Chapter 162: The Past
Qin Hanzhen blinked, and the movements under his feet couldn't help but slow down. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info She was actually quite curious, why did Wu Shaoying have the idea of taking office with Qin Ping and being a staff member for him -- well, give him ideas -- he finally passed the Jinshi examination, and it was time for him to become an official and make great progress. On the way to accompany Qin Bai from Mizhi to the capital, he talked with the teacher, and he still had a lot of ideas, but now he suddenly came to such a situation.
If it is unintentional, wouldn't it be better to give up the hall selection and the subsequent election of officials directly after the palace examination and the release of the list?
As soon as she moved slowly, Zhao Mo, who was walking in front, immediately noticed it. After hesitating for a moment, he still chose to stop and continued to hide in the dark passage with Qin Hanzhen.
The conversation in the outer study is still ongoing.
Wu Shaoying was silent for a while before replying: "Cousin-in-law, I just want to go to Lingnan to have a look." You know, I've always loved to travel around. It is true that being an official is decent, but what good is it to be trapped in one place for many years and not being able to move? If I really become an official of one of my parents, I will definitely have to work hard, and how can I get the ease of life today? Of course, if I do not become an official, I have no power or power in my hands, and no matter how easy my life is, I will inevitably encounter difficulties. That's why I said, go up to your post as you go, and if you have a problem, I'll help you come up with ideas. Wouldn't everyone be happy if they were attached to power and didn't have to work hard? It's a pity that the teacher found out and made up his mind for me. I don't dare to disobey the order again, I'm afraid that I will really have to return from Jinling. ā
Qin Ping sighed: "If you really think so, it's okay." It's just that you have been studying hard for many years, and you have been working hard to make progress, and now you finally have the fame of being a jinshi, but you don't want to become a leader, don't you think it's a pity? You were not such a lazy person in the past. ā
Wu Shaoying was silent for a while before she smiled and said, "I've been tired of preparing for the exam for more than a year, right? The bowstring has been tight for a long time, and it is easy to break, and I don't want to end up like this, and now I want to be lazy for a while, and I don't want to do anything. The teacher found out, and it was time to scold me again. My cousin-in-law must cover up for me. ā
Qin Ping would naturally agree to such a trivial matter: "I will take care of you in front of my father, but don't be too lazy." My father has always advocated that everyone should find something to do every day, and they can't be lazy, they really can't find anything to do, even if they read books and practice calligraphy, it's good. You prefer to be lazy in front of him, and he doesn't scold you for scolding anyone? On the southbound boat, you are not so obvious, don't you often pull Brother Zi'er to talk and teach him to read and write?"
Wu Shaoying said with a smile: "What effort can you make to teach a child? On the way south, I was more interested in sightseeing. Now that I'm going to turn back to the north, I've taken advantage of the situation to visit the places that I didn't have time to visit. lest after returning to the capital, after getting an official, he will start to be busy again. ā
Qin Ping paused: "After the ordinary jinshi is selected, before taking office, he always has to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and the glory of the bright lintel is also because he does not make the brocade clothes line." If you are not married, most of them will take advantage of this holiday to do a lifelong event. You're twenty-six or seventeen this year, and you're not married, which is really not like that. In the past, you studied outside for many years, and there were no elders around you to help you manage it, so that's it. Now that you have gained fame, you can do this important thing, right? If you want to marry in the capital, you can ask my sister-in-law in the long house to help you handle it. If you want to go back to your hometown to marry, you can also ask the Guan family to help you see each other, and you can't keep beating singles like this. ā
Wu Shaoying coughed lightly: "My cousin-in-law only talks about me, why don't you think about yourself? I live alone, relaxed and happy, why should I marry a daughter-in-law to take care of me? My parents have long since died, and the clansmen are not close to me, and there is no obstacle to marrying or not marrying." Maybe when I'm a few years older, I'll want to get married, right? But there's no rush right now. It's my cousin-in-law...... here."
Qin Ping interrupted him: "Do you really want me to marry again, aren't you afraid that I will forget your cousin?"
Wu Shaoying closed her mouth, and said after a while: "If my cousin-in-law has a heart, even if I marry a newcomer, I won't forget her." It's just that the teacher and the wife are still looking forward to you extending the heirs, and Hanzhen also needs someone to take care of you, since you have been released, the teacher and the wife also need someone to fulfill their filial piety. I may be biased towards my cousin in my heart, but I can't bear to see my teacher and wife worry about you. ā
Qin Ping sighed: "You, since you were a teenager, you have been bored with everything in your heart. Even if you have something on your mind and encounter difficulties, you don't want to tell people honestly. In fact, what's the point of saying it? Do you think that my father, mother, and I are not reasonable people? Why do you have to suffer yourself and treat yourself harshly again and again?"
Wu Shaoying seemed to be silent for a longer time this time, and then said, "I don't understand what my cousin-in-law means. ā
Qin Ping said: "You never said that you didn't want to be a member of the public before, and in the days after the pavilion election, there was no laziness. It was after Ho's death that he really began to do things unintentionally. But because the enemy is dead, and you think that what you should do has been done, you will have a lazy heart? But what kind of thing is He's thing? Although she has an enmity with you and me, she is not worthy of delaying your own future!"
Wu Shaoying was silent this time.
Qin Ping continued: "You have never mentioned marrying. When I was in the capital, my father and mother mentioned it a few times. After the palace test was released, even the Wang family came to probe your tone and intended to marry. You should know that with Fuzhong's current official position, if you can marry his sister, it will be of great help to your future future, and you are a brother of the same sect, so there is no need to have any taboos. But you pushed it anyway. The two sisters-in-law of the long house asked me to ask about your wife, and they were eager to marry you, but you still refused. It's not a sentence that can be prevaricated by wanting to take it easy for a few more years. You have someone in your heart, who is it, why don't you say it?"
Wu Shaoying's tone couldn't help but turn cold: "What does my cousin-in-law want to say?
Qin Ping said: "It's not wrong, you don't have parents to stare at, my father is the best person to talk to." If you insist on not marrying, he will not force you. It's just that on the way south, that day to the border of Yangzhou, our boat showed its tracks on the wharf, Yangzhou officials heard the news and rushed to pull the people of the Huang family, and they had to invite us over to eat and drink. I thought that my father and the people of the Huang family were also familiar with each other in Jinling, and the two families were relatives, so it was difficult to refuse, so I went with you. I drank a little too much during the banquet, so I went out and scattered, but I saw that you were also drunk, sitting under the porch, staring at the back of a woman. When the woman left, you chased after her, calling 'Rong Niang' at the people in a daze. When he realized that he had recognized the wrong person, he returned to sit under the porch in despair. It was only then that I thought, maybe I misunderstood you. ā
There was the sound of a chair falling to the ground in the room, and Wu Shaoying's tone of reply was also very uncomfortable: "My cousin-in-law just drank two more glasses during the banquet? Why is his speech becoming more and more confused? What kind of nonsense is this, I don't want to listen to it anymore!"
Qin Ping grabbed him, pressed him to the chair next to him, and said solemnly: "I'm not talking nonsense, but I've finally figured it out! Shaoying, shouldn't I have proposed to your cousin in the first place? At that time, she often came to our house to bring you food and clothes, but she actually had a tacit understanding with you, didn't I? I broke your agreement, didn't I?!"
Wu Shaoying seemed to be struggling, but Qin Ping's words already had a little sobbing in his words: "I mistook you and killed Rong Niang." Ever since I got married, I've noticed that she's been quite cold to me. Although she has always been gentle and considerate and treats me well, I just know that she has no heart for me! I thought that as long as we have been married for a long time and have children, she and I will naturally get better. But even with Hanzhen, her attitude towards me remains the same. One day I couldn't help but ask her, and she told me frankly that I had a love in my heart, but it was just a mistake, and before that person opened his mouth to propose, I asked my mother to propose to the Guan family. My father-in-law always respected my father, and when he heard that our family was interested in marrying, he immediately agreed, and he never discussed it with his family. ā
He paused: "I remember meeting your cousin once before making up my mind, and quietly asked her if she would like to marry me." Why didn't she say anything when she had someone in her heart? She just kept silent. I was angry for a while, and I was stationed on the side for many years, and I rarely went home to accompany her, and she just endured it silently......"
Qin Ping took another deep breath: "Now that I think about it, when I married her, you were still studying in my house, and it was an important time to take the test for your fame." She thinks about you wholeheartedly, so how can she risk offending my family? My father-in-law will not let her open such an opening. If you're not careful, you'll end up homeless. She...... She's all for you!"
Wu Shaoying's voice became very dry: "Cousin-in-law...... Say no more!"
Qin Ping insisted: "When I heard that she thought I was dead and died for me, I couldn't believe it. She clearly didn't have much affection for me, but she clearly knew the responsibility of being a daughter-in-law and a mother, so how could she leave my parents and Hanzhen and commit suicide for me? Later, when I heard that it was the He family who designed to persecute her, I was angry and resentful, and at the same time, I also thought about what reason He used to force her to come here? Even if He wanted to slander her for having an affair with you, what were you afraid of because you were innocent? Even if she had a father-in-law and mother-in-law, and her sister, she would not have to die...... But if you add another you, for your reputation and future......"
Wu Shaoying couldn't help but interrupt him again: "Don't say it again!"
Qin Ping gasped and choked up: "You refuse to marry for a long time, and you insist on avenging her, but you feel that you can't live with her?" just like me...... It's also because I know that I have mistaken her life, and I always feel ashamed......"
Wu Shaoying didn't speak, and there was silence in the outer study.
And Qin Hanzhen, who was under the windowsill, was already stunned.