Chapter XXVIII

"That's what happened. ”

The crown princess Tang put down the teacup in her hand and showed a helpless smile to Mr. Zeng, who was sitting in the lower position: "Although I have heard many rumors about the second room of the Qin family for a long time, I didn't expect that his family's actions are even more exaggerated than the rumors. It is rare for grandmothers and fathers in the world to be eccentric to this extent. If his family daughter really deserves such partiality, that's it, but she is not outstanding in everything, why is the second room of the Qin family so dead-eyed? Especially the second wife of Qin, now it is clear that the fourth girl of Qin is more outstanding, the eldest girl of Qin is not a grandson, she has no reputation, and her temperament is becoming more and more unruly, why does the second wife of Qin still think that she will definitely be able to marry into a famous family, but she leaves the fourth girl Qin aside?"

Mr. Zeng smiled lightly and said, "Second Mrs. Qin's ideas are often unexpected. Why she is so partial to Miss Qin, we who are onlookers often find it difficult to understand. If it is said that when she was still young in the past, as the eldest of the sisters, Miss Qin also has a bit of a dignified and virtuous character, both talented and beautiful, with good homework and piano skills, and she has a good reputation because she often socializes with outsiders. At that time, the Qin family had not yet been separated, and the eldest girl of Qin was the daughter of the serious concubine of the Chengen Hou Mansion. The second wife of Qin is widowed, it is inconvenient to go out to socialize, and the eldest girl of Qin is going out with Mrs. Chengenhou, if she can get the blue eyes of a high-ranking family, there are also some, according to what I have heard, there have been a few good official eunuchs, and Mrs. Chengenhou hinted at the intention of marrying. It's just that Second Mrs. Qin thinks that those ordinary people are all three or four grades, and she refuses to agree. ”

Mr. Zeng paused: "At that time, I remember that there was a rumor in the Chengenhou Mansion that it was said that the second wife of Qin took the eldest girl Qin to burn incense in a temple that she didn't know which temple, and she was ordered by a master, and the life of the eldest girl of Qin was noble. Later, this rumor spread, and it changed a little, and the life of the eldest girl of Qin was unspeakably precious. Mrs. Chengenhou issued a strict order forbidding the people in the palace to discuss this matter again, and this rumor was suppressed. However, Second Mrs. Qin also had a quarrel with Mrs. Chengenhou for this reason, and the girl of Miss Qin also quarreled with Miss Qin's girl in her spare time for this matter, and told me to teach me a few words, and I was not allowed to go to school with the girl again. After that, the girl who was waiting for the pen and ink next to Miss Qin and Miss Qin changed people. I remember that Miss Qin was only eleven years old at that time. Within a few months, the prince of Yongjia Hou entered Beijing. ”

Yongjia Hou Shizi, refers to Qin Ping. He came to Beijing with the King of Qin. Immediately afterwards, the former Jin Dynasty prince Zhao Jie was deposed and imprisoned, the prince of Liao entered Beijing to marry the Wang family, the prince was seriously ill, Mama Jianan died violently, and Qin Song, the Marquis of Chengen, fell out of favor. Everyone in the Chengenhou Mansion has entered a period of panic, where can they care about the little rumors about the granddaughter of the second room?

The crown princess Tang smiled slightly: "It seems that Second Mrs. Qin really has high hopes for her eldest granddaughter." ”

This kind of trick of fate rumors, the Tang clan has actually seen a lot, and it is all a trick that people who can't get on the stage, and they are just used to elevate someone's identity. I remember that Chen Liangdi gave birth to the emperor's grandson, and she, the crown princess and concubine, had not been pregnant for many years, and finally got pregnant, but only gave birth to the emperor's granddaughter, there were rumors on the Chen family's side, saying that when Chen Liangdi was still in the boudoir, a Taoist monk gave her a life, saying that she would be indescribably expensive in the future. Jingzhong once regarded this kind of gossip as a sign from heaven, and many people flocked to the Chen family, until the emperor and grandson died, which could be regarded as a stop. But even so, there are still people who hope that Chen Liangdi can have another son to fulfill this "unspeakably expensive" life. The Tang family himself never took these rumors to heart, and Guy knew that it was all secretly done by the Chen family.

But the Chen family can't do anything except make these small means that can't be put on the table. In front of the Tang family, the Chen family had to do a little low. At the beginning, the old lady of the Tang family would choose the daughter of the Chen family to be a good woman for the Tang family, didn't she just take a fancy to the Chen family? People's hearts are unpredictable, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and no one knows what will happen in the future. I am not afraid that people will have different hearts and ambitions, but as long as I don't have the ability to do things, any heart is useless.

Mr. Zeng didn't know that the Chen family had similar rumors, and continued: "If you talk about back then, Miss Qin at that time was indeed a good girl, and she was quite close to her sisters. It's a pity that these are all pretended, not nature. Later, Yongjiahou entered Beijing, and he only had one granddaughter, who was Qin San's girl. Miss Qin San has a straightforward temperament, she has studied with Yongjiahou since she was a child, and her homework is very good, and she has compared Miss Qin several times. Miss Qin was a little resentful, at first she was just unwilling to take the lead among her sisters, and then gradually, she became jealous. Mr. Zeng hesitated, "The real gap between the two sisters should be after Mrs. Cheng Enhou proposed that she wanted to match Miss Qin San and the grandson of the Xu family." The eldest girl of Qin seems to have a lot of admiration for the grandson of the Qin family, but the Xu family has no intention of marrying the second room of the Qin family. Yongjiahou and his wife politely refused the marriage, but the eldest girl Qin still complained about the third girl Qin, and they also resented the second girl Qin and the fourth girl Qin. ”

The crown princess Tang pursed her lips and smiled: "It seems that Miss Qin has found that she has found a difference in identity between herself and the two sisters who have marquis in the family. It's just that Miss Qin Si is the same mother as her, what does she have to complain about?"

Mr. Zeng said: "Miss Qin Si is friendly with Miss Qin Er and Miss Qin San, but she feels that there are many things wrong with her own sister, and she can't help her relatives. Because of this, Miss Qin made a gap with her siblings, and often bullied this sister in private. Later, the Qin family separated from the third room, and the second room moved out, and the second girl Qin asked for the permission of Mrs. Chengenhou to let the fourth girl Qin continue to study with her, but did not mention the eldest girl Qin. At that time, it happened that the marriage between the eldest girl Qin and the youngest son of the king of Shu had a mess and her reputation was damaged, but the fourth girl of Qin was able to attach to the Qin family's house, and the future was promising, and since then, the eldest girl of Qin has been more and more hated by her sister at home. To put it bluntly, it's still jealousy. ”

The crown princess Tang shook her head: "As the eldest sister's bullying sister, she still specializes in deducting daily use? That's right, if she was a smart person, she wouldn't have mistakenly thought that the youngest son of the King of Shu was interested in her, and after the accident of the King of Shu, she openly refused to marry. I can't even see whether the Shu Wangfu really intends to marry, so it can be seen that he is also a fool. ”

Mr. Zeng smiled: "That incident is really unexpected. Princess Shu did often take her young son to the Cheng'en Hou Mansion, bent on making friends with Yongjiahou, so that the young son of the King of Shu would be closer to Yongjiahou. But when it comes to marriage, the Shu Wangfu originally belonged to the eldest grandson of the Marquis of Chengen to marry the lord of the Shanyang Palace. For this reason, the eldest grandson of Chengenhou was also forced to go down to Jiangnan. There is only the second room of the Qin family, and I will feel that Princess Shu has taken a fancy to Miss Qin. It is probably because the young son of the King of Shu often comes to the door, and the daughter of the Qin family is of the right age, and there is only one eldest girl of the Qin family. At that time, the three rooms of the Qin family were cold to the Shu family, and the only second room was warm and cordial, and the princess of Shu was probably looking forward to using the second room to get closer to the Qin family. ”

Even so, ordinary people would not think that Princess Shu would take a fancy to Qin Jinyi, the daughter of a six-rank official, as the wife of her young son, not to mention that the young son of King Shu was very promising to succeed the royal prince at that time. Who would have known that the second room of the Qin family was so pretentious, thinking that this was a big pie falling from the sky, so they couldn't wait to bite into it? As for the subsequent refusal to marry, it was even more ridiculous. They had no intention of marrying, but they hurriedly drew a line. At that time, the Shu Wangfu had not yet reached the time when it really lost power, and the young son of the King of Shu just had no hope of succeeding the royal family, but he was still the prince's concubine, and he was still expected to rely on the Queen Mother to get the title of county king. The style of the Qin family's second room will only make people despise and laugh.

If it weren't for the Shu Wangfu not long after, I'm afraid the life of the second room of the Qin family would be even more sad. It's not that they don't understand this, so they will die in the Chengenhou Mansion, and they won't move out until the Shu Wangfu loses power, right?

The crown princess Tang sighed softly: "The luck of the second room of the Qin family is not bad, but it is a pity that the child was not taught well. Second Mrs. Qin still protects her eldest granddaughter, even if the eldest girl Qin has a bad reputation, she insists on saying a good kiss for her, which is unwise in the eyes of outsiders, but in other words, she is also distressing the child. I heard that Second Mrs. Qin's maiden family has always had a tradition of protecting her shortcomings, even if it seems a little cold and ruthless to others, it is good for her children. It was her luck that Miss Qin had such an elder protection, but it was a pity that she didn't know how to spare her blessings. However, the fourth girl Qin Si, who did not have to be so fond of shelter by her parents, may not have a worse future than her. ”

Mr. Zeng didn't expect the crown princess to say this, and he was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, this is not wrong. The Xue family does have a tradition of protecting shortcomings, so when the Qin family had an accident, his family abandoned his in-laws without saying a word, and only fished out the Xue family. As soon as the Qin family was rehabilitated, his family sent the Xue family and Qin Bofu back to the Qin family. Although Mr. Zeng had heard the gossip in the Chengenhou Mansion that the Xue family had complained about his mother's father and brother in private, saying that in order to cling to the Qin family, they had to go back to the Qin family to be widowed for the rest of their lives, but Mr. Zeng knew in his heart that with the momentum of the Qin family's rehabilitation, if the Xue family did not return to the Qin family with their son, who would dare to marry her? The Xue family would not end well, and the Ma family was not defeated in this way? Therefore, what the Xue family did may not be really for the sake of the Xue family.

The habits of the Xue family were transmitted to the second room of the Qin family, which was both good and bad for the children in the second room. It is because of this preference that Qin Jinyi has grown into the willful appearance she is now. However, the Xue family still refused to give up on her, and she had to marry into a wealthy family, even if she became an old girl, she refused to change her mind. I really don't know if this should be Qin Jinyi's luck or her calamity.

Mr. Zeng sighed secretly, smiled and said to the crown princess: "Although Miss Qin Si is not favored by her grandmother and father, now that she has the pity of her mother, she will naturally have a good future in the future." ”

The crown princess smiled: "This kid is a sincere person. Obviously, she knew that I favored her because she was afraid of spreading her illness to Yi'er and withdrew from the election in time, but she still told me the truth that it was Miss Qin San who taught her to do this, and she didn't expect this stubble. Although I like children who know how to be motivated, I prefer girls who are honest and honest. Such a good girl deserves a good marriage and a good future. ”

She instructed the palace people around her: "When the ladies of the various prefectures enter the palace to congratulate them in the New Year, remember to record the name of the fourth girl of Qin." In the future, whenever there is a banquet and tea party that the four companions around the county lord can attend, the four girls of Qin will also be invited. The county lord likes to be close to this cousin, just to add a playmate to the county lord. The palace man responded softly.

Mr. Zeng was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang is kind, I have thanked Niangniang for Miss Qin, and let Miss Qin Si enter the palace to thank Niangniang for her kindness another day." ”

The crown princess waved her hand: "Don't worry, I was busy a year ago, and I'll talk about it after the New Year." He asked again, "Miss Qin San is a rare intelligence, she is only a year older than Miss Qin Si, how can she think so thoughtfully?"