Chapter 141

The next day, when Shanniang and Yuan Changqing went to visit their wife at Lin's house, the fifth wife and the fifth master also came - the two families were originally good friends, and now that Mr. Lin Er is still on the road, the fifth master and his wife naturally want to come over to help.

When they came, Mrs. Lin had just received a letter from Mr. Lin Er, saying that she would be able to arrive in the capital in early March.

As the elders spoke, Lin Ruzhi pulled Shanniang aside, looked her up and down vigorously, and looked Shanniang confused, and asked her with a smile: "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Lin Ruzhi pouted and said: "People all over the capital have spread you like an angry little daughter-in-law, I just don't believe it." The thirteenth sister I know is amazing, how can she be bullied like this! Now that I see that you look good, I know that those rumors must be nonsense again. ”

Shanniang looked at her, sighed, and said, "This is mine, if I were someone else, I am afraid that I will really become an angry little daughter-in-law." ”

There are many people in Beijing and there are many things and gossip, and the first two days were still talking about the gossip of the Yuan family, but in the past two days, because of the news that a new daughter-in-law hanged herself in front of the bed of the evil mother-in-law, suddenly diverted everyone's attention from the Yuan family - of course, there are also people who have always had a good reputation because of the evil mother-in-law, and the old lady of the Yuan family, who has always had a good reputation, has also been labeled as an "evil mother-in-law".

Lin Ruzhi also thought of the news, so he sighed and said: "A woman's family is really pitiful, she is like a treasure at home, once she gets married and becomes someone's daughter-in-law, she becomes inferior to even a grass." This marriage is like reincarnation, you are lucky to meet a charitable elder, if you meet a rude and unreasonable, even if you die, you will be said to be unfilial. Then he asked Shanniang, "Do you remember Senior Liu Meiliu?" ”

How could Shanniang forget the initiator of the scandal arranged for her, so she said, "I remember." What's wrong? ”

Lin Ruzhi shook his head and sighed: "Senior Liu didn't have a good tire. She used to be a very lively person, but her mother-in-law was old-fashioned. She laughed, and her mother-in-law said she didn't know how to be dignified; She didn't laugh, and her mother-in-law said that she was deliberately putting on a face to show her. It's only been half a year since I got married, and I've been rubbed and polished like a different person, I am stunned in front of people, I don't poke and don't move, and it's really uncomfortable to see people's hearts. ”

Shanniang was silent for a while. In fact, it wasn't until this life that she understood that although Yuan Changqing didn't ask her in the previous life, when it was time to shelter her from the wind and rain, he never shrank back. So in the previous life, Old Lady Yuan rarely had their hands reach her side, at least she had never experienced the distress of being suppressed by her elders...... But he once suppressed others as an elder......

Shanniang sighed, "Probably mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are born enemies." You don't feel used to marrying into someone else's family, and your mother-in-law is not used to having a stranger like you between her and her son. Not to mention, even if you are a fairy, in the eyes of your mother-in-law, it is impossible to compare to her own son who has been carefully cultivated for more than ten years. When she looks at you, it's probably like looking at a pig who arched her a good cabbage, not to mention disgust, but always picky and disgusting. ”

Because Lin Ruting also wanted to participate in this year's imperial examination, Chen Lijuan also took her son, who was almost three years old, and followed her mother-in-law and sister-in-law into Beijing. At this time, she was watching the people serving tea and snacks, and when she heard Shanniang's emotion, she turned around and teased her: "It sounds like you have been a mother-in-law for others." ”

Shanniang blinked silently. In fact, before she died, her son still refused to marry, but she had already deeply experienced the feeling of being a mother-in-law at the cost of a human life......

Chen Lijuan walked over, held the back of Lin Ruzhi's chair and smiled at the two: "People are heart-to-heart." Before I became a mother, I didn't understand the idea of being a mother-in-law, and now although my son is still young, when I think of him marrying a wife and having children in the future, I will no longer be the most important person in his heart, and I am also awkward in my heart. I think all mothers in the world have the same idea. It's just that I don't think that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must be enemies, the key is only how you think of your daughter-in-law. For example, my mother and grandmother always treated me like family, and I treated them like family. If you treat your daughter-in-law as an outsider in your heart, how can your daughter-in-law treat you as a family member? For it was mutual. ”

Second Mrs. Lin heard it on the side, so she laughed at the fifth lady and said to them: "Listen to it, the girls now, none of them are ashamed." Of the three, one son is still young, one son doesn't know where he is, and the other is better, all of them haven't married yet, and now they are all together to discuss how to be a mother-in-law. He smiled at the three of them again: "If you want to discuss, it should be me and Mrs. Fifth to discuss, we are a person who has already become a mother-in-law and is about to become a mother-in-law." As he spoke, he asked about Hou Rui's family affairs again.

The fifth lady smiled: "I have to ask you for help, you are familiar with people in Beijing, help us Rui Ge'er watch it." ”

Second Mrs. Lin agreed, and said, "Why haven't you seen your three brothers?" ”

The old lady did not bring Hou Rui, Hou Jue and her brother together. The wife explained: "Since the last time Regoer was on the sea boat, he has been talking to his two younger brothers all day about the things on the sea boat, and the two little ones are itching. No, I heard that there was a sea boat docked on the dock today, so Rui Geer took his two younger brothers to see the excitement. He added, "Brother Rui really likes boats, and he has said several times that he wants to go to sea with the boat, and he is so angry that the old man punished him twice, so he didn't say anything." ”

Shanniang didn't take this matter to heart after listening to it, and only asked Lin Ruzhi quietly, "Is your Mei Huange going to end this year?" ”

Lin Ruzhi's face flushed, pulled Shanniang to the window, and whispered: "He is not even a lifter, where can he end." He added, "My father said that he should go back to take the exam this year, and then get his school registration to come to Beijing, and he is afraid that he will also come to Beijing to study in the future." ”

Shanniang smiled and asked, "Does your father want to accept him as a disciple?" ”

"What kind of disciple is not a disciple, isn't that like that?" Lin Ruzhi said with a red face.

Shanniang teased her and said, "Yes, a son-in-law is half a son, and it is not bad." Lin Ruzhi was so ashamed that she twisted her arm to vent her anger. Shanniang said again: "What does your mother mean now?" ”

Lin Zhonghai agreed to this family business, but Second Mrs. Lin was not optimistic about Mei Huange's orphan background, and was afraid that Lin Ruzhi would marry and suffer hardships.

Lin Ruzhi squinted at her mother, leaned into Shanniang's ear and whispered: "I didn't expect that your matter would make my mother figure it out." Yesterday, my mother told my sister-in-law behind my back that at least I will not have a mother-in-law above me in the future, and I will not be controlled by others. As he spoke, he bit his lip and had a burst of stealing fun.

*·*·*

Xu was a smooth sail, Mr. Lin Er stepped on the tail of February and entered the capital, several days earlier than everyone expected.

The teacher came back, and Yuan Changqing was suddenly controlled by Lin Zhonghai, and the previous literary meetings that were not affectionate were now blocked by Mr. Lin Er. And Mr. Lin Er also unceremoniously assigned a lot of homework to him, Lin Ruxuan, and Lin Ruting. Looking at Yuan Changqing, who finally got rid of those socializations and buried himself in the pile of books like a candidate, Shanniang also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

For a person who is about to enter the official career, reputation is extremely important, not to mention that Yuan Changqing is famous. Many of those so-called literary associations were set up by others in order to cling to his fame, and some of them were secretly made bad by the Yuan family in order to distract him. As long as Yuan Changqing refuses to go, he will be instilled with the reputation of "arrogant talent". And if he goes all of them, it will definitely affect his preparation for the exam. Now that the teacher Mr. Lin Er has come forward to refuse for him, at least the calculations of those who have a heart have come to naught.

Yuan Changqing can finally prepare for the exam with peace of mind, Shanniang silently became the commander-in-chief of the logistics support, and even the eldest princess gave her a post, but she politely refused, only saying that there were candidates at home, and everything was inconvenient. The eldest princess didn't blame her, and like the Fang family and the fifth master, she also sent Shanniang a lot of refreshing supplements. Shan Niang followed her medicines and stewed all those supplements to Yuan Changqing.

It is said that the fifth master brought all the way back to Beijing, in addition to the ladies of the Lin family, there is also a great monk Dehui. Yuan Changqing felt that Shanniang's body was weak, so he pulled the old monk over to diagnose Shanniang's pulse, and in addition to the lack of qi and blood that ordinary women have, Shanniang's body was really good. After diagnosing the pulse, Shanniang couldn't help but feel triumphant. Yuan Changqing stared at her and said, "You sleep lightly, and you are easy to wake up." "This is a symptom of a lack of qi and blood. Shanniang suddenly stopped squeaking.

*·*·*

As we enter March, the weather gradually warms up. Shanniang saw that Yuan Changqing missed her original small building very much, so she rearranged the small wooden building in the backyard according to the pattern of her Spring Garden, and turned the downstairs into Yuan Changqing's reading place.

Yuan Changqing expressed great satisfaction with this.

It's just that what makes Yuan Changqing a little crying and laughing is that he is very sure of his learning progress, and Bian Shanniang always doesn't worry about him, and always comes over from time to time to check if he needs anything, but tells him to watch her go in and out and be distracted.

Seeing that Shanniang came in and personally refilled him with tea, Yuan Changqing stretched out his big hand, grabbed Shanniang's waist and brought her over, and sat on her lap again, looking at the book with only two eyes.

Shanniang broke his hand and struggled for a while, but she couldn't get out, so she said helplessly: "You should read a good book." ”

Yuan Changqing frowned solemnly and said: "I want to read a good book, but you are always leading me to see you in and out, how can I still have the heart to read." If you sit honestly, I can read quietly for a while. ”

Shanniang: "......"

- Well, she's the one who is at fault.

So after she returned the work done by the little guy to Yan Feng, she avoided Xiaolou and only quietly tossed around the things she was supposed to do in the front yard.

Before, Shanniang was a little disgusted that there was no green in their yard, but now taking advantage of the spring in March, she thought that this place was quite far away from the small building behind, and it should not affect Yuan Changqing, so she asked Uncle Hua to buy a lot of flowers and trees, and tossed them in the front yard.

The ground in the front yard was originally paved with green bricks and pebbles with delicate patterns, and Shan Niang was reluctant to destroy them, so she asked someone to plant the newly bought begonias in a flower pot and put them next to the steps under the corridor. He also asked people to burn some flower pots of different sizes and heights, and then calculated the flowering season, and planted a circle of flowers and plants along the verandah, so as to ensure that there are flowers in the yard at any time.

When Yuan Changqing came in from the corner gate with a book, Shanniang was discussing with Uncle Hua whether to buy a few more large flower pots and plant a few wax plums, or simply be ruthless and pry the floor tiles in the southeast corner and plant them directly on the ground. Both of them had their backs to the corner door, and no one saw Yuan Changqing come in, until Yuan Changqing's voice suddenly sounded behind them.

"Isn't this the pen wash that was picked up?"

As soon as Shanniang turned around, she saw Yuan Changqing holding the green glaze crack pen wash in her hand, looking down at the clump of copper money grass she had just planted in the pen wash.

"How can you still play like this?" Yuan Changqing looked up at her. This pen wash was found from the corner when they were cleaning up the small wooden building, and it was left there by the previous owner, and it looked very unsightly. Now planted with a clump of green copper coin grass, the gray and cyan color of the inverted light suddenly became bright.

Shanniang looked at him and blinked, turned around and asked Lu'an, who happened to come out of the house, "What time is it?" ”

Lu'an picked up the curtain and looked at the case, turned around and smiled: "The third quarter of the first month." Now she doesn't have to count the Western time on the clock and the common hour of the Great Zhou back and forth in her heart, and she can report the time in one bite.

Shanniang suddenly raised her eyebrows at Yuan Changqing, "Why are you back?" "It's been less than two quarters of an hour before he entered the study!

Yuan Changqing didn't answer, took the pen with the copper coin grass planted, turned around and went out from the corner gate again.

Looking at his back, Shanniang couldn't help but shake her head. Now she doesn't go to the back to disturb Yuan Changqing, but Yuan Changqing is like she can't sit still, and she has to run to the front yard every once in a while.

Picking up the topic that was interrupted by Yuan Changqing, Shanniang and Uncle Hua had just discussed, and as soon as they turned around, they saw Yuan Changqing holding the book and pacing over again.

"What's going on this time?" Shanniang greeted her and asked.

"Oh, I want to tell you, I'd rather have a fancy shelf than a wax plum." Yuan Changqing pointed to the stone round table in the center of the courtyard that had been moved from the garden, "It's on top of this, and it just matches this stone table." ”

Shanniang sighed and said, "Do you want to read your books well?" You don't have to worry about that! ”

"But I want a flower shelf, and then plant a shelf of wisteria......"

"Okay, okay, I'll make a flower shelf for you and plant wisteria!" Shanniang pushed him, "I'm there with you, you said that I disturbed you and couldn't read quietly, and now I don't bother you, why are you running out all the time!" ”

Yuan Changqing deliberately dragged his feet, turned his head to her ear and whispered: "I just found out that you are not with me, and it is even more difficult for me to concentrate." Otherwise, you might as well come here. ”

Shanniang: "......"

Yuan Changqing originally had the ability to read and memorize, and the foundation laid by his teacher was also very solid, but now he is just strengthening those homework again according to Mr. Lin Er's arrangement. He was very sure of himself in his heart, and he wanted to show off his weight in front of Shanniang, so he deliberately pretended to be calm and calm, read the book once, and went out to sneak around twice......

If it is said that other people's candidates are almost cantilevered with their heads, Shanniang looks at this candidate from her own family, but how do she think that he is fishing for three days and drying nets for two days. The "future" she knew had already become unrecognizable now, as a responsible candidate's family...... Belong, Shanniang was embarrassed for a while, she was afraid that urging him to read a book would give him too much pressure, and she was afraid that he would over-confidence and stumble on himself......

In such a entanglement, the day of the end is gradually approaching.

Finally, in the blink of an eye, it is the eighth day of the fourth month. Early in the morning, the fifth master took the fifth wife, Hou Rui, Hou Jue, and Xiaoquan to kill all of them. The family was busy packing up the exam boxes and other things for Yuan Changqing. The fifth master was afraid that something would go wrong, so he inquired about Mr. Lin Er early, and made a long list of things for Hou Rui to read, and he checked them carefully in the same way. The fifth wife and Shanniang couldn't squeeze through, so they packed up all kinds of food for Yuan Changqing.

After the reform of the Shengyuan, the imperial examination system of the Great Zhou was also reformed. Originally, there were nine days to take the test, but now it only takes three days. But for three days, the people will still be locked up in the tribute courtyard and suffer. Shanniang made a lot of fresh food, and was carefully instructing Yuan Changqing to pay attention to her diet and daily life, when Mao Da suddenly ran in to report that a guest had come to send the uncle to the exam.

Shanniang frowned for a while, she thought that the Yuan family came over pretendically, but Mao Da said no.

When Yuan Changqing went out, Shanniang was not at ease, so she hid behind the second door and quietly looked into the front hall. I saw several guards with knives standing in front of the front hall door. A young man of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old was talking to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy with his head on the verandah.

The young man Shanniang didn't know him, but the young man was an old acquaintance - Zhou Chong, the fifth prince.

Shanniang suddenly blinked and quietly retreated. If she guessed correctly, the person who came should be the current crown prince, the later Zhaowen Emperor Zhou Jun!

Thinking that the prince actually came to give Yuan Changqing the exam in person, how did Shan Niang think about it, how did she think that this thing was very wonderful. In his previous life, it was Yuan Changqing who was reused later, and he did not enter the eyes of the prince at the beginning. In this life, I don't know where the changes have been, but Yuan Changqing has the prince's blue eyes so early......

She didn't know that in her previous life, Yuan Changqing had always disguised herself well, but in this life, it was because she took revenge on her against those who calculated her family, and made the prince notice his scheming in advance.

The prince did not stay long in the antechamber, only a moment before leaving. The fifth master had just asked Shanniang, "Who is coming", and Yuan Changqing came in with the fifth prince Zhou Chong.

Zhou Chong is an informal person, and the fifth master is also an unruly person, and the two became friends as early as Meishan Town. At this time, the fifth master also forgot about the troubles caused by the fifth prince to Shanniang for a while, and only smiled at Zhou Chong: "It turns out that the fifth highness has also come to send Changsheng for the exam." ”

Zhou Chong smiled, flashed his eyes and said: "There are many people rushing to take the exam today, I am afraid that the road will be crowded, so I thought that with my car, I would not dare to go forward, so I volunteered to be a chauffeur for Yuan Da." ”

The fifth old man was joking when Zhou Chong heard it, but Shanniang "chuckled" in her heart when she heard it, and turned her head to look at Yuan Changqing.

Seeing that her face changed color slightly, Yuan Changqing went over and gently shook her hand, took her into the back room, and said to her again: "It's okay, don't worry, Your Highness has arranged it, and it will be fine." He added, "Wait a minute, none of you should send me, just send me over with Xiao Wu." Also, after the door is locked in the Gongyuan, you will go back to live with the old lady, and I will pick you up after I finish the exam. ”

Because Yuan Changqing was going to take the exam for three days in a row, they had already said that Shanniang would go back to live with the fifth master in these three days, and then pick her up after Yuan Changqing came out of the exam.

Shanniang was silent for a while, looked up at Yuan Changqing and said, "They are so bold? ”

The corners of Yuan Changqing's lips twitched, and he said, "It's just a little trouble on the road, so that I can't get into the examination room in time." I guessed it. And he added, "I am only afraid that they will make trouble through you." But it doesn't matter, as long as I get into the exam room, they won't have any reason to calculate you. And I also asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for some manpower, there will be someone to protect you in the dark, you don't have to worry. ”

Shanniang looked at him silently, suddenly reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist, put her face on his chest and said, "I don't care what you do in the exam, but in order to anger them, you have to do well in the exam!" ”

"It's nature." Yuan Changqing smiled, lowered his head and kissed her lightly in the heart of her hair. After thinking about it, he suddenly raised his hand and plucked one of her hairs.

"Shhhh ”

Yuan Changqing curled her hair on her fingers and said with a smile: "I can't see you for three days, so I think you are accompanying me." ”