Chapter 836: Marriage, Protecting the Media

British Duke Zhang Fu accompanied the emperor to patrol the border, although Mrs. Wang has children under her knees, but it is inevitable to be lonely when she is old, Sun often brings Du Juan and Zhang Jing over to accompany her, plus Li Yun, Zheng Fangfei and several younger generation of nephews and daughters-in-law, Chengguo Duchess Mu and a few familiar princesses and uncles also often come to the door, so the huge English park is mostly lively.

On this day, because it will be the festival of Zhang Yu, the king of the father-in-law Hejian, in more than a month, therefore, although there was an incident just two days ago, Mrs. Wang still invited Sun and Du Juan over, Zhang Jing is no longer going to school every day, but remembering Tianci and Zhang Tian Zhang Yue, she also came with a saliva face, and only sat in the house and ran to play with her younger siblings. Sun and Du Juan only sat for a while, and before they could say a few words, someone outside reported that the Duchess of Chengguo, Mrs. Mu, Mrs. Wu'an, and Mrs. Wudinghou had all come.

"I didn't post today, why is it so complete?" Mrs. Wang was very surprised, and then looked at Sun and Du Juan and said with a smile, "Maybe it's because you are here, and they heard the wind so they all came to the door." ”

"Sister-in-law makes fun of us!" The Sun family is not as restrained in front of Mrs. Wang as before, and has always had a happy smile on his face, so he said at this time, "Since the three ladies are here, why don't you let Wan'er go to greet them?" ”

"Also, I don't have a daughter-in-law under my head, so I can only work for my brother's daughter-in-law, and I think you are similar to your own daughter-in-law." Mrs. Wang smiled slightly, and nodded at Du Juan, "Mrs. Mu, you have seen many times, treat each other how you want, although Mrs. Chen of Wu'anhou is excited, she is also a cool person." Mrs. Wudinghou Li is not very familiar with her, so you just need to be respectful and pass. Biluo, you go with her. ”

Du Juan responded with a smile, and when he and Biluo went out of the house together, the daughter-in-law who reported the news hurriedly greeted her, and three or four girls followed. When the group arrived at the second gate, three carriages stopped in front of the door. The first one to come down is the Duchess of Chengguo, Mu, she is still less than forty, she is the daughter of the Duke, married to the Duke, has a son-in-law under her knees, and lives a prosperous life. At this time, she was wearing a colorful butterfly wearing a flower-wearing gown on her head outside the big red silk multicolored sleeves, but she did not have a golden beam crown on her head, just a golden peony, which happened to line her fair and round face. She was extremely familiar with Du Juan, and when she got out of the car, she took Du Juan's hand and greeted her for a while, and then turned around and waited for the others to get out of the car.

Mrs. Wu'an Hou Chen and Wuding Hou Li stepped on the stool and got out of the car one after another. Mrs. Chen is already in her early fifties, and because Zheng Heng, the Marquis of Wu'an, has been guarding outside for many years, she is alone at home, so she is naturally even older. But even so, her hair at the moment was still neatly combed, pressed with a small bead Qingyun crown, but Hua Tian Zhucui was used very little, and there was only a jade hairpin and a double-headed hairpin with sideburns, which complemented the long coat with a lotus pattern of crow blue. And Mrs. Wuding Hou Li is different from the first three people, the red gold bird pattern makeup sleeves, the purple brocade Zhai pattern gown, the shiny Jinbao flowers and Zhu Zhai Cui peony green leaves on the head, this kind of jeweled posture is rare.

I wondered in my heart, but Du Juan was smiling and smiling, but Mrs. Li was extremely familiar with her, and asked about the situation at home with a smile, and asked Zhang Yue about the details of the distress the day before yesterday, as if she was a relative and friend who often came and went. Until everyone walked inside, Mrs. Li still let the other two walk in front, and pulled Du Juan behind.

"I heard that you have a sister-in-law to be married now?"

Since Du Juan returned to Beijing, he didn't know how many people had asked this, so he was not surprised, and immediately replied with a smile: "The third sister is still young, but she is only eleven years old, and the old lady loves her, so it is too early to say that she is going to get married." ”

"But that's not it, that is, you can get married in two years, and now you have to pick it up?" Mrs. Li glanced at the two in front of her, and said with a smile, "My family's Cong'er is thirteen years old this year, he is the eldest son of the family, he has followed his husband to study since he was a child, and he has followed the family to learn martial arts, but he is different from those gentlemen. He will definitely attack the lord in the future, so my marquis has always wanted to find him a knowledgeable daughter-in-law. ”

This is the words of courtship. Although there have been many explicit hints in the past, it is the first time that Mrs. Li has taken the initiative to bring it up when they first met, so Du Juan's original doubts suddenly deepened. Walking all the way inside, she pretended to be embarrassed and said: "The third sister is the only daughter of the old lady, and even my father-in-law also spoils and protects her, and it is really difficult for me as a sister-in-law to make decisions about this matter." To say something that makes Mrs. laugh, on weekdays, even my wife also lets her score three points, how dare I exceed the rules? Moreover, the British duchess has always loved her, and they all said that she wanted her to nod in person about her marriage. ”

Seeing that Mrs. Li frowned thoughtfully, and then never mentioned the matter again, Du Juan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. What about the children of the noble family, others don't know, but she clearly understands. For Zhang Jing, plus Zhang Yue simply asked her to help her take a look at Meng Ang's marriage, so she went back and forth between the nobles and nobles, and she didn't know how many daughters known as famous ladies and daughters of famous families and sons who were known as heroic and talented people. I think it's good in person, and Zhang Yue can always let people find out the true temperament of these young children afterwards, so although Guo Cong, the eldest son of the Wuding Hou family, has never seen her, she knows how her character and talent are.

Compared with other nobles of the Hongwu Dynasty, the Marquis of Wuding is naturally not defeated. However, after Guo Ying died in the first year of Yongle, the title of Marquis of Wuding was vacant for twenty years, until Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, and only because of Guo Guifei's sake, did he favor his brother, so Guo Xuan crossed the theory that Guo Zhen, the elder brother, was awarded the title. For this reason, Guo Zhen's wife, Princess Yongjia, was full of resentment, and the other Guo family children were also unhappy. If Guo Guifei was still there, it would be fine, but Guo Guifei has been martyred, and the housework of the Guo family has gradually become troublesome. After all, Guo Ying had twelve sons, and the long family couldn't inherit the title, so why was it Guo Ying's turn to be a non-eldest son?

Besides, Guo Cong is not so much both civil and military, but rather half-hanging, just eating the shadow of his ancestors.

When the group arrived at the upper room, Mrs. Wang had to go to the door with Sun to greet them. She and Mrs. Mu are the most acquainted, and as soon as they met each other, she quipped: "I always don't see anyone for many days on weekdays, where did you get the interest to ask so many people to come to me today?" ”

"Where is the appointment, it's really a coincidence on the way!"

Mrs. Mu squeezed her eyes at Mrs. Wang, and immediately entered the house side by side with her, and whispered in a low voice before the people came up: "Mrs. Wu'anhou happened to come to the house, and when she talked about your garden, she mentioned that the place on the Wu'anhou Hutong is smaller, and she wants to choose a place to build a garden, so she dragged me to take a look." But Mrs. Wudinghou really met her halfway way, on the street halfway through the fire road. Their family doesn't often interact with other families, and she may be famous for coming to the door suddenly. Just came in this way, I saw her and your brother and daughter-in-law muttering for a long time. ”

As soon as she heard this, Mrs. Wang's heart was as clear as a mirror, so she glanced at Sun on the side. When she arrived in the warm pavilion in the inner room, as soon as the guests and hosts were seated, she asked the girl next to her to make tea with the Lu'an tea that was rewarded by the Empress Dowager Zhang in the past. When the girl sent six Jun kiln white porcelain cups with carved lacquer tea trays, everyone held them in their hands one by one, and Mrs. Wang took a sip and put them down.

"When the Queen Mother gave tea, she also praised the tea soup with a high aroma, sweet and mellow, I also drink Lu'an tea on weekdays, but after all, it is not as good as this tribute tea, so it has been hidden, and it is just used to entertain guests today. It's rare for so many people to come, Mother Liu, to call the children and let them recognize the elders. ”

When Du Juan saw Mrs. Wang open her mouth to call someone, she stood up and said, "Auntie, I'll go in person." ”

Mrs. Wang nodded, and Du Juan turned around. She often comes and goes, and when she goes out, she only calls the girl Xiaoyi she brought to follow, and she is familiar with the Yixin Pavilion where several children are studying. This place already belonged to the outer court, and she stood at the door for a moment, and immediately a servant who served here came. Du Juan said that it was Mrs. Wang who sent a message to the young master and young ladies to meet the guests, and asked Zhang Jingxian to come out first, he bowed down and agreed, turned around and walked inside, and after a while, Zhang Jing, who was wearing a green silk jacket, slipped out.

"Sister-in-law, Mr. is talking about the history of Lian and Lin is like a biography, why do you want the guests to see us? Mr. Liang's rules, uncles and mothers all know, how can people disturb Mr. Liang's lectures? ”

"Tianci and Jingguan, they can naturally say to people that Mr. can't come out when he talks about the important place, but the person who people want to see is you." Du Juan saw that Zhang Jing was full of suspicion, so he ordered the little guy to continue to look at her, and then turned around and walked back, reminding in a low voice on the way, "This Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Chen, you are common, but you have never seen Mrs. Li of Wudinghou, I heard that tone is aimed at you." Remember, be careful when you get in front of people, and see how she is. ”

Although Zhang Jing is young, she is clever, and she snorted lightly when she heard this. When she arrived at the courtyard where Mrs. Wang went up, she stepped into the hall with Du Juan, and the smile she had just now was gone, replaced by the pride of a little rooster. Seeing her dress, Du Juan didn't know her idea, and when she entered the main house, she had to remind her beside her.

"Don't go overboard!"

"Sister-in-law, just look at me!"

In the house, there were either Mrs. Guo or Mrs. Hou, and the second Mrs. Sun should have been the most inconspicuous one. However, Mrs. Wang will not snub her, Mrs. Mu is familiar with her, Mrs. Chen likes her direct and refreshing temperament, and Mrs. Li, the only one who has not had much contact with everyone, is intended to welcome, in the end, the Sun family not only was not left out, but felt that the words were all around her son, and she was a little happy in her heart. When the daughter-in-law and daughter came in together, the daughter saluted others one by one and threw herself into her arms, and she was stunned for a moment before a smile on her face.

"Why are you the only one here, Tianci and Jingguan?"

"They were originally going to come, but this was still Mr. Liang's class, so of course I stopped in front." Zhang Jing Zhenzhen said eloquently, "They are all people who have worshiped the teacher, and they are learning the great principles of the sage, so they have always scored a lot of weight, and now they have dropped half of the class to visit the guests, so it is better to wait for the lunch class to come back." Auntie, am I right? ”

Mrs. Wang saw Zhang Jing looking up at herself with a sweet smile, and knew that this eccentric little girl was deliberate, so she immediately smiled bitterly: "It's me and your mother who spoiled you, and you don't have any sense of proportion in talking and doing things!" ”

"Auntie!"

Zhang Jing pretended to be stupid and stepped forward to pester Mrs. Wang for a moment, and then stepped forward with a smile to apologize to Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen is also a neighbor of the Zhang family, and she has already learned her such a situation, so she immediately followed the words and played her forehead angrily: "Even if you get mixed up today...... I just read books and listen to lectures all day long, are you planning to ask your future husband to be eight buckets? ”

"It's not necessarily eight buckets high, but it can't be compared to me!" Zhang Jing smiled and looked at the top orders in the hall, but she was not embarrassed at all by the girl's family, "You have to know these four books and five classics, you have to be able to use Tang poems and Song lyrics, you have to have a good hand in calligraphy, and you have to be well-read...... Also, my third brother is a jinshi, and he can't be worse than my third brother. ”

Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Chen finally couldn't help it, hugged her and scolded with a smile: "The little girl is not shy, she really puts the conditions in the same way." It's all compared to your third brother, why don't you see if we can pick out another outlier like your third brother? That's it, I want to see what kind of mother-in-law will dare to pick a daughter-in-law like you in the future! ”

Mrs. Mu also shook her head beside her and said, "Extremely, extremely!" It's a pity that Jing girl's temper is not a man, and she wants her to wash her hands and make soup to serve her in-laws, I can't imagine that. ”

Mrs. Li was preempted by others several times when she wanted to interject, and then looked at Zhang Jing's arrogant words and deeds, and couldn't help but complain about her husband Guo Xuan's instructions, and finally couldn't help but think that the explicit hints that she should say had been put out, since others didn't answer the stubble, why did she, Mrs. Wudinghou, bother with it? There are so many ladies of school age in the capital, who doesn't want to be the future Mrs. Hou, even if the Zhang family is hot now, does the Hou family still have to ask for someone?

So, at noon, Mrs. Wang stayed for dinner, and she thought that she looked like an outsider everywhere here, so she hurriedly left. As soon as she left, others breathed a sigh of relief, and Du Juan reminded Sun in his ear, and Sun, who had originally come for this matter, hurriedly pulled Mrs. Wang and said, "I almost forgot about business, I brought Juan Er and Jing'er over today, I want to ask my sister-in-law for your help." Jing girl's father and his brother fell in love with someone for her and wanted to ask her sister-in-law to protect the matchmaker. ”

I just joked about Zhang Jing, and I mentioned this matter at this time, not to mention Mrs. Wang, even Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Chen were also interested, and asked who it was. And Zhang Jing, who was talking nonsense before, saw this scene, but her face was slightly red, and she slipped out without saying a word. At this time, the Sun family shook out the matter discussed by Zhang Zhuo and Zhang Yue's father and son, and after Mrs. Wang suddenly realized, she nodded thoughtfully, but the other two were very confused.

There are no children of appropriate age in their family, but there are a large number of children of the nobles of the appropriate age in Beijing, and there are many eldest sons like the Hou family of Wuding who want to inherit the family business. Don't let these rich and noble families go, but they want to allow a shabby lifter, this Zhang family's thoughts, others really can't figure it out!