"Do you think that the person of great status who appeared at the garden party is His Royal Highness the First Prince?"
Sun Zhuangyuan looked at his granddaughter.
There is a girl in my family who has just grown up, and the old woman is very comforted.
It's just, why was it chosen by His Royal Highness the First Prince.
Sun Qiniang carefully said: "Granddaughter has been thinking about it these days. At the garden party, His Royal Highness the First Prince may have appeared and met her granddaughter. But the granddaughter has never seen His Highness the First Prince, so she drew the scene of the garden party. Grandpa, please see , have you seen His Royal Highness the First Prince, is there him in the granddaughter's painting?"
She took out a stack of picture books from her arms.
Sun Zhuangyuan wiped his fingers and opened the album, "You did all the paintings?"
Sun Qiniang nodded, "Granddaughter tried to draw the garden party as realistically as possible. It's just that after so many days, some people can't remember clearly, and the portraits are not clear enough."
"Have you ever seen the above characters with your own eyes?"
"Exactly!"
Terrible!
Sun Zhuangyuan secretly sighed.
It is not so much a picture book as it is a reappearance of a garden party, which is realistic enough.
"You can actually draw everything and people you've seen!"
Sun Qiniang smiled shyly, "My granddaughter can barely do calligraphy and painting."
Sun Zhuangyuan laughed, "You don't need to be humble in front of this old man. You are the most outstanding granddaughter under my knees, and this old man knows what you are capable of."
He flipped through the picture album, and the exquisite portraits made him feel as if he was in the scene and was in it.
It's nice to be young!
Youth is so good!
Even better, the memory of the granddaughter Qiniang is really against the sky. Coupled with her excellent calligraphy and painting skills, the garden party comes alive on paper and the scene reappears.
After reading the picture book, I still have more ideas.
Sun Qiniang asked: "Is there His Royal Highness the First Prince in the album?"
Sun Zhuangyuan smiled slightly, and said: "His Royal Highness is indeed in the album, and you have met."
"Grandpa please teach me."
Sun Zhuangyuan opened the picture album again, and pointed to a scene, "You passed him by, this is the person, remember?"
A certain image flashed in Sun Qiniang's mind, "It turned out to be him. My granddaughter remembered that he once talked to Boss Huang."
After finishing speaking, she flipped through the picture album and found the scene where His Royal Highness Liu Yu was talking to Huang Qubing.
She laughed, "The granddaughter really didn't guess, he did appear at the garden party that day. I just don't know when he paid attention to my granddaughter."
Sun Zhuangyuan laughed, "You are so outstanding, you are a man, and I will pay attention to you."
Sun Qiniang's cheeks were flushed, and she was extremely shy, "Grandfather, don't make fun of granddaughter."
Sun Zhuangyuan closed the album and moved his fingers slightly.
"Before you said something, the son of the family is not as good as the First Prince. The old man wants to hear your specific thoughts."
"Don't grandfather blame granddaughter for speaking wild words?"
"Haha... Could it be that you are crazier than this old man?"
Sun Qiniang's cheeks were flushed, and she whispered: "Looking at the growth experience of the eldest prince, he was either studying or joining the army. There seems to be no time for rest. His hard work has even surpassed most of the princes of aristocratic families.
A person's energy is limited, time is spent on reading and practicing martial arts, naturally there is no time to have fun. Although the granddaughter has never met him, she can imagine that he should be a very stable person.
And judging by his preferences, Mr. Xu in "Officialdom" is a character who is both righteous and evil. It can be seen that he is not worldly, has a broad mind, and should be tolerant, and can accept things that the world does not allow. I think his views on women should also be different from the common world. "
Sun Zhuangyuan never looked at the eldest prince Liu Yu from this angle.
When granddaughter Qiniang said this, it seemed that Liu Yu was indeed a good match for Liu Yu alone.
So he asked, "What do you want to do when you get married?"
Sun Qiniang lowered her head, a little embarrassed.
But she still said generously: "The granddaughter wants to learn from the empress, and she can also run a business after marriage, and stick to her hobbies. Marrying a son of the right family, I am afraid that the granddaughter will have to give up her hobbies."
"Why give up?"
Sun Qiniang thought about it and said: "Because the mother-in-law, sister-in-law, housekeeping, and children have already occupied most of the time. Granddaughter remembers that her mother was also a famous lady before she got married, and she was proficient in everything.
But these years, the granddaughter has never seen her mother play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is the woman in the house in people's minds, but she has also been beautiful and longed for.
Our Sun family is a first-class big family in the world, but being the daughter-in-law of the Sun family is the hardest job in the world. A well-matched family has the same strict rules as the Sun family. If the granddaughter married into a well-matched family, she would have imagined that she would live the same life as her mother, trapped in the inner courtyard of a deep house. "
"To marry the prince, I'm afraid you will have to give up your hobbies, and you will also be trapped in the deep palace compound." Sun Zhuangyuan poured cold water.
Sun Qiniang shook her head, "Several princes, one mother and one sibling, have deep feelings and avoided sibling rivalry. Princess Ruyang, although her granddaughter has never met her, she has heard rumors about her. She doesn't like to interfere with others, and she doesn't like to be harassed by others. The most important thing is that the empress is the most enlightened person my granddaughter has ever met. I think the empress may be able to tolerate her granddaughter's differences."
Sun Zhuangyuan frowned.
"So you want to marry His Royal Highness the First Prince?"
"The granddaughter is not vain, and she insists on pursuing the identity of the prince's wife. The granddaughter just yearns for another life, where she can have more freedom and live more comfortably."
"Do you think the Empress and His Royal Highness the First Prince will give you freedom? They will let you live freely?"
Sun Qiniang thought for a while, and said: "The chance of marrying a son of an aristocratic family is about 10%, and the chance of marrying His Royal Highness is estimated to be 30%. For this 30% chance, my granddaughter is willing to gamble."
Sun Zhuangyuan laughed, "I didn't expect you to bet on your marriage."
Sun Qiniang lowered her head and said nervously: "Granddaughter thinks deviant, grandpa please punish her!"
Sun Zhuangyuan looked up and looked around, "It seems that this deep house has indeed trapped you and made you feel uncomfortable."
"There are many rules in the clan, and the granddaughter must abide by the rules and not cause trouble to her parents."
"There are indeed too many rules in the clan." Sun Zhuangyuan put down his glass, "You go back first. Regarding your marriage, I will discuss it with your parents."
"Grandpa, take care of yourself." Sun Qiniang got up and bowed to leave.
…
Sun Zhuangyuan did not rush to make a decision.
He decided to stay at home for a few days.
This is very rare for people in other houses.
In previous years, he only came back when he worshiped his ancestors.
It's not a year or a day, so I ran back to live, is there something wrong
The people in the other houses were speculating endlessly, and they went to the third room to pay their respects, trying to find out why Sun Zhuangyuan came home to live.
Sun Zhuangyuan sent away all the people who came to ask for security and make a temptation.
But he also announced one thing, "Three days later, the old man will go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors."
Huh
Everyone was amazed.
"It's not time to worship ancestors. What happened to worship ancestors at this time?"
"The old man will have important announcements at that time."
As soon as the news came out, all the heads of the houses were talking about it, and they couldn't figure out the intention of this move.
The eldest son, Sun Minrong, asked him: "Our third family has decided to divide the clan. Didn't father really tell the patriarch in advance? My son is worried that he may not be able to escape unscathed in three days."
Sun Zhuangyuan sneered, "Do you think Dafang doesn't know that this old man wants to divide the clan?"
"Since Dafang knows, why is there no movement at all?"
"It's nothing more than to see how determined this old man is to separate from the clan. It's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree. Not everyone has the courage to lead their families to break away from the clan and establish a separate clan."
"My son is also hypocritical." Sun Minrong didn't hide his cowardice.
He has no idea how many difficulties he will face in the future after leaving the clan, and whether he can overcome them.
These days, he is restless.
For a while, I feel that it is better to divide the clan, and for a while, I feel that it is better to stay in the clan.
Dilemma, struggle and entanglement, no peace for a moment.
Sun Zhuangyuan sneered: "What are you thinking about so much! The old man is not dead yet, this old man can afford it."
After speaking, he took out the key, took out the wooden box in the chest, and handed it to the eldest son.
"Take it!" The tone was crisp and a little disgusted.
Sun Minrong was a little confused. He opened the wooden box and said, "This..."
Sun Zhuangyuan said: "Shanhe Academy pays extremely well. You can also earn generous retouching fees for writing articles on weekdays. There are 1,000 shares of Huanyu Transportation, 20,000 taels of silver notes, and three houses. The house deed and the land deed, and another farm. You take them all, and it will solve the urgent need."
Sun Minrong was ashamed, "The son is incompetent! But the son can't take his father's money..."
"Pedantic!" Sun Zhuangyuan interrupted the other party decisively, "I told you to take it, you just keep it, what's the point of being pretentious in front of this old man. Don't forget, this old man is the head of the third room. To the owner of the third room, the old man Everyone is responsible. The old man insists on going his own way and leads everyone to separate clans, so he should take good care of everyone."
Sun Minrong closed the wooden box, "If the clan can be divided smoothly, our third family can get a lot of property from the clan. And the Bai family has a dowry..."
"Fart! The descendants of the dignified grandson family, do you have the nerve to use your daughter-in-law's dowry to support the family? Bai's dowry is reserved for the children, so don't move it."
Sun Zhuangyuan disliked his son very much. Even thinking about his wife's dowry, what a future!
Sun Minrong hurriedly explained: "My son said that as a last resort, you can use Bai's dowry first."
"Are you worried that the clan will not give us the property to the third house?" Sun Zhuangyuan hit the point.
Sun Minrong nodded heavily, "My son does have this worry."
Sun Zhuangyuan laughed, "Don't worry, the property of our third house should not be deducted a penny from the family."
Sun Minrong was pleasantly surprised, "Could it be that father has the means to control the big house?"
Sun Zhuangyuan stroked his beard, pretending to be profound, "I have my own opinion on this matter. You have calmed down the people in the third room and prepared the house for moving. You don't need to worry about the division of the clan."
"The son wants to share his father's worries!"
"This is the grievance between the third house and the eldest house, and it's not your turn to take the lead."