Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 554

"He's really kind. Back then, my natal family paid for my marriage, but now I'm married to another woman, and my natal family pays for it!"

Yuan's heart was full of resentment, and her tone became harsh, "Isn't that lowly widow in a good relationship with him? Since Lang has a concubine who is interested, it should be a lover who is full of water. Why can't we get married without money?"

Zhao Xiwei doesn't like Yuan's attitude of obsessing over right and wrong.

But in the end it was the Zhao family's fault in the first place, so she couldn't make any more judgments.

She coughed lightly and reminded: "The matter has come to this, the lady still needs to learn to let go." She smiled, and changed the subject calmly, "I don't know what the lady plans in the future?"

"My plan?"

Yuan raised her eyes in astonishment, and there was a trace of unconcealable resentment in her eyes. Did she choose to ignore the affairs of her natal family?
"What?" Zhao Xi looked at her with a smile.

Yuan Shi suddenly felt a bit stuck in her throat.

The person in front of her was no longer the humble concubine of the Prime Minister's family, but the noble princess of the Eastern Palace.

And when Zhao Xiwei was in danger, she stood by and watched, and even made trouble.

Thinking of what she had done, she felt inexplicable regret in her heart.

If I knew today, why was it in the first place!

Her mind was spinning very quickly, and she knelt on the ground as soon as she lifted her skirt: "When you first entered the mansion, I treated you so poorly because of prejudice. It was really my fault. Please forgive me My mistake..."

Zhao Xiwei remained silent.

Whether it was due to the situation or what, this apology was beyond her expectation.

People in the Zhao Mansion have hurt her more or less, but the first one who is willing to stand up and apologize for his mistakes will be Yuan Shi who has already left with her.

Shaking her head, she smiled faintly: "I have never cared about the things that have passed, why should my lady bring up the old things again." After saying that, she raised her hand and signaled Yuan Shi to stand up.

"Thank you for being so generous." Yuan Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and instead of getting up immediately, she restrained her face and held her breath, folded her palms and bowed down——

"Although the crown prince concubine is magnanimous, she still has to pay for what a concubine deserves."

She has been in various shops all year round, is used to dealing with all kinds of people, and has developed a skill of copper skin and iron bone. Now that she has made up her mind to plead guilty, she has lost her previous temptation and became more generous and kind. Sincere, very crisp and happy.

Stick to the ground, kowtow, and deeply worship.

After the ceremony, get up and take your seat again.

To be honest, at this point, Zhao Xiwei has always admired Yuan Shi.

Different from those women raised in deep houses, she has a vigor and shrewdness, as if no matter how difficult a person is, she will try her best to take it down and turn it into her own use.

The freshness of a woman's life comes from this indomitable effort.

Zhao Xiwei is not a person who likes to cling to old things, so he only watched her pay respects lightly, and then reiterated: "Second Uncle's marriage is a foregone conclusion, what do you plan to do in the future?"

"What else can I plan?" Yuan twitched her lips and smiled bitterly, "An abandoned woman from a high family, what other plans can I have besides earning more money?"

"My lady's words are wrong."

Zhao Xiwei caressed his fingers between his wrists, fiddled with the two jade bracelets casually: "You are Zhuge, the daughter of Chang'an, a big man who can't be compared to many men. How can you belittle yourself to such an extent just because of a reconciliation?"

The crisp jade jingled, and her soft voice sounded very pleasant.

"Li, I am much younger than you, and I don't have much life experience to impart to you. But since you have asked me for help, I will give you a few words of advice."

She raised her eyes and looked at Yuan Shi calmly, "When I was down, someone once told me a word, those who go can't be persuaded, those who come can still be pursued—"

There was a pause in the tone, with a pun, "The past is over, no matter whether it is regret or pain, don't take it to heart. What you should grasp is the future."

"He treats you badly and has failed you. You have been married to him for 20 years, and you have been neglected for 20 years. Now you can finally break free from the sea of ​​suffering. This is God helping you and pitying you. I can't see your true feelings. Trampled on in vain."

Yuan's chest trembled, she stared blankly at Zhao Xiwei, unable to speak for a moment.

Her voice was soft and calm, not at all like a teenage woman, with the indifference of seeing through everything.

"You are a smart person, why should you suffer your whole life for a man's fault?"

"Sister Wei—" Yuan Shi murmured, and couldn't help stretching out her palm, and took Zhao Xiwei's hand.

"Thank you, thank you for telling me this."

She never dreamed that she would be able to get comfort here, and her eyes were slightly wet: "I'll tell you the truth, since I left the Zhao Mansion, I have thought a lot about myself."

"In the past, I was only thinking about doing business. Outsiders looked at me as if I had fallen into the eyes of money. I didn't care. As long as it would benefit me, I was willing to do it. The relationship between husband and wife is inherently It was cold, and it became even colder later..."

"...so much so that your second uncle did such a shameful thing, and even blamed him, saying that I was all focused on the account books and failed to fulfill my wife's responsibility."

When mentioning her husband, she still complained a bit: "But who am I doing this for?"

"...You came back late, so you don't quite understand the situation in the house. At the beginning, I brought a huge dowry to marry your second uncle. It's pasted up."

"But what can I do? Can I, a woman, be in charge of matters of marriage?"

She laughed at herself, and her tone was full of helplessness, "If you want to blame it, blame my bad luck. I was not born in an official family, and I didn't come from a wealthy family. But my father wanted to make friends with the rich and powerful. In order to be able to climb up the Zhao family This relative insisted on marrying me out...

"On the day I got married, the neighbors in the neighborhood said, if Zhao's family was not short of money, how could this marriage be my turn?"

She said in a low voice: "...But then again, although I am not a lady of an official's family, I was also brought up in rich clothes and fine food. I remember that when I was going back home on the third day of marriage, he left me to go to the restaurant I was so drunk. I stayed up all night with the lights on and didn't dare to close my eyes. He didn't come back until dawn. When he saw me, he didn't say a word, and fell asleep on the bed with his head up... I was busy making arrangements. Everything went back to my natal family. When I saw my mother, my tears fell down..."

"But my mother persuaded me, she told me not to take these things to heart, saying that men are lukewarm at first, and after they have children, they will naturally get used to it, and all couples in the world come here like this Yes. My mother also said that for a high-ranking family like Zhao’s family, all the children are high-ranking dragons and phoenixes, and it’s common sense to have a higher spirit. The daughter of the eldest princess’s mansion has to play tricks to curry favor with the eldest son of the Zhao family. Well. Such a little grievance, you not only have to endure it well, but also act virtuous and generous, so that your in-laws know that you are a good person."

(End of this chapter)