After what happened with Luo Yu, Meng Ying decided not to get married for the time being, but to run the embroidery workshop well first.
Meng Ying was teaching the embroiderer new patterns in the embroidery workshop, and said that the red hero reported that an old friend came to look for her. Meng Ying didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was another Qingzhou noble who came here to borrow money.
Meng Ying did not raise her head, but asked: "Who is this old friend?"
Unexpectedly, when she looked up, she saw a familiar face. Meng Ying almost cried with joy.
This person is none other than Dongsheng. The coachman back then had a kind and honest face, but now he has completely changed his appearance. He is tall and tall, wearing a green outfit, with a sword hanging on his waist, and a determined look.
"Dongsheng, you are back!"
The master and servant had not seen each other for more than three years. Dongsheng lifted his robe and knelt down, "Girl, Dongsheng is back..."
"I can't do it, I can't do it. I'm no longer a member of the Yao family. Besides, you are free now. Don't do this big gift again. Please get up quickly."
Hongying and Qinghe hurriedly helped Dongsheng up. Meng Ying poured Dongsheng a cup of tea herself and said, "How have you been in the army these years?"
Dongsheng briefly described the situation on the battlefield. It turned out that Tao Huansheng used a clever strategy in Caocang Mountain to defeat the Tatar army. The Tatar army was defeated and was forced to retreat hundreds of miles. Taking advantage of the dark night and high wind, they secretly retreated to the grassland. Tao Huansheng took thousands of people with him.
They pursued the enemy for thousands of miles, killed ten thousand enemies, and captured the Tatar leader Zuoxian King Totoda.
Now that the class teacher has returned to the court, he has been rewarded for his merits. The emperor personally granted Tao Huansheng the title of General Pingxi of the fifth rank, responsible for the defense of the capital city. Dongsheng was also named Xiaoxin Xiaowei, a sixth-rank military attaché, serving under Tao Huansheng.
Hearing that Dongsheng was now a sixth-grade military attache, Meng Ying stood up and saluted. Dongsheng hurriedly supported her with both hands. Meng Ying said: "The etiquette cannot be discarded." Dongsheng reluctantly accepted it.
After saluting, Meng Ying asked: "How did you find this place?"
"Girl, I forgot, I know the Yao family's old house. After returning to Beijing, I went to the old house to inquire about the Yao family's situation. I found out that you had established your own business in the capital, so I followed Mrs. Chen's instructions and found you. Unexpectedly,
Our master and servant can meet again here."
"Yeah, I really didn't expect it!"
Seeing the two people talking about past events, Meng Ying also mentioned that she was not the biological daughter of the Yao family, how she left the Yao family and came to the capital and so on.
The two lamented that fate was playing tricks on people, and they sighed for a while.
Hongying was afraid that her master would be hurt by this, so she deliberately interrupted: "Brother Dongsheng came at the right time. I dug out a jar of the apricot flower wine that the girl brewed last year, and it tasted very fragrant. This is not the place to talk, so why not
, let’s go home and let the cook cook some of her specialty side dishes. You can have a good drink and catch up on old times.”
"Yes, yes, go and tell the cook to make some mandarin fish and add more spicy food..." Meng Ying had not seen each other for many years, and she also wanted to have a few drinks with Dongsheng.
Just as he was talking about this, a soldier came in from outside and said a few words in Dongsheng's ear. Dongsheng stood up and clasped his fists, saying: "Girl, Hongying, we have urgent military affairs and there is no need to delay. Dongsheng will say goodbye for now. We will meet again tomorrow."
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Meng Ying knew that there were so many military orders that Dongsheng could not stay any longer, so she hurriedly asked Hongying to get the dressing box from upstairs.
Hongying brought the box in a moment, and Meng Ying took out a house deed from it and handed it to Dongsheng. She said: "This is the deed of the Yao Family Winery. Please give it to General Tao."
She asked Qiu Yan to buy this from Yao Chengnian for three hundred taels of silver during the severe drought in Qingzhou last year.
Times have changed, and the second room of the winery cost 40,000 taels. However, in the year of disaster, sesame seeds were packed in wine cups, and rice was as expensive as oil. The second room of the Yao family was in poverty, and they had to sell the winery at a low price.
Dongsheng didn't know the reason, so he paused and took it anyway: "Don't worry, girl, I will definitely bring it to you."
Looking at Dongsheng's back, Meng Ying felt relieved. The incident when Tao Huansheng took away her hairpin was still vivid in her mind. Thinking of that love scene, Meng Ying's heart still couldn't help but beat wildly. p>
Now that she finally gave him the winery, Meng Ying breathed a sigh of relief at the thought of having nothing to do with him anymore.
However, before I could catch my breath, the Queen Mother's decree arrived.
The porter at home came to deliver a message, saying that the eunuch from the palace was here to convey the Queen Mother's decree. Meng Ying did not dare to delay, so she took her maid and hurried back to Meng's house.
In Meng's house, an old eunuch with white hair and beard was drinking tea in the pavilion in the backyard with a fly whisk in his arms. The family's maids and cooks were all standing nearby, trembling with fear. Seeing that the master Meng Ying was back, she felt relieved.
Backbone.
Meng Ying made a blessing ceremony to the eunuch and said, "Meng Ying, a civilian girl, has met my father-in-law."
The old eunuch put down the tea bowl, looked at it at the foot of the mountain, and said: "It really looks extraordinary, no wonder..."
These hidden words made Meng Ying's heart skip a beat, and she thought to herself: No, it's probably because of the eldest princess and Na Luo Yu.
"My father-in-law made a ridiculous compliment. A common girl's appearance is mediocre and does not deserve my father-in-law's praise."
"Well, I'm neither humble nor arrogant. No wonder I can make friends with that Xiao Mingzhu, but he is a bit proud. Without further ado, it's getting late, and our family has things to do. Girl, please take the order!" The old eunuch said in a sinister tone.
"Please, father-in-law!" Mengying said, straightened her dress and held up her hairpin ring.
The old eunuch took out the imperial edict and sang loudly: "Meng Ying receives the edict!"
Meng Ying knelt down on the ground and said: "Meng Ying, the daughter of the people, accept the order."
Hongying Qinghe, the cook, the concierge, and the hula-la all knelt down.
"According to the decree of the Queen Mother, the embroiderer who was originally the daughter of the Yao family in Qingzhou and is now named Meng Ying is extremely talented and skilled in craftsmanship. She is sympathetic to her family and cannot bear to be criticized by the world, so she is specially given a marriage. Three days later, the unitary hour is an auspicious hour.
Get married!"
After hearing the eunuch's silence, Meng Ying said loudly: "Meng Ying, a civilian girl, is grateful for the grace of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is a thousand years old!"
Meng Ying knelt down and raised her hands above her head. The eunuch handed the imperial edict to Meng Ying. He did not expect that this Meng girl had seen some things in the world.
"My father-in-law has worked hard, can you please give me some simple meals as a reward?"
"Thank you for your kindness, girl. We have to go to the palace to recover, so we won't keep any more. As for these, they are also rewards from the palace. The marriage is coming soon, so the girl should prepare early."
Two little eunuchs carried two trays. In one tray was a red wedding dress, and in the other tray was a white silk ribbon.
The old eunuch led the people away. Mengying held the imperial edict in her hand and looked at Bai Ling on the tray, tears welling up in her eyes.
In the previous life, I was forced by Xie Chunlian to choose Bai Ling, thinking that this life would be a turn of events, but I didn't expect that in the end, it would be the same ending as in the previous life.
As expected, everything is determined by fate and no one can control it at all!
Seeing Meng Ying standing there like a clay sculpture, Hongying asked in confusion: "Girl, what does this Queen Mother mean? The man's name was not mentioned in the marriage, who is she marrying?"
The cook and others also talked about it: "Yes, yes, who will our girl marry..."
Before Meng Ying was in the mood to explain, the door knocker rang again, and the concierge came to report that a carriage was parked at the door and asked Meng Ying to come over and meet her.
Meng Ying straightened her hair, turned around and came to the door.
When the maid saw Meng Ying coming out, she opened the curtain, and a woman in fine clothes was helped out of the car by the maid.
Meng Ying took a closer look at the person and understood: what was supposed to come has come.
Xie Chunlian saw Meng Ying staring at him without speaking, so she deliberately raised her voice and said: "Hey, Miss Yao, oh no, it should be Miss Meng. Why don't you recognize me?"
"How could you not recognize it? Thanks to my blessing, you became a mother when you passed by." She knew that Xie Chunlian was here to see a joke, but she refused to let her have her way.
Xie Chunlian poked the sore spot, and immediately changed his face, pointed at Meng Ying, and said: "Don't be complacent yet, you have been kicked out of the clan, and now you will not be able to marry until you die, and no one will burn paper money for you in the underworld.
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"I can't tell, if King Yama doesn't accept me, he will send me back. On the other hand, Mrs. Hu, if you don't accumulate negative virtues, aren't you afraid of leaving karma for future generations? As the saying goes: The world doesn't know the cause and effect, so how can the cause and effect be spared?
Who?" In my previous life, I didn't see the Xie family being unlucky, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the Xie family will have a good death.
Xie Chunlian was choked, trembling with anger, and said: "Don't do this to me, I don't believe in those evil heretics."
Mengying approached Xie Chunlian and sarcastically said in her ear: "It's better if you don't believe me, otherwise I will become a ghost after my death. Wouldn't it be boring to go to see my wife in the middle of the night?"
"You..." Xie Chunlian was frightened by Mengying's words and took three steps back.
Meng Ying smiled at her with her hands behind her back.
"Okay, let's see how proud you are!" After Xie Chunlian finished speaking, he tossed his sleeves and led the maid into the carriage without looking back.
Meng Ying stared at Xie Chunlian's carriage, her eyes dark and unclear. She felt very regretful in her heart that she didn't kill this bitch first when she was reborn.
Seeing Meng Ying standing there like a clay statue, Hongying said to Meng Ying worriedly: "Girl..."
Meng Ying waved her hand and said: "Go in and talk."
Hongying stamped her foot and said "Alas". Although she didn't understand the twists and turns, she also understood that this happened because of Luo Yu.
Entering the banquet room, Hongying said: "Girl, I have heard about all the candidates from Qingzhou who have never forgotten you. Why don't you go with me..."
Meng Ying shook her head and said: "It's useless, no one will have trouble with their career because of me."
Hongying cried and said: "What should we do? We can't just find a peddler on the street and marry him casually."
When Meng Ying saw her like this, she smiled instead and said: "Silly Hongying, even if she is a trafficker and a pawn, I don't dare to marry your girl."
"No, I don't believe it. You are so good, and they are all rushing to marry you. And that Lin Xiao will not go back sooner or later. If he is here at this time, and you pretend to be married to him, you can save you from the fire and water first.
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Meng Ying was amused by Hongying's words. She knocked on Hongying's forehead and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if Lin Xiao is here, I will not let him marry me just to survive."
"Why? Do you dislike his origin?"
"It has nothing to do with my origin. I just hope that my lover can become a couple. Hongying, haven't you recognized your heart yet?"
"I..." Hongying still wanted to say, Meng Ying waved her hand, took out a small box from the bed, handed it to Hongying, and said: "This contains items from the embroidery workshop and our house.
"Deed, if I die, you will definitely not be able to stay in the capital anymore. If you sell all these things for money, you and Lin Xiao will go to Jiangnan and join Mingzhu."