Chapter 68 Dreams and Nightmares

Although, this was just what Zhen Yiyun said casually, but before the words came out, Zhen Yiyun quietly looked at Pei's face, thinking that he would use this to add fuel to Pei's face.

But Pei's reaction was actually more calm and insipid than Zhen Yiyun imagined. She was only stunned, and then said, "Well, I see."

Then, Mrs. Pei threw the cold wet handkerchief back into the basin.

The handkerchief fell into the water and made a soft "pop" sound.

Zhen Yiyun only felt that her heart also seemed to follow, and she was a little stunned - she had always smeared Zhen Tingyun in front of Pei's, but she really did not expect that Pei is now treating Zhen Tingyun Such an attitude.

Inexplicably, Zhen Yiyun just felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Fortunately, Zhen Yiyun had only cried before, but her dazed appearance made Pei feel more distressed, so she pushed her daughter and comforted her softly: "It took a long time to wipe her face, but don't cry anymore. Hurry up and change your clothes and freshen up again." Looking at the sky, he couldn't help laughing again, "After a while, your father will be back, and seeing you like this, I must feel distressed again."

Zhen Yiyun finally came back to his senses, and quickly got up and went to the interior to freshen up a little, and changed into his usual clothes.

Sure enough, when the family sat down to eat dinner, Zhen's father still saw his daughter's reddish eyes and couldn't help but say, "Have you been crying?"

Mr. Pei picked up a piece of fish that had been picked up by the thorns and gave it to Zhen's father, and told him that Zhen Yiyun had passed the eighth test.

Of course, as a mother, she still has to break down a few sentences for her daughter: "Since the beginning of the year, the family has been busy with big and small matters, and Yiyun has also asked for several times of leave for this, and her grades will naturally be affected. But she has to get used to it. , I cried all the way because of this... I want to say, now that the family is stable, she calms down and works hard, and she will be able to get back to the top of the list next time."

Zhen's father could naturally hear that Pei's sentence "Since the beginning of the year, the family's big and small things have been constant" alludes to what happened after Mrs. Zhen and Zhen Tingyun entered Beijing at the beginning of the year. However, he has always been confused in family affairs, and he just pretended that he didn't understand, but turned his head to comfort the eldest daughter and encouraged her to work hard.

Of course, Father Zhen didn't forget to ask, "How did your second sister do in the exam?"

Zhen Yiyun said honestly: "I've seen it, the second sister entered the top 100 red list this time, but the ranking is not very good, ninety-eighth."

"It's not bad either." Father Zhen was very relieved to hear that, and said truthfully, "Your second sister was in the country when she was young, and she didn't have any famous teachers. This result is already excellent."

Pei Shi was cold, and Zhen Yiyun felt that it was not a good taste; Zhen Yiyun was still feeling uncomfortable when Zhen's father was so relieved.

However, Zhen's father ignored Zhen Yiyun's complicated feelings, but asked her with concern: "I remember that your women's school is also going to have a holiday during the New Year's Day, right?"

Zhen Yiyun nodded, and at the same time realized what Father Zhen meant, and frowned unconsciously.

Sure enough, Father Zhen soon showed a happy look on his face, and said with a smile, "It's been a while since Tingyun went to school. This time the Mid-Yuan Festival is off, so I just told her to go home and take a break..."

"Okay, don't talk about this, let's eat first." Pei gave Zhen's father another dish with chopsticks, and persuaded him lightly.

Zhen's father thought that it was only a few days before the Chinese New Year's Day. When the youngest daughter came back, the whole family could have a reunion dinner. He was really happy, and he didn't say anything more.

Only Zhen Yiyun was still a little absent-minded, as if remembering something, and didn't eat much dinner that day.

Even Zhen Hengzhe couldn't help but ask, "Sister, do you have no appetite?"

Zhen Yiyun smiled reluctantly: "Well, I probably ate too much at noon, and I couldn't eat it." After speaking, she squeezed out a smile again, and said to her brother in a warm voice, "You also eat more, you are growing up now. I see you've lost a lot of weight..."

Zhen Hengzhe smiled: "It's probably a bitter summer."

Zhen Yiyun had no intention of joking. She just remembered an important matter because of Zhen's father's words. At this time, she was really confused, and she couldn't even think about the possibility that Zhen Tingyun might return home during the Yuan Festival. , only trying to remember the thing that he remembered, eating a meal can be called torment.

After finally finishing this difficult dinner, Zhen Yiyun returned to his room and breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to think carefully about the important things that he just remembered.

According to the original plot: After Zhen Tingyun was admitted to the women's school, the Mid-Yuan Festival had an unremarkable time, because the second day after the Mid-Yuan Festival, that is, on July 16, Princess Yan would hold a lotus-appreciating banquet in the palace. Invite the ladies in Beijing to appreciate the lotus and drink tea. Although the Zhen family and the Pei family had privately negotiated the marriage of Zhen Tingyun and Pei Rusong, the cousins, but it had not been announced to the public. As a well-known talented woman in Beijing at that time, Zhen Tingyun was also invited to the banquet. That is, at this banquet, she rescued Prince Yan's son, got the other party's blue eyes, and paid attention everywhere. It's a pity that the Zhen family and the Pei family got married soon after, and Prince Yan and Pei Rusong were brothers in love.

Therefore, this time the lotus feast should be the key.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yiyun hated herself even more for failing the exam at this critical time. She was really worried that Princess Yan would look down on her because of this, so she crossed her name from the invitation list.

Thinking that if he misses this time, he may never be able to seize the opportunity to marry into the Yanwang Mansion and become the future queen. Zhen Yiyun is so remorseful that he beats his chest, and can't wait to wear it back a few months ago and give himself a few slaps in the face when he neglected his studies at that time—— After all, the most important thing is Prince Yan!

Because of this, Zhen Yiyun didn't sleep well all night, tossing and turning, and only fell asleep when it was almost dawn.

She thought about it every day and had a dream at night, but she also had a dream that day.

In the dream, she did not fail the exam, she was still the top of the list, a talented girl who was praised by everyone in Beijing, with both talent and beauty. Therefore, she successfully got the post from the Yan Wangfu, successfully rescued the prince of Yan Wang, and got the other party's blue eyes, and the two became attached to it.

It didn't take long for her to marry into Prince Yan's mansion. She had a good relationship with the prince, and the husband and wife were so loving that they didn't even have a room.

Then, the little emperor died and left no heir. The regent came forward to call the shots, and made the prince of the king of Yan as the prince.

In fact, when she dreamed here, Zhen Yiyun had already faintly felt that it was a dream, but she could hardly bear to wake up: the dream was so beautiful, it made her feel drunk and floaty, as if in the clouds. She would rather be immersed in such a beautiful dream, but only hate that such a beautiful dream cannot come true.

Yeah, what a beautiful dream it was.

In her dream, she was a talented woman who moved the capital. She was both talented and beautiful. She married the prince of Yan Wang despite the jealousy and envy of countless ladies in the capital. Her husband is unparalleled handsome, talented, and dedicated, and will even bring her the phoenix position that all women in the world yearn for and cannot obtain. They will become a generation of emperors and empresses who will be remembered in history, and will be admired and envied by countless people in future generations.

Even if it was a dream, Zhen Yiyun would laugh out loud.

However, it was at this moment that the dream seemed to reveal a hideous and terrifying corner. She heard the familiar and unfamiliar voice, calm and indifferent, without a trace of emotion, but it made people fear from the heart——

"You lied to me, Zhen Yiyun."

The sound was like a whip, slamming her body fiercely, like thorns piercing her skin, giving her pain and humiliation, freezing her blood, and waking up from a sweet dream in vain.

Zhen Yiyun grabbed the quilt and sat up on the couch, covered in cold sweat, in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

After a while, she raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her face and comforted herself: "This is just a dream."

Yeah, it's just a dream - good and bad, it's just a dream.

The most important thing now is the upcoming lotus feast.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yiyun's heart that was beating fiercely in her chest gradually calmed down. After calming down, she slowly regained her original reason and certainty.

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In fact, the list of guests for the lotus banquet that worried Zhen Yiyun was almost finished at this time.

Naturally, Princess Yan couldn't tell her son directly about such a thing, so she called her daughter to talk to her, and asked with a smile, "Look, do you have someone you want to invite? We rarely hold banquets in our house. It's a rare time, and we always have to invite more talents."

The little county master can somewhat guess what Princess Yan means at this time: his elder brothers are all eighteen, and ordinary people are already engaged and married at this age, but he still looks cold, and there is no one in the room. Thinking of this, the little county master couldn't help but think of Pei Rusong, who had a good relationship with his brother. He said that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. Isn't Pei Rusong just a normal self-cleaning self-although the prince of Yan looks like this, the little princess is more of a younger sister. There is a slander, but it is Pei Rusong's turn, because she also has the careful thinking of her own girl's family, but she has become clean again.

However, it was also because of this that the little princess didn't say much about her brother even though he was slandered. At this time, after listening to Princess Yan's words, he lowered his head and looked at the list carefully.

She knows most of the ladies in Beijing, and she knows a lot of people on the list, some of which she has long expected, such as: Zhou Qingyun, Lin Chunqiu, Yang Qionghua, Pei Mingzhu, Zhen Yiyun...

Because the little county master was thinking about Pei Rusong, he was unavoidably partial to the Pei family. After looking at the list, he tapped on it with his fingertips, and said, "Since it's a lotus banquet, how can a sister invite only one... I remember Fourth Miss Pei. People are not bad, why don't you give her a post and ask her to come with Mingzhu."

"After all, this fourth girl is a concubine." Princess Yan has her own calculations.

The little princess smiled: "Where did the concubine want to go, but I just asked someone to sit with me and join in the fun." Of course, the Yan Wangfu could not choose a girl from a concubine to be the concubine.

Princess Yan didn't realize the smile, and also felt that she was too nervous about her son's affairs. Instead, she was confused when she cared about it. That's right, for this kind of flower viewing banquet, you should always be more reserved for each other's face, no It's so obvious, it's time to choose more people to sit with and join in the fun, and it can also blur the public's sight and round each other's faces.

Thinking like this, Princess Yan's eyes swept across Zhen Yiyun's name, and she said casually, "I remember that the youngest daughter of the Zhen family has also been admitted to women's school this year, so let's add her too."

The little princess didn't care about this, nodded, picked up the pen in her hand, and added a few names to the list - anyway, whether it is Zhen Yiyun or Zhen Tingyun, to her, they are Pei Rusong's cousin, how many Still some love the house and Wu.

After discussing the list, Princess Yan inevitably took her daughter and reminded a few words: "You are old now, but it's not good to be as heartless as before, and don't always think about feasting and entertainment, you should put more on your studies. Heart."

"Mother concubine," the little princess took Princess Yan's hand and acted coquettishly, "it is said that the daughter of the royal family is not worried about getting married. With my status, when I get married in the future, I will also ask the palace to grant marriage, and it will not be a bad thing if I think about it. People say 'you must be happy in life'. With my status and my youth, I should enjoy it while I'm not out of the cabinet. You said, why should I have to learn from those who hope to borrow money? How hard is it to study as hard as a girl who has become a high-married girl?"

"Reading is for understanding reason, for cultivating temperament." Princess Yan gave her daughter a disapproving look, but she didn't say much, and shook her head, "Okay, you can go down."

After a pause, she pointed to the list that had been deleted and revised on the table, and instructed: "Take this list down and ask someone to write a post."

The little princess saluted with a smile, took the list and exited.

As a result, before she went out, she ran into her own brother Fu Nianjia.

Fu Nianjia glanced at her, saw the list in her hand with sharp eyes, raised her brows calmly, and said, "What are you holding in your hand? Show it to me."

The little princess is not an obedient temperament, but when he heard the words, he hid the list behind him and tutted his mouth: "When did you become interested in this kind of thing?"

Fu Nianjia's face didn't change, she just looked at her and repeated in that light tone, "Show me it."

Sometimes, words can also be a form of stress.

Especially someone like Yu Fu Nianjia, who repeats it with such an expression and such a tone.

Seeing this, the little county master felt quite bored and had no desire to joke, so he had to hand over the list honestly.

Fu Nianjia took it over, glanced roughly, and soon saw a name added by the little county master with a pen, his expression softened a little, and he returned the list and said, "Okay, you go down. Well, I have something to talk to my mother-in-law."

The little princess stood still and watched Fu Nianjia go in. Then, while Fu Nianjia wasn't paying attention, she quietly stuck out her tongue at his back: a little bit!

With this kind of brother on the stall, she has really been unlucky for eight lifetimes!

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Zhen Tingyun went home on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and only then did he know that the Yan Wangfu sent him a post.

For this reason, Mrs. Pei specially asked someone to make new clothes according to her original size, and also bought new jewelry.

Even, Mrs. Pei showed a rare smile, pulled Zhen Tingyun to the front, and smiled warmly: "You and Yiyun are sisters in the end, and now they go out to dinner together, the style of this dress should be normal. Orderly, so that you can show that your sisters are united, so that outsiders will not look down on them."

Zhen Tingyun responded with a smile on his face, he looked so cute, and his heart was about to vomit - just like her and Zhen Yiyun, it would be impossible for them to be together for a lifetime.

Zhen Yiyun thought about what he was going to do at this banquet in his heart, and realized that this would be an important turning point in his life. After that, the two were even more different.

Therefore, she was a little more tolerant towards Zhen Tingyun, and laughed along; "By the way, the weather is hot these days, and the ladies in the capital often need to hold a fan to dispel the heat and cool down, or to cover their faces. Shame. The second sister has always worked hard and concentrated on her studies, so she must not have had time to buy a fan. It just so happened that I still have a few new fans that I haven’t used. The one that matches the second sister's new clothes."

Although Zhen Tingyun didn't really want to get involved in the affair between Zhen Yiyun and Prince Yan's son, but they were kind and generous, and it was obvious that they would give it away for nothing.

Therefore, Zhen Tingyun did not refuse, and went to Zhen Yiyun to pick a fan.

Zhen Yiyun is rare and generous, so she asked the girl to bring up the new fans that she had bought in advance these days.

After a while, saw six new fans being put up, with different colors and styles, especially delicate. The most rare thing is that the handles of these six-handled fans are not ordinary, including Xiangfei bamboo, brown bamboo, lacquered wood, white jade, sapphire, and ivory.

Zhen Yiyun took the appearance of a good sister and talked to Zhen Tingyun, and said with a condescending expression: "It is said that one looks at the clothes first, but this clothes is not only a dress, but also a set of accessories. Although this fan is small , if it is used well, it can also show the demure and elegant family of the daughter of the boudoir, or the charming and lively with a fan and fluttering butterflies."

Zhen Tingyun nodded, looking convincing: "Big sister is very right."

Saying that, she was not polite, and directly picked three handles from the inside to look at the most expensive ones.

A handle in the shape of a full moon, although black lacquer is used as the handle, but the fan surface is made of white silk, with double-sided embroidery on it, embroidered on the lotus pond moonlight, no matter the front and the back are actually normal. Although very little color is used, the picture is quiet and beautiful, and the needlework is fine and skillful, which can be called exquisite. This fan alone is probably worth a lot of money.

A sunflower-like handle is made of brown bamboo, and the fan surface is made of black silk. Because the fan surface is limited, it should not be complicated. The Eight Immortals of Darkness are embroidered on it, that is, the eight treasures held by the Eight Immortals: gourds, fishing drums, swords, flower baskets, etc. The color is bold and the composition is simple. It can be called bold and bright, light and free.

A banana-shaped handle, with ivory as the handle, the fan is made of dark green kesi, the composition is simple, there are only lake stones and a bunch of peony, but it is very thick and faint, and the peony by the lake and rocks seems to have not bloomed yet. Especially vivid. Of course, what Zhen Tingyun valued was the ivory handle—the ivory wasn't cheap.

Zhen Tingyun looked back and forth at the three fans with reluctance, as if he couldn't choose, and said, "Big sister, which one do you think I should use?"

Zhen Yiyun is just a generous face. Seeing that Zhen Tingyun's pick is the most expensive of the three, she can't help but feel unhappy - if it wasn't for the fact that the family gave Zhen Tingyun the Zhuangzi that was originally promised to her, Pei's heart would feel guilty. She would never have to spend money to buy so many good fans.

Now, she just thinks that this sister Zhen Tingyun is nothing to worry about. She wants to show a good sister and pity the other party, so she thinks of giving her sister a fan. Of course, in her heart, she also used this to show off her family's unique value and love for her eldest daughter.

Who would have thought that Zhen Tingyun was a cheeky person, so greedy!

Resisting the impatience and heartache, Zhen Yiyun picked one of the three fans and said, "Why don't you use this one in the shape of a full moon."

As she said that, she also took the initiative to reach out and picked up the round fan with a full moon handle, and shook it gently.

The moonlight on the lotus pond on the fan seems to be even more quiet and beautiful, and the breeze is coming.

I just heard Zhen Yiyun say: "Second sister will wear a green dress tomorrow, this fan is made of white silk, which is the most suitable for the blue color." After a pause, she was afraid that Zhen Tingyun would not be satisfied, and added on purpose, "Also, this is used for It is double-sided embroidery, which is rare and exquisite.”

Zhen Tingyun nodded, took the fan from Zhen Yiyun, shook it like it was, and put it on his cheek.

The beauty of the moonlight on the lotus pond on the fan and her white and delicate face like the opening of lotus petals complement each other, which is extremely beautiful.

Zhen Tingyun looked at Zhen Yiyun, blinked, and asked with a smile, "Really?"

Zhen Yiyun stared at the smiling face, almost smashing his hands red. But with a smile on her face, she nodded, gritted her teeth and said, "Really, this fan suits my sister the most."

"But I like all three fans equally." Zhen Tingyun grabbed all three fans in his hands, blinked and looked at Zhen Yiyun, "Sister has always been generous, so I'm sure she won't be stingy enough to be reluctant to use these two fans. Fan?"

Do you have one or two handles? !

You are three!

Zhen Yiyun glared at Zhen Tingyun, so angry that she almost clenched her teeth.

It's just that she just put her good sister's role too high, and Zhen Tingyun has already said it here. If she doesn't give it, it seems that she is just admitting that she is not generous and stingy.

Therefore, at this moment, Zhen Yiyun could only take a deep breath, endured the pain of cutting his heart, and forced a smile: "Since my sister likes it, what can I be reluctant to be my sister. My sister will take it all. ."

"Really?" Zhen Tingyun seemed to ask in disbelief, but he rudely put away all the three fans.

Zhen Yiyun angrily wanted to pounce and tear Zhen Tingyun's greedy face with a smile on his face: "Naturally."

Zhen Tingyun smiled and thanked him. He happily put away the three-handled fan. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Zhen Yiyun has been pretending like a day for ten years.

However, who doesn't like a three-handed fan that is so white!

Zhen Tingyun got the fan, so he got up and said goodbye, and went to talk to Mrs. Zhen, feeling very happy.

Only Zhen Yiyun was left alone in the room, sulking.

Fortunately, Zhen Yiyun's sullenness didn't last long, and she quickly comforted herself: she was going to marry the prince of Yan Wang, and she was going to be the future queen, so why bother with a few fans and Zhen Tingyun. Such a shallow eyelid calculation?

but……

Thinking of that episode, Zhen Yiyun still felt a little clueless. She thought about what she was going to do from the beginning, but still felt that it would be safer to make some preparations.

Nowadays, the plot has changed more and more, and only this major event has not changed greatly.Perhaps, she and Prince Yan only have such a chance, so she must not miss it, she must seize the opportunity, and make good use of this opportunity - it must not be wasted like this.

Zhen Yiyun thought about it, and soon came up with an idea, called the girl to come and explained a few words softly.

The girl was a little shocked when she heard it, and couldn't help but look up at Zhen Yiyun, and said: "Girl, that's Prince Yan's mansion..."

"Don't worry, I have my own concerns. Then you can just look at me and act." Zhen Yiyun smiled slightly, his eyes were bright, and he seemed to be in the middle of his chest.

The author has something to say: Fu Changxi: How come no one will hold a lotus banquet for me to choose a daughter-in-law!So angry!