"My aunt is here. ”

Aunt Zheng hummed and walked to the bed, "I heard that you are sick, I will come to see you." ”

Zheng Yuan, who was lying down, wanted to sit up, but when he came in, Zhuge saw him, and hurriedly went over to reach out to help Zheng Yuan up, but Zheng Yuan's sharp gaze stopped him.

Zhuge had no choice but to withdraw his hand and help Aunt Zheng to sit on the edge of the bed.

Aunt Zheng glanced at the two of them, and said to the Zhuge clan beside her: "You go out first, and I'll talk to Ayuan." ”

Zhuge Shi answered, avoided her husband's gaze, didn't dare to raise her head, and bowed and retreated.

Looking at this situation, his aunt must have been invited by Zhuge Clan, and why he invited him, he was also clear, and suddenly, he was annoyed by Zhuge Clan in his heart, and thought about how to persuade his aunt.

"You don't have to blame her. Aunt Zheng said lightly.

When Zheng Yuan heard this, he withdrew his gaze from staring at Zhuge Clan's back, and smiled reluctantly.

I only heard Aunt Zheng say again: "I came here today, first, to take a look at your illness, you have been sick for nearly a year, and I have never come to see you." The second is because of Ah Da, not because of your daughter-in-law. ”

Zheng Yuan looked at Aunt Zheng with suspicion, "How do you say this?"

He only knew that Zhuge had often gone to Guining Courtyard recently, and had cried and begged in front of him a few times, and the husband and wife had never blushed for decades, but in the past few days, there was a dispute.

"I originally didn't want to interfere in this matter, your daughter-in-law has been here a few times, and I didn't go out of Guining Yuan, but yesterday Ah Da came to me and said a word, which touched me: If you don't obey your elders, you will be the source of chaos. ”

"Ah Da?" Zheng Yuan shook his head, "This kid ...... He just thinks too much. ”

"I think Ah Da is right. Aunt Zheng glanced at Zheng Yuan, and said: "Ah Da is cultivated by you and your brother and father, and there is no need to say that the ability is self-explanatory, but Brother thinks about it, since ancient times, it is difficult to conclude what a sage is, and the eldest son is the easiest to determine, but the reason why the ancestors founded the patriarchal system of the eldest son is to determine the inheritance right and reduce the consumption caused by the struggle for power and profit within the family." ”

Aunt Zheng paused slightly, she didn't need to remind her, Zheng Yuan understood better than her, "Don't ask the ancients, just talk about your own family, when Ah Weng died, Aya was only six years old, there were six cousins, and the sage was like the third uncle, but Ah Weng still chose Aya, if you talk about talent and knowledge, the second brother may not be as good as the eldest brother, but Aya did not hesitate at all." ”

"Auntie. Zheng Yuan shouted and let out a long sigh, " Ah Zhi is my own son, nephew doesn't know him, as the saying goes, three years old to see the old, Wulang, three years old is literate, although Lang Erlang has no talent, but through the scriptures, only Ah Zhi since childhood when he saw the scroll, then dozed off, plus his mother doting, nephew has also been beaten, but in the end it is nearly fifty years old, there is this, if it is really broken there is a good bad, the nephew will regret in his heart, and at the same time, and there is a big Lang beside him, so he thought, it really can't work, and Da Lang, and then let it go, not to care hard, what the nephew wants, as long as he can grow up safely. ”

Aunt Zheng was in mourning, all along, she also wondered, how to teach, Ah Yuan's heart to Ah Zhi, far inferior to Ah Da, it turned out to be like this, silent for a long time, Fang said: "Ah Yuan's worries are just that Liulang is not talented and virtuous, but Liulang is young after all, and he has a fun temperament. ”

"Auntie, if I am well, maybe I can wait a few years to see Ah Zhi grow up, but now my nephew's body is just to survive, if I choose Ah Zhi, it will be difficult to take on heavy responsibilities in the future, and my nephew will not only die blindly, but I will not have the face to see Ah Weng and Ah Ye when I go underground this time."

"Why are you terminally ill, my aunt is still a few years older than you......" Aunt Zheng came from her heart, she was used to seeing life and death, Aye Aniang's eldest brother and sister-in-law, I didn't expect that when she came, even her eldest nephew would be one step ahead of her, her face was gray, her eyes were cloudy, and it took a while before she eased up.

Whether it is Ah Da or Ah Zhi, they are both her nephews, and for her, there is no kinship.

What she insisted on was that the patriarchal system could not be shaken.

"Although Ah Zhi is not big, but with Ah Da here, with the help of Twenty-two Lang and Lian Lang, and the elders watching, the Zheng family has been stuck in Xingyang for hundreds of years, and there will be no big mess. ”

Aunt Zheng said, and glanced at Zheng Yuan again, "A-Yuan, there is an old saying: both talent and virtue are gentlemen, virtue is better than talent for sages, talents are better than virtues for villains, talents and virtues are not mediocre people, gentlemen are difficult to find, but it is better to use sages and mediocre people, but not villains, and as long as Ah Zhi's nature is not bad, this is enough." ”

Zheng Yuan coughed a few times on the hidden sac behind him, and the servant girls were all sent out, there was no spittoon, Zheng Yuan directly caught it with a handkerchief, there was blood in the sputum, Aunt Zheng saw it, she was frightened, her body was cold, and she saw that Zheng Yuan's face was red, so she hurriedly said: "I'll call the doctor in." ”

"Auntie doesn't need it, I've been coughing up blood for a few days, and now I'm taking medicine, and it doesn't work when the doctor comes. Zheng Yuan's voice was low.

Aunt Zheng looked at Zheng Yuan's weak appearance, "We talked about this today, you have a good rest." He got up, pulled the corner of the quilt for Zheng Yuan, got out of the curtain, and called Zhuge in.

Because Zheng Yuan was unwell, things were repeatedly delayed, but Aunt Zheng never changed her mind, and came to Langhua Garden every day to sit, and Zhuge was crying day and night on the side, Zheng Yuan was impatient, and finally decided to Liulang Zheng Hong, no longer changed, but after that, she was disheartened, and often said to Zhuge Clan: "Those who will defeat my family will be here." ”

It's just that the body seems to have reached its limit, there are fewer times to wake up, more time to faint, and even the doctors have asked them to prepare coffins.

In October, the edict of the Pingcheng Imperial Court came down and received two edicts, one was the succession of the relevant official positions, and the other was to choose Qi Niang Zheng Jia into the harem.

This was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which shocked all the Zheng family members in Xingyang.

The one who came to announce the decree was Deng Chong, the son of Deng Yan in the service, and the current Huangmen squire.

"Deng Shilang, what the hell is going on?" After Zheng Jing placed Deng Chong and his party, he invited Deng Chong to the guest house and asked.

"Not only your family has one surname, Your Majesty Xià is at the will of the Queen Mother, and the four women surnamed Nacuilu Zheng Wang are used as harems, and your Zheng family, in addition to Dafang Qi Niang, the young daughter of Zheng Shaoshi, Zheng Twenty-one Niang, has also been elected to the harem. ”

Zheng Jing had long known about the entry of the second uncle and young daughter into the palace, but he didn't expect that there would be Qi Niang.

I heard Deng Chong remind: "Qi Niang was mentioned by Prime Minister Yihun before His Majesty, and when I came, I heard Aya say that the marriage date between your Ba Niang and Yi Hun family will be scheduled in March of the next year, and if it is possible, it will be postponed for a few more days." ”

Zheng Jing's expression froze, and he looked at Deng Chong, "What does Shilang mean ......"

"Far reach, but I didn't say anything. Deng Chong hurriedly shook his head and denied it, and then, said with a smile: "And Brother Bo Ming, I have far-reaching words, I heard Brother Cong Mu say that you are going to Pingcheng last year, I don't know when you can go over?" Cong Mu is Cui Shilin's expression.

"There's something going on at home, and I can't leave for the time being......" Before he finished speaking, he saw the servant Hou Shi coming in, and Zheng Jing hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"Gorou and Shi Niang are here. ”

When Deng Chong heard this, he hurriedly said: "But the wild slave and Xixi are here, I came back just to meet the two of them, and the last time they left, it was three years." Since entering the mansion, the composure on his body has disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he got up and walked out.

Zheng Jing was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and got up.

"Brother Shenyuan. ”

"Shichiro. ”

As soon as Deng Chong's footsteps crossed the threshold, he heard Zheng Wei and Zheng Sui under the steps shout at him, and walked over with a smile.

"Wild slave and Xixi, I was about to tell your brother that I wanted to meet you, but I didn't want you to come over, I came back this time, the father of the Cui family and Grandma Aweng have been thinking about it, and told me to take a good look at the two of you, both of them have grown taller and grown up, especially the wild slave, who is now like an adult. Deng Chong patted Zheng Wei's shoulder, Zheng Wei is now tall, only half an ear shorter than him, and looked at Zheng Sui's face to let the cold wind blow red and white, and said with a smile: "Let's go into the house, it's cold outside." ”

The meeting of old friends is the most joyful.

After entering the house, Zheng Wei and Zheng Sui stepped forward to see the eldest brother Zheng Jing first, and Fang Fenbin knelt on the couch.

Zheng Wei looked at Deng Chong with a smile, "When Xixi and I left the Jingshi, Brother Shenyuan had just joined the secretary and served as the secretary Langzhong, and he didn't want to be a waiter in the Yellow Gate now. ”

"It's all His Majesty's love. Deng rushed to the north and arched his hand. 、

Seeing what he was doing, Xixi on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud, pointed at him and said, "Qilang, this is in our house, don't move your set of officialdom here." ”

"Hee-hee. Zheng Jing suddenly felt a headache, and hurriedly shouted.

It's just that Deng Chong smiled faintly at Zheng Jing, "Brother Bo Ming, don't get in the way, Cui and Deng are friends in the world, I and the wild slave Xixi grew up together, we are very close, and now it is rare to meet again after a long absence, I heard that the wild slave is going to the south, I am afraid that in the future, it will be difficult to say goodbye. ”

Deng Chong said so, Zheng Jing just didn't want to say anything more.

Zheng Sui on the side also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I will also go to the south with my brother." ”

"You go too, I thought Xixi would prefer to follow me to Pingcheng. Deng Chong couldn't help but joke that when he left Pingcheng, Zheng Sui was quite reluctant.

Zheng Sui grinned, "Naturally, where is Brother going, I'll follow Brother A." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zheng Jing's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zheng Wei who looked down, but saw a rare helplessness on Zheng Wei's face.

Yes, Aya didn't agree with Xixi to follow Anu to the southland, presumably Anu hadn't told Xixi yet, but it had dragged on for a year, and Zheng Jing knew Anu's temperament, Anu had never been in the habit of procrastinating, and he looked at Zheng Sui's face full of excitement, but he was afraid that Anu would persuade Xixi to go to the southland more difficult than he had persuaded Aye to go to the southland.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jing couldn't help but laugh heartily, and he should also let Anu have a headache. RS