The family was stunned for a while, and Shuning was also surprised, thanks to Mama Cui's training, she was revealed, but she had already calculated it in her heart: although I don't know why I paused, but if I really don't choose, I will be over the age in three years, and I don't need to worry about being pointed out to any cats and dogs. Although there will be some trouble on Tongying's side, it doesn't matter if he says that he loses, maybe the request for marriage can be approved.

In fact, she is not too willing to marry at the age of fifteen, and if she waits until she is over the age of 18 to marry, she has no such concerns.

Not to mention the few thoughts that turned in her heart after hearing the news, the clan had already calmed down and asked, "What do you say?" Why do you want to pause? ”

Nala sighed, and he said: "It's the news that has come from the court in the past few days, saying that half of the ministers in the study have made a statement to the emperor, saying that the Pingyang earthquake has killed and injured countless people, and in order to express mourning, the palace should suspend the joyful banquet, and the show girl should also stop." I heard that the emperor seems to have the intention of approving it. ”

He was silent. This situation has also happened in the past, if there is a war or a catastrophe, let alone holding a banquet or holding a happy event in the palace, even the concubines should be dressed plainly. So many people died on the Pingyang side, and it was reasonable for the courtiers to have such suggestions. She raised her eyes to look at her daughter, and saw that Shuning was contemplating, and there seemed to be some joy in her eyes, so she couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said: "It's not surprising that the emperor would have such a thought, if the will is really like this, we have no choice but to obey it." ”

When he heard this, he frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about?!" Immediately remembered that this younger brother and sister were not thin on their mother and daughter, so they slowed down their voices and said: "The third brother and sister are a little confused, do you remember, these girls are not young, if you don't choose this year, the next session will be over the age, so what can I do?" ”

Nala also said: "Yes, we Wanning is seventeen this year, and we can barely be selected, but in another three years." But it was too late. Wan Ning suddenly said loudly: "What are you worried about? If you don't choose, you will directly refer to marriage, will the draft not be held, and those princes and brothers will not marry their wives? What should I do? ”

Nala was stunned, and it made sense to think about it, and his face looked better. It's just that he Tara is a little angry: "What do you mean by this? You have the result, what about others? We don't know anything about a brother or a brother. ”

Nala hurriedly comforted her and blamed her daughter a few more words. Wanning pursed her lips and stopped talking. He Tara re-asked for his opinion. Shi said with a distressed face: "That's true, but I can't do it, what can I do?" ”

Nala and Talashi glanced at each other. Then he said softly: "Third brother and sister, speaking of which, in our whole family, you are the only one who has relatives in the palace, I don't know if you can inquire." Let's see what kind of charter the emperor is. The three girls should also be chosen, and they will be over the age in three years. You must be in a hurry, right? ”

Shi sighed: "I don't have anything to think about, and she will lose the election if she chooses it." If she really doesn't choose, I'll take her to Baoding. Reunite with her Amma. After that, she saw that the Nala clan and the Tara clan were a little displeased, so she said slowly: "But there are also people from my mother's side who are candidates this year, and they must be worried about this matter." Just ask. ”

Nara and Tatara were overjoyed when they heard this. Busy urging her to write a letter. He wrote one on the spot. called Chang Fulai and ordered him to send someone to his mother's house quickly. The wives talked a little more about their daughters' draft preparations. It was just gone.

Shuning asked the elders to go first with Susu, and then fell behind with Wanning, overhearing her muttering something in a whisper, with endless hatred in her words. Shu Ning vaguely heard one of the sentences "Die Chen Liangben, what you do always hinder me", she couldn't help but pause at her feet, and left pretending not to hear anything.

Rumors of the suspension of the draft caused a great storm in the capital. Seeing that many of the princes' clans have reached marriageable age, and the emperor is still young, many aristocratic families are counting on their daughters to have a good future, and they have been preparing for this for a long time. All of a sudden, there were more and more cases of mutual praise between the DPRK and China.

At this time, Chen Liang tried his best to disagree with the public, and said that the previous proposal was just to hope that the emperor and the ministers and officials could send a mourning to the victims of Pingyang, but this is all a trivial matter, the important thing is to start the work of revitalizing the disaster and saving people as soon as possible, if the opportunity is delayed for a trivial matter, where will the people be placed? So the most important thing now is to revitalize the disaster. As for the draft, if the emperor thinks it is inappropriate, it will be postponed for a month or two temporarily, and it will not be a big deal.

His statement temporarily calmed down the disputes among the ministers, and some people were ashamed that they didn't put saving the people in the first place in order to fight for a breath, so they cried in the court. The emperor naturally ordered people to be appeased, and then praised Chen Liangben a few words, and asked him if he had any suggestions for revitalizing the disaster.

As a result, Chen Liangben proposed that the army participate in the disaster relief, and the government stepped in to take in the refugees, summoned doctors to treat the wounded free of charge, and transported food from neighboring provinces to receive them, and the exhumed bodies were to be cremated as soon as they were confirmed. Due to the increasingly hot weather and the incessant rain, many epidemic prevention measures have to be taken to prevent epidemics. And so on and so forth.

He had thought about these things in advance, and wrote a detailed excerpt, which the emperor said as soon as he asked, and then presented the fold, which was clearly organized and everything was clear, and even thought of where to transfer silver and grain, which also made others admire.

Some military generals with troops were reluctant to let their subordinates go to revive the disaster, Chen Liangben said that saving the people is also to contribute to the country, which is more meaningful than military exploits, and almost quarreled with others. In the end, the emperor pressed down, and with a stroke of the pen, approved all the suggestions on Chen Liangben's fold, but only ordered the governor of Shanxi to work hard to revive the disaster, and allowed him to mobilize no more than thirty percent of the army to maintain order and rescue the wounded.

Because the emperor did not explicitly say whether the draft would be postponed, in addition to continuing to prepare for the selection of their daughters, each family also showed their own powers, trying to dissuade the emperor from other channels.

The emperor was also very troubled, and the people suffered a catastrophe, and he stopped the draft, which can also show his mercy and save a little money by the way. But the pressure on the harem and the princes' palaces should not be underestimated. Speaking of which, the prince is twenty-one years old. has not yet established a concubine, it is really unreasonable, although the candidate has already been decided, but it is against the ancestral family law to directly refer to marriage without drafting. What's more, the fifth and seventh have reached the age of starting a family, especially the seventh, although their legs and feet are not good. But the heart is still kind and benevolent Through the dream of Ranwen, he has promised to be for this son

How can a daughter-in-law's promise be broken?

As for the princes' mansions in Beijing, there are seven or eight people in the nearby clans. Generally, there are fifteen or sixteen people in the clan, and a total of more than twenty people are waiting to marry their daughters-in-law, telling them to wait for another three years, but I am afraid that those princes and fortunes will stop doing it first.

Do you want to do what Chen Liangben said? Just postpone it for a few months?

No, according to the plan, at the end of the year at the earliest, and next year at the latest. The imperial court is about to use troops against Galdan, and the postponement of the draft will hinder major events.

The Emperor was still troubled. As a result, Chen Liangben gave him a good idea again. The draft is not postponed. But the scope was narrowed down to the Eight Banners Show Girl around the capital. The reading process is also simple, so that. It can not only meet the needs of the royal family, but also reduce the cost and impact on the people. At the same time, it is recommended that the nobles and officials of all families donate funds to revitalize the disaster, so as to help replenish the national treasury, and by the way, reflect the spirit of "monarchs and ministers are united and work together to fight disasters".

The emperor was silent, but he actually had an idea in his heart. Although he didn't make an explicit order, there was a rumor among the palace eunuchs. The ministers of various noble families have a mixture of love and hatred for Chen Liangben, not only grateful to him for suggesting that the draft be carried out as usual, but also hated him for wanting to cut everyone's meat. Later, I heard that Chen Liangben sold most of his family's property and donated 3,000 taels of silver, and he hated it even more. Helplessly, most of their daughters and granddaughters had to be drafted, so they had to donate one after another. And because some people provoked it, some people started to compare, and the more they donated, the more they donated. The emperor was not only happy, but also a little crying and laughing.

However, after many families donated money, they also came to their senses, and scolded Chen Liangben for being insidious. Chen Liangben also knew that he had offended a lot of people this time, and some friends advised him not to interfere too much in the internal affairs of the Eight Banners, so as not to cause trouble, so he made up his mind to stay away from the capital for the time being.

As soon as he received the letter from his subordinates, he went to the emperor and impeached the governor of Shanxi, Kashitu, for dereliction of duty and delay in disaster relief, resulting in the death of hundreds of wounded people due to lack of medical treatment. The emperor was furious, dismissed Kashitu from his official position, and ordered Dali Temple to investigate thoroughly. At the same time, Chen Liangben was allowed to play, and let his monk Shangshu Ma Qi and the two of them bring food money to Shanxi to shake the disaster. However, before the two left, the emperor summoned Ma Qi alone, and the secret conversation lasted for half an hour, and no one knew the content.

Just two days after they left, the emperor issued a decree to determine the matter of the draft. The date was postponed to 23 May, and only the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners show girls in the territory of Zhili, and the show girls from other places were allowed to run for election if they registered with the household department within three days after the decree was issued, and those who failed to register within three days were allowed to return home. If you are older, you will be over the age after three years, and after being reported and confirmed by the leaders of the banners, the assistant leaders, and the patriarchs, they will be hired by their own families.

As soon as the news came out, the people of the whole capital breathed a sigh of relief. The alternative work, which had been temporarily deserted, was once again carried out lively.

At the same time, the Earl's Court welcomed Aunt Minglan, the queen mother's envoy, on a rainy night. She obviously came to see Wanning, she just said a few words to Shuning, asked Wanning very carefully, and even revealed her style, don't dress too gorgeous during the draft, be as elegant as possible, but don't be dignified. Wan Ning nodded elegantly and explained, and the Nala clan thanked him a thousand times. The next day, I immediately summoned the tailors to ask about the progress of the garment sewing, but unexpectedly everything was done, only the finishing work was left, and even the jewelry was mostly done.

Nala couldn't, so he ordered the tailors to make a few more elegant pieces, and of course, the styles were all graceful. She also asked if she wanted to make a few pieces for Shuning, but Shuning refused first, only saying that those four pieces were enough.

For the sake of the draft for a while, they have spent a lot of money in the third room, and they don't really want to be selected, so there is really no need to do anything else. A few days ago, the officials and relatives in Beijing donated money to revitalize the disaster, because the Nala clan only donated 500 taels on behalf of Jin Bao, and they were worried that they could not go over the big house, and they only donated 500, but Shuning persuaded the clan to hide from the people in the house and donate some more money and grain to the ten famous temples to jointly organize the fundraising meeting, and then send some silver tickets to Baoding to prepare for his father Zhang Bao to donate. Since this is her proposal, naturally she shouldn't spend more money on useless things.

Shi was not at ease, and asked his daughter in private: "Is there really no need to do it again?" Or you can do it yourself or ask Yahuan to do it. In fact, our family still has a lot of money to spare, so you don't have to worry. Shuning said: "I really don't need to." However, in previous years, there were some clothes that I didn't wear much, so I just used them to add some bamboo flower decorations and use them as new clothes. ”

After her menstruation, her height did not grow quickly, less than an inch taller than last summer, and the clothes she made last year were only slightly shorter to wear, as long as she added a little lace and silk edges, she couldn't see it. She immediately sent Frangipani back to Fangshan to get summer clothes, and by the way, she also brought back a few more things such as raincoats and umbrellas.

Frangipani went for more than a day, and when she came back, Shuning had just visited her friend Xinran after confinement, she gave birth to a little daughter last month, white and chubby, extremely cute, Yitai stuck every day, and she couldn't even go on a bad trip, but his parents were very disappointed.

Shuning immediately started to do it, picked out a few new ones, dismantled and changed them, and listened to Frangipani talk about the news she heard in Fangshan while doing needlework.

Miss Lu Ziyu on the other side, after marrying Li Wensi, the nephew of the Li family of Empress Lin, both lived in Shanxi. In this earthquake, he and his wife happened to go out to visit friends and find a job for Li Wensi, and they were spared, and they soon met people sent by the Li family to find them. But one of their servants and two tenants died, and six or seven houses collapsed, and sixty percent of the food in the fields was lost. Li Wensi wanted to stay in his hometown to deal with the family finances, and he also wanted to help the township in disaster relief, but he was afraid that his wife would have no one to take care of, so he asked someone sent by his uncle's family to send the Lu family back to his parents' house. When he takes care of the family property, he will go to Beijing to meet her.

Su Xin said: "The Li family sent people early, and there were many relatives there, and they found someone soon." This is a letter from a servant who came back quickly, saying that Miss Lu will be there in a few days. However, Mr. Li will not be back for the time being. ”

Shuning felt in a better mood, and needlework was no longer dull. If it had rained a little less outside, she would probably be in a better mood.

However, even on rainy nights, some visitors could not be stopped. The Aunt Minglan in the Queen Mother's Palace came again. It seems that Wanning's road to Wufu Jin is becoming more and more stable. It's just that the clan heard some rumors from her mother's side, it seems that the eldest brother's Fujin Yiergen Jue Luo clan intends to send his cousin and fifth elder brother to the pile, and often takes her into the palace to ask the queen mother for peace. After thinking twice, he quietly told Nala about the matter. Nara was vigilant, and he was even more concerned about his daughter's draft.

The days passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was May 23, the 34th year of Kangxi, and the show girl, who had been delayed by half a month from the original date, kicked off in the continuous rain.