Chapter 128: Grounding
In Pei Huanting's consciousness, she originally thought that even though Xia Shuanghan was a townsman and had the support of a marriage contract set since childhood, she was not a small woman who could be bullied without a name or surname. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Therefore, even if Dingguo Gong can't accept this edict emotionally after returning to Beijing, even if so many people laugh at her now, she Pei Huanting will eventually marry Lu Shaoyun.
It's a big deal, she will wronged herself and make a couple of equal wives with Xia Shuanghan. But now, her grandfather told her that the marriage was going to be stopped in the future, how could she accept it?
"Why, can't you still see the reality clearly?" Pei Heming, who had already mastered the observation of words and emotions when he was young, had already penetrated her true thoughts with just a word from his granddaughter. "Ting'er, what do you think of the son of the Lu family, grandfather, I can see it. But is it difficult, do you really think that with this marriage decree, you can really marry into the Dingguo Mansion? ”
"Let me tell you the truth, this marriage decree will not be recognized by the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The loyal and righteous countryman faked her marriage and left Beijing for the official business assigned to her by His Royal Highness the Prince, which is equivalent to having put her own good time and marriage into it. Now that she is a national meritorious, she has to be deprived of a good marriage, which is unreasonable. Therefore, with the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince both standing on the side of the loyal and righteous Xiangjun, with the insistence of Dingguo Gong and Lu Tingxuan, your marriage with him will be even more impossible. ”
"Don't tell me anything about Yi Zhi represents the face of the Queen Mother, so the Holy One will not refute it." Pei Heming, who was keenly aware that Pei Huanting was trying to argue and didn't want his granddaughter to be so stubborn anymore, decided to wake up his granddaughter with a heavy punch.
"The Queen Mother is not the emperor's biological mother, and her relationship with the emperor is not close, you should have heard of this. Therefore, when the other end of the balance was the minister of Great Xia, it was not impossible for the saint to ask the queen mother at this end of the balance to make concessions. It's a big deal, as a matter of making up for it, the Holy One will make a new decree, and I'll also give you a marriage. ”
"No, don't, I don't want to marry any other man, I want to marry only Lu Gongzi." Pei Huanting, who learned that even the Queen Mother Yizhi couldn't let her get what she wanted, was completely panicked. On weekdays, this deviant, incorruptible and shameful declaration in the eyes of the Han people would never have been declared by her in any case. It's just that today, the huge gap between gains and losses has made her completely out of proportion, and she can't care about anything else.
"Bastard! What did you just say, do you dare to say it again?! Originally, Pei Heming, who was rumored in the market with his left ear in and out of his right ear, didn't believe the rumors about "making a cheap mistake", but now, his granddaughter's momentary gaffe made him unbelievable.
"Okay, okay, this is the ladies cultivated by my Prime Minister's Mansion? Reserved and ethical, do you still recognize these two words?! Pei Heming, who was angry, rushed into the crown and slammed the teacup that was sitting in his hand at Pei Huanting's feet.
Lu Tingxuan has always been in love with Zhongyi Xiangjun, and he has been waiting for her to come back and marry him without regret in the past year. Even if you marry now with the help of Yizhi, do you think he will like you? It's not your stuff, so don't worry about it as soon as possible! Otherwise, my Pei family can't afford such a girl who has no self-knowledge. ”
"Father-in-law, don't be angry, Ting'er is ignorant because her daughter-in-law has not been well-educated, and you can't be angry about this." Seeing that Pei Heming was very angry, and knew that if he spoke for his daughter at this time, it would be normal for the Chen family, who would add fuel to the fire, hurriedly pressed the back of Pei Huanting's neck and asked her to kneel down for her grandfather.
"Grandfather, Ting'er knows it's wrong." Facing the majestic head of the family, even if Pei Huanting was unhappy in her heart, now she had only the choice of admitting her mistakes. It's just that in the blink of an eye, many words that came to her mind that could make her grandfather angry, she couldn't say a single one. Because, Pei Heming, who was disappointed, was already waving his hand to signal Chen to take her back.
"Before the Queen Mother has a decision on the matter of marriage, Ting'er should not go out. Of course, the Dingguo Mansion should not come and go again in the future. Ting'er stayed in her yard with peace of mind and copied "Female Ring" and "Female Virtue" a few more times! ”
Pei Heming's last few words of advice are equivalent to immobilizing Pei Huanting, and Pei Huanting is not the only one who is grounded for the same thing in the capital.
Just when Chen led Pei Huanting, who was clenched by her teeth, out of Pei Heming's study, in the Shanlan Courtyard of the main courtyard of the Dingguo Mansion, Xu, who had been grounded by her husband for many days, was having a conversation with Lu Shijie, who had a cold face, with the intention of "remedy".
Originally, at the beginning, the reason why the Xu family dared to kidnap Xia Chaoyang for the sake of the marriage letter and tokens to complete the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain was nothing more than that she believed that she already knew the truth about the fake escape marriage, and Xia Jingzhi could not know it.
Therefore, even if Xia Chaoyang is missing, it is impossible for the Yamen of Jingzhao Yin to suspect the head of the Dingguo Mansion. It's just that Lin Xiran and Xia Shuanghan, who suddenly appeared, completely destroyed the Xu family's original plan.
Lin Xiran suddenly appeared outside the door of Xia's house and prevented the people she sent from stealing the marriage book and tokens, which was the first accident that Xu did not expect. Xia Shuanghan quietly returned to Beijing without a sound, and without even saying hello, he broke into the Dingguo Mansion and made a big fuss about taking Xia Chaoyang away, which was the second accident that Xu did not expect.
And it was these two accidents that not only made the current Xu's bamboo basket empty, but also made her make a fuss, and Zhu Bajie was not a person inside and outside the mirror.
Xu's practice of sending people to steal marriage books and tokens has clearly told everyone that she knows the truth behind the fake marriage escape. Therefore, it is impossible to use the excuse of ignorance to justify his behavior of asking for an order from the Queen Mother.
Under such circumstances, Xu's approach has become a knowingly criminal in the eyes of anyone, and it is simply impossible to seize the moral high ground from the perspective of the weak. Therefore, she will be grounded, and none of her sons and husbands are willing to support her, understand her, and indeed not be wronged.
"Master, although I admit that my actions this time are indeed disgraceful, but you can't ignore my good intentions!" Knowing that if he resisted death and did not admit his mistakes, then he might never be able to get out of Shanlan Courtyard, Xu's family snorted and cried to Lu Shijie, who was finally willing to come to talk to her, and told his grievances.
"Master, I know that there are rumors in the market now that I went to the Queen Mother to ask for a decree because I dislike the poor and love the rich, but whether I did it for this reason or not, sir, you still don't know!"
"Thinking back to the six ceremonies of Ting Xuan and the girl of the Xia family last spring and summer, except for the final greeting, which of the ceremonies I didn't do my best with a smile on my face. If I really hate the poor and love the rich, then I would not have been happy to see this marriage come to fruition last year. ”
"Then you say, what are you doing this for?" Looking back on the past events of last year, Lu Shijie must admit that the Xu family at that time did not reveal a single trace of dissatisfaction with Xia Shuanghan.
Of course, the reason why he made such a judgment was entirely because he didn't know that "Lu Shaoyun had misled the Xu family, and the Xu family did mistakenly think that his son was a broken sleeve." Therefore, today, Xu can grasp this blind spot and defend himself.
"The reason why I did this is, of course, for the sake of Ting Xuan!" Having said this, the Xu family picked up the embroidered handkerchief in his hand and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued: "Ting Xuan is infatuated with the girl of the Xia family, and the girl of the Xia family asks her husband not to have a second woman, so I think, if I can't get more wives for Ting Xuan before they get married, won't Ting Xuan be the last in the future!" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Hearing this, Lu Shijie couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"Master, you don't know how much! When Princess Xiangyang came to tell me the truth behind the Xia family's escape, she said that the Xia family's girl had a hard time having children in her life because she fell into the glacier. In this way, Ting Xuan's future wife is a woman who can't have children, can I not marry another wife for him? So, where do I not agree with the girl of the Xia family to marry into our Dingguo Mansion, I purely want to help Tingxuan marry another flat wife! ”
"Imagine that my father-in-law is so strong, if I don't take advantage of the time to go to the Queen Mother's aunt to ask for Yizhi, and then temporarily take the marriage book and tokens kept by the Xia family, it is impossible to marry another wife for Tingxuan. Of course, the people I sent out were ineffective, and it was my fault to hurt the innocent, but I wanted to wait for the opportunity to return the marriage letter and token in the future, and I definitely did not want to destroy it. ”
Lu Shijie didn't listen to Xu's explanation in the second half of his words at all. All his attention now has been focused on the fact that Xia Shuanghan may have a difficult heir.
"In vain, you have been shrewd for half your life, why are you so confused about such a major matter? Believe what others say, are you a three-year-old? Lu Shijie shook his head and sighed with hatred: "The handkerchief said that the Xia family's girl is in difficulty, so you believe it, have you taken a doctor to check her pulse and diagnose her?" Not at all! Then you haven't even checked the verification, how can you assert that the girl of the Xia family must have lost her body and can't be cured? ”
"Sir, what do you mean, do you mean that these are all non-existent things?" Xu Shi looked at Lu Shijie's expression, and saw that what he was more concerned about and annoyed was that she "listened and believed", so she continued tentatively: "Could it be that the Xia family girl's body is actually very healthy, and there is nothing wrong with it at all?" ”
"Although I can't say whether there is a problem with the Xia family's girl's body, I can't say for sure, but Princess Xiangyang's words can't be trusted, but I can be sure." Thinking back to what he had heard outside in the past few days, Lu Shijie, who knew that King Xiangyang wanted to marry Xia Shuanghan for his son, said truthfully: "Since Su Yixing and Su Shizi want to marry a girl from the Xia family, it is not impossible for Princess Xiangyang to create some fog, sow discord and induce misunderstandings. ”
"Is there such a thing?" The Xu family, who has been grounded in recent days, was relatively closed to the news, so it was not until this time that he learned that the king of Xiangyang had come to the palace to ask for a decree.
At the same time, Lu Shijie, who was completely unaware of the fact that in addition to the shock on Xu's face, there was another expression, and he was still speaking generously.
“...... Besides, even if the girl of the Xia family really damaged her body, it would be our Lu family's harm. If Ting Xuan hadn't dragged her into such a dangerous mission, how could she have done these things? Lu Shijie, who had already learned a rough idea of the matter of the lurking trio from Yan Bo's mouth, said righteously: "I hurt other girls and can't give birth to children, so I dare to dislike them?!" How can a man be so ungrateful and wolf-hearted? ”
"I'll leave the words here today, if the girl of the Xia family really fell ill after falling into the ice river because of Tingxuan's relationship, then no matter how much manpower and material resources we spend, we have to do our best to cure her. And if her illness is not cured well, then even if Ting Xuan is destined to have no parents and children in this life, we can only hold and raise, we will admit it. ”
"As for the girl from the Prime Minister's Mansion, after my father comes back from the border pass, let's discuss it together! Anyway, no matter what, my father and I, as well as Tingxuan, we can't let her marry into the Dingguo Mansion. ”
"What? Master, how can this work? The Empress Dowager's decree is still there, is it possible, do you want Tingxuan to resist the decree and not obey it? ”
Things have come to this point, and the Xu family, who knows that it is impossible for him to prevent Xia Shuanghan from becoming his daughter-in-law, can only struggle to the death to try to keep Pei Huanting. She believes that as long as Pei Huanting is on her side, even if Xia Shuanghan marries into the Dingguo Mansion in the future, it will be impossible to get a little bargain in her hands.
So, the Xu family, who had all kinds of calculations in his heart, frowned and said tentatively: "Master, the girl of the Xia family and the girl of the Pei family married together, can't the two of them be equal wives regardless of high or low?" ”
"I mean, how much are you going to disappoint me?" Lu Shijie, who was shrouded in a rich color of impatience between his eyebrows, sighed and explained: "Let's not say that we don't accept the Pei family girl here, just say that Prime Minister Pei is alone, he just doesn't want his granddaughter to marry." ”
"Now that there is a lot of trouble outside the city, the girl of the Pei family has been scolded by rumors and can't raise her head. After all this, do you still want her to marry? What do you want? In short, now Tingxuan's marriage has been lost by you. The girls of the Xia family and the girls of the Pei family have also been offended by you. You, it's better to stop and stop and do it yourself! ”
After the words fell, Lu Shijie, who shook his head and sighed and stood up, just walked out with his hands behind his back. (To be continued.) )