matter?" he asked in a low voice.

Yijia was so anxious that she was about to cry, "Yiwan, Yiwan is gone, she hasn't come back!"

I didn't see Yiwan on the way back just now, Liang Mingzhi said that they followed Liang Mingyue and they probably came back first.Later, before they met at the door, Le Chengmin and Qi Wenqing came over one after another before they had time to ask. Only now did Yijia realize that her sister was missing.

"Don't worry, I'll ask, and I'll go find it with you." Liang Mingzhi held her back, and called Chen An over first, "Have all the younger brothers from the second uncle's family come back?"

Chen An said: "Except for the fourth young master, everyone else has returned."

Hearing what he said, Liang Mingzhi already had concerns in his heart, and ordered Chen An to ask Liang Mingyue quietly.

"Don't worry, Yi Wan is here with Ming Yu. Although Ming Yu is young, she is very stable, and Yi Wan will be fine." Liang Mingzhi gently squeezed Yi Jia's hand, comforting him.

Yijia nodded sullenly, feeling a little relieved in her heart.

Chen An came back soon, and Liang Mingyue followed with a panicked expression.

Walking closer, Liang Mingyue hurriedly said: "Brother, when watching the lanterns, Ming Yu carried Yi Wan over to watch, hasn't she come back yet?"

"You haven't come back yet, don't worry, you should be fine. You wait here." Liang Mingzhi comforted the two people, and then told Chen An: "Chen An, call some people and go out with me to look for them."

Yijia reached out and grabbed his sleeve, "I'll go too."

Liang Mingzhi knew that she was worried about her sister, and she couldn't feel at ease if she wasn't allowed to go, so he agreed.

There are only three roads from West Street to the folk lanterns on the lower edge, Chen An took people along two of them, and Liang Mingzhi and Yijia took the third.

The two had just walked halfway when they heard a little girl crying in the distance.

The two hurriedly walked over, but on a small bridge, they saw Liang Mingyu who was frantically coaxing Yiwan.

Yijia ran over and picked up Zhou Yiwan, "What's wrong, Yiwan, why are you crying?"

Seeing her sister, Zhou Yiwan cried even harder, "Sister, this scoundrel, this scoundrel will not take me to my sister, nor to my parents." She pointed at Liang Mingyu and complained loudly.

Liang Mingyu said in a little embarrassment: "I wanted to take her back, but you didn't go back. If I took her back first, I'm afraid it would be bad. So I wanted to wait for you on this small bridge, but who knows what left?" Just wait, you just won’t come.”

Yijia asked him strangely, "Why are you waiting on this small bridge?"

"We took this road when we came out, and I thought you would take this road again when we came back." Liang Mingyu blamed him as a matter of course: "Who knew that you would not take this road when you came back."

Seeing the two running from the direction of West Street, Liang Mingyu already knew that the two had gone back first.

It turned out that Liang Mingyu was blind.

Yijia didn't have the nerve to point him out, but Zhou Yiwan shouted bluntly: "You are lying, we didn't take this road at all when we came. The two bronze figures on both sides of the small bridge The ones are standing, but the ones here are sitting!"

Liang Mingyu saw that the bronze figure here was indeed sitting.

Now he was dumbfounded.

"Okay, let's go back first." Liang Mingzhi said, unable to bear the embarrassment of his cousin.

He didn't arrange this matter well, and he couldn't blame his sister and cousin.It was him himself who forgot everything else when he saw Yijia.

He stretched out his hand towards Zhou Yiwan, and said: "The way back is very long, your sister can't hold you, how about I hug you?"

Zhou Yiwan didn't resist him, she glanced at her sister, and sobbed into Liang Mingzhi's arms.

"Thank you Uncle Liang Shi," she said.

Hearing what she said, Liang Mingyu, who was following behind, froze. Why should he be a generation lower than his elder brother?Is it because he is blind?

When they returned to West Street, they happened to meet Le Chengmin and Qi Wenqing who were about to leave.Le Chengmin walked in the front and saw Liang Mingzhi holding Zhou Yiwan from afar, and Yijia following behind like a little wife, like a family of three, she was so scared that she didn't dare to look at Yijia.

It's over, it's over, it's over, Yijia really likes Anping Hou Shizi.

Well, that sister Wenqing...

"Princess Chengmin, Princess Wenqing, Miss Mu, are you leaving now?" Yijia walked over and said.

Le Chengmin shrank his neck and didn't answer.

Qi Wenqing said: "Well, the lantern show is over, the old lady is too old to bear it, so we should go back."

Yi Jia always felt that she spoke strangely, but she didn't know what was wrong, so she nodded and sent the three of them away.

Liang Mingyue had been waiting at the door, and when she saw Zhou Yiwan was found, she almost wept with joy, "Amitabha, thank God, he is finally back."

She did not ignore Liang Mingyu who was following Liang Ming like Le Chengmin did, and gave him a hard look.

Liang Mingyu knew he was wrong, so he didn't dare to stare back at her. When he walked in, he deliberately turned his head and stared at the culprit, Zhou Yiwan.

Because the lantern show was over, as soon as Yijia and the others got inside, Mrs. Song said goodbye to Mrs. Liang.Reaching out to take her daughter, they walked out.

When he went back, Zhou Chengyan refused to let Liang Mingzhi see him off, and Liang Mingzhi couldn't go there again, but his grandmother was still watching.So he asked Chen An to drive his carriage over, and got into Mrs. Liang's carriage by himself.

On the way back, the family of four took Liang Mingzhi's carriage.

Zhou Chengyan ignored Xiao Song, but Xiao Song was helpless, so he told Yi Jia about Le Chengmin winning No.3 in lantern riddles. "Princess Cheng Min is also amazing. She is very smart at a young age. She won No. 3 for guessing lantern riddles. I heard that she has won many rewards."

"That's right, not only that, but she also exchanged her reward with me for a Chang'e lantern and a parrot lantern, taking the opportunity to give me and Yiwan half of the reward." Yijia said.

"Ah, that's a reward from the emperor and empress. Would it be bad if you took it?" Xiao Song was a little worried, and looked at Zhou Chengyan while speaking.

Zhou Chengyan closed his eyes and pretended not to hear.

Xiao Song could only turn her head disappointed.

Yijia had no choice but to pretend not to see it, and continued: "It's okay, the servant who came with her said that An and Princess agreed. Mingyue and Mingzhu sisters also got half of it."

Ever since she agreed to marry Liang Mingzhi, Yijia felt ashamed to call her sister Liang Mingyue again.Even when we met, it was just you, you, you.

After hearing what she said, Xiao Song felt relieved.

"Mother, who are No.1 and No.2 guessing lantern riddles?" Zhou Yiwan was interested in this matter.

Xiao Song didn't pay attention to it at the time, and thought for a while before saying: "No.1 seems to be the eldest lady of He Yushi's family, and No.2 is the eldest sister of Princess Chengmin."

"Is it the daughter of Mr. He's family?" Zhou Chengyan couldn't help asking when he heard this.

Zhou Chengyan was able to take care of herself, and Xiao Song was overjoyed. She hurriedly thought about it again, and said firmly: "Yes, yes, she is the eldest lady of Mr. He Yushi's family. I heard that she has a younger sister. I will follow you today." The family car came out, but was forced to go back. Do you think this is funny? Why is the master and wife of the He family so strange? My sister can come out, but my sister..." At this point, she suddenly stopped talking and looked nervously at Zhou Chengyan said: "Yes, Mrs. Kang's family?"

Zhou Chengyan glanced at Yijia and saw that there was nothing unusual about her, so he nodded to Xiao Song.

Xiao Song didn't dare to say anything more, and went home without saying anything.

It's just that after entering the gate, Zhou Chengyan carried his sleeping daughter to the nanny, then said "I'm going to the study" and left.

Xiao Song had no choice but to say a few words to Yijia with a forced smile, telling her to go back and rest early.

Yijia felt a little helpless at this moment, knowing that there was a problem between the two of them, but he didn't know what the problem was.If you don't know, there's no way to help relieve it.

She frowned and thought, it's been half a month, and it's no way to go on like this.Could it be possible to ask Xuezhu to knock Yuqiu unconscious and forcefully extract a confession?

She would like to ask Liang Mingzhi for help, but this is her parents' private matter, so it's better for outsiders to know what to do.Especially if she married Liang Mingzhi, then her father would be his father-in-law.

Yijia frowned and went back to Bishuiju.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it rained several times, and the sky gradually cooled down.During this period, Yijia and Liang Mingzhi did not meet once, because Mrs. Liang of the Hou Mansion suddenly fell ill. Mrs. Jiang gave Mrs. Liang a prescription after seeing it, and one of the medicines had to be found in Jiangdong.

Liang Mingzhi personally took people to Jiangdong for his grandmother.Therefore, Yijia did not see Mrs. Liang when she followed Xiao Song to Anpinghou's Mansion to visit Mrs. Liang.

However, the two have been communicating with each other.

In just half a month, the two actually exchanged more than [-] letters. Sometimes they received one in the morning and another in the evening.

Although Mrs. Liang's illness was life-threatening, Liang Mingzhi was still very worried, so each letter was written in a few hasty strokes, presumably written during a break on the road.

On the contrary, Yijia sent longer letters.At first, he was concerned about taking care of his health due to the exhaustion of the journey, and then the weather was getting colder, and he was afraid that he would not bring enough clothes, so he would get cold on the road.

Fortunately, she is a good girl, so she secretly closed the door and made a robe for him, and sent it to him while replying to the letter.

Sometimes when Yijia thinks about it, she feels that this is hardly her own.She still doesn't know if she likes or loves Liang Mingzhi, but she just cares about him involuntarily and wants to be nice to him.

During this period, Qiushuang's sister-in-law Zhang delayed giving birth and gave birth to a daughter at the end of August.

Brother Qiushuang was very upset, and even took the opportunity to hit Mrs. Zhang once during confinement.Rao Qiushuang didn't like this sister-in-law very much, but her brother beat someone because of this kind of thing, and she became unhappy, asked Yijia for leave, and went back to have a good fight with her brother and sister-in-law.

The mess was so ruthless that Qiushuang's forehead was broken by her brother with a cut as long as a little finger.Qiu Shuang was so angry that she immediately announced that she would sever ties with her brother.

Yijia also didn't like what her brother did, so she didn't persuade her.Anyway, from the perspective of the past six months, Qiushuang is not bad, and if she can't protect this girl in the future, Liang Mingzhi will be able to protect her, so he even explained a few words to her.

On the contrary, Qiushuang cried when she let her go, and even swore to be loyal to her for the rest of her life.

It's over, and Yijia doesn't care too much.

In the blink of an eye, it's September.

Liang Mingzhi came back, and the empress of the palace also made a decree. Taking advantage of her birthday on September 16th, she announced many thirteen- to sixteen-year-old girls from ministers' families into the palace.

To Yijia's surprise, she was only 12 years old, and she was among them.But there is one more surprising thing, that is, Zhou Yihan is also among them.

The meaning of the empress's move couldn't be clearer, it was to choose a concubine for Xiang Wang Qi Zhan.Judging from the Zhou family's situation, if Yijia was selected, she would be a side concubine if she died, and she might not even be qualified as a side concubine.

Zhou Chengyan naturally didn't want his daughter to go, not to mention side concubine, but to be a princess. When he thought that his daughter would face Yingying and Yanyan in the backyard in the future, Zhou Chengyan couldn't bear it.

But Zhou's big room is different. Except for Zhou Yihan herself, Ran's, Zhou Chengchi and Zhou Xuan are all very happy that Zhou Yihan has such an opportunity.

If Zhou Yihan can marry King Xiang, it doesn't matter if he is a concubine, at least he can be regarded as having a relationship with King Xiang.

Moreover, Zhou Xuan felt that based on his current friendship with King Xiang, if Zhou Yihan was really chosen, maybe King Xiang would really be able to give her the position of side concubine.

There is no other reason, because Zhou Xuan has already learned that King Xiang will inherit the throne.And he was the confidant that King Xiang cultivated before he wanted to ascend the throne.

The first room of the Zhou family was busy with work, but the second room of the Zhou family was gloomy.

Zhou Chengyan was reluctant, but since the incident with Kang Qikun, Zhou Chengyan has never seen a good family for his daughter.In such a hurry, it is even more impossible to find someone to make up the number.

So he thought of Feng Zhou.

A few days ago, I received a letter from my younger sister. In the letter, my younger sister also mentioned what happened on my mother's birthday, and said that after what happened that day, she was too embarrassed to ask his brother to do something.But she only has one son, and the whole family depends on this one son.The son is also smart, so Zhou Chengyan begged Zhou Chengyan to help his son study in the capital because of the brother-sister relationship.

Zhou Chengyan never blamed his sister, so he was naturally willing to help, not to mention Feng Yi is his good friend, and Feng Zhou, his nephew, he actually loves very much.

He doesn't have a son, and he doesn't want to take concubines. The eldest son's two children, Zhou Xuan's mind is not righteous, and Zhou Qi's mind is not smart enough.If it is possible to betroth his daughter to his nephew, with his younger sister and good friend Feng Yi watching, not only Yijia will be fine after a hundred years, but Yiwan and Xiao Song should also be taken care of.

Zhou Chengyan called Yijia over to talk, "Jia'er, your aunt wrote me a letter, saying that she wanted me to arrange for your cousin to study in Beijing."

Yijia didn't know why his father would talk to her about this, so he said, "Isn't there an exam in the Imperial College? If my cousin can pass the exam, then my father can arrange it. After all, my aunt only has one son."

"Well, I think so too as a father. Jia'er, what do you think of your cousin?" Zhou Chengyan said.

Yijia thought about it, but she couldn't remember what happened to her cousin in the previous life.But I heard from my cousin Feng Lian that Feng Zhou passed the examination of scholar at a young age, and he is a very talented person.My aunt has only one son, my cousin, and my father is definitely willing to help them.

"Since my cousin can pass the examination as a scholar, it proves that he is a talented person. Father just ask him to take the examination and try it." She said.

Seeing that his daughter didn't understand what he meant after talking for a long time, Zhou Chengyan couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

If it wasn't for the queen's sudden order, he wouldn't have said this to his daughter face to face, but if he was really unfortunate enough to be selected, what should he do?

So, he said bluntly: "Jia'er, what do you think of marrying you to your cousin?"

"No!" Yijia directly refused.Seeing his father's stunned look, he realized that he was too excited.Yijia was afraid that his father would see something, so he hurriedly said: "I, I have always treated my cousin as a big brother, so, so I can't..."

(End of this chapter)