"Father, let's talk about this matter in the house, it's hard to talk about it here." Su Hanchang said in a low voice.

Su Xun saw that everyone was embarrassed, and couldn't help but be shocked, nothing will happen to his granddaughter, right? He grabbed Su Hanchang and said hurriedly: "You say, what's wrong with her in the nine days?" ”

"Father, it's okay, she's fine for nine days, it's in the house, only many people come to propose, let's go to the inner hall to talk about it."

I heard that it was a marriage proposal, Su Xun's heart was slightly settled, and the proposal was a good thing! Why are everyone's expressions so embarrassed? He didn't ask much more, and nodded, "Okay! Go to the inner hall and say. ”

The family hugged Su Xun and went to sit down in the inner hall, everyone talked about family life, and the topic gradually turned to the marriage proposal, Mrs. Lu gave a few instructions, most of the family members retreated, and only a few important family members were left in the inner hall.

Su Xun first asked, "Who is the family who came to propose to Jiutian?" ”

Su Hanchang is the eldest son and Su Han's father, he has the right to speak, he said respectfully: "Father, there are three families who have come to propose to Jiutian, one is the king of Qi, and they are proposing for Luo Qiyu, the younger brother of Princess Qi. ”

"Luo Qiyu?" Su Xun's brows furrowed, "Is that the famous poisonous jackal?" ”

Su Xun was isolated in the imperial city, he didn't know anything about what was happening outside, and the housekeeper who picked him up didn't dare to tell him these things without permission, he didn't know that a lot had happened, but he was extremely disgusted with this Luo Qiyu, and he would never marry his granddaughter to this kind of person.

Su Hanchang hurriedly explained: "This Luo Qiyu has been exiled to Lingnan because he has done too much evil, and this marriage proposal has been revoked." ”

"What are you telling me to do?"

Su Xun was a little unhappy and said, "Who are the other two?" ”

"There are two other families who are still proposing, one is Guan Xianju, the son of Guan Lian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Uncle Shen Guo came forward to propose marriage for him."

The name of Guan Xianju Su Xun knows that this year's new science and technology jinshi, he did very well in the first subject of the post scripture, got a full score, slightly poor in poetry, the pattern is too small, and the strategy is relatively mediocre, just because the first moment of the post is too big, so he was finally admitted to the jinshi, but the three words 'Uncle Shen Guo' made his heart skip a beat, and he continued to ask quietly: "What about the other one?" ”

"There is also a family where the king of Lanling County proposed to his grandson, and his grandson is the Duke of Liangguo, named Huangfu Wujin, who served as the deputy governor of the Chuzhou Navy and the general of the Chuzhou Meihuawei."

"Wait!"

Su Xun was a little confused, the prince of Lanling County was thin and had only one grandson, wasn't that grandson already married? How did another grandson pop up.

"What you are talking about is the grandson of the king of Lanling County, who is ......?"

Mrs. Lu next to her smiled and said: "My lord doesn't know, the eldest son of the king of Lanling County had a son in Donghai County back then, and the eldest son was born of a private marriage, and the king of Lanling County has never recognized this marriage, so he also does not recognize this grandson, but just half a month ago, the king of Lanling County recognized this grandson in a high-profile manner, and the emperor also recognized him as the heir of King Liang, this child is called Huangfu Wujin, eighteen years old this year, and has been fostered in the Donghai Huangfu family in Weiyang County. ”

The third suitor turned out to be a member of the royal family, which made Su Xun a little big, he didn't want to have any marriage with the royal family, not that he was disgusted with the royal family, but that the royal family seemed to be beautiful, but in fact it was in vain, basically a bunch of waste who were raised, few people had a chance, and the risk of the Liang royal family was very great, he knew in his heart.

Su Xun felt that the name Huangfu Wujin was a little familiar, he pondered for a moment, Weiyang County, Huangfu Wujin, he suddenly remembered that the book written by his granddaughter that made trouble in the Heavenly Palace was not co-written by her and a person named Wujin? Don't...... He immediately asked Zhao, the wife of his second son, "Does Hanzhen know this person?" ”

Zhao hurriedly got up and said: "Back to my father, Hanzhen is very familiar with this Huangfu Wujin, and he praised him, and he sent a letter the day before yesterday. ”

After speaking, Zhao presented a letter, this letter was written by Su Xun's second son, Su Hanzhen, the assassin of Donghai County, to his father, it had just been delivered the day before yesterday, and it had not been opened.

The housekeeper presented the letter to Su Xun, Su Xun opened the letter and read it carefully, the letter was written as many as three pages, in the letter, Su Hanzhen told everything that happened in Donghai County, and talked about the help of the Wujin brothers, praised the character of the Wujin people, and strongly approved of this marriage, at the end of the letter, he clearly told his father that the Su family should not have too much to do with Uncle Shen, which will seriously affect the prince's trust in him.

Su Xun put away the letter and didn't say anything, just said lightly: "I'll think about this matter again, I'm a little tired, I want to go to the study to rest, Hanchang, you can help me go!" ”

"Yes!"

Su Hanchang hurriedly stepped forward to help his father up, and slowly went to the study, and everyone dispersed.

The study has been cleaned up in advance, lit the incense burner and brazier, during this time the autumn rain is continuous, the weather is a little cold, but the study is very warm and dry, filled with a faint sandalwood.

Su Xun sat down, in fact, he wanted to talk to his eldest son alone, so he handed the second son's letter to Su Hanchang, "You read the letter first, and we'll talk about it." ”

Su Hanchang took the letter and read it carefully, the content of the letter was expected by him, Su Hanzhen must be inclined to Huangfu Wujin, and he would not agree to have anything to do with Uncle Shen's henchman Guan family.

"What do you think?" Su Xun asked.

Su Hanchang has been thinking about this matter for a long time, but he has been a little entangled in his heart, and he has not figured it out so far, he hesitated and said: "Father, I have a little contradiction in my heart, on the one hand, I don't want to offend the prince because of this matter, and the prince has already come to me, on the other hand, I don't want to offend Uncle Shen, it is difficult to say who will ascend the throne in the future, so the child's opinion is that the two families surnamed Suo do not agree." ”

"Hmm!" Su Xun nodded, he understood the eldest son's embarrassment, he smiled and said, "But if you reject the marriage proposal of the King of Lanling County, won't Jiutian be heartbroken?" ”

Su Xun is very shrewd, he has already guessed that this Huangfu Wujin is the one who co-wrote the book with his granddaughter, and it is estimated that his granddaughter likes him very much, so he will have his marriage proposal.

Su Xun is a very strict and upright person, but he also has an enlightened side, he pays more attention to the personal feelings of his children, and the enlightenment of his second son Su Hanzhen inherits this from him.

Of course, Su Xun will not be prejudiced against Wujin because he and his granddaughter co-wrote a book of insinuations in the sky, after all, this is a book for children.

He thought for a moment and said, "So be it! Let's not do it too hard, if we do it too hard, we will offend Uncle Shen and the king of Lanling County at the same time, let's continue to contact the two families, and in the process of contact, let them understand that Jiutian is still young and not suitable for marriage. ”

"But father, Han'er is already sixteen years old, isn't this reason a bit far-fetched."

Su Xun's eyes widened, "This is my precious granddaughter, I am reluctant to let her get married, what's wrong?" ”

Su Hanchang knew that his father's stubborn temper was rising, and even Huang Yanjing had no choice but to smile bitterly in his heart, that could only be done.

．．．．．．．．． At noon, Su Lin walked briskly up the steps of the lower province of the door and walked towards the gate, and an official came out and congratulated him: "I heard that Ling Lang was admitted to the Jinshi, Master Guan, congratulations!" ”

"Huh! He was lucky enough to get in. ”

Guan Xiao smiled a little reluctantly, so far this morning, countless people have congratulated him, but the more people congratulated, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, and he knew better than anyone else the truth about his son's entrance examination.

Although he felt that this matter was seamless, and if something happened, it should have happened a long time ago, and he would not wait until now, there should be nothing to do.

Although he thought so, he was still very worried in his heart, he was a cowardly thing, and he had to wait for a few years before he could let go.

The huge psychological baggage made it impossible for him to indulge in the joy of his son's entrance examination, and he knew very well in his heart that his son was only fifty-four in the examination, and it was obvious that his last two subjects were not good.

That is to say, if Huang Hongyuan had not leaked the test questions to him, so that his son could get a full score in the first subject exam, then he would not have been able to pass the test at all with his son's talent, after all, his son even barely got the tribute jushi, and he only ranked 100th in Chuzhou, and he didn't even get the seventh place in Chuzhou Gongjushi, what is his son?

If someone keeps an eye on this and reports suspicions, plus he is a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, it will indeed make people wonder if there is a problem with it.

Guan Lin was extremely worried in his heart, what if the court reviewed it? Now he can only ask Uncle Shen for help.

At this time, it was the afternoon, the imperial court stipulated that there was an hour of rest, most of the officials met to go out to drink and have lunch, but Uncle Shen Guo was in the province of the door to eat, for him, there is no time to rest, his subordinate servants and the head of the household department, every day of official business is very heavy, in the morning, he is in the province to deal with official business, in the afternoon he will go to the household department, listen to the report of major events.

Therefore, he had to finish his official duties in the province before he could leave, and if there were a little more things to do, he would use the noon time to continue to be busy.

Today's official business is indeed very heavy, Uncle Shen Guo is so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat lunch, he is reviewing the winter recruitment plan submitted by the Ministry of War, which will be submitted to the emperor for approval this afternoon, and the Zhongshu Province has already approved it, but it must be pre-approved by the Menxia Province before it can be submitted.

Otherwise, it will be a bit difficult to be rejected by the Ministry of Menxia after the emperor's approval.

He has read the plan twice, basically there is no big problem, but the number of recruits in Chuzhou seems to be on the small side, this year there are 25,000 retired veterans in Chuzhou, and 20,000 new recruits are recruited, so the total strength is reduced by 5,000 people, I don't know how the military department thinks about it, and the above reasons are not written.

He couldn't pass this plan, so Uncle Shen Guo put a pen to the pen to make a circle on the number of recruits in Chuzhou, and approved the word 'refutation' at the top of the plan, and handed it to the person next to him, "Quickly return it to Zhongshu Province and ask them to resubmit it within an hour." ”

Engaged in hurriedly leaving with the plan, just as another engaged walked in and bowed down to report: "Qi Xiangguo, the Ministry of Rites asks to see you!" ”

Uncle Shen Guo just picked up the chopsticks and was about to eat, so he nodded and smiled: "Let him come in!" ”

(To be continued)