Guo Boyan fell in love with Lu Zhen as his son-in-law, but he didn't say it, only revealed his thoughts to the money manager in the front yard.
Qian Guanshi is in his fifties, and he has served two generations of grandfathers. After listening to his master's words, he will understand. When a man gets married and a woman gets married, if the woman takes the initiative to go to the man's house to propose marriage, it will appear that the woman is not as good as the man. Back at his small cross-courtyard, Steward Qian called for his daughter-in-law, and the couple gathered together to make a sum.
Two days later, Qian Guanshi's daughter-in-law went to buy needles and thread, and "ran into" a steward-in-law in Lu's house, and the two started chatting unknowingly.
"Are you working in Duke Wei's mansion? It's a wealthy place. Look at your clothes, how good the material is."
"You're not too bad, who doesn't know that Master Lu is a celebrity beside the emperor."
"What red people, the Taichang Temple is in charge of the mausoleums and temples, the ritual and music rituals, and the grandfather of the country is in charge of the forbidden army. There is no comparison at all."
"Speaking of the Imperial Army, the second son of your house is also serving as a guard in front of the palace? I heard that he was born with supernatural power, and the father of the country admired him very much. He praised him a lot with our family. Guess what, it is said that so many talents in the capital came to ask the four girls for marriage, but the grandfather didn't like it, if they had the ability of the second young master, the grandfather would have agreed."
"... Four girls? Is that the one brought over by the new lady from the front house?"
"That's not true, although it was brought here, but the four of us gave birth to Huarongyue with a gentle and well-behaved appearance. The grandfather of the country regards it as his own daughter, and Mrs. Tai also loves her like a granddaughter at the beginning, and it is no different from the one born by the direct descendant... Ah, All the needles and threads I want are ready, I'll go first, and I'll talk another day when I'm free."
Qian Guanshi's daughter-in-law walked away as if smearing oil on the soles of her feet. The Lu family's steward-in-law looked at the door, but took the words just now to heart, and went back to the house to report to the master. The wife of Lord Lu, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, died of illness for three years, and his mother, Mrs. Lu, was old, so she handed over the inner house to the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fang.
Fang was busy choosing a suitable family for her brother-in-law recently. After hearing the reply from the old lady in charge, she was overjoyed and hurriedly went to inform Mrs. Lu: "Grandma, the second brother came back from the Duke's mansion that day, and was suspicious of defending the country. The grandfather has nothing to do with his military books, and now it seems that the grandfather of the country is 80% interested in the second brother, so do you have the intention to cultivate him?"
Old Madam Lu's gray eyebrows were raised. She has two grandsons. The eldest has mediocre qualifications. He is not good at martial arts. He doesn't even look down on a jinshi. The son can't even arrange a minor official in Taichang Temple, so he has to take care of the household affairs at home. The second grandson came late, ten years younger than his brother, but he was born with divine power. Now he has entered the front office of the palace at only twenty, and he has a bright future.
If this can become Guo Boyan's quick son-in-law, it will be more powerful for the second grandson, and he may be able to take Guo Boyan's position in the future.
only…
The old lady Lu frowned, the four girls from Duke Wei's mansion...
Fang could guess the elders' concerns, and smiled: "Grandmother, the four girls are indeed a bit low-born, but their mothers are lucky. Duke Wei loves the newly married widow's successor, who does not know in the capital? The house gave birth to a son, and the mother and the mother stood firm on their heels. Besides, Duke Wei is just forty, and he has at least ten years of glory in front of the emperor. If we can really get married, then these ten years can help two Brother, it is a waste of 20 years to walk."
Mrs. Lu was finally moved. In the final analysis, grandson's future is the most important thing. Otherwise, with grandson's simple and honest temperament, no one will support him. No matter how strong he is, it will not be easy to rise to the official rank. With an idea, the children and grandchildren returned to the house in the evening, and the family gathered together to discuss the marriage with the Guo family.
Mr. Lu is nearly fifty years old, and he knows that his official position is coming to an end. He does not have much expectations for his son, but it is a good thing that his son can be appreciated by Guo Boyan. Therefore, Mr. Lu is in favor of going to the Guo family to propose marriage. The only worry is that he is afraid He would be wrong and was rejected by Guo Boyan.
Lu Zhen was surprised at first, and then he looked like he had nothing to do with him, and it was all up to the elders. He wasn't in any hurry to marry a wife, but the elders arranged for him, no matter if it was the fourth girl from the Duke's mansion or the girl from the common people's family, as long as his character was fine and he didn't look too ugly, he was willing to marry.
After negotiating, the old lady Lu asked an official lady who had friendship with Guo and Lu to inquire about the words of the Guo family.
It was originally a bureau set up by Guo Boyan. Now that the Lu family came to ask, Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Lin naturally showed a negotiable attitude.
When Mrs. Lu got a reply, she had a bottom line and proposed to let the two children look at each other first. In fact, she wanted to see with her own eyes how the four girls were. Mrs. Lu's request was normal, and the Guo family agreed again, and then made an appointment on the first day of September, that Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Lu would go to Anguo Temple to worship the Buddha together.
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It was time to see the Lu family. The night before departure, Song Jianing was so excited that she couldn't sleep.
As her mother said, at this point, her marriage with Lu Zhen has basically been settled. Because it was the Lu family who proposed to see each other, given the status of the Guo and Lu families in the capital, after seeing each other, the Guo family could pick on Lu Zhen’s fault, but the Lu family did not dare to pick on her fault and then go back on the marriage. It is equivalent to slapping the Duke of Wei directly, even a fool would not do it.
But Song Jianing was still nervous, worried that Lu Zhen didn't like a girl like her, and worried that the female family members of the Lu family would dislike her beauty.
Song Jianing also wanted to grow up to be like the Sanfang of the Guo family, either gentle or beautiful or bright, but God made fun of people, obviously she was more honest than anyone and was more afraid of provoke men, but God had to give her a soft look. What if Lu Zhen likes a woman with delicate facial features
Over and over, cranky, it was dawn.
Last night, Mrs. Lin chose a dress for her daughter, wearing a light pink makeup robe and a horse-faced skirt with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum embroidered on a white background. Song Jianing's face was soft and red, and her lips were full. She only applied a layer of moisturizing face cream, and did not use other rouge gouache. Song Jianing's hair was dark and thick. She pinned a silver butterfly hairpin with pearls and a delicate lilac silk flower, so there was no other hair accessories.
After getting dressed, Song Jianing shyly walked up to her mother. The thirteen-year-old girl has grown a bit taller in the past six months, and her figure has become more and more exquisite. The place where the drum should be drummed, the place where it should be thin is thin, except for her head. I feel inferior to my daughter.
With a good appearance, a good figure, and a gentle and well-behaved person, what kind of man would not like her daughter so well
Holding her daughter in her arms, Lin sighed softly, "My An An is so good, my mother is reluctant to marry you."
Song Jianing leaned against her mother's arms, smelling the fragrance of orchids on her mother's body, she snickered. She was also reluctant to part with her mother, but she wanted to get married and live the life she longed for in her previous life earlier.
After saying his own words, Mrs. Lin took Brother Mao and sent her daughter to Changxin Courtyard. She has already met the man, so she won't go today. Mrs. Tai has already given Mrs. Zeng a decent amount of respect, and it just so happened that the Zeng family can see Mrs. Tai's love for her daughter.
In Changxin Courtyard, Mrs. Tai also dressed up and sat in the main seat to chat with three grandchildren and one granddaughter. Guo Xiao was arranged by Guo Boyan to escort his grandmother and sister to Anguo Temple. The twins and Yunfang knew that Song Jianing was going to meet people today, so they ran over to coax, and wanted to watch the fun together, but Mrs. Tai refused, and the three brothers and sisters continued to beg. "
"Grandmother, let Yunfang go." Guo Xiao said suddenly.
Yun Fang was overjoyed and ran over to praise him.
Mrs. Tai was puzzled and asked her grandson, "Why did you ask her to go?"
Facing everyone's doubtful eyes, Guo Xiao smiled rarely, and joked with Yun Fang, "Yun Fang is playful and active, and with her at her side, Jia Ning is even more dignified and sensible."
As soon as the words fell, the twins burst into laughter, Yun Fang stomped her feet in anger, and shook the lady's arm to ask her grandmother to decide for her.
Mrs. Tai felt that the eldest grandson's words made some sense. Bringing Yunfang, a direct-born girl, just happened to let the Lu family see that Jianing's granddaughter's status in the Guogong's mansion was no worse than that of the Guo family's own girl, so she asked Yunfang with a smile. : "Your elder brother said so, do you still want to go?"
Yun Fang glared at Guo Xiao, pouted, and hummed, "Go, fourth sister is stupid, I'll take care of her."
She likes Liang Shao and regards Liang Shao as a wishful husband, but the fourth sister disliked Liang Shao from the beginning. Although the fourth sister said those words for her own good, Yunfang still felt that she had lost face. Today, the fourth sister is going to have a blind date. She would like to see what the man who makes the fourth sister satisfied looks like, and see what other points can compare to Liang Shao in addition to his family background.
The granddaughter made up his mind to go, and Mrs. Tai didn't care.
After a while, the three Lin family members arrived.
Everyone in the room looked at Song Jianing, Madam Tai smiled lovingly, Guo Fu and Guo Shu deliberately imitated Sister Du, a romantic child, and said with a folded fan, "Which girl is this? She looks so good, could it be a fairy descended to earth?"
Song Jianing's face was flushed red by them, and he took a few steps to hide in Mrs. Tai's arms, and said softly, "Grandma, take care of them."
Mrs. Tai hugged her granddaughter and sent her twins away.
The twins left reluctantly, Song Jianing turned to look at the two, and was about to laugh when Guo Xiao suddenly said, "It's getting late, grandma, let's go."
The voice was calm as usual. Song Jianing, who had never stepped out of Linyuntang since the day Lu Zhen came to the door, secretly looked sideways, and saw Guo Xiao standing a few steps away, standing with a solemn expression on his face, except for his stern face, which seemed to The last time we met, I lost a bit of weight, as if there was no change.
Song Jianing withdrew his gaze, feeling inexplicably uneasy. Guo Xiao has a desire for her, and his body will not deceive people, but the two are brother and sister now, Guo Xiao can't do anything, will he really be willing to let her marry someone else because of this relationship
What if she doesn't want to, she has her own stepfather who is in charge of her, and the stepfather has arranged it, Guo Xiao can only be an honest elder brother.
Helping Mrs. Tai out of the palace, the bright morning light immediately poured over from the east. Song Jianing tilted her head, feeling the warmth that had been shining in her heart, thinking that she would be able to see her future honest husband in a while, Song Jianing smiled sincerely. She smiled shyly and sweetly, and the flowers bloomed brightly, and immediately got into the carriage with Mrs. Tai and Yun Fang.
The carriage of the Duke's Mansion had gone far away, and the guard standing in front of the Shou Prince's Mansion on the west side did not return to his senses. His mind was full of the faces of the four girls, so beautiful, so charming, so charming, even if he didn't look at him, his bones were broken. It's too cold, if the four girls walked up to him and smiled at him... The guard unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and his eyes became dull.
"Shh! Shh!"
A familiar whistle suddenly came from his ear, and the guard suddenly returned to his senses and turned his head to see that it was indeed Eunuch Fu who was standing inside the door calling him.
"You're here." The guard quickly strode over.
Eunuch Fu looked at him suspiciously: "Laughing like a dog's tail grass, what are you thinking of?"
How dare the guards tell the truth, bow their heads and pretend to be stupid.
Eunuch Fu was too lazy to pursue it, and asked in a low voice, "Did you see it clearly?"
The guard nodded and said truthfully: "I can see clearly, the fourth girl has a ruddy complexion, and she smiled at the sun before getting into the car, shy."
Eunuch Fu's brows immediately turned into a Sichuan character, reluctantly to confirm again and again, the guards always said that the four girls left with a smile.
Eunuch Fu's face was embarrassed, and he stood there for a while, afraid that the master would be in a hurry and had to turn back to the study.
Zhao Heng was painting, and when he saw him coming in, he put his hand away for the time being and looked at the carp picture on the table.
Frightened, Eunuch Fu lowered his eyes and said, "My lord, the fourth lady was blocked by Mrs. Tai, and they didn't see it clearly."
Zhao Heng tilted his head, stared at him for a moment, and said, "Xuan."
Eunuch Fu's legs shook, and he knelt down and kowtowed, "Damn it, my lord, please forgive me, the fourth girl, she, the guard said that she looked at the sun and smiled before getting into the car, as if she was shy."
Both he and the master knew that the fourth girl was going to meet people at Anguo Temple today, and Eunuch Fu also knew that the master had the fourth girl in his heart, so he dared not tell the truth, for fear that the master would be uncomfortable when he learned that the fourth girl belonged to her, but the master wanted to The guard at the Xuanmen gate personally confirmed that Eunuch Fu had nothing to do and could only explain honestly.
She smiled, as if shy...
Zhao Heng lowered his head and looked at Eunuch Fu who was kneeling on the ground, but his eyes passed through Eunuch Fu and saw a little girl with a chubby face.
She was the one who bet against him first, she was the one who looked at him with that kind of admiration, and she was the one who stood in front of this desk first and praised him.
He always thought that she liked him, but it turned out that he didn't.
"Don't stare anymore."
Eunuch Fu was shocked, looked up, and saw that the master had returned to his original indifferent and immortal appearance, and he had no competition with the world, nor did women.