Chapter 85

Chapter 85

It wasn't until Fu Changxi's carriage completely disappeared that everyone's brains that were hit by the heavy lightning seemed to slowly react.

Father Zhen looked around, but he still took the initiative to speak: "Forget it, let's go back and talk." Some words are not easy to say at the door.

Zhen Tingyun nodded and had no objection.

Therefore, the Zhen family and his party returned to the main courtyard with the lantern, and soon dispatched the servants who were serving on the side, and Mr. Pei closed the doors and windows in person. Father Zhen stretched out his hand to help Mrs. Zhen sit at the top, while he and Mrs. Pei sat next to each other at the bottom.

After sitting firmly, Father Zhen raised his eyes to look at his little daughter, who had never paid much attention, and asked hesitantly, "You and the Prince Regent..."

Halfway through speaking, Zhen's father paused slightly, considered the words and phrases, and asked solemnly, "What's going on?"

At this time, Pei's mother looked like a loving mother, and gave Zhen's father an angry look: "My daughter, what are you doing with such a face, you won't be able to speak well..." After speaking, she pulled Zhen Tingyun to sit down beside her, softly. He said, "Since the Prince Regent said that he will send someone to propose a marriage tomorrow, you have to make it clear to us, so that the family can also have a clue."

Zhen Tingyun was really not used to the appearance of a loving mother like Pei's, so he pulled his hand back subconsciously.

Pei's face changed slightly.

Zhen Tingyun took advantage of the situation to talk about himself and Fu Changxi. Of course, she also knows something now. She knows that Fu Changxi was injured and was brought back by a horse. Maybe it was some assassin on the way. It's hard to say this kind of secret thing. In this room, except for Zhen There is really nothing outside the old lady who can make her believe it completely.

Therefore, Zhen Tingyun still modified the matter between the two and said half-truth: "I met on the road. At that time, the prince was in a hurry and lost a bag of gold to buy my horse. Later, it happened to be raining heavily. Then I went back to the inn. At that time, I didn’t know the identity of the prince. Seeing that he was good at riding and shooting, I thought of taking him as a teacher, so I simply returned the bag of gold to him. The prince probably also saw that I was sincere and commendable, although not I directly responded to the matter of apprenticeship, but I still watched and taught a little. Later, the rain stopped, and the prince and I were both going to the capital, and we happened to be on our way together..."

In the middle of the compilation, Zhen Tingyun was about to go on, but he remembered that in addition to the escort to Beijing, there was Manager Lin sent by Zhen's father. No matter how well she made up this lie, if Father Zhen remembered it, he would definitely know when he turned around and asked Manager Lin... However, Father Zhen was an official in the court, and he must have known the truth of "secrets do not lose their identity", even if Knowing this, he wouldn't say it, but instead, he had to shut Director Lin's mouth. As long as Mrs. Pei and Zhen Yiyun didn't know about this, they should be fine.

After thinking about it for a while in his mind, Zhen Tingyun's mood calmed down a bit, and then he continued to edit: "Later, after entering Beijing, I didn't have much contact with the prince, that is to say, I occasionally met a few times in Xishan Courtyard. It's just that I have never known his identity, and I only learned about him tonight."

Zhen Yiyun listened, her heart was itching like a cat's claws, and she almost exhausted all her strength to maintain her composure.

Even so, she couldn't help but grit her teeth, almost crushing a mouthful of silver teeth: They actually met because of that horse! You know, that horse was sent by Zhen Yiyun in order to show her eldest sister demeanor in front of Pei's and Zhen's father. Could it be that she became the matchmaker for these two? !

Thinking of everything, Zhen Yiyun couldn't help clenching his palms tightly, his fingernails pressed against the palms, almost crushing the tender flesh in the palms.

If he could go back to the past, Zhen Yiyun would have to strangle himself who was going to send the horse—what is not good to send, why did he have to send the horse?

However, at this moment, other people in the room were even less aware of Zhen Yiyun's full of remorse and resentment. Father Zhen, Mrs. Pei and Mrs. Zhen were all thinking of Zhen Tingyun's words.

In fact, they knew very well in their hearts: since Zhen Tingyun returned to Beijing, he had been studying behind closed doors in order to take the women's school entrance examination, and he had only gone out several times, and judging from Zhen Tingyun's earlier performance, he probably didn't know. The identity of the regent...

Because of this, Zhen's father was still a little tangled in his heart, and he could not help but ask in a low voice, "Since the regent originally intended to accept apprentices, why did he talk about proposing marriage?"

If the Prince Regent sent someone to propose marriage, the Zhen family would definitely not dare, or could not refuse.

What's more, among the unmarried men in the capital, I am afraid that there is really no better condition than the regent. It is naturally a good thing that my daughter can get this husband, it is like a pie in the sky. But Zhen's father is a father in the end. He is worried about his daughter and also worried that the pie is too big to choke people. It is inevitable to ask one more question. After all, Zhen Tingyun used to call "Sir" one by one before. The two are obviously master and apprentice. Feelings, it is estimated that it is only a matter of apprenticeship. That being the case, why did it suddenly come to the point of talking about marriage?

The most important thing is that the regent has not been married for many years, and now he suddenly wants to propose a marriage and marry a concubine. Could there be any hidden secrets?

The more Father Zhen thought about it, the more he realized that there was something hidden inside, and he was about to worry to death.

Zhen Tingyun shook his head very simply: "I don't know either."

Because he had such a dream before entering Beijing, Zhen Tingyun didn't have the lust for his parents in the dream, but was able to pick out his identities and look at those people more rationally.

Sometimes, people are not simply described as good or bad, and human nature is more complex than imagined.

Just like Father Zhen, he does have a fatherly love for his daughter, and he does try to make up for her, but these fatherly loves are too meager compared to other people or things, and they can't compare to him. His career is not comparable to his beloved wife and mother, nor to the pair of children he has grown up with... Therefore, although Father Zhen was worried at this time, he asked a question with concern, but he really waited until Fu Changxi sent someone to come. Come to propose, he probably won't say a word of superfluous words.

Because of this, Zhen Tingyun was very grateful for his concern, but he was too lazy to talk to him.

Zhen Tingyun didn't know what to do with such a question. Pei's heart would inevitably complain that her daughter was not caring enough, but Zhen's father was full of worries. After thinking about it, he had to say something to Zhen Tingyun: "If you have anything, you must tell Dad. "

Pei Shi couldn't help pushing him with an elbow.

Father Zhen swallowed those words again and sighed: "Okay, it's getting late, help your grandmother go back to rest."

After hearing what Father Zhen said, Zhen Tingyun came up to help Mrs. Zhen up, got up and went out.

Zhen Yiyun was still staying in the room, she was very angry in her heart, she was holding back the fire, and was about to leave when she heard Zhen's father say something to her:

"Yiyun, I don't need to tell you the identity of the regent, and you know it. Next time, you must not interrupt like today - today is whether the regent is in a good mood or not with you. If he is in a bad mood, we will care about you. I'm afraid it's not enough for him to express his anger. At your age, you're going to talk about marriage leave, and you should know the importance and your identity!"

Long ago, when Zhen Yiyun interjected randomly and asked the Prince Regent to enter the mansion without knowing the importance, Zhen's father wanted to reprimand his eldest daughter. It's just that at that time he was more concerned about Zhen Tingyun's marriage, and he also cared about his eldest daughter's self-esteem, so he suppressed his words and waited until the end, when Zhen Tingyun and Mrs. Zhen were gone, he opened his mouth to speak. Such a sentence.

It's just that Zhen Yiyun's daughter, Zhen Yiyun, doesn't feel the slightest bit of care from Zhen's father. She only felt as if she had been slapped, and her face immediately turned red, embarrassed and annoyed: Sure enough, her parents were also snobbish. Usually they say how much they love themselves, but as soon as Zhen Tingyun climbed to the palace, they threw their eldest daughter behind their foreheads! What Zhen's father said, it seemed that Zhen Tingyun could be engaged to the Prince Regent, but she was not even qualified to speak to the Prince Regent as her sister.

Thinking of this, tears welled up in Zhen Yiyun's eyes immediately.

Pei Shi looked distressed, and said quickly, "Yiyun is still young, she is ignorant, and she has no intentions." Furthermore, she felt that since the regent had already said that he would propose marriage, she would not consider the elder daughter. A little sorry.

When Zhen Yiyun heard this, she even complained about Mrs. Pei: Mrs. Pei's own mother said it nicely, but just now she kindly pulled Zhen Tingyun and sat on the side, but she didn't care about herself at all. The eldest daughter who is still standing now knows that she has come out to pretend to be a good person!

Zhen Yiyun really felt that her snobbish parents were just pretending to be red-faced and white-faced!

Sure enough, just after Mrs. Pei finished speaking, Father Zhen shook his head in disapproval, and said, "The gap between our family and the Wang's family is too big, and the prince does not dislike the blessing of being a sister-in-law, but our family can't ignore it. You should pay more attention to clear your own position. The ceremony cannot be neglected..."

Zhen Yiyun couldn't listen to the latter words, she covered her face and ran out crying.

Father Zhen was stuck in his chest in one breath, almost not choking, but Mrs Pei sighed unconsciously.

Zhen's father said to her: "It is said that daughters are all debts, so stay and keep them as enemies! At Yiyun's age, you should arrange a marriage for her earlier, right? I think the older she is, the more ignorant she is."

Pei Shi hurriedly said: "I think so too, but... but there must be a suitable family."

Zhen's father then said, "Don't be too picky, Tingyun is almost settled, she can't wait too long as her sister."

Pei hurriedly responded, but she was very worried: Although she sent Ruyi to her family from Prince Yan's mansion, the surnamed Zou lost her voice, and it seemed that the eldest daughter went into the water to save people. But it's different in the end, at least Mrs. Pei is very clueless, for fear that this matter will be exposed - if she encounters better people, she must be worried that the other party will find out some inside information from Prince Yan's mansion; She felt wronged by her eldest daughter because of bad people.

This is too high to be achieved, but the eldest daughter will be delayed.

That night, Mrs. Pei and Father Zhen each had their own concerns. For a while, they thought about the Prince Regent who was supposed to come to propose marriage tomorrow, and for a while, they thought about the marriage of their eldest daughter, which has been undecided, really couldn't talk all night.

Compared with Mrs. Pei and Father Zhen, Zhen Tingyun was very calm. She helped Mrs. Zhen back to the other party's yard and said coquettishly, "Grandmother, shall I stay here to sleep tonight?"

Madam Zhen held back a lot of words to ask her granddaughter, and nodded her head.

So, when the grandparents and grandchildren finished washing up and lay in bed together, Mrs. Zhen asked, "What's the matter?" She thought about what Zhen's father said that the regent was still unmarried and had no children, and she felt very sad. She was worried about her granddaughter, "I heard from your father that the regent hasn't married and had children in his twenties... I'm afraid there's something wrong?"

Mrs. Zhen has been in the country for a long time, and she has heard some gossips in the countryside. I heard that some people like to marry girls with weak backgrounds. No matter how bullied her parents are, they will not dare to say much to the big family... Mrs. Zhen Just because he was worried that his granddaughter would get married and suffer, he rubbed his granddaughter's cheek with his hand and whispered, "If something really happens, tell your grandmother that our family is not a family that sells daughters. It really doesn't work, let's just go back to our hometown."

Zhen Tingyun listened, his eyes were a little wet, and he couldn't help burying his head in Mrs. Zhen's arms.

Originally, Zhen Tingyun got angry and said she would not marry in the carriage, but when her anger subsided, she understood: if she doesn't marry Fu Changxi, I'm afraid there is no one in Beijing who dares to marry her.

Thinking like this, Zhen Tingyun still couldn't bear to ask his grandmother to worry about himself at such an age, and rubbed in the arms of others, and then replied in a muffled voice: "No, he really wants to marry me. The reason why he delayed before. After so many years, it was also because he swore when he was young that he would never marry and leave no heir. He said that he also had the idea of ​​getting married when he met me."

When Mrs. Zhen heard this, she felt very beautiful in her heart, and felt that her granddaughter was really blessed, but she couldn't help but mention her: "This man's mouth can't be trusted completely."

Zhen Tingyun nodded.

After a pause, she was still a little suspicious, and Mrs. Zhen couldn't help but ask: "Did he say why he swore in the first place?" It's weird and scary to look at, and it's inevitable to worry that this is an excuse the other party pulls out to coax their little granddaughter.

Zhen Tingyun shook her head—at that time, she was just thinking about getting to know each other, so she took it slowly, and naturally didn't ask any more questions.

Mother Zhen said to her: "It's all about kissing, why don't you know how to ask more."

Zhen Tingyun pulled the quilt and hummed, "Don't talk, I'm going to sleep."

Madam Zhen couldn't do anything about her, so she had to tuck the quilt for her, and said warmly: "Ok, go to bed early. Tomorrow, the palace might really send someone to propose a marriage."

When Zhen Tingyun heard this, he was so suffocated that he couldn't sleep.

But Mrs. Zhen didn't care about her little granddaughter's reaction, she also pulled the quilt and lay down, thinking in her heart: Although don't know if the regent's oath is true or not, but she can say it in a prudent way too fake. From this point of view, the Regent should be fine. Although he is older, he looks so good. Besides, as soon as the granddaughter gets married, she is a princess, she can be the master of the house, and she has no in-laws. Even the two sisters-in-law, the Queen Mother and Princess Yan, don't care much about the affairs of the Prince Regent's younger brother's family. These days must be very busy. relaxing……

Thinking about it, Mrs. Zhen couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Zhen Tingyun turned around and looked back at Mrs. Zhen: "Grandma, what's the matter with you?"

Madam Zhen said happily, "Oh, you are about to become a princess soon, and I'm going to be a princess and her grandmother... As soon as I think about it, I feel so beautiful in my heart that I can't sleep!"

Zhen Tingyun was silent for a moment, then reached out and patted Mrs. Zhen again: "It's so late, so hurry up and sleep."

But Mrs. Zhen was talking about her spirit and couldn't help but say, "Speaking of which, when you saved the prince, I saw it, and I knew that he was definitely not a horse thief, he must be an identity! What did I say back then!"

Zhen Tingyun didn't have the embarrassment to remind Mrs. Zhen that she almost didn't rush Fu Changxi, who was still injured, to a room with Manager Lin in order to save money.

Therefore, Zhen Tingyun had to pat Mrs. Zhen again and whispered, "Okay, grandma, hurry up to sleep. I have something to do tomorrow."

Having said that, Mrs. Zhen also closed her eyes, and said in her mouth, "That's right, someone might come to the palace tomorrow!"

Oh, when she wakes up, her old man is even a princess and her grandmother...

Madam Zhen closed her eyes with a smile on her face, feeling that even her dreams were sweet, and she slept very sweetly.

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Regarding this marriage, there was also a conversation in the palace.

Since Fu Changxi said that he would come to propose marriage tomorrow, it was naturally not that he had no plans in his heart. He took the carriage back to the palace, carried it into the front hall, and saw the eldest Princess Huiguo who was sitting in the hall waiting for him to come back—at the time of the palace banquet, the eldest Princess Huiguo heard her brother call directly. "Princess" guessed whether he really wanted to marry a wife this time, whether he thought about it or came directly to the palace and others, and quickly finalized the matter.

Fu Changxi knew this eldest sister's intentions, and it was rare to see someone at this time with a gentle expression, and he said, "My marriage, I still need the imperial sister to worry about it."

The eldest Princess Huiguo listened to this sentence, as if she had swallowed a panacea, her body and mind were at ease, and her mouth was habitually complaining: "What did I say earlier? If you had told me about this earlier, I would have been able to do it earlier. Let me help you prepare. But your mouth is like a clam shell, and you just hold it back until now. You are so cold, I don't know how much effort it takes to prepare here. "

Fu Changxi couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, he walked up and sat down beside Princess Huiguo, raised his hand, poured a cup of hot tea for her, and whispered, "I told the Zhen family that I will go to propose marriage tomorrow. ."

The eldest Princess Huiguo took the tea from him and heard this before she took a sip. She couldn't help raising her head, her face was slightly shocked, and she glared at him: "You, you are in a hurry!"

In fact, Fu Changxi was in a hurry - at that time, Zhen Tingyun got angry with him and said on the carriage, "Did I ask you to prepare the dowry? Did I say I want to marry you?", he was also suffocated. With a stomach full of fire, when I got out of the car, I happened to see the people from the Zhen family.

It's just that since the words have been spoken, naturally they cannot go back.

Fu Changxi pondered for a while, but still made an excuse for himself: "Now that the Beiman envoy is still there, since I said at the banquet that this is my princess, I still have to make it up. If this marriage is settled sooner, I can feel at ease sooner."

The eldest Princess Huiguo did not understand these political affairs, and it seemed reasonable to hear Fu Changxi say so, so she could only sigh: "I don't know what the Queen Mother thought, so she talked about the matter of marriage for no reason." She was a princess, especially when she was still When something like the eldest princess of Ningguo happened, watching her younger sister pass away in Beiman at a young age, she couldn't get used to such things as kissing. In particular, Empress Dowager Zheng ordered Zhen Tingyun to come out this time, even the eldest princess Huiguo had to think more.

Speaking of Empress Dowager Zheng, Fu Changxi's face was also a little cold, and he said lightly: "It's just that I want to block me - those people in the Zheng family, that's all."

The eldest Princess Huiguo was drinking tea, and she almost choked when she heard this. I have to say, she might not have any luck in drinking the tea that Fu Changxi poured herself. It's just that the eldest princess Huiguo was also convinced by her younger brother's mind. Empress Dowager Zheng was clearly jealous of Zhen Tingyun. I'm afraid she still remembers the marriage between Zheng's family and Fu Changxi, but Fu Changxi really didn't see it at all. Not even to mind.

It's a pity that there is no such thing as a straight man at this time, so the eldest princess Huiguo can only say that her younger brother is lacking in his mind. These thoughts turned around in her mind, but she still didn't tell her guesses in the end - this kind of thing, when she didn't break it, she was naturally indifferent, for fear that she would break it, Fu Changxi instead paid attention to Zheng Later too.

Therefore, the eldest princess Huiguo only reminded: "The Zheng family has no good intentions, you have to prepare a little, protect the girl from the Zhen family more, and make her suffer for your affairs."

Fu Changxi nodded slightly: "I know this."

After a pause, Fu Changxi had some doubts: "Didn't we talk about proposing marriage?"

Princess Huiguo took a deep breath and felt that she was not mad at her younger brother today and lived a long life. She stopped drinking tea, put the tea cup on the table, and said casually: "So, since you are so impatient. I will go to Zhen's house on your behalf tomorrow, and I will go to exchange for you first. The marriage is set. As for the auspicious wedding date, don’t be too impatient—the girls aren’t ready yet, so you have to wait another year or two.”

Fu Changxi knew the same thing, so he didn't say much, and said earnestly and solemnly, "Then there is Mrs. Lao Huang."

After talking about the marriage, the eldest Princess Huiguo felt the joy that an old girl was about to get married, her eyes turned red for a while, she couldn't help raising her hand to caress Fu Changxi's shoulder, and whispered to him: "If the father and the emperor are The imperial concubine is here, see today, see you put down your old affairs, get married and have children. They don't know how happy they should be..." She felt sour in her heart, and she still didn't mention the matter of the eldest princess of Ningguo.

Fu Changxi closed his eyes slightly, and the handsome face seemed to be silent for a moment. After a while, he said: "I know, Huangjie."

Princess Huiguo burst into tears for a while, both sad and happy. After a while, she wiped the handkerchief on her face, raised her head and laughed, she still spoke as a royal princess, without the sadness of the time, just smiled: "Okay, this is the case. Just leave it to me, I have been preparing for so many years to always handle your marriage properly."

Fu Changxi had to stand up again and thank him.