July is the hottest time of the year in Jianghuai, even if you live in the Jianyuan of the north peak of Shugang, you still feel that the cool is unstoppable, Wang Jun wears a half-sleeved cardigan green shirt, a red-dyed skirt, lazily sitting in the pavilion in front of the pond, watching the pavilion green lotus stretch out of the water, not moving, without a trace of wind blowing.

Her smooth forehead was as smooth as jade, permeated with fine sweat, her pink little face was hot and crimson, and the heat also made people impetuous, and she didn't read much of a book on her knees for a long time.

Seeing the maid Xiangyun sneakily walking towards this side, Wang Jun beckoned her to come over and asked, "Zhuangzi has been noisy for a while, is my father coming back?" ”

"It's the adults and Yin Sima who came back to Zhuangzi, but the adults have sad faces, maybe they went to Chuzhou and ran into a wall in front of His Royal Highness King Xin, right?" The maid Xiangyun said.

"The situation has eroded like this, what wall can be touched?" Wang Jun said disapprerovingly, and asked Xiangyun to help her clean up the messy books on the low table, and she was going to run to Lingyun Pavilion, the study where her father was in charge of affairs.

The maid Xiangyun stopped her and said:

"I just saw Mrs. Xu leaning over tightly, touching the foot of the wall and eavesdropping, Mrs. Xu couldn't wait to catch the adult to say for the Xu family, and match your marriage with the son of the Xu family, but I didn't want to rush the adult back this time to have a bad temper, and I was reprimanded - the adults usually spoil Mrs. Xu to the sky, I have never seen him lose such a big temper with Mrs. Xu, it seems that the trip to Chuzhou is really not smooth. You are such a mess, don't get over it, save yourself from being reprimanded by adults. ”

"My dad scolded my little mother?" Wang Jun asked in surprise.

Xiangyun chattered and said: "Yes, I don't know how much she wants to drive you away, so that she can be in charge of the inner house, and praise the son of the Xu family who killed his wife like a god in the sky, and said that you used to be a continuation of the son of the Xu family, which is a blessing from eight lifetimes." Well, she was trained for a while, ran out with tears in her eyes, and stood by the mirror lake for a while, I thought she couldn't stand it and would jump down, but I didn't expect to wipe her tears in a blink of an eye, and even ordered the kitchen to cook white fungus lotus seed soup for adults and Yin Sima, and her mind was really delicate - according to me, you really have to be careful with her. ”

"What else are you overheard?" Wang Jun asked hesitantly.

"Where do I dare to eavesdrop on the foot of the wall, before Mrs. Xu ran out, I slipped away first, if I didn't think about whether she would jump into the lake, I would have come over to report to you." Xiangyun said.

"......" Wang Jun straightened her skirt and asked Xiangyun to accompany her to Lingyun Pavilion, and as soon as she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she saw her father's concubine in Chuzhou a few years ago, Mrs. Xu, with two maids, walking over with two bowls of white fungus soup, and bowed, "Jun'er has seen the little lady." ”

Mrs. Xu was just in her early thirties, in her prime, wearing a half-sleeved shirt, revealing jade arms like snow, and her appearance was also rare and glamorous, standing in front of the courtyard gate, with a pair of black lacquer-like beautiful eyes, looking at Wang Jun:

"Aunt Jun

Mother, what are you doing running around in a hurry, your sideburns are messy, and you don't know what you're doing all day long when you see that the corners of your skirt are still sticky to the grass stalks-by the way, have you seriously thought about the Xu family that I told you? Some words may not be the little lady's mouth, but your mother died early, no one worries about your life's affairs, and the little lady really thinks about you. Although the Xu family is now in decline, the great-great-ancestors and great-ancestors of the sons of the Xu family are all servants and scholars in the previous dynasty. The son of the Xu family is the eldest son, character, talent, your father is very praised, he admires your literary talent, and does not mind your age and the fact that you are divorced, several times asked someone to come to the door to say that your father is spoiling you, let your temperament, but you also have to think more for your father, can not dislike marrying in the past is a stepfamily......"

"Listening to Xiao Niang's praise of this Xu family son, Jun'er still thought that Xiao Niang had moved your mind - it's a pity that Daddy likes Xiao Niang in his heart, and he must be reluctant to marry Xiao Niang." Wang Jun said with a smile.

"What are you talking about, what do you mean to make me think? Your little mouth can really poke people. Mrs. Xu couldn't be angry, and she couldn't be annoyed, so she could only take the maid to rush to the yard in anger.

Wang Jun followed him into the study, and saw his father and Yin Peng sitting there talking, and a stack of official letters spread out on the bookcase, all of which were official duties that had been accumulated over the past few days to be handled.

Seeing himself walk in, his father's eyes turned back to the case letter in front of the case, and Yin Peng turned his head uncomfortably to look out the window, Wang Junxiu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and asked: "Daddy went to see His Highness this time, what did he encounter that blocked his heart, why did he look sullen just when he came back?" Or is there something Jun'er is bothering Daddy......"

Wang Wenqian waved his hand to signal the maids and servants who were waiting in the study to retreat, and when he saw that the concubine Xu was not leaving, he let her go, pondering the wording, and said with a little weakness:

"My father went to Chuzhou this time, mainly to talk about assisting with Tangyi and resisting the enemy army in Chuzhou, but I heard someone say it during the banquet, and it was suddenly saved that it had been so long since Han Daoxun was tortured and died. Han Daoxun's remains were transported back to Xuzhou for burial in April of the seventeenth year of Yanyou, this month, Qianyang Marquis Han Qian's filial piety period is full-your little lady just talked about your marriage, I thought of Yin Peng accompanied Ruan Yan to Fanchang to talk to His Majesty about the feudal domain, and talked about your marriage contract with Han Qian, Han Qian retreated to Xuzhou in the name of keeping filial piety and not discussing marriage, but he didn't say no, this matter is still hanging, how can I ask over there first, before I can discuss other ......"

"What, the face of the Wang family has not been lost, Wang Jun still has to agree to marry another family?" Xu asked in surprise, his voice couldn't help but become sharp.

"Is this what Your Highness meant?" Wang Jun asked.

Wang Wenqian knew that there were some things that didn't need to be said thoroughly, and Jun'er could figure everything out, so he nodded a little embarrassed.

"What does Your Highness mean over there, this time you have to use Wang Jun as a bargaining chip again?"

Xu's has followed Wang Wenqian all these years, and his vision and knowledge are not comparable to ordinary women.

Naturally, he could think of many things immediately, and stared at Wang Wenqian's old face in surprise, and asked,

"Han Daoxun's death back then is not absolutely related to you, this is something that many people know in their hearts, and it is impossible for Han Qian not to know it. Han Qian kept shouting filial piety, how could you expect you to marry Wang Jun, you are really not afraid of sticking a hot face to a cold ass again this time? Even if you don't care about the Wang family's disgrace, you have to think about Wang Jun. No matter what His Highness means, you have to refuse for Wang Jun. You have worked hard in front of His Highness all these years, and I don't believe that Your Highness can tie you up and force you to sell your daughter again......"

"This matter is not going to be discussed immediately," Wang Wenqian reprimanded the concubine with some shame and anger, and said angrily, "Now that Yangzhou has a lot of contact with Tangyi, it won't be too conspicuous to find someone to inadvertently mention this matter, and if the Marquis of Qianyang doesn't mean this, no one will mention this matter again, and he can't set off the slightest storm, what are you talking nonsense?" ”

"Who's going to talk? Can you guarantee how strict other people's mouths are, how can they not be able to set off the slightest storm, don't you keep saying that Ruan Yan is waiting to see your good show, they really won't let out the wind and embarrass your face? Xu asked.

The Xu family is favored, and he is also sharp-toothed, Wang Wenqian is so angry that his head is blue, but he also has to admit that what the concubine said is reasonable, and he has no confidence to spill her in his heart.

"Daddy doesn't seem to have thought to ask his daughter what she thinks?" Wang Jun stood in front of the desk and glanced at the thick shade outside the window, and asked faintly.

"That's it, why didn't you think about what Wang Jun thought in his heart? If this thing doesn't work out, if you spread it out again, you will have it! The marriage with the Xu family is also going to be completely yellow. Xu thought that Wang Jun was full of resentment when he asked this, so he said self-righteously.

Wang Wenqian resisted the urge to drive the concubine out, looked at his daughter, and said weakly: "If you really don't want to, I will write to Your Highness to refuse this matter." ”

"A daughter has to be born and raised by her father, and she can't help her father go to the battlefield and charge the trap like a man, maybe it only has this effect for now," Wang Jun said quietly, "but if the father wants his daughter to agree to this, he has to promise his daughter a condition......

"What conditions, you can tell me." Wang Wenqian said.

"To test the heart of the Marquis of Qianyang, my daughter wants to go to Tangyi to meet the Marquis of Qianyang in person...... Wang Jun said.

"Ah......" Wang Wenqian was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Wang Jun to mention this condition.

Yin Peng, who was standing on the side without saying a word, was somewhat unable to sit still; Xu Shi first shouted at Wang Jun in surprise: "What's the matter, the Wang family's face is really not at all, how can there be a reason to run to the door to say kiss?" If this thing doesn't work out, what else can you do when you come back and keep the nunnery alone? ”

"This can't be done, Wang Jun can come back to the nunnery alone to be quiet in this life, and it's not a hard thing," Wang Jun said, "If Daddy doesn't agree to his daughter's condition, then he will write to His Royal Highness, saying that his daughter is not willing to live or die, and ask him to choose another virtuous woman to make peace with the Marquis of Qianyang......"