Chapter 18
"As long as I can say a word in the DPRK, I will never sit idly by." Zhen Guogong put the teacup on the square table, and the porcelain cup collided with the rosewood, making a rather dull sound.
"Today, the cabinet is still headed by the rules and horses." Lin Xian gently put the teacup back, his brows furrowed.
"It's no wonder that Zhang Ling used to be the emperor's companion, and he has always been regarded as a confidant by the emperor, and the things of the year are absolutely inseparable from him!" Zhen Guogong said with hatred.
"These things, pile by pile, have to be memorized from the beginning, but I hate that I am only working as an editor in the Hanlin Academy now, and I am not in charge of any practical things." Lin Xian's thoughts became heavier, but Zhen Guogong thought that he had personally ordered Tanhualang by the emperor at the twenty-two-year-old court examination, which was already a rare genius in a century.
He is counted as twenty-five this year, but he has no intention of getting married. The man of the Great Xia Dynasty will make a family appointment at fifteen or sixteen, and he can start a family at seventeen or eighteen, although he still lives in Bofu, he is still alone.
Zhen Guogong couldn't help but mention: "The two children of the Xue family need to plan slowly, and good things will be grinding." It's just your own business, have you thought about it? ”
"Myself?" Since Lin Xian was young, he was full of plans in his heart, and he couldn't think of what Zhenguo Gong was referring to?
"Do you have a favorite woman?" Seeing Lin Xian's dazed look, he simply pointed it out.
When Lin Xian heard this, he suddenly realized, he smiled first, and said, "The juniors really haven't thought about this matter seriously. ”
"Not even a single woman who is watching?" Zhen Guogong was a little surprised, it is said that the man of twenty-five or sixteen is at the time when his blood is strong. However, he suddenly thought of Lin Xian's situation. Marriage is the words of his parents, Wu Qingbo has never been very concerned about his eldest son, and he did not continue the main room after the death of his deceased wife, although I heard that the affairs in the inner courtyard of the Bofu are taken care of by the eldest lady of the Lin family, but how can an unmarried sister be good for her brother?
"If you really have a woman you like, I can ask your aunt to kiss you."
The aunt in the mouth of Zhenguo Gong is his eldest daughter-in-law, Zhen, the wife of Zhenguo Gong. The first step in marriage has always been that the man's outstanding woman went to the woman's house to propose marriage, Zhen's famous lady was born, and there was the fate of the prince's wife, and many eunuchs wanted to invite her.
Lin Xian still shook his head, "The younger generation really doesn't have this idea, and the things planned in my heart are pending for a day, and I don't have the heart to understand these things for a day." ”
Zhenguo Gong Nai couldn't help it, so he had to sigh and said: "In the future, when your second brother gets married and has children around his knees, he will be extremely happy, and you kid don't regret it." ”
Lin Xian smiled slightly. The second brother, Lin Hongxue, the person he wants to marry is the best girl in the world, how can he not be happy? It's just that he was, and perhaps until now, is also coveting the happiness that his second brother is about to get.
When was the last time you saw Pu Yue? She didn't like "Brother Lin Xian" when she was a child, and when she grew up, she was afraid that she never looked at me squarely. Lin Xian sighed silently in his heart, laughed self-deprecatingly, and shook his head again.
Seeing him shake his head, Zhenguo Gong thought that he had not reassured himself of his persuasion, so he left aside the matter and only talked about what had happened in the DPRK and China recently.
"It is nothing more than the impeachment of the Shandong faction by the Shanxi faction, and the same year that the Shandong faction contacted Nanjing, the impeachment turmoil on the Yanjing side has just calmed down, and the excerpts in Nanjing have swarmed up again. These officials are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. In the past few years, Lin Xian has continued to learn from the examples of his ancestors in the Hanlin Academy, and he has also watched the movements of the court coldly.
"These officials, none of them do practical things on weekdays, and when they are full all day, they only know how to put two farts in front of the emperor!" Zhen Guogong said angrily, "You will have a great experience when you have a formal position in the future." ”
The two were talking, and the maid outside came in and said that the eldest lady was here.
"What is this kid doing in the front yard if he doesn't stay in the back and stays in the backyard?" Zhen Guogong was puzzled and let his granddaughter in.
Zhong Fu changed her skirt, and the maid behind her followed, holding a teapot and teacup in her hand.
"Grandfather, Lord Lin." The girl saluted, kept her head slightly down, and said softly, "My granddaughter wants to eat a little greasy at Huixian Tower tonight, so I specially made a pot of black tea for my grandfather and Lord Lin." ”
"You can just ask the maid to do these things, why bother to come in person." Zhenguo Gong asked his granddaughter to put down the tea, "Let's go back and rest early." ”
Zhong Fu was attached, but had to slowly get out of the study.
"Miss Zhong."
I didn't want to just step out of the threshold when she was called by a deep male voice, she "chuckled" in her heart and started a chaotic drum again.
"Lord Lin, is there anything else?"
Lin Xian felt a little embarrassed to ask the girl directly, and smiled shyly, but when he thought of the little girl at home, he couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask Miss Zhong, where is the dress on her body sold?" ”
Zhong Fu's face turned red when he was asked, and he was glad that he was standing by the threshold, and the light was dim and no one noticed. Biting her lip, she said: "This is a scarlet cloud crane pattern makeup yarn, not where to buy it, it is a gift from someone else on this year's birthday, let the embroidery girl hurry to make it." ”
After she finished saying these words, her palms seemed to be sweaty, and she was very nervous, but her posture was still calm and generous.
Lin Xian had no choice but to laugh and said, "That's my presumptuousness." ”
"Lord Lin likes this material?" Zhong Fu regretted this as soon as he asked, especially since his grandfather was still here. I asked about the fabric, but I always felt that I was asking if I liked the person who wore it.
"I also look at Miss Zhong wearing it, and when I think of my sister at home, it must look good to make a dress." Lin Xian felt that he was a little abrupt, and said, "I took the liberty of Miss Zhong." ”
It turned out that he was thinking about Xue Mingcan, Zhong Fu's heart plummeted, the smile on his face faded, and he hurriedly said goodbye and left.
The rest of Zhen Guogong was still saying: "Just a piece of clothing, I'll let Fu'er choose some beautiful ones another day and send them to your house together." Cancan's little girl, everything she wears is cute. ”
"Hahaha...... You too, always thinking about your younger siblings at home. ”
Lin Xian was a little embarrassed by Zhen Guogong's laughter, took a sip of tea, and said: "Mingyu is sensible and well-behaved, but he is Cancan and naughty, and he keeps telling me to hang in my heart." I don't know why, I think of her from time to time, and sometimes when I read a poem in the Hanlin Academy, I suddenly remembered whether she was in trouble at home, and whether her sisters at home bullied her. ”
Zhen Guogong knew this kind of taste, once at the beginning of his marriage, he remembered his newlywed wife everywhere, and secondly, his wife gave birth to his eldest son, which was even more worrying.
But...... Fuer, her mother seems to be busy looking at her these days, how about it?
He glanced sideways at Lin Xian, who was also born with a good appearance, handsome and pleasant, calm and elegant, with a pair of faint Danfeng eyes that were not shocked, but he had his own amorous attitude. One is his favorite junior, and the other is his beloved granddaughter, although the age difference is about ten years old, but it is also a good marriage.
Zhen Guogong had this thought in his heart, so he thought about finding a day to discuss with his daughter-in-law.
Lin Xian didn't realize it, still wondering if Xue Mingcan would like this fabric. It's spring, and it's time to cut a few new dresses for her.
After chatting a few words in the Zhenguo Mansion, Lin Xian said goodbye and went back. He wanted to see Mingchan before she went to bed.
Unexpectedly, when I went back, I saw Miaohui come out of the door, saying that the girl had just rested.
"Is there anyone in there?" Lin Xian looked in through the window lattice, and he couldn't see anything clearly in the black hole.
Miao Hui nodded, "Leng Hui is on duty tonight." He pointed to the couch behind the screen.
Lin Xian nodded, and asked her in a low voice if Mingcan had stolen supper tonight.
"No, the girl came back with a round belly, and said she couldn't eat supper." Miao Hui smiled.
"Not only tonight, but not in the future." Lin Xian told him again and again, and finally took a look at the quiet room, and was about to leave, but was called out by Miaohui: "Uncle, ...... in your house"
"What's wrong with my house?"
"Hmm...... You'll find out for yourself when you go back and see for yourself. The slave and maid retired. After Miaohui finished speaking, she quickly slipped away, leaving Lin Xian to stand in place and wonder.
Before he walked back to the main room, he heard the voice of his personal maid Lianshuang, who seemed to be shouting something.
"What's going on?" Lin Xian approached and smelled a smell of fat powder, and it was not a single fragrance, but the smell of various spices mixed together, good and bad. He couldn't help but hide his sleeves and sneeze.
Lian Shuang hurriedly caught up, stood in front of a group of women and said to Lin Xian: "Uncle, you are finally back, take a look, how to deal with the trouble thrown by the eldest lady?" ”
It turned out that someone wanted to bribe Wu Qingbo and sent seven or eight Yangzhou thin horses to the house, Lin Tangmei was not happy when she saw it, she had been angry with all kinds of beautiful aunts because of her mother's affairs. So under the pretext that my father was getting older and wanted to take care of his body, he sent all these thin horses to Lin Xian's house.
Wu Qingbo has always been fond of this eldest daughter, and his daughter raised his eyebrows to persuade him, so he had no choice but to agree, but he still picked the two most outstanding ones in private, and asked his henchmen to be quietly sent to the outer room to raise.
Lian Shuang explained the origin to Lin Xian, and the master and servant were very big for a while.
"It's better to choose one to serve tonight, uncle." Lian Shuang said helplessly, "It's not a way to let them squeeze here." ”
Five or six Yangzhou thin horses are all slender women with weak willows blowing in the wind and a slender waist, with delicate and beautiful appearances, any of which are tempting.
Lin Xian's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
"Uncle, you can't choose this?" Lian Shuang asked, "Why don't you pick one for you?" "Lian Shuang is now twenty and eight, three years older than Lin Xian, and has taken care of Lin Xian since she was a child, like an eldest sister.
Lin Xian said in a deep voice to the woman who was clamoring behind her: "Don't speak!" He glanced at the east and west wings of the courtyard, Xue Mingyu in the east wing was still reading at night with a lamp, and the west wing was dark, and it was sleeping Mingcan. Let these women quarrel any longer, it's time to sleep with Cancan.
"Don't use any of them, go back and rest by yourself." Lin Xian's handsome face was very cold.
Although Yangzhou's thin horse was born humble, he was trained since he was a child, and his piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and his manners and speech were more strict than that of the rich lady, so he listened to Lin Xian's instructions and retreated silently.
"Lianshuang, you can help me think of a way to send these women away." Lin Xian said.