Although Zeng Rong didn't know why the eldest lady didn't want her to enter the palace, she got a message, most likely because the old lady promised to guarantee her, so the Yang family would order someone to bring her a message.

Because of filial piety, the Yang family couldn't contradict his mother-in-law, so he could only start from Zeng Rong's side.

It's just that why would she object to her entering the palace?

Is he afraid that Zeng Rong will cause trouble in the future and implicate the Xu family, or do you really feel sorry for her and don't want her to be buried in that dark place for the rest of her life?

Zeng Rong is unknown.

These words undoubtedly made Zeng Hua feel relieved.

That night, Zeng Hua also tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, she wanted to persuade the eldest sister not to go, but these days she understands one thing, the eldest sister is stubborn, and the things she believes must go all the way to the end.

It's like when she had to leave home and move to the academy, she had to study and learn to write, she had to go to Beijing, she had to find a job to support herself, etc., which of these things was not a big deal? Which one didn't come from her?

It's just that it's too bitter.

By the way, Xu Jing, the person who was destined for the eldest sister in her previous life must be Xu Jing, if Xu Jing is willing to keep her, will she change her mind?

But how to tell Xu Jing about this matter, and will it definitely work?

A ten-year-old child, he can't even protect himself, can he protect his eldest sister?

Zeng Hua's mind appeared two people in a tug-of-war, one advocated to tell Xu Jing, the other did not advocate, no one persuaded anyone, but this toss, Zeng Hua fell asleep in a daze.

Mrs. Xu sent someone to call Zeng Rong two days later, when she had just come back from work, thinking that today was the deadline given by the old lady, and when she was nervous, Mother Luo sent a boy to deliver the letter.

This time when he entered the Xu Mansion, Zeng Rong saw Xu Fushan, who rarely showed up, and sat side by side with the old lady on the main seat of the head, obviously waiting for her, and there was no one else in the room except Zijing and Ziyun.

Seeing this, Zeng Rong walked up to the two and knelt down, "Ah Rong has seen Lord Xu and Old Madam Xu. ”

"Get up, get up and talk."

Without waiting for the old lady's instructions, Bauhinia on the side hurriedly moved a hollow carved beauty pier and put it in front of Zeng Rong, and reached out to help Zeng Rong up.

"That's right, the old man has a few words I want to ask you, just answer truthfully, don't be afraid." Seeing that Zeng Rong was obviously more nervous than usual, Mrs. Xu guessed that she was afraid to see her husband.

"Okay." Zeng Rong didn't dare to sit down, and replied with his head down.

"Look up and look at me." Xu Fushan spoke.

Zeng Rong had no choice but to raise his head and look at the other party level.

"How old are you?"

"Back to adulthood, twelve years old."

"When did you learn to read and write?"

"There have been five or six years, when my eldest brother and second brother were studying in the academy, I had to send them food to the academy every day, after school, they would study at home and practice calligraphy, I followed what I heard and witnessed, recognized a few words, when I herded pigs, I would take a branch to write on the ground and play, and I took a pen to practice calligraphy in February after moving from home to the academy, after coming to the capital, I had the conditions, and I would practice words for one or two hours every night."

After speaking, Zeng Rong was a little weak-hearted, these words obviously can't stand scrutiny, and people who really understand the pen can see at a glance that her words have at least ten years of skill.

But there was no way, she couldn't find a better explanation, so she could only hope that Xu Fushan hadn't seen her words.

Xu Fushan saw Zeng Rong's eyes flickering, but he didn't expose her, and continued to ask, "Why did you enter Beijing?" ”

"I want to earn money to support my family."

"Nonsense, you can get more than forty or fifty taels of silver a month in Jinxiufang, and more than twenty taels at least, but when you enter the palace, you are afraid that you don't even have ten taels of silver a month, and you have to stay up until you are twenty-five years old before you can leave the palace, you shouldn't be unclear about these, right?"

"I've heard about it."

"So now, now you tell me again, why did you enter Beijing, and why did you enter the palace?" Xu Fushan stroked his beard and waited for Zeng Rong's answer.

"The little woman still chooses to enter the palace, I am indeed running to the silver to come to the capital, but the silver is not the only one, compared to the silver, I want to escape from that home, although the son does not say that the father and the mother have been, but the father is kind and the son is filial, I don't want to be sold, I don't want to put myself to the end of the relatives who have worked hard to maintain the end of the road, so I choose to enter Beijing. Similarly, this time I didn't want to enter the Wang family, I didn't want the old lady to be embarrassed, and I didn't want to be embarrassed by the shopkeeper, so I chose to enter the palace. ”

"You've thought about it, what will happen when you leave the palace at the age of twenty-five?"

"Twenty-five years old is too far away, and it is too nihilistic, it is better to focus on the present and do a good job in the present, so that you can have the confidence to talk about the future, otherwise, it will be empty."

I have to say that Zeng Rong's words touched Xu Fushan's heart.

Because what he hates most in his life is the kind of people who talk about it, this kind of person is not a little biased and refuses to find reasons from himself, only thinking that he is a talented person, and the time is not good, but he doesn't know that the opportunity slips away in the daily empty talk and complaints, and in the end he will achieve nothing.

Therefore, he wrote this as a family motto into the Xu family rules, not empty talk, no waste, no delay, no complaining, three times a day, and the day is over.

You know, this is the feeling he only had after he entered the officialdom for twenty, but this girl is only twelve years old, and there is no outsider to guide her, so she actually has such a cognition?

"Okay, then talk about what you're going to do at the moment?" Xu Fushan was admitted to Zeng Rong.

"After entering the palace, talk less, listen more and do more, focus on the work at hand, have time to read and practice calligraphy, improve their knowledge and cultivation, only in this way, can I embroider things elegant and chic, can be graceful, in order to enter the eyes of those nobles. As for the long-term future, I haven't thought about it for the time being, after all, I haven't set foot in that place yet. ”

"I ask you again, what if we don't promise to guarantee you?" Xu Fushan saw that Zeng Rong was not stumped, so he changed the question.

"No, I may continue to stay in Jinxiufang, but the Marquis of Zhenyuan's mansion, and ask the adults and the old lady to deal with the little woman, I don't want to sell myself as a slave, I just want to support my family with my own skills, if I can't even do such a humble wish, I don't know what will happen."

Old Mrs. Xu saw that tears flashed in Zeng Rong's eyes after he finished speaking, and hurriedly said to her husband: "Okay, the child is also pitiful, don't force her." Come, Ah Rong, come here, listen to me tell you, today I went to Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion to see Mrs. Wang, you can rest assured, they will not persecute you anymore, and then it depends on how you choose, if you still want to enter the palace, our Xu family will guarantee you, if you want to stay in Jinxiufang, just stay. ”

"I was elected to the palace, and I asked the lord and the old lady to fulfill it." Zeng Rong knelt down.

She couldn't predict what the future would hold, but this path was a shortcut to revenge and retribution, and she could only go on hard.