Cheng Yuanjing saw Cheng Yujin pick and choose, although he didn't like this feeling very much, but he was not in a hurry. Because Cheng Yujin only values the wealth of the other party's family, Cheng Yuanjing has an inexplicable certainty in his heart.
If it's just based on her status, it doesn't matter who she chooses. Cheng Yuanjing watched Cheng Yujin pull the powerful son-in-law back and forth, a bit like watching a child pick a toy.
But this time, Cheng Yuanjing realized very clearly that Cheng Yujin took it seriously.
The Lin family had no children before they could take concubines. Perhaps it was because of the strict family rules that the men of the Lin family were able to prosper from generation to generation, and there were many scholars. If it was just Lin Qingyuan, or the Lin family behind him, it would not be enough to make Cheng Yujin die. No matter what Cheng Yujin says, she will abandon it without hesitation when she encounters a better option.
But what about not taking concubines
Cheng Yuanjing was not sure.
Cheng Yuanjing felt that his thoughts were very strange. What does Cheng Yujin have to do with him? It's better for a man to be a married woman and a woman to marry. She chooses a future husband for herself, is it better than a blind marriage? And in all fairness, Lin Qingyuan is indeed a very good descendant, otherwise he would not have entered Cheng Yuanjing's eyes. As her nominal uncle, he should be happy for her.
But Cheng Yuanjing was just unhappy, and his heart was inexplicably irritable. He restrained his sudden temper and looked up at the vast rain curtain outside the window. Cheng Yuanjing suddenly realized that Cheng Yujin's screen was embroidered, and she would have no reason to run to him every day in the future.
If it wasn't for Cheng Yujin's sudden whim to make Cheng Yujin embroider characters, the two of them would never have had an intersection. Cheng Yuanjing was uncomfortable from the beginning, but gradually became accustomed to it. As if everything had always been like this, he was reading a book on the desk, and as soon as he looked up, he could see Cheng Yujin sitting on the collapsed, carefully comparing the handwriting.
After hearing the family rule that the Lin family does not accept concubines, Cheng Yujin really took a look at Lin Qingyuan, and she also changed from "this person is in good condition and can be used as an alternative" to seriously thinking about marrying Lin Qingyuan.
Cheng Yujin grew up seeing the inner court fighting, she knew too well the difference between a concubine and a concubine. No matter how smart and capable a woman is, once her husband is out and about and leads people one by one to the house, this woman will be ruined in this life.
Just like her mother, Princess Qingfu. King Ning is powerful enough, and Qingfu's family management skills are strong enough, but what's the use? It's still a backyard qi that has been haunted all day long without having children for many years.
And Lin Qingyuan was alone in the capital, with no elders around him to supervise, so he still kept himself clean and did not appoint a concubine. This heart is stronger than having a fortune.
Cheng Yujin looked at the person in front of her seriously, as if it was the first time she saw Lin Qingyuan. She really felt that marrying him would be a good thing.
As soon as Cheng Yuanjing lowered his head, he saw Cheng Yujin's gaze towards Lin Qingyuan, and the inexplicable irritability in his heart came again. Cheng Yuanjing suddenly said, "Cheng Yujin."
Cheng Yujin raised her head and looked at him with clear eyes: "Ninth uncle?"
Cheng Yuanjing saw his own reflection in the pupil, and found that he had no reason to let her go. The female family members and the outer court had never met. If Lord Cheng hadn't heard Cheng Yujin's divorce, he would not have interfered in her upbringing.
"There is a travel journal on the bookshelf. You mentioned it last time. Take advantage of the quiet today, go back and read the book."
Cheng Yujin understood, Cheng Yuanjing thought she was distracting her by sitting here to disturb him and his friends talking. Cheng Yujin gave Cheng Yujin a sneaking glance, and saluted Cheng Yuanjing lightly: "Uncle Xie, my niece is retiring. Lin Bianxiu sits slowly, I'll go first."
Lin Qingyuan was a little surprised: "Let's go now? It's raining outside, be careful to get wet."
Cheng Yujin looked at Lin Qingyuan and smiled. When she smiled, her eyes were like crescent moons, and the spring flowers were blooming: "Lin Zhuangyuan, the rain has stopped outside."
Lin Qingyuan looked out and found that the rain had stopped at some point. He smiled: "I didn't pay attention, but you are a woman, you still have to pay attention to the cold."
After Cheng Yujin left, Lin Qingyuan casually sighed with Cheng Yuanjing: "Your eldest niece is smart and beautiful, and she is very comfortable to get along with. I don't know who will be able to marry her in the future."
After Lin Qingyuan finished speaking, he turned around and was taken aback: "Why are you looking at me like this?"
Cheng Yuanjing had long since lost Tan Xing, and it didn't take long for him to send Lin Qingyuan out. After everyone left, the room returned to silence. Cheng Yuanjing looked at the sitting collapsed in the study, the two sets of pen and ink on the table, and the travel notes on the bookshelf, and suddenly realized that the layout of his room had changed a lot, and Cheng Yujin's shadow could be seen almost everywhere in the space.
Cheng Yujin heard that the screen had been mounted, and went to Cheng Yuanjing's house to see it. When she saw the finished product, she gave a sincere compliment: "Excellent, it looks much better than just embroidered."
People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. The ancient teaching is honest and don’t deceive me. Even a screen is completely different when it is framed.
Cheng Yuanjing asked people to put away the things and asked, "I heard that Lord Hou is not in good health these days, how is he?"
"It's still the same. I was caught by the wind two days ago, and I can't stop coughing recently."
When it comes to Lord Cheng's illness, both of them feel heavy. Two days ago, when the imperial doctor came to see a doctor, he suggested that the Cheng family should prepare the shroud earlier. Everyone in the Hou Mansion was tacitly aware that Old Master Cheng probably wouldn't live long.
"How can you get wind?" Cheng Yuanjing sat on the chair and asked.
Cheng Yujin followed to the other side and sat down naturally: "It's not because the weather is getting warmer, my grandfather was greedy for the cold, so he left the window wide open. As a result, the climate changed greatly at the turn of spring and summer, and he caught a cold."
Cheng Yuanjing frowned, Cheng Yujin immediately said, "It's not that we didn't persuade him, but Uncle Ninth also knows the character of grandfather. Unless you say this, it's useless for us to say anything."
Cheng Yuanjing sighed: "I know, I will visit him these days."
During this period of time, Cheng Yuanjing was very busy. Cheng Yujin, a boudoir girl who did not contact the outer courtyard, knew that Cheng Yuanjing was very busy, so she almost left after going home. Cheng Yujin was curious and asked, "Ninth uncle, what are you busy with these days?"
"I'm checking Yu Hengsi's dossier records in previous years."
Cheng Yujin's intuition was wrong when he heard this: "Isn't the file going to be kept on file for storage? You can check it whenever you want. Why is Ninth Uncle in such a hurry?"
Cheng Yuanjing glanced at her admiringly, and his reaction ability was good.
"I will be transferred next month. Once transferred, Yu Hengsi's dossier cannot be viewed at will, so I have to read it now."
Cheng Yujin's eyes widened: "Transfer? Why transfer? Ninth uncle should not travel on business when he does things."
"It's just a normal selection." Cheng Yuanjing replied casually. He never had the habit of explaining to others, but when he saw Cheng Yujin's eyes, he added in a ghostly way: "It's not a big deal in the Tuntian Division and the Ministry of Engineering."
Cheng Yujin was skeptical. The most important thing for an official is stability. How can anyone transfer the six divisions and twenty-four divisions together? Cheng Yuanjing had to be transferred out after only two months in Yu Hengsi. Judging from this situation, it seemed that he had to go through all six rounds.
Cheng Yujin didn't know what was going on. She was afraid that there was something hidden in it. If she accidentally stepped on it, wouldn't it be embarrassing for both parties. Cheng Yujin quickly changed the subject, and asked briskly, "It's the Dragon Boat Festival soon, does Ninth Uncle have any arrangements?"
"Dragon Boat Festival." Cheng Yuanjing smiled, and his expression became indifferent for some reason, "What's wrong with the Evil Midday Festival?"
"How can you say that?" Cheng Yujin was unhappy, "Dragon Boat Festival is the day to ward off evil spirits and toxins. On this day, evil spirits can be warded off, and you can be healthy and healthy for the whole year."
"To ward off evil spirits and eliminate poisons..." Cheng Yuanjing smiled lightly, "I was born on this day, and I am already five or five evils. There is no evil that can be exorcised, and no poison can be eliminated."
Cheng Yujin choked all of a sudden, May was considered bad luck, and it was also called the evil month. Many elderly people believe that children born in May will not be well-raised and will bring bad luck to the family. Cheng Yuanjing was born on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, isn't it...
Every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, when every family makes great fanfare to eliminate the five poisons and sweep away the disease and filth, how uncomfortable he must be.
Cheng Yujin was silent, unable to speak for a long time. Cheng Yuanjing didn't seem to care about this. Everyone said that he would not live long. For this matter, the Queen Mother specially invited a high-ranking monk to come to the palace to cast spells to exorcise evil spirits. Too bad he didn't live to adulthood yet.
He didn't die from dystocia at birth, he didn't die from typhoid fever when he was two years old, and he still didn't die from "natural disasters" when he was five years old.
Cheng Yuanjing was thinking about it when someone suddenly grabbed his hand. Cheng Yuanjing lowered his head and saw Cheng Yujin took out a five-color silk thread and wrapped it around his wrist: "In May, mosquitoes are revived, diseases are rampant, children are weak and most likely to die from illness, so the old people say that May is unlucky. It's the same month, so there is no good or bad luck. If you wrap a long life rope around your hand, you won't be able to hook it away."
Cheng Yuanjing did not expect that someone would dare to tie something to him. After he reacted, he subconsciously wanted to pull his hand, but Cheng Yujin held it again: "Don't move. The longevity request must be fastened firmly, or if it falls, the Subaru Star Officer will not be able to tell the difference. Cleaned up."
After tying it, Cheng Yujin smiled and showed it to Cheng Yuanjing: "The more unexpected life is, the more unyielding it is. You see, once the longevity cable is fastened, Jiu Shu can live to a hundred years of longevity."
The more unexpected life, the more persevering.
Cheng Yuanjing looked at Cheng Yujin's smiling face, and was suddenly hit by something in his heart. They are all unexpected lives, looking at the radiance, in fact, no one cares about their life and death. When he saw Cheng Yujin, he seemed to see his fourteen-year-old self through time.
From the crown prince, to the outer chamber child who can't see the light. From the prince of a country, to having to get out of the imperial examination.
Cheng Yuanjing's brows and eyes slowly opened with a smile: "Okay, let me borrow your auspicious words."
With your auspicious words, he will return to the East Palace and take back what belongs to him. He will live a long life and witness the collapse of the Yang family and the arrival of the Qingming era.
The Qianqiu Festival is getting closer and closer, and the capital is obviously restless, and there are people looking for a way everywhere. The Ministry of Rites carefully tested a sentence. The emperor was still indifferent to Guoshou, saying that he should not waste the people and waste money, just treat it as an ordinary day, and it is enough to have a family banquet in the palace.
The emperor said that it was not allowed to do big things, and the people below did not dare to disobey, and they did not dare to be surpassed by others at such a time, so they put all their energy into congratulating the gift. The Cheng family's gift list has been handed to the palace, and the men are uneasy, but the change in the outer courtyard will not shake the female relatives.
The female relatives are concerned about other things.
"Miss, the big thing is bad!" Madam Zheng ran over panting, not knowing whether she was tired or angry, but she couldn't even say a word, "Huo's family... Huo's family has come to propose to the second lady!"