CHAPTER XV

Yu Wenyuan learned from Liu Junnan that the Xu family wanted to hire Miss Yuan for Yu Wenmin, and the whole person immediately had mixed feelings. Since the last time I talked to Mu Qingling on the boat, everything has developed in the direction of Mu Qingling's assertion, and now even the Xu family has fulfilled here, and Yu Wenyuan has to re-examine the relationship between himself and the second room.

Liu Junnan glanced at Yu Wenyuan's expression, and then said: "After all, it is a Hou Mansion, if Young Master Wen Min and Miss Yuan really have a good relationship, it will also be a good marriage." Speaking of which, Young Master Wen Da's wife is the pearl of You Hanlin's palm, and now Young Master Wen Min's future wife was born in the Hou Mansion, and the second wife of your mansion is really motherly and well-intentioned. ”

Hearing Liu Junnan's words, Yu Wenyuan's face was calm and light, but his heart was faintly bitter. Things that I didn't care about before, or deliberately didn't take to heart, are now being told by others, which is really ironic.

The two sons of the second room, one Yu Wenda, were under Xu's crying and begging, and now they are studying in the Guozijian. Guozijian, thinking of these three words, Yu Wenyuan still couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, Mu Qingling said something very right, he was born and lost his mother, and he was raised under the old lady's knees since he was a child, but the old lady is not a mother after all, and Xu's has always been no different from Wenda, because he has been full of admiration for Xu's since he was a child, and regards him as his mother, until Guozijian!

As the saying goes, the world's champion Xiucai teaches, that is, only Xiucai will be a teacher, because you can be an official if you raise people's fame, although the career is limited and not as good as Jinshi, but it is also different from the common people, not to mention the various privileges and benefits after the lift, the poor show is rich and rich, yes, even if you are the rich family of the official eunuch, your children and grandchildren can only follow Xiucai to study. But Guozijian is different, Guozijian is set up by the imperial court, and the people who teach in Guozijian are officials who are serious Jinshi, and Guozijian sacrificial wine is a member of the four grades.

As the saying goes: Seal your wife and son! Such as the Jingyong Duke's Mansion, the Duke of Zhengyipin's mansion, can naturally shade the descendants, when the dynasty regulations, in Beijing four rank civil and military officials and nobles can be exempted from the examination to enter the Guozijian. He Yu Wenyuan is the son of the Zhengyipin Jingyong Gong, so he can naturally be enrolled, and his second uncle is only the head of the Liupin Rite Department, and the third uncle is even more of a false position from the Seventh Rank Qin Tianjian Wuguan Lingtailang, and there is no quota for the second and third rooms of the Jingyong Mansion.

At that time, Xu's cried and begged, saying that he had a title to inherit, begging him to give Wenda a chance to get ahead, the old lady's ears were soft, and she was pitiful for her second son's career for many years, and she was afraid that the house would be divided in the future, and the second room would fall, so she acquiesced to what the second room wanted, his father was foolish and filial, and everything was based on the old lady's wishes, and he didn't want to treat it as a mother's Xu was sad, and he reluctantly agreed. Thinking about it now, Yu Wenyuan just sneered, the current Jingyong Gong is his father Yu Enrong, where did the Jingyong Mansion come from.

Later, Wenda married his wife You Shi, You Shu You is the eldest daughter of You Jinyuan, a scholar of Hanlin. When the Hajj is conducted, all Jinshi must enter the Hanlin to practice, and after the dissolution of the hall in the next year, they will be awarded according to the examination. Yu Wenda is a white-bodied scholar who married the eldest daughter of a bachelor from Hanlin, and Xu's intentions can be seen.

Besides, Yu Wenmin, a swinger brother, has nothing to do in his studies, and he has nothing to do with housework, and the Xu family also fell in love with the daughter of the Yuan family for him. Yuan Cheng is a member of the Ministry of Rites, and he is a five-grade person, two orders higher than his second uncle's grade, although he is a concubine, his father is the Hou Ye, and Yuan Cheng's daughter Miss Yuan is not low-born, and it is enough to match him. The wives of the two sons are the result of the careful selection of the Xu family, and Yu Wenyuan thought of himself, and he really only had a wry smile.

Speaking of which, his wife's situation is somewhat similar to Mu Qingling, both of whom are young and unrelated. It's just that Mu Qingling's father was a provincial magistrate during his lifetime, and his maternal grandfather was a Guogong, and he, the wife of the heir of the Guogong Mansion who was ironclad in the eyes of others, was really shabby and not on the stage.

Yu Wenyuan's face flashed in his mind, he closed his eyes, and suppressed the thoughts surging in his heart.

When you married Ajing, weren't you happy to marry yourself? Yu Wenyuan told himself in his heart that his A-Jing was very good, except for her poor background, no one in the house had praised her for being knowledgeable and gentle and generous for so many years, she was no worse than others. Thinking of his wife Xie Zijing, who was far away in Beijing, Yu Wenyuan's expression softened a little.

However, no matter how well Xu's abacus plays, the Yuan family will really disappoint her this time. Yu Wenyuan thought of the Miss Yuan that Xu had a crush on, and sneered in his heart.

There are many nobles in Beijing, and not all people who have a knighthood are good. This Yuan family, although the old man Yuan still has a marquis, but before the first emperor ascended the throne, the prince fought extremely fiercely.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, the Yuan family naturally did not fall well, if it weren't for the fact that the first emperor Nian did not see too much blood at the beginning of his accession to the throne, there would have been no Yuan Marquis in Beijing. The Yuan family has been shrunken for decades, and everything can be mixed without mixing, and many small officials and officials who have just arrived in the capital don't know that there is such a Marquis Yuan. Later, the current saint was crowned the prince, and the first emperor intended to match the prince's wife and concubine, but the other families were reluctant to let their daughters be concubines, so they rushed to the position of the prince's concubine, so the Yuan family seized the opportunity to send Yuan Cheng's sister to the prince's mansion, and got the name of a side concubine, and the Yuan family was considered to be better.

Nowadays, the noble family with a bit of fame does not often interact with the Yuan family, and Concubine Yuan has been in the palace for a long time, ranking among the four concubines, and the holy favor is not prosperous.

Looking at Xu's actions from a different angle, Yu Wenyuan can know what Xu's plan is with his eyes closed. The past of the Yuan family has been mentioned with the first emperor and the new emperor ascending the throne, and the Yuan family is deliberately low-key, and the Xu family's background is not obvious, so even if the Xu family has been the home of the Jingyong Mansion for more than ten years, there is no way to know about these noble old things.

Today's Yuan family at first glance, the old Marquis Yuan is from the first grade of the marquis, Yuan Cheng is a member of the Fifth Grade Rite Department, Miss Yuan also has a concubine and aunt, she is really a good daughter-in-law candidate, but unfortunately, this good daughter-in-law is very different from the good daughter-in-law that the Xu family wants.

He and Mu Qingling themselves both have a question, what does the Xu family dislike about Mu Qingling? Mu Jiangxuan, as the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was in charge of the military and political money and grain of a province, and was in charge of the weaving and salt merchants of the two rivers. This position has always been the emperor's confidant, and in terms of real power, it is only inferior to the six Shangshu, the Imperial History of the Inspectorate, the Dali Temple, and the History of the General Administration. The ancestors of the Mu family also had a knighthood, accumulated for several generations, and now they want power and power, and they want wealth, even if Mu Qingling has lost his father now, it is much better than the useless Yuan family.

What was Xu thinking? Yu Wenyuan dealt with Liu Junnan on the side, and his thoughts gradually flew away.

Capital.

The maids with double buns lined up in a row, carrying a tray in their hands into the room with a high curtain, the girl sitting in front of the dresser supported her forehead with one hand, and picked and chose among the trays served by the maid with the other.

"It's useless, it's useless!" The girl impatiently knocked over the tray in front of her, looked back at herself in the mirror, and scolded: "Any rotten street thing dares to come to me!" Ming'er, I will accompany me in the palace, that is in front of the ten princesses! With these things, do you want the people of the palace to laugh at me Jingyong Mansion for not being on the stage! ”

The personal maid behind the girl hurriedly stepped forward, waved her hand and asked the maids to pack up the precious jewelry that fell to the ground, and smiled at the girl: "Why is the girl so angry, the things sent by the warehouse are not satisfied, the girl just tells the wife, the wife loves you so much, can you miss the girl's face?" ”

The maid took the comb and combed the girl's loose hair. The person in the mirror has a full face, round eyes and smiling lips, and naturally carries three points of innocence, as timid and harmless as a deer. I have to say that the girl looks good, but her face is angry, and she destroys the simplicity and beauty that should have been.

"If I want to say that the treasury is deliberately perfunctory! Look at what just arrived! My second lady of the Jingyong Mansion, is she worthy of those things?! The girl slapped the table in a hurry, and her delicate palm immediately turned red. The maid hurriedly put down the comb, took the girl's hand and said, "The girl ...... carefully."

The girl's eyes were red, and she looked even more pitiful, but her empty hand pinched the arm of the personal maid, and said while pinching: "Now let me be careful, why didn't you stop it just now!" What do I want you elm pimples for! ”

The green white fingertips had slender and long nails, and it hurt to pinch her body, and the maid didn't dare to shout, but said: "It's a small negligence, don't be angry, girl." ”

"What's going on again?" A faint inquiry suddenly came from the door, and then a middle-aged beautiful woman walked in, wearing a royal blue makeup cardigan, combing her original bun, and gold jewelry. All of them are noble, and they are the second wife of the Jingyong Mansion, Xu Zhi.

The girl who was angry in the room before was her second daughter Yu Xiao, Mrs. Xu walked to the couch and sat down, looked at the maid who was whispering in and out of the house, and asked, "What?" There was a lot of uproar just now, and now they will all be dumb? ”

Yu Xiao pouted, got up and walked to Mrs. Xu's side and sat down, took Mrs. Xu's hand and said aggrievedly: "Madam, Ming'er's daughter is going to enter the palace, and the group of subordinates in the treasury are hateful!" All that was sent was pickled goods, there were so many nobles in the palace, how could my daughter wear those things! Mrs......"

Mrs. Xu glared at Yu Xiao and said, "You are the second lady in the house, who dares to send bad goods to fool you?" Which of your Qingchun Gardens is not the best? ”

Yu Xiao didn't eat this, pointed to the maid kneeling outside and said, "Then I don't care!" That's all these things, not to mention the young ladies of other families, even the businesswoman Yu Zi gave birth to can't compare! After entering the palace, he is not a person who loses the Jingyong Mansion! ”

"Be careful!" Mrs. Xu frowned and glanced at Yu Xiao, and said in a stern tone: "Who taught you, you are a lady of the public mansion, how can you say such things!" That's your third aunt, do you want to be heard of your reputation! Yu Xiao snorted disappreciatively: "What if you hear it, who dares to spread it?" ”

Mrs. Xu shook her head, didn't care much, and only said: "Entering the palace is not comparable to others, and it cannot be blindly compared." Besides, your uncle is gone, at this time, you don't keep filial piety but enter the palace to accompany the ten princesses, the old lady is unwilling, you can't do anything again. Yu Xiao propped his hands behind his back and said disapprerovitically: "What uncle, I haven't seen it again." I don't care, yesterday I also saw Yu Zi wearing a set of amber jewelry, the style is new and good-looking, her grandfather's family is the richest man, and my mother is still the wife of the Jingyong Mansion! Madam, don't you love me the most? Wife! ”

Mrs. Xu was entangled by Yu Xiao, and said with a headache: "Okay, good, according to you, I will ask the treasury to send some good ones for you to choose when I go back." How did I give birth to such an abrasive spirit as you. Yu Xiao achieved his goal, hugged Mrs. Xu's arm and said, "Then I am your daughter, I am not worthy of the best, who is worthy?" ”

Yu Xiao said in one sentence that Mrs. Xu's heart is on the road, her Xu Zhi's daughter, what good things can't be used? The entire Jingyong Mansion will be hers in the future, not to mention this little bit of girl's jewelry.

"I'll depend on you for everything else, just a little, you have to remember it for me, enter the palace, put away your young lady's temper. The tenth princess is now depressed because of the death of her mother, and their mother and daughter have always been favored by the saint, and now the queen has decreed that the school-age daughters of each province will enter the palace to accompany her, if you can coax her back, and enter and leave the palace in the future, it will be good for you and our family. Do you understand? Mrs. Xu held Yu Xiao and instructed.

Yu Xiao responded again and again: "I know, how many times have you said it, wife." I understand. As for me, as long as I please the ten princesses, I will ...... in the future ...... in the future" Yu Xiao thought of the handsome young man with a shocking side, his face was slightly red, and his expression was a little shy.

When he entered the palace to receive the banquet that year, the young prince on the throne was handsome, he seemed to be cynical, but he would even take into account the lives of a few animals. There are so many young ladies in the audience, none of them can make him look twice, if he can get that person's blue eyes in the future, I don't know how many people will be envious.

Mrs. Xu lowered her eyes and looked at Yu Xiao, and when she saw her biting her lower lip and looking shy, she knew what she was thinking. At the beginning, she designed Mu Qingling to be seriously ill before the banquet and let Yu Xiao be on top, just to let Yu Xiao appear in front of the ladies of various mansions and the nobles in the palace. After Yu Xiao came back, he also inquired about the king of Xiaoyao in the palace several times, as shrewd as Xu's, how could he not know what his daughter was thinking?

Xu's heart is happy to see Yu Xiao's thoughts come true, women, are not afraid to think too much, they are afraid to think about it. In the future, they will attack the lord in the second room, Yu Xiao will be the dignified Miss of the Guogong Mansion, the respect of the princess, what is the difficulty?