Chapter 30: Listening to the Wind (continued)
The emperor didn't stay long in the Tingfeng Courtyard, and returned to Xianyang Palace when he saw that it was getting late, and as for Fusu, he also followed, only Zhao Gao was full of resentment and unwillingness.
After the emperor left, Mrs. Qing and Mu Ning went back to the main hall in the front yard, Mu Ning had all kinds of questions in her heart, but she didn't know how to ask them for a while, and her relationship with her mother was far from being so harmonious, so it was a little embarrassing.
And Mrs. Qing has a complicated face and mixed feelings in her heart, and the dignified elegance that she had been holding up before is slowly disappearing, and she is even a little hesitant in her heart, and she doesn't know how to explain it to her daughter.
"I'm back." A faint smile broke the embarrassment between mother and daughter, and it was Zhao Jun who walked in in a long robe.
Mu Ning first glared at Zhao Jun, and said with some complaints: "Where did you go, it's been so long to go to the thatched house, do you know what happened just now?" ”
"Eh" Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, and then secretly glanced at Mrs. Qing, and Mrs. Qing was also looking at him nervously.
A trace of embarrassment quickly flashed on Zhao Jun's face, and then he said a little unnaturally: "I went to find a thatched house just now and got lost for a long time before I solved it, and when I just came out, I heard that the emperor went to see your mother, and I didn't want to see the emperor now, so I hid, and then I didn't come out until they left." ”
After listening to Zhao Jun's unnatural explanation, Mu Ning glanced at him suspiciously: "Really?" ”
"Of course, hehe, do you know I'm a road idiot." After Zhao Jun finished explaining, he pretended to say, "By the way, what happened just now?" ”
Mu Ning didn't think much about it after hearing this, and turned his mouth to tell what happened just now, Zhao Jun hurriedly nodded after hearing it, and finally inadvertently glanced at Mrs. Qing, and then the two breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but in the end, Mrs. Qing glared at him coldly, and Zhao Jun hurriedly turned his head.
After that, the three of them sat down separately, and the servants came up again to cook melons and fruits.
And Mu Ning knelt in front of the long case and looked a little anxious, and suddenly said shyly after a while: "Mother, this is Zhao Jun, you have seen it before, I am with him"
"yes, I know." Mrs. Qing nodded, seeming a little absent-minded.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun attended the salute and said: "Zhao Jun has seen his wife, I am happy with Xiao Ning and I also ask my wife to fulfill it, and I, Zhao Jun, will definitely protect her for the rest of my life." ”
After hearing this, Mrs. Qing suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart, and even a little angry that Zhao Jun was so thick-skinned, and he had just asked for a kiss with himself, so Mrs. Qing was a little silent for a while.
"Mother, please." Mu Ning thought that her mother's silence disagreed, but it can be seen that her sweetheart was so brave that she listened to Zhao Jun's assurance, and her heart suddenly became hot and she couldn't care about the reserve of her daughter's family.
Mrs. Qing's breath gradually became heavier at this time, and she only felt that it was difficult to breathe, and her expression was even more inexplicably complicated when she looked at Zhao Jun, until she was afraid that her daughter would suspect her after a while, so she adjusted her mentality, and then raised her hand and said almost stiffly: "Well, it's good for you to be happy, and your mother won't stop you, when will you get married?" ”
Before the Tang and Song dynasties, although the ancients also attached great importance to the matchmaking of parents, the parties' right to speak was also quite large, as long as the parties agreed that the parents did not have much opinion, then the rest was some process problems.
At this time, the concept of marriage is not so conservative, such as remarrying and remarrying are quite normal, and some concubines in wine shops are not discriminated against, and it is normal to find a good family after saving enough money, and loyal women like Mrs. Qing were extremely rare at that time, not to mention that it is not possible for anyone to support the family business and respect the old and the young, which is also one of the reasons why Mrs. Qing was respected by the first emperor.
At this time, most people still have the ancient style of the Spring and Autumn Period, and they are known to be benevolent and filial to people, and anyone will have great respect.
Mu Ning was stunned, he didn't expect his mother to react like this, and she said it so bluntly, as if she didn't care too much, so she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.
But her mother's words couldn't help but answer, "this" She looked at Zhao Jun as she said that, the two of them really hadn't discussed this question, originally wanted her mother to see Zhao Jun today, and by the way, she came to ask her mother's opinion, so she was a little caught off guard by Mrs. Qing's reaction.
Zhao Jun glanced up at Mrs. Qing, and naturally knew what her reason was, so after pondering for a while, he said: "Mrs. Hui, because the remnants of the Six Kingdoms are about to be wiped out, Xiao Ning and I are both on official business, so I want to wait for a year or two to say, after all, it is really difficult to match Xiao Ning before I become famous." ”
Nowadays, there is a strict set of procedures for marriage, at the beginning, the man has to ask a matchmaker to go to the woman to say goodbye, and after obtaining the woman's permission, he will send a messenger to send a goose, and formally submit a request to the woman to conclude the marriage.
Then it is to ask the name, ask the woman's family for the woman's name and birthday, and then return to the house The man divination, after getting the auspicious omen, send a messenger to prepare a wild goose ceremony to inform the woman Najib, after Najib, the man and the woman are officially engaged according to the auspicious date, and the man sends five silk horses and two deer skins in black and red to the woman's house as a dowry, also known as Nazheng.
Until the end of the man's divination again, after choosing a good auspicious day, he sent a messenger to prepare a goose ceremony, to ask for the woman's consent, and finally agreed on the time of the wedding, and on the day of the wedding, the man went to the woman to marry the bride.
Of course, it can be said that it is very cumbersome to meet the woman's relatives after the wedding, and this wedding custom is still roughly passed down until now, but there are some differences in their respective places.
Although the Qin State was a law-based country, it also inherited all aspects of the Zhou rites, because the Zhou rites radiated all levels of society at that time, which was not stipulated by the law, and the Zhou rites still had a certain influence until thousands of years after China.
Therefore, if Zhao Jun plans to marry Mu Ning now, then he will not be able to go out for at least half a year, but the date of the Emperor of the Six Kingdoms will be in a month later, and it will be too late in time.
Of course, Zhao Jun is most worried about who will be the wife, at this time, most people can only have one wife, and the others can only be concubines, Lu Pheasant and Mu Ning who is the wife is a headache, or wait to deal with it later.
"It's okay, you can do it yourself." Mrs. Qing was still a little absent-minded, which made Mu Ning a little annoyed, but fortunately, Zhao Jun secretly gave her a look to let her endure.
Mrs. Qing also saw her daughter's reaction at this time, but she was distracted at this time, and she couldn't take many actions by herself, and her heart was always unstable and restless.
In the end, after Mu Ning and Zhao Jun returned to the long case and sat down, Zhao Jun then spoke: "Actually, I have something to ask my wife today, that is, about the elimination of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, you also know that I killed Zhao Gao's brother and son-in-law, I'm afraid he won't give up." ”
Hearing Zhao Jun talk about business, Mrs. Qing returned to normal slightly, and after thinking about it, she said: "You don't have to worry about this, Zhao Gao went to the emperor to sue you, but Prime Minister Li Si came forward to solve it, and the emperor should also allow you to join this operation."
But Your Majesty is still thinking about the selection of the commander, and besides, Your Majesty is an independent person, and the Black Ice Platform is a very important matter, so I can't help you in this regard, and you shouldn't act too radically in the future, after all, your current foundation is still very weak, and you have to think twice about acting. ”
"Thank you Madame's teachings, Zhao Jun will remember them." Zhao Jun nodded after hearing this, it is enough to have this news, as for who the emperor chooses, it seems that he can only obey the mandate of heaven, originally he also wanted to affirm that he was powerful, so that Mrs. Qing could fully support Mu Ning as the master of the Black Ice Stage, but it was better to see that Mrs. Qing's state was still not good today.
"You don't have to thank you, I'm not thinking about you, but for Ning'er." Mrs. Qing took a deep look at Zhao Jun and explained coldly.
Zhao Jun could only smile bitterly at this, Mu Ning's face became colder and colder, for her, her mother's performance today was abnormal, the most important thing was that although her mother accepted Zhao Jun with her mouth, her words and expressions were all kinds of rejection.
"By the way, Jun, before Fusu Gongzi left, he asked us to go to Xianyang Palace tomorrow, and he said that he would set up a banquet to thank you for your kindness." At this time, Mu Ning suddenly remembered Fusu's words before leaving.
Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, looked at Mu Ning a little nervously and said, "Then did he say anything else?" ”
Similarly, when Mrs. Qing heard this, she also looked at Mu Ning with extreme nervousness, and at the same time, the hand hidden in her sleeve like a green onion and white jade clenched fiercely.
Mu Ning glanced at his mother and Zhao Jun a little strangely, what happened to the two of them today, why are they so strange?
However, Mu Ning replied without much thought: "No, but when have you seen Fusu and made him owe kindness again?" ”
"Oh, it's nothing, the main thing is that I accidentally bumped into him when I went to the toilet, and then I just happened to talk to him a few words and had a good impression of each other, and then he seemed to have a dislocated shoulder and I helped him, you know I know a lot about human bones." Zhao Jun explained a little lamely.
Mu Ning nodded after listening to Zhao Jun's specious explanation, and didn't want to ask more.
At this time, Mrs. Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I'm afraid that he invited you to go more than just to be grateful, otherwise there is no need to invite Ning'er to go with him, today he came to visit me and what he did is also the choice of the leaders of the six countries to purge the remnants of the six countries, you should be careful." ”
"Madame's words are very true." Zhao Jun nodded and said, it seems that Fusu is also a little unwilling to be lonely, and he also wants to take a bite of this big fat meat.
In the end, after the matter was discussed, and Mu Ning was a little dissatisfied with his mother's performance, he was a little cold, especially Zhao Jun and Mrs. Qing were a little absent-minded, so soon Mu Ning proposed to go back.
Mrs. Qing didn't stay long after hearing this, but finally said: "Zhao Jun, you come with me, I have something to talk to you about, Ning'er, you are waiting." ”
After that, Mrs. Qing turned around and walked out the door, Mu Ning looked at Zhao Jun comfortingly when she saw this, she thought that her mother was going to embarrass Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun smiled bitterly with a helpless expression, he naturally knew what Mrs. Qing's intention was to talk to him alone.
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