Sweet Beauty Chapter 41: I won’t marry her

Jing Shu went to her father's yard. After sitting in the hall for a while, she felt stuffy, so she had someone move a chair and sit outside on the porch to wait.

It was already dark when Mr. Bai Er returned home from Xia Ya, and Jing Shu didn't sit back in her room. She just let someone light a lamp and read a book of Kyoto anecdotes and miscellaneous notes in the corridor. She didn't expect that, There are also books like this in my father's room.

When Mr. Bai came back, he saw his daughter, who was lit by a lamp and wearing a simple plain cloth dress, sitting alone in the porch of his courtyard, reading a book. It trembled, looking fragile and bleak.

Master Bai Er is very distressed. When has he seen such a daughter? In the past, my daughter was always agile, wearing brightly colored brocade clothes, wearing pearls and jade pendants of various colors, and there were always several maids behind her. At first glance, she was a beautiful lady carved in pink and jade...

Remembering that his wife refused to let his daughter go back to Beijing, he also vowed to tell his wife that when he returned to Beijing, he would have his mother, sister-in-law, three younger siblings to take care of him, and sisters to accompany him, so he would not have a bad life.

But what happened to my daughter when she returned to Beijing? She was disliked by her mother, who said she was a demon, a wicked girl, sent to Zhuangzi for ascetic cultivation, and was even plotted by her third siblings for marriage, and framed by her cousins...

Even himself, he was almost bewitched by the surname Wen and killed his daughter for the rest of his life.

Jing Shu heard the movement outside, turned her head and saw that her father had returned from the office.

Jing Shu hurriedly got up and called out "Father", then walked over to him in a hurry, without greeting him and asking him if he had nothing to eat, she said: "Father, my daughter has something to look for you, can I come to your study to talk? "

Master Bai Er was taken aback for a moment. He was actually going to speak in his study?

Aware of her father's doubtful eyes, Jing Shu said with some apprehension: "It's my grandfather. The grandfather found his daughter and said something to her. The daughter is puzzled and wants to ask her father."

Bai Er's expression changed, thinking that his father had repeatedly asked about the progress of the arrangement, he was just vague, didn't he? ...

This time, Mr. Bai didn't hesitate any more, and he led Jing Shu to his study to speak in silence.

Arriving in the study, a little maid brought snacks and dishes, but this was ordered by Jing Shu early in the morning.

When the maid prepared the meal and snacks, she silently backed out and closed the door. Jing Shu whispered, "Father, you just came back from the yamen, so you should use something before talking."

Master Bai took a look at the meals and snacks, crystal vegetable cakes, longan jade cups, red pearl snow rolls, pepper snow vegetables... all of them are Chinese dishes, and they are all my favorites.

Since he returned to Beijing, he has always been with the big kitchen. In fact, not to mention the Shu cuisine dim sum that he likes to eat, he can't eat it at all. It's just ordinary dishes, and there are few special ones for him. Really. It's just some common dishes. Even if he claims to be a person who doesn't want to talk a lot, the appetite that his wife has nurtured always makes him uncomfortable...

Originally, Mr. Bai still wanted to talk to his daughter first. After reading these snacks, he thought of his wife who used to take care of everything at home and made his life comfortable and quiet. Mr. Bai couldn't help but feel a faint sadness.

He didn't speak any more, he sat down, took chopsticks and tried it, the familiar taste, he couldn't help but took a few more bites, and then raised his head and said to Jing Shu: "This is actually the same as what I used to eat in Shu. The taste is the same, Shu Er, did you bring all the cooks here?"

Jing Shu pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "How could it be? The cook in the middle of Shu had a family, so he wouldn't come here, and my mother was used to the meals she made, so of course she had to leave it to her. "

"It's just that you know that your daughter Zilai likes to fix these things, and you think that when you go to Beijing, you may not be able to eat Shuzhong's food, and you are afraid that Beijing's food is not used to it, so you let the maids and maids around you learn it. Some. Father, you don’t blame your daughter for hiding things, right? It’s just that the daughter went to Zhuangzi as soon as she came back, and she didn’t have time to honor her father.”

Master Bai Er looked at his daughter's rare expression of crooked eyebrows and pursed lips after she arrived in Beijing. At this time, he was extremely happy and sad when he saw her.

He couldn't help but reached out and touched Jingshu's head, then said, "How could father blame you? After all these days, you have suffered, but father did not do what he promised your mother to take care of you. "

Jing Shu shook her head. She looked at her father who was looking at her with love at the moment, and she was a little dazed and heartbroken. In her past life, what happened, why did her father abandon her? Or kept silent about being replaced?

She bit her lip, holding back her sudden tears, and said, "Father, eat your meal first, we'll talk when you're finished."

Master Bai Er nodded. He felt a little sad for a while, but he was not used to showing such feelings in front of his daughter, so he lowered his head and silently served the meal.

When Master Bai finished his meal, the little maid came in and packed up and left. Master Bai sat at the desk and drank a sip of tea, and then he asked Jing Shu, "Shu Er, what exactly is your grandfather with? What did you say to make you worry so much?"

Jing Shu didn't make any further preparations this time. She looked into her father's eyes and asked directly, "Father, my grandfather said that my daughter has a twin sister who was sent away as soon as she was born. Is this true? ?"

Master Bai's hand holding the teacup is tight, even if he is already prepared, he is still a little surprised at how his father would tell his daughter directly without going through him.

He opened his mouth and looked at his daughter's pure and bright eyes like jewels, but he couldn't open his mouth for a while.

The mother asked him to hide it from his wife and recognized the woman as his illegitimate daughter. The daughter is filial and has a particularly good relationship with her mother. It is impossible to hide this from her daughter in the future...

He didn't want to lie to his daughter for a while, and face her unbelievable and blaming sad eyes again in the future, but he really didn't know how to tell her about this...

After hesitating for a long time, he could only say: "Shu'er, what do you think about this matter?"

Jing Shu didn't expect her father to come up with such a sentence after struggling for a long time.

She pursed her lips, thought about it, then shook her head and said, "Father, my daughter doesn't believe this at all."

"Because, people say that twins or twin girls will have telepathy, but the daughter doesn't feel it at all, not at all. And because of the blue mama, the daughter once checked the mother's birth in that year, including the search for I asked the midwife and the doctor who helped my mother to see the doctor, and I checked the records of all the mothers who saw the doctor, and there was no sign or record that the mother was pregnant with twins."

Seeing her father's face becoming stiff little by little, Jing Shu stared at him tightly and did not dare to relax at all. She continued: "Father, in fact, my daughter has already met that woman."

Then Jing Shu saw her father frowning with a hint of surprise, but not nervous.

Jing Shu breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably. Even so, she looked at her father's expression, fearing that he didn't quite understand the woman's origin.

She then quickly sorted out her remarks and slowly said to her father: "Father, my daughter has seen that woman at Chiba Temple. Because she was born alike, her daughter paid special attention to her. In fact, she and her daughter are just eyes. It’s just like it was born, but if you look closely, it doesn’t look like it at all.”

"The father knows that a large part of the daughter's eyes follow her father, and the rest follow her mother, but when the daughter looks at the woman, there is nothing like her mother, so the daughter is even more certain that she cannot be her mother's. Daughter. The mother is kind, if there is a daughter who lives outside, she will not be able to completely let go, and she will not reveal the slightest trace in front of her.”

I saw that woman in Chiba Temple, what eyes look like, and other parts don't look like anything at all. In fact, it's all nonsense by Jing Shu, she just said it on purpose, and it's just to elicit the following words.

Seeing that her father was a little surprised when she heard her words, she looked a little dazed and thoughtful, and Jing Shu continued: "Father, that woman doesn't look like her mother at all, but like her father... People must think that the woman is the father's illegitimate daughter or something, but the daughter believes in the father's character. Over the years, the father and mother have treated each other with mutual respect and love and harmony. It's an illegitimate daughter! And I also worked my grandfather to personally arrange for this woman!"

These words made Mr. Bai very moved. He looked at his daughter and said, "Shu'er..."

Jing Shu smiled reluctantly, and added: "Father, so my daughter thinks this is very strange. My daughter had heard some gossip from the servants of the third room, and she didn't take it too seriously before. It's a matter of fact, now that I think about it, it may not be without a reason."

"The descendants of the third family once said that the father was not the son of the grandmother, so the grandmother hated her daughter very much. Even if the eldest brother and the eldest sister came from the niece of the grandmother's family, the grandmother did not treat them differently. Even without the slightest pity, knowing that her mother was in poor health and pregnant, she repeatedly forced her father to want her to bring her pregnancy to Beijing, and even the matter of Lan Ma was very strange to her daughter..."

When Jing Shu said this, Bai Er's face changed greatly. He stood up with a bang, the tea cup was shaken, shook, made a harsh sound, the tea was spilled, splashed on the table, and then again It was dead silence.

Sanfang, Sanfang is really bold, he dared to spread such words in private, and even spread it to his daughter's son! Their white mansion, the inner house is so chaotic!

Bai Er's expression changed, his eyes fixed on his daughter, and the words of rebuke came to his mouth, but looking at his daughter's pure and somewhat confused face, looking at his very trusting eyes, biting his lip and looking a little stubbornly wronged, then I can't say anything about her "nonsense"...

Since the daughter heard this kind of rumor, the mother did treat her wife and daughter unkindly, so it is no wonder that the daughter was suspicious...

Master Bai Er suppressed the various emotions that were surging in his heart, he reluctantly said: "Shu'er, don't talk nonsense, your grandmother has misunderstood your mother, and she is so talented because of her sympathy. I'm a little repulsive to you..."

Jing Shu shook her head, she said: "Father, my daughter doesn't care about this. My daughter used to take it seriously, but this time this woman suddenly appeared, and she was a little scared... My daughter thought. , This woman, she is so similar to her father, and her grandfather attaches so much importance to her, could it have something to do with her father's life experience?"

Second Master Bai was startled again when he heard the words, Duke Ling's mansion, that woman, and then his own life experience...

In fact, everyone has their own unique sensitivity. From childhood to adulthood, his father's attitude towards him, his mother's attitude towards himself, and his elder brother's and younger brother's attitudes are subtle differences. He does not feel nothing at all, but he thinks Because of his father's emphasis on him, among the brothers, he is the only one who has the most "promising". His mother is harsher on him and asks him to take more care of his elder brothers and younger brothers. He also feels it is right, but...

It's just that when a certain gap is opened, the seeds of doubt are planted, and many memories emerge, it is impossible to suppress certain thoughts.

Jing Shu saw her father's complexion changing, and she seemed to fall into deep thought. She had already achieved her goal of temptation, and even secretly sowed some poison of doubt in her heart. After saying a few words at will, he quit.

At this time, Mr. Bai had no intention of comforting his daughter any more. He just waved his hand and let her back off. He locked himself in the study and didn't know what to think.

When Jing Shu left, she looked back at the closed door of her father's study. She stretched out her hand, and there was a faint scent in her hand. fragrance.

Only Jing Shu knows that this is a specially made incense, which is not harmful to human body, but it can make people feel more relaxed, more emotional, easy to catch gaps, and promote memories.

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Ling Guogong's mansion.

Ling Xiu'an, the prince of Ling Guogong, returned to the mansion after visiting Mrs. Bai that day, and received a message from his mother Ling Guogong's wife, Zhou's maid, saying that his mother Ling Guogong's wife was waiting for him in the main courtyard and asked him to come back when he came back. Talk in the past.

Ling Xiu'an frowned, knowing that his mother must be asking about the arrangement of Weijia's cousin, and he was inexplicably agitated, but he was always filial, so he went to the main courtyard after finishing his clothes.

Ling Xiu'an knew that Weijia's grandmother, Concubine Zhou of the previous dynasty was her mother's aunt. Her mother lost her mother when she was young and was raised by Concubine Zhou for a long time, so her mother and Concubine Zhou's emotional intercession was the same as that of mother and daughter It's no exaggeration, and the relationship with Princess Yonghui from Concubine Zhou is also very good, so after Princess Yonghui hanged herself, she secretly adopted Weijia from Princess Yonghui.

But in fact, my father did not agree with this matter, and my mother entrusted it to a family member who was in decline in her parents' family, and gave them money to support Weijia every year.

Fortunately, although the Zhou family from the outer family was a big family in the former Wei Dynasty, it has also declined after the change of dynasties and is not conspicuous. Today, Queen Hua is also her mother's aunt and cousin, her own aunt, and Queen Hua and Queen Hua's. Mothers pity their mothers who lost their mothers when they were young, and are very tolerant towards them. Therefore, no one will study the relationship between mothers and the previous dynasty, otherwise...

Ling Guogong's wife, Mrs. Zhou, saw her son coming in, so she waved everyone away and called him to speak.

Seeing his son sitting down, Mrs. Zhou asked, "Xiu An, how is the arrangement in the White House? This has been discussed for a while, why is the White House doing things so slowly? This matter is not implemented. , Weijia is also not easy to go in and out publicly, it is inconvenient after all.”

Ling Xiu'an said respectfully: "Mother, there are also their concerns in the Bai Mansion. Second Lady Bai is about to give birth, and this child is not easy, Master Bai Er..."

The Zhou family frowned and said, "It's just to let them recognize a daughter, and Wei Jia is his niece, do they have any loss in this matter? If it wasn't for the inconvenience of my Zhou family, they wouldn't have to ask them. "

Ling Xiu'an was a little helpless, he explained: "Mother, after all, Weijia's cousin and Bai Er master look alike, and Bai Er Master is also afraid that his wife will misunderstand..."

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding what?"

Miss Zhou was puzzled, and was stunned for a moment, thinking of something, then sneered and said, "If you misunderstand, you will misunderstand, but she is just a daughter. I heard that Mrs. Chen is just a merchant. Female, it is their good fortune to be able to have a relationship with our government. Since the resistance is in the second master Bai, you can talk to the second master directly another day, and there is no need for their family to pay or anything. You Just give him money and let him build a mansion near the White House."

Ling Xiu'an felt that this was inappropriate, how could he force others to recognize an irrelevant person as his daughter (after all, Master Bai Er must have known that it was his eldest brother's daughter)?

But he knew that his mother was stubborn, and he didn't argue with her, he just complied with the promise.

Only then did Mrs. Zhou relax, she turned to smile, and said to Ling Xiu'an affectionately: "Xiu An, if you have time, go to Changmei Mountain to see Weijia, this child came to Beijing just for you. Yes, she has been talking about you all the time, when her identity is settled, and then your marriage is settled, the mother's heart will be settled as well."

Since Zhou Weijia (Rong Weijia) arrived in Beijing, she has been living in the Zhuangzi at the foot of Changmei Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing because she is not easy to show up, but because the Zhuangzi where she lives is not on the side of Yingmei Villa in Jingshu , the distance is also a little far, so it is not easy to touch.

Ling Xiu'an's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, for him? Did you come to Beijing because of him? Still kiss, family? His cold sweat is dripping...

He was very disturbed by the information he heard, and asked his mother tentatively: "Mother, marriage, what marriage?"

Looking at her son like that, Mrs. Zhou thought he was overjoyed, gave him a smile, and said, "You child is naturally a marriage between you and Weijia."

"You don't remember, didn't you always shout about marrying Wei Jia as your wife when you were young? It's just that the mother didn't think carefully, just for Wei Jia's safety plan, she raised Wei Jia under the name of a distant relative, The status is too low, if you marry her, it will easily attract attention, I have tried many times, but your father does not agree with her entering the door."

"Although the Bai family's family background is still a little low, it is still a famous scholarly family in the previous dynasties. Now the second master Bai is also a fifth-rank official. In the future, your father will be promoted again. The last time I told your father about this, your father was also relieved..."

"Mother, I have always regarded Wei Jia cousin as my sister. How can I marry her?"

Without waiting for the Zhou family to continue speaking, Ling Xiu'an finally stood up, unable to bear to interrupt her words.

When Mrs. Zhou heard her son's words, she was stunned for a moment, her face was blank for a moment, and then her face turned black, she said displeased: "Xiu An, you haven't always liked Wei Jia all these years, treat her Is it good? Weijia always thought you would marry her, but that child is crazy..."

Ling Xiu'an's face is ugly, he can follow his mother in other matters, or if before today, his mother talked to him about the marriage with Wei Jia's cousin, he may not be so repulsive, because he really likes Wei Jia Yes, even before he met the girl, he didn't quite know whether that kind of love was mixed with some love between men and women. It was probably more of a pity for her life experience and situation.

And Wei Jia likes his things, he is not stupid, and it is impossible to know all about it, but he does not take it too seriously when no one picks it up.

It's just that he didn't really think he would marry her.

Because he always felt that no matter how much his mother liked Weijia, as Weijia, it was impossible for him to marry her, and his father would not allow her.

What's more, there is an accident now. He didn't know that he would be so tempted by a woman, let him understand the gap between ordinary love and strong temptation, so now his mother asked him to marry Weijia, he Not only does it feel ridiculous, but also the inner feelings are very repulsive.

He said sternly: "Mother, the things of childhood are things of childhood, how can the children's words at that time be taken seriously? Ever since he grew up, his son has always treated Weijia cousin very well, and there is no distance. The so-called goodness is no different from treating Xueni, and there is no love between men and women, so the matter of marriage, please don’t mention it again.”

Xue Ni is Ling Xueni, the sister of Ling Xiu'an's mother.

When Mr. Zhou heard his son say this, he was angry and shocked. In the past, his son had always treated Weijia well, and he had hinted at marriage before, and he had no objection. Why is there such a strong objection today? ?

But the grandfather of the country has always disapproved of letting his son marry Weijia. If he doesn't even agree with his son, then Weijia will be extremely difficult to marry. The Zhou family kept telling him to calm down and never marry his son. Dispute over this matter, otherwise it will be known by the grandfather of the country.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhou gradually calmed down and her face softened. She forced a smile and said to her son, "This is a misunderstanding by my mother, Xiu An, it's fine if you don't mean it, it's just Weijia has a poor background, and she has a crush on you, I think I will talk about this later, even if she is a younger sister, you should visit her more in the future."

Ling Xiu'an relaxed when she saw her mother's change of attitude, and then listened to her mother talk about Weijia's side for a while. The person who said it was not interested because of something in his heart. He was perfunctory and uninterested. In the end, Zhou Shi felt uncomfortable when he saw this. He was afraid that he could not hold back his traces and would provoke his son's rejection, so he asked his son to retire and rest.

After talking with her mother, Ling Xiu'an still felt uneasy when she returned to her yard, so she went to see her father Ling Guogong that night.

Hearing that his son said that he had no intention of marrying Rong Weijia, Duke Ling was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed. He smiled and said, "Originally, your mother told me that you and your cousin are in love with each other. Although I didn't want to, but It's not good to be too objectionable. Since you don't care about your cousin, you don't have to worry about this matter. Your father will not allow your mother to force you to marry her. After all, her identity, if you get it wrong, will eventually affect our country. The future of the government.”

The former dynasty was already the former dynasty, and Duke Ling had no intention of getting involved with the former dynasty. It was also because his wife was Queen Hua's cousin and had a close relationship, so he reluctantly tolerated it a little, otherwise he would have used tough measures to deal with it. .

Actually, he actively promoted Rong Weijia to go to Bai's house and recognized Bai Er as his father. It might not mean that he wanted to get rid of trouble.

Rong Weijia recognized Second Master Bai as his father. Even if her identity is exposed in the future, the Bai family will bear the brunt. As long as he works secretly, he can completely take out the Lingguo Gongfu.

Of course, it would be best if we could never have anything to do with each other from now on.

Ling Xiu'an resigned after hearing what his father said. As long as his father did not agree, no matter how much his mother thought about it, it would be fruitless.

It's just that after he returned to the room, when he thought of this absurd marriage, he couldn't help but think of the girl in the white mansion. He ordered him to investigate the girl's affairs.