Huo Zhou's joy at the moment was written on her face, she knew a lot about the etiquette of proposing marriage, she didn't need Huo Yuan to give advice at all, she muttered for a while, and said: "This girl's family background, you still have to find out clearly, you can't be sloppy in marrying a wife, if your family background doesn't match, you will regret marrying into the door." ”

Huo Yuan pondered that his grandmother's words also made sense, he didn't know Lin Qi's background, the only thing he could be sure of was that Lin Qi must be a girl from a white family, "Grandmother, don't worry, I will let people go to find out in secret, but this iceman still wants grandmother to find it first, and when I confirm it, I will let people propose marriage." ”

He deliberately didn't mention Lin Qi's age to his grandmother, because he was afraid that his grandmother would think Lin Qi was young, anyway, he would set up a name and take possession first, and as for getting married or something, he could wait for another year or two.

Huo Zhou saw that his grandson was thoughtful, so he smiled and said: "That's right, the matter of finding an iceman is wrapped up in the old grandmother, and it will be done properly to your satisfaction." ”

Huo Yuan saw that his grandmother readily agreed, so he got up with a smile and said goodbye.

Huo Zhou's family didn't keep him, and when her grandson was far away, she put away the smile on her face and said to the maid Xiaoxiang on the side: "Ming'er will go and invite the iceman to me." ”

"Yes, old lady." Xiao Xiang hurriedly responded.

"By the way, this matter should not be known to my wife now, you don't have to leak your mouth, otherwise I will cut off your tongue, make you unable to speak for the rest of your life, and sell you to the land of fireworks." Huo Zhou's expression was grim.

Quan Meihuan is now having an unpleasant quarrel with her son, and she doesn't know if she will ruin her precious grandson's marriage behind her back, so she doesn't want to leak the news before the big thing is decided.

As soon as Xiao Xiang heard the old lady's threatening words, her face suddenly tightened, and she hurriedly knelt down and said, "The old lady is angry, the slave and maid will keep this secret, and it will not spoil the old lady's affairs." ”

Huo Zhoushi let out a soft "um" with satisfaction, waved her hand to get her up, closed her eyes and dreamed of having a great-grandson around her knees.

The next day, Xiaoxiang invited the iceman.

Quan Meihuan was swollen because her face was beaten by Huo Yan, even if she used an egg to melt the blood stasis, it was still so bruised that she had a toothache when she saw it, so she could only nest in the house and couldn't go anywhere.

She said to the subordinates of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion through a curtain: "Go back and tell your grandmother, I can't go over because I've been in poor health for the past two days, and I'll go to visit the two grandsons another day when I'm better." ”

"Yes, Mrs. Huo." The subordinates of the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion outside responded, and without saying much, they left and left.

Quan Meihuan breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed the blood stasis on her face with her hand, and felt irritable for a while, seeing the maid Xiaohong turn around, "Send people out." ”

"If you return to your wife, you have already sent it away." Xiaohong responded, and while setting up the cushion for Quan Meihuan, she said: "Madam, the old lady has called the iceman into the house again, I don't know how many times I have called it this month......"

After hearing this, Quan Meihuan said disapprerovingly: "It's understandable for her to think about Huo Yuan, if you see this, you don't see it, don't care about her bad things, so that she won't be suspicious and suspect that we have ulterior motives." ”

"That's natural, the slave maid immediately took a detour, and didn't meet Sister Xiaoxiang, the older the old lady is, the more suspicious she becomes, but I don't know that the wife only hopes that the uncle is good." Little Red complained.

Quan Meihuan took a sip of tea, "It's difficult for my stepmother, no matter what I do, I will be crusaded, it's better to stand by and watch." ”

Her father said this before, she was in her left ear and out of her right ear, but now she finally figured it out, or her father had foresight, but unfortunately the father-daughter relationship was also broken because of her selfishness, as soon as she thought of this, she couldn't wait to beat her heart, and she didn't have the heart to take care of the Huo family's mess.

Xiaohong saw that her master was not in high spirits, so she didn't dare to gossip anymore, and hurriedly cleaned up the house.

Huo Zhou, who was on the other side, thought that he was acting very strictly, and was receiving the iceman with a smile on his face.

After the iceman shook the handkerchief and picked up the teacup and drank a cup of pain, he waved the handkerchief and said: "Old lady, if you don't look for me, I will go to your door, I can't be a matchmaker in your house anymore, otherwise no one will find me to be a matchmaker in the future, saying that I lied to them, isn't this smashing my job?" How did General Huo get this reputation, I'm ashamed to mention it......"

Huo Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then opened a pair of old eyes; "What's going on? Tell me more carefully. ”

The iceman carefully looked at Huo Zhou's expression, and after making sure that the old woman really didn't know, Fang Cai's face softened, "Old lady, you have to ask your grandson if he has a habit of breaking sleeves?" If there is, this is going to be cut off, and I'm not kidding you......"

"What?" Huo Zhoushi was in a hurry, her arm slammed, and she knocked over the tea cup in her hand, and suddenly the tea on the table flowed, and she didn't care about calling the maid to take care of it, so she immediately asked sternly, "When did this come out?" My grandson is normal, how can he have such a fetish? Don't talk nonsense about ruining my grandson's reputation......"

The iceman was so frightened by Huo Zhou's attitude that she couldn't speak for a while, after all, she was an old lady in Bofu, and there were still three nails in the rotten boat, so she restrained herself a little and said, "Old lady, don't be angry with me, I didn't listen to people outside, come back and tell you." You ask me who is this source? How do I know, anyway, the icemen in this city know that there is something wrong with your General Huo, how dare you recommend General Huo to the woman's family? This is not a trick for other women, and we have to complain when we look back. ”

Huo Zhou's expression was stern, and he couldn't wait to sew up the iceman's mouth with a needle, and listen to what this stinky mouth said? Fortunately, her sanity was still there, she took a deep breath, and immediately defended: "My grandson has nothing wrong with this, you don't have to believe the nonsense of outsiders, this is slandering my Huo family, you must not believe it." ”

"Old lady, there is no basis for empty words, people say that it is clear-eyed, saying that your General Huo has an affair with the little guy around him, this is not enough to have this habit in the foreign marching army to fight, but when they all return to Beijing, they have to be restrained, how can they be brought to the front of the public, this reputation is not good, but you can't marry a good wife......"

Huo Zhou's hearing became more and more angry, completely forgetting the purpose of looking for this iceman before, she thought that her grandson was young and unreliable, but on the surface, she didn't want to go against her grandson. I was going to find an iceman, firstly, to discuss the marriage proposal, and secondly, I wanted to ask the iceman to inquire about the woman's family, and she knew it well.

Yesterday, she finally got the address of the woman's house in her grandson's mouth, and thought about it carefully, the people who live at this address are either rich or expensive, and she praised her grandson's good vision in her heart.

Originally, this was a happy event, but now that her grandson has such a reputation, how can she still be happy? "I said it was slanderous, and there was no ......"

"It's better to find out if there is an old lady, I'm looking for food by mouth, it's really difficult for a person with a bad reputation like General Huo to be a matchmaker......"

Huo Zhou's anger was choked enough, but he still had a trace of sanity, and carefully asked what the iceman rumors in front of him had spread.

All afternoon, she was so angry that she almost had a stroke.

After the iceman left, she swept all the tea cups in her hand to the ground, and suddenly fell into fragments of a place, and Xiaohong, who came to clean up, was even more angry, this uncle is the old lady's heart, and now it is polluted by rumors, and the old lady is still angry.

Huo Zhou's thought of her grandson's refusal of the girl she had given her before, she didn't think about it at that time, she only said that her grandson should put her career first, and she was still quite happy in her heart.

Later, when her grandson was stationed on the frontier, she was even more out of reach, and when her unlucky granddaughter Huo Xiangyu made trouble, she didn't have any extra thoughts to care about her grandson, and put all her mind on Huo Xiangyu.

Could it be that her grandson really likes to share the gift of peaches?

The more Huo Zhou thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, his eyes rolled, even if this was really the case, the time for his grandson to return to Beijing was still short, how could outsiders know? Isn't it a thief?

Immediately, she thought of Quan Meihuan, and slapped the table angrily, it must be something that this woman picked, she couldn't see her grandson well, so she let out rumors to pull her back.

Thinking that she got the truth, she immediately asked people to carry her to Quan Meihuan's yard, and this time she didn't rectify Quan Meihuan, she wouldn't be surnamed Huo.

Kwon Mi-huan didn't know that a dispute was going to start again, and sometimes even if she didn't do anything, she couldn't stop the suspicions of suspicious people.

On the other side of the jade skin shop, Lin Qi could not get the store once he met Xiao Liu, the mother of the commander of the Royal Forest Army.

The heat in Xiao Liu's eyes made her unbearable, she couldn't remember where she provoked this?

"Mrs. Xiao, what do you think of this grease? It suits your skin tone very well, and you must be ten years younger when you apply it. She promoted the products of Jade Skin Fang, "Many concubines in the palace like this color, and it is also our new product at the beginning of this year......

"Okay, okay, I'm quite satisfied." Xiao Liu said this in his mouth, but he was staring at Lin Qi on his face, this girl had a good face, and at first glance she was Wangfu Yizi.

Lin Qi was so cold that she looked at her, and she couldn't wait to get rid of this Xiao Liu, but it was a pity that the second lady Lin Lu had just walked away, otherwise she would not have greeted this Xiao Liu in person.

Xiao Liu couldn't see her discomfort, and grabbed her hand, "Second Miss Lin just got married this year, did you kiss her?" ”

This was asked abruptly, even if Lin Qi was very arrogant, when he mentioned his own marriage, he had to have a double face, and he hung his head slightly and only said two words, "No." ”

When it came to marriage, Huo Yuan's face involuntarily appeared in her mind, she secretly clenched the towel in her hand, and the embarrassing dream was even more ashamed to remember, in fact, deep down she missed him, especially the spirit of him pulling her out of the restaurant that day, which made her can't help but fall in love.

Xiao Liu actually knew that Lin Qi had not yet decided on a family matter, and he would ask this just to test himself, after all, he ran this jade skin shop as an unmarried girl, and he didn't know what the etiquette was? Now that I try it, I still know how to read and understand etiquette, and I am more satisfied.

Lin Qi didn't want to answer these embarrassing things anymore, and hurriedly said: "Mrs. Xiao, it's not early this day, I should also go home, Madame wants the goods, I'll go and let someone wrap them up for you to take back, I don't know what Mrs. Xiao wants?" ”

"In that case, I don't want to bother anymore, so I'll leave and leave." Xiao Liu knew Lin Qi's intentions, but instead of being dissatisfied, she just felt that it should be like this, and she would mention it to Lin Lu's when it was a major marriage event.

Of course, in her cognition, she feels that Lin Qi is worthy of her son, after all, it is an indisputable fact that her mother's family is weak, and this is also one of the aspects of Lin Qi.

Because of the old and immortal father-in-law in the family, the family background of the two wives that the son wants to marry cannot be high, which Lin Qi is in line with her heart, and as for the other, she gradually has a candidate in her heart.

After this marriage is completed, she plans to enjoy Qingfu.

Lin Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Xiao Liu's leaving with interest, and explained a thing or two to the shopkeeper, and she went out with Xiao Liu. The maid handed over the goods that Xiao Liu asked for to the maid of the Xiao family, and she was about to take the opportunity to say a few polite parting words.

Unexpectedly, someone happened to come over, turned over and fell off the horse, and when she saw it, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Xiao Fulin stepped forward to greet his mother and Lin Qi, "Mother, my son is just passing by and is going back, so I will go along with my mother." ”

In fact, the reason why he appeared at this time was also for Lin Qi, the mother and son had discussed this marriage, and he had a good impression of Lin Qi, so it was not bad for such a down-and-out woman to marry, as for the other wife, he planned to deal with it when the time came.

People are sometimes partial, and it's understandable to be a little biased.

How could Xiao Liu not see his son's intentions, and besides, his son also admitted that he was interested in Lin Qi, as long as he didn't go out of line, it was still okay for men and women to meet each other, and she was not an old stubborn who ate the ancients, and she would not stop her if she thought she was enlightened.

"It's really unfortunate that you came, I was going to go home too, and then I remembered that I still have something to discuss with your aunt, I'll go over, you can go back by yourself......" Speaking of this, she seemed to suddenly find Lin Qi, and hurriedly said: "Look at me I've left Lin Er Girl aside, and now there are more Lin Er Girl, so I can buy a suitable skin cream, otherwise, you can run for me to send Lin Er Girl home." ”

Lin Qi was stunned, why did it get to her? Besides, she is one of the proprietors of Jade Skin Fang, and this guest comes to buy things, she is the one who should be grateful to Dade, so she hurriedly waved her hand; "Mrs. Xiao doesn't have to be so polite, the little woman will go back by herself, anyway, there are people in the house to escort her, and it is not dark this day, so it will be ...... without hindrance."

"Yes, Second Miss Lin, don't shirk it." Xiao Liu's family couldn't tolerate Lin Qi's refusal at all, so he made up his mind.

Lin Qi was quite annoyed in his heart, couldn't this Xiao Liu understand people's words? It's just that remembering Xiao Fulin's kindness to her second nephew, she forced her dissatisfaction to suppress herself, and was about to refuse sternly again.

Xiao Fulin naturally would not let go of the opportunity sent by his mother, and arched his hand towards Lin Qiyi and said: "Second Miss Lin doesn't need to refuse, this is just my gesture, a few steps away is not far, and my mother has spoken, as a son's disobedience is unfilial piety, could it be that Second Miss Lin wants me to be the unfilial person?" ”

"How so? Commander Xiao thought about it a lot. Speaking of this, Lin Qi could only respond helplessly and blessed him, "It's troublesome for Commander Xiao." ”

Xiao Fulin returned the salute with a smile, "Second Miss Lin is polite." ”

When Xiao Liu was helped into the car by the maid, he also gave his son a look, just to ask him to show a good attitude, so that the relationship between the husband and wife after marriage can be better.

Xiao Fulin nodded with a smile.

Lin Qi said goodbye to Xiao Liu, and then was helped by the maid Xiyu to get into the carriage, and saw Xiao Fulin guiding her in front through the curtain of the car, and she suddenly felt irritable.

Xiyu also peeked out the window, "This Commander Xiao seems to be interested in the girl." ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Lin Qi reprimanded.

"The slave also tells the truth." Xiyu argued unconvinced, "This Commander Xiao is going to marry two wives, girl, don't fall for his mother and son." ”

She hoped that her girl would be matched with the tall man she met that day, so that she would be able to get close to people, and it would not be the poor who could take the slaves out of the house.

When Lin Qi heard this, he was furious, and immediately drove Xiyu out of the carriage so that her ears would be pure.

It's just that Xiyu's words, she still listened to it, she is not a fool, she can naturally see the double reed sung by Xiao's mother and son, it seems that this Mrs. Xiao is willing to be her daughter-in-law, but she has no intention.

It is inappropriate to refuse Xiao Fulin clearly, after all, people didn't say it, she said it like this, which made her lose face, so she pondered how to say it tactfully without hurting face, well, her daughter-in-law Xie Yu'an was right.

When she kept pondering, the carriage had already arrived in front of the Lin Mansion, Xiyu was busy outside, she came back to her senses, and told the coachman to stop, she was not good at entertaining Xiao Fulin into the house.

Then she lifted the curtain of the car, she smiled and looked at Xiao Fulin who was approaching, "Commander Xiao, the little girl's home has arrived, and the little brother in the family doesn't know if he is there, but it's not good to beckon Commander Xiao to go in and have a cup of tea, this is not the little woman's......"

Xiao Fulin arched his hand and said: "Second Miss Lin is polite, Xiao will come to visit you next time." ”

Lin Qi was stunned, why did he come to visit? Suddenly shocked, isn't this person really planning to propose to her?

Just when she was stunned, Huo Yuan appeared from the shadows, looking at this scene with a cold face, he specially came here to wait for Lin Qi, and the result did not live up to his expectations, before she waited for a while, she arrived, but the man who came with it, he was quite reluctant to see him.

Xiao Fulin was taken aback when Huo Yuan appeared on the stage, but then he put away his surprised expression and bowed to Huo Yuan, "Why is General Huo here?" ”

Huo Yuan's eyes glanced at Lin Qi, this glance had already leaked a lot of secrets, at least Xiao Fulin could understand it at a glance, but he was still puzzled, isn't this Huo Lin two families at odds? How can Huo Yuan and Lin Qi still live in peace? Besides, Huo Yuan was clearly demonstrating to him at this glance, it was strange, what was in the way of him when he was in contact with Lin Qi? Wouldn't this person really regard Lin Qi as his sister?

He has been in the capital for so many years, how could he not know that the two families are like fire and water? The Huo family's cut-off and Huo Xiangyu's death are inseparable from Lin Long, if Huo Yuan really recognizes the Lin family's sisters and brothers as younger brothers and sisters, he can cut off his head and give the other party a stool to sit on, this is something he is quite sure about.

"Why is Commander Xiao here?" Huo Yuan smiled quite unkindly.

A commander of the Imperial Forest Army, he Huo is not enough to look at him, he is a border general, even if Xiao Fulin is deeply trusted by the emperor, he Huo Yuan will not be much worse than him.

Lin Qi glanced at Huo Yuan strangely, when she first saw him appear, her heart was still beating happily, and a girl's heart was inclined to him, but after seeing that his face was not good, her face suddenly matched, who would he show his face to at this time?

Anyway, she has never had any image in front of him, so she said unceremoniously: "Commander Xiao is sending me back, what are you doing here?" ”

Huo Yuan frowned when he heard this, this little girl really owes a beating, and she clearly told her, this Xiao Fulin can't be provoked, she is good, she treats his words as the wind in her ears, and now she is even more close to the other party.

The corners of Xiao Fulin's mouth rose slightly, this Lin Er's sharp teeth and sharp mouth are really cute.

"I have something to say to you, so I came." Huo Yuan was cheeky and authentic, and at the same time, he was also demonstrating to Xiao Fulin.

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, bit his lower lip and looked at him, "What do you want to say, I don't want to hear it, we just met in Pingshui, I tricked you, and you also paid tribute to me, these two cancellations, you should disappear quickly." ”

If this is clear from him, no matter how you listen to it, Huo Yuan's face turned dark, "Miss Lin doesn't need to drive me away now, she will naturally leave after I finish speaking." Looking at Xiao Fulin who was thoughtful on the side, "Is Commander Xiao going to stand farther away?" ”

Make it clear what he has to say, and he is not fit to listen.

Xiao Fulin stood a little farther away without disagreement, but still secretly pricked up his ears to listen to their conversation.

Huo Yuan approached the carriage window, his eyes locked on Lin Qi's delicate face, "Why didn't you listen to what I said?" ”

"You said a lot, I don't even remember." Lin Qi deliberately went against him.

When he approached, her pretty face couldn't help but turn red, and she said no words before, just to test whether he had a heart for her? If she retreats with a word, she doesn't need to pay attention to him.

Huo Yuan was extremely angry, and wanted to reach out and pinch her face with baby fat, but fortunately, he still had the reason to remember that this was in broad daylight, and the fists under his sleeves were clenched tightly, "Since I don't remember, then I'll say it again, don't get too close to the person surnamed Xiao, he is not a good match......

"Is he a good fit for you?" Lin Qi looked at him defiantly, anyway, she had always acted as she wanted in front of him.

"Don't make a fuss, I'm talking about business." Huo Yuan Zhengse said, "Don't do things that make you regret in order to be angry with me, he is not suitable for you, you are flamboyant and out-of-the-box, marry him, and you will definitely not get along with his other wife, I am really doing this for your good......"

"He's not suitable, are you suitable?" As soon as these words came out, Lin Qi wanted to bite off her tongue and let you speak without thinking, and she suddenly wanted to close the car curtains in shame.

How did he know that Huo Yuan was pressed on the curtain of the car to stop her behavior, and with a smile in his eyes, he knew that this little girl was not indifferent to him, and his words softened a lot at this time, "Don't worry, I'll find someone to come to your house to propose marriage, you stay at home, don't go out to attract bees and butterflies......"

"Phew! Who attracted the bees and butterflies? Say it to yourself. Lin Qi blushed and said, "Did you say that I would nod when you proposed a kiss?" ”

She didn't like his arrogant tone, as if she was going to marry him.

Huo Yuan chuckled, "Still messing with me?" Well, obedient. "I have to say something more, seeing Xiao Fulin approaching, it seems that it is not appropriate to speak anymore.

Lin Qi's expression slowly returned to normal, but her heart was beating hard, it turned out that this was the sweet taste, she originally had no idea about the other half, but at this moment, she was very glad that the person was the man in front of her.

Xiao Fulin arched his hand towards Lin Qi, "It's not early, Second Miss Lin should enter the mansion first." ”

"It's fine." Lin Qi responded, thinking that this person had intentions for herself, but she had no intention of him, so she still vaguely refused to do so, her eyes turned around, and she saw a tree outside the wall with three branches, so she had an idea, she pointed to the tree and said to Xiyu: "You go back and let someone cut down one of the branches of that tree......

"Girl, why is that?" Xiyu was puzzled, where did this tree provoke the girl.

"I don't like it." Lin Qi said, but his eyes looked at Xiao Fulin's sunken eyes, "I've only heard of flowers blooming and stemming, but I haven't heard of three branches growing in a row, how ugly this is, it still doesn't keep it as an eyesore." ”

As soon as she said this, Huo Yuan immediately laughed, and Lin Qi glared at him.

Xiao Fulin's hands under his sleeves were clenched into fists, and he understood the metaphor of these words.

"I'm not wrong, what are you laughing at?" Lin Qi looked at Huo Yuan dissatisfied, but looked at Xiao Fulin with a slightly apologetic gaze, "Commander Xiao, personal preference, you don't have to laugh, otherwise the little woman will die of shame." ”

"Second Miss Lin is right, it is indeed the most beautiful flower." Xiao Fulin responded without a smile in his eyes.

"It's still Xiao who is sensible, not like someone." Lin Qi glanced at Huo Yuan again.

Huo Yuan restrained himself a little and didn't laugh out loud, but he still had a smile on his face.

Lin Qi stopped glaring at him, politely said goodbye to Xiao Fulin, and without paying any more attention to Huo Yuan, he closed the curtain of the car and told the coachman to whip into the house.

Xiao Fulin and Huo Yuan were still standing in place, watching the door of the Lin Mansion slowly close.

Huo Yuan turned his head to look at Xiao Fulin, "Commander Xiao, a gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, so you can stop here." ”

"General Huo is so sure, can you get the heart of a beautiful woman?" Xiao Fulin responded with a sneer.

He could see at a glance that these two people still didn't know each other's family backgrounds, otherwise they wouldn't have spoken like that, and Lin Qi's words also made him unhappy, these two people really thought simply.

"The facts are not in front of you, Commander Xiao should recognize the facts." Huo Yuan also said coldly, "She is not suitable for you, don't hurt other girls." ”

For the first time, Xiao Fulin felt that marrying two wives was disadvantageous in the marriage market, but this Huo Yuan's high profile made him even more unaccustomed to it, "General Huo, don't be too arrogant, be careful of capsizing in the gutter." ”

He will definitely not let him get his wish, not only that, but he must also play this arrogant talent well.

Glancing at the plaque in the Lin Mansion, an idea came to mind.