Chapter 397 Grievance
She glanced at Old Mrs. Xia lightly, then smiled and retorted, "Thanks to Yu Niang, I am very good, my body is pretty strong, but I am my in-law's wife. I heard that my in-law's father-in-law went away after spending the New Year at home. Visiting friends in the south of the Yangtze River, hey... not to mention, my father-in-law has been thinking about it for the past ten years. He has been traveling all over the world all year round and has lived a happy life. It is just that his wife has suffered a lot and has to support the family alone. "
For some unknown reason, Mr. Xia suddenly resigned from his job ten years ago and ran away from home. Then he rarely returned to Jiangning. The only time he returned was to catch up with New Year's Eve. After New Year's Eve, people would not disappear.
The Xia family's explanation to the outside world was that Mr. Xia fell in love with traveling around the world, missed his colleagues and friends, and went around visiting relatives and friends.
But everyone knows that there must be something wrong with Mr. Xia not wanting to stay at the Xia family and neglecting Mrs. Xia. Otherwise, the head of the family would not be away from home all the time without any reason and would run away.
Everyone in Jiangning City secretly speculated that Mrs. Xia had done something outrageous that forced Mr. Xia to run away from home.
Although there is no real evidence, Mrs. Xia's move is equivalent to humiliating Mrs. Xia and making Mrs. Xia lose her face.
In front of Old Mrs. Xia, no one dared to mention Old Mrs. Xia. Anyone who mentioned it would make Old Mrs. Xia angry.
As a woman, Zeng also knew that Old Mrs. Xia had been carrying the title of the Xia family for many years and had a hard time. But whoever made Old Mrs. Xia dishonest and provoked her first, she was not a soft persimmon and just let Old Mrs. Xia do it. The wife flattened and rounded it.
No, Zeng just stirred up the thorn in Old Mrs. Xia's heart.
Mrs. Xia's face suddenly became very gloomy. When Mrs. Wang saw something bad, she immediately stood up to smooth things over, "Old lady, you came at just the right time. It's an auspicious time. I have prepared this position for you." ”
He led Mrs. Xia to the first chair on the left.
Mrs. Xia sat down with a cold face, and glanced at Mrs. Chu opposite with a sinister look.
Mrs. Wang looked at Mrs. Chu again, "Old madam, please sit down, too. I will tell my mother-in-law to call the two newcomers out."
With that said, he whispered to the mother-in-law behind him, and then he and Mr. Wang sat on the two upper seats in the middle.
After a cup of tea, Xia Ziqing and Young Master Wang walked in harmoniously.
Because it was during the national mourning period, the young couple did not dare to wear red, so they only wore the same light pink clothes. There were not too many embroidery patterns on the clothes. Young Master Wang only had a simple embroidered hem, and Xia Ziqing's dress only had a cluster of yellow, white and green peonies embroidered on her chest, not even the red one.
And on her head, there was only a golden flower with a butterfly on it, and two blue gauze flowers. It was worse than her usual dress before the national mourning period.
However, Mrs. Zeng was very satisfied after seeing it. She admired Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang for her meticulous work and thorough consideration, and she would not let anyone find any clues.
You know, Dasheng advocates filial piety. During this period of national mourning, ordinary people are better off, and no one will stare. But in any official's house, as long as the family members of the family wear fancy clothes and rubies. Hongjuanhua and so on will be impeached by the censor.
Mr. Wang pays special attention to this point and is very careful.
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Young Master Wang smiled warmly and Xia Ziqing lowered her eyes with shy expressions. They walked up to Master Wang and Mrs. Wang and knelt down.
The steward of the Wang family who acted as the master of ceremonies shouted, "Bow down to heaven and earth."
"Second worship to the high hall."
"Three, husband and wife bow to each other."
They simply asked the young couple to pay homage to each other, and then asked Xia Ziqing to serve tea to Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang, and the matter was over.
The moment the maid helped Xia Ziqing stand up, Xia Zihan saw the grievance in her eyes.
Can you not feel aggrieved?
The happy event that should have been organized with great joy was bumped into by the national mourning period and it didn't feel festive at all.
The newlyweds were not allowed to see any red items from head to toe, and they had to dress up like people wearing mourning. There was not a single red tape in the hall, and there was not even a big red happy character posted on it. It was even placed in the corner. The floor-standing vases are also blue and white porcelain, instead of red with blessing characters.
The entire hall looked serious, not like a church meeting, but like a family meeting.
Moreover, there is a white mandarin hanging on the plaque outside the hall, and white strips of cloth are hung everywhere on the trees in the yard. This is not a worship hall, but a memorial service.
Even Xia Zihan felt that it was too desolate to pay homage, let alone Xia Ziqing, it was extremely aggrieved.
But she couldn't express her grievance, and she couldn't go anywhere to reason with it. She could only swallow it silently and swallow it in her stomach.
Mrs. Liu saw that her daughter was wronged and wanted to stand up for her, but was pulled by Mrs. Xia.
After Xia Ziqing returned to her room, she ordered her maid to find Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan didn't want to go at first, but after thinking about it, she went for the sake of the Wang family.
Xia Ziqing's room was said to be a new house, but in fact it was not festive at all. All red items such as the big red word "Happy", red mandarin, red lanterns, red quilts, red curtains, etc., were all removed by the maids and wives sent by Mrs. Wang after the bell rang when the late emperor passed away, and all were replaced. It became a plain color. Fortunately, there was a six-panel screen embroidered with hundreds of children's charms in the room, which added a lot of color and interest to the room, so that the new house did not look desolate.
After asking the maid to make new tea, Xia Ziqing took Xia Zihan to sit down and told her about the fear and grievances she had suffered these days.
"Second sister, tell me, why am I so unlucky? Why did I choose such a good day to get married?"
"It would have been great if this had happened a few days earlier, but unfortunately, it happened to be the anniversary of the emperor's death."
"You don't even know that that day, while the sedan chair was still on the street, the capital was in chaos. There were frightened and panicked people everywhere, flying around like headless flies, and even bumped into the wedding team. I was sitting there In the sedan, the sedan was knocked around a few times. The apples in my hands fell off and rolled out of the sedan. I guessed that today was definitely not a good day. "
"I thought I met another refugee or something, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to make a sound in the sedan chair. The gong players, drum players, and trumpet players didn't dare to make the slightest sound."
"It's not like getting married. It's more deserted than children playing house."
"With great difficulty, I got to the Wang's house and entered the main gate of the Wang's house. But just as I was about to kneel down to worship, I heard the sound of the bell."
"At first, I thought some temple bell was ringing so loudly that it reached the capital, but then...I...my mother-in-law asked the mother-in-law next to me to pull me up without saying a word. , and then forced me to change out of my wedding dress. You said, I haven’t even gone to the church yet, so I have to change out of my wedding dress, both inside and out, and I have to wear plain clothes.”
"You said that when I got married, I was forced by my mother-in-law to change my clothes before I even went to the wedding hall. I had to change into plain clothes. I was the bride. At that time, I panicked and thought that the Wang family didn't want me anymore. But later it was My husband told me that it was only then that I realized that the emperor had passed away and the wedding could not be carried out in the middle. If it continues, my father-in-law would be impeached. "
"I only understood it after my husband explained it. But before that, I was scared. I..."
She was so choked and sad that she couldn't speak. Tears fell down her face. After crying for a while, she added, "I don't blame anyone. My father-in-law and mother-in-law did the right thing. They did it for the good of the Wang family and for the good of my husband. I just blame myself for being unlucky enough to get married on the anniversary of the emperor’s death..."
How is it possible not to blame the parents-in-law?
This wedding date was set by the Wang family. If it hadn't been set on such an unlucky day, would she have been treated as a laughing stock?
How could she even worship in such a miserable state?
But she could only complain about this in her heart and did not dare to express it. After all, those were her parents-in-law and her elders.
She complained to Xia Zihan just because she wanted Xia Zihan and Zeng to support her so that she could get some benefits from the Wang family.
In any case, she is the new daughter-in-law of the Wang family. When this happens, the Wang family should express something in order not to wrong her.
But Xia Ziqing cried for a long time, and Xia Zihan's face was still calm, and he had no intention of standing up for her.
Xia Ziqing already felt aggrieved, but seeing Xia Zihan not standing up for her, she felt even more aggrieved. She felt sad and suddenly burst into tears, "Second sister...my life is good..." It's so painful.
"It is the eldest sister's blessing to marry into the Wang family and become the Wang family's daughter-in-law." Xia Zihan interrupted her calmly.
"We came to the Wang family today just for the future of eldest sister. The Wang family can agree to let you and your brother-in-law visit again during the national mourning period, which can be regarded as giving face to the Xia family, so eldest sister will not embarrass others anymore."
He then advised, "My brother-in-law is a good person. He doesn't have any of the dandy vibes of a child from aristocratic families. He is steady, attentive, and studious. He will definitely be very successful in a few years. The Wang family's sister-in-law is also lively and cute, innocent and easy to get along with. Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang are kind and kind people. What else can the eldest sister be dissatisfied with when meeting such a family?”
"Sister, with such a blessing, why bother worrying about things that would embarrass the Wang family and hurt the harmony between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."
"From now on, as long as the eldest sister does her duty well, the Wang family will not embarrass the eldest sister for the sake of the Chu family, and the eldest sister should just let it go."
"Second sister..."
Xia Ziqing stamped her feet, feeling ashamed and angry.
She wanted Xia Zihan to stand up for her, but she didn't know that Xia Zihan would scold her, just like when her second uncle scolded her.
But she was unwilling to do so.
Thinking about Min Sibo and the identity of the No. 1 scholar's wife who passed her by, she felt extremely aggrieved and unwilling.
Even marrying the eldest young master of the Wang family is not acceptable.
The eldest young master of the Wang family is good, but compared with the number one scholar, Min Sibo, he is far behind.
Especially when she heard that Min Sibo was actually left in the capital by the emperor and entered the Hanlin Academy as a fourth-grade bachelor, she almost went crazy with jealousy.
(End of chapter)