As soon as the crown princess entered Lu's mansion, she took a soft sedan to go to Lu Taifu's courtyard after being greeted by the ladies of Lu's mansion. Entering Taifu Lu's study, the Crown Princess saluted Taifu Lu and asked, "How is grandfather?"
It stands to reason that the Crown Princess can be regarded as the royal family, and the etiquette of monarchs and ministers should be higher than that of the family, but the Crown Princess has never accepted Lu Taifu's salute, and has always been respectful to her grandfather.
Lu Taifu was only in his early sixties, chubby, with a casual and modest look. After he entered politics, his family was like a cloud, and now he has promoted more than half of the civil servants in the court, but he never shows his majesty, but is always amiable.
Tai Fu Lu accepted the gift from the crown princess, smiled and asked her to sit down, and said: "It's hard to come back once, so don't be too polite. I have nothing, but I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you very much, and I want you to come back."
The princess grew up under Lu Taifu's knees, and she has a very good relationship with her grandfather. When she heard the words, she sat down next to Lu Taifu, took Lu Taifu's hand and said, "Grandfather, if you want me to come back, you only need a piece of paper, don't say anything." I am not in good health, and this will hinder myself. I just hope that my grandfather will live a long and healthy life without any discomfort." She said it sincerely, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes.
Taifu Lv smiled, and said a few words to the princess, and then whispered to the princess: "The outer room you are staring at is pregnant."
The princess's original tender face suddenly pulled down, her hands were clenched into fists, and she retracted them into her sleeves.
Lu Taifu asked with a smile: "You and the crown prince get along so badly?"
The princess said angrily: "That lowly villain! He has never paid attention to etiquette and etiquette, and he doesn't go to my place once a year. He wants to be raised by a little mother every day! He is debauched on weekdays, and there are almost a hundred people in the palace. Now, you still have to go outside for no apparent reason! Grandfather, how did this bitch become a prince?!"
Lu Taifu laughed: "My granddaughter can also curse. What have you done?"
The Crown Princess nodded and said: "At first I used abortion pills, but it was really hard to prevent! Later, I simply gave them a baby soup, once it's over, let them go!"
Taifu Lv laughed a few more times, and said to the princess: "Sooner or later, this must-have soup will reveal itself."
The princess's body trembled, "Grandfather, I hate that bastard so much! If you reveal your secrets, please reveal your secrets! What can he do to me?! Kill me? Divorce me?! He let three or four people in one night The next day, those people came to me and made jokes, Grandfather, I read poetry reading volumes since I was a child, not to let them abuse me like this!"
Taifu Lv was still smiling, and the concubine finally let out a sigh of relief when she said the words, and said to Taifu Lu: "Grandfather, I have made up my mind, and I can't let him be proud. If there is a child, it must be my child! If you want to Let others have it first, then I will die for him to see!"
Taifu Lv laughed out loud this time, and said to the concubine: "Little daughter, what are you talking about, you are dead, I, an old man, haven't said these things yet!"
The Crown Princess grabbed Lu Taifu's arm and cried: "Grandfather, let him divorce me. Even if I marry a peasant again, it's better than staying with such a shameless person!"
Lu Taifu smiled and said: "What are you talking about! How can my Lu family's child be dismissed?" He patted the princess's hand and said: "You are right to make the best soup."
The Crown Princess blinked at Lu Taifu with tears in her eyes, and Lu Taifu still smiled: "If you and the Crown Prince are in love, and someone else conceives a child, it is also a way to kill the mother and keep the child under your name. But now you and the Crown Prince If it is not harmonious, it must not be like this.”
The concubine nodded and said, "I understand, that's what the orphan of the Zhao family said." Tu Anjia raised the son of an enemy, and once the child found out the truth, he would kill his adoptive father immediately, regardless of the kindness of nurturing. up. If the Crown Princess does not have the support of the Crown Prince, no matter what child she raises, she will be instigated to kill her in the future.
Lu Taifu smiled and said, "My granddaughter is a smart person."
The princess was a little embarrassed: "It's all my grandfather's teaching."
Lu Taifu said to the princess: "You go back to the doctor and take good care of your body. After a while, there should be changes."
The princess nodded and said, "Thank you, grandfather."
Lu Taifu signaled to the princess: "Wipe your tears well, go outside and smile a bit. It's not a big deal, don't make people laugh."
The princess hurriedly wiped her face with her sleeve, and said embarrassingly to Lu Taifu: "I made my grandfather laugh."
Taifu Lv laughed again: "I didn't laugh at you. When you were young, you often cried here. Why did your mother say you and your father scolded you? When you cry like this, it's like going back in time. I'm still young. It's ten years old."
The princess smiled: "Grandfather is not old, why should he be young?"
Lu Taifu laughed loudly: "You really know how to flatter!"
After seeing off the crown princess, Lu Taifu called someone and said: "Send someone to the third prince to talk about matchmaking, saying that I want to marry a granddaughter to him as a side concubine."
The man immediately complied. Although Taifu Lu always had a smile on his face, he was ruthless, and what he said could never be questioned.
People from the third prince's side came to visit every day, some of them brought various gifts, some of them signed up for work and so on. The third prince's income is limited, and most of the people who don't want money are accepted, but the only ones they don't accept are women sent by others. Whether it is a concubine or a maid, all will be returned. But the third prince is over twenty years old, why should he have a girl
In the living room of the third prince's mansion, Mr. Ye smiled and said, "Are you really so determined? You don't even bring in a concubine?"
The third prince hummed: "I don't know who was brought in! Why should I make trouble for myself?"
Mr. Ye said with a smirk, "If you're just afraid of that, I'll find someone for you?"
The third prince said: "No!"
Young Master Ye laughed: "Are you afraid that the other side will find out..."
The third prince blushed slightly, and Mr. Ye clicked his tongue: "I only know that women keep their chastity, but I haven't heard that men should keep their bodies too!"
The third prince waved his hands: "What's the matter of keeping chastity, I just don't want to cause trouble. Is it so easy to enjoy the blessings of Qiren? I finally came out, why did I come to set up a harem again?"
His face suddenly became gloomy, and Young Master Ye stopped bringing up this topic after seeing it. He recalled people's rumors that the third prince's mother, Concubine Chen Guifei, might have died of poisoning, which was probably the result of a fight between the women in the harem. No wonder the third prince didn't want to take a concubine before marrying his first wife. It seemed that he really didn't want to cause trouble.
Someone came to report: "The Minister of Rites, Mr. Cao and Liu, is asking to see you."
The third prince looked at Young Master Ye suspiciously. Young Master Ye thought for a while and said, "It should be from the Lu family. The household department belongs to the Lu family, so naturally they are helping the prince."
The third prince was surprised: "Then why did you come to see me?"
Young Master Ye smiled: "How do I know? Let's go meet together and see what he has to say."
The third prince and Young Master Ye arrived at the living room. A middle-aged man who had just put on weight smiled and saluted. After the ceremony was over, the third prince motioned for the middle-aged man to sit down, and asked, "What is Shi Lang Liu doing?"
Young Master Ye sighed secretly: The third prince didn't make any detours at all, he just asked the question straight away, he should be side-stepping, let's talk about the drought and weather first.
Liu Shilang was stunned for a moment, and seeing the impatient look of the third prince, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Oh, I'm going to be a teacher under Lu Taifu..."
The third prince's expression turned cold—everyone knew that the Lu family was the crown prince's greatest helper. Upon seeing this, Liu Shilang hurriedly continued, "Among Mr. Lu's granddaughters, there is a young lady who has a gentle temperament despite her beauty..."
Mr. Ye was taken aback, and the third prince interrupted: "What does this have to do with me? Liu Shilang, don't talk about such things indiscriminately, for fear of damaging the woman's reputation."
Liu Shilang said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince has not married yet..."
The third prince interrupted again: "These matters are naturally decided by the emperor, so don't worry about Liu Shilang."
Liu Shilang continued to laugh in embarrassment: "Actually, in addition to being the main concubine, the third prince will marry two side concubines in the future..."
The third prince picked up the teacup, "Liu Shilang must have a lot of important things to do, so I won't keep him any longer."
Liu Shilang withdrew his smile and said: "Your Highness, the Lu family is very powerful, Your Highness should..."
The third prince said loudly: "Seeing off the guests!" Two guards came in and gestured to Liu Shilang. Liu Shilang also lost his smile, and saluted the third prince: "Farewell!" He walked out with the guards.
After they left the courtyard, the third prince put down the teacup heavily and cursed: "Snob!"
Young Master Ye felt sorry for himself, and sighed: "Why are you so unaccommodating? This is obviously Lu's attempt to test you. If they really want to do this, they should go directly to the emperor. This person came to see you just to see Is it possible to abandon the prince and support you instead. If the Lu family abandons the prince, the prince will not even have children now, and if he loses the support of the courtiers, he will be completely finished. You can appoint a granddaughter of his family as a side concubine. Wouldn't it be a good deal to exchange for the position of crown prince? It's not the title of a concubine... "
The third prince said decisively: "No!"
Mr. Ye was still regretful, and added: "You can go to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion for advice. If she knows that you can become a prince in this way, she won't mind. Think about it, you have both civil and military support, she will be the queen in the future, it is impossible for there to be only one woman in the harem... "
The third prince scolded: "Don't give me such a bad idea! What have I become?! Relying on the influence of two women to become the prince? Then I am not a bastard?"
Young Master Ye stomped his feet: "What are you talking about?!"
The third prince waved his hands and said: "That's what it means anyway! I've become a softie! Don't let me scold my mother! I still have the face to ask her?! Thinking about it makes me so ashamed!" The third prince changed his pleading tone and used a nasal voice Said: "Please let me marry a concubine, so that I can be the prince..." He cursed loudly again: "It's his uncle! I have never felt so soft when I grow up..." He burst out a swear word, Feeling very pleased, he said to himself: "No wonder those people like to speak foul language, it really makes people feel like a man."
Young Master Ye laughed angrily, pointed at the third prince and shook his head: "You look like this! You look like this!..." How can you become a prince in the future, Young Master Ye shook his head and sighed.
The third prince snorted and said: "I'm a man of the sky, I'm not the coward who knows how to play tricks on people and disgusting people, don't expect me to do this kind of thing!"
Mr. Ye thought about it again, and felt that it was wrong: If he really agreed to marry Lu's side concubine, Miss Shen's character over there would definitely not marry her. Even if she kept it from her and married the Lu family in the future, the concubine of the Lu family is a stubborn one. I heard that the concubine of the Lu family would not be too soft when I heard that the prince's harem was not allowed to have children. Relying on the influence of the Lu family in the court, they may not respect Miss Shen. As for Miss Shen, don't talk about it, she is known as the general's tiger girl, how could she give in? If they match up, there will be no peace in the back house of the third prince... If you don't marry, don't marry.
Young Master Ye bowed his head: "Okay, the shortcut is gone, we have to go step by step."
The third prince said: "You don't want to be opportunistic! Go, go and drink with Shen San."
Young Master Ye shook his hand vigorously: "You can't drink!"...
The third prince's mansion is a bit like Zhenbeihou's mansion, everyone is there. Soon, the gossip that the Lu family had tried to test the third prince spread.
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The fourth prince arrived at the imperial mausoleum.
The imperial mausoleum was built in imitation of the capital city, surrounded by walls, and the palace gates had the same names as the capital city, which probably meant that the emperor would also be in charge of the capital city after his death. Inside the walls, there are no bustling streets, just a few palaces and numerous tombs.
In the southwest corner of the cemetery is the sleeping palace, and in front of the tomb in the middle is the dedication hall. To the south of the cemetery, there are three pairs of upper towers and a secluded and long Shinto. On both sides of the Shinto, there are many stone figures, stone horses, stone elephants or other stone animals. When people come to pay homage to the mausoleum, they have to walk through the Shangyu Shinto before entering the south gate of the mausoleum.
The tombs of princes, princesses, ministers, generals, and concubines are all on both sides of the Shinto, and in the imperial tomb, naturally, there are only the emperor and the queen who was buried with him.
The fourth prince's mother was buried beside the corridor outside the imperial mausoleum. Based on this, the fourth prince did not want to live in the palace room in the imperial mausoleum, but chose a courtyard outside the mausoleum to live there.
The general guarding the imperial tomb is Wang Guoliang, and he seems to be honest and honest, otherwise the emperor would not have entrusted him with the task of guarding the imperial tomb.
He listened to the fourth prince's request and immediately agreed. Although the fourth prince is disabled, he is still a prince. I can't order him, and the job of guarding the imperial tomb is really boring. Everyone patrols and guards around the imperial tomb every day for more than ten years, and the soldiers are slack. Now there is actually a prince who took the initiative to come here to guard, which shows that filial piety is sincere, and it is necessary to take good care of it.
The house chosen by the fourth prince is where the descendants of the ministers who were buried in the imperial mausoleum guarded the mausoleum. There are only two entrances, the front is the living room, and the side room is the stable. As soon as you enter the back, the main room has two bedrooms, one for the master and one for the servant, and the side room is the kitchen. Although no one has lived in it in recent years, it has become a bit desolate, but it is well built.
The defenders were stationed nearby, half surrounding the house. Wang Guoliang and the sergeants helped unload the carriage. The carriage in the palace went back. The fourth prince was only accompanied by Ding Neishi. He told Wang Guoliang that he should concentrate on praying and not contact with outsiders. The defenders are asked to deliver food and other daily needs to the door every ten days, and don't bother with the rest.
Wang Guoliang also wished for it - who doesn't like a guy who doesn't cause trouble? Of course he agreed.
After saying goodbye to Wang Guoliang and the other soldiers, the fourth prince took a chair and sat in the backyard, watching Ding Nei's attendant run back and forth to tidy up the master bedroom.
After leaving the palace and arriving at a new place, Ding Neishi was extremely excited, as lively as a different person.
There was a well in this small courtyard, Ding Nei waiter drew water, first washed the ground in the house, and then washed the doors and windows. He has been used to working since he was a child, and his hands and feet are extremely nimble. By evening, one room had been cleaned. He went to look at the kitchen again, came out and said happily: "There is nothing in it, but I have brought pots and bowls! I have inquired, if you live here in the imperial mausoleum, you have to bring your own cooking utensils! Otherwise, you have to find someone else for a pair of chopsticks." Yes! It’s not about money, it’s about losing face! Your Highness will go to the main room to rest first, and the servants have cleaned up the kitchen. Let’s make porridge first. Tomorrow, the servants will walk around to see if they can buy anything. There are The village is said to be the descendant of the mausoleum repair craftsmen, and there is also a market... "
The fourth prince didn't move, just looked at Waiter Ding.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Ding Nei waiter ran over and asked cautiously, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"
The fourth prince seemed to be in tears, but he waited for a while and asked calmly, "What do you want to do in the future?"
Waiter Ding immediately said, "Of course I'm with His Highness."
The fourth prince nodded, and asked again: "Aside from working for me, what do you want to do?"
Ding Nei waiter thought for a while, and said: "When the servant girl first entered the palace, the best job she did was to serve the garden. The empress took the servant girl away from the garden. That day, the servant girl was surrounded by flowers, blooming very well... The servant girl later heard that these flowers and grass are spiritual, and when they grow luxuriantly, they can attract good luck. Those flowers must have brought luck to the servant girl, seeing the empress, and having a life. In the future, Your Highness When you get married and don’t need your servants to follow you, your servants will set up a garden for His Royal Highness, a big garden with many flowers blooming all year round. It will bring good luck to His Highness, and your servants will be happy to see it, right? Who wouldn’t? Do you like flowers?"
The fourth prince nodded slowly again, and finally said: "Don't call yourself a slave in the future, you are not a woman."
Ding Neishi bit his lip, nodded, and said, "Then... Shall I prepare dinner for His Highness?"
The fourth prince said: "Go ahead and prepare dinner for you and me. It's just the two of us here. You don't need to be so special. Call me son. I'd rather be Mr. Jiang."
Waiter Ding was about to cry, and said with a sob, "Okay... I'll go..."
Ding Neishi cooked porridge and drank it with the fourth prince under the moonlight in the courtyard. The two of them were very tired, so they didn't clean the other room. They opened the bedding and rested in the same room.
Soon, the Jiang family finally heard the news that the fourth prince had gone to the imperial mausoleum. The grandparents of the fourth prince burst into tears and repeatedly blamed the juniors for spreading the story of the food robbery to the palace, even though they had agreed to it at the beginning. They received a fan from the fourth prince, and they were about to get food when they went to Pingyuanhou's mansion. I thought it was all right, but did I know that the fourth prince went to guard the mausoleum? ! This is totally unnecessary! Hurry up and get someone to deliver food and things to the Fourth Prince.
But the two carriages of Jiang's family were full, and they came back full. The fourth prince only asked Ding's servant to take a few things, and even wrote a letter saying not to give them away. I came to guard the mausoleum by myself to be quiet and self-cultivating, not to be extravagant and easy to provoke criticism. The Jiang family understood that the fourth prince went to the imperial mausoleum because he wanted to leave the land of right and wrong, so he stopped sending things with great fanfare, and only quietly sent some food and vegetables every month.
The fourth prince settled down in the imperial mausoleum in this way, usually never going out of the yard or seeing people, and seemed to have regained the attitude of the time when Concubine Jiang Shu had just died.
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On the eve of Shen Wen's birthday, Zhang Yunzheng came back.
When Zhang Yunzheng returned to the mansion, he immediately saw Marquis Pingyuan and Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li pulled Zhang Yunzheng's sleeve and cried: "My poor son... why are you so thin? Didn't you eat well?..."
Zhang Yunzheng is an eighteen-year-old boy, strong and tall. Although he still has the same silly expression as before, he hasn't seen his mother for nearly a year, and his eyes are a little wet. He reluctantly said a few words to Mrs. Li: " We are all fine... well, mother doesn't need to worry... Brother, say hello... This is the dried fruit I made for mother..." He gave Li a small bag.
Mrs. Li burst into tears: "My son is sensible! Now he knows how to respect his mother..." Zhang Yunzheng was at a loss, and looked at Pingyuanhou repeatedly, and Pingyuanhou glared at Zhang Yunzheng fiercely. Zhang Yunzheng felt innocent: What did I do? !
Marquis Pingyuan comforted Mrs. Li: "Okay, okay, he's so big, and he's not very thin. Isn't it just a pack of dried fruit? I can do it too! Just cut the fruit into slices, thread it through and hang it outside. It doesn't take much time either…”
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Hey, it's a famine year, okay? Fruits are hard to find, and they're all eaten by monkeys..."
Li Shi burst out laughing, Ping Yuanhou said sharply: "What are you talking about?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Of course, monkeys can't steal people's crops, so they can only eat more fruits..."
Mrs. Li smiled: "I understand, I understand." She dried her face, said a few more words to Zhang Yunzheng, and went to instruct someone to arrange a welcome dinner for Zhang Yunzheng.
Zhang Yunzheng reported the progress of this year to Pingyuanhou one by one: "We have gathered more than 14,000 soldiers in the mountains, all of them are crossbowmen. My brother took them with me and has been practicing. There are many refugees in the south. The meal came and it was easy to recruit people. We also hired more than 200 craftsmen, and there were 20 blacksmiths alone. We made a special kind of iron, which was so hard that it could be made into arrowheads that could penetrate armor. We made There should be more than one million arrows. My brother said that now everyone is familiar with it. In a year or two, four to five million arrows will be available. Crossbows are relatively slow to make, and more than a dozen styles are added together. , I only made more than a thousand, and I shipped them all back and put them in the Zhuangzi. My brother said, I need to hire more people, and I have to make 30,000.”
Marquis Pingyuan felt that this son had matured a lot, and with a sense of understanding and confidence in the matter in his words, he nodded approvingly: "Indeed, at least that amount is required. Is the money and food enough?"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Money is useless. Now we don't need money to hire people. We need food. We have enough food. According to... her calculation, the disaster year will pass in two years. My brother said that in these two years Some of the grain is sold and enough money is made, and the rest is sent to the border.”
Marquis Ping Yuan said: "Since this is the case, it will not be possible to transport it in the past two years. The land is full of hungry people and the road is not smooth. To transport it, the harvest must be good."
Zhang Yunzheng nodded and said, "Okay. Oh, bro, I heard someone talking about the capital city, saying that if he won't come back, he must be thinking about him over there."
Ping Yuanhou twirled the jade ball and nodded with a smile: "That kid is smarter than you."
Zhang Yunzheng curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "That fake guy, what's the use of being smart?"
Marquis Pingyuan laughed: "Indeed, if people find out that it's fake, it doesn't matter how smart you are."
Zhang Yunzheng asked again: "Has the nunnery been arranged?"
Marquis Pingyuan nodded and said, "It's arranged. It's on a hill a hundred miles south of the capital. It's very small. There's also a monk's temple next to it. They're all our people."
Zhang Yunzheng nodded and said: "Father, I want a dozen people to send the people from Zhenbei Houfu to the border."
Marquis Pingyuan stared: "I knew it was rare for you kid to call me daddy, it must be nothing good! Why didn't the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion send someone?"
Zhang Yunzheng rolled his eyes: "Of course not, this matter must be hidden from people's eyes and ears!"
Ping Yuanhou sat up straight, his eyes sparkled: "You mean, it's that person?"
Zhang Yunzheng was not used to Pingyuanhou being so solemn, so he faltered and said, "It's... that person's... apprentice." The guards he will find at that time will all be his father's people, and he will definitely tell his father who he is escorting in the future.
Marquis Pingyuan was very excited: "Go to the border? It must be for the future battle! He sent someone to arrange it, so I will follow..."
Zhang Yunzheng hurriedly said: "No!"
Marquis Pingyuan frowned: "Why not? I am recovering from my injuries anyway, and no one else will know if I leave."
Zhang Yunzheng thought about the reason nervously: "Well... Dad has to be in the capital. It may take a long time for us to go this time, maybe it will take a year. After Dad leaves, there will be no one at the helm here."
Marquis Pingyuan knew what Zhang Yunzheng said was reasonable, but he still squinted at Zhang Yunzheng, and the jade ball in his hand rattled: "Why do I think you don't want me to follow you?"
Zhang Yunzheng frowned and said, "Of course I don't want to, otherwise how could I have fun?"
Marquis Pingyuan laughed: "You bastard! Well, here you go, when are you leaving?"
Zhang Yunzheng actually didn't know, he just said: "It should be soon."
Ping Yuanhou said: "That's fine, your original yard is given to someone else. Well, the yard that your elder brother bought is also borrowed by someone else..."
Zhang Yunzheng yelled: "How could this be?! How could you treat me like this?! Is this plausible?! Messing with my things! And giving my place to others?! That yard is mine! I built the wall !I painted white ash!…”
Marquis Pingyuan turned the jade ball vigorously, frowned and said, "What's yours? It's mine! It's your mother's!"
Zhang Yunzheng stared: "You actually scolded me?! I'll tell mother!"
Ping Yuanhou hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, why don't you bother your mother? Don't you just stay for a few days? There are several empty yards in our mansion."
Zhang Yunzheng was angry: "I like my bed! My tent! And..."
Marquis Pingyuan avoided Zhang Yunzheng's eyes: "That person was seriously injured, um, the blood has flowed onto your bed curtain, I think you definitely won't want it..."
Zhang Yunzheng jumped: "Why didn't you carry him to my brother's bed?! Favored!"
Ping Yuanhou said: "It's only quiet where you are, how can it be where your brother is?"
Zhang Yunzheng said relentlessly: "There are many tricks on my bed, I have been doing it for a long time!"
Ping Yuanhou said disdainfully: "Didn't it just dig a few holes? What mechanism?"
Zhang Yunzheng said loudly: "It's hard to dig! The wood is so hard! Go back to six or seven and try it!"
Marquis Pingyuan frowned: "Why did you dig a hole when you were six or seven years old?"
Zhang Yunzheng replied without hesitation: "Hide the money! You can escape in the future."
Marquis Pingyuan felt distressed immediately, and sighed, "I'll ask your mother to make you a big one. You can use it when you get married in the future."
Zhang Yunzheng disdained: "Isn't that a woman's dowry?"
Marquis Pingyuan said: "Where can you find good hardwood in a normal family? The one your mother made for you must be the first one in the capital, perhaps only your maternal ancestor's family can compare."
Zhang Yunzheng stopped jumping violently, and looked satisfied.
Ping Yuanhou's heart moved: "Is there someone in your heart?"
Zhang Yunzheng was furious: "Where is it?! Who wants someone?! There is a ghost!"
Pingyuanhou spun the jade ball and looked at Zhang Yunzheng. Zhang Yunzheng opened his mouth and yawned: "I have to take a bath and change clothes..." He saluted Pingyuanhou and left.
Marquis Ping Yuan greeted someone and said, "Keep an eye on him! Watch where he goes these days!"
Zhang Yunzheng just came back from the outside, and the person he was going to see immediately was definitely the most important. Ping Yuanhou wanted to see who they would be.
Fearing that the father and son would discuss confidential matters, the dinner arranged by Li was only the parents and Zhang Yunzheng. Mrs. Li asked Zhang Yunzheng how he was and how warm he was, and also told his sister Zhang Yunjin that she was negotiating marriage with the third son Shen of Zhenbei Houfu. She wanted Zhang Yunjin to wait another two years to spend more time with her...
Zhang Yunzheng was worrying about how to send a message to that little liar saying that he was back. Hearing this, he wondered if it would be possible for Shen Zhuo to tell Shen Wen about his return, but on the surface, in order to show his brother's dignity, He frowned and asked, "Master Shen? How is he?"
Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "The character is very good. Your sister and the two young ladies of the Shen family have known each other since childhood and know the details of the Shen family. There are not many people in that mansion. The elders are the old lady and Mrs. Yang, and they are very straightforward. , I have no bad intentions. The elder sister-in-law is very virtuous, and the second sister-in-law usually doesn't care about anything. Your sister will definitely not have any troubles in the past, and you can live in peace." Li sighed: "As long as you are all safe and sound, I can rest assured."
Zhang Yunzheng thought that if his younger sister became Shen Wen's third sister-in-law, would he overwhelm that little liar even more? Just hummed, generously agreeing.
Marquis Pingyuan took a look at Zhang Yunzheng, and felt that this always irritable child was too easy to talk about in this matter.
Zhang Yunzheng had a good night's sleep, and was going to look for Shen Zhuo, but he was afraid of attracting attention, so he had to find an excuse, so he went to tell Li Shi that he was going to Zhenbeihoufu, and asked Li Shi what he wanted to do. .
The two families are negotiating marriage. The Zhenbei Hou Mansion has sent a matchmaker, and Li's matchmaker has also been dispatched. They agree to the marriage proposal, which can be regarded as the first step of "acceptance". In the next step, the Marquis of Zhenbei will send six rites to formally propose marriage, including asking for names and asking for Geng Tie and so on. This step is an important part. You need to make more preparations, and you can't act in a hurry. Some of the details, such as the background of the matchmaker invited, when the man will come to the door with a gift, etc., still need to be exchanged between the two. Mrs. Li just wanted to exchange a few words with Mrs. Yang, so she wrote a post and gave it to Zhang Yunzheng.
Zhang Yunzheng took Li's post, and arrogantly visited the Beihou Mansion. When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he said that he was a messenger from the Pingyuan Hou Mansion and wanted to see Third Young Master Shen.
The person at the door reported to come in, but Shen Zhuo was not there. Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yang knew that Mrs. Li had a letter, and immediately invited Zhang Yunzheng to go in.
Zhang Yunzheng entered the door, raised his head sharply, it was actually a lady, hurriedly saluted.
Mrs. Yang hadn't looked at Zhang Yunzheng carefully, but seeing this young man with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, high nose bridge, and firm lips, extremely handsome, she fell in love with him on the spot.
Zhang Yunzheng yelled at his mother, Li Shi, but she was someone else's mother, so he couldn't offend her. Zhang Yunzheng honestly gave Mrs. Li's letter to Mrs. Yang, and then answered Mrs. Yang's questions without daring to speak too much, looking very sincere.
Yang asked about Zhang Yunzheng's life experience carefully, knowing that he was a distant brother of Pingyuan Hou's mansion, she was somewhat disappointed - she didn't want her daughter to marry far away, so she asked: "In the future, will you go back to your hometown?"
Zhang Yunzheng also complained that his parents made him look like a ghost, since this is his hometown, he couldn't say it clearly, so he said cautiously: "Probably not, my relatives are only people from Pingyuanhoufu. It is." This is also true.
When Yang heard this, she immediately felt distressed, and made up a series of brainstorming: both parents died, she was lonely, and she came to seek refuge with relatives... Judging by the child's clothes, Li did not treat him badly. Li's daughter has discussed marriage with her own son, this child must not have been prepared by Li for her daughter.
Yang thought that Shen Xiang was the eldest daughter, so she couldn't marry a person without a family background, but Shen Wen, a soft-tempered person, knew how to wipe tears away. If she married into a wealthy family with a lot of aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law, she would not be bullied to death ? It's better to find someone who has no background, no family, and can live a relaxed life. Although the Zhenbeihou Mansion is not that rich, the dowry of a hundred acres of fertile land can still be obtained, which should allow Shen Wen to have no worries about food and clothing...
In a cup of tea, Mrs. Yang had considered all these aspects and included Zhang Yunzheng in the ranks of the future second son-in-law, so she was very kind to Zhang Yunzheng and never stopped smiling.
Zhang Yunzheng was very nervous by Yang's enthusiasm, and became more and more cautious. He didn't understand what he had done, and why this lady looked at him as if she was looking at a good dish.
Yang's likes and dislikes were too obvious, and when Yang sent someone to send Zhang Yunzheng out of the mansion, the servants began to spread that Madam fell in love with Ping Yuanhou's distant nephew, definitely not for the eldest lady, but naturally for the incompetent and weak second son. Miss.
Su Wanniang told Shen Wen with a smile: Zhang Yunzheng came to deliver the letter, and his wife fell in love with him. Shen Wen knew that he was here to contact her. My birthday is approaching, and I have to plan a trip to the border, but he has come back. Could it be that he came to see me off? Shen Wen's heart beat wildly, he couldn't wait to see Zhang Yunzheng.
At midnight, Shen Wen went to the small courtyard. Zhang Yunzheng has been guarding the courtyard since dark, and the two of them have a tacit understanding. But in order to prevent Shen Zhuo from bringing Shen Qiang to come later, the two whispered to talk by the lake where Huo Luo was. After they settled down, the two shadows left the yard one after the other.