Time flies, and it's the end of the year.

Fang Ruomeng took a self-portrait in the mirror, found a white hair in the black hair, and couldn't help but sigh.

In a blink of an eye, they are almost forty years old, and they have begun to have gray hair.

Behind him, there was a familiar laugh from his husband Li Mo: "Sit in front of the mirror early in the morning and take endless pictures." What's wrong, could it be that you have changed your appearance? ”

Fang Ruomeng turned his head and sighed a little aggrievedly: "I have gray hair." ”

Li Mo stepped forward solemnly and carefully plucked the white hair off for Fang Ruomeng: "Look, there is no more now." ”

Fang Ruomeng was still smiling, and said sullenly: "In a few days, it will be the new year." Brother Qin will be twenty-two years old next year......"

has not married a daughter-in-law yet, and there is an older unmarried young man, how can he not make his mother worried?

Speaking of his eldest son, who had always refused to get married, Li Mo also felt a headache, and sighed: "Back then, he insisted on being released and went to be the magistrate of a place. The term of office is five years. During his term of office, he should not easily return to Beijing if he had no important business. Now in its fourth year. There is still more than a year to go before the term expires. This bastard boy must have been calculated from the beginning. ”

The Li family is a top famous family, Li Qin is the great-grandson of the long house, and the daughter-in-law who marries into the door has to be a high-ranking lady. You can't let Li Qin find a daughter-in-law in the small county town where he works!

Fang Ruomeng's family letters were one after another, explicitly implying that he urged his eldest son to marry and start a family as soon as possible. Li Qin always used the excuse that he was "too busy with official business to return to Beijing" to refuse his relatives.

If Li Qin doesn't come back, Fang Ruomeng, his mother-in-law, also has the right to set a family affair for him.

But when Fang Ruomeng thought of his eldest son being hurt and leaving Beijing lonely, he couldn't bear it. As a result, Li Qin's family affairs dragged on day by day.

Seeing that Li Qin was almost twenty-two years old, he couldn't help but be in a hurry, these days, a few gray hairs have appeared one after another.

Fang Ruomeng whispered to Li Mo: "Actually, I already have a girl in my picture. It's just that Brother Qin didn't let go, so it was inconvenient for me to come to the door to ask for marriage. ”

Li Mo was a little surprised, and asked with a smile, "Oh? Which girl do you fall in love with? Why haven't I heard you talk about it? ”

Fang Ruomeng said angrily: "You go out early and return late every day, and you are so busy that you don't see anyone, how can I have time to gossip with you." ”

There are many things in the household department, and after Li Moti was appointed as the household department, he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground. At the same time, Fang Ruomeng is also busy all day, and the husband and wife have indeed not sat down to talk for a long time.

The old husband and wife are gone, Li Mo held Fang Ruomeng's hand numbly, and laughed sweetly: "Yes, yes, it's all the husband's fault." ”

After a few jokes, Fang Ruomeng said the girl she liked: "What do you think of Xie Zijin?" ”

Xie Zijin?

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, a confident and beautiful face flashed in his mind, and he subconsciously responded: "Xie Zijin serves in the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace, and he is the master of the imperial concubine's order, and he has six official positions. Brother Qin is still the magistrate of Qipin. Can Xie Zijin get along with Brother Zhongqin? ”

Fang Ruomeng: "......"

That's right, after General Liem, there is a second female official in the DPRK. It was Xie Zijin.

After Xie Zijin graduated from Lianchi Academy, he entered the East Palace Zhan Mansion and became a master bookkeeper. On weekdays, he accompanies Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager and specializes in clerical errands. The official position is not too high, but he is already a confidant of Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager.

There is not much resistance from the DPRK and Chinese officials on this.

In the end, the empress dowager is a daughter, and it is reasonable to appoint some female officials around her.

Moreover, with Xie Zijin in the forefront, there are one and two, and each official family secretly has a wishful thinking. Who doesn't have one or two daughters or granddaughters who are well-read and well-read?

Perhaps, in the future, the glorious gate will rely on the daughters and granddaughters of the family to support the door!

Xie Zijin has also become a person admired by the nobles in the capital!

Such Xie Zijin, I don't know how many people want to marry her home as a daughter-in-law. No matter how confident Li Mo is in his son, he doesn't dare to assert that he can ask for this family business.

"Our Brother Qin is indeed outstanding, but he is a little older." The more Li Mo thought about it, the more he felt that this family affair was unlikely: "Xie Zijin is over sixteen years old, six years younger than our Brother Qin. Even if we have the cheekiness to propose marriage, we are afraid that the Xie family will not respond. ”

When Li Mo said this, Fang Ruomeng was also a little discouraged: "You are not unreasonable. I also have a lot of worries in my heart, otherwise, I would have opened my mouth to discuss with you. ”

Li Mo thought for a while and said, "It's not that there is no chance. In this way, I will write a letter and ask Brother Qin'er to take leave and come back for the New Year. You take advantage of the Chinese New Year to enter the palace and mention it to the queen. If the queen is willing to protect the media, it may be possible. ”

Fang Ruomeng frowned slightly: "What if he refuses to come back?" ”

Li Mo raised his eyebrows murderously: "Just say that his father is seriously ill and let him come back to serve the disease." If you don't come back, you will be unfilial! ”

Fang Ruomeng: "......"

……

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Li Qin, who had been away from Beijing for more than three years, returned.

The mother and son reunited after a long absence, and there were tears in joy, Fang Ruomeng cried and laughed, holding the eldest son's hand tightly: "You are finally back." In the past few years, I have been thinking about you every day. ”

Li Qin looked at his mother who was in tears like rain, and his heart was also sour, and he comforted him softly for a long time. After Fang Ruomeng's mood calmed down a little, Li Qin asked, "My father said in the letter that he was seriously ill, and I rushed back in a hurry. What about fathers? ”

Fang Ruomeng wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Your father deliberately called him sick in order to let you come back. There is no problem at all, and the spirit is very good. Now I'm going to go to the household on an errand and I can only come back in the evening. ”

Li Qin: "......"

Why wasn't he surprised at all?

After a while, Li Qin smiled helplessly: "That's it, I'm back, it's not too late to take office after the New Year." ”

Li Yu also came back with his wife and daughter, and when he saw his brother, he was both happy and emotional.

The two are twin brothers, who have been inseparable since they were children, and their appearance is almost identical. It's a pity that the brother's love road was bumpy and suffered a heavy setback. also caused my brother to fail the Jinshi exam that year, and almost fell off the list.

According to the practice in Beijing, the three Jinshi are not eligible to enter the Hanlin Academy. The elder brother simply sought a foreign appointment and went to be a parent official in a place.

I haven't seen each other for so long, and my brother seems to have changed a person.

Originally, the noble son who was full of vigor and fresh clothes and angry horses is now sharp, and his eyes are resolute and calm.

In comparison, his laid-back appearance is a little immature.

Li Yu pretended to be jealous and snorted lightly: "It is said that being an official outside is the most tempering person, and it is true." Now I'm nowhere near as big brother. ”

Li Qin smiled dumbly, and punched Li Yu hard: "I haven't seen you for a few years, you are still the same flamboyant tongue." ”

Li Yu was almost beaten up.