According to the practice of the early years of the Chu Dynasty, all those who have made meritorious contributions during their lifetimes and have not made any major mistakes will be posthumously awarded by the imperial court according to the rules after they leave. But in this way, the posthumous gifts of the national princes often have to be crowned kings, and over time, this posthumous gifts have become only for the courtiers who have made great contributions during their lifetimes. Just like the late Yangning Marquis Chen Yong, although everyone in the family is called the old marquis, but the posthumous title is the prince of the country.

After receiving the will, everyone has already gotten up, and only smart people like Zhu and Chen Ying who like to ponder will chew the meaning between the lines. Among them, the three words of respecting the prince of the country naturally made the two of them full of emotion. However, one is pleased that the emperor has love for Chen Lan after all, so he only mentions that she is the granddaughter of Jingguo, but does not mention that Chen Lan has a father who was removed from the guard and lost the qualification to inherit the title, which is a great kindness; One is that he was shocked that the emperor was not sloppy in such a detail, and he actually made Chen Lan decent enough. So, when Chen Jiu sent Qu Yong out, the main hall of the huge Furui Hall fell silent, and all eyes were focused on the imperial decree on the incense case.

The absent-minded Chen Lan didn't pay attention to the piercing gazes cast on his face at all, and just looked down at the green bricks on the ground. She had long been prepared for the worst, but even so, in the face of such a big event for a woman, she still had some gains and losses in her heart. Now that the dust has settled, she doesn't know whether she is relieved or overwhelmed.

Although Chen Lan had already said that Chen Yan should leave the marriage alone, Chen Yan had a big stone hanging in his heart after all. In his mind, senior brother Luo Xu is naturally the best candidate, but Yang Jinzhou is also a good person, if it is someone other than the two, he has to do his best to find out the details of the person, and he must not let his sister suffer. Now that the emperor is actually giving Chen Lan to marry Yang Jinzhou, he secretly felt sorry for Luo Xu for a while, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Therefore, he felt that Chen Lan seemed to be a little distracted, and when he heard a few elders discuss for a while, he quickly pulled Chen Lan's sleeve lightly, and called out in a low voice: "Sister, sister"

Chen Lan woke up with a spirit, only to find that the third uncle Chen Ying had disappeared, and the others had also gone outside one after another, and hurriedly looked up at the Zhu family. Seeing the old lady smiling and waving to her, she pulled Chen Yan over, and carefully helped him up with one left and one right. Out of the Furui Hall with the ice basin, the summer heat suddenly rushed to the face, even if someone had already poured buckets of well water on the bluestone ground, it was still inevitable that the heat would be steaming.

Helping Zhu to get on the sedan chair, seeing that Zheng's mother and Lai's mother were all huddled and served, Chen Lan naturally took a few steps back, but saw a group of girls surrounding him. The green calyx jade peony smiled and curtsied to congratulate him, and the others also said auspicious words to please money. Faced with this situation, she smiled helplessly, and was about to let Hongluo deal with it, but Chen Yan on the side had already taken the lead.

"I received it on behalf of my sister, but this pleasing money is still early, and when it really comes to that happy day, I will inevitably reward you."

"Fourth Young Master, don't forget, there is also your share of happy money in the future"

Chen Yan originally held his head high, but when he mentioned his marriage, his face changed suddenly, and he suddenly thought of going to Master Du's Mansion tomorrow. He has a good impression of Du Zheng, but he is a little stunned by Du Weifang's temperament. Even Luo Xu and Yang Jinzhou scolded and didn't give a little affection, if he didn't deal with it well, wouldn't he be criticized for being bloody? Thinking of this, he glared at the girl who was talking angrily, and dragged Chen Lan to hurriedly catch up with the sedan chair in front of him.

After entering the second gate, seeing that the people before and after him were still far away, Chen Yan asked Chen Lan, "Sister, are you unhappy?" ”

"How can you be unhappy...... Seeing Chen Yan staring at him, as if he had flowers on his face, Chen Lan couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and immediately slapped the little guy on the head, "Don't think so much at a young age, it's just that the thoughts I have been carrying suddenly let go, and now I am a little at a loss." ”

"Come to think of it, after all, Brother Yang is something we have all met, he is a good person, he is a big hero, and he is worthy of his sister."

Regarding the argument of a heroic beauty like Chen Yan, Chen Lan couldn't help but laugh, and simply ignored him after two sentences, and just buried his head in it. When she passed through the hall of the Tatexiang Courtyard, the sedan chair stopped at the door of the main house, and she had to step forward to help Zhu go to the ground, but found that although the old lady's face was still happy, there were some indescribable worries.

Sure enough, when he sat down on the big kang in the east room, Zhu sent Chen Yan, who had died at home since the morning, to study at Han Hanlin's place, and let the girls and mothers watch outside, and he pulled Chen Lan on the kang and watched her stop talking. Chen Lan sensed that the old lady seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "What does the old lady have to tell me?" ”

Zhu Shi smiled, and then shook his head gently: "Yang Jinzhou can be described as an upstart in the court, a believer of the Son of Heaven, not to mention that he also helped you send the question book to the county lord last time, and I have seen you again, so it is naturally suitable for you." However, I always think about the things that happened in the Runingbo Mansion at the beginning. Although he didn't recognize himself as a member of the Runing Bo family, he couldn't watch his father not recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. Only an old antique like me still remembers the events of that year, and everyone else may have forgotten about it. If I'm not mistaken, he was supposed to be called Yang Quan. ”

After the death of the old uncle, the Ru Ning Bo family was suspended for several years due to the attack, and in the end, now Ru Ning Bo was able to get the title, and he still gave a generous gift to the Zhu family, and listened to the instructions to move a few important people, and then he entered the Runing Bo Mansion, Chen Lan naturally heard of it. And the current situation of Runingbo Mansion is not very good, and the original proposal to marry her was for the idea of a dowry, and she also knew it. However, the Zhu family even knew that Yang Jinzhou had used the name Yang Quan before, but she was surprised.

"The predecessor Runimbo was a grumpy man. As soon as his parents died, his wife died of blood collapse when she gave birth to her first child, and he was extremely cold to this eldest son, and even refused to ask for the title of son. The eldest son Yang Qi is also a competitive person, and when he becomes an adult, he plans to make meritorious contributions in the army, and as a result, he has repeatedly made miraculous achievements in the battle array, and has been commanding all the way from Enyin Qianhu, and later guarded Kaiping, and even Mingzhi said that he did not want the title, and was willing to give the title to the younger brother of his stepmother. Coincidentally, when the Mongolian headquarters paid tribute, he had a conflict with those wild Tartar envoys, and was impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

Chen Lan gasped when he heard this. In addition to the crime of great rebellion, it is the crime of disobedience that hurts people the most, and the officials who bear this article will have a ruined future at best, and at worst they will not even have a foothold. It is almost unheard of for a father to be unable to tolerate his own son.

Although there is a contradiction between father and son, this complaint is also because of the mediocrity and incompetence of Lao Tzu, even the small Guanglu Temple has made mistakes, but his son has repeatedly made military exploits outside, and he heard that his son has gradually risen because of his military exploits and the reputation of Jean Jue, but he is notorious for his mediocrity and good womanhood, so he has a grudge. You also know what the ending of this kind of thing is, even if Yang Qi has great achievements in war, he was targeted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he was naturally sad, and he was demoted later. Before the old uncle died, he also left his last words to expel him from the clan, Yang Qi made a special trip home to mourn but was blocked from the door, kowtowed to the door three times and left without looking back, only to hear that there was a son Yang Quan. Later, the title of Earl of Runing was suspended for four or five years due to the rivalry of the sons. ”

Speaking of this, the Zhu family looked at Chen Lan and said: "I don't worry about anything else, I'm afraid that the current Ru Ningbo has only been approved by the Empress Dowager after all, will the mother and son of the Yang family have a knot." But you are married by the emperor, so I think it should be a good thing. You have to count these things about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, the Yang family is suddenly expensive, but after all, there are people who splash dirty water. ”

After saying this, Zhu Shi gave a lot of other words, and then he thought that Chen Lan was not in a hurry to get married, so he smiled and said, "Look at my verbosity." Now that this matter has been decided, I can breathe a sigh of relief next, it will be your birthday in half a month, I think it is better to do it with the county lord, it is lively and festive, and it is not too public, so as not to be picked."

Chen Lan had no objection to this, and immediately called the mother and girls outside to come in. Zhu explained all the same things in front of her, either choosing embroidery or building furniture, and in the end, Lai's mother was out of place to mention that the third master Chen Ying was promoted to the governor of the Left Army Governor's Mansion, and the festive atmosphere of the room was suddenly cut by half.

Seeing Zhu's frowns, Chen Lan smiled and said, "The third uncle has also made meritorious contributions in Xuanfu this time, and the reward should be deserved." Moreover, Wei Guogong was injured, not to mention the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army in a short period of time, I am afraid that even the Beijing camp may not be able to take care of it, and my uncle will have to sit there, maybe there will be an official will. ”

Saying this, not only Zhu's face softened, but the other people in the room also echoed it, and finally reversed the stiff atmosphere. After serving the Zhu family and taking a nap after lunch, Chen Lan went out of the main room of the Tatexiang Courtyard, but stood under the scorching sun and squinted at the sky, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Is the dust settled?

At the same time, in the main hall of the Yang family, looking at the imperial decree on the incense case, Yang's mother Jiang had mixed feelings in her heart. Looking at her son who unconsciously avoided her gaze, she smiled and said: "The male should get married, the female should get married, I was still worried about you, but the emperor thought of it first, and it was the girl Ah Hu mentioned before, now I can rest assured"

Yang Jinzhou sat on pins and needles under his mother's gaze, suddenly stood up, and said with a strange face: "Mother, I'll go to the back to practice a sword."

Seeing Yang Jinzhou leave the house as if he had escaped, Jiang couldn't help but smile dumbly, with a look of relief on his face.