A year has passed unconsciously in the Gu Mansion, and during this time, he has also returned home several times. Seeing that her mother was well taken care of at Zhu Fuzi's house, she also recuperated. Now I have started to spin and weave with my wife.

While thanking Zhu Fuzi, Li Zhongming sent Zhu Fuzi a lot of classics that he copied by himself, bought very good sewing and thread fabrics sold in the state city for his wife, brought back good paper and ink for his brother, and bought back the popular sugar and fruits in the state city for his sister. On Li's mother's side, Li Zhongming only brought back some delicious and fun items.

During the time at home, Zhu Fuzi was afraid that Li Zhongming would be slack in entering the Gu Mansion, and he also made a special assessment for him. After passing the exam, Zhu Fuzi was very happy to find that Li Zhongming had not abandoned his studies, but he still told him again and again.

And the senior brother Zhu Xu was already studying in the county school at this time, and he waited until his rest day to get together with Li Zhongming. In the few days that the two got together, the brothers and sisters exchanged knowledge with each other and told each other about their studies and living conditions.

After a hurried gathering, the day of return soon came, and Li Zhongming had to return to the state city to perform his duties.

There is a big happy event in this year's Gu Mansion, so the whole house has been preparing for this very early, it turns out that Gu Ronghua, the eldest girl in the mansion, is going to get married. I heard that I was going to marry into the noble family of the capital, the Wu family of Xincheng Bofu. Although the groom is not the son of the Hou family, he is also the son-in-law of the contemporary Xinchengbo.

In short, for the sake of this marriage, the rules of the Gu Mansion have also become stricter. Especially as the wedding date approaches, the Gu Mansion not only has a lot of affairs, but also has more guests to receive, and for the sake of the dignity and glory of the family, it is not allowed to make a single mistake.

The day of employment soon came, and the Gu Mansion was even busier, with lights everywhere. The people shuttled up and down, entertaining the guests who came and went. At this time, everything in the mansion is ready, just waiting for the people from the capital. However, at this time, the situation was worried, and the time that had been agreed with the hired personnel in the capital had been agreed, and the time of the next hire had also been discussed in advance.

But now that the time has come, there is still no one to be seen. The current situation made him have to pace back and forth in the inner room, and kept arranging for the little servants to inquire outside about the whereabouts of people from the capital. At the same time, people were also arranged to urge people from the capital to set off quickly and not to delay any longer

Finally, it was lively and lively, and a group of strangers dressed gorgeously, riding tall horses, walked in the direction of Gu Mansion with boxes of gifts. Such a magnificent group of people quickly attracted onlookers from the state city, all admiring the wealth and majesty of the people who came, and also sighing at the good fortune of the girl Ronghua of Gufu.

As the master of ceremonies sang harmoniously, people from the capital walked towards the gate of Gufu and walked towards the courtyard. The anxious couple who had been waiting for a long time, although their faces were not obvious, their bodies had already left their seats, and their feet hurriedly went outside to greet them.

Seeing people coming from the capital, my heart finally let go. For the marriage of his eldest girl, he is very concerned about the situation, and he is very satisfied. Although the Gu family has been a family of poetry and books for several generations, it is only three generations since they really relied on the imperial examination to achieve fame and fame.

Relying on his uncle's family and wife's family, coupled with the clear name left by the Gu family for nearly three generations and his own struggle, he can now marry with the noble family in the capital, which is a huge progress and a huge leap for the family. If there is an accident, it will not only hurt the development of the family, but also a huge blow to his official career.

Therefore, the biggest and most important task of the Gu family at the moment is to ensure the normal progress of the next employment, and everything else must be compromised for this.

This time, Wu Bofu was led by the husband and wife of Bofu to lead the groom, and from the perspective of specifications, he still valued Gu Fu very much. And the gifts brought are also extremely generous, which makes Gu Fu very decent.

The couple greeted the prince and his wife with joyful faces, and their eyes kept looking at the prospective son-in-law, and after the two sides saw each other, they saluted each other politely, and then talked to the hall together, and the other guests were also entertained by other people in the house.

The adults in the hall talked to each other, and the little master of the house also agreed to come to the front hall to inspect the appearance of the new aunt. Looking at the various treasures brought by the capital, the sons and girls in the house all felt that their eldest sister lived up to their trust.

And Li Zhongming also accompanied his own Lang Jun to the front yard, but he didn't go around, nor did he look around, just stood quietly by the side. If it weren't for Lingqing Langjun who had to pull himself, Li Zhongming wouldn't have planned to come to the front yard to join in the fun. After all, for such a big event, it's better to have less contact. Otherwise, if you get involved in right and wrong, your own little shrimp will be difficult to protect yourself. Moreover, my free time is very rare, and if I don't cherish it, it will be difficult to progress in my studies.

I was going to stay with Lingqing Langjun for a while, so I found a reason to leave.

However, things are always unpredictable. When Li Zhongming was about to get up and say goodbye to Lingqing Langjun to leave, he suddenly found that the crowd around Langjun suddenly became dense, and the people around him also surrounded him.

What happened, with doubts in his heart, Li Zhongming had to surround him. In the center of the crowd, I saw my own Lang Jun and a young man of about the same age confronting each other.

Silently walked to Lingqing Langjun's side, and by whispering to the crowd around him, he finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that the young man in the middle was the son-in-law of the prince and his wife, and he came to the Gu Mansion with the prince and his wife. He was supposed to be entertained in the inner hall, but impatient with the narrative and uninteresting conversations, he sneaked out of it.

While wandering outside this hall, he suddenly heard Ling Ze Langjun complaining that the Bofu was rude and deliberately delayed the time for hiring, which made everyone worried. This made the prince who was wandering around suddenly dissatisfied, but he still explained that it was just a momentary carelessness that caused something to happen, and it was not intentional.

However, this did not convince Lingzawa Langjun. As a result, the two sides became louder and louder, and the more noisy they became, the more fierce they became. In the end, both sides saw that neither could convince the other, and finally decided to decide with the elegant matter of the literati - throwing pots. He also said that if one side loses, he needs to apologize to the other party. In addition, the two sides made up a few more treasures with the final score difference, and Wu Fu lost a few more treasures to apologize. And if the Gu Mansion loses a few chips, how many treasures will be returned to show the loss.

Seeing that both sides were so angry, they all glared at each other angrily, which also made everyone dare not step forward to persuade them. So, a pot throwing competition officially began, limited to one stick of incense, taking turns throwing arrows.

Ling Ze Langjun volunteered to fight first, and Uncle Wu actively responded to the battle. The incense was lit, and Lingze Langjun asked Uncle Wu to vote first. And Uncle Wu was not polite, holding the arrow and throwing it. In one breath, the movements were very coherent and smooth, and the feather arrow lived up to expectations and entered the mouth of the pot. The first arrow, thrown, Uncle Wu, got two chips.

Next, Lingze Langjun also shot the spout of the pot neatly and won two points.

In this way, the two sides have come and gone, and there has begun to be an obvious difference in the battle situation, and the people around are gathering more and more, and Uncle Wu is already ahead.

Listening to the discussions of the people around him and looking at the big difference in the field, the pressure on Lingze Langjun was also increasing, making his forehead sweat profusely.

Gu Lingze insisted on playing against each other for a few rounds, but his performance was not very good. And Uncle Wu's state is getting better and better, and he is brilliant again and again, which makes the score difference even bigger, twenty-eight chips against eighteen chips, a difference of ten chips. At this time, most of the incense sticks have been burned.

With a bang, another feather arrow entered the center, which attracted the applause of the surrounding crowd, "Good, good, piercing ears, congratulations to Uncle Wu for winning the first prize and winning the fourth chip."

Listening to the cheers of the people around him, Gu Lingze's face turned pale, the sweat on his body had already soaked his back, and now the huge score difference was fourteen points, like a moat, and he couldn't catch up.

At this time, the news from the hospital has also reached the inner hall. When the couple who were talking and laughing with the prince and his wife also learned about the situation in the outer courtyard, hearing that the situation was so bad, not to mention how many treasures were hired by people from the capital, and now the gap of fourteen chips is to lose all the dowry gifts. In addition, the gift is only secondary, but such a bad situation will definitely make the Gu and Wu families bury a gap, how will their eldest girl really marry the Wu Mansion in the future?

Saying that, the two sides who were both concerned about the outcome of the hospital could no longer sit down. So, they looked for excuses for each other, and went out of the inner hall together to see the specific situation in the courtyard.