At noon, everyone left Xingshan Temple together.

Qingdai and Qingwei said goodbye to Sister Hui. Mrs. Yue looked at Sister Hui, who was reluctant to give up, "Okay, my mother will take you to the two sisters' houses as guests later." 、。

Sister Hui let go of her hand, and Mrs. Yue glanced at her son and nephew who had a strange face, "Where did you run away just now, and you only came back in the middle of this day?" Don't go and say goodbye to the old lady! ”

Yue Ming and Zhang Yan saluted the old lady, and bowed their hands to the two sisters, and then stepped aside. Qingdai and Qingwei didn't care much, and said goodbye with a blessing body.

Mrs. Yue and the old lady made an appointment to visit the house another day, so they left with their daughter.

In the evening, the family had dinner. Under the pretext that she was unwell, the old lady sent everyone away and asked Qingdai to help her go to the sleeping banquet.

The grandfather and grandson sat on the kang and talked.

The old lady casually told Qingdai about Zhang Yan, "I look at the child's appearance, good conversation, good manners, and his ancestors are from a noble background, although his parents died early, but he is very motivated"

Qing Dai listened to the old lady chattering about Zhang Yan, and sighed lightly: "Grandmother, it's all other daughters who are not filial, so you have to worry about other daughters so much." The old lady was stunned, "Silly child, what stupid things to say." ”

"Today, you have specially arranged to meet Mrs. Yue in the temple, and let me take a look at it myself, and I have a good bottom in my heart when I see people." Qingdai knew that the old lady doted on her, so she specially asked her to look at each other by herself, otherwise it would be common sense for her old man to set her own.

The old lady chuckled, "Since you have guessed it yourself, what do you mean?" ”

Qing Dai pouted and said: "I just glanced at it and looked at it, but I don't know how to be honest?" "Since it's impossible to fall in love first and then get married, and you don't even have the opportunity to see more contacts, you have to inquire clearly before you think about it.

"Well, rest assured! Grandmother will inquire again. The old lady didn't plan to say goodbye to Qing Dai so early, but she just saw some signs, the identity and status of the Hua family and the Yu family were there, and a Wang family made a fuss like this, she didn't want Qing Dai to be uncomfortable again, so she was in a hurry to find a suitable family for Qing Dai. Originally, I was worried that Qing Dai would resist, and I would be unhappy, but I didn't seem to be disgusted when I heard Qing Dai's meaning at this time, so I might as well inquire carefully.

Qi Wangfu.

The princess rested crookedly on the couch, Li Tuan entered the house, and whispered "shh

As soon as she sat down, the princess fanned her nose, "Go, I drank wine, don't you go back to rest earlier, what are you doing here to make trouble?" ”

Li Tuan blushed his face, rubbed to the princess's side, and laughed twice, "Mother, do you dislike the child?" ”

The princess said angrily: "How old are you, and you are still so unorthodox?" Go, find your daughter-in-law. ”

"Mother, I'm here to tell you about business." Li Tuan put away his laughter, sat up straight, and leaned against the other side of the collapse.

"What's the matter? Don't get into trouble again, come to me to intercede with your father? ”

"Mother, the big family of Jidong Mansion outside the Yin family in Shangjing Mansion, at the banquet in front of the head, Chen Fu Yin mentioned to me once that his niece outside the family is sixteen years old, and the Fang family is in Dengzhou, not far from Jidong, I think the ration is good for Fang Ji."

"Oh?" The princess also glanced at Li *, "When did he get the news?" ”

"This is a big place in the capital, as long as there is anything to reveal a little wind, everyone who is going to pass it on will know it. At your birthday banquet, you look at other people's daughters, as long as you have the heart, you can't guess why? ”

"And Master Ji's daughter, the girl you wrote at your last birthday banquet, I think it's also suitable."

"I didn't see you pay attention to the things you committed on weekdays, but now it's turned around?" The princess sat up, her eyes fell on Li Tuan's face, and she looked at Li Tuan a little uncomfortable, "Mother, what are you looking at?" That's my cousin, and I naturally want to find a good wife for him, right? ”

The princess didn't believe it, "Don't you hit other girls with crooked ideas again?" ”

"What? How could it be me? Li Tuan shook his head vigorously and denied that he didn't want to be chased and killed by someone.

"Okay, I'll take a good look at the person you say. It's rare that you care about your cousin, and you are so close to your cousin when you have nothing to do. The princess looked at her son's sworn face, and became more and more disbelieving in his words, and her original hesitant mind became more determined.

Li Yuan's heart was a little relaxed, how did he know that his mother Yang Feng yīn was violated, and he also agreed to the princess's request, "I will take the upper discipline with my friends in the next few days, I just hope that he won't cause trouble."

"Who else can cause trouble with you? In February, your uncle's family is going back to Dengzhou, and in the past few days, you have taken Fang Ji around, and he has also increased his knowledge, and he will return to Beijing after two years of scientific examination. ”

Li Tuan pouted, "Well, my son saved it." ”

Before the fifteenth had passed, and before the news had been inquired, Mrs. Yue came to visit, and did not bring Sister Hui over, and after talking for a while, she hesitated to tell the old lady the real intention. I'm here to plead with the old lady! It was my negligence that I didn't say hello to my family first. Yesterday, a letter came from home, and my mother said that I would give Brother Yan a family affair. I don't want to disobey her old man's intentions..............., hey, it's our brother Yan who is not blessed. ”

The old lady was unhappy in her heart, but her face was calm, "That's the case, then congratulations to Brother Yan." ”

Mrs. Yue smiled embarrassedly, "The third girl is beautiful, smart and virtuous, my brother Yan is not worthy of her." ”

The two didn't say a word, and Mrs. Yue put down the gift and hurriedly left.

The car went out of the gate, and when he arrived at the mouth of the alley, the coachman suddenly stopped, "Madam, the young master is here." ”

Mrs. Yue's Liáo drove the curtain "Brother Yan, why did you run here?"

Zhang Yan rode on the horse, "Auntie, you won't come here to resign just because of what happened in the forest last time........."

Mrs. Yue sighed and looked at Zhang Yan, who looked a little anxious, "Brother Yan, I know you saw the third girl that day...... It's just not that simple......"

"The prince is married to her sister, so it also means to protect her."

"It's not the prince, it's the princess, we can't afford to provoke the Qi Palace." Mrs. Yue said, "Let's go, I told the old lady that your grandmother has set a family affair for you at home." This is the end of the matter. ”

Zhang Yan stopped talking, and nodded for a long time, "It's my nephew who is reckless, and I ask my aunt to forgive me!" ”

"That's it, after the New Year, you go home to see your grandmother, and come back after two or three months." Mrs. Yue can understand Zhang Yan, young feelings, and met a girl she likes, but she was suddenly stirred up, and no one was happy.

In the evening, Shangguan Hong came back from entertainment, changed his clothes and went to the old lady's house, "Mother, Feng Shangshu mentioned something to me today, saying that he wanted to tell the three girls of our family about family affairs." ”

As he spoke, he relayed Feng Shangshu's original words, which was nothing more than praising the young man's youthful achievements. When the old lady asked, she realized that it was Fang Ji, the nephew of Princess Qi.

Looking at her son's flushed face, the old lady said in a deep voice: "A few cups of yellow soup made you dizzy?" If I hadn't said hello in advance, would you have said yes? ”

"No, you didn't nod, and your son didn't agree." Shangguan Hong heard the old lady's displeasure in her voice, and immediately smiled.

"Then you hurry back, I don't agree to this family business. It's only been three months since Qinglian and Aunt Liu's affair, why did you change your mind? ”

"Otherwise, my son will go back and inquire again."

The old lady shook her head, "You have inquired, I have inquired with someone after Princess Qi's birthday banquet." ”

Shangguan Hong was stunned for a long time, and then responded in a low voice: "The right shì Lang Zhishi of the Ministry of Works, the position is vacant." ”

The old lady was extremely angry, pointed at Shangguan Hong and said sharply: "Dengzhou is not without a big family, Fang Ji is nineteen years old but has never said anything about family affairs, why did he go all the way to Shangjing to ask the princess to be a matchmaker?" He relied on the power of Lao Tzu and his aunt, and did the same as his cousin, and his reputation in Dengzhou was worse than that of his cousin. You want your daughter to jump into the fire pit, and I can't bear to say goodbye. I sent one to the Qi Palace, do you want to get another one in? I'll go back tomorrow! ”

was scolded by the old lady, Shangguan Hong nodded vigorously and admitted his mistake, finally appeased the old lady, and quickly fled back to Jiyaju.

The next day, the old lady found an opportunity to talk to Qingdai about Zhang Yan, and casually found a reason to prevaricate. After all, she was a stranger who had met once, Qingdai didn't care much, and comforted the old lady not to be anxious.

After eighteen, Shangguan Hong restored the Shangya.

In the blink of an eye, the spring of February, the flood in Huazhou was repeated, the emperor was furious, and reprimanded Zhou Ge Lao who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, Zhou Ge Lao asked the Ministry of Industry, Shangguan Hong was pushed out of the top cylinder, dismissed from his post to be investigated, and the people of Shangguan Mansion were panicked for a while.

Shangguan Hong went around the activities, but nothing was found, and after a few days, he was depressed and unhappy, and couldn't help complaining in front of the old lady, "Huazhou has always been Chen You's responsibility, and I have repeatedly admonished him, but he ignored it." Now he is gone, but this scourge is here to harm me! Mother, if it weren't for the last incident that offended Lord Shangshu, this time I wouldn't have been pushed to the emperor to be punished. ”

"The marriage of children is a consensual thing, and you can't force people to comply? If Feng Shangshu and Zhou Ge Lao connived at the Qi Wangfu for the sake of this idea of their children's marriage, they would be vain! The dignified Qi Palace's qi is too narrow. "The old lady thought that Shangguan Hong lost her official position, she was in a bad mood, and she didn't bother with him" "The matter has come to this, what's the use of saying this?" Think about it again, why don't you ask Zong Xu to explore the tone of Lord Shangshu? ”

Shangguan Hongfu said, "Feng Shangshu is good friends with Zhou Ge, and Wang Han is from Fan Ge's old faction."

The two factions are not in agreement, if he talks about it, it will only get more and more trouble! ”

The two were talking, and suddenly a report came from the door that a guest came to find Shangguanhong. Shangguan Hong left, and only came back in the evening, and when he came back, he didn't bother to change his clothes, so he went straight to Rongxi Hall.

The old lady hadn't slept all the time, and when she heard the maid say that Shangguan Hong was coming, she hurriedly sent someone to lure him in, "But there's news?" ”！。