Mrs. Cheng has never been the kind of person who climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix, and her own family is a relative, so she understands the hardships of the harem better than anyone else, where are those favorite concubines of the first emperor now? In the end, there was only one Empress Dowager Cheng left in the huge harem, why did her good daughter be sent to the palace to suffer that kind of crime?

"Since I hurt my foot, I don't know if I will be disabled, the Queen Mother should not fight the idea of letting me enter the palace again, if she really wants me to enter the palace, it is a big deal to waste my feet, it is better than entering the palace." Cheng Chan still looks indifferent, and I don't know if she really made up her mind, or if she was talking angrily.

"No!" Mrs. Cheng and Cheng Jin spoke out in unison.

"How can you have such thoughts, parents of the body? I'm going to be angry with my mother! Mrs. Cheng was so angry that tears flowed, Cheng Zhan's foot was broken, she was distressed enough, she even wanted to waste her own feet, teach her how not to be angry and sad, "If you waste your feet, don't want to be a good mother-in-law in the future!" ”

Cheng Qian pursed her lips, she has a lot of little sisters in Beijing, and there are many who have been married to women, she can see that she understands how to be a girl at home when she gets married and has children, even if she is an old girl, it is better than being a little daughter-in-law to set rules.

Thinking of this, she suddenly had an unprecedented courage, and suddenly knelt down, "The child also wants to study and take the imperial examination like Ah Jin, and ask his mother to fulfill it." ”

Mrs. Cheng's hand that was about to serve the teacup shook and knocked over the teacup, "What?!" ”

"Mother please do it." Cheng Chan bowed deeply, and if Mrs. Cheng didn't agree, she wouldn't get up.

"Ah Jin was forced to study for the imperial examination out of desperation, you don't have to enter the palace, so why do you have to participate in the imperial examination? Your reputation is now hindered, if you go to the imperial examination again, do you still want a reputation? Do you want to get married? Mrs. Cheng didn't expect Cheng Chan, who has always been well-behaved and sensible, to have such a deviant idea, "If you don't want to marry casually, A-Niang will also depend on you, and when the limelight of King Qi has passed, A-Niang will definitely tell you a good family!" ”

"Auntie, what does it mean to be a good person? You are Mrs. Hou, and your aunt is the queen mother, are you considered a good family? Cheng Zhan pushed away Cheng Jin's hand to help her, and knelt straight on the ground.

Mrs. Cheng stiffened her face and didn't say a word.

"My cousin married Xie Yuanzhi, a talented son in Anzhou, the two were childhood sweethearts, and after marriage, Qin Se and Ming, it can be a good story, but because my cousin has not come out after marriage, Xie Yuanzhi accepted a concubine and gave birth to a concubine, my cousin sought medical advice everywhere in order to please her in-laws and husbands, and she died of an overdose of decoction. If not, then please tell my mother, what kind of family is considered a good family? ”

Cheng Chan held her head high, her eyes were full of tears, the cousin she was talking about was Mrs. Cheng's niece Liu, this cousin Liu was four years older than Cheng Chan, and she was also a good girl with good looks and squares, the two often played together when they were young, and they had many contacts after entering Beijing, and the relationship has always been good, Cousin Liu died tragically at the end of last year, not only Mrs. Cheng was sad, but also a big blow to Cheng Chan, the most hateful thing is that Xie Yuanzhi lost his wife and soon got married, and he was going to marry a bride soon.

"A-Niang, after marrying a wife, my life is not my own, in the hands of my in-laws and husbands, they want me to live, and if they want me to die, I don't want such a day." Cheng Chan slammed his head on the ground, and soon blood stains surfaced, "Auntie, if you really love your daughter, just follow your daughter!" ”

"You, you ......" Mrs. Cheng pointed at her, she couldn't say a word for a long time, she loved her daughter, but she was so-for-tat, she couldn't argue, how could she not make Mrs. Cheng angry.

Although the Gu worms in her body have been removed, these days she is deficient in blood and qi, and she is angry with Cheng Chan, her face is snow-white, and she almost wants to faint.

"Madame, take a sip of tea." Mama Hu saw that her face was wrong, so she hurriedly poured a new cup of tea and sent it to her lips, but Cheng Jin took it and said, "Mama, don't drink this tea yet, or pour a cup of white water for A-Niang." ”

When Mama Hu heard this, she immediately went to change a cup of warm water, and Cheng Jin rolled up Mrs. Cheng's sleeve and found a hole to rub it lightly and heavily, and Mrs. Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, but she still didn't say a word, staring at Cheng Chan.

"My eldest lady, just say a few words!" Mama Hu's tears are about to flow, it is not easy for Mrs. Cheng to be busy at home and abroad, and she is angry all day long, this day is really sad, but the most well-behaved and sensible eldest girl doesn't know what medicine to take wrong, and she actually got into trouble with her, "Madame's body is not good, don't blame the old slave for saying something that doesn't matter, if Madame is angry, how many of you, how many of you...... Alas! ”

Mama Hu is several years older than Mrs. Cheng, she is Mrs. Cheng's big maid when she was young, and she can almost be regarded as pulling Mrs. Cheng to grow up, not so much Mrs. Cheng's henchman and slave, but also the existence of a sister and a mother, and the distress for Mrs. Cheng is absolutely real, sincere, Cheng Chan is uncharacteristically contradicting Mrs. Cheng today, and she is the most angry and dissatisfied, but she is a slave after all, and she can only be anxious in the face of the current situation.

Cheng Zhan's eyes were also red, but he still stubbornly bit his lip and refused to let the tears fall.

How could she not know the meaning of Mama Hu's words, in the whole house, only Mrs. Cheng really thinks about them, if she has three long and two short, their grandmother and father, who don't care about everything, I am afraid they will be left to fend for themselves.

But the long pain is better than the short pain, at this time she gambled all the courage and determination, and finally said what she thought in her heart, if she didn't continue to insist on fighting, I am afraid she would regret it for the rest of her life.

"Women in the world are not only married, children are unwilling to be trapped in the inner house for the rest of their lives, revolving around a man who does not know their temperament." Cheng Chu's voice choked.

Cheng Jin also knelt down and bowed, "Auntie, the eldest sister has been familiar with the scriptures since she was a child, and she is very talented. It's not that there are no female officials in my Daliang, and women can also participate in the imperial examination, so why can't I let my eldest sister fight? ”

"If I didn't mean to pour cold water on you, do you know how difficult it is to take the imperial examination?" Mrs. Cheng recovered from the initial anger and said calmly, "How many scholars do we have in Daliang, and there are only so many who can pass the township test, among which there are very few women, Ah Chan has always been smart and safe, I also heard Mr. Fan mention it, and later entered the Guozi Prison Women's School, and she also returned to the first place in the year-end examination. But Ah Chan is a woman, and she has been studying women's studies all these years, but she has ever paid attention to the scriptures and theories? It's not like a man who can often go to the academy to listen to Mr. Lectures, but A-Niang asked you to take the exam, I'm afraid that in the end, I will be so busy that the bamboo basket will be empty, and my reputation will be ruined in vain and my youth will be delayed. ”