Chapter 50

Zhai Yanlin was shocked when he heard this. Mrs. Zhai seemed to think of something. She suddenly got happy and said happily, "yes, it's just right that she came to be qingge'er's mother. Why didn't I think of her before?"

The more Mrs. Zhai thought about it, the more she felt that it was feasible. Cheng Yujin was born in a marquis family, and her mother was Princess Qingfu. Her status was very dignified and noble. Such a family background made her the original wife of the government. Although Cheng Yujin is an adoptive, not a real Royal, but Cheng Yuanxian's candidacy can not be false, and Cheng Yujin was raised from childhood according to the standards of his eldest daughter, whether it is to take care of things or housekeeper accounts, are a good hand.

With this in mind, Zhai vaguely remembers that some time ago, the Cheng family sent a screen to the emperor to celebrate his birthday, which was very sacred, and the palace specially came to praise him. It seems that the person with the main needle of that screen is Cheng Yujin.

Mrs. Zhai herself was surprised. The government of CAI was in a special situation. She thought it would be more difficult to choose a suitable successor. Unexpectedly, there was a perfect one. Cheng Yujin has a noble status and a reputation of filial piety. Such a person will not disgrace the family status of the government, and can hold up the row of CAI Guogong and his wife. In addition, she is also very gentle and sensible, virtuous and filial. She can manage the government well. Most importantly, she can manage Zhai Qing and will be a good stepmother in the future.

The more she thought about it, the better she felt, so she said to Zhai Yanlin in a deliberative tone, "what do you think, Guogong? Cheng's eldest daughter is suitable for her status and temperament. You have to be busy with things outside. You have no time to manage brother Qing. As I get older and older, I have no energy. Sometimes I can't keep an eye on her. The big girl of the Cheng family is young, with poetry and patience. It's just right for her to take care of Qing'er. "

Zhai Yanlin finally knew what he had thought just now. He is middle-aged and has experienced many ups and downs. He is not as emotional as a young man. His state of mind is like a pool of stagnant water, but at this moment, Zhai Yanlin seems to have been pierced by his mother's mind, rarely giving birth to some embarrassment: "it's all up to his mother. As long as the mother thinks she's good, the son has no choice

Mrs. Zhai was a little surprised when she heard that Zhai Yanlin seldom mentioned women. Even if her mother, qingge'er, married him for many years and gave birth to a son to the government, she never heard Zhai Yanlin praise her wife. Today, however, Zhai Yanlin went so far as to admit Cheng Yujin's excellence.

On second thought, Mrs. Zhai understood that, yes, today Zhai Yanlin went to the Marquis's residence in Yichun to have a dinner party. He met with Miss Cheng. In this way, Zhai Yanlin is very satisfied with Miss Cheng.

The main purpose of marrying a daughter-in-law is to take care of Zhai Qing. It's rare for her son to like her too. Everyone is happy. Mrs. Zhai was very satisfied. She said, "I've heard about a big girl in the Marquis's mansion of Yichun for a long time. She is very good at dealing with people, but I didn't take it to heart at that time. Although the Cheng family has been declining over the years, it is still a marquis's house. The title can be passed on for a generation, and it falls to Miss Cheng's father. After the Cheng family attacked the Marquis, she became the Marquis's daughter, and her identity was even more valuable. Because of this, I have never considered the process family. The second girl will not stay in Hou's house in the future. It's unnecessary. The eldest girl has both ability and political integrity. Many wives regard her as their daughter-in-law in private. If you rob people with them, you may not be able to get the trouble. "

Zhai Jinyu didn't think about it. It's not that they didn't think about it. Cheng Yujin used to be famous for her family status, appearance and ability. Such a person doesn't worry about getting married at all. She can choose the rank of Duke and marquis. It's hard to see that the government of the state of CAI is the stepmother of filling in a house. Because she knew what was going on in her family, Mrs. Zhai didn't even go forward to get into trouble.

Zhai Yanlin is a little uncomfortable to hear this, but he has to admit that there is too much difference between the first marriage and the second marriage. Even for a man, when he marries a stepwife, he has to lower the conditions of his wife in all aspects. Zhai Yanlin has developed very well in the imperial court over the years, and the growth of his power has made up for his age disadvantage. However, he is still a little far away from randomly selecting the best ladies in the capital.

In particular, Zhai has a six-year-old son.

When Zhai didn't answer, his wife recalled many memories and told him old stories: "if I hadn't mentioned them before, I wouldn't have asked for nothing. The old lady of the Cheng family is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She has a big heart. When she was a girl, she was restless. Later, when the Xue family had an accident, she was lucky and married to the Hou family. As a result, one of her two sons is less promising than the other. On the contrary, in the third generation, she has brought up a very outstanding granddaughter. She hopes to marry her granddaughter into a high family and sell her granddaughter at a high price. How can she be willing to let her granddaughter be her stepmother and cut off her future wealth. If it wasn't for the fact that the eldest girl was divorced and her reputation was damaged, she would have to take second place. I'm afraid her eyes would still be on her head now. "

This is what Zhai Yanlin is most concerned about. Zhai didn't care about the previous generation, but he wanted to know why Cheng Yujin was divorced: "mother, do you know if there is any secret about Cheng's divorce? Who was her former fiance and why did she retire? "

Zhai said, "she really doesn't know about this family. It's ridiculous to say that Miss Cheng and Marquis Huo are engaged because of their help. In the end, the Huo family says that they should be engaged to the second lady because they recognized the wrong person. You see what they doZhai Yanlin was surprised and couldn't help asking: "Huo family? But Huo Changyuan, the Jingyong Marquis who made military contributions last year and inherited his husband's grace

"That's him." Old lady Zhai nodded and said, "originally, a man of talent and a woman of beauty, a thousand miles of marriage, is the marriage of pile top collocation. Who knows, Lord Huo has done such a thing. He has retired his elder sister and ordered his younger sister. They are twins. It's normal for them to admit their mistakes, but the reputation of a good girl's family has been ruined, and I'm a stranger

Zhai Yanlin couldn't speak. He was stunned for a long time and sighed: "Huo Changyuan's Kung Fu is good, and the leader also has the rules. Originally, I was very optimistic about this younger generation, but I didn't expect that his private affairs should be handled in such a mess. It is said that the engagement will be withdrawn, let alone the others? How can such a person be of great use. "

Old lady Zhai didn't understand what happened in the court. However, judging from Zhai's attitude, the court was not happy with this kind of breach of contract. Zhai Yanlin slowly thought about what happened today and said, "that is to say, Huo Changyuan is going to marry the second miss of the Cheng family in the future? Did Miss Cheng Er replace her sister's engagement? "

"Yes." Old lady Zhai disdained, "this kind of humiliating thing can also be done by old lady Cheng. How can she be an elder? I'm ashamed for her."

Zhai Yanlin understands that no wonder Cheng Yumo looks relaxed and happy during the day. No wonder Cheng Yujin sees that Cheng Yumo's face is not good. He just takes it as a sister. It turns out that there are still such disputes.

Zhai Yanlin immediately understood Cheng Yujin's attitude. Looking back on her words and deeds, Zhai Yanlin was filled with pity. She was divorced by her fiance and replaced by her sister. No wonder she stabbed Miss Cheng er.

It turned out that it was Qu Cai who made Cheng Yujin his stepwife. Now that Cheng Yujin was divorced, it was Cheng Yujin's fortune that she could marry in to be his wife. Zhai Yanlin knows that this marriage has basically been completed. Except for his disobedient son, other conditions are very high. He does not lack a stepwife. However, Cheng Yujin may not be able to find another marriage as good as Guo Gong's wife.

Zhai Yanlin suddenly had an inexpressible feeling that when he went out today, he only wanted to be ordinary, but he didn't want to go back and forth, or even affect the rest of his life. He first met the second young lady. He thought that Cheng Yujin was just fishing for fame and reputation. She was old-fashioned and boring, but then he met a real person. He was surprised by everything Cheng Yujin said next. Now, this enigmatic woman is going to become his new wife.

This recognition made Zhai Yanlin feel happy from the bottom of his heart. Zhai Yanlin knew at the moment that he had such a good impression on Cheng Yujin. But Zhai Yanlin is used to taking the initiative. Only women want to die for him. He never stoops to please women. Zhai Yanlin quietly suppressed the joy, said: "I have no requirements for the steproom, only a little bit, abide by the duty, understand the general, good health care Zhai Qing, do not give birth to the mind should not be enough."

Mrs. Zhai nodded and thought, "exactly. In the future, the title will belong to qingge'er. If she shares it with her, qingge'er will be brought up, and her son will be given more property in the future. What she's afraid of is that she's obsessed with wealth and starts to fight for the title with qingge'er. "

Zhai Yanlin frowned and said, "I think Miss Cheng's eyes are clear and her heart is full of wisdom. She doesn't look as shallow as an ordinary woman. She won't do such a thing. "

Old lady Zhai took a look at Zhai Yanlin, wanted to say something, and swallowed it again. After all, his son is old, and it's hard for his mother to say something. For example, old lady Zhai didn't think it was necessary. Before she came in, Zhai Yanlin turned to Miss Cheng. When she married in the future, she would get along with her day and night. She saw her beautiful wife in her eyes all day. Can Zhai remember Zhai Qing?

I'm afraid that's enough.

Zhai didn't say these words directly, but now it's clear that her son likes them. She said too much, but it's disgusting. When Zhai Yanlin's fresh energy is over, she can persuade them slowly. Mrs. Zhai stopped talking about it and said, "Mr. Guo, since you are interested in the Cheng family, you'd better go to the Cheng family to show your face when the Huo family hires you in a few days."

"What?" Zhai Yanlin was shocked again. "Mr. Cheng is only seventy-seven today. Even if she is a granddaughter, can't she get married this year?"

Mrs. Zhai shook her head and said, "Marquis Jingyong is very old. He is worried about his children. It's not surprising that ER guniang gets married while he is in hot filial piety."

Zhai Yanlin paused and asked, "what about Miss Cheng?"

Mrs. Zhai gave a meaningful smile and said, "that's why I say it's fate that Miss Cheng can marry into our family."

Zhai Yanlin understood. He opened his mouth. For a moment, he didn't know how to say: "old lady Cheng I'm in a hurry. During the period of filial piety, let's not talk about whether it's proper for Rexiao to get married. Let's just talk about Miss Cheng. Even if she's engaged in private, it's too late to go through the six rites. If the two girls go out of the cabinet first, how can she face? "

It's just that she has no face. Mrs. Zhai droops and is too lazy to speak. She said: "the Cheng family found a good name and said that his grandfather was very dependent on him and let the big girl keep filial piety for him. We don't have to identify whether this is true or not. Anyway, we believe what the Cheng family says. Anyway, after the end of a year, Cheng Yujin will get the name of filial piety, and the two girls of the Cheng family will get married well. If we marry Cheng Yujin, we will have a good face. Everyone has their own interests. There is no need to stick to the truth in some things. "The truth is true, and many of the nobles are tacit words. Even if all the governments in the capital know what caused Cheng Yujin's delay for a year, as long as no one tells the truth and her face is good-looking, the matter can be revealed perfectly. Zhai Yanlin has seen many similar things. In the past, he didn't bother to ask after hearing about them, but now he doesn't know why. He always feels aggrieved when he wants to start Cheng Yujin.

Why should such a beauty be humiliated when she has done nothing wrong? But Zhai Yanlin just wanted to think about it. If he had a bad relationship with Jingyong Marquis for a woman, it would be the most important thing in the world. Not to mention that Cheng Yujin has nothing to do with the Zhai family now, even if Cheng Yujin exchanges Geng tie and marries Cai Guofu, Zhai Yanlin will not influence his diplomatic intercourse in court for a woman.

So Zhai just sighed and said, "I know. In that case, on the day when the Huo family is hired, I'll go to the Marquis's residence in Yichun again. "

Sure enough, after seven seven seven, the Huo family soon sent the bride price. The day of Cheng Yumo's marriage is just around the corner.

Mrs. Cheng's room is full of people. At this time, the guests are almost gone, and Ruan finally finds the opportunity to mention the dowry with Mrs. Cheng.

“…… Niang, what Mo'er wants to go to is Hou's house after all. She is young and is Hou's wife. If the dowry is not enough, how can she accept all the people in Jingyong's house? How to stop the Beijing youyou public? Niang, the wedding gifts of Huo Jiaguang are all three thousand Liang. If we don't have enough dowries, won't we let the Jingyong mansion look down upon us? "

Today, when the Huo family raised the bride price, many people gathered around them. All the servant girls, big and small, gathered around the cloister of the main courtyard. Everything was carried in people's eyes. Whether it was worth money or not, they could not hide it from people's eyes. Huo Xue's family is a person who wants to save face. Every bride's gift is well done. Ruan's and Cheng Yumo's faces are bright and proud. But as soon as outsiders left, they came to Mrs. Cheng to discuss the dowry.

The wedding gift of the Huo family is brilliant. If Cheng Yumo marries Lu Qie, won't it make the whole capital laugh? Before Cheng left, the Marquis gave Cheng Yumo two thousand liang of dowry, and Ruan was very satisfied with the amount, but now Ruan's mind is moving again.

There is so much money in Gongzhong. If Cheng Yumo wants less, the rest must be in Dafang. Cheng enbao is still young in the big house. It will be ten years before she marries a woman. What's the level of Cheng Yujin's marriage in the future? It's better to transfer her share to Cheng Yumo, wait a year, and then make it up.