Chapter 8: Why the Human Heart 2
An electric current suddenly flashed in Leng Qing's mind: **! It seems that she has not only crossed over, but also traveled to a dynasty that has not been recorded in history!!
Yes, Leng Qing's conjecture was correct, she did travel to a dynasty and country that was not recorded in ancient Chinese history. To be precise, there is no record of the history of this period, because Leng Qing crossed into a strange continent, on which there are only four major countries and five small countries.
The four major countries are: located in the south of the mainland, the country of Daliang, which has a pleasant climate and abundant water and soil. Located directly west of the continent, in the plateau zone, the air is thin in the Daisho country. Located directly north of the mainland, the Red Ice Country is covered with ice and snow almost all year round. The last one is located in the east of this continent, a country where women are respected all year round - Fengming Country, also known as - Women's Country.
The five small countries are: the good country located between the Great Liang State and the Dazhang State. It is located between the Great Liang Kingdom and the Red Ice Kingdom. The Xiao Kingdom, located between the Great Liang Kingdom and the Fengming Kingdom. Yan Kingdom, located between Dazhang Kingdom and Chibing Kingdom, and Ying Kingdom, located between Chibing Kingdom and Fengming Kingdom.
And this continent is called the Tiancheng Continent.
"Second young master, have you gotten up?" The lord and the eldest lady asked the slave maid to invite you to the main hall of the front yard, saying that they had something important to discuss with the second young master. Outside the door, a crisp female voice suddenly sounded.
Zhu Zimo heard the voice and knew that it was the voice of the eldest lady of the Zhu Mansion and Lu Xueyue, the second-class maid in his eldest lady's courtyard.
Glancing at Leng Qing, who was still in a tangled state lying beside him, and without answering Lu Xueyue, Zhu Zimo got up and walked to the cabinet at the end of the bed, opened the cabinet door, and took out a light gray satin dark pattern brocade robe from it and put it on.
After casually tiring up his robe and walking to the outer room, picking up the blue coarse cloth shirt that he threw on the ground last night and throwing it on the tea table in front of him, Zhu Zimo walked to the door and stretched out his hand to open the door.
The door opened, standing outside the door, combing a hanging bun, a dark green bead flower on each side of the bun, wearing a lake-green caftan brown maid dress, respectfully hanging her head slightly, and Lu Xueyue, who folded her hands and lightly pressed against her abdomen, appeared in front of Zhu Zimo.
Seeing Zhu Zimo's door open, Lu Xueyue immediately made a deep blessing, and said in her crisp voice: "Second young master, the lord and the eldest lady are waiting for you in the main hall of the front yard. ”
Zhu Zimo looked ahead, didn't look at Lu Xueyue who saluted him, and responded lightly: "Well, I know." After that, he subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the inner room, and saw that the person lying on the bed didn't care about his departure at all, Zhu Zimo stepped out of the door, turned around and closed the door before saying, "Let's go." ”
"Yes. Seeing Zhu Zimo step out of the door and retreat to the side, Lu Xueyue gave another salute before following Zhu Zimo and walking in the direction of the main hall in the front yard of Zhu Mansion.
Following behind Zhu Zimo step by step, Lu Xueyue only felt that their second young master was not the same as before!
In Lu Xueyue's heart, the second young master in the past was gentle to people whenever he was treated, and he often had a light smile on her face as a second-class maid, but today the second young master was very cold, could it be that the second young master had encountered something in the past two months?
In fact, although Lu Xueyue is the maid who serves the eldest lady of the Zhu Mansion, Chen, she has always been biased towards Zhu Zimo's side.
Compared with the second young master with a gentle personality and kindness, Lu Xueyue really hates their arrogant and domineering young master, but unfortunately Lu Xueyue is just a lowly maid and has no right to choose the master.
Lu Xueyue has always been extremely envious of the two brothers Lin Zhiwu and Lin Zhisheng who are waiting for Zhu Zimo, because everyone in the Zhu Mansion knows that their second young master is very good to the two brothers, and they have not even beaten and scolded them in all these years.
Unconsciously, Lu Xueyue's eyes looking at Zhu Zimo's back gradually turned into an obsession.
Zhu Mansion. The main hall of the front yard.
In the large antechamber, two people sat on the main seat facing the door.
One was about forty-five or six years old, dressed in a dark blue brocade robe, with a wide ink-colored belt around his waist, and his silver hair tied behind his head with an agate hairpin, but he was a man who had a heroic look between his eyebrows, but at the moment he was sickly reclining on the back of his chair and sitting on the main seat.
The man next to him was about forty years old, wearing a dark purple embroidered lotus pattern silk robe, full of green silk pulled into a flying bun, and a bright peacock golden hairpin on the bun, but he was a gorgeous lady with charm.
"Master, Yao'er is also twenty-five this year, and if you don't marry him again, you won't be able to marry a good girl. I saw that the youngest daughter of Mr. Zhang's family on East Street was good, with outstanding appearance and a gentle temper, and she had just turned eighteen at the beginning of this year. I found a matchmaker to match the two of them earlier, and it was very suitable, if the lord agreed, I would ask someone to go to the old man's house tomorrow to propose to Yao'er. I only heard the beautiful lady speak so tepidly to the somewhat sick man beside her.
The man pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then answered a little weakly: "It's okay, Yao'er should marry a family." The matter of proposing marriage for Yao'er will be handled by Mrs.
When the lady heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows, and thanked the man with a smile on her face: "Thank you, master!"
"Master, lady, young master is here. At this moment, a man dressed in a light gray caftan brown suit and looking like a housekeeper appeared at the door of the front hall with his head bowed.
As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, the two people who were originally sitting in the main seat in the hall saw a royal blue figure striding into the hall door.
From a distance, the person who came was in his twenties, a little bloated, wearing a royal blue brocade robe, embroidered with spotted ink bamboo, a dark brown dark pattern flower wide belt around his waist, stepping on white Chinese pattern inlaid gold silk boots, half of the three thousand ink hair was tied behind his head by a jade crown, and the other half was slightly messy and scattered over his shoulders.
When he got closer, although his appearance was not handsome and extraordinary, he was also so handsome, but because of his fat face, he was forced to lose his only three points of handsomeness.
This person is officially the son of Zhu Hui and his wife Chen: Zhu Ziyao.
strode into the hall door, Zhu Ziyao did not salute the two people sitting on the main seat, but swaggered straight to the first place on the right side of the main seat in the hall and sat down, and even the tone of inquiry seemed a little unnoticed: "Dad, mother, is there anything to find Yao'er?"
Zhu Ziyao just came out of the drunken Chunxiang's Oiran this morning, and before he stepped out of the door of the drunken Chunxiang, he was pulled back by the person sent by his mother to find him.
The man sitting on the throne is the current head of the Zhu Mansion, Zhu Ziyao and Zhu Zimo's father, Zhu Hui. And the gorgeous lady beside Zhu Hui is his wife Chen, Chen Rou.
Looking at her son's rude behavior in such a blind eye, as well as the somewhat pungent smell of fragrant powder faintly smelled on the tip of her nose, Chen Rou really hated that iron could not become steel.
The originally smiling face sank, and Chen Rou reprimanded sharply: "Yao'er, how can you be so rude in front of the master! Why don't you get up and salute the master quickly!!"
Shinong Industry and Commerce, although the Zhu Mansion is just a businessman, not as good as those high-ranking officials, but it is also the richest family of this Liang, even if the rules are not as strict as those high-ranking officials, but there are still rules that should be there.
According to the rules handed down from generation to generation by the Zhu family, children should salute in advance when they meet their own parents, and wait until the elders nod and let the children sit down.
But this Zhu Ziyao didn't care about those rules at all, he was simply arrogant and domineering, and no one was in his eyes to the extreme, and even his parents were no longer in his eyes!
Chen Rou secretly hated that iron could not become steel, but Zhu Ziyao didn't take Chen Rou's words seriously at all.
The bloated body leaned back on the back of the chair, put his hands on the chair handles on both sides, Erlang's legs were cocked, and he raised his eyes to squint at Zhu Hui and Chen Rou on the main seat, Zhu Ziyao asked with the posture and tone of an uncle: "Mother, my father didn't open his mouth, what are you teaching me to do?"
Looking at Zhu Ziyao's smooth movements, and listening to Zhu Ziyao's words, Chen Rou immediately didn't make Zhu Ziyao angry.
Secretly glanced at Zhu Hui beside him, and saw that Zhu Hui showed no signs of anger, Chen Rou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but secretly scolded Zhu Ziyao in her heart: What a son of a!
"Master, eldest lady, eldest young master, second young master is here. Just now, the family member bowed his head again and reported to the three people in the hall.
After the report of the family, Zhu Zimo, who was dressed in a light gray satin dark pattern brocade robe, walked into the door of the front hall with moderate steps.
Lu Xueyue, who had been following Zhu Zimo, stood on the side of the hall door with her hands down after stepping into the hall door, and no longer walked inward.
Compared with Zhu Ziyao, who is arrogant and disrespectful, Zhu Zimo is extremely gentle and polite.
I saw Zhu Zimo walking to the center of the front hall and standing still, clasping his hands into fists in front of his chest, bowing forty-five degrees, and saluting Zhu Hui and Chen Rou on the main seat.
Zhu Zimo looked at the gray ground in front of him with fixed eyes, and said respectfully: "Mo'er has seen my father and aunt." ”
Zhu Hui didn't say anything, but Chen Rou responded nonchalantly: "Well, get up." ”
Hearing this, Zhu Zimo straightened up, turned to the direction of Zhu Ziyao, who was sitting with his back on the back of the chair and Erlang's legs, bowed, and said respectfully: "My brother has seen my eldest brother." ”
"Cut!" Zhu Ziyao turned his face aside, his face full of disdain and disdain.
Seeing this, Zhu Hui and Chen Rou didn't say much, which can be seen from this eccentricity.
Regarding Zhu Ziyao's disdainful attitude, Zhu Zimo just smiled as he did on weekdays, and stood up straight to face Zhu Hui and Chen Rou who were sitting on the main seat.
I only heard Chen Roupi smile and said to Zhu Zimo: "Mo'er, the master and the eldest mother came to you today to discuss your eldest brother's marriage with you." ”
Zhu Zimo looked at Zhu Hui, who looked sickly and weak on the main seat, and Chen Rou, who had a smirk on his face and obvious calculations in his eyes, and frowned secretly.