Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 143: The Unmarried Brother-in-Law
Zhang Yanling helped Zhang Yu get off the carriage, and the brother and sister walked to the door of their home and knocked gently.

Then a maid named Chuntao came to open the door... These maids' names were given by Zhang Luan on the spur of the moment, because there was some unpleasantness between the old couple because of this incident.

"Tell my mother that my sister is back. Prepare some food quickly and let her have a good rest." Zhang Yanling said.

"Yes, Second Young Master."

Chuntao was very respectful and turned around and ran to the backyard.

After Zhang Yu entered, he saw his brother closing the door and couldn't help but glance towards the street intersection. At this time, Qin Yun happened to be staring at the door.

The two looked at each other.

Zhang Yu's pretty face turned red, and she quickly avoided his gaze, turned around and walked towards the yard.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yanling touched his chin and thought to himself, this is probably an innocent girl saying goodbye to her past?
The days of youthful love are gone forever!

The next step will probably be to adapt to palace life as a wife and mother!
What a sad and beautiful picture!
Ugh!
After Zhang Yanling finished expressing his feelings, he turned around and saw several large boxes placed in the yard. Judging from the design of the boxes, they looked very similar to those used by Huizhou merchants to send gifts.

It is estimated that when the father and son went out to the palace gate to wait for news, the Huizhou merchants came to give gifts again.

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"You're back now? Where's your father?"

When Jin heard that her daughter had returned, she hurried out of the room and went to the main hall of her house, but she did not see her husband. She only saw two little ones, and she couldn't help feeling confused.

Zhang Yu had just sat down to rest, but when he heard this, he stood up again and looked at his old mother with a slightly alienated look.

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Dad followed my uncle and said he wanted to pay a visit to Minister Li. He probably wanted to ask about the follow-up matters of my sister's selection of a concubine."

Jin said with a wrinkled face, "What else is there to ask? Didn't your father say yesterday that if your sister is chosen, she will stay in the palace and not come back? Now that she is here, she must have been unsuccessful. Why doesn't she go home earlier? She just wants to go out and fool around!"

At this point, Jin complained a little, "The people in the palace are the same. Why do they want to leave their daughter, who is still in the boudoir, in the inner garden of the palace and not come back at night?

"If my future husband's family knew about this, they would definitely think too much and I might not even be able to get married in the future."

Although the women who participated in the selection should stay in the palace according to the rules, according to the old folk concept, this is also considered as the woman staying overnight at the man's house during a blind date, which is detrimental to her chastity and will definitely have a certain impact on her future marriage.

Zhang Yanling complained: "Mom, aren't you too feudal?"

"What do you mean by feudal? Did I say something wrong?"

Jin asked, somewhat bewilderedly.

Facing his ignorant and fearless mother, Zhang Yanling was somewhat helpless. He could only point to the direction of the door and said loudly: "Before you say these things, you'd better go out and take a look... There are more than a dozen Jinyiwei watching outside our courtyard gate right now, and they will guard our home day and night for quite a long time to come to ensure the safety of our family."

Jin's eyes widened with curiosity at first, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on her face. She asked tremblingly, "So... does that mean... my daughter was selected?"

"of course."

Zhang Yanling said confidently, "I heard from my sister that it was decided by the Crown Prince himself, and the Queen Mother also nodded in agreement. It can be said that my sister is now the Crown Princess."

"what?"

Jin was shocked.

Although her husband and son had repeatedly whispered in her ears about the selection of the Crown Princess, saying that there would be help from noble people and that they were confident... gradually she began to believe them and even looked forward to it.

But one day when she heard that her daughter had been chosen as the Crown Princess, she felt it was too unreal. She would rather believe that her daughter was not chosen and was sent back.

Zhang Yu hurriedly pulled back his brother's words: "Yanling, you can't make a conclusion so early... Hasn't it not been approved by the emperor yet? This also means that the matter has not been finalized, right?"

"Now the matter is basically almost settled... Even the Empress Dowager has agreed, and the rest is to inform His Majesty, and then pass it on to the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple...

Zhang Yanling put on an attitude of "I am an experienced person and I know everything" and continued: "As far as I know, your majesty does not care who the prince chooses as his son's concubine. Now your majesty is focused on completing the marriage as soon as possible to bring happiness to his beloved Concubine Wan.

"I estimate that the Ministry of Rites will send someone to our house today or tomorrow to pass on the imperial decree. Dad should soon be appointed as an official in the imperial court... Mom, you will be the wife of an official from now on!"

If Zhang Luan was around, he would definitely scold his younger son and say that he was pretending to know everything. However, it was not difficult for these words to scare my mother and sister, two housewives with little knowledge.

Jin asked expectantly, "What kind of official position does your father want to hold?"

Zhang Yanling pondered carefully and calculated it in his mind before introducing it in detail:

"According to the rules, you will either be given a military post in the Governor's Office, or a position as a Minister of the Ministry of Rites, or a Minister of the Ministry of Rites. In short, they are all honorary positions, and you will receive a monthly salary in the future.

"If you want your father to get a title, such as becoming a baron or a marquis, or even a duke, you have to wait until the crown prince ascends the throne."

"Hey, kid, why are you still talking nonsense? How can you say such nonsense casually... hehe..."

While Jin was complaining about her son's nonsense, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

Perhaps Jin felt that her attitude had changed too quickly and felt a little embarrassed, so she quickly changed the subject, "We can't let those soldiers outside have a hard time. I'll send someone to bring them tea..."

"No, no, no, mother, please don't do useless work! They have said that there are special people to protect our family. They will not disturb our normal life and work schedule. They also hope that we will not interfere with their actions. After all, they are on official business and have their own rules."

Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "In fact, my mother also knows the man who is in charge of our family's security. He is Qin Yun, a captain of the Jinyiwei who accompanied our family to the capital before. I heard that he took the initiative to take the job."

"That's it..."

Jin nodded thoughtfully: "That child seems to be quite good. Not only is he handsome, he also holds an official position. He is not arrogant and is easy to get along with."

Zhang Yanling thought, isn’t it? Not only do you think he is a good person, but my sister also thought that Qin Yun is a good candidate for marriage.

It's a pity that he is not destined to be your son-in-law, or as a relative of a eunuch, he has no qualifications to marry into our Zhang family. Otherwise... perhaps there was a time when he had a great chance of becoming my "brother-in-law who has never been married".

Time is also destiny!

"Mom, I'm going in to rest first."

Perhaps it was because his mother and brother were talking about someone they once had a crush on, Zhang Yu felt a little embarrassed and wanted to turn back to his room.

She had only moved into the new house for a day or two, and she didn't even have the chance to properly stay in her new bedroom. She might have to move to a new place soon.

As she was about to get married, she began to feel confused and uneasy.

"Why are you making so much noise in the middle of the day? Are you going to let me sleep?"

Zhang Heling's dissatisfied voice came from the main hall door.

But Zhang Heling came in rubbing his sleepy eyes. When he saw Zhang Yu, he looked like he had seen a transparent person. He passed by his sister and sat down on the middle armchair. He raised his head and looked at the few people, "Hey, why are you looking at me? Is there something on my face?"

Jin scolded, "Your sister has been chosen as the Crown Princess, can you please respect her a little... Also, our family will not be the same as before, can you please be a little more decent?"

Zhang Heling frowned: "It was my sister who chose the Crown Princess, not me, what does it have to do with me?" At this point he suddenly came to his senses and said in surprise, "Oh, no, mother, you mean... my sister was chosen as the Crown Princess? Haha, then won't I soon become the King's uncle?
"Sister, congratulations. If mom hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed you standing next to me. Hehe, your clothes are really beautiful. No wonder you could charm the prince... Hahaha, I'm going to be famous soon. When the time comes, I'll go out and beat up anyone I don't like..."

(End of this chapter)