Chapter 179: A Malicious Blessing
Zhang Lan was so frightened by Zhou Anxu that she didn't dare to be a demon, and she didn't see her in the past few days, but it made the Song family feel a lot more comfortable, and the people also knew that Zhang Lan was impossible to be a young lady, and her status was far inferior to that of the young lady in the family, but she no longer deliberately greeted her, but no one was lazy or deliberately squeezed.
However, for Zhang Lan, such a day is being bullied, it is Song Yang who has lived up to her deep affection, hated everyone in the Song family thoroughly, and has no remorse at all.
Not to mention that Zhang Lan's heart has been deformed, Yelang's injury after a few days of recuperation has finally improved, so he came to Song's house to visit, and after chatting with everyone for a while, he went to talk to Song Xingchen.
"I thought you were going to run away from marriage, but you broke the appointment first, and you didn't say anything about coming to see me for so many days." Song Xingchen pouted and looked at Yelang with some dissatisfaction.
"I'm dealing with some urgent matters, so it's inconvenient to come over." Yelang said a word, he didn't want Song Xingchen to worry about him, so he wouldn't say anything about the injury, so he took out a brocade box and handed it to Song Xingchen, and said with a smile: "Open it and take a look, this is a gift of reparation." β
"You're interested!" Song Xingchen raised his chin proudly, but he was a little stunned when he opened the brocade box, "What do you mean by this?" β
"You said, this world is always unfair to women, men can have three wives and four concubines if they have money, but women can only suppress their nature to be good wives and mothers, in order to eliminate the possibility that I will have this kind of bad roots, so I decided to replace all my private property with your name, so that in the future, I will really rely on the lady to support, absolutely no shameless junior dares to come forward, who makes the husband incompetent, is the son-in-law." Yelang said, deliberately sighing heavily.
Song Xingchen's eyes were red, and he felt a little heavy holding the brocade box.
Although it was not the first time that Yelang had given her money and inheritance, this time he had given her his life and wealth, and this kind of silent promise was more reliable than those men who could only verbally say that they would not live up to it.
Song Xingchen sniffed, deliberately counted all the deeds and silver tickets in front of Yelang, and said with a crooked smile: "Yelang, there is in and out, this is my code of conduct." I'll give you another chance, if you want to take it back, I won't blame you, there is no such shop in this village! β
"I got my head caught in the door when I went out, I guess I'm going to make a mistake, why don't you give me a few days to think about it?" Yelang was deliberately funny, but his eyes were a little complicated, and he was more distressed.
Song Xingchen choked back tears, he didn't see Yelang's demeanor clearly, he hurriedly covered the brocade box, and received it in the space in front of Yelang, and said unexpectedly: "Now you can't regret it, only I can find the things I hid, be kind to my sister in the future, and have a lot of pocket money, otherwise I don't even have the silver to drink, and it is impossible to drink flower wine." β
"Follow the teachings of the lady." Yelang lowered his eyebrows and said smoothly.
Looking at Yelang's appearance of being bullied, Song Xingchen laughed out loud in a good mood, and he didn't hold back for a while and started to make a fool of Yelang's face, and Yelang was also played with by her, and it was so pitiful that his handsome face was destroyed.
The Song brothers who were drinking tea and chatting in the garden could naturally see this small building, although they couldn't see the two getting along and couldn't hear the sound of talking, but Song Xingchen's demonic laughter infected the two.
Song Yang raised the corners of his lips slightly, and his eyes were full of doting.
Song Mu did the same, but the smile was quickly replaced by worry, and the brothers looked at each other, both frowning silently.
Even though they are now the new upstarts in the capital, the emperor's favored ministers, and the henchmen trained for the new king, many things are not up to them, especially in protecting their families, they can't do it at all.
"There are vacancies in all six departments, but the eldest brother has figured out where to go?" Song Mu quickly gathered his mind, looked at Song Yang and asked.
"The foundation of the Song family is too shallow, since it is to be experienced, the first choice is the household department." Song Yang analyzed: "But the water in the household department is too deep, and I don't want my parents to worry all day long, so I plan to go to the Ministry of Rites." β
Hearing this, Song Mu laughed, patted Song Yang on the shoulder and said: "I really guessed right this time, but the second prince also has this meaning, the eldest brother seems to have no real power to go to the Ministry of Rites, but he can be promoted as soon as possible, it is a good place to gild." β
Song Yang didn't say anything with a smile, he didn't guess what the second prince meant, so he decided to go to the Ministry of Rites.
Gold plating is secondary, and not worrying about his parents is indeed the point, but Song Yang also wants to take this opportunity to understand the situation in the capital.
In the past few Chinese New Year's Eve, Lang has provided Song Yang with a lot of information about the capital, but Song Yang still needs to spend some effort to make friends with these people, otherwise he will be isolated in the court, even if he is the position of prime minister, he will be alone.
Three days are the day when the daughters of the Song family get married, and there is an endless stream of people who have come to congratulate Xi and add makeup these days.
If you have enough status, you will go to show friendship with Song March, and if you can't climb up to Song March, you will go to woo Song Yue, and if you can make friends with the fiancΓ©e of the miracle doctor, it will also be very useful in the future, whoever makes people eat whole grains will always get sick, not to mention that Song March is the future princess, and the value of her mother's sisters will also rise.
However, the most guests are Song Xingchen here, although the status is much lower than that of the two sisters, either the daughters of the big officials' families, or some low-grade Beijing officials, and more of them are the daughters of merchants.
Although Song Xingchen is the county lord of the imperial gift, the previous rumors still made some famous ladies who held their own identities avoid it.
And Song Xingchen has always disliked this kind of entertainment, and she plays Tai Chi with a smile every day, which makes her hate to hide in the space and not come out.
Fortunately, Zhou Jin arrived in time to relieve Song Xingchen and free himself from the crowd of pretty rouge.
"Why didn't you come earlier, I'm almost annoyed, and everyone wants to get money from me, especially if you want to inquire about our family's secret recipe, it's shameless to the extreme." Song Xingchen complained, and fell into Zhou Jin's arms as soon as his body tilted, "Smell it, the smell of rouge and gouache on my body is about to smoke people to death, I really don't understand why they smoke so fragrant, if I were a man, I would have turned around and ran away." β
"If you are a man, I will ask my father to ask you to be a concubine." Zhou Jin laughed.
"You better spare me, I am a member of the heavenly family with my temperament, and I must not be bound to death by the rules." Song Xingchen rolled his eyes, he had never had so many scruples in front of Zhou Jin, "I really admire you, you are obviously a playful person, and you always have to hold the princess's shelf, and this end is more than ten years, and you have to continue for ......a lifetime."
Just thinking about it, Song Xingchen shuddered, and silently thanked the great god for not throwing her into the palace.
"If I could, I wouldn't want to live like this, be as good as you are, unrestrained, and do whatever you want. Sometimes I don't know what I want, I don't know if I'm going to live my life. Zhou Jin said a little lonely.
Song Xingchen didn't expect that his complaining words would make Zhou Jin sentimental, and he hurriedly diverted the topic: "Can you come to accompany me on the day I get married?" Thanks to the blessing of the three brothers-in-law in the future, we are all in one place, but the emperor is going to the Rui Wangfu to get married, so they still have to go back to the Rui Wangfu to worship and get married, and it should be more lively over there. β
"I don't know, but I'll fight for it, and if I don't see you get married, I'll regret it." Zhou Jin replied.
"You haven't seen my second sister-in-law for a long time, let's go sit with her. Recently, the family has been too busy, and there are many guests, and the second sister-in-law is raising the baby in the yard alone, which must be very boring. "Song Xingchen is actually a little worried about Hang Kite.
Probably because of the trauma of the scene, the more lively the Song family is, the heavier the loss between Hang Yuan's eyebrows.
Song Xingchen knew that Hang Kite was not unhappy for them, but thought of his past and was sad because of her mother.
Zhou Jin used to play well with Hang Kite, so he nodded.
The two took Gong E to the courtyard of Song Mu and his wife, talking and laughing along the way, I don't know how many people they envied.
Being able to befriend the most favored princess of the dynasty is Song Xingchen's luck, and others can't envy it.
"Is the third lady still angry with me? Zhang Lan has no long things, this sachet is embroidered by me, although it is not valuable, but it is also my heart, please accept it from Miss San? If Miss San doesn't like it, it's okay to keep it and reward the next person. Zhang Lan was wearing plain clothes, her face was a little pale, her eyes were red and she was holding a sachet, and her tone was very pitiful.
Song March was originally taking a group of ladies to visit the garden, but was stopped by Zhang Lan, and knelt down to ask for forgiveness when they met, so she was caught off guard and didn't know how to react for a while.
Most of these people who came to show goodwill with Song March were forced by their families, and in their opinion, no matter how well they married, they couldn't change their background, peasant girls are peasant girls, and they are not qualified to be commensurate with their sisters.
Now looking at Song March's overwhelmed look, he is even more disdainful in his heart.
"Miss Zhang is such a wonderful person, you wear heavy filial piety, but you have to be a bride to accept your things, what you know is that you sincerely apologize, and those who don't know think that you mean to curse my third sister." Song Xingchen stepped forward with a sneer, glanced at Zhang Lan, and then took Song Yueyue's hand and said: "Third sister, you are soft-hearted, if it wasn't for your intercession last time, Miss Zhang wouldn't be sure where she is, since Miss Zhang sincerely admits her mistakes and has a grateful heart, you can't help but receive this heart, right?" β
Song Xingchen's inconsistent words made everyone present a little stunned.
People who value filial piety have bad luck on them, and it is indeed not suitable to add makeup to newlyweds, and people who know etiquette should not come forward, and it is the best blessing to retreat.
Although everyone already has some disdain for Zhang Lan, what they are more curious about is what Song Xingchen means, once he comes to Song's house, he always has to bring back some gossip to come here in vain.
"Fourth Miss!" Zhang Lan looked at Song Xingchen with a panicked face, hating it in her heart, but in the eyes of others, she was a pitiful person I saw pity.