XLIV
There are young people and girls who have come on the boat to perform, these second generations of officials, there is really no one who has been given for nothing, and in every gesture, it looks like the family has been cultivated since childhood.
Since the Sui Dynasty, the imperial examination has been implemented, and it has only been a hundred years now, and the officials from the imperial examination have divided the power of some of the clan lords, but there are still very few people above the fourth grade. The strength of the hundred-year-old clan cannot be shaken, just from the education of the children, such as the grandson Cui Ling and the granddaughter Seventeen Niang and Eighteen Niang brought by Mrs. Wang.
After the banquet was withdrawn, everyone moved to the library building, and there were young men and little ladies who wrote a few poems, Shen Mengxi paid attention to the calligraphy poems of the teenagers, and went outside the building to observe archery, and then invited the ladies to the hall to rest and drink tea, and the teenagers and girls were in groups of three or five, visiting and walking in the garden.
Yin'er came in with four teenagers to salute, including Di Jingen, Di Jingzhong, Cui Ling, and Zhao Jinglin, the grandson of Zhao Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Shen Mengxi asked the four teenagers a few words, and under the attention of the ladies, these teenagers were also at ease, Shen Mengxi praised them a few words, and let them go out to play.
Mrs. Pang was taken by the maid to change her clothes, and when she returned, she went around to the garden where the maidens were playing, and carefully observed Yu'er's behavior, although there was a pimple in her heart, she could not find anything wrong.
When it was Shen, the banquet was over, Shen Mengxi was secretly comparing a few teenagers and girls in his heart, and he listened to Shen Qi's report, everything went smoothly in the house today, and there were no safety accidents, but I overheard the two ladies who visited the garden talking, "I don't know if I can meet the princess's face."
Shen Mengxi sighed, didn't ask which two ladies it was, waved his hand, and let Shen Qi continue to speak. Shen Qi hurriedly picked out the important ones and talked about the performance of a few teenagers, and also talked about some girls by the way.
"In addition, Mrs. Pang deliberately went around the garden to see the eldest lady, and the eldest lady's nurse also went to the library to secretly observe Di Langjun."
The corners of Shen Mengxi's mouth moved, and he didn't speak, letting Shen Qi go down.
Shen Qi left, and asked someone to call Yu'er, Yu'er knew the purpose of A-Niang's call, although she was a little ashamed, but she knew that A-Niang had always disliked their twisting, so she said generously: "A-Niang, that Di Langjun, Yu'er has seen it." It's just a matter of getting started. Yu'er and the eldest lady and the second lady of the Anning County lord's family went to Baoning Temple in the city to incense, and they had seen him, but the eldest lady liked Di Langjun very much, and Yu'er ...... "Yu'er can't go on."
"How is the big lady doing today?"
"The eldest lady is very excited, and her eyes never leave Di Langjun."
"What about you, do you hate Di Lang-kun?"
"Yu'er and Di Langjun have no grievances, why do you like or dislike, it's just because of the eldest lady that she has some concerns." Yu'er whispered.
Shen Mengxi listened to it and knew it in his heart.
"The Di family's family style is excellent, and Di Jingen's character is naturally not wrong. The child is good-looking, healthy, and has not heard of any genetic problems in the Di family, listening to his answer, he is also decent, and his mind is clear, overall, A-Niang is satisfied. When a woman marries, she looks at her husband and her mother-in-law, and Mrs. Pang is not a strict person, and you are the county lord, so you don't have to be wronged when you marry someone. Yu'er, A-Niang is thinking that she wants to choose a proper family for you, and she also wants what you like. ”
Yu'er is fifteen years old and very sensible, she has never had any adolescent rebellion, which makes Shen Mengxi very suspicious, she thinks that this child is not close to herself, so she is so polite.
"Yu'er, Yu'er listens to A-Niang." As soon as the feast was dispersed, she ran back to her Yuhua Courtyard, and talked to the nurse in detail, the nurse actually secretly came out to see Di Jingen and Mrs. Pang, she and Yu'er calmly analyzed, before the people who came to propose marriage, none of them were comparable to the Di family, Di Gong is now in the court with a transcendent status, even His Majesty called him an old man, although he does not often go to the court, but his suggestions are eight or nine times out of ten His Majesty will be adopted.
The nurse thinks it's good, and Yu'er thinks it's good.
Shen Mengxi nodded bitterly, "A-Niang understands." Let's go back. ”
Yu'er bowed and retreated, she was faintly uneasy, and always felt that A-Niang seemed to be unhappy suddenly.
In the next two days, the Di family sent an iceman to the door, and the two exchanged Geng posts, which was basically settled. In such a hurry, Shen Mengxi is not afraid of making the wrong choice, she is satisfied with the Di family's family background, and then she will talk about it first, if Di Jingen has any personal mistakes, she can regret the marriage at any time.
Soon came out with the news that the eldest lady of the Anning family was sick, Yu'er felt sorry, Shen Mengxi called Yu'er, "Emotional things, such as not allowing a grain of dust in the eyes, are not something that can be transferred, the Di family took the initiative to propose marriage first, A-Niang didn't tell you, it was Di Jingen who was interested in you first, and begged Di Gong to come to ask for marriage." ”
Yu'er's little face turned crimson when she heard this, and she bowed her head and said nothing.
"Okay, don't worry about it, the matter of marriage is the most mysterious and helpless, and the difficulty of pleasing the two is about the same as five million."
"Five million?"
"Yes, it's very rare. A-Niang believes that Yu'er is a child who cherishes fate and fortune, and will live happily and happily in the future. ”
Yu'er was still a little twisted, her hands were twisted, and she couldn't say anything.
"Go back and talk to your nurse." Shen Mengxi stroked the back of Yu'er's head.
"Hmm!" Yu'er saluted happily and walked to the door, pausing suddenly, almost tripping over the threshold.
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It was not until autumn was about to enter that Shen Mengxi moved to Chang'an.
Emperor Wu heard Shen Mengxi mention Chang'an since that day, and suddenly moved his mind, he wanted to go back to Chang'an, and after a lot of rejuvenation, Shen Mengxi followed the royal honor guard and took Yu'er, Jian'er and Lu'er to Chang'an, while Yin'er stayed in Luoyang on an errand.
Li Xian and Li Dan's family, as well as important ministers in the court, all followed Emperor Wu to Chang'an, and the travel team was so long that they couldn't wait to get to Chang'an in front and still in Luoyang in the back.
The advance troops were sent in front to investigate the road conditions, clear the roadblocks, the official road was flat and wide, the weather was quite refreshing, and at the hottest time at noon, it was just time to rest, greedy for a cool morning and evening, so that at the end of the day, you could walk fifty miles.