Wei Xinghuo hurriedly discussed with his parents about the marriage proposal, but did not mention it.

Not surprisingly, when the old lady vaguely mentioned to the old marquis that Wei Xing intended to marry An Ruolan, the old marquis unceremoniously reprimanded her severely.

The old marquis has been sick for two years, his body is weak, his temper is getting bigger and bigger, and his pedantic thinking is becoming more and more deep-rooted. You are really old and confused, and you dare to say such a thing, you will lose the face of my family! Not to mention that Nawei is just a small general, our Sister Lan is the county lord of Sipin! ”

In the end, his body was not good, and after yelling twice, he was panting like a bellows.

The old lady drooped her eyelids, and she didn't take this to heart at all, nor did she pat the old marquis on the back to dissipate her anger.

She didn't move, only people rushed to curry favor.

Aunt Chu hurriedly stepped up, patted her chest and stroked her back, and persuaded with an anxious and worried face: "Master Hou, don't be angry!" ”

It's just that when the old marquis saw her wrinkled face, he gasped even more, and immediately pushed her away, attracting the pretty maids around her to serve.

Seeing this good show, the old lady felt very comfortable.

Aunt Chu pulled her handkerchief, and there was a hatred and a grudge in her heart.

She came back for two years, but the Hou Ye didn't even look at her, but had a hot fight with the two old ladies below her, she knew that the old Hou Ye disliked her for being old and ugly, and didn't want to see her, but he didn't want to think about it, she had been in the Grange for 30 years, and the place was not good to eat and wear, even the flowers had to be boiled into pickles, where could she be as beautiful as when she was young!

Thinking about it, I hate it even more, I hate the old lady who sent her to the Grange, and I hate the old marquis who had a lot of love at the beginning, but now I dislike her no longer color.

However, the old marquis remembered some of the past feelings, and did not drive her out of the Hou Mansion, in order to continue to stay, she had to swallow this resentment.

Moreover, she really has a friendship for this affectionate man.

The old lady was different, first sent her to the Grange, and after taking her back, she deliberately installed two pretty maids by her side, so that she could be compared in front of the old marquis, new hatred and old hatred, if she didn't report it, she wouldn't be Chu Huijun!

Secretly gritted her teeth, Aunt Chu said softly: "Master Hou, don't be angry, Mrs. means that she won't really agree to this family business, after all, Sister Lan is the county lord of the emperor's own title, although she has no real power, her grade is higher than many people, so what kind of boy from the Wei family is not worthy of Sister Lan." The Weiguo Mansion is not worthy of being in-laws with our Hou Mansion. ”

Although this voice was a little hoarse, the old marquis nodded with satisfaction when he heard this.

Aunt Chu said to the old lady again: "Madam, forgive the concubine for talking too much, the Hou Ye is not in good health, don't use these troubles to disturb the Hou Ye's health, the matter of the Weiguo Mansion coming to propose marriage, you shouldn't mention it, it doesn't matter if you surrender your identity, you shouldn't lose the face of the Hou Ye, and others will laugh at the Hou Ye." ”

In and out of the words, it seems that connecting the Weiguo Mansion with the Wenxin Marquis Mansion is to lose the face of the Hou Mansion.

The old marquis nodded while listening and said, "It's still Huijun who understands Ben Hou's thoughts." ”

The old lady couldn't help but smile.

"Okay then." Standing up and shaking her sleeves, the old lady smiled indifferently: "It seems that Master Hou doesn't want to talk to the concubine anymore." ”

and pretended to be inadvertent: "I also wanted to inform Hou Ye that the Xuanming monk had found it, and since Hou Ye was disgusted with the concubine, the concubine had to retire first." ”

As soon as he bowed, he had to leave with someone.

The old marquis's eyes widened suddenly, and he called urgently: "Wait a minute! ”

"Does Master Hou have orders?" The old lady turned her head to look at him with an indifferent expression.

The old marquis swallowed hard, his eyes burst into essence, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly, "You just said...... Said that the Xuanming monk had found it? ”

"It is true." The old lady nodded unhurriedly.

"Great, great!" The old marquis was overjoyed, his eyes showed madness, and he said in ecstasy: "I have long heard that Xuanming monk is good at practicing pills, and finding him means that my illness will be cured!" "Maybe you can live a long life, and you won't be old!

The two pretty maids exchanged a look and said, "Congratulations to the Hou Ye, congratulations to the Hou Ye!" ”

The old marquis was coaxed into laughter, and an abnormal flush appeared on his innocent face, which had been degraded due to a long illness.

After laughing, the old marquis pointed at the old lady with his fingers together, and said eagerly: "I will promise you whatever you want, bring Xuanming monk to see me!" ”

"Master Hou!" Mrs. Chu exclaimed in surprise, and just wanted to stop it, but was waved away by the old marquis.

The old lady seemed to be smiling, twisting the Buddha beads and said lightly: "The concubine just wants to talk to the Hou Ye about Sister Lan's marriage." ”

As soon as the words fell, the old marquis waved his hand and shouted: "It's all up to you, it's all up to you!" ”

The old lady smiled with satisfaction and said, "Hou Ye loves Sister Lan, the concubine has thanked Sister Lan on behalf of Lan Er, and tomorrow the concubine will invite Xuanming Jushi to come over the house and talk to Hou Ye." ”

"Very good, very good!" The old marquis was ecstatic.

The old lady glanced at Aunt Chu, who was gritting her teeth in anger, and left with a smile.

Out of the courtyard of the old marquis, the old lady explained to Mama Song behind her: "Go and send a letter to the fifth child, he has been to Hengji Island for two years, the marquis is not in good health now, to say something ugly, I don't know when I went, let him come back quickly to fulfill his filial piety, so as not to wait for the son to be raised." ”

Mama Song sighed in her heart, hurriedly bowed her head, and went down to arrange.

The old lady said to Mama Wu again: "There was a heavy rain yesterday, presumably the lotus flowers in the lotus pond are blooming well today, you accompany me for a walk." ”

Mama Wu bowed in response.

The group then went to the lotus pond in Nanyuan.

The lotus fruit in the pond is really good, the leaves are green, the flowers are pink, and it deserves the reputation of hibiscus in the water.

The breeze gusted, blowing the huge flower plate and crumbling, and the green leaves churning.

The old lady pointed to the one that bloomed and failed in the pond and said, "This person, just like this flower, it is gorgeous, and I will thank you, but sooner or later, it will eventually return to this vast land." ”

Mama Wu smiled and said, "The old lady seems to have a lot of emotion today. ”

The old lady grabbed her hand, walked by the pool, and said: "I usually think about this in my spare time, think about it, I have been married to the Hou Mansion for nearly fifty years, and I was red back then, and today I am yellow and beautiful, and it is difficult not to sigh." ”

Mama Wu continued: "The hardest days have been overcome, and there will be more blessings in the future, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to sigh." ”

The old lady nodded, "After this hurdle, what else is there to think about." ”

Mama Wu should be.

After that, the master and servant walked around the lotus pond a few times and did not speak again.

Let's talk about Weiguo Mansion, after hearing that Wei Xing was going to Wenxin Marquis Mansion to ask for marriage, Duchess Wei Guo sneered very unceremoniously, and said that Wei Xing was embarrassed.

Later, he also settled the old account for him, and sighed for a long time: "It is said that it is not easy to raise children, in the past, you were all obedient and sensible, I only think that this is fooling, but now that I think about it, I think it makes a lot of sense." ”

"Two years ago, you said that you asked to marry someone else's girl and asked your father and mother to ask you to buy a dowry, and your father and mother thought that you had grown up and were going to start a family, not to mention how happy you were, and racked your brains to collect the dowry on the table for you, but what was the result?"

Speaking of this, Duchess Wei Guo sneered twice and said viciously: "The result is that you stayed on Hengji Island without making a sound!" The girl is still willing to wait for you, forgive you, this is your great blessing, for me, the old lady will kill you! Not to mention that the bride price that the old lady worked so hard to prepare can only be placed in the treasury to accumulate dust! You are not a filial son, you are very happy, now you just jump back, and say that you want to ask for marriage? I want my mother to mention you again, don't you? The old lady sues you, there is no such door! ”

As soon as she slapped the table, Duchess Wei Guo turned her face.

Wei Xing was born to say clever and obedient words, and when he was scolded, he just knelt down and admitted his mistake in a proper manner, saying: "My son knows that he is wrong, and I ask my mother not to be angry." ”

"Humph!" Duchess Wei turned her face to the other side, just not looking at him.

Wei Xing was anxious, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed.

It was not easy for him to snatch his sweetheart back, and now he is going to be stopped from being here with his mother?

Wei Xing was completely confused, thinking that Duchess Wei Guo did not agree to this family business.

At this time, even Wei Shao couldn't help but secretly scold his brother for being stunned. It's useless to admit your mistakes now, you have to show your heart!

There's no way, my brother doesn't open up, she is still waiting for Ruolan to be her sister-in-law, so she smiled and said: "Mother, you see that my brother is rushing back without sleep, doesn't it represent his intentions, you can help him, otherwise Ruolan is too pitiful." She has waited for her brother for so many years, and good men have missed it, if she can't be with her brother, won't she be angry? ”

Duchess Wei Guo glanced at her, and said with a smile: "How did I hear that the second grandson of Yan Guogong has some meaning to the county lord of Chenshuang?" As far as I know, that Yan Hao is a well-known young talent, much better than your brother. Besides, you're a good girl, but at this time, you're sharp-tongued, don't you only know how to move? Where did you learn the truth? Tell me, what benefits did your brother give you to help him like this, ah? ”

Hearing Yan Hao's name again, Wei Xing was embarrassed and anxious, and looked at his sister for help......

"Forehead......" Wei Shao choked, and said with a dry smile: "Where am I for my brother's stunned, I am for my good sister Ruolan." ”

Seeing that she couldn't please her, she changed her method and grabbed her mother's arm and coquettishly said: "Mother, Ruolan is really good, I just want her to be my sister-in-law, if others dare to enter my house, I have to beat people out!" ”

Duchess Wei Guo looked at her coquettish daughter, and then squinted her eyes and knelt on the ground, her son with firm eyes was not in the end, and sighed to Wei Xing: "My mother is not embarrassed for you, but time has passed, and many of the dowries prepared back then are now unusable. ”

The implication is, just wait.

Wei Xing and Wei Shao breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they didn't disagree.

Wei Shao asked suspiciously: "Why can't many of them be used, are they broken or what?" ”

"What do you say?" Thinking of this, Duchess Wei Guo was not angry again, and sneered: "Those ancient books, poems and paintings are not outdated, and they have not wasted the effort of me and your father, but those jewelry heads, as well as silk and satin are all fresh objects, and they have long been outdated after these two years. ”

It is also a pity for the parents of the world, because they think that the Wenxin Marquis Mansion is a family of poetry and books, and the other party will not like it if they only take some luxurious gold and silver things.

Wei Xing and Wei Shao glanced at each other, feeling even more guilty and uneasy, and kowtowed: "It's because my son is not stable enough, and my father and mother have suffered." ”

Duchess Wei Guo did sneer, and said gloomily: "Let's just bother with a little bit, I'm afraid that this thing will be difficult to do, wait and see, and you will suffer from it." ”

Wei Shao couldn't help but shudder, thinking to himself, is it really good for you to be so fickle?

Wei Xing only felt confused.

It didn't take long, and the next day, Wei Xing knew the meaning of Duchess Weiguo's words.

He returned to Beijing this time, not only to win his sweetheart, but also to receive a reward. In Hengji Island for more than three years, first in the capture of the island made a lot of contributions, and then in the construction of Hengji Island made countless contributions, now he returned to Shengjing, although he did not dare to mention the knight, the addition of officials is indeed certain.

This is also the reason why he finally made up his mind to come back, he is already worthy of Ruolan.

However, there is an old saying that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Kneeling on the splendid and majestic palace of Mu Jinluan, Wei Xing could hardly believe his ears.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor summoned and said, Wei Xing, the son of Wei Guogong, is brave and good at fighting, loyal and brave, and has made countless contributions to the extermination of Haikou and the defense of Hengji Island.

From the four products, there is only from the four products!

Until he received the holy decree, Wei Xing still couldn't return to his senses.

The soldiers who went out with him and guarded Hengji Island, even if their merits were not as good as his, they were all awarded the position of Sipin, not to mention the soldiers who returned to Beijing with General Xiang two years ago, most of them were sealed Sipin, how could they get a discount when they came to him?

He doesn't want much, four products are enough, even if it's a false position, so he can be right to wait for him in the past few years!

If it weren't for the main hall, in front of the civil and military officials, Wei Xing would probably rush to Emperor Wanhua and ask him to change the holy decree.

Wei Guogong looked at his son who was stupid by the blow, and sighed silently in his heart: "Let you delay until now, it's been rectified, it's not for your father not to help you, it's really powerless." ”

Ignoring the pleading gaze, Wei Guogong pretended to be dead.

Other officials are very satisfied with this holy decree, originally, Lao Tzu is already in a high position, and he is favored, so his son will not come out again, and he will be good from the fourth grade!

seemed to see Wei Xing's "grievances and sadness", and Emperor Wanhua called him to the imperial study to speak alone.

"Ah Xing, it's not that Uncle wants to wronged you, Uncle is also forced to do so, you look at the current situation in the court, King Gong and his party are eyeing each other, King Jin is far away at sea, Weiguo Mansion is already eye-catching enough, if you are still too sharp, not to mention those annoying imperial historians to turn the sky, I'm afraid there will be people who will jump over the wall and attack Weiguo Mansion." Emperor Wanhua was sincere, and said helplessly with guilt.

It was about the imperial court, and Wei Xing could still distinguish the importance of it, although he still had a pimple in his heart, he tried his best to calm down and said: "My nephew knows my uncle's embarrassment, and he focuses on the overall situation, and my nephew can still endure this little thing." ”

The latter sentence, he said not so smoothly.

"Good! Very good! It's not a loss, it's my favorite junior! Hahaha! Emperor Wanhua changed his frowns and patted him on the shoulder.

Wei Xing could only reluctantly pull the corners of his mouth.

Emperor Wanhua tried his best to suppress the corners of his upturned mouth, patted his shoulder with relief, and said tentatively: "Uncle knows your thoughts, you want to get a high position, so that you are worthy of the county lord of Chenshuang, how about it, now that the official position is not enough, what are you going to do?" Give up, or go to Hengji Island for a few more years? ”

Wei Xing shook his head without thinking, jokes, if he struggles for a few more years, he won't have to marry.

Emperor Wanhua raised his eyebrows without a trace, and the two brothers took Wei Xing's shoulders well, and said seriously: "Young people just don't want to die, the official position is not enough, the gold and silver are coming, you see that Chenshuang has been dressed and eaten since childhood, and there is a rich and powerful father-in-law like Zhong Siye, if you don't have enough silver, even if you marry Chenshuang, I'm afraid you won't be able to support her, so my uncle gave you ten thousand taels of gold, which is really useful!" ”

A face that your uncle will plan for you.

Wei Xing was silent. R1152