Chapter 97

Jing Tingrui turned around and saw Lao Liu with a bead curtain, and his mother, who was wearing a dark brown brocade dress and holding a Bodhi rosary in her hand, walked out. [No pop-up novel network]

She was only forty-one years old, but she was quite old-fashioned, but even the dull clothes could not hide the magnificent face.

"The son greets his mother." Jing Tingrui wanted to salute, but Concubine An walked a few steps quickly and stopped her, "You are a general, how can you salute a concubine?" ”

"You are a mother, and you deserve this great gift." Jing Tingrui still knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Concubine An showed a happy smile on her face, and then took her son's hand and sat in the concubine's collapse, Lao Liu said that he would not disturb their mother and son reunion, and after serving hot tea and snacks, he retreated.

"I saw you just now looking at the east wall, but you want to go out of the canal," Concubine An said with a slight smile, "Don't worry, the prince has already ordered someone to fill in the soil, and now there is only the fragrance of flowers, and there is no smell." ”

"Hmm." Jing Tingrui nodded slightly, his mother always receives a small favor, which is very satisfying, and some things can be covered up by a handful of soil.

"How are you doing in the palace?" Concubine An carefully looked at her son's handsome face, she was originally very happy, but after thinking of some old things, she actually had tears in her eyes, and said hoarsely, "How can you be bad?" The emperor takes care of you, but she is a mother, and she has never been able to do anything for you, so you have suffered a lot of grievances. ”

"You gave birth to me, which is the greatest favor, what are you doing mentioning the past?" Jing Tingrui comforted his mother, "What's more, when I grow up, my son should take care of my mother." ”

"Hey! I have been cultivating for several lifetimes to have such a well-behaved and sensible son as you. Concubine An was greatly moved, but she also uncovered the old scars in her heart, wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "It's a pity that your grandfather's life is hard and he can't enjoy your blessings." ”

It turned out that although Concubine An was a singer, before she was sold into the dance workshop, she was the only daughter of the Liu Mansion on the rich side of Linxian County. The mother also came from a scholarly family, but unfortunately died in childbirth. She was raised by her father, and then her family suffered an accident and lost the business, and the family's mansion, 10,000 acres of land, and more than a dozen shops were all pawned and repaid debts.

The old father also died of anger and was raised in the boudoir, only seventeen-year-old Liu, who did not understand the dangers of the world, was sold by his aunt to the dance shop as a singer, named Rong'er.

Rong'er has a face that captivates the country and the city, plays the piano well, writes well, and dances beautifully, which is extremely attractive.

At that time, Prince Jing, who had just become married, was deeply attracted by her, and spent a lot of money to buy her first night.

Who knew that the spring breeze was pregnant with a child this night, and at that time, the princess and princess had nothing to do, and King Jing was reluctant to be a beauty, and he couldn't leave the flesh and blood in his abdomen.

It is commonplace for this prince and nobleman to take concubines, but Concubine An was born as a singer and was pregnant first, so Princess Jing was jealous and extremely mean to Concubine An.

When Jing Tingrui was born, it failed to change her miserable situation. She never argued, always thinking that she was a sister, and everything had to be according to her sister's wishes. And the prince knew that the flowers and grass had angered the princess, so he did not interfere in these matters.

Jing Tingrui has always protected his mother and beaten her for her since he was sensible. His mother's tears were about to dry up, maybe the prince was becoming more and more cold and alienated from their mother and son, and gradually, the princess didn't toss Concubine An so much.

It wasn't until Jing Tingrui entered the palace at the age of nine and became the prince's bodyguard that his mother's status in the palace slowly improved, and she had the appearance of being a side concubine.

"Grandpa's grave, I have ordered someone to repair it, and my mother will sweep the grave this year, so I can pay my respects to my grandfather."

"Hmm." Concubine An nodded, and finally stopped her tears.

"When I was a child, my mother once mentioned ......" Jing Tingrui paused for a rare moment before saying, "There is an heirloom treasure, and my mother said that she would give it to her daughter-in-law in the future." ”

"Yes, this treasure is handed down from my ancestors, and when my family was poor, I never thought about selling it, I should always leave something for my children and grandchildren." Concubine An asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly remember to ask this?" ”

"Can you give it to me?" Jing Tingrui thought about it, and said bluntly, "There is a person, although he is not your daughter-in-law yet, I want to give it to him first." ”

"What? Do you have a sweetheart? Which lady is it? Have you ever seen it for your mother? Concubine An suddenly raised her eyebrows and asked repeatedly.

Jing Tingrui didn't know how to say it, he didn't want to deceive his mother, but there were some things that he couldn't say.

"That's it, my son is older, and if you don't say something, your mother will understand." Concubine An got up and said with a smile, "I'll go get it, you wait." ”

Concubine An mistakenly thought that her son liked which county lord she liked, so she was embarrassed to mention it, so as not to ruin the reputation of others, after all, marriage depends on the will of her parents, and the words of the matchmaker make a private marriage.

However, although the rules are like this, in this world, how many children are privately liked first, and then find a matchmaker to propose marriage, Jing Tingrui first sent the love thing, it is not too much.

After that, Concubine An took the small brocade box that Jing Tingrui had seen when she was a child and now had faded, carefully put it in Jing Tingrui's hand, and said with a smile, "You have to talk to people well." Don't forget, daughters-in-law are for love. ”

"Yes, Mother." Jing Tingrui carefully put it away, "I will hand it over to him immediately." ”

"I really want to meet this young lady, what you like must be beautiful and virtuous." Concubine An was in such a rare good mood, until Jing Tingrui got up to say goodbye, she still had a smile on her face.

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"General Jing, you're back!"

Jing Tingrui had just left his mother's courtyard when a young girl came to meet him. She has a beautiful appearance and a graceful body, wearing a gauze skirt with a light purple color and a high willow waist.

"Are you ......?" Jing Tingrui originally didn't care about such a conversation, but this girl's face was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember who she was for a while.

"Don't you recognize the slave?" The girl blinked her bright apricot eyes, and couldn't hide her excitement and said, "The slave is Rong'er, it's Yajing." ”

"Yajing?" It is said that the eighteenth change of the female college has changed, and it has only been a year, how Rong'er has changed a lot, Jing Tingrui still remembers how thin and small she was when she was rescued from the war, and her eyes were full of fear, like a small animal.

Now she is a lot taller, slim, and elegant, not at all like her mother's personal maid, but like a princess.

"Yes, General." Ya Jing bowed politely and said, "The slave and maid greet the general, and the general's life-saving grace will never be forgotten." ”

"It's all in the past, there's no need to mention it again, you just have a good life in the palace." Jing Tingrui begged her and said, "I want to trouble you and take care of my mother a lot." ”

"This is natural, Concubine An regards the slave maid as her own and never lets the slave maid do heavy work," Ya Jing said gratefully, "Niang Niang also taught the slave and maid to read and practice the piano, and these kindness slaves and maids can not be repaid for a lifetime." ”

"Why is it so lively outside my road, it turns out that it is Jing'er." Concubine An heard the conversation outside the courtyard and walked out, and Yajing immediately stepped forward and helped her considerately.

"Good boy." Concubine An smiled and patted her hand, and said to Jing Tingrui again, "Fang Cai, Jing'er went to play chess with the young grandmother, you didn't meet her, it's good at this time, you still met, how do you say this, 'There is a fate to meet thousands of miles away', how about it?" Tingrui, Jing'er is a beautiful embryo, right? ”

"!" Ya Jing's face turned red and she stomped her foot shyly, "Don't say it." ”

"That's what Mother said." Jing Tingrui bowed politely, but his expression didn't change much.

"It's extremely hard to spend time here, thanks to you for bringing Jing'er to me as a companion." Concubine An talked a lot about Ya Jing's goodness, but Jing Tingrui just listened quietly and did not interject.

"If you hadn't already had ...... This Jing'er is also very good. Concubine An's words were not clear, but she was also telling Jing Tingrui that if the county lord rejected him, there would still be such a good daughter-in-law waiting for him in the mansion.

"Mother, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." Unexpectedly, Jing Tingrui proposed to resign.

"Alright, there you go. No, I've delayed you for a while. "Concubine An doesn't mind, after all, her son is a busy man. At this time, Lao Liu came and asked Jing Tingrui respectfully, "Can I go and see the second young master, young grandmother?" ’

Jing Tingrui also excused himself on the grounds that he had something to do. Lao Liu took many subordinates to send Jing Tingrui out of the house.

"I don't know when the general will come again......" Ya Jing looked at the direction of Jing Tingrui's departure, couldn't come back to her senses for a long time, and said in a low voice.

"This man is leaving, you think of him like this." Concubine An couldn't help but laugh.

"Mother, you're making fun of people again!" Ya Jing was more and more embarrassed.

"Okay, don't laugh at you, let's go inside. By the way, how is the young grandmother treating you? Concubine An asked with concern as she walked back.

"Okay." Ya Jing said, but she was secretly sighing in her heart, where was the young grandmother looking for her, it was the second young master Jing Tingyun, who said that she was playing chess, but she didn't do anything to her.

Although they are half-siblings, the difference is inevitably too great. Ya Jing felt that the second young master had an empty skin, no real skills, and was short-tempered and very lustful...... It is said that he didn't even let go of the young grandmother's dowry girl.

Of course, these ugly things were all covered up by the face-loving young grandmother, and she would never complain to the prince and princess.

Even if it did, what could it be? Princess Jing is notoriously doting on her son, and in the end, only the poor maidservants are punished and kicked out of the house.

Therefore, although Jing Tingyun had bad intentions towards her many times, she still smiled, dodged, and did not dare to offend in the slightest.

And Jing Tingyun was somewhat worried that Yajing was brought back to the house by Jing Tingrui, so he didn't start directly.

'Alas......! Ya Jing now only hopes that General Jing can come back to the palace every day, and even one day, take her out of the palace, even if it is to be his concubine.

'The moment the slave saw you, she had already decided...... In this life, you will not marry. With such a heart, Ya Jing served Concubine An, the future mother-in-law, wholeheartedly.

- To be continued