Chapter 19 - The Marriage

　　The mother is very worried about the financial situation of her mother's family, but Dou Zhao is unimpressed and gnawing on the sugar fried chestnuts. 　　In the last life, the mother hanged himself uncle can be successful in the examination, this life, everything is hidden from him, he is lightly loaded, can not still fail the examination? 　　As long as uncle won the scholar, the former those expenses will naturally be able to earn back! 　　This chestnut should be placed in the cellar over the winter, no moisture, and sugar fried, dry, but there is always better than nothing - she is now a three-year-old child, three-year-old children can do? She now has a lot of free time. 　　Dou Zhao delicately bit into a chestnut, the crumbs falling all over the place. 　　Auntie and mother talked about her marriage, "After all, it's just a verbal agreement, I think you should discuss it with your father-in-law and ask him to find a decent person to finalize the matter with the Wei family!" 　　Dou Zhao's action of biting the chestnuts lurched, and only after a moment did she slowly begin to continue chewing the chestnuts. 　　Auntie's consideration was not without reason. 　　After his mother's sudden death in his last life, his father had married Wang Ying Xue within a hundred days, while his uncle's family had hurriedly left for their posts. Father devoted himself to his studies, and when his mother's mourning period was over, he immediately took the township exams and won, followed by the following year's spring exams, where he won the jinshi and was promoted to the rank of commoner jioshi, and watched over the government at the Ministry of Revenue. At that time, the Wang family had already moved to Kyoto, Wang Yingxue's mother, Mrs. Xu, was thinking of her daughter, granddaughter and grandson, and begged her father to bring them to Kyoto for a reunion, and after her father obtained her grandfather's consent, he took Wang Yingxue, Dou Ming, and Dou Xiao to Kyoto....... Who remembers her marriage to the Wei family? 　　Until her grandfather and grandmother died one after another, she was sent to Kyoto, her father was shocked to realize that she was already a big girl, to the age of marriage, remembered the marriage with the Wei family, sent people to discuss with the Wei family. The Wei family, however, was hesitant to give a clear answer. 　　Dou Zhao still remembers his feelings of fear and anxiety. 　　Father alive, East Dou's uncles could not take her, uncle far away in the Northwest, stepmother has never short of her food and clothing, but the eyes inadvertently fell on her, but always penetrated a few points of sinister, like a wolf, like devouring people, not wanting to swallow her as if a breath of air, but then you look, she has returned to the original calm and calm, still a look of elegance and splendor. 　　As the saying goes: abnormal is evil. 　　She didn't know what Wang Yingxue was playing. 　　Daily life is fearful, just afraid of a trance, there will be a disaster waiting for her. 　　Her grandmother warned her on her deathbed that a woman without a mother's family can't stand up in her husband's family, and that she should keep up the respect with her stepmother no matter what. Although she hated Wang Yingxue for forcing her mother to die after listening to Tuo Niang's words, the rumors circulating among the servants about her mother's "jealousy" and "childlessness" made her feel that she had no position to hate Wang Yingxue. Moreover, Wang Yingxue's surface work is well done, she is to say that no one will believe that Wang Yingxue is different from her, she is aggrieved, sad, hesitant and contradictory, days like frying in a frying pan, there is a kind of "heaven and earth is big, but there is no place for me" feeling. 　　Therefore, when she first heard that her mother had arranged a marriage for her when she was alive, she actually rose up a kind of joy of "escaping from life", and could not wait to get married right away. 　　This is also why when she knew that Dou Ming's marriage failed, Dou Ming vowed to marry into a famous family in Kyoto to wash away the past shame, Wang Ying Xue played Wei Ting Yu's idea, the new hatred and old hatred intertwined, she and Wang Ying Xue from now on and the two sides of the main reason. 　　At first, if she did not want to find out the whereabouts of her mother-in-law, so that her mother-in-law and her "chance encounter", the Wei family to recognize the marriage is still a matter of opinion. 　　If she hadn't stirred up her mother-in-law's old feelings, even if the Wei family was willing to marry the Dou family, I'm afraid that the one who married is Dou Ming, not her! 　　Dou Zhao's chestnut chewing slowed down again. 　　In her last life, she had no choice but to continue to be entangled with Wei Tingyu in this life. 　　She thought of the time she had just married into the Wei family it was the waxing moon, looking at the New Year, in order to please her mother-in-law, but also in order to block Wei Ting Zhen's mouth, she took the initiative to help her mother-in-law to take care of the Wei House of the New Year, because of the lack of experience, coupled with the accompanying maids and daughter-in-laws are Wang Ying Xue temporarily assigned, not to mention help, and not even close to even call it, she did not know that she was pregnant, and the result was too much exertion and miscarriage. 　　It was her first child. 　　Wang Yingxue asked Dou Ming to visit her. 　　Dou Ming met Wei Ting Yu. 　　The sun was shining that day, the official green mantle in front of the bed blocked the light, she was lying in the inner room inlaid with nanmu shelf bed, pale, lifeless, such as resting on a shelf for too long dusty cloisonné vase, dull and boring. Standing next to the mantle of Dou Ming wearing a lotus root color silk four seasons like a small jacket, the light in the room shines on her black hair between the nanzhu cuihua, exudes a glistening luster, set off by the eyebrow such as a picture, people such as the autumn medicine, look at the Wei Tingyu two eyes hair straight. 　　That scene, deeply pierced Dou Zhao. 　　Although Dou Ming was petite and graceful, she was not a gentle person. Quite the contrary, because of the Wang family's Mrs. Xu's coddling, she was not only arrogant, but also had a big temper, acted recklessly, and had all her feelings and desires on her face, which was why Wang Yingxue was hell-bent on marrying Dou Ming off to her own nephew from her mother's family. 　　She came that day on purpose, intentionally so. 　　She just wanted to show Wei Tingyu what kind of beauty he had missed out on when the Wei family didn't agree to let her marry him! 　　Wei Tingyu also lived up to Dou Ming's expectations and praised Dou Ming several times in front of her for being meek and agreeable. 　　At that time, her heart would still beat like a drum when she saw Wei Tingyu, which is why she was particularly intolerable, right? 　　Dou Zhao clicked and bit into the cricket note, causing Candy Zhao to exclaim, "Spit it out, that's a bad chestnut!" 　　Both mother and aunt were startled. 　　"This child, why is he so greedy!" Mother hurriedly threw away the chestnuts in Dou Zhao's hands and brought the tea in front of herself for Dou Zhao to rinse his mouth, "It's as if he's never eaten chestnuts before." 　　"Children don't understand this." Auntie apologized, "It's all because Bi Ru's didn't take good care of Auntie Shou." Then she reprimanded her daughters a few more times. 　　Mother naturally had to stop them. 　　The two aunts and sisters-in-law humbled themselves for half a day, but mother didn't dare to let Dou Zhao follow Zhao Biru and the girls anymore, and carried both her and Zhao Zhangru to the kang to play, personally helping the two to peel chestnuts, and continuing the topic from earlier, "Wei Tingyu is the Marquis' son, and I'm afraid that Sister Tian will have a hard time with it, so I'm going to send someone to Kyoto to ask around first, and then I'll talk to eunuchs about this matter." 　　"Good! This is more stable." Aunt nodded, the topic of the two gradually shifted to the uncle, worried about whether he is safe to Kyoto, rest well, will not be nominated for the gold list, etc., until the afternoon at 10 o'clock, the escort with the car to urge "it's getting late, if you do not depart, you will not be able to catch up back," the mother reluctantly resigned from the aunt. 　　Perhaps the father was very dissatisfied with the defeat, the entire spring cultivation period father in the grandfather under the guidance of practicing the art of making, whether it is the mother or Wang Yingxue, do not dare to disturb, to see the grandmother of the matter will not be put to rest. 　　As a concubine, there were no relatives, no friends, no sisters-in-law to visit, the days in the backyard were very lonely. After Wang Yingxue came to greet her mother, she would often use the excuse to sit in her mother's house for a while. 　　Her mother was always indifferent to her, often dismissing her with a few words. 　　Dou Zhao felt that her mother still cared a bit about Wang Ying Xue. 　　If she did, she would have left her concubine behind to let her tell her jokes and make fun of her, otherwise wouldn't she have raised someone for nothing? 　　However, some things had to be taken slowly. 　　All Dou Zhao was thinking about now was her marriage to Wei Tingyu. 　　As if her appearance had allowed her mother to survive, Wang Yingxue, who was originally a concubine, became a concubine. 　　Would her marriage to Wei Ting Yu change as a result? If she didn't marry Wei Tingyu, who would she marry? 　　Dou Zhao missed her three children. 　　As the spring breeze blew through and the grasses freshened, good news came from Kyoto. 　　Her uncle, Zhao Si, came fifth in the second grade of the examination and was given the rank of jinshi. 　　Grandfather and father were happy, but it was mother who was the happiest. When the Dou family sent congratulatory gifts to the Zhao family, she took Dou Zhao back to her mother's house again. 　　This time, unlike the last time, the Zhao family was decked out in red and color, like a festival, and everyone's face was filled with joy. 　　Zhao Zhangru pulled Dou Zhao to her own house, and from behind the bed, she touched a rose cake wrapped in greaseproof paper: "It's from the Chen Ju family in town, for you to eat, it's very sweet! Sister Peng said that I'll have as much as I want in the future, so if you want to eat it, come to our house." 　　Dou Zhao looked at the shortcake in her hand that had already been half broken, her heart was hot, her nose was sore, and tears fell. 　　In her previous life, she didn't even know Zhao Zhangru's name. 　　For no other reason, just for this shortcake, she decided to spend time with her uncle's family. 　　Her mother drank some wine, and they rested at her uncle's house in the evening before heading home early the next morning. 　　"This is great," the corners of her mother's mouth were filled with smiles along the way, "Our Shougou has a scholar uncle as well." 　　Her expression was leisurely, appearing soothed. 　　Dou Zhao was happy for her mother, and she asked her mother, "When will uncle come back?" 　　"He still has to take the examination for the title of concubine scholar," her mother laughed, "the earliest would be after May." 　　"Then are we still coming to uncle's house?" 　　"Yes!" 　　"I like cousin." 　　Her mother happily held her face and kissed her, urging her in a low voice: "Auntie and uncle are close from generation to generation, breaking bones and connecting tendons. You and your cousin are the closest, got it?" 　　Dou Zhao nodded: "Even closer than third cousin." 　　Her mother couldn't stop nodding, praising her for being smart, and personally carried her into the second door when she arrived home. 　　The lilacs, magnolias, peonies, passion flowers, and purple orchids in the yard were all in bloom, beautiful purples and reds, like fire. When people walk among them, the bees and butterflies dance, and the dark fragrance floats. 　　Mother stopped and took a deep breath, "This year's flowers are extraordinarily colorful compared to previous years." 　　"Yes!" Sister Yu smiled imploringly. 　　Mother's face, however, went cold. 　　Dou Zhao couldn't help but follow her mother's gaze. 　　In the gazebo next to the lotus pond, there was a man and a woman sitting. 　　The woman wore a goose-yellow spring dress, smiling like a flower took a fan, lazily rely on the pavilion's beauty leaning, beautiful through a few points of brimming flavor. 　　Male handsome and timeless, smilingly sitting in the middle of the pavilion paved Xuan low stone table, is to the beauty of the painting, the eyebrows are not to be mistaken recognition of the joy ...... and satisfaction. 　　Dou Zhao heart tightened. 　　Mother had already composed her face and walked forward without looking. 　　Sister Yu hurriedly followed. 　　Behind her came a silver bell like laughter.