in spring

Chapter 187

Rehabilitation of the Zhou family means that Zhou Nian will regain his identity, and the promise he made back then will be fulfilled.

This thought flashed through Chunying's mind, and ecstasy appeared on her face: "Really?! Then your family will be rehabilitated soon, right?!" Suddenly realizing that she had lost her composure, she restrained herself and added: "That's really great! After so many years, it's really not easy..." She felt her throat was a little choked, and her heart suddenly felt sore.

Zhou Nian had already regained his composure, but after hearing what she said later, his eye circles turned red again: "Yes...it's not easy...I was also disappointed and hopeless. Spending the rest of my life quietly, how could I have thought that there would be such a day...Although I knew that the case would be rehabilitated, but when I heard the verdict, I still couldn't help it..." He stopped talking, turned his back to face Facing the wall, it took a long time to turn back, and said with a smile: "I'm getting excited at the moment, I'm sorry, don't laugh at me."

Chunying's vision was a little blurred, she hurriedly shook her head when she heard the words, turned her back and quickly wiped it with her sleeve.Seeing Zhou Nian, he felt a little moved: Although both Lord Hou and Li You were happy about the news, there might be other reasons mixed in, and Chun Ying was probably the only one who wept for him out of joy?

How did Chunying know that he thought highly of herself in his heart, and when he turned around, he had put on a smile again, and said, "I want to congratulate you, since your uncle's case has been successfully overturned, then the next step is the Zhou family's case." case? I don’t think it will be too long.”

Zhou Nian nodded: "I guess it took three to five months, maybe a year. The evidence papers have been sorted out, and every detail has been carefully considered. Several similar cases have been tried by Dali Temple. Our family's Compared with those cases, there is nothing special about them, and the trial must go very smoothly. Besides, the reason why the previous cases were delayed for a long time was because Liang sent officials to sabotage them. Now they are too busy to take care of themselves, so how can they have the energy to manage us? ?”

Chun Ying was secretly happy when she heard this: "That's great! I heard that Grand Master Liang is urging to marry his youngest daughter and the second young master because of his bad situation in the court, but Master Hou hasn't said anything yet. , now it's the Hou's turn to procrastinate. Judging from this, those people won't be around for long!"

Zhou Nian smiled: "It's too early to say this now, and we need to be more cautious in the future. This is the only chance."

Chunying nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, you must be cautious and careful, and you must not make any mistakes!" She took a deep breath, and asked with a smile: "Brother Nian, I remember that your uncle's cousins ​​were exiled Lingnan, right? Now that the case has been overturned, we have to bring them back, right?"

"Yes, Brother You has already sent someone to go." Zhou Nian looked a little ashamed, "I don't know how much they have suffered these years, I hope they can live better after returning to Beijing. It's a pity that I can't do anything now. I really feel ashamed to entrust it to Lord Hou and Brother You and his son."

Chunying hurriedly said: "You don't have to be too sad, in fact, you have a lot of things to do." Seeing Zhou Nian looking at herself in confusion, she explained: "The third young master sent someone to Lingnan to pick him up, you can't help with this I'm busy, so just wait in peace. But after your cousins ​​come to Beijing, you can always make a plan for how to live? Now that it's been rehabilitated, will the family property, houses, and other things that were confiscated at the beginning be released? How much is repaid? Is it enough to live? In fact, I think even if the house is returned, after so many years, it will not be able to live in, so it needs to be tidied up. Even if there are not many people to serve, two or three are needed. From Lingnan It might take a month to get to the capital, isn't this time enough for you to be busy? What's more, you still have your own case to attend to."

Seeing that Zhou Nian suddenly realized, she added with a smile: "I remember you mentioned before that a family member was released before the accident and took away some property. Have you kept in touch with him these years? Now you can find He? Although you have not been rehabilitated now, with the name of the Marquis Mansion, you can go out to visit relatives and friends openly, don't always stay in the mansion like before. The people on the side of Liang Taishi, now Where is the time to find your bad luck?"

Zhou Nian couldn't help laughing: "That's reasonable, but I'm used to avoiding outsiders, so for a while..."

"If you can avoid it for a while, can you avoid it for the rest of your life?" Chunying disapproved and said, "Brother Nian, after you are rehabilitated, you have to go out to meet people. I'm afraid you still have to take the imperial examination to become an official. It's good to get used to it now." If you are worried that someone will make trouble, you can ask Sanqing to accompany you, or you can go out with the third young master. It is very important to rehabilitate the case, but it is also time to consider what will happen after the redress. Although I know that Lord Hou will not treat you badly , but you are always relying on the help of the Marquis, don’t you feel very uneasy? There are some things you can do by yourself, so you don’t have to worry about others. For example, your future life, the house you live in, and the manpower you can order Wouldn't it be better to solve part of it? Besides, no matter how enthusiastic Hou Ye is, if you want to revive your family reputation, you still have to study hard to take the scientific examination?"

She would never say these words in front of a third person.With her current status, such words can be called "regardless of dignity" and even have the meaning of "rebelling against the master".

It's not that she was thinking too complicated, but based on her understanding of the master of the Hou Mansion in the past five years, she really didn't believe that they would spend a long time and energy to rehabilitate Zhou Nian simply for the sake of a friendship, even if there was such a situation at the beginning. After so many years, with the increasingly fierce political struggle between the two factions, this kindness may have infiltrated a lot of utilitarian ideas, right?Zhou Nian is a great benefactor of the Marquis Mansion. When he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely become an ally of the Marquis Mansion. If there is a disagreement between the two, will Zhou Nian go against his own belief and make concessions to the other party because the Marquis Mansion has helped him too much? Woolen cloth?

Maybe it's just that she thinks too much, but although Zhou Nian has a gentle personality and a good temper, he really has the stubbornness of a scholar in his bones.He is full of heart to help his family reverse the case, and hopes to take good care of his cousins, but he always has to rely on the Hou's house, which cannot but be said to be a kind of sadness.Every time she saw him sad, she couldn't help but soften her heart, so she wanted to talk more and persuade him to think more about herself.Although he and she are from different classes, and there will be no intersection in their lives in the future, she still hopes that he can live a happy and comfortable life...

Zhou Nian looked at Chunying, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, and after a long while, he solemnly saluted: "Thank you for your words." Chunying was startled, and hurriedly backed away two steps, but also thought it was a little funny, and said loudly. Fang Fang replied: "Brother Nian, you are out of touch." Zhou Nian was dumbfounded, and also smiled: "Yes, between you and me, it is superfluous to always say thank you."

Chunying's face became hot, and she hurriedly looked around and said to him: "I almost forgot, I came here today, and I was ordered to find a book." She read the poem a few times, and then said the author, "This study room There should be a book explaining this poem, do you remember where it is?"

Zhou Nian thought for a while, walked to the opposite bookshelf, and took down a thin booklet: "But this one? I remember there is another one in it." Chunying quickly took it, and heard footsteps from outside He hurriedly retreated three steps away from Zhou Nian, and Zhou Nian walked straight inside knowingly, leaving Chunying where he was.

Xiaoyao sat listlessly in the outer room, looked up and saw Chunying from a distance, and asked feebly, "Have you not left yet? Why is it taking so long to find a book? Do you want my help?"

Just as Chunying was about to answer, Zhou Nian came out and handed Chunying a palm-thick book: "This book also mentions the interpretation of this poem, take it and see if it is suitable for you?"

Xiaoyao's eyes widened: "Master Zhou? Why are you here?! I just didn't see it!"

"I've been in the library all the time? Maybe I was fascinated by reading and didn't see you, but where did you go just now? I called you several times, but no one answered me." After that, he pointed to the back room, " Go and clean it up, just now I saw that the spider silk on the roof is almost forming a web, are you lazy in the morning?"

"No way... it's just that I was fascinated by reading for a while..." Xiaoyao shrinks her head, "I'll go right away!" Then he picked up the broom and walked over Chunying and Zhou Nian to the room.

Holding the book, Chunying stared at Xiaoyao not far away from her, fearing that she would not be able to continue talking to Zhou Nian, so she saluted resentfully, intending to leave, when suddenly Zhou Nian raised her hand to stop her, she was taken aback for a moment, then Peeping at Xiaoyao, he made sure that the latter was concentrating on sweeping the floor, and then looked at Zhou Nian.

Zhou Nian signaled her to go out with him, her voice was so low that she could hardly hear it: "Of course I will never forget what I promised you back then, but your family is different now, your father is already in charge, I don't want to rush to ask Lord Hou for help. If you want your family, why don't you go back and ask to see what your father means?"

Chunying's heart trembled, and she realized that she hadn't mentioned this matter to her father, she quickly nodded and said in a low voice, "I understand."

With a bit of reluctance, she glanced at Zhou Nian again before turning around and walking outside. When she was about to turn the corner, she looked back again and saw Zhou Nian was still standing behind the threshold, looking up at the treetops in front of the house. Slightly disappointed, he hurriedly bowed his head.

Back in the garden with the book, Second Miss Yijun and Miss Fan were still arguing, but the topic had changed.Chunying sent the book up, and the two checked it out, and found that the two books had different statements, which happened to be the same as the two of them, so there was no answer.However, their attention had already been shifted to another matter, and after only half a cup of tea time, they put this matter aside and continued their debate on Tang poetry.

Chunying smiled wryly, and retreated to Huo Yi, who dropped a piece on the chessboard, looked up at her, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, you can go down and rest." Chunying blinked, a little in disbelief , turned around to look at Ju'er, sure that he heard it right, he was a little pleasantly surprised, and began to feel that Huo Yi was actually not too bad compared to other ladies, if there were more sympathetic behaviors like this, it would be great All right.While Chunying was thinking about something, Xie En withdrew, and began to think about finding an opportunity to ask for leave to go home and discuss with her parents about job hopping.

Before she could come up with an excuse, the old lady suddenly sent someone to tell the ladies that there was no need to eat dinner at her place, as she had something to do, so the ladies should separate themselves.

Everyone was very surprised, I don't know what happened, Yijun suddenly became anxious, worried that it might be his elder brother who caused trouble again?Obviously these days have been very quiet, God bless, don't let him make trouble!

Ju'er reminded Huo Yi in a low voice: "The young master is still in the old lady's courtyard, tonight..." Huo Yi frowned, Chunying saw her and said, "Miss, Brother En is here too, why don't you let them stay at night?" Together?" After finishing speaking, he smacked his lips in Jing's direction.Huo Yi smiled and asked Jing Shi: "Big Cousin, shall we go pick up my younger brother and nephew?" Jing Shi also heard Chun Ying mentioning herself just now, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay." She was worried about herself Going alone would cause the old lady to blame her, but with cousin Huo Yi leading the way, she would not be afraid.

Except for Yijun, Xijun and Miss Fan who went back to the courtyard respectively, Huo Yi and Jing took the maids to the old lady's courtyard, and when they reached the gate of the courtyard, they heard the silence and solemnity inside, and the second-class maids brought colorful mandarin ducks. Watching the two little girls guarding the door, standing respectfully, Chunying and the others were secretly surprised.

Mrs. Jing glanced at Qing Ning, and Huo Yi also looked at Chunying, Chunying quickly stepped forward and asked, "Cai Yuan, grandma and Miss Biao are here to pick up the two young masters, what's inside?"

Caiyuan stretched out her index finger and let out a "shush", looked inside, and said: "Brother Rong and Brother Kun were picked up by Aunt Qing, and the young mistress and Miss Biao just go and look for them. Inside... there are distinguished guests here today. Woolen cloth!"

Chunying swept inside, and found that there were indeed some strange maids standing under the corridor in the courtyard. Their clothes were completely different from those of the Hou's mansion, so she asked in a low voice, "Which family is it? Why didn't I hear that there will be guests today?" Come?"

Caiyuan pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Mrs. Jing, and then whispered to Chunying: "The lady who is here today is Mrs. Liang, who is here... to discuss the marriage of the second young master! Our family is going to have a wedding... ..."

Chunying was surprised, the Liang family...has been so impatient?

(The end of the month is approaching...have the audacity to ask for a pink ticket...)
(End of this chapter)