Chapter 123 New Year's Eve

Compared with Zhen Tingyun and Fu Changxi's deep affection at this time, Rong Ziming and Yang Qionghua are in dire straits.

In the past, Yang Qionghua fought with Rong Ziming, and she just sent a turtle to call people "shrinking the head turtle", or punched and kicked a few times - anyway, with her size, she was nothing more than a flower fist and embroidering her legs, and it really couldn't hurt anyone. ...So, when Yang Qionghua watched the guards smash the frozen lake and threw Rong Ziming down, her childish face turned pale, and she looked back and forth at the two guards who were standing still. , the next love said yes, "you, you still don't pull him up?"

It's almost December now, and if Rong Ziming is thrown away like this, even if he doesn't drown, he will freeze to death.

The guard said, "No hurry."

Yang Qionghua remembered that she was about to cry, and she didn't care about the guards standing on both sides of her, she pushed people away with red eyes, she went to the lake, and stretched out her hand towards Rong Ziming who was floating in the lake: "Come up quickly! "

Rong Ziming was also a little stunned for a while, his face was a little pale from the cold, and when he saw Yang Qionghua stretch out his hand towards him, he subconsciously shook it.

The palms of the two people, one is petite and delicate, the other is rough and broad, one is soft and the other is cold and hard.

As if the flames collided with the ice surface, the expressions on their faces became a little uncomfortable.

The two guards looked at each other, and swallowed what they were about to say: In fact, Rong Shizi can also swim, but every time he was punished, he used to pretend to be pitiful in front of others to seek sympathy. of. In fact, even if they don't do it, Rong Shizi can swim up by himself. only……

The two guards thought for a while, watching Yang Qionghua struggling to lift Rong Ziming out of the water.

The fur coats on Rong Ziming's body were soaked with water, cold and heavy. He had already thrown them away. The coats and clothes inside were also soaked. They were stuck to his body. Cut to the bone.

Yang Qionghua gritted his teeth, and simply took off the crane cloak on his body and put it on his body.

There was still residual warmth on the crane cloak, so it was put on Rong Ziming's body, and Rong Ziming only felt that his heart was warmed together. However, now that it is November, Yang Qionghua has taken off the crane cloak, but there is only a slightly thin jacket left on his body, and the baby's fat cheeks are a little white from the cold.

Rong Ziming hurriedly returned the crane cloak to her, and said, "I'll be fine, or I'll return it to you, and you can change your clothes when you go back and forth..."

Seeing that his teeth were chattering from the cold, Yang Qionghua wanted to return the crane cloak, and he couldn't bear it, but he was rude: "Just save it, you are soaking wet, this crane cloak is soaked in water, how can I still Put it on again."

Rong Ziming had to stop the hand that was about to untie He's cloak, and whispered, "Thank you."

Yang Qionghua hummed for him: "Men, what are you doing so awkwardly, get up quickly, go back to take a bath, and change into clean clothes. By the way, I have to ask someone to prepare some ginger soup for you. What, if you take a dip in cold water at this time, you might be sick tomorrow..."

Seeing that Rong Ziming and Yang Qionghua were talking and walking away, their words were harmonious, and the two guards who were left behind could only say: "..." I don't know why, but I always felt like a bad mother-in-law who made trouble out of nothing and did good things.

However, after such a commotion, although Rong Ziming was in good health, he was still suffering from a minor illness.

The eldest princess Huiguo found trouble with Fu Changxi's younger brother for this, and was very unhappy: "You are so obsessed with relatives—Zi Ming is your nephew, how can you be so troubled? I think he is sick. The field, the face is going to be thin."

However, Fu Changxi said, "It's only been a few days, and I've lost weight, how can I tell it?"

The eldest princess of Huiguo was choked, and then she said arrogantly: "I am his mother, and I know my son Mo Ruomu. If I say that he is thin, he is thin."

Fu Changxi flipped through the official document and nodded slightly: "Well, then I'll lose weight."

Huiguo's eldest princess was half suffocated by him, and finally she could only grit her teeth: "You don't feel sorry for your own nephew at all?"

Fu Changxi sighed, knowing that this official document could not be read any longer, so he had to close the official document and push it aside, then turned his head, and said to the eldest princess Huiguo, "The imperial elder sister is just too distressed, so she just let it go. He is so lawless. He is not too young, he will be eighteen after the new year, and he will marry and have children in a year or two. He is an adult, and it is time to be more sensible..."

The eldest Princess Huiguo doesn't understand this truth, but she has only one son, and she doesn't want to make him suffer. Cousin, can you really watch him suffer? When he gets married to Qionghua in the future, the Yang family will be his Yue family, his father-in-law and several uncles, who can always help... I can't call him live happily ever after?"

Yang Qionghua is the only daughter of the Yang family's several sons. It is inevitable that ordinary people will feel that they have married such a girl and come back. Just the uncles and brothers who are like wolves and tigers, mighty and majestic, their sons will not be able to bear it. can't stand up to daughter-in-law. But the eldest princess of Huiguo knew that if her son was like this, she had to have a powerful and powerful Yue family. The situation of the Yang family is also just right. Although General Yang raised two strict conditions at the time, the eldest princess Huiguo thought about it and thought that the Yang family was the most suitable. They were interested in each other, so they settled down quickly.

In this way, even if the eldest Princess Huiguo and Duke Rong left earlier, Rong Ziming would not be sad because of such a competent outsider and the emperor's cousin to take care of him. In the past, the eldest Princess Huiguo was thought so, but now it was pierced by Fu Changxi, and mood was somewhat complicated...

However, Fu Changxi stared at her, and said lightly: "Parents love their sons, but they have far-reaching plans. Huangjie, it is better to rely on others than to rely on yourself, and he knows that he will always rely on himself in the future."

The eldest Princess Huiguo sighed, but after all, she still heard something.

Fu Changxi said again: "Nangong is desolate, it would be better for Huang Jie to go less often in the future."

When Princess Huiguo heard the words, her heart skipped a beat, and she didn't dare to meet Fu Changxi's eyes. After a while, she sighed and said calmly: "It's been a relationship for many years, I think she used to wear gold and jade in the palace, and she has never suffered again. Now she lives in the Nangong alone, and New Year's Eve is not a problem. Not being able to return to the palace is somewhat pitiful..."

However, Fu Changxi replied coldly: "Even in Nangong, she also has palace maids and eunuchs to serve her, and she still wears gold and jade, and the empress dowager is a high-ranking queen, how can you be pitiful? To be pitiful, she was bullied by her and murdered by her. People. Sister Huang has a kind heart, so don't put it on people like this, so as not to disgust yourself."

Princess Huiguo choked again, so she could only sigh.

However, Fu Changxi warned her: "Zheng's mind is ill-conceived, and Huangjie should not be deceived by her."

Princess Huiguo had no choice but to nod: "Understood, wouldn't it be okay not to go in the future?!"

Fu Changxi took a deep look at her, and then changed the subject: "There is no abbot in the palace now, so I have to ask the imperial sister to help me. You don't have to be very careful, and there will be no big trouble..." After speaking, he told Princess Huiguo a few important palace affairs and various arrangements for the palace banquet in December.

Speaking of these, the eldest Princess Huiguo also forgot about Rong Ziming and the Empress Dowager Zheng for a while, but instead carefully considered the various arrangements in the palace during the New Year.

Although the emperor is still young, there is no one in the harem, and even the empress dowager is not there, but at this time there can be no trouble, so this year must be passed safely, and the royal face must not be lost - the eldest princess of Huiguo is The royal people naturally pay great attention to these.

At the same time, the Queen Mother Zheng in the Nangong also received a secret letter from the Zheng family.

After coming to Nangong, the Empress Dowager Zheng had to change into the gorgeous costumes of the past, dressed in jewels and jade, but wore a plain robe, a lotus crown on her head, and only a string of rosy red on her snow-like wrists. Like a string of blood beads, it really looks like he is concentrating on cultivating the Tao and praying for the country.

Empress Dowager Zheng's face was still as bright and radiant as when the peonies were in full bloom. She is so beautiful, the only flaw is probably the unfinished wound on her neck - which was left by Fu Changxi pressing his long sword against her neck.

That sword made her tremble with fear, made her beautiful and flawed, and made her go from the most expensive imperial palace in the world to today's desolate and few-peopled Nangong.

It's really impressive.

So much that Empress Dowager Zheng has changed her interest a little: she once missed the sight of the young man who rode by for many years; now she is pointed at the neck with a sword by the other side, and she feels itchy because of the coldness of Nalang's heart... ...Should say, isn't it worthy of being Fu Changxi? Always captivating and intoxicating.

It's a pity that Empress Dowager Zheng's heartbeat and intoxication were only for a moment. When she screened everyone around her and sat alone on the small couch, Shi Shiran opened the secret letter sent by the Zheng family and read it word by word. , his face gradually became colder. After a long while, she gritted her teeth and squeezed a voice out of her teeth: "Damn! They are all people who tend to be inflamed! They are all damned!"

When she entered the palace as the queen, the Zheng family and her father treated her with such diligence and care; when she and her father were conspiring to gain power, when she was the queen mother, how dare these people ignore her so lightly?

Nowadays, these people not only dare not submit a letter directly to ask the emperor to pick up his mother-in-law back to the palace, but also persuade her to pray in peace in the Nangong, and say that they will stay for a few more years as a support! ridiculous! absurd!

Empress Dowager Zheng crumpled the secret letter into a ball and threw it into the incense burner.

Seeing that the pages in the incense burner were burnt to sparks and ashes, the Empress Dowager Zheng also flashed a ferocious and mad look in her eyes.

She gritted her teeth, and a strange smile appeared on her beautiful face.

"Pray with peace of mind? How many more years can you stay in Nangong to recuperate?" Repeating the words in the letter in a murmur, the Queen Mother Zheng sneered flatly, with a strong tone, "How can you be so happy?"

In this kind of place, tell her to stay for a few more years, it is better to tell her to die!

If you want her to die, some people have to be pulled.

Empress Dowager Zheng had all kinds of thoughts in her heart, and she didn't know what to think, her eyes were slightly raised, her eyes flowed like spring water, and her red lips were slightly raised, revealing a charming and soft smile.

 …

It was probably decided in her heart that Empress Dowager Zheng would not have to worry about it for the rest of the day. Everyone in Nangong breathed a sigh of relief, and it was a good year. Even with the palace, there were many things missing, and the wife passed the year smoothly.

Because Zhen Tingyun and Fu Changxi were only engaged, and she had already told Fu Changxi that she did not want to attend the palace banquet - after all, she was not a princess at the moment, and it was very tiring to be tossed once in the palace. Therefore, for several palace banquets in the palace, the Zhen family all missed it, but they got a few plates of blessings from the palace during the Chinese New Year.

I don't know how long this blessing dish has been put on, it's already cold, and it looks greasy, so I'm not anxious that the roast duck in Mingyuelou is tempting. However, this was rewarded by the royal family. After all, it was a good luck. Father Zhen made the decision and took it to the ancestors in the ancestral hall.

Mrs. Zhen felt that her face was bright, and she said, "Our family is prosperous now!" As she spoke, she couldn't help but think of Mr. Zhen who had gone early, which inevitably added to her sentimentality, and said to Father Zhen, "It's a pity that your father is not lucky. , I didn't even wait for this day, I didn't even see this precious grandson of Brother Heng..."

Father Zhen and Mrs. Pei inevitably had to say a few happy words by the side, which made Mrs. Zhen look good again.

The family gathered together to eat and drink, and then pulled Zhen Hengzhe up to write poems and lyrics. Listening to the sound of firecrackers on the side, it was a rare lively celebration.

Unfortunately, after the new year, another letter came from my hometown.

At the beginning, the clan received a letter from Zhen's father and received the dowry prepared by Jingli for Zhen Yiyun. Naturally, they did not dare to delay. They carefully searched for a home in their hometown, and the conditions were not bad. People say that the only son of the Jin family is a scholar.

Although the Jin family is not very wealthy, the family still has a lot of fields. There are parents who can bear hardships and work, and sisters who can help brothers. Jin Xiucai is also a little talented. He was the only son, and he knew that the road to the imperial examination was extremely difficult. was afraid that his weak body would endure in the examination room. Enlightenment, earn a little money, and the days are still leisurely.

Such a family, if it weren't for the fact that Jin Xiucai was determined to find a daughter-in-law who could read and write words, Zhen Yiyun would have lost his innocence in this haste, I'm afraid it's really impossible to say.

However, Zhen Yiyun was just unwilling. After the marriage between the two families, she took advantage of the unexpected and escaped quietly.

The clan made a fuss about this. Although they hated Zhen Yiyun for not knowing what to do, they couldn't let it go - she was alone outside, and even if she had money, she was afraid that she would not be able to live, and she might run into a kidnapper. Hanako or something is not good. For this reason, no matter how unhappy the clan was, they could only hold their noses and hurriedly dispatched people to find Zhen Yiyun.

Fortunately, although Zhen Yiyun has scheming and courage, he has no experience in the end. And the outside is not as good as she imagined. She was walking alone like this, and she was touched for money when she was halfway there. There was no money in his hand, and if he couldn't walk again, he was almost abducted, and finally he asked the people of the clan to find him.

It's just that after such a thing happened, the Jin family couldn't get married. They said that they didn't want to have such a disrespectful daughter-in-law, so they immediately resigned. The clan had to continue to show her. Of course, because of this, Zhen Yiyun couldn't get married a year ago, so he had to delay for another year and a half. For this reason, the people of the clan had to write another letter to the capital to tell Father Zhen—in the past few years in the Zhen family, there has been such a scholar as Father Zhen, who has really become an official master in one step. They also followed suit, but Zhen’s father had been away from home for many years, and this relationship was inevitably a lot unfamiliar. Now they are so busy and laborious for Zhen Yiyun, they naturally hope that Zhen’s father can remember their feelings for this, and if they can help in the future It is also a good thing to help one or two of your own children.

Zhen's father read the letter and sighed somewhat: "It makes the clan trouble."

Seeing these things in the letter, Mrs. Pei couldn't believe that her delicate eldest daughter was able to escape from marriage, and she couldn't help being a little stunned: "Yiyun has been smart and clever since she was a child. Why, how did it become like this?" She designed a young girl in a Tzu Chi Temple, but after returning to her hometown, she did not want to repent, and she even dared to run away from marriage...

Pei Shi couldn't believe that this was the eldest daughter who she raised and was proud of.