Chapter Twenty-Three: Someone Came
Walking through the long bamboo corridor, the delicate maid's salute has not been seen, Cui Jing has been born very well since he was a child, and he is already very familiar with this shy and timid style, at the end of the bamboo corridor is a bamboo pavilion, a bamboo table is placed in the bamboo pavilion, and the small stove on the side is boiling tea, revealing a little mistant, quite a bit of rich idler's taste.
An old man in a dark blue robe turned around, and a cinnabar mole on his eyebrows made his whole person more and more kind, this old man is not an outsider, it is now the patriarch of the Boling Cui clan, Cui Yuandao Cui Sikong.
Cui Jing walked over, made a gesture, and sat down.
"Thirteen is holding you back." Cui looked at it from afar
Cui Jing's expression did not move: "Thirteen years old is still young. ”
"It's time to be sensible, and in the autumn, transfer him from clan studies to Guozijian!" Cui Yuandao said with a smile, and turned his head to look at the person opposite, "Mr. Wei, I saw that you had been looking at that Miss Wei Liu for a long time, was there anything wrong?" ”
Cui Jing looked down at the thick tea and was distracted, his grandfather never joked, as soon as this came out, it seemed that Thirteen Lang was going to go to the Guozijian.
Mr. Wei sighed: "I once looked at the face of this Miss Wei Liu, as long as anyone who knows a little physiognomy can see that this Miss Wei Liu is a young man who died early, that is, he has a thin face. ”
Cui Yuandao didn't interrupt him.
Mr. Wei frowned, as if he was a little puzzled: "Ordinary people seem to have the same appearance as Miss Wei Liu, but as the saying goes, it comes from the heart, and this time I saw Miss Six, it seems that she looks a lot better." ”
Mr. Wei's so-called "good-looking" does not only refer to appearance, but also to physiognomy changes.
"The temperament is different." Cui Jing raised his head, although from beginning to end, he had never said a word to that Miss Wei Liu, but he had seen it a few times before, with a timid and weak appearance, although this time he only had time to glance at it hurriedly, but the person stood there and seemed to be a little different, he couldn't tell what was the difference, but it was indeed far from the original appearance.
"Sikong is kind, if Miss Wei Liu is no longer a teenager and dies young, but I don't know what to do with the ninth son?" Mr. Wei looked at Cui Jing.
"It's not necessarily that you can't get married." Cui Yuandao took a sip of tea, "My Boling Cui family does not lack these two in-laws, and Your Majesty may not like my Cui family to have the right family, and my Jiulang family may not need to rely on the power of his wife's mother's family." What's more, the little girls of the Wei family have not stopped, fighting back and forth, Jiulang's family business may not be successful. ”
Cui Jing nodded: "That's what grandfather said." This family affair is the business of the Wei family and the Cui family, but it may not be the business of my Cui Jing alone. What Thirteen Lang couldn't understand was that because his grandfather chose him, he chose the youngest Wei Liu, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have chosen the Wei family.
"Yesterday, Your Majesty attacked Song Renyi and Fu Ziye, but I didn't expect Qi Xiuming to stand up." Cui Yuandao laughed, and the topic changed.
Mr. Wei raised his head: "Qi Xiuming is a student from a poor background, there is only a mother and a young sister in the family, that year coincided with the fifth birthday of the Zhang family's palm pearl, and the Zhang family gave porridge in the suburbs for several months. Qi Xiuming's mother and younger sister were temporarily living in the suburbs at that time, and if it weren't for these helps, I am afraid that they would have starved to death on the streets. ”
"So, now Qi Xiuming is Qiao Xiang's person?" Cui Yuandao was thoughtful, and suddenly sighed, "Speaking of which, I also had a relationship with the pearl of the Zhang family, and I am indeed smart and clever, which is quite different from the ordinary ladies of the world. ”
"How is it different?" Mr. Wei was a little surprised, but he had never seen the pearl in the palm of the palm that the former Great Heavenly Master regarded as a treasure.
"How can I say it?" Cui Yuandao put down the tea cup in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, "If you put her with these young ladies in Beijing now, you will definitely be able to see her at a glance, she is really like a pearl on the side, which is eye-catching." ”
"I grew up in the actual temple since I was a child, and I was personally raised by Mr. Miaoyuan, so naturally I will not be similar to ordinary women." Mr. Wei sighed again and again as he spoke, as if he suddenly thought of something, "A few days ago, I went out to visit friends, and I heard that someone from the actual temple was coming to Beijing. ”
"Who?" Cui Yuandao looked at the expression on Mr. Wei's face and was stunned, "It won't be the ...... of the Pei family."
Mr. Wei nodded: "Yes, everyone knows that he is the next successor of Master Tianguang, and he is also the next national teacher." It seems that I will be staying for some time when I come back this time. It's for the Zhang family, but it's not quite. The actual temple will not interfere with His Majesty's decision, but in the end there is a fate with the Zhang family's Miss Mingzhu, this time I came back, it is said that it is for the Zhang family's requiem, and by the way, I will live for some time. ”
"Cheng Lisheng's move is too risky, in order to bring down Qiao Xiang, he made a move on the Zhang family, the Zhang family is indeed undoubted, but in the end, he is proficient in the thirteen disciplines of yin and yang, and there are many strange people, if one accidentally leaves one or two, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no big trouble." Cui Yuandao shook his head, "Your Majesty is proficient in the art of imperial power, and some things can only be thought about, Cheng Lisheng is also a smart person, but he is a little stubborn." ”
"That's why Cheng Xiang was so ruthless when he did it, all the sixty-seven people in the Zhang family died, and they were repeatedly investigated, and they also found Li Xiuyuan to do something afterwards." Mr. Wei sighed and got up, "After all, there is no way!" ”
"How is that Miss Pearl compared to Miss Xue of the Huaiguo Mansion?" Cui Jing suddenly spoke up, "Miss Xue is a model of a noble girl in my family, and there are few people in the inner house who can match it. ”
"It's different." Cui Yuandao shook his head, "Miss Xue is good at the inner house, but that Miss Mingzhu has to look elsewhere, if there is no accident, that Miss Mingzhu is very likely to be the next Great Heavenly Master, one is good at the outside and the other is inside, it is different." ”
"In this way," Cui Jing had a rare look of pity on his face, "It's a little regrettable, I haven't been able to see it in my life." ”
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Wei Yaoqing didn't say this casually, so she went to Wei Tongyuan's study to read in the afternoon. Pushing the door into the house, I saw Wei Tongyuan staring at the "Yin and Yang Thirteen Branches" on the table in a daze.
"Sixth sister is here!" Wei Tongyuan said and pointed to a table that had been cleaned up, "Go there and read a book!" ”
Wei Yaoqing called her father, then walked over and sat down, and casually found the annotations of the thirteen branches of yin and yang, she saw it very quickly, turned it halfway and looked up, just when she saw Wei Tongyuan stretching out his hand and pinching herself, she barely managed to fall asleep.
Sitting up straight, Wei Yaoqing glanced in the direction of Wei Tongyuan, and saw that he seemed to be writing some meanings silently, this frowning and thinking look made Wei Yaoqing couldn't help but shake his head, Wei Tongyuan was forcing himself to study the thirteen disciplines of yin and yang, but there are some things that are useful if they are not forced to themselves. Thinking of this, she stood up and walked over.
"Father!"
Wei Tongyuan raised his head: "What's the matter, Sixth Sister." ”
Wei Yaoqing pointed to the box on the table: "Is this what my father did?" ”
On the table is a wooden box for placing miscellaneous items, but it is a little delicate, it can be opened on all sides, and there is a carved golden rooster on the top, which seems to be using a clockwork, even Wei Yaoqing was a little surprised: "Father, is this used to tell the time?" ”
Wei Tongyuan looked a little flustered: "It's a casual play, it's not serious." ”
"Something that is inferior to the ninth rate is not necessarily bad, my father doesn't need to panic, it's very interesting for me to look at."
Wei Tongyuan's eyes lit up, but he laughed dryly twice: "Continue to read for my father." ”
Wei Yaoqing nodded, but took a few books and quietly walked out of the study.