Chapter 270: Asking for Marriage
"What you said is true?" Even if he knew in his heart that Chang Sui must have confirmed it before reporting it to himself, Shi Jingze couldn't help but want to confirm it again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Chang Sui nodded: "This is what the official media Gan Media's wife said herself." I asked a few boys to check, and those helpers even collected the money. ”
Shi Jingze frowned, this prince is too unauthentic! When did he say that he asked to marry Xu Wanzhen as a side concubine? In this way, those people in Beijing will think that the Anguo Mansion is working for the prince.
Isn't this a strong buy and a strong sell?!
Over the years, my father and myself have paid so much, just because they don't want to get in the way of the emperor's eyes, so that the Anguo Mansion can live in peace.
The crown prince is the emperor's favorite son, and if he has a relationship with him, he is afraid that the emperor will be suspicious. Who let the first emperor stand on the side of King Ruyang when he was there? It is a great luck to be able to keep the plaque of the Anguo Mansion.
At present, the struggle between Empress Cao and the crown prince is gradually surfacing, and the Anguo Mansion must no longer be involved in the battle for succession. The stakes are high and must be discussed with the father immediately.
Shi Jingze's face was solemn, swept away the lazy atmosphere he had shown in the past, and rode his horse to the Anguo Mansion.
It was night, and the lights in the study of the Anguo Mansion were not extinguished until the hour.
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In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the soldiers of Anximen opened the city gate, Gan Matchmaker led a group of people out of the city and went straight to the northern suburbs.
She rode a mule at the head, and several helpers behind her carried it on their shoulders, all of which were bride prices with red silk, cloth rulers, fine wine, three animals, four Beijing fruits, four colors of sugar, and so on. There are also gongs and drums, and the drum music is noisy along the way.
More than ten people in this group opened their posture and went to the mountain.
The villagers who came to catch the morning market avoided the roadside and looked sideways, who didn't know that the "Songxi Academy" was on the mountain?
Although there are villages around the academy, even if it is the village head, there will be no famous matchmaker in the capital to come to the door in person, let alone have such pomp. It's just a door-to-door kiss, besides the Tu family, who else is qualified?
The group walked slowly with the bride price, and the prince ordered to make the matter bigger. Mrs. Gan deliberately walked slowly, so that more people could see it, so that it could be publicized. The carriage could reach the road in half an hour, and they walked for more than an hour.
The Tu family had already gotten the news, and the Li family hurried to the Lin family's room. There are only two daughters of the Tu family, Tu Manfen has already decided on a family affair, is it for Tu Manzhen?
But he hasn't seen the family affairs for Manzhen, thinking that his daughter is still young, and it is not too late to discuss the marriage after the marriage.
Which family is so reckless that they directly invited the official media to come to the door without even starting to discuss their relatives? Li was angry, if he didn't agree, where would his daughter's reputation go?
Old Madam Xu also got the news and couldn't help but be a little worried. The school-age daughters who live here, in addition to Tu Manzhen and Xu Wanzhen.
After yesterday's uproar in Nanshi, many people in Beijing know what happened. But the Tu family is far away in the northern suburbs, and the Lin family and Mrs. Xu are in the back house, and the news is far from being so well-informed, and what happened yesterday evening has not yet reached their ears.
Although Tu Hongyi is teaching in Guozijian, where can he care about these trivial matters in the market? He can't hear these rumors.
Therefore, no one in the Tu family knew the purpose of Gan Matchmaker's door.
Mrs. Gan and her entourage arrived at the gate of Tu's house lively, and the porter took her message and went to report the news.
After a while, Wu Niangzi invited them to the side door, and the bride price was placed outside the second door.
Mrs. Gan smiled and said, "This lady, I am here to marry the eldest lady of the Xu family, dare to ask Mrs. Xu if she is there?"
Hexiang, who was looking for news in the second gate, heard this and breathed a sigh of relief, it was not for the second lady to come. Hurried to Hongyi Temple, the old lady and the eldest lady were still waiting to hear the letter.
Wu Niangzi nodded and said, "Dare to ask which son it is?"
Mrs. Gan raised her head, her face full of triumph: "This is a well-known family, one of the four founding princes, and the prince of the Anguo Mansion." ”
Wu Niangzi asked in surprise: "Isn't the prince of Anguo already married a few years ago?"
"What is the identity of the prince? How can a concubine be enough. Right now, he is asking for a side concubine for the prince. ”
Seeing that she said it clearly, even if she came to the door in an inappropriate way, there was no reason to stop the matchmaker from the door.
Wu Niangzi led her to Qingzhuyuan.
Mrs. Gan has been doing this for decades, and seeing who should say what is the basic kung fu. Along the way, she kept praising the tricks on her lips, even if she knew that she was saying compliments, she felt comfortable in her ears.
Mrs. Xu got the letter, changed her clothes and sat upright in the flower hall. Let Yulu go and tell Xu Wanzhen about it, so that she has a number in her heart.
Entering the door, Mrs. Gan saw an old lady about fifty years old sitting on the top, honey-colored gold thread pattern skirt, wearing an autumn fragrance color pine crane pattern embroidered gold thread robe, not many jewelry but each piece is valuable, the opal on the forehead is the top grade at a glance, and the whole body is rich and magnificent. Right now, he looked at her with a bad face.
Mrs. Gan's heart was sudden, this old lady didn't look like a good person, but the smile on her face became more and more joyful, and said, "Congratulations to the old lady, congratulations to the old lady!"
Old Madam Xu glanced at her coldly and did not answer.
In this case, Mrs. Gan has seen a lot. Although everyone needs an iceman to be a matchmaker when they get married, not all of them are what you want to do.
She pretended not to see Old Madam Xu's face, and her mouth bloomed with lotus flowers: "Old Madam, this is really a great happy event! Do you know the Anguo Mansion? Looking at the entire Gaomang Dynasty, it is one of the best families. The prince of Anguo is a talent, and when he was about to marry the princess, our matchmaker almost didn't close the threshold of the Anguo Mansion. ”
"No matter how you say it, the princes of Anguo are all people who have a wife. Old Madam Xu glanced at her and said slowly.
"Yo? If it's a wife, where will it be the turn of the Xu family?" said Mrs. Gan with a smile. One is the Guogong Mansion, and the other is just a fallen merchant, and the gap between them has gone to the sea. She is not afraid to upset the other party by saying it bluntly, and this fact is here.
Old Madam Xu didn't raise her head, and said lightly: "Since this is the case, our Xu family can't climb the Guogong Mansion, please go back." ”
"Of course the princess can't, but what can't this concubine do? What's more, it was the prince who fell in love with Miss Xu personally, and Miss Xu, who wanted to come to the house, must be very graceful, so she was caught by the princess at a glance. What is outside of these words is that Xu Wanzhen hooked up with the prince of An Guo.
Old Madam Xu said angrily: "The daughter of the Xu family is clean and self-conscious, I don't know when she has met the prince? If there is no real evidence, the old body will go to Jingzhao Mansion to sue you for a crime of slander. ”