After Baiyunguan came back from burning incense, You Jin and You Bao had a detailed discussion, determined that You Bao was willing, and informed Su Clan.
At the Wei family's side, Wei Si finally bowed his head to his mother this time: "I will trouble my mother a lot for my son's marriage."
"Your marriage? Are you planning to marry Jing Shi Ziji, or are you planning to compose poetry?" Mrs. Wei Er saw that her son was rarely begging for herself, and she was so happy that she just wanted to hum a little tune.
On the contrary, Erye Wei looked at his younger son's face flushed, and first softened his heart, and said softly, "Yujun."
Wei Si stood in front of his father and mother, still maintaining the gesture of salute, as if he would not get up as long as Mrs. Wei Er didn't let go.
"I really owed you two in my last life!" Mrs. Wei Er sighed and said, "I lost face and told the people of the Su family long ago, and the Su family also let go and said As long as you are willing, then this marriage can be done." After saying that, he gave him a sullen look, who at first refused to do so righteously, didn't he do it himself
Lang Youqing and concubine are interested, the Wei family will send a matchmaker to the door this time, and the Su family will accept the marriage. After Na Cai, Wenming, Naji and other work were also in full swing, in order to show his importance to this marriage, Wei Si specially framed the lotus fairy picture he made and stuck it on red paper himself. After writing "Miss Su personally" in five teeny small letters, the box was sealed and sent to the Su family along with the dowry.
"There are three days in total, the eighth of October, the 23rd of November, and the seventeenth of December. I wonder which day Mrs. Su thinks is better?" The matchmaker sat down with a smile, she thought it was a marriage It's yellow, it's unthinkable that Mrs. Wei Er came to her to ask for a kiss half a month ago, and this time it turned out to be.
With the Wei family's dowry list in her hand, Mrs Su looked over it, and expressed her satisfaction with the Wei family's attitude of attaching great importance to the young treasure: "How about the seventeenth of December?" It is now July, October and November. It's a little too hasty, I think it's better to be the last one.
The matchmaker sent the date selected by the Su family back to the Wei family. Naturally, the Wei family had no opinion. The marriage between the two families was settled like this.
After sending off the matchmaker, the Su shi instructed Aunt Song to put all the dowry gifts from the Wei family into the warehouse: "With such a generous dowry gift from the Wei family, You Bao's dowry can't be shabby at that time."
The Wei family's betrothal gifts consisted of four pairs of dragon and phoenix bracelets, four sets of red gold heads and faces, twenty-four pieces of silk and satin, ten taels of gold, and nine hundred and ninety-nine taels of silver. Twenty-four lifts, such a dowry is not too small in Luohe Prefecture.
"My in-laws pay so much attention to it, the wife should be happy, how can you still sigh?" Aunt Song arranged for the four girls' dowry gifts to be returned one by one, but when she came to report the situation, she heard her own wife frowning. .
"Exactly, what is there to worry about, mother? As long as the girl in our family is married, it will be done according to the example of the young silver?" Before Mrs. Su could say anything, she heard the eldest daughter's A voice came from the door: "Our family does not lack this idea of dowry now. Don't worry, mother, I will prepare it properly for You Bao."
"Although it's a good thing, it's just that Mother's heart is always up and down. If this dowry is too small, I'm afraid that people will look down on You Bao, and if it's too much, I'm afraid that people will say that we are upstarts." Worrying about this: "After all, the Wei family is a scholarly family. If it's too coppery, people can't have ideas in their hearts?"
Young Jin didn't expect Mother to even think about this, she couldn't hold back a "puchi" and laughed, but she still managed to restrain her smile and enlighten Su: "Mother, don't think so much, I can always arrange it. It’s only July now, and more than five months is always enough for me to prepare.”
Besides, although You Bao was engaged, he still continued to study at Erya Girls' School, but ever since he received the painting that came along with the dowry gift, he could always receive things from Wei Si to him from time to time. A painting, sometimes a book, sometimes a snack, and sometimes a box of rouge...
The two have already made a marriage, and they are not afraid of any private exchange. You Bao knew that he was going to go to Beijing for the autumn test next year. If he found a good book, he would send it to him. Although the two did not see each other often, their feelings were It's getting better day by day.
Busy time always goes by very fast. In a blink of an eye, it will enter August, and the best time for people and the moon is two rounds.
"Manager Wu mentioned in the letter that the situation in Beijing has become more and more tense recently, and I think it's about to change." You Jin walked at the foot of the hill in Houjiawan, and whispered to the guard Xiao who was following him: "If the new emperor Ascension to the throne, will the world be amnesty?"
In the end, Youjin still thinks about the Xiao family. If the world can be amnesty, the Xiao Hairu brothers who suffered in the northern Xinjiang can come back and reunite with the Yu family and others.
Guard Xiao pursed his lips, his eyes darkened, and said, "If there is chaos in the court, I'm afraid that the frontier will also follow." When the frontier is in chaos, the first ones who will die on the battlefield are the exiled prisoners like Xiao Hairu brothers.
"Internal and external troubles, it has only been stable for a few years!" You Jin sighed heavily: "If it comes again, this time without General Liu, who can fight the enemy?"
The two talked about this heavy topic, and the joy of the harvest was also filled with worry.
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"Sir, the medicine is ready, why don't you take a break?" Qin Dehai followed the doctor who had prepared the medicine to the desk in the middle of the imperial study, then took the medicine and put it on the table: "No matter how important the book is, it can't be compared. Isn't your body important?"
After reading it, the sage was again crying for poverty, and he coughed several times in anger: "One or two are crying poor with the widow! The widow does not know that the money for repairing the underground palace is gone now!" The ground fell on the ground, like a mass of waste paper, but no one dared to move.
The Sage, whose face was flushed from coughing, sat on the dragon chair, took the honey water from Qin Dehai and moistened his throat before taking a sip of the medicine and drinking it. Xu is that the medicine is too bitter, and Sheng Shang's already wrinkled face is even more wrinkled: "Why is this medicine more and more bitter?"
"Your Majesty, after requesting the Ping'an pulse yesterday, the old minister added a few more herbs to calm the anger. Perhaps it was a little bit bitter." The court judge, holding a wooden tray, kept his waist bent, and replied respectfully.
After the sage took the water and rinsed his mouth, he waved his hand: "Okay, hurry down." Xu Shi is getting older and getting worse, and he doesn't want to see these imperial doctors more and more.
Qin Dehai picked up the folds that were thrown everywhere by the sage, and then folded them and put them on the table. After finishing them, he heard the little eunuch outside come in and communicate: "Sir, the fifth prince asks to see you."
"What are you doing here at this time?" Although he was a little irritable, the message came in: "Why don't you come to the imperial study to do things in the imperial study?"
Today, there are seven sons of the saint, of which the eldest son is the first prince. After the death of a serious illness ten years ago, the saint has no prince; the third son is the main culprit in the case of rebellion with Han Guanghong. Now there are only two, four, five, six, seven, and eight sons left.
The second prince's biological mother's status is low, and his relatives have no help. Although he was named King Ping at the request of the prince, he has no advantage among the six sons.
On the contrary, it is the fifth prince. His biological mother is Concubine Lan Gui from the harem. Concubine Lan Gui’s father and brother are both officials in the court. Her father is the young master of the crown prince. In addition, the fifth prince can be considered diligent. The sound got more and more.
"My son heard that my father is sick, so I came here to say goodbye to my father." The fifth prince stood in the hall, kneeling respectfully and bowing: "My son got a good ginseng a few days ago, and I came here to present it to you. Father."
When the sage heard that his son was so sensible, his face was relieved a lot: "You are still sensible, and you should drop by to see your mother-in-law when you come. She said that she was a little sick two days ago."
The fifth prince was praised and rewarded by his father, and went out of the imperial study to Qingquan Palace where Concubine Lan Gui lived in a very good mood, but met King Ping who was coming out of the palace halfway.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, why does the second brother look a little haggard?" The fifth prince blocked King Ping's way, and looked at King Ping like a victor.
King Ping stopped, glanced lightly at this half-brother who was too proud and complacent, and coughed softly: "Lao fifth brother is worried, maybe it's because of the seasonal changes, and it will be fine in a few days."
"Looking at the second brother who didn't go to court for a few days, I thought it was because of Mr. Li's shameful face!" The fifth prince smiled wickedly: "It turns out that he is not feeling well? I haven't used up a few bird's nests rewarded by my father during the Chinese New Year, so I will send it to the second brother later, so the second brother needs to make up for it!"
Mr. Li is the grandfather of King Ping. A sixth-grade censor was scolded for bluntly admonishing the saint at the meeting at the beginning of the month. Mr. Li was at home with a sudden heart attack, and he didn't even have a colleague who came to condolences.
"The fifth brother's good intentions are for the brother's heart. I have something to do for my brother. Let's take a step first." Although the fifth prince's words were very unpleasant, Prince Ping was always indifferent and not angry. He nodded to the fifth prince and took him with him. The little eunuch is gone.
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"What do you have to say to that bitch?" Concubine Lan Gui heard that her son had just met King Ping in the imperial garden and talked for a while, with a hint of disgust on the corner of her mouth.
The fifth prince sat next to Concubine Lan Gui, shook his fan and said with a smile: "I just want him to recognize him, so what if he is the prince? What if he is the eldest son? I always hold my head down." He smiled, but his eyes were terrifyingly cold. The seat of the Supreme Being in the world can only be his, and if someone dares to grab it, he doesn't mind killing each other.
"My son, these are all small things. What you need to remember now is to seize the Sacred Heart. As long as the Sacred Heart belongs to you, why won't you be able to ascend to the throne?" Lan Guifei looked at her beautifully dyed nails. , Yun Danfeng said lightly: "Since the first prince is gone, the middle palace is a rootless duckweed. There are mothers and concubines in everything in the palace. Outside, you have to walk around with your grandfather."
Concubine Lan Gui was born beautiful. Although she was middle-aged, she was still as beautiful as before. Thinking that no matter her family background, beauty, talent, or even her children, she was still sitting in the middle palace. Crazy, she can't be a queen, but she must be a more noble woman than a queen!
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Outside the palace, Ping Wangfu
"My lord, the account books for the first half of the year have been sent back." It was only a moment before King Ping returned to the mansion, and the steward of the palace came in with the heavy account books.
King Ping gave a light "um", and after he cleaned his hands and changed his clothes, he sat in front of the desk and flipped through the ledger.
"In the first half of the year, they have already made so much money, and the Xiao family really has some skills!" The confidant who stood by the desk took the ledger he handed over and sighed, "It seems that the prince didn't wrong person."
King Ping had a smile on his lips, and he was obviously very satisfied with the decision he made back then.
"My lord, the princess is here." The two people in the study were still talking, and there was a knock on the door by a confidant guard outside.
When the advisor heard the news, he didn't need the prince to signal, he put the account book back where he was and said goodbye. When I walked to the door of the study, I saw the princess and gave another scholar's salute.
"Why are you here?" Wang Ping's cold and accustomed face only became tender in front of the princess. He walked over to take the food box she was holding, and helped the seven-month-pregnant princess to sit in the study. Zhong Xun sat on the slumped for a nap on weekdays: "It's windy outside, so don't add too many clothes."
King Ping and the concubine are a young couple. Although the two have been married for nearly ten years, they have always been in love as before. Apart from the concubine, there are only two side concubines given by the sage. King Ping has always been indifferent to those two side concubines. In the palace, only the princess gave birth to a pair of children, and now she is carrying the third child of the palace.
"My concubine is fine. I know that the lord will leave the palace in a hurry every time he visits his mother and concubine. I think he didn't have a meal, so he ordered the kitchen to cook bird's nest early in the morning." The princess sat on the couch and pressed the slightly sore Waist, softly answered.
King Ping knew that she was worried about herself, so she didn't say anything, she picked up the bird's nest and ran out: "You are pregnant with Liujia now, and these little things are left to the next person to deal with. What if there is a mistake?"
Ping Wang Su Ri didn't talk much, but he only talked a lot in front of this princess who was low-born in the eyes of outsiders.
"Mother sent a letter yesterday, saying that my father was in good health, but his mood was a little down. Now it's an eventful time, and the lord should not have to go to this troubled water." This is the main purpose of the princess' visit today. Her husband was taught by his father in his early years, and he was quite fond of him. From the point of view of others, he is the marriage-granting object of the sage who deliberately suppressed King Ping, but long before the sage gave the marriage, King Ping had already asked his father for marriage in private.
When King Ping heard that Yuezhang who was blamed by the rod was still thinking about his safety in the court, he couldn't help but sighed: "Lord Yuezhang is Gao Yi."
Now that the father and emperor are getting more and more dazed, and most of the six are the fifth ones, it can be said that he is struggling now. The fifth is not a good person. If he aspires to the supreme position in the future, he and his wife and children will not end well. Now he has no way out. If he can't go further, he will fall into the abyss.