Chapter 349 Qing Qing Zi Jin
By the Spring River Pond.
The autumn wind blows slantingly.
A perfect couple recited poems and composed essays.
The gauze curtain floated, revealing two beautiful faces.
The young man mustered up his courage to sing: "Your green collar, my heart is always with you. But for your sake, I have been pondering it till now..."[1]
Miss Zijin’s maiden name comes from the Book of Songs. The poem is beautiful, the name is beautiful, and the person is even more beautiful.
What is written in the poem is what he is thinking at the moment.
Zhou Mu didn't understand, because Miss Zijin looked at him with gentle and affectionate eyes.
But she said she only regarded him as her brother.
Could it be that he misunderstood or was just wishful thinking?
Not likely.
I must have been too anxious to reveal my feelings and scared her.
After all, Miss Zijin is not yet of marriageable age and is at the age of falling in love for the first time. She should be ignorant about the relationship between men and women.
It's common to be flustered and at a loss for a moment when a man suddenly expresses his feelings to you.
Zhou Mu stood up and bowed like a child who had made a mistake. He apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss Zijin. I was so rude. I thought..."
I thought you loved me as much as I loved you.
Zhou Mu didn't say this out loud.
However, having said this, Zhou Mu was still unwilling to give up and blurted out everything that was in his heart.
"Miss Zijin, I only know that if I don't tell you this time, there will be no chance again. Ever since you showed up at the Zhou Mansion and I first saw you, I've been in love with you. The more we spend together, the more unforgettable it becomes. I think of you while I eat, I think of you while I walk, even my dreams are filled with you... I originally planned to propose marriage as soon as your three-year mourning period was over, but your family has already arranged the marriage. Now, I just want you to say this: If you are willing to marry me, I will cancel the engagement. I'm willing to wait for you to pass the mourning period and until you reach the age of marriage, even for three to five years."
Jiang Zijin turned his head away, acting like a little kid.
After seeing so many heartless men, I suddenly saw a lovesick man and saw him so sincere.
If you ask me whether I am moved or not, then I am a little bit moved.
If she agreed now, this fool might disobey his parents' orders and cancel the engagement.
After getting to know him, I found that Zhou Mu is actually a good person. He is handsome, a modest gentleman, gentle, careful, simple and kind.
He is not like other sons of noble families who have a large number of concubines and maids.
But one thing is that Zhou Mu is the youngest son in the family and was almost raised by the whole family.
Too naive and innocent, never suffered any hardship.
Without having to shoulder the burden of the family or worry about making a living, all he has in his mind is probably pretentiousness and romance.
I heard that Zhou Mu's brother married that fierce woman from the Lu family.
It's okay now that his parents are still alive, but if he fails to pass the imperial examination and become an official in the future, it is still unknown whether the Zhou family will have a place for him.
After her mother passed away, Jiang Zijin also thought about marrying an ordinary man and living a stable life.
She even started secretly buying real estate and land outside without telling her father and grandmother, making plans for the future.
Because she knew very well that her father and grandmother would not give her much dowry, and they could not give her much.
She has to earn everything by herself.
But after getting along with Zhou Mu, her mind changed.
From a small family to a large state like Liang, a man's status determines his wife's status.
If she marries Zhou Mu, she will be the second wife of the Zhou family. In the future, when she sees Lu Wan, the marquis' wife, she will have to bow and greet her, and respectfully call her sister-in-law.
When she went out to a banquet, whenever she met a woman of higher status than her, she would bow to her or even kneel down.
But if she marries the emperor, all the women in the world, except the empress dowager, must kneel down and call her Empress Dowager.
Rather than being the legal wife, she would compete with a group of concubines and maids for attention.
She would rather fight for the throne of queen in the harem.
Although they are both fighting, the rights they get are worlds apart.
She didn't live again to live like this, so that wouldn't be like going back to life.
She had felt the happiness that power brought her in her dreams, and once she had experienced it, it was hard to let go.
Even in this life, there are bumps and bruises along the way.
It's even beyond recognition.
My grandfather’s family is gone, and my mother is gone too.
But she is still alive.
As long as you are alive, there is hope.
There is also the hatred for being toyed with and killed in the previous life, which is not so easy to let go.
So she said to Zhou Mu, "Brother Mu, I've always treated you as my elder brother, thank you for your kindness. Please forget me. I'm a concubine's daughter. My grandfather and uncles are all criminals. Whether in family background or origin, I'm far inferior to your daughter from the Duke's Mansion. Even if you break off the engagement, your parents will definitely not agree to let you marry me."
"Sister Zijin, I don't mind whether you are born of a legitimate wife or a concubine. I love you because you are unique. You and I are in tune with each other. You understand me, and even if I don't say it out loud, you can know what I'm thinking. We are so compatible, and my mother likes you very much. I will definitely convince her to let me marry you." Zhou Mu was really unwilling.
Jiang Zijin didn't expect Zhou Mu to be so stubborn.
It would be terrible if he really went to the Shen family and said he wanted to break off the engagement and insisted on marrying her.
She advised earnestly, "Mr. Zhou, that's different. Just because you like someone doesn't mean you have to marry them. Just like you like noodles, but you won't eat them as a staple food every day. You and I are not destined to be together, so why not just be brother and sister?"
Zhou Mu looked at Miss Zijin, and the tenderness in his eyes seemed to have disappeared.
It was all indifference and helplessness.
He felt a chill in his heart.
It seems that the girl was pushed too hard.
Not wanting Miss Zijin to distance herself from him, Zhou Mu said sadly, "If Miss Zijin doesn't want to, I won't force her. Let's just be brother and sister."
Jiang Zijin suddenly felt inexplicably nervous.
He lifted the curtain and looked around.
"What's wrong with Miss Zijin?" Zhou Mu also followed her gaze and did not find anything unusual.
The wind was just a little stronger, blowing against his cheeks.
But it couldn't blow away the frustration in his heart.
"Brother Mu, let's go back." Jiang Zijin always felt uncomfortable all over.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp…”
Jiujiu flew out and then flew back, landing on Miaomiao's shoulder and complaining.
[You don't understand, Zhou Mu is so stupid... Even I can see that Jiang Zijin only thinks he's entertaining her... Zhou Mu, what a fool.]
Jiang Miaomiao: ...
Ugh! She actually heard a confession.
What is this? Miss Zijin understands him, is compatible with him, and has a mutual understanding with him.
Ah! Goosebumps.
This sounds like a love scammer.
There can't be two people in the world who are perfectly compatible. If there is, you have to be careful.
Jiang Miaomiao suddenly thought of something.
She could dream of Jiang Zijin's past life, and perhaps Jiang Zijin himself had dreamed of it too.
If this is the case, then this girl is most likely reborn.
What he did and said gave me a feeling of being beyond his age.
So she was looking for a backup when she approached Zhou Mu.
The sharp-eyed little guy noticed a few more carriages on the lakeshore.
The boats in the lake gradually approached the shore.
Wow! Something exciting is about to happen.
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Note [1] From the Book of Songs: Zheng Feng
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