In recent years, the Zhu family has not been smooth in their official career, Zhu Pei's father Zhu Xiaoyun was promoted to secretary and young eunuch last year, and he knows the affairs of Jeju, although he was promoted to the fifth grade, but the real power has been greatly reduced, and he has been transferred to the state official, which is also out of the center of power to a certain extent.

Zhu Yuanjun's career is even more bumpy, he was originally a privy deputy envoy, last year he was transferred to the Fuwen Pavilion bachelor, although he was also promoted to the third grade, but everyone knows that entering the palace as a bachelor, in fact, is the transition before the retirement of senior officials, basically lost power, mixed two or three years should be told to return to the hometown.

But Zhu Yuanjun is only sixty years old, and he is still ten years away from the age of retirement, which is obviously not for retirement, but a kind of freezing.

On the contrary, the career of the Liu family has soared, Liu Ran's father Liu Yun was promoted to the servant of the Ministry of Officials last year, in charge of the Inquisitor's Court, and the power in his hands has skyrocketed, becoming the object of everyone's pursuit.

Of course, many high-ranking officials of the imperial court have also thrown hydrangeas of marriage to the Liu family, Liu Yun's son Liu Ran is eighteen years old, and he was once a boy Kejinshi, with a bright future, high-ranking officials want to marry their daughters to Liu Ran, even Liu Yun is quite tempted, he also feels that his son does not need to stare at the granddaughter of the Zhu family, the little lady obviously did not take her son in her eyes, why bother to be bored?

In the afternoon, Liu Ran came to his father's study, bowed down and said, "Father is called a child?" ”

Liu Yun nodded, "Come in!" ”

Liu Ran walked into the study and stood in front of his father with his hands down, Liu Yun glanced at his son and asked: "Yesterday I chatted with Scholar Xu for a while, and he told me that his second granddaughter is twenty-eight years old, beautiful and dignified, and has not yet allowed anyone, the implication is obvious, I don't know ........ you."

Without waiting for his father to finish speaking, Liu Ran immediately shook his head, "The child doesn't think about personal matters for the time being, please forgive my father!" ”

Liu Yun knew his son's thoughts, his face sank, and he said unhappily: "What's so good about that little lady of the Zhu family?" The Zhu family has lost political power, and if you marry her, you can only have some money, but there is no help in your career, don't be confused anymore! ”

Liu Ran hurriedly knelt down and said: "Father, when it comes to wealthy families in Wujiang, it is always Zhu Yi and Liu Er, the Liu family has been suppressed below for decades, the child can't swallow this breath, the Zhu family must admit defeat and be willing to marry their daughter to the child, as long as the Zhu family bows their heads this time, then Liu Yi and Zhu Er will not be too far away."

Besides, there are not many talented children of the Zhu family, if the child marries Zhu Pei, the property of the Zhu family will fall into the hands of the child sooner or later, and the child has the power of the Liu family and the wealth of the Zhu family, so why worry about the lack of prosperity? It's not impossible to get into the picture! ”

Liu Ran's words are half-true and half-false, it is true that he covets the money of the Zhu family, and it is also true that he covets Zhu Pei's beauty, and it is not wrong to swallow this breath, but it is not for the Liu family, but for himself, the more Zhu Pei rejects him, the stronger his desire to conquer, and his opponent is still Fan Ning.

Liu Ran never forgot the humiliation he suffered during the imperial examination interview, and the seeds of revenge were planted in his heart at that moment, he could not compare with Fanning in other aspects, he counted on being able to beat Fanning in terms of women, snatching Jupei into his hands, and letting Fanning watch himself and Jupei enter the cave room in despair.

Liu Ran's statement also touched his father Liu Yun, Liu Yun knows the Zhu family very well, although the Zhu family has cultivated many protégés, but the third generation of the Zhu family has no talent, and even relatively mediocre, maybe one day, his son can really control the wealth of the Zhu family.

Although the people of Wujiang say that Zhu Yi and Liu Er, Liu Yun knows very well in his heart that the wealth gap between the Zhu family and the Liu family is huge, and the Liu family can't even enter the top 20 in Pingjiang Mansion, but the wealth of the Zhu family ranks first in Pingjiang Mansion, and it is high, if his son really controls the wealth of the Zhu family, it will not only be of great benefit to him personally, but also a great promotion to the development of the Liu family.

Thinking of this, Liu Yun nodded and said, "Since you said so, then let's think about this matter again!" The jury is not conclusive for the time being. ”

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Just when the Liu father and son were negotiating the marriage in the study, Zhu Yuanjun also came to the house of the third brother Zhu Yuanfeng.

Zhu Pei's father became the governor of Jeju and took his wife to take office, but his eldest son Zhu Zhe could not follow them to the new environment, so he could only entrust the eldest son and daughter to the third uncle Zhu Yuanfeng.

The reason why he didn't hand over his eldest son to his second uncle Zhu Yuanjun was because the eldest son, Zhu Zhe, didn't like this second grandfather, and living in the second grandfather's house would only make his son more anxious.

Moreover, her daughter Zhu Pei resolutely refused to live in the second grandfather's mansion, and Zhu Xiaoyun had no choice but to entrust her children to her third uncle Zhu Yuanfeng.

Zhu Yuanjun doesn't like his third brother very much, he and Zhu Yuanfeng are half-brothers, he is a sister-in-law, and Zhu Yuanfeng is a concubine, the two are about the same age, only a few months apart.

The relationship between the two has been very bad since childhood, Zhu Yuanjun is excellent in his studies, and Zhu Yuanfeng is bad in his studies, which makes Zhu Yuanjun look down on his third brother from the bottom of his bones.

This kind of discrimination has lasted for decades, has long been deeply rooted, and even affects their children and grandchildren, Zhu Yuanjun's more than 20 children and grandchildren will never take the initiative to interact with Zhu Yuanfeng's children and grandchildren, only on the occasion of the clan sacrifice will occasionally get together, but even if they get together, they ignore each other.

Fortunately, with his eldest brother Zhu Yuanfu here, he maintains the connection of the entire family, if it weren't for his efforts, I'm afraid the Zhu family would have fallen apart decades ago.

But today Zhu Yuanjun had to come to Zhu Yuanfeng's house, he wanted to find Zhu Pei and persuade her to agree to the engagement with the Liu family, and the rumors that the scholar Xu Jia wanted to marry the Liu family stung Zhu Yuanjun.

The backstage of the Liu family is Yan Shu, the old minister, and with Yan Shu's strong influence in the imperial court, there is no doubt that Liu Yun will continue to be promoted, and it is very likely that he will be promoted to the governor of the government within five years.

If Zhu Pei and Liu Ran are engaged, then as a servant of the ministry, Liu Yun can send a messenger to himself, and serve as a dispatch officer with the qualifications of a bachelor, that is another matter, maybe he may still be the deputy minister.

Now Zhu Yuanjun is stepping on the fork in the road of retirement, and the other foot is also stepping on the sunny road of serving as the prime minister, which can be said to be standing at the fork in the road of geography and heaven, and the key person who determines his direction is his cousin Zhu Pei, Zhu Liu married! Who says marriage is not the foundation of politics?

Zhu Yuanjun stepped into the door of the third brother's house, and Steward Yang greeted him with a smile, "It's the second master who is here!" ”

"Is my brother here?"

"My lord went out at noon and hasn't come back yet!"

Zhu Yuanjun breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I'm looking for Xiao Qi Niang, is she there?" ”

"Miss Pei should be there, second master, please come with me."

Steward Yang took Zhu Yuanjun to the back house, waited in a courtyard for a while, a little maid went in to report, and after a while, Zhu Pei walked out quickly.

Zhu Pei is sixteen years old, and she looks like a big girl, in the words of Fanning's mother, Zhang Sanniang, who is more beautiful than a fairy.

In recent years, Zhu Pei has also grown taller, and there is no longer the youth of a girl, her figure is medium to upper, her body is plump but slender, her skin is as white and greasy as mutton fat, and there is a bit of the crystal of the first snow.

Her face is slightly round, the bridge of her nose is high, her small mouth is ruddy and contoured, and under a pair of curved eyebrows, there are a pair of beautiful eyes that are as bright as gems.

Today, Zhu Pei wore a red six-panel wide skirt, an emerald green satin cotton-filled short jacket on the upper body, a white undergarment, a cloud-shaped double-ring bun on his hair, and a pair of phoenix gold-headed jade hairpins.

Zhu Peiying gave a blessing gift, "Granddaughter Pei'er see the second grandfather!" ”

Zhu Yuanjun was stunned for a moment, he noticed that his granddaughter was so beautiful and pretty, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder Liu Ran was so infatuated with her, she didn't marry, now it is understandable.

"Pei'er, the second grandfather wants to talk to you about one thing, which is related to the future of my Zhu family, I hope you can treat it rationally!"

Zhu Yuanfeng really couldn't convince his eldest brother, so he planned to break through from Zhu Pei, as long as Zhu Pei agreed to marry Liu Ran, then the elder brother could only agree in the end.

Zhu Pei's eyes were a little cold, and he waved his hand and said, "Second grandfather, please come into the house and sit!" ”

Jupei's courtyard consisted of an attic and a group of houses, the house had a guest hall and a study, through which one could enter the embroidery building at the back, and no one could enter her embroidery building except for the personal guard Jian Meizi and the maid Awen.

Zhu Pei asked the second grandfather to sit down in the guest hall, and asked the maid Xiaowen to serve tea, at this time, Zhu Yuanjun saw the tall Jian Meizi standing on his granddaughter, and remembered the last time this guard was rude to him, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Zhu Yuanjun glanced at Jian Meizi and said with a smile: "Pei'er, can we talk to our ancestors and grandchildren alone?" ”

Zhu Pei smiled and said: "In front of Sister Jian, I have no secrets, although my grandfather speaks freely!" ”

The corners of Jian Meizi's mouth showed a hint of imperceptible smile, this little girl said it generously, but when she wrote a letter to Fanning, she hid it, for fear that she would peek at a word, where there are no secrets, she has many secrets!

Zhu Yuanjun was a little embarrassed, so he had to smile as gently as possible: "I think you should know what your grandfather wants to talk about?" It's about Liu Ran, I heard that he will go to Fengqiu County to serve as the chief secretary in a few months, and he will be turned into a Beijing official in three years.

This boy was modest and elegant, good-looking and well-mannered, and of outstanding talent, and at a young age he had taken up a high position, and as far as I knew, no young man could match him at his age. ”

Juppey smiled faintly, "Does grandfather need me to give an example?" ”

Zhu Yuanjun suddenly thought of Fan Ning, his old face couldn't help but blush, that kid was really too demonic, comparable to Yan Shu back then, he was only seventeen years old, and he was actually promoted to the seventh rank of Tianzhang Pavilion. ”

Zhu Yuanjun hurriedly changed his words, "Of course, there are still excellent young people, grandfather means that he is one of the best young people, the key is that he is obsessed with you, Pei'er, such a young talent is really hard to find." ”

Zhu Pei pondered for a moment and asked, "Is the Liu family really important to our Zhu family?" ”

Zhu Yuanjun suddenly perked up, Zhu Pei only needs to care about the family!

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