Since Concubine Shen went, Cai Wei used the excuse of being unwell and stayed in the house for two days, thinking about where she should go.

Concubine Shen also came to propose marriage to her, but she didn't tell others, but only told Mama Du that she knew, and wanted her to help with a detailed review.

But Mama Du just accompanied her to count the advantages and disadvantages of marrying the royal family again, and she didn't dare to persuade her whether it was better to agree or not, and in the end she had to make up her own mind.

On the third day, her nurse saw that her girl had been bored in the house for three days in a row, for fear that she would be bored, so she persuaded her to go out and walk around and not stay in the house all the time.

Cai Wei couldn't bear her nurse's nagging, so she chose to leave the Qiutang Courtyard in the evening and took the oranges and sweet oranges to the back garden.

She thought that it was almost time to eat, there should be no one in the garden, and she didn't want to just walk to the rockery, and saw a figure squatting under a willow tree, she was about to turn around and walk away, but the person suddenly turned around, and when he saw her, his eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "Cousin Zhou!" ”

was shouted by him like this, Cai Wei had to stand up and bless her body, "The third cousin is good!" ”

Zhao Yiming saw Cai Wei saluting him, so he came to his senses, quickly stood up, patted the soil on his hands, and hurriedly returned the salute to Cai Wei.

Cai Wei saw that it was him, and she didn't want to stay here longer, so she said: "It's almost time for dinner, I'll go back first, and the third cousin should go back to eat quickly!" ”

Zhao Yiming saw that she was leaving, and hurriedly said, "Sister Wei, do you remember Xueqiu?" It hasn't eaten or drunk since yesterday, and when I got up this morning, it was out of breath. I was burying it under this tree, and I didn't want my sister to come over, thinking that my sister was also its former owner, and she just came to see it off for the last time. ”

When Cai Wei heard that Snowball was dead, she was also sad in her heart, she had raised the white cat for a year, and she liked it very much. After she returned to this mansion, because she wanted to avoid suspicion with Zhao Yiming, she sometimes thought of Xueqiu'er, and it was not easy to see it, and she didn't want to see the lively and cute kitten again in the future.

Cai Wei walked under the willow tree, looked at the small dirt bag that was slightly bulging under the tree, put her hands together, and silently recited a few verses for it in her heart, hoping that it would be able to pass away.

Zhao Yiming stood in place, not daring to move, in the past three years, his cousin Zhou was standing so close to him for the first time, there were only five steps between him and her, and he could even smell the faint fragrance coming from her......

His eyes involuntarily looked towards Cai Wei, although the sky was already a little dark, but he felt that Cai Wei's face was so bright and dazzling in his eyes, he could even see the slightly upturned eyelashes at the corners of her closed eyes......

Sister Wei is even more beautiful than three years ago, like a pearl and jade, but she is so beautiful, but she will never belong to her again......

Cai Wei finished reciting the Sutra of Death in her heart, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw Zhao Yiming looking at her stupidly, she hurriedly turned around to leave, and just took two steps, she heard the sound of footsteps behind her, followed by a figure blocked in front of her.

Zhao Yiming couldn't have imagined that he would have the courage to do such a thing, but if he didn't say something now, he was afraid that he would never have the opportunity to say it in the future.

He saw that the two maids, Xiangcheng and Gantang, had stepped forward to protect Cai Wei behind him, and hurriedly said: "Sister Wei, I don't mean anything else, I just want to say a few words to you, please ask my sister to stand for a while and listen to me a few words, okay?" These words have been buried in my heart for many years, and if I don't say them, I'm afraid I'll never be able to sleep again at night. ”

He was afraid that Cai Wei would not agree to him, so he asked without waiting for her to answer: "Sister Wei, I heard that because the person who was married to my sister has not come for a long time, Aunt Wu wants to marry you for Cousin Wu, the fourth uncle wants the second brother to marry you, and even the old lady wants to give you to the fourth brother, are these true?" ”

Cai Wei said unhappily: "Third cousin, these words are also brought by you to ask me, don't you think it's too rude?" ”

Zhao Yiming also knew that he was speechless, and hurriedly said: "I know I shouldn't ask my sister like this, but I just can't help it, since my sister lived in our yard when she was eight years old, I-, I have a heart for my sister that can't be declared, I don't want Uncle Zhou to have a family affair for my sister, and now the house is spreading, saying that my sister's family affair is afraid that it has been ......, but I am biased-"

"Sister Wei, if I hadn't married the granddaughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, you, would you like to choose me?"

Cai Wei really didn't expect that these days, in addition to the people who came to propose marriage to her, there was a cousin who confessed to her directly here, if she was not moved at all, it would be a lie, but if she was moved, it would be even more false.

The old lady wants all the benefits that a family affair can bring, and what Zhao Yiming wants is her heart, he likes himself in his heart, and he also hopes that he also has a affection for him in his heart.

But when he already has a marriage contract, he came to tell her these things again, and even asked her if she also had feelings for him, is this really good?

If you can't give her a certain future, why bother to provoke people's feelings?

Cai Wei said with a straight face: "Please also ask the third cousin to be cautious, you and I are both engaged people, how can you say these stupid words again?" ”

After she finished speaking, she wanted to turn around and leave, but Zhao Yiming was still blocked at the intersection, and asked her pitifully, "I know what my sister said, but I can't help it, just because you and I don't have a marriage contract, my sister is willing-"

"I don't want to!" Cai Wei interrupted him mercilessly: "I never think about what ifs, since the third cousin can't be his own master, why do you have to say these things again?" Although there are four words in this world, there are four words of 'love and self-control', but there is also the virtue of a gentleman who is 'affectionate and polite', when the third cousin was studying, didn't Mr. teach you? ”

The two maids, Xiang Cheng and Gan Tang, saw that their girl was already faintly angry, and they also felt that the third young master of the Zhao family was too disagreeable, so they didn't need Cai Wei's orders, and said in their mouths: "Please let the third young master let me!" Gantang stepped forward and pushed him aside, and Xiangcheng escorted Cai Wei away quickly.

When the three masters and servants returned to the house, Xiangcheng couldn't help but say: "It's really unlucky, I wanted to let the girl go out for a walk, but I didn't want to touch this mold again!" ”

Gan Tang knew that her girl had been worried about it in the past few days, and she was afraid that this matter would add to her heart, so she also persuaded: "Girl, don't go to your heart, just think that he is blinded by lard, so he said so many faint words, but fortunately no one else heard it." ”

Cai Wei knew that these two girls were worried about herself, and said with a smile: "You guys are too underestimating your girl, but I don't take it to heart just a few faint words." It's just that he made me ......."

The two maids saw that Cai Wei didn't say anything in the middle of her words, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with the girl?" ”

"It made me think about something, but if I want to figure it out, I'll have to think about it again."

Xiangcheng smiled and said, "The girl just has to think about it again, and wait until dinner is over!" ”

After dinner, Cai Wei thought alone for an hour before ordering Gan Tang, who was guarding the door, to invite Mama Du over.

Mama Du saw that Cai Wei's beautiful eyes were clear, and there was no hesitation a few days ago, so she smiled and said, "The girl has already made a decision?" ”

"Well, I don't know if it's right or wrong for me to think so, so I want to talk to Mama again."

Cai Wei first told Zhao Yiming about meeting Zhao Yiming in the evening, "I was very angry at the beginning, but being told by my third cousin reminded me of my bumpy marriage journey. ”

"Although the third cousin shouldn't have said those stupid things to me, but he would have this thought, and that was because when I was a child, the two adults also had this meaning, not only did the fifth aunt have intentions at that time, but my father also did not object, but after my father resigned, the fifth aunt no longer looked down on me."

"My father didn't force it, and I found the Zeng family again, and agreed on the marriage, I thought that this life's things would be so decided, but I didn't want anything to happen to the Zeng family, and Zeng Gongzi abandoned the old covenant in order to climb another good family."

"Neither of them can say that they have no affection for me, but what is this affection compared to their parents' family and their own future?"

"My father hopes that I can marry an ordinary family and live a stable life, but there are unforeseen circumstances, and people have good and bad luck. Can you really live a stable life if you marry into that ordinary family? If I find another family to marry, and after a few years of stable life, that family suddenly encounters a change, and I can't say that I will have to be abandoned by them again. How will I deal with myself then? ”

Mama Du didn't expect Cai Wei to say such pessimistic words, it can be seen that the fact that the Zeng family divorced hurt her too much, and hurriedly persuaded her: "The girl can't help but think too pessimistic about the future, where can there be so many bad things?" ”

Cai Wei shook her head, "It's not that I'm too pessimistic, but that's how the world is." Concubine Shen has a sentence that is extremely true, in the past thousands of years, the hierarchy has been strict, the weak eat the strong, if you don't have enough power, when you are oppressed, how can you keep your own peace? ”

"Now in the government, the people in power have invaded the land on a large scale, and this is not only the land of the poor people, but also many rich squires, as long as there is no official in the family, the ancestral property has been taken away. There are also those rich businessmen, whose family business has been earned by decades of hard work can be taken away by the corrupt officials in the blink of an eye. ”

"My father also told me about a case where there was a prefect who had a collection of the Tang Dynasty's 'painting saint' Wu Daozi's authentic work "Confucian Statue", and his boss asked him for it when he knew about it, but he refused to give it. As a result, after a short time, he was beheaded by his boss who fabricated a crime and snatched the painting. ”

"If the government is clean and the country and the people are safe, there will be many fewer such tragedies, but now under such a corrupt government, the world is declining, and the people's hearts are not ancient, who dares to say that they will not encounter such a thing that is crushed by power?"

"What's more, wouldn't there be disputes between wives and concubines, mothers-in-law making things difficult, and family property disputes between brothers and concubines in various houses? It can be seen that even if I find an ordinary family, I may not be able to live a peaceful life, since there are risks, then I might as well simply marry into the royal family and let go. Rather than having no power and letting others control my fate, it is better to take my future into my own hands! ”

Perhaps, what Queen Tianshun could do back then, she can also do, and maybe she will do it better than her!