incense as a medium

Chapter 21 More Than Enough
No matter how much I hate Qi Peiyun, Liu Bailu has to admit that he was right. The people in Xiongtang County have only been enthusiastic for more than ten days, and all criticisms about her and marriage proposals have come to an end. .

Just when the dust had settled on these matters, the Fengji Pawn Shop in Xiongtang County welcomed a customer.

The guest shopkeeper was not familiar with it, he solemnly saluted with respect and admiration before asking: "I wonder what the general is doing here?"

It was Kang Yibang who came. He looked around the almost shabby pawn shop, walked to the door and sat down on the shabby stool, flipped up his robe, and asked casually: "I heard that you received a few days ago. Arriving at Ms. Liu's embroidery?"

Shopkeeper Feng was not sure what Kang Yibang meant, so he pondered for a moment and replied cautiously: "I took one, but it was resold soon."

"Oh? Who did you sell it to?" Kang Yibang's eyebrows twitched, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

Shopkeeper Feng wiped his cold sweat and said with a chuckle: "This, the villain really can't say it well. First, this is the rule in the industry. Second, the visitor is just a servant, and the clothes he wears are also very ordinary. , his complexion became tense, the man wanted it urgently, the villain asked for 500 taels of silver, he paid the silver and took the embroidery away without any counter-offer."

Kang Yibang stared at the shopkeeper Feng closely, seeing his legs trembling, as if he was about to faint, so he was sure that he would not lie to himself, and continued to ask: "Do you know that person's accent?"

Shopkeeper Feng thought about it carefully, and said: "It's a Beijing film, but it seems to have a southern accent, but the villain can't tell where it is."

Kang Yibang closed his eyes slightly, but he thought of Zhou Weiqing and Fang Yu.Zhou Weiqing followed his parents to take office in the south, and Zhou Weiqing's mother is also from the south. Could it be him?
After Kang Yibang left, the shopkeeper Feng turned around and went to the backyard. The backyard was a small second courtyard. He entered the second courtyard all the way, stopped at the door of the east wing, knocked three times and stopped, and then knocked twice. Someone inside just said: "What's the matter?"

"Master, General Kang came to ask about the wedding dress." Shopkeeper Feng bowed at the door.The demeanor is a little more respectful than before Kang Yibang just now, and even a little in awe.

There was no movement inside for a long time, when Shopkeeper Feng thought the person inside had left, the person inside suddenly said: "How many people still know about the wedding dress in the brocade box?"

Shopkeeper Feng said: "That day there was only a villain in the shop, so only the villain on our side knew. As for whether someone outside took advantage of the chaos to see it, the villain didn't know."

There was no sound inside again, but Shopkeeper Feng still bowed slightly respectfully and waited at the door. After about a cup of tea, the inside said: "General Kang's visit today will probably be inquired about by someone who is interested. Just go and say that Duan and Princess are going to get married, so General Kang is looking for a suitable congratulatory gift everywhere. Okay, you step back."

"Yes." Shopkeeper Feng agreed, saluted before leaving.

In a few days, even Liu Bailu knew that Kang Yibang was searching for congratulatory gifts with the princess, and even went to Fengji pawnshop to inquire about her embroidery.

Princess Duanhe is the daughter of the imperial concubine. Because of her dignity and elegance, she is quite loved by the emperor, and because Princess Duanhe was raised by the queen herself when the queen was alive, her status is naturally higher invisibly. .

The imperial concubine has no desires or desires in her life, except for her excessive preference for this daughter. In her marriage, the emperor has to stand aside, and everything has to be decided by herself.It is extremely harsh for a mother-in-law to choose a son-in-law, especially the imperial concubine.

When Princess Duanhe was [-] years old, the imperial concubine was looking for a suitable candidate all over the capital. This one was not satisfied with his family background, that one was not satisfied with his character. He was not tall enough, you were not handsome enough, and that one was a bit glib. , this one is too dull again.

The one who came and went turned out to be that Princess Duanhe was wasted until she was 20 years old before the marriage was settled, and Princess Duanhe was betrothed to Zheng Guogong's second son.

Zheng Guogong's family is a loyal family, not to mention the character and knowledge of the second son, but the pickiness of the imperial concubine, I know there is no way to find out.The most important reason why this imperial concubine chooses Zheng Guogong's family is that Mrs. Zheng Guogong died young and did not remarry later. There is no mother-in-law in the Duke's mansion to serve and set the rules. The future sister-in-law is from a scholarly family, and has an exceptionally gentle and gentle temperament.

And because Princess Duan and Princess married the second son, the family succession cannot be burdened on them, and the burden of housekeeping cannot fall on Duan and Princess. In the future, when Duan and Princess enter the house, they only need to live a good life with their husband. Days will do.

This matter was also decided in the past few months, and the wedding date will be on March [-]rd in the spring of the next year. No one here knows such news. If it weren't for Kang Yibang's big purchase of congratulatory gifts this time, who would I don't know that Duan and Princess are going to get married.

When Liu Bailu heard the news, Liu Sushi also received a letter from her parents. After reading the letter at a glance, she couldn't help being furious. She slapped the letter on the table, causing the shaking dishes to dance non-stop. .

Frightened, Han hurriedly searched for a rag to wipe the tea spilled from the bowl, but Bai curiously took the letter and read it carefully. After a while, she sighed: "The lady is too much. Back then When the young lady's reputation was in full bloom, so many people came to ask for marriage, and the eldest lady also came to join in the fun. The lady was afraid that the old lady would transfer her resentment towards the young lady to the young lady, so she didn't agree, but she didn't expect that the old lady would hold a grudge. She knew that her parents I can't shirk my life, but I made a marriage for my brother so quickly, but said that I can marry the young lady as a flat wife. How can there be a flat wife in an official's family? The eldest lady is not afraid of being laughed at, but we are also worried that the young lady will be used as a flat wife in the past. People are bullying!"

Both the Bai family and the Han family are the dowry maids of the Liu Su family, so Liu Su's natal sister-in-law is called Da Furen.

Liusu pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said to Bai: "Burn that letter, don't let Bailu know."

"Yes." Bai agreed, and threw the letter and envelope into the charcoal basin and watched it burn to ashes.

The three of them didn't expect that the Qin family was eavesdropping outside the window!

Qin looked at the window, then at the east wing, smiled coldly, turned around and walked to the east wing, she pushed the door straight in, and saw Liu Bailu sitting in front of the window embroidering the landscape painting, leaning on Baibao Ge laughed: "Sister still has time to embroider elegantly?"

"Sister-in-law." Liu Bailu didn't bother to talk to her, but she had to get up and salute indiscriminately. Without waiting for Qin Shi to speak, she sat down again. From the beginning to the end, she held the needle as thin as a hair in her hand.

Looking at the vivid landscape painting, Qin sighed: "What a dexterous girl, but I don't know whose family's son will be taken advantage of in the future."

Liu Bailu saw that she was talking without beginning or end, so she couldn't help frowning and said: "Sister-in-law, please speak directly."

Qin said with a smile: "It's still to my liking if you have such a straightforward temper, so I'll just say it straight. Guess what I heard in my mother's room just now?"

Liu Bailu cast a glance at Qin Shi and said nothing.

Mrs. Qin didn't care, and said to herself: "My sister's marriage is worrying my mother. Does my sister know? Not long ago, my mother even wrote back to marry my sister to my brother. It's not a day when my aunt and mother don't get along. Two days later, my mother begged my aunt in a low voice for my younger sister. Alas, the poor mother was so painstaking, who knew it was such a coincidence, as soon as the mother entered the house, the aunt gave it to my brother. We have made a marriage arrangement, hey..."

Qin shi let out a long sigh, and watched with a smile in her eyes as Liu Bailu's face suddenly turned pale. She suddenly got up and was about to run to the main room. Do you know that you are listening to the wall?Then you won't have to be scolded?
She was worried and said: "What is my sister doing? Sister-in-law is overhearing this. Since it was overheard, she should rot in her stomach. Now that she told her sister, she shouldn't. Do my sister still want to go?" Do you want to ask your mother? What will your mother say? Do you want to make your mother sad again? Sister, in my opinion, just pretend you don’t know about it. Choose one to marry. This is the poor boy selected by your elder brother in the academy, and he is tall, talented and good-looking."

As she spoke, Qin took out a small folder from her sleeve pocket and threw it on the embroidery stand, then clapped her hands and left.This little brochure was brought back by Liu Zixuan yesterday, saying that he wanted to show it to Liu Su and choose a good son-in-law for Liu Bailu, but Qin took a look at it first, and when he finished reading it, it would be too late So today she went to deliver this thing, but she didn't expect to hear such a thing under the window.

Liu Bailu held the needle and stared at the unfolded book for a long time, bowed her head and embroidered a few stitches without seeing it, but finally couldn't settle down anymore, so she inserted the needle into the cloth and picked up the book.

After folding the roster one by one, she opened it again and started to look at the first one.

The first place is still that Feng Xiucai. In addition to stating Feng Xiucai's family background, Liu Zixuan also specifically stated the personalities of his two children and Feng Xiucai's personality preferences, and explained that although Feng Xiucai minded Liu Bailu's reputation is not good now, but he is a person who can distinguish between right and wrong. If he gets married with Liu Bailu in the future and stays with her every day, he will definitely understand Liu Bailu's kindness and treat her well.

Afterwards were a few handsome young men from the academy. I don’t know if it was Liu Zixuan who knew that his wife Qin would make trouble, so he didn’t write about those with good family backgrounds. He still thought it would be better for Liu Bailu to marry a poor family. They are all from poor families. The best family background is only the son of a rich merchant. In ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen ranked last. Although Liu Bailu is a family member of a criminal official, it is more than enough for a son of a rich merchant.

Liu Bailu read the booklet word by word, and finally closed the booklet and closed his eyes slightly. Is it really necessary to choose one of these people?

Zhou Weiqing, she was really good back then, careful, gentle, considerate, and the most important thing is to hold her in the palm of your hand.

When the Zhou family started to propose marriage, he sent Tong Fang away. Although he would abide by the rules in the future, he would seize every opportunity to meet her and bring her some novel things from outside. For example, she never Candied haws that she has never eaten before, such as stinky tofu that she has never seen before, such as cotton candy that she has never seen or eaten, and small windmills, and wooden pushers that creak when pushed There are also cars, spoons that can blow when wet, and ducklings made of wax that can float on the water.

Everything is fun and novel, and she can't help but laugh along with her, but she is still reserved and doesn't say a word to him, but even so, he can still look at her smile in a daze for a long time, that Sometimes she would call him "idiot" and then cover her face and walk away.

This landscape painting is still a sketch drawn by Zhou Weiqing. Because she said that she wanted to see the landscape outside, but never got the chance, he traveled around Gyeonggi in March to draw several landscape paintings and sent them to her. , and promised that when they get married in the future, they will take her all over the mountains and rivers of Dazhou.

(End of this chapter)