Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 140
Zheng Jingyan sent someone back to the mansion to report to the Young Madam, saying that Master Hou will come back tonight, and she will tell her grandmother and mother. In her heart, she very much hoped that Yiqing would be happy because he came home. Thinking of that charming and sweet smile, she wished she could fly back right now. to her side.

But something happened, and he could not leave the Prince Qin's Mansion until the evening. Three or five light horses quickly passed the long street, but they did not go to Rongping Hou's Mansion, but went to Pang Mansion first.

He is about to leave Beijing, and he wants to have another detailed talk with Pang Shizhi, explain some things, visit his parents-in-law's family by the way, and ask them a few words.

After coming out of Pang Shizhi's study, he went to the west courtyard of Pang Mansion, but only saw his mother-in-law Pang Ruxue and brother-in-law Xia Yiming, and his father-in-law Xia Xiuping took Yueqing to the new house.

Zheng Jingyan secretly thought that his father-in-law's housewarming was coming soon, and he couldn't take advantage of the excitement. When the time came, Yiqing would come, right?He frowned slightly, he couldn't be by his side, he really didn't want her to go out!
After bidding farewell to his mother-in-law, Zheng Jingyan went to Xia's new house to have a look, intending to talk to his father-in-law there before returning to the Hou's mansion.

Because the official position is not very high, the gatehouse of Xinxia Mansion can't be too tall and luxurious, and it can only be rebuilt in the dignified and elegant style of ordinary official residences. Two orange lanterns hang on the porch, emitting a soft and warm light.

From a distance, Zheng Jingyan saw his father-in-law Xia Xiuping sending a person out. Judging by the expressions of the two people talking, it was obvious that they were the relationship between the host and the visitor, and they were of different generations.

It was a handsome young man with steady movements and elegant demeanor. He bowed deeply to Xia Xiuping. Xia Xiuping seemed to care for him, bent over to help him up, and said gently: "Go! I wish you high school Gold List, come back home!"

It turned out to be an exam.

Zheng Jingyan came closer, seeing the man raised his head, he couldn't help but secretly praised: What a handsome and extraordinary young man!Yiqing said that he looked like a "monster" and loved to look at his face, but what would she do if she saw this one?

Thinking of this, I felt a little displeased, and hoped that the young man in front of me would not have anything to do with the Xia family.

Unexpectedly, before he thought about it, he saw a gloomy look on the handsome young man's brows, hesitated a little, and asked softly: "Shibo, Yiqing, is she doing well? Can my nephew... meet her?"

Zheng Jingyan was standing seven or eight steps away from them. Ordinary people would not be able to hear these words, but he could!
Who is this handsome young man?He actually knew Yiqing?Still want to see her?What, what does he want to say to Yiqing?What else can Yiqing say to him?

Zheng Jingyan's breath was slightly suffocated, and his mood was suddenly disturbed: Suddenly a handsome young man appeared, called his father-in-law, Shibo, and called Yiqing by her maiden name. Could it be...the childhood sweetheart that Yiqing said, right?
I only heard Xia Xiuping say with a little displeasure: "My nephew is a person who studies, and under the sage's family, you should strictly abide by the etiquette... The little girl has already been married as a woman, so she can no longer be called by her name directly! Now she lives in the house, respects her elders, and serves the elders. Husband-in-law, how can we meet easily? Even my natal family rarely comes back!"

The handsome young man confessed his crime in a low voice, saluted Xia Xiuping again, turned and left, his back was quite disappointed and lonely.

When Zheng Jingyan heard Xia Xiuping sigh softly, he felt even more uncomfortable.

Raising his hand to beckon, a guard immediately appeared behind him, Zheng Jingyan said: "Follow that man and see where he went, it's best to find out his name!"

The guard answered yes and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xia Xiuping turned around, and Zheng Jingyan went up to meet him, bowed with a smile and said, "I just saw my father-in-law see off the guests, so my son-in-law waited behind."

Xia Xiuping was startled secretly, and looked back at the direction in which the young man was leaving, guessing in his heart that the distance was quite far away, and the two of them deliberately lowered their voices, the Lord Hou and his son-in-law should not be able to hear their words, and hurriedly said with a smile:

"Oh! I didn't know that my virtuous son-in-law came—that one just now was a fellow from Huzhou, who was extremely talented and learned. He came to take the exam for the number one scholar at the age of seventeen or eighteen... Hahaha, what a formidable young man! My virtuous son-in-law is here, but there is an urgent matter Let’s talk inside? Although our family has not moved into the new house, the old man and the old lady moved in first, and it is very lively! Come, please!”

"Father-in-law please!"

Zheng Jingyan actually didn't want to delay for too long, knowing that his family would be waiting for him to go back for dinner, but at this moment, for some reason, he thought that the Huzhou boy had visited his father-in-law's house just now, so he wanted to go in and have a look. He had just received Huzhou What is the attitude of the Xia family of "little fellow countrymen"?

Xia Xiuhe, the third master of the Xia family, was not at home. The old man and the old lady were in the backyard. Zheng Jingyan followed Xia Xiuping to the front hall, saw the teacups on the table, and guessed that Xia Xiuping was here to receive guests. The old man Maybe he and the old lady had never seen that "little fellow countryman", so they gave up the idea of ​​going to the inner courtyard to pay respects to the elders, and only asked Xia Xiuping to get rid of the servants, and had a serious and solemn talk with him for a while, and said what he had to say After talking to him, he said goodbye and left.

Back at the Hou Mansion, the guard who had just been released to follow the person also came back, and reported: "The subordinate followed the man and saw him enter a large house on South Street, but it was the official of the Tongzheng Shitongzheng Chen Zhengzheng. House! After careful inquiry, it turns out that the man is Mr. Chen’s grandnephew, Lord Xie Yuan from Huzhou, named Chen Boyuan, who is going to Beijing to take the exam!"

Zheng Jingyan waved his men back, thinking to himself: Is it Jie Yuan?Looks like a bit of talent!

People like Yiqing want something real, she doesn't like embroidered pillows!

Thinking of the melancholy look on the young man's brow, Zheng Jingyan became restless and his chest was congested: Xia Yiqing, didn't you say that you have no sweetheart?This Chen Boyuan is sad and distressed for you, what is he?
When Zheng Jingyan came to Anhetang, everyone in the room was waiting for him. Except for his grandmother and mother, his aunts and cousins ​​were all there. He didn't come home for several days. Everyone said that they missed him very much.

It's a little strange, he didn't seem to be so missed before getting married, right?It's not uncommon to stay away from home for ten and a half months, and when I come back, it's just grandma and mother holding hands and asking for help. Others are not so enthusiastic, at least not like now, when everyone comes up to give him a hand...and it should be The person who did it did not show up!

Zheng Jingyan raised his eyes and looked around: "Grandmother, mother, where is Yiqing?"

Mrs. Zheng blamed: "You know you want your own daughter-in-law? But you are willing to run out and stay away for so many days!"

Mrs. Zheng smiled and said to her son: "She is in the flower hall, and someone has set out a meal. She said that the old lady can no longer be hungry, and wait for you while eating! You can come back after she walks over, just in time!"

After Zheng Jingyan heard this, a smile appeared on his lips: This is a sympathy!
There was an eldest aunt in the middle, and the cousins ​​mentioned earlier needed to avoid suspicion, but they never did. Tonight, they sat around the table to share dinner. Zheng Jingyan was quite helpless, but Yiqing was sitting beside him, and he also It doesn't matter.

(End of this chapter)