After reciting this poem, Queen Yang was very happy, although she saw to everyone that it was the seventeenth princess that Zhixin was secretly prompting, but she didn't break it, because it would be faceless to everyone, including herself.

"Good." Empress Yang nodded and said, "Can you still recite another song?" ”

"I ......" The seventeenth princess turned her head to look at Zhixin, who nodded and winked at her, signaling that it was okay. Receiving Zhixin's encouragement, she became more courageous, "Yes, of course I can." ”

Empress Yang said happily: "Okay, since you can, let's do another song." ”

Zhixin thought of a few poems about "mulberry", but the content was full of grief and sorrow, which was obviously inappropriate for such a good ceremony today, and finally she chose a poem, which she and Shu Yan had recited while picking mulberry when they were children, and it was to describe the happy scene of young women picking mulberry. The two people at that time, as written in the poem, were "idle and carefree". But who would have thought ......

No matter how sincere the oath is and how sincere the feelings are, they cannot resist the arrangement of God.

The seventeenth princess rolled her eyes on the surface, pretending to be thinking, but in fact, her ears stretched out to Zhixin, waiting intently to listen to Zhixin's reminder. The seventeenth princess is also very smart, and as soon as Zhixin reminds her, she remembers it.

"Between ten acres, the mulberry is idle, and the line and the son are still young. Ten acres away, the mulberry is venting, and the line and the son are gone. ”

Empress Yang was overjoyed when she heard this, and ordered a banquet to be set up for everyone to feast and drink, and gave silk to all those who participated in the silkworm ceremony, and another reward for the seventeenth princess.

Biyu went out for a day and came home to see her father and mother talking. He knew that his mother was also going to participate in the Silkworm Ceremony today, and of course his parents were very excited to participate in such a high-level ceremony. Biyu heard what they mentioned in their conversation outside the door: Caisang, Taigao, princess, "Book of Songs", etc., as if there were still some words such as "propose, never grow up if you don't get married". When they saw him come back, they were all smiling. Biyu greeted his parents first, and then sat on a lonely couch by himself, thinking about his own thoughts: How can it be so coincidental, some time ago, my father also mentioned the girl of the Shi family, but I didn't expect that I actually met it today, if I can really marry that girl, I am naturally willing. If you want to, you have to ask your father to propose marriage, but this kind of thing, even as a boy, is not easy to say......

"Dear, what are you thinking with your head down?" Shi Hui put away his smile and asked.

"I ......"

"What are you? Sure enough, as your mother said, you will never grow up without marriage. Your mother followed Empress Yang to participate in the Silkworm Ceremony today, such a glorious event, you didn't inquire or ask, and you didn't even greet your mother if she was tired! ”

"Forget it, don't be embarrassed for him, let's tell him about the proposal." Mrs. Wang smiled happily.

"Propose? To whom to propose? ”

"Nonsense, of course it's for you."

"I don't want it."

"Bastard, do you dare not! Every time I propose marriage to you, you object, what can your two handmaids be, they are just slaves like cattle and horses! You don't seek to be motivated in your career, do you still want to cut off the ancestral incense? ”

"Don't get angry." Seeing that her husband was angry, Mrs. Wang hurriedly persuaded, "De'er, you are not young anymore, how are you in your career, my mother doesn't care, but when it comes to marriage, you should be in a hurry." Although your father has several concubines, and you also have two brothers, they are all concubines after all, you are the concubine of the Shi family, and you will be in charge of the entire property of the Shi family in the future, so your task is to start a family first, and it is serious for you to let Ah Weng and I hold your grandson as soon as possible. ”

"Mother, I don't disagree this time, I want to choose myself."

"What's more nonsense, marriage matters, parents' orders and concubines' words, how can you make your own decisions, can you learn the "Book of Rites" in vain?"

"She's a first-class person."

"The girl I told you is a first-class person, what I saw at the silkworm ceremony today, not only is she beautiful, but also gentle and generous, the most commendable, that girl is both good and popular, and proficient in poetry and books, such a woman is worthy of you, don't you like it?"

Biyu only thought about the fairy girl he met on the road, and he didn't care about what his mother said about other women.

"Whether you agree or not, let me tell you directly, this woman is the daughter of Shi Chong that your father once talked about."

……

Coincidental, really coincidence. Just now, Biyu was in a dilemma - how to ask his father to propose to the Shi family and how to deal with the beating and scolding after refusing his parents' forced marriage, and now they are all solved.

Biyu coincides with her parents, which surprises the Shihui couple. Although the son agrees, it still needs a matchmaker. Who will be the matchmaker? Shi Hui and his wife didn't think about it for a while, but Biyu already had a suitable candidate, his two friends - Xiahoumen and Xun Bao. Biyu knew that they had a relationship with the Shi family, so they went to the door to beg, and the two of them heard that it was such a good thing as felling, so they expressed their willingness to serve.

chose an auspicious day, and the two were entrusted by the Shi family to come to the Shi family with gifts. Xiahoumen is very familiar with Shifu, although Shifu is big, although Shijiamen is strict, he can't be difficult at all, and he leads Xun Bao into the mansion quickly. Xiahoumen and Shi Dagongzi are close to each other, so the two of them call Shi Chong and his wife uncles and aunts. After the two of them finished saluting, Shi Chong invited them to sit on the couch. Shi Mu is already about fifty years old, so she naturally doesn't have to shy away from young male guests.

After a few words of greeting, Xiahoumen cut to the chase. When Shi Chong and his wife heard that they were proposing marriage to their daughter, they were both happy and worried. Someone proposes marriage, which is naturally a happy event, how can you be worried? It turns out that Zhixin is also like Biyu, as long as someone proposes marriage, she is disgusted, and if Mrs. Shi says a few more words, she will turn her face and even skip meals all day. This can make Mrs. Shi worried, such a flower-like daughter, she is already twenty-one years old, and she has not yet married, which is really worrying. But she can't say too deeply, after all, her daughter is not her own, and she is afraid that her daughter will be too careful.

In the past two days, the number of matchmakers who have come to propose marriage has increased sharply. At the silkworm ceremony the day before yesterday, Zhixin's appearance, demeanor, and knowledge amazed the people present. Those who participated in the ceremony of the silkworm were all noblewomen with status. Many of them fell in love with this girl from the Shi family. Yesterday, there were already two matchmakers in Shifu, but they were rejected by Zhixin as always. And this time......

Mrs. secretly gave Shi Chong a look, Shi Chong understood, and said: "Marriage matters, although the parents are in charge, but it is better to inform the daughter first, the two virtuous nephews will wait, we will go back." ”

Shi Chong followed his wife out of the door, walked to a study at the back, and ordered someone to go to the peony garden to invite Zhixin over.

"The son of the Shi family, the husband must know him, what is his character?" Mrs. Shi said to her husband.

"The title of the son of the Shi family is called Biyu, which is the meaning of "Bide Yuyu", not to mention the appearance, there is also a romantic temperament, which is the state of the son of the family today. ”

"That's a perfect match for my daughter!" Old Madam Shi was happy to hear this, and asked again, "How is his family background?" In officialdom, are you on the sidelines? ”

"Although his family is not as prominent as my Shi family, he is also a family of gate valves. As for which side their father and son belong to, it is not very clear, the son of the Shi family has just entered the officialdom and has no political inclination, and his father is more cautious in handling things, but they are definitely not from the Shangshu department, and they should also be the prince's party. ”

"That's great, people look like a match, their family background is matched, and their position is also matched, where can I find such a match? Behold, this family business is thus decided. ”

"It's decided? Can you afford your daughter's home? ”

"Why not? Since ancient times, who has not been told by their parents? How can a child assert his own marriage? Don't look at your daughter's disagreement and disagreement, she just can't erase this layer of shyness, how can any woman be too old to want to marry? Having said that, she would naturally agree. ”

"What if you can't open it?"

"Can't say it? Hmph, as long as we agree to others and accept the dowry from others, I'm afraid we won't be able to help her. ”

Shi Chong never cared much about Zhixin's affairs, he let his wife enlighten Zhixin, and went back to the living room to accompany the guests.

After a while, Zhixin came, pushed the door in, and gave her mother a salute, she had already guessed what her mother called her to come, so Shimu asked her to sit, but she didn't sit.

Old Madam Shi was not reluctant, and said with a smile: "Daughter, you are not too young......

"Mother, if you talk about proposing, your daughter will retire." Zhixin said and turned around to leave.

"Wait, listen to Grandma's words." Old Madam Shi hurriedly stopped her and earnestly persuaded, "It is natural for men to marry and women to marry, and there is nothing to be ashamed of." Nowadays, girls are older than seventeen, you know. If you weren't in my house, you would have been dragged by the government to match people. Just imagine, it really comes to that point, the government doesn't care about the beautiful and ugly, old, young, poor and rich of the husband's family, and you will marry whoever you meet. And the Lang Jun I chose for you today is not only talented and beautiful, graceful, born in a wealthy family, with countless family fortunes, but also born in the same year, the same month and the same day as you, you are both destined and matched, and it is also in line with one of the mate selection conditions you proposed......"

"What are the terms of my choice?"

"Yes, you forgot, didn't you say that you are only looking for Ruyin when you look for a husband? This person's hometown is your Ruyin, of course, his family is now settled in Luoyang, and he won't return to Ruyin, otherwise I can't bear to marry you so far. His father and your father are both free riders in the court, and the relationship is good, and his house is close to our house, and my mother can send someone to pick you up immediately if she misses you. You want to be back in an instant, what else do you have to say? ”

"I ......" Zhixin had nothing to say for a while, because she did say that either she didn't marry, or she would marry someone from Ruyin's hometown, but what she said about marrying someone from her hometown was completely specific to Shu Yan alone. She knew that there was no hope, and it was all casually said to deal with Mrs. Shi's forced marriage. However, as soon as she heard that it was from Ruyin, she knew that it would not be Shu Yan, but she still couldn't help asking: "Who is Ruyin?" ”

"It's the one I mentioned to you last time, your No. 1 wealthy family in Ruyin-the Shi family."

"It's Shide again!" Zhixin was secretly shocked in her heart: Could it be that the two of us had any debts in our previous lives, or is this world too small? Why did I go through such a big change and come to Luoyang, thousands of miles away, and still can't get rid of him? I know his details, his father was an official in the court, and he seems to have done something, but does he know my true identity? His family came here to ask for marriage, was it for Han Zhixin or Shi Zhixin? Zhixin didn't know what Biyu thought, but she only believed in one belief, except for Brother Yan, no one would marry!

"I don't agree."

"You don't agree? Daughter, you don't want such a suitable husband, what kind of husband do you want to find? Let me tell you the truth, it's best if you agree today, and it's up to you if you don't agree, now the matchmaker of the Shi family is in the living room, waiting to listen to it, you just wait to be the young lady of the Shi family. After Shi Mu finished speaking, she flicked her sleeves and walked out.

Hearing the words "Young Lady of the Shi Family", Zhixin was ashamed and angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Mrs. Shi, crying: "Mother, how can you be like this? Mother, you can't go. ”

Shi Mu saw that Zhixin was stopping herself, so she ordered the maidservants to pull her aside, Zhixin saw this, and simply hugged the old lady and didn't let go, no matter how she scolded and how the maidservants persuaded her, she just wouldn't let go. Zhixin cried and made trouble, although Mrs. Shi was also very distressed, but she did not shake her position at all, she thought: long pain is better than short pain, in short, there has to be such a time, if you are not ruthless today, you will never be able to solve this problem.

The mother and daughter are in such a stalemate.

At this difficult time, I suddenly saw the person at the door hurriedly running and reported: "There is someone from the palace, I want to see the prince of my family." ”