inspire-indiana Chapter 170 The Maid Who Married in Place 4
Chapter 170 The Maid Who Married in Place 4
It was not until the original owner stabbed him several times with a dagger and pushed him into the river that he began to regret it.
Although he was dazzled by money and power at the time, he made a wish before his death.
Instead, he studied hard and took the imperial examinations, and after achieving success, he was filial to his mother.
Cheng Yuanzhi is a good student and has been studying very hard over the years.
Otherwise, Prince Duan would not have chosen him. You know, the eldest daughter of a family like Anyuan Marquis’s Mansion cannot only know a few female virtues and precepts.
Not to mention the sisters Shen Jingshu and Shen Jingya, who are also well-known at poetry gatherings in Beijing.
Although the family education in the Marquis' Mansion has always been extremely strict, the two sisters usually stay at home and rarely go out. Every time they attend a poetry meeting, they cover their faces with veils, making it difficult for people to see their true appearance.
But their outstanding talents are still fully displayed.
So when Prince Duan was selecting people, he first had to look for someone who was good-looking, and secondly, someone who had real talent and knowledge.
Otherwise, after just a few words, Miss Shen would find out that the other party was a fool.
Cheng Yuanzhi meets both of these requirements, and his family is poor. He is not interested in the benefits promised by the prince, nor in marrying a young lady from a wealthy family.
For Cheng Yuanzhi, these are all temptations that cannot be refused.
Don’t talk about the character of a scholar, that’s because you have never been hungry.
What's wrong with being able to study without going hungry every day? It can also save money for marrying a wife.
You have to know how worried his mother was about his marriage.
There is no way. The family is poor and they can't even afford the bride price from the family they like.
There were peasant girls who were willing to marry him and did not mind their poverty, but Cheng Yuanzhi's mother felt that her son was being wronged.
His son was a handsome man, and he might pass the imperial examination one day. However, because his family was poor, he married him to a peasant girl who was not presentable.
Just thinking about it makes me feel sorry for my son.
If that time really comes, divorcing his wife and marrying another one would mean that his son is ungrateful. He will just have to make do with it, and when he has an official social event, his daughter-in-law will not do it.
Don’t even mention dying of illness or anything like that, his mother wouldn’t dare to do that.
Well, Cheng Yuanzhi’s mother is not a bad person.
The bitterness and harshness in her were the result of life wearing her out over the years as a widow raising her son alone.
Not sarcastic or mean, believe it or not?
There is no need for outsiders, their own tribe can eat them up completely.
After all, although their family was poor, Cheng Yuanzhi's father left them these properties after his death.
This time, I have done the job assigned by the prince. Not only have I gained benefits, but I have also picked up a wife for free. I am happy just thinking about it.
She is the daughter of a marquis. Not to mention her family background, just look at the girl who grew up in a pile of gold and jade. How can her knowledge and conversation be compared with that of ordinary people?
When the people from the Marquis' Mansion caught up with them, the eldest lady asked Zhenrong to go with him first.
He began to be distracted again, fantasizing about having fun with his wife and concubines, which is why he hugged the original owner.
Who could have imagined that the original owner would take advantage of him turning around and stab him several times in the lower back.
And they pushed him directly into the river.
He could not float in water. When his body sank to the bottom of the river, Cheng Yuanzhi began to repent of his dirty thoughts.
If he can study hard with all his heart and soul, he will have a bright future in the future.
Why get involved in this matter?
He kept saying that he would marry Miss Shen as his wife and they would be together for life, and that he would make her successful and live a good life in the future.
In fact, he himself had never thought about whether the oath he made would come true.
Miss Shen hadn't left far yet, but he had already started to miss the little maid beside her.
The daughter of a marquis was seduced by me and eloped with him. If this gets out to the world, it will damage Miss Shen's reputation.
If the Marquis truly loved the child, he might swallow his anger and help him for Miss Shen.
If he was a cruel person and just told everyone that the young lady had passed away for the sake of reputation, he would get nothing.
Why didn’t I think of these possibilities at the time?
And the Crown Prince, a man who uses a woman's reputation as a raft, even if he is not killed by this maid today, can he guarantee that he will not be silenced after doing the job for him?
As his body sank to the bottom of the river, the etiquette, morality, and literary spirit that Cheng Yuanzhi had learned over the years returned to his body.
At the last moment of his life, a ray of clarity suddenly flashed in his originally turbid and lifeless eyes.
Thinking back on everything he had experienced in his life, those dirty thoughts that had once been buried deep in his heart and could not be seen in the light surged into his mind like a tide, making him regretful.
He sincerely confessed his sins to God. If he could do it all over again, he vowed to be filial to his mother and repay her kindness.
Study hard and don't be tempted by these shortcuts. After passing the imperial examination, become a good official and work wholeheartedly for the welfare of the people.
These are all Cheng Yuanzhi's memories and wishes.
After Mu Chen finished saying this, Si Rong's gloomy eyes finally warmed up a little.
She also shared the memories of the original owner Zhenrong with Muchen.
In fact, it cannot be said that the original owner was a born bad person. According to Sirong, she quite liked this girl.
Dare to think and act, cruel and ruthless!
Even though she said in her memories that she was a bad person, in Sirong's opinion, the original owner was a girl who didn't want to make excuses for herself.
I might as well just say that I am a bad person. That should be fine, right? I am already a bad person, so anything I do shouldn't be considered excessive.
The father she pushed into the river and drowned was not her biological father.
When the original owner was four years old, there was a famine in her hometown, and she fled with her parents to the capital.
Her future father was an old bachelor. He used five pounds of mixed flour to exchange her from her parents and bring her back home.
Zhenrong still remembers the lustful look in the old bachelor's eyes when he asked her to take off her clothes, saying that he was giving her a bath.
It can be said that if the original owner had not found an opportunity when he was 7 years old, he would have killed that old bachelor.
When she grows up a few years later, she will have no idea what kind of outcome will be waiting for her.
Even though the old bachelor gave her something to eat and didn't let her starve to death.
But during those three years from the age of 4 to 7, he treated me like a punching bag and beat me when he was drunk, so it can be considered as repaying his kindness.
Of course, according to the original owner's idea, she was a bad person, so what's the point of being grateful to her for giving birth to her and raising her?
But after Sirong shared her memories, she could understand Zhenrong very well.
You see, she says that she is a bad person, but she has never done anything to harm the Anyuan Marquis Mansion.
Especially the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion. The original owner was full of disgust, but protected her in every way.