Chapter 43: Zhang Zhe's Retirement (Overhaul)

Chapter 43: Zhang Zhe's Retirement (Overhaul)

In the previous life, in order to cancel the marriage between Yao Xi and Zhang Zhe, the Yao family not only spread rumors that Zhang Zhe had killed his wife, but also suppressed them in the court. Constructed, Yao Taifu knew that Zhang Zhe was wronged, but deliberately turned a blind eye to it, and even made trouble, adding fuel to the flames in the middle, and finally caused Zhang Zhe to be thrown into prison.

It wasn't until later that Gu Chunfang, the former Yushi of Henan Province, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. After finding out the situation and dealing with it, Zhang Zhaiguan was reinstated.

In this life, Jiang Xuening once warned Yao Xi, but she couldn't predict how Yao Xi and Master Yao would choose.

The moment the two looked at each other, there was a little silence at the gate of the palace.

Jiang Xuening and Yao Xi had some quarrels, but the harmony on the face would still be perfunctory, so it seemed that they had forgotten the unhappiness of a few days ago, and took the initiative to say hello, saying: "Miss Yao."

Yao Xi was taken aback, and also bowed her head to return the gift.

It's just that she couldn't warm up to Jiang Xuening who had said those words to herself.

Jiang Xuening didn't care either.

At the gate, the **** checked the items brought into the palace this time, and the two followed them into the palace.

The last time she entered the palace, Jiang Xuening still had hope, thinking that she was just entering the palace for a selection, and would eventually come out safe and sound, to live a free life.

But God doesn't follow people's wishes.

It's nothing more than getting rid of the fate of entering the palace. In this life, Xie Wei has been eyeing her, and an accident is imminent in the Yongyi Hou's mansion. She dare not think about what kind of situation she will be in this time entering the palace.

A series of palace gates opened in front of the eyes one after another, connecting the long and quiet palace road like a ring, dotted with tall vermilion palace walls.

The weight of the Forbidden City is overwhelming.

Everything in the palace is built so high and too big that it is difficult for people to even raise their heads when they are in it.

When walking among them, Jiang Xuening seemed to have returned to her previous life: on the narrow or wide palace roads, between the floor tiles, the blood was soaked along the gaps, even if it penetrated down the soil and the broken stems of withered grass, There are still traces of cold blood and blood; some places on the original vermilion palace wall appear darker and brighter like splashed ink, and some places still have the horror of swords; and on the palace gate in front, hanging It wasn't the unicorn auspicious beast that caught it, but Zhou Yinzhi's head with a ferocious face and eyes that couldn't be closed, which was cruelly pierced by three iron nails and nailed to the top of everyone's heads...

Perhaps it was late autumn and winter, and the wind passing through the palace road was a bit sad and cold like a whimper, she couldn't help shivering, shivering her shoulders.

The figure of Xie Wei holding a bow and standing on the Nine Layers Tower also floated up from a distance like a nightmare.

In the past six months, will she really be able to escape unscathed?

At this moment, in Yang Zhi Zhai, several companions have arrived first, and they are talking to each other with a smile.

"Ah, Fang Miao, Fang Miao, you brought all these messy things with you again."

"This is for transfer. It's not like you don't know that I'm not good at reading with my elm head. If it weren't for the second girl Jiang who guessed the questions before, how could I choose to read with me? This pen holder for transfer, I will put it later. At the desk, I just hope that the gentlemen will not ask me to get up to read, answer questions and so on. Infinite Life Buddha, bless you!"

"Speaking of which, does anyone know what to learn in the end?"

"Except that Mr. Xie can teach the piano, I don't know anything else."

"Sister Xiao brought a lot of books, these are all rare and lonely books in the world, right?"

Xiao Shu and Chen Shuyi still came together this time, and they sat in the room near the window; Fang Miao, who also came early, couldn't stay idle, walking around the room, adjusting the orientation of the decorations, saying yes Wanting to change everyone's feng shui, Zhou Baoying, who was the youngest with a flushed face, was lying on the table yawning, looking sleepy.

Xiao Shu couldn't help asking her: "Bao Ying, why are you so sleepy?"

Zhou Baoying pursed her lips, feeling extremely wronged: "After returning home from the palace last time, my father actually said that I didn't know the rules in the palace, I was ignorant, and I was going to buy Xingfangzhai cakes for me, but this time it didn't work." It's..."

"..."

It turned out to be for eating.

Xiao Shu was suffocated by her answer and didn't answer.

But I didn't expect that at the next moment, Zhou Baoying's small nose suddenly sniffed around, like a cat smelling fishy smell, she lifted her head from the table, and her sleepy eyes widened instantly: "Yes There is food, there is food!"

And the smell is definitely delicious!

With her many years of experience, Zhou Baoying could easily smell the delicious food, so she immediately jumped up from her seat, looked at the door, and exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, sister Yao brought a Eat it!"

Because of the girls selected to accompany me this time, there are two surnamed Yao, one is Yao Rongrong, a girl from the family of Yao Duping, a minister of the Imperial Academy, and the other is Yao Xi, a girl from the family of Yao Qingyu, the crown prince and official secretary.

If they were all called "Miss Yao", it would be difficult to distinguish them.

Therefore, according to their ages, everyone called Yao Xi "Dayao girl" and Yao Rongrong "Little Yao girl".

At this moment, it was Yao Rongrong who came in from the outside with a food box. She was born in a small family, and she was a little cautious in the palace. She didn't expect someone to rush out of the house, and she was almost scared. Jump.

Seeing that it was Zhou Baoying, he passed the food box forward.

Said: "This is the peach slice cake I made myself when I got home. I thought that all the sisters and Sister Baoying took good care of Rongrong in the public before, so I brought it here as a token of my heart. I would like to invite everyone to try it."

"It's for us to eat!"

Zhou Baoying couldn't help drooling as soon as she smelled the faint sweet fragrance. When Yao Rongrong said this, a smile suddenly brightened on her face, and she stretched out her hand almost immediately.

"Then I'll try it first!"

Peach Slice Cake is made of glutinous rice, peach kernels and sugar. They are all cut into thin slices. It looks snow white and has a soft, glutinous and sweet taste. The peach kernels embedded in the middle add a bit of sweetness.

Whether it is done well or not depends on how the entrance feels.

In fact, there are not many shops in Beijing that make good peach cakes, even if there are, Zhou Baoying has eaten them all.

But she didn't expect that the peach slice cake made by Yao Rongrong was so sweet and not greasy, it almost melted in the mouth, and left an aftertaste that was neither light nor thick.

After taking a bite, her eyes widened.

Exclaimed: "Oh my god, it's delicious!"

Zhou Baoying is addicted to food, and because of her good background, she eats almost all the delicious food in the world, so she naturally has a tricky taste, not everything can fit into her mouth.

Therefore, anyone who can be praised by her must be delicious.

Not to mention the surprise appearance right now.

Everyone became curious. Although they felt that Yao Rongrong was sometimes too petty, for example, she was not very smart when talking to Jiang Xuening earlier, but this did not affect everyone's superficial entertainment.

At this time, they all took peach cakes to eat.

Sure enough, the taste is very good.

Even after Xiao Shu took a bite, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows, she was a little surprised: "It's really delicious, and it's even comparable to the famous Xingfangzhai and Qiyunzhai in Beijing. I didn't expect Miss Yao to have such a skill."

Yao Rongrong's face was filled with surprise immediately, apparently she did not expect to be praised by Xiao Shu, the fingers holding the food box trembled a little, and she blushed and said: "Rongrong has little knowledge, and she doesn't go out of the door at home. Mai, I had no choice but to delve into these. Sister Xiao and everyone like it, so I am happy."

Everyone said she was humble.

The atmosphere in the room finally became lively because of this unexpected box of peach cakes.

Jiang Xuening and Yao Xi came in at this time.

Fang Miao was holding a compass in his hand to calculate something, and when he looked up and saw them, he greeted them familiarly: "I was still wondering when you would come, but you caught up with me. Miss Yao brought delicious food." Come, if you don't come, I'm afraid you will be eaten up by Baoying."

Zhou Baoying pouted dissatisfiedly.

Yao Rongrong, who was talking to the others with her head down, was taken aback. She was fine when she saw Yao Xi, but she was a little uncomfortable when she saw Jiang Xuening. She even forced a smile, but she stood up and handed the food box to them, saying: " What sister Fang said is true, this is the peach slice cake I made myself, the two sisters should try it together?"

Yao Xi's mood today is obviously not much better than the last time he entered the palace, or even worse, with a hint of anxiety hidden.

Seeing Yao Rongrong handing over the sliced ​​peach cake, she even got a little impatient, so she just said indifferently: "Thank you, but I don't have much appetite today."

So she went directly to Xiao Shu and Chen Shuyi to sit down.

Yao Rongrong was extremely embarrassed.

But everyone's eyes fell on Yao Xi, secretly guessing whether there was any change in her marriage that attracted her like this.

Jiang Xuening didn't want to eat this pastry at first.

One is that she doesn't have a good impression of Yao Rongrong, she always acts pitifully as if someone bullied her; the other is...

In her last life, she almost got sick from eating this stuff.

So much so that even hearing these three words, I couldn't help but want to vomit.

But Yao Xi had already refused, and it would be too embarrassing for her to refuse again, so she took a thin slice from the food box, took a small bite gently, and said with a smile: "Thank you .”

Just this reaction?

Also too bland.

One must know that the peach slice cake made by Yao Rongrong is so delicious that even Zhou Baoying couldn't help admiring it, but Jiang Xuening didn't express anything after eating it?

For a moment, Zhou Baoying doubted her sense of taste, she looked at her very puzzled, and said, "Don't sister Jiang think it's delicious?"

tasty?

Jiang Xuening lowered her eyes to look at the thin peach slice that had been bitten by herself, and she remembered Xie Wei.

That grand master Xie who became famous later on.

In the past two years when she first became a queen, she found many good cooks inside and outside the palace, and tried to make many kinds of peach slice cakes, but in the end, she couldn't restore the taste of the past.

Did Xie Wei do too well, or did she lose the mood she had when she tasted it?

Jiang Xuening really didn't know.

Thinking about it now, she feels like she was dreaming—

That's Xie Ju'an who was born in a family and is the most talented in the world. In the eyes of the world, a gentleman is a gentleman among a gentleman, a half-saint-like existence, how can he be near the kitchen and be exposed to fireworks?

Of course, Yao Rongrong's peach slice cake cannot be said to be delicious, but who has seen the bright moon in the sky and would still admire the brilliance of the pearl?

Jiang Xuening glanced at Yao Rongrong who was silently bowing her head and biting her lip.

In the end, he slightly hooked his lips, found an excuse, and said, "It should be delicious, but I don't like sweet and greasy tastes, so it's not surprising."

Some people don't like delicacies from mountains and seas.

Of course Jiang Xuening was right in saying that.

It's just that the relationship between her and Yao Rongrong is a bit delicate, so it's hard not to make people think otherwise.

Zhou Baoying was pure-hearted and didn't think too much, she just muttered: "I'll just say, my tongue is still very good. Hey, Second Sister Jiang doesn't matter if she doesn't eat it! Then the rest is mine!"

She immediately became happy when she thought of this.

Regardless of Yao Rongrong's expression, she directly brought the food box in front of her, and happily ate it.

The eight companions who entered the palace this time, except You Yue, have already arrived.

Jiang Xuening also casually sat down beside Fang Miao.

Everyone chatted about what they had encountered after leaving the palace for the past two days. Soon, the focus of attention fell on Yao Xi who had a bad face when she came in. After all, everyone here knew that she and Zhang Zhana It's a marriage, seeing her like this inevitably makes her a little worried.

Xiao Shu asked her in a low voice: "But what happened to the marriage negotiation?"

Yao Xiliu's eyebrows drooped, and she was about to cry again: "I begged my father many times after I got home, but my father refused to agree. He insisted on saying that Zhang Zhang was a good match, and even my mother couldn't persuade him. Now I don't know What should I do..."

Xiao Shu frowned, subconsciously glanced at Jiang Xuening.

Jiang Xuening was indifferent, looking at her nose, nose and heart, and took a cup of tea to drink, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.

Everyone may not remember anything else, but Jiang Xuening's ruthlessness when he grabbed You Yue and threw you into the water is still vivid in his memory.

At this moment, they were just like Xiao Shu, looking at her inexplicably.

Jiang Xuening found it funny: "It's not me who is discussing marriage, and it has nothing to do with me. What do you all see me doing?"

She has nothing to do with her appearance, and there is nothing wrong with her, but in Yao Xi's eyes, there is inevitably a little schadenfreude and irony, her face turns green and white for a moment, and for a moment she wants to stand up and argue with Jiang Xuening.

Unexpectedly, before he could speak, someone came outside.

It was a little maid who was serving at Yangzhizhai, her footsteps were hasty, she still held a letter in her hand, and she just came in to salute, raised the envelope above her head, and said: "Greetings to the girls. This is Yao Taifu outside A letter from someone said that it was to be handed over to Ms. Yao."

Yao Xi was taken aback for a moment: She just left home not long ago, why did her father write a letter?

The envelope was handed to her.

On the outside is Yao Taifu's powerful handwriting.

In the past, she always felt at ease when she read the family letter, but today, for some reason, she felt flustered. Without even waiting to return to her room, she opened the letter in this hall and read it.

There were only two pages of letterhead in the thin envelope.

But when Yao Xi saw the handwriting on the letter paper, she was taken aback: it wasn't her father's handwriting.

My father is used to writing running script, which is vigorous and powerful, and can be regarded as smooth and smooth. But in this line, the pen is fine and vigorous, and the thin gold body is sparse and bright, and even shows a bit of rigidity, showing a little coldness and solemnity.

"This is a letter from Mr. Yao. Zhang Zhe, the younger generation, has received great love and appreciated it in the court, and promised his love. I am grateful for my kindness, and I dare not forget it. However, today's incident, Zhe is a reckless person, an upright official, and sees the abandoned king. First, offend the treacherous and treacherous, and the next step is difficult..."

In just a few words, the identity and meaning of the letter have been stated.

It was clearly just a thin page of letter paper, but through this simple line of writing, it seemed as if one could see the indifference of the man named "Zhang Zhe" calmly writing his pen and writing under the lamp.

When was there any flattery?

He was sober, even frank, and stated his situation to Yao's father. He did not embarrass the Yao family, nor did he covet the Yao family's lintel, but he voluntarily proposed to withdraw his marriage.

At this moment, Yao Xi's originally pale face suddenly became flushed, and then turned pale again, as if she was ashamed and ashamed, and finally tears welled up in her eyelashes.

I didn't know it before.

But now that I read the letter Zhang Zhe wrote to his father, I know what a bright and clear person this is, and I also know what a good man I have missed.

And I actually wanted to set up a frame to force him to withdraw from the marriage...

In addition to the guilt, there is actually a trace of unspeakable regret coming up...

Yao Xi also couldn't tell how she felt.

Only tears could not stop falling down, she put the letter paper down, buried her face in the crook of her arms, fell on the desk and burst into tears.

Everyone was frightened by her.

Both Xiao Shu and Chen Shuyi went to her side, and hurriedly asked her: "Isn't it a letter from Master Yao? What did the letter say?"

Yao Xi just cried and didn't answer.

However, Jiang Xuening turned her eyes to the page of letter paper that was covered by Yao Xi's arm, and when she saw the thin and rigid strokes, she laughed silently.

It turned out that his writing was like this so early...

She thought it was done later.

Zhang Zhe...

Don't bully the dark room, guard your mind like a city.

In her previous life, what kind of luck did she have to meet such a good person?

When Yan Lin was kind to her, she was still too young, too stubborn, and didn't know how to cherish it at all; when she learned about it later, no one would really treat her well.

There is only one exception.

Jiang Xuening lowered her eyes, looked at Yao Xi who was crying at the desk, and suddenly thought in her heart: I don't want to trouble others, so I took the initiative to withdraw the marriage. So, Zhang Zhe doesn't have a marriage contract now, right?