Chapter 544 Bad Luck
Many officials who went abroad to serve abroad left their legitimate wives at home to serve their parents and fulfill their filial piety, while taking their aunts and concubines to their posts.
Therefore, Mrs. Liao did not want Zeng Jing to follow Liao Jingtang out.
It just so happened that she felt this was an opportunity, a good opportunity to break up their couple.
With a straight face, she forced Liao Jingtang to take Chunlan to take office, "Your wife should stay at home and serve the elders. You take Chunlan with you. That girl is smart. I can rest assured that she will serve you."< br>
I thought that since she had spoken, Liao Jingtang should not refute her. Who knows, Liao Jingtang said, "Grandma, it will be three years since I left. Three years later, I will be twenty-four... I myself I got married late, and after three years in the air, my grandmother wouldn’t want me to have nothing under my twenty-four knees, not even a legitimate son, would she?”
He added, "My mother and the others are here beside my grandmother. There are so many people serving my grandmother, not least Jing'er. There is also my mother. My sister-in-law is also here with my mother, and there are also a large group of maids and women. If my grandmother really feels that there is no need to It’s just right if someone wants to serve her. Grandma likes Chunlan, so let’s keep her and serve grandma instead of me and Jing’er.”
Liao Jingtang had no expression on his face and was determined to take Zeng Jing away. Mrs. Liao was so angry that she looked up and scolded him for being unfilial.
Last time, she scolded him for being unfilial, and Liao Jingtang endured it, but this time, after he learned about Mrs. Liao's inner plan, he no longer planned to endure it.
I don't want Zeng Jing to be blamed for being unfilial for no reason.
Liao Jingtang hurriedly said, "My grandson dare not bear the word unfilial piety."
"In order to serve my grandmother, Jing'er was so hungry that her bones were so weak that she was not as healthy as a child. She fainted from exhaustion. If this is not considered unfilial, then I would like to ask my grandmother, what is filial piety? You don't have to risk your life to serve your grandmother, then That’s called filial piety, right?”
"Jinger is so filial to her grandmother, but she is accused of being unfilial. How can she bear it?"
"Jing'er, she is also a precious daughter born from her parents. Her parents also love her as a treasure. But when she comes to her grandmother, she treats other people's daughters as a lowly slave. Grandma, other people's daughters do the same. People also have self-respect, please respect grandma.”
What Liao Jingtang said was serious, and he even explicitly accused Mrs. Liao of not taking his wife seriously.
Mrs. Liao's lips turned purple after hearing this. She pointed at Liao Jingtang and said one word after a while, "I...who am I doing this for...I...I..."
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He fainted from anger.
Liao Jingtang hurriedly called for a doctor.
Looking at Mrs. Liao who fainted, Liao Jingtang felt a little panicked.
However, he was still very angry and disappointed that Mrs. Liao actually gave him a maid and wanted him to divorce his wife and marry a concubine from a wealthy family.
He and Zeng Jingcheng have been close to each other for a year, and they have always been affectionate and affectionate. They have never blushed. Zeng Jing is virtuous, filial, considerate, and kind. He does not cherish such a good wife, but he also goes to raise a concubine and marry a concubine. , then wouldn’t he be in trouble with himself?
It will also break Jing'er's heart.
His grandmother, hey...
They were all promoted by his father...
His father is the first heir to be promoted to a third-rank official in the history of the Liao family. His grandmother did not have such extravagant hopes before, but now...grandmother hopes that his father can climb to the position of a first-rank official and provide good services to the Liao family. Guangzong Yaozu, carried forward the Liao family, and made the Liao family the largest aristocratic family in the capital.
Grandma's wish was good, but the method...was wrong.
When the doctor came, he checked her pulse and said that the old lady was very angry. He prescribed some medicine to relieve the anger and left.
Liao Jingtang sent a boy to get the medicine, and then ordered the maid to boil the medicine. Then, after several ladies came after hearing the news, Liao Jingtang returned to his room with a tired look on his face.
Three days later, Liao Jingtang packed up his things and took Zeng Jing, his two servants, a steward, and Zeng Jing's maids and wives to his post.
This time, Mrs. Liao was really ill.
She originally thought that if she couldn't explain Liao Jingtang, she would talk to Zeng Jing, but Liao Jingtang didn't let Zeng Jing know that she was sick.
Before leaving, Liao Jingtang also made an excuse not to let Zeng Jing come to say goodbye to Mrs. Liao.
After Xia Zihan learned the news, he gave Liao Jingtang a thumbs up and went to the city gate to see the couple off. He pulled Zeng Jing aside and quietly gave her five hundred taels of silver.
Zeng Jing was startled and didn't want it, so Xia Zihan held her hand and said, "Take it and keep some more money with you. This will save you from not having enough money to use in an emergency."
After a few more words of persuasion, Zeng Jing finally accepted it, her eyes turned red and she said, "Cousin, thank you."
When she got married, her mother gave her a thousand taels of silver as a gift, which was not too little. However, when Liao Fangyi got married, she spent more than eighty taels of silver on makeup. When Princess Qinghui got married, she I spent more than one hundred taels of silver to buy makeup.
She also gave gifts when Shi Wenting gave birth to a baby, Princess Mingzhu gave birth to a baby, and Liao Fangyi was pregnant.
In addition, in the past year, Mrs. Liao never gave her pocket money because she suppressed her. She even paid for the daily expenses and monthly payments of her maids and wives.
One thousand taels of silver, less than 300 taels of silver were left.
This little money was needed to go to a new place, start a new life, buy everything, and take care of Liao Jingtang... It was indeed a little less. She has already made plans to use jewelry and clothing as emergencies when the time comes.
When she came out this time, she brought all her jewelry and clothes with her, as well as all the daily utensils she could carry, so that she didn't have to buy them outside because she was afraid of not having enough money.
It was better now. With the five hundred taels of silver given by cousin Chu Yu, she felt at ease.
Xia Zihan smiled and said, "It's too unreasonable to say thank you. We are cousins and we should love each other. Besides, your cousin is very wealthy. I haven't paid much attention to this little money. From now on, you have to use money." If so, just write to me and I’ll send someone to deliver it to you.”
"No... this is too troublesome." As she said this, Xia Zihan felt that it was so troublesome. After thinking about it, she took out a delicate dark green jade pendant from her purse. word.
"Here you go, take this. If you are short of money, with this, you can go to Yusha Pavilion in Northern Sun City and get a thousand taels of silver at one time. Take it and put it on you for emergencies. I will follow Say hello to the store manager at Northern Sun City. , Oh, by the way, Qi Mei is also in Sun City, which is very close to Mianyang City where Liao Jingtang took office. When the time comes, I will ask her to find you. If you are in trouble, just talk to her. Her husband’s family is here Sun City still has some power.”
Xia Zihan gave a lot of instructions, and then took out a big baggage, "There are some pills in it, instructions are written on the pill bottles, and some snacks and dry food. You can take them with you on the road."
Zeng Jing was already moved to tears and speechless. She choked with sobs and accepted Xia Zihan's kindness one by one.
Xia Zihan pushed her, "Okay, it's getting late, it's time for you to set off."
Then, he went to say hello to Liao Jingtang, "Be careful on the road, and... Cousin Jing is a good woman, you have to treat her well."
"Well, I understand." Liao Jingtang smiled, "Jinger and I will write to you."
After a pause, he said somewhat calmly, "If anything happens at home, please write to us."
He was worried that Mrs. Liao would get angry if she was angry, especially since the place where he applied to be appointed was the poorest part of the country in the north of Dasheng.
Originally, he wanted to go to Jiangnan. Jiangnan is rich and has vast territory and abundant resources. However, Jiangnan is at war and is very chaotic now. If he went alone, he would not worry about anything, but with Zeng Jing, he would have to worry about it. Zeng Jing's safety considerations.
So, after much thought, he used some connections and went to Mianyang City, a good city in the north.
Although the north is poor, the life in some big cities is not much worse than that in the south of the Yangtze River. However, the climate there is dry, and Zeng Jing may not be able to adapt to it.
However, the Zeng family is also in the north. Although it is far away from Mianyang City, the temperature in the north is similar. Zeng Jing said that she can adapt to it.
Liao Jingtang took a deep look at Xia Zihan, then got into the carriage, and the couple left.
It wasn't until the carriage was far away that Xia Zihan sighed. Just as he was about to get on the carriage and go back, he heard a ruffian's voice, "Sister Chu Yu, what a coincidence, we meet again."
Girl?
Who is your sister?
Xia Zihan stared at Rong San and wanted to curse in anger.
But looking at the people coming and going, she still held back, "Yes, I definitely didn't read the almanac when I went out today."
Otherwise, why would I have met this guy?
What bad luck.
Rong San seemed not to hear the sarcasm in her words, and said with a smile, "It depends on who you are if you are lucky. I am lucky. Every time I go out, I can see Miss Chu Yu."
Then, he added, "Invitation is worse than meeting by chance. Sister Chu Yu, I'll invite you to Baiweiju for dinner. I heard that there is a storyteller in Baiweiju. He is very powerful and can make people cry. I haven't gone to listen yet." Well, just today, I will accompany Miss Chu Yu to listen.”
He said it as if Xia Zihan had agreed.
Xia Zihan had a straight face and was as cold as ice. He ignored Rong San's crazy words and just wanted to get on the carriage. Rong San stretched out his hand to block, "I didn't ride out."
"Rong San, it seems that it has nothing to do with me whether you are riding a horse or not, right?" Xia Zihan was so angry at his shamelessness that he sneered.
"It doesn't matter. We are destined to meet each other." Compared to Xia Zihan's cold face, Rong San smiled like a cat that had stolen something.
"We have been cultivating for hundreds of years to cross the same boat, and we have been cultivating for thousands of years to sleep together. Sister Chu Yu, we have met so many times, but it still takes us many more years than it took us to cross the same boat. Maybe... we practiced for more than a thousand years in our previous life."
He meant something.
Xia Zihan snorted coldly, and suddenly, she slapped him with a powerful palm. Rong San was shocked and hurriedly moved away. Xia Zihan jumped and got on the carriage.
(End of chapter)