Thirty-one, Shu Yu chooses a wife

Li Han listened to Li Yi's words, moved his mind, and asked, "What did Shuwei learn?" ”

"It's this mechanical manufacturing, this steam engine is a kind of machinery, of course, guns are also a kind of machinery, and he still has a year to graduate."

"What about the girl?"

"Western medicine, learned some fur, however, she invited two of her classmates, after the completion of the study, will come to our gale, to help us establish a Western medical hall, some diseases, Western medicine is more effective than Chinese medicine, however, this Western medicine, no one can make it, this time, I arranged five students, specializing in Western pharmacy."

These words made the anger in Li Yi's heart go down a little.

"Father, will you still be in a hurry this year for this marriage?" Li Yi asked cautiously.

"At the beginning of spring next year, it will not be a few months short, and we will have to wait for the Ministry of Household to draft the appropriation, and then hand it over to the Ministry of Rites for processing. In less than 20 days, it is better to let Lin Shuyu get married first. In this way, in a hurry, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to find a suitable one for a while, not to mention, Lin Shuyu has no fame, it just so happens that I heard that there are several concubines in the Zhongwang Mansion who have reached their age, and I feel that I am worthy of this Lin Shuyu, but I am not wronged by him. You help him pick one, and they will get married in half a month. Li Han waved his hand after speaking.

This Li Yi, one head and two big, Ziqing has always disliked the family affairs of children imposed by others, but the father and the emperor have decided on it, and I don't know if this "not wronged him" refers to Shuyu or the concubine of the Zhongwang Mansion.

Li Yi knew that it was his father's careful eye, but he still had to come to the Lin family.

When Li Yi arrived, Ziqing was coming out of the study, and when she saw Li Yi feeling a little depressed, her heart was cold, and she hurriedly asked, "But what's the difficulty?" Or does your father disapprove of your marriage? ”

"Mother, no." Li Yi glanced at Ziqing, looked for it again, and didn't see Shuyu, so he asked, "Where is Shuyu?" ”

"You're looking for him? Something to do with him? Lin Kangping asked.

"Just tell us what the hell is going on?" Zixi was in a hurry.

"It's my father who set a marriage for Shuyu, saying that he will marry in half a month, and the bride is from my cousin's Zhongwangfu."

"Isn't that a good thing? The daughter of the dignified prince's mansion married us Shuyu, which is a blessing that many people can't ask for! Zixi smiled.

"It's not that simple, is it? Are there any conditions? Ziqing asked.

"It's a concubine, the bride can let Shuyu choose by herself, several daughters, ages from fifteen to seventeen."

"Concubine?" Everyone was stunned when they heard it, this word had not been used by the Zeng family's Lin family, and it was difficult to understand and accept it for a while.

Ziqing hasn't been in contact with anyone's concubine, and I really don't know how much difference there is here, if it's just a nominal difference, this, Ziqing doesn't care very much.

"Let's go into the house and call 138 to the room." Ziqing instructed Shu Ruidao.

Ziqing waited for everyone to sit down, and then asked Li Yidao: "Can you tell me in detail, what are the differences between this concubine?" Especially the concubines of the Zhongwang Mansion. ”

"This, my uncle loved to mess with the maids in the house when he was young, and he was coaxed into bed by him with a slightly flat head and a straight face, so there are a lot of concubines and concubines in his family, and the princess has long been unaccustomed to her, where will she spend time to educate these concubines, so it all depends on their own biological mothers to bring them up, as for what kind of knowledge and interest they have, it depends on the ability of their biological mothers, and there are two outstanding ones during the period, who were taken by the princess, but unfortunately, they have been married."

As soon as Li Yi explained, everyone understood, where can the vision of the children educated by the maid go?

At this time, Shuyu had already come in, and he listened to Li Yi's words for most of them, so he said to Ziqing: "Mother, don't worry, some of my classmates are concubines, and they are all very good." ”

"This concubine is not the same as a concubine. The concubine has the right to study, and may be able to get ahead, but the concubine does not, of course, it will not be that she doesn't know a single big character, and the family still asks Mr. to teach, but it depends on personal understanding. As for the others, like the housekeeper, most of them are not taught, nor have they had the opportunity to learn, and they are not good at needlework and cooking. Li Yi explained that if he didn't make it clear in advance, Ziqing would blame him at that time, and he would be unbearable.

"Another point, the dowry and dowry of these concubines and concubines are a big difference, but they are just a little thing on the face." Li Yi added.

"It's okay, we didn't expect the woman's marriage to live." Ziqing said.

"Isn't there still a choice? Among these individuals, there is always one who can pick out the more capable one, right? I don't ask her to know what piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, such a talented woman I think is very boring, I am not the kind of vassal elegant person, I just want to find an honest duty, and a little bit of housekeeping talent, but also to be able to endure a little hardship, I don't plan to want the family's industry, I want to start my own business, we have made an appointment, in recent years, I have also accumulated some silver taels in my hands, just use those quite enough, my family property, all to my sister. Shuyu said.

"Don't, don't, you can keep it for yourself. We have. Li Yi hurriedly excused himself.

Shu Yu glanced at him and said, "I didn't give it to you, I gave it to my sister." ”

"Don't talk about these first, you have to do things, my mother approves, but you still think about how to choose a suitable daughter-in-law to come home, my mother doesn't like that kind of small family, except for being jealous and jealous, picking three nests and fours, nothing else, such a person enters the door, I want to call you out." Ziqing said.

"This, how to choose? Do nieces and sons-in-law know about them? I have heard an old saying, this pig to buy a pig to see the pen, although this is a bit rough, but the truth is good. So not only do you have to look at the girl's appearance, but also ask someone about their biological mother. Zifu said.

"This is natural." Lin Kangping said busily.

"That's it, Shuyu, you pretend to be Yi'er's personal eunuch, take Mama Hua, let Yan'er pretend to be Yi'er's personal maid, you follow Yi'er into the palace, first get to the bottom of it, and have a number in your heart." Ziqing pondered for a while and said.

"It's still my sister's method 138 to see that you are eccentric, you have a lot of ghost ideas, I didn't expect to be too old, and you are still so naughty." Zifu said with a smile.

"Sister, this is not called naughty, this is called strategy." Zixi smiled at Ziqing flatteringly.

The method was discussed, Li Yi and Shuyu went to find Yanran and Mama Hua, and several people discussed it for about a quarter of an hour, and then they dispersed.

The next day, after breakfast, Shuyu and Yanran went out with Mama Hua and secretly entered the back door of King Cheng's mansion, and half an hour later, Li Yi went out with a eunuch, a palace maid and a grandmother, and swaggered into the Zhongwang Mansion.

The Zhongwang Mansion has received the emperor's will and knows why Li Yi came. It turned out that this King Li Zhong was Li Qian, the third highness Li Qian, who was peeking at Commenting Ziqing in the window with Wen San, Li Han, and Luo Chi.

Li Qian has experienced a lot of beauties and sexual encounters, and naturally has no impression of what happened back then, but later, he didn't see Ziqing, and Li Han didn't mention Ziqing's affairs to him, so he naturally didn't know that the emperor's brother chose a daughter-in-law for Ziqing.

Li Qian was complaining to Li Yi and said, "Brother Huang doesn't know what to think? I am a dignified daughter of the Zhongwang Mansion, no matter how poor their biological mother is, it is also my Li Qian's species, marrying a boy with no name and no surname is cheap enough for him? You were asked to pick one for him? Listen to the words of the uncle, just assign one at will. ”

Shu Yu was so angry that he was about to refute, Yanran pulled his clothes, and he thought that this time, his identity was a eunuch, so he lowered his head.

"But it's not this, if it weren't for the face of my daughter-in-law who didn't pass through the door, I wouldn't have come to such a trip in person, why don't you introduce me to my uncle, how many sisters do I have? What are their respective qualities? ”

"I don't know, you know, when Uncle Wang was young, just sowing seeds, regardless of harvesting, just because of this man's hobby. Hahaha, by the way, I heard that your two side concubines are gone, it's better for the uncle to give you two stunning ones, don't worry, the guarantee is something that the uncle has not touched. ”

"Don't, the uncle should keep it for himself, in the uncle's house, there can still be a clean and stunning woman, not only I don't believe it, but I'm afraid my father won't believe it either." Li Yi hurriedly pushed, what are you kidding, it was so easy to send those two away, coaxing the beauty to return, the beauty has not yet been embraced, and if there is something, what will happen in the future is really uncertain.

"Haha, you kid, you don't even believe what the uncle said, okay, the uncle won't talk to you about this, those girls are all in the backyard, it's better for you to go to the princess to inquire, she knows better than me."

Li Yi thanked Li Qian, and took a few people into the backyard, the princess saw Li Yi, hurriedly stepped forward to say hello with a smile, took his hand, and pulled over, "I haven't seen you come for a few days, I heard that you went out, and I didn't send someone to bring a letter, I don't know if this concubine is thinking about you." ”

"Thank you princess for your concern, no, Yi'er came to visit the princess as soon as she came back, this trip out, but I found a few good things, I don't know if I can get into the eyes of the princess, I have sent the little maids to send it."

"Oh, you kid, every time you go out, don't forget to bring me something good, this concubine knows that you are a filial child, if there is anything, this concubine can help you, just ask."

"Right now, there's really a difficult thing, didn't the uncle tell you? My father said that he wanted to pick a concubine from his uncle and marry into the Lin family, didn't he send me here? ”

"Lin family, which Lin family?"

"It's the Lin family, the five-grade righteous official, and it's also Yi'er's Yue family, if it's another family, I won't worry about it."

"In this way, these girls are all following their biological mothers, but their aunts come to say hello every day, and I haven't looked at them much. In this way, I'll send Mama Liu next to me and ask her to take your Mama Hua to pick one, and you will talk to me here, okay? "To be continued.

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