On the morning of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Xue Tao began to panic in her heart, she and her lover made an appointment to visit the lanterns together on the night of Shangyuan, how could she open her mouth to her parents?

According to the marriage customs, they are going to get married on the second day of the second month of February, on the eve of the wedding, they should not meet again, on the third day of the first month, they have seen each other for the first time, and if they meet frequently, not only will they be gossiped, but her parents will also be disgusted, and Xue Tao himself does not want to do that.

But tomorrow is Shangyuan Festival! Shangyuan Festival is also a festival for couples, and it would be a pity if they were not together.

Xue Tao was pacing back and forth in the room in distraught, how could she make this request to her parents?

The mother has made it clear that they will not see each other again, and the father has also implicitly stated that she should respect her mother's wishes, and in fact does not want them to see each other again.

The maid Aqiu whispered an idea next to her: "Otherwise, the girl will tell the lord and the lady to go out with her friends to see the lanterns, and then make an appointment with Guo Gongzi in a certain place, so that the lord and the lady don't know." ”

Xue Tao shook her head, she didn't want to deceive her parents in this matter, and her parents wouldn't believe it, they must have guessed that she and Guo Song went out.

Xiao Yuniang's eyes rolled, "Girl, doesn't Madame want to live in the garden house for a while?" Bargain with Madame on this condition, and I think she'll agree. ”

Xiao Yuniang has been with the Xue family for more than half a year, and she already knows Mrs. Han's character very well, and she loves vanity more, so use this to make conditions, and she will definitely agree.

Xue Tao thought about it, although his father was gentle, he was very stubborn, once he decided that it was difficult to change, although his mother was fierce, it was easier to change his mind, and it was easier to break through from his mother's side.

Time was running out, so Xue Tao got up and went to find his mother.

Han was also busy during this time, she was almost every day in the big stores to see all kinds of satin fabrics, to prepare a dowry for her daughter, although a little tired, she was also very satisfied, the shopkeepers of the major stores in order to do her business, all kinds of flattery, greatly satisfied her vanity.

Today is the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, there is still about half a month before her daughter's wedding day, the dowry has been prepared, in addition to some of the financial gifts given by her uncle to be used as a daughter's marriage, she also bought a few sets of high-quality jewelry at a very cheap price in the Treasure Pavilion, although she knew that Zhang Dongzhu was half-selling and buying and giving, she also pretended to be confused and gladly accepted.

Of course, Zhang Lei is also extremely shrewd, the Han family has only one daughter, no matter how much jewelry is sold to the Han family, it will eventually fall into the hands of her daughter, or it will be owned by the junior brother, this business is not a loss, and it has won favors, why not?

In the past few days, Han has been thinking about his daughter's wedding dress, and it is very expensive to buy a set of high-quality wedding dresses, at least thousands of yuan, of course, this includes hairpin jewelry, and the set of gold beads and emerald jewelry given by my uncle I heard that it was given by the Son of Heaven, and Han also specially took it to the Jubao Pavilion for valuation, and the Jubao Pavilion gave an estimate of tens of thousands of yuan, which shocked Han Shi's dumbfounded, just a white jade hairpin is worth five hundred yuan, especially the phoenix crown is extremely expensive, at least the princess has the opportunity to use it when she gets married.

If you remove jewelry, the best set of wedding dresses is 300 guan, and the six Qiluo long skirts made of Shu brocade can only be used when the daughters of powerful and wealthy families get married.

"Mother!"

Daughter Xue Tao appeared at the door, Han's train of thought pulled back, she calmly asked, "Tao'er, what's the matter?" ”

Xue Tao walked in, sat opposite his mother and said, "It's still that matter, I made an appointment with Guo Lang to see the lanterns at night, and I hope my mother can agree." ”

Han sighed, "You will live together for a long time in the future!" Why bother with these two days? “

"Mother! It's not the same, didn't you go to the lanterns together before you and your father got married? ”

Han shook his head, "Your father is a nerd, everyone else went out to play together on the Shangyuan Festival, and he is still studying hard in the school, your grandfather took a fancy to him because of this, and gave him his mother, in my eyes and your father, there is no difference between shopping for lanterns now and going to lanterns in the future, Tao'er, just listen to my mother's words, don't let people laugh at us We don't have a tutor." ”

Xue Tao was angry in her heart, she didn't live for others, what do others think, what does it matter to her?

"Mother! Guo Lang and I came back all the way, riding the same horse and living in the same room, he always treated me politely, not more than Lei Chi, until now you still can't trust us? ”

"Of course I can trust it, and your father can also trust it, aren't you afraid of other people's gossip?"

Xue Tao didn't want to bother talking more, since her mother was very worldly, she could only use the killer weapon.

"Mother, don't you want to live in the garden house for a year and a half? If you agree today, I will be responsible for convincing Guo Lang. ”

Han's willow eyebrows raised, "You dead girl, don't you agree today, you won't let me live in the garden house?" ”

"Mother, isn't this a bargain with you? If you have any other conditions, just say it! ”

Han sighed, "I guess I won't let you go, you will still go secretly tonight, forget it, I won't stop you, just go if you want!" It's just that your dad has to go through it yourself. ”

Xue Tao was overjoyed, hugged his mother's neck and said coquettishly: "Mother will help her daughter again!" ”

Han's heart softened, so he had to say helplessly: "Okay! I'm going to tell your daddy, but you've got to give it to daddy. ”

"There are benefits!"

Xue Tao ran back to the house and brought a bottle of wine, this is the bottle of wine that Li Shiweifu, the son of heaven, drank during his private visit, it was a pound of wine, Guo Song and Li Shi drank one by one at that time, and there were eight taels left, Guo Song took it back and gave it to Xue Tao, and Xue Tao planned to use it at this time!

"Just a bottle of wine to buy your daddy?"

"Mother! This is not an ordinary wine, there are only three bottles of Meishou wine shop, one bottle was given to the Son of Heaven, so the Son of Heaven wrote the praise of the world's first wine, and there is a bottle of Meishou wine shop collection, this is the third bottle, and there is no fourth bottle. ”

Han's eyes widened, "Okay! I'll tell you for you, but you'll give half of it to your father at most, and the other half to your grandfather. ”

"Mother is in charge."

Han walked briskly to her husband's study with the wine.

Since today, the imperial court has been on holiday, for three consecutive days, on the seventeenth day of the first month, Xue Xun is happy to be idle, reading books and drinking tea in the house, and spending this holiday very comfortably.

"Sir, may I come in?" The voice of his wife, Han, came from outside the door.

Xue Tao was a little helpless, no one was allowed to enter his inner study, and his wife always took advantage of his absence from the court to clean the house under the pretext of cleaning the house, came in and peeked, and looked through his bookcase drawers, as if there would be a woman hidden in it, and promised to let him marry a concubine on a whim before, and he would never mention it after returning to Beijing.

Now he knowingly asks, can he say that he will not let him in?

"Come in!"

Han walked in with a smile and put a bottle of wine on the table, "This is what my daughter is honoring you, but only half of it, and the other half is for her grandfather." ”

Xue Xun's heart moved, and he immediately understood, "She wants to go shopping with Xiao Guo for lanterns?" ”

"You really know your daughter, she came to me to intercede, and I agreed."

Xue Xun smiled slightly: "What benefits did she promise you, will you promise her?" ”

Han's eyes widened, "Why do you have to be good, can't I feel sorry for my daughter?" ”

"I'll just tell you, what are you excited about?"

"Then don't frame me indiscriminately, I know that even if I don't agree, she will go, so I simply let her go happily, I trust Xiao Guo, if it was the Jade Sword Boy before, would I agree?"

Xue Xun didn't know what to say, his wife used to praise the gentleman to the sky, and later heard that he was in prison, and she said that she was fortunate to be able to see people, and she didn't agree to the proposal of the Jade Sword Prince, anyway, she was justified.

"That's it! All right! ”

Xue Xun smiled and waved his hand, "Let me ask you, why only give me half of a bottle of wine?" ”

"This is the first wine in the world, there are only three bottles in total, one bottle is given to the Son of Heaven, and a bottle of Meishou wine shop is collected, this bottle is given to you, are you still not satisfied?"

Xue Xun hurriedly took the wine bottle, pulled off the stopper, sniffed deeply at the mouth of the bottle, and showed an intoxicated look on his face, "It's really good wine?" ”

He took out a bottle of Meishou wine from under the table and handed it to his wife, "This is also a good wine that Xiao Guo gave me, I have always been reluctant to drink it, this bottle is for your father." ”

"What do you mean??"

Han Shi said angrily: "You want to swallow this bottle of the world's first wine alone? ”

"It's not a monopoly, I don't drink this bottle of wine, I want to collect it, if you give it to your father, he drank it in two sips, it's a pity."

Han is right to think about it, her father is a heavy drinker, and he has never drunk overnight, last time Zhang Dongzhu gave him a jar of Meishou wine, but he drank it in three days, and drank all of his husband's wine, and he really couldn't give it to him.

"Alright! It's for you, since you have accepted the benefits of your daughter, do you promise her to go out tonight? ”

Xue Xun smiled and said, "Didn't I tell her to let her respect your opinion!" Now that you've said yes, what else do I have to say? ”

"You..... It's really cunning. ”

Han realized that her husband had no intention of obstructing his daughter and making him a villain.

She was really dissatisfied in her heart, and she turned around to leave, but Xue Xun didn't panic and said: "Actually, even if you don't say it, I will let Tao'er and Xiao Guo out, do you know why?" ”

"Why?" Han Shi stopped and asked back.

"Shangyuan Festival is the most story-prone, especially the love affair between men and women, I don't know how many people want to give their daughter to Xiao Guo, and don't let Tao'er go out with him, isn't it just to create opportunities for other people's families? I don't want to make some last-minute moths and make Tao'er watch him closer. ”

Han Shi thought deeply, "You're right, even if Tao'er doesn't go by herself, we have to drive her there, a little gossip is nothing, and the key is not to let the golden beetle's son-in-law run away." ”

(End of chapter)