The sun is shining, but it can be sprinkled into this alley, but it is cut into pieces.
It happened that Xue Tingxiang walked into a sunny place. Under the pale golden sunlight, the cyan back was tall and straight like bamboo, full of absoluteness and indifference.
For some reason, it hurt Wu Wanqiong's eyes.
She subconsciously raised her hand to cover her face, and the voice of Zhao'er calling her came from inside. She hurriedly stood up and didn't go in. She told Zhao'er to go back at the door and hurried away.
Leaving Zhao'er to look at the embroidery work she left behind, and after thinking about it, she still resisted the urge to stop her. Anyway, she will come tomorrow, so I won't bring it back if I don't bring it back.
Still in the same place, Wu Wanqiong boarded the carriage.
Yingge sat in the car.
She also knew that this was not a long-term thing, so Wu Wanqiong deliberately chose a place in her dowry house. When she went to work, Yingge and the driver Awu stayed in the house, and came to pick her up when she got off work.
Yingge seemed to see the abnormality of her own girl and asked, "Girl, what's the matter with you?"
Wu Wanqiong stroked her face with her hand and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I may have been sunburned and I'm a little dizzy."
Yingge was very distressed and complained in a low voice, "Girl, what do you think you are trying to do?"
Picture what
Wu Wanqiong looked at her hands. They were supposed to be white and flawless, but because of the work done these days, they were inevitably rough.
This kind of roughness was intolerable to her before. But she secretly glanced at Zhao'er's hands, which were not as good as the hands of the girl next to her, full of thin calluses, uneven skin tone on the back of the hands, and a few points of light color, which looked like long-standing burn scars.
Wash your hands and make soup.
It's not that she hasn't done it, but she never has to do it herself, she only uses her mouth, and the rest is done by the servants. She had seen the kind of oil spilled from the frying pan, and she was so frightened that she ran away immediately. Later, all the servants in the kitchen were punished, and she would never approach the stove again.
But it is such a pair of hands, but someone loves it like a treasure.
Maybe others haven't noticed it, but Wu Wanqiong has seen it more than once. Xue Tingxiang secretly rubs Zhao'er's hand while others are not paying attention, as if it were the finest jade ornament.
What is she drawing
Life and death are bound together, talk to Zicheng, hold your hand, and grow old together with your son.
Wu Wanqiong put down his hand and quietly hid in his sleeve.
In fact, she didn't even know what she wanted.
Before the car arrived at Wu Mansion, Wu Wanqiong changed into a suit under the service of Yingge. She took off her denim dress and put on a fancy dress. She was no longer the little widow Wan Qiong, but Wu Wanqiong, the eldest girl of the Wu family.
Wu Wanqiong entered the mansion from the back door. As soon as she returned to her yard, someone came to invite her, saying that the master invited her to go.
In the entire Wu residence, the guard is the most heavily guarded, and it is Wu Ge's study.
However, this kind of strictness did not exist for Wu Wanqiong.
As soon as she arrived in front of the courtyard, someone invited her in. After entering, Wu Ge was sitting behind the desk with a roll of things in front of him.
Seeing his daughter walk in, the old Wu Ge handed her the roll.
Wu Wanqiong was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips, as if she understood something.
Sure enough, she opened it and looked at it, and there was a list of the background of a man's life, with a small portrait attached.
Among the women in the world, only the princesses of the royal family can choose their husbands in this way.
"Look at this man?"
It is said that it is an inquiry, but in fact, it should be that Wu Ge's information will be placed in front of Wu Wanqiong after he has taken a fancy to it.
She looked at it carefully—
A native of Shandong, now 23 years old, his father died early, and his mother was sick in bed. Now he is recuperating in his hometown, so he cannot come to the capital. But this man was born in poverty, but he was talented and intelligent. He was admitted to the Jinshi examination at a young age, and now he is a Shuji Shi of the Hanlin Academy.
And this person's appearance is not bad, and even can be called a dignified appearance.
Wu Wanqiong sighed in his heart, his father probably had to spend a lot of effort to find such a person.
Sure enough, just as she thought so, she heard her father say: "But still satisfied? Qiong'er, don't worry, father will not wrong you."
Seeing that his daughter did not speak, Wu Ge said again: "This person was born in a poor family. He has no father. Although he has a mother, he is also nothing. You don't have to worry about getting along with your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. He is a young talent. His ability is not bad, he can pass the jinshi examination by himself, and if his father is gone in the future, he will also be able to support the Wu family."
There is a reason why Mr. Wu Ge made such a statement.
Judging from the current atmosphere of Dachang, most men get married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and they must have become fathers in their twenties. That is, he is about the same age as Wu Wanqiong, and he was born in the two lists of jinshi. And there are no parents or relatives, and even the Wu family has no descendants. So what Wu Wanqiong thought was right. It took a lot of effort for Wu Ge to pick such a person.
Wu Wanqiong said sadly in her heart: "Father, you should never say that. You are healthy, you will live a long life, and you will be able to watch our Wu family continue to prosper."
Old Wu Ge smiled and said, "Father can't do this either. It's best to see his grandson born. If he can personally raise him to grow up, and take over the burden of my Wu family, he'll be able to close his eyes when he dies."
The reason why it will be a grandson, not a grandson, is because Wu Ge has never planned to recruit a son-in-law. Looking for a son-in-law at the door is something that can only be done by someone who has absolutely no account. But if such a person is chosen, even if he is not a son-in-law, he is no doubt a doorstep.
Wu Wanqiong pursed the corners of his mouth and smiled reluctantly: "Father, this wish will definitely be fulfilled."
"If you think it's okay, then you can decide on this person. In two days, I will let Wu An arrange for him to come to the door and let you take a look, so you can rest assured." He turned his head to look at the newspaper on the desk.
Who would have thought that Wu Wanqiong was stunned, but said, "Father, can you allow me to think about it again?"
Elder Wu Ge didn't expect his daughter to say such a thing, so he raised his eyes from the Di Bao and looked at his daughter.
Wu Wanqiong seemed a little nervous and a little cramped.
Seeing his daughter like this, Wu Ge also felt a little unbearable. He wondered if he was pushing too hard, so he sighed and said, "Wan Qiong, are you still thinking about Ziqi?"
"Father, I didn't, I was—" Wu Wanqiong took a deep breath and smiled: "I just wasn't prepared, think again."
"What else do you want to think about? Didn't you agree to your father before?" Wu Ge's eyes became serious, and he said earnestly: "Qiong'er, you should know the situation of our Wu family."
Wu Wanqiong's lips trembled: "I know dad, I am... Just let me think about it again, think about it... "
Elder Wu Ge sighed: "Well, don't think about it too long, you should know that you are not too young."
"Yes, Dad."
Wu Wanqiong left soon, but Wu Ge was thoughtful.
After a long while, he called Amber: "What's wrong with the girl recently?"
Amber froze for a moment.
In addition to the editor Xue Tingxiang, the National History Museum has two other editors, Lu Shenming and Tanhua Meng Haochang. Like Xue Tingxiang, although they didn't have to crowd in the Shuchang Pavilion with those Shujishi, they also sat on the bench and waited for opportunities.
The days in the National History Museum are very leisurely, sometimes it is so quiet that people feel terrible, and maybe no one will come to the door all day long. Of course, the National History Museum is not only the three of them, there are also several scribes who are specially assisting them in their history.
On this day, Xue Tingxiang got up and went to the tea room to make tea.
As soon as I got to the door, I heard someone talking about something inside, and the discussion was so vivid.
He cleared his throat, and the voice inside stopped immediately.
When he walked in, he saw that several scribes were making tea for him. Seeing Xue Tingxiang, they seemed a little guilty, nodded and called Xue Xiuzhuan, and they all left.
There is only one person who can't go, and that is editor Meng Haochang.
During these days in the National History Museum, Xue Tingxiang had a good understanding of these two fellows. Unlike Lu Shenming's good popularity, Meng Haochang was not usually treated by those arrogant new Hanlins because of his bad looks. See, coupled with the fact that this person has some special characteristics in character, he is also quite coldly treated like him.
However, Meng Haochang was in a heated fight with the lower office officials, otherwise he wouldn't have started chatting in the tea room.
"Xue Xiuzhuan drinking tea?" Meng Haochang's black and thin face was full of embarrassed smiles, and went to help Xue Tingxiang make tea: "Would you like Longjing or Maojian?"
"Longjing."
Meng Haochang brewed the tea, and he wanted to leave with a haha: "Then I'll leave first if it's nothing, you can do it yourself, do it yourself."
As soon as he stepped on the door, Xue Tingyan asked casually, "What were you talking about?"
Hearing this, Meng Haochang immediately stopped and came over with a red face: "Xue Xiuzhuan didn't hear about it?" He looked surprised.
Seeing him like this, Xue Tingxiang smiled bitterly in his heart. This is the special feature of Meng Haochang's character, that is, he is very good at right and wrong. He thought that Ba Dou likes right and wrong, but this person is far more than him.
To what point
Meng Haochang is usually fine, he just wanders around in the Hanlin Academy, he goes wherever he can, he knows everything about it. If this situation is just ordinary, it's fine, but this person is most willing to talk about people's privacy, and it is not worse than that country long-mouthed lady.
For example, there are three concubines in the family of a certain servant, one of whom is a Yangzhou skinny horse. Another example is a Hanlin who let out his breath as soon as he hiccups.
But all privacy is a place that people don't want to show others. Do you think others can be good
"What should I hear?"
Meng Haochang's thighs were so excited that his face turned black and red, he pulled Xue Tingxiang and wanted to sit down. When he grabbed the other's sleeve, he realized that this was not their country, but there was no place to sit, so he dragged him to the chair against the wall.
It was here that Meng Haochang told Xue Tingxiang an event that had been widely circulated in the Hanlin Academy in the past two days.
The specific cause of the incident is unknown, and it is not clear who the news came from. All in all, it is reported that Wu Ge is planning to recruit a Hanlin named Tao Yitong as his son-in-law.
Because of this incident, it caused quite a storm in the Hanlin Academy, which was like a pool of stagnant water.
All scholars do not want to enter the Hanlin, but only when they really enter the Hanlin do they know the embarrassment of the Hanlin.
This embarrassment is that people in the world say that Hanlin has a bright future, including these people themselves. But in fact, before the Hanlin scenery developed, the life was extremely difficult. Originally it was a leisurely errand, and naturally the salary was very small, and it was not an important official position. There was no such thing as charcoal and ice. In this place in the capital, there are seven things to open the door, and everything costs money, maybe even a meal of meat.
This is extremely painful and difficult for some people who can reach the peak of life and show their ambitions by entering the Hanlin.
Xue Tingxiang has never suffered such hardships before, whether in dreams or in reality, because Zhao'er is a good wife by his side, he always takes care of everything he is meticulously. is practical and comfortable.
However, Xue Tingxiang can understand this kind of suffering. He knows better that the Hanlins have a bright future, and they also depend on people. If you don't get along well, you can't stay in the museum after three years, you will still be released, or even be detained, you may sit on the bench for a lifetime.
As for the distance from suffering to prosperity, no one knows how far this road is. Therefore, when they hear that a certain person is going to become famous, everyone always likes to talk about it.
This kind of relish is naturally mixed with admiration and jealousy. From Meng Haochang's envious face, Xue Tingxiang could see this, but he did not expect such a thing.
Xue Tingxiang felt a strange feeling in his heart. This strange feeling could not be explained for a while, but it always gave him a sense of history repeating itself.
"How did Brother Meng find out about this kind of thing?" he asked curiously.
"Of course I heard it, but I also asked that Tao Yitong. Although he didn't say it outright, he was acquiesced in his appearance." : "This boy is really lucky. I heard that Wu Ge's hometown is the only daughter, and she is born with a natural beauty and a rare talent."
"The only thing that's not good is that a husband died in front of me, but Tao Yi and this kid can be considered complete in this life." After speaking, Meng Haochang glanced at Xue Tingxiang and said, "Let me see it. , Xue Xiuzhuan is much more talented than that kid, why didn't Mr. Wu Ge take a fancy to you?"
It can be seen that Meng Haochang is a little concerned about his looks. If he can also surpass others, he might be the one who holds the beauty back.
Xue Tingxiang hurriedly said: "Tao Shu often hasn't married yet, but I have a wife and son."
"That's true..." Meng Haochang wanted to say something, when Lu Shenming walked in from outside the door, looking like he was here to make tea.
The two stood up subconsciously, and Xue Tingxiang finally understood why everyone was scattered like birds and beasts before, it was human nature.
But he was much calmer, and said casually, "I'll take a step first."
When he was about to go out, seeing Meng Haochang pulling Lu Shenming to talk again, he couldn't help but wonder if he had passed on this matter, otherwise he couldn't explain it, how could it be known to everyone overnight. .
However, this is bound to be a mystery.