Cheng Yuanjing was tall and straight, with a handsome face. He stood at the door waiting for Cheng Yujin, and everyone else looked at him secretly. After Cheng Yujin was dressed neatly, the two of them retreated together, lifted the curtain and went out.
After the two left, Shou'an Hall seemed to be half empty. Ruan Shi and Qingfu County Master had their own thoughts. They stood for a while and saw that Mrs. Cheng was tired and took the opportunity to retire.
The two daughters-in-law left with them, leaving only Mrs. Cheng in the warm room. At this time, Mrs. Cheng finally showed the decline of an old man of this age. She leaned on the pillow and closed her eyes tiredly.
Madam Cheng's dowry, Madam Zhang approached gently, stuffed a pillow behind Madam Cheng's waist, and asked softly, "Madam, what's the matter with you?"
After a long silence, just when Mama Zhang thought Madam Cheng couldn't speak, Madam Cheng said in a long tone, "He's already nineteen years old, and in a blink of an eye, it's been thirteen years."
Mammy Zhang was also silent. Although Mrs. Cheng didn't say her name, Mammy Zhang was an old man of more than 30 years. How could she not know Mrs. Cheng's heart. After so many years, the little Xue family has almost become a heart disease of Mrs. Cheng.
Mammy Zhang paused for a while and persuaded in a low voice: "Old Madam, please relax, she will be favored again, after all, you are the wife, and she will be the outer room all her life. Besides, the little Xue family has been dead for four years, What do you care about with a dead man. No matter how many men dote on him, the son who is more promising will have his life to enjoy it."
Mrs. Cheng snorted coldly, opened her eyelids, and her eyes were full of hatred: "I just can't be angry. Back then, their Xue Jiaqing was famous all over the world, but my parents' family was just a nouveau riche, if it wasn't for the Xue family's involvement in the court battle I was implicated, the whole family was exiled, and the Cheng family would not like me. Lord Hou and Xiao Xue's childhood sweethearts, they made a marriage contract on the 12th, just waiting for Xiao Xue and Jian to get married. As a result, on the eve of the marriage, the Xue family When something went wrong, the father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't dare to offend the Yang family, so they could only quickly break the engagement with the little Xue family, and hurriedly offered employment to our family. I know that from the beginning, Lord Hou was unwilling."
Mammy Zhang knelt beside Old Madam Cheng and sighed, "Madam..."
"It's okay, it's been so many years, I've already seen it. All these love and love are illusory, and it's business to give birth to a son quickly. Although he was not cold or warm to me after marriage, he gave me face anyway. The family leads those Yingying and Yanyan. Both sons and daughters crawled out of my stomach. That's enough. I don't want to fight with his childhood sweetheart. But I didn't expect that twenty years later, he He actually found Xiao Xue and brought her back!"
Mrs. Cheng snorted coldly. In the ninth year of Jianwu, Cheng Yujin and Cheng Yumo were born less than half a year ago. Mrs. Cheng was still immersed in the joy of being a grandmother. One day in April, Mr. Cheng suddenly brought back one from outside. Child, said that it was the blood of him and the Xiao Xue family. He was just six years old, and he had to give that child a family tree. When Mrs. Cheng saw it, she was very suspicious. The child was very good-looking and had no calluses on his hands. He had more rules than her own son. Such a child could be raised by the little Xue family who was exiled to the frontier and had no one to support
Mrs. Cheng suspected that she was selfish, and she was afraid that Mr. Cheng would be hit by a fairy, so she refused to let the child go to Cheng's family tree. But Old Marquis Cheng was rarely tough, and insisted that it was his bloodline. He had been secretly raised outside for many years. Although the child was well-fed, he could not always live abroad, so he brought it back to recognize his ancestors and return to his family.
Mrs. Cheng has been doubting Cheng Yuanjing's identity for so many years. He is the son of Xiao Xue's family and did not run away, but he is not Mr. Cheng's, not necessarily. The little Xue family is good-looking, what can happen to a weak woman who is exiled to a place like the frontier. Who's son this is, he was planted by the little Xue family on Cheng Laohou. But Cheng Laohou is still stupid, and he really took both mother and son to the capital to raise their sons for others.
After many years, Mrs. Cheng saw Xiao Xue's. Xiao Xue's cheeks and hands were no longer delicate, but the gentle and peaceful energy on her body was the same as before. Because of jealousy and suspicion, Mrs. Cheng refused to let the little Xue family live in the Hou Mansion. Mr. Cheng Lao Hou could only raise the mother and son to an outside house, and all the applications were taken from her private account. Mrs. Cheng has been trying so hard to deduct Mr. Cheng's money all these years, and she has seen a ghost. Xiao Xue's son is still raised upright and upright. Scholars.
Madam Cheng's teeth itch with hatred when she thinks of this: "This man who buried his conscience, I don't know where he got so much money over the years. Since he was seven years old, he was under pressure to study, and he was often beaten and scolded, but he couldn't even pass the test for Tong Sheng!"
Mrs. Cheng scolded the prince Cheng Yuanxian, and Mrs. Zhang could not say much, but she could only comfort: "What are you in a hurry, Mrs. The imperial examinations are prepared for the poor children who have no way to go, and the prince has the title of honor, why bother to suffer that? What a sin! Besides, we are a noble family, and we have the shadows left by our ancestors, so why should we turn to the post?"
"If you don't succeed in writing, you can't do in martial arts. You know that hanging out with those concubines every day will make me mad." Mrs. Cheng couldn't help cursing when she talked about her eldest son, but Mammy Zhang just listened. Don't look at Madam Cheng's scolding, how can there be so many concubines in the room of a county master in Qingfu? It wasn't that Mrs. Cheng felt sorry for her son and stuffed it in.
Mammy Zhang said with a smile: "Master Shizi is still young and playful. When he is older, he will be sensible and motivated. Besides, don't you still have a second master?"
"The second son is indeed diligent. He has been more obedient than his brother since he was a child, and has been diligent and conscientious for so many years." Mrs. Cheng said that the second son had a smile on her face, but quickly frowned, "It's his daughter-in-law who walks softly. She is weak and weak when she speaks, and she doesn't take the stage when she sees it. Even her daughter, look at the eldest girl, she is not the same twin sister, but raised under Qingfu's knees, she is more sensible than the second child's family. Alas, it's a pity that such a good piece of chess will be ruined when I break off the marriage this time. In vain, I have held her up for so many years, so I pointed to her with a long face, married a good family, and supported my father and brother in the future. How good is Jingyong Hou It’s a pity for the future.”
Mammy Zhang is not easy to answer. The big girl has been a benchmark for all these years. Only the big girl is there in everything. Don't think about it, the first is definitely the big girl. In contrast, the second girl, Cheng Yumo, is much more approachable and more popular with brothers and sisters.
However, these have nothing to do with Zhang Ma's family slave. According to her, no matter the eldest girl or the second girl, she is an existence that she can't climb high. Mrs. Cheng didn't know what to think, and said, "It won't work to rely on her daughter. Could it be that Cheng Yuanjing will be the pillar of the Cheng family in the future? He is an outsider..."
Mrs. Cheng felt angry when she thought of this, but the children did not have a good time, and you could see it as soon as they appeared. Cheng Yuanxian is middle-aged, and his official position is not as high as that of the nineteen-year-old Cheng Yuanjing. Even Cheng Erye, who is excellent in homework that Ruan's often recites, is far worse than Cheng Yuanjing.
The men of the Cheng family are not as good as Cheng Yuanjing when they pack up. Of course, Mrs. Cheng is not reconciled, but what can be done about this. Mammy Zhang persuaded bitterly: "Old Madam, you are not too young, and your granddaughter is about to get married. What are you still struggling with when you were young? The little Xue family has died of illness for many years, and the former waifuzi has also become The person with the highest official position in the Cheng family, even if you don't win over him, you can't push Jiuye out."
Mrs. Cheng sighed: "I don't know. Xiao Xue died of illness in the ninth year of Jianwu, and she was able to endure it. She insisted on seeing Cheng Yuanjing High School Jinshi before she gave up. Coincidentally, that year, The case of the Xue family has been rehabilitated. Before Xiao Xue's death, he heard that his son's high school and his mother's family had been rehabilitated, and he really had no regrets. If my two sons can have Cheng Yuanjing's fortune, I would be willing to die. "
"Oh, old lady, what are you talking about!" Zhang mama hurriedly pouted on the ground and said, "Old madam is not happy to say such depressing words. I want the old slave to say that if you want to control the ninth master , There are some ways. Not to mention, Jiuye hasn't married yet, no matter how hard he is, he still depends on you for kissing."
Mrs. Cheng sneered: "It's not necessarily. If I want to get hold of his marriage, I'm afraid Lord Hou will be the first to refuse. But it's strange, Lord Hou treats this halfway son as an eyeball. Why? Why don't you make a fuss about marrying him and taking a concubine? He's nineteen this year, and everyone else in his grade should have a son."
Speaking of this, Mammy Zhang didn't know either, so Madam Cheng wondered for a while, and said, "Forget it, when Lord Hou is around another day, I'll go and test the meaning of Lord Hou."
Mammy Zhang responded, she hesitated, and asked, "Old Madam, what about the big girl... what should I do?"
Mrs. Cheng stared at the incense burner beside her, and after a while, she said, "Let's take a look, let's first release the news that the Huo family broke the contract, and see if any good people come to propose marriage to the eldest girl. If not... then This granddaughter can only be treated as a bait."
It is really cruel, the treatment of the eldest granddaughter, who has been honored for many years, collapses when it is said to collapse. However, Mammy Zhang didn't plan to do anything except sigh in her heart. Everyone in the high gate compound has its own future. After all, what does the eldest girl have to do with her
Cheng Yujin was "something" and went out early. She walked behind Cheng Yuanjing, really bored, raised her voice and asked, "Ninth uncle, you called me out, what's the matter?"
Cheng Yuanjing glanced back lightly and said, "You look shrewd. Looking at it now, your brain is not very useful."
This sentence made Cheng Yujin want to scold others. She thought that the person in front of her was her ninth uncle, and she was an elder, so she could only hold back: "Thank you for the praise. But why does ninth uncle say that my brain is not good?"
Cheng Yuanjing thought to himself that he was simply stupid. He rarely showed kindness. He didn't expect that Cheng Yujin didn't even react when he said this. Cheng Yuanjing's expression was indifferent, and even his tone was careless: "Those female relatives are all thinking about getting to the bottom of things, what else can you do if you stay in the room?"
In just a short meeting, Cheng Yuanjing already knew everything about the Cheng family's house. The chief of Qingfu County has nothing to do with herself, and Nguyen has other thoughts in circles, and Mrs. Cheng is still determined to buy her daughter. Their malice is almost undisguised. In this situation, what else can be left
Cheng Yuanjing won't say these words, he is a person who is very concerned about boundaries, in other words, born indifferent. How about others, what to do with him? The words he just said to Cheng Yujin have been the only support for many years.
Cheng Yujin immediately understood what Cheng Yuanjing meant, how could she not know what Cheng Yuanjing could see at a glance.
Cheng Yujin lowered her head and watched as the snowflakes floated onto the red cloak one by one, then quickly melted away. Cheng Yujin was quiet for a while, and suddenly said, "Sometimes I feel like I'm like this snow, looking white and beautiful from a distance, but when I get closer, there's nothing."
Cheng Yuanjing was surprised and stopped to look at her. Cheng Yujin turned her head to look at the mighty wind outside the corridor, blowing the snow particles everywhere. Her side face reflects the snow, almost more crystal clear than snow: "Of course I know it will be embarrassing to stay, but what can I do? already."
Cheng Yujin reached out to pick up the snow, her red cloak reflected on the gray corridor, surprisingly dazzling. Cheng Yujin turned around and smiled at Cheng Yuanjing: "Ninth uncle, I'm afraid you can't understand it. Although you are a concubine, you have been loved by your parents since you were born, and you will manage everything for you. When you grow up, you can change your destiny through the imperial examination. So How can you understand that feeling that there is no way to go, but there is a way to go."
Cheng Yuanjing heard the slight cracking sound in his heart.
There is no way to go, but you have to go.
How could he not understand