Foster son and husband

Chapter 65
It was completely dark, Mei Niang apologized and said to Zhang Jingyun:
"To delay your going out of the city, I really want to get this restaurant. If there is no important matter in the villa, I will stay here and not go back, right? It's not safe to walk at night!"

Zhang Jingyun glanced at her and said: "I have a gold medal from the imperial court. I can call to open the city gate at any time, and I can also call the soldiers from the city gate defense department. If you hurry up, it will only take an hour to get back to the villa. Don't worry about me. It's you... You did something unexpected. Brother Cen believed in you. He really recognized his brother and gave you Cyclamen. Are you going to find someone to take care of yourself now, or hand it over to Uncle Qin? Isn’t he going to study and take the exam? ?”

Mei Niang said with a smile: "Do you believe it or not? My real surname is Cen! This person and I are really in the same family, and I didn't lie to him. It's a long story, so don't mention it. But please don't tell anyone When it comes to the cyclamen coming under me, Xu Junying must not say anything about it!"

Zhang Jingyun walked in front silently, and stopped after a while: "There is something wrong with this matter, and he will definitely blame me in the future——If you hand over the restaurant to Uncle Qin to take care of it, nothing will happen!"

Mei Niang shook her head: "It's not possible at the moment. My brother needs to take care of his body, and my sister-in-law is pregnant and weak. Only I can do it myself! Mr. Zhang, don't take it too seriously, I can tell you clearly: I want this restaurant." , I actually plan for myself, it is impossible for me to stay in the Hou Mansion for too long..."

Zhang Jingyun was stunned: "How do you say that?"

Mei Niang looked around, there were only the two of them on the quiet and cold street, she sighed softly and said:
"You have also seen the situation of my natal family. Compared with the Houfu, it is too far behind. Xu Junying may not value family background, but the elders are upset because he married a woman from a small family. When I was away, my family didn't want to see my mother and son, and they finally waited for him to come back. They couldn't despise me anymore, but the husband and wife separated for a long time, and the relationship finally faded. A wealthy family, gentle and virtuous wife, who is also his childhood sweetheart's cousin, I will definitely be squeezed out and left out in the waiting mansion in the future. With alms, we can be content with our son and live the life we ​​want!"

Zhang Jingyun looked at her in shock: "He, why is this? There are rumors in the capital that your husband and wife are deeply in love, and you can come back from the dead because of Junying's perseverance, guarding him day and night... He is a single-minded person , how could you be willing to listen to the old lady's words and marry another bride?"

Mei Niang smiled: "The rumors are not credible. There may have been love in the past, but now and in the future it should be gradually broken. You are his best friend, and I also regard you as a friend, so I am willing to tell you the truth. You just listen to it." Okay, please forgive me for dragging you to do the next thing. Nothing will happen now, but after the new year, everything that should come will come!"

Zhang Jingyun sighed slightly, and said: "Even if Junying is willing to obey the arrangement of the elders, but you are a royal lady, how can you go down easily? Besides, you gave birth to the eldest son, and you will be the eldest son in the future, and you will inherit the title."

Mei Niang also sighed dejectedly: "Just because of this! If it wasn't for Heng Er, I would not have swallowed my anger and spent time in his residence!"

Zhang Jingyun watched her silently, with a slight heat in his eyes, he thought of his own mother, how similar was Mei Niang's experience to his mother's?The difference is that Xu Junying took another bride nearly two years after his marriage, while his father, Duke Zhang Wuyang of Jingguo, couldn't wait to carry the concubine in less than ten days after marrying his first wife!That one was also his childhood sweetheart, not his cousin, but the concubine of his classmate friend Zhou Sheng!Unable to be the main wife, she was allowed to be a side wife, and she only loved the special room, and completely isolated the newly married wife Song from their love nest. Zhang Jingyun and his younger brother Zhang Qixiao were born in the same month. Afterwards, the mother asked to live in another hospital and raised Zhang Jingyun alone. She refused to see Zhang Wuyang and his side wife again. When Zhang Jingyun was six years old, his mother died of depression. She held his hand tightly and said with tears:

"Mother, I'm sorry for not being able to guard you to win the position of the eldest son... My son's life is the most important thing, I can't live in this mansion, go and beg my grandfather to take you in!"

Six-year-old Zhang Jingyun waited for his mother's funeral, and asked his uncle to take him away from the Duke's mansion. Zhang Wuyang took care of his face and refused to agree. The uncle could not take him away. Enraged, Zhang Jingyun pointed at Zhang Wuyang and cried: "You don't deserve to be my father, I don't belong to your Zhang family genealogy, why don't you let me go?"

Zhang Wuyang was furious. He picked him up and wanted to lock him into a dark house, but he bit him. When he let go, Zhang Jingyun ran out of the Duke's mansion quickly. At the gate of the city, he met the genius doctor Liu Cheng, who was destined to be a master and apprentice. He followed Liu Cheng closely, but Liu Cheng didn't chase him away, so he accepted him as his disciple.

Zhang Jingyun returned to the capital several times as an adult, visited his grandfather, grandmother, uncles and aunts, and took the pulse of the terminally ill late emperor. Because the father and son looked so similar, people quickly guessed that the disciple of the genius doctor who was inseparable from the prince all day was from the Yasukuni government. The eldest son, Zhang Wuyang, heard the news and felt uneasy, and rushed to ask him to go home and recognize his ancestors. Zhang Jingyun really went back to the Duke's mansion, but he didn't kneel down to worship the ancestral tablet, but called his mother to him in the past. His servants gathered together and issued bank notes and documents to let them go out of the mansion, or make a living by themselves, or he made other arrangements, and instructed his followers to set fire to the courtyard where his mother lived, and even cut down all the flowers and trees in the courtyard. They didn't leave any trace of their mother and son in the Duke's mansion, and then took the mother's tablet from the ancestral hall and walked away, making Duke Jing so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

When he was very young, Zhang Jingyun watched his father and his wife laughing and drinking tea, while his mother could only sit alone in the cold courtyard embroidering and reading, or stood in front of the window for a long time, staring in a daze at the fallen leaves. .As he grows older, he can better understand the deep loneliness and depression of his mother. He regrets and misses his mother, and the pain in his heart cannot be healed. body!
Mei Niang is as proud and arrogant as her mother, and she refuses to beg for mercy, but she is different from her mother. She is bolder and stronger than her mother, and she can face reality bravely. Find a way out for yourself!

Zhang Jingyun tried to persuade Mei Niang: "At the beginning when Junying married you, I heard that it took a lot of trouble. He liked it that way, how could the relationship between husband and wife be broken just like that? Marrying a bride will not let you down. The main room is safe and sound, so we should be able to get by."

Mei Niang stomped her feet on the snow: "It's so cold! Shall we hurry up? My mother may not know how to scold me later! Let's not talk about that matter, did he treat me well before?" , I can’t remember it at all, so I don’t feel sad when he wants to marry a bride, but I will never share a husband with others. He will not abandon me, but I must leave! But now I have to rely on his power, Let’s fight for some benefits first—hey! I’ll tell you everything, you can’t just run to Xu Junying and betray me!”

As she spoke, she put her legs together and hopped forward like a rabbit, jumping very fast. Zhang Jingyun walked behind her, amazed by the strength of her legs. Playful and mischievous like a child, he couldn't help but want to laugh, and said in a voice so soft that only he could hear:

"You treat me as a friend, how can I do something wrong to you?"

Went to Qiancao Tang to pick up the medicine, Zhang Jingyun asked the shopkeeper to put on the carriage, first sent Meiniang back to the Qin residence, Meiniang asked the shopkeeper for some tea, took off the mask in the car and put it away, Zhang Jingyun taught her to cook the medicine again Mei Niang said: "I know some methods of pressing and kneading acupuncture points. After the potion is boiled, I can soak my mother's feet and rub her for her. It should be okay?"

Zhang Jingyun nodded: "That's naturally good, but the force should be smaller."

Sitting in a carriage is much faster than walking, and soon arrived at the Qin residence. Mama Wang and Cuixi took the lanterns and were anxiously guarding the door. Mei Niang told Zhang Jingyun in the car to be careful on the road and keep warm. , took the medicinal herbs and got out of the carriage, watched the carriage rattle away, and then walked into the gate with Mama Wang and Cuixi, making up nonsense all the way, preparing to deceive Mrs. Qin.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qin was not so easy to coax this time. She pointed at Meiniang with a trembling hand, and covered her face with a handkerchief and cried bitterly. He took a cushion and placed it in front of her, so he knelt down, lowered his head, and let Mrs. Qin cry and count, gradually feeling aggrieved and bitter.

Madam Wang and Cuixi were the only ones in the room, Madam Qin reprimanded Meiniang: "How can you behave like this? How can you look like a Madam Hou? Going out alone with young men at will, the people in the Hou House will know about this, what should I do? You don't care about yourself, you have to take care of Hou Ye and Heng'er's face! After recovering from your illness, you have become so bold and reckless, don't you remember what your mother taught you in the past? Are you also so ignorant of etiquette in the Hou Mansion? Understand the rules? You are going to die of anger! How many times have I told you that your blessing is the result of your good deeds in several lifetimes and the accumulated virtues of your ancestors. It is so rare, and you don’t know how to cherish it!"

Mama Wang and Cuixi leaned over and stood aside, with their heads down, not daring to say a word.

Feng Shi walked in with Li'er's support, and was startled when she saw this situation, so she hurriedly sent Li'er away, walked a few steps, and knelt down beside Meiniang, and Meiniang hurriedly supported her:
"Sister-in-law can't do it, I made mother angry, I just kneel down and admit my mistake, it's none of my sister-in-law's business!"

With tears in her eyes, Feng said to Mrs. Qin: "Mother, my sister ventured out of the city to invite a miracle doctor for the sake of my husband and me. Now my husband has woken up, can eat a bowl of rice porridge, and is in good spirits... Although the miracle doctor is a young woman A man, but dignified and polite, my sister was taught by her mother since she was a child, how can she not understand the defense of men and women? But the mother can't even trust her own daughter, how can she have the heart to scold her?"

Mrs. Qin wiped her tears and said: "You are young and ignorant, your sister married into the Hou's mansion..."

Meiniang felt dizzy when Madam Qin mentioned Hou Mansion, she couldn't bear it anymore, raised her head and said to Madam Qin:

"Mother, my daughter is tired enough today, how about letting her get up and talk?"

Mrs. Qin sighed, distressed and helpless: "Get up! Did you listen to what mother said today? You must save your mother's painstaking efforts!"

Meiniang stood up, together with Cuixi, helped Feng Shi to the side and sat down on the embroidered bamboo, then went back to Madam Qin and sat down next to her, saying:

"Mother, you only know what an honor it is for your daughter to marry into the Hou's Mansion, but you don't know how her daughter is despised by others in the Hou's Mansion! You also asked Mother Wang, but she must have refused to say that her daughter's grievances are comparable to that Wealth is much heavier!"

Mama Wang and Cuixi raised their sleeves to wipe away their tears, and Mei Niang continued, "Fortunately, my daughter was seriously ill and forgot about the past. Mama Wang and the others knew something after talking about it. Deceiving each other, Miss Biao dares to meddle in her daughter's affairs, and the waiter's maids and concubines don't have to come to see the main room. Heng'er was abused by Miss Biao, and almost froze to death... The old lady thinks her daughter's background is humble, and now What's more, I want to marry another wife for the marquis, and Miss Biao is waiting to be a good concubine! So many women compete with their daughters for the marquis! Mother, think about your daughter. If your daughter lives in such a place, if you don't dare Daddy, she is still as in the past without arguing or arguing and forbears everything, isn't she going to die aggrieved again? The daughter refuses to accept and is unwilling to live that kind of life. She wants to ask her mother and elder brother and sister-in-law for a favor—if she really can't bear it in the future, she will be punished. The residence is abandoned, mother and sister-in-law are willing to take in their daughter?"

Both Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Feng were stunned, staring at Meiniang in a daze, Mrs. Qin stretched out her hand to stroke her face, tears kept streaming:

"My son! I only know that you can enjoy inexhaustible blessings, but who would have thought that it would be such a suffering!"

Wiping her tears, Feng said to Mei Niang: "Sister, although our family is poor, we don't need a bite of food from you. This door is always open for you. If you can't bear the grievance, you will go home. Brother and sister-in-law spoil you! "

Mrs. Qin wept so hard that she breathlessly reprimanded Feng Shi: "Stop talking nonsense!"

He tightly grasped Mei Niang's hand again, and his nails were about to dig into her flesh: "My son, no matter how hard it is, it is your fate! You are the wife of the imperial court, and the Houfu will not give up no matter what! For Heng'er , you only have to suffer, and when Heng'er grows up, you will be in the first place! Hou Ye, he wants to stop wives and marry another one. There are so many wives and concubines... Mother-in-law will no longer ask you to be like you used to be. You are so gentle and honest, what do you want to do, think slowly, think twice before acting, rely on Mama Wang and Cuixi, you have to keep yourself safe, if there is anything, report it home as soon as possible, and wait for your mother to get well. I also visit you at Hou Mansion from time to time, don't be afraid of people's gossip, my son's well-being is the most important thing!"

Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: Take your time, coax Mrs. Antique first, get vaccinated, then she will not be able to control herself in the future, and if something happens in the waiting mansion, it won't shock her too much.

The mother and daughter exchanged some words of comfort to each other, Cuixi went out, brought hot water in with the little girls, washed their faces and washed their hands, and Mama Wang arranged for dinner to be served, and she was laying out dishes and chopsticks, serving hot soup, and then Seeing Tao'er hastily picked up the door curtain and came in, she blessed herself and said:
"Return to Mrs. Lian: Sister-in-law Lian came from the front yard to report that the people waiting for the residence have arrived and are waiting to take my aunt back to the residence!"

(End of this chapter)