41. Courtship
Xue Chongyin was appointed by Emperor Wu to cooperate with the officials of the Ministry of Industry to manage the river, he was very excited, full of pride and ambition, and said to Shen Mengxi, "Ah Niang, my son will do a good job, live up to Your Majesty's expectations, live up to Ah Niang's high hopes, in the future, the burden of the princess's mansion will be handed over to Er to bear, Ah Niang will do what she likes." ”
Shen Mengxi was very pleased, and looked at his eldest son, "Time is so fast!" It's been ten years since your father died, Yin'er is seventeen years old, and she has a future, A-Niang will be waiting to enjoy your blessings in the future! ”
Since last year, Yin'er has begun to contact with security management, and he has also been asked about major family affairs.
He often went back and forth to Di Renjie's house, received a lot of teachings from Di Gong, and also made friends with Cui Shen, the grandson of Cui Xianjiu, the grandson of Cui Xianjiu
Seventeen-year-old Yin'er's personality is more and more like Xue Shao, modest and polite, both internal and external.
"Yes! Auntie rest assured! ”
"Recently, there are three families, either bright or secret, who intend to marry the princess's mansion, what are Yin'er's plans for her marriage?"
"A-Niang, the major event of self-marriage is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Obey A-Niang's arrangement. ”
"That's the rule of other people's families, our family is different! Yin'er, tell me, what kind of little girl you like, A-Niang will pay attention to you, the door is secondary, the important thing is that the person is good, that is the person who accompanies Yin'er all her life, and character is more important than the door! ”
Yin'er listened, a little moved, and a little blushing. The young man was not involved in the affair, and he was naked.
Shen Mengxi sighed in his heart when he saw it.
"Yin'er, A-Niang is not in a hurry to find you a daughter-in-law, but she will pay attention to you, if you meet someone you like, you must tell A-Niang, A-Niang has a crush on someone, and she will also ask for your opinion."
Yin'er nodded, and with a hint of red, she retreated.
"When the child is older, I will be old." Shen Mengxi sighed.
"The princess is not old." Qingfeng said with a smile.
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An Ning took her two eldest daughters to the princess's mansion as guests, and asked her daughters to give Shen Mengxi a gift, Shen Mengxi hadn't seen them for many years, and the two little dolls became big girls in a blink of an eye.
"The eldest mother was in time last year, and the second mother should also be in time for the next year. The princess looked at the good son-in-law, paid attention to the two nieces, and pointed to the Wang family, where are there any good people! ”
Aunt Wang and Erniang Wang blushed and whispered "A-Niang", Shen Mengxi smiled and asked Yu'er to take them to the garden to play by themselves.
"Alas, I finally saw the light, my sister didn't know, my sister lived in fear every day, for fear of His Majesty's death, and for fear of the poison of the Wang family, and she didn't dare to show it, just like that, hehe, and gave birth to a bunch of children with that bastard." An Ning sneered and shed tears again.
It's still the peace of the mouth and the city.
"Wipe away your tears, don't say anything like this in the future."
An Ning thought for a few moments and nodded again and again.
"Your Highness, my sister used to always think that she could be protected by her sister, and her heart was really against her sister, and she didn't know what she had done wrong. Thanks to my sister's heart, I don't care about my sister. ”
"Well, if you don't have a good heart, you will probably be angry to death in the past ten years."
The two sisters looked at each other and smiled.
"Sister! It's better to let the eldest mother be your daughter-in-law, she is like a younger sister, and she will be obedient in the future, serve her sister well, and be filial to her sister! ”
Shen Mengxi was a stalker. This problem of kicking the nose and face can't be changed, give a little sunshine and it will be brilliant!
"Yin'er is the eldest son, and if he wants to provoke the princess's mansion in the future, his wife must be what he likes. I asked Yin'er when I went back. Shen Mengxi politely refused.
"Yin'er can't do it, then Jian'er, the eldest mother is two years older, and the second mother is okay, you can also settle down before you have time!" An Ning's eyes lit up, and she looked at Shen Mengxi earnestly.
"Jian'er is still young, and her temperament has not been settled, let's talk about it in a few years."
"Then in a few years, Erniang will not be big in a few years."
Shen Mengxi looked directly at An Ning, wanting to see if she was really stupid or pretending to be crazy and stupid.
"That, that, the side concubine is okay too...... An Ning's voice became smaller and smaller.
Shen Mengxi looked at An Ning's lowered head and didn't answer, An Ning's cousin, when she was a little proud, she was easy to act arbitrarily and couldn't have deep friendships, she belonged to the kind of "only women and villains are difficult to raise", if you are close, you are not inferior, and if you are far away, you are resentful.
is not a big traitor, Shen Mengxi has also spent some time in the past few years, and it is difficult to get along with this only cousin.
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Di Fu handed over the post, Shen Mengxi thought that it would be Di Guangyuan who came to the door, but he didn't expect that it was Di Renjie who welcomed him in.
The two sat side by side, Shen Mengxi looked at Di Renjie, who was a little lacking in energy, "Di Gong is in good health?" ”
"Okay. His Royal Highness Xie cares! Di Renjie was still expressionless, this poker face, I don't know how Emperor Wu saw it in his eyes.
"For the sake of health, Di Gong should not be worried, His Majesty and the crown prince rely on Di Gong a lot, please cherish your body more."
"Yes."
Di Renjie took a sip of tea, "This is Buddha tea?" ”
"No, it's just that Bengong can't get used to the tea soup with eighteen kinds of condiments, but it's just a matter of adding a few tea leaves. I wonder what Di Gong thinks? ”
"Very good."
"Qingfeng, go and wrap the rest of the tea, and let Di Gong take it home later."
"Your Highness!" Di Renjie nodded, "This time, the old minister came to the door for the grandson of the family, to ask to marry the eldest lady of the princess's mansion." Di Renjie got straight to the point, got up and said.
Shen Mengxi hurriedly got up and asked Di Gong to sit down. She was a little surprised, there were people who said goodbye to Yu'er before, but from the family of Wumen Valve and the important ministers of the court were willing to marry the princess's mansion, the princess had a bad reputation, and she was also tired of her daughter, which was not estimated by Shen Mengxi before taking in Yan Twelve.
Seeing that Shen Mengxi didn't respond, Di Renjie continued: "Di Jingen, the fourth grandson of Lao Chen, is nineteen years old this year, and is the second son of the dog Guangyuan. ”
"Di Gong, don't you know the notoriety of my princess?" Shen Mengxi still asked.
"The old minister knows. But Lao Chen has always looked at people with his heart, not just with his eyes and ears. Please don't be suspicious, the old minister is not to repay the favor to ask for relatives, and there is no heart to cling, in fact, it is really the child who went to the White Horse Temple on the road, and saw the Yuhua county lord riding by, and then saw the county lord when he feasted His Majesty in Qingyun Villa, and admired it. The old minister never allowed his sons and daughters to give and receive private teachings from others, but he was not a rigid person, and he was grateful and innocent, I am afraid that the county lord would not know. The county lord is demure and noble, knowledgeable and reasonable, the old minister gave up his old face today, came to the door in person, and asked for his grandson to marry the county lord with sincerity! ”
"Di Gong is high-spirited, and the children in the family must also be talented, and the palace is satisfied, but there is a layer, Di Gong doesn't know, the palace has promised a few children, and their marriage must be decided by themselves."
"His Royal Highness is really eclectic, the old minister knew that Yan Shishilang was not the face, the old minister was also present that day, the danger was abnormal, His Royal Highness did not see the crime in the Yan family of the You family, but regardless of his own name, he left a blood for the Yan family, and the old minister admired it. Princess Li's style, most of the ministers dare not agree, only His Royal Highness, the old ministers know the helplessness behind the arrogance, Guangyuan has always been grateful to His Royal Highness for his help and does not ask for retribution, sincerely marry His Royal Highness, I don't know if the old minister can have the honor to climb high? ”
Di Renjie said it extremely politely, thinking that he loved that grandson very much, and was willing to bend his waist for him and ask for his wife.
No matter how satisfied she is, there is no woman who agrees, not to mention that Shen Mengxi has never seen Na Di Jingen, and Yu'er has no idea. She politely said that she would think about it, and Di Renjie immediately said that three days later, the old minister sent a matchmaker to the door.