Chapter 118: Locked up

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Cheng Song's marriage really broke Mrs. Cheng's heart!

Mrs. Cheng introduced several wives to Cheng Song, all of whom were female dependents who had some relatives with the Cheng family.

Cheng Song stepped forward to salute one by one, and then looked at his grandmother, Mrs. Cheng, and said, "Old lady, you asked Jixiang to call me back urgently, but what's the matter?"

Old Lady Cheng glanced at Cheng Song with disgust, "What's the matter? I can't summon you back if it's okay? You have been so crazy these days, you actually lived in the barracks, and you didn't even go home!"

Cheng Song smiled, "If you can't go to Beiguan, you can play in the barracks, so as not to stiffen your body." ”

Mrs. Cheng sighed helplessly, and she didn't say much in front of outsiders.

A round-faced slightly chubby woman sitting at the bottom of Mrs. Cheng looked at Cheng Song and said with a smile: "The prince really looks good. ”

Cheng Song smiled awkwardly, "Thank you for your compliment." ”

He remembered that this lady was a relative of Mrs. Cheng's mother's family, and her husband's surname was Huang.

"The prince is also seventeen years old this year, right?" said Mrs. Huang, "I heard the old lady say that she hasn't talked about family affairs yet?

Mrs. Cheng glanced at Mrs. Huang, and a smile curled up on her lips. She couldn't ask, and the guest should always answer politely when she asked.

Duchess Lu frowned slightly, she knew Cheng Song's stubborn temper. Don't look at the smile on his face from time to time, but once it touches on what he doesn't want to do, he is the master who says he has a cold face. This Mrs. Huang asked these questions when she came to the house for the first time, I am afraid that Cheng Song will not like it.

Sure enough, Cheng Song lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "Men are ambitious in all directions, why should you be in a hurry to marry a wife?"

"Well, you can't say that. Mrs. Huang said enthusiastically, "Starting a family, starting a family, starting a family, a man starts a family first and then starts a business." The son is the only son of Lu Guogong, and he is responsible for passing on the lineage and continuing the incense. ”

"Ahem. Mrs. Cheng didn't expect Mrs. Huang to say such a thing, so she couldn't help coughing twice in a little anxious.

Mrs. Huang's words will inevitably make the Duchess of Lu Guo and the Lan family uncomfortable. After all, when a woman marries into her husband's family, she wants to spread the branches, but the Lan family only gave birth to a son for Lu Guogong, and there are no other concubines and concubines in Lu Guogong's backyard, so it is the Lan family's shortcomings as a wife.

Mrs. Cheng is not dissatisfied with the Lan family's daughter-in-law, even if she only has such a grandson as Cheng Song, she has never sent a girl or aunt to her son's backyard.

Mrs. Huang didn't mean to understand Mrs. Cheng's cough, maybe she didn't mean it. Still looking at Cheng Song with a smiling face: "I heard that there is another general election in the palace, if the prince doesn't settle down earlier, I'm afraid it will be ...... next year."

"Mrs. Huang bothered to think about it. Cheng Song unceremoniously interrupted Mrs. Huang's words, looked coldly at the smiling chubby woman and said coldly, "I think that the descendants of the Huang family must have many sons and blessings, and the children and grandchildren are full of grandchildren." ”

Mrs. Huang was speechless and looked at Cheng Song with wide eyes. She probably didn't expect a junior to be rude to her as an elder!

"Brother Song, don't be rude!" Old Lady Cheng shouted in a deep voice, "Quickly apologize to your Aunt Huang." ”

Although Mrs. Huang was too lenient and offended the Duchess of Lu Guo by what she said, she was a guest in the end. Cheng Song was a little rude.

Cheng Song didn't mind, and apologized to Mrs. Huang, "The younger generation is rude, please don't blame Mrs." ”

Mrs. Huang stiffened in embarrassment, "It's nothing, it's nothing." ”

Mrs. Huang said these words to please Mrs. Cheng, because this year there are two girls in her family who are going to enter the palace to run for election, one of which is her own daughter. She wanted to use the power of the Lu State Mansion to let her daughter stay in the palace with holy favors. If they can be favored and give birth to a son and a half daughter, their Huang family is also a relative of the emperor!

As a result, in order to shoot Mrs. Cheng's sycophant, she offended Cheng Shizi!

Mrs. Cheng hurriedly opened her mouth to relieve the siege and said, "Mrs. Huang is also kind. Speaking of which, I don't know if the matter of this general election has really been decided? Beiguan is not yet peaceful, and the saint is afraid that he has no intention of drafting, right?"

"It should be decided. Mrs. Liang answered beside her, "The barbarians outside Beiguan are not enough for my Great Wei to fear, and I think that this time the imperial court will send troops to surrender soon." The saint has not had a draft for five years, and the queen mother and the queen mother both felt that it was time to add some newcomers to the harem, so they revealed the news first. Of course, this can only be done with the nod of the Holy One. ”

"It's the holy lord's harem, but the princes and other royal children should also marry wives or add people. Mrs. Feng echoed, "There are also some courtiers and ministers who are highly regarded by the Holy Lord. In the last draft, didn't the saint marry a few courtiers? ”

Cheng Song listened to Mrs. Feng's words, and raised his eyebrows.

This is not good news! In case Emperor Xuanwen messes up with mandarin ducks on a whim, it won't be fun to point him to a woman!

Old Lady Cheng stole a glance at Cheng Song's expression, this is the purpose for her to call her grandson back! Isn't he in a hurry to marry a wife? But if the emperor gives him a marriage, will he dare to refuse?

If you don't want to be married, you have to find a suitable daughter to marry.

Several wives chatted with Mrs. Cheng about the draft, and Cheng Song came to her mother Lan's side.

Lan was listening to the three wives of Huang, Liang, and Feng, and when they saw their son coming, they would look at him with disgust.

Cheng Song stood beside Lan with a smile and whispered in Nanshuo: "If my mother is not used to such occasions, she will not come next time." ”

Lan frowned and said in Da Wei's words: "Don't be rude. ”

When Lan first came to Dawei, she was given a marriage to Cheng Yuan because of the language barrier, but fortunately, her husband was considerate and her mother-in-law was kind, and she was able to understand and speak most of the Dawei language after a year, and Cheng Yuan also learned Nanshuo language.

After Cheng Song was born, when Lan was with his son, Nanshuo and Dawei spoke crosswise, and over time, Cheng Song also learned Nanshuo language. But the mother and son rarely speak Nanshuo in public, which makes people wonder if they are saying something that is not suitable for others to hear.

Cheng Song raised his eyebrows and stopped talking, and he couldn't leave, so he had to stand aside and listen.

Mrs. Huang was embarrassed for a while after being rejected by Cheng Song, but after chatting, she reverted to her old ways.

"Old lady, I didn't say it. Mrs. Huang said earnestly, "In this draft, the good girls have all been selected, and if your brother Song doesn't hurry up, I'm afraid it will be ...... Oops, I'm talking and meddling again. ”

Mrs. Huang deliberately patted her lips in embarrassment and stopped talking.

Mrs. Cheng thought the same thing. If there is really a general election in the palace next spring, then a decree will definitely be issued before this year. When the time comes, before the official book, those who do not want to enter the palace will marry their daughters in a hurry! Those who are picky on weekdays will not pick at this time, and they will almost get married! Those who want to send their daughters to the palace have also begun to stop talking about their relatives, and look around for the old palace maids who came out of the palace to enter the palace to teach.

Either way, there will definitely not be a few marriageable girls left after the election. Those who are not yet thirteen years old will have to grow up in two or three years, is it possible that Cheng Song will have to wait for another two or three years?

The three ladies sat and chatted for a while before leaving one after another, and Mrs. Huang also took Mrs. Cheng's hand and whispered a few words before leaving.

After the relatives and daughters were sent away, Mrs. Cheng looked at Cheng Song with a calm face, "You heard it just now, right? Don't worry, the good girls have been picked away or married! Or are you waiting for the Holy Lord to give you a marriage?"

Cheng Song hooked the corners of his mouth and said to Mrs. Cheng: "How can good girls be picked up or married? I am not in a hurry to get married in the past two years, what if I get married in forty?"

"Forty years old?" Mrs. Cheng was so angry that she slapped the corner of the couch, "You want me to die without turning a blind eye! When you get married at the age of forty, can I, the old woman, still see you marry a wife and have children? You unfilial thing!"

Cheng Song smiled and arched his hand: "Old lady, you will definitely live a long life!"

"Don't fool me!" Mrs. Cheng pulled someone down and decided how to let Cheng Song settle the family affairs before the end of the year this time, "From tomorrow onwards, you will not be allowed to go out of the house to fool around! When the family affairs are settled, when will you go out again!"

"Old lady!" Cheng Song screamed, "The grandson is not a girl's family, so how can he stay in the house all day long?"

Mrs. Cheng snorted, "You can't stay at home if you're not a girl?" read books and practice calligraphy, even if you want to practice martial arts, your eldest brother is here, and I can't help you!"

Cheng Song still wanted to argue, but Duchess Lu opened her mouth, "Song'er, the old lady is also for your good." If you are disobedient again, let your father speak to you. ”

Cheng Song heard his mother carry out his father, so he stopped squeaking.

Lu Guogong is a dutiful son, although he also hopes that his son can become a man who defends the Great Wei and stands up to the sky, but he can't ignore the thoughts of his mother and wife. As long as it is not involved in the major affairs of the imperial court, Lu Guogong has always stood on the side of Mrs. Cheng and his wife in the mansion.

Cheng Song didn't move, but his face was full of unwillingness.

Bai Li Mile Song really doesn't go out anymore, but after the old lady Night Mile rested early, he went out of the house over the wall!

Lu Guogong and his wife naturally knew that their son would not stay in the house in peace, so they also turned a blind eye to Cheng Song's circumvention of the wall and pretended not to know, anyway, they would come back at dawn.

Cheng Song spent a hard day at home during the day, and went out to meet friends at night.

Half a year after returning to Beijing, in addition to Zhao Xi of the Liang Palace, Cheng Song also made some like-minded children of the family. Among these people, there are literati, warriors, and warriors. Just by talking, everyone became friends.

Cheng Song entered the Taiyuan Building, the largest restaurant in the capital, on the third floor of the private room Heming Xuan. There were already three or five people sitting in the private room, and they all laughed when they saw Cheng Song come in.

"Cheng Ziyu, did you come out of the wall again tonight?" someone quipped.

Cheng Song glanced at the man, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Why do you say you want to fight with your old lady?" Xiao Liuye of the Fenyang Hou Mansion shook his fan and said with a smile, "Just marry someone who looks pleasing to the eye, and the old lady will naturally let you go out." ”

"Whatever?" Cheng Song picked up the flask and poured himself a glass of wine, picked it up and squinted at Xiao Liu, "Why don't you marry one casually?"

Seeing that Cheng Song threw the conversation on his head again, Xiao Liu raised his eyebrows and pouted, "I'm already engaged." If the palace election is true, I am afraid that we will have to get married at the end of this year or early next year. ”

When it comes to getting married, the teenagers here who have not yet said their family affairs are all worried.

"Why does the eldest husband have no wife, it's really annoying to be urged so much at home!" Li Zaiqi, the third master of the military department's squire, said with annoyance, "In the past few days, my family has been saying goodbye to me, and I have said that those women are so good and wonderful, but I secretly inquired about ......."

Li Zaiqi didn't say the rest of the words, but it was hard to say when I thought about it!

There are many nobles and officials in Beijing, but nowadays they pay attention to the right family, and not all the girls of any family can marry into the high gate, or the sons and daughters of any family can marry a noble girl!

A group of depressed gentlemen who were forced to marry by their families sat in the restaurant and sighed, while those who were already married shook their heads and laughed at the excitement.

Cheng Song came out to relax, but not to accompany others to be depressed.

"Come on, don't want this, let's drink!" Cheng Song raised the wine cup and said loudly.

Li Zaiqi put aside his troubles and raised his glass, "Yes! Ziyu is right! Drink!"

The teenagers quickly put aside their annoyances and began to push the cups and change them.

"I heard that the county lord of Minyi of the Liang Wangfu went out of Beijing to visit the county lord of Jingyi, and after he came back, he fell seriously ill, and he has not recovered yet. Li Zaiqi turned his wine glass, his eyes were slightly confused, "The county lord of Liang Wangfu's Minyi is a delicate beauty, if anyone can marry her, they have to treat her as an aunt and a baby, otherwise...... Otherwise, King Liang and her two brothers would not spare their husband's family!"

Cheng Song was drinking wine, and when he heard the words "Jingyi County Lord", he couldn't help but move his ears.

"Li Zaiqi, you don't know everything. Xiao Liuye hiccuped and smiled, "I was the one who went to visit the county lord of Jingyi that day...... My cousin came back and said that the county lord of Jingyi was in a bad mood because she was divorced by her husband's family, and the county lord of Minyi and my cousin went to visit her. ”

"Your cousin?" Li Zaiqi frowned and recalled, "Isn't the Pingxi Hou Mansion in Xiguan?"

Cheng Song turned the wine cup and glanced at Xiao Liuye.

Xiao Liuye drank a little too much, holding his cheeks in one hand and the round-bellied wine bottle in the other, and said: "Mrs. Pingxi Hou is my aunt, and the eldest girl of the Hou Mansion is naturally my cousin." This girl didn't know what was going on, she suddenly ran from Xiguan to the capital alone two months ago! The four guards who entered Beijing with her were my uncle, who learned that his daughter had run away and was afraid that something would happen to her, and he hurriedly sent them out to chase after her. Fortunately, I caught up with my cousin on the road, otherwise a little girl ran all the way from Xiguan to the capital, and she might have encountered something. ”

Li Zaiqi was speechless, "Your cousin is so powerful! How dare she run from Xiguan to the capital alone? Why did she come?"

Xiao Liuye listened to Li Zaiqi's inquiry, his narrow eyes drifted towards Cheng Song, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be hooked with a smile, "It's just my daughter's heart, she only said that she missed her grandfather before she ran over." ”

Cheng Song didn't care about Xiao Liuye's glance, but frowned and thought that Wu Ruyue actually went to Yunhezhuang?