Episode 6 The Golden Sparrow Comes Out of the Cage
Episode 6 The golden bird comes out of the cage
Zheng Yucong was locked up in her show room, sitting on the bed, sobbing sadly, and tears kept falling. She never thought that her father could actually ask someone to lock her up. The two guards just now were in her father's room.
Under strict orders, she was forcibly pulled into the show building, and her arms are still hurting. She has grown up in the Changping Marquis Mansion, and this is the first time she has been treated like this, and it is her own father! At this time, her heart is broken.
Already.
I have spent so much thought and tried every means to please my cousin, play with her, laugh with her, cry with her... It's because my cousin values love, so that my family's holy family will not fade away, and for my own sake.
The status in the family is not lower than that of my elder brother... I didn’t expect that after putting so much effort into this family, in the end, my status in the family would still be far inferior to that of my unlearned elder brother! They still treat themselves like this! They still regard themselves as
Goods that are ready to be sold at any time!
Is it just because I am a girl?
The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. She lay on the bed and cried loudly. She cried until her eyes were black and her head was dizzy. Then she slowly stopped, sat up and thought slowly.
Her father said he wanted to marry her somewhere, so she wasn't too worried about it at the moment. It was still early for these things. When her father's anger passed, why couldn't things change. She was mainly worried about her father and brother's bad idea. Once the newspaper is printed tomorrow,
The Metropolitan Procuratorate has begun investigating Mr. Xiang, and Mr. Xiang will definitely fight back fiercely. Your Majesty will definitely stand unswervingly on Mr. Xiang’s side. Then both his family and Mr. Xiang will suffer losses. Mr. Xiang will be splashed with dirty water, but
But he has won further trust from His Majesty; but his family and himself will be thoroughly disgusted by His Majesty. In that case, he will never be able to get ahead in his family...
If my cousin questions me, how can I explain it to her?
What’s even more terrifying is, what should I do if my cousin never wants to see me again?
And...what if Mr. Xiang thinks that he is the mastermind and a sinister and vicious woman?
She doesn't think she likes Mr. Xiang. She just admires him, or at most admires him. Zheng Yucong clearly knows that the reason why she feels good about Mr. Xiang is mainly because of the two men in her family: her father and her brother.
It's useless, it's too useless... However, in the entire Ming Dynasty's upper class society, such a capable and young man is just an adult. At least he is the only one who can be noticed by himself.
There was a "dong dong" sound on the wooden stairs. Zheng Yucong wiped away her tears and looked over. It was her most personal maid, Ting'er, climbing up panting. Zheng Yucong stood up and looked at her.
Ting'er held up her skirt and ran over anxiously, lowering her voice and saying:
"Miss, you...you don't want to marry the Crown Prince of Ryukyu, right?"
Zheng Yuqing was startled and asked:
"This matter...how do you know?"
Ting'er said anxiously:
"Miss, the Marquis has contacted Prince Shang's Mansion. Now someone from Prince Shang's Mansion has arrived. Prince Shang is here in person..."
Zheng Yuqing was stunned and couldn't say a word. Ting'er continued:
"Prince Shang and Concubine Chen were talking to the Marquis in the main hall. Concubine Chen was so happy that she couldn't help but say that she had brought some snacks for you to eat, and some jewelry for you to wear... She said she would do it right away.
Just want to see you..."
Ting'er became angrier and angrier as she spoke, almost crying:
"Miss...that woman...that Concubine Chen was afraid that the Marquis would go back on his word, so she tentatively said that according to their Ryukyu rules, the girl would live in the man's house during the engagement period until the marriage..."
Zheng Yucong hugged Ting'er's shoulders and said anxiously:
"What did my dad say?"
"Then, the Marquis agreed! He also said that he would let you stay here tonight! Miss, what should I do?"
Zheng Yucong's face was ashen and her whole body was cold. She never expected that her father could really do it and promise her out that night... Although she was not married, as long as she lived in Prince Shang's mansion, she would be the daughter-in-law of the Shang family. She wanted to regret it.
It won’t work anymore! That’s what Concubine Chen had in mind. Who knows if Ryukyu has such a custom! How dare she say such a thing!… My father didn’t even want to, so he decided to give up his life just because he was angry!
Zheng Yuqing was stunned, not sobbing, but tears kept flowing down, gathering on her chin, and dripping down like beads with broken strings.
Seeing her like this, Ting'er was frightened and shook her shoulders:
"Miss! Miss! You can cry if you want... What should I do..."
Zheng Yucong's mind went blank, with only one terrifying scene... She was pinned down by that wretched man who looked like a big smoker... He breathed alcohol in his mouth, his face was obscene, and he touched her body with two big hands...
She was covered in goosebumps, and she felt more nauseated than eating flies...
At this moment, another maid climbed up the stairs and said:
"Sister Ting'er, Mr. Hou asked the young lady to dress up and go to the front hall...Miss? What's wrong with you?"
Zheng Yuqing shuddered, her mind woke up, and she quickly turned twice in her mind. She wiped her tears and ordered:
"I understand... You go down first, I'll wash your face and change clothes..."
The maid went down. Ting'er whispered anxiously:
"Miss, what should I do?"
Zheng Yuqing's heart skipped a beat, and she gritted her teeth and said:
"I can't let them manipulate me like this!... Ting'er, is there someone guarding down there?"
…
Five minutes later, Zheng Yucong packed up all the jewelry in his room, as well as several hundred mingyang in cash, and took out all his property from the safe: checkbook, stocks, bonds, equity certificates, real estate title deeds in his name...
…
She spread them out on the bed and asked Ting'er to pack a few changes of clothes for her and put them into a suitcase.
"I'm going to hide for a while," Zheng Yucong said to Ting'er, "They are treating me like this, and I can't sit still and wait for death... Ting'er, you stay here obediently..."
Ting'er was already trembling with excitement, but when she heard this sentence she said anxiously:
"Miss, won't you take me with you?"
Zheng Yuqing said while thinking:
"You let me know the news at home. When my father's anger subsided and he started to miss me and didn't want me to get married, you... well, you just posted a dog search notice in the "Jinling Business News".
The dog's name is... let's call it 'Xiao Qiang'... I will read it every day, and when I see your notice, I will come back... Here, use this dollar to advertise."
Ting'er nodded sadly and took the dollar.
Zheng Yucong quickly connected the sheets and several pieces of clothing together, tied them to the window lattice, then quietly climbed out of the back window, grabbed the sheets, looked down, her heart was pounding, and she climbed down with her eyes closed.
What is dark below is a pond. The show building is similar to a water pavilion, with ponds on three sides and land on one side. Two guards are guarding the front door. If you want to escape, you can only go down from the pond.
Zheng Yuqing had never done anything like this before, and her heart jumped into her throat. She was afraid that the window lattice was not strong enough, or that the sheets and clothes were not strong enough, that her arm strength was not strong enough, that she would miss the mark, and even more afraid that someone would kill her when she climbed the stairs.
Caught on the spot.
The majestic Marquis actually did such a thing. It would be really embarrassing to be caught...
After finally exerting all his strength without making any noise, Zheng Yucong stepped on the stone foundation on the first floor of the show building. The stone foundation was very narrow, and he could only step on half of his foot. A few centimeters below was the water surface. Zheng Yucong held on to the sheets tightly.
Looking down at the dark water, I already regretted my decision. But I had no strength to climb up again.
At this point, there is no retreat.
She was heartbroken, gritted her teeth, and slowly stretched one foot into the cold water.
The pond was not deep, so after she gritted her teeth and got all the way down, the water only reached her chest.
Zheng Yuqing almost fainted from the cold. The icy-cold water surrounded her whole body. She was shivering in waves, and her feet were covered with mud.
But when it comes to this, we can only persevere to the end. Ting'er shouted softly from above:
"Miss...Miss...are you okay?"
Zheng Yuqing bit her livid lips, slowly took a few steps back in the water, raised her head and trembled:
"Okay, throw it down!"
"Miss, go on!"
Ting'er threw the suitcase down. Although the second floor was not high and the suitcase was not heavy, Zheng Yucong was almost knocked down. She held the suitcase tightly with her hands on top of her head and walked slowly in the water, trying her best to
Don't make any water noise.
The other shore is less than ten meters, but these ten meters seem to be longer than ten kilometers. When they reached the deepest point, the water was up to their necks. Zheng Yucong desperately held up the box, praying that he would not drown, freeze to death, or let
The water soaked the box - it was all my property. If my father disowned me, my life, happiness, and status for the rest of my life would all be in this box.
The mud beneath her feet sank in step by step, and her neck was surrounded by withered water lily leaves. Her chest and legs were also covered with water plants and water lily stems. Just when she was about to freeze to death and lost her last bit of strength, she threw herself on the other side of Taihu Lake.
On the stone embankment.
Zheng Yuqing used her remaining sense to look around before getting out of the water to make sure no one was nearby, and then climbed ashore as if dying.
There is a small stone path on the shore, and behind the stone path is a bamboo forest. Behind the bamboo forest is the garden wall, which is also the wall of the Changping Marquis Mansion. Zheng Yucong, trembling all over, walked into the bamboo forest and came to a familiar place. There was a Taihu stone here.
She stepped on the Taihu stone, climbed up, stuck her head out of the wall, and looked around. There was no one in the alley. She threw the box down first, then climbed over the wall with all her strength, picking up the tiles on the wall, and slowly
Fall down, let go for the last time, and land on your feet.