I couldn't help but sigh... I obviously love this child very much, why did I make such a fuss
It took him less than half a quarter of an hour to figure out the cause and effect. In fact, in his opinion, there was nothing wrong with the two of them. The fault was the lack of honesty.
If Zhao Jinyu had been raised by her old wife since she was a child, with deep feelings, even if she was dissatisfied, Zhao Jinyu would be tolerant because of respect. After all, she was her own grandmother, but she was raised outside, and her adoptive father treated her even Her kindness is as heavy as a mountain, so she lacks due trust and affection for her old wife, and she will express it directly in this way if she has a little doubt.
The old wife's personality is very strong and stubborn, and she has a lot of experience. To put it bluntly, she is used to being the master of the house. She simply cannot tolerate anyone questioning her decision, even if this person is her own granddaughter.
Neither of them had a good temper. Zhao Jinyu seemed docile and obedient, but she was rebellious inside. The old wife looked reasonable, but she was actually very stubborn. It was okay when there was no disagreement, but once there was a disagreement..., It will only lead to conflicts, even to the point of being out of control.
Zhao Xingkun sat on the edge of the bed and asked warmly, "Does your leg still hurt?"
Zhao Jinyu was still very guilty about pretending to be sick, she quickly shook her head and said, "It's okay, the potion has already been administered."
Zhao Xingkun also carefully asked the doctor who took the pulse, and knowing that Zhao Jinyu was fine, he nodded and said, "Jinyu, you can't be so stubborn in the future."
Zhao Jinyu lowered her head and said nothing, the dim light cast an inexplicable stubbornness on her face.
The more Zhao Xingkun looked at him, the more he looked like..., his son Zhao Yingguan was out of temper, his heart skipped a beat, he just felt that the current scene overlapped with the previous one, which made him panic.
"You know your grandmother hurts like her eyes, but you are so angry with her, do you think it's appropriate?" Zhao Xingkun said more cautiously.
Zhao Jinyu said, "It's because grandma kept a concubine from Third Young Master Bai."
Zhao Xingkun was relieved to see that Zhao Jinyu could still speak his mind, thinking that it would be good if he was willing to talk, and said, "Grandfather told you last time that you have to make up your own mind, since you don't like to marry Tell your grandfather that even if it is difficult, your grandfather will help you block it, but you can't impulsively question your grandmother in public? Doesn't that prevent her from stepping down?"
Zhao Jinyu bowed her head and remained silent.
Zhao Xingkun said again, "You have to trust your grandmother."
Zhao Jinyu said, "Trust grandma? Will she listen if I tell her well?" In fact, Zhao Jinyu has long seen that the old lady is a very domineering person, just because she never touched her bottom line before, and thought that although she was too arbitrary , but it was all for her own good, so she didn't care about it, but the marriage matter made her feel very angry.
Zhao Xingkun was at a loss for words for a while, thinking of his old wife's temperament, she really didn't seem to listen to it. Once she made a decision, she would not change it easily.
Seeing Zhao Xingkun's complexion, Zhao Jinyu knew that what she said was right, she became more and more sullen and kept silent, but she thought of many things in her heart... She likes slightly spicy taste, but her grandmother said that spicy food is easy to grow peas, which is very indecent , let her stop eating, God knows that growing peas depends on her physique... She has been accustomed to eating spicy food since she was a child, and she will not grow at all. There are many such things. She was very uncomfortable.
Zhao Xingkun searched for something for a long time, and finally said helplessly, "You just take care of it. It's fine if you don't want to marry that kid from the Bai family. I'll go over and tell you about it right now." Then he lovingly touched her temples , full of love.
After waiting for Zhao Xingkun to leave, Zhao Jinyu leaned on and thought about his way forward in confusion.
She felt that there was a fog in front of her, and she couldn't see the direction at all... At first, she thought that Mr. Bai was a reliable person, but who knew that he actually had a beautiful girl hiding in the house... Gu Zhaocheng's words still lingered in her ears, It is said that the third son is very unusual to that woman, but the so-called placement is to wait for her to marry and then take her back, right
In fact, Zhao Jinyu might not be so disgusted by someone else, the main reason is that she didn't care about Mr. Bai in the first place, and the matter of the concubine became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel's camel, making a wall that was not so strong even more dilapidated , It fell down with just a slight push.
Where is her way out
Do you want to enter the palace? Although he had talked about entering the palace with Shitou in the ancestral hall before, when he calmed down, he realized that it was all a joke. Shitou is a stone spirit with a mind like a child. How could he be sure that the emperor would like him? It was too risky.
What will happen to the adoptive father in the future? Zhao Jinyu wants to cry whenever she thinks of Zhao Changchun's skinny appearance before she left Beijing. I feel more and more that things are in a mess, as if there is a stone on my chest.
When Zhao Xingkun came out of Zhao Jinyu's yard, he went directly to the place where the old lady lived... but he still didn't see the old wife after standing at the door for half an hour.
After this incident, Zhao's mansion became more and more depressed, and the maids and women were also cautious. Even if spring was approaching, they could change into light clothes, but their faces were not stained with smiles, but rather lifeless. dull.
Zhao Jinyu and the old lady Mao have been in a cold war all the time, no one is willing to bow their heads first, and it is very difficult for the old man Zhao Xingkun to be caught in the middle... Zhao Jinyu is willing to see him, but he is unwilling to talk about it, and the old lady is not willing to talk about it. If he refused to see him, the marriage of the Bai family, which came and went again and again, was naturally delayed.
The draft is still in a stalemate. Zhao Xingkun always feels that things are a little strange... The brothers in the second and fifth rooms seem to have colluded in advance. He insisted on letting Zhao Jinyu enter the palace, but he naturally refused. The most uncomfortable one was the old man Zhao Xingkun.
A few days ago it was too cold, but suddenly she started to wear warm clothes, flowers bloomed, and the sun shone brightly. Zhao Jinyu's house was bored for a long time, and finally decided to go for a walk.
Zhao Jinyu and Gu Fuying made an appointment to go to Kurong Temple in the suburbs to offer incense.
Waiting for Zhao Jinyu to get dressed and go out the second door, she found that the old lady Mao was also there. She stood silently... and Li Nanny hurried over and said, "Miss, why don't you talk to the old lady?" How about you?"
Only then did Zhao Jinyu walk over to Fu Fu and said, "Grandmother."
The old lady snorted, turned her head and got into the carriage, and said coolly, "So she knows there is a grandmother."
Nanny Li smiled awkwardly, and helped the old lady into the carriage... Zhao Jinyu got into another carriage without looking back while holding back her anger.
The weather was fine this day, the spring was bright and the sun was shining warmly on her body. The old lady was wearing a purple bamboo-colored jacket, her hair was neatly tied into a sideburn, and she was wearing a forehead handkerchief inlaid with emeralds. Grace is also very elegant... The old lady was very serious when she was sullen, but Zhao Jinyu knew that when she looked at her and smiled, she was full of tolerance and love.
Later, Zhao Jinyu thought of the scene at this time countless times, thinking that it would be great if she didn't get angry at that time.
They set off in the morning and arrived in the afternoon. The abbot of Kurong Temple had already received the letter and prepared a fast meal. Zhao Jinyu inevitably sat next to the old lady, and Zhao Ruizhi was on the other side.
During the meal, Zhao Ruizhi was very attentive; with a dignified and gentle smile on her face, she was able to take good care of the old lady and Zhao Jinyu... Zhao Jinyu felt that if it wasn't for the previous incident, she would really fall in love with this person.
To rest here at night.
Zhao Jinyu didn't see the two brothers and sisters of the Gu family until the afterglow of the setting sun filled the yard, which gave her a faint bad feeling. She and Gu Fuying had made an appointment, so something happened
It turned out that the two families wanted to come together, but Gu Fuying said that she was going to wait for her brother and let her come first.
At this moment, Zhao Jinyu was wearing a bright red beige with makeup, her face was as white as jade, and her figure was slim. Standing under a tree full of sunset, she had a very quiet and beautiful feeling, like a picture of a beauty, attracting people's attention.
The third young master Bai saw such a scene when he walked over. His eyes were filled with amazement, and he said gently and politely, "Miss Zhao."
Seeing that it was the third young master Bai who came, Zhao Jinyu hurriedly glanced left and right, Pearl standing at the entrance blessed her, with a somewhat helpless expression on her face, as if she was saying that there was nothing she could do about it, Zhao Jinyu quickly You know..., she said why grandma came to Kurong Temple with her suddenly, it turned out that she still hadn't given up trying to match her and Mr. Bai.
At this moment, Zhao Jinyu's heart was filled with suppressed anger, as if she was a puppet, and he had to obey her grandmother's arrangement.
Zhao Jinyu's heart was filled with anger, her face was naturally not good-looking, and she said coldly, "Master Bai, I am also a person who has read the books of sages, how come I know that I am here alone to pay respects? Don't you know that lonely men and widows want Is there any reason to avoid suspicion?"
Third Young Master Bai's face became very ugly, but he still held back his anger and said, "Miss Zhao, you may have misunderstood me."
"What misunderstanding?"
"I've already sent Yuniang away." Third Young Master Bai said with a distressed expression. "Miss Zhao, although you are the eldest daughter of the Zhao family, you have been raised outside since you were a child. I am afraid you have never learned the female precepts. Women have four behaviors. One is women's virtue, the other is women's words, the third is women's appearance, and the fourth is women's behavior." Women's work... But Ms. Zhao's words are not very appropriate. She chooses words to say, doesn't say bad words, and speaks later, and never tires of others. It's called women's words, but Ms. Zhao, you are talking to you because of a little thing. There is no room for grandma to sue..."
Zhao Jinyu suddenly felt very disgusted, and said, "It's really embarrassing for Mr. Bai, but haven't you heard what my grandmother said? I have already decided to enter the palace."
Third Young Master Bai's face suddenly turned blue and became even uglier.
Zhao Jinyu's saying that she wants to enter the palace is actually just a perfunctory remark, she just wants to get angry with the third son Bai, because she really can't stand the expression of the third son Bai, who looks up to me when I marry you, and tells her what three obediences and four virtues before she is married , female ring, really looked down on her, she just wanted him to retreat, and the matter of moving out of the palace was naturally the best excuse.
Sure enough, the third son Bai, who was familiar with the books of sages, naturally knew that serving His Majesty was the most honorable thing, and then retreated in spite of the difficulties.
Zhao Jinyu wanted to go to her grandmother to question her, but then thought of the cold relationship between the two of them, and didn't want to have any further disputes... So she took a deep breath and went back to the prepared fasting room, but the more she thought about it, the more angry she became. It's just a puppet, she points east, so she has to go east
Instead of being at the mercy of my grandmother "for your own good", I might as well really enter the palace.
Anyway, things couldn't get any worse.
Zhao Jinyu deliberately ate cabbage tofu with red pepper in front of the old lady at night, which made the old lady turn red with anger, and said, "I heard from Mr. Bai that you insist on entering the palace?"
Zhao Jinyu raised her head and said forcefully, "Yes."
"Are you confused? It's so good to enter the palace? How many people have never seen a holy face?" The old lady put down her chopsticks angrily, "Are you angry with your grandmother?"
Zhao Jinyu said, "Grandmother, you already know that it is good for me to marry Mr. Bai San? Why are you so sure?"
"I have eaten more salt than you have eaten. Shouldn't I listen to the old man's words? Besides, marriage matters are the words of your parents. It is your turn to decide. I am your grandmother. I let you If you marry to the Bai family, you have to marry!"
"That's right." Seeing that the old lady didn't feel guilty at all, Zhao Jinyu said, "Isn't that what grandma told my father at the beginning? She said that as a child of a noble family, he couldn't marry someone who was born in a reckless family. A woman on the tip of the river and lake."
The old lady sucked in a breath of cold air.
Zhao Jinyu said sadly, "Grandmother, you have eaten more salt than I have eaten, but living life is like walking in shoes. Whether the shoes fit is like drinking water. How do you know how warm you are?" Will father be happy if he marries that woman? Or in your eyes, the face of the so-called aristocratic family is much more important than father's happiness? Or grandma, you can't stand the obedient father disobeying your wishes?"
Waiting for Zhao Jinyu to return to the room, the old lady was furious, her mouth was blistered, and she couldn't even drink the water. In these years, no one dared to mention the dead son in front of her, but today it is To be brought up so coldly by Zhao Jinyu is like being stabbed in the heart with a knife, which is unbearably painful.
Zhao Jinyu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. In fact, she guessed everything about Zhao Yingguan based on her grandmother and grandfather's personalities... But judging from her grandmother's reaction today, it should be true.
It's just that she is a little bit too old
At this moment, Pearl suddenly ran in with a pale face, and she shouted in panic, "Miss, something is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"A group of people outside surrounded the temple."