Embarrassing for the bride

Chapter 49

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and Wen Zhaoling will surely reveal the news when he leaves with Yuzhi.

Mrs. Wen sat quietly in the room, looking very calm, but in fact she was very nervous.After a while, Fuqin came in hurriedly, without even caring about the ceremony, she said eagerly: "Ma'am, I just found out that the master received a letter from the young master, and now he is very angry and wants to chase him gone."

Mrs. Wen immediately stood up, and sighed helplessly, "I told him to ignore his father, but he was always worried about me, and now he took everything on himself, and it would be troublesome if his father really caught up with him." .”

It was rare for Fuqin to see the always steady and calm madam so flustered, she lost her mind for a while, and could only accompany her silently.

Mrs. Wen paced around the room for a few steps, then suddenly got up and walked out, and asked Fu Qin who was following behind, "Has the master set off now?"

"No, when I came here just now, I just heard the master call for someone to prepare the horse. Maybe I want to go there in person. I probably haven't set off yet."

Mrs. Wen finally felt relieved after hearing this, and nodded, but her pace was faster, "Then let's go there quickly."

Wen Yanzhi's yard was brightly lit. When Mrs. Wen arrived, she saw him walking out while buttoning up his cloak, and stopped when she saw her coming in.

Mrs. Wen turned around and dismissed Fuqin, stepped forward and asked him, "Is your husband going to chase Boyu and Yuzhi back?"

Wen Yanzhi's face changed, "Why did Madam know that they were going to leave? That rebellious son did such a thing without telling the whole family, do you still want to help him?"

Mrs. Wen avoided his questioning eyes and nodded, "I knew it a long time ago, and I also asked Boyu to leave, and I told him not to tell you, just because I was afraid that you would chase him, but I didn't expect him to tell you anyway." you."

Wen Yanzhi looked at her in disbelief, "Ma'am, do you know what you did? You want Boyu to be like the second brother? Only come back once a year or not? How can I explain to my mother? ?”

Mrs. Wen smiled wryly, "If not, then... maybe we will never see him again."

Wen Yan was taken aback, "Where do you start with this?"

Mrs. Wen turned her head and stared at him, "Husband, it's not Boyu who did all this wrong, it was you and me. You were too obsessed at the beginning, and it was me who refused to give in. Now your fourth son Ji Li has given us such Isn't it your fault and my retribution?"

"Ji Li?" Wen Yanzhi became more and more surprised, "What happened to him?"

Mrs. Wen pursed her lips, and said softly: "He wants to report Boyu's overseas business affairs to the imperial court and crush the Wen family."

"...What?" Wen Yanzhi was very surprised, "How could Ji Li...he is also from the Wen family."

Mrs. Wen was silent.

Wen Yanzhi was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "No matter what happens, we must first chase the person back before we talk about it." As he spoke, he was about to walk out.Mrs. Wen didn't expect him to be so persistent, she was stunned for a moment, she didn't know how to stop her, she just watched her walk past her and walked out.

When Wen Yan's foot had already stepped out of the courtyard, Mrs. Wen finally came to her senses, and hurriedly shouted: "Husband, are you trying to make me lose another son?"

Wen Yanzhi's footsteps stopped, his back straightened, and after a long time, he slowly retracted his stepped foot, turned to look at Mrs. Wen, "Ma'am, Boyu is the eldest son and grandson, if he really has any responsibilities, he should He explained everything very clearly in the letter, and I know he has done everything well, but if he walks away at this time, there will be more in Ji Li's hands, won't he?"

"He didn't leave for himself, but for Yuzhi and your grandson." Mrs. Wen stepped forward, tears welling up in her eyes, she pursed her lips and hesitated for a long time, and finally called out in a low voice: "Yan Zhi , I haven’t begged you for so many years, I beg you today, let them go, just pretend you don’t know about it, okay?”

Wen Yanzhi stared at her blankly, speechless for a while.

Mrs. Wen saw that he did not move, thought that he would not agree, bit her lips, and simply knelt down in front of him, "Yanzhi, think about Shuquan, I can't lose Boyu again, he is my worst The children living here, now it is a foregone conclusion to take this step, please let them go, things will pass one day."

Wen Yanzhi's throat was slightly choked, and he took a step back as if he couldn't believe it, "Wan Qing, you have been so proud all your life, you have never bowed your head to me in your whole life, and today you will kneel down to me, between you and me... you will come to an end." Such a step."

He closed his eyes, as if he had aged a lot in an instant, turned around and faced the outside of the courtyard, and said after a while: "Boyu told me in the letter, telling me to treat you well in the future, because you are the only one who will hold my hand for the rest of my life. You say If I chase Boyu back, you will lose another son. In fact, I think you will lose this son if you don’t chase him back. You and I are not young anymore. I will love my children no less than you. It is you Never understood me."

Mrs. Wen was stunned. The last time Wen Yanzhi spoke to her so bluntly seemed to be a long time ago. It was a long time since we met her for the first time or when we were newly married. I didn't expect to hear him say such a thing today.

Wen Yanzhi turned his back to her and suddenly whispered: "If I say resign now, what do you think?"

Mrs. Wen got up slowly, walked behind him, and replied in a low voice: "I will agree."

Wen Yan was startled, turned around and looked at her, Mrs. Wen met his gaze with a desolate smile, "Actually, you asked me last time, and I just wanted to agree. Is it me or are you obsessing? Yan In short, after so many years, I seem to know where your knot comes from."

Wen Yanzhi couldn't say a word, only looked at her silently, her youth was like water, only her eyes were still as clear and quiet as ever, just like what I saw during the Lantern Festival.

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After Ji Li heard what the servant said about Wen Yanzhi's rush to leave the house just now but was stopped by Mrs. Wen, he sat at the table without making a sound.The servant gave him a reassuring look, and stepped back cautiously.

There was a scroll quietly placed on the table, which was returned to him by Yuzhi.He always knew it was his own wishful thinking, he knew it when he was in Mingyue Nunnery.At that time, he only thought about becoming famous in the future and being able to have a matching identity with her.It's a pity that before he made any progress, she was already married.

His unwillingness finally became unbearable when he saw Wen Zhaoling.He is also from the Wen family, but because of his birth, he was exiled outside. The slight difference at the beginning made the difference between him and Yuzhi today.

Looking back on what I have done during this period of time now, how much of it was out of sincerity, and how much was out of personal grievances?
He thought that those four years were not only important to himself, but also to Yuzhi, and only after listening to her words did he fully understand that he not only admired her wishfully, but also wishfully thought that everything could be changed.

Yuzhi said that he hoped that he could keep his heart, but he failed to do so after all.It's just that now he suddenly feels tired, not out of kindness or repentance, but because he suddenly found out that what he did was really ridiculous.He'd done it all, borrowed so many favors, and now he found he had nothing to stand for.

There was a letter beside the scroll, which had been torn open, and the letter paper was still in Ji Li's hands. On the cover was Wen Zhaoling's flowing handwriting: Ji Li's personal letter.

He had already finished watching it, and knew that he had completely lost.

There was a sudden rush of footsteps outside the door, Ji Li didn't lift his head, the visitor had already rushed up to him, and hurriedly said: "Ji Li, what's wrong with you? Silly boy, you are so late at night. Mother, just to see your lost soul?"

Wu patted his face distressedly, "Ji Li, I already know, Yu Zhi left as soon as she left, she is destined not to be with you, there is no time to force her, you should know this truth."

Ji Li seemed to have heard something funny, and suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth, raised his eyes and looked at Wu Shi coldly, "Mother's words are very good, there is no time to force her, if this is the case, why is she so forceful?" ? Now that you have finally returned to Wen's house with a happy face, is mother happy?"

Wu's face froze, "Ji Li, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Ji Li handed her the letter paper in his hand, "Mother, why don't you take a good look at it, you were not careful enough to make the facts, and let others check it so clearly, you can't blame it if you want to."

Surprised in Wu's heart, she felt that something was wrong, she stretched out her hand to take the letter paper and read it, but she couldn't read much, so she read it very slowly, she read it several times before she understood the general meaning, and the palm of her hand oozes out. A layer of cold sweat.

"Should I call you mother, or should I call you aunt?" Ji Li looked at her sadly, "I am a substitute for your dead son, and also a tool for you to take revenge on the Wen family, am I not?"

Surprised by the horrifying look in his eyes, Wu took a step back, and the letter in his hand fell to the ground unconsciously.

Ji Li chuckled twice: "No matter what, you are the one who brought me up alone, and I will always regard you as my biological mother, but... now I know that I am not from the Wen family at all, so What's the point of all that I've done? I didn't have the conditions to compete with Wen Zhaoling in the first place, and those reluctances are really ridiculous."

Wu suddenly cried out: "Who says you don't have the conditions to compete with him? You should have entered the Wen family. This is what the Wen family owes me, and that woman owes me. If she hadn't kicked me out of the Wen family , How could I have a miscarriage, how could I lose my son!"

Ji Li looked at her dejectedly, "If you admit it, it's true. No wonder you suddenly fell ill when you were compiling the scores that day. It turned out that you were just pretending to be sick. Since you think I should go into Wen's house, why don't you dare to be honest? Why don't you fill me in the family tree? Mother, you are still guilty." Ji Li smiled vainly, "You said that you deceived the Wen family in this way, and let the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty know that I am a Wen family. Is it bullying?"

Wu's expression was flustered, her breathing was unstable, "Ji Li, what's wrong with you? Be more sober!"

"I'm very sober, and I haven't sobered until now." He smiled bitterly, "No wonder Yuzhi chose him instead of me, knowing my secret but handing it over to me in a dignified way, just this kind of bearing is incomparable to me It's gone."

He looked up at Mrs. Wu with deep eyes, "Mother, I don't want to know what happened back then. I just know that all of this has been settled. You have fallen deep enough. It is you who should wake up. I know what you went through. The pain of bereavement, and years of toil and hard work, it is the child's incompetence that cannot allow you to enjoy the life of glory, wealth, and superiority."

Wu Shi was startled, "You...what are you going to do?"

Ji Li bowed deeply to her, "For the time being, I won't tell the secret you have kept so hard for so many years, and I won't say anything angry. I just ordered someone to submit a note to the Holy One, explaining that I want to get out of here. I believe that there will be an answer to my wish to be the parent officer, and as for you, you can stay in Wen's house or follow me."

Mrs. Wu stammered a little: "Ji Li... You, you have a bright future now, and you actually want to invite yourself to be a little... parent officer?"

"When I study, I should serve the country. The foundation of the country lies in the people's livelihood. Parents who serve the people are suitable for people like me who have just entered the officialdom." He turned his head and stared at the dancing candles on the table, "I also want to keep my heart , that's all."

Wu's face was ashen, and she sat down on the stool opposite him, looking haggard, "Could it be that I did something wrong? I'm just not reconciled, not reconciled..."

"No matter how unwilling you are, the result will be the same without you in people's hearts. Mother, you are the same as me, why bother?"

Ji Li got up and packed the scrolls and letters, walked into the inner room, and started to pack things.Listening to the rustling voice, Wu's heart felt empty. After a long time, tears gradually came out of her eyes, and her slightly rouged face looked older and older. It seemed that a light blow would be enough to completely destroy her.

When Ji Li returned from the inner room to the outer room, Wu Shi had already got up and walked out, his footsteps were flimsy, as if he had suddenly lost the focus of life, and suddenly had nothing to rely on.Ji Li quickly stepped forward to help her out the door, but she waved her hand and walked forward by herself, her figure gradually disappearing in the darkness.

Ji Li sighed, maybe it was difficult for him to accept this reality for a while, so the words were a bit heavy. She has been looking forward to it for so many years, so how easy is it?What she expects now is not to be crushed by Mrs. Wen, whom she regards as an enemy, nor by Wen Yanzhi, whom she loves so much, but by her son who raised her with one hand. After all, it is too cruel.

Ji Li stood quietly on the spot for a while, and turned back to the house until he could not hear Wu's footsteps at all. When he turned his head, he found a person hidden behind the pillars of the porch. When I saw the light coming out, I was stunned, "Aqin?"

Aqin's face half-hidden in the darkness looked complicated, and after a while she murmured: "I originally wanted to ask about my eldest brother and sister-in-law, and I didn't mean to eavesdrop. Si... Sir, I'm sorry..."

Ji Li opened his lips, and shook his head lightly after a long while, "It's okay, I'm leaving anyway, if you know it, you'll know. After this period of time passes, I will report to the court and confess everything to the Holy One."

"Then you..." Aqin looked at him anxiously, unable to ask the following three words "what to do".

Ji Li seemed to understand her expression, and smiled, "Don't worry, the big deal is that I won't be an official. After reading so many books, I won't starve to death. Maybe I can become a teacher again, teaching and educating people. .”

Originally, he was just talking to comfort A-Qin, but A-Qin listened seriously.The two were silent for a while, then she glanced at Ji Li, turned and left.

"Aqin?" Ji Li was very surprised by her abnormal behavior, so he couldn't help calling out to her.

Aqin turned her head to look at him, her figure standing in the dark was a little thin, "Sir, I respect your decision, no matter what, you are you, and your status doesn't matter." She lowered her head and whispered: "Someday there will always be When we met, you... cherished all the way."

Ji Li stared blankly at her back disappearing into the night, and suddenly understood what Ah Qin said.When we meet in the future, it must be a brand new Jili, the youthful and frivolous or reckless in the past will remain in yesterday.

He bowed his head and smiled slightly, the depression that had been lingering in his heart for a long time dissipated a lot.When we meet in the future, we will definitely not be the same people we used to be, he and Aqin are both, and so is Yuzhi.

(End of this chapter)