There are many officials in Beijing, and there are four or five banquets every month of the year, but there are not many who can invite Tingfang. Besides, I'm embarrassed to joke with her if I invite her. Ordinary women from good families went to the table, they were only afraid that they would be more presumptuous, but who would dare to offend such a master who entertained the emperor at home every once in a while? Hugh said that Emperor Zhaoning, most of the people present were not enough to clean up for Xu Jingchang. I had to play the seriousness to twelve points, and the banquet was not so interesting.

When it comes to Yuan Shoufu's level, it is different, and when he eats wine at his house, he is serious. Unless you meet such a dissolute and unruly minister, you will be tense, otherwise you will say a wrong sentence and a half, and be remembered by a large group of superiors, then there is no need to mix.

Tingfang was the most impatient to sit in a sedan chair and still ride a horse. It's a pity that all the girls who can ride and shoot are in Nanchang, so she has to take the little girl out. Jingli was not fast, Ting Fang slowly followed the side of Chen's sedan chair and walked to Yuan Shoufu's mansion. When you enter the gate, the two sides are separated. Someone had already seen her from afar and reported inside, and Ting Fang had just passed through a door, and Yuan Shoufu personally greeted her.

With the princess of the county lord's grade, there was no one present who did not salute her. was invited to the upper seat, Ting Fang glanced at it, it was all bad old men, a little fresh meat was wooden, and his heart was stuffed!

Yuan Shoufu sat next to Ting Fang and said in a greeting: "Taifu looks getting better, I'll be relieved to wait." ”

Ting Fang smiled: "Xie Ge is worried. Today's birthday of the elder of the pavilion, but I am taking medicine, not drinking, but tea instead of wine, chatting about the heart, please forgive the elder of the pavilion. ”

Yuan Shoufu hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

Tingfang picked up the teacup: "Happy only gentleman, blessed Suizhi." "Drink it all down.

"Borrow Taifu Jiyan." Yuan Shoufu also showed the bottom of the cup.

There were officials from the side who came to Shangshou, and the second was the nephew of the Yuan family. After three rounds of drinking, a gong sounded, and the troupe on the stage began to sing. Ting Fang doesn't like to watch dramas the most, so she has to endure it at the moment. To be an official, this kind of communication is indispensable.

There were few people present who watched the play seriously, and the high-ranking and powerful ones stood still, and those juniors with slightly lower official ranks or those who did not enter the ranks saw the opportunity to start drinking at the banquet.

Yan Hongxin was not far away, so he asked Tingfang: "Does Taifu know when he will enter Beijing?" ”

Ting Fang said with a smile: "Lao Yan Ge is worried about it, the mountains and rivers in Hainan are far away, and I am afraid that I will only see it at the end of the year." ”

Yan Hongxin touched his beard and smiled: "He owes me a drink, I will never forget it!" ”

Ting Fang said: "When my uncle's house comes, I will have a banquet, if Yan Ge doesn't come, I will send someone to the door." ”

Gao Shangshu of the Ministry of War interjected: "Mrs. Ye, I heard that Nanchang uses machines for garment making, yes or no?" ”

Ting Fang said: "It's not all. ”

Gao Shangshu just wanted to talk, so he said: "What he said is amazing, the lower officials want to observe one or two, and I don't know when one will open in Beijing." ”

Jiao Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry was busy and said: "We are just trying to learn from the eight classics, not only the garment factory, but also the glass factory and wood factory supervised by Xu Du can be described as amazing. Nowadays, almost everyone has begun to use glass to make windows, which is much better than window paper. ”

Ting Fang said with a smile: "It's a pity that I can't burn a large piece for the time being, and it seems to be spliced together like the bright tiles of the past." In the future, I have to ask Jiao Shangshu for more advice. ”

Before the words fell, Qian Shangshu of the Criminal Department also came over and arched his hand: "I heard that Taifu has a good hand, I don't know if I can give me a pair of pen and ink?" ”

The high-ranking officials in the audience all cheered. Ting Fang was in a cold sweat, fortunately he had practiced Tongzigong, otherwise he would have been laughed to death by this group of scum today. Yuan Shoufu saw that Tingfang did not refuse, and was busy preparing pen and ink. Not long after, two small servants came with pen and ink. Qian Shangshu of the Criminal Department spread out the paper and asked Ting Fang to put down the pen.

Ting Fang despises these people who want to see the excitement, so she forgot that she was once the young lady of the Ge family? As long as the words are not too ugly, her age is there, who is embarrassed to ask her to use the old official. The last time she held a banquet at her house, she was disturbed by Emperor Zhaoning for a long time, and there was also Xu Jingchang's string of noble connections, so everyone was a regular ass. Today, it is the first time that Tingfang is socializing in the civil official pile, in case something happens, but she will be laughed at for the rest of her life.

Fortunately, Ting Fang's mental age is about the same as that of these bad old men, so she won't be able to hold back. Take a deep breath, hold the pen, dip the ink, and move the pen. Just look at the posture, and some people start applauding! Ting Fang was lazy to pay attention, because it was close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, what he wrote was Su Shi's "Water Tune Song Head".

Cabinet minister Wei Pengyun poked his head out, only to see the handwriting swaying vertically and horizontally, clear and beautiful, and said secretly: It's not bad!

Yuan Shoufu praised: "Family history! ”

Ting Fang put down the pen after writing, and said with a smile: "It's far worse than the ancestor." ”

Chen Fengning said without being salty or light: "You still have to practice." ”

Ting Fang responded with a smile.

Everyone's eyes flew wildly, and they all knew that Chen Fengning and Ting Fang were not in agreement, and they spoke so calmly. It shouldn't be, Mrs. Ye is young and vigorous, and even the prince dares to clean it up, how can he admit it like this?

Chen Fengning himself also said that he was kind, how thick Tingfang's skin was, I was afraid that no one present knew better than him. Even so, it's too lazy to talk about it. said it in a decent way, no one can find fault. Sure enough, Ting Fang also accepted it calmly. She is less than twenty, and there are so many complicated things, how good do you want to practice? It's enough to see the age and gender.

Those who want to see the excitement have rested. Few people can learn the six arts of the gentleman, and in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the girl's family is the most difficult to write. Tingfang's words are not bad, but there is no need to look at the next one. With her arithmetic ability, no one wants to challenge her to play chess.

The writing is not bad, nor is it good, it is stable, and the onlookers are still unsatisfied. Yuan Shoufu is the master's family, and he hurriedly organized a group of Wenchen to carry out the drinking order. Tingfang made it clear that the carriage and horses did not drink, and everyone was embarrassed to give her, she was the highest official in the audience, and she was invited to be a referee. A group of civil servants let go of the trouble again. After an order, the scene became even more chaotic, and those with lower official ranks hurriedly seized the opportunity to brush their faces. Yuan Shoufu and Ting Fang and all the ministers were in front of them, which was as lively as a vegetable market, and almost overshadowed the sound of singing Kunqu opera on the table.

The cousin is much more elegant. Wenchen feasts, and don't invite noble generals when they are idle. Without them, grades are limited. Chen was supposed to sit on the head, but because Mrs. Jiang was also at the table, she sat next to Mrs. Jiang, and with such a move, Tingxiu, who was standing behind her, became the focus.

All the women of the right age in the family brought them, and there were scrutinizing eyes everywhere during the banquet. Ting Xiu only stood with his eyebrows lowered and pleasing his eyes, and someone asked him to answer, and he answered twice in a low voice. A little shy, but keep smiling, very pleasing. Back to eating and drinking, Chen said to everyone: "This is my niece, I like girls the most, all the people in front of me are married, and she is the only one left with me." ”

Mrs. Yuan said with a smile: "The last time your mansion held a full moon wine, I watched the five girls stand out, and today's clothes are more lined than that day." But the new material from the south? ”

Chen said: "I don't know where I got it, our family's wife, when he was a child, he went around looking for materials and cutting clothes with his sisters." I don't know where she can make so many things. ”

□□ naked showing off!

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "Taifu is the most impatient to dress up, when I was in Jiangxi, I was crazy outside every day, I pity my old arms and legs, and chased her to tailor clothes, but she still refused to wear them." Now I'm afraid that I can't just wear official uniforms. ”

There's another one more, and I can't talk about it this day!

If you can't talk about it, you have to talk about it, and the wife of the cabinet minister Cao Junlang said: "Ouch, I haven't seen Taifu yet!" I don't know if I'll see it that day. ”

All the people are curious to death! Mrs. Hou Jiamu, who was formerly the right servant of the Imperial Palace, and is now promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, clapped her hands and smiled: "When I saw her that year, she was not yet ten years old, and she was already a fairy daughter. I haven't seen it for a few years, but I'm afraid that it will be better. ”

Mrs. Wen Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, Ye Ge Lao had visited Ting Fang when he was alive earlier, her man had not moved for ten thousand years, and now she was still living in the Ministry of Works, and she also smiled and said: "Mrs. Hou, you have seen more, I have only seen it once." ”

The wife of the cabinet minister Wei Pengyun pouted and said, "Mrs. Chen, when your mansion is invited to a banquet, please also invite the Taifu to show his face at the guest table in the hall, so that we can meet us." ”

Mrs. Yuan said: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I'll prepare a prayer mat and invite the Taifu to have a glass of wine, how about it?" ”

All the edicts said yes, and Chen had to say: "She is a junior, where can she dare to listen to the elders' courtesy?" I will call her in and see the elders. ”

If it is only a Taifu, and then it is a product, it is not easy to put on music when you see the elders. It's just a county lord, who dares to pretend to be an elder to "look" at her? But the first female lady in ancient and modern times, tickled people's hearts, and kowtowed, and everyone wanted to see it.

Ting Fang didn't want to see a group of edicts, she was fighting with the courtiers, but if she wanted to make a face for the Chen family, she would say goodbye to her colleagues for the time being. Walk into the second gate. Ting Fang was not shy when she took a small action, and went to Datong for a while, and she was far away from the female relatives in the boudoir. At this moment, I saw her coming from afar, walking serenely, with a dignified demeanor, and indescribably graceful. Mrs. Yuan was the first to shout: "Ouch, it's amazing, if it's a brother, I'm going to shake my heart at this moment." ”

Ting Fang just approached, and all the edicts stood up and saluted, and Ting Fang bowed in return: "I've seen all the ladies." ”

During the banquet, the girls who did not leave the pavilion quietly looked at this boudoir legend, and they all secretly praised the Ye family girl for her good looks. Princess Qin is already extremely beautiful, and Mrs. Ye has added a heroic spirit. Mrs. Yuan hurriedly invited Ting Fang to sit down, and Ting Fang said to everyone before slowly sitting down.

The back is straight, and the face is calm. Mrs. Wei stroked her palms and said, "Taifu is so good!" ”

The current cabinet ministers in the court are no longer the original ones. Ting Fang didn't know each other, and only said vaguely: "Madame has won the award." ”

Mrs. Cao said: "If Taifu is a brother, I will be cheeky and snatch it back to be my son-in-law right now." ”

Yan Chunwen's mother, Mrs. Jiang, had a headache when she looked at Ting Fang, and the ministers and wives were funny, and she didn't want to say a word. Her daughter was also locked up in Kunning Palace and was not allowed to come out, and Emperor Zhaoning directly withdrew her brand, saying that it was the main palace, but it was no different from the cold palace. When the eldest princess went to school, she followed Tingfang and turned her head, and the majesty of the heavenly family should only run into Ye Tingfang, otherwise except for Emperor Zhaoning, everyone would have to eat and hang. Seeing her scenery at this moment, Mrs. Jiang only felt a stomachache.

No matter how hard the men outside pinched, Mrs. Jiang was very happy with Tingfang, and she couldn't see it, so she smiled at the moment: "It's all because Governor Xu started too fast." ”

Chen said: "At that time, Mr. Zhao wrote a letter by himself, and our old lady didn't even think about it. Our sister is the earliest of her marriage. ”

Someone asked: "Xu Dudu didn't come today?" ”

Wenchen gathered to ask the generals to do their fart. Ting Fang said casually: "Your Majesty wanted to get up today to practice riding and archery, and he went to the palace to accompany him." ”

Everyone praised Tingfang and his wife Jian in the emperor's heart, and they had a good relationship. After laughing again, Ting Fang didn't want to go back to the table outside, and the province interrupted them to be happy. Then he said to Mrs. Yuan: "I'm not very happy, I don't like to go out, Mrs. invited, I don't dare not come." At the moment, I couldn't sit still, and I left home. Madame is not strange. ”

The imperial doctor was about to live in Dingguo's house, and none of the people dared to stay in Tingfang, so Mrs. Yuan hurriedly said: "Tired Taifu, it's not mine." ”

Ting Fang said a few more words of greeting, and then came to talk to Chen. Ting Xiu had already helped Chen's arm, and Ting Fang deliberately said, "It's still the fifth sister who is careful." ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Ting Xiu in unison. Almost all the fates were calculated in the belly.

Ting Fang hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, the purpose was achieved! Go home!

There are not many high-ranking officials who are willing to marry the Ye family. The low-level officials thought to themselves, but they didn't dare to open their mouths without a very iron relationship, and only someone in the Yue family inquired about it as a relative. When it comes to high-ranking officials, they are much more cautious. Emperor Zhaoning wanted to reform, and the court naturally divided the old and new parties. The new party is weak, and it is impossible for the old party to marry the Ye family. Xungui jumped up and down, but there are few families with good morale, and the Yasukuni Gongyan family looks good, but there is no one of the right age in this branch, and the side branch feels wronged. Then there is the fact that the clan has been tempting in front of Ting Yao.

Tingxiu's temperament, it is good to be a girl at home, quiet and peaceful, it is difficult for the elders to dislike it. But when you get married, you are too honest, and you have to be the wife of the house. Ting Fang silently calculated in her heart, she had to find a good family style and be the youngest son and daughter-in-law. As long as her mother's family has always been in power, it is a bun like Tinglan, and her husband's family does not dare to do anything. If the mother's family loses power, they will rely on themselves to earn their lives. In the past two years, Xu Ye's two families have been able to live steadily, and they quickly married Tingxiu out of the house, and only gave birth to a son, and half of them were established.

Ting Fang has a headache, the Ye family's strong education is so strong, Ting Yao Tingwu can't suffer a loss, Ting Miao Tinglan is so stupid that people can't bear to look at it directly, Ting Shan hasn't seen her for many years, I don't know what she looks like, and it's too light to go to Tingxiu. The Ye family's house has been cleaned up, but there are no elders in the family, and Ting Fang wants to brush gold powder for Ting Xiu Miao Wenlin, so she has to live by her side. Chen's own dough is all dough, counting on her to teach Tingxiu and take it seriously to the ditch. And she writes excerpts every day, which is very idle. But the fifteen children of the Ye family are no longer four, and they really can't leave it alone. put down the pen and called Ting Xiu for pre-marital training.

Ting Xiu was born in the forty-fifth year of Tianyou, only more than three months younger than Ting Fang, and is close to eighteen years old. According to Tingfang's concept, getting married at the age of eighteen is just barely stepping on the line, but in ancient times, it was already a proper step on the line of leftover women. When he came to Tingfang, he also sat obediently. Ting Fang sighed deeply again: "Fifth sister, you also know how many people have come to my mother and eldest sister to probe in the past few days, what do you think in your heart?" ”

Ting Xiu said in a low voice: "It's up to the eldest aunt and sisters to decide." ”

Ting Fang said: "When you kick the door, you are the wife of the house." There is no wife in charge, on the second day of marriage, the housekeeper will take the idea. In previous years, I was not in the capital, and you were locked up at home every day, and you didn't learn much. But it's not too late to make amends, and from now on, you have to learn to judge. The person who wants to marry you, the list has been seen with you, which one you like, you will choose. ”

Ting Xiu's face turned red in an instant.

Ting Fang said earnestly: "You just pick up the ones that are pleasing to the eye, those who have a bad family style, bad character, weak and sick, and stupid and stubborn, they can't come to you." What you can see is nothing more than a noble relative's family such as the Yue family, a low-level civil official family with a simple family population, and a harmonious clan. Among them, for example, the Yue family, the □□ are good, but the population is large, and the rules are extremely strict, I don't know how you are, I can't stand people like Heng and vertical, but you are quite regular, I'm afraid you can adapt to it. They want you to behave, and their children and nephews are quite regular, so you can consider it if you don't feel bored. ”

Ting Fang paused, and then continued: "The form of the court is unknown now, and many high-ranking officials have stood in the old party, so I really don't dare to marry you to the families of those high-ranking officials." The two groups are about to roll up their sleeves, if they lose, they will be beheaded or exiled, I can keep you safe, in the end, it is not beautiful; Our family lost, your life and death depend on the conscience of your husband's family, that thing is too unreliable. On the contrary, it is a low-level official's family, it is not easy to marry a good daughter-in-law, you quickly gave birth to a child, no matter how miserable I fell, they were reluctant to move you. The ups and downs of the sea are all mixed with officialdom, not mortal enemies, and they can't do anything to you. But like the previous one, there is no perfect good thing in the world, and low-level officials are safe, but the living conditions are not as good as our family. ”

"Then there is the clan," Ting Fang said depressedly, "In theory, the clan is the safest." But the rules of the clan are even greater than those of the family. So, all three have advantages and disadvantages. It's up to you to see what you like. Furthermore, whether the husband and wife are harmonious or not, half depends on who your mother's family chooses for you, and half depends on whether you can live a life. Like the second sister, whoever marries is a lonely life, to be honest, if I am not married to Yang Yike, I can't raise my head when I see the second brother-in-law. ”

Ting Xiu took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "I all know, no way is foolproof. I, Fourth Sister Xie, have been busy with me, and I can't blame you for what will happen in the future. Look at the sky and fate to see yourself, your mother's family is just helping, and you have to rely on yourself. ”

Ting Fang said: "You know in your heart that the skin is too thin. Listening to my sister's words, it's no good to be thin-skinned. Your aunt has taken you for many years, and you should learn from her. If her face is a little thinner, a pair of children are afraid that they will go to Huangquan early. It's not that I'm alarmist, it's because her family fled to Beijing for refuge, you don't know yet! Not to mention that I was in the Ye family, I won't pick you up, she is more diligent than Your Majesty. She is a widow with no roots and no foundation, so she relied on her face to smash the identity of Aunt Ye's wife. Now some people are asking about your cousin. It's not that I'm snobbish, think about it yourself, with the status of her mother's husband's family, is she worthy of dangling to me? She was still shaking, and she asked me to call my aunt obediently, and we had a feast at home, and she could roll in the pile of women. A piece of dough, how many benefits in exchange, you think for yourself. ”

Ting Xiu lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her clothes: "Sometimes I can't wipe my face." ”

Ting Fang said lightly: "If you can't wipe your face, you will suffer." Who doesn't want to save face? I confronted Your Majesty in Nanchang, and Your Majesty endured this tone. In front of the facts, His Majesty's face was torn off and stepped on the ground, how old are you? ”

Ting Xiu's face turned red again.

Ting Fang continued: "Cheekiness is one thing, and the matter of husband and wife is another. Qin Se and Ming, there is no man who does not protect you. I don't say that it's empty, my mother's temperament I know, the eight achievements are awkward with you. Let me tell you directly, men are half cheap, and they have to go to the Qinglou to find the proud, to the good house to find waves. You are a good family, you have to be proud, and don't want to please your husband in this life. ”

Tingxiu's face turned even redder.

"That's it," Ting Fang picked up the fold again and said to Ting Xiu, "The big truth is nothing more than these, if you still don't understand, just ask your aunt, and then ask the eldest sister." I am not idle. Besides, you go and ask my mother to learn fairy exercises, do you see that I have a difficult birth this time? No matter how much my brother loves me, he can only beg God. It's women who have to pass that hurdle, and instead of seeing if Hades wants to accept you, it's better to prepare first. Don't be afraid of hardship, sister, I have to be abused by my brother-in-law in the martial arts arena tonight, you can come and see in the evening how your gentle and amiable brother-in-law treats me in the martial arts arena. In a word, there is not a single piece of bruise on my body every day, but it is not even compared to life. After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, I'm going to be busy." ”

Ting Xiu got up and gave Ting Fang a respectful blessing: "Fourth Sister Xie." ”

Ting Fang nodded, and lowered his head again to trim the fold. The day before yesterday, the wine was put together by that group of shameless civil officials, and they didn't dare to drop the calligraphy. Before, she didn't know if she could pass the birth level, so she hurriedly hurried with a brass pen. Now there is no such urgency, so I first typed the draft in a regular manner, and then carefully copied it, which was not only to sort out the ideas, but also to practice calligraphy. Her current talent is basically abandoned, she has become an official horizontally and vertically, and she can't play the piano, paint and dance, but the calligraphy falls on the folds, which makes people look upside down every day. In the end, it is Taifu, who is underestimated is the face of Emperor Zhaoning. The courtiers make the emperor faceless, and the emperor is likely to want the courtiers to die. Since you bow down to your subordinates, then you must do it to the extreme, and it is safe enough.

Ting Fang copied the fold, put it aside, and waited for the brocade guard to pick it up. Her fold was never through the General Administration, and the courtiers did not impeach her for being unruly, so she threw it to Jinyiwei in a hooligan. The fold handed over by the brocade guard, Yan Guan didn't dare to put a fart. To be honest, in the current political structure, if Ting Fang and Xu Jingchang have a trace of external intentions, Emperor Zhaoning will be a real pill.

Stand up and move your muscles. The girl came to report: "County lord, Mrs. Yuan Ge sent a post, saying that she wants to come to talk to his wife tomorrow, but I don't know if his wife will be idle." ”

Tingfang knew that something was wrong as soon as she heard it, and usually, the gossip of visiting friends was what young daughters-in-law and children liked to do. The wife of the family either sees people at the banquet, or only visits relatives at the door, at most looking for friends in the boudoir to play, and most of the people who come to the door like this point to gossip have something to do. Ting Fang naturally wanted to reply to the post and say welcome, but when she finished writing, she had a liver ache. She is still on maternity leave, and she can receive some guests, and when she returns to the palace to teach, she will rely on the Chen family for daily contacts. Chen's harmony is harmonious, and his ability to do things is really a bit ...... Cough...... As the head of the Ye family, I deeply feel that there is no hostess who can be used in ancient times, so tired, when will you return to Beijing, second aunt? Suddenly remembered that she was the wife of the Xu family, and her heart was even more tired, and the Ye family could still look forward to the Yue family's return to Beijing to get on track, what about the Xu family? originally wanted to pry Xia Boguang over to take care of the housekeeper, but Emperor Zhaoning's snake spirit disease sent Ting Yao to manage the thankless palace affairs and sectarian affairs, □□ suddenly lost his master, and the internal affairs were all dependent on Xia Boguang. Ting Fang looked up to the sky and sighed, talents are scarce! I have to take time to cultivate a girl, and my heart is congested.

The next day, Mrs. Yuan really came. She came as soon as she came, and she brought her nephew and daughter-in-law with her. When the old man goes out, it is not uncommon to bring a junior to serve, and then bring a man with the car, it is Sima Zhao's heart. got out of the car at the door, and Ting Fang already knew that it was Yuan Shouyi, the little white rabbit who had been pitted by her. hooked the corners of his mouth, he never expected Yuan Shoufu to want to marry her. He whispered to Douzi: "Lead to the main hall, invite the wife to entertain the guests, and then ask the five girls to hide behind and watch the people." ”

Douzi was surprised: "...... they came on a blind date?"

Ting Fang nodded.

Douzi smiled: "Pavilion family, it's a match." After saying that, he rushed to the back to report the news. 166 Reading Network