Chapter 146: Heart

When Zhu Di was the king of Yan in the past, the three guards of Yanshan on the left, the center and the right under his command were known as the heroes of the world, and the only one who could be compared with them was the great Ningwei of Zhu Quan, the king of Ning. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he set up his eldest son Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince, but he was very fond of Zhu Gaochu, the king of Han, and Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao. Han King Zhu Gaoxu even got the Tiance Three Guards belonging to the Son of Heaven's army, and although he was cut by two guards last year, his private army and Tiance Zhongwei in Shandong are still not to be underestimated.

Although Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, is slightly inferior to his brother Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, he is now much more restrained than in his early years, and the three guards of Changshan in his hands are really extraordinary. The three guard commanders are all positive three products, although they are not subordinate to Jingwei, but even if they are the commanders of Jingwei, they are afraid of the power of King Zhao, and they still have to retreat three points in front of these three guard commanders. Among them, Meng Xian, the commander of the Central Guard, was the most trusted because he was a hero, and the mansion was located in the middle of Beijing's West Street, adjacent to the Baoding Marquis Mansion, but the regulations were only slightly inferior.

Meng Xian has many children, his wife Mrs. Wu has a son-in-law Meng Fan, and the rest of the children are born to concubines. Because she had no daughter, she raised her eldest daughter Meng Min under her knees. Meng Min's biological mother, Aunt Qin, died early, she was the eldest sister and raised by her mother-in-law, so the younger siblings naturally obeyed her. And Mrs. Wu is not in good health, and several concubines are not convinced by anyone, so most of the time they are Meng Min's housekeepers, and they are also in good order.

On this day, Meng Min was talking to his grandmother in Mrs. Wu's room, and only then did she say that now that spring is in progress, she should send someone to see the situation in the family grange, Mrs. Wu coughed twice and smiled: "You are in charge of the affairs of the family now, there are village heads in the family grange, and the steward goes around from time to time, if this has to worry about you, what do they eat?" Min'er, I don't have to worry about anything else now, the only thing I care about is your business. Since the Zhang family has come to Beijing. I'd like to find a chance to meet the old lady. ”

"Mother, you are not in good health, and now that it is warm and cold, it is better for you to go out less."

"My body is not tight. Although it is the words of the matchmaker of my parents, I have heard from your father, and I have never seen that Zhang Yue, so I always feel a little uncertain. You are not my own, but you were raised by me. Naturally, I have to look at it before I can marry you off. ”

Rao is Meng Min has always been hearty and generous, never shy or timid, at this time, seeing that Mrs. Wu's words were all about her life's events, she still blushed slightly, and then said generously: "Mother, people haven't agreed yet, don't take this matter too seriously." My younger siblings are still young, and if I get married, I'm afraid the family will be in a mess. The sixth sister is now thirteen. I see that she is still sensible, and I have to let her take over. ”

"If there is no you in this family, with your aunts and sisters, as well as your brothers and sisters who are not worrying, I don't know what this family will become!" Mrs. Wu smiled and grabbed Meng Min's hand. There was a satisfaction on his face that couldn't be concealed, "Although your brother is my own brother, he is not as intimate as you." As for your sixth sister, you don't have to worry about it all the time, if she really has the heart, she will study hard by herself. I guess that's not how you came back in the first place? Having said that, Zhang Yue is good at everything......"

Thinking that there was an old lady above the Zhang family who even had to be respectful to the British duke, Wu couldn't help but feel a little worried: "That Zhang Yue is good for everything, that is, this is three rooms in the house, and there are two long rooms on the top, there are many brothers and sisters, and there are many elders. You are the daughter of the housekeeper at home, and you have to be a little daughter-in-law who makes rules there. That's not what I can do. ”

Rao is Meng Min didn't squirm, and finally got annoyed at this time: "Mother, these eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, don't keep talking about it!" ”

Mrs. Wu didn't seem to see Meng Min's anger, although she didn't speak, she was still thinking about the dowry, the days, and the future son-in-law. She is a woman who has been with her husband as the heaven all her life. The major events in the court are all black. I don't think there are so many school-age nobles in Beijing, why does her husband fall in love with Zhang Yue, who is not eye-catching.

She didn't want that. Meng Min's heart was swirling with certain thoughts. She is the handkerchief of Princess Anyang, and she has also met the princess of Zhao a few times, and she can talk to the county lord of Chen Liu. Although her father never said anything important about the court in front of her, there were too many channels that she could overhear, coupled with a deep understanding of her father, she had to think about the marriage that her father had brought about in some ways.

However, Zhang Yue made an excellent impression on her the first time, and so did the two subsequent encounters. The words of the matchmaker of her parents, she naturally can't get rid of the shackles of these eight words all her life, I'm afraid that her father's intentions are too deep, so how will she behave in the future?

"Ma'am, Miss!"

Hearing this call, both Mrs. Wu and Meng Min came back from their trance. Seeing Red Sleeves coming in from outside the door, Meng Min immediately felt strange: "Where have you been?" ”

The red sleeves just winked at his young lady with a smile, and then bowed to Mrs. Wu, but said with a smile: "Mrs. Qiyu, the British Mansion...... No, it should be said that the third young master of the Zhang family just sent someone over, saying that he had something for Miss. The daughter-in-law who delivered the things is still outside, do you want the slave to invite her in? ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wu immediately smiled. She didn't look at Meng Min's face that was still surprised and nahan, and asked Red Sleeves to go out and invite someone in. When the daughter-in-law, who was wearing a scarlet cardigan shirt and cleaned up neatly, followed the red sleeves in, and approached to salute deeply, she hurriedly asked up, and then asked with a smile: "What did your young master send you to?" ”

The daughter-in-law in charge was originally Sun's companion, and the first only knew that the fourth lady of the Meng family was a concubine, and now seeing Meng Min sitting next to Mrs. Wu on the edge of the kang, looking like a mother and daughter, he knew that this young lady was mostly raised under the knees of his mother, but he was also surprised in his heart. At this time, listening to Mrs. Wu's question, she hurriedly presented a lacquered box with both hands, and said with a smile: "The young master only gave this box, and the small one doesn't know what it is." The young master only said that this was a new ingenious thing that he got from the old lady yesterday, and let the four girls share it with their younger sisters to play with. ”

As soon as she heard this, Mrs. Wu laughed again, but she thought in her heart that it was a young man, and she had to find an excuse to send someone to send something. Taking the lacquer box from the girl's hand, she glanced at Meng Min, then simply opened it, and saw that it was four folding fans with gold and gold noodles and small sandalwood fine bones, she couldn't help but move in her heart, picked up a handful and shook it open the fan to look at it, and closed it again.

"Min'er, Brother Yue remembers your sisters, these four fans should be rewarded by the palace. But a few of them are still young, you can keep one for your sixth sister, and take care of the rest. Not...... This gift ......"

When the daughter-in-law in charge heard the word "return gift", she hurriedly smiled and said: "Madam, it's just a few young ladies to enjoy a few fans, and I can't talk about the word "return gift." Yesterday, the lord of your mansion also asked someone to send a precious inkstone, and the young master said that he would come to thank him when he was free. ”

Mrs. Wu couldn't think of what to give in return for a while, but when she heard this, she admired her husband's quick start. After leaving the housekeeper's daughter-in-law to talk for a while, she ordered the big girl next to her to send people out of the door, and immediately stuffed the lacquered box to Meng Min: "It's in vain to give it to those little ones, according to what I just said." Although your father sent something over, he is him, you are you, you might as well think about what to give back. This is all in front of the elders, and it is not a private teaching, and it is not against etiquette. ”

Here Meng Min returned to his room, worrying about what to give back, and Zhang Yue waited until the two housekeepers' daughters-in-law came back, and listened to them report the process of sending things, and each of them gave a few wine money. After waiting for the others to leave, looking at Du Juan's reply in his hand, remembering the situation of the Meng family that people talked about, he sat down at the desk and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Such a luxurious folding fan can naturally only be given to women, but although there are a lot of daughters of the local family at the Meng Family Poetry Club, the most impressive ones are only Meng Min and Du Juan, and he naturally only has these two places to send. One is the eldest brother-in-law's cousin, and the other is the daughter of his teacher, and he is not abrupt in giving gifts in the past, and he doesn't care what the person who receives the gift thinks.

He is not the Huo Qubing of the Huns who have not been destroyed, and this marriage has been around for about two years. Since this is not something he can control, then, as Zhang Qing said, instead of blindly marrying dumbly, it is better to choose one that suits your heart. It's just that why is Meng Xian the commander of the guards in Chang Shanzhong?

Thinking of this, he gently flipped through Du Juan's post, and saw that there were a few lines of Juanxiu written on it, which were basically words like thanks, and in addition, he mentioned that his father still had no letters, so he asked him to inquire about the news. Faced with this stubble, he immediately frowned. Even if Zhang Yue said that he had asked the Shandong commander to take care of one or two, but if he really encountered a difficult thing that even the commander couldn't solve, or the difficulty that Du Zhen encountered was beyond the reach of others, how could it be?

Also, Yang Shiqi asked him to go to Shandong, so that he could hone more and help Du Zhen; Or do you think his background will help him gain a foothold in that place?

Distraught, he closed the plain note, stood up, and lifted the curtain to the main room. As soon as he stepped out, he saw Amber coming in from outside, holding something in her hand. With a move in his heart, he hurriedly stepped forward, and before he could open his mouth to ask, Amber handed over a letter directly.

"Young Master, you have always asked Lord Du for his letter. I just passed by the Hanging Flower Gate and saw a little guy handing this over to the sister-in-law of the Liu family, so I hurriedly brought it over. ”

Zhang Yue had something in his heart, and when he heard that it was Du Zhen's letter, he was immediately moved, and when he heard Amber's explanation, he turned around and nodded. When he sat down at his desk, he took off the seal of the fire paint, but there was only a thin piece of letterhead. What made him extremely disappointed was that the letter only succinctly said that he had taken up his post in Shandong, that everything was fine, and that he should not worry about it, and so on, and that he did not mention a single word about what he wanted to know.

Over there in Shandong, is there something or nothing?