Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 42 The Sudden Marriage

After arriving at Shao's house, General Lu went to visit Lord Shao who had been ill for some time, and here was the eldest wife of Shao's family to welcome Mrs. Lu.

After sitting down, Mrs. Lu stated her intention of coming. Mrs. Shao looked at the generous gifts on the table, and said kindly, "That's what Ziyu should do. Whoever it is, will save Miss Lin if she sees it under such circumstances." of."

"Having said that, I still have to thank you. I'm sorry that Young Master Shao was injured."

The two chatted for a while, Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Shao had only met each other a few times, so they were not close friends. After asking about Shao Ziyu's injuries, Mrs. Lu bid farewell and returned to the Lin family without waiting for General Lu to come out.

In Master Shao's room here, General Lu looked at Master Shao who was much thinner on the bed, and felt quite a lot. The two of them fought together and made military exploits back then, so they were old friends. Now they are older Master Shaohou was ill in bed, and General Lu was getting old so quickly.

Lord Shao looked at General Lu, "Old friend, I want to ask you something."

"They say they are old friends, and they are still so polite." General Lu looked at him and said with a smile, "Why have you been ill for a few days, and your temper has become twitchy."

Lord Shao smiled, "I don't have much time left with my body." After finishing speaking, he sighed again, "Old friend, did I do a lot of stupid things back then?"

As soon as General Lu heard his tone, he knew that he was thinking about those things in the past again. It’s just that time has passed, and saying these things is guilt besides regret, and he can’t go back. how."

Lord Shao shook his head, "One wrong step, one wrong step." All his life, he has been sorry for others, sorry for his dead wife, sorry for his dead son, until now, it seems that he has never done a single thing right.

"Old friend." Lord Shao shouted, "I have to ask you something, I have something about our little five."

"Your grandson?"

"Yeah, someday I'll be gone, you can take care of me, he's the one I'm most worried about." Master Shao Hou showed a guilty look on his face.

"I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter." General Lu said bluntly, "I can't interfere with the Shao family's affairs even if I want to. I thought I was meddling in other matters. I'm afraid it's not thoughtful to entrust me to take care of your grandson."

Lord Shao was startled, his expression flickered slightly, and he smiled wryly, "You're right."

General Lu is also not complaining, "I said old friend, you gave birth to five sons, anyway, the second child and the fifth child are from the same mother, why can't you take care of them? You entrust me or others, what's the use , I can reach out to the Hou's mansion, but after so many years, you say you understand, but I see, you are still confused!"

Others don't know what happened many years ago, but General Lu knew a little about the inside story. The beginning of the confusion was when Lord Shao got married and left home to fight, and met General Gu's daughter.

With General Lu's temper, such a thing happened, he must be investigated to the end, but Master Shao chose to marry Gu's responsibly at that time.

"They were playing tricks on you back then!" General Lu got a little annoyed when he said that, Master Shao squinted his eyes, and waved his hands wearily, "No one knows about those things, so there's no need to mention them again."

There was a moment of silence in the room. Every time I talked about those things these years, there would always be such a scene. General Lu didn't bother to say any more. He got up and said, "You have a good rest, I'll go back first."

After another long time, Lord Shao opened his eyes, the room was empty, he seemed to be talking to himself, he didn't know what to say, then called the steward to come in and asked his grandson how he was resting there
The days of recuperating from injuries are always very long, what worried Lin Qingran the most was the daily bowl of essential wound medicine, the room was always filled with a strong smell of medicine, which could not be dissipated when the windows were opened.

The dressing was changed every few days, and the swelling in the ankle subsided very slowly. It took more than a month for the swelling to subside in mid-April, but it still hurts when stepping on the ground.

Staying at home is boring, and I have a lot of free time. Lin Qingran also heard a lot of rumors in Luodu City. When her leg was injured, the rumor in Luodu City was that Miss Xu's family hurt Miss Lin's family. The young master of the Shao family was also injured because of being a hero to save the beauty.

However, because of the strong "behind-the-scenes public relations teams" of the Xu family, the Lin family and the Shao family, after repeated beautification of what happened to each of them, people felt that it was meaningless to spread it. At the beginning of April, the concubine's disfigurement incident at the Princess Mansion completely attracted everyone's attention.

The protagonist of the rumors is the son-in-law Chen, whom Lin Qingran had met once. He married Princess Minghui and gave birth to two sons. The son-in-law Chen became the top student in high school and became the princess, and the whole family of the Chen family flew up to the branches and became phoenixes because of this. , life has been good all these years.

Maybe it's a common problem of men. After serving the princess for a long time, the princess is old and her face is fading, but the son-in-law Chen is still hard to resist the beauty. He and the eldest son of the eldest princess are married, and they are about to have a grandson. At this moment, the son-in-law Chen After being drunk, she accidentally entered the wrong room and slept with a beautiful maid. Naturally, the beautiful maid was promoted to become a concubine, but the promotion did not even last three months, and she was disfigured.

The wording in the rumors is ingenious, Concubine Chen accidentally entered the wrong room when she was drunk, went to the wrong bed, and slept with a beautiful concubine. The beautiful concubine was promoted, but accidentally slipped and fell He fell, fell into the pile of thorns and disfigured his face.

However, this is not a big deal to the Princess Mansion. To those gossiping people in Luodu City, it is nothing more than a side dish, a concubine who only disfigured her face but did not lose her life, so the news spread widely. In half a month, there will be no shadow.

All kinds of rumors in Luodu City have never stopped. There are other things in the past. The east family married a wife today, and the west family gave birth tomorrow. For Lin Qingran, this is like a big screen showing The short drama, as long as you are willing to listen to it, there are such gossip rumors that will not repeat the same every day.

It's just that Lin Qingran didn't expect that after turning around, at the end of May, when her feet were all healed, the focus would be on her again
An imperial decree came, catching the Lin family by surprise. Lin Wenxi led the whole family to kneel down to receive the decree. The person who came to announce the decree was still the emperor's celebrity Eunuch Gui. What is the content of the imperial decree?

"The Lin family, the daughter of the Lin University scholar, received the decree and carried forward the fortune. The emperor said: I have received the empress dowager's order. Lin Wenxi, the daughter of the Lin University scholar Lin Wenxi, is skillful and generous, gentle and honest, and has outstanding appearance. The queen mother and I are very happy to hear about it." .Shao Ziyu, the grandson of Shao Ying in the Shaohou Mansion, should choose a virtuous woman to match with him when he is ready for marriage. When the Lin family is waiting for Yu's boudoir, he and Shao Ziyu can be said to be created by heaven and earth. They are the beauty of a beautiful woman, especially for two people Marriage, choose a good day to get married. Bestowed by the emperor." Eunuch Gui finished reading the imperial decree aloud, then looked at Lin Qingran who was kneeling behind with a smile, "Fifth Miss Lin, hurry up and accept the decree."

There was no response for a while, but the Lu family behind her pulled her, and Lin Qingran was startled, with disbelief on her face, she slowly stretched out her hand to receive the imperial edict in Gui Gonggong's hand, and when she got the heavy imperial edict, she really wanted to Throw it away as soon as you let go.

Lin Qingran accepted the imperial edict, and everyone stood up. Eunuch Gui looked at Lin Wenxi with a smile, "Master Lin, congratulations."

"If Eunuch Gui doesn't dislike it, why don't you go to a small courtyard in Lin and have a drink." Lin Wenxi smiled and invited Eunuch Gui to have a drink to reminisce about the old days.

Lin Qingran here, after Eunuch Gui and the others had gone out, she was still holding the imperial decree in her hand, not knowing what to do with it.

Lu Shi came over and patted her on the shoulder, Lin Qingran raised her head and looked at her with a bitter expression, "Mother." How could this be.

The Lu family didn't expect this to happen either. She was worried that the emperor wanted her daughter to marry into the royal family, and she never thought that the emperor would be a matchmaker for the Lin family after the imperial decree.

There was no chance of repenting at all, and the Lu family never thought of getting married to the Shao family before, so they sent someone out to inquire about the Shao family, and brought Lin Qingran back to Luoyingyuan, without saying a word all the way.

After entering the house, the Lu family sent someone to the best clothing workshop in Luodu City to ask the master to come and measure Lin Qingran, and then asked the maid to pour Lin Qingran a cup of tea. After sitting down, she looked at her in a daze. He said solemnly, "Wu'er, no matter how sudden the imperial decree comes, no matter how unexpected you are, you can't always be like this."

Lin Qingran glanced at the imperial decree, holding the cup with both hands, and gently circled the wall of the cup with one finger, and said helplessly, "Mother, I don't accept it, I just." Couldn't digest it.

She has lived here for 13 years, but she has lived in another world for more than 20 years. Based on preconceived ideas, her view of marriage has always been to get to know each other first, to understand each other, even if it does not talk about love and marriage. If you like it, at least you have to know what kind of person the other person is.

"You just didn't expect that the emperor would issue an imperial edict, so that you wouldn't even have a chance to refuse, did you?" Seeing the entanglement on her face, Lu Shi sighed.

Lin Qingran's silence also has something to do with it. How can the emperor's imperial decree decide on her life's major events, and she can't resist or refuse, she must obey.

In case you match yourself with a crooked melon and cracked dates, the emperor will not take any responsibility for the will of your own how you live this day. In the end, it is she who lives the life, and she has to bear it all by herself.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingran looked up at Mrs. Lu, "Mother, have you seen that Shao Ziyu?"

Mrs. Lu was taken aback, why did she ask such a question, but her daughter had a puzzled look on her face, Mrs. Lu smiled, "You don't know who Shao Ziyu is?"

Lin Qingran pursed her lips, "I only know one young master of the Shao family, that is, the fifth young master of the Shao family. I met him once in the palace six years ago. I don't know who Shao Ziyu is."

When he said this, even Li's mother laughed, "My lady, these days, aren't you always talking about the injury of the young master of the Shao family? Is there any problem if you hurt your own head after saving you?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Lin Qingran saw that her mother and Li's mother were laughing, and she didn't react for a while. Lu patted her forehead helplessly, "This time you have a chance to ask him how he is hurt. .”

Lin Qingran was dumbfounded for a few seconds, and the image of meeting the fifth young master of the Shao family for the first time flashed in his mind, the second time he met him at Enze Temple, then Zuyin Temple, and then Lin Qingran raised the volume and shouted , "He is Shao Ziyu!"

After talking about it, Lin Qingran felt that something was wrong. Counting the time he saved her in the palace, they had met at least four times. How could she not have thought that the fifth young master of the Shao family was Shao Ziyu.

"You never thought about the name of the fifth young master of the Shao family who saved you." When Lu asked, Lin Qingran nodded sincerely, "You didn't tell me what the fifth young master of the Shao family was called."

"Miss, you didn't ask, we thought you knew." Li's mother smiled, and Lin Qingran looked awkward. She always called him that, when she was in Enze Temple, she called him Young Master Shao. Unexpectedly, Shao Ziyu, the grandson of Master Shaohou, was him in the imperial decree.

Mrs. Lu signaled Mama Li to go out, sat down and took her hand and said gently, "Mother originally wanted to discuss marriage with you next year, you are still young, your father and I are not in a hurry."

Speaking of Lu's pause, she gently brushed the hair on Lin Qingran's ear, with a gentle expression, "Our fifth son is an adult, and we are going to get married soon."

(End of this chapter)