Foster son and husband

Chapter 221
Is it easy for her to return to the capital from Jiangyuan?In order to fulfill the promise of her ancestors, she was married to the Li family in Jiangyuan as soon as she reached the age of death. Although that family was also a prominent family, it was no longer prominent.There used to be a prime minister in my ancestors. Grandfather Li Zhao and the old man of the Xu family were officials in the same dynasty. They had one article and one military. As soon as the eldest daughter was born, the Li family begged her to be her baby. At that time, the Li family had retreated from Beijing to live in Jiangyuan. From Li Zhao's father to Li Zhao's generation, no one became an official. Uncles and brothers were a big family. People, guarding the land and family business left by their ancestors, can still live in luxury, leisurely and peacefully, but without the official style in Beijing that is enough to frighten ordinary people so that they can't escape, Xu Xiaojuan is somewhat unaccustomed to it, okay With her husband Li Zhaosheng being suave, handsome and unrestrained, the newlyweds are loving and affectionate, and she has enjoyed two years of happiness, but with the birth of her daughter, the dowry she brought with her to her husband's house is becoming scarcer and scarcer. She found that life was getting more and more difficult. The reason was that her husband and wife were too extravagant, and the monthly allowance given by the km was not enough for them to use for a few days. Spending money generously, thinking that his wife’s dowry is rich, and he is also at ease spending time and wine outside, but in the end, he is sitting and eating. After all the dowry is sold out, he is struggling. The husband needs money to go out to meet literary friends. Silver, but embezzled more than a dozen taels, and was scolded by her mother-in-law, how could she bear such anger?Immediately confronted the mother-in-law, asked to separate the family, and made the mother-in-law faint. When the husband came back, he protected the mother-in-law and scolded her. Taking care of the affairs of the Li family, living a life regardless of her mother-in-law's face, writing letters and returning to Beijing, her natal family will send money and things frequently, so she can still live happily.The seventh brother was killed in battle, the eldest sister-in-law died of illness, and the young son was ill. She dared not go back to her natal home, but there was a letter explaining it.After receiving the news that her mother had fallen ill in bed, she wanted to come back. Once her mother fell down, she would have no support and would not return to her natal family in the capital. How would she live?By chance, I heard my mother-in-law telling my uncle to study hard. Two years later, when she took the scientific examination, she was reminded that her husband Li Zhao had already passed the examination, because his grandfather died of illness suddenly, and his father-in-law had already passed away. Li Zhao served as the eldest grandson Fengxiao for three years, missed the scientific examination, and then missed the Enke. Now he has to wait two years for the next one.Thinking about it this way, she was not in a hurry to return to Beijing. Anyway, her mother used to suffer from dizziness and fever. If you don't pass the Jinshi exam, don't you have a brother?It's not unusual to find an official position at random!
In this way, Xu Xiaojuan waited and waited until she returned to the capital with her husband Li Zhao two months ago. She expected that her mother must be fine and ready to welcome her. It was half cold.

Most of the money the mother-in-law gave was spent on the road, and the couple no longer had any extra money. Even if their hometown in Jiangyuan would send money in the future, how much could she give with the mother-in-law's temperament?How to cope with the expenses in Beijing?The mother is so sick that she can't take care of her. If she doesn't get the support from her brother and sister-in-law, the whole family will live or die in Beijing. If she doesn't live in the Hou Mansion, where can she go?She didn't even dare to live in the house outside the waiting mansion. She was afraid that if her elder brother and sister-in-law were serious with her, she would never be able to live in a beautiful mansion without money.

For the sake of her husband's future, for the sake of her children, she couldn't leave the Hou's mansion, and arrogantly forced her to have a big fight with her sister-in-law, so what, with the support of her grandmother, she is not afraid that the Qin family will eat her!
When she first came back, there was no one in charge of the big waiting mansion, and her grandmother had intentionally asked her to help her eldest brother with the housekeeping. She also expected that the eldest brother would entrust her with the management of the waiting mansion without the care of the mistress, even though she was married. Aunt, but she can take care of Hou Fuzhong in place of her mother.Unexpectedly, the elder brother didn't discuss with her, but called the second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law of Xifu, and asked them to support her for a period of time. When the stubborn sister-in-law who didn't understand the rules came back, she was extremely disappointed.

No one can be relied on, but grandma is loving, in this Marquis Mansion, apart from grandma, she has no relatives to rely on.

Xu Xiaojuan sat on the embroidered bed and wept, while the three sisters next to her comforted her softly. Her concubine, Mrs. Gan, took a look at her and stood aside. The three sisters go back to their rooms and rest!"

Gan and the girls got up and blessed the old lady, then went out.

The old lady sighed and said to Xu Xiaojuan: "You don't know that she is domineering and savage, she just comes to talk to me about things, what do you want to do with her? You are an eldest aunt born on the same day, and she still treats you like this, let alone your sisters born in the future Don’t look at her smiling faces at these three younger sisters on weekdays, one day she will leave the cabinet one by one, and if she encounters any difficulties, she will come back to her mother’s house. If I am alive, looking at my old face, your brother may be able to give some Help, or I will never get her good!"

Xu Xiaojuan took the warm handkerchief from Ruiyu, gently pressed the corners of her eyes and cheeks, and said in a choked voice, "As girls, if we meet such a sister-in-law, do we just accept our fate? If the father is still alive, the mother is healthy and healthy." , how dare she do that?"

The old lady lay crookedly on the couch, and lightly closed her eyes: "Now there is still me... Would you like to live in another courtyard?"

Xu Xiaojuan red-eyed: "Don't my granddaughter's husband's family have any money for us to buy a house outside for us to study? But every time my granddaughter thinks about her grandmother's love for her granddaughter since she was a child, her granddaughter has been married for so many years and has not been able to fulfill her filial piety. Serving in front of my grandmother... Now that I have this opportunity, my granddaughter doesn't want to go anywhere, as long as she lives at home, one can see her every day, and the other can take care of her mother. rest assured!"

The old lady nodded slightly: "It's rare for you to be filial! You are the most beloved girl of the old marquis, and also my most beloved granddaughter. How can I be willing to let you live outside? If you only bring children, you can do whatever you want in the mansion." Live vertically, how long you stay is up to you, but it’s hard for my uncle, it’s okay if you live for a few days or ten days, but if you live in the inner courtyard for a long time, it’s not good, you still have three younger sisters who haven’t left the cabinet, Xu The reputation of the family is important. I wanted you to live in the Wenhua Courtyard with a corner door in the front for easy access, but Junying gave Lao Liu a new house..."

Xu Xiaojuan raised her head and said, "My granddaughter went to discuss it with my sixth brother, and he said..."

"What can he say? You are the eldest sister, he is the younger brother, and he has always been polite, so he will let you go. You can also see if it is in accordance with the etiquette system, and you can bear it!"

The old lady opened her eyes and looked at Xu Xiaojuan: "You are the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion and the aunt who was born on the same day. It is said that the concubines are not as noble as you. If you are the fourth child, you will be fine, but the sixth child is different. He is on the imperial list." Scholars, imperial officials, honored ancestors, are no longer the status they used to be. Mr. Li has not had a great reputation, you have to remember this, don't be rash and rude, and offend your sixth brother! Sigh! Your temper is also from childhood If you indulge yourself, it's time to change something, and you have to be patient when everything is reasonable. Even if you are looking for a gap to vent your anger, you have to pay attention to some strategies. You are a lady, so you put on some airs, and ran straight to her to cry like that, but It's really impossible..."

While Xu Xiaojuan was talking with the old lady, grandparents and grandchildren in Jinhua Hall, Meimei had already changed into royal blue men's clothing and put on a mask. Cuixi Cuilian sent her out of the corner gate of the East Court, and Bai Zhan led more than a dozen guards to lead the horse. Follow up, Meimei rode Xiaobai, came out from the side door, bypassed the main door, and when she got out of the alley, she saw Lin Runan, dressed in white men's clothing, riding a horse, waiting there surrounded by a group of palace guards, the two teams joined together , ran along the long street to the outside of the city.

After leaving the city gate, he ordered the guards to stay away, and the two walked slowly side by side, talking in a low voice.

"Alas! Lingxuzi is leaving in such a hurry!"

Lin Runan looked at Meimei: "Where is the rush? When I came back, I heard him say that he would go back to his hometown in May or June. Since he was returning to the vulgarity to marry a wife, he should go home and get married as soon as possible. I have fulfilled my parents' dream of holding grandchildren!"

Meimei smiled: "It's a pity that the amiable, cute and handsome little Taoist leader is going home to marry a wife and have children!"

"what do you want?"

"It's okay, I want him to never marry a wife for the rest of his life, how good it is to practice immortality and alchemy!"

Lin Runan glared at her: "It's not serious! You have become like this, and Xu Junying, who is so dignified, still likes it, it's amazing!"

"Oh! I can't figure it out either! It's probably because she's too beautiful, and men are lustful, so he just can't bear this face!"

Meimei frowned and narrowed her eyes, only then did she realize that the sun was a bit glaring.

Lin Runan teased her with a smile: "It's really a beauty. It's not a good thing to be too beautiful. Even King Qi likes it. I call your name in my dreams!"

"Why is he shouting?"

"He called 'Qin Er'!"

"Go! He wants me to become Qin Erye, he's dreaming!"

The two women laughed loudly, and quickly covered their mouths. Meimei rolled her eyes and looked Lin Runan up and down:
"How do you know he called 'Qin Er' in his dreams? You and him...you and Zhao Bao..."

Lin Runan flicked the horsewhip behind her, blushing: "Don't guess! He and I are innocent, we just pretend to be husband and wife!"

"No... but I seem to have heard the Queen say that the Yuan Pao has been presented, and the Queen Mother is very pleased!"

Lin Runan gritted her teeth and looked at her, slowly pulled up the sleeve of her left hand, and stretched out her arm: "The Empress Dowager sent a nanny from the palace to wait and guard in the yard every night, so she had to live in the same dormitory to hide her eyes and ears. Seeing that he is not afraid of anything, but he has nightmares every night, yelling this and that in the middle of the night, as if they were all killed in battle, it scares me, sometimes I simply go to take a veil to stuff his mouth, and run away Fortunately, if he caught him, he would beat him half to death, and when he woke up, he would call the imperial doctor to treat him. He said that I ran out and fell in a dream, and forced me to take all kinds of strange medicines prescribed by the imperial doctor... Look The wound on the arm has already healed, and there is only a little mark left - the blood dripping on the Yuan handkerchief on the wedding night, it was Zhao Bao who cut it with a knife! At that time, he entered the new house with a knife, I thought it was him He tried to kill me, resisted desperately, and was pulled for a long time."

Meimei took a breath: "This man! Why didn't he cut his own?"

"Hmph! Is he the kind of person who is willing to shed blood for others?"

Meimei recalled that when he first met King Qi, he sneered and watched the blood on his legs soak into his clothes, dripping down, without any regrets. At that time, he really had no interest in life.

"Ru Nan, King Qi has a true temperament, he almost shed all his blood for one person!"

"It's the Jian Yu you mentioned, right? It's disgusting to think about it, men and men... Bah!"

Lin Runan shuddered and frowned: "Since I entered the Qi Palace, even my appetite has decreased, I can't eat, and I can't sleep well. Meimei, I think I may not live long, alas! I don't want to think about anything anymore. , born as a woman, and fell into such a family, there is nothing I can do!"

Meimei looked at her sympathetically, and silently thought about the uncertain King Qi, the confession by the pond in the back garden of Cen's house, his handsome smiling face full of vitality under the sun, his eyes pure and calm, holding her hand tightly under the cliff, that At that time, it felt like two hands were growing together, and there was absolutely no possibility of separation. With a sullen face, two masseter muscles appeared on his cheeks, sweat dripped down on her head and face like raindrops, and he lifted her up to the stone sill. The instant eruption of strength from her body completely overwhelmed her...

"Ru Nan, you have also been with King Qi for a while. He is a bit evil, but he is actually not bad, right? Don't look down on the friendship between two men, think about me and you, if we can do nothing Unreservedly exchanging hearts for hearts, that may be the situation between King Qi and Jian Yu, doesn't it mean that Jian Yu is similar to me? You can think of Jian Yu as a woman in men's clothing..."

Lin Runan looked at Meimei with a sneer: "Isn't this deceiving myself? What am I going to think about Jianyu? Just watching him flirt with those male pets in the house every day is enough!"

Meimei didn't know what to say, so she just sighed: "I reminded you, remember? You'll be fine if you marry early! In fact, King Qi is also very pitiful, very..."

Lin Runan continued: "Poor, hateful, hateful, hateful, ridiculous! Just unlovable!"

Meimei sighed again: "You don't have to act like that, think about it, you are not enemies, you are still friends!"

"It's not an enemy, it's just like an enemy! That day on the mountain, you and him have resolved your suspicions, but he is still suspicious, and still regards me as the person who clings to the powerful, and is determined to be the queen's secret envoy, and I will be placed by his side to check his whereabouts from time to time...you I also know his kind of temperament. I am obviously nothing, but when I am proud, I just pretend to be like that, and say to me: "You can go wherever you want, and do what you like!" Warn me: If you want to die, you don't die alone, first count how many lives the Lin family has!"

Lin Runan smiled: "I don't know what it means, I'm the most unlucky person in the world! No wonder good luck always passes me by, it's my fate. I've been tortured and played by King Qi these days, I'm going crazy, I don't want to No matter how noble he is, I have touched him with knives, guns and sticks, but I have never been close to him, but I was restrained and humiliated by him. Going to cry—hate him to death!"

Meimei was sad, two people who had nothing to do with each other, who didn't like each other but had no conflict of interest, were suddenly tied together. They wanted to get rid of each other but couldn't get rid of each other. up.

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