Chapter 259: Scolding Uncle and Getting Married
It was almost noon when the Su family returned to their new home in Beijing. They were about to go to the store to eat. Just as they had packed up and were about to go out, Zhao Lan's carriage arrived, and he came over personally to take everyone to the restaurant for dinner.
"Brother Jin, don't be so troublesome."
Su Yanli also said, "Zi Jin should just do whatever he needs to do."
Zhao Lan is different now than before. During the time of the previous emperor, his power was sidelined in many matters because of Yang Jingzi. But it is different now. Whether he was in the Imperial City Exploration Division or was sent to fight as a general, his performance was excellent and outstanding, and he was highly valued by the new emperor. In addition to being reinstated, he also served as the deputy commander of the palace, and had the same real power as the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division.
Although he is the future son-in-law, Su Yanli often feels unhappy when he sees someone trying to snatch his daughter away, but this is just a little thought as a father. Compared with serious matters, he still knows how to prioritize.
Zhao Lan bowed to his future father-in-law and said, "Teacher, don't worry too much. It will only take a while to have a meal."
Now that the future son-in-law had arrived, the Su family went to his restaurant with Zhao Lan.
As soon as we got out of the alley, a woman with messy hair and wrinkled clothes pulled the carriage back, "Ah Zhen... Madam Su... please save your brother-in-law..."
Who is it?
Su Sanlang thought someone had stopped the wrong carriage, so he reached out and lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside. "Mom, why haven't I heard you mention that you have a sister? Did you stop the wrong carriage?"
Hearing this voice, Cheng Yingzhen also felt it was very unfamiliar. She had not had any dealings with Cheng Bo's Mansion for a long time. The gifts for the New Year and other festivals were all delivered by Shi's waiter, Shi Baogui.
In the past two years, either the political situation was turbulent or I was sent to serve as a county magistrate, and I almost forgot what my mother's home was like.
Puzzled, she lifted her skirt and got off the carriage, looking at the woman blocking the front of the carriage and examining her carefully.
Perhaps out of guilt or embarrassment, the woman repeatedly raised her hands to cover her face, avoiding the beautiful woman in luxurious clothes.
Su Ruojin guessed the person Cheng Yingzhen didn't recognize, "Mrs. Yao?"
After being recognized, Cheng Yuzhu was so embarrassed that she almost found a hole to hide in. But when she thought of her husband being held in the Dali Temple, she didn't care about the embarrassment and crawled towards Cheng Yingzhen on her knees, "Ah Zhen... Madam Su, please, please ask Prince Zhao to save our husband, I beg you..."
Su Ruojin raised her eyes and saw Zhao Lan sitting on his horse, too lazy to get off.
She guessed that Cheng Yuzhu knew that Zhao Lan was married to her and considered herself a relative, so she asked Zhao Lan to help rescue her man. But Zhao Lan was not a person she could ask for, so she followed him quietly, but unexpectedly met them returning to Beijing.
Shuangrui stood beside her and whispered the original story. Sure enough, she guessed it right.
She asked in a low voice, "What happened to Chenghou Mansion?"
Shuang Rui replied, "Chenghou Mansion stood on the side of the late emperor. They gave a daughter to the late emperor, but ended up getting the beauty too. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the women of the late emperor were banished to the cold palace to do hard labor."
No wonder when the late emperor was in power last year, the people from Cheng Bo’s Mansion did not come to suppress the Su family. It turned out that they were not welcome in the palace. Su Ruojin continued to listen.
"After His Majesty ascended the throne, he did not investigate and suppress many things and many people. However, the third son of Chenghou Mansion, Madam Yao's husband, gambled and was reported to His Majesty, so he was convicted."
So that's how it is.
A new official has three things to do when he takes office, and the same is true for a new emperor who ascends the throne. This is just rushing to death.
What a joke. Not to mention the past grudges, whether Su Yanli and his wife are willing to help or not, even if they want to, why would Su Yanli, a seventh-rank official, ask Zhao Lan to help for her? It's really a fantasy.
Su Yanli protected his wife from Cheng Yuzhu who was desperate and trying all kinds of medical treatments. "Madam Yao, I'm sorry, I can't do anything for you." After saying that, he half-hugged his wife and turned to get on the carriage.
Seeing that the last straw was about to float away, Cheng Yuzhu reached out and grabbed the corner of Cheng Yingzhen's clothes, "Ah Zhen, Ah Zhen, I was wrong. I have already knelt down for you. Please save your brother-in-law. Don't worry, I will not let you save him in vain. As long as you save your brother-in-law, I will ask my parents to treat you well and let you sit in the main seat when you come home for festivals."
Go home and sit in the main seat? Cheng Yingzhen was amused by her words. She was about to get on the carriage, but she stopped and turned back.
Looking down at her eldest sister who was once so arrogant and glorious, she asked, "Did you ever think about this day when you bullied me and made me kneel in the snow, when you let the maids poke me with needles, and when you beat me with rattan sticks until I was covered with bruises?"
"I..." Cheng Yuzhu subconsciously moved back.
Cheng Yingzhen sneered, squatted down, and stared into her eyes, "If it weren't for the secular etiquette, I would have cut off all ties with you for eight generations. You still let me sit in the main seat during the New Year and other festivals, bah."
She reached out and poked the man in the face. "If I were you, I wouldn't come here at all. You're just trying to vent my anger and let me scold you."
"Ah Zhen, as long as I can save the master, you can vent your anger and curse me as you please, even if you want me to die, I am willing to do it."
Cheng Yingzhen was stunned.
Cheng Yuzhu thought Cheng Yingzhen was soft-hearted and asked to come up again, but was blocked by Shuangrui's knife.
Cheng Yingzhen took a deep breath, shook her head, and stood up. "It turns out that my sister is not born cold-blooded. She can sacrifice her life for her husband, but she can beat and kill her concubine sister at will. It turns out that it's not that she has no family affection, but that I am not worthy."
Cheng Yingzhen saw through everything and turned away indifferently.
Su Yanli pulled his injured wife over and said, "Ah Zhen, you have me."
"Sir."
The couple hugged each other tightly.
Su Sanlang and Su Silang saw that their mother was sad, and hurried over, "Mom, there is still me."
"And me."
"Sanlang, Shiro."
Zhao Lan jumped off the carriage at some point, stood beside Su Ruojin, reached out to hold her hand, his eyes full of affection, and said, "You have me."
Su Ruojin: ...Brother, we haven’t officially engaged yet, this isn’t a good idea!
One by one, they showed their affection in front of her, showing that their life was rich and happy. The helpless Cheng Yuzhu was so stimulated that she screamed and ran away with her head in her hands, "Ah...ah..." She didn't want to look, she didn't want to look, I am the daughter who is high above and has all the good things, no...no...no...
Cheng Yuzhu ran like crazy, and anyone she bumped into hit her. From a distance she looked like a drowned dog. It was really... Things change over time, and no one can escape from the fate.
Su Ruojin asked Shuang Rui who was riding beside the carriage, "Shuang Steward, how are Cheng Hou Mansion and Cheng Bo Mansion doing now?"
"Although His Majesty did not do anything to the other people in Chenghou Mansion, they have lost their favors now. It is estimated that in three to five years, they will fall to the bottom of society. As for Chengbo Mansion, your grandfather's family has been separated and lives alone. It is estimated that they have fallen to the bottom of society now and are worried about their three meals a day."
"So soon?"
Isn’t it said that a lean camel is bigger than a horse?
"Without a proper job, doesn't it cost money to feed the whole family?"
Su Ruojin: ...
As a young lady who has been in charge of the family since she was six years old, she has the most say. Her father has a proper official position but it is still not enough to spend, let alone having nothing. Her life is really getting harder and harder.
"Mom, do you feel relieved when you hear that they are not doing well?"
Cheng Yingzhen smiled helplessly, "My life is peaceful and happy. I have long forgotten those sad years and those people. There is nothing to be unhappy about."
Su Ruojin gave a thumbs up, "Mom did the right thing."
Don’t always think about the past, and don’t always try to prove anything. Whether it is thinking or proving, you are stuck in the past, wasting your energy and wasting your life.
Life is an irreversible journey. If you keep holding on to the past and refuse to reconcile with yourself, do you have to wait until the day you grow old to realize that you have lived a lonely life? That would be really not worth it.
Everyone forgot about the unhappy things that happened just now and had a delicious meal in Zhao Lan's restaurant. After the meal, Zhao Lan was thoughtful and let them stay in the restaurant to rest. If they were not going to meet Su Dekai and his wife tomorrow, Zhao Lan would not let them come back after dinner.
Zhao Lan sent the Su family back to their new home.
Su Ruojin saw Zhao Lan out.
"You really don't want to keep me?"
"No."
Su Ruojin reached out and tapped his chest, "Little Prince Zhao, we are both going to be engaged, we have to avoid suspicion, understand?"
Zhao Lan was dissatisfied and pinched her little hand.
"Hiss." Su Ruojin was really hurt by this guy's pinch. She lowered her head and bit him.
Now it was Zhao Lan's turn to hiss, "Ajin, you are a puppy."
"Yeah, you just know it now?"
The young lady's smug look was so tempting. Under the moonlight, she looked like an alluring little elf. Zhao Lan's Adam's apple moved again and again, but he finally held back his heartbeat. He just took the little hand that he was pinching, lowered his head and kissed it, "It doesn't hurt now, does it?"
"Yeah, it doesn't hurt anymore." Su Ruojin felt sleepy, so she pulled her hand out and bowed to him, "Brother Jin, good night."
He couldn't calm down. He couldn't sleep tonight and really wanted to take the girl home.
Zhao Lan was reluctantly pushed into the carriage by the young lady, and returned home with excitement and melancholy.
The next morning, the Su family did not have breakfast, so the family went to Su's shop.
Dashi and others hadn't seen their boss for two months. They were all very happy and quickly served the best breakfast to their boss.
The shop was doing well. Su Yanli and his wife praised the Feng brothers and Xianggui. "Work hard. When you want to start your own business, tell me. Not only will I not stop you, I will also help you choose a location and varieties."
When several people heard this, they thought that the boss didn't like their work, and they were so scared that they repeatedly assured that they had no such intention.
Su Ruojin: ...She really wants them to become bigger and stronger!
It took a lot of talking to make them believe that I was not chasing them away, and if I was not in a hurry to see my grandfather, I would have kept pestering them.
On the way, Su Ruojin asked, "Aunt Ye, I didn't show that I meant that."
"You didn't, but your ideas are several steps ahead of theirs, and they haven't caught up yet. They think you dislike their poor performance and indirectly want to drive them away."
Su Ruojin: ...Have they not caught up with the trend yet?
When I saw Su Dekai and his wife again, they didn't look as old and haggard as when I left four years ago. Although they were old, they were in good spirits. Their son's marriage to a princess made them very happy, as it was a matter of honor for the family.
As soon as he came up, Father Su blamed his son, "Ah Li, why didn't you tell us about Ah Jin's engagement with the young prince? If I had known, I would have brought a cart of fine furniture from Pingjiang Prefecture."
Pingjiang Prefecture is wealthy, so many dowries are high-end and presentable.
Su Yanli and his wife have both forgotten their original families and are living their own lives. When they left four years ago, Su Dekai still hated his eldest son for not persuading his son. Four years later, he has changed his face and everything is good when he is in a good mood.
Unfortunately, Su Yanli did not need his father's good mood. He looked indifferent and bowed politely to thank him. "Father and mother should focus on my brother. After all, she is Princess Shang, and we can't be careless."
What he meant was that you should focus on your biological son, and just treat me, your illegitimate son, as an ordinary relative!
Mr. and Mrs. Su Dekai were in a very good mood indeed. They did not notice the hidden meaning behind their son's words at all. They invited their eldest son and his family to have lunch and also invited them to have dinner. They were eager to have them stay.
"You live here, and your family is popular. If people from the princess's mansion come, we can still control them, right?"
It turned out that Su Dekai had this purpose, but Su Yanli only regarded himself as an ordinary relative and did not want to have in-depth contact with them. He refused, "I have been serving as an official outside and left Dalang in the Imperial College. This time I came back, I asked him to come back every night to prepare for tutoring so that he can participate in this year's autumn examination.
Su Dalang was sixteen years old, and it was time for him to take the imperial examination.
The eldest son deliberately distanced himself from her, and Su Dekai wanted to get angry. After all, after his son married the princess, he would become the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, which was a fourth-rank official position, much higher than that of his eldest son.
Just as he was about to get angry, his youngest son glanced at him with a warning look, and Su Dekai suppressed his anger.
"Well, since you don't want to help your only brother, I won't force you."
Su Yanli pretended not to hear.
Su Ruojin looked at his uncle and curled his lips coldly.
Su Yanzu had a headache and stood up, "Dad, I'll go see my brother off."
After saying that, without even looking at his parents' expressions, he smiled and politely sent Su Yanli's family out the door.
Su Ruojin walked side by side with her uncle. She snorted coldly, "Uncle, you will be the Junior Minister of the Honglu Temple in the future. You won't look down on my father, will you?"
Su Yanzu laughed, "If it weren't for the status of the Prince Consort, how could a scholar like me be able to sit in the position of Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple? Besides, I can sit in the position of Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple because of your contribution to the logistics supply for the war last year. If you weren't a young lady, I think you would have been promoted too."
Su Yanli turned around and said, "Ajin, I didn't hear you say that when you got home."
Su Ruojin chuckled, "My uncle is in need of an accountant, so I helped him with the accounting for half a month. It's a piece of cake."
"You kid." Su Yanli finally left his wife behind, walked to his daughter, and patted her shoulder like a loving father. "I don't know you. Small things can be exaggerated, but really big things are said to be not worth mentioning."
"Brother, what you said is very insightful. My eldest niece is just like that."
The two brothers sang in unison, which was rare.
Su Ruojin: ...
When they got outside, Su Yanzu asked his brother and his wife to take the children to the carriage first. He had a few words to say to his little niece alone.
When Su Ruojin was kept by him, she knew what her uncle wanted to ask.
But when it was really just the two of them left, he was still reluctant to speak.
"If you don't ask, I'll leave. My parents are still waiting in the carriage."
Su Yanzu sighed and looked up at the sky.
It’s almost the fifteenth day of the lunar month. The moon is bright and round, and the light it casts is cool and quiet.
"How is he...?"
"Great."
Huh? The niece replied so quickly, Su Yanzu turned to look at her, "Really?"
Su Ruojin nodded.
Hearing that he was doing well, Su Yanzu seemed to be relieved. "I am sorry for him."
"Of course."
Well?
Su Yanzu laughed, "Ajin, my uncle has admitted that he is not a good person, so please stop attacking me."
╭(╯^╰)╮
Su Ruojin couldn't help but curl her lips, "A scumbag who seduces and abandons me."
"Yes, you are right to scold." Su Yanzu looked dejected and looked at the moon again.
The moon waxes and wanes, but there will always be a regret between him and Shangguan Yu.
For some reason, she wanted to scold her uncle when she saw him, but seeing that he was really sad, Su Ruojin couldn't help but comfort him, "I have already scolded him on behalf of Master Shangguan. From now on, your uncle should live his life as he wants. Otherwise, how can we justify the life and death you once shared together?"
My eldest niece is still soft-hearted.
Su Yanzu thanked him sincerely, "Thank you, Ajin."
"Why thank me?" Su Ruojin pouted, "I'm going home." After she finished speaking, it was time for her to go home.
Su Yanzu looked at his eldest niece's back until she got on the carriage and disappeared from his sight.
Wandering in the moonlight, letting your mind fly.
Time moves forward, leaving the years empty and the rings vicissitudes. The scenery in the eyes, the smile in the ears, and the lover who is gradually drifting away, all fall into the light and shadow of the passing years.
I looked up at the bright moon again, and the evening breeze blew by, blowing away someone's fleeting years.
Ayu, please take care of yourself for the rest of your life!
Although Princess Yuehua was getting married for the second time, she was a royal princess after all, so her wedding was just as elaborate and grand. Although the Su family did not move into the Su Mansion, they still moved into the Mansion on March 15th, the day before the wedding day. In addition, Su Yanli found many of his former students to be Su Yanzu's best men and to make a fuss in the bridal chamber.
Su Xiangheng from Dongshan Academy also brought his friends to help. For a while, the Su Mansion was very busy. Su Yanzu's mother, Qian, was too busy to handle it. Not only was Cheng Yingzhen conscripted, but Su Ruojin was not spared either. Even so, there were still not enough people, so Zhao Lan transferred servants from the Prince Jin's Mansion to help.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the first royal happy event in the Dayin Dynasty was the marriage of Princess Yuehua. Last year, when the Liaoxia Kingdom was fought, Princess Yuehua not only contributed her efforts, but also her people. She was deeply trusted by the emperor. So during the lunch break, the emperor came to the prince consort's residence and watched the ceremony in person. He did not return to the palace until the ceremony was over and the bridal chamber was made quiet.
This sent a huge signal to the upper class in the capital that Princess Yuehua and her husband were valued by the new emperor, and that it would definitely be a good thing to be on good terms with them.
This wedding affair lasted from the Su Mansion to the Princess's Mansion, and from the Princess's Mansion to the Prince Consort's Mansion. It took five days in total before it was over.
The Su family was exhausted.
Cheng Yingzhen was so tired that she could barely stand up straight, but she looked very excited. Su Ruojin was so scared that she wanted to find a doctor for her. Her mother slapped her several times, "What are you doing, kid? Why are you making such a fuss?"
"Mother, this is Princess Yuehua's wedding. If someone didn't know, they would think it was you who was getting married."
"You little bitch, keep talking nonsense." Cheng Yingzhen wanted to hit her with the sole of her shoe.
"Then why are your eyes so bright and why are you so excited?"
"Of course I have learned something from this marriage that I never learned before."
Cheng Yingzhen learned nothing at her parents' home. In the past few years, she was in poor health and Su Ruojin was the one in charge of the household. In the past two years, Su Ruojin has gradually let go. She has grown very fast and learns whenever she has the chance. Now she is almost a qualified mistress of the household.
Su Ruojin pouted, "You can't be so busy that your back is bent."
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