At the beginning of the summer, I didn't care much about whether to change to a bigger house.

She can live in the palace, and she can live in the hut as well. As long as you get used to it, everything is good.

What she cares about is Gu Teng's intentions.

What did that boy come to do, and why did he do it?

She could vaguely guess something.

This matter has a lot to do with her, she should ask, but this should be a little helpless and indifferent.

After she packed up the chrysanthemums and taught them to dry them with the newly obtained tea, she took Song Yu to see Luo Ziqian.

On the way, Song Yu asked her: "Third sister, do you want to be my cousin-in-law?" ”

Xia Chuxin was stunned, it turned out that it was just her own blind guess, and it seemed that this matter was eight or nine.

But she couldn't help but ask, "Why do you ask that?" ”

"My aunt asked me if I like the third sister to be my cousin." Song Yu looked up at her, her expression a little depressed.

"Oh...... What do you say? ”

"I like it." He hung his head and said, "Brother Yu is not good, I lied." ”

That's not to like, Xia Chu's expression was stunned, and he didn't answer, so he heard him say again: "I like the third sister, you can't just be the third sister, isn't it a cousin?" ”

It's really childlike, innocent and cute.

Xia Chu was dumbfounded, she didn't want to lie to him, she didn't dare to pack a ticket to say no.

Luo Ziqian's attitude is obvious, as long as she does not object, this can be done. As for the objections...... What reason did she use? Since ancient times, children's marriages have been the words of their parents, and she can't be independent.

Who is not married?

"The third young lady is back with Young Master Song." A mother-in-law called out for joy.

At the beginning of the summer, when he came back to his senses, he had unconsciously walked to the door of Cihe Hall.

"Let's pass it on." She said that if there are guests at home, it is natural to pass it on, and if it is not timely, it is better to avoid it.

"The old lady said, please ask the third lady and Young Master Song to go directly into the house." The woman laughed.

Hey, she really didn't object.

Xia Chu nodded and pulled Song Yu into the house.

Xiao Wu's, Mei's and Xia Bangqiu's are all gone, so they should have avoided it.

There were only Luo Ziqian and Wu in the room, and the long, jade young man sat on a chair, and when he saw them enter, he stood up.

He...... It's a lot taller than before.

Gu Tun was good-looking when he was a child, and now that he has grown, he is a handsome young man like Zhilan Yushu.

In particular, his eyes are exceptionally clear, and at first glance he is an upright person, this kind of person...... Sure enough, it was the material for the troops.

At the beginning of the summer, he suddenly remembered that he had talked to the concubine in his previous life, and he was very envious of her family background. In terms of status, her family is naturally higher, but she envies the ease of the general's family.

She greeted Luo Ziqian and the Wu family, and listened to Gu Teng's gesture: "Third sister Xia." ”

She gave up half a salute, opened her mouth, and wanted to call the Gu family brother like when she was a child, but she stopped: "I've seen Gu Shizi." ”

Gu Teng's gaze fell lightly on Xia Chu's face.

Unlike the skinny little girl when she was a child, she was much more beautiful, and she had a glimpse of her in her mother's yard two years ago, but because of her grandfather's death, he didn't pay much attention to her.

Mother said that she wanted to hire her as her concubine.

Gu Tun was not happy, Xia Chu was not much better than a stranger to him, and the most impressive thing was that she was very quiet, but by no means shy. Just like now, her eyes were like clear water, swaying, as if looking at him, but she didn't feel the attention.

He is not a talkative person, in fact, he prefers to be more lively in his heart, but as long as his mother likes it, it is enough.

Although he got a breath from his mother's mouth, Gu Tun never rejoiced because of this, let alone let people inquire about the appearance and temperament of the beginning of Xia, as if he had never known.

But now that he saw her, he thought that this girl might become his wife in the future, and his face burned for a while.

The word wife is too shy for a sixteen-year-old boy.

There was a strange smell in the air, making his face redder and redder.

"Brother Yu is back," Luo Ziqian broke the silence and said with a smile: "Your cousin has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Song Yu hurriedly walked to Gu Teng's side, looked up and said with a little face: "My third sister and I went to pick flowers, and we picked a lot!" ”

Wu said: "Haha, we all know it, Brother Yu is really capable." ”

Xia Chu also smiled and said, "Brother Yu really helped me a lot." ”

Song Yu had a hint of joy on his face, and then his little face tightened, trying to make a look of not caring: "What's this, it's good to be able to help the third sister." ”

Gu Yu swallowed back the sentence 'didn't trouble the third sister', took Song Yu's little hand and said: "Old lady, eldest lady, our brothers have been bothering for a long time, and our grandmother and mother are still waiting, so we will go back and visit you another day." ”

"Good boy, what do you say, come and play often in the future." Luo Ziqian responded kindly, and then instructed Mama Gu: "You go to the gatehouse and give an order, and send the two brothers out." ”

Mama Gu's harmony should be.

When Gu Teng heard this, he took Song Yu and Mama Gu to leave together.

When the guests left, Wu also had to deal with housework, so he talked to Luo Ziqian, and he went by himself after a while.

Mama Gu sent people away, and went back and forth, knowing that their ancestors and grandchildren might have something to say, so she pulled Mama Lu and led the maids and mothers-in-law in the house to retreat far away to the courtyard.

The room was quiet, and you could hear the pins falling.

"You're not happy?" In the end, Luo Ziqian couldn't hold back and opened his mouth first. She is not a person who can save words, although her qi cultivation kung fu is very good for so many years, compared with the beginning of Xia, she makes a judgment.

"Strange things again, what should I do to be upset?" Xia Chu said lightly: "I just didn't expect it to be so soon." ”

From the newborn baby, to now, more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Unknowingly, she has reached the age when she should say that she is married.

I can't believe it.

"That's fine, but girls always have to get married, I know you will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable in your heart, and I can't keep you for a lifetime." If she did, her 'kind' grandmother would have become vicious in the blink of an eye.

"I know, but you didn't say anything to me, why is that?"

"Although I noticed something, I only took care of my family and kept filial piety at that time, but I didn't say it clearly, and I was afraid that I would be wrong." Luo Ziqian's tone was a little cautious, with a little tentative inquiry. "You don't like Gu Teng?"

When the queen mother was angry, it was she who didn't dare to touch her scales.

But now, she's not quite sure if she's angry, so she's even more curious.

"Qi Da is not a coincidence," Xia Chu did not answer the question of whether he liked it or not, this question was unsolvable. She raised her eyes, her eyes were shallow, and there was no joy or anger, but a flat and straightforward tone: "Didn't you say that too?" The son of the Dingguo General's Mansion, how can our family climb high? ”

Luo Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it was not good to resist marrying.

As for Gao Pan...... Who climbed whom?

If you don't ask about your family background, who can climb high at the beginning of summer?

"Gu Shizi is a good person, and the general's wife likes you very much." She thought for a moment and added, "Your uncle is already a third-grade person. ”

The door is also a good match.

Although the Xia family does not have a title in the Dingguo General's Mansion, the civil servants and military attaches are different.

What's more, Xia Yan didn't have a chance to go up again.

It may be a little difficult to enter the cabinet, in the end, he is not from a serious imperial examination, and he doesn't like to use newcomers today, Xia Yan was hereditary at the beginning, but Old Man Xia is just a minor official, and the position he came to is not high, and now everything depends on himself.

is willing to promote Xia Yan today, at this juncture, I can't tell whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.

Xia Yan asked his mother, and his mother was wiser and more long-term than his father. But Luo Ziqian didn't give him any advice, and only let him do what he wanted.

A man's path has to be walked on his own, and what can a person hide under a woman's skirt do.

These are the exact words of Luo Ziqian.

"My father is just a magistrate, and he's not young."

In Xia Qing's life, it is the limit to be able to mix with a prefect, and this has to be the result of the family's strength. But after all, the Xia family focused on Xia Yan, and their financial resources and connections were limited, so they could not cultivate two people.

Xia Yan also has his own son, his son has been out for many years, and his annual evaluation is not bad, and he is promoted step by step when he returns to Beijing.

Who is closer brother or son? There is no one who will not calculate this account.

Even if the eldest uncle is willing, the eldest aunt may not be willing, so why bother when the family is restless?

Xia Qing had to rely on himself.

Xia Chu couldn't help but wonder if it was wrong to underestimate his aunt and secretly give advice to his father because his mother didn't give him an order. If Xia Qing hadn't been promoted, he would naturally not be an official, and he would have been a rich man for the rest of his life.

No matter how much the general's wife likes her, she will not marry her son to a white-bodied daughter as a concubine.

The twenty-seven months of the Gu family's great work has passed, and the removal ceremony in the previous month, Xia Chu did not participate, but the Wu family took Xia Bangqiu to go.

Gu Teng is already sixteen years old, and a teenager of his age should have already been married. It's just that the first has been hanging in the balance, and later it was delayed because he wanted to keep filial piety for Old Man Gu.

As soon as General Gu came out of his suit, he was recalled to the court by the emperor, which shows the meaning of importance.

How could such an important minister of the Holy Grace and the concubine of their family be easily decided? Mrs. Gu would never suddenly want to joke with her...... When the jokes about the children's relatives get bigger, they make enemies.

But then again, Luo Ziqian's words are not unreasonable. Since she must marry, who is not married?

Married to the son of the general of Dingguo, as long as their family is willing, what can't they?

"So what? Since people have taken a fancy to you, they naturally have their reasons, and they will not treat you harshly because of this. "It was then, and now it is now, how can it be compared? Luo Ziqian avoided the General's Mansion back then because Xia Yan had just entered Jingzhao Mansion, so it was not good for his career to have anything to do with it, but now, the two families are invisibly tied to a rope.

Today's health is getting worse and worse, although the mourning period of Old Man Gu has been delayed, but the court has repeatedly boycotted the court, and the news from the palace is always very unsettling...... This time, the will of the concubine was chosen so quickly, and the wedding date was set very tightly, revealing a signal of uneasiness.

In the first two years, because the emperor's body has not been good, the princes were impatient for a while, and they were caught with a lot of pigtails today, and many 'dissenting' courtiers were cleaned up, but the vacant vacancies were quickly filled, and it is difficult to say who those people are.

Even Xia Qing's magistrate can actually be regarded as a leak. Who of the officials of the world does not receive some filial piety? How can you feed a large family by relying only on Lu Hebing and Tan Jing?

Why is it that the original Jiangyin County Order was unlucky and was arrested? It's just a matter of standing up again today.

The more impetuous the people's hearts became, and some emperors who originally valued literature over military force gradually valued military power.

The Gu family is an important minister of the three dynasties, not to mention in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, but at least half of them are the descendants of the Gu family, or they used to be the descendants of the Gu family, this number is very terrifying. Mrs. Gu is from a family again, and the back of the Gu family is getting harder and harder.

Keeping filial piety and avoiding things was originally a limited move, and when filial piety came out, the emperor summoned him, and General Gu didn't dare to do it.

And Xia Yan, Jing Zhaoyin, is in charge of trivial matters in Beijing, although he has a director of the Criminal Department, he is only responsible for investigating cases and arresting people on weekdays, but the Criminal Department does not have the direct right to call the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

Half of the soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division are in the hands of Jing Zhao Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, that is, Xia Yan.

He is also a pawn to be held tightly in his hands today.

The two families can be said to be sympathetic to each other, but now it's not right to stand there, and everything is wrong, so they can only stand still, and turn a deaf ear to the solicitations of the princes around them - dare to try it? Don't look at the bad health today, it's still okay to deal with a few people.

Do too much wrong, General Gu didn't dare to make any moves when he received the errand with the troops, and Xia Yan did the same.

However, at the same time as a crisis, it also represents an opportunity.

"When?" When others beat her idea, she didn't know the slightest news! Xia Chu was a little annoyed, her comfortable life was too smooth, and she lost her vigilance.

When the Dingguo General's Mansion gave her a congratulatory gift a year ago, she should have noticed it.

Considering the thoughts of the family, how can Luo Ziqian know? She shook her head: "It's about the past year or two...... You probably don't know that Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Liu have a very good relationship. ”

This means that the two often communicate with each other, one party intends to investigate, and the other side is willing to sell well, and the performance at the beginning of Xia can't hide from the Gu family.

"I was negligent." Xia Chu admitted that he did inadvertently reveal a lot, and a careful person like Mrs. Liu was afraid that she would have found out a long time ago. The capital is not big, and she is also a lady who grew up in Beijing, and it is normal for Mrs. Liu to have a relationship with Mrs. Gu, but she ignored these.

"Let's push it, isn't the second sister's family matter still undecided?" (To be continued.) )