The little lady in the palace

Chapter 189
Meng Junhuai walked for a long time without saying a word, he walked in a hurry, Yuyin chased him with difficulty, and finally grabbed him after crossing another gate: "Junhuai!"

Meng Junhuai paused, sighed, and turned around: "This matter..."

"What do you want to do?" Yu Yin frowned and looked at him, Meng Junhuai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know."

From the moment Lan Jing begged him to spare Tan Yu's life in such a broken way, he could tell that something was wrong.Just now, I searched for it, originally trying to persuade Lan Jing to give up this ridiculous idea.

It's not that he didn't think about fulfilling Lan Jing, but after reading the classics, the guard's background was too low.Before he entered the palace to work, his family was so poor that they couldn't afford new clothes for the new year. How could he marry Lan Jing?

——It is true that Lan Jing is a dignified old man, no matter what kind of person she marries, she does not need to rely on her husband's family to "support".But generally speaking, if Mrs. Weng likes a person from an average family background, it is reasonable for the mansion to reluctantly agree, but what she likes now is an out-and-out "poor person"...!
If they nodded and agreed, once the marriage was settled, there would be an uproar in Beijing, and the entire family would be pushed to the forefront...

Especially Yuyin who is the aunt.

Therefore, in Meng Junhuai's view, this matter will definitely not work.Not only does it not work, but Lan Jing is ignorant to think so.He had suppressed his anger just now, but Lan Jing's words choked back his original persuasion.

He didn't expect Lan Jing to admit this relationship so straightforwardly, and after admitting it, she said without flinching that she was willing to marry according to their wishes, as long as he spared Tan Yu's life.

In Meng Junhuai's impression, this daughter has never been compatible with the word "brave".Especially when she was in front of him, she was not as courageous as Xi Yao Xi Zhen.

She is always afraid of many things, afraid that she will make mistakes, and that they will not like her. Even if no one has ever criticized her, it can't change her timidity.

But what she said just now was so brave that he was surprised.

She confessed her feelings without fear, took all the faults on herself, and then negotiated terms with him without any timidity.

Lan Jing really likes Tan Yu, so much that she puts aside all worries in exchange for his life.

Meng Junhuai was shocked by this, and then for a moment, he reconsidered whether he could fulfill her.

As far as he is concerned, it is not too difficult to promote a family. He is in charge of Jinyiwei, and he has many errands suitable for training new officials; he can also send people to the army, making military exploits can be regarded as a shortcut, plus Nowadays, there are few truly "dangerous" wars in the peaceful and prosperous age, and many people have been fighting on this road.

Either way, it was a way out for Tan Yu.Tan Yu is only 20 or 20 this year, if he gets married at [-], he still has three or four years; if Lan Jing gets married at [-], he still has six or seven years...

But when Meng Junhuai lifted the quilt and saw Tan Yu's body injury, he immediately knew that this way would not work.

Tan Yu was seriously injured.He has seen many kinds of injuries in Jinyiwei these years, and he knows that such injuries cannot be just external injuries, and internal injuries are inevitable.

And if he can't become a military officer, his path will be broken.Being a civil servant requires more knowledge, and even if you have enough knowledge, you will probably not be able to make a name for yourself in [-]. The "six or seven years" when you were young were even more difficult.

"I will find another opportunity to talk to Lan Jing." Meng Junhuai sighed, "This matter cannot be left to her."

"I also think that if we let her marry, it won't be good to talk about it outside..." Yu Yin hesitated, then said after a pause, "But I also think...the only thing is that she is happy. As for the rumors outside , whether it is placed on your head or on my head, it will not hurt the muscles and bones."

It's just that Zuo's words are not pleasant to listen to, but no matter how they are spread outside, they are still the prince and princess of the clan!
But Meng Junhuai shook his head: "Xiyao is the concubine of the prince, and she married Jing into the Xie family. In the eyes of outsiders, the marriage between Xizhen and Zexu is a marriage between the main concubine and the side concubine's natal family... It's Lan's turn. But Jing chose this one, and she is a concubine, so you should be able to guess how ugly words will be."

"Then what if I don't care?" Yu Yin asked.

"Then what if the Xie family will be implicated?" Meng Junhuai asked back.

Yu Yin choked for a moment, then frowned: "This can't hurt the Xie family."

He smiled wryly and shook his head: "I understand that you are proud of the Xie family, but don't be too confident."

Yu Yin was silent for a while.

She thought she was right, but he was also right.Regarding the rights and wrongs of the aristocratic family, many things are harmless when there is nothing wrong, but once troubles arise, all the rumors can be infinitely expanded and become a reason for adding crimes.

She lost the strength to continue arguing for a while, Meng Junhuai held her hand and continued to walk forward, sighing: "Look again... Lan Jing is calling you mother concubine, but you don't owe her anything. I I don't want to see her wronged, but I also don't want to wrong you just to take care of her."

This bottom line is what Meng Junhuai has been trying to guard for so many years.

He always knew what it meant to the 15-year-old nun to marry him as a stepmother and become a stepmother after passing the family.She was willing to take He Jing by herself, it was her who took a step back, even if she took that step back willingly, he couldn't let her back again and again!
So Meng Junhuai firmly planned to take care of this issue by himself, and the most direct result was that Yuyin heard from the children that the father was trying to find out about the situation of the young princes in the capital...

It is said that I am still thinking about whether to invite some of you to come to Hangzhou for a visit?
It was obvious that she was trying her best to continue choosing a husband for Lan Jing!Yu Yinxin asked if he was too anxious?Don't untie Xie Lanjing any more?

If you insist on doing it like this... the twisted melon is not sweet, is it?

In the middle of the night, Meng Junhuai returned to the room with two dark circles under his eyes.

He was obviously not in the right mind, and when he stumbled onto the bed, even Yu Yin, who had always been a heavy sleeper, was awakened by him. Yu Yin slowly asked, "Jun Huai?"

"Ah..." He yawned, fell down and hugged her, frowning tightly, "This child is too worrying!"

"..." Yu Yin looked at him, "Then have you found the right one?"

"No..." Meng Junhuai's voice was very distressed, "But I picked a girl for Ah Li."

Yu Yin: "Huh???"

"It was during the break that I took the time to look through the roster handed over by the officials from Hangzhou..." Meng Junhuai said.

Yu Yin: "..."

Oh, it sounds more reliable.The local officials would hand over the roster, explaining that he had originally planned to pick someone for Ah Li, and that he had handed over the message here in advance, and it was not on a whim.

——If this can happen on a whim, she will accept it!

So early the next morning, Yuyin passed on the word, asking to invite the mother of the girl from the Lin family that Meng Junhuai had chosen to come in and see her.

How can this news be hidden from anyone?The brothers were blown away when they heard about it, and the three of them hugged each other and laughed: "Hahahahaha brother! So you are going to marry a wife! It's not mean to not mention you beforehand!"

Ah Li's face was flushed, and he tried to defend himself by saying that he didn't know about it beforehand, but of course his younger brothers didn't believe it.

He was so angry that he went into the study to study, and soon he heard his younger brothers laughing at the door, so he had to push the door to go out with a sullen face, and hid in his father's study to study!

Looking up at his expression, Meng Junhuai roughly guessed the reason, and laughed scornfully: "Getting a wife is a matter of time, why should you blush?"

"But you promised not to let the younger brothers know..." Ah Li put on a bitter face, but was glared at by Meng Junhuai: "I've been hiding it all the way, how long are you going to keep it from?"

A Li was speechless by him.

A few feet away, as soon as Tan Yu saw the ginseng and chicken soup in the lunch, he knew that even if Lan Jing didn't make it, she must have ordered the dining room to add it.

He stared at the soup for a while, gritted his teeth and stood up, and then he was about to stay on the bed.

There was a sudden sharp pain in his back, pulling his internal organs to ache, Tan Yu clenched his teeth and took two deep breaths.

After the pain eased a little, he stood up carefully and moved out.

Everyone else should have gone out to practice, and there was no one else in the yard.Tan Yu walked out of the courtyard door without saying a word, and went to the prince's study.

He felt very firmly in his heart that he couldn't let things go on like this, if he let things go on like this, he wouldn't be a man!
He didn't understand how he managed to say nothing when Er Wengzhu said those words yesterday... The feeling of watching her marry at will for the sake of his own life, he recalled it now, I feel ashamed of myself.

He felt that he didn't deserve to die, but Er Weng also shouldn't trade his marriage for his life.

An inexplicable anger made Tan Yu want to argue with the prince about this matter, but his body was too weak.Before walking too far, he had already supported the wall next to him and slowed down twice. If he walked a little faster, he felt his heart, liver, spleen and lungs trembling with pain.

When he coughed violently until a mouthful of blood gushed out, the passing eunuchs were startled by him: "Oh, hello... Where are you from?"

"...I'm sorry." Tan Yu endured the cough that came up again, glanced at the blood-stained white wall next to him, and said to him, "Don't worry about it, father-in-law. I will clean it up when I come back later."

"Are you the guard next to Er Weng Lord?" The eunuch walked up to him, sized him up, and then looked at the road in front of him, "Are you going to see the prince?"

Tan Yu nodded and asked him, "Is it still far?"

"It's not far, it's just a turn ahead, but I don't think you should go now!" The eunuch said, shaking his head and sighing, "You don't know, the prince didn't go to bed until midnight yesterday, and he was busy all the time. It's not your fault that you are going to pick up your husband's house for Er Wengzhu!"

Tan Yu's heartstrings suddenly tightened.

The next moment, the eunuch who was about to continue talking was supported by his shoulders for strength, and he saw him striding forward.

...Is this person seriously injured?
The eunuch frowned complicatedly, stared at his back for a while, sighed again, and continued walking on his own.

In the study, Meng Junhuai was continuing to look through the roster for Lan Jing's affairs, when Yang Enlu's hesitant voice came from outside: "Master..."

The father and son looked together, and after waiting, they heard Yang Enlu continue to say: "Tan Yu is here, the guard of Er Weng Lord. He said... he asked to see something."

"Let him in." Meng Junhuai took a deep breath and said.

The door was quickly pushed open, Tan Yu settled down and bowed down after entering the room.

"..." Both Meng Junhuai and Ah Li's expressions became complicated.

This disheveled... The lower body is okay, but the upper body is only a middle coat.It looks like something important, but it's the twelfth lunar month, isn't it cold!
Meng Junhuai straightened his face: "Speak up if you have something to say."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Tan Yufu kowtowed, but when he wanted to stand up, he found that he couldn't use the strength. He panicked a little and then calmed down, trying his best to calmly say: "Please don't rush to marry the Er Weng Lord, there are some things... Your Highness, you don't know."

(End of this chapter)