CHAPTER XXXIV
The carriage stopped aside, and Shen Jiali carefully took the handmaid's hand from the car and stepped out of the car, turning to look at the back of the car. Super fast and stable dìng update novel, this article is by. Starting
"Let's get inside, we'll be back." Meng Xintong opened the curtain and waved at Shen Jiali.
Shen Jiali was gloomy when she hadn't gone out for a long time, and said goodbye happily and watched the Meng family's several carriages slowly leave.
"Girl, let's go in." The big girl whispered beside her.
Shen Jiali looked at the sky at sunset, relieved her breath, turned around and held the big girl's hand and was about to go to the house.
This time, Shen Jiali went out with some guards, but she didn't bring many people with her, not to mention that this was at the door of Shen's house, everyone didn't care much, and the guards went in through the corner door early in the morning, so when a thin figure appeared in front of Shen Jiali, the people around her didn't even stop her.
Shen Jiali was frightened by this figure, and hurriedly stepped back holding her chest.
"Bold! Who the hell! At first, everyone didn't react, but there were always agile movements, and the servants at the door swarmed up to surround Shen Jiali.
"Miss Shen! Don't be afraid, don't be afraid......" The figure fell to its knees with a pop and raised its hands.
Shen Jiali fixed her eyes and saw that a delicate-looking woman was kneeling on the ground in a thin jacket, with a pair of clear eyes with panic.
Shen Jiali breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there were no vicious thugs, it would not be so terrible, she held the girl's hand and stood still and said: "Get up and speak, who are you, why are you hiding in the dark?" β
The woman pursed her lips, but refused to get up, but choked up and said, "The girl hasn't gone out these days, I want to come to the door, but I don't know what name, so I have to wait here all these days." β
Seeing that she was pitiful, Shen Jiali couldn't help but feel compassion, and stepped forward and asked, "Do you have something important to look for me?" β
"I came to beg the girl, I begged the girl to save me." The woman covered her mouth and sobbed quietly.
Shen Jiali was taken aback and wondered: "I'm just a woman in a boudoir, how can I save you?" If you have any grievances, you can go to the yamen to complain, what's the use of looking for me. β
The woman raised her head with teary eyes and said embarrassedly: "I'm afraid that only the girl can save me, my surname is Wen Mingshan......
Shen Jiali didn't think of such a person for a while, so she shook her head and said, "I don't know you." β
Na Wenshan wiped her cheeks with the back of her hand and said, "I'm just a girl from a small family, Miss Shen naturally doesn't know me, but the girl must know the eldest young master of Su Ninghou." β
Shen Jiali suddenly realized who the woman in front of her was, the gentleness on her face dissipated, and she looked at Wen Shan coldly and said, "It turned out to be you, I don't know how I can let Miss Wen come to me to save her life." β
Wen Shan hurriedly said: "Girl, you misunderstood, I didn't have a bad intention to come to the door, but I heard that Miss Shen and the eldest prince of Zhuang had a marriage contract and thought they were acquainted, I really couldn't stand it, I thought I was an innocent girl, over the years, I was no better than the big family, and my father grew up in the palm of my father's hand, but the eldest son of the Zhuang family teased me in every way by virtue of his identity, my father is also an official in Kyoto, and after a long time, not to mention my reputation is the reputation of the Wen family, and I will be tired." β
"What does this have to do with me?" Shen Jiali said angrily, and her original happy mood because the matter was resolved was disturbed again.
"I beg the girl to persuade the eldest son, don't torture me anymore, although I am not high, but I also have my own backbone, I ...... I will never be a concubine! Wen Shan straightened her back, raised her chin and said with a shudder.
Shen Jiali just looked this girl up and down, only to feel ridiculous.
"I can't care if you don't care about the concubine, I don't care about the eldest son, and the marriage contract is said that Miss Wen should not mention it again, this matter has long been stopped, whether the eldest prince marries a lady or a small jasper, it has nothing to do with me and the Shen Mansion."
Wen Shan obviously didn't expect Shen Jiali to say this, these days she has been forced too hard by the Hou Mansion by the Shen family and the people around her, she only feels that she is wronged, and it is not she who makes Zhuang Zheng entangle her, and it is not she who makes Zhuang Zheng regret her marriage, why should everyone say that she is not, as if she is a shameless woman. However, even though she is a woman, she has also read, she would rather be poor β‘β‘than a rich concubine, and she understands when she is young, how can she enter the Hou Mansion as a concubine for glory and wealth?
Coming here today, she really has no choice, solemn is like a cat and mouse to her, no matter how she dodges, how unwilling, he always appears in front of her, he hates her being good to any man, even her own brother does not let go, she lives in such fear all day long, so she mustered up the courage to guard at the door of the Shen Mansion. She also thought carefully in private, since the eldest prince and the girl of the Shen family have already made a marriage, then as long as she has a clear attitude, she hopes that the Shen family and the Shen girl can restrain the eldest prince more, and when the two get married in the future, the false rumors about her will naturally disperse, and she no longer has to hide in Tibet and avoid that person.
It's just that she didn't expect that the girl of the Shen family would be so perfunctory to her.
"Miss Shen, why are you so protective of me, I really have no intention of fighting with you, I just ask you to help me once." Wen Shan only felt that she was humiliated, kneeling down and her knees ached, she turned her head and said sadly: "No one knows about the marriage contract between the girl and the eldest prince in Kyoto, but the girl has nothing to do with me, is Wen Shan really a fool?" β
Shen Jiali still felt that this girl still had a trace of backbone, but when she heard her words, she was really annoyed.
"Then outsiders still say that you are a fox and shameless? Do you want me to believe this? β
Wen Shan's body shook, looked at Shen Jiali in disbelief and said, "If you don't want to help me, forget it, why do you insult me like this?" β
"It's an insult for you to be talked about, and I can't be sure if I have a marriage with the eldest son, what is the reason?" Shen Jiali was already lacking in play today, and when she got angry with this woman, she felt that it was not worth it, so she simply dropped her words and went to the house.
Wen Shan saw that Shen Jiali was about to leave her, and she inevitably felt that Shen Jiali was not close to people, and she could even be said to be scheming, and she remembered the solemn words that she usually said occasionally, these women from the family look bright on the outside, but in fact they are dirty inside, and they only know that they are calculating and harming people, so that they are not as simple and clean as the girls from small families.
Shen Jiali was reluctant to help her at this time, it was very likely that she was a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and maybe she was jealous of her getting the attention of the solemn rules.
Thinking like this, Wen Shan slowly stood up, looked at Shen Jiali and shouted: "It's my mistake today, I thought that Miss Shen had a noble heart and was willing to save me from fire and water, but I didn't expect that she was just a secular person trapped for love and profit." β
Shen Jiali only felt that her heart was tired, she looked back at this girl who couldn't understand people's speech, and once again felt that there was nothing wrong with her marrying that solemn person, one disregarded the family reputation and the other had a clear mind, so don't harm others in the future.
Looking at Wen Shan's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Shen Jiali just smiled lightly and said, "If you really don't want to be entangled by him, then you should go to the gate of Suning Hou's Mansion to shout out your grievances, why bother to come to Shen Mansion?" β
After speaking, Shen Jiali ignored it and let people close the door of the Shen Mansion.
Wen Shan's heart was like a mess, waiting for everyone to disperse, before muttering to herself: "No, no, I came to Shen Mansion because I was afraid of the raccoon dog in the Hou Mansion of Suning, and I had nowhere to ask for help." Sure enough, she is vicious, no wonder the eldest prince doesn't like her, but she just wants to block my mouth to talk nonsense, but I am afraid that I will really marry the eldest prince, and there will be no place for her in the mansion in the future, so I want to let me go to Suning Hou Mansion to make a big fuss now. At that time, the people in the house were disgusted with me, and she was naturally the high-ranking lady. β
The more she spoke, the more determined her eyes became, Wen Shan looked at the closed door of the Shen family, and said hatefully: "Do you think that others are like you and only think about this high-ranking family?" I, Wen Shan, will never be a concubine! β
Deliberately ignoring the frightening knot in her heart, Wen Shan turned around and strode towards the way home, but she came to ask Shen Jiali specifically today, and she didn't want to be known by her family, so she didn't bring her maidservant, but when she walked into the alley, she regretted it, and when she wanted to run back again, the man didn't give her a chance at all, and hugged her from behind.
She struggled several times, her fair face flushed, and she cried out with tears in her eyes: "Solemn, you bastard! β
Zhuang Zheng's face darkened, and he suppressed his anger and said, "You actually went to beg that woman?" β
Wen Shan couldn't break free, her whole body was sore, so she could only cry and beg: "I beg you, don't pester me in the future, you are all engaged people, I will never be a concubine." β
solemnly raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "I don't recognize this marriage, who can help me?" β
Wen Shan snorted and said aggrievedly: "But I don't want to bear a bad reputation, I have no intention of being with you, it is you who have been entangled with me and ruined my reputation, do you know how miserable a woman with a bad reputation will be in the future?" How am I going to get married? β
Zhuang Zheng grabbed Wen Shan hard and said, "Are you still going to marry someone else?" β
"Do you know how much courage I mustered to beg Miss Shen? I beg you, you go, don't come again. Wen Shan seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and she cried with tears when she was half solemn.
"The woman...... It's not worth it. β
Shen Jiali didn't know that Zhuang Zheng was so biased towards herself, as if her reputation was not a reputation. She was sitting in her mother's room at the moment, talking to her mother.
"Don't blame your father, man, always focus on the big picture." Shen Jiali's mother-in-law is also a girl from a big family, since Shen Jiali was born, she has been raised by her, if it is said that she is her own child, it is a bit too much, but if you say that she loves, it is really good to Shen Jiali.
Shen Jiali doesn't know where her father is, he is mediocre in learning, he has been shrouded in the aura of his grandfather all the year round, and it is normal to be in a hurry, but it would be good if he didn't put the benefits of trading on his own daughter.
"Your grandfather's health is not very good, and the day when you will leave the cabinet will not be too far away." Mrs. Shen stretched out her hand to hook Shen Jiali's hair, but she was still a little reluctant to say, "You spend more time at home with his old man." β
If he hadn't ruined his reputation, why would she have to marry her hometown, and I don't know if I can see my grandfather and mother again in my lifetime.
"Don't be afraid, women always have such a day." Mrs. Shen sighed, tried her best to be relaxed, and said: "Not all girls from the family are married in Kyoto, there are always those who marry to other places, besides, even if they marry in Kyoto, who can guarantee that the husband's family will not be released?" Don't be afraid, after all, the Shen family is still in Kyoto, supporting you. β
Shen Jiali knew in her heart that her family was afraid that she had already taken a good look at others, and she didn't know which family's son-in-law she was.
"Mother!" Shen Jiali threw herself into her mother's arms, only to feel unbearable, and she cried out of her grievances in the past few months.
"Don't cry, don't cry, how can there be a daughter who doesn't get married." Mrs. Shen hugged Shen Jiali and her heart was sour, but she still had good words to persuade her.
Shen Jiali cried a lot, it was impossible for her to marry that solemn rule, her husband's family still had her grandfather and mother in charge, so she completely relaxed, and also brought out the shame of her little daughter, and quickly left the main house and went back to her courtyard.
"The big girl is a good boy." Mrs. Shen's personal maid said.
Mrs. Shen wiped her tears and said abruptly: "Although she was not born by me, but in the end I raised her, her aunt always felt that I would harm her, but where did her aunt understand my heart as a mother, for so many years, even if my heart was warmed by this child, I am closer to her than her aunt!" β
"Isn't it, so the girl and the lady are the closest."
Mrs. Shen was silent for a while before she said: "Her dowry will be added to Yicheng, and after the vassal king enters Beijing to pay tribute this time, her marriage will be decided." β
Acacia fell asleep with Li Yunluo all the way back to Ding'anbo's mansion, and only woke up when she got off the carriage, Li Yunluo couldn't stay any longer, so she could only make an appointment for the next meeting, and reluctantly returned home.
As soon as Acacia entered the main room, he was going to accompany He to dinner, but when he saw that his uncle actually came back early, he looked at himself without saying anything.
Meng Huoran walked over in person, took Acacia's hand, and said with a little caution: "Uncle, the order has come down." β
Acacia had slept all the way before, and his head was still unclear, but he reacted then, and his heart suddenly jumped. However, at this time, the timing was not right, the place was wrong, she could only endure half a beat slowly, so that the people in the big house felt that she was in a trance as if she had been hit, and she was distressed.
"Sanniang, don't panic, you still have an uncle and aunt to accompany you......" He stood up and walked over a few steps, squeezed Meng Huoran away, and hugged Acacia in his arms and said painfully: "Look at your brothers and sisters at home, we all love you the most, don't be sad." β
Where would Acacia be gloomy and sad, and it was too late to hold back her happiness in her heart, but she could only bury her head in He's arms at this time, so as not to let others see her expression.
"Okay, your father will only go for a year or two, and your uncle will be in charge of everything." On weekdays, Amber is not smiling in front of the juniors, and he also came over and touched Acacia's little head and said softly, as if he was afraid of scaring Acacia loudly.
Originally, she pretended to be sad, but after being so cared for by the uncle's family, she was so lovesick that she really cried, if she could really have intersected with the uncle's family in her last life, if she could be less impulsive and conceited, and overly proud, would she not have ended up like that in her previous life?
She didn't have the love of her parents and grandparents, but God compensated her in this way.
"Sanniang is fine, uncle, aunt don't worry." Acacia raised her head and showed a clean smile and said: "Grandmother and father are leaving, although Sanniang is reluctant, she is full of joy when she thinks that she can live with her eldest sister and fifth sister in the future." But don't tell my father about that, he should be angry. β
He hugged the soft ball in his arms, his heart was crisp, and then he heard Acacia say this, only to feel that the child was sensible, so he hugged him for a long time.
"In this way, since you have stayed for a long time, then Uncle Ming'er will send someone to send over what you left over there?"
He didn't wait for Ding Anbo to finish speaking, he glanced at him and said: "What to send, what do my Sanniang want, I will send it to the warehouse, seeing the spring warm, it is time to make clothes, our girls have to make a few tender colors." β
"Okay, okay, as long as you don't violate the rules, you can toss your mother a few times." Ding Anbo didn't refute when he was choked, and sat back at the table honestly, anyway, if there is no one in the warehouse, just go out and buy and buy.
"Ahhh Mother, Duanfang also needs new clothes! Meng Duanfang couldn't sit still next to him, so he came over and hugged He Shi coquettishly.
He tapped his head and joked: "Boys have to be poor, what new clothes do you want, I see, in the future, you will pick up your brother's old clothes and put them on, and save the fabric and silver at home." β
Meng Duanfang originally just wanted to ease the atmosphere, who knew that his mother would take him seriously when he said this, his eyes were red at the moment, and he was so anxious that he almost shed tears, so he didn't want to wear his eldest brother's old clothes to go to the academy, he had to make people laugh to death.
As soon as everyone saw him like this, they knew what he was thinking, Meng Huoran twisted his ears and laughed angrily: "Stinky boy, dare to dislike your brother!" β
Acacia listened to everyone's heartfelt laughter, and rubbed in He's arms, this is her home, her father, and her siblings.
"Hurry, hurry! I'm going to move out here, so if you don't load the car quickly, be careful to leave you all in Kyoto to guard the house! A lady in charge with a big waist stood in the courtyard and crossed her waist and scolded.
Meng Guizhi frowned, glared at the lady unhappily, then turned back to Aunt Mei and said, "Mother, are we really going to leave Kyoto and go to Jianghuai?" β
"Jianghuai is rich, even stronger than Kyoto, and besides, the two places are not far apart, what are you afraid of?"
Aunt Mei sat by the window in plain clothes and embroidered a purse for Meng Er, she also saw these days that the lord favored Aunt Najiu not entirely for the sake of women, so that she was a little forced. She doesn't know where this Aunt Jiu comes from, but since she can help the master get this fat shortage, it can be seen that this woman's maiden family is not weak, compared with Aunt Jiu, she seems to be a head lower in terms of color and family background, so that she has to stop and avoid its edge.
It's just that the most thing she lacks is patience, she also has a pair of children, and the lord still remembers her gentleness, compared to Mu Ne's complaining wife, and now the arrogant Aunt Jiu, she just needs to do her duty silently, so that the lord can see her sincerity, moisturizing things silently...... The old man is a man after all, and the most disliked thing in his heart is that the woman's maiden family presses him.
Aunt Mei is doing needlework finely and densely, and the corners of her mouth are slightly hooked, as long as there are only her children in this house, what else is she afraid of?
"Mother! But why can that dead girl stay in Kyoto! Meng Guizhi also knew that Jianghuai was good, and everyone in the family was going to go, but even if the next person was said to be the old man who was disgusted with Acacia, she also felt that Acacia staying in Kyoto was not a crime, at least she could follow the big house everywhere and meet those dignitaries.
"That's what your father meant, don't worry about it." is on the cusp, Aunt Mei doesn't want Aunt Jiu to bite the opportunity.
Meng Guizhi touched her hair, which was not too long, and said with red eyes: "Since you are disgusted with her, why don't you send her to the temple to be a sister-in-law, but now she is proud." β
"A girl, left alone in Kyoto, if it weren't for the surname Meng, do you think the people in the big house would take care of her? Silly child, she wants her father and mother to love her the most, she likes to fight since she was a child, and now she is left by your father, which is more painful than anything. Aunt Mei had to be reassured: "Besides, your father is not in Kyoto, who will Zhang Luo for her marriage in the future?" Your grandmother is here, and the big house can't be crossed. β
"It's better that she can't get married!" Meng Guizhi stretched out her hand and grabbed Aunt Mei's skirt and said, "Mother, you are so powerful, if you don't let your wife go, then you will be the housekeeper's wife, who dares to say that I can't do a word?" β
Aunt Mei just smiled perfunctorily, how could she tell her daughter that she just wanted her wife to go over? Only the wife has passed, and the old woman at home will not be too suspicious of her, after all, she still wants her to contain her wife, besides, if the wife really doesn't go, then she and Aunt Jiu will be counted in the backyard, which is not what she wants.
"Recently, my brother doesn't like to play with me anymore." Meng Guizhi saw that her biological mother was like this, so she didn't talk about it anymore.
Aunt Mei only thought that her son went to the academy, so she said casually: "This is to move away, your brother must have a lot of classmates to say goodbye, you are still young and don't know human feelings, you will understand in the future." β
Meng Guizhi vaguely felt that the eldest brother was not like this, but after all, she knew too little, so she could only keep it in her heart, and besides, she had more important things to do.
Meng Guizhi returned to her room, beckoned a little girl and asked, "What did Meng Ruozhi say over there?" β
"The doctor said that the eldest girl was afraid that her health was not very good, after all, the water was too cold at that time."
Meng Guizhi rolled her eyes and smiled: "You let people tell her, when she was lying in bed and life was better than death, her own sister had already gone to the birthday banquet of the Hou Mansion, and she also went out with the little county lord, in the future, if she left Kyoto, then in the second room of the Meng family, it was her sister who covered the sky with one hand." β
"Girl, is this?" The little girl said in a panic.
Meng Guizhi looked at her disdainfully and said: "The Meng family only needs me as a girl, and they are all superfluous, so that they all stay in Kyoto, so that this girl is out of sight and out of mind." β