The hundredth family affair
Hao Lianjue followed the housekeeper back to the palace, and as soon as he entered the second gate, he saw an old woman wearing a red flower on her head and wiping cigarettes and powder. She saluted Hao Lianjue and stared twice before walking away.
"Who?" Hao Lianjue turned his head and asked, but he couldn't help but stare at him when he didn't hear the reply immediately.
The housekeeper shrank his head in fright, and hurriedly replied: "I heard that the princess found a famous matchmaker in the south of the city to come to the door, I don't know if it was the person just now." ”
Hao Lianjue frowned when he heard this, and had a vague bad premonition. Sure enough, as soon as he entered the house, he saw his mother talking to his father with a smile.
He went home several times, and he had never seen his mother smile so comfortably.
"Jue'er is back?" The princess smiled and beckoned to him, "Come to the concubine, I have a happy event to tell you!" I ask the queen to grant you permission to return to the northwest after you get married. Here are several portraits of girls, all of whom are very good women. Come and see, which one is right for you? ”
The queen is the princess's sister-in-law, and her own family is of course easy to discuss. The princess was full of tears, and I felt sorry for her, and said that Jue'er was pitiful, and the prince couldn't do it, so she went to that bitter cold place. It's seventeen years old this year, and the family doesn't have an eyebrow yet. I finally went back to the capital, and now I have to go back.
Hao Lianjue got today's punishment because of the fight with the second prince, and the emperor called the second prince back because the queen mother missed the second prince and fell ill a year ago. The second prince returned, but Hao Lianjue was not pardoned. When the queen saw her sister-in-law say this, she felt a little reluctant to go, so she agreed to let Hao Lianjue become a relative and leave the capital again. She will find an opportunity to talk to the emperor, and maybe let Hao Lianjue take his newlywed wife away.
When the princess left the palace, she immediately found the most famous matchmaker in the capital, and chose a few girls she thought were suitable, just waiting for her son to choose one.
When Hao Lianjue heard this, he didn't go over to look, but sat down nearby. He kept his face calm and said nothing, and took a sip of the tea on the table.
The prince's face was ugly, and the princess hurriedly said when she saw this: "You have grown so big, your mother and your father have never forced you to do anything. As the saying goes: unfilial piety has three nos. You have gone to such a bitter cold place, and you can't do your filial piety under your parents' knees, and you can't obey your parents' wishes even for such a major event as marriage? After speaking, he hid his face and sobbed.
King Pingnan saw that his princess was crying so pitifully that he was pitiful, so he hurriedly comforted him softly, and then turned his head and scolded his son, "Bastard, it's so easy to come back, and it makes your mother heartbroken!" Unfilial, how did our Hao family come up with such a disobedient and unfilial thing as you? The ancestors knew underground, but they were all disciplined by the king. ”
"You can see what you do." The big hat of unfilial piety is buttoned down, what is Hao Lianjue's way out? He reluctantly compromised, got up and walked outside. Anyway, sooner or later, they have to get married, and anyway, marrying is to help themselves fulfill their filial piety, so let my father, queen and mother choose a satisfactory candidate.
"Bastard boy......" Seeing this, the prince was about to chase him out and teach him a lesson, but the princess hurriedly stopped him and said: "Since Jue'er has agreed, hurry up and settle down, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Which one of the prince's photos is to help the concubine get an idea. ”
"The princess sees which one is good, and this king is not good at these things. Besides, where are the rules for husbands, fathers-in-law, and daughters-in-law? ”
"Well, it's the concubine who forgot the rules when she was happy."
Hao Lianjue shook her head helplessly when she heard the conversation in the room, and the concubine, who was still crying a lot, became happy, it can be seen that she was making a show for him just now. Who made him the most unbearable to see his mother shed tears, and the mother caught his weakness.
He was wandering around the garden when he heard the sound of reading aloud. He followed the sound and saw a small figure sitting in the gazebo, holding a book in his hand, and a girl and mother-in-law serving beside him. There are fresh fruits, exquisite snacks, and good tea.
Seeing this, he remembered Brother Jin. Looking at the age, Brother Jin and Chi'er are about the same age, one is in the mansion, and the other is doing penance in Qiushan Academy. Although the Jin family is not in the stream, the old man Jin is full of copper smell, but he will raise his son.
"Big brother!" Hao Lianchi saw him and hurriedly put down the book in his hand and came over, "When did you come back?" Are you going to stay this time? ”
After all, he was still a child, his face was full of childishness, and his heart was soft, and he reached out to touch Hao Lianchi's head.
"What books do you read? What does it mean? He entered the gazebo, glanced at the book on the stone table, and sat down.
"Big brother is so boring, he asks for homework when he meets." Hao Lianchi frowned slightly when he heard this, and he drooped with a bitter gourd face, "I read the book, but I don't know how to understand it." Listen to the master, and I will understand. ”
Zi said: If you learn without thinking, you will be reckless, and if you think without learning, you will die. If you only read books without thinking, you will feel confused and gain nothing; If you just dream but don't study hard, you will get mentally tired and get nothing. How can reading be completely explained by the Master? The son said: Don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry. If you don't take one corner and don't take three corners, you won't do it again. A good teacher will not always explain and enlighten his students until he wants to understand but can't. Don't enlighten him until he wants to say it but can't. To give one square horn but not to push out the other three square corners from this class is no longer taught. He saw that his second brother was confused, so he had to stop.
"As soon as I saw the book, I had a headache, and I was afraid that my father would beat me, so I had to force myself to study. In fact, people like us don't have to read, just know a few words and understand the way of a saint. Is it possible that you really expect to be the top student in the study examination in order to get in? "Hao Lianchi is ten years younger than him, and he likes to be coquettish around him when he is a child. The two brothers are also brothers and fathers, and their relationship is not ordinary.
"Chi'er, what do you want to do in the future?"
"What do people like us have to think about in the future? It's just reading, dancing and writing when you have nothing to do, and if you're bored, you can have a casual job. "Hao Lianchi is right, most of the children of those families are like this," anyway, in the house
Most of them are like this, "Anyway, there is a big brother in the house, and I don't need my heart for anything." ”
"Big brother can protect you for a lifetime?" His eyes deepened.
Hao Lianchi grabbed a piece of dim sum and stuffed it into his mouth, shaking his head with his mouth puffed up: "Of course!" The tone is certainly unmistakable.
Hearing this, his expression froze, and for a moment there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Okay! The eldest brother held up a world for Chi'er. I hope Chi'er will always be so heartless in this life! ”
"Big brother, is this scolding me?" Hao Lianchi didn't care, "Just scold, anyway, the eldest brother scolds at most, and he still loves me very much in his heart." ”
"This is a great blessing, do you think anyone can live a life without heart and lungs?" There was a deep meaning in his words, but unfortunately Hao Lianchi couldn't understand the meaning.
The two brothers sat idly for a while, and Hao Lianjue got up and left the house.
The princess over there was busy picking a daughter-in-law, she fell in love with two girls, and she couldn't make up her mind at the moment. One is Cui Suyan, the second girl of Cui Jian's family, the capital of the second-grade guard, and the other is Yang Ziqing, the eldest girl from the family of Lord Yang, the servant of the second-grade household department.
These two girls just turned fifteen a few days ago, and there are many people who propose marriage, but they have not yet decided on their in-laws. Miss Cui is good at martial arts, and she has only read a few books of "Women's Rules" and knows a few words slightly; Miss Yang is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is a famous talented woman in the capital. Obviously, one is healthy and easy to give birth to, and the other is knowledgeable and good. After thinking about it, the princess chose Miss Yang. She knows her son, who has a quirky and moody temperament, so Miss Cui is a person who practices martial arts, and it is inevitable that she will be irritable, if the two of them quarrel and then do it, wouldn't it be a big joke? That Miss Yang has a soft temperament, and she may be able to overcome the two of them with softness.
Having made up her mind, she hurriedly ordered someone to invite Mrs. Wang over again. Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Don't worry, princess, the slave and maid will go to the Yang Mansion for a walk, and the matter will come back immediately." Shizi ...... No, the pioneer is a talent, and the future is limitless, and whoever hears the marriage will be happy! The princess waited for good news, and the slave and maid went. After saying that, he retired and left the house.
Mrs. Wang thought that the signboard of Pingnan Mansion would be displayed, so Mrs. Yang still didn't agree? Unexpectedly, as soon as she told the princess that she wanted to get married, Mrs. Yang became silent.
"Mrs. Yang, that Hao Xianfeng is a talent, how many people were waiting to marry the girl before......"
"You said it was before." Madame Yang interrupted her, feeling a little unhappy in her heart. Thinking about it, if Hao Shizi is still the prince, the princess can't look down on the girls in their family. Let's not talk about whether the son of the world can make a comeback in the future, just talking about the reason for the loss of the son of this world makes it difficult for her to accept.
The prince, who should have known the rules of etiquette, actually fought against the prince, not wanting the consequences, regardless of family affection, which has to make people feel that the prince is difficult to entrust for life. How can a girl who was raised in the palm of her hand marry such a person?
Mrs. Wang's face was starved, and she secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Anyway, Hao Xianfeng is the eldest son of the prince. This time, the princess specially asked the queen for instructions and allowed Hao Xianfeng to return to the northwest after becoming a parent. If the two newcomers are in a good relationship and don't want to separate, they may be able to bring them back. Madame thinks about it, they leave their in-laws to live a small life on their own, don't be too comfortable. ”
What the? Do you want to go with you to such a bitter cold place? Wouldn't that mean that Hao Lianjue couldn't return to the capital? Mrs. Yang sank her face and said, "Please tell the princess that the girl of our Yang family can't climb high." Thank you princess for looking at it, the two of them are destined to have no fate! After finishing speaking, he served tea and sent off the guests, and without waiting for Mrs. Wang to move, she threw up her sleeves and left.
This matchmaker is the most famous official media in the capital, and she often goes in and out of the mansions of aristocratic families, although those ladies and ladies are all arrogant, but no one has ever given her such a look.
She held her stomach and walked to the second gate, and as soon as she went out, she heard the girl who sent her out scolding the mother-in-law of the second door, "Open your eyes in the future, don't ask for any cats and dogs to see you back, make your wife angry and be careful to beat your board!" ”
Mrs. Wang pouted angrily, she boasted that she had a clever mouth that could tell the dead alive, and she had countless relatives who had been pulled by the media, and people had to be polite wherever she went. If you don't do it, you can find a good in-law for the girl to be married in your family! Don't look at the matchmaker's status, but if you want to destroy a family affair, it's easy to do it. However, this is something that is detrimental to yin morality, and no one will do it lightly.
I didn't expect that the cat and dog she was scolded for this day are not as good, and she is so angry in her heart, she is about to explode! Isn't it just a lady from the second grade? If it weren't for the loss of the title of the son of the family, I'm afraid I wouldn't even look at her with a straight eye, and what kind of noble lady's shelf! Let's see, although I am an inferior person, I have a way to make your lady uncomfortable.
Mrs. Wang returned home with her breath, ate and drank enough and slept again, and the sun was about to set before going to the palace. As soon as she saw the princess, she sighed in frustration.
"It's all the slaves and maids who are incompetent and fail to fulfill the princess's orders. The slave maid felt that although the girl of the Yang family was both talented and beautiful, she was not unparalleled in the world. Moreover, when the princess marries her daughter-in-law, she naturally has good conduct and good virtue. People say that picking a daughter-in-law to look at her mother-in-law, depending on the slave and maid, Miss Yang may not be as dignified and gentle as the outside world. ”
When the princess heard this, she frowned and asked, "What?" Mrs. Yang does not agree with this family business? ”
Originally, this big family had to look at each other in advance when looking for a daughter-in-law, and they had to look at each other's mother's attitude. As soon as the bridge is built in the middle, a good thing is done.
It's just that this time the princess was a little anxious, and she didn't have time to look at herself, so she looked at the portrait. Besides, the other party is just a small second-grade waiter, and marrying their family is considered a high climb. If it weren't for the fact that Jue'er was not the son of the world now, how would she lower her standards?
"It's not just disagree...... The slave has been lobbying, and her mouth is worn out, and if she doesn't agree, she still says something that is not good...... yes, the slave and the maid will not learn, lest the princess will hear and be angry. Those words are so annoying that even the slaves and maids want to jump when they hear them. "The matchmaker half swallowed
Mrs. Wang said half-swallowing, and kept looking at the princess's face.
This is more powerful than saying, and the princess's face becomes ugly.
"The slave maid has always said, don't look at Hao Xianfeng now, he is not a son, but he has a worry-free future. Mandu City counts, the foreign surname is the prince, the emperor's relatives, and the school-age girls to be married in the family of the first-class family are put together, not a hundred, but also dozens. If it was placed in the past, wasn't it chosen by the princess at random? Now it's their turn to the Yang family, this is the blessing of the previous life, and Mrs. Yang doesn't know how to cherish the blessing. ”
These words are poking at the princess's sore spot, if she is rejected by those real families, it is not ashamed, and the other party is just an official from the second grade. Although Master Yang's official position is not low, he has no foundation in the family, and if no one promotes and supports him, it is estimated that this official has done it. At present, the palace is extending an olive branch, and people refuse without even thinking about it, and they say a lot of unpleasant things, I really see that their palace is easy to bully!
"Could it be that the girl in their Yang Mansion is a Nine Heavens Fairy, and our palace can't marry it?" The princess was furious and asked the matchmaker to go back first, and the matter was put aside for the time being.
The next day, the princess cleaned up and went to the palace. She went to say hello to the Queen Mother first, and it happened that the Queen Mother was also there. She smiled and said that she fell in love with the girl from Lord Yang's family, and she was afraid that Jue'er would not be worthy of others at the moment, and she had wronged other girls, so she wanted to ask the Queen Mother to be a Baoshan.
The princess and the current emperor are not the same mother and concubine, I think back then, the princess's own mother was the palace maid next to the queen mother. After giving birth to the princess, the palace maid died of postpartum blood without waiting for canonization. The Queen Mother took pity on the princess for having no mother as soon as she was born, so she kept her by her side and treated her better than her own.
Hao Lianjue is the grandson of the Queen Mother, and he often goes in and out of the harem when he is a child, and he is deeply liked by the Queen Mother. Hao Lianjue went to the bitter cold land in the northwest, and the queen mother was worried, and mentioned it to the emperor twice but to no avail. Now when it comes to his marriage, the Queen Mother is naturally concerned.
"It's just a girl from a small household squire, do you need to be so valued?" The Queen Mother felt sorry for Hao Lianjue in her heart, if it wasn't for the kid's impulsive loss of the title of the son, why would she marry a maid?
The princess replied with a smile: "The queen mother feels sorry for Jue'er's concubine and knows that just giving face to the girl of the Yang family is giving Jue'er face!" This marriage must be lively, and it will also help Jue'er rush into bad luck! ”
"Hmm." The Queen Mother nodded when she heard this, "This matter is easy to do, but the mourning family has to look at it first to see if the girl of the Yang family is worth it!" Ming's mourning family announced that their mother and daughter would go to the palace. ”
The princess couldn't help but be happy when she heard this, with the queen mother coming out, this marriage must have been completed. She went back to prepare for the marriage, although she had opinions about Mrs. Yang in her heart, she was not sloppy. In the end, it is his own son who marries his daughter-in-law, and he is not thinking about slapping the prince's face!
The next day, the Queen Mother really passed Mrs. Yang's mother and daughter into the palace. Within half a day, news came out that the Queen Mother was a matchmaker for Miss Yang, and the other party was Hao Lianjue. The Queen Mother is really good at doing things, and even helped choose an auspicious day, the twenty-sixth of this month.
Mrs. Yang was reluctant in every way, but she did not dare to disobey the queen mother's wishes. The two families exchanged Geng posts, gave a dowry, and prepared a dowry. The two families stepped up their work, and finally they were all ready to stop by the twenty-sixth.
The marriage between the Pingnan Mansion and the Yang Mansion is the biggest thing in the capital recently, and all the people talk about it.
Youyi was taken aback at first when she heard the news, and then calmed down. That Hao Lianjue is also seventeen, but he has reached the age when he should marry a wife. It's just that a man who is so cold that he is a little ruthless and unfathomable, what kind of girl can be in touch with him?