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Chapter 32
Chapter 32
Because the Prince Regent and his party were crowded around, they entered the palace early, but Zhen Yiyun and his party just stood by the window of the restaurant and looked at it from a distance.
If fancy jewelry can brighten a woman, then status and power can brighten a man. With the Prince Regent's power today, think about his heroic deeds in the northern Xinjiang, and now look at his outdated heroics on horseback, don't know how many women will be fascinated by it.
It is these little girls who are only governors, standing by the window of the restaurant, watching across the crowd, all of them can see their hearts pounding, their hearts are fascinated, and they only wish they could be at the same time as Jun Sheng. It's just that the Prince Regent and his party came and went fast, and they were all confused, and they talked and laughed a few words before they went back in their own carriage.
Only Zhen Yiyun, because he gave the carriage to Zhen Tingyun, had to take Pei Mingzhu's car back.
Of course, Zhen Yiyun had to explain a few vague words to Pei Mingzhu, only saying that he and Zhen Tingyun came out in the car, but Zhen Tingyun went out alone and didn't come to pick her up, so he had to take Pei home carriage.
When Pei Mingzhu heard this, she couldn't help but say, "Your sister is too..." After all, it was the lady of everyone. Although she thought so in her heart, she felt that there was a right and wrong behind her. Say something bad.
Zhen Yiyun has always looked like a good sister outside. Now that she has given eye drops, she has to explain to her sister with a generous appearance: "I wanted to leave early, and she was delayed on the road again."
Pei Mingzhu looked at Zhen Yiyun with hatred that iron could not become steel: "Sister Yiyun, your heart is too good. I see that your second younger sister is very scheming. It's even more important to measure..."
Zhen Yiyun just sighed: "Second sister is from the country, there are always many things that you don't understand, and I should be more tolerant as my sister."
Pei Mingzhu couldn't help sighing again - she grew up coddled in the family and has a sweet temper. Naturally, she is not weak, nor can she swallow her anger. Therefore, Zhen Yiyun sighed and sighed, causing Pei Mingzhu to hate the iron not being steel even more: "Even so, I can't always let her go! Sister Yiyun, your temper... alas!"
After chatting between the cousins, Zhen Yiyun was in a good mood, and walked back to his yard briskly, but he was very curious: Zhen Tingyun, who came from the countryside, didn't know many people even when he arrived in Beijing. , This unfamiliar place, where did she go?
Thinking of this, Zhen Yiyun paid extra attention and ordered the servants to pay attention. When Zhen Tingyun came back from outside, Zhen Yiyun went to the gate of the courtyard to take a look in person.
The two "coincidentally" bumped into each other, and Zhen Yiyun's sharp eyes spotted the half-exposed Ziyu Xiao in Zhen Tingyun's hand.
Zhen Yiyun almost doubted his dazzling eyes: such a purple jade flute, just looking at the color of jade, is an invaluable treasure. Where did Zhen Tingyun, a girl from the countryside, get it?
With such a question in her heart, Zhen Yiyun inevitably had to think more. Seeing Zhen Tingyun returning to her room, she turned her head and asked someone to ask the coachman who was driving the carriage today, Zhen Tingyun, where he was going.
When asked whether Zhen Tingyun went to Xishan today, or someone else's Xishan courtyard, Zhen Yiyun's face was extremely ugly, and his fingers were tightly clutching the silk handkerchief. No, Zhen Tingyun really climbed up with the noble? The heroine's halo is really so powerful, who has already hooked up with someone in just a few days?
Zhen Yiyun felt jealous and jealous in her heart. After a while, she calmed down a bit. She bit her lip and asked the girl Mingyu, "Then, did the driver say that he didn't see the second sister who she was talking to today?"
Mingyu shook his head: "The driver said that he didn't see the man's face, he only glanced at him from a distance when he sent the second girl out, and he didn't look like a young man, he should be a tall man, about twenty or thirty years old. look."
"Men?" Zhen Yiyun's brows moved slightly, as if moving.
Xishan Bieyuan, superb Ziyu Xiao, a man in his twenties and thirties.
...
All kinds of clues were linked together, and Zhen Yiyun had an absurd thought in his heart: Could it be that Zhen Tingyun she...
As soon as the thought came out, Zhen Yiyun could no longer suppress it. After she sent the girl down, she sat alone in the room for a while, and after thinking for a long time, she still felt that her heart was hot and her heart was beating wildly. She felt that she had peeked through the secrets of others, and it was impossible to hide it for a while, and it was impossible to hide it.
In the end, Zhen Yiyun still acted decisively, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and said to himself, "I, I am also for her good, I can't make her ruin the reputation of the Zhen family, I still have to tell my mother!"
After making up his mind, Zhen Tingyun didn't delay, and made a decisive move to the main courtyard.
Coincidentally, because the Prince Regent entered the city today, Father Zhen will inevitably have some more chores in the yazhong today. After leaving the yazhong, it is inevitable that he will socialize with his colleagues. He has not yet returned, and there is only Mrs. Pei in the main room. The lamp was lit in the room, and Mrs. Pei was sitting alone in front of the case, looking at the account book for this month in her hand. She was upset that she was spending more and more, but there were only a few places where she made money.
Seeing the eldest daughter coming over, Mrs. Pei unconsciously showed a gentle smile on her face, and beckoned to her: "Come and sit down, I said just now that your sisters went out early, and it's time to come back now." Pulling her daughter to sit next to her, she rubbed her daughter's delicate cheeks with her hand and asked her warmly, "How is the street today, is it lively? Is there a prince regent?"
Zhen Yiyun nodded, pondering the rhetoric in his heart, but with a rare solemn and careful face, he gritted his teeth and whispered: "Mother, I have something to tell you."
Seeing her solemn expression, Mrs. Pei was startled, and then smiled: "Okay, if you have something to say, what are you doing so hesitantly?"
Zhen Yiyun reached out and grabbed Mrs. Pei's sleeve, her voice softer: "Yes, it's my sister's business. Mother, please listen to me first, don't be angry, don't be in a hurry."
Pei's voice was not good when he heard this, his face was slightly dark, and he said, "You speak first."
Zhen Yiyun started the matter from the beginning: "Today, we originally went out to gather with the three cousins and the others, but halfway through the road, my sister said that she was new to the capital, and she seldom went out on weekdays, so she wanted to take advantage of the excitement to stroll around in Beijing. Seeing that she spoke earnestly and had people by her side, and it was such a rare opportunity, she agreed and left the family carriage for her use. Who knows, she never came back, and I always took a ride when I came back. The carriage of the third cousin. Therefore, I have a little bit of worry in my heart, Tet let people pay attention to waiting for the second sister..."
"You should have told me about something like this!" Pei shi frowned slightly, slightly displeased.
Zhen Yiyun had to plead guilty first: "I didn't think fully."
"Okay, let's go on." Pei said in a deep voice.
Zhen Yiyun saw Zi Yuxiao on Zhen Tingyun, and then asked the driver to interrogate him and explain the details of the interrogation one by one. Finally, she took a deep breath and said word by word: "If mother doesn't believe it, You can call the coachman to come up and ask questions first, so that you won't wrong your second sister just now."
Mr. Pei was indeed not gullible, and because Zhen Yiyun's previous example was still there, he even asked someone to carry the screen and call the driver for questioning.
The driver said it one by one, and his words were the same as when he reported to Zhen Yiyun before.
When Pei shi heard this, his face became more and more ugly, but he still suppressed his temper, and asked someone to reward the driver, which also meant that he secretly told the other party to shut up with money.
The driver also worked at Pei's house, and knew what to say and what not to say, so he retire honestly when he saw this.
Mr. Pei sat silently in the chair, not knowing what to think, his face was gloomy.
Zhen Yiyun sat by the side, and couldn't help weeping, her white fingers twisted the handkerchief in her hand, choking while wiping her tears: "I was just worried that my mother would be angry, so I hesitated whether to say..."
Pei's face was still as deep as water, and he didn't say a word.
Zhen Yiyun cried more and more, with tears streaming down her face, her voice choked a little, she just said, "Second sister is too young and ignorant to come here, and she hasn't experienced anyone or anything, so she was deceived... A man in his 20s and 30s who can have another courtyard in Xishan, who doesn't have a wife and children? The second sister is still young, so if you really want to share with such a person, you will be really confused..."
In the choked cry of Zhen Yiyun, Mrs. Pei finally took a breath and said, "Come on, go to the courtyard and invite the second girl over."
I saw that Pei's beautiful face was cold, her eyebrows were heavy, and there was a deep chill, just like a lake frozen by ice and snow, hiding waves and undercurrents that no one could know.
Zhen Yiyun peeped to see, and was a little scared for a while, but then he was relieved: Mother must be really angry this time, Zhen Tingyun is afraid that it is really not good.
It is precisely because of this that Zhen Tingyun entered the room just now, and Mrs. Pei couldn't hold back the anger in her chest, so she made her kneel down with stern words.
However, Zhen Tingyun was not really afraid of even facing Pei's cold face and such scolding.
It can only be said that if the preparation is done well, Mount Tai will not change his face even before the collapse.
Not to mention the dream before coming to Beijing, Zhen Tingyun had long since had no high expectations for his parents, sisters and brothers in this family; it was this time that Pei Shi specially dispatched two big-armed and ferocious-looking old women. When he came here, Zhen Tingyun had already prepared in his heart, otherwise he would not have quietly ordered Leaning to ask Mrs. Zhen to come over as backup.
Now, as soon as get started, when see Zhen Yiyun sitting next to Pei, how can not understand?
Therefore, listening to Pei's "Naughty girl, don't kneel down for me!", Zhen Tingyun's expression did not change, and he did not even raise his eyebrows. She grabbed the skirt, knelt down according to the words, then raised her head slightly, looked up at Mrs. Pei, and asked earnestly, "I don't know what my daughter did wrong to make her so angry?" She really didn't know Zhen Yiyun What kind of eye drops were given to her?
The lights in the room were bright, reflecting on Zhen Tingyun's face, a face was clearly illuminated, and every detail was visible.
She knelt up straight, with a small face, white and delicate, with clear black and white apricot eyes. When looking at people, her eyes were calm, like the lake in autumn, magnanimous and clear.
As Mrs. Pei said, Zhen Tingyun's appearance resembled Pei's when he was young.
However, seeing her daughter's face that was both familiar and unfamiliar at this time, Pei Shi saw that her daughter still had no regrets until now, and her heart was burning. She was angry that her daughter was young and ignorant and greedy for Ronghua, but she was being deceived. He was angry that his daughter was shameless and had no regrets, and even more regretted that he had put her daughter by Mrs. Zhen's side for more than ten years, but she was still spoiled by Mrs. Zhen.
If this matter goes out, the Zhen family has a daughter who is a concubine to a powerful person, what kind of face does she have as a mother, and how will Zhen's father see people in court in the future...
The fire in his heart became stronger and stronger, and Mrs. Pei only felt something choked in her throat, her head was dizzy, and even what she said was a rare loss of proportion: "You evil obstacle, you share with others in private! It's shameful to do this. I have the face to ask me 'what did I do wrong'?"
Zhen Tingyun knelt on the ground and listened to Mr. Pei's words calmly, but he quickly grasped the key point: give and receive privately?
Between the light and the flint, Zhen Tingyun had already figured out the joints here and understood. She immediately interrupted Pei's angry words, and replied, "It is reasonable to say that mother's teaching is to be a daughter's head and listen to the teaching, and I don't dare to say more. It's just that this private relationship is such a big event. , Since my daughter has never done it, she dare not recognize it randomly."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was speechless, the room was extremely quiet, only the candles burned the wick, and a spark burst out.
Pei shi couldn't help but shut up and just stared at the little daughter who was kneeling on the ground and listened to what she said.
"My daughter knows that she has lived with her grandmother in the countryside since she was a child. She neglects discipline and does not follow the rules, which is a disappointment to her parents. But her daughter is also literate. She often listens to her grandmother to teach filial piety. The shame of the family and the disappointment of the parents are coming. The so-called 'private grant and acceptance' is a non-existent matter." Zhen Tingyun knelt on the ground, bowed his head slightly, Yu Bai's face was still calm, just He spoke so slowly.
Her voice was clear and clean, her words were as decisive as stone, and she inexplicably had a kind of convincing power: "My daughter is just going to another school to ask her husband for her homework, because my daughter has made great progress in Xiaoqu. , the gentleman was so relieved that he gave a purple jade flute just now. The daughter did not dare to accept this gift from the elder, so she had to accept it. The daughter asked herself about this matter with a clear conscience, and she was never rude in her words and deeds. This is what my mother wanted to give and receive privately."
Pei only looked at her intently. Seeing her sincere words, although she still had doubts, she was a little relieved: what she feared most was that this daughter would be raised crookedly, because she was greedy for vanity and made friends with powerful people, what would she do? Shame on the family. Now listening to Zhen Tingyun's words, it doesn't seem like that. only……
Just as Pei pondered, Zhen Yiyun raised his head, looked over with tears in his eyes, and said softly, "Second sister, most of the people who can have other courtyards in Xishan are the powerful and powerful, how can they have time to be a teacher? You, Have you been deceived by someone?"
This is also what Pei's mind doubts: If there is another courtyard in Xishan, it must be a big man who is either rich or expensive. How can he meet Zhen Tingyun? How could such a person be free to be a teacher to a little girl in Zhen Tingyun? Therefore, Mr. Pei didn't believe Zhen Tingyun's words.
But Mrs. Pei still ignored Zhen Yiyun's interjection, stared at Zhen Tingyun, and asked word by word, "You said he was your husband?"
"Yes," Zhen Tingyun replied flatly, and then added, "Daughter asks herself that she is not a fool. If you really have a private appointment with someone, you will have to hide it from the public's eyes and ears. Qiu Si, these two. Even before my daughter went to Xishan, she deliberately bought some cakes on the street as a small gift for Mr. Filial Piety - if her daughter has his heart, why do you need to make such extravagant efforts?"
After a pause, Zhen Tingyun said again: "Mother can ask Qiu Si to go to her daughter's room and bring the box containing the purple jade flute. Under the box are the piano scores written by Mr. Also, Pinglan Qiusi is also with her daughter this time, so if the mother doesn't believe her daughter, she can ask the two of them."
Zhen Tingyun's words were reasonable and well-founded, and Pei's face softened a little, and he turned his head and gave orders twice, and asked Qiu Si to fetch the box containing the purple jade flute, and by the way, he spoke back and forth.
It's just that it takes time to come and go, and Pei still doesn't think that a little girl like Zhen Tingyun, who has only been in the capital for a few days, can know what kind of powerful person to be a gentleman, and she can't help but tentatively say: "Since it is your husband, I must be the same. Is it the origin of your name? Why don't you tell me about it first, so that I can prepare some gifts for you and send it to you. Thank you, Mr. Yixie, for your teaching. "
Zhen Tingyun lowered his head and said seriously, "My daughter is not very knowledgeable. Although my husband wants to accept an apprentice, he still has to consider it several times. Therefore, he has not yet done a serious apprenticeship ceremony."
"Since I haven't done the apprentice ceremony, how can I be called a master and apprentice?" Zhen Yiyun couldn't help but be surprised, "And they are alone and in the same room, if something happens..."
"You bitch! You are only a few years old, and you dare to sit here and make irresponsible remarks, slandering your own sister with your mouth full of foul language! How shameless!"
Suddenly, there was an angry scolding outside the door, and someone pushed open the door and walked in. I saw Mrs. Zhen pushing away the girl who was standing in front of her, and after scolding Zhen Yiyun, she turned to look at Mrs. Pei, her face was cold, and she scolded in a cold voice, " Mrs. Pei, this is how you taught your daughter?!"
Zhen Yiyun had never heard such a word again, and her little face that was about to cry turned red, and she couldn't sit still.
But Mrs. Pei had already reacted, so she quickly got up from her seat, pulled her eldest daughter up again, went to greet her, and said, "Why is the old lady here?"
But Mrs. Zhen sneered: "If I don't come, won't Sister Ting be bullied to death by you?"
Mrs. Pei stepped forward, stretched out her hand to help Mrs. Zhen to sit up and said, "My daughter-in-law can't stand this old lady's words. I'm afraid your old man has misunderstood, but it's the mother-in-law who asked her to come and ask her. Just a few words, where is the bullying?"
"Question? Do you ask questions like this? You sit with Sister Yi, but ask Sister Stop to kneel on the ground to answer by herself?" Madam Zhen sat down in her seat and looked at her little granddaughter who was still kneeling. Very distressed, "It's such a cold day, there is still cold on the ground, she is a girl kneeling on the ground, what if she suffers from the cold? This is her own daughter, you motherfucker, why don't you feel distressed at all? Could it be that she was not born to you?!"
"When I was a few months old, I left it without care, and it was so easy for me to raise it, but you couldn't stand it, and you were either cursing or kneeling all day long... I think you are also tired of the house and the black, annoying. We have two grandchildren. It’s better to ask someone to prepare a carriage and horses, and I will take Sister Ting back to the countryside, so that your family can be clean.”
Saying that, Mrs. Zhen also caught fire, got up from her position, stretched out her hand to pull Zhen Tingyun, and said, "That's it, you don't have to kneel, second girl. Although you have a heart of filial piety, the people around you may not be in the heart. With you, it's better to go with me, so as not to get in the way here."
This old lady Zhen pulled Zhen Tingyun up, but Mrs. Pei couldn't stand any longer. She quickly knelt down, lowered her head, and replied ashamedly, "The old lady's words really made my daughter-in-law feel ashamed."
Seeing Mrs. Pei kneeling down, Zhen Yiyun had to kneel down and kowtow, "Grandma, calm down."
Zhen Tingyun is not easy to watch as her daughter's master, and she also knows that Mrs. Zhen was just angry for a while - the two grandparents and grandchildren came to the capital with great difficulty, and Mrs. Zhen was thinking about her son and grandson again. Yes, where do you say you will go back when you go back?
Therefore, Zhen Tingyun had to persuade at this time: "Grandmother, it was a misunderstanding, my mother and I also talked about it."
After helping Mrs. Zhen to sit down, Zhen Tingyun came to help Mrs. Pei again and said: "Grandmother is also in a hurry, and she was in a hurry for a while, so I don't mean to blame my mother. You have always been open-minded, Wan Don't take this to heart. Now that the family is here, you can speak well and open up the matter."
Zhen Tingyun helped Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Pei, but she did not help Zhen Yiyun, and let her kneel.
Zhen Yiyun was quite embarrassed as she knelt on the ground, her fingers tightly clutching the goose-yellow skirt.
Fortunately, Mrs. Pei remembered to feel sorry for her daughter, glanced at it, and said, "Sister Yi, get up too."
Zhen Yiyun then bowed his head in response, followed up, and there was Mrs. Zhen sneering and sneering on the top: "Oh, you really care about yourself. The daughter you raised by yourself, you only know that you are distressed after kneeling for a while, busy. Scream. Why don't you feel sorry for Sister Stop?"
A series of mean words from Mrs. Zhen, each sentence is more cruel. Pei Shi almost couldn't help it, her face was pale, she just said: "The old lady is too worried, two girls, my mother is the same pain."
Zhen Tingyun stretched out his hand to support Mrs. Pei, and could vaguely feel Mrs. Pei's arm a little stiff. She knew that if Mrs. Zhen continued, she was afraid that Mrs. Pei was going to be angry.
Therefore, Zhen Tingyun quickly changed the subject, smiled and said to Mrs. Zhen, "My mother and I are talking about Mr. Pei." After speaking, she whispered to Mrs. Pei: "My Mr. and grandmother have actually met. Yes, if mother is still not at ease, you can ask grandmother."
From the corner of Pei's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Pinglan not far away, guessing that Mrs. Zhen must have been invited by Zhen Tingyun, and was somewhat annoyed. It's just that things have come to this point, and it's pointless to pursue these matters. The more important thing is to make things clear.
However, Mr. Pei already believed in this matter, and he naturally smiled: "Since it's someone your grandmother has met, I'm relieved, so I don't need to ask more."
During the conversation, someone outside said that it was Qiu Si who came with something.