Chapter 11: The Hiring Storm 2
In Cuiyuan, Duan Qingqian took a shortcut and left, and when An Yunshuo hadn't arrived at Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, she went to the Xiaoying Inn to find An Yunmo, An Yunshuo went to Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, drank tea in the hall and listened to Duan Ruhao's flattery, which delayed for a while, and it was not long before Duan Qingqian came back at this time.
Duan Qingqian, who was far away, heard footsteps from far and near, and couldn't help but complain, "It's really troublesome." ”
Duan Qingqian jumped out of the window on the side, and had a chance encounter with them outside the courtyard, Duan Qingqian really didn't want them to enter her yard, there was no place to sit in the yard, and there was no tea and snacks, it was difficult for her to go into her room to get tea and take things out for them, and she was a little eccentric, Cuiyuan has always been her living alone, she has already regarded Cuiyuan as her own private space, she doesn't want these irrelevant and annoying people to go in and disturb the cleanliness of her yard, lest when I go back to the courtyard I think of the faces of them who used to sit here.
Duan Qingqian saw An Yunshuo, scolded him fiercely in his heart, and stepped forward to salute respectfully on the surface, "The courtiers have seen Lord Jia." ”
"I've seen my father and my mother."
"Well, excuse me."
Zhao Lingyue couldn't help but ask when she saw Duan Qingqian appear here, she believed Mama Li's words, "Qian'er, why are you here?" Mama Li didn't see you just now, but she searched the yard all over the yard? ”
"Mother, I feel bored in the room, so I go to the courtyard outside."
"Okay, it's good to be in the house, Lord Jia has been hired today, and I will welcome you over in 3 days, and you go back and prepare well."
"Hire? Jia Wangye, the little woman is afraid that she wants to Buddha Jia Wangye's kindness, and the little woman has found her husband. ”
An Yunshuo's face was arrogant, "What do you mean by this?" This king sees you, and you should be grateful to Dade. ”
"Lord Jia is angry! Calm your anger! ”
Duan Ruhao walked to Duan Qingqian's side, pulled her to the side, glared at her with his eyes, and scolded in a low voice, "Qian'er, two days ago, my father reminded you to embroider your wedding dress at home, and Lord Jia will take you over in two days, you had no opinion at the time, now hurry up and make amends to Lord Jia!" ”
Duan Qingqian glanced at Duan Ruhao impatiently, "Father, you also said that two days ago, I found someone to marry now, and I had already replied to you at that time, I would not marry." Father, you just didn't reply, and you even went to remind him? ”
"You rebellious girl, for your father's sake, I want you to marry Lord Jia, you can enjoy endless brocade clothes, jade food, gold and silver treasures, and besides, you still marry as a side concubine, where can you find such a good husband?"
An Yunshuo saw Duan Ruhao and Duan Qingqian talking, he didn't bother, just watched from the sidelines, he knew that as long as he was not stupid and blind, he knew how to choose, not to mention Duan Ruhao, an old fox, except for him, no prince was willing to accept his position as a well-known concubine.
Duan Ruhao didn't forget An Yunshuo, turned his head to him and smiled awkwardly, then turned his head to Duan Qingqian and said, "Which son did you answer, go back and ask your mother to help you withdraw, now make amends to Prince Jia first." ”
"Father, I'm afraid this won't work, I've already accepted someone's dowry."
"What?"
Duan Ruhao's voice increased, An Yunshuo and Zhao Lingyue both looked at him, he could only smile awkwardly again, but his face turned dark.
"The dowry was also returned, and the father was given at most some gifts to make amends."
Duan Ruhao walked in front of An Yunshuo after speaking, "Lord Jia, the little girl is reckless, the minister has taught her just now, since ancient times, the marriage of children has been decided by the parents, and the minister is in charge of this matter, and the little girl will be a sedan chair three days later." ”
An Yunshuo was not surprised by this result, "Hmph, this is the best, otherwise you will be punished for the crime of contempt for the royal family, and this king will dare to shirk it by himself!" ”
"Yes, yes, the minister will definitely ask the lady to teach the little girl well. Lord Jia, please move to the hall to drink tea. ”
Zhao Lingyue also echoed on the side, "Yes, yes, the courtiers must ask Mama to teach her." ”
"Hmph."
Duan Qingqian saw that they were ignoring her, thinking that in this way they could decide her affairs at will? Don't blame her for not reminding them when the time comes, Duan Qingqian mentioned it on the side, "Father, don't you ask me whose dowry I received?" ”
Duan Ruhao saw that Duan Qingqian really didn't open any pot and mentioned which pot, he had just smoothed out the hair of King Jia, and she mentioned the husband she was looking for, and accepted a dowry or something.
Duan Ruhao said sharply, "No matter whose dowry you accept, you will return it to your father, and your marriage is your father's decision!" Come, take this rebel girl down. ”
As soon as Duan Ruhao's words fell, a cold voice came, although it was not as loud as Duan Ruhao, but it was imposing, "Prime Minister Zuo has such a big breath!" ”
An Yunshuo and Duan Ruhao were both facing Duan Qingqian just now, so they didn't see the person who came in from the door, but Duan Qingqian saw that the person who came was An Yunmo.
When An Yunshuo and Duan Ruhao heard this voice, they both shuddered involuntarily, this voice? Is this the regent? The two first glanced at each other, and then slowly turned around.
Duan Ruhao blamed the guards who had just run in with his eyes, why didn't this regent come to spread the word? Master, it's not that the regent didn't report it, but the regent came in directly when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, and he didn't have time to report it.
Duan Ruhao hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects and salute, "The minister has seen the regent. ”
"Hmm."
Duan Ruhao stood up and lowered his head slightly, even though An Yunmo in front of him was in a wheelchair, much shorter than him, but he still felt that his momentum was so strong that he couldn't stand upright.
Seeing that An Yunmo did not come forward to salute, An Yunshuo snorted arrogantly and turned his head.
An Yunmo didn't look at him either, and said coldly, "The fifth brother doesn't know how to count etiquette more and more." ”
Although An Yunshuo usually has a lot of dissatisfaction and disdain for An Yunmo, he is still a little cowardly in the face of him, and replied arrogantly, "What did you do as a villain who robbed the princess, what kind of etiquette does this king say." ”
An Yunmo didn't look at An Yunshuo either, flipped through the gift slip in his hand, and replied to him, "Aunt Yan had already hired this king the day before yesterday, I don't know what happened to the fifth brother's hiring like playing with the family?" ”
"You ......"
An Yunshuo was about to refute, An Yunyan walked in from outside, she was tidying up things in the back just now, so she was a little slower, just now she heard the guards inform her and asked her to help An Yunmo get hired, she was so happy in her heart, she didn't expect An Yunmo this kid to move so fast, the dowry was ready, this time she didn't go back to the city to urge him, presumably he would also go to find a woman to marry, but this time it happened to let her be a matchmaker.
"Ah Shuo, Ah Mo is not lying, the day before yesterday, my aunt had already hired Ah Mo."
Duan Qingqian also stepped forward at this time and took out the jade pendant that An Yunyan gave her, Duan Ruhao didn't know what to do with it now, both sides were princes, and he couldn't afford to offend his identity.
"This ......"
"Prime Minister, what are we talking like standing here, should we go back to the hall?"
These words just relieved Duan Ruhao's troubles, "Yes, it was the negligence of the minister." Regent, Lord Jia, princess, please here. ”
Duan Ruhao turned his head to look at Duan Qingqian, his eyes were quite dissatisfied, "You also come along." ”
"Yes."
After An Yunmo appeared, Zhao Lingyue didn't dare to come out, his great god walked away, she felt that she was breathing much easier, and walked to Duan Qingqian's side, full of blame, "Qian'er, why are you so ignorant, the regent is the person you can mess with, why did you provoke him, and cause so much trouble to your father?" ”
As soon as Zhao Lingyue finished saying this, she felt like she was being targeted by something, and when she looked ahead, An Yunmo was looking back at her. Zhao Lingyue was excited, and hurriedly walked a few steps faster, and no longer dared to say that Duan Qingqian was not.
Duan Qingqian nodded at An Yunmo to show his gratitude.
At this time, the street was very lively, and the storyteller on the street began his long compilation again, "In other words, on the day of the concubine selection, Prince Jia risked offending the emperor to marry the eldest lady of the Duan family, and bluntly said on the spot that she would be given the position of a side concubine. Jia Wangye is righteous, at that time, he looked all the way down, and a woman did not choose, first ordered the eldest lady of the Duan family, and exempted her from the fate of sending her to the nun temple, but when the emperor chose the concubine, he saw the eldest lady of the Duan family, she came to participate in the selection of concubines several times, and no prince took a fancy to it, and the opportunity had to be given to others, and she made an order on the spot that she did not have to participate in the election of concubines in the future. And Prince Jia dared to ask for marriage after the emperor's decree, but he also ignored the emperor's decree. But why can Prince Jia marry the eldest lady of the Duan family openly now? ”
The audience below heckled, "That's it, why?" ”
"Everyone, listen to me carefully, the eldest lady of the Duan family is a woman with a strong personality, she has seen more than a dozen sons and brothers before, and she is stunned, she also dares to risk the disapproval of the world, break the marriage of the matchmaker of her parents' orders, and bluntly say that she wants to find her own in-laws, but why can she accept the three wives and four concubines of King Jia's mansion? It turned out that she was moved by the brave feat of Jia Wangye, at that time, in order to be able to have the best of both worlds, the eldest lady of the Duan family came to ask the emperor for guilt, and secondly, she agreed with Jia Wangye that after the selection of the concubine, she would marry her according to the etiquette of the side concubine, which was considered a red and white wedding together, and even if the Duan family died, she would silently bless Jia Wangye in heaven to thank him for his kindness. When the emperor heard this, he was also moved by the feelings between them, and said that it was a strong woman who met Prince Jia, who was bold and straightforward, and dared to risk his life just to marry his beloved, and he was also moved, and he had no reason to be perfect. At that time, he just blamed Prince Jia, and the crime was forgiven, but he didn't want to let down the eldest lady of the Duan family, so this was the matter of Prince Jia marrying the eldest lady of the Duan family. ”
The seated audience applauded.
At this time, a person suddenly ran in, and began to shout at the door, "Storyteller, you are wrong, the regent is now also hired by the Prime Minister Zuo, and it is also under the Duan family's eldest lady, do you want to know the reason for this?" If you want to know, go to the other side. ”
The storyteller was in a hurry, "How is this possible, don't listen to his nonsense, what I said is true, Lord Jia just passed downstairs, I can see it clearly, I went to Prime Minister Zuo's mansion." ”
"No, no, it was early in the morning, just now the regent was also hired to Prime Minister Zuo's mansion, how could a woman like Miss Duan change her original intention? There are three wives and four concubines in King Jia's mansion, and it is impossible for Miss Duan to marry him. ”
The audience was also puzzled, "That is, according to Miss Duan's temperament, it doesn't look like she will marry Lord Jia?" ”
"Come on, everyone come and listen, I said that Miss Duan must be married to the regent."
"I think so, why don't you go and listen to it?"
"That's it, go and listen."
"Let's go."
"Let's go."
The storyteller yells, "Don't go! I'm more interested here. ”
But the audience had already gone to the storytelling hall opposite.