Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 260

People who care about the palace examination are gearing up to recruit new blood for their camp or family, and marrying a daughter is the best way to win.Two hundred Jinshi lined up and were led by No. [-] Tanhua into the Golden Luan Hall.The eyes of the emperor and all the ministers fell among them.

This year's No. [-] scholar is already in his thirties, and it is said that he is a widower and widower, so forget it.

The second place has a wife, forget it.Since ancient times, Tanhualang has been served by young and handsome tributes with good literary talents. This year, there are four out of twenty Tanhualangs. I don’t know if there are wives in my hometown.

Xiao Wenhua, Ling Tongzhi's brother-in-law, although his appearance is not as beautiful as the young scholar Xiao Wencong, but his eyes are clear, his lips are red and his teeth are white, he is more handsome than Tanhualang.If he grows up for another two or three years, he will definitely be a handsome man who is not inferior to the four handsome men in the capital.There are people in the court who are good at being an official, and it seems that his future official career will not be worse than this year's first-class Jinshi.

Thus, Xiao Wenhua became the best son-in-law candidate in the eyes of the ministers, surpassing this year's Tanhualang.

The emperor did not announce how to distribute these new riches, but only praised them. According to the tradition, he let them ride horses through the streets and hold a banquet in the imperial garden.

On the third day after the celebration of Jinshi and Die, the Xiao Wenhua brothers were called to the study by Prime Minister Ling to inform them in advance of the emperor's appointment of Xiao Wenhua.Xiao Wenqing, who was raising a baby in the backyard, suddenly became busy after Xiao Wenhua became a second-class Jinshi.

"Madam, Mrs. Guan, the co-administrator, sent someone to deliver the letter."

"Ma'am, the old lady of the Zhan family found out that you are pregnant, and sent her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhan Er, to visit you with a gift."

"Ma'am, your niece, Mrs. Li Jiashao, has come to see you."

Xiao Wenqing had to cheer up and socialize with these wives who asked about her elder brother Xiao Wenhua's marriage under the guise of visiting her body.

At night, Ling Yuxuan and Xiao Wenqing cuddled up on the bed and talked.

Xiao Wenqing said: "Wenhua's marriage is naturally decided by my mother, but in the capital, if I ask Wenhua, she probably won't refuse, and my mother won't blame me for making a decision. For the interests of the family, I hope Wenhua can get along with her." A noble daughter from an aristocratic family in the capital gets married, but marriage is a lifetime thing, Wen Hua is still too young to know what kind of girl he will like, I can't match him up with a noble daughter from a certain family just for profit."

"If you don't want to offend anyone, just tell those wives that you have no right to make decisions about your brother's marriage." Ling Yuxuan put his arms around the skinny Xiao Wenqing, and said, "Most of the folk men who have the conditions have already settled the marriage before, and the mother-in-law is late." If we don't choose a wife for Wenhua, we must also consider that if Wenhua goes to high school in the future, he can marry a wife who will be helpful to him and the Xiao family."

"Mother loves her children and will definitely give priority to their opinions." Xiao Wenqing whispered.

"Then you can use your superhuman memory and your painting skills to draw all the marriageable daughters of the wives who are interested in Wenhua, and let Wenhua choose. You can get in touch with those noble girls and learn a little about their temperament. , In this way, you can let Wen Hua decide for herself, and also satisfy some people's wishes. It's the best of both worlds." Ling Yuxuan suggested.For him, the more powerful Wen Qing's natal brothers were, the more unshakable Wen Qing's position in the Ling family would be, and the less restrained he would be.

"This is a good way." Xiao Wenqing's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"Wen Qing, all the first-class noble daughters in the capital are going to marry the sons of nobles and high-ranking officials, and those who are used to win over young Jinshi are basically the daughters of concubine. After all, Wen Hua is only the adopted son of the Xiao family, and the Xiao family has only just revived. .” Ling Yuxuan reminded Xiao Wenqing, lest she be disappointed.

"Those who need to pass scientific examinations such as official careers are basically the sons of ordinary people. They know their status and do not dare to expect to marry the daughters of high-ranking officials in the capital." Xiao Wenqing said calmly, "As long as Wen Hua likes the girl's marriage It can be done.” Everything is based on Yi Wenhua’s wishes.

"Aristocratic families place the most emphasis on status and status. Concubine daughters only interact with concubine daughters of other families. Concubine daughters rarely go out. When other people's families have weddings, wives will only take prostitute daughters out to socialize. Only when they do things at home, concubine daughters will Show up for a while." Ling Yuxuan said, those wives who came to visit you mentioned the girl's name in front of you? "

"No." Xiao Wenqing sighed, and said, "When they talk, they always mention that there is a daughter in the family who is quite good-looking and is still waiting for a family. They don't even mention the girl's rank among the family's sisters."

Obviously they are all the daughters of the same father, because the status of the biological mother is different, the status of the daughters is also very different.A prostitute will be the main wife of someone else's family from the moment she is born.A concubine, if you are lucky, you will be the main wife and follow-up; if you are unlucky, you will be someone else's concubine and give birth to a daughter who may repeat her own fate.When the prime minister's wife married the daughters of the concubine to others as successors or to the sons of some collateral families outside the capital, others would only say that the prime minister's wife was virtuous and kind, and didn't care that most of the sons had bad character.

"Well, next time the wives are talking about it, you can ask the girl's name, and then you can go to Sixth Sister and ask Sixth Sister's eldest daughter to recall if she knows those girls." Ling Yuxuan suggested.Sixth Sister's eldest daughter is a concubine born to Liu Hanlin's concubine, and the girls she befriended before she got married were basically concubines.

"I see." Xiao Wenqing said happily.As long as Wenhua doesn't have the requirement that he must marry a concubine's daughter, and has a good appearance and temperament, a concubine from an aristocratic family with some talents will be a good choice for him.

(End of this chapter)