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Chapter 74
Chapter 74
The people from Prince Yan's mansion brought a sandalwood box.
Fortunately, even if the matter of Zhen Yiyun happened, the whole Zhen family was about to cry and faint, but there was still no water in his head, and he didn't get confused at home - even if Zhen's father and Pei's eldest daughter, Zhen Yiyun, were more distressed when they met people. He didn't ask the confused words like "Is it wrong? Why is it the second girl, not the eldest girl", but carefully invited the envoy from the Yan Wangfu to enter the door, and carefully sent the sandalwood sent by the Yan Wangfu. The box is taken down.
Pei's tears had already been wiped away, and after a little grooming in the inner room, she put on light makeup. When she saw the messenger sent by the Yan Wangfu to give gifts, she looked cautious and asked cautiously, "This is every family. Do all the ladies have it?"
The envoy from Prince Yan's mansion had already received the instructions of the princess and the prince, but at this time in the Zhen family, he was very able to put down his posture, and quickly replied with a smile: "This is specially selected by the princess for the second girl in the mansion, and it is unique. portion."
After a pause, afraid that the Zhen family would still understand, he added loudly: "There is no other family nearby."
As soon as this statement came out, Pei Shi couldn't help but glanced at Zhen's father, Zhen's father was still pondering, and no one responded for a while.
The envoy turned to look at Zhen Tingyun, who was holding the sandalwood box, and said with a smile, "Miss Zhen may wish to open it."
The sandalwood box is not small, and it needs Zhen Tingyun to hold it in both hands. Therefore, hearing people say this, Zhen Tingyun didn't think much about it, so in front of everyone, he raised his hand and opened the sandalwood box.
I saw that there was a layer of brocade in the box, and on the brocade was a dragon and phoenix ganoderma Ruyi carved from red agate. The Ruyi head was embossed with three ganoderma lucidum, one large and two small, and white jade for the butterfly to stop on it. The height of the Ruyi handle is embossed with small flowers of Ganoderma lucidum and dragon and phoenix. economical. The Ruyi handle has a small hole on it, with bright yellow tassels on it, and two white jade beads on the tassels.
That envoy wanted to please, but at this time, his face was smiling like a bunch of flowers, and he hurriedly flattered: "Congratulations, girl, this girl is 'one-of-a-kind', and the mansion can be 'happy' today."
The royal family is always obscure and particular about things, and likes to ask the people below to make careful guesses. However, Princess Yan's meaning is still very clear, just as Lai Envoy said: Sending Ruyi means making people happy, and sending Longfeng Lingzhi Ruyi also means praising Zhen Tingyun's "outstanding".
This also shows once again that Princess Yan has a crush on Zhen Tingyun.
Father Zhen was naturally pleasantly surprised, but this surprise was mixed with a little doubt and uncertainty. When it comes to important matters, he is a very understanding person, and he knows his family very well. It is estimated that the ladies who are on the throne of Princess Yan today can only be regarded as the last. And this youngest daughter is the last of the last. She was raised in the countryside since she was a child, and she has only just started to study. Even if she has made progress, she has only just squeezed into the top 100 in the joint entrance examination of the two schools. So, why did Princess Yan choose such a person to be the first concubine of King Yan?
Even if the eldest daughter is chosen, Zhen's father will not be so surprised. After all, the eldest daughter is also famous for her talent and beauty in Beijing. There were also amazing poems at the Lotus Appreciation Banquet before. But Princess Yan chose her own youngest daughter.
Father Zhen felt a headache, so he couldn't help but glance at Zhen Tingyun.
As a result, Zhen Tingyun, the client, was even more at a loss than him.
Zhen Tingyun was also dazed - this was not what she pretended to be, she was really dazed. Although she could guess that Princess Yan, who had never looked at her at the lotus-appreciating banquet, would definitely send something because of Fu Nianjia, but she really didn't understand that she had politely rejected the other party, and the other party wanted to ask Princess Yan to send something. come over.
Pei Shi on the other side was in a very complicated mood.
On the one hand, she felt that it was a great thing for her young daughter to be valued by Princess Yan and be chosen as the first concubine, and she should also be happy as a mother.
On the other hand, she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable for her eldest daughter who had an accident. After all, this is the daughter she has grown up with and raised meticulously. She has been wise since childhood and is beautiful and talented. She thought that the life of the eldest daughter would be as beautiful as a splendid beauty, but the eldest daughter had such a disaster at this important juncture...
Pei knew that she shouldn't think like this, but she still couldn't help thinking: If she didn't meet the bastard surnamed Zou when leaning on the cloud to pick lotus, everything went well, maybe the one who is favored by Princess Yan and selected as the princess Leaning on the cloud. It's a pity, it's only a little bit short, the fates of the two daughters are so different...
Pei Shi couldn't help sighing, and before he could speak, he heard a sharp cry from the room, and then the sound of cups and utensils being smashed to the ground.
Pei's and Zhen's father's expressions changed, and they couldn't care about other things for a while.
It was Zhen Yiyun's cry - presumably she knew about Princess Yan's wish to Zhen Tingyun, and she was completely desperate and mad.
Zhen Tingyun couldn't help but sighed again, so he had to send the envoy from Prince Yan's mansion out, and then turned back to the house to see the situation.
However, Zhen Yiyun was obviously more desperate and miserable than Shi Cai. She got off the Luohan bed and knelt on the ground with her hair in a messy bun. There were many utensils that she had kicked from the table and even shattered. of porcelain.
She was half-kneeling in the mess, described as haggard and embarrassed, she almost cried bitterly, piercing her heart, as if she wanted to spit out the bitterness in her heart.
Just listening to her cry, she murmured blankly: "Second sister, she is well, then what should I do... What should I do?"
Father Zhen stood aside, as if he wanted to step forward to comfort him, but he didn't know how to act or speak.
Pei shi ignored the mess on the ground, knelt down and sat down, hugged her in his arms with great distress, stroked her thin back, and comforted her repeatedly: "Good boy, don't be sad, this is a good thing... Your sister Being the Concubine Prince, your status as Concubine Concubine's elder sister is not ordinary. Even today, as long as Concubine Yan is willing to speak up, the people in the palace will not dare to talk nonsense, even the one surnamed Zou— - He is just a distant cousin of the princess, and there will be more to rely on the princess in the future, but if you know the seriousness, you will never dare to talk about your affairs."
Thinking like this, Mrs. Pei also felt relieved from the tightness in her chest, but she felt that it was really a good thing for the youngest daughter to be the first concubine, and even the calamity of the eldest daughter would disappear.
Of course, at this moment, neither Father Zhen nor Mrs. Pei mentioned Zhen Yiyun's alternative words - after all, Zhen Yiyun's idea sounds feasible, but it is very troublesome to do. Coupled with the fact that Princess Yan has now chosen Zhen Tingyun, it is naturally impossible for them to consider such absurd and childish things.
It's just that Pei Shi can think like this, but Zhen Yiyun can't.
She hated and hurt, and was full of grief, anger and unwillingness. The ambition of Qingyun, which was broken halfway, tortured her heart repeatedly, making her heart bleed, and the pain was so painful that she would vomit blood.
Even if Mrs. Pei hugged her like a loving mother, did not despise the coldness of the ground, did not despise her tears, and continued to wipe her tears and kiss her sweat and tears on her forehead, she still felt pain and difficulty. Endure, I can't wait to grab my hair and cry: That's the Queen of Yan, the queen of the future! That position should have been hers, how could she choose Zhen Tingyun? ! And those words of Mrs. Pei, does Mrs. Pei want her to lie on the ground like a defeated dog, with her forehead against the ground, to ask Zhen Tingyun's forgiveness and ask her for mercy? !
Zhen Yiyun felt that even if she died, she would never bow her head to Zhen Tingyun.
Because of this, Zhen Yiyun cried constantly, almost fainted from crying.
Pei shi hugged her and comforted her repeatedly. Seeing that the comfort was not good for a while, she had to go to see her little daughter again and said hoarsely: "Tingyun, why don't you go back first. Your sister has me and your father here..."
Father Zhen also said: "Yeah, you just came back from the banquet, go back and rest for a while."
Zhen Tingyun thought for a while, but still said, "If that's the case, then I'll go back to see my grandmother firstI promised my grandmother yesterday that I'll tell her about the Yan Wangfu, if I don't go, I'm afraid my grandmother will Happy."
At this time, when Mrs. Zhen was mentioned, Mrs. Pei was at a loss for words, but Father Zhen liked her filial piety and said, "Go ahead."
Only then did Zhen Tingyun bow down, and then carried the sandalwood box containing the wishful thinking to Mrs. Zhen's yard.
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At this time, the sun was about to fall, and it was still a bit hot, so Mrs. Zhen asked someone to put a reclining chair under her hand in the yard, and lie down under the shade of the tree to enjoy the cool air.
Seeing Zhen Tingyun coming over at this time, Mrs. Zhen sat up from the reclining chair, quickly called her granddaughter to the front, and whispered, "I heard the clamor in front of me, what happened?"
Both Pei's and Zhen's father knew Mrs. Zhen's temperament, so naturally they didn't dare to tell her about Zhen Yiyun - for fear that she would not know the seriousness of it and would make things worse. But Mrs. Zhen was getting older, and her little granddaughter was always persuading her, and she became lazy. Now, she heard that the front yard seemed to be getting more and more troubled, and she was inevitably a little worried. Just when she saw her little granddaughter coming back, she asked a question.
Zhen Tingyun hesitated for a while, then vaguely said about Zhen Yiyun.
When Mrs. Zhen heard it, she first scolded, "It's really a good girl called by your mother." After scolding, she couldn't help sighing, "How good is this? If this is in the village, then you can only marry that person..."
Although Mrs. Zhen has always looked down on Zhen Yiyun, she is still her granddaughter, so she will inevitably worry about her.
Zhen Tingyun thought about it and then comforted her: "My sister has always been high-minded, and she is always unwilling to marry like this. In these things, my parents can't beat her... It's really not good, the family just needs to support her for the rest of her life."
With these words, Mrs. Zhen was even more worried, and said in her mouth: "How can such a thing happen."
After worrying for a while, Mrs. Zhen just found the sandalwood box in Zhen Tingyun's hand, and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
Zhen Tingyun has always never lied to Mrs. Zhen, so she was silent for a while, and said, "Something sent by Princess Yan."
Madam Zhen became more and more curious, and hurriedly called Zhen Tingyun to open it.
Zhen Tingyun couldn't do anything, so he quickly opened the sandalwood box.
The wooden box was opened, and for a while, the lucid ganoderma lucidum in the box circulated, shining brightly.
Madam Zhen stared at it for a while before daring to get started. She squinted her eyes and looked at it carefully. She couldn't help but say, "...This is really a good thing I've never seen before! The things in the palace are different."
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Zhen seemed to have remembered something. She raised her eyes to look at Zhen Tingyun and asked eagerly, "I remember you said that Princess Yan held a lotus banquet in the palace today to choose the princess?"
Zhen Tingyun nodded.
Madam Zhen was overjoyed for a while, holding her granddaughter's hand and looking at her, her eyes were red, and she almost cried with joy.
Zhen Tingyun hurriedly followed Mrs. Zhen's back and comforted her: "This is a good thing, why is my grandmother's eyes red."
Madam Zhen reacted and quickly raised her hand to wipe the tears from her eyes, nodding her head and answering: "It's a good thing! It's also my grandmother who was so happy that she couldn't hold back for a while..."
After saying that, Mrs. Zhen calmed down a bit, she couldn't help holding Zhen Tingyun's hand, and said happily: "This is a great good thing - the princess has taken a fancy to you. I knew we two girls. Such a standout is always blessed, and there is no reason to be compared! The princess is really a discerning person!"
Zhen Tingyun could feel the heartfelt and gratifying ecstasy of Mother Zhen when she held her hand, but she felt a tightness in her chest and she was speechless.
Indeed, Fu Nianjia, the son of King Yan, was of noble birth, handsome in appearance, and excellent in talent. Even Princess Yan, the mother-in-law, was a very sensible and generous person. Most of the ladies in Beijing are fond of him, thinking of marrying into the palace of Yan Wang.
Even, in her dream, this prince will inherit the lineage and become the new emperor in the future.
Even Zhen Yiyun would go crazy for such a person.
Zhen Tingyun knew that it was a blessing for him to have such a marriage, and the whole family was very happy. Logically, she should be happy too.
However, Zhen Tingyun felt that there seemed to be a thin film between herself and these people. Even if she saw them rejoicing over her marriage, she still couldn't be happy.
Because she didn't like Fu Nianjia, and she didn't like such a marriage.