Hearing Li Si'er say that his children came to visit, Li was a little surprised.

Although it was the first time he came back to the National Uncle's Mansion, the Li family had also heard about the family affairs of the National Uncle's Mansion. Long Keduo has three sons and one daughter under his knees, the eldest son is Yuan's wife, has reached adulthood, and entered the palace as a guard; The second son was born by the concubine Li Si'er and studied in Qixue; The third son was born to another concubine, who died young; The eldest daughter has the same mother as the second son, and she was also born by Li Si'er.

According to the statement on the surface, last year, the wife of the national uncle's mansion "died of illness", and the eldest son Ding Wei was filial piety to his mother in another courtyard; The gossip among the nobles in the capital is another story.

Long Keduo spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, and the father and son turned against each other. In order to please the concubine, Long Keduo expelled his son-in-law from the house.

The Tong family is known as "Tong Banchao", and there is more than one Long Ke who speaks on the table. There was a clan mediation, and in the name of filial piety in the other courtyard, this scandal was covered up.

Thinking of this, the Li family sighed in his heart, but he felt a little pity for the eldest son of the uncle who lost his mother. Looking at Li Si'er's publicity, it became more and more eye-catching.

At this time, there were already two pretty maids leading a pair of brothers and sisters into the flower hall.

The eldest is a young man, fifteen or sixteen years old, with sword eyebrows and eyes, with a bit of heroism; The girl is slightly younger, she is also a cardamom veteran, her appearance and brother's portrait are not like a mother, it seems that she should be Xiao's father.

With these similar facial features, the boy is heroic, and the girl loses its softness.

As soon as the brother and sister entered the house, the faces of all the people in the room changed. It's not that the two brothers and sisters look amazing, but they are wearing plain clothes, the boy is blue, the girl is blue, and there is no trace of silk and satin from beginning to end, but a filial piety dress.

The mother-in-law died, and the concubine and the concubine kept filial piety for three years, which is also the rule of etiquette. However, is Li Si'er a rule-abiding person?

For today's feast, she has already invited the best tailor in Beijing to cut new clothes for this pair of children.

The son is okay, he can be handsome in the pile of men, and he has a good future, he has already been famous in the guard, and he will enter the palace as an errand next year; The daughter on the tip of her heart, but her appearance is not outstanding. I thought I would dress up well, and with the name of the "concubine" of the uncle's mansion, I would always say that the door was good.

Who would have thought that these two brothers and sisters would appear like this?

knows the son Mo Ruo's mother, and the son's surname is pure filial piety, and he will never disobey himself; only has a daughter, who is a son with a left surname, who is picked up by several upbringing grandmothers, and acts old-fashioned.

She was half angry and her lips trembled, not knowing what to say.

Prince Zhuang Fujin is an old man, and he immediately saw the difference between the mother and son, but he looked at the brother and sister twice. Although the biological mother is low, these two children are better than expected.

Come to think of it, after all, when the old lady and the old lady of the Uncle Mansion were alive, Li Si'er had not been so swaggering. Ronkodo's wife, Hesheri, was from his maternal family, and the two were cousins in the next room.

The Hesheri clan is also a beautiful lady from the descendant clan, and the rules are half good.

Even if he didn't personally raise his concubines, the upbringing grandmother selected by the Tong Mansion was not something that ordinary people could handle, especially the girl's upbringing.

The daughter of the Tong family, even if she does not enter the palace to be a nobleman, is also tied to the marriage clan, and it is not the female red needlework of a small family who plays elementary school, but the rules and etiquette.

Li also glanced at the brother and sister several times, but he didn't expect that when Li Si'er was covering the sky with one hand in his uncle's mansion, it was her own children who contradicted her.

For a moment, she didn't know whether to gloat or not.

This god always has eyes.

Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere in the room was a little awkward.

Prince Zhuang Fujin glanced at Li Si'er and said with a smile: "This is my good grandson and good granddaughter?" ”

Li Si'er grabbed the handkerchief, squeezed out a little smile, and said, "Eniang, this is Yuzhu and Yumin." As he spoke, he said to the brother and sister, "Don't kowtow to my grandmother soon." ”

There was already a maid who was clever and put a brocade mat in front of her brother and sister.

Yumin hesitated, Yuzhu glanced back at her, and the two brothers and sisters stepped forward together and bowed before Prince Zhuang Fujin.

The room was full of Yuzhu's crisp voice: "My grandson has seen my grandmother." ”

Yumin pursed her lips and refused to speak.

Prince Zhuang Fujin's eyes moved away from Yumin, fell on Yuzhu lovingly, and instructed the old lady next to him: "Don't be tired of your brother and sister, why don't you step forward and help you up?" ”

The old lady answered, and stepped forward to pick up the jade pillar. Yuzhu said "don't dare" and got up sideways; Yumin didn't wait for the old grandmother to get close, and got up with her brother.

Prince Zhuang Fujin had a smile on his face, and his eyes were already a little cold.

She is old and has a high status, not only is she one of the best people in the clan, but she occasionally enters the palace, and the concubines in the harem have to treat her politely, how can she stand a little girl and make a face?

Li Si'er didn't realize that her daughter had offended people, and thought that her daughter was the surname of the "grandmother", so she felt a headache and wanted to send her down immediately.

"This is Mrs. Cao Fu." She said to her son and daughter.

This time, there was no need to kowtow, the two brothers and sisters stepped forward and bowed to the Li family.

Prince Zhuang Fujin has already asked someone to give a salute to the Tong brothers and sisters, and the embroidered crane who came with the Li family is a clever one. As early as when Li Si'er said that she wanted to call a pair of children into the house, she divided the gift she brought to Yumin in her heart.

When the two of them met the Li family, and the Li family ordered the table to be presented, Xiuhe gave the things separately, and put two more gold bills in each portion. In this way, it is okay on the whole.

Prince Zhuang Fujin is more well-prepared, the jade pillar is a full set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Yumin is a gold and jade bracelet, plus beeswax incense strings.

Looking at the filial piety of his children, Li Sier felt that his temples were "bumping". When Prince Zhuang Fujin and the Li family sent gifts, she couldn't wait to send them out.

Prince Zhuang Fujin laughed twice and said to Li Si'er: "Brother is a good child, sister is also dignified, you are a happy one." ”

Li Si'er glanced at Li, saw her but smiled silently, and said: "Children are debts, which makes people's hearts endless." I knew that I would rather not give birth to them. What else do I have to look forward to, but I just hope to marry a good daughter-in-law and find a good son-in-law. ”

These words were nothing to others, but they were not heard in the ears of Prince Zhuang Fujin.

It is not a secret that Prince Zhuang's mansion is extinct. Prince Zhuang is over seventy years old, and he has accepted countless concubines, but he has not given birth to a man and a girl. Several of his nephews are now fighting for the succession.

Li Si'er treats the Li family differently, and the purpose of this is not difficult to guess. It's just that I don't know if she is interested in the son of the Earl's Court or the girl of the Earl's Court.

Prince Zhuang Fujin sneered in his heart, looked at Li Si'er's joke happily, and said with a smile: "They are all good children, and they were born in this mansion, where can you use your heart for marriage?" My sister is still young, so it's good to raise it for two more years; It's time for my brother to pick someone. It is not good to wait until next autumn to say that you can say that you are married, and if you marry early, you will have to say that it will be the year after tomorrow, so it is not good to delay it any longer. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? Yuzhu is fifteen this year, if he doesn't delay, it is the age of his relatives. I'm a person who can't get on the stage, how many people in this Beijing can afford to look down on me? His relatives, his daughter had to be cheeky and beg for Eniang. Speaking of which, Li Si'er had already bowed down in front of Prince Zhuang Fujin.

Prince Zhuang Fujin's expression froze, she originally thought that Li Si'er was fighting Cao Mansion's idea.

The eldest son of Cao Fu is slightly younger than Yumin, but he can also be a parent; The eldest daughter of Cao Mansion is much older than Yuzhu, but as we all know, she has a good dowry.

Not to mention the side, it is a Daoxiang Village, which cannot be said to be in the gold, and it is comparable to the output of several imperial villages.

It's just that I don't know if Li Si'er wants to marry Cao Fu, whether she wants to marry a woman or a woman.

Although Li Si'er is straightened, there is still a Yuan match on the jade pillar. Regardless of the relationship between father and son, it is the ancestral rule that this eldest son inherits the title.

The Tong family has one family and two dukes, and Long Keduo is not a big sect, if it is ruthless, there will be a clan law sect on it.

I heard that before the death of Mrs. Guo's uncle, she invited the elders of the Tong clan to come over to take care of the orphan, just to preserve the status of the eldest grandson.

In this way, even if Li Si'er gets the fate, supports the righteousness, and Yuzhu becomes a concubine from a concubine, it is difficult to shake the status of the eldest son.

Since there is no hope of inheriting the lord, marrying a rich daughter-in-law is not bad for a rich and peaceful life.

It's just that the current wife of the Cao Mansion is the big Gege of the Chun Prince's Mansion, and she may not take the Uncle Mansion seriously, Li Si'er wants to get her wish, but I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Unexpectedly, Li Si'er's vision was so high that he couldn't even look down on the young lady of the Earl's Palace, so he came directly to the clan.

There is no shortage of the most common things in the clan, and Li Si'er wants to marry a Gege as a daughter-in-law, but it is much easier than thinking about the Cao family.

If you easily follow Li Si'er's wishes, there will be no excitement. If the clan is a cat or dog on the side of the road, anyone can worry about it, so you have to pick a spicy one and let her do her own evil.

Prince Zhuang Fujin thought so in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "When you are old, you don't like the people on the side, so you love to be lively." Even if you put it on me, I won't let my child call me grandmother for nothing. I have to give up my old face and choose a good daughter-in-law for him. ”

Li Si'er was overjoyed when he saw that Prince Zhuang Fujin had responded, and then said: "I heard that the six grids of Prince Jian's Mansion are quiet and polite, and they are all good-looking, but I don't know if we can climb it?" ”

Prince Jian's Mansion Liugege is the daughter of the royal palace following Fujin, and she is not canonized, but she is a legitimate county lord, and she must have a title of "Heshuo Gege" before marriage.

With Prince Jian's status in the clan, this Liugege cannot be said to be the most noble clan daughter, nor is she much worse than those royal granddaughters of the Elder Brother's Mansion.

Recognize Prince Zhuang's Mansion as a godfather, and marry Prince Jian's Mansion as an in-law, this Long Keduo will pick relatives for Li Si'er, and he is not afraid of breaking her blessings.

Not to mention Prince Zhuang's accident, even the Li family who was watching was surprised by Li Si'er's support.

The clan with a title has declined, and there are palaces to marry, and the internal affairs government and the zongren mansion are looking for marriageable children among the children of Mongolian princes and lords.

Seeing Prince Zhuang Fujin hesitating, Li Si'er was anxious.

Prince Zhuang Fujin's guess was right, she originally wanted to marry the Cao family, and if she couldn't marry her daughter, she would marry a daughter-in-law with a lot of dowry for her son; But after being humiliated in Prince Yong's mansion five days ago, she changed her mind.

Prince Jian's humiliating enmity made her unable to forget.

Prince Jian and Fujin husband and wife "respect each other like ice", it is not a secret matter, these six Gege are the only daughter of Jifujin, and they are her top hearts.

If he marries Liugege as his daughter-in-law, what will Prince Jian Fujin look like, Li Si'er is very curious.

Looking down on her identity, she prefers to let the son she gave birth to get involved with the daughter of the noble Fujin.

The Gege who succeeded Fujin and her son from Fuzheng Concubine can also be regarded as a match.

She has such an obsession, and this attention is not only about Cao Fu.

Prince Zhuang Fujin only felt funny and angry, and wanted to say two words to Li Si'er, "dreaming".

It's just a silver woman from a servant, and she can really be a thing herself. If it weren't for the filial piety of the uncle's mansion, Prince Zhuang Fujin would not have given up his old face and recognized this "daughter".

"It's okay for the others, I can still say two words. Liugege is not only Prince Jian's favorite meat, but also Prince Jian's favorite Gege. Prince Jian Fujin has always been high-eyed, and I can't guarantee this family business. Prince Zhuang Fujin shook his head and said.

She went to her uncle's mansion to deal with Li Si'er, but she was just idle and passing the time. Even if he got eighteen thousand taels of silver for filial piety, he would not really be bored with himself, and would really go to Prince Jian's mansion to be a matchmaker for Yuzhu.

Prince Jian is not easy to get along with, and if he offends him, even if he occupies a high rank, he may not be able to fall behind.

"The noble daughter of the clan is married, don't you want the master of the palace to speak? Although Prince Jian Fujin is the biological mother, he may not have room to speak. My master's mother is a careless person, or her daughter wouldn't ask for it. Who doesn't know, in front of several principals in the palace, only Eniang can speak? Li Si'er said with a smile.

Although the filial piety queen of the Tong family is gone, there is still a noble concubine in the palace, and this uncle's mansion is worthy of its name.

Looking at Li Si'er like this, he wanted to bypass Prince Jian and his wife and directly calculate the family affairs of the six grids.

Prince Zhuang Fujin snorted coldly in his heart, where is this to be a parent, this is to make an enmity with Prince Jian's mansion, he is really carried away. Long Keduo's head was really mushy, and he let Li Si'er mess around.

Lee's eyelids drooped, a little unable to sit still.

Such a calculation, if it is rested on one's own children, is not secretly hated.

is a good and clean daughter, and if she really has a mother-in-law like Li Si'er, it will be difficult for her to endure the rest of her life.

Seeing that Li Si'er was biting Liugege, Prince Zhuang Fujin had no choice but to divert the conversation and said: "Liugege is only ten years old, even if he really wants to get married, he has to do it." Brother Zhu waited, but he wanted to delay Sister Min. ”

"I have inquired, Liugege is born in the year of Renchen, four years younger than Yuzhu and two years younger than Yumin. By the time she arrived, it wasn't too late. Speaking of this, she looked at the Li family and said, "Speaking of which, Mrs. Cao is a good fortune, who doesn't know that Uncle Cao's son-in-law became famous at the age of eleven." Among the eight banners, there are many sons and brothers who carry cage birds, and few are willing to study. ”

Prince Zhuang Fujin just wanted to divert the conversation, and when he saw Li Si'er turn to Cao's house, he couldn't help it, and said with a smile: "This is true, when the king of Chunjun Fujin came out of the funeral at the beginning of the year, I saw Ling Sun Yishu, not only handsome, but also polite and polite, just like his father. Your house is good, I don't know whose daughter is blessed to be a granddaughter-in-law for Mrs. Tai? ”

Before Li came, he was worried about Li Si'er's grandson, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "I also look forward to holding my grandson as soon as possible, but it has to fall on my second grandson." My eldest grandson was not in good health when he was young, and our lord asked the great monk of Qingliang Temple to see it, and only said that he wanted to give birth to a good life, and it was not suitable to marry early. Fortunately, these two grandsons are only one year younger than the eldest grandson, and if he can marry a granddaughter-in-law early, it won't take a few years for me to meet my great-grandson. ”

According to the law of the Qing Dynasty, sixteen men and fourteen women are married. This people do not follow the law, and they are there sooner or later.

Li's sentence "It is not advisable to marry early" made Li Sier's calculation fail.

Her face drooped suddenly, and she stared at Li Shi without speaking.

Li mentioned the "second grandson", which is only one year younger than the eldest grandson, that is, the adopted grandson who was the companion of the little brother of Prince Yong's mansion.

Li Si'er was planning against Caofu, thinking about finding a good son-in-law for her daughter. Cao Lin, the adopted son who was born in a famous name and sent under the fence, will never be the candidate she wants.

"Seventeen or eight is late, and more than twenty is also late. The eldest prince is the eldest grandson of Mrs. Tai, and he is involved in major events that are scattered and scattered, so how can it be delayed for lifelong events? Li Si'er said with a smile: "It's better for Mrs. Tai to find a proper one, and when it's almost there, she will marry." As long as you don't marry early, you should marry late. ”

Li Shi only didn't see it, and said: "Since it is our master's last order, don't say that it is me, an old woman who doesn't care about anything, even if it is my daughter-in-law, it is not easy to say anything." My daughter-in-law has a good temper, and over the years, there are not only one or two relatives who want to give their daughters to her as daughters-in-law, and many of them have fallen into the eyes of the two of them. It's just a filial piety, even if the lord dies, they can only obey the son and daughter-in-law. ”

Yixi's words are neither humble nor arrogant, but they are clear.

The Cao family should not marry early, they should discuss their relatives later, and even if they discuss their relatives later, they will not think about Miss Guo's uncle's mansion, and Cao Hao and his wife have their own candidates in their hearts.

Prince Zhuang Fujin almost applauded.

Outsiders say that the surname of Mrs. Li in Cao Mansion is good, but isn't it out of sight? This is just a few words, and Li Si'er's plan to get married is blocked.

No matter how thick-skinned Li Si'er is, it is not good to say that he wants to marry Prince Jian's Mansion Liugege in front of the Li family, so he changed his words to Miss Caofu.

The road for these two families to marry is completely blocked.

If Yumin is younger, she can wait a few years to bring up the old story again; She was born two years older than the Cao family, and when the Cao family was sixteen or seventeen, she would have to pass the flowering period.

Li Si'er has had a smooth life in the past few years, and everything is as she pleases.

This thought of planning for her daughter fell through like this, where could she stand it, looking at Li's gaze, she was fierce.

Although Long Keduo has not officially taken the title, with his identity and the emperor's weight, the first-class duke title on the late old lady still has to fall on Long Keduo.

At that time, Li Si'er was the Duchess of the Kingdom, and her grade was higher than that of the Li family.

She treated the Li family favorably, and sent a generous gift to the past, originally for the sake of the two families, but seeing that there was no hope of getting married, she was only full of resentment.

Prince Jian's humiliating appearance coincided with the cold and refusal of the Li family in front of her, which made her angry and angry, and she was about to have a seizure.

Prince Zhuang Fujin looked at it wrong, and hurriedly said: "I just remembered that I was in a bit of a hurry and wanted to find Da Gege." If Mrs. Cao is cheap, can she accompany the old man? ”

In addition to being Mrs. Bo, the Li family is also the royal "golden branch and jade leaf".

If she is really humiliated in front of her, then she, the prince Fujin, will also be responsible. Prince Zhuang Fujin lived to be more than seventy years old, and he still has this bit of knowledge, how could he allow Li Si'er to be presumptuous in front of his own eyes.

The Li family was already impatient to deal with it, and he couldn't wait to leave immediately, but after listening to the words of Prince Zhuang Fujin, it was exactly what he wanted, so he responded casually.

Li Si'er frowned, and was about to speak, but Prince Zhuang Fujin grabbed his arm and blocked his words: "Good daughter, today is your happy day, and you have many guests, and you have been with me for half a night." I'll take the first step with Mrs. Cao's wife, you go and get busy, after a few days, you will be free, and then go to my place, let's talk to each other. While speaking, she didn't forget to squeeze Li Si'er's arm.

Today, if she were someone else, she wished that Li Si'er would lose her temper and watch the excitement; Changed to the Li family, her identity is special, and she doesn't want to be scratched by watching the excitement.

was interrupted by Prince Zhuang Fujin, and Li Si'er's mood was much more stable.

She is not afraid of the Li family, but she wants to take care of Prince Zhuang Fujin.

Since Prince Zhuang Fujin spoke like this, she could only smile and personally send the two out of the house.

Prince Zhuang Fujin has only seen Chu Yu a few times, where is there anything serious to look for her. When she got into the carriage and left the Cao Mansion with the Li family, she began to think about measures in the carriage.

It's not good to get in front of Chu Yu, and the big horn said that he came here under the pretext of relieving her mother-in-law, which seems to be a show of favor and a joke...... * In the studio, Cao Hao thought about the words of the tenth elder brother, and in that sentence, Long Keduo said that he took people to drink.

Long Keduo is the Admiral of Jiumen, and it is said that Kangxi is not far from his death, which is a very sensitive moment.

Is Long Keduo's move just to "build momentum" for Li Si'er?

Cao Hao didn't believe it, this was the Qing Dynasty, when wives were honored by their husbands and their wives were valued by their husbands. No matter what Li Si'er's background is, as long as Long Keduo's status is firm, even if others are laughing at Li Si'er's background, they must be treated as a wife in person.

Thinking of this, he felt his heart pounding.

At this time, I heard someone at the door laughing: "Brother Ten and Cao Hao are not outside, and they are hiding here." ”

It was the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother who arrived, and Cao Hao hurriedly got up to greet him.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him and said, "Auntie...... Ahem, Mrs. Tai also came, and when I came with the thirteenth brother, I saw her leaving with Prince Zhuang Fujin. ”

"Prince Zhuang Fujin?" Regarding Li Si'er's recognition of his mother, Cao Hao has heard about it for a long time, but he doesn't know how his mother can be with Prince Zhuang Fujin.

Seeing that Cao Hao was worried, Brother Ten raised his head and said: "Old Fujin is a proper person, Ling Tang is with her, only those with long knowledge, you don't have to worry." ”

There was a sense of appeasement in these words, and I heard the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother sigh in amazement......* bowed and apologized, the two sentences in the middle of the chapter yesterday were originally nonsense sentences, and they should be deleted, and they were dropped when they were checked. Yesterday, I was in a very bad state, I went to Yanjing Station to pick up my father at noon, the train was late, I had a little heat stroke on the sauna day, and I was lying down all the time. This is not an excuse, but I will pay attention in the future to avoid affecting the quality of the article because of Xiao Jiu, there are one and two, and there is no third one, Xiao Jiu will keep it in mind. Bow again and apologize.

(To be continued)