"My eldest brother is naturally the best in the next place." Mu Hongshang looked proud: "That's right, Sister Lan doesn't know, a few days ago, Sister Xie's grandmother wanted to be a matchmaker for my brother, so she invited a sister with the right status among her relatives to Beijing." After Sister Xie found out, she told me secretly. ”

"She's honest," Gu Yilan looked a little surprised: "If this is known by the family, she is afraid that she will be subjected to some trouble." Moreover...... As far as the matter is concerned, if the relatives of the Xie family are in-laws with the Anguo Mansion, it will be a good thing for the Xie Mansion and herself, but she has dug the corner of her own house. ”

"Sister Xie has always kept these things from me," Mu Hongsheng replied: "It's just that Mrs. Xie is also busy in vain, and my eldest brother likes you." ”

Gu Yilan looked at Mu Hongshang for a long time and didn't speak, and only after a while did she suddenly ask an irrelevant word: "In the days when I am not in Beijing, there have been great changes in the DPRK and China, right?" But what's wrong with the military department? ”

"It's something. But how did Sister Gu remember to ask this? Mu Hongshang looked a little surprised, but she still told Gu Yilan everything she knew. Of course, Mu Hongsheng's sources are only her uncle, brother, and Xie Shurou, in fact, the information she has about the government is not detailed, but these vague news are enough.

"I can't complain." Gu Yilan shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I can't complain that my grandfather agreed to the proposal of the Anguo Mansion so easily, I wonder how he changed his mind so quickly." ”

"Huh?" At this time, Mu Hongshang was really surprised: "Change your mind? He didn't plan to say yes?! ”

"At least I didn't intend to say yes so easily." Gu Yilan replied: "If it weren't for the change in the court, I'm afraid it would drag on for a while." My grandfather's man...... It has always been very cautious. When I was in Ningling, he sent a letter to my parents to discuss my family. But the affairs of our family have always been decided by my grandfather, and where did my parents do the master of my marriage, I guessed at the time, I am afraid that my grandfather wanted to find an excuse to delay it. As expected, it didn't take long for him to go straight to the family affair and not discuss it with my parents again. Today, Xie Shuyi and Wang Dagongzi suddenly got engaged, I am afraid it is also related to the recent situation. ”

"When the third uncle comes back, I'll ask him." Mu Hongsheng tilted his head and thought for a while before replying: "I didn't listen to the others, I only know that at the moment, it is Senior Scholar Gu and Lord Wang who are jointly in charge of the military seal." ”

Gu Yilan knew Scholar Gu, she was silent for a moment, but she already knew it in her heart. No wonder my grandmother couldn't wait for Mu Zhengyi to come to the door to ask for peace, so she hurriedly sent her to Anguo Mansion.

"What do they want, who is in-law with whom, in fact, it has nothing to do with us," Mu Hongshang didn't wait for Gu Yilan to answer, and continued: "It doesn't matter what they do, the most important thing at the moment is conscription." Dad wrote a few days ago, instructing the third uncle to send 5,000 recruits into the north by the end of March anyway. ”

"Is it so urgent?" Gu Yilan was stunned: "The conscription only started in February, and at the end of March, the recruits will be sent to the north, which is ...... Too late, right? ”

"It's urgent." Mu Hongsheng's face was very serious: "Daddy, it's really too late, so let the third uncle go up and first transfer 5,000 armor soldiers from Jin Lingwei in Beijing to the north, and then use this year's recruits to supplement Jin Lingwei." ”

"Sister Lan, anyway, you are going to marry into the Anguo Mansion soon, I won't hide it from you, the situation in our north is actually not good, the wind and rain have been smooth in recent years, the grassland is rich and beautiful, and the Rongdi people have not invaded and looted in winter as in previous years, and it seems to be stable on the surface. But in fact, at present, several large clans of Rong Di have begun to form alliances, and last year the imperial court sent the Ministry of Rites to negotiate peace with Rong Di, but there was no result. If they come in a big way...... In short, those things in the DPRK and China have nothing to do with our Anguo Mansion, but at the moment, there is an accident in the military department, and the position of Shangshu is vacant, which is actually the last thing my father wants to see. For our Mu family, nothing is as important as the things in the north. ”

"I see." Gu Yilan looked at Mu Hongsheng and nodded very solemnly: "Hongsheng, thank you for telling me this." ”

"Sister Lan thanked me for what to do," Mu Hongshang shook her head and replied, "We will soon be a family, and you will have to know these things sooner or later." It's just that...... Sister Lan, I'm sorry, I apologize to you on behalf of my brother. My mother, originally according to the rules, my brother should visit Gu Bachelor's Mansion after the Wen Ding Ceremony, and first ask Gu Scholar and his wife to say goodbye. But my eldest brother has been busy with conscription these days, and he doesn't have time to visit him until now, so he wants you to come to our house first. ”

"Red Dress, don't apologize." Gu Yilan held Mu Hongsheng's hand: "Your brother is not wrong, remember, you just passed, for the Mu family, nothing is as important as the matter of the northern border." In a short time, I will also be a member of the Mu family, I understand. ”

"Sister Lan, thank you for your willingness to understand my eldest brother," Mu Hongsheng smiled, her big eyes were slightly curved, and the light in her eyes flashed, as if she contained a broken star: "Thank you also for agreeing to marry my eldest brother." Sister Lan, don't look at me always bragging, my eldest brother is the best under the next. But what I know, our Mu family's daughter-in-law is not easy to do, and my mother and uncle ......."

"Blind." Before Mu Hongshang finished speaking, Gu Yilan decisively interrupted her: "It's good to be the daughter-in-law of the Mu family, your eldest brother is so good, the elders of the Anguo Mansion are also very good, the younger brothers and sisters are all lively and cute, it is my blessing to marry into such a family." ”

"Sister Lan...... Thank you! Mu Hongsheng seemed to smile even more happily, and she nodded hard at Gu Yilan: "Don't worry, my eldest brother will be very good to you!" Our family will be very nice to you! ”

"You thank me?" Gu Yilan couldn't help but smile and pushed Mu Hongsheng: "Did you make a mistake?" My identity is so inappropriate, and Mrs. Mu is still willing to go to my house to propose marriage, obviously I should be grateful. If it weren't for her old man, I would never have dared to be betrothed to your brother. Fortunately, she insisted that I was able to ...... I will have a chance to marry your brother. ”

"It's time to change your mind in a few days," Mu Hongshang replied with a grin, "What an old lady, too husband." It's grandmother, grandmother! Sister Gu has to get used to it quickly. ”

"Yes!" Gu Yilan's cheeks were a little reddened again: "Eh, change your words, I have something to ask you." You know the rules, when the new daughter-in-law confesses her marriage on the second day of the wedding, she will give the in-laws a gift of needlework made by herself, the old lady...... Grandmother, the wedding is going to be held before the end of May at the latest, the time is very tight, I haven't prepared these needles and threads yet, you also give me ideas, what do the family like? ”