Chapter 424: Longevity Marquis Mansion
Ying Bao glanced at Wen Hengyin, who was standing not far away, turned to his younger brother and said, "It's not up to you and me to have the final say on this matter."
The master would not agree to his relationship with Wen Hengyin, because Wen Hengyin's grandfather was a physician, and the master did not want his magic pill to be used by the Wen family.
Besides, the master is no longer the master he used to be, he is now the emperor, and he also knows something about his magical abilities.
So she can marry a businessman with no background, or she can marry an official from a poor family, but she can't be involved with those nobles, including Zhong Chuyan and Zhou Hao, Zhang Min, etc.
The big families in the capital are even worse, including the four concubine families, those are all founding heroes, the family has a deep family background, and he, the county lord with magical abilities, is not the emperor's biological daughter, marrying any family, may be feared by the emperor.
For example, Zhong Chuyan is a descendant of General Zhong, he is in charge of hundreds of thousands of northwest troops, and a large number of generals follow, if he marries the Zhong family, it will inevitably arouse the emperor's vigilance.
Zhang Min's father is a Confucian, and he served as a Taishou in Jingzhou, and now he has returned to the capital, but he has not contacted his family once, thinking that Zhang Taishou is a cautious person, and before his son marries, he does not want to cause the emperor to look sideways.
Zhou Hao is even more impossible, he was named the county lord, and he became half of his daughter, and Zhou Hao is Zhou Wuchang's only nephew, and he was recently named the king of Hanshan County, so it is impossible for him to have anything to do with him.
Therefore, if Ying Bao wants to come and go, only Wei Zhan is the most suitable.
She is now in this position, and the marriage is no longer her own business, and if she is not careful, the entire Jiang family will suffer.
Jiang Jie was silent for a while, seemed to have figured it out, and said in a low voice, "Wei Zhan is not bad, sister, you can finally get married."
Sakuraho: .......
What are these words?
She glared at her younger brother and said to him, "If there is nothing to do on the third day of the Lunar New Year, invite Zhang Min's family and Zhou Hao and them to come to the house as guests, and invite the Luo family and the Wu family on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and invite your colleagues on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."
"I know." Jiang Jie already knows the sophistication of people, and the New Year's gift list prepared a year ago was drawn up by him personally, so he didn't need his sister's guidance at all.
Sakura Bao also reminded him, and then took a few palace maids home.
The next day, the decree of marriage did not come, and I don't know if the emperor was too busy and postponed the matter.
Chun Niang looked under the eaves excitedly for a long time, but she didn't see anyone from the palace, but she waited for the housekeeper of the Changshou Hou Mansion.
Mrs. Wang, the wife of the Marquis of Changshou, personally wrote an invitation, inviting Yingbao's mother and daughter to go to the Hou Mansion for a banquet on the fifth day of the first lunar month, saying that she was celebrating her 40th birthday.
Chun Niang couldn't make up her mind, so she came to her daughter: "Bao'er, the longevity marquis invites a banquet, shall we go?"
"Longevity Hou Xiao's family?" Sakura pondered for a moment, "Go."
Why not go? I just happened to get a closer look at the plot of the male and female protagonists.
She always felt that the calm in recent years was a sign before the storm.
Chunniang didn't really want to go, but if she didn't go, her daughter would go to the banquet alone, and she wouldn't worry.
"Our family has no dealings with the Changshou Hou family, and there is no gift list to refer to, what do you want to send to the past?" Chunniang asked.
Sakuraho: "Ask Mei Xiang about this." I don't know what to give as a gift.
Then called Mei Xiang, and under the guidance of the big palace maid, she picked a brocade birthday chart.
Now Sakura Bao is the county lord, and his rank is one level higher than that of the marquis, so the gift does not have to be very valuable, just mean it.
On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the steward of the Changshou Hou Mansion came to invite again.
It's etiquette, so Sakura didn't notice anything.
It was almost noon, she was dressed and boarded the carriage with her mother.
The four palace maids stood on both sides of the carriage and went to the Changshou Marquis Mansion together.
At this time, there were already many noblewomen and noblewomen in the Hou Mansion.
They are not of high rank, and they are not even promoted, and they all got up and saluted when they saw Sakura Bao coming.
Mrs. Hou Wang even greeted her, took Chunniang and Yingbao's hands, and placed them on the main seat.
Sakura Po glanced
Once again, among the people, none of these ladies are the emperor's concubines' family members, and it is estimated that those who are willing to come to the Xiao family are all former relatives and friends of the Xiao family.
Everyone greeted each other for a while, and they each said their own words, and Xiao Wang said to Ying Bao: "I have long wanted to visit the county lord and Jiang Anren, but our family has a special situation, so I didn't dare to disturb it."
"Alas, last time Chengyu came back, he clamored to go to your house, but he was punished by his second brother and didn't leave the door for a month. Today, when he heard that the county lord was invited to come, he couldn't have been happier."
Chun Niang smiled: "I said what's the matter, I said I was going to play, but I didn't come, I prepared their favorite juice that day."
"I'm sorry for your trouble." Xiao Wang sighed: "Now that the Hou Ye is inconvenient, Erlang has the final say in everything in the house, Chengyu is naughty, and often annoys his second brother, and it is common for him to be punished."
Chun Niang: "How can a child not be naughty, those two in my family are still naughty and mischievous."
The two chatted for a while, and Xiao Wang suddenly whispered: "The former son of the saint gave Da Lang and Erlang a marriage, and the wedding date is set for the twentieth day of the first month, so that Da Lang and Erlang can marry the newlyweds together."
Ying Bao blinked, looked at Xiao Wang, and listened quietly.
Xiao Wang's family: "Although the marriage is handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the house also has to prepare, Erlang actually asked Han Yueniang's mother and daughter who live in the house to tidy up his wedding room. Alas, I don't know what to think."
Chun Niang frowned: "What about Han Yueniang's husband? Why don't you take her back?"
"He was taken to the Kingdom of Jin by the barbarians." Xiao Wang said: "I don't know whether I live or die so far."
The barbarians plundered the first emperor's wife and a cadre of clan ministers to the Jin Kingdom, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come back.
So that Han Yueniang is no different from a widow, Erlang Xiao Chengjun is willing to let a widow clean up his new house, and not let his stepmother, who is Mrs. Hou, interfere, it is unbelievable to think about it.
At the same time, Xiao Wang's heart was congested, and he was also rotten.
It doesn't matter, when she wants to take care of the in this house.
This longevity mansion sounds very majestic, but it is actually a cage, not only are people sent by the emperor inside and outside to monitor every move, but even if you want to send a letter to your mother's family.
Fortunately, she knew the Jiang mother and daughter, who had just become upstarts in the capital, and she could still talk to them, so when she saw the mother and daughter, she couldn't help but say all the depression that had been held in her heart for a long time.
Ying Bao asked curiously, "Whose daughter did Xiao Mo and Xiao Chengjun decide?"
Xiao Wang: "One is the daughter of Zhang Fusi, whose father is an earl, and the other is a girl from the Song Sima family."
Although the official position of Zhangfu is not high, his family is an earl, hereditary replacement, and his daughter is allowed to Xiao Mo, which is not an insult to him.
Although Song Sima has a bit of real power, none of his sons are promising, but this only daughter is extremely beautiful, and she is more than enough for Xiao Chengjun.
Sakura was thoughtful.
Xiao Chengjun got married, so how should Chen Tiantian be placed?
She thought about it, and finally couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "Mrs. Hou, take the liberty of asking, is Chen Tiantian Xiao Chengjun's concubine?"