Chapter 104 Yuan Wenchun, Keep Going! [Thank You Readers for Your Support! Goodbye! ]

The couple lay on the couch, neither of them sleepy.

Xu Minghua looked for a topic and asked: "The children went to the Wu Building of the Liang family today, are they okay?"

Sun said: "Of course it's good. When Anmei comes back, her tail will be raised to the sky. I think your daughter is being praised so much that she can't find it. It's time to take care of her."

"Well, I have to ask Mrs. Wu to take care of Zai Zhang's marriage."

Mrs. Sun clicked her tongue.

Xu Minghua asked: "What's wrong?"

"Official, Uncle Yuan has done a good job in horse administration. That is what he should do. You also spoke for him in court. Why don't you send a letter to Yangzhou because you want to repay his favor?"

Xu Minghua pondered for a moment and said calmly:

"Not all officials will be so dedicated to rectifying the Tianwu Army."

Sun said: "Officer, after thinking about it for a while, I feel that you have gone astray. You entered the capital with meritorious service, won the favor of the Holy Family, spoke for Uncle Yuan in the court, kept your title and official position, and the favor was returned to Bianjing. It’s more than a thousand miles away from Yangzhou. What if the Sheng family doesn’t know about it? What if they let Hualan marry into the Yuan family?”

Xu Minghua said: "No way."

Sun said: "I think it would be better to send a letter to Yangzhou and let the cousin of the Sheng family make his own decision."

Xu Minghua continued in a melancholy tone: "The Kang family and the Sheng family in Bianjing are brothers-in-law, so we will send a letter later than them. I was recalling my father back then. My father also thought that the concubine of the Hou family married a young Jinshi. It’s also a good marriage.”

Mrs. Sun looked at her somewhat melancholy husband and knew that he was trying to avoid a rat and had learned the lesson from his elders.

Mrs. Sun recalled that her father-in-law was adopted into the Yongyi Hou Mansion.

Aunt Xu's father also didn't train his father-in-law like the noble son of the Hou family.

My father-in-law was originally a commoner in Daizhou. He cherished the love between husband and wife and never divorced his wife because of wealth. When Sun married her, his father-in-law treated her very well and never criticized or insulted her harshly.

But my mother-in-law suddenly gained a title and was enchanted by the wealth and extravagance of Bianjing. She was originally a kind woman, but because of being ridiculed by others and comparing herself to others, she turned into a mean, greedy, jealous lady.

Later, he blew the father-in-law's pillow wind and tried to use the concubine to steal the aunt's dowry property, which is why the quarrel became so tense.

Mrs. Sun also understood her husband and said: "Guard, I really can't stand it. Hua Lan has entered the den of tigers and wolves. It is the Sheng family who is embarrassed and laughed at. This is also a slap in the face of my aunt. I just joined the Xu family back then. At that time, I accepted my aunt's favor.

Xu Minghua said: "I think Uncle Yuan is a man of etiquette. I will remind him like this after I go to court."

Sun said: "In this way, the reputation of the Yuan family is gone, and Yuan Erlang is getting older. Unless he is the kind of shameless person who harms others around Bianjing, no one will marry their daughter into that pit of fire. . If Uncle Yuan thinks about this, he will not take the initiative to break off the engagement."

Xu Minghua said: "That's what Madam said."

Sun continued: "Also, if the Sheng family knew that there was something wrong with Hu Yanjiong, and cousin Sheng didn't write you a letter, and An'er was thrown into a pit of fire, what would you do?"

"I'm afraid the two families are going to break up again. Regarding the Yuan family, if we don't go to Xinsheng, my cousin and aunt will do us evil."

Sun looked at Xu Minghua's expression of understanding, and she knew that she had convinced her husband.

Xu Minghua nodded and said: "Madam is right, then just listen to Madam."

The couple lay down,

Speechless for a while

Suddenly,

Mrs. Sun heard Xu Minghua whisper: "Madam, why don't we send someone to Dengzhou to inquire about Hu Yanjiong?"

"Of course I listen to the officials."

On the second day,

Xu Zaijing was doing morning exercises and saw his father Xu Minghua leaving for the Tianwu Army early.

Later, a female envoy from Sun's courtyard came to the stable to harness the carriage. After Xu Zaijing asked, he found out that she was going to the delivery shop to send a letter, and the fastest delivery was done by foot.

After the exercise, I came to Sun's courtyard. It could be seen that Mrs. Sun had no worries and she was in a good mood.

Later, he called his daughter-in-law and unmarried children to the house for breakfast.

But looking at Xu Anmei, who is about to get married, but still has the heart of a child, she doesn't like it no matter how she looks at it.

"Xu Anmei, shut up the corners of your mouth. Is this how Mrs. Fan teaches you etiquette?" Mrs. Sun scolded.

"oh."

An Mei lowered her head and gave Xu Zaijing a look: 'What's wrong with you, you are so high-spirited? ’

Xu Anmei lowered her head and fed Li Nu a piece of meat.

Mrs. Xie also felt the majesty of her mother-in-law and did not dare to say anything. She glanced at her Xiao Wu.

Xu Zaijing received the signal from his sister-in-law and came to the rescue: "Mom, Auntie Bai's family is preparing things for Yangzhou. Do you want to help?"

When Sun heard this, her brows slightly raised and she said, "Of course I'm going."

After dinner, the daughter-in-law and daughter were ordered to leave by Mrs. Sun, leaving only Xu Zaijing.

"Jing'er, your sister-in-law is pregnant now, and I have to take care of her. Yangzhou has no choice but to let you go. There is something that I want to tell you in advance."

Xu Zaijing said: "Mother, please tell me."

"You know about the Yuan family's affairs. When you arrive in Yangzhou, if there is anything bad about your aunt's face, you have to help her."

"Mother, you have already sent a letter to Yangzhou. Wouldn't it be better to tell the Yuan family and let them break off the engagement on their own?"

"Logically speaking, after all, it is the Sheng family and the Yuan family that get married, and we are the Xu family. The good relationship between the two families needs to be divided between the two families, so we should not comment too much."

"Yes, as long as the elders of the Sheng family know about Bianjing, they will definitely reject the marriage."

Sun said: "When your father left the court yesterday, he had already made the relationship between the Kang family and the Sheng family clear. If it is reasonable, the Yuan family should report that Yuan Wenshao is ill and cancel the marriage."

"But I am also worried that the Yuan family will go to Yangzhou if they know that they can't find a better daughter-in-law."

"It's best if the Yuan family doesn't go! If they go, it will be the head of the Yuan family who is ignorant. Then."

As she said, Sun took out a note from her sleeve.

"Yes, mother."

She left Sun's yard.

Looking at the note in his hand,

Xu Zaijing thought to himself that Hualan should not enter the tiger's den of the Yuan family.

Returning to his own yard,

Xu Zaijing ordered:

"Qingcao, go find a good wooden box."

After a while,

Qingcao came over with a wooden box.

"Sir, this is the wooden box given by the queen, and it is empty! Is it okay?"

The one-foot-long purple-red smooth wooden box is inlaid with round gold piping, which is very delicate.

"Yes, this is it."

Putting the wooden box away, Xu Zaijing went to the stable.

Looking at the big-bellied horse,

Xu Zaijing then took the reins from Qingyun and said with high spirits: "Let's go to Gu's house."

Xu Zaijing's master shook his head at his apprentice, touched the dog under his feet and said to himself: "What's the matter that makes this kid so happy."

Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, riding a horse into the second gate of Gu's house,

I saw my sister who was putting things away with Nanny Chang in the inner courtyard.

"You can't help here, your brother-in-law is in the study, go."

Gu Tingyu was preparing for the Spring Examination in March, and rarely went out during the holidays.

"Brother Yu, did you plan for Aunt Bai to go to Yangzhou?"

Gu Tingyu raised his head and said, "Yes, I have to prepare for the palace examination after the Spring Examination. A few fewer people at home will definitely make my father happier."

Xu Zaijing said, "I think Brother Yu wants Marquis Gu to experience the loneliness of his old age."

Gu Tingyu said, "You kid. I feel more at ease with you on the road."

"Brother-in-law, don't worry."

Gu Tingyu nodded and said, "Go find Tingye, I still need to read a few more articles."

"Okay."

Time flies,

During the Lantern Festival, the city of Bianjing is a sea of ​​lights again.

In the evening, Hai Chaojie and Shen Herui invited the children of the Zhang family, Xu family, Zheng family, Liang family and other families to drink in Fanlou,

and watch the huge lanterns outside Xuande Gate at the same time.

This year, the lanterns in the palace are two giant dragons, with countless candles in the dragons.

There is a high platform between the two dragons. On the high platform, there is a huge wooden basin. There is a water truck to send water upward.

When the water is full, it will automatically tilt like a waterfall, which amazes the residents of Bianjing and many children in Fanlou.

This year, the Xu family did not bring their female relatives to see the lanterns, and Gu Tingyu only stayed at home with Pingmei and Bai.

In Fanlou, the guests and hosts were very happy, and later in the evening, everyone went home.

Xu Zaijing also told Anmei and his mother about the dragon lanterns at Xuande Gate.

After the Lantern Festival, the noble ladies and officials in Bianjing City were passing a poem in their hands,

Last year on the Lantern Festival, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day.

The moon was on the willow branches, hitting people after dusk.

This year on the Lantern Festival, the moon and the lanterns are still the same.

I don’t see the people from last year, laughing and covering the sleeves of spring clothes.

Some said that their brothers brought it from the poetry meeting,

and some said that they got it accidentally at the banquet, and there was no poet.

In the courtyard of the Hai family in Bianjing, Hai Chaoyun looked at the poem his brother brought back and quietly changed a few words with a pen.

Then he smiled and said, "That's just right."