Chapter 19 Fate is predestined
said that Xue Fengyi wanted to celebrate Wang Mang's physical recovery, so she held a feast and feasted the family.
Just when everyone was eating and drinking, a visitor suddenly came.
Xue Fengyi was greatly surprised when she heard the name of the visitor, and hurriedly ordered the little maid to come in to meet her.
After a while, the little maid introduced the two visitors to the compound.
When Xue Fengyi saw it, her eyes were slightly red. It's like an old friend who hasn't seen each other for more than ten years, and now I suddenly meet and am pleasantly surprised.
Then he hurriedly got up and walked towards the visitor.
After these two visitors entered the gate of the courtyard, they were shocked by the courtyard banquet and stood on the spot, very surprised.
Then the middle-aged man named Wang Yuanhai saw Xue Fengyi walking towards him, he didn't dare to slack off, and strode up to meet him.
When the two were half a meter apart, they both stopped.
At this time, I saw Wang Yuanhai bow down, clasp his fists and salute Xue Fengyi: "Little brother to meet sister-in-law!" ”
"Yuanhai, hurry up and be exempt!"
Xue Fengyi had the intention to help Wang Yuanhai up, but because of the difference between men and women, she couldn't step forward, so she had to smile and say, "Yuanhai, why didn't you say hello in advance before you came?" I'll have someone pick it up. I haven't seen you in recent years, but it's always been good? ”
"Thank you sister-in-law for your concern, my little brother has always been fine!"
Wang Yuanhai stood up and said to the girl behind him: "Jingyan, why don't you hurry up and see your aunt?" ”
The girl named Jingyan stepped forward in response, also bowed, and said softly: "Jingyan greets the eldest lady!" ”
Seeing this, Xue Fengyi immediately helped Jingyan up, pulled her in front of her to look left and right, very satisfied, and said to Wang Yuanhai: "She is your daughter Jingyan?" After years of not seeing her, she has become more and more delicate, and I almost can't recognize her. ”
"Huh!"
Wang Yuanhai chuckled twice and asked, "Sister-in-law, what kind of day is this?" What kind of feast is there? The sister-in-law can tell the little brother about the good things, and the little brother can follow suit. ”
Xue Fengyi led the two of them to the table and replied, "Let's talk about this later, Yuan Hai, have you eaten when you came?" If not, I will command someone to prepare. ”
"Sister-in-law, we have already eaten when we came, so don't worry about my sister-in-law." Wang Yuanhai replied.
"Hmm!"
Xue Fengyi nodded and introduced Wang Mang and Shangguan Ningxuan.
When both of them knew each other, she said to everyone: "You can eat without getting in the way, out of the way." ”
After the words fell, she entered the hall with Wang Mang, Shangguan Ningxuan, Wang Yuanhai, Wang Jingyan, and Wang Mang's two maidservants, He Qing and Yin Rong, and sat down one by one.
The maidservant poured her tea and stepped aside.
At this time, Xue Fengyi explained the reason for the banquet. And Wang Mang also told what he did last night and today, and listened to the other party's opinion.
Wang Yuanhai was taken aback when he heard the details, and looked at Wang Mang in a daze. Obviously, he hasn't come back to his senses yet, and he was very surprised.
In his impression, Wang Mang is a sick son-in-law. Not to mention the weakness, he has no temperament, and the difference between him and the so-called manhood is 108,000 miles.
In today's terms, it's almost equivalent to a "mother. Cannon", just this" mother. Cannon" was made by illness.
As for Wang Mang, he first glanced at Wang Yuanhai a few times, and then looked at Wang Jingyan carefully, and when he saw it, his heart couldn't help but beat quickly.
This woman is about 1.65 meters tall, she looks quite beautiful and pure, with a willow waist and a hand, thin lips, a delicate nose, big and bright eyes, and a desire to speak.
On the whole, although it is not as good as Han Fei'er and Shangguan Ningxuan, it is not much different. In layman's terms, this woman is a person made of water.
This woman was stared at by Wang Mang, and her face was suddenly flushed with shame, and she hurriedly lowered her head, and kept pinching the corners of her clothes with both hands.
In between, she occasionally squinted at Wang Mang.
Just looking at it, his eyes flashed and he dodged, as if he was afraid of being discovered by Wang Mang.
Shangguan Ningxuan saw the situation and guessed a little bit of meaning, and a smile appeared on her face.
After Wang Yuanhai was stunned, he coughed a few times and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, if I didn't happen to be here today, if you summoned me like this, I would definitely not believe it." Don't hide it from your sister-in-law, before I came, I went to Yuzhou to go to my brother first. He complained to me at the time, saying that my nephew had not been able to recover. ”
"Hehe, I don't know if it's the ancestors who have accumulated blessings, Mang'er not only healed his body, but also changed his temperament a lot, more and more like his father's filial piety. The slight fly in the ointment is that he has completely forgotten the past, and he doesn't know if he can remember it later. ”
After Xue Fengyi asked some about Wang Yuanhai's situation in recent years, she pulled Wang Jingyan to herself, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.
After eating a few teas, Xue Fengyi said: "Yuan Hai, we know the roots, you and Xianxiao are also sworn brothers, so I won't be polite to you."
I remember eighteen years ago, when Mang'er was just born, Xianxiao married him and your daughter. Now that my Mang'er and your daughter have grown up, and they have reached the time of starting a family, I don't know about this family business? ”
Wang Yuanhai knew that there was such a question, and he didn't twist it at the moment, and said in the crisp and neat style of a soldier: "Sister-in-law, I came here today for this matter." It stands to reason that this family business was decided by me and my eldest brother back then, and it should be inherited.
It's just that since the war, due to the war, I have met my eldest brother on the battlefield a few times, and my daughter has never met my nephew again. Today I will bring her to meet with her nephew and listen to their opinions.
Although the parents are in charge of their children's affairs, I don't want to embarrass the two juniors. If the two of them don't have a problem on this matter, I certainly don't have an opinion. If my daughter is unwilling, I hope my sister-in-law will forgive me. If the virtuous nephew does not agree, I will follow the virtuous nephew's wishes. I'll just say this, I don't know what my sister-in-law thinks? ”
He came this time for this family business.
Wang Mang has always been in poor health and frail and sickly. Since his father died in battle, Wang Yuanhai has the heart to resign from his family. But because of a lot of things and because of the situation, I have not been allowed to come to the door, and today I plan to resign.
Now that Wang Mang has recovered physically, his temperament has become decisive and resolute, so he temporarily changed his mind and let the juniors solve it themselves.
"Is that so?"
Xue Fengyi naturally didn't want the two juniors to make up their minds, and just wanted to directly settle this family business.
Her first impression of Wang Jingyan was very good, well-behaved, temperamental, and moving. And Wang Mang has indeed reached the age of starting a family, if it weren't for her previous illness, she would have ordered someone to start Zhang Luo.
But now that Wang Yuanhai has said so, she doesn't care about anything anymore, and after thinking for a while, she replied: "That's fine, if we force it, it won't necessarily be a good thing." ”
After speaking, she said to Wang Mang: "Mang'er, you are not young this year, you are exactly eighteen, and it is time to marry a wife and have children." This Wang Jingyan is the wife that your father set for you back then, and she was born a few months earlier than you. If you don't have any opinions, then I'll make the decision for you. ”
When Wang Mang heard this, his thoughts were all put in those memories two thousand years later, recalling the things of "Wang Mang".
In his cognition, Wang Mang was an emperor for a period of time, and his reputation was not very good, and he was later pushed down by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. He remembered that "Wang Mang" did have a woman named Wang Jingyan, who was the real queen.
didn't say that Wang Mang was reminiscing, but said that Wang Yuanhai also said to his daughter: "Jingyan, originally your mother's major event was your mother's decision, but your mother has already gone, and I don't know how to make it."
Fortunately, your sister-in-law is not an outsider, but your aunt, who took care of you for a period of time, which is equivalent to your mother. Don't be shy, don't hide your thoughts in your heart, just be generous, say whatever you want, and your aunt won't blame you.
Now Wang Mangxian's nephew is also here, if you have no opinion, then I will settle this family business for you. If you don't want to, that's okay, just say. ”
This is also due to the fact that Wang Yuanhai is a soldier who fights on the battlefield, a big old man, and he doesn't have so many messy thoughts in his heart. If it were someone else, he would definitely not ask his daughter so bluntly, and if he wanted to ask, he would ask in private.
Wang Jingyan heard the words, and her pretty face was red to her ears. Gen, where do you still have the courage to look up at Wang Mang.
However, she glanced at it a few times before, and she didn't have any opinion on Wang Mang's appearance in her heart. In addition, Xue Fengyi just said that Wang Mang hoeed the strong and helped the weak, and stood up for the vegetable farmers. I have a little bit of a good impression in my heart, and I feel that Wang Mang's heart is not bad.
After hesitating for a long time, he had to reply in a low voice: "Father, the matter of your daughter's marriage is all up to you." ”
Wang Mang, who was thinking about his memories, heard Wang Jingyan's words and immediately knew her opinion, which was agreed.
Because he knew that if Wang Jingyan disagreed, he would definitely say something like his daughter was still young and didn't want to marry so early. Once the words are said to be up to the parents, there is no opinion.
He knew this little trick, and it was told to him by his former mother, Chen Feng.
"Could it be that Wang Mang in history is really me? So why am I dispopular? After I became emperor, why did someone overthrow me? Am I really like those storytellers, incompetent, brutal, and unkind? Also, according to historical records, "Wang Mang" won the power of Emperor Cheng, and he should be at least forty years old now, but I am only eighteen now, which is completely incorrect, isn't this ridiculous?
Could it be that because I traveled through time, history added twenty-five years to my previous life, so it was like this? With this difference of twenty-five years, why is the court elite different from the historical record? If that Wang Mang in history is not me, then what is this Wang Jingyan? ”
Wang Mang thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't get the point. We have to act according to the historical record for the time being and see what is going on. "Mother, the child is willing to marry Wang Jingyan as his wife."
When Xue Fengyi heard this, she was overjoyed and was about to speak.
At this time, Wang Mang stood up and walked up to Wang Jingyan. It didn't matter what etiquette was or not, he whispered a few words in her ear.
After Wang Jingyan heard this, his face turned red at first, and then he glanced at Wang Mang with a look of surprise, and nodded.
Seeing that Wang Jingyan agreed with his statement, Wang Mang said to Xue Fengyi: "Mother, I'll go around with Wang Jingyan first and take her to get acquainted." ”
"What?"
Xue Fengyi was stunned and couldn't react for a while. I don't know what her son said to Wang Jingyan, so she nodded.
Of course, she didn't know that Wang Jingyan's nod was not a nod agreeing to marriage, but simply expressing her approval of Wang Mang's statement.
is such a wrong signal, and she estimated in her heart that Wang Jingyan must have agreed to this marriage, otherwise why would she nod for no reason?
At the moment, in line with the idea that the two of them should get acquainted with each other and cultivate their feelings, he replied with a smile: "Well, as soon as Jing Yantou comes back to our house, you are going to take her around and find out." Be careful, and don't be reckless, or I will punish you. ”
"Yes, Mother!"
Wang Mang answered, grabbed Wang Jingyan's little hand, and walked towards the back door of the hall.
Wang Jingyan was arrested by this, where is it embarrassing.
Hurriedly broke free, but it was useless. Wang Mang's arm strength was not small, and she couldn't break free, so she was pulled by Wang Mang semi-forcefully to follow.
When Wang Yuanhai saw this, his eyes widened, and he looked surprised and incredulous.
"Hahaha..."
Xue Fengyi chuckled, "Yuan Hai, it seems that this family business can't run away, you and I are destined to become in-laws." Your daughter and my Mang'er are really a natural pair, otherwise where would they have such a good relationship when they meet? ”
Shangguan Ningxuan on the side was also wondering what Wang Mang said to Wang Jingyan, who could make her nod so simply and pull her away.
This kind of thing, she has never seen or heard of.
In her opinion, no matter how much Wang Jingyan recognizes Wang Mang in her heart, she still has to do that surface work, twist it, and be subtle, and it will definitely not be so simple.
Wang Yuanhai was extremely speechless, nodded and replied: "Maybe they are really a fateful pair, since both of them have no opinion, then this matter is decided." When I choose an auspicious day of the zodiac, I will no longer call you sister-in-law, but will change my name to in-laws. ”
"Hehe, aren't sister-in-law and in-laws all the same? Yuan Hai, about getting married, I think the sooner the better. ”
Xue Fengyi whispered a few words to Wang Yuanhai, and Wang Yuanhai's brows furrowed and wrinkled when he heard it. After that, he was relieved and exclaimed, "Is there such a thing? It's a brilliant idea. ”
"Well, that's exactly what happened. That's why I wanted to get them married as soon as possible. Speaking of which, this idea was still thought of by Mang'er, and now that he is married, it is better to act. Xue Fengyi said in a deep voice.
"Since that's the case, let's arrange it according to my sister-in-law's wishes, anyway, I don't think they have any opinions. If I had known this, I would have brought her here for the first few years, but I had been bothering about her marriage for many years. ”
Wang Yuanhai was a little indignant. He felt as if he had raised a daughter for nothing, and he ran away with someone as soon as they met, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.