In the evening of this day, Mrs. Lu came to Mrs. Tan's room in Rongyue Ju, the two sisters have been separated for decades, and it is rare for the two of them to calm down and chat like this.

Mrs. Tan told Li Zheng about it, talked about her worries, and wanted her sister to help come up with ideas. Mrs. Lu had to comfort Mrs. Tan a few words, "Listen to what you said, Li Zheng is calm, he has his own sense of proportion, since he knows your intentions, when the Beijing test is unveiled, everything is settled, after he takes his mother over, he will definitely let his mother come to the door to propose." Now this matter is in a hurry, and we can only take one step at a time. ”

Although Mrs. Tan was anxious, she also knew that this matter was in a hurry. Lu Yin and Lu Qing have not yet decided to marry, and Mrs. Lu is also worried, whether she is high or low.

As soon as the sisters talked for a while, they saw Lu Da's close attendant Lu Xing coming over, saying that the old man had come back from the court, and he was in the study after dinner, and invited Madame, Mrs. Tan, and Yanting to go over together. Mrs. Tan looked at Mrs. Lu, showing a suspicious look, not knowing what her brother-in-law could do with her.

After dinner, several people gathered in Luda's study. Luda's study is quite elegantly arranged, the wall is hung with the picture of the three friends of the year and the copy of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, the four treasures of the study room are complete on the desk, a coffee table is placed next to the desk, there are several round stools around the coffee table, and tea has been prepared on the coffee table.

When Mrs. Tan came in, Lu Da was already waiting in the study, and Yan Ting and Mrs. Lu had already arrived and were drinking tea.

When Luda saw Mrs. Tan arrive, he beckoned her to sit down, and explained her intention while pouring tea: "Please come here tonight, there is something important to discuss." Today, Lord Xu Linfeng said to me that he wanted to come and visit the day after tomorrow. ”

"Xu Linfeng wants to come and visit?" Yan Ting and Mrs. Tan looked at each other.

"Exactly, when I went down to court today, he stopped me and said that he wanted to come over with Xu Linhai to visit, and asked if it was convenient for us, and his tone was very polite." Luda took a sip of tea. "Although I am an official in the same dynasty as him and from Zhejiang, I usually have no contacts, let alone a visit, so this time he took the initiative to visit, so I think everyone understands what is going on."

"It's only been a few days since we've been here, how do they know?" Mrs. Tan asked.

Yan Ting pondered for a long time, he originally wanted to understand the situation again, and he took the initiative to visit, and also expressed his sincerity, the Xu family brothers came here, and his rhythm was disrupted, especially the meaning behind the Xu brothers' actions is even more intriguing.

"Uncle, you called a few of us over, but do you have something to tell you?" Hikoting asked.

"Well, presumably Lu Yin introduced the situation in the capital to you, it stands to reason that I can't talk about the things that your father and uncles have decided, but you have lived in Hangzhou for a long time and don't know much about the situation in the capital, I have to talk to you about some truths, and let you consider it again." Luda said.

"You all know some news that has been circulating for a long time, and the situation is different now than last year. After the Li family plotted against the ambush, the status of the East Palace has been unshaken, and the saint has been in poor health for several years, and wants to abdicate in advance, and the prince will ascend the throne this year and next year. Chu Jun Wen Tao Wu strategy, ambitious, healthy, his henchmen in the next few decades in my Zhao status can be imagined, this Xu family brother is very likely to visit the court in the future, maybe will be famous in history. Do you know how many people in this world are in love with Xu Linhai? I can't find such a good family affair with a lantern, I don't know what you guys think. Luda looked disapproving.

Yan Ting hurriedly explained: "Uncle, there are many things here that are not suitable for outsiders, this Xu Linhai is naturally a fast son-in-law of Chenglong, but Yanya is unwilling. ”

When Lu Da heard Yan Ting's words, he was even more dissatisfied, "She doesn't want to?" The matter of marriage, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, which round is she willing to get it. There is a dragon and a phoenix in such a person, she still doesn't want to, does she still want to be a queen, I don't know how thick the sky is. ”

After all, Yanting is a junior, so it is not easy to refute directly, Mrs. Tan took over and said: "Brother-in-law, marriage is related to the life of the child, this twisted melon is not sweet, if it becomes a pair of resentful couples, Yanya's life will be ruined." ”

When Lu Da heard this, he disagreed, "Who in the world doesn't want a woman in the world to find a husband and be a marquis, so that she can wear that phoenix crown and xiaxia veil, you Gao family girl is special, she is seventeen or eighteen years old, confused and ignorant, you are also confused?" Your Gao family is just a small businessman, and it is easier to pinch you to death in the eyes of the powerful in the capital than to pinch an ant to death. The Gao family has been quite peaceful over the years, I am not a brother-in-law, although my official position is not high, but ordinary people do not dare to beat your ideas. If there is a son-in-law like Xu Linhai, who will dare to bully your Gao family in the next few decades, it is too late to scold you, the Gao family is ten times more prosperous than it is now, it is possible, how can you give up the golden phoenix in your hands to others. ”

When Mrs. Tan Yanting heard this, she knew in her heart what Lu Da thought, not only the Gao family, but also Lu Da would take advantage of the east wind, and in the future, a good chicken dog would be promoted to heaven and a few levels. She looked at Mrs. Lu, who looked down from her.

Mrs. Tan continued: "Brother-in-law, it was Xu Linhai who deliberately regretted the marriage before, but after the marriage contract was dissolved, he didn't know why he was unwilling. ”

"It's not normal for a talented man like him to have an opinion that his Yue family is a family of merchants! Why are you chasing after you? Now he wants to turn back, which is a great thing, and you are hypocritical. ”

When Mrs. Tan and Yanting heard this, their hearts were quite unhappy, and their tones hardened, "When I was in Hangzhou, the old lady and several elder brothers had been discussing for a long time, and the Gaojia Temple could not offer this great Bodhisattva. ”

Lu Da sneered: "Okay, good, the Gao family does not love the powerful, and they are strong and lonely." It's just that don't blame me for not reminding you, the Xu family brothers are very strategic, their means are beyond our reach, if the Xu family agrees to terminate the contract, if they insist on fulfilling the marriage contract, I hope you don't touch hard, hit the stone with an egg, you can't win, but it will affect the Gao family. ”

It turned out that he was afraid that the Gao family would offend the Xu family and the Lu family would be implicated, Yan Ting showed a little disdain in his heart, originally thought that this eldest uncle was a scholar who deeply believed in the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but he was so inclined to be inflammatory, and he was timid and afraid. This time, when I came over, I saw my eldest aunt working hard, and the elders and concubines in the family were not worried at all, did this uncle ever remember the sincerity and sincerity of my eldest aunt to him back then?

Yan Ting was silent, stood up and bowed and saluted: "Uncle is angry, how dare my nephew disobey the matters that the elders of the family have decided?" Thank you uncle for informing the Xu brothers about the situation, I will definitely have a good conversation with them, move them with affection, know them with reason, the Gao family used to help the Xu family a lot, and now it is unpleasant for the marriage contract, but I don't think I will be angry with the Gao family. ”

Mrs. Lu also hurriedly played a round and said to Lu Da: "Okay, don't be so excited, the matter of marriage, the parents are in charge, naturally they listen to the second brother, since it has been decided, Yanting said that the Xu family will not be angry with the Gao family, then do it according to the wishes of the elder brothers!" ”

Lu Da put down the teacup in his hand heavily, pointed at Mrs. Lu and said, "You are really a merchant woman, ignorant and stupid, short-sighted, and long-sighted. ”

As if realizing that his tone was a little hard, Lu Da said to Mrs. Tan and Yanting in a low voice: "It's not my uncle, I tend to be inflammatory, and I have been in the officialdom for a long time, especially at the feet of the Son of Heaven in Shangjing, I know what is the unpredictable will of heaven and what it means to crush people to death at the level of officials." Sister, you have lived in the house for a long time and ignored foreign affairs, Yanting, you are running around doing business, and all you win is small profits, and seeking a country like Lu Buwei is a real big business! Besides, the Gao family and the Xu family already have a marriage contract, and it is not that there is no marriage contract to be pasted, and the father-in-law has accumulated virtue by doing good deeds during his lifetime, how can you, as a junior, waste this blessing and let his old man feel at ease underground. ”

Mrs. Tan and Yan Ting were both silent.

Mrs. Lu was dumbfounded by Lu Da's words, "Sister, Yanting, what your uncle said is not without a little truth. Besides, the seventeen or eighteen girl's heart is already unstable, and you rejected this marriage because Yanya is unwilling now, it is hard to guarantee that she will figure it out in the future and will not regret blaming you. ”

Mrs. Tan and Yanting looked at each other, exchanged glances, and did not speak.

Mrs. Lu looked at the two of them and said, "It's not too early, you go back and discuss it again!" ”

Several people got up and went back, Mrs. Tan and Mrs. Lu in the front, and Yan Ting in the back.

The two walked along the corridor, Mrs. Tan looked at her sister beside her, the bright and straightforward lady of the Gao family, in and out of the tavern, and the old rivers and lakes could not take advantage of the business, and now the calm and gloomy Mrs. Lu Mansion is hidden in the inner house, drowning in the trivial matters of her husband's colleagues' mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, wife and concubine, just now she said that the girl of seventeen or eighteen is unstable, I don't know if she has regretted her choice for so many years.

Mrs. Lu saw her sister looking at her from time to time, and while looking at her, she pondered, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Why do you always look at me. ”

"Nothing."

Mrs. Lu's room was in the middle courtyard, and it was soon there, and after the separation, Yan Ting sent Mrs. Tan back to the backyard.

"Yan Ting, what do you think of your eldest uncle and aunt?" The two chatted as they walked, and Mrs. Tan asked.

Yan Ting said: "The eldest uncle said a lot of great truths, but in the final analysis, this is no different from the worldly people, isn't the second aunt thinking like this!" My eldest uncle thinks that my Gao family has been prosperous and safe for so many years, mainly relying on him, the son-in-law who is an official, which is putting the cart before the horse. The rules set by my grandfather for the Gao family, the rules of the Gao family are to be simple and clumsy, some money cannot be earned, and some shortcuts cannot be taken. ”

Over the years, the Gao family has made friends with three religions and nine streams, from high-ranking officials and nobles, down to peddlers and pawns, and has been kind to people everywhere and helped the poor. My father said that life is in the world, one life, two fortunes, three feng shui, four virtues, and five readings, and the order is immutable. The fame and fortune obtained by those flies and dogs by unscrupulous means will eventually have to be returned, and there are countless dynasties and dynasties, not to mention far, just say that the Li Xiang family, what a beautiful scenery it used to be, and now the Manchus are all extinct. ”

Mrs. Tan nodded in approval, "You can think like this, it's really not a shame for your grandfather and father's hard work." ”

"But you have to think about your aunt's words, I don't understand the girl's thoughts, what do you think, sister-in-law?"

"What your eldest aunt said is not unreasonable, but there is no regret medicine to take in this world, you can't choose that if you choose this, which one is better, who can say it clearly! Although Yanya's child is weak on the surface and does not make a loud noise, she has self-esteem in her bones, she is an understanding person, and the Xu family's work has hurt her self-esteem very much, and Ayin Yanmin also told me before, the two of them asked her, but she still didn't want to, for the sake of today, she had to withdraw from the marriage according to the original plan. ”

Yan Ting snorted, "I understand, but this divorce still needs to be done gently, and it can't hurt the harmony, at least not to have new grudges." ”

"That's natural, but I don't know what kind of medicine the two brothers are selling in the gourd when they come."

"The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, these two people will be in a high position in the future, no more than ordinary people, and they will not do what is difficult for the strong man in the future." As he spoke, he soon arrived at the Rongyue Residence.