Chapter 129: Marriage
In the past few days, the rain has been pouring down, peach blossoms, pear blossoms and begonia flowers have fallen to the ground, but the moon flowers in the back garden of Liangfu have grown delicate buds, swaying in the drizzle.
Liang Yingyu stood in front of the window of the warm pavilion and looked at the scenery outside.
Now that she is notorious, her mother, Madame Leung, has asked her to live in a warm pavilion in the back garden for the time being, and not to come out to meet guests until the matter has calmed down.
On this day, Liang Yongming came back from the yamen of the military department and went directly back to the main room of the inner courtyard.
Mrs. Liang sat on the Luohan bed, drinking tea with a tea cup, and Aunt Cai, the biological mother of Liang Yingyun, the second girl of Liang, and Aunt Zhou, the biological mother of Liang Yingmei, the third girl of Liang, waited for Liang Yongming diligently.
With smiles on their faces, they served Liang Yongming to take off his official uniform, put on civilian clothes, and commanded the maid to come in and serve Liang Yongming to wash his hands.
Liang Yongming washed his hands, sat down next to Mrs. Liang, and raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Liang: "Where is Yingyu?"
Mrs. Liang put down the teacup and said lightly: "Embroider and do needlework in the warm pavilion!"
Liang Yongming sighed and said, "Originally, I planned to let Ying Yu marry Lin Jia...... Alas, now that such a thing has happened, I don't have the face to mention it to Your Majesty! β
After all, Mrs. Liang is Liang Yingyu's biological mother, and she naturally protects her daughter in her heart, so she said: "Although it is said that marry low and marry high, but according to your current status, we don't have to let Yingyu marry high, and after the rumors have passed, wouldn't it be better to find a more motivated one among your protΓ©gΓ©s and marry Yingyu?"
Liang Yongming pondered for a moment and said, "That's the only way."
Liang Yingyun's biological mother, Aunt Cai, listened to it for a long time, took this opportunity, hurriedly took the tea cup sent by the maid, and respectfully presented it to Liang Yongming, smiled charmingly, and said: "Master, the second girl and the third girl are also fourteen years old......
Liang Yingmei's biological mother, Aunt Zhou, was also busy laughing and said, "Master, the girl can't afford to delay!"
Mrs. Liang glanced at her and sneered.
According to the rules of the Great Zhou, the daughters of ordinary families can only arrange the marriage of the daughters in the back after they are engaged in the first place.
Cai's and Zhou's can't wait, Liang Yingyun and Liang Yingmei both want to top the pit left by Yingyu!
Liang Yongming understood the thoughts of the two concubines, and after the accident of the eldest daughter, he also thought about letting the second daughter and the third daughter go to the pit vacated by the eldest daughter, and beg His Majesty to let his daughter marry Lin Jia.
But Liang Yongming knew very well in his heart that in Lin Jia's marriage, Emperor Yongtai's heart was higher than the sky, and now only Yu Yizhou, the prime minister of the Great Zhou family, and Han Chaozong, the head of the household department, could not look down on him, who was born in a poor family.
If Emperor Zheng'an had to be requested, Ying Yun and Ying Mei would have to be concubines for Lin Jia......
Mrs. Liang glanced at her husband, then at Aunt Zhou and Aunt Cai from the corner of her eye, and said with a sneer on the corner of her mouth: "Lin Jia is only eighteen years old, and he is already a training envoy of the Gyeonggi Regiment, His Majesty has high hopes for him, I am afraid that he will not look down on the concubine, unless he is willing to be a concubine for Lin Jia!"
Aunt Cai was a little bolder than Aunt Zhou, and immediately smiled and said, "Master, didn't you say that Lord Xiaolin is going to be a ...... in the future?"
She straightened her chest, her waist was swinging, and her orchid fingers were raised high, and then she said: "In this case, the girls in our house are married to be concubines, and will they also have the position of a mother in the future?"
Mrs. Liang couldn't see Aunt Cai's prodigal appearance the most, and immediately smiled and said, "Master, since the two aunts are so enthusiastic about letting Yingyun and Yingmei be concubines, why don't you fulfill their wishes?"
Liang Yongming didn't say anything to death, he pondered for a moment, and then said, "Don't worry, let's take a look!"
Back then, Emperor Yongtai was promoted step by step from the Gyeonggi regiment training envoy, Gyeonggi defense envoy, privy deputy envoy, and privy envoy, Lin Jia was afraid that he would also take this route, so why not wait, and wait for Lin Jia to become the Gyeonggi defense envoy?
Seeing that Liang Yongming did not object, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Cai were overjoyed, smiling and waiting for Mrs. Liang and Liang Yongming to drink tea.
Mrs. Liang saw Aunt Cai gently pinching Liang Yongming's arm while handing over the tea, and couldn't help sneering in her heart.
Aunt Cai is still not old and decrepit, but she has already begun to look for a successor, and took her niece Cai Yuzhi over to live in her side courtyard, ready to let the old man sleep!
Mrs. Liang said with a smile: "Master, I'm tired, you go out!"
Liang Yongming was coveting Aunt Cai's niece Cai Yuzhi, and immediately left with Aunt Cai when he heard the words.
As soon as the master left, Aunt Zhou couldn't stay a little stunned, and she couldn't wait to tell her daughter Liang Yingmei about today's good news immediately.
Mrs. Liang said lightly: "Zhou, you can also rest!"
After Aunt Zhou left, Mrs. Liang sat for a while, and then got up and took the two personal maids to the back garden.
Liang Yingyu listened to her mother's words and learned that the two sisters-in-law were looking forward to being concubines for Lin Jia, so she was immediately furious and said, "Mother, unless I die, they don't want to climb Lin Jia!"
Mrs. Liang listened to her daughter's words, thought for a long time, and said: "Yingyu, we can't do this matter alone, we have to wait for your brother to transfer back to the capital, let's discuss it with your brother."
Her eldest son Liang Wen is now serving as a group trainer in Yunzhou, and now that the chaos in Yunzhou is imminent, Liang Yongming is preparing to transfer his eldest son back to the capital.
Liang Yingyu nodded, snuggled into her mother's arms, and said quietly: "Mother, Lin Jia dotes on his concubine surnamed Yu, we have to find a way to get rid of that Yu ......"
Mrs. Liang agreed, hugged her daughter, and thought about her thoughts.
In the past few days, the spring rain has been continuous, but Han Li still comes to teach Lin Jia every morning, so Lin Jia reads with Han Li in the study outside every morning, goes to the military camp outside the city to practice in the afternoon, and sometimes returns to the city early the next morning when he is busy.
Lin Jia didn't come back that night, and Yu Yu knew that he would come back early tomorrow morning, so he ordered the small kitchen to stew beef soup in advance, and prepared Lin Jia to come back in the morning to drink.
Early the next morning, Yu Yu got up early in the morning.
She was reading in the inner study, and Jin'er came over to report: "Auntie, the adults are back!"
When Yu Yu heard this, she hurriedly put down the book and got up to greet her.
Lin Jia probably hadn't slept all night, but her eyes were shining, and she seemed to be very energetic.
He strode over, and Ah Lan followed behind with an umbrella.
Raising her eyes and seeing Yu Yu come out to greet her, Lin Jia couldn't help but smile, walked quickly to meet Yu Yu, reached out to hold Yu Yu's hand, and said with a smile: "Mr. Han will come over in a while, you change your clothes, follow me to the outer study!"
Yu Yu was overjoyed, and immediately turned her head and ordered Han Lin and Jin'er: "Go and bring breakfast over!"
Han Lin and Jin'er were very happy to see her, their eyes were shining, they also smiled, answered "yes", and went to the small kitchen to get breakfast.
Hanhua didn't wait for Yu Yu to explain, and stepped forward and said, "Auntie, I will serve the adults to wash their hands!"
Yu Yu smiled and looked Hanhua up and down, seeing that she was drawing eyebrows and eyes with thick powder, obviously deliberately dressed up, she couldn't help but smile secretly in her heart, and after laughing, she was even more secretly vigilant in her heart.
Lin Jia has been waiting for Yu Yu, and after Yu Yu has finished explaining, he pulled Yu Yu into the bright room and sat down on the Luohan bed.
There was a light of tea on the small kang table of Huanghuali wood, which was just brewed by Hanlin for Yu Yu.
Yu Yu picked it up and tasted it, and felt that the temperature was just right, so she wanted to let Lin Jia drink it, but she was just about to hand over the porcelain tea cup, and suddenly worried that Lin Jia would dislike her for tasting it, so she stopped there for a while.
Lin Jia had already seen it, so he smiled and leaned over, and drank the warm tea with Yu Yu's hand.
Yu Yu put down the empty teacup and looked at Lin Jia with bright eyes: "Don't you dislike me?"
Lin Jia didn't dare to look at Yu Yu's eyes, and looked away at the door: "It's been raining for more than ten days, why doesn't it stop?" It's wet everywhere! β
Yu Yi looked at Lin Jia's good-looking side face with one hand, and said softly: "You don't understand, the rain at this time is spring rain, and the wheat seedlings in the field will work hard to grow when they absorb enough rainwater, and after the Dragon Boat Festival, the wheat will be harvested!"
Lin Jia looked at Yu Yu, and her phoenix eyes were clear: "Yu Yu, you know so much!"
Yu Yu smiled proudly and said, "Please call me 'Know-it-all'!"
Lin Jia also laughed, seeing that Yu Yu was triumphant, her big eyes were shining, and her cherry lips were rosy, the ghost made her come over, and quickly kissed Yu Yu on the lips, and then retreated, pretending to look outside.
He knew that every time he secretly kissed Yu Yu, Yu Yu would pounce on him and screw him, so he loved to steal Yu Yu's kiss the most.
Yu Yu was shocked and laughed, and immediately got off the Luohan bed, knocked down Lin Jia, and reached out to twist Lin Jia's face.
Lin Jia's face was too tender, she was reluctant to twist it hard, so she reached under Lin Jia's armpit and scratched Lin Jia.
Lin Jia was most afraid that Yu Yu would tickle him, so he immediately laughed uncontrollably, laughed out loud, and struggled while laughing.
Hanhua came over with a copper basin, and found Aunt Yu leading the adults to play in public outside the bright door, and she was not angry, so she deliberately stood under the porch and coughed loudly.
Yu Yu heard Hanhua's cough, ignored it, scratched Lin Jia again, and saw that Lin Jia's phoenix eyes were wet with a smile, so he stood up with his hands on the Luohan bed.
Lin Jia laughed so hard that her body was soft, and she couldn't get up at all, so Yu Yu proudly stretched out her hand to Lin Jia: "Call 'sister', I'll pull you up!"
Lin Jia's face was flushed at this time, and her long eyes stared at Yu Yu with bright eyes, and then obediently called "sister".
Yu Yan smiled, stretched out her hand and pulled Lin Jia up: "Wash your hands and have breakfast!"
Hanhua was so angry that her face turned white, and she came in and waited without saying a word.
After breakfast, Yu Yu went back to the bedroom, stood behind the bed and wrapped her chest with white silk, changed into the green clothes worn by the little girl, tied the men's bun with a green ribbon, and went to the outer study with Lin Jia.
When Han Li came over, he saw that the little guy who was very delicate was following Lin Jia, and he knew in his heart that this little guy was afraid that he was played by Lin Jia's concubine Yu, but he kept quiet and did not break it.
Yu has been studying with Lin Jia with him for more than a month, and she is indeed an extremely intelligent and far-sighted woman, such a talent is obviously smarter and broader than most men, but because of her humble background and being a woman, she can only be reduced to a concubine and wait for a man in the inner house, which is a pity!
An hour later, Han Li finished his lecture and talked with Lin Jia about the problem of the excessive expansion of the power of the Yunzhou Conversion Sect.
Yu Yu stood to the side, listening intently.
Han Li saw that Yu Yu's eyes were shining, so he smiled and said, "Ayu, what do you think?"
Ayu is the pseudonym that Lin Jia gave Yu Yu.
When Yu Yu heard this, her eyes wandered and looked at Lin Jia.
Lin Jia liked Yu Yu's intelligence and cuteness the most, and immediately said, "Say, I also want to hear your opinion!"
Yu Yu said at this time: "Lord Han, I thought that the problem of Yunzhou's Conversion to Truth Sect was like a poisonous boil on Da Zhou's body, which was not obvious at first, but only a little red; But if left unattended for a long time, it will become red and swollen, and there will be a bag of pus inside. Today, there is only one way to deal with this poisonous boil! β
Han Li and Lin Jia looked at her with a smile, waiting for her next step.
Yu Yu smiled slightly, and said: "The imperial army pressed the border, squeezed this boil, squeezed out the pus and blood inside, and arrested all the leaders of the Conversion Sect."
Han Li looked at her with a smile: "What about after squeezing out the pus and blood?"
Yu Yu glanced at Lin Jia with a wave of eyes: "My lord, what do you think?"
Lin Jiafeng's eyes were deep: "Four words - divide and dissolve."
This is the method he discussed with Yu Yu a few days ago when he and Yu Yu discussed the solution to the problem of Yunzhou's conversion to the true religion.
Han Li laughed when he heard this, and said, "Ajia's words are very much in line with the old man's heart!" Ha ha! β
After Han Li left, Lin Jia and Yu Yu were about to go back, but Ah Cheng came in and reported: "Lord Han, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, asks to see you!"
Hearing this, Yu Yu looked at Lin Jia.
Lin Jia was just about to shake Yu Yu's hand, when he found Ah Cheng looking over, he couldn't help but smile, put his hand behind his back and stretched out his hand, and said, "Please come in, Lord Han!"
When Yu Yu heard this, she couldn't help laughing.
Anyway, Han Qing is indeed her life-saving benefactor, and she must always be a little polite to her benefactor.
As soon as Yu Yu followed Lin Jia into the outer study, he heard a clear voice outside: "Lord Lin, Han is going to be an uninvited guest today!"
This sound is very good, it seems to have the afterglow of the impact of jade, but it makes Yu Yu feel that his scalp is numb, and the cold hairs all over his body stand up.
I don't know what's going on, thinking of facing Han Qing, Yu Yu is always a little nervous.
But Yu Yu has never been a person who is used to escaping, she took a deep breath, straightened her back, and followed Lin Jia out.
A tall brocade-clothed young man walked over with two entourage, and arched his hand to Lin Jia in a dashing manner: "I've seen Lord Lin!"
He greeted Lin Jia, and his star-like eyes glanced deeply at Yu Yu1 behind Lin Jia, and looked at Lin Jia with a smile: "Han Mou is coming to the door today for nothing, someone asked Han Mou to discuss something with Lord Lin!"
Lin Jia smiled slightly: "Lord Han, please!"
After taking a sip of the teacup, Han Qing put down the teacup and looked at Lin Jia with a smile: "I wonder if Lord Lin has made a family appointment?"
When Lin Jia heard this, she raised her eyes and glanced at Yu Yu, and then looked at Han Qing: "No."
Han Qing was proud in his heart and said, "Someone asked me to match his daughter-in-law and Lord Lin, Lord Lin guess who!"
Lin Jia didn't have so much curiosity, he lowered his eyes, smiled slightly, and said: "As the saying goes, 'the life of the parents is the words of the matchmaker', and Lin's marriage is decided by his father and His Majesty." How can Lin make decisions arbitrarily? β
Yu Yu stood on the side, and his heart suddenly seemed to sink into the boundless cold water, and it was numb with cold.
She was used to being with Lin Jia, but she forgot that she was just Lin Jia's concubine......
Han Qing glanced at Yu Yu with a smile, and smiled with a lovely smile: "Since Lord Lin said so, Han understands, Han will go to see Your Majesty!"
Lin Jia quietly sent Han Qing out, and didn't ask Han Qing who the person who wanted to marry his daughter to him was.
Han Qing walked down the steps, turned his head and looked over again, and found that Yu Yu, who was standing behind Lin Jia and took a wrong step, was pale at this time, with a pair of big eyes, as if he was hiding countless thoughts.
Sending Han Qing away, Lin Jia looked at Yu Yu: "Don't you want to buy books?" I'll go with you! β
Yu Yu was full of worries, but she was afraid of distracting Lin Jia, so she hid her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Okay, but this time I have to bring a few more guards to follow!"
And he said, "I won't change my clothes, so let's go!"
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Jia walked with Yu Yu to the bookstore street near Zhuangyuan Street.
When they arrived at the bookstore street, Yu Yu and Lin Jia, two book lovers, were very happy, and they strolled from bookstore to bookstore.
Yu Yu selected ten books, four poetry collections, three picture albums and two calligraphy books, and Lin Jia selected many books on agriculture, arithmetic and water control.
After leaving the bookstore street, seeing that there was still time, Lin Jia took Yuyu to Baozhu Street.
As soon as he entered Baozhu Street, Yu Yu saw a person who should not be here at this time, and was stunned - the wife of Liang Yongming, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and his eldest daughter Liang Yingyu happened to come out of the first jewelry shop on Baozhu Street and walked face to face with Lin Jiayu.
Lin Jia also saw it, smiled slightly, and greeted him.
Liang Yingyu was very bored at home, pestering her mother to go shopping, but who knew that she actually ran into Lin Jia.
She refused to let go of this opportunity, and immediately stepped forward, with tears in her eyes, and curtsied and saluted: "Brother Ajia-"
Lin Jia smiled and saluted Mrs. Liang, but did not pay attention to Liang Yingyu.
Mrs. Liang was his mother's best friend back then, and for his mother's sake, he called Mrs. Liang "aunt".
Liang Yingyu saw that Lin Jia didn't look at her at all, she felt uncomfortable, and tears burst out of her eyes.
When Mrs. Liang saw her daughter like this, she was naturally sad, so she looked at Lin Jia with Yin Yin: "Ajia, I dreamed of your mother last night, and I dreamed back at midnight and remembered the past...... Alas, there's one thing I've been figuring out and I'm about to ask you! In front of it is the Zijin Building, aunt please go and sit down! β
When Lin Jia heard that it was about his deceased mother, he immediately agreed and accompanied Mrs. Liang to the Zijin Building in front.
Liang Yingyu hurriedly followed.
Yu Yu, Li Rui and others also followed.