Chapter 14

That night, Jiafu and Mrs. Meng slept together. She was hugged by her mother and curled up in her warm arms, like going back to her childhood.

The things that have happened in the past few days have taken a turn for the worse. Just this morning, when the mother-in-law of the Pei family caught up and asked her mother to go back to discuss the marriage, at that moment, she thought that everything had returned to the starting point, and her heart sank quickly, but she did not expect that the next moment, her mother would actually Speaking out, she rejected Mrs. Xin's initiative.

Catherine knew her mother. She is knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous. She is familiar with women's training. When her father was alive, her father was her god. After her father died, in front of a strong grandmother, she obeyed her words, never questioned or resisted, and since Jiafu had a memory , she was also asked to grow up by her mother.

She hugged her mother tightly: "Mother, you rejected them today. If you go back and blame your grandmother, I'll be with you!"

"Silly girl, what's your business? Your grandmother wants to blame, let her blame me, mother is not afraid. I see it clearly, no matter how high the family is, it is not a good marriage for you. Let you marry like this. Mother, don't worry."

Jiafu's nose was slightly sour, she put her face in her mother's arms, closed her eyes, and said vaguely, "Mother, you are so kind to me."

Mrs. Meng smiled, rubbing her daughter's soft black hair that was thrown on the pillow, and vaguely seemed to smell the milky fragrance that she exuded in her arms when she was a child.

"Mother's life, there is nothing else, I just hope that you and your brother will be well. As long as you are all well, mother will be satisfied."

Mother's gentle yet powerful words accompanied Jiafu for a good night's sleep.

After returning from Xishan Temple, this was the most peaceful long sleep she had ever slept in. The next day slept enough and woke up, it was already three poles in the sun, and mother was nowhere to be seen. Sandalwood said that his wife was busy asking people to pack up early in the morning, preparing to leave for Quanzhou in the next few days.

After Jiafu finished grooming, she went to help her mother with errands.

This trip to Beijing originally planned to stay for at least a few months, and the New Year would also be here, so when I came, I brought a full range of utensils and utensils. There were as many as a dozen people in the cages for clothes. , it was only put in place two days ago, and it will be put away one by one today. The steward Zhang Da and Liu mama lead the servants, and they are busy with their own internal and external affairs. Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, Mrs. Xin's side No more movement.

From Mrs. Xin's point of view, it was a great condescension to propose another marriage on her own initiative, but she didn't expect to be rejected by Mrs. Meng, and she was a bit embarrassed and angry when she received such a humiliation. I haven't shown much for a few days. Only Pei Xiuzhi came here once, and it seems that he still wants to work hard to save it.

Xu Shi was exhausted a few days ago, and she was busy. Madam Meng caught the cold yesterday. Knowing that Pei Xiuzhi was here, she received him in person. Pei Xiuzhi politely sent off.

Afterwards, Madam Liu rambled in front of Jiafu, saying that when Prince Pei left, he looked lost and looked a little pitiful. It's a pity for him, if he didn't have such a front-end mother-in-law of the Song family who was in trouble, he would be a talented person.

Jiafu listened and smiled lightly.

Yes, if she hadn't experienced it personally, how could she have believed that such a husband who loved her so much on weekdays would give her to other men twice.

Under the power, he Pei Xiuzhi was nothing but a kneeling bonehead.

After Pei Xiuzhi went there, he never reappeared. According to Mrs. Meng, the second wife of the Pei family who came to the door, Mrs. Xin knew about his private affair with the Zhen family, and she was reprimanded and ordered him not to come again.

Mrs. Meng has been really diligent in the past two days. Not only did she bring all kinds of gossip to Mrs. Meng, who was recovering from her illness, she enthusiastically helped the director and pointed out which local products in Beijing were worth buying and brought back as gifts. She was also affectionate to Jia Fu. , there is absolutely no mustache.

Mrs. Meng has always been kind to others. Although she was made cold-hearted this time, she was her own sister after all. Mrs. Meng took the initiative to change her attitude. Naturally, she would not reject people thousands of miles away. Restored the rapport of the past.

Tomorrow, the Zhen family is going to leave Beijing. In the evening, the second lady came back in the carriage with a smile. This time, she took the life of Mrs. Pei and brought a reward for Jiafu, saying that she came to Beijing this time. In order to pray for her birthday, she was falsely alarmed for no reason. She was going to leave now, and she was shocked. The road went smoothly and she returned home as soon as possible.

Mrs. Meng is grateful to the old lady from the bottom of her heart. Today, she feels that she is finally relieved, and she thinks that she should bring a pair of children and kowtow to the old man. I'm afraid it's embarrassing, just now I was thinking about this matter in my heart, and was about to ask someone to send a post first, to find out what to say, but I didn't expect the old lady to call her sister first, and she was grateful and ashamed, saying: "Sister is back, please ask me, can you ask me to bring my children and kowtow to her old man?"

The second lady smiled and said: "The old lady knows that, and she specifically asked me to tell you that she took it upon herself, so that you don't have to do much and deliberately kowtow. I have to leave tomorrow, there will be a lot of things to do at night, so pack up and rest early, take care of yourself. It's important to be mentally fit. Not to mention the old lady has something to do herself."

Mrs. Meng asked what was going on, and the second lady said: "Tomorrow is the death day of Empress Duan Huiyuan. Every year on this day, the old lady will perform a ritual for her in the Ci'en Temple. I didn't go there in person a few days ago. Well, it is to tell the monks to make adequate preparations so as not to be in a bad time. The uncle who just came back from the big room, I heard that he has been in the southwest for all these years. He was going to leave two days ago. His aunt left after finishing the ritual..."

She leaned into Mrs. Meng's ear and lowered her voice: "If you want to say that the old lady is biased, the most biased one is the lost aunt. After so many years, it doesn't fall off year after year. The queen's daughter, if it weren't for her fate, she couldn't hold back her fortune, and she would leave before she had time to keep a prince. Now who has the final say, I can't say for sure!"

Her tone was full of regret and regret.

The meaning of the second lady is that if a prince was born in the Yuan Dynasty, with her position in the middle palace and Emperor Tianxi's favor for her, the son will definitely be established as the prince, the prince will inherit the throne, and everything will go smoothly. Dangdang, then there is no such thing as Emperor Shao and King Shun'an becoming emperors, and the Pei family will not fall to this point.

When it comes to the court, Mrs. Meng answered vaguely twice, and the second lady also accepted the words, said something else, got up and said goodbye, Dao Ming would bring her son over to see him off if he was free in the morning. After saying goodbye, I finally called my children together, sent the second lady away, and told her to go back and thank the old lady on her behalf.

There was no more talk that night, and the next day, two trusting old servants were left to guard the house, while the rest of the Zhen family were busy preparing to leave the capital. Although I woke up early, since yesterday, many things have been moved early, but it is not too early to wait for all my belongings to board the ship. It is only a minute away from the time, and when I was about to leave, I found out that Zhen Yaoting was not on the ship. , his servant fell down, and when asked by Mrs. Meng, she said, "Young master left early in the morning, and told me that if he doesn't come back after the boat departs, tell me and Mrs., and wait for him to come back. Let's go. As for where the son went, he didn't tell me."

Madam Meng didn't want to stay any longer, and she wanted to return to Quanzhou before the end of the year, so regardless of her health, she was going to leave today. She didn't expect her son to disappear again, so she had no choice but to postpone it and ordered someone to disembark and search nearby. After searching all possible places, but no one was found, the original anger gradually turned into anxiety. Knowing that the sibling relationship has always been close, he asked Jiafu where her brother would go in the morning.

Jaffe had been thinking about this just now. finally remembered something.

The day before yesterday, my brother looked for him, sneakily dragged her to an unoccupied corner, hesitantly for a long time, and then said it. It turned out that he wanted to ask her to find a way to call out the jade beads in front of the old lady. Go, I have something to say to her.

Jiafu saw it, and her brother was thinking about Yuzhu. But my brother, who is eighteen years old, is still very playful. He often hangs out with a bunch of young boys in Quanzhou City. Needless to say, reading is long overdue. I also lack interest in business. Speaking of which, I want to go to sea with the fleet. He was the only seedling in the Zhen family, how could his grandmother and mother let him on board? I had booked a marriage for him before, and wanted to use a family to make him feel at ease. The marriage was originally planned at the beginning of this year, and he didn't want the woman to die and delay the marriage. , is quietly running to the pier. This time I was thinking about Yuzhu. I must have been on a whim, and it will be cold in a few days. No matter how confused Jiafu is, she will not help her brother to do this kind of thing. She immediately refused and warned him, remember him Left unhappily. I remembered that when my aunt came over yesterday, she mentioned that Mrs. Pei will go to Ci'en Temple again today.

Could it be that my brother quietly went to the Ci'en Temple this morning, looking for Yuzhu?

The more Kafu thought about it, the more likely it was, so she said it. Madam Meng was taken aback and said angrily, "What is he trying to do? Can't he be so mad at me? No, I have to go!" When she got up and was about to go out, she suddenly felt dizzy and closed her eyes.

Jiafu hurriedly helped her sit back, and said, "Mother, don't worry, it's just my guess, maybe I'm wrong. You're not ready yet, just wait here, maybe brother from I'll come back wherever I go. I'll go over there. I know the way, and I can let Uncle Zhang take me there. If my brother really goes there, I'll definitely bring him back. If I offend Yuzhu, I'll take his place. Compensation to Yuzhu."

Madam Meng calmed down and said, "I'll ask Mama Liu to accompany you again, go and return quickly, and be careful on the road."

Jiafu agreed, and asked Zhang Da to prepare the carriage. Accompanied by Madam Liu and Sandalwood, she got on the carriage and rushed to the Ci'en Temple. She learned that the ceremony was taking place in the Great Law Hall, so she hurried over. They stopped him, saying that the ritual of Duanhui Xianyuan was being done inside, and the deacon and eunuch also came to the palace, and no outsiders were allowed to enter.

Jiafu had a feeling that her brother Zhen Yaoting must be here, but he just didn't know where he was at the moment. Afraid that he would make trouble again, I was anxious, looked around, and suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards this side, my heart skipped a beat, hesitated for a while, but hurried up to meet him and stopped in front of that person, blessed Yifu said, "Big cousin, I want to find Miss Yuzhu. I have something to do. If it's inconvenient for me to go in, can I trouble Miss Yuzhu to come out?"

Pei You'an stopped for a while, glanced at her, and said, "Come with me."

Jiafu thanked him in a low voice, and he didn't know if he heard it. There was a light breeze on his face, and others walked past him.

Jiafu hurriedly turned around, took sandalwood with her, and followed.