But the weather is not too cold and the streets are very lively.
From time to time, news comes that an official has been imprisoned.
The people talked about it endlessly, and the teahouses and restaurants were full every day.
Zheng Wuji was too busy to go home, so he stayed in the Yamen.
Xu Chunjun had his favorite meals cooked and delivered to him every day, and a change of clothes was also delivered every two or three days.
Zheng Yuelang took his two children back to live with his parents' home.
After giving birth to her first son, she gave birth to a daughter this year.
Her current husband Li Kaiyan is very considerate to her, and her mother-in-law is also very loving.
Zheng Yuelang has obviously gained weight, his face has become rounder, his brows have stretched, and he looks more blessed.
He is no longer the thin and shivering look he was when he first entered Beijing.
In her hand she was embroidering a flower, a half-opened crabapple, pink and white in color, very bright.
It was a bellyband embroidered for my little daughter. The child is too young and likes to kick the quilt when sleeping to protect her belly to avoid catching cold.
Her needlework was taught by Xu Chunjun himself, and now she has a sixty-seven-point figure.
"Brother-in-law, are their appointments coming soon?" Xu Chunjun asked with a smile.
"I don't know," Zheng Yuelang said, stopping the needlework in his hand, "but there's no rush."
"The case of King Huaiyang involves a large number of people, and it needs to be dealt with and sorted out," Xu Chunjun said. "It's a good thing to wait."
Li Kaiyan passed the Jinshi examination, but his appointment was delayed.
Xu Chunjun knew that the emperor wanted to cut off as many of the Huaiyang King's gang members as possible, and then replace them with a group of new people with both ability and political integrity.
Nowadays, several major officials in the Ministry of Personnel are guilty, so their appointments have been delayed.
"Wuji is too busy now." Zheng Yuelang said, "When I looked at him when he came back this time, I felt as if I didn't recognize him.
It turns out that people can really change their minds, I never believed it before."
"It is not easy to change one's mind. As the saying goes, it is easy to change a country but hard to change one's nature." Xu Chunjun said, "When a woman is looking for a husband, she should choose someone who is upright and willing to make progress.
Never think that you can make the prodigal son come back."
"But who wouldn't use you two as examples now?" Zheng Yuelang said with a smile, "Even the matchmaker advises the woman like this. Although the man is a bit playful, he is smart.
If you meet a virtuous woman, it will be like the one from the Zheng family, who made their uncle change his ways and gain fame.
Now he is the celebrity in front of the emperor, and he is better than anyone else."
"Oh, don't say that." Xu Chunjun shook his head, "I had no choice at the time.
It was just a coincidence that what happened next happened.
This can only mean that I am lucky and God takes care of me. What if he is always like that?"
"Yeah, don't talk about you, just talk about myself.
During the years after I got married to the An family, I lived in darkness.
Because I couldn't give birth to a child, I wasn't even qualified to eat on the table.
Their family deceived me, and if you hadn't helped me later, I would still have been tortured in that fire pit." Zheng Yuelang couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned the past.
"Fortunately, sister, you have been through all the hardships, and there are people who understand pain and heat." Xu Chunjun said, "So when you have a choice, you must be discerning and choose carefully."
Zheng Yuelang sighed, was in a daze for a while, and said to Xu Chunjun: "Chunjun, you know, I won't hide anything from you.
Now I have something I would like to hear your opinion on."
"Sister said so." Xu Chunjun put down his work and listened quietly to her.
"You know something happened to the An family later, and Anping was begging for food on the street." Zheng Yuelang's tone was a little hesitant, "I heard that he died of illness a few days ago, and his body was dumped in Yizhuang, and there was no one to collect it.
He and I have long lost our relationship as husband and wife, but when I heard that he ended up like this, I still feel... a little bit intolerable."
"What are you going to do, sister?" Xu Chunjun asked.
"I...I'm not sure." Zheng Yuelang said.
"Does my brother-in-law know about this?" Xu Chunjun asked again, "You don't have to pay too much attention to the attitude of outsiders. The key is to see if your brother-in-law cares."
"He is very generous," Zheng Yuelang smiled, "He said that since I couldn't bear it, I would send someone to collect the body for Anping!
Think of it as doing a good deed.
But I'm afraid that if I do this, others will say that I don't know right from wrong, or that I am fake and compassionate."
"Since my brother-in-law doesn't object, you don't have to worry too much.
Different people must have different ways of dealing with the same thing.
If you collect the body for Anping, some people will gossip.
If you don't collect his body, won't anyone gossip?
Some people will inevitably say that you are cruel and don't care about the love between husband and wife back then.
My sister is kind-hearted and has a soft heart. She doesn't do this out of consideration for anything else, she just wants to feel at ease.
If this is the case, then go and seek peace of mind." Xu Chunjun said.
"Chun Jun, you are so kind. I knew you wouldn't laugh at me." Zheng Yuelang seemed relieved, "Just like you said, I just want peace of mind.
I don’t want to always have a knot in my heart and feel uncomfortable when I think about it in the future.”
There are thousands of kinds of people in this world. Some people like to be generous to others, while others like to show off their strength to others.
Xu Chunjun believes that first of all, we should respect other people's choices and not make decisions for others.
There are too many things in this world that cannot be divided into right and wrong.
How to do it is often just a matter of the parties involved.
In fact, outsiders should not interfere too much.
Just like this, if Zheng Yuelang is not allowed to collect the body for Anping, she will definitely feel uncomfortable.
Because she doesn't have a temperament that dares to love or hate.
She is gentle and kind, even a little indecisive.
For such a person, let her do good deeds as much as possible.
She only wants peace of mind, so let her have peace of mind.
"The tea is a little cold, let's make another pot." Xu Chunjun asked the maid to change the tea, "Send some of the good mutton from our house to my brother-in-law's house. It's snowing, so it's time to eat Zhizi mutton.
Then I sent a message to his old lady and brother-in-law to come to our house when they are not busy. The children miss them too."
Zheng Yuelang thought for a while, called a woman, gave her a few taels of silver, and asked her to find two people outside to bury Anping simply.
"Grandma, I'm awake and clamoring to see you." The maid came from the opposite room holding Zheng Yuelang's son.
The little daughter in the room also woke up, and the wet nurse coaxed her into giving her warm water.
After a while, he was also taken out.
Zheng Yuelang held her little daughter in her arms and her son leaned beside her. She smiled comfortably and was extremely satisfied.
Xu Chunjun knew that she had completely forgotten about Anping and abandoned him in the old past that she could not bear to look back on.
A few taels of silver completely settled the dispute between her and her ex-husband. From then on, Zheng Yuelang would never think of this man again.
