Volume 1 The First Path to Cultivation Chapter 14 The Prime Minister's Mansion Visits the Door to Propose Marriage
As soon as the lord and his wife returned to the study and sat down, they heard hurried footsteps outside the door, and after a while, someone knocked on the door, and the lord was also a little unhappy, and put the cup in his hand on the table heavily, and said, "Come in!"
A servant hurriedly came in, knelt down and said, "Master, great joy, the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion has come to our house with a dowry!"
"What?" said the lord and the lady, standing up and walking up to the servant, "What you said is true?"
"Master, it's true, the people of the whole city have spread the word, and I am afraid that it will come soon. The servant did not dare to lie, and replied respectfully.
The eldest man of the Li family, who heard this, put his hands behind his back, thought for a moment, and ordered: "You go down and prepare to greet you, and I will arrive later!"
After speaking, he ignored the servant, turned to his wife and said, "The dowry was originally scheduled for a month later, why did you come to the door in advance?"
Seeing this, the lady comforted: "Master, don't worry, it must be that Yang Gongzi can't bear it and wants to get married earlier, isn't this a good thing for our family?"
The man stroked his beard lightly and said, "I always feel that something is wrong, just come with me to meet you!" After saying that, after walking a few steps, there was a sudden stop, and the woman who followed almost hit the man.
The man turned around and said, "You go and send someone to inform Quan'er first, and then come to the front hall." ”
The woman said she was retiring.
When she came to her daughter's room again, the maid Xiaohuan was still guarding the door, and when she saw that Mrs. turned around again, she thought that she was going to enter the house to see Miss again, but she never thought that Mrs. hesitated for a moment, called her over, and said: "Xiaohuan, tell Miss, just say that the Prime Minister's Mansion has come to propose!"
The maid's eyes widened, and she was stunned for a while, thinking that she had misheard, and seeing that the lady was not joking, she nodded her head in response. The woman looked at her daughter's boudoir, sighed, and turned away.
The maid saw that the lady was far away, so she gently pushed the door open and entered the house, the girl was washing the face towel of the unconscious boy at this time, and was startled when she saw the maid suddenly come in, and said, "What's the matter, panic?"
"Miss, no, Yang Gongzi has come to propose marriage with a dowry, and the person should have arrived!" the maid hurriedly closed the door and ran over to take the girl's hand and said.
"What? Isn't it still a month before you come to the door to propose? How can it be advanced?" The girl subconsciously glanced at the young man on the bed, a little unsure if her idea was right, but said to the maid: "No matter what, you can't let them enter this door, otherwise you and I, and even the entire Li family will suffer!"
"Yes, Miss!" The maid also vaguely knew something, the Li family treated herself well, and she had to report to Miss Quan today no matter what.
In the front hall of the Li family, the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the matchmaker had already arrived, and this Yang Gongzi stepped forward, hugged his fists and said: "Uncle and aunt, the boy is really a little abrupt to come this time, but he is thinking about the Qingquan girl day and night, please go to the matchmaker here, come over first with the dowry, and look at Uncle Haihan." ”
The head of the Li family laughed, picked up the respectful young master in front of him, and there was no discomfort for a while, and said: "Young Master Yang, what are you talking about, the young master is here in the mansion, it is our honor." ”
The young master of the Yang family hurriedly spoke: "Uncle, don't do this, call me Yang Xian, we will be a family in the future, and the young master will not dare to be anything." ”
After saying this, the young master of the Yang family glanced back at the servant who had reported the news before, and then turned back to the Li family master and said, "Oh, uncle, I heard that Miss Qingquan saved a man before, I don't know how this man's injury is?" I happened to bring a healing elixir ......" After speaking, he looked at the Li family master with a sincere face.
The head of the Li family and his wife were obviously stunned for a moment, and then thinking of their daughter's situation before, both of them had some guesses, but they still replied: "I don't know how the young master heard about it? ”
The young master of the Yang family looked at the expression of the man in front of him as if he was not fake, gritted his teeth, and said, "I wonder if Miss Qingquan is in the house at this time?"
The woman glanced at her master and said, "Quan'er is indeed in the house at this time, but she went to the Xianren Lake outside the city to play before, and she was a little tired at this time and fell asleep. ”
The young master in front of Mrs. stroked his forehead lightly, and said with some regret: "Oh, it's really a pity, today's proposal was originally intended to ask Miss Qingquan what she meant, to see if she acted according to the original plan or how, what did you say, uncle and aunt?"
The woman hesitated for a moment, and was about to answer when she was stopped by the old man, who said, "Yes, at this time, I still want to ask what Quan'er means." But Quan'er, as a girl's family, has a boudoir at this time, so I'm afraid it will be inconvenient, so it's better to ......"
Halfway through the words, the young master of the Yang family interrupted: "Uncle, don't worry, the matchmaker also came to the door today, so I want to discuss this matter well, so let the matchmaker ask, right?"
A woman came out behind the young master of the Yang family, a little fat, but a huge black mole above the corner of her mouth was very eye-catching, it was the matchmaker who said the matchmaker before, smiled and said, "Then the villain will go and ask." He glanced at the young master of the Yang family, then nodded, and bent over.
"Uncle and aunt, then we will wait here. ”
The master of the Li family nodded, "Since the young master said so, then please come with me." ”
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The matchmaker, led by the servants of the Li family, soon came to Li Qingquan's boudoir and was about to go up and knock on the door. However, Xiaohuan was guarding outside the door, so he naturally stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Who are you, why did you trespass on Miss's boudoir?"
The matchmaker crooked her lips and snorted coldly: "Who am I? I am the matchmaker appointed by the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion today, and I want to ask your young lady about something, why don't you get out of the way?"
The maid said in her heart, sure enough, the Yang Mansion sent someone to come, so she couldn't go in, "Miss has already fallen asleep at this time, and I will talk about anything when Miss wakes up." ”
The matchmaker thought to herself that she was a little underestimating this maid, but when someone else heard about the Prime Minister's Mansion, where would she dare to stop her?" "What a big boldness! Yang Gongzi is still in the front hall of your house, do you want the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion to wait for your young lady to wake up? What a big shelf?"
After speaking, he didn't care about the maid, he was about to break forward, where could the teenage little maid compare to the matchmaker, and shouted while stopping: "You can't go in, the young lady is still sleeping, you ......"
"Xiaohuan, you let her in!" came the young lady's voice from the room.
The maid hesitated for a moment, "But ......"
The matchmaker took this opportunity to push the door in, and the maid had to follow behind.
But at this time, the young lady was lying on the bed, looking like she hadn't woken up, where did the previous teenager go?
The matchmaker looked inside the house as she entered, and did not find any unusual figures in the circle, could it be that the servant had seen it wrong?
But at this time, the girl lying on the bed suddenly spoke: "You are so bold, why do you disturb Miss Ben's sleep?"
The matchmaker smiled, the black mole on her face was quite disgusting, and the little maid on the side was disgusted, and bowed to the girl and said, "Miss, the old woman obeyed Yang Gongzi's orders and came to ask Miss about her views on the marriage between the two families." ”
"Oh, is that why you dare to trespass into the future young lady's boudoir?"
When the matchmaker heard this, she didn't know that she had offended the girl in front of her, if she could really become a young lady in the future, where would she be able to save her life? Quickly knelt down and quickly kowtowed, and said: "Ouch, Miss spare her life, the old woman obeys Yang Gongzi's orders, is it difficult to disobey the order, otherwise it will give the old woman a hundred guts, and the old woman will not dare to trespass on the door of the young lady's room!"
The girl just snorted coldly, as if she was extremely disgusted with the matchmaker in front of her, and wanted to send her away quickly, so she said: "As for the marriage, it is still according to the previous plan, you can go." ”
The matchmaker was relieved when she heard this, and looked up slightly at the bottom of the girl's bed, which was empty, so she frowned and kowtowed a few more times before getting up, "The old woman is not delaying the young lady's rest, and she will leave." ”
Looking at the departing matchmaker, the maid Xiaohuan looked at the young lady in surprise, of course, not surprised by the performance of the young lady just now, but where did the unconscious young man go?
The matchmaker returned to the front hall, saw that Yang Gongzi and the Li family master were chatting happily, walked to Yang Gongzi's ear and whispered a few words, and then retreated into the crowd.
Seeing this, Yang Gongzi's expression on his face remained unchanged, but he just wanted the head of the Li family to clench his fists and said, "Since the matchmaker has returned, Miss Qingquan's meaning is still according to the previous plan, then I won't bother today and leave." ”
After speaking, he stood up and wanted to leave, but turned back and said, "Uncle, since I have already brought the dowry, it is inconvenient for me to take it away, so I will stay." You don't have to send each other. ”
The head of the Li family stood in front of the court, holding hands and sending him off.
The young master of the Yang family turned around and walked out of the Li family, where was the previous smile on his face, he actually became extremely gloomy, glanced back at the plaque of the Li family, waved his sleeves vigorously, and left angrily.