"So far, I can only choose to avoid it." Su Hao said, "I hope that it is not too late to make amends." ”

"Avoidance?" Cheng Yi asked puzzled, "What is avoidance?" ”

Su Hao said: "I plan to see Miss Han again for a while in the future." She knows that she has nothing to do with me, and she must be dead. If Han Zhixian can find a wishful husband for her again, she will probably marry her. ”

Cheng Yi shook his head and said, "Sure enough, the man is so unkind, how do you know the thoughts of that daughter's family?" Since Miss Han is in love with you, how can she forget it for a while, even if she submits to her parents' orders and marries someone else, her heart is also tied to you, where is there happiness in her life? ”

"Not really, right?" Su Hao scratched his scalp and said, "Actually, I've only known her for a few months, and in the past few months, we haven't seen each other much, so why does she miss me like this?" ”

Cheng Yi said: "I don't know about this, but when I am with her, when she talks about you, she talks more about you than when she talks about herself, and I can guess a few points of her thoughts." I think the key to this matter lies in you, Master Su, what do you think about Miss Han? ”

Su Hao was a little embarrassed, and he hesitated for a while before he whispered: "Don't dare to hide it from Miss Cheng, I do mean to regard Qian'er as a confidant." If it weren't for these mundane things, I would like to grow old hand in hand with her. ”

"If that's the case, Cheng Yi has two ways, I don't know if Su Gongzi is willing to listen?" Cheng Yi said, thinking that he might be able to solve some problems for Su Hao, Cheng Yi felt a little proud, and his title for Su Hao changed unconsciously.

"There are two ways? I wish to hear more about it. Su Hao's eyes lit up and hurriedly replied. He couldn't think of a single way himself, but Cheng Yi was able to think of two ways at once, which surprised him.

"The first way is for the little girl to talk to Xiu'er privately to see if she is willing to give up the position of this wife. If she is willing to be wronged as a concubine, won't this obstacle be gone? Cheng Yi said.

Su Hao shook his head and said, "It's too aggrieved to do this, and I don't want to do it." ”

Cheng Yi said: "We women, it is a blessing of our lives to be able to find a wishful husband, for wives and concubines, in fact, they are all for others to see, and it doesn't mean anything to the woman herself." Thinking about that big family, the wife is left out in the cold, and the concubine is favored, which is a common thing. Although there is a Ming law that clearly stipulates the status of the wife, how many high-ranking families can do it? Your Su Gongzi will definitely be a person who will enter the cabinet in the future, Xiu'er is a country woman after all, if she is a wife, I am afraid that she will not be able to bear this wealth. ”

"This ......" Su Hao looked at Cheng Yi dumbfounded, he was really a little stunned by Cheng Yi's crooked reasoning.

Cheng Yi herself is a girl from an official family, and before her family suffered, she also mixed in everyone's circle of ladies and sisters, and she knew a lot about the family affairs of these officials. What she said sounded a little cold-blooded, but it was a cruel reality. If Su Hao is just a talent in a small county, then it is no problem for Lu Xiuer to be in charge of him. But if Su Hao really becomes a big official in the future, with Lu Xiuer's background, it will be a little inappropriate to be the eldest wife of an official family.

"If Su Gongzi feels that these words are inconvenient to say to Xiu'er, Cheng Yi is willing to be this lobbyist." Cheng Yi said.

"Ahem, let's talk about the second option." Su Hao couldn't accept Cheng Yi's suggestion, so he jumped directly to the next plan.

Cheng Yi pursed her lips and smiled, she knew from Su Hao's reaction that he still had some temptation for the previous plan, but she couldn't erase it. Hearing Su Hao ask about the second plan, she replied: "This second method depends on whether Master Su works hard." ”

"What do you mean?" Su Hao asked.

Cheng Yi said: "The daughter of this official eunuch family cannot be a concubine with others, and this is not the case. If the husband's family is extremely powerful, it is a great fortune for the eunuch's family to be able to climb such a husband's family, so why not be a concubine? The concubine who is favored in her husband's family is no weaker than the main wife, and how many parents are vying to give their daughters to high-ranking officials as concubines. ”

"Miss Cheng, the more you say this, the more unreliable it becomes." Su Hao smiled bitterly, "You mean to say, let me hurry up and become an official, if my official is older than Han Zhixian, Han Zhixian doesn't care if his daughter is a wife or a concubine in order to please me, right?" ”

"Exactly." Cheng Yi said.

"I think you're also a girl who hasn't been out of the cabinet, how can you know so much?" Su Hao said with emotion.

This sentence is unintentional for the speaker, but intentional for the listener. Cheng Yi is 23 years old this year, not yet married, from the perspective of future generations, it is not a big deal, but in the Ming Dynasty, it belongs to the leftover women who can't get married, and their marriage is very taboo to mention. Su Hao called Cheng Yi a girl who didn't leave the cabinet, Cheng Yi's face immediately became gloomy, if it weren't for the habitual awe of Su Hao, I was afraid that she would be violent at that time.

"Why did Su Gongzi talk about the little woman, don't you think that what the little woman said is too much?" Cheng Yi said with a dark face.

"No, no, I have no ill will." Only then did Su Hao know that he had lost his words, and hurriedly apologized, "Miss Cheng, I don't mean to be disrespectful to you at all. I'm just saying that the two ways you just said are ...... It's very realistic, and it doesn't sound nice to say, but that's the social reality. However, I always feel that these two methods are not perfect, the former method is unfair to Xiu'er, and the latter method is unfair to Qian'er. ”

"Who made you provoke two women at the same time!" Cheng Yi said angrily, "I also saw that Xiu'er and Qian'er were my good friends, so I kindly gave you ideas." You don't want to watch Qian'er wash her face with tears every day, right? ”

"Alas, it's too late for me to regret it." Su Hao sighed, "Let's take a long-term view of this matter." By the way, Miss Cheng, Qian'er, you can go and see her when you have time, I haven't been able to see her anymore recently. You go and comfort her, and if she wants to find another match, I will bless her. ”

Cheng Yi said: "What if she doesn't marry?" ”

"This ......" Su Hao's face was embarrassed, and he stomped his feet for a long time and said: "Then I will do as you say, hurry up and become an official, be an extremely big official, and let Han Wen cry and shout to give my daughter to me as a concubine." ”

"You look like a reader, it's vulgar!" Cheng Yi was angry and funny, glared at Su Hao viciously, said goodbye and left.

In the following days, Su Hao still hid at home in the name of recuperating from his injuries, and did not dare to go to the county office to see Hangul. However, Cheng Yi was instructed by Su Hao to go to the back office of the county government, met with Han Qian, and came back to tell Su Hao that Han Qian already knew about the marriage proposal, and indeed cried several times, but after Cheng Yi's persuasion, she stopped crying now, and pondered the map at home every day.

"Is she interested in finding another partner?" Su Hao asked Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi said: "According to what the little woman saw, she didn't have this idea. I asked Honglian privately, it seems that Han Zhixian mentioned this matter to Qian'er, and Qian'er refused to die, so the matter was put down. Now the plan can only be to see if you have the ability to impress Han Zhixian. ”

"It's easier said than done!" Su Hao said, "If I want to become a big official, I need to pass the imperial examination first, the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination, this circle will take at least 10 years, can Qian'er afford to wait?" ”

"With your talent, isn't there a way to become an official faster?" Cheng Yi asked.

"Unless...... I really went to shoot the eunuch's ass. Su Hao said to himself.

"If it's for the sake of beauty, Su Gongzi might as well give it a try, I'm afraid that he will be able to leave a romantic story in the future." Cheng Yi agitated. This little girl doesn't have the same sense of justice as her brother, but feels that if Su Haoba becomes a eunuch, it is a good choice to be able to mix up a good status and finally get a beauty, this may be the girl's worldview.

Su Hao said that he wanted to pat the eunuch's sycophant, but it was just a temporary ridicule, but he unexpectedly turned it into a joke. After he stayed at home for a few days, Han Wen sent someone to call him to the county government again, and told him that the matter of looking for gold in the Tonggushi area had been approved by Li Long, the chief envoy of Jiangxi Mine, and Li Long asked Su Hao to take someone to Tonggushi to prospect for ore immediately, and then go to Nanchang to resume his life.

"Li Longqi, although he is a eunuch, has some righteousness, which is different from that Changwu." Han Wen introduced to Su Hao.

"What does the county mean that I can get closer to this person?" Su Hao asked.

Han Wen pondered for a while and said, "It's inconvenient for the county to make up your mind about this matter. Making friends with ministers is a shameful thing for scholars in the world, if you have too much contact with ministers, you are afraid that you will lose the reputation of a eunuch in the future. However, having said that, who in this court does not make friends with the ministers? This Li Long is still a minister with a good reputation, even if he is a person like Chang Wu, don't there are a large number of officials in Nanchang Mansion and the Political Secretary who flatter him? ”

"But, why is it necessary for me to make friends with Li Long?" Su Hao continued to ask.

Han Wen said in a tone of hatred that iron does not become steel: "Change it, I'm not afraid that you will be angry, I think with your article skills, if you want to take the road to the imperial examination, I'm afraid it won't work." If you dedicate these left-hand side door techniques to the emperor's house, you may be able to be appreciated. Li Long is the emperor's close attendant, if you can make him appreciate your talent, maybe you can reach the heavens and earn yourself a good future. ”

What does this mean in Korean? Su Hao was stunned in his heart, could it be that he really wanted to be his father-in-law, and he had already begun to plan his future for himself? If he can really get Wanli's appreciation, and he is a half-official and half-job, will Han Wen give his daughter to himself half-pushed?

Befriending ministers in order to get to the top of the throne sounds like a good path, right? In particular, this road may be able to determine the sexual happiness of the rest of his life, for the sake of a good life with a group of wives and concubines...... No, it should be said that in order to get a better opportunity to serve the people, I will give it a try with difficulty.