Red makeup against the world

Chapter 164
Seeing Fan Bin declined, King Qi was not upset, and greeted him to walk into the study.

The young servant in Tsing Yi served tea, King Qi went to the desk, wrote two large characters, and said, "Come and see."

Fan Bin took a closer look and saw the majestic two big characters "Ziwen" written on the white rice paper.

King Qi said with a smile: "Bin, your literary quality is half the same. Fan Bin, you have outstanding appearance, and you deserve the word 'zi'. 'Wen' complements Wu, and coincides with the meaning of 'bin'. 'Ziwen' does The words on the table couldn't be more appropriate."

As he said, he pressed the rice paper with paper, and said: "After the ink is dry, you can take it back first. When General Fan marries his wife, you can ask General Long, can this form be returned?"

Why didn't King Qi understand Fan Bin's delaying strategy?He was just trying to test it with the words, and the time had not come yet, and he never thought that Fan Bin would be able to express his opinion immediately.To make this agreement, he will be able to know the position of General Zhenxi's mansion only by seeing whether Fan Bin uses the word "Ziwen" after marrying his wife.

Fan Bin gave a deep salute and said respectfully: "If you can win the love of King Qi, Fan will be disrespectful."

King Qi put down his pen and ink, and asked, "I don't know why Fan Bin came to visit today?"

Although King Qi was happy about his sudden visit, he was really confused.Now that the situation is unclear, Fan Bin will definitely not express his position at this time, and it is the same with probing with words just now.

If it's for Xu Wanzhen, it's too far-fetched, but it's just a one-sided relationship.It's just that he didn't know that after Fan Bin was in Nanshi, he met Xu Wanzhen again by chance, and got to see her real face.

Hearing King Qi's inquiry, Fan Bin hesitated for a while and said, "Fan is really busy. A few days ago, what the prince said..."

King Qi understood when he heard Huatou, it turned out that he really came for Xu Wanzhen, and there must be a reason for this.Fortunately, I met Xu Wanzhen in the princess mansion, and discussed it with the imperial sister.He joked at the moment: "It turns out that Fan Zhuangyuan remembers the little lady from that day."

Fan Bin blushed coldly, and said: "A few days ago, I met her in the eastern suburbs and was embarrassed by the prince of Pingguo. I helped her once, and then I stayed in the Xu family's village for half a day." He fiercely said Offended Ping Guogong's son, this matter will be known to King Qi sooner or later, it is better to tell the whole story at this time.

King Qi smiled and said, "So it was a hero who saved the beauty?"

Fan Bin looked intoxicated, recalled the situation that day, and murmured: "She is indeed worth it."

Seeing his serious expression, King Qi also said solemnly: "My fair lady, a gentleman is a good man, this is a serious matter. I have already inquired about her family affairs. General Fan, do you want to hear about it?"

Fan Bin nodded, that's why he came here.

"She is the great-granddaughter of Tu Shanzhang of "Songxi Academy". , is one of them. After Tu Shanchang was reprimanded by the first emperor, her grandmother married Xu Qiye, a Jiangnan silk merchant, and has been living in Jiangnan since then. In just 20 years, Xu Qiye managed "Jinxiuji" as the leading silk leader in Jiangnan Road. But died of overwork."

King Qi took a sip of tea to moisturize his throat, and said: "Xu Wanzhen's father, Xu Changzong, inherited the family business, but was involved in the case of Liu Zhaoyuan's heir in the fall of last year, and was arrested and taken into Dali Temple together with his eldest son Xu Wenmin. Therefore, Xu Wanzhencai, together with her grandmother, went to Beijing with her whole family, intending to rescue her father and brother."

The King of Qi spoke eloquently, and in a few words, the ins and outs of the future were clearly explained.Fan Bin didn't know the origin of this. Hearing such twists and turns, he couldn't help worrying about her, and asked, "Is there any serious problem with her father and brother's case?"

"It doesn't matter, the Xu family was originally involved. It's just that the matter involves the secrets of the palace, and no one dares to stand up for them." King Qi paused, and then said: "Xu Wanzhen's mother, but she couldn't stand the blow, died in the old year. Right now, she is still in mourning. In Suzhou, the Sun family, who was originally engaged to Xu Wanzhen, also divorced the engagement for fear of disaster."

"Ah?" Hearing this, Fan Bin thought of that delicate and cold face. How could she have endured so many blows at such a young age?Distressed.

After pondering for a while, Fan Bin said firmly: "His Royal Highness, can you protect me as a matchmaker? Fan wants to marry her." Take her under his wings, protect her, care for her, and prevent her from going through these things again. wind and rain.

King Qi took a serious look at him and said, "General Fan, have you thought about it? Marrying a wife and having children is a major event in life, so it would be too hasty to just rely on meeting two people."

Fan Bin said seriously: "There is no reason for the word love. Fan believes in his own vision. She must be a good person. If you can have her as a wife, you will be lucky."

King Qi nodded secretly, this Fan Bin has a good eye for people.According to the emperor's sister Zhaoyang, this Xu Wan is really smart and calm, unruffled in times of crisis, beyond the reach of ordinary women.

Although Xu Wanzhen is the daughter of a merchant, she has Tu Shanchang as her backing; while Fan Bin has no father or mother, but is the adopted son of General Long.From the point of view of family background, these two people happened to be in the right family, and they were a good match.

"So, I understand General Fan's intentions. It's just that she is still in the first year of filial piety, so it is inconvenient to discuss relatives at this time." After thinking for a while, King Qi said: "It happens that she is making silk flowers for the princess mansion. I can ask the imperial sister to find her. Someone come forward and go to her grandmother to find out."

In the Gaomang Dynasty, marriage negotiations followed the "parents' order and matchmaker's words". Even if they were interested in each other, if they wanted to marry, they should first consult their parents and elders.For the sake of the woman's reputation, before formally proposing to marry, the two families will discuss it properly before announcing the marriage.

If a man and a woman make a private decision for life, the government will not recognize the legitimacy of this marriage, not to mention being despised by the world.Therefore, instead of directly asking Xu Wanzhen what she wanted, she asked someone to ask Mrs. Xu for her opinion.

Seeing that King Qi acted properly, Fan Bin felt relieved, and said: "Fan is here, first of all, I would like to thank His Royal Highness Qi Wang. She has encountered a rough situation, and I don't want her to suffer criticism."

King Qi smiled and nodded.

In the Green Bamboo Garden, Xu Wanzhen was seeing the eight maidservants trained by Madam Zheng.

In just half a month, under the training of Madam Zheng, these maidservants are well-founded, respectful and polite.In the courtyard, eight people lined up in a row, all of them lowered their hands and stood upright without looking sideways. Compared with that day, it has been greatly improved.

Madam Zheng said: "Time is still a bit rushed, and I only taught the general rules. It's just that Han Runiang is waiting for the employer, so she doesn't care about this much. Miss, please choose."

There were two maidservants for Han Runiang, one was strong and the other was smart, so I asked them to stand aside first, and then carefully looked at the remaining six.

Han Runiang married into the He family as a good concubine, and if her dowry maid was too attractive, she would cause trouble in the back house.Xu Wanzhen asked separately, and finally settled on two maidservants who used to be maidservants, one was good at combing hair and the other was good at making tea.

In this way, four maids were appointed, and when they went to Xu's house tomorrow, they would bring the body deeds to Han Runiang, and leave their names for her to pick up in person.

(End of this chapter)