Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 107 3.14 I have been waiting for you for two years
Volume Three

3.14 I have been waiting for you for two years
"Has the princess ever begged your majesty?" Zhou Yang asked softly. After thinking for a while, he decided to speak more deeply, "I heard that Huang Xu had a half-discipline relationship with your majesty at the beginning and helped him a lot during his ascension to the throne. Moreover, Huang Xu is a great Confucian in the country, and his life can be said to be full of peaches and plums, so His Majesty's marriage proposal for the princess should also be considered in this regard."

"You just say it's for the sake of the Huang family. There's no need to hide it." Princess Yongchang said angrily, "Which of the royal children is not prepared for this? But if you can be like the emperor brother and the emperor's sister-in-law, , being able to take care of both sides is actually a good thing? So after I couldn't solve it myself, I asked the emperor to come forward. It's a pity."

"Why, the Ministry of Rites even dares to go against His Majesty's wishes?" Zhou Yang frowned and said, "The most important thing is that there is no rule in this dynasty that a prince-in-law cannot serve as an official. How many heads do they have to dare to do this?"

"The reason given by the Ministry of Rites is that once he continues to take the imperial examination, it will affect the royal family's face. There is no way to depose him. No matter how well he actually does in the examination, he must be given a meritorious title." Princess Yongchang said quietly, "It's not just him, I am not the only princess in the royal family, there are princesses and even princesses in the families of other princes.

If he is allowed to continue taking the imperial examination, what will happen if other royal children follow his example?Don't forget that there is also the Imperial College. If these people ask the imperial brother, it is easy to get a quota. They can skip the scholar examination and refer directly to the provincial examination, followed by the general examination. How can such an imperial examination be continued? "

"This." Zhou Yang was also confused. There is no doubt that the Ministry of Rites is right. Is it okay for your emperor's son-in-law to directly take the imperial examination and not be given a meritorious title?But if I give it, can I give it to the prince’s son-in-law or even his son?Even if we don’t count the pile of founding nobles, there are a lot of royal children of princes and princes. Is it possible to give them all?
"Brother Huang gave up." Princess Yongchang said calmly, "Since then, except for the wedding day, he has never taken the initiative to see me. After all, he was ashamed of him, and coupled with Brother Huang's thoughts, I still refused at the beginning. I patiently sent someone to invite him, but I didn't expect him to come back with the woman in the building. I went back home in anger, and we have had little contact with him since then."

"Please forgive me for my incompetence!" Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and bowed his hands. He didn't know how to persuade him at all, because this was a fundamental opposition that could not be compromised, and there was no possibility of reconciliation. He couldn't even find an entry point for persuasion.

"That's all!" Princess Yongchang waved her hands in disinterest, stood up and pointed at the door and said, "Okay, that's it for today. Let me come over. I was just asking you to help prepare the New Year's gift for the concubine. Now, Now that it’s settled, I won’t disturb you and Bing’er’s time.”

"Princess, take care!" Zhou Yang bowed helplessly, thought for a while and walked forward. When Princess Yongchang looked surprised in her eyes, he gently held her shoulders and said, "Princess, if you have nothing to do on weekdays, you might as well go for a walk. Bing'er's Weichen will say - Weichen is too talkative, Bing'er will only know more, there is no need for -!"

Princess Yongchang suddenly raised her head, grabbed Zhou Yang's neck, and offered her tenderness for him to taste. It took her dozens of breaths to let him go. A shy blush appeared on her cheeks, but she wasn't shy at all. She just looked at him with a complicated expression. Looking at him.

"It turns out that this is how men and women feel." She sighed softly, squeezed into Zhou Yang's arms and found a comfortable position and said, "Do you know, I have lived for 28 years, and I have been married for a long time, but I have never Being so close to the man, originally in order to save him, and with other considerations, when Bing'er first released the news that she wanted to recruit a wife, I had actually been secretly trying to stop her.

Because of this, Bing'er has gradually become estranged from me over the years. I feel sorry for her. So when Bing'er had another idea when I met you at Tienwang Mountain, I didn't stop her. In fact, I felt sad in my heart. There may not be any other ideas. Now that we have reached this point, we just want to be safe and have a clear conscience. "

"No, you must feel guilty!" Zhou Yang lowered his head fiercely and began to plunder fiercely. He let go after a while, and looked at Princess Yongchang who was blushing but had wandering eyes and said, "This is the feeling between men and women, remember. ?"

"Oh?" Princess Yongchang was only slightly ashamed, but recovered quickly, and even raised her head and gave him a provocative look, reminding Zhou Yang of this always strong, "I am not an unreasonable little girl." Girl, I just don’t know if Mr. Zhou dares to let me experience something deeper?"

"I don't dare." Zhou Yang let go with a wry smile, but was hugged by her again, "Although I can lick my face and say that it is natural for men to love each other, but this kind of thing is just a fling to me. At most, the affair will only offend the prince-in-law; for the princess and even the royal family, it is a matter of reputation, and with my current status, I cannot withstand His Majesty's anger."

"Hmph!" Princess Yongchang pushed him away with a satisfied look on her face, "If you dared to go too far just now, I will kill you immediately. It's rare that you haven't lost your mind yet, and you have not wasted my kindness. That’s all, just take good care of Bing’er after you return. If I hear that you dare to feel sorry for her, be careful——”

Zhou Yang rushed over and threw her down on the big bed.

"My princess, I really don't have the guts to continue, so I can only stare at her fiercely and say, "When I have enough strength to protect you, I will definitely let you enjoy everything a woman should have!" "" Well, Ben Gong is waiting! "Princess Yongchang also stared at him "viciously", "How about two years?I will be thirty by then. I heard that the grandma in Rongguo Mansion has joined you now, so I will give you some time to make progress. If you still can't do it by then, I will let you know that some promises cannot be messed up. Open your mouth! "

"Bing'er doesn't shy away from anything, she dares to say anything." Zhou Yang awkwardly let go of Yaorao in his arms and looked at her blushing as she tidied up, "Where did she go?"

"I asked her to go back to your place and wait." Princess Yongchang looked at her even more embarrassed expression angrily, "You go!"

"Then I'll leave first!" Zhou Yang stood up reluctantly, took a deep look at the disheveled Princess, turned around and left the room in embarrassment. He really didn't have the guts to continue playing with this powerful royal sister, otherwise It's very possible that you won't be able to control it.

"Humph——" Watching him leave from the window, the blush on Princess Yongchang's cheeks not only did not fade, but became more and more beautiful, "Two years, I will wait for you for two years. Brother Huang betrayed my trust. I hope Kai'er, don't let me down."

At the same time, the Xue family in Jinling and the Xue Baochai courtyard.

"Girl, this..." Seeing Xue Baochai gently put down the letter in his hand, Ying'er said very uneasily, "According to what Uncle Scorpion said, I'm afraid it's true."

"What can we do now?" Xue Baochai said quietly, her beautiful eyes actually shed tears, "Now that others are thousands of miles away, I am afraid they will not miss Shu for a long time; not to mention that Oriental girl, no matter what aspect, is not what she is now. Now I What can be compared is that he has changed his mind. Is there anything else we can do?"

"Girl, we can't watch like this, right?" Ying'er said anxiously, "Look at what Uncle Tadashi means, he is like a fish in water in the capital and has close relationships with many big shots. If he is allowed to continue like this, is it possible that the girl can still survive?" When the master gave him such great grace, he had already made up his mind——"

"Have you ever made any decisions?" Xue Baochai looked at the stunned maid and said helplessly, "My father just mentioned it verbally. There is neither a matchmaker's token nor a marriage certificate. It is just a sentence. What's more, my father has already "

"Girl!" Ying'er was frightened all of a sudden, "What should we do?"

"A few days ago, Manager Zhang was sent to the capital by his second uncle." He breathed a long sigh of relief, and Xue Baochai's expression gradually returned to calmness. "With his experience, he must have contacted Brother Zhou by now. I will discuss it with my mother. For a while, let him buy a yard near the Zhou family's residence. If it is convenient, buy one or two more.

Jiangnan's business will not be able to go through a big setback no matter what because of the second uncle's presence. However, there are no family members in the capital to look after it. If mother and brother are willing, we might as well move there. After all, the capital is the best place under the emperor's feet. When the time comes, If we work with my second uncle one south and one north, and cooperate with the fleet, our business will surely grow even more. "

"What the girl said is absolutely true!" Ying'er's expression suddenly brightened, "The Jiangnan business was handed over to the second master by the master, and we had some advantages if we stayed in Jinling. Now that the master is in the capital, it is cheaper for us to go there. What's more, my uncle and Jia's family are still taking care of me, so maybe it's really what the girl said."

"Okay!" Xue Baochai interrupted her angrily, "You go and take a look first. My mother should be at home too. I'll go there later. There's a thousand miles between Jinling and the capital. There's no rush to leave. You might as well make arrangements first. , besides whether the mother agrees or not is another matter, my brother will also have to talk about it, and it will take some time to decide."

"Don't worry, girl, I'll be there soon!" Ying'er nodded vigorously.

(End of this chapter)