Chapter 242: Birthday Celebration (8)
November 16 is the day set by Mrs. Liu to return to Tieling.
Tieling Road is far away, so I have to hurry up for a few days, so I can return to Liu's house in the wax moon, and I won't miss the New Year.
Seeing that Mrs. Liu was about to leave, Zhen Xuan was going to send it off, so she took a day to go back to Pei's mansion.
Mrs. Liu Er was in a good mood, she was telling jokes with Mrs. Ma, and the ninth mother, tenth mother and twelfth mother of the Liu family were playing leaf cards with several sisters of the Pei family, and there was a burst of laughter in the house.
Seeing Zhen Xuan coming, Mrs. Liu got up to greet her, pulled Zhen Xuan inside, and said: "I was still a young lady when I came last time, but this time I became someone else's grandmother, and when I come back next, I will become the mother of a milk doll." ”
Zhen Xuan blushed and was embarrassed to answer, but Mrs. Ma laughed, pointed at Mrs. Liu Er and said, "Then you have to come earlier, otherwise the milk doll will run away, and you won't see anyone yet." ”
Mrs. Liu also laughed: "It must be, I'm here with a gift." ”
Seeing that Mrs. Liu was so happy, Zhen Xuan swept away the haze of talking with Mrs. Ma that day, guessing that it was about Zhen Xu and Liu Jiuniang's affairs, and took advantage of the time to change clothes to get out of the house, so she asked Zhen Lin.
Zhen Lin asked Zhen Xuan, remembering the "liveliness" in the Qingfu Hall in the past few days, and shook her head helplessly: "It's really chickens and dogs." Speaking of this, I also felt that I couldn't cry or laugh.
For Zhen Xu, a grandson who is not close, although the third old lady is not on the tip of his heart, in the end, his blood is thicker than water.
That year, Zhen Che and Zhen Xu were inscribed on the gold list, and the good news came back from the capital, and the firecrackers blew up from the gate of Pei's house to Qingfutang.
The third old lady didn't care about Mrs. Jia's face like opening a dyeing shop. I drank a few of the wines with Liulan all night. In the middle of the night, he asked them to help them go to the ancestral hall. knelt inside and cried until dawn in front of the ancestral tablet.
The third old lady values the prestige of the Pei family the most, the Pei family is based on the fragrance of books, and the ancestors have been the champions.
And the third room is the least one room for the jinshi, the third old lady was ambitious when he was young and wanted to fight for a fame for the third room to come back, but he didn't have enough knowledge. Second, he dragged his feet when he married a wife, and after failing to take the exam several times, he accepted his fate.
Where did he think that he couldn't do it himself, and his two sons were not the material for the imperial examination, but Sun Erzhen Xu looked quiet and unremarkable on weekdays, but he was a wise man.
The third old lady kept it in mind, and he didn't dare to pay too much attention to Zhen Xu, otherwise he would attract the attention of Old Lady Jia, but it would harm Zhen Xu. Therefore, Zhen Xu wanted to follow Zhen Che to Beijing to study. Mrs. Jia made trouble again, and the third old lady agreed very much. even quietly asked someone to send silver into the capital in private. Sure enough, Zhen Xu read the results.
The third old lady knelt in the ancestral hall and wept bitterly, and said bluntly: "The grandson of Sanfang Kang, Zhen Xu, was blessed by his ancestors, and today he is in the middle, and Kangzhi is worthy of his ancestors." ”
The concubine has a future, how can the queen of the concubine fall? The third old lady thinks about calling Queen Zhen every day to fight for a jinshi to come back.
A few days ago, the third old lady happened to hear Liulan and Liuzhu gossiping, mentioning that Zhao cried in the garden that day, it seems that the queen is too old to discipline, and there is no discipline in acting and speaking. The Zhao family and the fifteenth master were so anxious that they just couldn't intervene.
The third old lady drank wine and listened to the play, but he didn't say a word for a while, but he kept an eye on it.
He found an opportunity to call Empress Zhen to go to the Water Pavilion, and personally took the school exam, and only asked a few questions before the third old lady was so angry that he almost memorized it in one go. Zhenhou really doesn't know what to ask, talking nonsense, like this, not to mention being admitted to the Jinshi, even a showman can't come back.
Empress Zhen was scolded, and because of Liulan's persuasion and provocation secretly, the third old lady beat Zhen Hou with a few crutches.
From childhood to adulthood, Zhenhou asked Mrs. Jia to protect her, where she was beaten. He is used to being an overlord, even if his grandfather beats him, he still doesn't want to suffer this loss, he bumps a few words and gets a few crutches, crying and shouting to find Mrs. Jia for help.
Mrs. Jia had to coax her heart and soul when she was missing a hair on weekdays, and this time she received a few crutches, looking at the red marks on the white and chubby child's body, which was more painful than hitting her own body.
Seeing that the third old lady came to look for her, Mrs. Jia jumped up suddenly: "Old thing, you dare to come to me if I don't settle accounts with you!" ”
The third old lady was not afraid of her, and yelled: "What a good child told you to teach!" It's not good for you to dislike the outer academy, and you want to send it to your Jia family to study, and it's all up to you. Now you have a good look for yourself, this is called what it looks like to have read a book? Eyes without respect for the elders, mouth out of vain, this is to understand the sage's truth? ”
Mrs. Jia stiffened her neck and said, "You are disrespectful to the old, the upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked!" What to do if you are angry with your child and make a good fight! ”
The third old lady was so angry that her beard blew up, and she stomped her feet and said, "Am I disrespectful to the old man? Am I not the right upper beam? Well, how did Zhen Xu become an official master? also played a good fight, he dared to be like this at his age, and when he was older, he was not lawless! The prestige of my Pei family is going to be folded on this stinky boy! It's better to be killed! You can't teach children, I'll teach them later! ”
Mrs. Jia called the third old lady a little angry, but when she looked at the crying queen in her arms again, she suddenly became angry again: "You teach? What do you teach? You've got three vixens there. After learning bad with you, and you can't figure it out with a maid like the old sixteen, you are worthy of your ancestors and ancestors? ”
Zhen Yao's background is a scandal, after so many years, the Pei family is reluctant to mention it more, but Mrs. Jia looks like she has nothing to do with her, and the third old lady only feels that there is smoke on the top of her head, and she is about to hit Mrs. Jia when she raises her hand.
For a while, the people in the house begged and pulled, and it was not until Zhou came in a hurry that it was dragged away.
Zhao was helping on the side, and she was in a hurry and took a few hits, but she didn't feel pain, she was all heartbroken.
The third old lady and Mrs. Jia had a quarrel, and there is no way to say anything about the future of the future, if you follow Mrs. Jia again, it will be ruined, this dispute is an opportunity, maybe it is also the last chance, how can she miss it.
After the third old lady was helped back by Liulan and Liuzhu in a huff, Mrs. Jia lay down on the bed to rest, and Zhao found a vacancy and went to find Zhou.
Zhou knew Zhao's intention, and his temples kept jumping: "It's not that I refuse to help you regardless of my feelings, it's really ...... Your mother-in-law, you also know, her temper, which of our generation dares to provoke her? It's too late to hide. Even if I insist on speaking to her as the patriarch's wife, will she be able to listen to me? If she was willing to listen, Man Yue would not have carried a sedan chair to others as a concubine. ”
How could the Zhao family not understand what the Zhou family said, when he thought of the future of Zhenhou, his eyes were full of tears at the moment, and he said dumbly: "Pity the hearts of parents in the world!" Sixth sister-in-law, I really have no choice, I'm just such a son, I count on him for good or bad. My mother-in-law can't serve me well, and I can endure it, and comfort myself, I'm okay, my lord always came out of my mother-in-law's belly, and the life of the fourth sister-in-law is more difficult than mine, and I can hold on to it even if she survives. But now, Zhen Xu is so capable, he has become an official, and the fourth sister-in-law is suffering, and when the fourth brother, the fourth sister-in-law and Aunt Lin follow Zhen Xu to take office, isn't that a good life? I didn't think that Empress Zhen could be the same as Zhen Xu, I just hoped that he would be more sensible, more polite, and less worried about us. ”
Zhou sighed when he heard this, patted Zhao's hand, and handed her a handkerchief: "It's all about being a mother, I can save your feelings." Speaking of which, Zhen Xu is a competitive and decisive person. The fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law also have the ability, but they sent Zhen Xu away without telling the third uncle and mother, otherwise, wouldn't Zhen Xu be buried? Now that I have the protection of my family and the help of my in-laws, I have done a good job on this errand, and promotion is indispensable. Let me tell you quietly that the second wife of the Liu family came to congratulate her aunt on her birthday this time, mainly for Zhenxu's marriage. Their Liu family took a fancy to it and wanted to match Jiuniang to Zhenxu. You have also seen it, that Jiu Niang is knowledgeable and reasonable, and has the favor of her mother-in-law, if Zhen Xu has such a wife, our fourth sister-in-law is really out of it. ”
The Zhao family had never heard of this, so he forgot to cry for a while, and looked at the Zhou family with wide eyes: "Sixth sister-in-law, is there really such a thing?" I have never heard my mother-in-law say it, and my fourth sister-in-law has never confided in it. ”
"How can this kind of thing be fake? That's the girl of the Liu family, can I still make a bad name for nonsense? Seeing that Zhao hurriedly waved his hand to apologize, Zhou said in a suppressed voice, "Your mother-in-law is still hiding it, and you dare to say it to her like this." As far as her temperament is concerned, she is called Zhen Xu to be such a family business, can she swallow this breath? The fourth sister-in-law had tasted a muffled fortune once, and before she came up with a way, she didn't dare to leak her mouth and ask the third uncle to offend the Liu family. The fourth sister-in-law is also annoyed, and if the third uncle and aunt don't nod, this family affair will be blown up. ”
"How's that for good? Zhen Xu is also old, so he must settle down, otherwise the next few will be dragged down. In the past, it was because my mother-in-law was there, and I couldn't say that I was a good relative, but then I went to Beijing to study, so it was not easy to delay. At this point, the timing is just right, and it's a good kiss, and if you miss the lantern, it's hard to find. The Zhao family was also anxious for Zhen Xu.
Zhou shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not! If you want me to say, the only one who can subdue your mother-in-law is your father-in-law. ”
Zhao Shi trembled, bit her lip and pondered Zhou's words, her heart became a little clearer, she looked at Zhou and nodded heavily: "I understand what the sixth sister-in-law means, at this moment, I don't fight for the queen, and I am a mother in vain." ”
The Zhao family was iron-hearted, and went straight to the Water Pavilion. (To be continued......)
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