Chapter 42
It happened that the weather was good today, so Princess Rui took Chen Qi and Shen Jin to the small garden of the main courtyard. This small courtyard was cleaned up by Princess Rui with his own eyes, and it was elegant and ingenious.
The maid cleaned up the pavilion in advance. Princess Rui sat behind her, Chen Qi and Shen Jin sat beside her. The maid brought the tea and fruits to light them, and stood outside, without delaying the service or disturbing their conversation.
Princess Rui then spoke, "Qi'er, do you know where you are wrong?"
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "Mother?"
Princess Rui looked at Chen Qi, and after a long time, she sighed and said, "Can you not realize it yet?"
When Chen Jin saw Princess Rui teaching her elder sister, she hugged aside without saying a word, holding the rose and dew in her hands and drinking. She hadn't seen her for more than a year, and some parts of the yard had changed.
Chen Jin looked at Princess Rui, pursed her lips and said, "Mother, just tell me."
Princess Rui glanced at her daughter, "Tell me about it with the girl Jin."
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment, and Chen Jin also heard his name and looked confused. Princess Rui leaned against the wooden railing and said nothing more. Chen Qi was particularly convinced and said the matter roughly, but did not say anything carefully.
After saying that, Princess Rui looked at Chen Jin and asked, "If it were you, what would you do?"
Chen Jin blinked his eyes, his slender eyelashes trembled, and said, "Just not let her enter the door."
Chen Qi was stunned. Princess Rui chuckled and said, "Tell me well with your elder sister, your elder sister is just a fool."
Chen Jin said, "Mother, the eldest sister has done a good job."
Chen Qi asked, "Sister, tell me carefully. If it were you, what would you do?"
Chen Jin thought for a while and said, "Since he is a relative, you can't ignore it and give it some money. If Mrs. Yongle is unhappy, at worst, you can pay some money for the cousin's family to rent a house and buy a few servants to serve him."
Chen Qi also understood why her mother was so disappointed. She was wrong from the beginning. In order to be virtuous and pleased her mother-in-law, she agreed to her cousin's family to enter the mansion, and gave her the opportunity to seduce her husband.
"Sister, although that cousin looks pitiful, he is very powerful to come to the capital safely all the way." Chen Jin sighed, "My husband brought me back, and he encountered many things on the way."
"Yes." Chen Qi sighed, "I just thought about her poor background, but I forgot that she could find her, just an idea." She was actually deceived by her cousin's pitiful appearance.
Chen Jin nodded and looked at Chen Qi with approval. Chen Qi couldn't help but squeeze Chen Jin's cheek and said, "Why do I think you are getting fat?"
"No." Chen Jin stared at Chen Qi with wide eyes and said, "Big sister, I'm taller!"
"Haha, okay." Chen Qi was amused, and his dull mood also dissipated a little and said, "What about?"
"Ah?" Chen Jin looked at Chen Qi in a little confused, "Oh, by the way, and after moving in, since she is willing to be a concubine, let her be a concubine, why do you still enjoy the treatment of relatives as a concubine?"
Chen Qi was stunned by the question, turned his head to look at Princess Rui, and saw that although Princess Rui did not say anything, the expression on her face agreed.
"It shouldn't be like this." Chen Jin said seriously, "There is no harmony between etiquette and law."
Chen Qi always felt that Chen Jin had a soft personality and had no temper. Even if he was bullied, he just sat aside. He liked to eat and looked innocent and cute. But for the first time he found that in some things, this sister understood more clearly than her.
Maybe it was because of Chen Jin's awkward position in the mansion that she developed such a temperament. What about her? She was a little competitive and wanted to be the best in everything, but there was no such a perfect thing.
Chen Qi is now the head of the Yongle Marquis' Mansion, and he doesn't want people to say that he treats his relatives badly. He is also very indulgent to his cousin. At most, he is out of sight and not upset, but this has raised her heart.
Princess Rui said, "Your elder sister ate a bowl of things your elder brother-in-law brought, and the child was gone."
"Ah?" Chen Jin couldn't help but exclaim, then covered his mouth with his hands and looked at Chen Qi.
Chen Qi thought of the child, and his eyes turned slightly and his head and said nothing.
Chen Jin reached out and held Chen Qi's hand and comforted him, "Sister, I'm definitely not my brother-in-law."
"I also know that although your brother-in-law is a little... but he is his eldest son." The man's feelings for the first child were different. Thinking of her husband's expression at that time, Chen Qi pursed his lips and said, "I know who it is." He could not escape those people no matter how hard he was.
"Why won't the elder sister deal with it?" Chen Jin asked back.
Chen Qi didn't know what to say, what could her mother-in-law protect her husband and she? She shook her head and said nothing.
Chen Jin looked at Princess Rui, and Princess Rui spoke, "If a person lives for a lifetime, if he pays too much attention to reputation, he will inevitably be unhappy."
"Mother." Chen Qi covered his face with a veil and started crying in a low voice, "I wish I could beat that little bitch to death, but I have no evidence."
Looking at Chen Qi's appearance, Chen Jin didn't know how to comfort her. Princess Rui looked at her daughter with a grudge, "Why didn't you take the opportunity to force them to let all the concubines sign a contract for sale?"
Chen Qi kept shaking his head, crying so hard that he couldn't speak.
Chen Jin thought for a while, wrapped it in a handkerchief and took a piece of Chen Qi's favorite hibiscus cake before getting married, and said, "Give it to my elder sister, don't cry."
Chen Qi looked at Chen Jin when he heard this, and saw the piece of pastry she held in her hand. Chen Jin said, "It's so delicious. I just tasted it."
No matter how sad he was, he couldn't cry anymore. Chen Qi took the furong cake and started eating it slowly. Chen Jin said gently, "Don't cry or not, it's already like this. No matter how uncomfortable you are, it's useless."
Chen Qi swallowed a mouthful of pastry in his mouth, and it was not to swallow it. When he looked at Chen Jin, he saw Chen Jin urging with sincerity. Princess Rui chuckled, "It's true, it's true, it's over here. What's the use of being sad and regretful? People should look forward."
Chen Jin nodded in agreement, Chen Qi finished eating the food and said, "I understand."
Princess Rui called Cui Xilai, took Chen Qi down to clean her face, then looked at Chen Jin and asked, "Uncle Yongning also has such a cousin?"
Unlike Shen Qi, Princess Rui noticed Chen Jin because she thought about this problem for a long time before she had such a calculation in her heart. Chen Jin looked at Princess Rui in surprise, and her face said, "Mother Mother, how could you know it's too amazing, I don't seem to have said it before."
Princess Rui pursed her lips and smiled, looking light, sighing, "What a lucky child."
Princess Yongle was also chosen by Princess Rui for his daughter. He was very good in all aspects and was a little weak in character. Princess Rui also knew that his daughter was a little competitive, and this was just right. Who would have thought that it was like this now?
And what about Chen Jin? From Yongning Bo's words and deeds, we can see that he really puts people in the top of his heart, but thinking about the situation in the border town is a great success.
However, it is also because this child has a good temperament and can see through it but never likes to care. He has his own calculations and bottom line. Although he is a little confused about small things, he understands them very well in big things.
Chen Jin smiled with curved eyes, and Princess Rui said, "Tomorrow your elder sister invites you to visit the mansion, I am afraid that the concubine will jump out on her own initiative."
If it weren't for the words of Princess Rui, Chen Jin would say no, then what does that mean when their sisters talked? Didn't you even come out today?
Princess Rui mentioned it and stopped talking. The maid came to report that Chen Zi brought her husband. Chen Zi's husband was Zheng Jiaqu, the eldest son of the Zheng family, although he did not take the exam for fame and fortune, his literary talent was recognized and he was gentle and gentle.
When Chen Zi arrived, she saw Princess Rui having tea and chatting with Shen Jin. After Chen Zi greeted Princess Rui, she smiled and said, "Second Sister."
"It's different for the third sister to become Mrs. Bo." Chen Zi sat opposite Shen Jin. In the past, Chen Jin would stand up when he saw her in the mansion, but today he sat steadily. "Looking at the water and soil of the border town, it really feeds people. The third sister seems to have gained weight and is more steady."
Chen Qi said that Chen Jin was a little fat because he felt it after pinching his face. Chen Zi was obviously mocking people. Who knew that the border town was poor, mountains and rivers were ugly and the barbarians were eyeing it.
"Yeah." Chen Jin nodded and said, "If the second sister likes it, come over with her brother-in-law. I'll treat you to roast whole lamb."
Chen Zi's face changed, "Who will like it?" Such places usually go to exiled, so she felt that Chen Jin was mocking her.
Chen Jin looked at Chen Zi, with confusion in his eyes, and then... "Oh."
Chen Qi had finished dressing up again, Princess Rui looked at him and smiled, "Okay, you sisters, let's talk. I'll ask someone to call the fourth and fifth girls, so I won't be in the way here."
"Mother's Concubine." Chen Jin and Shen Zi both stood up.
Chen Qi smiled and sent Princess Rui out, without telling the slightest way he had just cried.
When Princess Rui left, Chen Jin sat down together when Chen Qi came back. Chen Zi sneered without any hesitation, "After the third sister went to the border town for a while, she forgot all the rules she usually learned in the capital."
"Huh?" Chen Jin looked at Chen Zi and tilted his head slightly.
Chen Qi reacted, and saw that Chen Zi had not sat down in the pavilion, and said with a smile, "Second sister is so arrogant."
Chen Zi didn't dare to bully Chen Qi, but said, "We are three sisters, the father and mother have been teaching the elderly and orderly. Before I could sit down, my sister, the third sister sat down."
"But I am Mrs. Bo." Chen Jin also understood, and said a little confused and a little bit natural, "My second brother-in-law... doesn't have an official position or title."
"The third sister has a good memory." Chen Qi smiled. Looking at Chen Zi, she felt more stupid and thought she was the one she had in the past. "After all, she was at home. If she was outside, she would have to salute her third sister."
Chen Jin held the rose dew in both hands and continued to drink, and said softly, "It's all my family, my second sister doesn't have to care, sit down quickly."
Chen Zi's face changed, and she was neither standing nor standing. Chen Jin said this as if she had not sat down because of her low status.
"Huh? Second Sister?" Seeing that Chen Zi had not sat down for a long time, Chen Jin looked over after drinking the dew in the cup, as if he understood Chen Zi. Chen Jin smiled, "I really don't need to be so polite. Although the second sister attaches great importance to the rules, she is all her own family. It would be great if she is outside."
Chen Zi looked at Chen Jin's smiling face, feeling both aggrieved and irritable. He smiled a little distortedly as if he had thought of something, and sat down. "I haven't asked how my third sister has lived after marriage? I heard that Yongning Bo was killed, the third sister is fine, right? But the third sister is also pitiful, and she has lost a lot of weight when she sees Uncle Yongning. I don't know if she opens her eyes and sees such a hideous face... The third sister is so pitiful, she is much haggard."
"..." Chen Jin looked at Chen Zi, what else did the second sister say? Why don't you understand? "Second sister just said that I'm fat."
Chen Zi twitched his mouth, why did he pay attention to what was there?
Chen Qi looked at Chen Zi with some sympathy and said, "Did you come to the backyard just now?" If you saw Uncle Yongning, how could you say such words?
Chapter completed!