Chapter 45: Marriage Proposal
Jin Chao didn't know what to say for a while, but finally thought about it, saluted him and said, "Jin Chao has thanked his cousin." My cousin helped me once, and if there is anything I can help in the future, I will definitely help you. β
She is so busy that she can save his father Changxing from death.
Ye Quan said again: "Don't thank me first, I haven't promised to help you yet." β
Jin Chao looked at him and was dumbfounded with anger...... This Changxing is waiting for the world! If you don't plan to help her, then it's such a long story?
She took a deep breath and asked, "Does my cousin have any conditions......
Ye Quan shook his head, frowning slightly and seemed to hesitate. "I'll come to you in three days."
Jin Chao didn't have the intention of playing, and he didn't even pay attention to Gu Lan and Gu Lian muttering all the way along the way.
Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Yuliu Hutong in Beijing is the residence of Changxing Houfu, and Yuliu Hutong is close to Fuxue Hutong where Yin of Shuntianfu Mansion is located, and it is the place where the princes and nobles of the capital live. Changxing Houfu is one of the leaders, most of Yuliu Hutong is his house, built like a Jiangnan garden full of poetry.
Although Chang Xinghou is a big boss, he doesn't know this. But he married the daughter of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Gao, compared with ordinary family women, Gao is very familiar with poetry and music, and the affairs of the family are handled by her and are well organized.
The two of them were harmonious and ming, raised their eyebrows, and lived very affectionately. Even if the Gao family has not given birth to an eldest son for ten years after entering the door, Chang Xinghou did not raise his aunt.
Ye Yuan was born in the thirty-fourth year of Gao's family.
At this time, he was meditating in the study, sitting on the Taishi chair covered with fox skins, holding hot tea, the mist in the cup rose, and the drizzle outside the window was misty. There was a 'clang' in the celadon fish tank, and the old turtle turned over again.
"Young master, the old man told you to go to his place." His book of scholars stood at the door to report it.
Ye Liang raised his eyebrows, and the teacup rested on the high table casually: "...... Finally willing to see me. β
He was the first to walk into the corridor, and Zhishu was startled, and hurriedly went to find an umbrella to catch up: "Young master, you can't get caught in the rain!" β
The old man is the old man, and now he is nearly eighty years old. The old man is also a lifelong soldier, but he is stronger than his son, he knows poetry and books, and he writes a large seal by hand.
The old man is practicing calligraphy, the pen is calm, and the writing is full of strength. After hearing the maid's message, he put the brush on the pen mountain and said, "Let him in." β
Ye Liang stepped into his study, and the two ancestors and grandsons confronted each other quietly for a long time, and the old man didn't speak when he saw him. I secretly thought that he was not very old, but this ghost had a lot more eyes than his father, and he dared to compare his strength with him, but he was like the character of his father-in-law......
The old man didn't want to waste time, so he asked him directly, "...... Invite Xiao Qishan down, can you guarantee that his identity will not be passed on? β
Ye Liang thought for a while and said: "Now that the emperor has been ill for a long time, the queen mother is anxious, and the palace and Jinyi Wei are even more busy, I'm afraid no one will pay attention to this matter, besides, Mr. Xiao has been incognito for many years, and now there are not many people who know him...... You can rest assured, Mr. Xiao is my mentor after all, and I will not let him take risks. β
There are no guarantees, but there is no saying that it can't.
The old man said with a smile: "Back then, the Chengwang party plotted rebellion, and as the most respected of the Chengwang party's staff, he deserved to be beheaded by the knife. I respect his perseverance in refusing to abandon the city and flee, and I think that if he can be used by the emperor, it will also benefit one party. Who knew that he was a stubborn person, and would rather retreat to the mountains and forests than be loyal to the emperor......"
"Since you are your mentor, you are responsible for his life and death, so you can go. Anyway, sooner or later, the Marquis of Changxing Mansion is up to you, and you have to take care of it. The old man waved him away.
Ye Liang asked the little guy to take the horse and go to Shi'an County.
Hearing that the prince came to find Jin Chao alone, Gu Dezhao was also a little shocked, and hurriedly asked people to prepare wine and food to entertain him, and asked Shui Ying to find Jin Chao to come over.
When Jin Chao hurriedly arrived, Ye Liang was leaning on the railing to feed the fish, and he watched the turquoise water surface ripple in circles, and the koi swimming underwater. The soap-colored drape and jade pendant hang down, and the side face is as beautiful as jade.
Jin Chao saw it from a distance and secretly admired Ye Quan's demeanor. Not to mention anything else, in terms of appearance and temperament, he is a handsome son.
Ye Quan didn't look back, just said lazily: "You remember, you owe me a favor." β
Jin Chao was overjoyed, he promised to find Xiao Qishan to treat his mother!
She walked up to Ye Liang and said with a smile: "This is natural, I don't know if my cousin can tell me when Mr. Xiao will arrive, and I can also make preparations." β
Ye Liang looked sideways at her. Gu Jinchao smiled with her eyebrows, although she smiled on weekdays, she always felt that her smile was gloomy, but now she smiled brightly and radiantly.
He also bent the corners of his mouth: "I don't know, it's more than a month." Mr. Xiao likes to be quiet and doesn't ask for anything else. β
He came quickly and went in a hurry, and only said to Gu Jinchao: "You must remember that you want to repay my favor." β
On the way to Qingtong Temple, the steps of the Jin Dynasty were light. Qingpu was also very happy for her: "In this way, Madame's illness may be cured...... Do you want to talk to Madame first? β
Jin Chao thought for a while and said with a smile: "If something goes wrong halfway and doesn't arrive on time, it will also make my mother worried." It's better to wait for Mr. Xiao to come and talk to her, it's not in a hurry! β
Qingpu thought about it: "April 13 is the second lady's ceremony, and the house is busy this month." It doesn't seem good if Mrs. Xiao still worries about Mr. Xiao's affairs......"
The two were talking, but they saw two small servants in the distance carrying things out of Juliu Pavilion. Looking closely, there were picture scrolls, inkstones, tea leaves and other things, and the steward walked behind the little guys, constantly urging them to move things out quickly.
Jin Chao glanced at it, and Qingpu stepped forward to stop the steward and asked, "Steward Li, I don't know where these things are moving, but they don't want them in the Juliu Pavilion?" β
As soon as Steward Li saw it, the eldest lady was standing next to him, and hurriedly replied respectfully: "These are the things that Master Mu gave to the master before, and the master said that he would throw them outside the mansion!" β
Qing Pu was puzzled: "Isn't Lord Zhan Shimu, the young man of Zhan Shifu, always taught the old man well?" β
Steward Li said: "Don't you know, today Lord Mu invited the prince of the country to serve as a matchmaker to the master, and wanted to ask for the second miss for his eldest son, Lord Mu's eldest son, Mu Ne Yuanfei, and no one in Beijing wants to marry the young lady to him." After hearing this, the old man was a little displeased, and let people send Master Jiang away, and he made a lot of fire in the study, asking us to throw out the things that Master Mu had given him......"
"If it weren't for Master Jiang's high morality, and the old man was also his protΓ©gΓ© when he was in the Guozijian, I'm afraid he would have turned his face in the first place......" Steward Li said while paying attention to Jin Chao's face.
After Qingpu asked the steward to leave, he walked back to Jin Chao's side, and said to her with a smile: "Miss, Aunt Song and Second Miss are annoyed now......
The corners of Jin Chao's mouth curled: "Lord Mu's official position is higher than that of his father, and his father can lose his temper, but it is not good to refuse directly." If Gu Lan didn't want to marry Master Mu, I'm afraid he would be sad. β
Mu Nian'an's eldest son is not only round and fat, but also a little stupid.
Last year, he went to the suburbs with the second son of the Liu family in Futai, and people told him that horse urine tasted very good, so he really went to taste it, and smashed his mouth and said that it was delicious. Although Lord Liu reprimanded the second son, this incident became the laughing stock of Mu Gongzi.
Knowing that his colleagues and friends actually fought this idea, it was no wonder that my father was angry.
Who let Gu Lan be a concubine, a young lady who is a concubine, others naturally have to look down on it.
However, although Master Mu looks stupid, he is actually very smart. Jin Chao can remember that he completely inherited the Mu family in the end, and in the end he also married the fourth lady of An Yangbo, and he was very fond of his wife, and there was no connecting room.
This matter quickly reached Gu Lan's ears.
Her face turned pale, and she grabbed Ziling's sleeve and asked, "Did my father agree?" β
Ziling said a little nervously: "The slave maid thinks there should be no ...... Later, the master made a big fuss and asked people to throw out all the things that Master Mu had sent. β
Gu Lan breathed a sigh of relief and asked Mu Hibiscus to hurry up and find Aunt Song to come over, she sat on the big kang near the window, looking at the sunlight outside the window. She didn't want to marry a fool! She's going to marry...... That, that should also be like Ye Quan, a fairy-like son, and it should be the wife of the son-in-law, she has been a concubine since she was a child, and she has had enough of the identity of the concubine!
Since she was a child, her cousins didn't like to play with her, and they disliked her as a concubine. gradually grew up, and she originally liked Gu Jinchao. Who knew that after Gu Jinchao returned to the Gu family, she would get more love, the silver money and jewelry in her hands were better than her, and even the maids were a few more than her!
She gradually disliked Gu Jinchao more and more, and looked at her arrogant and rude appearance, and she was still very disdainful in her heart. She is so much better than this so-called eldest daughter, but she still wants to please her! But others don't think so, even if she is more well-behaved and polite, the first thing others pay attention to is Gu Jinchao, she is nothing! Now even the marriage has to be so wronged by her?
Ziling looked at Gu Lan and couldn't help but say, "Miss, I think the eldest son of the Mu family is also a good family. After all, the biological mother of the Mu family's son-in-law is gone, and there is no in-law to help her. Although the eldest son is wooden, he has a loyal personality, and he may ...... in the future. And you are also the main house when you marry, and Lord Mu is a young Zhan thing of the fourth grade, so it is okay to find a good errand for Young Master Mu in the future......"
Gu Lan looked at her coldly, and couldn't help but shout: "Shut up!" You know what, get the hell out of here! β
Ziling was even more panicked, and hurriedly saluted and withdrew.
Aunt Song opened the curtain and came in, Gu Lan had already whimpered and threw herself into her arms with tears in her eyes. Choked up and asked her, "Mother...... Will my father agree to this family business? β
Aunt Song's face was not good, so she hugged Gu Lan and asked her to sit on the big kang.
"Your father refused very simply this time, but the person who came here is Lord Jiang after all, although he is highly respected, he has never been good at talking about matchmaking. Maybe Mu Nian'an will be a matchmaker for another person...... He'll hesitate a little. After all, Mu Nianan worked under the third master of the Chen family, and he was also a person with a good future in the court. Your father won't really have a fight with him......"
Gu Lan looked at his mother blankly: "What should I do then...... I don't want to marry Master Mu! β
Aunt Song comforted her: "Mother knows. Now I can only think of a way to make Mu Nian'an taboo and dare not mention it again......"
Gu Lan straightened up with some concern.
Aunt Song smiled lightly and said, "...... You say, if you become a concubine, is Mu Nianan embarrassed to come and propose again? β
Gu Lan looked at Aunt Song in surprise, and it took a while to understand what she meant: "You mean if...... Are you righted? But...... Looking at Ji's appearance, I'm afraid it will be okay to live for a few more years! β
Aunt Song said thoughtfully: "Then we will aggravate her condition...... When she is really dead, you still have to keep filial piety, and you can't marry for a year...... After a year, I will be able to be straightened out. β
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