Chapter 344: Empty Hope
When King Jin was tired of dealing with King Gong, An Shiyan became a celebrity around the emperor, and the emperor summoned him to the palace from time to time to drink tea and talk about life.
The day before the new year, Zhong Siye rushed back from Haicheng, he brought a lot of things to An Ruolan, and even the ladies of the Hou Mansion were also stained, and he got some small gifts.
Zhong Siye also brought news from Hengji Island.
The war has ended, but the army still needs to be reorganized, because it is too late to come back for the New Year, and it is estimated that it will not be able to return until the beginning of the spring of next year.
Although An Ruolan was a little disappointed in her heart, she didn't take it to heart, and she didn't care about waiting for another month.
It was about dripping blood to recognize relatives, An Ruolan was very concerned about it, and asked deliberately.
Why did the second uncle propose to use blood to identify her background?
Why did King Jin agree?
Why did the neutral ministers end up defecting to the king of Jin?
There were a lot of questions in her mind, she was so curious that she wanted to die, but there was a forbidden area in her heart, and she didn't dare to mention why her blood was compatible with An Shiyan's blood.
According to Zhao Yi, she just wants to believe what she wants to believe.
In fact, she is not fearless, when she stands in front of the civil and military officials, she is also afraid of nervousness, but because she received a letter from her father-in-law in advance, she was able to calm herself down.
Speaking of which, the biggest variable that day was actually An Shiyan.
Zhong Siye boasted that he was like a god, and he didn't expect An Shiyan to stage a bitter drama of crying, making trouble, and hanging himself. Although he had already made arrangements, An Shiyan's actions undoubtedly greatly reduced the danger.
Zhong Siye looked at An Shiyan differently, but he didn't tell An Ruolan all the reasons, but only said perfunctorily: "This is an adult's business, don't worry about your children's family, you should eat and drink." ”
This question has been hanging in my heart for more than half a month, where is An Ruolan willing to follow? immediately pestered him and asked him non-stop.
Zhong Siye was so troubled that he couldn't do it, so he had to play the emotional card, and said: "Let him go through the past, no matter what he does, you just get the result you want, isn't it?" The day after tomorrow, I will rush back to my hometown to accompany your Grandpa Zhong and Grandma Zhong for the New Year, you can't bear to waste the time we spend together on this matter? ”
An Ruolan was immediately speechless, so she had to exhale angrily: "Cunning! ”
But he didn't ask anymore.
Zhong Siye silently made a victory gesture in his heart.
On the day of the New Year, An Ruolan went to Qianxunju early to celebrate the festival with Zhong Siye. Mr. Yi was originally going to be together, but Boss Xie came to call, so he went back to Xie's mansion and only dined at Qianxunju at noon.
An Ruolan originally planned to stay overnight and send Zhong Siye away on the second day, but Zhong Siye wanted to go out to meet friends, so he sent her back to the Wenxin Marquis Mansion by the way.
In this regard, An Ruolan was very dissatisfied, and made an awkward scene before parting.
Zhong Siye persuaded her in a good voice: "It's cold, don't blame yourself, it's not good to hide in the bed and sleep lazy on a cold day?" ”
An Ruolan twisted her face and didn't look at him.
Zhong Siye sighed helplessly, and said in a low voice: "You are too stubborn, if there is a conflict between husband and wife in the future, you will definitely suffer." ”
An Ruolan was speechless, and said with a frown: "You can't help but think too far." ”
But he didn't want Zhong Siye's expression to become more and more sad, and said quietly: "It's really far away." ”
An Ruolan was suspicious in her heart, and asked, "Father-in-law, are you hiding anything from me?" ”
"No, no, it's just a feeling." Zhong Siye hurriedly shook his head.
He couldn't say anything about it.
Hengji Island was captured, and the imperial court not only had to send Jiedu envoys to Hengji Island to control, but also needed soldiers to stay behind, and Xiang Ye mentioned in his letter not long ago that Wei Xing intended to stay behind.
If approved, it will take a few years at the least, or more than 10 or 20 years before he can return to Beijing.
When he learned the news, he couldn't say that he wasn't angry, but he couldn't let Xiang Ye use his private power to veto the application for a defense sentence.
According to Xiang Ye, Wei Xing made such a decision because he wanted to make merits on Hengji Island and not insult Baomei.
Indeed, today's guard punishment is not worthy of his daughter who has been named the county lord.
It's a good thing for a young man to have ambitions, but he can't bear to wait for his daughter.
After waiting, it is endless waiting, who has so much youth to waste?
But the righteous daughter was stubborn, and he knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he could only hide it from her first, so that she could live a few more days of relief.
At least this heavy blow, he did not want to be given by him.
Zhong Siye has a strange temperament, and An Ruolan didn't think much about it, just thought that he was really whimsical.
The father and daughter said a few more words to each other before saying goodbye.
Zhong Siye made an appointment to meet in the Splendid Building, and after separating from An Ruolan, he went straight to the Splendid Building.
The man who made an appointment with him was the king of Jin.
On the way, Zhong Siye deliberately asked the coachman to drive slower, he just wanted King Jin to wait!
Wandering to the Splendid Building, going up to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, pushing the door in, King Jin had already darkened his face.
"The road is slippery in snow, I don't dare to drive in a hurry, the grass people are late, and I hope the prince will forgive me." Zhong Siye gave up his hand with a haha, without any sincerity.
"It doesn't matter." King Jin gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words.
The wine was boiling on the table, steaming, Zhong Siye saluted, sat down cross-legged on the side of the short table, and poured himself a cup of hot wine to warm up.
Whether it is from his demeanor or from his demeanor, it is not obvious that he has the slightest respect for the royal family.
King Jin was stunned and said, "Please also ask Mr. Zhong to solve your doubts." ”
Zhong Siye poured himself a drink leisurely, held on to the wine glass, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Mr. Wang, the grass people can't afford it." ”
"Sir is too modest." King Jin's eyes sank slightly, "Such a thing is like a god, knowing what people don't know, Zhong Siye, you think you can afford this life." ”
Zhong Siye only hooked the corners of his lips.
King Jin said again: "This king just wants to know, is it that you are manipulating a qiē behind your back?" ”
"It's too hard to say manipulation." Zhong Siye nodded between his eyebrows, shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "The grass people just asked a few friends to help a little." ”
"Lord Zhou of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Jiang, Minister of the Cabinet, maybe there are others? Although Zhong Siye has no official position or title, he has many high-ranking friends. King Jin smiled coldly.
Zhong Siye spread his hands innocently and said, "No way, the grass people are popular." ”
"This king only knows that forming a party for personal gain is a serious crime." King Jin didn't want to beat around the bush with him anymore, so he knocked on the table with his fingers and said, "This king doesn't know how big the power behind you is, but this king wants to remind you that before you do anything, think about Lan'er first, you don't want her to be implicated!" ”
The vague meaning is to persuade him not to take a fork in the road.
The imperial court does not allow any unknown and overly powerful forces to exist, not only for the rights and interests of the imperial court, but also for the stability of the country and the peace of the people.
Zhong Siye understands, but he is really wronged, he only wrote three letters, how can he be suspected of ill intentions?
The misunderstanding was too big, and he had to explain it clearly.
Putting away his casual posture, Zhong Siye sat upright, cleared his throat and said, "It's not a secret, in fact, the grass people are friends of women and the elderly. ”
"......" King Jin is silent, a friend of women, a friend of the elderly? What the hell is this?
Zhong Siye continued: "The prince listened to the grass people, and the matter is like this......"
He wrote three letters, the first one was to Meng Yuyan, asking Meng Yuyan to communicate with Meng Yuqing, and asking Zhou Yuhan to come forward and propose to recognize his relatives by blood; The second letter was sent to Imperial Physician Zhang, asking Imperial Physician Zhang to help cheat; In the third letter, he wrote to Mrs. Jiang, who had a good personal relationship with his mother, asking Mrs. Jiang to blow the wind on her pillow.
The method is simple and the results are significant.
Although Taiyi Zhang's move did not come in handy in the end.
After listening to Zhong Siye's explanation, King Jin's face darkened.
In Shengjing City, who doesn't know that the cabinet Master Jiang is afraid of guilt, Zhou Yuhan loves his wife, and Imperial Doctor Zhang is familiar with Zhong Siye, but who would connect these three seemingly unrelated people?
No one!
King Jin couldn't help but think, if his sixth brother King Gong knew the truth, how would he react?
I'm afraid it will flip the table.
There is comparison, there is happiness, and King Jin instantly felt that he was not so angry.
With his fist against his lips, King Jin couldn't help but smile and said, "For the sake of you solving the crisis of this king, this king will not pursue your private correspondence with Princess Jin." ”
Zhong Siye only felt hehe, thinking that you can be held accountable?
Following Lord Jiang, King Jin also spread throughout Shengjing.
Remembering another thing on his mind, King Jin asked: "Lan'er and Shiyan ...... it"
Without waiting for him to finish asking, Zhong Siye raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "Even if I explain this matter to you, you won't understand, if you have doubts about Baomei's identity in your heart, it doesn't matter, Baomei doesn't want you as a father." ”
These words are a sword that pierces the heart of King Jin.
Picking up the wine glass and pouring two glasses in succession, King Jin said bitterly: "This king is not so confused as to doubt Lan'er's identity, this king is just curious." Afterwards, the king sent someone to check, and the bowl of water used by Shiyan was indeed fine. He stared at Fourth Master Zhong with burning eyes.
Zhong Siye's eyes rolled wildly, and he said perfunctorily: "As long as the prince knows that the grass people have no second thoughts about Dayong, and just want to be a businessman." ”
He didn't want to discuss blood type with the ancients at all, because it was playing the harp to the cow.
King Jin retracted his gaze and said, "I hope so." ”
Although he still had doubts in his heart, he chose to believe in Zhong Siye.
did not provoke any other topics, the two were relatively speechless, and drank in silence.
Chinese New Year's Eve is a sunny day, the old marquis is lying in bed for the New Year, he has missed Aunt Chu for a long time and has not been able to make his condition better, and even worsened, after that, the big and small things in the front yard are handed over to An Shiting to take care of.
After the New Year, An Ruoyan was about to get married, and the second lady washed her face with tears all day long, regretting that she didn't love her daughter well before.
An Wenqi was bored in the room for nearly half a month, and painted a set of ten splendid mandarin duck pictures with different expressions to give An Ruoyan as a dowry, he is now a well-known painter in Shengjing, although the paintings painted are not worth thousands of gold, but there are also a lot of people who love painting to buy and collect.
Not to mention how much this set of paintings is worth, this intention alone is enough for An Ruoyan to cherish her life.
While An Ruolan is envious, she is also worried about what gift to give to the fifth sister, in terms of heart, she is definitely not as good as the second brother, but if she only looks at the silver, it is too insincere.
After thinking about it, she decided to treat everyone equally, and also gave An Ruoyan a set of head noodles, and made a set of head noodles with her own hands, the same as when An Ruojin got married.
is also distressed by An Wenyan, An Wenqi came to such a move, but it made him wonder what gift An Ruolan should give when he gets married in the future.
He didn't want to lose to his second brother, but fortunately he still had time to think slowly.
The man arrived in Shengjing early to make a point, and he also went back along the way, and the An family only needs to send his daughter out of the door.
It can be seen that An Ruoyan's future husband is reliable and stable.
Because of the long distance, the arrangement is to take the waterway, after greeting relatives in the city, the sedan chair is carried to the boat, directly back to the south of the Yangtze River, to the ancestral house and then worship heaven and earth.
In this way, there is no way for the woman to send her relatives to the end.
In this matter, the man first asked the opinion of the Hou Mansion, although the second lady could not send her relatives to the end, but she thought that she would have status and face in the ancestral house, so she agreed.
The elders of the Hou Mansion must tell An Ruoyan not to meet her future husband in front of the church, let alone have any behavior that exceeds the rules, otherwise, she will lose her dignity and be shorter in the future, so that her husband will look down on her.
also knocked on the subordinates who accompanied the marriage, telling them to be vigilant, not to let any man get close to An Ruoyan's body, and neither can the future uncle, eat, drink and sleep can only let others serve them.
After all, it takes a lot of time on the road, and all I know about the man is heard of rumors, so it is better to be vigilant if there is an accident on the road.
An Ruoyan knew the importance and kept the elders' advice in mind.
On the day of the wedding, An Ruojin and An Ruolian both came back, the Hou Mansion cried loudly, everyone was reluctant to An Ruoyan, and pulled her to cry bitterly, until An Ruoyan got into the sedan chair, everyone regained their calmness.
An Ruoyan was also helped out by An Ruolan and helped her to the sedan chair, and everyone went all the way to the dock, and waited until the boat drove far away on the river before returning with tears.
The battle prepared by the man was not small, and he also strictly abided by the rules, chartered two big ships, one boat for the bride and groom, one for the male servants on the groom's official ship, and An Ruoyan's boat placed the dowry and dowry.
The big ship went all the way south without mentioning it.
Soon after An Ruoyan got married, the envoy of Hengji Island was selected, and although King Jin won the victory by a narrow margin, most of the officials sent to Hengji Island with him were King Gong's people, which made him have a lot of trouble when he managed Hengji Island in the future.
I don't know what method An Shiyan used, he is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he is also on the list of officials sent to Hengji Island.
At the beginning of February, Xiang Ye was ordered to return to Beijing with half of the army, while the rest of the soldiers stayed behind to garrison Hengji Island.
The guards were among the garrisons.
When Duchess Wei Guo learned that Wei Xing was going to be stationed on Hengji Island, she was so angry that she didn't sleep for three days, and she complained to Wei Guogong countless times, saying: "It was he who asked us to prepare a dowry and ask for a kiss, and now he is also the one who does not want to come back, if he has already planned to garrison Hengji Island, don't open this mouth to us!" I heard Xiao Shao say that he had an agreement with the county lord of Chenshuang, and now it's good, he backtracked! Is he worthy of other people's girls? When he returns, it is estimated that he has already married another woman, and then he will cry! ”
Wei Guogong was also very helpless, so he could only comfort his wife with kind words.
Wei Shao also felt that his brother was wrong, and he didn't dare to meet An Ruolan again.
In the entire Weiguo Mansion, the only happy one was Qin Yiqing, who was ordered to be on the wall of the room.
An Ruolan didn't know anything about this, and waited with antiquity for the return of the guard. R1152