Seeing that this reaction didn't seem like he didn't feel it at all, Shi Xiangyuan gave Shen Jiajue a look and then smiled: "Since that's the case, I'll rest assured, we have time to make an appointment to come out to play another day." ”

Several people took the carriage back together, and on the way, Shen Jiajue lifted a corner of the curtain to look at the carriages traveling side by side, and then turned back to Shen Jiachen and asked, "I see that you are really not ordinary to the girl of the Lu family, how is it?" Do you need me to help you ask Xiang Yuan? ”

Shen Jiachen just closed his eyes and shook his head, Shen Jiajue didn't give up, and said again: "Then don't regret it, you can't look down on the girl of the Lu family, then I think you will be a bachelor in your life." ”

Shen Jiachen opened his eyes, turned his head to look to the side, but did not lift the curtain, only after a long while did he speak: "It's not that I can't look down on it, it's just that I ...... It just feels like it's a little bit worse. ”

Shen Jiajue pursed her lips: "What do you mean it's a little worse, I look at it, it's good anywhere, you just have too many things." ”

The conversation in the carriage was transmitted to Shi Xiangyuan on the second day, when Lu Jiuzhi was sitting opposite her, Shi Xiangyuan handed the letterhead sent by Shen Jiajue's personal servant to Lu Jiuzhi: "Look, I don't understand what it means." ”

After reading it, Lu Jiuzhi's face turned pale, and then he bit his lip and said, "If you don't like it, don't like it, I've done so much, and I have no regrets." ”

Shi Xiangyuan saw that her face was wrong, so she hurriedly stepped forward and held her hand and said: "Hey, don't think so, I didn't say I didn't like you when I saw that he didn't mean anything, hey, why don't we ask Jiahe, they are brothers and sisters after all, if Jiahe says no, then it's not too late for you to give up." ”

Shen Jiahe listened to the intention of the two, looked at the letterhead again, and couldn't cry or laugh for a while: "My second brother doesn't often tell us about his thoughts, and the feeling he gives me on weekdays should be a girl with a temperament like Jiuzhi, but when he said this to my eldest brother, I really couldn't understand it." ”

"That's it," in order not to disappoint the two of them, Shen Jiahe still agreed, "I'll go to my mother's house to help you go, and ask him directly what he means, don't worry, I will never say that you have come to me." ”

Pei Yuan came back from the next dynasty and happened to see the Shi family's carriage walking away, and after changing into regular clothes, he saw Shen Jiahe in the district house changing his clothes and asked, "Is Xiang Yuan coming over to bother you again?" This point is still out? ”

Shen Jiahe couldn't help but be happy: "You don't have a good temper at all for your cousin, she really didn't come here for herself, but for the girl of the Lu family." ”

For the sake of Lu Jiuzhi and Shen Jiachen, he instigated Shi's mother to hold a poetry meeting, Pei Yuan knew a thing or two, and raised his eyebrows at this time: "Isn't your second brother fancy someone?" ”

Shen Jiahe was worried about this, and he was thinking about taking Pei Yuan to the Prime Minister's Mansion together, so he showed him the letterhead sent by Shi Xiangyuan: "Even I don't understand my second brother anymore, I really don't know what he thinks in his heart." ”

Pei Yuan pointed his finger at the letterhead, and suggested to Shen Jiahe after a while: "I remember that the flowers in the back yard of the Prime Minister's Mansion are blooming well during this time, and it just so happens that your second brother will be resting tomorrow, so you will make an appointment with Xiang Yuan and Miss Lu in the name of inviting people to enjoy the flowers, but let that Miss Lu learn Xiang Yuan's dress tomorrow, just don't go too far." ”

Xiang Yuan's dress? Is such a lively and jumpy temperament really suitable for the quiet Miss Lu? Shen Jiahe expressed some doubts, but thinking about Shen Jiachen's temperament, even if he went, he couldn't ask anything, so he decided to try it first according to Pei Yuan's method.

Early the next morning, Shen Jiahe first went to Lu Mansion to pick up Lu Jiuzhi, but before leaving, she instructed Bai Ying to dress up Lu Jiuzhi as Shi Xiangyuan did on weekdays.

Bai Ying is skillful and has a very good eye, she has not copied it as it is, but it is a little more flamboyant than Lu Jiuzhi's usual pink and tender appearance.

Shen Jiahe also feels good when he looks at it, Lu Jiuzhi's makeup on weekdays is very light, almost without makeup, and his facial features are more than gentle but a little dull to look at, but today he is just a little bright rouge, and the whole person looks vivid and three-dimensional.

Shi Xiangyuan saw the new Lu Jiuzhi in front of the Xiangfu and felt that it was both novel and good-looking: "If you often dress up like this, it is estimated that the people who want to propose marriage to you will have to line up from the gate of your Lu family to the city gate." ”

Lu Jiuzhi pulled Shi Xiangyuan to let her whisper, and smiled gratefully at Bai Ying: "Thanks to the princess and her maid, I like it very much when I look in the mirror, but Xiangyuan, your words are too exaggerated." ”

Shen Jiachen saw Bai Ying coming to look for him, and only said that Shen Jiahe came back to see if he had nothing to do today, and asked him if he wanted to go to the garden to sit for a while and chat together.

When the two got closer, Shen Jiachen heard a few silver bell-like laughter from the garden, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Jiahe also brought someone else back?" ”

Bai Ying hurriedly replied apologetically: "It was the slave maid who was negligent, the princess asked Miss Shi and Miss Lu to come over to enjoy the flowers today, and the slave and maid thought that they were all acquaintances, so they didn't make a special explanation." ”

Shen Jiachen turned his head and was about to go back, but as soon as he raised his foot, he heard the sound of talking behind him, he pricked up his ears and carefully distinguished that the voice inside was said by the girl of the Lu family, and the ghost made the god turn back again.

Bai Ying didn't speak, only followed Shen Jiachen to get closer, and a clump of jasmine blocked most of their figures, but the figures of the two girls on the opposite side fluttering butterflies could be seen clearly.

Lu Jiuzhi usually stays in the room, and occasionally comes out to play for a while, and even forgets the real purpose of coming to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and only thinks about catching the blue butterfly at the moment.

Shen Jiachen looked at it like that, and Lu Jiuzhi's blue skirt was like a butterfly in the sun, flying into his eyes: "Jing Ruo is like a rabbit, it turns out that she is so cute when she is lively." ”

Bai Ying covered her mouth and snickered, and when she saw Shen Jiachen turn around, she hurriedly asked with a straight face, "Young Master, what did you say?" ”

The movement behind him was much smaller, Xu is the sun is big, Shen Jiahe was beckoning them to go to the pavilion not far away, Shen Jiachen ordered: "They are afraid that I will not interject when they chat, you go and tell me, and say that I have to go back to the study in advance." ”

Anyway, the goal has been achieved, Bai Ying blessed her body and went straight to Shen Jiahe to reply.

Shen Jiahe still had to rush back to the Xianwang Mansion, and before leaving, he mentioned the words that Bai Ying heard and Shen Jiajue who came back from the next dynasty: "He can praise Miss Lu so much, I'm afraid that he already has it in his heart, and the rest depends on you, I will go back." ”

Shen Jiajue frowned and thought for a long time, but he didn't have any good way, although Shen Jiachen was his younger brother, he had paid more attention than him since he was a child, and after thinking about it, he decided to poke this matter directly in front of his parents.

Mother Shen was very surprised when she heard what she said: "Are you sure you're talking about your brother?" Not a child from another family? ”

Shen Jiajue was happy for a while: "Can this kid still be mistaken?" When he didn't have a sweetheart, you always followed the rush to get angry, and now that you have it, you don't believe it anymore. He praised the girls for being cute, I estimate that eight or nine are not far from ten, you two elders will look at it. ”

Mother Shen also laughed: "He is such a wood, I am really worried that he will fight a bachelor in his life, I didn't expect that there would be a girl who could look at him with him, but I don't know what the character of this girl from the Lu family is?" ”

"The child that Jiachen likes will not be bad, not to mention that I am an official in the same dynasty as Lu Shangshu, and I also have a little understanding of the Lu family, and I am by no means the kind of person with inferior character." Shen Xiang stroked his beard and said.

Speaking of this, Shen's mother also said thoughtfully: "In this way, I also know that the Lu family, she has always had a good reputation in the circle of the official family's daughters, and many housewives are making trouble about learning from her about children's upbringing, so this girl is also reassuring, but I don't know what Jiachen thinks." ”

Shen Xiang said disapprerovingly: "Why bother with so much, just call people over and ask." ”

Shen Jiachen didn't expect his matter to reach the ears of his parents so quickly, and after following the little girl all the way to the hall, he understood everything when he saw Shen Jiajue standing next to his parents.

After listening to Shen Xiang's questioning, he was not ready to hide this matter at the moment, so he directly admitted: "The child thinks that the girl of the Lu family has a good temperament, and she is proficient in piano, chess, poetry and painting. ”

In this way, Shen Xiang and Shen's mother's thoughts were all settled, and Shen Xiang stopped Lu Shangshu at the gate of the palace at the end of the morning of the second day: "I have a new cake of good tea, if Lord Lu is fine, why don't you go to the cold house to taste a product?" ”

Lu Shangshu and Shen Xiang didn't have much personal relationship in private, and in the past two days, he vaguely heard a lot of his daughter's careful thoughts from his wife, and now when he saw Shen Xiang's invitation, he also understood a little in his heart, so he arched his hand and said: "Then the official is not welcome." ”

The two sat down opposite each other in Shen Xiang's study, and after the little guy had served tea and left, Shen Xiang said directly: "I won't talk darkly, this time I called Lord Lu to come over and actually want to talk to you about the children." ”

Lu Shangshu put down the cup: "Lord Shen, please speak." ”

Shen Xiangti added a little tea to Lu Shangshu's cup before continuing: "My son Shen Jiachen is currently working in the Hanlin Academy, you also know a thing or two, some time ago my daughter got married, and I was fortunate to meet Ling Qianjin in the cold house, and later I came into contact with one or two at Mrs. Shi's poetry meeting, and I liked it very much, so the old man wanted to ask for the child, did Ling Qianjin have a marriage match?" ”

As soon as Lu Shangshu heard that it was Shen Jiachen, he was a little happy in his heart, the article on this juvenile exam was still reviewed by him at that time, and he was a very rare talent, and he smiled happily at the moment: "The little girl has not had a good match so far, listening to what the prime minister said, the lower officials are also happy to see the two of them happen." ”

"Lord Lu said this, my heart is settled, Lord Lu doesn't have to use the same set in the court with me, and the two families will become in-laws in the future, and they will be a serious family. Now that I know Lord Lu's thoughts, I am ready to let the matchmaker come to the door to propose. "Shen Xiangle hehe.

Shen Jiajue came back from outside, and just saw the leaving Hubu Shangshu at the door, and guessed in his heart that it was roughly related to Shen Jiachen's matter, so he hurriedly went to Shen Xiang's study: "Father, the matter of the second brother, have you talked about it?" ”

Shen Xiang nodded, looking at Lu Shangshu's attitude, he was still very satisfied with his second son.

Shen Jiajue inquired again: "What step did you talk about?" ”

The smile on Shen Xiang's face deepened: "I'm going to pick a nearby day to find a matchmaker to come to the door to propose." ”

"Ah, so quickly, then you can help me sort this out too!" Shen Jiajue said anxiously, "How can there be a reason that my brother doesn't become a family, and my younger brother gets married on the spot, over there in the General's Mansion, when are you going to drag it out!" ”

Shen Xiang was stunned for a moment, he really ignored Shen Jiajue's matter, and hurriedly agreed: "Don't worry, I know this matter in my heart, and I will discuss with your mother about finding a matchmaker in the evening, so naturally I won't let your brother marry in front of you." ”

"If you have to wait for the boss to do it first, Jiachen doesn't know how long it will be delayed, and it looks like half of this year will pass." Shen's mother was also very happy after listening to what Shen Xiang said, but when she mentioned doing things for her two sons, she was a little worried.

Shen Xiang thought for a while and said directly: "I think the two sons can do it together, the Shi family has no opinion on the two children, you go to the official media tomorrow, let them go to the two families at the same time, and the family affairs will be handled together." ”

Mother Shen thought for a while and agreed: "That's fine, marrying a daughter-in-law is much busier than marrying a daughter, if you do it together, you will simply be busy that time." ”