It's not that Mrs. Ji doesn't disagree with Master Ji, and it's not that she doesn't want to do such a thing, but she still has a clear mind at the moment, so she understands a little:

"Xiaolian and Xiaotang are different from the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine!" Mrs. Ji said.

"Oh?"

"Xiaolian is not Xiaotang's opponent." Although she was unwilling, Mrs. Ji couldn't help but admit this, especially when denying this would endanger Ji Xiaolian's interests. "Xiaotang is like a second master, scheming. Compared to Xiaotang, Xiaolian is still a child. ”

Even if Ji Xiaolian and Ji Xiaotang are placed at the same starting point, Ji Xiaolian can't calculate Ji Xiaotang, let alone this situation. Even with all the support of Xinhuatang and Yangge Laofu, it can't be. After all, it is in the forbidden palace, and many things are not something that can be mastered from the outside.

In addition to scheming, Ji Xiaotang is also better than Ji Xiaolian in terms of talent and appearance.

This is also the reason why once Mrs. Ji began to suspect that Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji had the idea of sending Ji Xiaotang into the palace, she felt a crisis and wanted to prevent Ji Xiaotang from entering the palace.

Master Ji frowned, a little disbelieving: "Xiaotang's kid is smart, but after all, he is still young, and he has seen few of them after all, so he won't be ......."

"Master, you can trust me in this matter. I'm in the back house, and I can see it more clearly than the old man. Mrs. Ji said busily. There are some things that Master Ji doesn't know, she knows, but she can't tell Master Ji, for example, Ji Xiaotang just moved into Yanhua Hall, and the two girls she gave to Ji Xiaotang......

"So ......, what about Mrs. Yi?" Master Ji thought for a while. He didn't insist on his opinion, but asked Mrs. Ji.

"The best way is not to let Xiaotang run for election. Didn't the lord say it too. Let Xiaotang be exempted. ”

"Where is it so easy to ...... without selection", especially when Master Ji Er does not cooperate.

"I have a solution." Mrs. Ji gently stroked the pearl bracelet on her wrist.

"Madame, please."

"Since the second master understands and tells the master, he doesn't want Xiaotang to run for election. Then let's push the boat ...... with the current, Xiaotang does not go to the election, the most appropriate way is to dare to make a marriage before the election! "Mrs. Ji has been thinking about this matter for a long time, so it is quite confident at this time.

"Wonderful!" Master Ji immediately agreed. "Is there a candidate for my wife?"

"At that time, she had not yet been named the county lord, just find a family, which is the most easy to do. I was going to mention this to my second wife a few years ago. "But now that Ji Xiaotang is the county lord, if you look for your in-laws, you have to pay attention to this family.

"I've thought about it, but other people's homes can't do it. The second master and the second wife had an excuse to refuse. But the one I'm looking for, they're not picky. Mrs. Ji smiled again.

"Which one is Madame going to talk about?" Master Ji asked.

"It's none other than the master's teacher's house." Mrs. Ji raised her eyebrows and smiled, not saying that it was her mother's house, but that it was Master Ji's teacher's house.

"Oh......" Master Ji touched his beard and nodded, then frowned slightly, "Why don't I remember which grandson in the teacher's family is the same age as Xiaotang?" ”

"Yes." Mrs. Ji said, "Pianpian's younger brother." That's the grandson of the elder house of the old mansion, but he is worthy of Xiaotang! ”

"Mrs. is talking about Xuan Rang?"

"It's Xuanrang." Mrs. Ji Da laughed.

"If I'm not mistaken. Xuan Rang passed the New Year, and he was only twelve years old. ”

"Xiaotang is a little older than Xuan Rang, but when I go back to be this matchmaker, I think my eldest brother and sister-in-law will always have to give me some face. Let's be considered a kiss. Mrs. Ji smiled a little proudly.

It's a great thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Master Ji didn't agree immediately, but thought for a moment.

Yang Xuanrang is only eleven years old this year, has not yet entered school, and of course has no official position. Yang Xuanrang married Ji Xiaotang, that is, Yibin, this family business, or the Yang family earned it.

Will Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji agree, will Old Lady Ji agree?

Mrs. Ji saw Master Ji's hesitation.

"Didn't the second master not want Xiaotang to enter the palace? Now there is only one way. In this capital, there are many people with bright hearts. Xiaotang wants to marry at this time, and only Xuan Rang dares to marry her. The second master has to be picky, unless he is duplicitous, he still plans to let Xiaotang enter the palace. ”

"Okay, just Mrs." Master Ji thought about it again, and finally nodded.

Yang Xuanrang couldn't match Ji Xiaotang, but the second master Ji had to consider Yang Gelao.

"I went back and told my aunt that if I could say that my father would personally propose marriage, the second master would not want to respond, and he would have to respond." Mrs. Ji lowered her voice slightly and said, obviously she had already thought about it.

At this point, Master Ji no longer had any doubts, and nodded with a smile.

"This matter should be sooner or later, if it is late, what will be issued by the palace will be irreparable."

Master Ji didn't explain what the palace would do, but Mrs. Ji understood it at once and nodded immediately.

……

Jinghuatang

After Ji Xiaotang left, Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji continued to discuss the topic of how to avoid her from entering the palace.

"Xiaotang's family affairs, I have been paying attention to them since I entered Beijing." Ji Er gave the second wife Ji the bottom, he has two friends of the same year, and now they are both officials in Beijing, although the official position is not high, but the family background is good.

What Master Ji Er said is good, not that the other party is a high-ranking family, but that the other party is a scholarly family and a family heirloom.

These two friends have undecided sons and nephews in their families, all of whom are scholars, and they are the same age as Ji Xiaotang.

"In the next New Year, everyone will have to come and go, you should pay more attention to it when the time comes, if it is appropriate, Xiaotang will not object, then the family affairs will be given." Second Master Ji instructed Second Mrs. Ji.

Mrs. Ji nodded, but said again: "Everything else is easy to say, it's rare that two young people can get along." …… If you want to talk about the right object, we have been looking at it for a long time. It's not without ......"

"That's what the wife said...... Ayo? ”

"The master also saw it?!"

Second Master Ji couldn't help but sigh, of course he could see it, at first because Qi Younian concealed his identity and so on. He is not optimistic about Qi Younian. But then, he changed his mind.

However, Qi Younian and Ji Xiaotang are destined to be impossible.

"Ayou is the candidate for Princess Changning's concubine, and there is only one holy decree missing." Second Master Ji said.

But Ayou was reluctant. I think that kid treats Xiaotang with sincerity, and he won't agree. Mrs. Ji Er said.

"He is not alone, there is a large family of the Mighty Marquis Mansion behind him. His family affairs are not his family affairs alone. Second Master Ji shook his head. In the past few days when he came to the capital, he has seen it clearly in this matter.

The Duke of Changning is mainly married to Qi Younian. Qi Younian has to marry if he doesn't want to.

"That Xiaotang ......"

"Xiaotang is more clear than we can see at this point. She is by no means a child who figures out the situation. Second Master Ji sighed deeply, "Xiaotang is affectionate, but he will not make a mistake because of love." ”

"Our two daughters. It's just about this family matter. It's all ......."

The husband and wife sighed relatively, and decided to start Zhang Luo Ji Xiaotang's marriage.

Mrs. Ji is not good at seeing people a year ago, but Mrs. Ji found an excuse to go back to her parents' house a year ago. When she came back from the Yang Pavilion Old Mansion, Ji Xiaolian was already waiting for her in Qianhua Hall.

"It's done?" Although Ji Xiaolian didn't go with Mrs. Ji, she knew the purpose of Mrs. Ji's trip this time, so she asked.

"Well, that's it." Mrs. Ji nodded.

"Mother, how do you say it's done?"

Mrs. Ji before going back to her parents' house. has secretly passed the news with my aunt. Therefore, when I went back this time, I directly told Yang Ge Lao about this family business.

Elder Yang Ge hadn't spoken yet. Yang Pianpian first agreed with this family business, it turned out that although she had not been with Ji Xiaotang for a long time, she admired Ji Xiaotang quite a lot, and felt that it was no better thing for her younger brother to marry Ji Xiaotang as his wife.

"She looks up to Xiaotang like this, I know that she is like this, just to step on me." Hearing Mrs. Ji say this, Ji Xiaolian pouted and complained.

Although she complained, Ji Xiaolian still urged Mrs. Ji to continue.

No matter how much Yang Pianpian likes Ji Xiaotang, she can't decide on this family business.

"Your grandfather thought it was a good business."

"Grandfather thinks it's good, isn't that what it is?" Ji Xiaolian was puzzled.

But it's not that simple.

Although Yang Ge Lao thinks that this family business is good, he is afraid of next year's selection and Ji Xiaotang's identity after all. Elder Yang Ge told Mrs. Ji that he was very in favor of this family business, and he would not dare to marry the county lord like other people. But he didn't want to come to the door rashly to propose.

Yang Ge asked Master Ji and Mrs. Ji to discuss with Second Master Ji and his wife first, and Second Master Ji nodded here before he could mention the family matter.

"The children look at each other, and I will go to Your Majesty for this grace." This is the original words of Yang Gelao.

"Xiaotang can marry her cousin, it is her great blessing, my mother went to tell the second uncle and second aunt, as long as they know something, there is nothing they should not." Ji Xiaolian said, her emotions in her heart were quite complicated.

Ji Xiaotang and Yang Xuan will not enter the palace as an alternative, she has one less strong opponent, which makes her happy. However, on the other hand, in his opinion, the Yang family's family business is also quite good, you must know that when Master Ji and Mrs. Ji didn't plan to let her enter the palace, they didn't think about letting her marry into the Yang family.

At that time, Mrs. Ji tried several times, but she hit a soft nail.

Thinking about it this way, Ji Xiaotang married into the Yang family, which made her feel a little sour.

When Master Ji comes back, Mrs. Ji will tell Master Ji what happened. Master Ji touched his beard and didn't speak for a long time.

"Master......" Mrs. Ji asked cautiously as she couldn't figure out why he was silent.

"Hmm......" Master Ji came back to his senses at this time, raised his eyelids and glanced at Mrs. Ji. No matter how smart she is, she is still a woman after all, and she is easily coaxed and cannot see clearly in some things.

Master Ji understood something, but he was not ready to let Mrs. Ji know.

"Mrs. has worked hard, and this matter is all entrusted to Mrs." Master Ji said with a smile.

"Father, of course, there is me. But. The second master and the second wife, as well as the old lady, have to come forward to talk about it. Mrs. Ji said angrily.

"It's nature." on this. Master Ji did not shirk.

Before the New Year, Ji Xiaotang was thirteen years old, and he knew that her family affairs had been put on the agenda. Although she is nothing on the surface, she is not untroubled secretly.

In her memory of her previous life, there was no such thing as Emperor Longqing's selection of female officials. However, that doesn't mean it didn't happen at the time.

At that time, she was on the run, and there was no chance. I don't have the heart to pay attention to such a thing.

I don't know who will be selected, the only thing she is sure of is that there will definitely be no one among the people who are selected.

At all costs. She didn't even want to enter the palace.

If you don't want to enter the palace, you have to get married and marry as soon as possible. It's not that Ji Xiaotang hasn't heard of marrying a desolate relative, but she didn't expect that she would encounter such a thing.

Ji Xiaotang not only knows that everyone is talking about her family. It is also known that there are currently three candidates. Ji Er's two sons and nephews of the same year, and Yang Xuanrang.

Reliving a lifetime, many things have changed, and everything is fine on the surface at present, but has the crisis of the Ji family been completely resolved?

Ji Xiaotang didn't dare to make such a conclusion.

In the different moods of everyone in Xinhuatang, it soon ushered in the Chinese New Year's Eve of the eighth year of Longqing.

Adhering to the tenet that every day of life is very precious, and every day of being together with his family is very precious, Ji Xiaotang put aside all other thoughts. Only happily eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the family and observe the New Year.

Although he moved to the capital, he was under the care of Ji Xiaotang. Each courtyard on Xinhuatang East Road has its own pattern, and the New Year should be arranged, roughly in accordance with the practice of previous years, so everyone has no strange or uncomfortable feeling.

is the old lady Ji who is the most unsuitable for the capital, and her face has always been happy, and she has not complained.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, worship ancestors and pay New Year's greetings to the elders.

Ji Xiaoyun, Ji Xiaotang and Changsheng all wore new red clothes, knelt in front of Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji in order of eldest and youngest and kowtowed.

"They are all a year old again...... "Mrs. Ji Er gave out purses to her three children, and according to the old practice, there were still four small gold ingots in the purse." Look, sir, the children have grown taller again. ”

Let the three children stand up, Mrs. Ji Er looked at it, then turned her head and said to Ji Er.

Second Master Ji smiled and nodded.

"I've grown taller, I've grown so tall." Changsheng asked the nurse to help him put away his purse, and happily threw himself on Mrs. Ji's lap, gesturing with his hand, saying how tall he had grown this year.

He is the age when he cares most about height, and usually as long as people say that he has grown taller again, he can be coaxed to be happy.

Ji Xiaotang often measured Changsheng's height, and at this time, he asked the little girl to bring the ruler and measure Changsheng.

"This year, I grew two inches long." Ji Xiaotang said with a smile.

The whole room was happy, and Changsheng was even more smiling without seeing his teeth.

"Xiaotang has also grown taller, I haven't grown." Ji Xiaoyun said.

"Your sisters have grown taller." Mrs. Ji Er insisted.

Ji Xiaotang has grown taller again, and Ji Xiaoyun has changed the least.

Mrs. Ji's place has already paid respects for the New Year, and you have to go to Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji to worship. Mrs. Ji entrusted Ji Xiaotang and asked her to carry Gu Xue'er, Zhou Nianhong and Zhou Qiao.

Ji Xiaotang nodded naturally.

Therefore, Ji Xiaotang held Changsheng in his hand, and went to Qianhuatang with Ji Xiaoyun, Gu Xueer, Zhou Nianhong and Zhou Qiao to pay New Year's greetings, and then went to Fanghuatang.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xinhuatang is full of festivities.

"After all, it's the New Year." Ji Xiaoyun said softly.

Ji Xiaotang smiled, the Chinese New Year is still this time, and people are happy, or because they have their own happy events.

After everyone worshiped each other for the New Year, they all gathered at Mrs. Ji again.

"The old lady and the second brother's family have come to Beijing since they came to Beijing, because they are busy, and the relatives have not yet gotten together. Tomorrow, on the second day of the new year, the teacher's house will hold a banquet, and we will invite the old lady and our whole family to the banquet. Master Ji said that Yang Ge deliberately came out on the second day of the junior high school, and did not entertain any other guests, but only entertained the Xinhuatang family.

Such an invitation from the elder cannot be refused.

But Mrs. Ji was reluctant to go.

"Go ahead, I'll stay and watch the house."

"How could the old lady not go!" Mrs. Ji smiled when she was busy.

"Please also ask the old lady to go, the teacher and the mother have repeatedly said that they have long wanted to visit their mother, but they were far away before. If the old lady doesn't go, the teacher and the teacher will come to the door to invite her. Master Ji also said busily, and at the same time, he gestured with his eyes, and asked Second Master Ji to help persuade Mrs. Ji to persuade him.

"The old lady will go, the eldest brother and sister-in-law have been in the capital for so many years, thanks to the elder pavilion taking care of her. The old lady went to see her, and if she was unwell, we served the old lady and came back. "Second Master Ji understands Mrs. Ji's mind better.

Old Mrs. Ji showed a hesitant look on her face, and she also knew in her heart that since she came to the capital, Yang Ge Lao's in-laws could not be seen.

Seeing that Mrs. Ji was about to agree, Mrs. Ji hurriedly said with a smile: "If the old lady is worried that no one will take care of the house, it is better to leave Xiaoyun to take care of the house." I see that although Xiaoyun is not very old, she is more secure and quiet than her sisters. ”

One sentence immediately made Mrs. Ji's face change.

"You look at us as an eyesore, and it's clear that it's just that, why bother with such yin and yang! Let's go, let's go, lest we please you here!" Old Mrs. Ji stood up, grabbed Ji Xiaoyun with one hand and walked back.

Everyone immediately changed their faces, especially Master Ji and Mrs. Ji. Mrs. Ji has not been in the capital for a long time, and they are not used to her style of turning her face when she says it.

Master Ji and Mrs. Ji led everyone to kneel on the ground and stopped Mrs. Ji.

Ji Xiaotang lowered his eyes slightly, and moved back quietly. Mrs. Ji turned her face this time, she turned it right, she didn't plan to persuade her. (To be continued......)