In November, both the Xu and Fu families were shrouded in a joyful atmosphere. Fu Lemei and Sima Lian were diagnosed as pregnant one after another, and both families were in high spirits. Mrs. Fu wished she could come to the Xu family three times a day, serve her daughter three meals a day, and then trot back to serve her second daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Xu walked lightly, and she showed more care and love to Fu Lemei. The joy of having a new baby alleviated Mrs. Xu's sadness about her daughter marrying far away. Mingyu saw it and was happy for her family.
But when she looked at Fu Lemei who was still jumping around happily, she was only a few months older than her and was still a child in her eyes. Now the child was about to give birth. Thinking that she might also get pregnant next year, and she would not be even seventeen years old by then, Mingyu could not help but sigh and at the same time she broke into a cold sweat for herself. The evil ancient times were really capable of destroying underage flowers.
Xu Mingrui also got married in early November. On the day of her wedding, Mingyu stayed at home with pregnant Fu Lemei and did not go to the second room to buy dowry for Xu Mingrui. Mingyu saw clearly that Xu Mingrui was the kind of girl who would not appreciate your help. In addition, she always spoke ill of Mingyu before. Mingyu felt that unless she had a short circuit in her brain and became a hardcore saint, she would not let go of the past and marry her cousin. She was just an ordinary, petty, vengeful, and bad-tempered girl. She wanted to live well with Sima Hong and make Xu Mingrui, who married a failed candidate, jealous. That's it.
Only Xu Changqian and his wife showed up at the banquet. They drank the wine offered by the newlyweds, gave gifts and went back. The male guests had heard that the father and son of the Xu family were both Jinshi, and that the in-law Fu Guang was a second-rank official with a large family and wealth. They wanted to take this opportunity to curry favor with the eldest uncle, but they didn't expect that he was unwilling to stay at the second house for long. Even a fool could see that the relationship between the two families was not good, and it was not just ordinary bad.
Now that's a problem. The failed candidate originally wanted to get in touch with the eldest wife and get on board the big ship of the Fu family. He didn't have much hope of passing the imperial examination, so it would be nice to have a chance to fill a vacancy. Seeing that this path was hopeless, his face turned ugly before he even led the bride to the bridal sedan. But the marriage could not be cancelled, and in front of all the guests, he looked so sullen that Xu Changgong and Hu turned pale with anger.
When Madam Xu heard about what happened at Xu Mingrui's wedding after they came back, she couldn't help but talk about it to Mingyu and Fu Lemei. Finally, she sighed: "If the old lady had lowered her standards at the beginning, and didn't focus so much on the Jinshi candidates, and chose an honest and steady man for Mingrui, it wouldn't have turned out like this... The girl will suffer if she gets married!" It's like this before they even get married. How can they respect and be considerate of Madam after they get married and live together
It was the first time that Fu Lemei had heard of such a thing. Rich families valued face the most, so no matter how unhappy they were, they could not show it in front of others. "Too ignorant!" Fu Lemei, who had already become a mother, angrily accused the failed scholar who had lost his composure.
Mingyu secretly reminded herself that in her opinion, it is a favor for others to help you, and it is their duty not to help you. It is the most uncultured and incompetent behavior to worry about what you can get from others all the time. People like capable and competent people, and dislike those poor relatives who are incompetent but always want your things and ask for this and that. This is a truth.
If you are poor, just live your life contentedly, don't ask for help or rely on others. Even if you are poor, you can live with dignity. In the future, when she has her own family and becomes her own housewife, she must remember this.
At the end of November, the weather was getting colder. When Mrs. Fu came to see Fu Lemei, she brought a piece of news that the Zheng family, the in-laws of the Yang family, were going to hold a full moon banquet for the son of the fifth child. Fu Lemei was overjoyed when she heard this and insisted on going to see Zheng Xiaowu's child. The Fu family and the Zheng family had always been familiar with each other. Yang Hongyu, the sister of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Fu family, was married to the sixth child of the Zheng family. However, she was pregnant, and the two families were very nervous about her and did not agree to let her go at all.
After discussing it, they decided to let Xu Mingye go and give a gift. It would be fine as long as the relationship was there. After Fu Lemei gave birth to the child, she could go anywhere to see whoever she wanted. Although Fu Lemei was very reluctant, she had no choice.
As winter approached, the weather turned colder, and Fu Lemei was pregnant, so Mrs. Xu gritted her teeth and spent money to buy a carriage. Dong Yuan practiced his "driving" skills for a month and finally became able to drive a carriage quite well.
After preparing the gifts for the Zheng family, Xu Mingye got on the carriage. Mingyu happened to be going to the store to check the accounts at that moment, so she got on the carriage. After returning from delivering the gifts to the Zheng family, she went to check the store.
But before he arrived at the gate of the Zheng family, he saw that there were already six or seven carriages lined up in front of his carriage, ready to enter the Zheng family. There was a red carpet laid out at the gate, and it was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns. It seemed that the Zheng family was going to spend a lot of money to hold this full moon banquet.
Xu Mingye smiled and said, "You don't know that the first four sons of the Zheng family were all born out of wedlock. Only the fifth and sixth sons are legitimate sons. The son that the fifth son of the Zheng family got this time is the legitimate eldest grandson of the Zheng family in the true sense."
Mingyu understood. No wonder they spent so much money and put on such a grand display. It turned out that they had an heir. No wonder Fu Lemei only mentioned Zheng Xiaowu and Zheng Xiaoliu when she talked about her previous friends with her. She thought that the older children in the Zheng family had grown up and could not play together. It turned out that Miss Fu did not care about those illegitimate sons at all.
When they arrived at the gate of Zheng's house, Dong Yuan parked the carriage aside. He and Xu Mingye carried the gifts to the door and handed them to the fifth son of the Zheng family, who was in high spirits and welcoming the guests. At the same time, he politely declined the invitation to the banquet, got on the carriage, turned around and was about to go back.
Zheng Xiaowu and Xu Mingye were not very familiar with each other, but as they served in the same dynasty, they had met each other several times. Looking at Xu Mingye’s handsome back as he turned and left, he couldn’t help but murmured with emotion, “I thought the girl from the Fu family would marry Xiaoliu... I really didn’t expect it, I didn’t expect it...”
What Mingyu and Xu Mingye didn't expect was that when they came in, it was still early and not many people came to the Zheng family to congratulate them. But when they went out, there were more people, and carriages were lined up densely in front of the Zheng family's gate, waiting to enter the Zheng Mansion.
Xu Mingye made a prompt decision and asked Dongyuan to turn the carriage around and exit from the other end of the alley. However, after walking a few steps, a large carriage came from the other end, occupying most of the road. The Xu family's carriage could neither move forward nor backward.
Dong Yuan, who was driving the carriage, was feeling very angry. It was clearly this family being unreasonable. When they came in from the alley, they had already seen their own carriage about to leave. Logically, they should have waited for the Xu family's carriage to leave before their carriage came in. But they just rushed in so recklessly. It was really unreasonable.
The driver of the carriage opposite took one look at the Xu family's carriage, snorted, and sat in the front seat of the carriage with his arms folded, refusing to give way.
Xu Mingye stuck his head out and couldn't help but frowning when he saw the situation in front of him. It was the Zheng family's big day and he didn't want to cause any conflict at this time and embarrass the Zheng family.
Mingyu lifted the curtain and took a look. She roughly understood what was going on, lowered the curtain, and said to Dongyuan, "Pull the carriage as far to the side as possible and let them pass first.
Dong Yuan muttered something in a low voice. There was no way two carriages could pass through such a narrow alley, so he had to retreat slowly, trying to retreat to the door of a house he had just passed, and use the little space at the door to let the carriage pass first.
However, at this moment, the curtain of the carriage opposite was suddenly opened. Dong Yuan was shocked to see a girl in gorgeous clothes staring at his carriage with unfriendly eyes and asked loudly: "Xu Mingyu, is it?"
Mingyu felt the voice sounded familiar, so she opened the curtain and saw a round-faced girl staring at her. When she saw her face, the round-faced girl snorted and said with squinted eyes, "I was wondering why I was so unlucky today, it turns out I ran into you!"
Mingyu almost wanted to prostrate herself. Oh my God, did she want to meet a savage young lady like Deng Zhenzhu? Last time, Zhenzhu came to give her money in the guise of Mrs. Sima for no apparent reason. She thought at the time that this girl was either too cunning or too cunning. Now it seems that it should be the second case.
Xu Mingye frowned, he didn't recognize this girl, and looked at Mingyu with a questioning look. Mingyu whispered, "She's the daughter of the Duke of #阝." Seeing that Xu Mingye was still puzzled, Mingyu had to hint, "It's the one with one thousand taels..." An excellent example of people who are rich but stupid.
Xu Mingye suddenly realized what was going on. He sat back unhappily and said, "Who is unlucky? Forget it, ignore her. It will be embarrassing to quarrel in public." Then he ordered Dong Yuan to back the carriage and let the carriage of the Duke of Guo pass first.
Seeing Xu Mingyu lower the curtain and the Xu family's carriage backing up, no one paid any attention to her. Deng Zhenzhu, who had been suppressing her anger for almost a month, finally couldn't help it and shouted at the carriage, "Stop right there! I have something to ask you!"
Mingyu stepped forward impatiently, motioning Dongyuan to stop first, and asked, "Miss Deng, what can I do for you?"
＃阝 Pearl's nurse was still sitting in the carriage, trying to stop Deng Zhenzhu from talking any more. Deng Zhenzhu angrily pushed her away and stepped on the driver to get out of the carriage. The nurse did not dare to stop her. Deng Zhenzhu walked to the Xu family's carriage, and regardless of any etiquette and shame, she asked directly and aggressively: "Are you engaged to Lord Sima?"
Mingyu glanced at her indifferently and nodded, "Yes." The six ceremonies had already been performed and the marriage certificate had been written. It was a legitimate matter. Logically speaking, even though there was no wedding, she was now officially Sima Hong's wife. Why should she be embarrassed to admit it
The answer was so nonchalant?! Deng Zhenzhu clenched her fists, clenched her teeth tightly, stared at Mingyu, and squeezed out two words from between her teeth, "Shameless!" To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (iancamn). Your support is my greatest motivation. PS: Thank you jjaB129, Yumengsang for the amulet, thank you aMaryan1976 book friend 09112711684 for the pink ticket, and thank you caMsake for the peach blossom fan~~~~ I was so moved, I hugged her tightly and let the handsome Sima Houye kiss her one by one~~