Yu Maozhong obviously didn't do it, Aunt Ding was a little worried, Lirou was silent, a girl like them could only wait for her father and mother to be the master, and she couldn't ask about the rest of the marriage, and her father couldn't tell her this.

At this time, the news of Lizhen's marriage came, shocking everyone.

Lishu was also very surprised: "What's going on, did Lizhen say that she let Cen Shi go?" ”

Xiao Fu nodded: "This marriage is still the matchmaker of the East Palace, your eldest uncle is now promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, I heard that the East Palace doesn't know where to know that Cen Shizi came to ask for marriage, so he told your fifth sister to Cen Shizi." Your aunt is very happy, when we came back a few days ago, she was still complaining to me that there was no way, and I couldn't find a good son in Kyoto, and now I got what I wanted. ”

The words "get what you want" made Lishu feel funny.

"The thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, and the East Palace is also Xiaojun, so how can the uncle and the eldest uncle be dissatisfied?" Thinking of this, Lishu also thought that if the emperor gave her a marriage, she and Zheng Hao would not be able to resist, but they didn't feel that they would retaliate against anyone.

"No, your aunt is really happy, why did she choose her son-in-law for the past few years? As Lizhen, it is easy to choose a son of an official eunuch. But their mother and daughter have always been looking for someone who can match Zheng Hao's identity, the man is young and famous, and he is also from a family, the prime minister, where do you say they are looking? This Cen Shifang is not very suitable for our family, but he is the same martial artist as your uncle, and he is the son of the Hou Mansion, so of course your aunt is very happy. Xiao Fu said his meaning.

Lishu felt very strange: "That Cen Shifang wanted to marry the fourth sister before, but ended up marrying the fifth sister, how embarrassing would it be to meet at that time?" ”

Xiao Fu laughed at himself: "I can't be embarrassed, you little girl." Besides, it's just a peace talk, and the matchmaker didn't even invite it, so there's nothing embarrassing about it. ”

"Yes." Lishu thinks Lizhen is she willing?

Of course Lizhen was unwilling, she cried: "That Cen Shi let me hear, Gu Xue'e died less than a year after marrying her, her cousin went home as a widow again, and there are concubines and concubines, does her daughter want to marry?" ”

"You just see this, why don't you see the side. He is the prince of the Hou Mansion, and he is young and the governor, and he is higher than your father's official position. Gu Xue'e didn't die, that was because her Gu family was defeated, and Gu Xue'e herself was useless. If it's really not good, your grandfather still wants to marry the four girls to the Cen family, but your uncle is pedantic and noble, of course, he also has his calculations, he is a Wenchen, and marrying the Xungui family will damage his reputation. Mrs. Xu slowly persuaded her daughter.

Lizhen sneered: "Four girls are a concubine, can she be a marquise?" It's really a big laugh. Cen Shifang came to see the reputation of our Liu family, and she was ranked in front of me, so people didn't pick. ”

When Mrs. Xu saw that her daughter stopped crying, she knew that this trick worked: "It's good that you understand this truth, the most important thing is to be affordable." In the future, you will be a marquise, and even if Lishu's one wins the jinshi, he will only be a petty official of seven or eight grades, and he will have to give you a salute. What's so bad about that? What's more, I've also seen Cen Shifang, he is finally a talent, and when he is older, he will hurt people even more. You see that Zheng Hao, who Lishu is going to marry, isn't she also ten years older than her? ”

Hearing that she could be a head taller than the sisters, Lizhen was overjoyed in her heart, but she was a little unconfident: "Mother, you said that this is a marriage from the East Palace, but Cen Shi is willing to let herself go?" Actually, I know that if it were Lishu and Lirou, they would be good-looking, and they would please me better than me, but I would be inferior to them. ”

"Look at what you stupid boy said, since ancient times, it has been the marriage of two families. You don't want to be petty, if I give birth to a son in my early years, I would like to take a concubine for your father, and if I give birth to a child, I will die, I have a cousin who just doesn't want to suffer from childbirth and become a monk, and her mother prepared a degree. If you let the concubine serve the life, you will find a few more substitutes for the dead ghosts, and the concubine will not be able to straighten it out. So, what are you worried about, you see that your second aunt is a concubine in the end, she is shallow, and she only knows how to fight for the wind and be jealous. Mother prepared a few beautiful girls for you, their deeds of sale are in your hands, for you to envelop your husband, if you are disobedient, the hind feet will fall. "Mrs. Xu is Yin Yin's advice.

Having said that, Lizhen is a little uncomfortable, who in the world wants to share her husband with others?

Even if it was a mother, seeing that Aunt Hu gave birth to two sons in a row, and Aunt Zhou also gave birth to a daughter, she didn't hurry up to open Xi'er and Pan'er, but this year, there was no good news from the family.

But every time my father went to another woman, she always looked very lonely.

Will my mother treat Aunt Hu, Aunt Zhou, and even the children of others as her own children? Obviously not, when she gets married, her mother will marry her all the money in the family, and will not leave a little bit to the children born to those concubines, and naturally she will say that "high marriage is to bring enough dowry".

Lizhen slowly accepted it, but Cen Shifang was very depressed, he finally came back, as soon as he came back, the East Palace heard that Liu Chengzong was promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei, and the commander of Jinyiwei was the commander of Jinyiwei, and he was the supreme commander of Jinyiwei, and he directly obeyed the emperor's orders.

He can't resist if he wants to, after all, no matter how strong you are, you can't be stronger than a word from Donggong.

"Yes, Wechen obeys." If it's like the third child of the Geng family, you can still calculate, but if you dare to calculate Jinyiwei, I'm afraid you don't know how to die.

What an official said in his dreams at home, Jin Yiwei may have recorded it, not to mention the daughter of someone who is a calculating person. Cen Shifang had no choice but to comfort himself that Lirou could write a good hand, and maybe the fifth girl was not bad.

As Lizhen's marriage gradually became clearer, after Lirou knew about it, she would not be sour, but she was always a little melancholy. Cen Shifang is indeed not a good person, but he is the first person who attaches great importance to her.

Mrs. Xu quickly urged Liu Chengxu to help Lirou settle down quickly, Liu Chengxu couldn't help but discuss with Xiao Fu, and Xiao Fu said: "Originally, she was raised under the old lady's knees, I shouldn't say anything, not to mention that I just came back, but the big girl came back to the door and told me about a family matter." ”

"Who is it?" Liu Chengxu asked.

Xiao Fu said: "It's Wu Qing, the transfer envoy of Jingxi, I heard that he was born in the Wu family in Zhangpu, can the minister know?" ”

Liu Chengxu smiled: "How can I not know that the former Guozi Priest Wine is Wu Dacao's brother." It is said that the girls of their family are specially married to the prime minister's family, how can they think of marrying us? ”

"The big girl said that Lirou went to Song's house to play last time, and she was taken in, I thought you had an arrangement, but Lijia was embarrassed to say it, and now she will come to the door." Xiao Fu thinks that the big girl is not a nosy, nor is she a person who likes to help others, most of them are taking Lirou as a favor.

But what her daughter said yesterday was clear, she should not get involved in Lirou's marriage, otherwise she will definitely settle the account on her if she has a bad life in the future. Xiao Fu obediently didn't say anything.

Mrs. Liu urged her son: "Your nephew has vetoed it, you can't look down on the Cen family, the Yu family is like that, and now it's easy for the Wu family to be good, so why can't it be delayed?" ”

In this way, Liu Chengxu had no choice but to call his eldest son-in-law over and ask, and Song Mingji said like this: "Lord Wu is now a transfer envoy, and his family is very wealthy, and his official reputation is also very good. This time he said that he was the third child of their family, Wu Xuanhe, who was studying in Guozijian, their Wu family was the most poetic, book, and musical, and the young ladies in the family also started a poetry club, and the fourth aunt married into such a family, wouldn't it be very good? ”

Liu Chengxu saw Wu Xuanhe again, and saw that although he was a little thinner, he talked elegantly, and Mrs. Liu and Changfang urged him in every way, as well as Lijia and Song Mingji, and the marriage was quickly decided.

The two sides exchanged Geng posts, and the text was determined.

Lishu also knew that there were strange things about this marriage, and there were no big weirdness, but there must be some problems. Lijia is probably just taking Lirou as a favor, and she definitely doesn't really worry about it.

Of course, Mrs. Xu is responsible for running the paper, and now Mrs. Xu is the housekeeper, but Xiao Fu has also gone to the Wu family several times as his mother-in-law.

When she came back, she told Lishu: "Of the three sons of the Wu family, none of them have taken the imperial examination, so naturally people like us can do it even if they don't have the imperial examination." Yes, this Mrs. Wu is still a sister with your mother-in-law, and Mrs. Zheng said that she has been smart and clever since she was a child, can write poetry and writing, and is determined not to marry a dragon among people. This Lord Wu has died for two terms in front of her, she took a fancy to Lord Wu at a glance, so she married, she married and gave birth to three sons and four daughters, Lord Wu is an official, and it is still very good. ”

Hearing this, Lishu also felt that there was no problem, at most, this Mrs. Wu was very assertive.

But I saw Xiao Fu's voice turn: "This is what I quietly asked someone to inquire about, saying that Mrs. Wu's eldest son was originally her niece, and this daughter was not willing to marry back then, after Mrs. Wu knew about it, she looked down on her eldest daughter-in-law very much, and she also let out that she would not let her eldest daughter-in-law enter the Wu family cemetery in the future, and her eldest daughter-in-law was not easy to mess with, and imitated her mother-in-law's words and deeds in private, and it was said that Mrs. Wu also wanted people to divorce her." Of course, if it weren't for your aunt, I wouldn't know very well. Her second daughter-in-law, Gao's father, is both a celebrity and the daughter of a household servant, this woman is good at poetry and writing, and wrote a poem last year, in which she said that she was as thin as a lie, and was displeased by the east wind. ”

The east wind is evil, that is to say, the mother-in-law is hateful!

This Mrs. Wu seems to be not only assertive, but also very strong, Lishu thought, such a mother-in-law will be very hard to be a daughter-in-law.

If Lirou marries Cen Shifang, Cen Shifang marries his stepwife in the end, his cousin has already turned off the fire, he can be the master himself, and then Guangyang Hou seems to be in poor health, Lirou raised her eyebrows not long after she got married. Of course, Gu Xue'e, who Cen Shi let go, died inexplicably, and she was not a lover.

These two marriages don't seem to be very good, Lizhen's temper is rude and mean, and she has no scheming, and Lirou has always had to bow down and be small.

"Mother, will you tell your father about this?" She asked.

Xiao Fu smiled: "It's not a big deal, if it's gambling like Yu Maozhong, or if it's really misbehaving and committing a traitor, I will naturally say it." But this kind of mother-in-law is fierce, and there are many sisters-in-law, how to say this kind of thing? Who's not worried. You see that there are also four girls in our second room, so it's hard to make it difficult for others to be afraid of having too many sisters-in-law. ”

There is no way to say that she is selfish, but Lishu feels that her mother is really good.

But who is she to blame for the things in her previous life? Can you count on the kindness of others to you? Although there are many good people in this world, there are more people who are indifferent and stand by, and no one will put themselves in your shoes.

Aunt Ding and Lirou naturally didn't know this, and Aunt Ding also said: "The eldest girl is good with you, it's right that she introduced you." In Aunt Ding's opinion, the transshipment envoy is specially responsible for salt and iron, and there must be a lot of money at home.

She has also seen the third son of the Wu family, and he has a rich and noble atmosphere, although he looks like he has some style in the ya, but he has a famous demeanor, which is better than the previous ones.

Lirou passed by unexpectedly in the corridor, glanced at Wu Sangongzi, and saw that his eyes were amazing, and she also blushed slightly.

The mother and daughter sympathized with Lizhen, and Lirou said: "I once heard Sister Gu say that the women raised in the room at Cen Shi are all beautiful as flowers, Cen Shizi is a prodigal person, and his temper is not good, and the fifth sister has always been intolerant, and the two of them are afraid that they are needle-to-needle." ”

"What's the matter with her, Gu Xue'e has a peaceful temperament and a beautiful appearance, but she can't hold people, let alone her? If you marry yours, you don't have to raise children for nothing. "Aunt Ding is sure that her daughter almost married Cen Shifang and became Mrs. Hou, but when she thinks about it, Cen Shifang is a bastard, although she has some achievements now, who knows how many grievances her daughter will suffer when she marries, and what kind of cousin can be widowed again.

Guangyang Hou heard that he was sick, and he also took back his illegitimate child, who was only about fifteen years old, and he was already a Xiucai, and he had been fostered in his uncle's house. Before, the Marquis of Guangyang was afraid of his wife and did not dare to take him back, but now he probably remembered him when he was sick and recognized him in person.

is so complicated, Aunt Ding thinks that it is better for her daughter to marry the Wu family.

Lijia was a little uneasy, she waited for an opportunity to move on this marriage, and calculated her father's trust in her. Because Lord Wu was the transfer envoy, his father-in-law happened to have a matter that was settled by him, so he exchanged the matter of marrying his sister, which made Lijia appreciated by her father-in-law, and her mother-in-law looked much better.

Of course, Lijia also thinks that the Wu family is very good, Wu Xuanhe is a prisoner of the country, and Lord Wu has been transferred to several terms, which can be said to be extremely rich and noble.

Although Mrs. Wu has a big temper, Keli is more docile and may be more suitable.

This Wu family is always better than the Yu family that her father said, and it is also better than the third cousin of her aunt's family.

Zheng family

After Zheng Hao came back from the Thanksgiving Temple, he went out to play a few games, but he still didn't dare to ignore it.

Zheng Hao saw that Mrs. Zheng was a little tired, so he couldn't help but sit down and care: "Mother, are you feeling unwell?" ”

"It's just a little tired, it's also an old disease, and it's not in the way. Yes, your father-in-law has been back for more than a month, their family has been busy before, I met Mrs. Liu a few days ago, she is talking about the Mid-Autumn Festival, her second daughter is going to get married again, and things are all together. Speaking of which, Mrs. Zheng glanced at Zheng Hao.

Zheng Hao heard Lishu's name and listened patiently.

Mrs. Zheng smiled: "Lishu sent me a box of ghee abalone snails, saying that she made it herself. I'm too old to refrain from restraint, so I'll give it to you. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Hao saw that there was gold dust sprinkled on the table, which was very tempting, but she didn't expect that she did it.

But Zheng Hao was embarrassed: "Only I don't like sweets......"

"Since you don't like it, give it to Qing'er." Mrs. Zheng is not used to her son's duplicity.

Zheng Hao said awkwardly: "This is what she gave to you, if you give it to Brother Qing, wouldn't it be to live up to her good intentions?" ”

Mrs. Zheng snickered: "In this case, let's give it to you, if you don't like to give it away." ”

Zheng Hao said: "If it is given to someone else, I am afraid that she will cry." After saying that, I didn't know what to think of, but I actually smiled.

Mrs. Zheng said with a straight face: "Seriously, at the beginning, we agreed to this family affair only because of your Uncle Liu's face, your Uncle Liu and your father are very good, they are enthusiastic and upright, their official reputation is excellent, and they are quite capable, and their daughter will definitely not be bad." But I think this Lishu looks rare in the world, but she has never been high and humble for her appearance, and she is a wonderful girl. Her mother is also a woman with a blue heart, and she teaches her very well, whether it is the housekeeper director, the needle girl red, the cook to make tea, or anything. You have to treat her well, such a good woman, I'm afraid I don't have it all over Kyoto. ”

"My son knows." Zheng Hao also replied seriously.

That little girl back then, I don't know what happened after three years?

Therefore, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zheng Hao personally came to the door to send the festival gift, Xiao Fu was talking about housework with Mrs. Xu, and now the son of the long house has it, Mrs. Xu feels that her daughter has a good family affair, but it has also returned to its original appearance, and Xiao Fu is because Liwan is in the second room, and the Zeng family comes to ask for someone, so naturally they have to do the marriage, and they have to prepare in advance.

Lishu took Liwan and Sister Lirou to help copy the gift list, but in the past few years, Lishu's words have been written better and better, Lirou is a little ashamed of herself, Lishu glanced at Lirou's words, and couldn't help but shake her head, there is no wind at all.

"The third sister's handwriting is getting better and better, especially the words written by Mrs. Wei can be fake." Lirou also touched her head, feeling embarrassed.

Lishu smiled: "That's all I do, I'm not as good as you in terms of meticulousness, and I'm not as good as my fifth sister in terms of decisiveness." ”

"The third sister is also too modest." Lirou now that the family affairs have been decided, she seems to have relieved a lot of Xiao Fu and Lishu, no matter what, they have never harmed themselves, as for the things that were not dealt with when they were children, they seem to have disappeared.

As my grandmother told her, it's normal for sisters to have quarrels at home, but when they come outside, they have to support each other. A little fight at home, and a family when you close the door and go outside.

At this time, the outside said: "The eldest prince Zheng personally sent the festival gift, and the eldest master and the second master are not at home, how can it be good?" ”

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Just let him in, there is no one else here, they are all their own family." ”

Lishu also smiled shyly, and from time to time saw a young man appear at the door, and when he crossed the threshold, he lifted the hem of his clothes slightly, and saluted like a ceremony. Xiao Xiao is solemn, hearty and clear, long and jade, and handsome.

Mrs. Liu looked over, and couldn't help but be impressed by her appearance and bearing: "Hurry up, please get up, I saw your mother a few days ago, how is she?" ”

Zheng Hao hurriedly said respectfully: "Thank you for the old lady's concern, my mother's health is fine, because of the old illness, it is inconvenient to come, so I specially let the younger generation come." When passing by the north and south goods stores, I heard that the new goods were on the way, and it was reported that the old lady you have always liked sugar crispy plums, so I bought some of them. ”

"Yo, my wife is usually poor-mouthed, but some people are worried." Mrs. Liu was in a good mood.

Zheng Hao also laughed.

Mrs. Xu and Xiao Fu both asked Zheng Hao how he was reading, and he answered them one by one, neither hurrying, nor deliberately pretending, and he was very patient.

Mrs. Liu wanted to keep the meal as soon as she was happy, and Xiao Fu intended to let her daughter show her hand, so she said: "Three girls, you go to the kitchen to make arrangements." ”

"Yes, mother." Lishu said in her heart, good you Zheng Hao, you haven't looked at me for so long after entering the door, you can really bear it. She also intends to show her hand.

But what to do, in a blink of an eye, she has an arrangement, August is still hot, it is best to make some elegant flowers, Tulip porridge is very good, it just so happens that her yard planted Tutu bloomed just right, she once did it, it is very fragrant.

After Lishu left, Wu Xuanhe also came to the door, their Wu family was very formal to the Liu family, Wu Xuanhe and Zheng Hao were still very familiar, and the two were a little related.

On weekdays, although Wu Xuanhe is not publicized in the country, there is a vague sense of arrogance, which is naturally due to his identity. His grandfather used to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, his uncle was the former son of the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, and later served as the head of the household department and died, and his father was seventeen years old in the Jinshi, and now he is less than forty and has been appointed as a transfer envoy twice.

But it's a pity that none of the uncle's six sons have been promoted, and the same is true of their family.

Of course, his proud family background is not worth anything here in Zheng Hao, Xingyang Zheng's wealthy family for thousands of years, Zheng Hao's grandfather is the prime minister, although his father is not as good as his grandfather, but he is also on the rise, and when he comes here, he is even more young in the middle, Zheng Hao himself is the biggest hit now.

But both of them are children of official families, no matter what their temperament is on weekdays, they are very thoughtful at this time, and they all patiently accompany the ladies to talk.

Zheng Hao and the Zheng family attach great importance to Lishu, and the same is true of the Wu family, and the father-in-law is the imperial history of the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and the more the family pays attention to etiquette. Besides, Wu Xuanhe glanced at Lirou and saw that she was beautiful, and said in his heart that several of his sisters liked to write poetry, but the eldest sister was married, and the poetry club couldn't be opened.

Because according to Mrs. Zheng, the third girl of the Liu family is good at playing the guqin, and the sound of the piano is moving, so the fourth girl must also be outstanding.

Although Mrs. Xu was talking to them, she was a little anxious because she didn't see Cen Shi. The eldest aunt asked people to send a Boxing gift three days ago, and the Zeng family was inconvenient for Zeng Yunxi to come to the door because the wedding date was approaching, but the Boxing gift was very thick.

Only the Cen family seems to be doing things too according to the rules......

Lirou often served by Mrs. Liu's side, and was very familiar with Mrs. Xu's expression, and when she saw her like this, she knew what she thought.

Fortunately, Lishu came over at this time, and Lishu saw Wu Xuanhe for the first time, and nodded secretly when she saw him personable. When she was in Shandong, she often arranged her mother's banquets at home, but she was not afraid.

She herself is cooking porridge for everyone, the rest are prepared by the kitchen, first on the appetizer, now it is August, there are many melons and fruits, first on the pre-dinner eight dishes of melon and fruit, sugarcane, pomegranate, grapes, goose pear, golden peach, Persian dates, cherries.

There are also four dishes of cold dishes, eight plates of hot dishes, two portions of soup, and finally a porridge with rice, etc.

Mrs. Liu sat with her three granddaughters, Mrs. Xu and Xiao Fu were beside the dishes, and Zheng Hao and Wu Xuanhe were at a table. Lishu and the others are fine, anyway, at their own home. And Zheng Hao and Wu Xuanhe were a little uncomfortable, especially when the Liu family seemed to observe the two of them eating from time to time, and the two of them didn't dare to let go of eating, and they were still hairy.

But Zheng Hao finally drank up the porridge.

Such an elegant thing must have been made by Lishu, and somehow, he just knew. ：，n，