Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, compared with the lanterns on other people's houses and the guests, the Lanling County Mansion is slightly deserted, only dozens of large lanterns are hung inside, the lights are bright, like day, but everyone's heart is full of festival happiness.

Although the king of Lanling County did not put on a big banquet, he gave everyone in the house a reward, and because there is no Jin to return to the sect this year, it is a major event worth celebrating, the reward is double that of previous years, more than 200 people up and down the whole house, each person got a reward of five taels of silver, in addition, thousands of slaves in the eight manors of Huangfu Jiang, each family also got a reward of two taels of silver, for a time, up and down are very happy.

Huangfu Jiang's moon wine is arranged in the back garden, afraid that the light will affect the moonlight, there is no light in the back garden, a round of full moon is sprinkled on the earth, the back garden is paved with a layer of silver-white luster, the pavilion, the pond, the lotus leaves, the trees have become silver and hazy, showing a poetic feeling, so that the heart of the people has become quiet.

The highest place in the back garden is a pavilion, called the eight-sided wind pavilion, in fact, it is a wooden building that looks like a pavilion, the windows on all eight sides of the pavilion are open, and the moonlight sprinkles into the pavilion, so that the pavilion is full of a kind of silver tranquility.

There is a table of wine in the pavilion, the king of Lanling County and the princess sit opposite each other, and there are four empty seats next to it, which are for the grandson Huangfu Wuzhi and his mother, in addition to the granddaughter Huangfu Baozhu, and then there is the seat of Wujin.

The prince of Lanling County is thin, there are so many relatives, the eldest son died early, his wife has remarried, no heirs left, the second son Huangfu Zhuo is in Xiliang for the governor of Wuwei, Helong Jiedu deputy envoy, can not return to Beijing to reunite, he has a son and a daughter, wife and daughter are left in the capital, but he has his own mansion in the capital, did not live with his father, only the daughter Baozhu and grandfather live together, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, it stands to reason that Huangfu Zhuo's wife should bring his son Huangfu Wuzhi to his father's house to reunite and admire the moon.

But for some reason, he didn't come, which made Huangfu Jiang extremely unhappy, in fact, he also guessed a point, it is estimated that it is related to Wu Jin's attack on Liangguo Gong.

His grandson Huangfu Wuzhi has no title so far, only serves as a captain, and generally the royal family has two chances to be knighted, one is to get married, and he can be awarded a title two levels lower than his father, and the second time is when his father dies and takes his father's title, but it has to be lowered by one rank.

Huangfu Wuzhi has not yet married, so there is no title for the time being, and when he gets married, he will be crowned the county duke, and after his father Huangfu Zhuo dies, he will be promoted to the county duke, however, if he can make military achievements, there may be a higher title.

But in any case, in their opinion, Wu Jin was just an illegitimate child, and he was able to attack the Duke of Liangguo, which made them extremely unbalanced in their hearts, so they protested against themselves in this way.

Although Huang Fujiang didn't like that mediocre and idle grandson very much, after all, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they didn't come, which made Huang Fujiang feel very uncomfortable.

The princess next to her saw that the old prince was sullen, so she persuaded him, "Lord, Wu Jin is his father's title, and it has nothing to do with Zhuo'er, maybe Wu Zhi is not for this matter, the prince should not take it too seriously, the concubine feels that it is a matter of course for Wu Jin to attack his father, no matter who will not be too careful, if they are really unhappy, it is just that they are not sensible, and it has nothing to do with whether the prince is fair." ”

The princess of Lanling County is surnamed Zhao, more than fifty years old this year, she is not the original match of the king of Lanling County, but she has also followed the emperor for 30 years, the old princess died ten years ago, and the king of Lanling County started to play the emperor, and the partial concubine Zhao was corrected and canonized as the princess of Lanling County.

She also gave birth to two sons, but they both died one after another, only one daughter, who was married ten years ago, her husband is the assassin of Liang County, and now she is serving with her husband, so she can't come to reunite with her parents tonight.

Huangfu Jiang sighed and said: "I have always disliked Wu Zhi's frivolity and arrogance, I thought that his parents were too fond of him, but I only learned today that his mother is an unreasonable person, so of course the son is no better?" Ay! My emperor may have killed too many people in his early years, so God gave me retribution, so that my children and grandchildren were unfilial and their heirs were thin. ”

The princess persuaded again: "Lord, isn't Wujin good?" I saw that the boy was very polite and kind-hearted, and I felt that this was a blessing from the prince. ”

Huangfu Jiang secretly smiled bitterly, Wu Jin is not his grandson, he is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, the son of Tianfeng, how can he have this blessing, but this matter is extremely secret, he can't even say his wife.

There were five maids standing around the old couple, and at this time, one of the maids said, "The young lady and the son are here." ”

I saw Baozhu pulling Wu Jin and walking quickly towards the pavilion, the princess had good eyesight, and when she saw that they were actually holding hands, she couldn't help but smile and said, "The relationship between their brother and sister is quite good." ”

Huangfu Jiang sighed, it would be very good if Baozhu could marry Wujin, but it was a pity that they were brothers and sisters, and even if they were not related, they could not marry with the same surname, which was regrettable.

In fact, Wujin was also a little embarrassed, Baozhu was his elder brother, and he ran all the way by the hand, so that he couldn't find an excuse to get rid of it for a while, and when he saw the gazebo, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Let me tidy up my clothes first." ”

He took the opportunity to break free of Baozhu's hand, held the yarn hat, and straightened the brocade robe, Baozhu smiled on the side: "It's all my own family, what are you doing so exquisitely?" ”

Wu Jin also smiled, "You can't be rude when you see the elders. ”

After he finished tidying up his clothes and hat, he walked into the pavilion quickly, the princess he had seen once the day before yesterday, Wujin stepped forward and knelt down and saluted, "Grandson Wujin, please say hello to my grandfather and grandmother!" ”

Baozhu was stunned for a moment, her parents had never told her that they would bow to their grandparents during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she blushed and knelt down, "Granddaughter Baozhu also asks for peace to her grandfather and grandmother!" ”

Although Wu Jin is not his own grandson, he still makes Huangfu Jiang feel very moved, his grandson Huangfu Wuzhi has never knelt for them, and Wu Jin also taught his granddaughter.

The princess also praised: "What a good boy." ”

She hurriedly instructed the maid, "Don't help the son and the young lady up yet!" ”

Several maids hurriedly stepped forward, helped Wu Jin and Baozhu up, invited them to take a seat, and served them bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses.

Huangfu Jiang asked Wujin with a smile, "Where did you go today?" ”

Wu Jin hurriedly replied respectfully: "Back to my grandfather, today my grandson went to Tianji Temple. ”

"Oh?" Huangfu Jiang was a little surprised, and asked with a smile: "Have you seen Zen Master Huiming?" ”

"I saw it, my grandson was a little rude to him last time, and I apologize to him today."

"Huh! It's nothing, he's a monk, and he's an abbot, he doesn't care about the so-called rudeness in the world, he doesn't take it to heart. ”

Wu Jin secretly said, "That old abbot cares more about worldly things than anyone else. ’

This is what he thought in his heart, but he couldn't say it, he picked up a glass of wine, got up to salute his grandfather and grandmother, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, my grandson toasts my grandfather and grandmother with a glass of wine, and wishes the second elder good health and a long life." ”

The jewel next to her was also secretly guilty in her heart, she never paid attention to these etiquettes, her brother taught her a lot of things, she hurriedly got up with a cup, and smiled embarrassedly: "Granddaughter also wishes grandfather and grandmother a happy mood, health and longevity!" ”

Huangfu Jiang was so happy that he smiled with a straight face, "Both of them are good boys." ”

He drank a glass of wine with the princess, took out two thousand taels of silver tickets, and handed them to them, "This is the wish of your grandfather and grandmother, you can go and buy some things you like." ”

Wu Jin thanked for accepting it, and Bao Zhu also thanked for taking the silver ticket, her eyes suddenly lit up, last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, her grandfather and grandmother only gave her a reward of one hundred taels of silver, and this year she actually gave one thousand taels, she was suddenly overjoyed, of course she knew that this was because of the arrival of Wu Jin, Wu Jin's brother was much stronger than her Wu Zhi brother.

"Thank you, grandfather! Thank you grandmother! She was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.

The family drank a few glasses of wine, simply ate a little food, Huangfu Jiang ordered the maid to remove the banquet, on the moon cakes and fruits, not long after, the table has been empty, put on more than a dozen plates of various moon cakes and various fruits, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation meal.

The family talked and laughed, Wu Jin told them the anecdotes of Donghai County, made the two old people laugh, and Baozhu listened with wide eyes, she immediately made a decision, she wanted to go to Donghai County with Wu Jin, and she wanted to have a good time.

Women are more concerned about life, and the princess smiled and asked: "Wujin, have you ever considered marriage?" ”

Wu Jin's face flushed, in fact, this was what he wanted to say, he couldn't find a chance, he nodded, "I already have a favorite woman?" ”

Huang Fujiang's mind turned, and he suddenly reacted, and asked with a smile: "Is that Miss Su?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Which Miss Su?" The princess didn't know about the nine days of coming to Wujin, and she was confused.

Huangfu Jiang explained with a smile: "She is the eldest granddaughter of the prince of the country, Jiu Su Xun, who is knowledgeable, talented and good-looking, and has a good relationship with Wujin. ”

"It turned out to be the granddaughter of Su Saijiu, that's everyone's girlfriend, good! I approve of this marriage. ”

Baozhu next to her frowned slightly, she pulled Wu Jin, and whispered to him: "Brother, I think Sister Ying is better, and she has a deep affection for you." ”

Her voice was very small, but the princess heard it, and she laughed, "Is that the dark-skinned girl?" Although the person is good, the skin is slightly dark, and the door does not match. ”

Huangfu Jiang knew that Chen Ying was Chen Zhiduo's granddaughter, their internal children, and Wujin's cousin, if she married Wujin, it would be more beneficial for Wujin to control the power of the Phoenix Society, so he smiled slightly: "That girl dares to love and hate, even I know that she has a deep love for Wujin, but it doesn't matter, Wujin has the Duke of Guogong, according to the Daning etiquette system, Guogong can marry six wives twice in one Zheng Sanping, and can marry seven more concubines, a total of thirteen rooms, and that girl can be a flat wife." ”

The princess agreed with the old prince's opinion, "The prince is reasonable, I asked Ah Ying, her father is a dart game, Wu Jin is the queen of Liangwang, and he is the prince of the country, if it is an old wife in distress, it doesn't matter, but if it is a new marriage." It's really inappropriate for her to be a wife, but I still think Su Xun's eldest granddaughter is the most suitable. ”

Wu Jin blushed and said, "Can you ask my grandfather to go to Sufu for me to propose marriage?" ”

Huangfu Jiang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "How old is Miss Su?" ”

"Sixteen years old."

In fact, Wu Jin also knew that the Daning Dynasty inherited the routine of the previous dynasty, and the marriage age of the common people must be above the weak crown for men, and the age for women must be at least eighteen years old, but this is only for ordinary people, and nobles with titles can be lowered by two years, for example, his grandmother Ye Yunqing is sixteen years old as the princess of Chu.

He is eighteen years old, and he is sixteen years old in nine days, which is in line with the marriage age of nobles, Wujin is not in a hurry to get married, but he is worried about long nights and dreams, and he is afraid of giving birth to extra-holiday things, even if he does not get married, he can make a marriage contract.

Huangfu Jiang nodded, he was sixteen years old, but it was okay, so he smiled at his wife and said, "Princess, since the grandson requested, please leave this matter to you, and you will go to the Su Mansion on my behalf to ask for marriage." ”

The princess liked Wujin very much, so she readily agreed, "Okay! I'll go to Su early tomorrow morning. ”

(To be continued)