Chapter Ninety-Eight: Rejection
Gradually, it gradually spread in the capital that the newly found son of the general of Dingguo was an outstanding person, and he was also the blood of the general's mansion.
As the sons of the General's Mansion, Xiao Hao and Xiao Qin naturally can't avoid being compared.
"If you want me to say, General Xiao Qin is better, he grew up in the General's Mansion since he was a child, his food and clothes are carefully prepared, and he has studied the art of war with General Dingguo since he was a child, even if Xiao Hao is back now, but he is a mud leg who grew up in the countryside, and he may not have read books, how can he compare?"
"But Xiao Hao was born to the general."
"Then General Xiao Qin followed General Dingguo to fight on the battlefield at a young age, and made a lot of contributions, what about him? Nothing. β
"But Xiao Hao was born to the general."
"Yes, no matter how good Xiao Qin is, what can he do, he is not born to the general, and the position of the son of this world will not fall into his hands."
was so angry that Xiao Qin directly smashed the teacup in his hand: "Hmph, Xiao Hao, you wait for me, I want to see if you are better or I am better." β
Hubu Shangshu Mansion.
Shen Aoshan ignored her mother's obstruction, ran directly into her father's study, and said to her father who was writing the desk: "Dad! I'm going to marry Xiao Hao! β
Lord Shen didn't even raise his head, all his attention was on the excerpt to be played, and he just said perfunctorily to his daughter: "Well, let your mother prepare." β
Shen Aoshan shouted happily: "Thank you, Dad!" I immediately went to Xiao Hao and asked him to marry me. β
Lord Shen put down the pen, only to hear what his daughter said, and was shocked: "You stop me!" What did you say? β
I saw his favorite daughter blink innocently: "My daughter said that she wanted Xiao Hao to marry me!" β
Lord Shen's face darkened: "No, I don't agree." β
"Why! I'm going to marry Xiao Hao! β
Looking at his daughter's vexatious appearance, Lord Shen endured a headache and reasoned with her: "Daughter, this Xiao Hao has just come back from the countryside, and he looks harmless to humans and animals, but in fact, he must be a scheming person." Although my father has never seen him, judging from the rumors in the capital in the past few days, if you marry a simple son, you will definitely be pinched to death by him. Moreover, the general's official position is higher than that of his father, and if you suffer any grievances, your father will have no place to help you get it back. β
"Daughter, think about it again, there are so many young and middle-aged talents in the capital, why bother looking for a kid who has just come from the countryside?"
Shen Aoshan didn't want to listen to her father's nonsense: "I don't care if I don't care, I'm going to marry Xiao Hao, if you don't let me marry, I'll go on a hunger strike!" Shen Aoshan looked like he didn't eat oil and salt.
Lord Shen was angry, and directly flicked his sleeves: "Then you will go on a hunger strike, you see if I will agree to let you marry Xiao Hao." β
Shen Aoshan cried while trotting back to the backyard.
Originally, Lord Shen thought that his daughter was just talking, after all, what kind of character Shen Aoshan had since he was a child, he would not let himself suffer.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, she received a message from her wife in the backyard, saying that her daughter had been on a hunger strike for four days, refused to eat anything, and did not even drink water, and now she has fainted.
Lord Shen panicked, and hurried to his daughter's yard, only to see Mrs. Shen anxiously waiting outside the door, the handkerchief in her hand was twisted into a ball, and when she saw Lord Shen coming, she hurriedly greeted her: "Husband, you are here." What can we do with Aoshan? β
"How's Aoshan?"
"I don't know, the doctor is still treating him."
Lord Shen was heartbroken, and when he saw the maids coming and going back and forth in his daughter's yard, he sighed in his heart: "Children are all debts!" β
Lord Shen had no choice but to be afraid that his daughter would do something stupid again, so he had to be cheeky and stepped into the general's mansion in the name of asking for advice.
In the study room of the Dingguo General's Mansion, the general was teaching Xiao Hao how to use the military book flexibly, when he heard a report from the little guy.
"He is a civil official, and I am a military attachΓ©, what is there to ask?" Although the general said something strange, he immediately invited Lord Shen in.
"The son retired first." Xiao Hao hugged the general and was about to get up and leave.
But he was held down by the general: "Stay, it's not a big deal to think about it, and I can just introduce you to this Lord Shen." You are the future son of my general's mansion, and you can't not know any court officials, since he sent it to the door himself, then by the way, he left a recognition face. β
Xiao Hao nodded and stood behind the general, still with a calm look on his face.
The general looked at Xiao Hao's unfazed appearance and nodded with satisfaction.
When Lord Shen was brought into the study by the little servant, he saw the young man with outstanding appearance standing behind the general at a glance.
Thinking about it, this is Xiao Hao, he does have a good color, but he looks much better than Xiao Qin, no wonder his daughter wants to marry him.
"The lower official pays a visit to the general of Dingguo."
"Don't be polite, this is Xiao Xiao."
Xiao Hao saluted Lord Shen.
"Xiao Gongzi is polite."
"I don't know what Lord Shen is doing today?"
"That's right, the recent drought in the northwest ......"
The general pondered for a while, but did not immediately give his thoughts, but asked Xiao Hao behind him: "Hao'er, how do you think this matter should be handled?" β
Xiao Hao took a step forward in the sight of the two and expressed his opinion: "The root cause of this situation is that the imperial court wants to provide disaster relief, but the treasury has no money. In that case, it would not be long before someone else returned the money from the treasury? β
"Pay it back?" The general's eyes widened at the same time, a little surprised.
"Tell me how to do it."
Xiao Hao didn't say what he thought, but asked meaningfully: "I heard that the Rongguo Mansion just borrowed 30,000 taels of silver from the imperial court at the beginning of the year?" β
"But how can we petty officials urge the money borrowed by Xungui, we will just be kicked out." In the past, the head of the household thought about urging Xungui to repay the money, but unfortunately, until he took office, he was unsuccessful.
"This treasury is Your Majesty's treasury, as the master, shouldn't Your Majesty ask for it personally?"
Xiao Hao has already made his words clear to this extent, if Lord Shen still doesn't understand, then he will really be ashamed of his position as the head of the household department.
The general watched the two talk happily from the sidelines, and had no idea of intervening.
The problem was solved, Lord Shen looked at the young man standing behind the general, and couldn't help but ask his question: "I don't know if Young Master Xiao is married, I have a little girl in my family named Ao Shan." She ......"
Before Lord Shen finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xiao Hao: "I have already married, and I love my lady very much, I will not part with her, nor will I marry a concubine to make my lady sad, so the kid may have to live up to Lord Shen's good intentions." β
Hearing this, Lord Shen was a little embarrassed. What I thought was a scheming person was actually a talented, shrewd, flexible and wife-loving person. It's a pity, we Aoshan don't have this fate.
Lord Shen got Xiao Hao's answer and didn't mention the matter again.
After the three guests and hosts had their best, Lord Shen got up and left, and when he left, he didn't forget to praise Xiao Hao.
After Lord Shen left, Xiao Hao had a cold face and said coldly to the little guy behind him: "Go and spread the news that I will only marry my wife in this life." β
The little guy lowered his head: "Yes." β
Two days later, two rumors spread to the corners of the capital. Strangely enough, these two rumors are related to Xiao Hao, the newly found son of the Dingguo General's Mansion.
One is that Xiao Hao claimed that as long as he was alone, he would never marry again, and he didn't want a connecting room.
Another rumor is that Xiao Haofeng is handsome, and the daughter of the Hubu Shangshu family fell in love at first sight, so she courted Xiao Hao, but was rejected, and as a result, she went on a hunger strike for four days and passed out.
Let's not talk about the truth or falsehood of these two rumors, at least everyone has something to talk about during the after-dinner period.
And Xiao Hao is visible to the naked eye in the eyes of women in the whole capital and has become popular, in their eyes, at least the person who loves his wife will not be a prisoner.
But Shen Aoshan was very sad, obviously she didn't courtship Xiao Hao, but she was slandered, and she was so angry that she didn't go out for a week.
In the mansion of Bachelor Wei on the other side, Wei Baozhu laughed when he heard the news, and he didn't care about everyone's young lady's appearance: "Let her Shen Aoshan bully me!" Deserve! Just like her, she still thinks about the future son of the General's Mansion, and she is not afraid of being laughed off. β
On the other side, Hang Yidong brought people into Beijing.
In Beizhuang, Hang Yidong took his parents and brothers, Granny Wen and Song Tinghe to visit Beizhuang. That's right, before they set off, Hang Yidong also picked up Granny Wen.
After everyone visited the village and allocated the room, Hang Yidong was about to whisper something to his mother, but Song Tinghe jumped out again: "Why don't you see Xiao Hao?" Doesn't he live here? β
Hang Yidong glanced at her with a smile: "Xiao Hao is now my husband, the son of the Dingguo General's Mansion, please don't call him by his name so intimately, please call him Xiao Gongzi, otherwise it will not be good to be misunderstood by someone with a heart." In addition, my husband is now from the General's Mansion, so naturally he lives in the General's Mansion, so don't ask such stupid questions about why he is not there. β
Song Tinghe lowered his head and replied aggrievedly: "Okay." β
It's just that a trace of ruthlessness flashed in the eyes that were covered by bangs, Hang Yidong, wait for me to snatch Xiao Hao's side, I see how arrogant you are.
But He Shi took his daughter's hand and asked her not to go overboard, because Hang Yixuan's leg really felt under Song Tinghe's treatment in the past few days.
When Hang Yixuan said that he could feel it, his father and mother were so excited that they cried with joy. God bless God bless, so before Hang Yixuan's leg was completely healed, the He family didn't want to anger Song Tinghe.
If Song Tinghe really did something, her daughter could just beat and beat on the spot, and the rest of the feud could be avenged after Yixuan's leg got better.
Hang Yidong didn't speak anymore, and returned to his room after settling a large family.