After breakfast the next day, Grandma Ning Er came with Song Jun.

Song Jun also has a brother, Song Jun's father is the second in the family, so Ning is called the second grandmother.

Song Jun was dressed in a small brocade robe, holding a small folding fan in his hand, greeting Changying under the door, and then introducing his mother, like an adult.

Changying smiled back, and welcomed Ning into the main hall.

In the past, she had seen the Ning family in Beijing, but the Ling family was a noble, so naturally there was a lot of contact with the noble, and even if she did, she couldn't leave any impression.

Ning was twenty-four years old, and Shaoqing inquired about the news that she had given birth to her eldest daughter not long ago, so she was a little rich, but her face was calm, gentle and kind.

The topic in the house revolved around Song Jun, and Changying saw that Song Jun was sitting upright and pretending to be an adult, and she was amused, so she called Zi Yan to take him down to play.

Ning said: "I am only six years old, and I am very naughty. My sister is only half a year old, and I can't take care of him. When I went to the prefect's house that day, we refused to take it, so he quietly got into the carriage himself. Hey, it's a headache. ”

Ning shook his head and smiled, and looked at Changying again: "The general may have been married, right?" ”

Changying guessed that Song Yu must have mentioned Tong Qi's "young lady" when she went back, but she didn't explain what Ning said tactfully: "There is indeed a marriage contract." But they haven't married yet. ”

Ning smiled and nodded slightly, and when he served tea, he took the opportunity to look at the descendants of the Shen family.

Mother Wu heard that a little guest was coming, and she was still the grandson of Song Xiao, who Changying wanted to befriend, and she had already prepared a lot of food.

When I saw the real person at this time, I looked at his size, so I took a few more plates out and asked him, "What kind of food does my brother usually like to eat at home?" The slave and maid went down and prepared. ”

Song Jun looked at the snacks on the table, reached out and took a cake and smelled it: "What a fragrant rose fire cake, you actually make this?" ”

"The slave maid has lived in Beijing for many years, and several famous pastry shops in the city are cooked."

Song Jun ate two bites of cake and was happy: "It's delicious." Do you know how to make roast duck? I haven't eaten since I left Beijing. ”

Wu's mother smiled: "I will do it." But I couldn't do it for a while. Or, the slave maid will make Dongpo elbows or braised hooves for my brother today, and taste them first? ”

Song Jun ate a chicken fat puff pastry after eating the fire cakes, and he didn't pick at all.

……

Huo Rong soon received the news that Huo Mingzhai was coming to Huzhou.

Because it was inconvenient for the Huo family to show up in Nankangwei, in order to make time to see him when the time came, he was busy with the things at hand in the past few days, and even Changying did not go to see him.

As soon as he got up in the morning, Guan Su brought Huo Mingzhai's entourage in: "The master has arrived in the city and is waiting for the young master in the mansion in the west of the city." ”

Huo Rong then took off the armor he put on and went to the west of the city.

The house of the Huo family is hung under the name of the big shopkeeper in Huzhou, inside and outside, Huo Rong walked through the curved corridor to the back garden, Huo Mingzhai stood under the willow tree by the lake with his hands, looking at a cluster of lotus flowers by the pool.

Hearing the footsteps, he turned to look over, and put down his negative hand: "So fast? ”

Huo Rong is still too slow, but the father in front of him who has raised him for twenty-one years is impossible to complain.

He said, "How is my mother?" ”

"What do you say?" Huo Mingzhai asked rhetorically.

Huo Rong laughed, stepped back and sat on the stone pier under the tree, and set up his legs: "The male should marry, the female should marry, I married you and your mother a female general with good looks and ability as a daughter-in-law, you should be happy." ”

"If I can call the shots about this, how can I be unhappy?" Huo Mingzhai sat down on the stone pier here, took out a letterhead from his arms and pushed it over, "I received the emperor's secret decree two days ago, here, you can see for yourself." ”

Huo Rong didn't pick it up, and he didn't open it.

Huo Mingzhai was not reluctant, but said: "Who do you fancy is not good, you actually fancy Shen Ying of the Ling family?" Shen Ying was expelled from the mansion by the Ling family that year, and was notorious in Beijing.

"Although she is not guilty in the royal law, she has a bad reputation after all, how can the emperor agree to marry her?

"You also know what you are going to do in the future, how can she be worthy of your wife with such a reputation?"

Huo Rong looked at the lotus flower in front of him, and said with a smile: "Ling Yan's death is not her fault alone. If it must be said, the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court are the executioners.

"She has a bad reputation because of this, isn't it largely because the world can't be harsh on the emperor and the court, and instead transfer their anger to her?

"She bears the reputation of a white-eyed wolf, how can I be left alone?

"Even if it's true that she hurt others, don't try to push the blame on her alone. Everyone is a sinner. ”

Huo Mingzhai was silent. After a while, he said: "Then you don't have to be in such a hurry to get married, don't you pay more attention to it after returning to Beijing?" ”

Huo Rong was silent for a long time and said, "It's not easy for her to work hard to get these feats, I don't want others to think that she has taken any shortcuts because of me."

"If I get married again after returning to Beijing, everyone will only remember her as my wife in the future, and no one will remember her dedication over the years.

"I want her to marry the ordinary Huo Rong, and then send me as a husband with peace of mind, instead of being called a high marriage and lower her profile to marry me."

"After you get married, you take her back to Beijing together, isn't that the same result?"

"It's different." Huo Rong said, "Marry Huo Rong first, and I will have a way to make her General Shen in the future." When she returned to Beijing and got married again, she was passive. ”

Huo Mingzhai couldn't go any further.

After thinking for a long time, he said, "You told her that she hadn't done this?" ”

"Of course not." Huo Rong said, "Telling her is not beneficial at all, but it is just a danger to her." ”

Huo Mingzhai stared at the lake without words.

Huo Rong stood up: "You have to stay in Huzhou for a few more days, and find a way to make her clear the attitude of agreeing to this marriage." If you don't give some sincerity, she won't marry me. ”

Huo Mingzhai was not angry: "I don't agree." I'm also not sincere. ”

Huo Rong smiled, rubbed his hands and walked to the lake: "If you don't agree, then live in Huzhou with peace of mind first." I asked Tong Qi to ask famous singers to sing songs for you every day to relieve your boredom, and send people to report to her mother every once in a while. ”

Huo Mingzhai's face was about to attack, but at the end, he glanced at him again, and pressed it: "You at least look at the letter from the emperor to you first!" ”

"Don't look at it." Huo Rong folded a few lotus flowers for him, and said while admiring them: "You can just see it for me." ”

The flowers and leaves in front of him are swaying, and the breeze blows up a pool of blue waves.

After Huo Mingzhai waited for him to leave, he still sat in place with his eyebrows furrowed.

The old man in a cloth robe walked under the tree and sighed, "What can I do about this? ”

Huo Mingzhai turned his head to look at him: "He has been an idea since he was a child, and with his status, there is no way to fight with him."

"At this juncture, the big picture matters. It seems that this pro has to be married, and the emperor will ask the prince to dredge it after he goes back. ”

The old man nodded, and sighed again: "Your Highness is still so young, I don't know how many ladies will line up to pounce on him in the future, is it worth it to be so persistent for a mere Shen Ying?" ”

Huo Mingzhai held his breath when he heard this, and said for a long time: "Maybe." ”