Chapter 533: Mrs. Hou's maid
Weiyuan Houfu has been loyal for generations, and now Weiyuan Hou is just in his early twenties, don't look at him young, but he went to the battlefield at the age of fifteen, and now he has been fighting for six years, and he is a first-class marquis with an army of 200,000.
But although the family background of this Hou Ye is good, his life experience is a little miserable, his grandfather died in battle when he was just born, his father died in battle when he was fifteen years old, and after his father died in battle, his mother couldn't bear the grief, and he left after a year, and now there is only one old grandmother and an uncle who has separated from the family.
And it is precisely because there are too many people who died in the war in their family, so although Wei Yuan is high and powerful, although Yushu is in the wind, but no big family is willing to marry his daughter to him, plus Wei Yuanhou himself has no such thoughts, and he is at the border all the year round, so until he is twenty-one this year, seeing that he is going to the border again, his grandmother begged the emperor to give him a marriage.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see what this marriage means, isn't it just that he is afraid that Wei Yuan will never come back and will not be able to leave a queen for the big house?
There are so many young ladies in the capital, and the emperor is also embarrassed which one to marry, and in the end, it was Wei Yuanhou's grandmother who proposed it herself.
Although Zhong Lan has not appeared in front of people for three years because of his filial piety, he has also left an impression in the hearts of some people because of his excellent appearance, and then Mrs. Ying, who has passed away, has a very good impression.
Mrs. Ying was born in a scholarly family, and her manners were generous and polite, although the family was slightly weaker than the first-class family, but because of her excellence, she also attracted countless people with children to ask for marriage, and later when Mrs. Ying chose Master Zhong, everyone sighed for it.
It's not that Master Zhong is bad, on the contrary, he is one of the best in the appearance of all suitors, but in terms of family background, he is still a little worse, and he is inferior to the Ying family.
Mrs. Ying is good at dancing with long sleeves, although she married Master Zhong, she still did not fall into the communication circle of the year, and it was also because of her relationship that Master Zhong not only had no worries at home, but gradually became famous in the literati circle, and later the official road was smooth.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Mrs. Ying has not been in good health since she gave birth to Zhong Lan, she has to take care of a pair of children, but also has to face the intrigues and tricks from her mother-in-law and concubines, and she also has to maintain a relationship outside for Master Zhong, so she died if she couldn't hold her daughter and Xuan.
Mrs. Ying had a friend surnamed Shen before her death, and she married the second master of the Hou Mansion as his wife, and it was because of her that the old lady of the Hou Mansion would know Mrs. Ying and Zhong Lan.
After knowing that Zhong Lan had just made filial piety, Mrs. Hou sent someone to inquire about Zhong Lan's marriage with Master Zhong.
Although he knew that Wei Yuanhou had a dangerous future, Master Zhong himself felt like he had been hit by a pie, so he agreed to this family affair without asking Zhong Jue and Zhong Lan's opinions.
Knowing that the holy decree of marriage was down, Zhong Jue and Zhong Lan were willing to accept their fate when they knew that there was no place to turn around.
Zhong Jue is very reluctant to keep her sister alive and widowed when she marries, maybe she will have to be widowed for the rest of her life, but Zhong Lan can see it very clearly, she feels that this is the only good thing her father has done to her since her son was born.
If she doesn't marry Wei Yuanhou, her future marriage may be married to a bad person under the mediation of Mrs. Wei and Aunt Wei, and once she marries Wei Yuanhou, she will be Mrs. Hou, not to mention Mrs. Wei and Aunt Wei, even her father will have to salute when he sees her.
Wei Yuanhou's family is now separated, there is only one old grandmother in the family besides Wei Yuanhou, she is the only master of the three when she marries, even if she doesn't like Wei Yuanhou and Mrs. Hou, she can bear it.
What's more, Wei Yuanhou will go to the border in a few days after getting married, and Mrs. Lao Hou is old and has been cultivating in Zhuangzi all the year round, so when it comes to embarrassment, she will not be embarrassed.
And once she marries Weiyuan Houfu, Old Lady Wei and Aunt Wei will have to think twice if they want to calculate her brother's family affairs.
So no matter what, there are only advantages to her marrying, there is no harm, and this is all thinking about the worst.
When the will of the orphan to marry came down, Zhong Yin looked at the schadenfreude, but Zhong Lan was very happy.
"It's coming, it's coming, Weiyuan is coming, the courtyard with many dowry gifts can't be placed, and the master and the eldest young master are receiving it in person." Zhong Lan waited in the compartment, and the maid outside came in happily to report.
Hearing that there were many dowries, Zhong Yin's face was a little ugly, she had been compared with Zhong Lan since she was a child, and Mrs. Wei doted on her, so Zhong Lan, the young lady, had it, and she Zhong Yin also had it.
But unlike ordinary food, clothing and wear, there is a world of difference between Miss Chang and Miss Shu when she gets married, even if the family pampers her more self, but the dowry will never cross Miss Yan, the dowry is placed on the bright side, and the big family will roughly estimate it when they see the young lady who married in front of her, so when she Zhong Yin gets married, presumably others will not give too much dowry.
How can Zhong Yin, who has been comparing Zhong Lan since childhood, be willing? The only thing she is happy about now is that Zhong Lan may be widowed as soon as she marries, maybe she won't even have an heir in the future, no husband and no heir, even if her status is high? can't wear bright clothes, can't wear beautiful jewelry, and has to suffer criticism from others when she goes out for activities, she Zhong Yin is not envious!
At this time, Yang Chun was still carefully tidying up Zhong Lan's face, speaking of which, the two of them had decided on their family affairs, but they had never met so far, and Wei Yuan was waiting to come to hire him today, and he would definitely meet him, so when he was dressing up in the morning, Yang Chun tried his best to let the young lady bring that step shake.
However, Zhong Lan was too ostentatious and too heavy to bring, of course, there was also a suspicion that Wei Yuanhou didn't want to think that she was too frivolous and wanted to be beautiful and beautiful.
But even if she is dressed normally, Zhong Lan is also very good-looking, which makes Zhong Yin, who is carefully dressed, a little jealous.
Zhong Yin is a concubine and an unmarried girl, she will definitely not see Wei Yuanhou today, and the reason for dressing up carefully is that she has long been accustomed to comparing with Zhong Lan.
The two sisters are very beautiful, but Zhong Lan is the kind of gentle and generous look, although Zhong Yin is beautiful, but because she is weak all the year round, she looks a little childish.
"Miss, the old man also asked you to go to the front hall." Outside, another maid walked in.
Zhong Lan ignored Zhong Yin's gloating and jealous expression, and Shi Shiran got up: "Well, I know." ”
"What are you proud of, you won't be a widow when you marry in the future." When Zhong Lan walked away, Zhong Yin sneered.
"Be quiet." Aunt Wei glanced at her daughter, "Let others know that you are slandering the palace and don't want to live." ”
"Mother, you're just too careful, how can there be outsiders." Zhong Yin said coquettishly.
Speaking of this, both mother and daughter are very proud, what if Zhong Lan is a concubine, and now everything in the house is not in her mother's hands? There are a lot of private houses saved in the past three years alone.