Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 43

In the evening, Lin Wenxi sent Eunuch Gui away and went back to Luoying Courtyard. Lin Qingran had already returned to listen to Nuan Pavilion. The husband and wife sat down, and Lu said, "What did Eunuch Gui say, why did the emperor suddenly grant the marriage?"

Lin Wenxi shook his head, "Eunuch Gui said that the emperor suddenly wanted to grant the marriage, but five or six days ago, Lord Shao went to the palace to ask for a meeting, and left after more than an hour. At that time, the emperor left only Eunuch Liu alone in the palace. Father-in-law Liu Jin is a person who doesn’t eat food, and only listens to the emperor’s orders.” Anyone who can get news from Eunuch Liu must have been told by the emperor’s order on purpose.

"Master Shao has been ill for a while." At the end of March, Lu went to the Shao Mansion to thank him. Master Shao was still ill, and he has not recovered until now.

"Is there any urgent matter to go to see the emperor when he is sick, I'm afraid it's for his grandson's marriage." Lin Wenxi's guess was almost the same, and Lu was taken aback, "You mean, the emperor gave Wu'er this marriage, Lord Shao asked for it."

Lin Wenxi nodded, "It should be so." At the beginning when the emperor mentioned his daughter several times in front of him, he had a vague premonition that he could not decide the child's marriage. You have to think about the reasons for this.

There was a hint of reluctance in Lu's expression, and he didn't show it in front of his daughter just now. Now that the couple are facing each other, Lu has no scruples, "The Shao family is such a big family, and it's very chaotic inside. By Hou Ye's side, when Shao Hou Ye leaves, this child has no father or mother, and we Ran'er will marry him, so we will have to suffer with him."

He is also a quiet person. He experienced those things when he was a child. If he had a gloomy temper, he would have wronged his daughter too much in such a day.

The more Lu thinks about it, the more he feels that this marriage is too deceitful. The Lin family is not as big a family as the Shao family, and the ancestral foundation accumulated by several generations, but the Lin family does not have the bad things of the Shao family. Take care of it. There's no reason for your daughter to be thrown into the wolf's den.

Lin Wenxi smiled, "It's not as scary as the wolf den you mentioned."

The Lu family glared at him, "Why isn't it a wolf's den? When Master Shao goes, will the eldest son inherit the title or the eldest son inherit the title? The Shao family may be in chaos. Who would care about such a disliked person?" talking child."

"Maybe this is why Master Shao asked for marriage." Lin Wenxi said after a pause.

When he said this, Lu also understood that Master Shao was worried that his grandson would have a bad life in Shao's house after he left, and those who had no father or mother would be bullied, so he found him a daughter-in-law with a strong mother's backing .

The women from the aristocratic family are good and have high status, but there are many children in the aristocratic family, and it is difficult to take care of them in the end. The Lin family is different. Who needs to help, the daughters of the same family are all heartbroken, and the mother's family will help if something goes wrong, and there is an equally simple grandparent's family, all of these are more than the honor on the surface.

After complaining, the Lu family also knows the fait accompli, and now they have to find out everything the Shao family can find out, and know more, so that their daughter won't be at a loss after she gets married.

The Lin family here has an imperial decree, and the Shao family naturally also has an imperial edict. Like the Lin family, the Shao family was also very surprised when they received the imperial edict. Xiao Wu rescued the fifth girl of the Lin family on the Empress Dowager’s birthday. In a few months, the emperor granted the marriage.

Shao Ziyu received the imperial decree, and everyone stood up. Lord Shao, who got up from the sickbed to receive the decree, was supported by his eldest son and went to the father-in-law who announced the decree.

Liu Jin took the red envelope and put it in her sleeve, and also cupped her hands in congratulations, "Congratulations to Marquis Shao, the Holy Majesty said, this is a good story about chess fate."

Grandpa Shao looked at Liu Jin with a smile, "Eunuch Liu, may we have a gathering at the mansion when you have time."

Liu Jin waved her hand, "The little one has to go back and report back, Shaohou Mansion, take care of yourself."

After sending Liu Jin and others away, Master Shao ordered someone to enshrine the imperial decree, and asked the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law to complete the matter. Mrs. Gu, who was sitting on the seat, always watched with a calm expression.

When it came to when to propose marriage, Mrs. Gu said, "The fifth girl of the Lin family is still young, and Xiao Wu is not in a hurry. A few days ago, the doctor didn't say that this injury needs to be taken care of. If so, the day of marriage proposal It was chosen after the autumn, and when the horoscope is matched, the wedding date should be set for the fifth girl of the Lin family and the empress Ji."

The imperial decree has already been issued, so Lord Shao is naturally not in a hurry, nor will he urge his daughter-in-law to do this matter. This is a marriage gift, and the emperor is in charge. If the Shao family neglects it, it will be disrespectful to the emperor. Don't need someone to remind you.

So he beckoned to Shao Ziyu, "You discuss it, Ziyu, help grandfather go back."

Watching the grandparents and grandchildren walk away from the hall, Mrs. Shao Mrs. Jin came to support Mrs. Shao, and asked for instructions, "Mother, how should we give our betrothal gift when the time comes."

Mrs. Shao's eyes skipped over Mrs. Shao's who was following her, and then stopped on Mrs. Shao, and said steadily, "Give it as you want, you are the one who has drunk the daughter-in-law's tea. It should be counted."

"You have discussed it with the second daughter-in-law, and it's enough to report back after the discussion." After saying that, Mrs. Shao didn't want her to help her, and she walked out of the hall, walking in the same direction as Master Shao.

In the hall, Mrs. Jin and Mrs. He glanced at each other, Mrs. Jin smiled and said, "Sisters and sisters, since mother has ordered the date to be after autumn, I don't think there is any rush now, let's discuss this matter in two months. "

"Just listen to sister-in-law." Mrs. He smiled gently, watching Mrs. Jin take people out. At this time, there were only two couples left in the hall. Mrs. He glanced at her husband, and Shao Changrui nodded, "We also go back."

Master Shaohou took Shao Ziyu back, and the steward helped him to sit down and went out. Master Shaohou looked at his grandson and heaved a sigh of relief. The marriage was finally done.

"Ziyu, the other courtyard you live in is where your parents lived. Do you want to live in another courtyard, or stay there?" Shao Ziyu shook his head.

"Then renovate and build a new residence in the Chenxiang Courtyard." Master Shao Hou said, Shao Ziyu nodded or shook his head, this kind of scene has always been like this all these years.

When it came to the end, Shao Ziyu took out a blueprint from his bosom, Lord Shao took a look at it, and smiled, "Ziyu has a heart."

The corner of Shao Ziyu's mouth twitched, and the manager at the door reported that the old lady had come.

Lord Shao asked Shao Ziyu to go back first, and Mrs. Gu walked in and waited for the people in the room to leave, then sat down and looked at Lord Shao, with some sarcasm in his eyes, "Why, are you afraid that I won't choose one for your precious grandson? The door is a good marriage, so I hurriedly went to Shengshang to beg a girl from the Lin family to come back."

Master Shao frowned slightly. Ever since he brought Xiao Wu with him to raise him, his wife always spoke with thorns, and she was able to give way at the beginning. After a long time, Lord Shao also felt tired and squinted his eyes. , admitted directly, "Chang Zhong and his wife left early, leaving Xiao Wu alone. Now the marriage is bestowed by the Holy One, which is considered a matter of concern."

It's fine if he doesn't admit it, Mrs. Gu can still deceive himself a bit, but now he just admits directly that he asked for the imperial decree, and found a grandson's daughter-in-law from a tough natal family for his grandson, and Mrs. Gu's heart is even more panicked.

She can stand on her own aura in front of others in the Shao family, but when facing her husband, even when she is older, she still has this daughter's family.

"Shao Ying, are you worthy of me and my three sons?" Gu began to cry as she spoke. Although she was old, she could vaguely see the old Gu on her face, "I have been married to you for so many years, I have What, what did you give me, you gave her the imperial order and the identity of the first wife, and now you are still afraid that I will harm her grandson, so you want to ask him to marry him by imperial decree."

Weeping in decline, rambling about the events of the year.

Everyone has her grievances, and everyone has unexplained helplessness inside. Master Shao raised his head and looked out of the window, hearing his wife's low sobs.

After a long time, Master Shaohou said, "At least you are still alive, aren't you?"

Gu looked up at him, his eyes were still looking out of the window, he didn't know what he was thinking, the tears fell even more violently
Half a month has passed since the edict was issued, and the Lin family has not seen any movement from the Shao family. The Lu family has received a letter from the second wife of the Shao family, stating that Shao Ziyu's injuries have not fully recovered. After discussing with her, Mrs. Shao, Seeing that the two children are still young, the date of marriage proposal was arranged after the autumn, so it was arranged according to the trend, and Jiji would have to pass when they got married.

Mrs. Lu couldn't tell what kind of mood she was in. The head of the Shao family was the eldest wife of the Shao family, and it was the second wife of the Shao family who replied. It is not clear who is in charge of this marriage.

Lin Qingran was a little happy that the Shao family's marriage proposal would be after autumn, and now at the beginning of June, she still had time to go to Chongzhou with her eldest cousin.

Lu looked at her helplessly, "You girl, the Shao family is not so sincere, and you are so happy."

"Mother, you also said that the third and fourth houses of the Shao family are all from Mrs. Shao, and the second and fifth rooms are brothers, so Mrs. Shao sent you a letter to explain that you also have a I guess, the Shao family doesn’t get along with me, I’m afraid I’m fighting against each other.” In the past half a month, Lin Qingran has made up for the things about the Shao family, and the Shao family’s delay in proposing marriage sounds reasonable, isn’t it the emperor? They were not very comfortable in giving the marriage, they were not very comfortable and did not dare to do it too obviously, so they used Shao Ziyu's unhealed injury as a name, and they were not afraid of what the Lin family would say, because Shao Ziyu would be injured because they wanted to save her.

Hearing what her daughter said was straightforward, Mrs. Lu didn't know whether to worry or rest assured. She was a fast learner, and she was afraid that she would be easy to suffer if she was arrogant and didn't take these things seriously.

"Mom, since the Shao family said so, then you let me go to Chongzhou with my cousin and sister-in-law. I won't be able to go out like this when the Shao family comes to propose marriage after autumn." Lin Qingran was injured in the past two months It was all planned, and when the imperial decree came down, she thought her plan must be in vain, and now the Shao family deliberately postponed it, just as she wanted.

"Okay, I didn't say I won't agree to you. Now that you have different identities, don't let your own temper decide what you want, and discuss it with your cousin." Mrs. Lu instructed her again before letting her go back to pack her things.

On the eighth day of June, Lin Qingran set off from Luodu City to Chongzhou by water with her cousin and sister-in-law.
(End of this chapter)