Madam Hou

Chapter 85

Yin Niang took the son-off Guanyin and put it back in the box, saying: "Don't worry about me, you should think about yourself. You have lived on the mountain for so long. When you go back, Aunt Yang is very worried about you." , you can’t live here forever.”

Speaking of this, Sister Yun obviously lost the interest she had just now, lowered her head, and said in a gloomy voice: "The mountain is very good, I don't want to go back so soon."

Yin Niang shook Sister Yun's hand and persuaded: "Sister Yun, listen to me, I know you and Prince Wang are childhood sweethearts, and you have a very good relationship, but no matter how good Prince Wang is, he is already married, and you also want to marry him." Learn to let him go."

Sister Yun lowered her head, put her fingers on the table, and clasped the table vigorously, but did not speak.

Yin Niang continued: "Actually, Prince Wang is not the only good man in this world. There are many, many people who are better than him. When you marry someone who is better than Prince Wang, the two of you will live a harmonious and beautiful life." , when you have a child in the future, you will know that that day is better than liking the prince all your life..."

Yin Niang originally wanted to continue persuading her, but she heard two beeps on the table, followed by water dripping from the table. Yin Niang followed the sound and realized that it was Sister Yun's tears dripping down. The voice, the two soft beeps, interrupted Yin Niang's next words.

"I know, I know..." Sister Yun slowly raised her head, her eyes were already blurred by tears, the tears gathered in her eyes slid down her cheeks, and finally landed on her clothes.She choked up and said: "I know what you said, and my mother also told me that there are many, many good men in this world, and she will definitely help me find someone better than Brother Qing. But Yin Niang , you don’t understand, none of you understand…”

She sniffled and continued: "I knew Brother Qing when I was six years old. Brother Qing's grandmother came to look for her grandmother and brought him to the house. The adults were talking, and Brother Qing stood outside waiting. He is very good-looking, standing in the yard wearing blue clothes, he is prettier than his elder brother, he is prettier than the roses planted in the yard, he is the prettiest person I have ever seen. He took a ladder and climbed up to the wall and threw mud at him, but he wasn’t angry. Later, I couldn’t stand firmly on the wall and accidentally fell down. He ran over to catch me and put me under him. At that time Leaning on Brother Qing's body and looking at him, I thought in my heart, he is so kind, there is no one better than him in this world, such a good person, I want to be with him forever and ever."

"Later, that happened later, and now he let sister Nuan conceive his child. He clearly said that he only likes me alone, and that he will only have children with me in the future, but he betrayed us I also think he is not good, he made me so sad, I think he is really bad, there is no one worse than him in this world, so bad that I want to ignore him for the rest of my life."

"I also know that there are many, many people who are better than Brother Qing. They will definitely not make me sad like Brother Qing, but I don't like them, and I can't forget Brother Qing. When I think of going with them After living my whole life, I will never have anything to do with Brother Qing again, so I feel sadder than dying. But no matter how bad Brother Qing is, I still like him."

"Actually, I also know that even if I don't marry, I won't have anything to do with Brother Qing anymore. But if I don't marry, I can at least think about him and the happy things we used to do when we were together. .”

Yin Niang looked at Sister Yun who was crying with tears in her eyes, and couldn't help feeling sad in her heart.He wanted to make her feel better and not be so sad, but he didn't know how to comfort her, so he hugged her with open arms and patted her on the back gently.

Sister Yun leaned on Yiniang's shoulder, choked up and asked, "Am I being unfilial, causing my parents to worry about me, and making grandma feel ashamed of me?"

Yin Niang comforted: "Don't think that way, uncle and aunt love you the most, they just want you to live happily."

After returning from Hanyun Temple, Yinniang went back to Mude Hall, washed up, changed her clothes, and then went to Tangrong Courtyard to pay her respects to Mrs. Linhou.

When Yin Niang walked into the main room of Tangrong Courtyard, Mrs. Lin Hou was sitting on the couch, holding a list in her hand and kept reading it.Yin Niang went up to salute and say hello, Madam Lin Hou saw her, put down the list in her hand, and said: "I'm back, I went to see Sister Yun, how is she doing on the mountain?"

Yin Niang said: "Although the life on the mountain is hard, she is still in good spirits."

Mrs. Lin Hou nodded, and then sighed: "Sister Yun, this child is good at everything, but she is too stubborn."

Yinniang also sighed in her heart, but she didn't answer the words. After a while, she saw Mrs. Lin Hou was still sighing for Sister Yun, so she changed the subject and said, "By the way, Mom, I will beg you in the temple today. I bought a safety talisman, and I will show it to you." Then, he took out the safety talisman from his sleeve, and handed it to Mrs. Lin Hou with both hands.

Mrs. Lin Hou took the peace talisman and looked at it, a warm current ran through her heart, she smiled and said: "I have a heart." Then she ordered Linglong to take the peace talisman back to her bedroom and hang it on the bedside.

Yin Niang smiled with her mouth bent, looked down at the red sheet on the small table on the couch, and asked again: "Mother, what were you doing just now?"

Mrs. Lin Hou said: "Speaking of this, I happen to have something to discuss with you, so you sit on the couch first."

Yin Niang walked to the other side of the couch and sat down, while Mrs. Lin Hou picked up the tea bowl on the small table, brushed off the tea leaves on the tea surface with the bowl cover and took a sip of tea. After putting down the tea bowl, she said: "Feng Ye and Feng Qi The same age, this year is already twenty, you and Feng Qi are married, Feng Ye's daughter-in-law should also be hired in quickly, anyway, his marriage has already been arranged, and he gets married as soon as possible to avoid others saying that I am a aunt He is not virtuous, and he doesn't care about the bastard's marriage. His marriage is scheduled for the twentieth of next month, and I'm going to let you handle it, what do you think?"

Yin Niang said: "Yes, Mother, I will definitely arrange the second brother's marriage."

Mrs. Lin Hou nodded, and said: "In addition to Feng Ye's marriage, Feng Shan's marriage should be looked at as soon as possible." Then she picked up the list on the table and handed it to Yin Niang.

Yin Niang opened the list, and on the red paper were many girls' names, backgrounds, appearances and personalities, etc. written on it.Yin Niang looked at Mrs. Lin Hou with some doubts.

Mrs. Lin Hou continued: "Feng Shan has already turned seventeen in the new year. It turns out that because Feng Qi and Feng Ye are not married yet, he doesn't need to be too anxious. But now that you have entered the door, when Feng Ye's marriage is over, Feng Shan also needs to settle the marriage as soon as possible. This list is filled with the names and circumstances of some school-age girls in the capital. I will always see some gaps when I read it alone. You can take a look with me so that Feng Shan Shan picks a better daughter-in-law to come back."

When Feng Shan's daughter-in-law is married, she is her direct sister-in-law. In the back house, the degree of difficulty in getting along with sister-in-law is second only to that of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.Whether Feng Shan's daughter-in-law is well-married largely determines the safety and stability of the back house of the Yongning Hou Mansion, and her future life in the Hou Mansion will be peaceful, especially when she comes from a humble background but is the eldest daughter-in-law. .Yinniang is naturally concerned about matters that are so related to her future happy life, so she didn't refuse Madam Linhou's words, and said directly: "Yes, mother." Then she flattered: "But mother always has sharp eyes, these girls Whether it's good or bad, mother will come out immediately after seeing it, I'm afraid there's not much I can say."

Mrs. Lin Hou glanced at Yin Niang, and said with a smile: "Don't be so talkative, just give me the palm of your hand, and it's not for you to make a decision. You should go through the situation of the girls on the list first, and then talk about you. Views."

Yin Niang smiled and said yes, then opened the list, there were seven girls in total on the list, and each girl was marked one by one according to name, background, family situation, personality and so on.

Yinniang looked at it from top to bottom. They were Yu Shi, the eldest daughter of the second house master of the Marquis of Peng'an, Zhou Shi, the younger sister of Lord Jiyuan Hou, Yan Shi, the eldest daughter of Uncle Xiping, and Jiang Shi, the eldest daughter of Master Jiang, a Hanlin scholar. , Lian Shi, the second daughter of Princess Dening, Sun Shi, the second daughter of Lord Qing Sun of Dali Temple, and Bai Shi, the second daughter of Lord Bai, the servant of the Ministry of Rites.

Before Yinniang could speak, Mrs. Lin Hou had already commented on these ladies one by one: "Peng Anhou's mansion is a familiar family with us, and the two families know each other well. It's just that the Yu family lost his mother when he was young. When she grew up, Madam Peng An Hou had a strong temper, and Yushi learned her temperament [-]% of her. Feng Shan is not a strong-tempered person. If she married Yu Shi, Feng Shan would probably be manipulated by her. Zhou Shi's temperament is gentle, but I heard that she doesn't look very good-looking, and she will be wronged by marrying Feng Shan; Yan's appearance is said to be very upright, but Xipingbo's mansion has declined over the years, and marrying a girl from his mansion Yu Fengshan didn't have much help; Mr. Jiang came from a poor family, and the Imperial Academy was a well-known Qingshui Yamen. His family has no family background. If he married Yan, I was afraid that she would not even be able to make up the dowry; I have met your second daughter a few times, she looks good, and has a gentle and virtuous temperament, but Princess Dening’s family has always been ambiguous with Ningguo’s mansion, and marrying the Lian family will cause factional disputes; Sun’s appearance is not bad, Dali Temple Minister It is another real job of the second grade, and there is also help from the family who married Sun Fengshan, but Sun's fate is too hard, and he killed his mother when he was born; Master Bai's daughter seems to be good, but she is older than Fengshan. She's still one year older, and she's not engaged yet, so I'm afraid there's something wrong with us that we don't know about."

Mrs. Lin Hou sighed, and continued: "From this point of view, there is no good one, and none of them seem to be a good match."

After listening to Mrs. Lin Hou's words, Yin Niang sighed in her heart, and thought: This is not picking a daughter-in-law, this is the emperor choosing a concubine.You have to have a good family background, you have to be beautiful, you have to have a strong family background, you have to not be too temperamental, and your fate is not too hard. If you have such a perfect daughter-in-law, she would have been snatched away long ago. How could it be your turn? The youngest son of the official Hou Mansion.

Although I thought so in my heart, I couldn't tell Mrs. Lin Hou like this in my mouth.Yin Niang smiled at Mrs. Lin Hou, and said: "The capital city is not limited to these few girls who are waiting to be married, you just choose slowly."

Mrs. Linhou thought for a while, and then said, "That's true."

(End of this chapter)