Chapter 190: The Afternoon Scholarly Fragrance (II)

The rehabilitation of the Zhou family means that Zhou Nian will be restored. And the promise he made back then was also fulfilled.

This thought flashed through Chunying's mind, and ecstasy appeared on her face: "Really?!" Then your family will soon be rehabilitated, right?! Suddenly found that he was a little out of shape, and hurriedly restrained himself a little, adding: "That's really good!" It's not easy to stay up for so many years......" She felt a little choked in her throat, and her heart suddenly became sore.

Zhou Nian had already regained his composure, and when he heard her words, his eyes turned red again: "Yes...... It's not easy...... I have also been disappointed and hopeless, feeling that there is no hope in this life, just to be able to spend the rest of my life in peace, where did I think that there will be such a day...... Although he had known for a long time that the case was about to be rehabilitated, when he really heard the verdict, he couldn't help but ......" He stopped, turned his back to the wall, and turned back after a while, and said with a smile: "I'm excited for a while, it's rude, don't laugh." ”

Chunying's vision was a little blurry, and when she heard this, she shook her head hurriedly, turned her back and quickly wiped her sleeve. Zhou Nian saw it. There was a slight feeling in his heart: although Hou Ye and Li You would be happy for this news, but there were no other reasons mixed in with it, and I am afraid that the only one who simply cried for him with joy was Chunying, right?

How did Chun Ying know that he thought so highly of himself in his heart, and when he turned around, he had already put on a smile again, and said, "I want to congratulate you, since your uncle's case has been successfully overturned, then the next case is the Zhou family's case, right?" It won't be long before I think it's coming. ”

Zhou Nian nodded: "It is estimated that it will take three or five months, or a year, the evidence papers have been sorted out, and all the details have been carefully scrutinized, similar cases have been tried in Dali Temple, and our family's case is nothing special compared to those, and the trial will be very smooth." Besides, the reason why the previous case dragged on for a long time was because of the sabotage caused by the Liang faction officials, and now they are too busy to take care of themselves, where is the spirit to take care of us? ”

Chunying secretly rejoiced in her heart when she heard this: "That's great!" I heard that Taishi Liang was in a very bad situation in the court, and he was urging to handle the marriage between his youngest daughter and the second young master, but the Hou Ye had not spoken yet, and now it was the turn of the Hou Mansion to delay. If you look at it this way, those people won't be around for long! ”

Zhou Nian smiled: "It's too early to say this now, and we have to be more cautious next, this is the only opportunity." ”

Chunying nodded again and again: "That's right, you must be cautious and cautious." Don't make a mistake! She took a deep breath and asked with a smile, "Brother Nian, I remember that your uncle's cousins were exiled to Lingnan, right?" Now that the case has been overturned, then we have to take them back, right? ”

"Yes, Brother Yu has already sent someone." Zhou Nian looked a little ashamed, "I don't know how much they have suffered over the years, I hope that after returning to Beijing, they can live better." It's a pity that I can't do anything now, I can only entrust it to Master Hou and Brother You's father and son, and I feel really ashamed. ”

Chunying hurriedly said: "You don't have to be too sad, in fact, you have a lot to do." Seeing Zhou Nian looking at him in confusion, he explained: "The third young master sent someone to Lingnan to pick up people, you can't help with this, just wait with peace of mind." But after your cousins enter Beijing, how they will live, you can always plan a thing or two, right? Since it has been rehabilitated, will the property, house, or other things that were confiscated at the beginning be returned? How much will be returned? Is it enough to live? In fact, I think that even if the house is returned, after so many years, it will not be able to live in it. Gotta tidy up. Two or three of the people who serve, even if they don't need many. I'm afraid it will take a month to travel from Lingnan to the capital, this time is enough time for you to be busy, right? What's more, you still have your own cases to take care of. ”

Seeing that Zhou Nian suddenly realized, she added with a smile: "I remember that you mentioned earlier that a family member was released before the accident and took away a little property, have you kept in touch with him all these years?" You can find him now, right? Although you have not been rehabilitated now, in the name of the Hou Mansion, you can go out to find relatives and friends generously, and don't always shrink into the mansion as before. The people on Taishi Liang's side, where do you still have time to find your bad luck now? ”

Zhou Nian smiled dumbly: "This is reasonable, but I am used to avoiding outsiders, so I ...... for a while."

"If you can avoid it for a while, can you avoid it for a lifetime?" Chunying disagreed, "Brother Nian, if you are rehabilitated in the future, you will also go out to meet people, I am afraid that you will have to take the imperial examination to become an official, it is good to get used to it now, if you are worried that someone will find a fault, you can ask Sanqing to accompany you, otherwise you will go out with the third young master." The case is rehabilitated, but it is also time to think about what happens after the rehabilitation. Although I know that Hou Ye will definitely not treat you badly, but I always rely on the help of the Hou Mansion, you are also very uneasy, right? If you can do some things yourself, you don't have to work others. Such as your later life. The house where you live, and the manpower you call, wouldn't it be better if Xiaozhuang could solve some of it? Moreover, no matter how enthusiastic Hou Ye is, if you want to revive your family's reputation, you have to rely on hard study to participate in the scientific examination, right? ”

If these words were to be said in front of a third person, she would never say them. With her current status, such words can already be called "no distinction between dignity and inferiority" and even some "betrayal of the master".

It's not that she thinks too complicated, but with her understanding of the master of the Hou Mansion in the past five years, she really doesn't believe that they will spend a long time and energy to rehabilitate Zhou Nian simply for a friendship, even if she had such an idea at the beginning, after so many years, with the increasingly fierce political struggle between the two factions, I am afraid that this goodwill has infiltrated a lot of utilitarian thoughts, right? Zhou Nian inherited the great favor of the Hou Mansion, and when he became an official in the future, he would inevitably become an ally of the Hou Mansion, in case there was a disagreement between the two one day, would Zhou Nian give in to the other party because the Hou Mansion had helped him too much, and would go against his beliefs and give in to the other party?

Maybe it's just that she's thinking too much, but Zhou Nian is a person, although he has a gentle personality. has a good temper, but in his bones he really has the stubbornness of a scholar. He is full of efforts to overturn the case for his family, hoping to take good care of his cousins, but he always has to rely on the Hou Mansion, which cannot but be said to be a kind of sadness. Every time she saw him sad, she couldn't help but soften her heart, so she was about to talk more and persuade him to think more about himself. Although he and her are people of different classes, and there will be no intersection in their future lives, she still hopes that he can live happily and comfortably......

Zhou Nian looked at Chunying. There were thousands of thoughts in my heart, and after a while, I solemnly saluted: "Thank you for what you said." Chun Ying was startled, hurriedly took two steps back, and felt a little funny, so she replied generously: "Brother Nian, you are out of sight." Zhou Nian was dumbfounded, and also smiled: "Yes, between you and me, I always say thank you, but it is redundant." ”

Chunying's face was hot, and she hurriedly looked left and right and said to him: "I almost forgot, I came today to find a book by order." She read the poem twice, and then said to the author, "There should be a book in this study that explains this poem, I wonder if you remember where you put it?" ”

Zhou Nian thought for a while, walked to the opposite bookshelf, and took down a thin booklet: "But this? I remember there's another one, and it's in it. Chunying hurriedly took it, and heard footsteps and talking from outside, and hurriedly retreated three steps away from Zhou Nian, and Zhou Nian also walked straight inside, leaving Chunying in place.

Xiao Yao sat listlessly outside, looked up and saw Chunying from a distance, so he asked weakly, "Haven't you left yet?" What book does it take so long to find? Do you want my help? ”

Chunying was about to answer, but Zhou Nian came out of it and handed Chunying a palm-thick book: "This book also mentions the interpretation of this poem, can you take it and see if it is appropriate?" ”

Xiao Yao's eyes widened: "Master Zhou? How did you end up here?! I didn't see it! ”

"I've been in the library, have I? Maybe I was fascinated by reading a book and didn't see you, but where did you go? I called you several times, but no one answered me. After that, he pointed to the back room, "Go and clean up, I just saw that the spider silk on the roof is almost forming a web, are you lazy in the morning?" ”

"What's the ...... It's just that I was fascinated by reading a book for a while...... "Xiao Yao shrank his head." "I'll go!" Then he picked up a broom and went inside with Chunying and Zhou Nian.

Chunying held the book, aiming at Xiao Yao not far from her, afraid that she would not be able to continue to talk to Zhou Nian, so she had to salute stupidly, and was about to leave, but suddenly saw Zhou Nian raise her hand to stop herself, she was stunned at first, and then peeked at Xiao Yao, making sure that the latter was concentrating on sweeping the floor, and then looked at Zhou Nian.

Zhou Nian motioned for her to go out with her, her voice was low, almost inaudible: "What I promised you back then, naturally I won't forget it, but your family is different now, Ling Zun is already a steward, I don't want to rashly ask Hou Ye for your family, you might as well go back and ask first, see what Ling Zun means?" ”

Chunying's heart sank, and she realized that she had indeed not mentioned this matter to her father, so she nodded and whispered, "I understand." ”

With a little reluctance, she glanced at Zhou Nian again, then turned around and walked out, when she turned the corner, she looked back again, and saw that Zhou Nian was still standing behind the threshold, looking up at the treetops in front of the house, slightly disappointed in her heart, and hurriedly bowed her head and hurried away.

Back in the garden with the book, the second Miss Yijun and Miss Fan were still arguing, but the topic had changed. Chunying sent the book up, and the two checked it and found that the two books had different statements, which happened to be the same as the two of them, which meant that there was no answer. However, their attention had already shifted to another matter, and after only half a cup of tea, they put this matter aside and continued their argument about Tang poetry.

Chun Ying smiled bitterly and retreated to Huo Yi's side, who dropped a piece on the chessboard, raised his eyes to look at her, and said in a low voice: "It's hard work, you go down and rest." Chun Ying blinked, a little incredulous, turned her head to look at Ju'er, to make sure that she had heard correctly, she was a little surprised in her heart, and began to feel that Huo Yi was not too bad compared to other young ladies, if only this kind of compassionate behavior could be more. While thinking about something in her mind, Chunying retreated and began to think about finding an opportunity to take leave to go home and discuss with her parents about changing jobs.

Before she could come up with an excuse, the old lady suddenly sent someone to tell the ladies that there was no need to eat dinner at her, that she had something to do, and that she should let the ladies disperse.

Everyone was very surprised, I don't know what happened, Yijun suddenly worried, worried that it would be his brother who caused trouble again? It's been quiet these days, God forbid, don't be him!

Ju'er reminded Huo Yi in a low voice: "The little young master is still in the old lady's courtyard, ...... tonight" Huo Yi frowned, and Chun Ying said when she saw it: "Miss, Brother En'er is also here, why don't you let them be together at night?" With that, he pouted in the direction of Jing's again. Huo Yi smiled and asked Jing: "Sister-in-law, let's go over and pick up my brother and nephew?" The Jing family also heard Chunying mention herself, and was relieved when she heard it: "Okay." She was worried that if she went alone, she would attract the blame of the old lady, but with Huo Yi's cousin taking the lead, she was not afraid.

In addition to Yijun, Xijun and Miss Fan returning to the courtyard, Huo Yi and Jing took the maids to the old lady's courtyard, and when they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they heard that it was quiet and solemn.

Jing glanced at Lime, Huo Yi also looked at Chun Ying, Chun Ying hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Cai Yuan, grandma and Miss Biao are here to pick up the two young masters, what is inside?" ”

Cai Yuan stretched out his index finger and said "shh Inside...... We're here today! ”

Chunying swept inside and found that there were a few strange maids standing under the corridor in the courtyard, dressed completely different from those of the Hou Mansion, so she asked in a low voice, "Which one is it?" Why didn't you hear that there would be a guest today? ”

Cai Yuanyuan pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Jing, and then whispered to Chunying: "It's Mrs. Taishi Liang who is here today, and she is here...... Discuss the second young master's family affairs! I'm afraid our family is going to have a happy event......"

Chunying was surprised in her heart, the Liang family ...... Already in such a hurry?

(Towards the end of the month...... Cheeky Pink Ticket ......)...