A few days later, Zhibentang’s ancestral temple was successfully renovated. Choosing an auspicious day, Wei Qi supported his "sick body" and led everyone in the Zhiben Hall to perform sacrifices in strict attire, and then continued to "sickly" again.
Half a month later, the Holy Emperor's decree allowing Wei Qi to serve as an official also arrived in Fengzhou.
The news brought by the angel this time was not only that after Wei Qi became official, the imperial court also sealed his second son as a preferential treatment, but also had two good things for Rui Yu Tang: The first one was Wei Yu, the new Situ candidate recommended by Wei Qi. It's possible in 9 out of 10 cases; the second thing... is related to Song Zaishui.
Wei Yu was appointed as Situ. This was the condition that Wei Huan came up with after careful consideration, seizing the point of rebuilding the ancestral hall, and after repeated fights and discussions with Wei Qi. It is also the balance point between Ruiyu Hall and Chihon Hall.
The Holy Father had a good impression of both Wei Huan and Wei Qi. Wei Qi, the predecessor, said that "he was old and had to go back to his hometown to repair the ancestral hall. It was a long journey, and he was sad and guilty that the spirits of his ancestors had been disturbed. So he arrived in Fengzhou. It is very regrettable for the saint to decide to become an official because of his illness. Even though Emperor Wei Yu, who had always been upright, was favored by Ping Ping, because of Wei Qi's recommendation, according to the angel, the emperor had already decided to promote Wei Yu before the angel left.
This has nothing to do with the backyard.
When Wei Changying found out, he just let it go after a brief thought. Anyway, his grandfather would have to worry about it. Of course she was concerned about Song Zhengshui.
Before, Wei Changying and his brother sent Song Zaishui and his party thirty miles out of the city. They were eagerly looking forward to the news along the way, so as to know whether the marriage would be successful or not, and whether the Deng family could be trusted? Unfortunately, he was assassinated on the way back. After a series of events, he had no intention of paying much attention to Song Zaishui.
Unexpectedly, the angel happened to bring the result of this matter this time.
The result cannot be said to be good or bad...
Because if it was not good, Song Zaishui got his wish and successfully broke off the engagement.
If it was agreed, the reason for the dissolution of the marriage was because on the eve of Song Zaishui's return to Beijing, the horse he was pulling suddenly lost control, and the carriage fell into a ditch on the roadside. When Song Zaishui fell into the water, he put the gold hairpin on his maid's head. The forehead was scratched.
... Since these days, the Song family and the palace have been secretly asking doctors and medicines for him, and doing their best to diagnose and treat him. But not long ago, the scabs on the wounds fell away, and the traces exposed were very clear, and the doctor who was found was still helpless.
Dong Gong is two years older than Song Zaishui, and is now in his prime.
In addition, among the several young princesses in the East Palace, the oldest one is already five years old. Although there are female officials in the palace and the empress can teach the princesses, the emperor also thinks that it is time to let the princess pass.
It happened that the crown princess who had been scheduled for a long time was hurting her appearance at this time. So Concubine Deng said: "Three years ago, someone suggested to the Holy One that the fate of the Crown Princess might not be suitable for His Highness the Crown Prince. The Holy Master was doubtful, but because of his love for His Highness the Crown Prince, he decided to postpone the wedding. Now it seems that it’s thanks to the Holy Spirit!”
According to the agreement made by the Song family when they received the gold-inlaid jade Ruyi, Song Zaishui and Jiji were about to pass. However, Song Zaishui was already eighteen years old this year, but he was only urged to return to the imperial capital to get married at the beginning of the year. This is all because on the eve of the wedding of Song Dynasty, the royal family was about to prepare for the wedding, but the palace suddenly disappeared. Although nothing was actually burned due to the timely firefighting, one of the His Majesty's favorite pavilions was burned down.
This made the Holy Emperor furious and ordered people to investigate. However, someone went to find a diviner and found out that the fortune-telling was related to Song Zaishui. It was said that Song Zaishui was not compatible with the prince. At that time, the Holy Emperor was dubious, so for the sake of safety, he ordered the marriage to be postponed.
However, three years later, Song Zaishui was about to marry into the royal family, and something happened to her!
After two accidents, the Holy Spirit believed in the theory of destiny, and he couldn't help but murmur in his heart. After listening to Concubine Deng's words, she felt that there were many ladies in the country who could be crown princesses, so there was no need to marry this Song family. Since he had doubts in his heart, the Holy Emperor issued an order to let the Song family return the gold and jade to the royal family on the grounds of incompatibility of fates.
So now, although Song Zaishui has broken free from the shackles of the would-be crown princess, he is still in a very awkward situation in the imperial capital.
Originally, she was already eighteen years old. Even if she hadn't left the government yet, her wedding was just around the corner. Now that her engagement was annulled, or was annulled by the royal family, she knew that her future marriage would be more troublesome than Wei Changying's annulment.
Because even if the royal family takes the initiative to take back the gold-inlaid jade Ruyi, she was still the quasi-royal daughter-in-law. Most of the children of the noble family have official positions. Their wives would also have imperial titles and would need to enter the palace from time to time to pay respects or attend banquets - Song Zaishui, the former quasi-imperial daughter-in-law, would enter the palace as the wife of a minister again... It would be embarrassing to think about it.
It's not just embarrassing. According to Concubine Deng, Song Zaishui will do nothing good as long as he has anything to do with the royal family. It may be her or the royal family - for example, the burned-out pavilion that the Holy Emperor liked very much.
Therefore, the Holy Emperor clearly issued an order saying that her fate was not compatible with the prince's. In fact, he was telling her to stay away from the royal family in the future.
Therefore, if Song Zaishui wants to marry in the future, he can only marry far away, and he must also pay attention to marrying someone who will not be transferred back to Beijing easily...
If it were just this restriction, that would be fine, but Song was already eighteen years old in the water year, and a man of this age was engaged even if he was not married. Let’s talk about teenagers. Who doesn’t look forward to making achievements and making a glorious career in the future? As a result, marrying Song Zaishui would more or less have to go around the imperial capital. Who would be willing to do that
What's more, Song Zaishui's original good looks were ruined!
When Wei Changying found out, he sighed: "What will my cousin do in the future?"
Mrs. Song also felt that such a talented, beautiful, and knowledgeable grandniece was really pitiful, but when her granddaughter said this, she felt relieved: "Fortunately, this child is a successful person herself, and she doesn't want to marry into the East Palace. Now she has recovered. If she is free, even if she marries at a lower price, she doesn't mind. The most important thing is to live her life with her own mind. "
"My cousin said that as long as she doesn't marry into the East Palace, she will accept it if she marries at a lower price." Wei Changying frowned and said, "It's just that my cousin is eighteen years old after all. This time, it hurts her face again..."
"You are getting older." Mrs. Song comforted her, "But for a talent like Zaishui, at the age of eighteen, there is no fear that no one will be attracted to her. Even if the Holy Emperor does not like her appearing in the imperial capital, a progressive man may not be willing to give up his career for her. " He added, "It's not the face that's injured, it's the forehead. I don't know what the scar is at the moment. If the injury is not big, just trace the diagonal red. "
Wei Changying said distressedly: "Why didn't you think of such a good idea at the beginning that can smoothly break off the engagement and allow my cousin to leave the court without delay?"
Mrs. Song couldn't help but laughed out loud, pointed her forehead, and said: "I don't know who carefully instigated me at the beginning. They just wanted to withdraw from the engagement and don't care about anything else. . How greedy has it become in just a few days?”
The guard chief Ying refused to admit it: "Oh, there is such a person? He is so greedy, who is he?"
"Yes, who is it?" Mrs. Song said in a coaxing tone, "Let me guess... This person is wearing a green narrow-sleeved shirt and a duck-leaf fairy skirt. , and there’s a hibiscus flower pinned to it!”
This is exactly what Guard Chief Ying is wearing today. The hibiscus flower on her head was made by Mrs. Song who said she wouldn't wear beads anymore, so she picked it out of the silver vase at hand and put it on her hairpin with her own hands. When Wei Changying heard this, he became upset and threw himself into her arms, screaming and shaking. The grandfather and grandson struggled for a while before Mrs. Song smiled and begged for mercy.
After cleaning up her appearance and sitting down again, Mrs. Song returned to the topic: "This matter is a done deal, and the marriage in the future can only be taken one step at a time. Anyway, girls like us have one advantage, and that is There will always be no shortage of dowry. If there are poor but capable and intelligent people in the distant branches of the noble family, it may not be possible to achieve a good marriage. "
Wei Changying understands this truth, but when he thinks that his cousin is so smart and sensible, but because of her promise to the East Palace, now she not only has to pay the price of damage to her appearance, but also faces the rumor that she is not favored by the Holy Emperor because of her fate. Only then did he cancel the marriage.
And the future marriage is far away...
She felt very sad and was silent for a long time before saying: "I had made an appointment with my cousin to meet in the imperial capital before. Now that my cousin is not liked by the Holy Emperor, I don't know if I will return to Jiangnan again? If I want to go back to Jiangnan, my cousin will be injured." If she loses her appearance, I'm afraid she won't leave our house. In this case, I won't be able to see my cousin after I leave the government... I don't know if I can meet her again in the future? "
Wei Changying was a little depressed, "I really want to go to the imperial capital as soon as possible so that I can take a look at my cousin's current situation."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Song burst into laughter!
Wei Changying looked at her inexplicably. Mrs. Song laughed for a long time, then wiped the corners of her eyes and said to her: "Good child, you can just talk about this in front of grandma and in this room. After you go out, Don’t be so stupid and say everything that’s on your mind!”
"What!" Wei Changying was stunned for a moment, and then he understood - hurry up and get to the Imperial Capital. He will only go to the Imperial Capital after he leaves the cabinet. Isn't this tantamount to saying that he is getting married in a hurry? She immediately blushed, jumped up angrily, and said bitterly, "Grandma is the worst! She obviously didn't mean that! She was just worried about her cousin and wanted to see her! Grandma loves to talk nonsense!"
After saying that, she jumped out of the door. Mrs. Song's argument behind her was filled with a smile: "Hey, I'm afraid that others will think of you so much! If you say it yourself, won't it be misunderstood? Besides, if not, Speaking of what’s on your mind, why are you running so fast?”
Wei Changying groaned, raised his sleeves to cover his face, stepped on his wooden clogs, and made a clanging sound in the corridor: "Grandma is bullying! I won't tell you anymore!"
But Mrs. Song smiled and shouted: "Good child, you better come in and talk to grandma again! When you really go to the imperial capital, grandma won't be able to hear your voice!"
Hearing this, the blush on Wei Changying's face subsided slightly, but his heart felt sour for no reason. He paused for a moment, pouted and walked back again: "As promised, grandma is not allowed to laugh at me anymore!"
Mrs. Song looked at her lovingly and said softly: "No more, no more! Don't mention the other people. From now on, come here, and we will talk about what happened to you and Changfeng when they were young... At that time My son, you are only a little bit old, and in a blink of an eye, you are already taller than your grandmother..."
As the old lady speaks softly, the beautiful girl tilts her head, holds her chin, and listens attentively, sometimes pouting, occasionally stamping her feet to show off... In the memories of the past, the light of time flows quietly.
- Silent and breathless. (To be continued)