Chapter 11: Xingyang Zheng (2)
That night, Mother Li avoided everyone and secretly mentioned it to Haginiang, saying that Ruan's mother had arrived in Jiankang.
Hagi Niang and Xie Yan's depressed emotions were left behind at once, and they didn't even bother to explore what Zheng's words were, they only felt that there were a thousand words in their hearts, and they were full of fighting spirit.
Unexpectedly, before she saw Ruan's mother, she first met the "Zheng family brother" and "Zheng family sister".
The New Year is approaching, and the Zheng family called the wife Ran of the second son of the Zheng family, who is closest to him, and her two children, Zheng Yu and Zheng Yan, to stay for a few days on the grounds that "there are many chores, please invite the sister-in-law of the Zheng family to come over to help".
said that he was talking about staying for a few days, but after staying for more than ten days, I didn't see them have any intention of going back.
This will make Hagi Niang understand who Zheng is referring to by "a man with a matching identity".
From the point of view of time, they didn't come early or late, just after the Zang family decided to postpone Hagi Niang's proposal for Xie Yan, Hagi Niang had to guess the Zheng family with the heart of a villain, cousins and cousins are easy to kiss, although they are only cousins and cousins in name.
This has to be put in the past, I am afraid that even if I am a hundred willing, I will not be able to marry the Zheng family, the Zheng family has a very high opinion of her family, and she will definitely think that she is high, and she will never agree. And now, she is also reluctant to let her child catch the wolf, and would rather "sacrifice" her nephew than let Hagi Niang marry into a strong husband like Chenjun Xie, even if she is a concubine.
Her plan should be to let the young and ignorant Hagi Niang fall in love with Zheng Yu herself, and it is best to teach or receive something privately under the gentle attack of a beautiful man, so that she can become a concubine by herself, and even the position of the wife can be saved. It's still very righteous to say, I have good intentions, but you don't know self-love, and you are willing to fall, I am very disappointed in you...... If that's the case, Hagi Niang even arranged the lines for the Zheng family.
Therefore, although Zheng Yu also has a good skin, and his demeanor seems to be a humble gentleman, that is, he is full of "sister" and calls him kindly, but Haginiang can't wait to see him and take a detour.
As for Zheng Yan, it is really angry and annoying. The tragedy is that there is no other school-age woman at home to accompany her, Hagi Niang can only listen to her nagging every day, and she can't leave her to go out alone.
"Our Xingyang Zheng ......" Hearing this familiar opening Bai Hagi Niang, she wanted to automatically block her words, looking at the embroidery needle in her hand, Hagi Niang couldn't wait to sew her mouth shut.
Since Sister Zheng Yan came, Hagi Niang has been immersed in female red every day, and her skills have soared, and she can embroider a handkerchief completely.
Fortunately, Zheng Yan doesn't need her to interact with herself, Hagi Niang only needs to ask "yes" and "really" just right when she pauses.
"Although it is a safe corner now, we will always have to return to Xingyang in the future...... Our big mansions in Xingyang are really magnificent and magnificent. I can't finish walking from one street to the end of the street in a horse-drawn carriage, walking, walking, looking, huh? Why are you still in the Zheng family?! She laughed to herself, but then she looked worried: "But I don't know if there are still house slaves in those granges, and the house is too, I don't know if there are still people sprinkling and sweeping now, and when we go back, don't be dirty." ”
Hagi Niang counted her age and asked malicefully, "Have you been to your family's house in Xingyang?" ”
Zheng Yan was a little embarrassed when she heard this, and her delicate brows couldn't help frowning: "You like to get to the bottom of it, I heard what our mother said, it's the same as what I've seen." ”
That's it, you weren't even born when the Northland family fled to the south together, how could you still have the opportunity to go back and see your family's mansion. Hagi Niang thinks about the historical process behind it, all the way to the Tang Dynasty, it seems that the Southern Dynasty is partial to Jiangdong, the emperor, including the royal family, has changed one after another, the southerners are used to fighting in the nest, and the internal struggle for power is continuous, but no court can win the war against the northerners.
Maybe Zheng Yan won't be able to go back to Xingyang in her life.
She sighed and comforted her, "It's okay, I heard that your newly built house in San'in is also very beautiful, and I heard my mother talk about it." ”
"You shouldn't have seen King Langya, the last time he passed through Shanyin, he stayed in our Zheng family's newly renovated courtyard, do you know, although he is handsome and dashing today, his younger brother is pot-bellied and fat." Zheng Yan blushed, swallowed some of the flirtatious things she overheard while chatting with the maids, and pretended to be calm: "His character is not very good." ”
"By the way, you know the charming Nanjun Gong, I heard that he is not very harmonious with the new lady after his wedding, and the maids in their house have in-laws with the servants of our Zheng family, so I know! Now he seems to be living alone in Jiankang, thinking that the spring night is long, and the beauty is alone in the empty boudoir, it is too worrying, next time we still have to find a chance to go to Jiankang to go around......" her eyes went straight to the little star.
"By the way, I heard that the concubine of Prime Minister Xie Gong is discussing marriage with Princess Wuchang." One of Zheng Yan's chattering nonsense finally grabbed Hagi Niang's ear, and the movements of her hand couldn't help but pause, and she asked sincerely, "Is it?" Zheng Yan didn't know whether he had been instructed by the Zheng family or was really interested in this matter, and talked about this gossip endlessly.
It turned out that Xie Yan's father Xie An received a message from the emperor a few days ago, saying that the queen mother wanted to marry Princess Wuchang, so he went home to discuss with his wife Liu, who knew that Liu resolutely disagreed, saying that he had given his son the daughter of his best friend Yuyao Zhu, and kept saying that Sima's emerging royal family who didn't know when it would fall was not worthy of his precious son at all, and unswervingly took out his body to talk about things, and insisted that the emperor's sister was as cheap as a mustard is a poor nouveau riche and his son is not in the right household.
Speaking of which, the Liu family is Liu Tan's eldest daughter, that is, the great-granddaughter of the late Sikong Liu Qiao, and the Xie family can indeed be regarded as a good match, and they do have the capital to be arrogant in front of the royal family.
But the emperor is the emperor, even if he is from a poor family, even if he is an emperor with no real power, people insist on giving marriage, if he really resists the decree, it will be a tear of the face, for a gentle and modest gentleman like Gong Xie, it should be impossible to guess.
It is said that Xie Gong is indifferent by nature, and he has been thoughtful and calm since he was a child. Although he has a quick mind and a brilliant mind, he never has sharp teeth and harms people's behavior. At the beginning of his career, he served as Wu Xing Taishou, and his political achievements were not outstanding at that time, and he was not particularly supported by the people, but when he left office, he was missed by everyone. After the phase, it is not good to rejoice in the achievements, nor is it proud of the merits, and the quality of elegance is like this, and people know that it is nature.
If the Langya Wang clan is hot and hot, like the middle of the day, then the Chenjun Xie clan can be compared to the bright moonlight in the dark night, and it is not very bright, but if there is no moonlight at night, it is difficult to move an inch.
The queen mother's abacus is good, and she has targeted Xie Yan, the most promising next generation of the Xie family, and gives you a princess, so that you don't marry a courtier, and ruin your good reputation for a long time; If you marry, you can only share the same breath with the royal family, and you will inevitably be excluded by other families.
However, if Xie Yan really became the princess, then the future of the descendants of the Xie family of Chenjun could be said to be over here, but I am afraid that the next head of the Xie family will be left behind. The fate of the sons of Princess Nankang, the wife of the former Nanjun Gonghuan Wen, is a lesson from the past, and the people of the time attached great importance to blood, and the delicate balance between the scholars and the royal family cannot be broken casually.
But this matter is still inconclusive after all, everyone is talking about the meaning of the emperor, the meaning of the queen mother, the meaning of Prime Minister Xie and even the meaning of the prime minister's wife, no one wants to know what Xie Yan himself thinks. This is really laughable, this is the characteristic of this era.
Zheng Yan talked from how many dowries Princess Wuchang had and how many acres of grange she married to Liu's best friend's daughter Zhu's excellent piano and painting skills, and the meaning in and out of the words was that Xie Yan's wife was either Princess Wuchang or Yuyao Zhu, and others should not be delusional, which was quite provocative.
Hagi Niang would be completely sure that Zheng Yan had listened to Zheng's dispatch to block her, but she never thought that she would have the opportunity to become Xie Yan's wife, and she was trying to forget Xie Yan, so she replied lightly: "My sister is too worried, and I want to come to Xie Anxie, Lord Xie has her own conclusion." ”
Just kidding, I am in danger today, surrounded by wolves, and the army that can be mobilized is afraid that even Jiankang City will not be able to fight. He really wanted to make some holy decree desperately, but he was afraid that the emperor's throne would be replaced.
What wife resolutely disagrees, it is obviously Xie An's excuse, and she is just talking to the queen mother about the conditions while dragging out time.
Isn't politics just the temptation and compromise that you come and go in the process of power distribution, I believe that Lord Xie will definitely satisfy the Queen Mother.