Taoyao Order

Taoyao slowly said to Zheng Qiaoyan: "I see that you are straightforward and free-spirited, informal, bold and careful, and the most intelligent and sensible person. You are the one who advises me on many things. You must know it yourself." Advance and retreat.

Just use these words to tease me.

It's just that regarding marriage, although your parents ordered a matchmaker, your mother is not around and your father dotes on you so much. If you feel that the marriage is not going well, or there is something wrong with the young master of this family, as long as it is good, You have to talk to your father about your good words. I think your father will also listen to your judgment. "

Zheng Qiaoyan tilted her head and looked at Taoyao: "How do you know that my father loves me?"

Taoyao patiently analyzed: "You only look at Xiaoyan's affairs. You can speak well in front of the master and the jailer. Your status in the Zheng family is evident. Without your father's indulgence and love for you, how could you How far does it go to control the wind and rain?”

Zheng Qiaoyan was in a daze when she heard this: "Does this mean he loves me? He is just busy with official duties all day long and has no time to care about me. Even my marriage is not at all important and he only leaves it to the outsiders. , it’s up to others to say whatever they say.”

Taoyao finally heard a few truths from Zheng Qiaoyan's mouth, so she only asked tentatively: "Did your father leave your marriage to your aunt to help her see the wedding?"

Zheng Qiaoyan was surprised: "How do you know?"

Tao Yao smiled lightly: "You just said it yourself, your father and aunt won't allow your marriage to Mr. Wei. Since it's not your father, I guess it's your aunt who is in charge of your marriage."

Zheng Qiaoyan pursed her lips with disdain: "You are a little clever."

Tao Yao then continued: "Your aunt comes from a high-class family. Over the years in Hangzhou, she has known a lot of young masters from high-ranking officials. If your father personally handles such a marriage, your aunt may not think as well of her. Moreover, if Your aunt and uncle come forward to help you arrange marriage, and they can naturally talk about marriages with higher family status. It must be for this reason that your father asked your aunt to help you with the marriage..."

Before Tao Yao finished speaking, Zheng Qiaoyan's brows were already knitted into knots, and she almost shouted: "If you don't understand anything, don't talk nonsense. That old witch has a human face and a beast heart. She only knows how to trick my father. The eldest sister is like mother, the eldest brother is like father, it’s all bullshit, it’s all nonsense! She finally has a way to punish me now, how could she let it go? She must get some scum for me behind my back, so that people outside can punish me. I can’t find anything wrong with her, that’s just the way she is!”

Taoyao was surprised by Zheng Qiaoyan's excitement. Taoyao never imagined that Zheng Qiaoyan would have so much resentment towards his aunt. She originally thought that both of their families were in Hangzhou, and Zheng Qiaoyan had not had her mother's protection since she was a child. This aunt helped her again. Magistrate Zheng's official career and his family's relationship would probably be good, but who would have thought that it would turn out like this.

Zheng Qiaoyan looked at Taoyao, who was frightened by her excited words, and finally softened her tone and said: "You were frightened by me. You also think I am unreasonable, right? My father always thinks so. It's my fault, I can't say anything bad about that old witch in front of him, otherwise it will all be my fault."

Taoyao could now somewhat see that the quarrel she had with her father at home might not be because of the marriage, but because of this aunt.

Tao Yao only said warmly: "I don't think you are unreasonable, I just feel sorry for you. You must have suffered a lot at the hands of this admiral's wife and suffered a lot of grievances."

Zheng Qiaoyan's eyes suddenly turned red when she heard this. She turned away, pursed her lips, and managed to hold back her tears.

Taoyao gently comforted her slightly shaking shoulders and said: "Qiaoyan, your mother has not been by your side to take care of you since you were a child, and a father will never be as attentive and considerate to his daughter as a mother is to her daughter. Let's You are living under someone else's roof and have been wronged."

Zheng Qiaoyan's breathing gradually became shaky. After a long while, she turned her back to Taoyao and slowly told the story of her childhood: "At that time, my father was still working hard to get an official position outside. He was suppressed by my maternal grandfather's family. He originally had no hope of an official career and had no place to stay in Hangzhou. However, he took my brother with him wherever he went, but left me at his aunt's house. My aunt scolded me every day, He said that I was a loser and used all kinds of unbearable words to insult my mother and my maternal grandfather's family.

As the mistress of the house, she treated me like this. All the maids and servants in the family followed the example of the master.

I was still young at that time, and I couldn't stand what they said about my mother. I was angry and furious, but there was nothing I could do. I could only shut myself in the room without eating or drinking, but I obeyed their wishes and took the leftovers. I was given leftovers and sour porridge, and the whole family, young and old, scolded me and scolded me.

They don't allow me to mention my mother anymore. If I want to write to my mother, they will tear it up and burn it. I will be humiliated again and say that my mother is already married and doesn't want me anymore, so they send me to my father. Come here.

But at that time, my father was so focused on working as an official outside that he didn't care about me at all. Every time he came back to see me at my aunt's house, if I said anything bad about my aunt's family, he would only scold me, saying that I was disobedient and ungrateful. I am more respectful and courteous to my aunt.

He also said how my cousins ​​all have a noble demeanor, and also said that my mother did not teach me well in the capital.

I said that I wanted to go back to the capital to find my mother, and he got angry and said that my mother didn’t want me anymore and that I was not allowed to mention my mother again..."

The gloomy past when she was young weighed heavily on Zheng Qiaoyan's heart like dark clouds. No matter how indulgent and amends she became when she grew up, even her aunt and father no longer remembered the stories of her childhood.

But for Zheng Qiaoyan, those things have remained vivid in her mind for so many years.

Even though he has grown up now and can deal with his aunt and uncle in face, the memories accumulated in his heart cannot be easily erased.

Zheng Qiaoyan didn't trust the admiral's wife at all, so she would naturally not approve of the marriage she had prepared for her.

But Taoyao couldn't say much about what happened back then. Perhaps for Zheng Qiaoyan's aunt, the truth turned out to be what she said.Her younger brother finally passed the Jinshi exam. He worked hard to get the honor, but was suppressed by Zheng Qiaoyan's mother's family. He lost the opportunity to stay in Beijing and was sent to Hangzhou. For the Zheng family, it was indeed Zheng Qiaoyan's mother and daughter. The two ruined their Zheng family's career.

They had hatred and anger in their hearts. They couldn't find Zheng Qiaoyan's mother, so they could only spread it on the child.

Taoyao gently comforted Zheng Qiaoyan, but she didn't know how to speak. She could only hug her gently and cry with her.

"Qiaoyan, don't be afraid. It's all over. It's over. Now you have grown up. It is no longer the time when you were helpless about those things when you were a child. Your father has now become the prefect of Hangzhou. He will listen to you. …”

When Zheng Qiaoyan heard this, she said excitedly: "No! They still don't allow me to mention my mother, as if I have never had a mother in this world! But isn't it the mother who should make the decision on marriage? They just take care of themselves. Like when I was a child, they bullied me as a child without a mother. But my mother is not dead yet, my mother is not dead! She just doesn’t want me anymore..."

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