Chapter IV
Chu Cheng stiffened, as if she hadn't heard.
The two maids glanced at each other, thinking that she was asleep, and hurriedly raised their voices again and said, "Madam, we have arrived." ”
Chu Cheng had no choice but to hold the hands of the two and walk out of the sedan chair slowly.
Although she could only see the boundary under the hijab, the surroundings were deserted, which was very different from the marriage scene she imagined. Chu Ji was curious, and couldn't help asking, "Aren't you going to worship today?" Why don't there be any guests in this Lin family? ”
She asked this, and before the two maids could answer, they heard Yang La on the side say: "Madame doesn't know, our adults are famous for being honest and honest, and everything in the marriage is simple, and there is no banquet." ”
Chu Cheng had never been married, but felt that Yang La's words seemed like some kind of excuse.
With a suspicious heart, she walked up the stairs and came to the house.
As soon as he entered the main hall, he suddenly heard a rush of vague footsteps, and before Chu Cheng could react, he was held by a pair of old and thin hands: "Siniang, I haven't seen you for so many years, is your father and mother okay?" ”
Chu Cheng calmed down, she guessed that this old woman must be the old lady of the Green Turtle County Order, so she answered: "My mother went a few years ago, my father is doing business in Yunzhou, he is in good health, and everything is fine." After a pause, he said, "It's hard for my aunt to still worry about it." ”
"Hey, don't call me aunt, after today, we will be a family, call me mother."
"Mother's ......" Chu Cheng gritted her teeth, "In the end, Siniang has climbed high, and it is not good to say that a widow remarries." In fact, the doll parents of the year can not be counted. ”
The old woman patted the back of Chu Hui's hand and sighed: "It's no wonder that a woman marries three times, my son's eight characters are in line with you, you don't have to worry about this." My son has a cold temperament, but his conduct is good, you will marry him in the future, and the husband and wife will respect each other like guests, and raise their eyebrows, and I will be happy to see it. ”
Chu Cheng didn't know what to answer, so she had to laugh dryly.
At this moment, a person hurriedly came outside the house, shouting: "Old lady, Lord Lin just sent someone to report, he, he is inspecting the reclamation of paddy fields in Donghe Township, and he can't come back at this time......"
Chu Cheng lowered her head, only to see that this person was wearing soap boots, presumably a county official.
Before she could remember the meaning of these words, she heard the old woman angrily reprimand: "Nonsense! I had already told him that I should marry on a good day today, what was he doing in Donghe Township? Reclamation of paddy fields, which township chief and county can't do it, and he can afford to go in person? ! ”
The man's words were quite embarrassing: "Old lady, you know that adults must do it yourself, this ...... I can't persuade you from being lowly. ”
The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, and said word by word: "Hu Yu, you tell him that if you don't come to visit Siniang today, then don't recognize me as a mother!" ”
Hu Yu scratched his head in embarrassment and looked at Yang La. Yang La squeezed his eyebrows and made a "go" gesture to him, and Hu Yu said "hey" and turned to leave.
Chu Cheng can see this trouble even if she is blind.
Don't invite guests, don't come to greet relatives, and don't even show up, this county lord can't look down on Li Siniang!
Also, marrying a widow who has been married three times, and she is still old, who can be happy?
Chu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.
Fortunately, this green turtle county order is a normal person, otherwise she really likes her, and she won't end well.
After a while, the old woman said to Chu Cheng with guilt: "Siniang, this ......"
"Mother, my lord, he is busy with official business, I understand."
When the old woman heard that Chu Cheng was so understanding, her heart became even more uncomfortable, she held Chu Cheng's hand and said, "You have been tired all the way, go back to the room to rest first." As for that unscrupulous son...... When he returns, I will make amends for you. ”
Chu Cheng thought to herself, she would run away immediately when there was no one for a while.
The two maids helped her back to the room, and Chu Cheng excused herself to be sleepy and tried to support them to leave. However, the two girls refused to leave half a step, one said, "Mrs. has been wronged today, and she must be sad in her heart", and the other said, "I am not familiar with the place here, and there is no one around Mrs. to call people", Chu Cheng said it well, and the two stood outside the door like door gods.
Fortunately, the door of the house faces east, and there are windows on both sides of the west, Chu Cheng quietly pushed the window to look outside, bypassing a low house, which is the wall.
But I don't know if the other side of the fence is facing the street or the woods, so it's not good to act rashly for a while.
At this moment, Chu Cheng heard someone talking in a low voice outside the door.
"Girl, that Li Siniang is not treated by adults at all. The adults knew that they were getting married today, and they deliberately hid in Donghe Township. ”
After a while, another delicate voice sounded: "Qingmei, don't talk nonsense, my cousin has something important to do." If you let Li Siniang hear this, she will be sad in her heart. ”
The woman named Qingmei snorted coldly: "Girl, you just have too good a temperament, and you only think about others everywhere." If you had taken care of yourself, you might have married an adult, and it would have been the turn of this old and ugly widow! ”
"Qingmei, you know my cousin...... It's just on my mother's orders. ”
"But no, I have long thought that adults like girls, otherwise I wouldn't have made such a move today."
Chu Ji listened to their conversation for a while and couldn't help but sneer.
These two people deliberately stood here and talked for a long time, pretending to show whom? Fortunately, she is not Li Siniang, otherwise with Li Siniang's pungent temperament, she would have rushed out to writhe with them!
But hearing this, Chu Cheng was even more sure of one thing.
This green turtle county magistrate doesn't like Li Siniang at all, maybe he likes his cousin deeply. If it weren't for Mrs. Lin's bent desire to repay her kindness, Li Siniang would never have married here.
If it is really Li Siniang, she may have a hard time when she gets married; But she is Chu Cheng, the princess of Huarong in the current dynasty!
Although she is the princess under arrest......
Chu Cheng suddenly had a bold idea.
The Green Turtle County Commander doesn't like her, and everyone here doesn't know Li Siniang's appearance, why doesn't she continue to pretend? Even if Huo Ying was extremely smart, he would never have thought that the person he was looking for would be someone else's county lady! What's more, Qingyuan County will receive the "sea fishing document" from the imperial court, although the portrait is not very similar to her, but it is posted everywhere by Zhang Bang, and she is always uneasy when she looks at it. If she can sneak into the Qingyuan County Government and find a way to add a few strokes to the portrait, at least in the entire Qingyuan County, she can sit back and relax. Compared with hiding in Tibet and pretending to be a maid, pretending to be a county magistrate who has something, this is a better strategy. Take 10,000 steps back, if there is really any emergency, it will not be too late for her to escape!
The more Chu Cheng thought about it, the more feasible it became, so she lay on the bed relaxedly, and slept with her clothes closed.
I don't know how long I slept, but suddenly I heard some noise outside, Chu Cheng turned over and sat up, picked up the hijab next to the pillow and covered her face.
At this moment, two girls knocked on the door: "Madam, I heard that Master Lin is back, and the old lady asked us to help you go to the church." ”
Chu Cheng rubbed her shoulders and neck and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"Three o'clock."
"It's so late...... Chu Cheng yawned, "Come in, don't let my husband wait for a long time." ”
Chapel? Okay, she'll meet this Lin in a moment.
The two girls helped her to the outer main hall one by one, and the lights were bright all around, but there were not many people.
As soon as she walked in, someone stuffed a piece of red silk in her hand, and a peony flower hung in the middle of the red silk, and the other end was held in the hand of Lord Lin.
Chu Ji looked sideways along the line of sight under the hijab, and only saw a pair of black moire soap boots, the sides of which were covered with thick mud.
Yo, did you really go to inspect the paddy fields of Donghe Township?
On the top of the main hall sat Old Madam Lin, who held Chu Cheng's hand and said a lot of guilty words, and Chu Cheng replied with a smile. After a while, I heard someone next to me say that the auspicious time had arrived, shouting to worship heaven and earth, worship the high hall, and worship husband and wife. Chu Cheng didn't know what the process of getting married was, she thought it was fun, so she did it one by one, anyway, in her heart, it didn't count.
After serving tea to the old lady, Chu Cheng was stuffed with an apple in her hand and taken back to the room.
The bed was sprinkled with lotus seeds, peanuts, jujubes, and longan, and there were still wine and dishes on the table, and a pair of dragon and phoenix red candles were lit.
It's festive to look at.
This time the two girls consciously retreated outside the door, Chu Cheng wanted to ask them what they should do, but they didn't know anything, and it is estimated that these two girls don't understand. So she simply took off her hijab, touched her deflated belly, sat down at the table, drank wine and ate meat, and feasted.
Full of wine and food, sleepiness hits, anyway, she is pretending, is it possible that she is still being pinched? Thinking of this, Chu Cheng simply fell asleep on the table.
In the dream, she returned to the Imperial City.
Her father gently told her that she didn't have to marry Mrs. Chen's son, and said that Chen Yu'an was a gentleman who ate, drank, prostituted and gambled, and was not worthy of his baby daughter at all. Chu Cheng jumped up happily when she heard this, she was so happy that she knocked down the wine glass on the table with a wave of her hand, only to hear the sound of "pop", Chu Cheng immediately woke up.
As soon as she raised her head, she looked around in confusion, and the unfamiliar room was red by red candles.
It's just a dream......
Her father, the emperor, couldn't wait to tie her up and send her to the Chen family.
The Great Yuan Imperial Court, the three-legged tripod, Chen Taishi, Song Cheng Xiang, plus a King Mu Xian who is ready to move. If it weren't for Prime Minister Song's son marrying the daughter of King Mu Xian, how could his father have thought that he would marry her to the Chen family?
Chu Cheng looked at the broken wine glass on the ground in a daze, and for some reason, her eyes were a little warm.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of low conversation outside the door.
One of them is the old lady of the Lin family: "Boqin, the Li family has a great kindness to us, if it wasn't for her father who saved us back then, where would you be now." Although Siniang is a widow, she has had a baby kiss with you since she was a child. Your father has always made the most important promise, marrying a widow, and it is not good for you to spread this matter, but I contacted the fourth mother today, and found that she is a knowledgeable person, and it is just a bad fate to think about it...... He's a miserable man. Therefore, you have to be more tolerant of her. ”
Old Madam Lin said a long time, and after a while, Lin Boqin muttered, "I know. ”
Chu Ji listened to his tone and secretly disdained.
She was picking up the green bamboo chopsticks on the table to play with, when suddenly the door was pushed open, and a tall young man in a dark red wedding dress stood at the door, his handsome face full of solemnity.