Madam Hou

Chapter 35

On the return carriage of Fuyang Hou's mansion, Mrs. Fuyang Hou patted and slapped her eldest daughter for a long time, then pinched her daughter's arm heavily, and said angrily: " What are you trying to do? Do you want to piss me off? You don’t know Mrs. Kang Guogong’s wife is here. Let her see how you look in front of Feng Qi. Go back and tell Mrs. Jiang Er that your marriage is still in danger. Do you want it? If you are really divorced, there will be times when you will cry. "

When Mrs. Fuyanghou made a move before, Liu Jianjiao had been sitting in the carriage without moving, as if he was at the mercy of the king. Now when he heard Mrs. Fuyanghou's words, tears flowed out involuntarily, crying and saying: "If you withdraw, you will withdraw. I don't want to marry anyway."

Madam Hou of Fuyang hurriedly took a handkerchief to cover her daughter's mouth, and said while covering her mouth: "What nonsense are you talking about, what kind of good family can a girl who has been divorced find?"

Liu Jianzhen waved the hand covering his mouth, thinking of his mother, he said: "Could it be that Young Master Jiang is some kind of good family, who has everything to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, who is willing to give away his own wife in the capital?" If your daughter marries him, only you and my father will push your daughter into the fire pit in order to gain power. I know what you think, didn't you just hear that Kang Guogong's mansion wanted to send the second wife's daughter to the palace some time ago? I help the empress to give birth to a child, so I want to climb up to the second room of the Jiang family to help my younger brother in the future. Daughters are worthless, but sons have to inherit incense. I understand your patriarchal preference. Who told me to be born as a daughter. But you Don't think about it for me at all, what kind of guy is Young Master Jiang? You don't know how to take care of my younger brother, but you can't wait like this, ruining my marriage with Brother Feng Qi, how can such parents harm their daughter like this."

Madam Hou of Fuyang was so angry that her face turned blue, she pointed at her daughter and said in a trembling voice, "You, you..." But you didn't say a word for a long time.

When the news came that Lin Fengqi had made great contributions in fighting against the Japanese in Fujian, Mrs. Hou of Fuyang did not regret that she rejected this marriage so hastily.It's not that she doesn't love her daughter, it's just that her son is more important than her daughter. She admits that Lin Fengqi is outstanding, and she also admits that Lin Fengqi is capable, but there are many outstanding and capable people in this world. It's a late bloomer, and she doesn't know when to wait.What's more, taking the path of a military general is basically risking his life for the future, and he will die heroically halfway through. Lin Fengqi's uncle is not such an example.And at that time, the second wife of Duke Kang’s mansion showed her intention to get married, and there happened to be news that the manor of the state would send the second wife’s daughter-in-law into the palace to help the empress give birth to a child. If the second wife of Jiang’s family can really bear a son for the royal family, This is very likely to be the future prince, and his kindness is not as good as his birth. When the little prince grows up, he will be closer to his biological mother. If Fuyang Houfu can climb up to the future prince's relatives, he will not worry about his son There is no way out in the future.So she weighed it for a few days, and finally chose to marry Kang Guogong's second wife.

It's just that she didn't expect that the girl from the second room failed to enter the palace, and the empress chose a concubine from a humble background to give birth to her son. Mrs. Lin Hou was quick, and immediately let Shizi Lin make an appointment with the concubine's direct sister. Dear, I don't think a few months later, there will be news from Fujian that Lin Shizi has made great achievements in fighting the Japanese, and I am afraid that he will be promoted several times to become a general.

She regretted that things were already like this. Fortunately, although the young master of the Jiang family was a little confused, the Duke of Kang's mansion was the queen's natal family after all, and getting married would always help a little.

After a long time, Fuyanghou's wife straightened out the angry tone in her heart, and said to her daughter powerlessly: "No matter what, this marriage is already engaged, you have to marry if you don't want to."

No matter how Madam Fuyanghou's mother and daughter talked, but since Lin Fengqi saw Liu Jiankan that day, he left her behind. What worries him now is that his little fiancée seems to be angry with him , but he didn't know why she was angry.

But Yinniang still stays in Yongning Hou's Mansion all day, either learning "Four Books for Women" from the female teacher, or studying female worker calligraphy and settlement of accounts from Li Memo.

One day, Yin Niang took the needle and thread and practiced embroidery absently. The embroidery needle passed through the brocade, but pierced her finger under the brocade. one time.

Li Memo, who was standing beside Yinniang's embroidery, saw her, shook her head helplessly, and then said to Yinniang: "Miss has no intentions today, no matter how much you practice, you won't be able to achieve the effect, so let's stop here today."

Yin Niang whispered yes with some guilt, and then stared at the half-embroidered peonies on the trellis in a daze.

Although Li Meme is serious, but he is a kind elder with a soft heart. The two have been together for a long time, and they have developed feelings for each other. Said: "Miss, is there anything you can't understand? Although the old slave is not talented, he has eaten rice for decades. If the lady believes in the old slave, you might as well tell the old slave to see if the old slave can help you. fixed."

Yin Niang thought for a while, then raised her head and looked at Li Momo incomprehensibly, and said, "Well, a few days ago, when my husband was talking about the "Concentration" of "The Commandments for Women", it said: Husband has the possibility of remarrying. Righteousness, women do not have two suitable texts. I don’t understand why women are required to be faithful to one another, but men can have three wives and four concubines?”

Li Momo couldn't help sighing in her heart, this Miss Yin was probably hurt by the affair of the eldest son's intercourse, there is no girl who just fell in love who doesn't envy the same couple for the rest of her life.Li Meme hugged Yinniang, put her head on her chest, and said: "That's because this world is a man's world, and women must be born dependent on men, or men love sex by themselves, or women do it for themselves. To please men, I came up with this way to embarrass women."

With tears in her eyes, Yin Niang leaned against Li Memo's chest and sobbed softly: "Well, I don't feel well, I feel uncomfortable in my heart. I used to think that it's okay for a man to have three wives and four concubines. My father is like this. Others It's the same with men, everyone is like this, I don't think I have anything to worry about. But now, I don't want Shizi to be like this, I feel that there is a needle pricking my chest, and it hurts so much."

Li Meme stroked Yinniang's hair, and said as she stroked, "Silly boy, you are in love with Shizi. The man you like has been taken over by another woman. How can you not feel bad about it?"

"Well, do I want to do the same in the future, and do I want to give my aunt to the son?"

"That depends on your ability. If you think it's enough to keep your own glory, then of course you can, but if you want more, you have to try to let the prince only see you alone, and only focus on you." Dote on you alone. There are not many people in Beijing who insist on monogamy. Look at Weibeihou’s wife Xiao Yang. Since she married in, Weibeihou has dismissed all the aunts in the family one after another. Now only Guarding Xiao Yang alone. But I must also tell you that this road is difficult to walk, and not everyone has such luck to do it. In the end, there are even those who are disgusted by their own husbands. Would you like to try it?"

"I don't know, okay, let me think about it."

Since the conversation with Li Momo, Yin Niang has been thinking about whether she should try to walk that difficult road, and this thinking has continued until late at night.

The candle was crackling and burning on the candlestick with the tiger pattern, and the surrounding area was quiet. Yin Niang hugged her knees and watched the flames jumping on the candle in a daze. yawning.

It was at this time that there was a knocking sound from the bedroom window, which was clear and loud in the silent night.Qing Hua was so scared that most of the drowsy insects flew away, looked at Yin Niang and asked with a trembling voice: "Miss, outside, who is knocking on the window outside?" Yin Niang's bedroom is on the second floor, although Dayan's people do not fully believe in ghosts and gods said, but also maintain a certain awe of ghosts and gods.The sound of knocking on the wall from the windows on the second floor in the middle of the night always gave people some bad associations, no wonder Qinghua was so frightened.

Yinniang listened for a while, then jumped out of bed, without shoes on, walked to the window with bare feet, opened the window, and saw that Lin Fengqi had climbed out of the window, and stepped on the trunk of the apricot tree growing by the window, Holding a branch in one hand, knocking on the window with the other.

Yin Niang asked him, "Why are you outside?"

"When I was walking, I saw that the lights here were not turned off, and I wanted to come up to see you."

Walking in the middle of the night must be sick.Yin Niang said angrily: "Lonely men and widows are together in the middle of the night, and they don't know what to say about me when they are seen. Now that you have finished reading it, go back, I'm going to sleep too." window.

Lin Fengqi stretched out his hand to block the window, and said anxiously: "Don't, there are benefits for you!"

"Tell me what's good!"

"You haven't seen your mother-in-law and sister-in-law for two months, how about I take you back to see them?"

Yin Niang's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "Really?"

Lin Fengqi looked at Yinniang's hand on the window and winked, Yinniang opened the window knowingly, Lin Fengqi jumped to sit on the window, clapped his hands in fear and said: "Of course it is true."

"When?"

"How about now?"

"It's midnight now?!"

"Don't you think it's more exciting and more pleasant to surprise your mother-in-law after midnight?"

"..."

She was afraid that it would be frightening.

(End of this chapter)