Foster son and husband

Chapter 16 Mind

Xu Junying and Qin Meiniang sent Zheng Meiyu back to Mrs. Zheng's courtyard, and went to greet Mrs. Zheng by the way.

Mrs. Zheng asked Mei Niang: "I heard that you made some kind of hot pot feast for the old lady today. It was very lively and comfortable?"

Mei Niang leaned over and replied: "Yes. Eat hot pot to warm up in winter. If mother is willing, daughter-in-law will also make one for mother to eat?"

Mrs. Zheng smiled, noncommittal.She looks better today, leaning on the warm couch, wearing a royal blue soft satin gown embroidered with blessing characters, and a dark purple wreath on the forehead of the same color, which makes her eyes even more beautiful. Brighter than usual.

In fact, Mrs. Zheng is not very old, only in her early forties. Before her most beloved youngest son, Seventh Master Su Junjie, died in the battle, she was still a very glamorous woman, and she managed the huge waiting mansion in an orderly manner. The old lady is worried.In just over a month, the great pain of losing a child in the middle age knocked her down. She looked like a different person, so thin that she lost her shape, her temples were half white, and her face was full of wrinkles. angry.

Xu Junying couldn't help feeling sad when he thought of Mrs. Zheng's meticulous care of him when he was young.

At that time, his mother was gentle and amiable, and would touch his face from time to time, and wipe his sweat with a handkerchief. She personally brought the clothes of spring, summer, autumn and winter to his room, and shook them out one by one for him to try on. , and then carefully told the maids to take it and hang it up. When talking to him, he smiled and coaxed softly, and turned his face to tell the mother-in-law and maid to serve the uncle well. They disobeyed them, so the people in his room were well-behaved, no one dared to be cautious about him, and the girls would be replaced when they grew up. In addition to his own rigor and solemnity, his mother would not let him arrange the room, he He definitely didn't have that kind of thought, and he lived in the army all year round. Until he met Qin Meiniang at the age of 23, he had never touched any woman.

In this regard, he didn't know whether to thank his mother or complain. He never cared about frontier defense, years of fighting, and how many times he was born and died. , I heard my grandmother scold my mother angrily, saying that she doesn't care about her eldest son, she doesn't even give him a housewarming girl, and she doesn't know when she will be back, what if there is any accident?He is at this age, and he has been in the army all year round. It's fine if he doesn't have a chance to marry. A mother should find a way to leave him with some blood.

At that time, he suddenly realized: he has no heirs, no son who can inherit his title and fame, and inherit his surname!

In the second year, when he went home to visit relatives during the war, he met his cousin Zhuang Yulan and knew about his grandmother's arrangement. He didn't object.He never expected that the emperor would invite him to visit Minghu Lake, and he would meet Qin Meiniang, the so-called Guan Jujiu, in the continent of the river. The decree, the emperor was the same age as him, and they had been familiar with each other since they were young. As the saying goes, they both wore the same pair of trousers. They laughed at the moment, and the marriage decree was issued to him immediately. When they came back, the old grandmother was so angry that she was half dead.

But his mother was very active and simply married Qin's Mei Niang into the door for him.

Two days after the marriage, he went back to the frontier, went to the front line, and faced life and death several times. After winning the battle, he found out that Mei Niang had given birth to Heng'er...

"Cousin Ying, have a cup of hot tea!"

Zheng Meiyu stood in front of Xu Junying gently, presenting an exquisite blue and white fine porcelain cup. Mrs. Zheng blinked her eyes, and recognized that it was the cup that her niece used to use exclusively.

What Zheng Meiyu brought to Meiniang was a cup with thin red flowers on a white background. Meiniang said thank you, took it and put it on the desk: "I just drank it from the old lady, I can't drink any more!"

Xu Junying also put down the cup gently, Zheng Meiyu glanced at him and lowered her eyes.

"Mother looks very good today, did you use the prescription of Imperial Physician Su?" Xu Junying asked.

Mrs. Zheng nodded: "That's right, the Imperial Physician Su hired by Yinger is much better than the Imperial Physician Chen hired by the sixth child!"

"Su Tai Physician is in charge of the diagnosis and treatment of the concubines in the Sixth Hospital of the Palace. It is difficult to get them. Last time, my son sent someone to invite me at will. He heard about Mei Niang and came here voluntarily. If my son asks him, he will come to see his mother again. After a while, he came as promised. Normally, he would never be invited by ordinary people."

"Ying'er is filial, I feel much better now!"

Xu Junying said: "There is nothing wrong with Su's medicine. The mother took care of her with peace of mind. The seventh brother died for the country. He was a hero... There is still a son, and the son will take care of the mother!"

Mrs. Zheng covered her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand, choked with sobs: "I know... I understand it in my heart!"

She was extremely remorseful!

I regret that I should have been obsessed with letting Junjie travel thousands of miles to fight, hoping to earn some military merit with Junying's protection and support, so that he can find a way to be appointed as an official when he comes back. Junjie can also rely on his military merits to inherit his brother's title as the second son of the old Marquis of Weiyuan.

But heaven is not as good as people, who would have thought that Junjie was young and aggressive, regardless of the dissuasion of the guards sent by Junying, he took advantage of the victory to chase the poor, the enemy is not weak, there is no way to go, he jumps over the wall in a hurry, fights to the death, Junjie rushes in In the head, instead, he was ambushed and cut off his horse by the enemy general.It is pitiful for him to read military books and practice martial arts since he was a child. He followed his father as an example and vowed to compete with his elder brother. After only one battle, he was broken.

When she heard the bad news for the first time, she passed out, and she couldn't believe that her handsome and tall son with a bright smile was no longer alive. She even suspected that Junying deliberately asked Junjie to perform such a dangerous mission, and deliberately wanted him to die on the battlefield. Junying, who escorted Junjie's coffin home, had to scratch a few bloodstains on his face.She has raised Junying since she was three years old, and she has never seen him cry. At that time, Junying was crying. He closed his eyes and let her scratch him. Hitting his head against the wall for death, Junying hugged her, knelt down in front of her and said:
"Seventh brother died tragically. He died on the battlefield, he was a hero! Mother and I, I am also mother's son, my son, mother can also be regarded as seventh brother's son!"

Junying's words hit her like a bolt of lightning, she became more sober, and remembered one thing, she stopped making a fuss, hugged Junying's head, and shouted, crying miserably.

Afterwards, Meiniang's poor child fell ill quietly. She asked Chunyue to visit her from time to time. Knowing that Meiniang wanted to die and had no way out, she brought her niece Zheng Meiyu, who often came to the waiting house. Well, since childhood, she has been in love with Junying, she let Meiyu get close to Junying, it is best to create a fact that Meiyu can succeed Meiniang as the Marquis of Weiyuan, and in the future, with her grandmother's support, the position of grandson Henger is It's for sure.

She married into the Marquis Mansion and was a widow in her thirties. After so many years of hard work, she failed to help her son win fame and title. She should do something for her grandson.

Mrs. Zheng was sad, and Zheng Meiyu, who was at the side, also looked sad. She lightly pressed her eyes with a handkerchief. Although Mei Niang sympathized with Mrs. Zheng in her heart, she did not dare to speak out to comfort her. After all, the pain of losing a child is too heavy. In an even sadder situation, she didn't know the seventh master Su Junjie, she had no feelings, except for the look of mourning on her face, she couldn't make any appearance of crying. Su Junying glanced at her, she was a little uneasy, wondering if he Blame her for not persuading her mother-in-law?So in order to distract Mrs. Zheng's attention and alleviate her sadness, she talked about the housekeeper that was just discussed in Jinhua Academy. Mrs. Zheng was really attracted by this topic and stopped crying.

"The old lady wants you to be a housekeeper? Are you okay?"

Mrs. Zheng asked in amazement, Mei Niang before did not know anything, and did not fight or grab. Without the extra care of her mother-in-law, her life in the Hou Mansion would be very difficult.

Mei Niang said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law is not very difficult to think about, right? There is mother behind! Ordinary things can be thought about by daughter-in-law. For bigger things, you have to ask mother to know how to decide. Learn slowly. If you don't believe it, you can't do it!"

Mrs. Zheng had a smile of approval on her lips: "No one is born to be a housekeeper. I didn't know nothing before, but gradually I can manage all the affairs of this big family? As long as you are not afraid of hard work, I will tell the old lady , If you don’t understand anything, come and ask me!”

"Mmm! Thank you mother, Mei Niang is willing to learn to do something!"

After chatting a few more words, Mrs. Zheng looked tired and waved them back.

Zheng Meiyu led the way and sent the two to the gate of the courtyard. After a moment of hesitation, she said to Xu Junying:

"Cousin Ying, my embroidery shed seems to have been left in the East Garden. I'll go with you to get it back."

Xu Junying nodded: "Ruizhu and Ruibao cleaned up the room that day, saw it, and left it for you."

Ruizhu and Ruibao, are they serving Xu Junying's girls in the East Garden?Well, it was given by the old lady again, who was born in Rui, and is at the same level as those big girls like Ruixue Ruiyun.

It seems that Mrs. Zheng doesn't like to send maids and women to Xu Junying's room, so the old lady does it for her. Is having more women a good thing?Fighting will make your Houfu look good!

Meiniang was thinking that she could walk back to Tsinghua University with Xu Junying again. There were only husband and wife on this road, and she was thinking secretly whether she should say some ambiguous private words to him, when she heard Zheng Meiyu also If you want to come, how can you let her be a light bulb, and said softly:
"Cousin Yu, you are so careless. Why did the embroidery shed end up in my cousin's study? It's so quiet at night, you, a girl who hasn't left the court, how can you go with your cousin? When my son sees it, he might go out and gossip, or keep it, and I will teach Cuixi to send it over tomorrow!"

In a word, Zheng Meiyu was stopped.

Just now when I came out of Jinhuatang, Meiniang saw Zhuang Yulan and Xu Junying looking at me and me, and she was a little bit stimulated by the meaning of saying nothing. My cousin is beside me , Cousin, cousin, don't go too far, okay?
When he turned around and left, he pretended to be afraid of the cold, deliberately approached Xu Junying, and followed his pace. No matter what he thought, his cousin Lan'er would definitely look at him dazzlingly.

Xu Junying was tall and tall, with a warm aura exuding from her body. Even if he didn't intend to reach out to help her, she still felt protected. That's what the so-called little bird clings to.

The handsome man she calls her husband, although he is cold and indifferent, but he really belongs to her and is the father of her child. You can't fully believe the rumors before you get to know him well. He is handsome Zhou Zheng , well-behaved, I feel that the character should not be bad. The previous Meiniang had a cold relationship with him, it was because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and now she is his wife. The relationship between husband and wife should not be allowed to continue to be indifferent, and other women should take advantage of the gap to enter. Having two concubines is enough, and she doesn't want more women to move into Tsinghua University!

In front of Zheng Meiyu, she held Xu Junying's hand tightly, and said softly, "Husband, it's so cold standing in the snow, let's go!"

She clearly felt that Xu Junying's body froze, and ignored him. She used all her strength to drag him away. Xu Junying also gave her this face and said to Zheng Meiyu: "Cousin Yu, come back, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Then she followed Mei Niang away, Baoju took a lantern to light the way, Cuixi and Cui Lian each took a lantern, and hid far behind, and after they had gone a little further, they followed slowly, passing by Zheng Meiyu, Deliberately cooed twice.

In the darkness, Zheng Meiyu's face was burning hotly. She bit her lip and stood where she was, refusing to enter the house for a long time, until Mrs. Zheng sent Chunyue to call her, and then she burned her face with cold hands, bowed her head and followed Chunyue walked back behind her.

(End of this chapter)