Chapter 54: Marriage (I)
After the Gao family received this edict, Mrs. Mu was the first to sit still, she looked at her son nervously and asked: "Da Lang, Your Majesty gave you such an edict at this time, could it be because Hu Sizheng still has doubts about you in his heart?" ”
"Mother, you don't have to worry, if Your Majesty really suspects that I have colluded with Hu Sizheng, I will not have a chance to get out of Luoyang, and our family will not have a chance to continue to sit here and chat.
"It's just that it's just belittled, it's not a big deal, which person has not been belittled, it's just that the road from Luoyang to Zhuyuan County is far away, the mother is old, and it is not suitable to travel long distances, and the son is afraid that he will not be able to fulfill his filial piety by his mother's side for a period of time in the future, and he feels a little guilty and uneasy." Gao Shilian held back the astringency in his heart, and looked at the old mother with a little guilt.
"I, I don't care, it's just that you ......" Old Madam Mu's heart was sour when she heard this, and the two lines of old tears almost came out of her eyes again, her mouth trembled slightly, and she spoke for a long time, but she couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Mother, don't worry, as my brother said, who can guarantee that his career will always be smooth sailing? Being belittled is not an uncommon thing for an official, with his brother's ability to be a person, maybe it won't be long before he will be transferred back, as for the affairs of the family, my brother is not at home, I will help my sister-in-law take care of it, and my brother does not need to worry. Seeing this, Gao couldn't help but walk to Mu's side, held one of her arms, and said softly, she was also full of sourness at the moment, but the holy decree had been made, and the matter was a foregone conclusion, the only thing she could do was to appease her mother and let her brother worry less.
"That's it, you don't have to persuade me, I understand, I understand......" Mu gently patted his daughter's hand, indicating that she didn't have to worry, but as she spoke, two lines of turbid tears still rolled down her cheeks involuntarily, she was just like this son and a daughter, her age is really not light, her son was relegated to a small border county thousands of miles away at this time, and I don't know how much suffering and how many sins he will suffer, whether he can rush back in the future to send him off to the end of the two words, as soon as her mind fell here, the old lady only felt that her heart was like a knife......
The other people sitting in Rongxin Hall, such as the eldest grandson brother and sister, Gao Cheng, Xian Yu, and Gao Shilian's two concubines, were all very uncomfortable, but no one said anything at this time......
Coming out of Rongxin Hall, Gao's mother and son were about to go back to their courtyard, but they were stopped by Gao Shilian, and the eldest grandson Wuji stopped and turned his eyes to look at Gao Shilian: "Uncle, what do you have to say to us?" Gao, the eldest grandson, the little lady and the eldest grandson Wuyi also stopped at the same time.
"Well, there are indeed some things that need to be discussed with you, Guanyin, you and Xuantong will leave first, and I will discuss something with your mother and brother." Gao Shilian nodded, then turned his gaze to the eldest grandson and Wuyi, and said, the eldest grandson and the little lady hummed lightly, did not ask more, and quickly left with the younger brother.
"Come with me to the study." After the eldest grandson and the little lady and Wuyi left, Gao Shilian turned his eyes to his sister and Wuji, Gao and the eldest grandson Wuji didn't know what Gao Shilian wanted to say to them, they were so cautious, but they looked at Gao Shilian's solemn face, didn't ask more, and obediently followed him into the study.
"Brother, do you have anything important to order?" After entering the study, Gao asked a question.
"Sister, I specially called you over, there is indeed an important matter I want to discuss with you, I hope that before I leave Luoyang, I will marry Guanyin to the Tang State Mansion." Gao Shilian said slowly.
"What? Guanyin has just turned twelve years old this year, and she is only thirteen years old, and she has been married for more than two years. Gao couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this.
The eldest grandson brother and sister just came out of the filial piety period last year, and the Gao family because their family lived in their mother's house, even though the mother's family was very good to themselves, but it was not suitable for her son to marry in Gaofu, she originally intended to wait for the eldest grandson Wuji to reach the age of twenty, and move out when the crown ceremony was performed, and then welcome the daughter-in-law into the door for the son, and after the son got married, it would not be long before the daughter would be married, and then let the daughter marry in the scenery, it was reasonable.
(Note: The eldest grandson Wuji's family affair was set before the death of the eldest grandson Sheng, and the Gao family was not short of money, in addition to a separate village in Luoyang, several storefronts, there was also a house not much smaller than Gaofu, before Gao Shilian took his sister's family back to Gaofu to live, was worried that his nephew was not yet an adult, and he couldn't stand it, and their family lived alone and was easy to be bullied.) )
"Sister, I understand your thoughts, if I am still an official in Luoyang, it will naturally be okay to act according to your wishes, but now I am about to leave home, I am leaving, the old in the family, the young and the young, there is no one who can support the overall situation, if you don't let Guanyin marry into the Tang State Mansion......" Gao Shilian sighed, and looked at his sister helplessly.
"Uncle, the auxiliary machine is now nineteen years old, only a few months away from the crown ceremony, my uncle is not there, the affairs of the family will be borne by me, I forgive me for not agreeing to marry my twelve-year-old sister out for the peace of the family." Eldest Sun Wuji frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but refute it.
"Wuji, look at what you said, you didn't just know your uncle today, do you think I'm the kind of person who will exchange benefits with my niece for the safety of myself and my family?" Gao Shilian was hit by the eldest grandson Wuji like this, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at him with some laughter.
"Uncle, I, I didn't mean that......" The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned when he was asked, and immediately remembered everything his uncle had done for his family over the years, and he couldn't help but blush for a while.
"Okay, you don't need to explain to me, you are young and arrogant, this is normal, you are already very good among your peers, among the noble children of Luoyang City, Wen Taowu is rare to surpass your peers, but because of luck, you have not yet become a leader, so you don't accept to let the young sister go in exchange for growth space for yourself, I can completely understand."
"But Wuji, don't forget, the so-called small can't bear to mess up the big scheme, now you, no matter how talented you are, there is no room to show, it is in vain, as far as the situation in our family is concerned, as soon as I leave, there will only be a group of old and young women and children left in the family, once something happens, it is really difficult to support the overall situation with you as a weak young man who has not yet been released."
"The most important thing is that the Li family's Erlang Jun is too outstanding, the Tang State Mansion is in full swing, and the situation of our family is getting worse day by day, if you don't seize the opportunity, marry Guanyin to the Tang State Mansion as soon as possible, and this family business will be unreliable in the future." Gao Shilian sighed slightly, and looked at him with a solemn face.