Chapter 228: Xiangxiang's Marriage

If you happen to see one, the royal family, it's fine......

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Early in the morning, the coachman drove out, and in the evening the girl came back, so she played outside for a day.

When she came back, she went back to the room to change her clothes, Qin Mo took off the cloak of fine goose cloud brocade that she wore when she went out today, and saw that it was lotus lotus-colored satin and rabbit fur trimmed undergarment, so he asked how she was playing today, and if she was happy.

Xiangxiang untied the neckline of her clothes, and said in a coquettish voice, "Happy is average, but today I saw a lot of carriages from the mansion, but they are all better than those in our mansion, but the ones in our mansion are not bad, it is average, I have seen a few young ladies and sons of the Hou Mansion, they treat me very well, and I know the daughter of a county lord, and I am very compatible-!" ”

Qin Mo took her cloak in her hand and sorted it out by herself, and asked tentatively, "In addition to your daughter's family, do you feel that you have met a son who has left an impression or something!" ”

Xiangxiang took off the clothes she went out today, and had already changed into a regular dress, at this moment, she was standing on the table with a brush to draw, and when she heard Qin Mo asking, a few small braids next to her ears swayed lightly, and she shook her head, "No!" What does my sister think, let's go out just to have fun-" Seeming to realize what Qin Mo was saying, Xiangxiang was ashamed and anxious, "Originally, we drove out to go out for spring together, and at noon, we were still roasting together in the deserted suburbs-! ”

Qin Mo also knew her daughter's family, and understood this, but she just said again, "The barbecue you ate at noon, who brought those guys out-!" ”

Xiangxiang also drew on the paper with a complacent look, "Naturally, who summoned this banquet, that is, who brought the guys, the county lord and the county prince of Prince Qing's mansion, a few big horses, but not only drove a carriage out, but brought a bunch of servants and servants, those things roasted in the wild today, venison, mutton or something, were all brought out from the house, there were many people, and it was indeed fun to think about." ”

After Xiangxiang finished speaking, she smiled first.

This little girl looks well-behaved, cute, sweet, different from Qin Mo's awl face, Xiangxiang's appearance is the kind that hurts, her face is round, meaty, and a bit like a goose egg face. In short, it's the kind that is cute and appealing.

Fourteen years old, it looks like she still wants to be a little girl.

"Okay, you're tired all day today, I asked Xiao Tao to boil hot water, prepare to go down and take a hot shower, and clean up and rest early-!"

Xiangxiang nodded happily beside her.

*

The days were the same, but Qin Min was finally given an official by the emperor and gave an official a letter of service in the Hanlin Academy. The members of the cabinet of this dynasty are generally from Hanlin, and they may enter the cabinet in the future, and they are regarded as "princes", and they are also Beijing officials, so it is a good thing.

It's just that this Qin Min has been sealed as an official and is seventeen years old, so he is afraid that he will have to go out to build a mansion by himself, and maybe he will have to bring his parents from Chishui Village to the capital.

These things can't be said, and what he wants to do, Qin Mo doesn't care about him.

He is such an older person, no more than two years younger than Qin Mo, but Qin Rui, who is already in his twenties, has been living in Qin Mo's mansion, and at this time, the man is about to get married.

Qin Rui is a man, if he marries, he definitely does not have a li'er who lives in Qin Mo's mansion, if Qin Mo wants to keep him in the capital, he has to find another house for him to live in, of course, these are still behind.

Let's say that Qin Mo went to the court for a few days, and came back from the court one day.

I happened to see a curtain carriage made of red satin under the shade of the tree at the door.

Qin Mo was surprised, turned around the carriage, and saw a fat woman wearing festive red and green materials who was fanning the wind with her back to Qin Mo with a handkerchief.

When Qin Mo saw it, he didn't pay much attention to it, so he went up the steps.

I only heard a sudden shout behind me, "Hey! ”

Qin Mo didn't pay attention, and walked towards the door.

The little guys guarding the door on both sides stood up and saluted Qin Mo.

Then, someone behind him was pulled hard, Qin Mo turned his head and saw a fat face and a woman with beaded flowers on her head.

Seeing Qin Mo's stunned expression, the woman herself shook her handkerchief and smiled.

"Master Guoshi, I know. You are a dignified national teacher, and your small identity is vulgar, but you came here today for a good thing in the house! ”

Qin Mo paused and looked at her carefully.

A fat body, a head full of beads, and a choking smell of fat powder.

That mother-in-law doesn't seem to be outside Qin Mo at all, maybe it depends on Qin Mo is girl's family, although she is a dignified national teacher, in the end, Qin Mo doesn't like to take a girl or anything when she goes out, and the momentum is small, the people of the capital know that the national teacher of the Yanguo Imperial Court, although he is a first-class official, his official position is not small, but the right to kill is not large, and besides, he was born extremely poor, and it is said that he was born in a poor family without a family.

In the end, the heel is unstable.

Qin Mo's face was not much better

"What a good thing, what a good thing...!"

The mother-in-law laughed, "The national teacher is not to blame, the villain was originally Zhang Matchmaker in the west of the capital, I don't know if the national teacher can hear the name of the villain, the villain is in this area of the capital, especially in the west of the city, but it is very famous, how many good marriages are facilitated by my own hands-!" ”

The matchmaker laughed, and finally the face was a little embarrassed, "I came to find the national teacher today, it's also for a thing, the day before yesterday, the second lady in the house went out to play, but I don't know if there is such a thing-!" ”

Qin Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, the sun in March was so stinging.

"There's such a thing, how-!"

The matchmaker smiled and pushed her hand towards Qin Mo's arm again

"The second lady is happy, the last time I went to Gyeonggi for an outing, the second miss was in the car, sitting alone in a delicate carriage with red sandalwood and begonias, opposite her, it happened to be the carriage of the lady of the Huainan county lord's family, the young lady of the county lord's family and the second miss saw the two of them and made a heart-to-heart, saying that she was like a cousin of her own, that family happened to be the Changyuan Hou Mansion, this young lady went back to the Hou Mansion and told the Hou Mansion 1510, it happened that the Huainan County Lord was also there that day, saying that he had seen the two young ladies in the palace, and said that it was indeed like, So this Mrs. Houfu was moved, and she wanted to see each other, but sometimes the girl's family,

"What does the national teacher think?"

"In fact, the small one still has something to say, maybe the national teacher doesn't think so, this Changyuan Marquis Mansion is not an ordinary Hou Mansion, the wife of Changyuan Hou Mansion, is the current Huai'an County Lord, is the niece of today's saint, the mother Huainan Princess is the daughter of the Queen Mother today, Huainan Princess gave birth to three daughters, the eldest is the Huainan County Lord, married to the first prince of the dynasty, the second daughter is the Huai'an County Lord, married twice, the first time married the Zhongshun Hou, gave birth to the son, after the death of the Zhongshun Marquis, married the second man, It is the county lord's own favorite, the emperor is the lintel of the husband's house of the county lord, and he also sealed the Hou Ye, which is the Hou Yuan Hou, gave birth to this daughter, is already ten years old, very cute, said that the second lady on the house is similar, that is, the young lady born after the Hou Mansion, but the son is still the son, the son follows the mother, inherits the mother's lineage, and becomes a family in the future, naturally it is the Hou Mansion of the Self-reliance, this national teacher does not need to be anxious, the sister of the county lord of Huai'an, is the county lord of Nan'an, only last year I promised the son of the Hou Mansion of Jiaxing as his wife, although the Hou Mansion of Jiaxing is not famous in comparison, But the concubines in the palace are from their house, and they only added a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses to the emperor this year. Therefore, if you really let the second girl marry into the Hou Mansion, it is not a wronged girl, but it is not a happy event! ”

Qin Mo listened carefully to what the matchmaker said for a long time, going around and around, and finally went around to almost get married to Yan Youye.

This capital is big and big, and it's really small when it is small.

This royal family is a pro-family, and if you say this, you can go around that family.

Support each other, rely on each other, one prosper, one loses.

Naturally, everyone from a wealthy family marries someone who is quite a family member, so there is nothing to say about this reason.

This family, speaking like this, is prominent, but Qin Mo knows that Xiangxiang is not a young lady who grew up in that family after all, and her every move is still a little rustic, and this child is simple-minded and her personality is not smooth enough, if she is really married into such a family.

If she doesn't get used to it, she will suffer in such a house.

"Mrs. Zhang's intention to come today, the official already knows, but my sister is still young, these things don't need to be so urgent, I originally wanted to stay for two more years, my little sister grew up in the countryside, some family etiquette is not familiar, the official also wants to ask a grandmother, teach her these, afraid that the past now, collided with the county lord, and at present, the sincerity of the Hou Mansion, the official does not know how much, the prince has not seen it with his own eyes, the national teacher only has this one sister, and I am naturally tired of her life's major events, I also want to know more about the son of the world himself, if I can, choose a day to make an appointment with the two compartments, a lifelong event, my little sister has been pampered at home since she was a child, and I have to ask this sister what she means-! ”

The matchmaker only heard this last sentence, and her face darkened

"If last time, Hou Ye also went, then Miss Fu and Hou Ye talked and laughed together, naturally they also have an understanding of each other, but they just happened not to see each other, so they didn't go on, it's just a major marriage event, it was the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, where do you need to ask Miss what she means, for thousands of years, which woman's marriage is not like this, after all, there are a few women like adults who are officials, and they can't be compared, if there are no parents, the eldest sister is the mother, as long as the national teacher himself has seen it with his own eyes, he feels that the son of the world has a good family background, I made up my own mind, and besides, my daughter's family will always marry someone else's family in the end, so it's not good for the national teacher to be so arrogant and indulge the second lady-! ”

Qin Mo smiled, then nodded, and said gently

"What Mrs. Zhang said is that there are some things that the official will think about when he goes back, and he is bothered that Mrs. Zhang will come to this trip-!"

When this matchmaker heard Qin Mo say this, she was happy, very happy, holding the handkerchief in her hand and waving her hand again and again.

The fat of the chin is shaking

"No trouble, no trouble... If the national teacher figured it out one day, he would come to the west of my city to talk to my matchmaker Zhang, and I would go back and wait for the news of the national teacher-! ”

Qin Mo smiled and raised his head, "I'll ask someone to send the matchmaker-!" ”

The matchmaker smiled and said no.

Qin Mo turned around again, asked the person behind him to take some reward money out, and finally handed it to the matchmaker, who took it, and finally thanked him again and again.

*

There has been no news for a long time, and when Qin Mo thought that there might be no follow-up to this matter, then the Hou Men was as good as the matchmaker said, and naturally there would be no shortage of girls who would come to the door.

But one day at the end of March, Qin Mo received a post, which was humble and respectful, and said that Qin Mo would come to Wanhu Lake in the capital to eat fish and enjoy flowers.

The post written below is Changyuan Houfu, and there is a line of small characters below, Huai'an County Lord worships the post.

Since Qin Mo received this post, he repeatedly thought about whether he wanted to go to this invitation.

She is the same as the county lord of Huai'an, and it just so happens that she is the county lord and the royal prince, although Qin Mo is the county lord, she is also a minister in the end, and she is not a generation, although it is a play, but in the end she is restrained.

This Wanhu Lake is a good scenic spot to play in the suburbs of the capital, there is a lake in the middle, there are buildings on both sides of the river, there are lanterns and boats, it happens to be the end of this spring, all kinds of lights are put in the lake, singing songs, there are many people who go, more are the high-ranking officials and nobles, the scenery of the rich. Qin Mo himself had not been there alone.

It is obvious that the county lord of Huai'an is sending this invitation now, if she doesn't go, then it will be too rude, not only to go, but also to bring incense.

She believed that this was what the county lord of Huai'an meant.

Then the time is two days later, and with these two days, Qin Mo can prepare clothes, headdresses, carriages, jewelry to wear when going out that day, handkerchiefs to wear, and embroidered shoes to wear.

She doesn't have anything, in the end, this is related to Xiangxiang's lifelong event.

In fact, a marquis of the Changyuan Marquis Mansion is not a big deal in Qin Mo's eyes, but it is too bad to lose manners.

Since yesterday, Xiangxiang has seen her sister always rummaging in the closet, and she has to ask Qin Mo what she is doing.

Qin Mo replied to her randomly.

It happened to be the second day of the fourth lunar month, the spring was bright, the birds were crying everywhere, and the willows were still there.

Sitting in a carriage made of rosewood Seiko, with a beaded canopy on it, and a coachman driving the car, Qin Mo took two maids, Gui'er and Xiao Peach, Xiangxiang with Nian'er, holding a lotus hand stove in his hand, and a hungry plum blossom cake in the food box, and went out.

Along the way, the warbler flies and the grass grows, like a February day, the air is fresh and intoxicating, and the soil is mixed with the aroma of grass and trees.

Thinking of the modern society in the previous life, these would never have been experienced.

As soon as he came to Wanhu, the place where the carriage of the Marquis of Wanyuan was parked was conspicuous, and his little servant had been waiting at the agreed place, and when he saw Qin Mo's carriage stopped, he came over to ask.

Qin Mo took Xiangxiang out of the carriage, and replied to the little guy's words, Xiangxiang saw that she was in a good mood today, and she was still jumping when she walked, and she didn't seem to realize what Qin Mo was doing with her today.

The little guy ordered Qin Mo to go, an entrance, a row of corridors, and arrived at the river as soon as he came

At this moment, the sunlight is projected on the surface of the lake, reflecting the overlapping waves, like unfolding a colorful ink painting. The spring water in the pool is clear and sparkling. Looking up at the sky, the light of the sky sprinkled down from the head, like gold dust sprinkled on the surface of the lake, as if covering the surface of the lake with a thin veil. is like a hazy and illusory woman.

The shadow of the clouds is wandering in the middle of the lake. The peaks on both sides of the river stand upside down in the lake, and they are all green.

The White Tower in the distance, the green hills in the distance.

On the other side of the lake, a row of weeping willows, slender willow like hair, danced.

Next to the promenade, a row of red flowers bloomed as brilliant as fire, and there were no green leaves at all. There are many tourists in this Wanhu Lake in spring, and the restaurant next to it is naturally full of business, especially in the past two days, the sea bass in the lake is just right, fat, and the tourists who come to taste it are like the carp crossing the river.

Qin Mo only stood here before he felt so bustling and noisy.

Next to the river, there is a row of tables and chairs, all of which are fragrant with tea.

The little guy stood at the end of the corridor with Qin Mo, and bowed to Qin Mo and said, "Please wait a moment, my lord, the boat in the center of Wanhu is covered by our Hou Mansion today, and the lady is changing clothes inside at this moment, please wait a moment here!" ”

Qin Mo turned his head and said in a light tone, "It's okay...!" ”

After another half a moment, a few more servants came.

Then I learned that it was the boat that had landed, and a voice from the people who greeted me said, "Let the guests come in."

As soon as the little servant's voice fell, from the other end of the corridor, the curtain was lifted, and out of it came a gorgeously dressed woman, dressed in purple fine satin, shining like water, with her hair in a dignified tuxedo, and some gold and jade ornaments on her head.

He was followed by two personal maids

"I'm late, I didn't greet the guests in person, and I was disrespectful and disrespectful!"

As soon as the little guy introduced him to the side, Qin Mo knew that this was the county lord of Huai'an.

Qin Mo looked at her carefully, she was only in her thirties, she was relatively wealthy, she might have a good life, and her skin was younger than she looked, and she was round and jade.

When I saw Qin Mo for the first time, my attitude was very kind and self-contained.

"Xiaguan Qin Mo took the little sister to ask Mrs. to say goodbye-!"

When Qin Mo wanted to salute, he happened to be picked up by the county lord of Huai'an, "I can't help it, the national teacher is a national teacher who is lightly sealed by the saint, and he is also a big official of the dynasty, and the woman is just a county lord, so dare to accept such a big gift from the national teacher, I can't help it, I can't make it-!" ”

The two compartments saluted, and after being polite, they got on board.

After getting on the boat, sit down at the table, talk and laugh, and watch the scenery along the lake, after Mrs. Changyuan Hou and Qin Mo were polite, she left Qin Mo alone, only pulled Xiangxiang over, pulled it hand in hand, pulled it in, and carefully looked at Xiangxiang's eyebrows and eyes, and picked up Xiangxiang's wrist to take a closer look, and her eyes swept over the longevity lock, silver collar, and silver bell on the little girl's body one by one.

Finally, he smiled and shook his head and sighed, "Like." True. I heard the eldest sister talk about it before, and I thought it was dazzling, but now I saw it with my own eyes, and it was really like, especially the eyebrows and eyes, which are really exactly the same as my family's Lin'er, there is really such a strange thing in the world, I actually see it today-! ”

He raised his head and smiled at Qin Mo again, "If it's really a family, it's so fateful, it must be my daughter-in-law!" ”

Xiangxiang was just ignorant and stunned.

After a moment, the county lord smiled again, "It's a pity that Lin'er is going to the palace to accompany the princess to study, and she didn't come out with her, but her brother came, otherwise, looking at it like this, you look at me, I look at you, it's always funny-!" ”

There was fragrant tea cooked on the table, Qin Mo was drinking it, and seeing that the county lord was enthusiastic about talking to her, he had to accompany her

"Today, the son of the world also came out-!"

The county lord immediately took over the conversation and said with a smile

"Come out, but no, I met him downstairs just now, and I went to talk, and I waited for him, and I will come over immediately-!".