Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan.

Chapter 192 Xiaodie is scared, Chen Daniu: I have better looks.
(In the previous chapter, during the conversation between Minglan and the old lady, after seeing the reactions of several readers, I realized that I had written the wrong meaning. I have made corrections. Thank you for your advice. Please go to bed early.)
First wait. Maid?

Fluttershy?

Zhang Guifen frowned slightly and thought to herself, it seems that there is indeed such a female envoy beside the eldest sister.

She looks quite handsome, and she seems to be quite capable, but the woman's status is too low.

Lin Zhaoyuan saw that Zhang Guifen did not respond for a long time, thinking that she was unwilling to help, so he said:

"If it makes my sister-in-law feel embarrassed, just pretend that I didn't mention it and I will resign!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Zhang Guifen said quickly: "Wait a minute."

"Why are you anxious? Let me ask you, what is your identity?"

Lin Zhaoyuan was startled, and subconsciously responded: "A soldier?"

Lin Zhaoyuan nodded firmly, "It's decided."

"Brother, I only want the girl named Xiaodie."

"Okay." Zhang Guifen smiled and said, "He is indeed a brave man who has guarded the border with his brother Wei for many years. He really values ​​love and justice."

"In the next few days, I will find a better home for you."

"Xiaodie is a good woman, but her status is too low and she is not worthy of you."

The man quickly helped Lin Zhaoyuan up and did not let him kneel down.

"Otherwise, if you let Brother Wei know, I'm afraid you'll have to teach me a lesson."

Lin Zhaoyuan shook his head.

Lin Zhaoyuan said happily: "If I can change Xiaodie's humble status, that would be great, but these three books and six etiquette must not cost my eldest brother and sister-in-law."

Logically speaking, even if the Sheng family is released, a woman like Xiaodie is not worthy of the three books and six etiquette.

Zhang Guifen quickly winked at the person next to her.

Zhang Guifen asked: "Does brother Wei know about this?"

Zhang Guifen shook her head and said: "If you really like that woman, from now on, that woman will have a good citizenship, not a lowly one."

Zhang Guifen repeatedly urged her to stay, "Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion and the British Duke's Mansion are one, and coming here is just like coming to our own home."

Lin Zhaoyuan knew this, "Is this inappropriate?"

Xiaodie was a slave bought by the Sheng family and was of low status. For an official family like the Sheng family, even if Xiaodie was killed, no one would say anything.

"It's just that these years, when I'm either fighting or on the road to war, it's hard to take care of life-long matters."

"You call me sister-in-law, and you come here specifically to find me. I naturally want to pay attention to your affairs. Please remember not to do this in the future."

Strictly speaking, Lin Zhaoyuan belongs to the family general of Zhongyongbo Mansion.

"When I went to the Sheng family for the first time, I fell in love with the girl named Xiaodie."

Lin Zhaoyuan responded: "I don't regret it!"

When Lin Zhaoyuan heard this, he immediately laughed.

"When things come to light, I will personally deliver the three letters and six etiquettes to your door in the name of Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion."

"Let me handle this matter. You can concentrate on helping brother Wei."

Zhang Guifen said: "Brother Zhaoyuan, when you say this, you are out of touch."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Zhaoyuan shook his head and said:

Lin Zhaoyuan was grateful in his heart, "Little brother, thank you, big brother and sister-in-law."

"Have a rest. When I come back from the Sheng family, I will tell you the news."

"I asked the house to prepare some wine and food. My two brothers will be back in a moment. You can have a few drinks with them."

"You call me sister-in-law. The woman you want to marry must naturally have three etiquettes and six etiquettes. Otherwise, we will be underestimated by others."

After saying that, I wanted to kneel down on one knee.

"Don't regret it?" Zhang Guifen asked again.

Lin Zhaoyuan wanted to refuse.

Lin Zhaoyuan nodded.

Zhang Guifen said: "If you, Brother Wei, don't agree with this matter, you still insist on it?"

Zhang Guifen shook his head, "You are the commander of the Kaishan Army, and you are the life and death brother of Brother Wei."

Zhang Guifen said: "Have you decided?"

"Brother Wei said, you, Changzhi, Daniu, we are all one family."

Zhang Guifen said: "During the Chinese New Year, my brother Wei told me that all your marriages will be taken care of by Uncle Zhongyong's house. You don't need to worry about this matter. I will handle it myself."

"You have been traveling all the way from the southeast. You must have not had a good rest in the past few days. I asked my servants to prepare a guest room in the front yard."

Zhang Guifen said: "Today afternoon, I will go to the Sheng family to have a good look at the girl named Xiaodie."

Lin Zhaoyuan saw that Zhang Guifen had arranged everything, so he couldn't refuse. He cupped his fists and said, "I'm here to help you, sister-in-law."

These calls from sister-in-law made Zhang Guifen extremely happy.

At this moment, let alone a trip to the Sheng family to propose marriage for Lin Zhaoyuan, she would dare to go even if Lin Zhaoyuan fell in love with a distinguished woman.

Even the sister-in-law felt that the general from Zhongyongbo's mansion was worthy of any woman.

Zhang Guifen knew in her heart that if outsiders knew that she was proposing marriage for Lin Zhaoyuan, she would avoid being criticized by others.

Even if his mother knew about it, she would probably get scolded.

But who makes the Zhaoyuan brothers talk sweetly?
Those calls from the sister-in-law had already "fooled" Zhang Guifen to the point where she was on top.
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In the afternoon, Zhang Guifen selected a pair of high-quality jade bracelets and put them on her wrists.

Logically speaking, if you say goodbye to someone, you should bring some gifts to the door.

But since Xiaodie's status has not been changed for the time being, after much thought, it was better to keep a low profile.

Zhang Guifen was not afraid of rumors, but she was afraid that Lin Zhaoyuan's future daughter-in-law would not be able to withstand the fact that the only daughter of the Duke's family would come to talk about the marriage in person.

Arriving at the Sheng family, Zhang Guifen went directly to Mu Cangzhai.

When Minglan heard that she was coming, she was very happy and hurriedly came to the courtyard. Seeing Zhang Guifen just sitting on the stone bench in the pavilion in the courtyard, she stepped forward to greet her and said with a smile:
"Auntie is here now, but misses me?"

At this moment, Wei Shuyi was sitting next to Zhang Guifen. Seeing Minglan acting like this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said:
"How many times have I told you to be polite in front of your aunt."

Zhang Guifen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter."

After a pause, she looked at Minglan and said, "Although I miss you, this time, it's not because of you that I'm here."

Minglan asked curiously: "Isn't it because of me? I didn't hear that when you missed my mother, you came here specially to see me?"

Zhang Guifen smiled, looked to Wei Shuyi's left and right, and asked:
"Last time I came to look for my eldest sister, I saw a first-class female envoy named Xiaodie beside her. Why didn't I see her today?"

Wei Shu said politely: "Knowing that you were here, I asked her to go out from the backyard and go to the street to buy Zhengji pastries."

Zhengji Pastry is quite famous in Bianjing, so I won’t go into details.

Only then did Zhang Guifen realize that she had missed the girl named Xiaodie.
"Sister, you are so polite every time I come here. I also like the refreshments here."

Wei Shu said, "That's not possible. It's hard for you to come here once. How can I have the nerve to let you taste the simple food?"

Every time Zhang Guifen came, she would do her best to greet them. She would send people to buy whatever was expensive and good.

She was just afraid that some pastries or tea might not be to her liking.

For this reason, Wei Shuyi spent a lot of money to buy some tea, but he was reluctant to drink it. If Minglan secretly drank some tea, she would teach her a lesson.

I just want to wait and soak some when Zhang Guifen comes over one day.

Nowadays, Wei Shuyi rarely cooks anything, and Minglan loves to eat her cooking.

But every time he begged for a long time, Wei Shuyi would not always do it.

But as long as Zhang Guifen comes, even if Wei Shuyi has a lot of work on his hands, he will cook himself.

And every time at this time, Minglan can always have a feast.

Simply put, every time Minglan wanted to eat the food cooked by her mother, she would always send someone to invite Zhang Guifen.

Zhang Guifen is well paid at Wei Shuyi's side.

Similarly, whenever Minglan went to the British government residence and didn't bring back some expensive jewelry, Mrs. Zhang always felt that something was missing.

Even if Minglan insisted not to do so, Mrs. Zhang would send someone to the Sheng family afterwards.

For example, Minglan ate a delicious pastry at Zhang's house. As long as she said "delicious", she would not have to worry about not being able to eat that pastry at the Sheng family in the next half month.

After going back and forth, Minglan was a little afraid to go to Zhang Mansion to play with Zhang Guifen.

"Sister, have you heard anything about your little brother recently?"

Zhang Guifen asked.

Wei Shuyi said thoughtfully: "I have heard a lot. My younger brother eliminated the Japanese pirates in the southeast. The people in the capital are praising him as a great hero."

"In the past few days, the imperial court has specially issued a decree to let my younger brother prepare a naval army in the southeast. I don't understand this, but I also feel that this matter will have a great impact."

Otherwise, Sheng Hong would not have thought of taking advantage of Minglan.

Zhang Guifen nodded and said: "On weekdays, the eldest sister never leaves the house without taking a step forward, but she actually knows this much."

"Speaking of which, one of the brothers from the Wei family named Lin Zhaoyuan came to the capital to deliver a report from the southeast to the officials."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult to prepare this Southeast Navy Army, and it will be difficult to realize brother Wei's ambition even for a short while."

While the two were talking, Minglan was making tea herself, thinking that Zhang Guifen would taste it later. Wei Shuyi nodded slightly and said:

"I know General Lin."

"When my younger brother was guarding Yanmen, he was the one who came to deliver the message. I was shocked at that time."

Minglan interjected: "At that time, my mother felt that something unexpected must have happened to my uncle. He suffered for several days and lost a lot of weight."

If Wei Yuan really died, Minglan would not hesitate to think that her mother would also end up in a gloomy end.

After all, Wei Shuyi was still pregnant with Brother Mu at that time.

It turned out that knowing Lin Zhaoyuan made things easier. Zhang Guifen, who thought of this, said bluntly:
"What do eldest sisters think of Brother Zhaoyuan?"

Wei Shuyi had doubts in his heart, so he asked, "Why do you do this?"

But when it comes to Zhang Guifen's problems, she always knows everything and talks about it.
"General Lin is an honest man, practical and capable. He has been with my younger brother for many years and is trustworthy."

Hearing this, Zhang Guifen looked happy and said:
"General Lin is quite old now. He calls me sister-in-law, and he calls you eldest sister."

"Look, are we two sisters looking for a marriage for him?"

Looking for a marriage?
Wei Shuyi asked curiously: "Is this what my little brother means?"

Zhang Guifen shook his head.

Wei Shu asked, "Then why are you so concerned about his affairs?"

Zhang Guifen simply said bluntly: "Brother Zhaoyuan has fallen in love with a woman. Sister, why don't you guess who it is?"

Wei Shuyi suddenly remembered that Zhang Guifen had just talked about 'Xiaodie' and that Xiaodie was interested in Lin Zhaoyuan in Yangzhou, so he subconsciously said:

"The woman General Lin likes is Xiaodie?"

Zhang Guifen nodded, "As expected of my eldest sister, I guessed right right away."

If Lin Zhaoyuan's status hadn't been getting higher and higher, Wei Shuyi would have wanted to match Xiaodie with him.

However, Lin Zhaoyuan's current status is higher than Sheng Hongdu's.

How to say it?

That is to say, Lin Zhaoyuan is not as big and deep-rooted as the Sheng family. He can produce two Jinshis in succession and has the support of the Sheng family's big house.

Otherwise, the Lin family would have surpassed the Sheng family long ago.

Some serious scholars or generals who come from poor families are far inferior to officials from official families like the Sheng family.

To use the simplest analogy, Lin Zhaoyuan's military pay is scattered around nearly thirty taels a month.

Sheng Hong's annual salary is 20,000 taels, which is equivalent to taels of silver, which is about 16,70 taels a month.

But Sheng Hong's son can have an allowance of four to five taels of silver every month.

But what about Lin Zhaoyuan? I don’t even dare to go to a place like Fan Lou to have a drink.

In this way, the advantages of family background can be compared.

If Zhao Zhen hadn't loved Wei Yuan very much, he would have added some wealth to Uncle Zhongyong's house at every turn.

I'm afraid Wei Yuan, a new rich man, is not as comfortable and comfortable as the Sheng family.

"Xiaodie is just a female servant and a lowly person."

"Even if it is for General Lin's future plan, the two of them are not suitable for each other."

Wei Shuyi said slowly.

Zhang Guifen said: "As long as I, the British Duke, say a word, that Xiaodie will no longer be a lowly person."

"Brother Zhaoyuan likes her and falls in love with her, so he can't tolerate other women in his eyes."

"Sister, please help them both."

Hearing this, Minglan smiled and said, "So my aunt is here today to be a matchmaker."

Wei Shuyi suddenly said angrily: "Talk nonsense!"

"Your aunt is just chatting with my mother, how can she act as a matchmaker to arrange a marriage?"

She was worried that if word of today's incident spread, it would have an impact on Zhang Guifen.

Minglan knew what she meant instantly and nodded: "My daughter said the wrong thing."

Zhang Guifen said: "It's not in the way."

"Sister, just listen to my sister and bring them together."

Wei Shu said thoughtfully: "General Lin, does it really have to be Xiaodie?"

Zhang Guifen said: "It has to be her."

"Otherwise, with Brother Zhaoyuan's current status, it would be okay to find a girl from the count's family."

Wei Shu sighed: "You also said that General Lin is different from the past, and Xiaodie is not suitable."

Zhang Guifen said earnestly: "Jiangmen disciples always tell the truth. Since Brother Zhaoyuan has chosen Xiaodie as his wife, it proves that he has such a plan and will not change it easily."

"Although for the future of brother Zhaoyuan, it is definitely most suitable to marry a girl from the same family. However, Zhaoyuan comes from a general in the uncle's family. If the uncle's house is prosperous, he will also prosper. It has little to do with the marriage."

"So this marriage can happen, it can happen."

She said so.

Xiaodie has been with Wei Shuyi for many years.

Wei Shuyi naturally hopes that Xiaodie can marry into a good family.

Lin Zhaoyuan, who has a pure and honest mind, is the perfect candidate.

Having said that, how could Lin Zhaoyuan not know that for his own future, it would be most suitable to marry a well-matched girl.

However, he didn't have any lofty ambitions. He just wanted to work for Wei Yuan, and that was enough.

As for political marriage, he didn't care at all.

He just wanted to marry that first-class female envoy, even if others said he was a fool, he didn't care.

What if Lin Zhaoyuan asked Zhang Guifen to propose marriage to Chen Daniu?

He was probably so angry that he vomited blood.

Just because Lin Zhaoyuan and Chen Daniu had made a bet earlier, if the two of them got married first, the one who didn't get married would have to give half a year's salary to them.

Chen Daniu believed that he had better looks than Lin Zhaoyuan and was stronger than him. He once confidently told Wei Yuan and others,
"For a woman to stand in front of us, she must first fall in love with me, Chen Yuanzhi."

In the end, Lin Zhaoyuan made this happen
Speaking of which, during the conversation between Zhang Guifen and Wei Shuyi.

Xiaodie has already arrived with the packed pastries.

She carefully placed the pastries one by one on the stone table in the pavilion.

Zhang Guifen suddenly asked: "Xiaodie, I see you every time I come here, and I feel more and more intimate with you."

"I wonder where your home is? Are there any other elders in the family?"

Xiaodie was stunned and said truthfully:
"My family is in Yangzhou. Because my father was ill, he was sold to the Sheng family. Fortunately, I met my wife."

"A few years ago, my father passed away, and my mother was also very sad."

"On the contrary, I have a younger brother who is already married and working as a clerk in a grain store in Yangzhou. His life is pretty good."

When Zhang Guifen heard this, she felt sorry for her future siblings and sighed:

"He is also a miserable man."

"I wonder if you have any favorite people over the years?"

Someone you like?

Xiaodie became more and more puzzled. In the past, the only daughter of the Duke's mansion had never spoken to her.
For a moment, she felt quite flattered.

"The one you like."

Lin Zhaoyuan's figure appeared in her mind, and she quickly shook her head.

Lin Zhaoyuan. Nowadays, how can she be worthy of being a general in the imperial court? I don't even dare to think about it.

Seeing her hesitating, Zhang Guifen took off the jade bracelet from her hand and gave it to Xiaodie without pressing her.

Seeing this, Xiaodie was startled. The jade bracelet looked extremely precious. Even if she worked in the Sheng family for a lifetime, she would not be able to afford that pair of jade bracelets. How could she dare to accept it?

He quickly took two steps back and said, "Miss Zhang, you have broken this slave."

Zhang Guifen stood up, helped her up, and said seriously:
"You don't have to be so polite when you see me in the future."

"I want to give this jade bracelet to you. If you don't accept it, I will definitely be unhappy."

"How can a daughter's family not have access to jewelry?"

Xiaodie really doesn't understand why the girl from the Zhang family is suddenly so kind to her?

When she was hesitating, Wei Shuyi on the side slowly spoke:

"If you are told to accept it, then accept it."

Xiaodie became more and more puzzled, why did Madam even want me to accept it?
Not normal, this is so abnormal
Could it be that I have done something wrong and want to be betrayed? Does the Zhang family girl think she is too pitiful?

This is not right either!
The more Xiaodie thought about it, the more anxious she became, so she simply knelt down and said:
"Miss Zhang family, what exactly did Madam Xiaodie do wrong? Please tell Xiaodie, Xiaodie will definitely change her ways."

She was about to burst into tears.

This is not at all like Xiaodie's temperament.

(End of this chapter)