Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 230

Xiao Wenqing sent Manao to the Prime Minister's wife and said that he felt cold occasionally, so it was inconvenient to go over and ask for her forgiveness.The prime minister's wife immediately sent a maid over to express her concern and told her to rest well.When Ling San's wife Cui learned about it, she came to visit in person while she was busy; her daughters also came to visit after learning about it.Xiao Wenqing had no choice but to pretend to be energetic and cover up her lies.

Because she "felt the wind and cold" and was not serious or serious, it was delayed until the end of the year.On December [-]th, all the wives were ordered to go to the palace to pay homage to the queen. Xiao Wenqing was also not allowed to enter the palace because of his health, so he stayed at home comfortably.As for the snowy plum tour that she had promised her friends, it just so happened that there was no snow in Beijing throughout the winter, so the plan fell through. She wrote to her friends to express her apologies.

During the Spring Festival, Xiao Wenqing was in "excellent health", so she started her normal ladies' activities: sometimes visiting with the prime minister's wife, entertaining relatives and elders, and entertaining alone or visiting friends she knew well.Of course, she and Ling Yuxuan paid a formal visit to her godmother Zhao Auntie, whom many people knew existed, to express their gratitude.

Xiao Wencong has been bored studying in Liu Hanlin's residence. Because of the Spring Festival, when other people's families are reunited, he feels lonely, so he often comes to find his sister Xiao Wenqing.Xiao Wenqing pityed that he left home in order to marry the young girl, but she is a woman, and those who have come and gone with other people's family members recently, can't stay with him for a long time, so she told Ling Yuxuan to take him out to see the world when she has time.

On the first day of Yuanchun, there was light snow in the sky. The aged emperor brought all the royal family to worship the ancestors in the heaven and earth early in the morning, and then received the congratulations from the courtiers in Fengtian Temple. In the end, he really felt a cold and had a low fever and cough.

As soon as the emperor fell ill, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became tense. The number of imperial forest soldiers and dragon scale guards guarding the palace doubled. Ling Yuxuan had no time at all, and even had to take people to stay in the palace at night, so the matter of taking Xiao Wencong out to meet the world It was entrusted to Liu Hanlin's two sons, Liu Zishu and Liu Zidan.

Liu Zishu is an assistant teacher at the Imperial College, and Liu Zishu is a government student, and they all deal with similar people with similar interests and hobbies.Since the fourth uncle and fourth aunt asked them to take Wen Cong out to meet the world, they took him to participate in various poetry clubs during the Spring Festival.

It was rare for a young scholar to be allowed to go out. Before anyone specifically ordered him not to embarrass him, a group of young scholars pulled him into them and talked about poetry and poetry all day long.

Xiao Wenqing was a little worried after learning about it, so she went to visit Liu Hanlin's mansion.Mrs. Liu in the mansion received Xiao Wenqing, and comforted her with a smile. Xiao Wencong was quick-witted, and his knowledge was no less than that of 20-year-old young scholars. After all, it is a dead book. Wen Cong will be 12 years old after the Chinese New Year, so it doesn't matter if he starts contacting various scholars and talents in advance.

At the beginning, Xiao Wenqing also knew that the study environment in Hanlin Mansion was much better than that of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she felt relieved to let her younger brother live in Hanlin Mansion. Now hearing Mrs. Liu say so, she is very happy.Wen Cong is her only brother who is related by blood. Since she brought him to the capital, she has to be responsible for his studies.Fortunately, Wen Cong was very conscious, and was not fascinated by the prosperity and vainness of the capital at all. He immersed himself in the sea of ​​books in the Hanlin Mansion, reading every day, and at night he was tutored by Liu Zishu, an assistant teacher of the Imperial College. Normal study and growth are much faster, and it is time to go out and broaden your horizons.

Although spring has begun, the coldness of spring is better than that of severe winter. A large charcoal pot was burned in Mrs. Liu's main room.The main room was very warm. Xiao Wenqing was wearing a red round-neck embroidered jacket, and Mrs. Liu sat on the Arhat bed at the table carved with vine patterns, drinking tea and eating melon seeds.

Crystal and Agate were originally the maids of Liu's house, and they knew the maids in Mrs. Liu's room, because the masters were very tolerant and easy-going, so they stood together and talked in a low voice.Lue followed Xiao Wenqing to Liu Hanlin's mansion a few times, and knew a little about the maids around Mrs. Liu, so she could chat with them a few times.

"Wen Qing, you have some good news recently." After chatting for a while about Ling Qinglan's dowry preparations, Mrs. Liu changed the subject and talked about women's private matters.

Xiao Wenqing was taken aback, and immediately pretended to be confused and said: "Sixth sister, what good news can I have, but it is Zishu, sixth sister, can you help him prepare the necessities for the wedding?" Qing Lan is now the eldest granddaughter of the Ling family. After discussing with her, Yuxuan gave Qinglan the ornamental bonsai bestowed by the emperor as an extra box.Although the bonsai is not as precious as the emerald unicorn, but the gold is the branches, the emerald is the leaves, and the red jade, topaz, and purple jade are the flowers.After the third uncle and the third sister-in-law received the generous gift, the expressions on their faces were very satisfied.

"Scared, Zishu's wedding is scheduled for April, it's still early, don't worry." Mrs. Liu smiled and looked at Xiao Wenqing's abdomen, and said, "Don't pretend to be confused, you know what I'm asking." She knows how smart Wen Qing is.

(End of this chapter)