Chapter 363: Birthday (3)
Linglong and Gan Er Miss Gan Ming haven't seen each other for a long time, both of them have a lot to say, but Linglong is the protagonist today, and she can't always accompany Gan Ming, and there are still many guests to greet.
In the past ten years, the Gan family has been counted among the nobles. Gan Ming's father, that is, this generation of Yongding Marquis Gan Shilun, when Emperor Jingwen ascended the throne, he was only fifteen years old when he was the imperial guard, at the age of twenty-five he became the commander of Jin Wuwei, and at the age of thirty he was promoted to the commander of Jin Wuwei, until a few years ago, he died of foot disease, and then he retired from the position of Jin Wuwei commander.
The government and the opposition all know that the foot disease of Yongding Hou is because of the root of the disease that fell to save Emperor Jingwen when he was young, although he died in his forties, but it made Emperor Jingwen's favor to the Gan family even more than in the past.
After he became a servant, the prince Gan Tang first entered the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and within a year, he added the title of General Mingwei to the title of the prince, and awarded the four products to command the affairs, and the hereditary replacement. Among the nobles of the dynasty, there is only one Gu Jinzhi who has this kind of grace. Even the nine-year-old son Gan Song was awarded the rank of General Wu Liu.
Although the Gan family is splendid, the two daughters are all waiting for the word boudoir, and there are very few who come to propose. Gan Shilun only has his wife Liang, and there is no aunt in the house, although the Gan family is proud of this, but in the ears of outsiders, it has a different meaning.
Those who have daughters are willing to marry into the Gan family, but those who have sons never dare to marry the daughters of the Gan family.
High marriage and low marriage, most people are unwilling to marry a daughter-in-law who is high and high, and the husband's family is not allowed to take concubines, and the daughters of the Gan family are not popular, and the entire circle of noblewomen in the capital knows that they are frequent visitors to the Beijing Jinxiuzhuang, according to the mother-in-law who has done embroidery in the Gan family, the girls of the Gan family can't even make a pair of winter socks.
At the beginning of the year. Gan Tang married Cheng Xuehuai, the granddaughter of the eldest princess of Jiashan, and the young Gan Song also married the young daughter of Yan Guoxian, the general of Zhenguo, Zilai County. But the eldest lady Gan Zhao is already twenty years old but still no one cares, and the second lady Gan Ming has also reached the end of this year, and the eldest sister is waiting for the word intercalary, and her family affairs will naturally be put on hold. In the past two years, Gan Zhao was disheartened and rarely came out to socialize. Liang always goes out. Only his daughter-in-law Cheng Xuehuai and second daughter Gan Ming were by his side.
As soon as Linglong and Gan Ming had spoken for a while, a mother-in-law came over and said that the wife of the prince of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion had arrived, and Linglong was stunned. Because of Jin Chang's matter, she didn't have a good impression of the Dong family in Linjiang Houfu, and there were not many people invited to this birthday banquet, although the Dong family was considered the Jin family's in-laws. But first, she didn't want to invite them over. Therefore, no invitation was sent, and Mrs. Hou Shizi of Linjiang was obviously uninvited.
Linglong sighed secretly and said to the mother-in-law, "You go and ask your aunt and grandmother to receive me first, and I'll go over." ”
The aunt and grandmother in her mouth are the lobby sister Xuanji. Xuanji's husband Dong Lian is the nephew of the Marquis of Linjiang, and the famous son Dong Guanqing is cousin.
Gan Ming volunteered: "The prince of Linjiang Houfu is my cousin, and I have known her since I was a child. I'll entertain you for you. ”
Linglong was stunned, not to say that she didn't know. The noble circle in the capital is really intertwined, and there is a strip of water.
Gan Ming smiled and said: "Speaking of which, our families can be more or less in-laws. ”
I think this is also one of the reasons why their sisters' marriage is difficult, the noble family is either married to the clan, or it is also a marriage between the nobles, and each other knows the shortcomings of each family.
This is also the reason why the Gu family sisters didn't want Linglong to marry Gu Jinzhi back then. Linglong doesn't belong to their circle, and in their eyes, she is unworthy.
Linglong hurriedly thanked her, Gan Ming was hearty by nature, she snorted, but leaned into Linglong's ear and whispered: "In addition to the birthday gift that my mother brought you, I also brought another one, not on the gift list, when you enter the door, let your mother-in-law in the house send it to the flower room, you can wait to take a look." ”
Linglong smiled: "It's a cold day, you are so Yaxing, think of sending me flowers, in case the flower lady in my house freezes the flowers to death, then won't it live up to your wishes?" ”
Gan Ming blinked mischievously, serious: "Don't worry, these flowers are very good, and I also brought a girl who knows how to raise flowers, and I will give them to you as well." ”
This child Linglong was embarrassed, she heard Gan Ming say that these flowers were not on the gift list, she guessed that it should not be famous flowers and plants, but it was flowers and plants sent between the little sisters. But now I heard that I also sent a flower girl, so I knew that these flowers should not be ordinary.
She said, "Then let that girl teach the mother-in-law in my house, and when she arrives at the church, I will let someone send her back to you." ”
Gan Ming smiled: "Since it was given to you, there is no reason to return it, then the girl will be given to you, maybe you will be reluctant to return it to me when you see her." ”
At this time, a little girl's sharp cry came from next door, and Linglong was just about to ask what was going on, when she saw Chunlin running over: "Princess, the seventeenth master and the brother of the Dong family are fighting." ”
Linglong had no choice but to smile apologetically at Gan Ming: "I'm going to persuade my brother-in-law and nephew, and my second sister will help me go and sit with Mrs. Dong for a while." ”
Gan Ming smiled and waved his hand: "Go quickly, there is me over there." ”
When Xuanji came, she brought a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses Brother Nan and Sister Tan. The two of them are the same age as Little Seventeen, and they are both five years old.
The three children were still listening to the play like little adults, and in a blink of an eye, they started fighting for some reason, Brother Nan punched Xiao Seventeen, and Xiao Seventeen bit Brother Tan'er's wrist and didn't let go, which scared Sister Tan on the side and cried.
Everyone knows that the one who bites people like a Shar Pei dog and does not let go is the prince, the younger brother of the prince, but the one who is bitten is the nephew of the princess, and neither of these two children can have an accident, but no one dares to break Xiao Seventeen's mouth.
When Linglong passed, Brother Tan was grabbing Little Seventeen's pigtail and pulling it, but Little Seventeen didn't move, just biting Brother Tan'er's wrist and not letting go.
Brother Tan'er's nurse was so frightened that her face was like earth, and when she saw Linglong coming, she knelt down with a puff: "Fifth Miss, no, princess, please let the seventeenth master loosen his mouth, and if you bite it again, my brother's hand will be bitten off." ”
Linglong was furious, and whispered to the nurse: "You didn't take good care of your brother, but this son is here to show his loyalty, hurry up, it's not your turn to come to pay my birthday." ”
The nurse actually saw that she was in trouble, and she provoked someone who couldn't be provoked, and she was worried about being blamed by the owner, so she came here, but she didn't expect this Rui princess to be a vegetarian at a young age, she had to get up from the ground with a disgraced face, and then watched Princess Rui walk quickly to the two children, I don't know how she got it, but it was the jade hand that moved, and at the moment Xiao Seventeen had loosened his mouth, Nan Ge'er sat on the ground with a butt, holding his wrist that was bitten by Xiao Seventeen and cried.
One-one-one-one
Xiao Seventeen has a bit of a lot of scenes, but not too much, as I said earlier, he is a very important person in this book.
(To be continued.) )