But Wei Yuner, after thinking hard for a long time, finally came up with a way to "encounter" General Tao, whom he had longed for.
A month later, Gao Cunliang wrote a letter telling his wife that Tao Huansheng would return to the city in three days.
Xiaocui then came up with an idea, saying that the road in Xiaoshawan was difficult, so she pretended to be frightened, and Tao Huansheng would definitely come to the rescue.
The coachman specially hitched a docile horse, which would stop on its own even if no one was holding it. Everything was arranged as planned, just waiting for Tao Huansheng to arrive.
After noon, I saw the rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of me. The driver understood this and slowly relaxed the reins.
When Tao Huansheng and others were approaching, the coachman jumped out of the car, and the horse lost its reins and ran forward "kick, kick, kick".
The Wei family's entourage shouted at Tao Huansheng: "The horse is frightened, there is someone in the car, help!"
When Tao Huansheng heard this, he reined in his horse and said to Dongsheng, "Go and have a look!"
Dongsheng took the order and urged his horse forward.
When the two horses were abreast, he jumped on the carriage, pulled the reins of the horse, Dongsheng let out a "whisper", and the "shocked horse" was easily subdued by Dongsheng.
In the car, Wei Yun'er, lightly powdered and brightly dressed, was helped out of the carriage by the maid with a look of panic on her face.
I had just landed and stood firm, and wanted to tell the person in my dream about my "life-saving grace", but I didn't expect that the person driving the horse was not Tao Huansheng, but a big black man.
"Who are you?" Wei Yun'er's face turned dark immediately.
Dongsheng was quilted and laughed angrily, "I am the one who saved your life."
"It's ridiculous, I need it..." Xiao Cui coughed and she looked to the side.
On the black horse, there is a young man sitting upright, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a silver helmet and silver armor, holding a whip in his hand, and with a solemn expression. Who else is it if it is not Tao Huansheng?
Wei Yun'er hurriedly changed his words and said, "I mean, thanks to the brave man's intervention, if it hadn't been for the brave man's rescue, I don't know where this fierce horse would have taken me. Please brave man, accept my bow." After saying this, he bowed down. When Dongsheng saw him, he hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "You're welcome, girl. I'll take my leave." After saying that, he flew away and got on the horse.
Tao Huansheng pinched the horse's belly, and the black horse's head was facing north, intending to move forward.
Unexpectedly, Wei Yun'er left her maid and her old lady figure behind, walked forward quickly, and shouted: "General, stay!"
Tao Huansheng also teased Dongsheng and said, "Is it possible that this girl has a crush on you?"
Dongsheng curled his lips and said: "I am not lucky enough to bear this rich lady."
Tao Huansheng reined in the reins and asked, "What's the matter?"
"General, I am from the Governor's Mansion of Wei. A few days ago, my grandmother celebrated her birthday, and the general saved me."
Wei Yun'er ran to the front of the horse, wheezing and panting. She was dripping with sweat as she ran. Her bun, which she had put a lot of effort into, was crooked, and she was breathing unevenly.
Hearing that she was the daughter of Governor Wei, Tao Huansheng had to dismount from his horse and salute, clasped his hands in fists and said, "I have seen Miss Wei."
"General, there is no need to be polite. Speaking of which, you have saved me twice." Wei Yuner lowered his head, pinched the corner of his clothes, and glanced at Tao Huansheng shyly.
"Ms. Wei is serious. Last time it was just a small effort, but this time it's thanks to Vice General Qin. I can't bear the word 'thank you' from the girl."
"Why can't you afford to save me twice? General Tao, I...I won't forget you." After saying that, he turned around and ran away. After running a few steps, he stopped again and walked towards
Tao Huansheng smiled brightly and continued running to the carriage.
Just when Wei Yun'er turned around and smiled, Tao Huansheng saw Meng Ying's face in a daze.
Tao Huansheng rubbed his eyes, smiled bitterly, and thought to himself: That girl has always been alienated from him, how could she smile so brightly?
When Tao Huansheng saw that the carriage had left, he also jumped on the horse. Although Wei Yun'er's words made him confused, he had no time to think about it, so he rode straight to the capital.
Although Tao Huansheng returned to Beijing to attend a banquet hosted by his colleagues, he felt very unhappy in his heart. Gao Cuuliang was one of his 100 households, and he always mentioned Meng Ying's past to him these days.
Tells how she is good at taking care of household chores, is good at dancing, and makes friends with ladies in the boudoir.
At first, Tao Huansheng told anecdotes about the bento, but he didn’t pay much attention to it.
But later Gao Cuuliang said behind his back that Mr. Wu of the Anding Marquis Mansion also wanted to marry Meng Ying. If he could not marry her, he would become a Taoist priest; and that the consort had not yet met Meng Ying in front of the princess.
Very deep clouds.
But these words happened to fall into his ears.
As the saying goes, don't be afraid of not doing good things, just be afraid of not being good people. The same thing, said by people with bad intentions, has another meaning.
Wu Botang and Luo Yu were like two thorns piercing Tao Huansheng's heart.
I wanted to evacuate the teahouse, but the storyteller mentioned that the newly married general's wife was scolding the Xie family's aunt in the long pavilion. The tea guests in the hall were talking about it. Some talked about Meng Ying's rudeness and laughed; some were afraid of violating taboos.
Biting his ears and talking about the dispute between Luo Yu, Wu Botang and Meng Ying, Tao Huansheng was furious.
I simply threw the tea bowl and left the teahouse.
At that time, Meng Ying was in the general's mansion, teaching her servants to prune the osmanthus tree.
There was a rough lady, who was called Granny Li, and said: "Madam, why do you know everything? I have served in many wealthy families, and I have never seen such an easy-going and knowledgeable mistress as you." p>
Hongying smiled and said: "Our wife is a fairy descended to earth!"
When Meng Ying saw Hongying teasing her, she also agreed, saying: "This osmanthus tree is the fairy who descended to earth and came out of the moon palace. If you are kind to it and make a wish under the tree, she will bless you with beautiful faces."
Hongying curled her lips, "Madam, please don't bully me, I'm not easy to fool."
"Yes, Lin Xiaoyao is back, who dares to bully you?"
"Oh, Madam, please don't mention him. He is the person I hate the most." Hongying said she hated him, and when she mentioned Lin Xiao, her face was filled with smiles.
At this moment, the concierge came to report excitedly, "Madam, the general is back!"
Upon hearing that Tao Huansheng was back, Meng Ying hurriedly asked someone to clean up the study. After all, it was also Tao Huansheng's bedroom.
He also ordered the kitchen to prepare ingredients and she would cook dinner.
He took his servants with him and went to the door to greet him.
It had been more than two months since Tao Huansheng's last birthday party. During this time, Mengying sent someone to deliver Youzhou dishes she had cooked by herself, and made two sets of clothes, a pair of boots, and three pairs of summer socks.
"The general is back." Meng Ying greeted him with a smile.
"Yes!" Tao Huansheng responded, then with a dark face, he passed Meng Ying and headed straight for the study.
When Meng Ying saw Tao Huansheng acting like this, she thought he was having trouble with something in the army, so she didn't dare to disturb him. She went straight to the kitchen and cooked some authentic Youzhou dishes.
After preparing the meal, Meng Ying went to her room to take a shower and change clothes. She was smelling of oil smoke all over her body. Hongying passed the message from the outer courtyard through the next door, saying that the general was waiting in the study.
After twisting her hair half dry, she hurriedly asked Qing He to comb her into a ponytail and went straight to the study.
I saw Tao Huansheng sitting behind the desk with a gloomy expression, and the food on the table remained untouched.
Seeing that Tao Huansheng was silent, Meng Ying took the lead and said, "But this dish is not to the general's taste?"
Tao Huansheng's face was as dark as water, and he glanced at Meng Ying with an unkind look.
This look sent chills down Meng Ying's spine.
"But I did something wrong, General, please tell me straight away." Killing people can only be done with a nod. If this look could kill people, I am afraid that I would have been punished.
"I remember I said on the day I married you that I can give you the honor of a general's wife, but I only ask you one thing: don't cause trouble! But why can't you live in peace? Do you have to be impeached by the censor before you are willing to do it?
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After hearing these heart-wrenching words, Meng Ying felt chills all over her body and said with a trembling voice: "What the general said was that I had a dispute with Xie Chunlian? She and I..."
Before Meng Ying could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Tao Huansheng, "I don't care what your relationship is with the Xie family, the An Dinghou Mansion, or the current prince-in-law. I just hope you stay clean and don't cause any trouble for me!"
Meng Ying was silent for a moment, "Okay, I will never do it again!" After saying that, she took three steps back, turned around and pushed the door open.
As soon as I walked to the door, I heard the sound of cups, plates and bowls falling to the floor.
Meng Ying forced back the tears that were about to fall from her eyes.
She persuaded herself that there was nothing special about it, it wasn’t like she had never been wronged.
"Madam, I think the general has misunderstood. Why didn't you tell the general the truth? It was because of him that you quarreled with Mr. Xie," Hongying said.
"Look at him coming back with a black face, how can he give me a chance to argue? But that's all, saying it three times is as easy as water, not to mention the unclear grudges that are unclear."
Exactly, nine times out of ten life will be unsatisfactory, and you can only talk to others about it.
Tao Huansheng couldn't hold it back for a while and lost his temper with Mengying.
But when he saw Meng Ying's disappointed and determined look as she left the door, he felt empty again.
But even if he regretted it, he didn't want to apologize out of man's dignity.
That night, Meng Ying returned to Meng's house.
He ordered someone to dig out a jar of wine from under the apricot tree, and drank it by himself in the pavilion until dawn.
Tao Huansheng heard a report from his servants that Meng Ying had returned to her "parent's home", and Tao Huansheng replied calmly: "Let her go!"
But not long after, the sound of a flute came from the study room of General Pingxi's Mansion.
The sound was sad, but before the song ended, Tao Huansheng rode away in the dust.
Everyone in the general's mansion knew that the general and his wife were angry.
When the master quarrels, the servants are like seeing a thunderstorm, and they dare not take a breath, for fear that if they are careful, the master will become angry and splash themselves with blood.
As soon as Tao Huansheng left, someone passed the news to Wei Yun'er that the husband and wife of Pingxi General Mansion were not getting along.
Wei Yun'er was overjoyed, "Xiangu, your method is indeed effective. The general really hates her!"
At this time, a person walked out from behind the screen. The woman had a yellow face and a tear mole the size of a grain of rice under her left eye. She was dressed as a Taoist nun and held a whisk in her hand.
"Yao Mengying is the best at attacking people's minds. These three people are like tigers. The strategy of accumulating destruction and eliminating bones is most useful to her."
Meng Ying never dreamed that the same trick she used to deal with Yin was now being used against herself.
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Misfortunes never come singly, and within a few days, something happened to the embroidery workshop.
"Madam, another customer has come to refund their deposit. This is already the tenth time today." Hongying muttered.
In the embroidery workshop, Meng Ying was sitting on the second floor. The embroiderer in charge told her about the recent strange things, "Someone paid a deposit, but just halfway through the embroidery, he came to cancel the deposit. If he didn't refund the deposit, he came at the door.
Those of us who are married women feel dirty when we hear these dirty words."
"I understand. From tomorrow onwards, we will no longer accept business. All previous deposits have been refunded."
"Madam, what do you mean?" the embroiderer asked with a tearful voice.
"Close the embroidery building!"
"Ah...are you willing to do so?" This steward
"I have to let go even if I don't want to. This is because someone is sincerely trying to make things difficult for me. I am now in the General's Mansion, no better than before."
Meng Ying said it easily, but when the embroiderer came downstairs, she shed a few lines of tears.
This is a shop she runs single-handedly. The furnishings and embroidery beds are all purchased by her herself and are never left to hand.
Every plant, every tree, even the steps and railings, and the Duobao Pavilion were all drawn and built by my own craftsmen. It is not only a business, but also a home.
But now some people want to drain the fire, destroy her foundation, and tarnish her reputation.
She is in the light, the enemy is in the dark, and restricted by her status as "the general's wife", all she can do now is to avoid their sharp edges.
When the last customer returned his deposit, Dengzhi Embroidery Shop dismissed the embroiderers and closed its doors.
The famous embroidery house in the capital was just deserted.
This makes the regular customers who come here feel sad.