Chapter 125: Settled
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At that moment, the Yuwang Mansion invited Governor Liu to be a matchmaker.
Rong Jiang, who is also the prefect, received him warmly, and Rong Yu sat in front of him.
In the inner house, Du Shi and Rong Xiao came to Rong Zheng's room, Du Shi looked at Rong Zheng and smiled: "I have talked about so many family affairs, and now this is settled." I heard that the eldest son is dignified and very generous, you are blessed. ”
Rong Zheng blushed and said, "Auntie, don't laugh at me." ”
"What a joke on you, I'm congratulating you. Your father also said that I would help with the dowry, which is not a difficult task. Wait until I go back and sort out a dowry list, you can take a good look at it. Tell me what you like and what you want. ”
Rong Zheng was shy and silent.
Rong Xiao also made fun in front of him: "Say hello to the third sister." ”
At present, the two families have exchanged Geng posts, and this family affair is settled. The palace hopes to get married within this year, after all, Mu Xuan's age is not young and he can't afford to wait.
Rong Jiang also agreed, and said that Rong Zheng didn't have a mother to take care of him, so it was better to marry early.
Rong Jiang didn't have time to celebrate Rong Zheng's birthday, so he had to go to Anyang in a hurry. These things at home were temporarily entrusted to the care of Rongyu and his wife, and the two daughters and a young son were also temporarily handed over to the Du family for upbringing. He allocated 3,000 taels of silver to Rong Yu and asked him to help add a dowry to Rong Zheng, and comb the grate from the field shop to the fat powder, so that everything should be complete.
The matter of Rong Zheng's marriage soon spread to the Qi family, and when Mrs. Lu heard that Hou Yuan was dissatisfied with this family affair and wanted to call Rong Jiang to ask, Mrs. Shen persuaded her: "Old lady." Now that my aunt has agreed, what else can our family say? The Mu family is a clan and a vassal king, so what else is not worthy of such a family. My aunt is the father of Sister Zheng, so she will not harm her. The big thing has been decided, let's still think about adding boxes. ”
Old Madam Lu said angrily: "When Mrs. Huang asked you to help be a matchmaker before, what did you concubines say. said that the Huang family was greedy for wealth. Regardless of the fact that Mu Dagongzi was a premature fate. still wants to get married, and he made fun of people at the time. Why did it come to Sister Zheng'er, all of you said yes? I'm old. I can't care about that much. Only such a granddaughter is still tossed by you, don't look at me, I don't know what you are doing behind my back. ”
Second Mrs. Shen panicked, and secretly said that it was not the lax mouth that leaked in front of the old lady, how did she know that she had done something from this family business.
Old Madam Lu was angry. But the situation is settled, what else can she say.
Old Madam Lu reprimanded Mrs. Shen a few words. He also said: "Sister Zheng is going to have another birthday here, but I'm afraid it's the last birthday at home." I can't help but express myself as a grandmother, and I chose something and sent someone to send it. ”
Mrs. Shen nodded in agreement.
On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Rong Zheng got up early. I dressed up and went to Du Shi's place. Du Shi gave her a box and nodded with a smile: "It's the last birthday at home." This is what I gave you. ”
Rong Zheng opened it and saw that it was a silver ticket. She was a little stunned: "Auntie." It's ......"
Du Shi smiled: "The dividends on the shop." ”
"Why did you give it so early? It's only April. ”
"The income in the past few months is okay, so I will pay you for four months. Whatever you like, let someone buy it yourself. ”
Rong Xiao gave a pair of embroidered gold thread purses, and Rong Zheng accepted it very happily. Then the congratulatory gift of the Qi Mansion also arrived, and the gift was given by the servant woman of the Qi family, Rong Zheng greeted his grandmother and uncle, aunt, and cousins, and said that he should go to thank him in person tomorrow.
Immediately afterwards, the lord of Duanhui sent the nurse Chen.
Rong Zheng heard that he was busy meeting Chen.
Chen wore an indigo gown, combed his sideburns, looked capable and refreshing, saw Rong Zheng's slightly blessed body, and said humbly and politely: "Congratulations to Miss Rong on her birthday." ”
Rong Zheng nodded and said, "You have to run this way." ”
Chen said with a smile: "The county lord originally came in person, but he was a little cold last night, so he asked for a doctor this morning." I didn't even get out of the door. ”
Rong Zheng couldn't help but be concerned when he heard it.
Chen said again: "Our uncle went to Beijing, and he left a letter for Miss Rong San, Miss Rong read it herself." ”
Rong Zheng asked Chen to reward Chen with a first-class ruler and an embroidered purse, which contained five taels of silver. Rong Zheng returned a paper box to the county lord with exquisite rose cakes made in his kitchen.
Chen took a cup of tea and took his leave, leaving a table of gift boxes.
Rong Zheng opened them one by one, and there were tired silk phoenix hairpins, earrings inlaid with rubies and rings with rubies, which looked like a set. In addition to jewelry, there is also a tin can of tea. Rong Zheng gently sniffed the new tea leaves this year. In the end, in an inconspicuous box, she found the letter that Chen had said, as well as a bracelet of watermelon tourmaline.
She unfolded the letter and read them in turn.
"I was in a hurry and couldn't say goodbye to you in person, don't blame it! Present the bracelet as a token of congratulations, and hope to reunite you as soon as possible. Treasure! There were only a few words, and it was evident that they had been written in a hurry.
Rong Zheng quickly read the letter, and held the bracelet in his hand and couldn't play with it.
Rong Xiao walked over, Rong Zheng hurriedly received the letter, Rong Xiao's eyes were sharp, he saw it at a glance, stepped forward and hugged Rong Zheng's neck and smiled: "I have seen what you are hiding." ”
Rong Zheng didn't take out the letter and share it with Rong Xiao in the end. Rong Xiao looked at these things on the table, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "Their palace is really generous, and there are so many birthday gifts." I couldn't help but look at them one by one, and while looking at them, I admired: "It's all good things." She took a blue glass hairpin and looked at it carefully, and there were almost transparent small flowers in the hairpin, and she was even more surprised: "Although glass is not a rare thing, it is rare to see flowers like this." I don't know how it was burned in the first place. ”
Rong Zheng pursed his lips and smiled: "Where do I know." ”
After Rong Xiao played with them one by one, he put them down one by one, all of them were envious.
"You married to the palace, the future will definitely be very moisturizing, don't forget to carry me in the future."
In his previous life, Rong Xiao also married a giant businessman. The family is very rich, she smiled and nodded Rong Xiao's forehead, and said angrily: "In the future, if you have a noble son-in-law, where can you still look at these things." ”
The sisters were talking privately. Later, Rong Xiao said again: "Fifth sister doesn't have anything to say?" ”
Rong Zheng has always been very cold to this half-sister, and now that Ma has an accident and is driven to the Plum Blossom Nunnery, Rong Sheng is afraid that he will hate her to death, where will there be any expression. It's good not to block her. Rong Zheng smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid that she will say that I can't stand it." ”
"The second aunt did evil herself. It wasn't who wronged her and deserved to be punished. If the fifth sister can't even figure this out, she will be a sister in vain. ”
"It's you and me. If something like this happens to my mother, I'm afraid it's impossible to live lightly, so let it go. ”
Rong Xiao nodded, and said in his heart that she wanted her to be Rong Xiao, but I was afraid that she would hate Rong Zheng to death. Figured this out. Rong Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, let's not mention her." She is also still young, and she is not sensible in many places. I heard that the second aunt had a very hard time in the nunnery, and she kept clamoring to come back. ”
Rong Zheng said: "I also heard about it. There is no good life in the nunnery. ”
Perhaps she felt that it would be better to give her a letter of resignation. The second uncle is also strange for torturing people. ”
Rong Zheng knew that this was the result of the final game between the Rong family and the Ma family, and the Ma family was unfortunately reduced to a discarded pawn of the two families. The Ma family wants to be faced. The Rong family wanted business in addition to face, so they had to throw her into the nunnery. Rong Zheng thought that Ma was only afraid that he would not be able to get out of the nunnery for the rest of his life. It is also deserved. For two lifetimes, the stepmother who almost ruined her life. Finally got retribution.
In the afternoon, Li Shiniang sent a mother-in-law to send something to Rong Zheng. It is two bottles of flower dew, and there are sticks on the glass bottles, one is called "jasmine" and the other is called "rose". I heard that this flower dew is good for cleansing the face, or applying rouge to the face. It can also be used to spray clothes, and they are all fragrant, in the end, Li Shiniang has a delicate heart and skillful hands. There is also a Xue Tao note, which is written in hairpin flower letters "Congratulations to Fangchen".
Rong Zheng ordered Shisu to carefully put away the two bottles of flower dew.
This birthday passed quietly, Rong Zheng didn't even accept the courtesy of the people, and ordered the kitchen to cook Shou noodles to eat, and it was over. Before dinner, she went to see Huiqiu and Ronggui.
Huiqiu lay on the bed, looking at Rong Gui sleeping beside her, very satisfied. When he looked up and saw Rong Zheng coming, he nodded with a smile and said, "Today's birthday, forgive me for not being able to move, and I can't go to congratulate you in person." ”
Rong Zheng smiled and said, "Auntie, let's be confined with peace of mind." She leaned down to look at her infant brother, and found Rong Gui staring blankly at her with small black eyes half-open.
Rong Zheng liked the child when he saw him, and hurriedly hugged him carefully.
Huiqiu saw that Rong Zheng was very skillful in holding the child, and she was a little surprised, she was not able to hold it now.
Rong Zheng teased his younger brother softly, Rong Gui recognized his sister, and didn't know how to respond to her, but he looked at Rong Zheng and didn't cry.
Huiqiu sighed and said: "This child is really close to you. ”
Rong Zheng smiled: "This is my only younger brother." She looked at Rong Gui's wrinkled, red, and even a little blackened face, and couldn't help but think of the younger brother in the previous life, although he was also named Rong Gui, but he came out of Ma's belly. When Rong Gui was born, she had already married into the Liao family, and she and her younger brother had no sister-brother affection at all. In the previous life, before she died, her father was sentenced to death for committing a major crime, and her only brother was spared death because he was under fifteen, and the sentence was commuted to exile.
She thought of the chill behind her back, and she couldn't even bear to look at Rong Gui, who was courting her, and handed it to Huiqiu in a panic. In this life, her fate has changed heavily, so what about the Rong family, and what will happen to the Rong family that will collapse in the next ten years? How did her father get into trouble, and which one she offended, she didn't even know when she was in the Liao family.
If she can't find this source, I'm afraid she still won't be able to save the Rong family!
Not only did she have to save herself, but she also had to save her father, who cared for her and couldn't bear her grievances. But how to save it, she is at a loss right now. This question also puzzled her in the two years since she was reborn, she didn't know anything about her father's officialdom, let alone what people her father usually befriended, and she didn't know who she interacted with after arriving in the capital.
Where does she start?
What Huiqiu said to her, Rong Zheng didn't hear it at all, so that Hui Qiu couldn't help but shake Rong Zheng's arm and said with concern: "Third Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”
Rong Zheng suddenly came back to his senses and sneered, "It's nothing. ”
Huiqiu was slightly surprised.
Rong Zheng sat down and went back to his yard. Halfway through, she met Rong Sheng, Rong Sheng looked thinner than before, watching the maid kick the shuttlecock, she sat there in a daze, and didn't know what to think. The maids saw Rong Zheng greeting Rong Zheng one after another, and Du Rongsheng sat still without moving.
Rong Zheng didn't care.
She went back to her room, and Ruyi was cutting the lanterns with candle scissors. Mei Fen handed the folded clothes to Shiso's hand, and Shiso put the clothes in the closet.
Rong Zheng asked the maids to fetch water, and she took a bath happily.
Rong Zheng sat in the bathtub and carefully recalled the things that he could remember from his previous life. My father went to the capital and it took a few more years for me to find out. She has been living in Nanyang since she married into the Liao family. During this period, she went back to Bianliang several times, because of Mrs. Liao's relationship, she didn't dare to stay at home for a long time, and she had to hurry back to Nanyang for only three or four days each time.
After they went to the capital in this room, Rong Zheng only went to the capital once. Still after raising Sister Qi, she took her young daughter back to her parents' house, because the distance was long, Sister Qi fell ill halfway. finally arrived in the capital, and all her thoughts were on her daughter, and she was indifferent to other things. Rong Sheng, who has been married for several years, happened to return to her parents' house with her husband and son. Rong Sheng's marriage was a matchmaker made by a colleague of his father, and he married the grandson of his father's master. It is said that the marriage is happy and the husband is very motivated. After Rong Sheng passed, the first child was a son, and he quickly gained a firm foothold in his parents' family. Her husband's family respects her very much. Ma has such a son-in-law, and he boasts about it when he meets people.
Rong Sheng also showed off in front of Rong Zheng, maybe her daughter's illness upset her, or maybe she suffered so much humiliation in the Liao family, which made her feel very unhappy. At that time, she quarreled with Rong Sheng. Rong Sheng also said that she was a madman, that no one was better than her, and that she was narrow-minded and jealous.
This time I lived in the capital for half a month, because she was not on good terms with her sister, and Ma was very indifferent to her, and she couldn't live anymore, so she told Liao Xian that she wanted to go back to Nanyang.
After returning to Nanyang here, she never went to the capital until she was in Shunde for five years. The last time I went to the capital, it was an accident at home, after she was divorced by the Liao family, but in the end she couldn't see her family, and she died halfway through.
In this life, she married Mu Xuan, and a heavy change has taken place, so what about the Rong family, can they escape the catastrophe?
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