Knocking three times means to postpone the dispute and discuss it in private. This is the rule Qi Lingzhan set with Zhaowei shortly after she first entered the Yongping Marquis Mansion.
Zhaowei developed a wild temperament during the years she spent in the Rong family in Qingcheng. When she moved to the Yongping Marquis Mansion, she quietly brought in a cricket in a bamboo cage. It was a birthday gift from her uncle Rong Yuqing. It was an authentic Ningjin red tooth green with green wings and a beard as long as a feather. Although it was not big, it was a ruthless character who had defeated more than a dozen big crickets. According to the photo Wei named him "Invincible Hou".
Bubai Hou did not fall on the battlefield, but he was discovered by Mrs. Qi first. How could a high-class boudoir accommodate such a thing? The old lady was furious and asked Qi Lingzhan to take him to the courtyard and kill him.
At that time, Zhaowei was still a seven-year-old child. She had already suffered a lot of grievances due to the complicated rules in the Hou family. Seeing that they had taken away Bubai Hou and could not even tolerate the only treasure she brought from the Conong family, she felt sad and angry for a moment. Unable to restrain herself, she pulled the old lady's clothes and sat on the ground crying.
The result of crying was not good for her. She knelt in the ancestral hall all night, which even caused her mother to be scolded and received a lot of ridicule from the elder.
Zhaowei refused to eat or drink, and wanted to return to her ancestral home in Qingcheng. Yao Ning came to persuade her quietly, saying that her brother had not killed the cricket, and was keeping it in the courtyard, and would return it to her after the storm had passed.
At that time, Qi Lingzhan said to her: "If I didn't respect my wife's hard work in running the Hou Mansion, I wouldn't bother to care about you. You are so impatient and can't bear to be wronged. You will cause trouble to my wife in the future, even if things happen." The room for change will also be turned into a dead end by you. If you want to get back to Cricket, you have to answer me. If anything happens in the future and I ask you to calm down, you have to calm down and wait for the situation to pass. Negotiate.”
After speaking, he tapped his finger on the table three times, "Take this as a sign."
Later, she got into many troubles, big and small, such as injuring the Prime Minister's son with a slingshot, running wild on a horse in the name of Qi Lingzhan, missing the curfew when going out to play cricket and gambling, and almost being caught as a gangster when she climbed over the wall to return home. stand up.
Probably because he was afraid that Madam Marquis would be mad at her, Qi Lingzhan always protected her in front of her, then he knocked on the table three times, invited her to the study in private, and slapped her palms hard with a ruler.
But that was already a childhood rule, not to mention that when it came to her uncle, Zhaowei believed that she had done nothing wrong.
She stood beside the screen, her shadow falling on the sapphire case, and said to Qi Lingzhan in a loud voice: "I don't agree with my uncle's business and official duties. The country is no longer a country. He jumped into this muddy water to get rid of it." Isn't it true that the whole family will end up broken up? No matter what ideas you and Li Jiyin have, you shouldn't take action on my uncle."
The ruler in Qi Lingzhan's hand gently tapped the pear blossom table and said softly: "The sage said: If you can't do something, ask for help from yourself. If you have the ability to yell at me, why don't you go and persuade Rong Yuqing yourself and tell him to leave?" Take a step into Yongjing?"
Zhaowei said: "Of course I will persuade you, I'm just afraid that someone will hinder you behind your back."
Qi Lingzhan seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "That's not something you can stop. When you marry to the northwest and live happily, even if Yongjing is in chaos and the Yongping Marquis Mansion is flooded, what does it have to do with you? "
"Qi Lingzhan!"
"The emperor's name is taboo, and my brother's name is not something you dare to shout. I will save you by going back to the Dragon Temple. Is this how you reflect?" Qi Lingzhan waved to her, his black hands were polished and as thin as jade. Plastic, "Come, come to me."
Zhaowei walked over, Qi Lingzhan leaned in the Taishi chair and looked at her, saying: "Stretch out your hand."
The sandalwood ruler fell on the palm and made a crisp sound.
"It is a crime to call the emperor by his name. During the day in the palace, and tonight in the palace, you committed the crime twice. You were beaten for this. Do you have any objections?"
Zhaowei said: "Li Jiyin is willing to accept Jin as his father, but others can only yell at him twice, how can he be beaten?"
Before he finished speaking, he received another ring ruler.
Qi Lingzhan said: "Shout again, and I will escort you to your parents and let you shout enough."
Zhaowei stopped talking and snorted coldly, acknowledging the punishment.
Qi Lingzhan glanced at her sleeves, "The accounts haven't been settled yet, who asked you to retract your hand? Why, are you afraid of pain?"
Zhaowei stretched out her hand again, and a red mark was left on her jade-white palm. However, she raised her head higher and said, "Let's talk about what we have to say together. Even if you beat me to death today, my uncle will come to Yong." I don’t agree with Jing’s matter either!”
"The person who causes the most trouble in the Yongping Marquis Mansion is you. When will it be your turn to worry about others?" The sandalwood ruler raised Zhaowei's hand another inch, "The second thing is, you shouldn't speak arrogantly in front of your mother. The lack of status makes her worried."
Zhaowei was still unconvinced, "I'm deceiving myself. If I don't tell her, will she never know?"
Qi Lingzhan patiently explained to her: "I know more about the affairs of the court than you do. The court is short of money, but it has not yet reached the point of starvation. I assure you that Rong Yuqing's business in Lianghuai's grain transportation is by no means a swindle. A trap for merchants.”
Although Qi Lingzhan treated her harshly, he never lied to her. Zhaowei admitted it reluctantly: "Since you said so, then I admit it, but I still don't agree."
The ruler fell down with a "snap" without Zhao Wei frowning.
"The third thing," Qi Lingzhan clasped his hands together, rubbed his numb wrists, and said slowly, "Han Feng is not a good match for you, and he is not worthy of you choking on me."
Hearing this, Zhao Wei raised his eyebrows and said, "Why is Han Feng not a good match? He is the fiancé I chose myself."
Qi Lingzhan said in a deep voice: "Whose daughter of the Marquis went to the school yard to pick someone based on the official transfer letter? Are you looking for a good son-in-law or an animal? What's more, the six rites have not been passed, and there are countless fiancées and fiancés."
"I know that you think the Han family has a low family background, so I can't put money on your face," Zhaowei chuckled, "Tell me, you are so picky about Han Feng, do you want to marry me to another family? Do you have any intention of marrying me to another family?" With the same thoughts as Sister Yao Ning, you want to kick Han Feng and exchange me for the position of Queen of Zhou?"
Qi Lingzhan: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will add another ruler."
Zhaowei snorted, not afraid of him.
Qi Lingzhan pressed his head and advised her: "Your intention to marry Han Feng is not true, and his purpose of marrying you is not pure. What's the point of such a marriage? Besides, Han Feng is mediocre in talent and appearance. I will never marry him." Recognize this person as your brother-in-law, if you dare to abandon your family and go away for this person and deny your father and brother, I will send someone to kill him tomorrow."
Zhaowei sneered and said, "Qi Canzhi is so majestic."
She couldn't get enough of it, so when the ruler fell, it made a crisp sound, which frightened Hirayan who came in to deliver tea.
Hingyan hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him to make peace: "Young master, calm down, the second girl just came home, and you beat her away again, you are worried again..."
Qi Lingzhan glanced at him coldly, and Pingyan raised his hand to slap his face, "Shut up."
"go out."
Hirahiko put down the tea cup, hugged the tea tray and ran away.
Being disturbed like this, Qi Lingzhan calmed down a little. He saw that although Zhaowei showed no remorse on his face, his palm had been turned red by the ruler. He couldn't bear to do it again and threw the sandalwood ruler on the case casually. , pointed to the copper basin on the wooden stand, and sighed: "Go and wash your hands, sit down and drink tea."
Before Zhaowei came, mint water to reduce swelling had been prepared in the basin. She dipped her hands into the water and rubbed her red palms carelessly.
Speaking of which, since she came to the Yongping Marquis Mansion at the age of seven, she has been beaten by Qi Lingzhan many times. She was beaten when she contradicted her elders, was beaten for being lax in her studies, and was beaten when she ran out to compete with others. At that time, Qi Lingzhan was really cruel. He dropped the ruler two or three times, which was so painful that she dared not pick up her bow and arrow the next day. One time, she even cried in pain. From then on, he kept peppermint water in his study.
But now the ruler in Qi Lingzhan's hand was like a late general who was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He used a lot of force, but it only made her palm red and made her feel a little pain.
And this pain was not even as severe as the backlash he suffered.
After Zhaowei washed his hands, he saw Qi Lingzhan still quietly rubbing his wrists. He picked up the tea cup to drink tea. The cup was unstable and trembled slightly in his hand, so he put the tea cup back on the table. Instead, close your eyes and rest your mind.
This scene made Zhaowei's heart sink slightly, and she remembered that Qi Lingzhan suffered this injury because of her.
Zhaowei walked over and sat across from him, her tone calmer than before: "Brother, you still can't use your hand? Your injury..."
Qi Lingzhan said calmly: "As long as you don't make me mad, I won't die from the pain."
Zhaowei: "..."
It's unnecessary for her to ask a guy who doesn't know the heart of a good person.
This time Zhaowei came back from Huilong Temple, and Rong Tinglan asked her to stay a little longer.
Zhaowei lived in the east courtyard, and no one came to disturb her after sleeping in the morning. The courtyard was quiet, with a few sweeping maids passing by occasionally. The plum blossoms in the corners were blooming just right, with sparse shadows growing wildly and randomly. The traces of tailoring are all natural and elegant.
Zhaowei folded some plum blossoms into the courtyard and asked Zijuan who came to deliver breakfast: "Where have everyone gone? When did the house not even have breakfast together?"
Zijuan replied: "Not long after the girl left the house, the old lady moved to a separate courtyard in Qingshan to take care of herself. The Marquis often went to serve her and stayed in Qingshan for most of the month. Later, the eldest girl married into the palace, and the young master I was so busy that I didn't care about my family for three or two days, and only my wife was left free in the mansion all day long. The eldest son wanted to come closer, and brought the second young master here every day, saying that he would accompany his wife to eat, and he would always let the young master stay with the second young master. They are looking for a way into the officialdom, and if they do this again and again, my wife will not let them come over."
The young master taught her to say these words in front of the second girl, and Zijuan knew every word clearly.
After Zhaowei heard this, she was really not satisfied with the food. She put down the chopsticks she picked up and said to Zicuckoo: "Stop putting it out. Take the food boxes back and go to my mother's place in the main courtyard to eat."
Zijuan: "Madam Chenshi has already had breakfast."
"After you've eaten, take two more bites. If you can't eat anymore, just watch me eat." Zhaowei asked her to move faster. "If you don't go there, I'm afraid I won't even be able to make it in time for lunch."
Zijuan hurriedly carried the food box to follow.
Zhaowei remembers that the first few years after arriving at Yongpinghou Mansion were the busiest times in Yongpinghou Mansion.
Mrs. Qi had the energy to find fault with others every day. She scolded her mother, a merchant girl, for being petty, scolded the servants who served her for not being dedicated, scolded Qi Lingzhan for not listening to the instructions of her elders, scolded Qi Yaoning for being lazy, and couldn't finish embroidering a piece of "Shanhe Wanshou" in a month. picture.
After Zhaowei came, life in the Yongping Marquis Mansion became even more chaotic. The old lady's anger was concentrated on her, and she scolded her in different ways every day for being naughty, arrogant, and rude. She never scolded her unjustly, nor did she. I didn't scold her for being honest.
At that time, the old lady often punished her by kneeling in the ancestral hall, while Marquis Yongping tried to persuade her, while her mother sighed, Qi Lingzhan looked on coldly, and Yao Ning secretly came to bring her food.
It had only been a few years, but her mother, the Rong family, was the only one left in the huge Yongping Marquis Mansion, and she didn't know who she was taking care of every day.
Zhaowei raised her legs and walked into the main courtyard. As soon as she entered the door, the whole courtyard was shouting: "Mother! Mother! I want to eat sugar torreya cakes. Do you still have the sugar torreya cakes from yesterday? I'm hungry!"
Rong Tinglan was checking the accounts with her shopkeepers in the cloth shop in the warm hall. When she heard Zhao Wei's movement, she reluctantly left the case and stood up. She said to the shopkeepers: "My little girl is shameless and has made some uncles laugh. Put the account books aside for now. Here, I’ll send someone back after I’ve finished reading it. We’re so busy at the end of the year, so I’d like to thank you for making a special trip. I’ve prepared some small gifts, please bring them with you.”
The shopkeepers stood up to return the courtesy and thanked them. During the time of greetings, Zhaowei broke into the hall and saw that the hall was full of people. He stood outside and dressed slightly, greeting you calmly and generously: "Zhaowei has met all of you, uncles and uncles. I want to ask you all." My uncle and uncle are healthy and peaceful."
Everyone turned around and saw the young girl, graceful and beautiful, filling the house like a spring breeze.
Shopkeeper Ye, who was in charge of Songjiang Cotton Cloth Factory, knew about physiognomy. He looked at it carefully and took a few glances, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
Shopkeeper Ye cupped his hands towards Rong Tinglan and said in a slow voice: "Your love's appearance is appropriate. Her position is high and powerful, unparalleled in the world. However, her eyebrows are thin and her eyes are too bright. Her temperament is contentious and laborious. This is true. As a noble person, I dare to ask my master, has your love been promised to someone else?"
Rong Tinglan glanced at Zhaowei and didn't want to mention the Han family, so she kept silent.
Shopkeeper Ye nodded and told Rong Tinglan: "My boss must be careful about your daughter's marriage, so as not to ruin this God-given destiny."
