Chapter 76

Jiang You lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "The family style of the Chen Sacrifice Restaurant is upright, although the grade of the Chen Sacrifice Wine is lower, but it is better than the noble family, and it is also a hairpin family." ”

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "That girl is very good, the old body is planning to find an auspicious day, and when the time comes, don't forget to come and drink a glass of wine." ”

Mrs. Zhang's words are equivalent to finalizing Zhang Dongnian's marriage in front of the emperor, and Mrs. Zhang seems to have been drained of her strength, her expression is aggrieved, and she still argues with a forced smile: "Where did my mother say, there is no matter of eight characters, in case it ruins the innocence of the girl of the restaurant, it will not be good." She turned her head to Jiang You and smiled: "Don't get me wrong, the emperor is still young, and he hasn't discussed marriage yet." ”

Jiang Youxin said, "What does it have to do with me whether your son agrees to marry or not?" She was about to speak, but at this time, the wife of the Chen Sai Restaurant stepped in with the maid's hand, and she was originally happy to come to discuss the marriage, covering up the scandal of Zhang Dongnian and her daughter, and her face couldn't help but sink when she heard the words: "What does Second Mrs. Zhang mean by this?" Don't you want to regret it? She said and sneered: "It's the same to set up a family affair when you're young, and then you can do it later, don't use age as a prevarication." ”

She didn't want to be so harsh, but if she didn't cover up the past, the other girls in the family would not be able to get married. Seriously, if it weren't for this ugly incident, she wouldn't have looked down on Zhang Dongnian's son-in-law as a son-in-law, and she was already suffocated in her heart, and she was even more angry when she heard the words of Second Mrs. Zhang.

Old Madam Zhang coughed lightly, and said to Mrs. Chen, who was covered with frost: "Don't worry, since our Zhang family should do something, we will naturally not change it." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang didn't care about the etiquette at this time, and hurriedly retorted: "Mother, when should we go?" There was no good color on her face, and she turned her head to Mrs. Chen and sneered: "What Mrs. said is light, and she doesn't look at our Zhang family's family, and Nian'er is the identity of a sister-in-law, how can the Chen family girl be worthy of being a wife?" ”

Mrs. Chen originally listened to Mrs. Zhang's words, and her face had softened, but after listening to Mrs. Zhang's words, Huo Ran's face changed, and she pointed at her and said, "Okay, your Zhang family is so powerful that you can bully people like this?!" If I'm in a hurry, I don't have to lose face, shake out all the good things that your son has done, and tell him those classmates and teachers, and see if he will have the face to become an official in the future! ”

Second Mrs. Zhang also stood up, and the golden jade steps on her head shook the hairpin: "Keep saying how my son is, isn't there anything wrong with your daughter?" ”

Mrs. Chen's eyes turned from Mrs. Zhang's face, and she still saved some face for her in anger, and shouted vaguely: "Is it only my daughter who caused the trouble?" You know how much the second lady has hidden. ”

The atmosphere became tense in a blink of an eye, and Jiang You saw it in the clouds, isn't it a good thing to get married? Why is the relationship between the Zhang family and the Chen family like a feud.

She saw that Old Lady Zhang's face was a little embarrassed, and she hurriedly pulled Xue Yuan, who was still watching the play leisurely, to get up: "Since my grandmother has something to do, then I will leave." She naturally knew that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, so she pulled Xue Yuan and hurriedly walked out

When Mrs. Chen heard the voice of her grandfather, she realized that this person was the current saint, and she was a little happy after being stunned, it was great to be able to finalize this matter in front of the emperor, and the Zhang family could not have taken care of some of the face in front of the saint.

Old Madam Zhang swept over Mrs. Zhang with cold eyes, and sighed at Mrs. Chen: "The old man has no way to govern the family, so the in-laws are smiling." ”

Although Mrs. Chen despised Mrs. Zhang's behavior, she still respected Mrs. Zhang, and when she heard this, she hurriedly bowed: "Where did the old lady say, how can there be a reason for the elders to apologize to the juniors?" She looked at the second Mrs. Zhang who was not angry, and the anger in her heart came out again: "Our Chen family is not the kind of family that clings to the powerful, let alone that the girl can't get married, but now that such a thing has happened, if your mansion doesn't give an explanation, won't my daughter have only one way to commit suicide?" You are also a mother, can you bear to see the child go crooked and come to a dead end? ”

Second Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth like a sneer, but Mrs. Zhang spoke first: "Madame, don't worry, the old body has seen it, and it will be an auspicious day in three days, and at that time, I will ask the matchmaker to go to your mansion to pay the gift." ”

Mrs. Chen knew that Mrs. Zhang was a person, as long as she agreed, she would never excuse herself, she was relieved when she heard this, and said apologetically to Mrs. Zhang: "I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know how to be rude, I'm really worried about my daughter, so I'm a little anxious, and I hope the old lady will forgive me." ”

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said a few polite words, ordered someone to respectfully send Mrs. Chen out of the door, turned her head and waved her hand at the second Mrs. Zhang who was full of resentment and unwillingness, and said lightly: "Don't say anything, get ready to pay the gift, and go back to the Chen family to propose." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said: "Mother, how can you just fulfill the wish of the Chen family, they just want to climb up to our family through this matter, and they often threaten the reputation of Nian'er with the life of Miss Chen, we can't just suffer this loss!" She wished that Miss Chen had died earlier.

Old Madam Zhang glanced at her up and down a few times, Second Madam Zhang looked at her mother-in-law's indifferent eyes and was a little frightened, and couldn't help but shrink back, then she slowly spoke: "The people of the Chen family specially picked up the matter of our marriage with the princess and came over to question, don't you understand what this means?" ”

Seeing that Second Mrs. Zhang's face was dazed, she brushed her cuffs to suppress the fire, and felt comfortable in her heart: "People have the intention of dying and breaking the net, and they want to take advantage of this day to make a big deal out of their own girl's reputation, if our family doesn't give an explanation, the Chen family is afraid that the family affairs of the boss who will be disturbed will not be successful." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang's first reaction was not panic, it turned out to be happy, the momentum of the big house was much higher than that of the second room over the years, Zhang Dongzheng married the only princess of the Great Qi Dynasty, Zhang Donglan was reused, the people in their second room were still alive, and they were just right, why did all the good things fall on the head of the long house?

Although the second daughter-in-law is stupid and blunt, since the death of the eldest daughter-in-law, the burden of serving the elders to take care of the housework has fallen on her alone, so that the husband and wife in the second room have not been able to get together for several years, so Mrs. Zhang always feels guilty about her and can't bear to punish her heavily, but now seeing the joy flashing in her eyes, she knows that if she doesn't do it at this time, she is afraid that the Zhang family will be tossed and scattered.

Mrs. Zhang slowly took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Second daughter-in-law, our Zhang family's hometown and family temple are in Jinling, I haven't gone back to worship for many years, and you will go back on my behalf after the New Year, and come back after ten or eight years of sincere worship." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened in disbelief, how can her hometown compare to the scenery in Shangjing? She screamed, "Mother, are you trying to drive me away?!" She saw that Mrs. Zhang didn't answer, so she knelt at her feet and cried: "How can you be so kind to your daughter-in-law, your daughter-in-law has served you wholeheartedly all these years, and there is no merit and hard work, how can you say that you can rush away, what did your daughter-in-law do wrong?" ”

Old Madam Zhang sighed again, but did not say more, but turned around and went out with a dragon head cane. Second Mrs. Zhang cried on the ground for a while, and no one paid attention to it, looking up at the direction of Mrs. Zhang's departure, she was afraid and resentful, thinking that she was going to go to the deserted family temple alone, and couldn't help but lie on the ground and cry mournfully.

Zhang Dongnian stepped in at this time, saw his mother's crying eyes red and swollen, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Second Mrs. Zhang was stunned, grabbed Zhang Dongnian's hand like a life-saving straw and said: "Son, your father has not yet entered Beijing, and your mother is the only one you can rely on, your grandmother wants to send your mother to the family temple, you go and beg your grandmother, let her let your mother go." ”

Zhang Dongnian panicked when he heard this, and stammered: "This, this can't be, my grandmother has been dissatisfied with me in Japan, and compared the eldest brother and the third brother in front of me, it's strange that she can listen to me." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang glared at her son with red eyes and hatred, and as if she didn't know what to think, she pulled her son's shirt and said: "Your grandmother doesn't value you because your family affairs are unsatisfactory, you go quickly, go to the Chen family's little. People made it clear that you can't get married to this family no matter what! Then take advantage of the time before the New Year to get close to the emperor, and the emperor's words are that your grandmother has to give face. ”

Zhang Dongnian looked at his mother's red and swollen eyes, his heart turned a few times, and finally answered in a deep voice.

Over there, Jiang You had already returned to the palace, but he didn't enter the Qianqing Palace, but followed Xue Yuan to Dongchang, knowing that it was okay to inquire about other people's family affairs, he still couldn't hold back his itch, and said to Xue Yuan, who was sitting on the side and drinking tea leisurely: "What's going on with the relationship between Mrs. Chen and Second Prince Zhang?" ”

Xue Yuan came to the Dongji Factory outside the palace to inspect, and he had no choice but to look at Jiang You, who was like a small tail behind him, and took her to the warm pavilion on the side first, and then held the tea cup and said leisurely: "What's the big deal, isn't it that the second son of Zhang broke the window and broke the body of Miss Chen's family, and the Chen family was anxious, so he forced the people of the Zhang family to come to the door to propose." ”

Jiang You thought what he said was ugly, and couldn't help but push him: "What do you do when you say it's so ugly, maybe people are happy with each other." She thought about it and couldn't help but say: "No matter how much you spend the moon, you should be more scruples, after all, she is a boudoir woman." She shook her head; I didn't expect my grandmother and uncle to be able to teach such a junior at home, is it really the dragon who gave birth to nine sons? ”

Xue Yuan looked through the accounts with a wolf pen in his hand, and said with a smile: "The minister is a little envious of the second son of Zhang, I don't know when the emperor gave the minister this opportunity, and let the minister also open the emperor's window?" ”

Jiang You was bored and practiced calligraphy on the side, and when he heard this, he lowered the corners of his mouth and said, "Do you still need to go through the window?" The palace gates of the Qianqing Palace are about to be broken by you. After a pause, she said again: "Zhang Dongnian is a person of bad character, fortunately, I didn't promise Second Mrs. Zhang to let him enter the palace as a guard, otherwise I might cause some trouble." ”

Xue Yuan suddenly turned around and chuckled at her; "Speaking of which, the minister wants to ask the emperor, why did you bring the third son of the Zhang family to your side?"

Jiang You was stunned and said embarrassedly: "Didn't I think that there were a few vacancies in the guards in front of the palace, so I used them to promote the Zhang family." ”

Xue Yuan said with a half-smile: "What the emperor said is, after all, he is a childhood sweetheart, and the emperor should think more about him." ”

Jiang You wiped the cold sweat that came out of his fright, slapped his legs and shouted: "I really don't think much about Donglan, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, besides, don't I have you?" ”

Xue Yuan hooked his lips and gently pinched her waist: "That's a pity, this rabbit still ate the grass by the emperor's nest." Jiang You's body fell into his arms, and he reached out and rubbed her lips: "What does the emperor mean is that if there are no ministers, the emperor is going to eat the grass on the edge of Grandpa Zhang's nest?" ”

Jiang You slammed the table depressedly: "What do you want?!" "If you want to bargain, just say it, why are you beating around the bush like this?

Xue Yuan's lips pressed against her soft cheeks; "It's called Husband."

Jiang You bared his teeth and said vaguely: "Husband." ”

Xue Yuan tilted his head, chuckled, and said, "It's called Brother Yuan." ”

This is also too greasy, Jiang You looked left and right and wanted to pretend not to hear, he was gently scratched by him, and fell on the bed with a smile: "Brother Yuanyuan spared me, I said, didn't I say everything?" He lazily withdrew his hand, and she couldn't help but make a gesture of sticking out her neck and sticking out her tongue: "Palm prints are shameless, Uncle Yuan is about the same." ”

This kid always has a way to make him cry and laugh, he glanced at her obliquely, raised his hand to pull her up and tidy up her clothes, Jiang You knocked on the table and shouted hunger, he gently pinched her fingertips, patted his hand and ordered someone to prepare food.

When the food was served, the person who came was not Chengbei, not even a eunuch, but a brocade man with a good eye, but this is outside the palace It is normal, this person is also doing things properly, he raised his hand to help set the dishes, and then poured a glass of wine for the two of them.

According to the rules of the palace, the person who serves the food must try the dish first, so the person sandwiched everything and even poured himself a glass of wine, and when he saw that others were okay, Xue Yuancai twisted the wine glass with two fingers, and tried everything again before he dared to let Jiang You enter.

When he picked up the glass of wine, put it under the tip of his nose and sniffed it, raised his eyes to look at the dealer who had brought the food, and asked in a casual voice; "Where are you?"

Seeing that Second Mrs. Zhang's face was dazed, she brushed her cuffs to suppress the fire, and felt comfortable in her heart: "People have the intention of dying and breaking the net, and they want to take advantage of this day to make a big deal out of their own girl's reputation, if our family doesn't give an explanation, the Chen family is afraid that the family affairs of the boss who will be disturbed will not be successful." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang's first reaction was not panic, it turned out to be happy, the momentum of the big house was much higher than that of the second room over the years, Zhang Dongzheng married the only princess of the Great Qi Dynasty, Zhang Donglan was reused, the people in their second room were still alive, and they were just right, why did all the good things fall on the head of the long house?

Although the second daughter-in-law is stupid and blunt, since the death of the eldest daughter-in-law, the burden of serving the elders to take care of the housework has fallen on her alone, so that the husband and wife in the second room have not been able to get together for several years, so Mrs. Zhang always feels guilty about her and can't bear to punish her heavily, but now seeing the joy flashing in her eyes, she knows that if she doesn't do it at this time, she is afraid that the Zhang family will be tossed and scattered.

Mrs. Zhang slowly took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Second daughter-in-law, our Zhang family's hometown and family temple are in Jinling, I haven't gone back to worship for many years, and you will go back on my behalf after the New Year, and come back after ten or eight years of sincere worship." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened in disbelief, how can her hometown compare to the scenery in Shangjing? She screamed, "Mother, are you trying to drive me away?!" She saw that Mrs. Zhang didn't answer, so she knelt at her feet and cried: "How can you be so kind to your daughter-in-law, your daughter-in-law has served you wholeheartedly all these years, and there is no merit and hard work, how can you say that you can rush away, what did your daughter-in-law do wrong?" ”

Old Madam Zhang sighed again, but did not say more, but turned around and went out with a dragon head cane. Second Mrs. Zhang cried on the ground for a while, and no one paid attention to it, looking up at the direction of Mrs. Zhang's departure, she was afraid and resentful, thinking that she was going to go to the deserted family temple alone, and couldn't help but lie on the ground and cry mournfully.

Zhang Dongnian stepped in at this time, saw his mother's crying eyes red and swollen, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Second Mrs. Zhang was stunned, grabbed Zhang Dongnian's hand like a life-saving straw and said: "Son, your father has not yet entered Beijing, and your mother is the only one you can rely on, your grandmother wants to send your mother to the family temple, you go and beg your grandmother, let her let your mother go." ”

Zhang Dongnian panicked when he heard this, and stammered: "This, this can't be, my grandmother has been dissatisfied with me in Japan, and compared the eldest brother and the third brother in front of me, it's strange that she can listen to me." ”

Second Mrs. Zhang glared at her son with red eyes and hatred, and as if she didn't know what to think, she pulled her son's shirt and said: "Your grandmother doesn't value you because your family affairs are unsatisfactory, you go quickly, go to the Chen family's little. People made it clear that you can't get married to this family no matter what! Then take advantage of the time before the New Year to get close to the emperor, and the emperor's words are that your grandmother has to give face. ”

Zhang Dongnian looked at his mother's red and swollen eyes, his heart turned a few times, and finally answered in a deep voice.

Over there, Jiang You had already returned to the palace, but he didn't enter the Qianqing Palace, but followed Xue Yuan to Dongchang, knowing that it was okay to inquire about other people's family affairs, he still couldn't hold back his itch, and said to Xue Yuan, who was sitting on the side and drinking tea leisurely: "What's going on with the relationship between Mrs. Chen and Second Prince Zhang?" ”

Xue Yuan came to the Dongji Factory outside the palace to inspect, and he had no choice but to look at Jiang You, who was like a small tail behind him, and took her to the warm pavilion on the side first, and then held the tea cup and said leisurely: "What's the big deal, isn't it that the second son of Zhang broke the window and broke the body of Miss Chen's family, and the Chen family was anxious, so he forced the people of the Zhang family to come to the door to propose." ”

Jiang You thought what he said was ugly, and couldn't help but push him: "What do you do when you say it's so ugly, maybe people are happy with each other." She thought about it and couldn't help but say: "No matter how much you spend the moon, you should be more scruples, after all, she is a boudoir woman." She shook her head; I didn't expect my grandmother and uncle to be able to teach such a junior at home, is it really the dragon who gave birth to nine sons? ”

Xue Yuan looked through the accounts with a wolf pen in his hand, and said with a smile: "The minister is a little envious of the second son of Zhang, I don't know when the emperor gave the minister this opportunity, and let the minister also open the emperor's window?" ”

Jiang You was bored and practiced calligraphy on the side, and when he heard this, he lowered the corners of his mouth and said, "Do you still need to go through the window?" The palace gates of the Qianqing Palace are about to be broken by you. After a pause, she said again: "Zhang Dongnian is a person of bad character, fortunately, I didn't promise Second Mrs. Zhang to let him enter the palace as a guard, otherwise I might cause some trouble." ”

Xue Yuan suddenly turned around and chuckled at her; "Speaking of which, the minister wants to ask the emperor, why did you bring the third son of the Zhang family to your side?"

Jiang You was stunned and said embarrassedly: "Didn't I think that there were a few vacancies in the guards in front of the palace, so I used them to promote the Zhang family." ”

Xue Yuan said with a half-smile: "What the emperor said is, after all, he is a childhood sweetheart, and the emperor should think more about him." ”

Jiang You wiped the cold sweat that came out of his fright, slapped his legs and shouted: "I really don't think much about Donglan, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, besides, don't I have you?" ”

Xue Yuan hooked his lips and gently pinched her waist: "That's a pity, this rabbit still ate the grass by the emperor's nest." Jiang You's body fell into his arms, and he reached out and rubbed her lips: "What does the emperor mean is that if there are no ministers, the emperor is going to eat the grass on the edge of Grandpa Zhang's nest?" ”

Jiang You slammed the table depressedly: "What do you want?!" "If you want to bargain, just say it, why are you beating around the bush like this?

Xue Yuan's lips pressed against her soft cheeks; "It's called Husband."

Jiang You bared his teeth and said vaguely: "Husband." ”

Xue Yuan tilted his head, chuckled, and said, "It's called Brother Yuan." ”

This is also too greasy, Jiang You looked left and right and wanted to pretend not to hear, he was gently scratched by him, and fell on the bed with a smile: "Brother Yuanyuan spared me, I said, didn't I say everything?" He lazily withdrew his hand, and she couldn't help but make a gesture of sticking out her neck and sticking out her tongue: "Palm prints are shameless, Uncle Yuan is about the same." ”

This kid always has a way to make him cry and laugh, he glanced at her obliquely, raised his hand to pull her up and tidy up her clothes, Jiang You knocked on the table and shouted hunger, he gently pinched her fingertips, patted his hand and ordered someone to prepare food.

When the food was served, the person who came was not Chengbei, not even a eunuch, but a brocade man with a good eye, but this is outside the palace It is normal, this person is also doing things properly, he raised his hand to help set the dishes, and then poured a glass of wine for the two of them.

According to the rules of the palace, the person who serves the food must try the dish first, so the person sandwiched everything and even poured himself a glass of wine, and when he saw that others were okay, Xue Yuancai twisted the wine glass with two fingers, and tried everything again before he dared to let Jiang You enter.

When he picked up the glass of wine, put it under the tip of his nose and sniffed it, raised his eyes to look at the dealer who had brought the food, and asked in a casual voice; "Where are you?"