Above the court, Hua Heng stood with his head held high and said to the sage:

The sage cloud, those who are ministers do not have themselves, and those who are sons of men do not have themselves. His father went early, but he had a deep relationship with his mother, and he never took a concubine until he died. Before he died, he had instructed a certain person in the Hua family not to take a concubine lightly. A wife who is over forty years old and has no heirs can take a concubine. Whoever is a son of man should obey the precepts of his father.

Originally, he was full of benevolence and morality, and planned to refute Hua Heng's imperial history and various officials, but they were all dumbfounded.

It's not that they are not capable, but this is a family matter of the Hua family, and when they bring it to the court, they also have some crooked reasoning. Now that Hua Heng has made it clear that this is the family motto set by his father before his death, is there any room for outsiders to put their beaks?

You must know that family affairs have always been taboo for outsiders to point fingers. Even today, he can't talk about the internal affairs of his subordinates' family.

However, it would be too wasteful to make such a fuss to the court.

Therefore, some people still questioned, "Dare to ask the Hua family's motto, does the county lord of Anning also have to follow it?" ”

"The marriage of the sister is decided by the sage, that is, it has been mentioned, the minister has the courage to ask the sage for a grace, and asks the sage to allow the sister to follow the family precepts of the Hua family." Hua Heng hugged his fists and bowed to the saint.

This ability to fight snakes with sticks made the officials who wanted to embarrass Hua Heng crooked their necks angrily.

Ministers, you come and go, and the old people are clear. laughed at the moment and agreed to Hua Heng's request.

Stealing chickens is not a handful of rice, and it is a group of officials who planned to impeach Huaheng today.

After the retreat from the dynasty, the imperial capital talked about the family motto of Washington everywhere.

In the face of this family motto, the family who wants to marry their daughter into Washington as a concubine is called unlucky. Zhou Yuan's mother's family, Zhou Mansion, is harmonious, and some little ladies who have a good impression of Hua Ke are also very excited, and they don't care that Hua Ke is older than him, so he shyly confides in his family and hopes to marry Hua Ke.

For a while, the imperial capital was surging, and of course, the voice of ridiculing Hua Tian was indispensable.

Hua Tian is a woman, if she marries her, she can't take a concubine at will, who else is willing to marry? The Great Zhou Dynasty paid attention to the prosperity of children, if you only marry wives and do not take concubines, how can you spread the branches?

Many people secretly joke that Washington has not reached a high position, but it has already put on a high position, and it must be wrestled hard.

But these secret ridicules did nothing, and they were soon drowned in the prosperity of the imperial capital, and they couldn't make any waves at all. This made the person who had to secretly promote the rumors almost angry.

If they fail, they naturally have to find the reason, and this search is easy to find.

As a talented woman who is three points better than men, Hua Tian's reputation has surpassed many so-called talents. In the minds of many, she cannot be discredited.

In addition, everyone feels that because of the slander everywhere, the county lord of Anning has been dissatisfied and misses his hometown excessively.

Hua Tian's prestige is no longer only in Shilin circles, but has even spread to ordinary civilians.

On the one hand, it is because of Hua Tian's background, on the other hand, because of Hua Tian's talent, and on the other hand, because of Washington's reputation.

Although the ancestors of the Hua family used to be a family, they have been in decline for a long time, and almost everyone in the world knows that the three brothers and sisters of the Hua family are from commoners. Now this commoner is so inspirational that he was named the county lord by the saint! How inspirational this is, how immersive it is! If you don't support her, who do you support?

In terms of talent, Mr. Zhanbo and Mr. Ziqi, both of whom have praised the county lord of Anning. How could such a talented woman be as unbearable as the rumors say? It must be those aristocratic ladies who are jealous of her, so they deliberately spread rumors to harm her!

The last point is that Washington does good deeds. Huajia Academy, which is longed for by students all over the world, is famous all over the world. It doesn't matter if you don't have a bundle of cultivation, after being approved, you can rely on working in the academy or copying books to get the opportunity to study in Huajia Academy. Such a practice, which is deeply loved by the masses of the people, is undoubtedly very popular with the people.

Based on all of the above, when ordinary civilians heard the words slandering Hua Tian, the first thing they thought of was that someone was trying to harm the county lord of Anning!

Since the prelude of Huaheng Yu's prelude to the Ming Hua family's family motto, the pressure that originally shrouded Washington's head is no longer there. Washington does not accept concubines, not only will it not be criticized, but it will be very supported by some boudoir ladies and ladies.

The days passed slowly, except that Huo Qi would go to Washington from time to time to harass Hua Tian, many things could not be related to Washington, and Washington was very calm.

However, in the calm Washington Mansion, many people can easily see that Miss Hua Liu is not in a good mood, and she is in a daze and sighs from time to time.

Fortunately, she was self-aware and knew that she was not suitable for seeing outsiders, so she kept staying at home because she was unwell, and she didn't even go to the hot spring Zhuangzi.

It's not that she is no longer afraid of the cold, but she is in the house, often lying in bed and unwilling to get up, and even if she gets up, she burns a lot of charcoal, and she can't be cold at all.

In view of the fact that Hua Heng and Hua Ke have always loved Hua Tian, Mother Lan, who can be hard-hearted, has returned to Shanyang Town, and no one in Washington can control Hua Tian at all, so Hua Tian's life has always been so free.

Zhou Yuan gradually showed her nostalgia, and she no longer went out to socialize, so she happened to be with Hua Tian, and she was lying on the bed and talking together.

It snowed lightly, slowly turned into heavy snow, and in the blink of an eye, the depths of winter came.

However, until Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhong Litou did not return.

On the night of the New Year's Eve, Hua Tian was even more depressed, but looking at Zhou Yuan's pregnant belly, she still forced a smile and spoke, until Zhou Yuan, who couldn't see it, drove her back to the house.

Back in the house, Hua Tian's originally smiling face finally collapsed.

She asked the eight maids to turn out the leather that Zhong Li Che had sent before, intending to take a look at it, and thinking about using it to make one or two furs.

When Zhong Li Toru sent the skin and the jade statue over, and wrote a love poem. She looked at Zhong Liche's affection, and her heart could not be said to be agitated.

But the two soon quarreled again due to misunderstanding, Hua Tian once said that he would let the maid throw away all the things sent by Zhong Liche, but where did the eight maids not know Hua Tian's thoughts? Instead of throwing things away, they put them away.

Now, it seems, isn't it the right thing?

Hua Tian collected the skins by herself, and only saw them in a hurry, and now on Chinese New Year's Eve, she could hear the prosperity in the courtyard next door, and she felt even more sad, so she made up her mind to take a good look at these skins.

The leather is almost all superb, and the handling is very clean, and you can see how careful the person who handles the leather is. Hua Tian carefully touched the fur on the skin, and looked at the letterhead that Zhong Liche had sent with the skin at that time.

The contents of the letterhead were memorized, and Hua Tian took the skins again, thinking about how these skins were hunted one by one.

In the bitter cold of the vast northwest, how Zhong Li Che once wandered among the mountains, and then caught these cunning animals one by one - those skins, there were no accidental wounds.

It's just that after thinking about it like this in her heart, she misses Zhong Litou even more.

It was a strange feeling she had finally admitted.

In her past years, there was no such concern and longing.

The charcoal fire in the house was bright, and the inside of the house was warm, but at this moment, it was snowing heavily, and the sound of the snow was singing in harmony with the occasional burst of firewood in the night.

Hua Tian took out the piano and played it as he pleased.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, heavy snow, the sound of the piano, the departure of people, the stove, one is warm, and the other is cold.

After Chinese New Year's Eve, it is a lively trip to relatives.

In addition to socializing, there is also an old man who often comes to Washington, saying that he wants to see Xiao Jianlan.

Hua Tian was reluctant to reveal Mama Lan's whereabouts, nor did she like to meet the old man—although she wanted to know what the relationship between Mama Lan and the old man was. But I didn't report to Mother Lan, I inquired in private, and told Mother Lan that if she knew, she would definitely have to suffer.

The old man was finally pushed to Li Zhi.

After the Lantern Festival, Hua Tian visited a friend in Beijing, and then thought about going back to Shanyang Town.

But here in the imperial capital, after the Spring Festival, there will be goose feathers and heavy snow, Hua Heng, Hua Ke and Zhou Yuan are not at ease, and they don't let Hua Tian go.

Hua Tian had no choice but to live in the imperial capital for another month.

A month later, Hua Tian was determined to go out for a walk, and after saying goodbye to his family and friends, he went to Shanyang Town.

Hua Heng, Hua Ke and Zhou Yuan had no choice but to prepare all kinds of needs, and let all the eight maids follow, and then let them go.

Hua Tian took the eight maids all the way out of the imperial capital and walked slowly to Shanyang Town.

In fact, she didn't really want to go back to Shanyang Town, but wanted to go to the northwest. But without cover, it was impossible for her to go north alone in a daze.

After leaving the imperial capital for two days, the dead soldiers sent by Hua Heng privately also followed, escorting Hua Tian all the way.

Although it is already spring, it is still quite cold along the way, and there will be light snow from time to time.

As long as Hua Tian and his party were in a hurry for relaxation, they didn't have to hurry, and they almost wandered to Shanyang Town along the way.

It snowed lightly one day, and the group came to Yancheng just when it was dark, so they stayed in the largest restaurant in the city.

Yancheng is a dividing city, from Yancheng to the north, you can go all the way to the north, and to the south all the way to the south of the Yangtze River.

Hua Tian and his party planned to stay here for two days before making plans.

Because Hua Tian had a bad appetite, the cook with him personally cooked the taste that Hua Tian loved to eat, but Hua Tian still couldn't eat much.

After dinner, Hua Tian sat by the brazier and read a book, and the eight maids were doing needlework, laughing in a low voice, or practicing calligraphy, and the room was warm.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Lilac went to order someone to boil hot water and prepare for Hua Tian to take a bath.

Hua Tian put down the book in his hand, stood up and stretched, and was about to take a bath, when he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside, followed by a panicked knock on the door. R1152