Chapter 216: Going to slander and become drunk
My mother's words could not soothe Rong Jingqiu's heart. She understood the truth, but when she thought of Zhao Yu, she couldn't help but feel anxious. However, these thoughts were not enough to be told to outsiders, even her own mother would not do it.
"Mom, I know."
When Rong Jin saw that his daughter knew the general situation, her mood was refreshed.
Rong Cheng on the other side went directly to the Hanlin Academy, intending to meet the editor of the Hanlin Academy named Zhang Jiqing.
When Zhang Jiqing became a Jinshi, he entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor. That was the highlight of his first half of his life.
But after being an editor for the past three years, he was unable to wait for another highlight moment. He was dissatisfied with the current situation, but he was from a poor family and had no choice.
On this day, he was doing his usual work, but someone called him to say that the priest asked him to reply.
Since he entered the Hanlin Academy, he has not had much contact with the bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy. It is not that he is noble and does not want to curry favor with others, but that the bachelor's degree has always been aloof and disdainful to anyone's flattery.
It is rare for the Master of the Scholar to see him, so he quickly assigned the work at hand to the Shujishi next to him and hurried to meet the Master of the Scholar.
When he approached the door, he deliberately tidied up his clothes before he could get the news.
After receiving the permission, he took a deep breath and stepped in calmly.
The bachelor of Hanlin Academy is a thin middle-aged man with a goatee and looks not easy to get along with.
However, Zhang Jiqing has seen this as a priest, so he can face it calmly and will no longer feel nervous. "I have met the priest."
While saluting the scholar, he noticed that there was someone sitting in the room. The man sat on the side without saying a word. He was a person he had never seen before. However, judging from his clothes and demeanor, he probably was not an ordinary person. As for who he was, he could not guess for a while, after all, there were so many noble people in the capital.
The priest came to him, but did not give him any great errands. Instead, he asked him some things, and even had some personal privacy. He immediately guessed and became more careful in his answers.
Especially when he heard the scholastic doctor ask him what age he was, he realized his heart and kept jumping, but he said steadily, "The Xiaguan is already over twenty years old, and now he is twenty-three."
When asked again whether he had a wife's house, he looked embarrassed and said, "The lower-ranking official was poor in his early years and devoted himself to reading the books of sages, so he didn't care about marriage. He is still single and shameless to his ancestors."
In fact, he was not without women's favor, and his mentor's daughter had fallen in love with him, but he only thought that after he passed the Jinshi, he could find a better-in-class official daughter, so he missed his mentor's daughter. Now that he has long been married and has both children. When he thinks about it, he sighs more and never regrets it.
When answering the words of the Master, he kept secretly recording the middle-aged man who sat on the side without saying a word. He must find out his identity when he turned around. This conversation today was probably because of him, but the family had not been identified, so he couldn't ask in a blunt way.
I can only pay more attention when replying, so that I can have a good impression of him.
After a few questions from the bachelor, he found an excuse to send him out.
He did not get too entangled, but respectfully bowed and said to his leave. After he went out, he gave the scholar's personal servant a few taels of silver. The servant knew his thoughts at a glance. He was not worried about collecting the money, so he accepted it very readily and said a few words to him.
Zhang Jiqing has always been a smart person. When he heard that the strange guest inside was Dingyuan Hou, his mood suddenly surged. If he could reach the eye of this Hou, he would be able to rise to the sky.
After thanking this servant again and again, he walked with wind when he went back.
The sir in the room said to Rong Cheng, "What you are looking for is the person just now, Marquis. For the sake of our friendship, I will tell you bluntly that this person does a good job and has a very small chance of making mistakes. Moreover, in the Hanlin Academy's quarterly assessment, he performed well. In general, he is a down-to-earth young man."
Rong Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly. When Zhang Jiqing came in, he saw clearly that this person's appearance and demeanor were far inferior to Bo Jingran, and even his knowledge was the same. He looked a little honest, but he was really pretending, and he couldn't see it for a while.
It is at this age that he is much older than his daughter. For nothing, he passed the Jinshi at the age of 20 and now he becomes a seventh-rank editor at the age of 23. He has not developed badly. Only a wife who has never been in the officialdom will say that this person is doing poorly.
Rong Cheng was not satisfied with this first meeting, but he was not disappointed.
If he looks back and contacts this person a few more times, he can see it.
When he returned to the mansion, he mentioned the meeting today to his wife, but his wife frowned, "Will it be too obvious? I'm afraid this person has guessed our intentions."
"I'm not afraid that he will know. Let's see his behavior and know his character." Rong Cheng said.
Rong Jin thought about this and then nodded and agreed with her husband's approach.
Rong Jingqiu was not idle either. She also wanted to see Zhang Jiqing, at least she knew whether he was round or flat. Although she didn't have much hope for this person, she still took a serious attitude towards the marriage.
Lin An was quite dissatisfied with the candidate for this son-in-law and had already said many times, "Girl, this low marriage is not as beautiful as you imagined. Throughout history, high marriage is the reason, so that the couple can be more harmonious..."
"Wumble lady, these are all fallacies. The one that suits you is the best." Rong Jingqiu smiled and rejected. As long as Zhang Jiqing was not too bad, she would nod and agree to marry.
Lin An could not say that Rong Jingqiu could only go down to the kitchen and sulked. When Rong Jingqiu saw it, she just shook her head and smiled, and told Lin Lan'er to go over and comfort Lin An, so that she would not let her get stuck in a stubborn manner.
Mei'er was puzzled by Rong Jingqiu's choice of such a marriage. Last time, Mr. Bo also had a noble family. What's the matter now? She was afraid that her girl would marry a vampire husband and would not be satisfied with her. Such people would turn their backs on each minute.
Rong Jingqiu could see that the maids around her were all opposed, and they were even more stubborn than her parents, but she was not angry. After all, they all climbed up from the bottom, or they had a deeper understanding of people in this class, but people can't kill them with just one bamboo pole, right?
Her reasons can always convince people. Mei'er sighed, "I don't have to object to what the girl decides, but let's see him before making a decision. I don't want the girl to regret it in the future."
Rong Jingqiu agreed readily, but she decided her own idea. She couldn't tell Mei'er and others that they had died miserably in their previous lives, so it would be better to leave early.
After changing out clothes, she reported to Rong Jinshi a few times before getting on the carriage and leaving.
Wen Ruyi saw Rong Jingqiu go out, so she took advantage of Rong Jin's worries about her daughter's marriage and relaxed her care. She sneaked to the Xikuanyuan where Rong Jingdong lives, and Rong Hong was waiting for her here.
As soon as they met, the two hugged each other and expressed their feelings. With Rong Jingdong as a cover, the two instantly started to burn with fire.
When Rong Jingdong heard the maid's reply, she curled her lips disdainfully. If it weren't for the benefit, she wouldn't have helped Wen Ruyi.
Wen Ruyi was held by Rong Jin every day and knew her movements well, so she took the opportunity to say to Rong Hong, "Mrs. is visiting the third girl's marriage, but strangely, this person is a poor Jinshi. Husband, we three girls need to have a good appearance and family background, why should we find such a son-in-law?"
She was puzzled. Logically speaking, she should be happy when Rong Jingqiu married such a man, but when she thought of the strangeness of this matter, she wanted to make it a mess. She really couldn't stand the annoying third girl who could get what she wanted.
Rong Hong frowned. It was normal for his parents to see Rong Jingqiu's marriage, but he did not expect that the man's family background would be so low. He was embarrassed to admit such a brother-in-law outside.
Wen Ruyi could see that Rong Hong was dissatisfied with the marriage that Rong Jingqiu is now looking at, but he didn't say a word, and she couldn't make up his mind. She deliberately talked about the child in her womb, "The child has been moving very hard recently. Husband, we have to think about the child. If the third girl marrys to a higher place, she can pave the way for our children in the future, right?"
When he talked about this, Rong Hong was unhappy. "It would be nice if she could manage herself well, and she could still count on her to help her parents' family? You don't know that my third sister is very sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued, so she is not easy to meet."
Wen Ruyi didn't care about this. She could use Rong Jingqiu to marry a better family, so why not let it go? So she used her inch of tongue to convince Rong Hong and wanted to use Rong Jingqiu as the partner of the marriage.
Rong Hong was coaxed by Wen Ruyi. Thinking about it, her words were not unreasonable. Even though he had said with a sarcastic word that no one had married Rong Jingqiu, no matter how bad Rong Jingqiu was, he was still his own sister. Seeing that she was so humble to marry such a person, he felt sorry, after all, this sister was really good-looking.
For this reason, he personally contacted his former friends to go out for a party to see if there were any suitable candidates. When he found it, he would just ask his family to propose marriage. I believe his parents would not object, and they were much better than this poor family.
Wen Ruyi Rong Hong took action when she thought that Rong Jingqiu would pave the way for her son in her womb in the future, her mood instantly flew.
Of course, she didn't just tell Rong Hong about such a thing, but she also mentioned it to Rong Jingdong, but Rong Jingdong's reaction was beyond her expectations.
"She likes to marry such people, isn't it good? When she becomes a kiss in the future, everyone will watch her jokes. I'm still waiting, why do you want to destroy it?"
She couldn't refute Rong Jingdong's words. According to common sense, this is true. Especially when she heard that this sister-in-law would become the ninth prince's concubine in the future, she immediately curled her even more and gave her more gifts.
When Rong Jingdong saw the gift, her eyes shone and accepted them all.
This shallow eyelids made Wen Ruyi secretly despise her. Unexpectedly, a person like Rong Jinshi would raise such a daughter, but she could only envy her if she was reborn with a good life.
Rong Hong's dinner was going well at the beginning, but when talking about his eldest sister Rong Jingqiu, the friends were silent and no one spoke.
"What's wrong? Talking?" Rong Hong said unhappily.
One of the friends who had a better time with him said, "Rong Er, it's not that the brothers look down on your eldest sister, but her reputation is really..."
Speaking of this, he couldn't continue to say it, these were all offensive words.
Rong Hong's head suddenly buzzed, then grabbed the friend's collar and pulled him in front of him, "You kid explain it clearly."
The friend said with a heart-warming voice, "Just say it, this is what you forced your brother to say."
So they told all the rumors that happened to Rong Jingqiu in the past few months. In fact, compared to the ambiguous rumors that deliberately made her come out, what they mind more is that Rong Jingqiu has no fertility and which one of them has no family business to inherit? In the future, they will always have one or two legitimate sons. This is all in front of them, so even if Rong Jingqiu grows up like a fairy, they will not consider marrying her.
"If you take a concubine, your brothers are willing..." A voice in the corner said like this.
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. If they were willing to be concubines, how could they refuse?
This completely angered Rong Hong. No matter how bad his sister was, she would not be able to become a concubine. Who was she insulting? Especially when she saw the cramped and longing eyes of the brothers who had been able to play with her before, he was angry and immediately started to fight. Not only did he smash the banquet to pieces, but he also injured several people. Of course, he also got the lottery himself.
"Get out. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will smash your mouth..."
He drove away all the people with curses. What kind of things are they? He would rather send Rong Jingqiu to become a monk and accompany the ancient Buddha than to agree to marry her as a concubine.
Rong Hong was angry, his chest was full of anger, and he drank a muffled wine alone.
When Zhong Qu came in, he saw the messy ground all over the ground. When he saw the drunk Rong Hong, he frowned and helped the person up and sent him back.
After Rong Hong went back, he started to be drunk and saw him shouting, "Come Rong Jingqiu for me, I want to ask her if she wants this reputation. Go and call her..."
This drunken look made Zhong Qu frown even tighter. He wanted to start repairing Rong Hong's, but seeing that he beat his friend and was drinking, he took back his itchy hands.
Rong Jin had already arrived at this time. Seeing his drunk son, he hurriedly helped someone to cook the soup for the wine.
Chapter completed!