Chapter 191 Tried
At night, the light was dim. After washing up, Meimei put on a pink floral dress and trousers. Her long, shiny black hair was loose. She leaned on the table with her chin supported by her hand, staring at the light in a daze.
Next to me is the account book that Cui Xi brought back during the day. I had intended to finish reading it tonight, but I haven't even flipped through it yet.
What happened today made her feel extremely uncomfortable. No matter what happened, she felt uncomfortable. Xu Junying's seemingly ambiguous change was just like his previous style. What he said and what he did were inconsistent, which made her dare not, could not, and could not believe him. The King of Qi was very reliable. She believed in his sincerity, but was that possible? It was absolutely impossible. The authority of the royal family and the problems of the King of Qi denied everything. He and she could only be friends, the best of friends. A relationship between a man and a woman? Forget it. If you force it, I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything in the end.
But she felt a little sad for the King of Qi. There was something about the King of Qi that she liked and she was deeply moved by it.
Seeing Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi again, these two masters who were free and unfettered, gentle gentlemen, free and unfettered, moved her. She had always considered escaping with them, but it was unrealistic. Wouldn't the emperor be able to find them if he wanted? Where could they take her? It was fine if she was not free, but why bother dragging others down?
She was not Qin Mei Niang. She was not afraid of those people in the Hou Mansion. As long as she could gain status and hold a little power, she believed that she could make them obedient. But she was tired of it and felt that it was unnecessary. What in the Hou Mansion was worth her efforts and efforts? Money? Status and honor? These were very important. Everyone liked them, including her. In the past and present lives, everyone was willing to curry favor with them. This was the prerequisite for living a noble and decent life. She had earned money through hard work. As long as she was willing to use her brain and nothing unexpected happened, she could continue to earn money in ancient times. She was not short of money. As for status and honor, it seemed that she could have them if she wanted. Was she too confident? It's a pity that Qin Meiniang didn't take the shortcut, but it's not her fault. Without someone to introduce her, she couldn't see the queen. Meimei had to admit that she had used her scheming to gain the trust and love of the queen by relying on Xu Junying's influence. Xu Junying's achievements and power were rare in the current dynasty, and he was at the peak of his career. But she was very sure of one thing: she had the same idea as Qin Meiniang, and she didn't want the glory of the Xu family.
I don't know if it was the bad influence left by Qin Mei Niang, but I just hated Xu Mansion. Before she knew the truth, she did some ridiculous things. She didn't think too much at that time. Her purpose was to get rid of the predicament and make a group of people live a good life. After knowing the truth, she was embarrassed for a long time, for Mei Niang and herself. At that time, she began to think that Xu Junying was a good man, but the more she saw, the more she saw that the premise of his being a good man was to imprison Mei Niang and her son, to protect his own reputation and the reputation of Xu Mansion, which was also understandable, but she was not Qin Mei Niang after all, right? Can't you be a bird in a cage when you come through? Is it wrong to ask for an easy and simple life and pursue freedom and happiness? She treated Xu Junying as a real person and told the truth. He was very reasonable and loyal to her and proposed a three-month contract. On the one hand, there was an agreement, but on the other hand, he did things that were completely contrary to the agreement, creating an influence that was not conducive to her, cutting off her retreat, and forcibly keeping her. He did more and more excessive things, with only one far-fetched reason: he liked her and wanted her to be his wife
What is this? It was clearly stated that she was not the original owner and had no obligation to fulfill this obligation. He didn't care about her feelings, and repeatedly made annoying moves, holding her in a domineering and arrogant manner, treating her as Qin Meiniang. He forced her to marry him and kept her, while preparing to marry a concubine. He was so arbitrary that it was outrageous. There was no shortage of good men in the world. She believed that she could always find a soulmate. She couldn't marry a man like Xu Junying who was seriously inconsistent in appearance and suspected of being insidious and cunning. She was simply fed up with him. The more she fed up with him, the more she couldn't get rid of him. No matter what method she used, she angered his old lady, ran away from home, stimulated him with unbearable words, scolded him, beat him, and destroyed her image to ask him to despise her. She did stupid things, but she couldn't make him give up. In order to show his determination, he didn't want a concubine anymore and moved out with her. A good filial son and grandson ignored the pleas and accusations of his family and clansmen and declared that he wanted to separate the family... She was tired, scared, and discouraged. What should she do? Is she going to give in to him just like that? Qin Meiniang has no chance and refuses to give in, but Cen Meimei is going to raise the white flag?
God, please give me some strength. She saw her resolve was being shaken.
She couldn't run away. After the imperial decree of divorce was issued and then withdrawn, which alarmed the royal family, she was tied up. If she was lucky, she could be a legitimate wife for the rest of her life. If Xu Junying was truly loyal, she could live a comfortable life. Even if he changed his mind and took a concubine, her position as the wife would not be shaken. If she was unlucky, it would be like what Xu Junying said: If he didn't like her, he would keep her in another courtyard, just like a divorced wife, but she would never be able to leave the Xu Mansion.
That is a real living dead.
I don't want to be a living dead. It's too much of a disrespect for people. I shudder at the thought. But what can I do? Xu Junying is infatuated again. He still likes Qin Meiniang's appearance. He won't let her go. He says firmly and clearly: You are my wife, Xu Junying, and you deserve to die. He even cut off her little idea of dividing the property and separating.
If she wanted to live a comfortable and decent life, and to maintain her dignity, and did not want to go up the mountain to be a bandit, or to be a runaway wife, hiding her identity and living like a rat crossing the street, then she really had only one way to go, just like when she was just resurrected, to be his wife, Xu Junying, conscientiously and honestly.
After becoming his wife, the most direct beneficiary is Heng'er. He does not need to follow her in marriage, and is still the eldest son of the Hou Mansion. The position of the crown prince is within his reach. His bright future and noble status are all arranged. More importantly, he has a real father. Xu Junying is the most suitable person to be Heng'er's father. With the same bloodline and similar face, where else can you find such a father who is hard to distinguish between the real and the fake? This is the first benefit. There are many benefits. Mrs. Qin's worries, the Qin family wants to maintain the glory of the Hou Mansion, and she herself does not need to be a businessman to fight for money in this life. The glory and wealth are endless. Just lie down and sit, and live a life of drunkenness and dreams.
That's too boring, you don't have to think about anything, you don't have to do anything, you will die quickly - you have nothing to do, you get angry to death after quarreling with others, you get depressed and commit suicide because you have too much free time, you have too much money to support a gigolo, and you get hacked to death by Xu Junying...
Meimei was feeling depressed and her mind was wandering when she suddenly saw Xu Junying walk in from outside the partition holding Heng'er.
She was stunned for a moment: after the guests left, Heng'er didn't know who he was reluctant to leave, and suddenly burst into tears. She coaxed him for a long time before he stopped crying. Because they all had to take a bath and change clothes, the nanny and Cuisi took Heng'er to take a bath, Cuixi and Cuilian helped Meimei wash her hair, and then came out of the bath. Xu Junying sent the guests out, and also sent Lin Runan back. It was late at night and he didn't come back. She thought he would go back to the Hou Mansion, but he showed up at this time, holding Heng'er.
"Heng'er has been silent. I thought he was asleep and was waiting for Cuisi to bring him over."
Meimei stood up and reached out to take it: "Give it to me, Master Hou should go take a shower and rest."
Xu Junying turned Heng'er over from his shoulder, carefully handed him to Meimei, and said softly: "Slow down, he took a nap after taking a bath and woke up again. I just came back when Cuisi brought him to me. I saw him making a fuss, so I carried him and walked around the corridor for a while, and then he fell asleep again."
"Where's Cui Si?"
Meimei turned her hands over and gently stroked Heng'er's forehead, feeling a slight warmth. The girl and the wet nurse were a little careless and didn't notice it, otherwise they would have come to report it.
Xu Junying looked at her: "Are you okay? I don't think anything happened to him. I asked Cuisi to prepare some hot water."
Cuixi had already made the bed. Meimei carried Henger to the bed and said, "It's ok, let's go to sleep. Lord Hou should also go to rest."
He then instructed Cuixi: "Leave a little bit of the lamp burning. Heng'er might need some water in the middle of the night. Put away the account books first. Who will be on duty in the room tonight?"
Cui Xi quickly glanced at Lord Hou and said, "It should have been Cui Si..."
Xu Junying watched Meimei disappear into the green gauze tent and said, "You can take Heng'er to rest. I'll arrange for someone to keep watch."
Meimei also felt tired. She always had a good sleep. After she put Heng'er to bed, Cuixi covered the mother and son with a quilt. Meimei kissed Heng'er on the forehead, then closed her eyes. After a while, she saw Zhou Gong.
Cuisi and Cuilian prepared hot water for changing clothes. Xu Junying took a shower and came back, telling Cuixi and the other two to go and rest. He brought a stack of documents over and sat at the table in front of the bed to read through them.
Meimei woke up in the middle of the night. She reached out to feel around her in a daze, but couldn't find Heng'er. She looked further away but still couldn't find him. She opened her eyes in shock and shouted, "Where's Cuisi Heng'er?"
The voice that answered her was Seo Joon-young's: "Here I am."
Meimei pushed aside the gauze curtain and got out of bed, only to see Heng'er snuggling in Xu Junying's arms, lowering his head to drink from the teacup in Xu Junying's hand, sucking his little lips sweetly, as if he had not drunk water for several lifetimes, and quickly drank the cup of tea up. Still not satisfied, he pulled down Xu Junying's hand, and when he saw that there was indeed no tea in the cup, he said "ah" twice to Xu Junying, meaning to add some more water as he wanted to drink more.
Xu Junying smiled and said: "Let's drink this much first. If you drink too much, you will have to...get up again."
Meimei reached out to hug Henger: "Come, I'll take you into the inner room."
Xu Junying said: "I just came back from there"
Meimei looked at him in disbelief: "You took him there? How could you?"
"Why can't I?"
Xu Junying smiled: "It's not the first time I've taken care of him. I've taken care of him in the middle of the night in Tsinghua College. Heng'er doesn't get used to it when he's there. He wakes up in the middle of the night and plays for an hour or two. He can't rest well, and adults are tired too. We have to transfer him back."
Meimei carried Heng'er to the bed and let him climb onto the quilt to play, while she sat on the side and watched. Xu Junying came over naturally and also sat on the edge of the bed to watch him climb up and down. Seeing that there were two people watching over him, Heng'er became more and more excited, rolling around in the bed and giggling.
Meimei said to Xu Junying: "It is usually Cuisi and the others who are on duty at night. They play with him in the middle of the night. You don't have to watch over him personally. Go and have a rest. We will play for a while and then go to sleep."
Xu Junying said: "I have papers to read, so it's okay to stay up in the first half of the night. I can also take care of him. It's uncomfortable to have one more person in the room."
Meimei glanced at him: This guy is really unreasonable, he is the one who makes people uncomfortable and the extra person, okay?
Xu Junying seemed to guess what she was thinking. He paused and said softly: "I...have been away for so many days, but I still want to be with you. Even if you fall asleep and don't talk to me, I can just look at you and listen to your breathing, and I'll feel at ease."
Meimei looked at him, finally sighed, and lowered her eyes: "Are we really going to be together? I still have no confidence in you, what should I do?"
"Tell me, what do you want me to do in order to believe me?"
"I want you to be less tough, overbearing, arrogant, cunning and fake, and show more sincerity, honesty and trustworthiness. Can you?" No skipping words.
Xu Junying was a little excited: "Meimei, I'm not... think about it carefully. I'm really not that kind of person. I want to do my best to do well and make amends. I saw early on that you didn't like the Xu Mansion and had a misunderstanding of me. But the more I wanted to correct that misunderstanding, the more I couldn't. You have a deep prejudice. If I let you go, you will never look back. I can't and dare not let go, because if I let you go, I will definitely lose everything. I don't want to lose, and I can't afford to lose the three-month deadline. I really wanted you to leave, and even thought about divorcing Qin, but I would follow you around and let you know who I am. I am willing to marry into the Hou Mansion as Cen Meimei... In the end, I didn't dare to do so. You are smart and clever. It doesn't take much effort for you to get away from me deliberately, but it would be too difficult for me to take you back."
Meimei glared at him: "Let it go and then take it back? Who do you think I am? A rabbit you raise at home?"
Xu Junying smiled and said: "I treat you as a treasure, a gift from God, a treasure that fell into my arms. I don't want others to know about it. I keep it in my heart, and my heart is warm. I am happy every day."
Meimei couldn't help but smile when she saw him like that: "Xu Junying, even if I'm a treasure, I'm still a living person first, you should respect me"
Xu Junying nodded twice: "I will definitely respect you. If you are willing to live a good life with me and never leave me, I will treat you as my life."
"Are you serious?"
“No joke”
Meimei lowered her eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, since you won't let me go, I can't get away either. Let's go, but I have one condition... We must make another covenant."
Xu Junying was stunned: "We still need to sign a covenant?"
"Of course, I don't have enough confidence in you. What if you play tricks on me? I am powerless to resist, and I can only seek to protect myself."
Xu Junying looked at her and finally nodded: "Okay, whatever you want to do, it's up to you."
"How about we try to spend some time together to see if we can get along? How long will it take? Tell me."
Xu Junying looked at her blankly, thinking that just signing a covenant would be enough, why bother trying again?
He smiled bitterly. He thought, let's just try it. Now that they have it out of the way, they both need to abide by certain rules. It's better than worrying every day that she might have other thoughts.
"How about a month?"
"The time is too short, half a year"
Xu Junying's eyes widened: "Half a year? That's too long, right? Three months"
Meimei smiled, it was very funny. This was how it felt when she bargained for small gifts when traveling in her previous life. She made the final decision:
"It's only a hundred days, let's make it perfect"
Xu Junying was helpless, but was moved by her next sentence: "Okay, after a hundred days, we will be happily reunited."
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