Legend of Concubine's Daughter Minglan-Part Two

C235. Rain Estate-- Black Mountain Estate: Accidentally Show Her True Color (2)

In the last year of her previous life, there had been no water supply in the mountain area where she had lived. Yao Yiyi had to fetch water by herself in the well. The rough well rope had worn through her hands which should be used for holding pens, and the wounds on her hands turned into calluses. At that time, she had to walk for five or six hours a day. Every night when she took off her shoes, she would see bleeding blisters all over her feet. After soaking her feet in the cold water, she only felt terribly painful. When she wore the high heels, the sole of her feet would hurt. After she changed into sneakers, it was her heels that hurt. Her legs kept trembling like the feeble string. When she lay on the bed, she even couldn't feel her legs.

As a modern girl, every time she got tired, she would just fall into sleep. In the meantime, she felt at ease because she knew that she did have helped some people. She even dreamed about showing off her heroic stories in front of those girls who couldn't even tell the green onions and garlics apart in the classmate reunion. Yao Yiyi could even wire a fence!

However, now she had lots of maids serving her, she didn't feel joyful because of the satisfaction brought by tiredness anymore. Even if she still got exhausted sometimes, she only felt anxious and worried all the time. After all, the political circle wasn't very steady lately.

The politics in the ancient times often accompanied with deaths. Minglan had witnessed the guilty officials being taken to the capital under escort in chains and the families of the guilty officials being broken up and ruined. The ladies who had used to have tea and chat with her had been sentenced to Jiao Fang (A government institution below Ministry of Rites that is responsible for music, dance, etc. performances for feasts and celebrations, also an official brothel) and even become prostitutes due to the sins of their fathers or brothers.

Every time Minglan thought of that, she felt very grateful to her father. Sheng Hong wasn't greedy for the official ranks, he never seized any chance to seek private gain, nor did he squander wantonly. He could be considered an upright official, but was also very sophisticated. Not matter how many mistakes he had made or how many shortcomings he had, he had fulfilled his duty as a man in ancient times by offering his wife and children safe and wealthy lives.

Speaking of the Sheng family, a few days ago, Minglan had sent the festival gift to her parents' family since the Dragon Boat Festival was coming. After that, Xiaotao had come back with the news that Sheng Hong and Wang shi had been bickering again because of the arrangement of Changfeng's marriage.

Though Changfeng was an illegal son, his good-looking face, his graceful manners and his refined style of conversation made him very attractive (He was just like a younger version of Sheng Hong who had captivated Wang shi's mother the moment he had shown up). As young as he was, he already become a Ju Ren (the candidate who passed the imperial exam at the provincial level). Not only were his brother and father very competent, his sisters all married to big families. So it was only a matter of time that he passed the Imperial Exam. Therefore, after Sheng Hong had leaked words about his intention of letting Changfeng get married, lots of families responded right away.

However, Sheng Hong knew what kind of a person Changfeng was. Thus he said that the personality of Changfeng's future wife should be the prime factor taken into account. The family background of the girl didn't need to be very powerful, but the girl herself had to be virtuous, cultured and steeped in propriety. It would be better if she could have a rough character.

"A boy like Feng needs someone to discipline him." Sheng Hong said implicitly, "His wife should be able to control the overall situation for him (like withstanding her mean mother-in-law's bullying) and restrain his misconducts (stop him from ignoring his study for those love affairs)!"