Chapter 13: A Chance Encounter at the Royal House
Chen Cripple and his relatives pulled Chen Man'er to his house with a smile, and all Chen Xiuyan saw was Chen Man'er's vicious eyes.
But Chen Xiuyan is not afraid.
The surrounding villagers laughed and talked about the scene when Chen Man'er was sent by the Liu family yesterday.
"Sent by carriage, it seems that Liu Sangongzi likes Man'er very much."
"I saw that the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion gave Chen Cripple a few silver ingots, a lot of money."
"Cut, you can get so much for selling your daughter."
"It's still the carpenter Chen's family who loves her daughter, and she is reluctant to let her be a concubine, not to mention that Chen Man'er is just a maid in the room, that is, a slave."
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With Chen Man'er as a foil, the people in the village have changed their opinion of Chen Xiuyan, especially women, who would rather marry someone who is close to each other than be a concubine, with temperament and a bottom line.
On March 23, the matchmaker invited by the Locke family came to the door to agree on the marriage date with the Chen family, and the date was set for April 18.
Now the marriage of the two families is officially decided.
"Mother, I'll go to the county." After sending the matchmaker away, Chen Xiuyan wanted to go to the county seat, and she had to think of going to the Wang family.
"The person who is married has to embroider a wedding dress at home, and you can't do any work in the kitchen, so recently let your second sister-in-law teach you well, and you are not allowed to go out." Liu said righteously.
"Mother, Luo Wenqian's family has a simple population, and there are no elders above to do my rules, and the five of their uncles and nephews have grown up so safely until now, where to eat will be a problem." Chen Xiuyan was unimpressed.
Chen Xiuyan chose Luo Wenqian as her husband at the beginning, she also used her brains, she is good-looking, can read, has ability, has a simple family, has no in-laws, just kidding, such a person is a candidate for a high-quality husband in modern times.
"Mother, when I get married, where can I go out as I want, and as soon as I enter the door of the Luo family, I will be an aunt, I should lead by example, if I don't do something I like before I get married, I won't have a chance in the future." Chen Xiuyan grabbed Liu's arm and rubbed her head on her shoulder, which made Liu's mouth loosen all of a sudden.
"Mother thinks it's really good for you to marry Wen Qian." Liu Shi felt it, "Now you speak like everyone else's ladies, and the words you say are all said by readers, and some mothers can't understand it." ”
I am really smart, Chen Xiuyan spoke for herself in her heart, but now such credit has to be credited to Luo Wenqian, thinking that she was also a top student who was admitted to a prestigious university before the end came, just a four-character idiom, what is so difficult for her.
"Mother, then I'm leaving, I'll go early and come back early." Chen Xiuyan went out happily, and went to take a donkey cart today, and the new thing was that someone greeted him this time.
"Xiuyan, this is a marriage, are you going to prepare a dowry?" It was Chen Butcher's daughter-in-law Wang who greeted Chen Xiuyan, and she directly found a reason for Chen Xiuyan to go to the county seat.
"Auntie." Chen Xiuyan also gave back to the person who greeted him with a smile, and he was already good-looking, because the smile softened his whole face, and Wang was stunned.
"Oh, it's so good-looking, you should smile more." Wang's impression of Chen Xiuyan was much better because of her resolute refusal to be a concubine, "When we come back, we will be together again, and we will take care of each other in the same village." ”
Chen Xiuyan smiled and nodded, the donkey cart back to the village is not in the right place, and now it is just over the hour, except for the distance to go, it is enough to stay in the county seat for nearly two hours.
After Chen Xiuyan entered the county seat, he went straight to the mansion of Wang Dian's family, generally county officials live in the county government, but Wang Dianzhi is a native of Yijiang County, and has lived here for generations, the mansion is a rare mansion in the county, and there is no one in the huge Yijiang County who does not know the king's mansion.
Chen Xiuyan looked at the house that occupied the junction of streets and alleys, measured the length and width with her feet, and covered an area of nearly 5,000 square meters, and smacked her tongue in her heart, this scale.
"What are you doing here?" Chen Xiuyan, who was looking at the towering gate of the royal mansion, was not frightened by the sudden questioning, she had already felt the sight behind her, and the familiar atmosphere, she didn't need to look at Chen Xiuyan to know that it was Luo Wenqian.
"I'm wondering how I can get in." Chen Xiuyan turned her head to look at Luo Wenqian, and blurted out what she was thinking.
Today, Luo Wenqian wore a light blue robe, a silver crown on his head, and a book in his hand.
"What are you going in there for?" Luo Wenqian raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard Chen Xiuyan's words, but he was not surprised.
"I've never seen such a big house, curious." Chen Xiuyan didn't squint and said lies.
Luo Wenqian felt a little funny, he was becoming more and more curious about his fiancée, thinking of the place where the royal mansion could make the girl's family yearn for, "Want to go to women's school?" ”
Chen Xiuyan's eyes showed doubts, female studies?
It seems that this is not the reason, Luo Wenqian looked at Chen Xiuyan, who was stunned and tilted his head slightly, and Chen Xiuyan, who had wide eyes, suddenly had a little itchy hands, and the pair of buns seemed to be easy to touch.
"Is there a female student in the palace?" Chen Xiuyan's voice made Luo Wenqian retract his gaze.
"Well, the ladies of the county government are also going to school in the women's school of the Wang Mansion, Mrs. Wang invited a famous female master, and many girls from large families also begged Mrs. Wang to enter the women's school." Luo Wenqian explained.
"If you want to go, I can tell Lord Wang......"
"No, no." Chen Xiuyan couldn't wait to wave her hand and refuse, joking, she is a person who has received education in the 21st century, and when she came to ancient times, would she let herself learn a female precept, what a loss.
"Miss Chen—"
Luo Wenqian and Chen Xiuyan looked at the same time, and the person who came was the Yan shopkeeper of Renjitang, followed by a junior apprentice holding a wooden box.
"Strict shopkeeper." Chen Xiuyan immediately smelled the ginseng in the wooden box, needless to say, it must be the one he sold to Renjitang, and an idea also appeared in his mind.
"Shopkeeper Yan is here to give ginseng to Mrs. Wang?" Chen Xiuyan said with a smile, "I don't know if I can act as the medicine boy of Yan's shopkeeper today." ”
Shopkeeper Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and his face crossed with hesitation.
Chen Xiuyan walked in and whispered, "To be honest, I still know some medical skills, if Mrs. Wang can get better today, and the strict shopkeeper is the first credit, Lord Wang is a good official who is very filial." ”
Chen Xiuyan's words suddenly stabbed the itch of the shopkeeper Yan, if Mrs. Wang could be cured by Renjitang, she would be different, how could she have the right to choose where to be the shopkeeper.
"Miss Chen is talented, and today I will trouble the girl to follow me into the palace." The shopkeeper Yan made a decision immediately.
Luo Wenqian looked at Chen Xiuyan, who was smiling happily, chatting happily, and completely ignoring himself, laughed angrily, stuck out his tongue against the back molars, and was about to step forward, but what he saw was that Chen Xiuyan and Renjitang left quickly and entered the gate of the palace.
I was really.