Chapter 71 Chapter Fourteen Li Wei

Crying, making trouble, and hanging himself three times, this is a common trick of ancient women.This time it was crying and fussing. But I have experienced it for a long time, what can't I see through?So I just smiled tiredly and said: "If I was not afraid of trouble and insisted on fighting for the family property, I would have returned a long time ago. Why did I stay in Beijing for so long to avoid these right and wrong? What's more, I was plotted by someone later, and I was discouraged. I plan to live this life in front of the Buddha. I don’t want to think that something happened to Qingyao. I really can’t bear to stand by and watch. I just came back and wanted to ask my father for help to save Qingyao. That’s all. Third lady, you can’t help thinking Too much!"

"Conspiracy! The Buddha lived this life!" Rong Jincheng held my hand, his voice trembling: "No wonder, we haven't been able to find you, and even recognized an unknown female corpse as you! You are so stupid, we Such a family, what is there to be afraid of? What's more, Qingyao is also an honest person! You, what are you so obsessed with? You hurt yourself, and you hurt him too!" I burst into tears, knelt down on the cold stone floor, and said, "So, father, I'm back, please save Qingyao! Save him!" Rong Jincheng was busy pulling me, and said: "Get up, get up, the ground is so cold, it's good to be frozen! What's more, Qingyao, Qingyao is already... already..."

Naturally I knew what he was going to say, the third wife in that room had already cried out: "Qingyao is your second sister's husband-in-law, my family naturally wants to save her, what more do you want?" Rong Jincheng was also uneasy, and said: "This matter, this matter is also my fault, but I have rashly believed that you are dead, so I made a mistake in this marriage." There seemed to be thousands of ants crawling over my heart, tearing and biting, and I could almost feel the dripping wound, dripping out blood.But I gritted my teeth and said slowly: "Whether Qingyao is my husband-in-law or my second sister's husband-in-law, he is always a relative of the Rong family, right? Besides, in Beijing, without his careful care, I would be It won't be so quick to recover as a normal person. So he is still my benefactor, if something happens to him, I will definitely help him."

Rong Jincheng sighed: "Shu'er, you are as smart as your mother, and you are affectionate and righteous. I knew that once you recovered, you would be much smarter than ordinary people." It's hard for him, his mother has never smiled at him since they got married, and he still thinks that his mother is smart, affectionate and righteous.But since he mentioned my mother, I can't let go of the opportunity to argue for my dead mother.So I raised my face and said to Rong Jincheng: "Father, my mother is your wife, isn't it?" Rong Jincheng nodded and said, "Of course."

I smiled sadly and said: "My mother has been dead for so many years, but my father only recently restored the third wife, which shows my father's affection." Rong Jincheng lost his voice in surprise: "When did I bring Sanniang upright? From the beginning to the end, I only have your mother as the original wife, and you are the only daughter-in-law. Where did you hear that?" I looked at the third lady in surprise on purpose, and replied in the same astonishment: "But the clothes that the third lady is wearing are obviously red, which can only be worn by the wife of the main wife! She's just a high-ranking servant girl, why did she interrupt me everywhere when I was talking to my father, and she didn't have any humble etiquette?"

There was an eerie silence in the garden.Even the many servants and servants who followed behind them held their breath and looked at me and the third lady in astonishment. The first wife of the Rong family, Mei Luoluo, has never been in charge of affairs since she married into the mansion, let alone died early; the second wife is a cut-off gourd, and she had quarreled with the third wife a few times before, but she was far away. Not her opponent, so I put my heart in the Buddhist hall and never argue with her again.Not only does she have no wife, but she is even favored by the master. The third lady behaves arrogantly, which is not a problem. After a long time, although she has never set her right, her words and deeds have long since assumed the posture of a mistress. Qi Feng, let alone criticize her.

But she is a concubine, no matter what, she is also a concubine of humble origin.Since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the family ranks of the gentry and the common people have been strictly hierarchical, and even the gentry have never been willing to intermarry with the common people, fearing that their bloodlines will be confused and their own status will be lowered; when the imperial court hires officials, there must be a noble family, and the common people have almost no chance After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, after several wars, the power of some common people who gained fame with military exploits began to rise, and the imperial court adopted a system of opening subjects regardless of family status in order to select talents, and this strict hierarchy was slightly relaxed .It's just a little bit of relaxation. A famous family is determined not to let the daughter of a commoner be their wife.

Naturally, I don't have such a serious view of family status.But at this time, I can use it.With a sneer in my heart, I looked at the third lady's shivering body and pale face in the cold wind. Rong Jincheng's face was sullen, and he didn't speak for a long time, but his words were as cold as the winter wind: "You, go back immediately and change this clothes! In the Rong family, only Mei Luoluo deserves to wear such a color!" The third lady's lips moved, but she was stared at by Rong Jincheng's sharp and cold eyes, she didn't dare to say anything after all, she just gave me a venomous look, lowered her head, covered her face as if she was wronged, and left sobbing.

I was hoping that she would argue again and cause Rong Jincheng to be even more dissatisfied, but the third lady is not stupid enough yet.It's a pity in my heart, but if I am humiliated in public like this, no one in the Rong family will dare to look down on me again, and the third wife is destined to step on me. Rong Jincheng didn't bother to look at her, just held my hand, and said gently: "Forget it, after standing in the wind for a long time, your hands are cold, and your bones are so thin... Let's go back to the house Have a good talk." Surrounded by everyone, I was led back to the house by Rong Jincheng.This living room is tightly covered with window paper all around, and there are four stoves burning fiercely in the corners. As soon as I entered, a little maid filled the stoves with a lot of silver frost charcoal, and put me to sleep. He took a seat by one of the fireplaces.

As soon as I sat down, someone greeted me with a smile, and stuffed a brass foot stove carved with bat patterns under my feet, and someone stuffed a small hand stove engraved with double fishes playing in the water into my arms, not to mention hot tea. , I brewed a strong one early.The slight charcoal gas in the room, together with the ubiquitous and endless fragrance of plum blossoms, and the warm and rich tea fragrance, mixed into the warmth and fragrance of the whole room. Rong Jincheng was still not enough, he stared at me closely, afraid that I would disappear again in a blink of an eye; he gave repeated instructions to prepare the bedroom for me quickly, and asked when dinner would be ready, To take good care of me.

I finished giving orders for a while, and felt that all the servants were noisy, and we couldn't let our father and daughter talk freely, so we all ordered to retreat.Only Baima couldn't quite understand what he was talking about, and stared at him with wide eyes; as for Gongbu and the other three, they didn't enter the house, but just stood guard outside. Seeing that I brought these four people with me, Rong Jincheng knew they could be trusted, so he asked me carefully about the situation after the farewell. I know that he must also know about the fact that I was taken away by the King of Han. I don't need to explain what happens to a young and beautiful woman after being taken away by the King of Han.So I started with Hegan Chengji saving me, talking about being discouraged and silent in Luoluo Mansion, talking about going to Tibet with Princess Wencheng to escape from the world, talking about traveling in Tubo and gradually relaxing my mind, talking about the accident in Qingyao that hurt my heart, and talking about it. Back to Datang's determination to save Qingyao.Of course, I will never say that I just wanted to go back to my time in Tubo. After all, I finally stayed in the Tang Dynasty, and when I stayed in the Tang Dynasty, Rong Jincheng was my father, and I would do my filial piety to him as a daughter .Having a daughter like me is better than the original fool who made him sad. What's more, everything is just fate. No one can tell what kind of God's will the Chi jade that brought me to the Tang Dynasty was.How could I know that I, who lost my father since childhood, was destined to reap this rare father-daughter relationship only in the Tang Dynasty? Rong Jincheng listened to me all the way, and held my hand tighter and tighter.After I finished speaking, there was unspeakable pain and pity on my face, and I sighed: "You silly boy, why bother! Even... even if you are bullied, it's nothing serious. People like us , what are you afraid of? Dad can still find you a good marriage that suits your wishes." I am speechless.Indeed, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was civilized, and women's chastity was far less important than after the Song Dynasty.It is understandable that I am devastated, but it would be a bit too angry to escape for this reason. I didn't speak, but Rong Jincheng sighed and expressed his opinion: "You are so angry, you are like your mother. But if I lose my daughter because of this, I would rather you be annoyed. " He pinched my thin shoulder blades, stared at me deeply, with indescribable kindness and pity.That kind of pity made me unable to bear the sadness and grievance in my heart, and I was about to shed tears again. At this time, someone outside the house reported: "Dinner is ready!" When Rong Jincheng was about to agree, he heard someone shouting outside: "Is the third sister back? The second sister is late!" Rong Hua'er in crimson rolled in, smiling all over her face, as bright as the morning glow, as if she didn't know that I had an argument with her mother just now. I stood up and called out politely: "Second Sister." After she sat down on the east side, I sat down again. Behind Rong Hua'er was a thin and timid woman with a long face, her eyes were huge because of her thinness, but she was not very energetic, but when she looked at me, there was a clear luster like a lake. Puzzled why she looks so familiar, the woman has already called out: "Miss!" All of a sudden, she threw herself in front of me, hugged my legs, and started crying. The familiar "Miss" made me suddenly recall who she was, and couldn't help but lose my voice: "Jianbi! Are you Jianbi? How did you become so thin?" Jianbi also has big eyes and a high nose bridge. But it's a round face, less than two years, but thin and thin? Jian Bi looked at Rong Hua'er in some panic, not daring to speak. I remembered that Jianbi was already Dongfang Qingyao's concubine, and my heart sank. I smiled and nodded to Rong Hua'er and said, "She was originally my girl. These days, I have to trouble my second sister to take care of her."