22. A thousand faces
When Yao Miaoyi and Song Xiuer were whispering, in the embroidery room in the east room, a fierce quarrel broke out between Cui Mama and Chang Jin, the third lady of the Chang family.
Miss Chang San Chang Jin is the sister of the crown princess Chang's sibling, because she is still in the period of her father's filial piety, Chang Jin's fat powder is not applied, and she has a plain silver hairpin in her hair bun, her face is pale, she looks sick, and she is a little similar to the princess, but she is much more beautiful than the princess, and she has the appearance of Xizi's heart, not like the tiger girl of the gate, but like the young lady of the scholarly family.
Chang Jin's lips were bloodless, trembling slightly with anger, and said:
"Mama Cui, how can you make your own decisions and use such a trick to humiliate Dr. Yao? She is not an ordinary medical woman, she is Wang Ning's fellow villager and friend! ”
"Lotus Heart! You dead girl is suing again?! Mama Cui glared fiercely at the Tsing Yi maid holding a tea bowl beside Chang Jin.
The maid Lianxin shuddered, shrunk her body behind Chang Jin, and whispered: "Mama, you have gone too far this time, that Doctor Yao is not only Wang Qianhu's fellow villager, she is also the righteous daughter of Zen Master Daoyan." You arranged for someone to smash the hospital and lead her out of the back door of people entering and leaving, if this matter spreads, I am afraid that some people will gossip about Kaiping Wangfu's frivolity. Our lady's reputation is not good. ”
Today's incident, the mastermind behind it is actually Mama Cui who pretended to be a good person in Baihetang just now, and it was she who instructed the family to find trouble again and again to test Yao Miaoyi's depth.
Mama Cui snorted coldly, "Lianxin, Lianxin, how many years have you only been in the mansion?" The stinky girl who has not dried up dares to teach me a lesson! What kind of salt (Yan), oil, vinegar, but the adopted daughter of a monk, I am the grandmother of the young lady, and she is not worthy of lifting shoes for me from this background. ”
Chang Jin looked at Mama Cui's unconsciously frivolous appearance, and secretly made a decision, and glanced at the maid, "Lianxin, you go down, I have something to say to Mama." ”
"Yes." Lianxin put down the teacup and bowed and retired.
Mama Cui thought that the third lady was going to talk to her, so she re-brewed a pot of black tea, added two spoonfuls of freshly brewed osmanthus nectar, and held it to Chang Hibiscus with both hands, "Miss, you have a bad menstrual period, and your lower abdomen is very uncomfortable, come, drink this, it can warm the uterus the most and relieve the pain." ”
Chang Jin took the tea cup, but put it on the table and didn't drink it, and sighed: "Mama, you are my upbringing mama, and you can't just focus on the trivial matters of the inner house." That Daoyan Zen Master is not an ordinary monk, this year's Jiangshan Festival, Daoyan Zen Master won the emperor's favor, hand-picked to go to the Tianjie Temple to repair the "Yuan History", and later sealed the envoy, and went to the Northeast Goryeo with the national letter. ”
"How many wealthy nobles want to make friends but can't get it, why do you bother to offend the Yao family for some unfounded rumors?"
Mama Cui said with a straight face: "Why is it unnecessary? Wang Ning lives in our Kaiping Palace, he is a young talent brought out by our Kaiping King, and Miss's three brothers like his character and talent, so they leave him to live in the palace. Especially our third master, he also worshiped him as a brother. If it weren't for filial piety, the marriage between Miss and Wang Ning would have been decided. ”
"It's good now, a fellow doctor Dr. Yao suddenly appeared, as long as Wang Ning was free, he took a bunch of things to Baihetang to see her. I also heard the third master inadvertently say that this Dr. Yao and Wang Ning are neighbors in Suzhou, childhood sweethearts, lonely men and widows, I don't know what Taoism is here. ”
"Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and everyone in the family has gone to Zhongshan to climb the mountain to worship their ancestors, but Miss is not feeling well at home. So I came up with this way to try Dr. Yao's depth, if it is easy to deal with and does not have much friendship with Wang Ning, then just give her some money, and break off contact with Wang Ning from then on. If it's difficult, no matter how good this Wang Ning is, it's not a good match for you, Miss, let's find another one soon-"
"Shut up!" Chang Jin was furious, slapped his hand on the table, the teacup trembled, and shook out a few drops of red tea.
"Mama is so confused! My father is newly mourned, my father has been filial piety for three years, at this time talking about marriage, ignoring loyalty and filial piety, how can it be a son of man? In addition, although our Chang family is rich and rich with flowers and cooking oil, it is ......"
Chang Hibiscus's long eyelashes were moist, she blinked, and forcibly forced her tears back, "But my father is gone, and my three elder brothers are still young and don't have many merits...... The side concubine Lu is gaining power, and the Lu family's maiden family has been scholarly for generations, and how many protégés have bowed down to the Lu family. ”
"If our Chang family is a little careless, we will be caught by the civil officials and the emperor to participate in the performance, in the long run, my father's exploits in martyrdom will be discredited, the Kaiping palace is in danger, and it will also affect the princess of the East Palace, my sister has had a hard time in the past few years, so why bother to make trouble for her."
Cui Mama was stunned for a moment, "No, those literati like to talk nonsense, they owe people cheaply, and they dare to frame us in Kaiping Palace, and they deserve to be skinned and hung in the City God Temple to show the public!" Our lord made great achievements and was buried with the rites of the prince, how could the emperor be dissatisfied with our Chang family. ”
Chang Jin sighed, "The Chang family is rich and rich, and they are also favored, how is it compared to Xie Zaixing the Xie family back then?" ”
Xie Zaixing was very appreciated by Emperor Hongwu, and the sons of Emperor Hongwu were still young, so he married Xie Zaixing's eldest daughter to his own nephew Zhu Wenzheng, and the youngest daughter was married to the most promising general Xu Da......
"Phew, don't say such unlucky things." Cui Mama hurriedly said: "Xie Zaixing betrayed the lord and took refuge in Zhang Shicheng, he deserves it." Our Chang family has always been loyal to the emperor, and the crown princess is also our Chang family, and she gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, and the meat will rot in the pot in the future, and the nephew of our Chang family will ascend the throne——"
Chang Jin's eyes were cold, and he interrupted: "Mama Cui, don't say this kind of thing again." The emperor is prosperous, the prince is benevolent and filial, what does the throne and the Chang family have to do? "The emperor and the crown prince are all fine, and it is not the turn of my sister's eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying.
Mama Cui didn't understand what Chang Jin meant, and said dissatisfiedly: "What did Miss say, the throne has nothing to do with our Chang family's nephew, could it be that Zhu Yunwen, the fox concubine of the Lu family—"
"Mama!" Chang Jin took the case, and this time he tried his best, and even the lid of the cup on the teacup shook off, swayed on the table, and finally rolled down, smashed on the ground, and shattered to the ground.
Cui Mama subconsciously took a few steps back, and the flying porcelain pieces still smashed a few pieces on her uppers.
"Miss!" Mama Cui had never seen Chang Jin lose her temper so much, and she couldn't help but be stunned in place. Then he reacted and shouted: "Lotus Heart! Lotus Heart! You dead girl, don't come to clean up when you hear the voice, in case you hurt Miss, see if I don't peel your little hooves alive! ”
Chang Jin said coldly: "Mama don't scream, no one dares to come in without my order." But Mama, no matter what I say, how I persuade or how I remind and explain, you are obsessed, self-righteous, and reckless, and in the long run, it will inevitably cause a catastrophe! Mama, you have served my mother for many years, and you have been my nurturing mama, but ......"
Chang Jin paused, "You, please leave the house to retire." ”
Yes!
Mama Cui's eyes widened in disbelief, her graceful and dignified face suddenly distorted, and she shouted, "Third Miss! I have served the princess since I was a child, and I am the most trusted person around her. When the princess gave birth to you, I ruthlessly handed over my half-year-old son to my mother-in-law, and went into the house alone to be a nurse for you, feeding you with a mouthful of milk to grow up, worrying about everything for you, and planning everything for you. ”
"My mother-in-law didn't take good care of me, and my youngest son had chickenpox when he was one year old, so he went, and I endured it so much that I didn't even see him for the last time!"
Speaking of the past, Mama Cui cried.
"After the princess passed away, I swore in front of her spirit that I would find a good person for you in the future, find a good family business, and help you take care of the house in the future, raise your offspring, and don't let my aunt bully you, I gave it to you all my life - but you think I'm verbose and drive me away?!"
"I don't have any selfishness, so why don't I learn from those people who are housekeepers and servants to fill their own pockets and eat inside and out? I'm doing everything for your own good, thinking about you everywhere, but you're ...... Third Miss, you can't drive me away! ”
Cui Mama was crying, kneeling on her knees, holding Chang Jin's legs and refusing to go, the porcelain pieces were deeply rooted in her knees and calves, and it hurt her heart, but Cui Mama didn't realize that these flesh and skin pains were not comparable to the fear of leaving Chang's house.
Where the knees walked, two lines of bloody marks were left.
"Mama, get up." Chang Jin gently helped Mama Cui up, but her attitude was resolute, "Mama, you have long been freed from slavery, and now your eldest son is an official in the army, his daughter-in-law is filial, and his grandchildren are all right, so he should go back to enjoy Qingfu." ”
Cui Mama cried: "I won't leave, I swore in front of the princess that I will serve you for the rest of my life." ”
Chang Jin said: "Mama, you have to leave, the reason I have already made very clear, and now the situation in the court is ...... Alas, if you could listen to it, it wouldn't be what it is today. ”
"In short, Kaiping Wangfu now needs to live a quiet and low-key life, and it must not be arrogant. Mama, you go home and close the door, you can live any way, but the Chang family can't, so many pairs of eyes are staring at the palace, the brothers are already very tired, I can't affect them because of you. ”
Thump!
"Nope! I'm not going! Mama Cui knelt heavily on the ground, the porcelain piece pierced into her knee again, and the blood flowed.
Chang Jin didn't avoid or retreat, staring straight at Mama Cui, "Mama, don't toss until the last bit of face is gone." Did you quit voluntarily, or were you evicted from your home? Mama decides for herself. ”
Chang Jin was able to make this decision, not because she was provoked for a while, Cui Mama is becoming more and more self-authorized, she has been taught repeatedly, and her past love is getting weaker and weaker, how can she be controlled by a nurse?
How can a dignified and peaceful palace be smeared by a foolish woman?
My father died, my three brothers were still young, and some people in the house wanted to be slaves and bully. Chang Jin is the third lady, forcing the grandmother Cui Mama to return to her hometown, and also killing chickens and monkeys to deter everyone.
Cui Mama looked up at this girl with a small milk [big girl, in the early autumn sunshine, ordinary people are still wearing single clothes, Chang Jin has already put on a white silk thin cotton jacket, her body is weak, and she looks pitiful, as if she is still the baby who needs her to take care of and love when she is still an infant.
But Chang Jin's eyes are so resolute and fierce, and his temperament has also changed, and he is vaguely like the dead Kaiping King Chang Yuchun. Obviously, it is still the same light and thin face as Hanmei Aoxue, but Cui Mama feels that she is looking at a stranger.
A third lady of the Chang family she never knew.
Chang Jin said lightly: "Lianxin, help Mama Cui to go to Dr. Yao to heal, and then send someone to send her old man back to recuperate." ”