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Chapter 153

[Solemnly declare] This group of episodes is definitely not for the sake of making up the number of words, and it is definitely not used to make up for the lack of manuscripts.But because it is related to the plot before and after, it is an integral part.And there are many important foreshadowings, and it is impossible not to explain.

If it is not released at this time, the reader's understanding of the whole incident will not be comprehensive, and it will also affect the subsequent climax plots.

On the first day of April, there is a lot of traffic and horses in front of Yong'an Hou's Mansion on Ziyang Street, Beijing.

Today is his wife's birthday, and all relatives come to pay their respects.

The old Hou Ye Cen Angong has passed away for more than ten years, and only Mrs. Lu Shi is still alive.

The four sons of Lord Hou: Cen Zhou, Cen Tong, Cen Ran, and Cen Gang.

Cen Zhou was the eldest son of the concubine, so the title was inherited by the second master Cen.

It's just that this Second Master Cen is naturally unrestrained and doesn't like to be tied down by a false name.After only a few years of Xijue, he handed over the title to the third master Cengang, leaving only a vain job as a cavalry servant, traveling around with his only daughter, and not staying in the capital for many days in a year.

Because of Mrs. Tai's birthday, she came back a few days early.

This year's birthday banquet was more lively than in previous years, because the fourth master was transferred from Baizhou and returned to the capital.

Baizhou is more than 2000 miles away from the capital city. In the past, when Mrs. Tai celebrated her birthday, the fourth master would send people to Beijing to bring birthday presents. This year, the whole family came back, so it was naturally extraordinarily festive.

Finally, the birthday banquet was over and the guests were sent away. The Cen family members were all exhausted and went back to their respective rooms to rest.

When it was time for dinner, the girl in the old lady's room came to invite the second master.

"The old lady said, invite the second master to come over for dinner." The servant girl said.

"Did you invite Miss?" Cen Tong only had one daughter, and he loved her like a treasure, and would ask about every detail.

"The old lady just asked the second master to come over and discuss something." The maid was ordered not to ask the young lady to go over.

When Cen Tong heard it, he knew that his mother had something to say to him, and she wanted to avoid her daughter.

He sighed inwardly, stood up and went out.

Although he was nearly forty years old, Erye Cen was tall and straight, with a relaxed demeanor and no signs of aging.

Mrs. Lu celebrated her 62nd birthday today. She was wearing a Buddha-blue solid veil skirt jacket embroidered with floating clouds and bats, and a pear-brown pearl inlaid on her forehead to wipe her forehead.

Sitting on the Shoushan stone official hat chair, his brows were lowered, and his face revealed a bit of sternness.

A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was kneeling beside the pedals and beating her legs.

Cen Tong came in to greet his mother: "The old lady has seen many guests today, and she must be a little tired. The Poria powder brought back by my son is the most gentle and nourishing. Let them wash it with goat's milk and have a cup in the morning and evening."

"I know your filial piety. It's just that at this age, you don't do anything every day, and your body is often sore." Lu Shi said, raising his hand and thumping his shoulder, and the big maid hurriedly came over to do it for her. with.

"I don't know if the mother called her son, what can I tell you?" Cen Tong asked.

"Aren't you going to leave this time when you return to Beijing?" Shi Lu asked looking at his son's face.

Her first two children died young, and Cen Tong was her third child and the eldest son of the Hou family.

Mrs. Lu has placed high hopes on this son, but it's a pity that people in the world can't escape the four words that things backfire.

"The scenery of Tianmen Mountain is unique, and Yunchu has never been there..." Cen Yunchu is Cen Tong's only daughter.

"What's a girl running around all over the world?" Lu interrupted her son's words: "Besides, she is already 16 years old this year. Shouldn't you worry about her lifelong affairs?"

"My son thinks it will be two years later..." Cen Tong said with a smile.

"I'm getting older now, and I turn a blind eye to many things," Lu Shi coughed lightly, and the servants next to him immediately withdrew: "But Yun girl can't delay this matter any longer. Fifteen At the age of six, it takes more than half a year to go back and forth just to change the name card, and one year to prepare for the dowry, and it is time to leave the court at the age of seventeen or eighteen."

"Mother said so," Mrs. Tai said that she wanted to have dinner with him, but Cen Tong hadn't had a sip of tea since he entered the door, let alone a meal: "We must first ask Yun Chu about this matter."

At this time Mrs. Lu couldn't hide the displeasure on her face, and she said: "Since ancient times, the marriage between a man and a woman has been ordered by the parents. How can she make up her own mind?! You used this girl It's too ugly!"

Not to mention in the capital city, even among these ladies throughout the ages, they couldn't find anyone like Cen Yunchu.

Girls in boudoirs pay attention to chastity, tranquility and elegance.

However, Cen Yunchu was enlightened at the age of three, composed poetry at the age of five, and wrote literature at the age of seven.And since he was five years old, he has traveled around with his father. He has never done half a thing, but he has read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles.

Therefore, it is really a different kind among the daughters of noble families.

"Our Cen family has only one daughter in this generation, and at this age, who is not in a hurry except you as a father?" The crutch in Lu's hand knocked on the ground: "After the right age, you can still get married. Go out? Even if you marry out, can you still find a good family?!"

"My son didn't say that we can't get married, but he just said that he should listen to her first." Cen Tong still didn't let go.

"Are you sincerely trying to piss me off?!" Lu couldn't bear it any longer, and his voice raised sharply: "I know that for so many years, you have always hated me in your heart! You don't want the title anymore, and you don't even want to stay with me! "

"Mother, my son never blamed you." Cen Tong said and knelt down: "You must take care of yourself on this day of great joy!"

While beating his chest, Lu cried, "Do you think I'm really stupid? I'm just pretending to be stupid! Outsiders say that you don't want to be an official because of your weak nature, but I know that since you and that When a woman reconciles with you, you will be discouraged and have no desire to be an official. For so many years, you have guarded a child without even a single string. Your brother, sister-in-law and younger brother persuaded you many times, but you refused to turn back. What's so good about her?! She She's just a deviant woman!"

Cen Tong's original partner, Dai Mingzhi, was a well-known talented woman in Beijing back then, and she was even more charming.

The two families are also considered to be well-matched. When they first got married, they were really harmonious, a pair of lovers.

It was only gradually that Dai Mingzhi was not liked by his in-laws because of his withdrawn personality.

In addition, since she gave birth to Cen Yunchu, it has been difficult for her to have children, and life in Cen's family is really difficult.

After all, she is a man of character, unwilling to live with nothing, and proposed a divorce by herself.

At first, Cen Tong refused to agree no matter what, even if his parents didn't like it, even if he couldn't have children, he didn't care.

But after all, he couldn't bear Dai Mingzhi to be haggard day by day, and he was full of worries.

The paradise he can give is too narrow, like cutting off the wings of a bird and locking it in a small cage.

What's more, his parents forced him to die, so he had no choice but to reconcile with Dai Mingzhi.

Soon thereafter, Dai Mingzhi married Ke Yutang, who is now the governor of southern Sichuan.

After the death of the old Marquis, Cen Tong inherited the title, but at the end of the mourning period, he gave up the title. He took his daughter and left Beijing to travel around the mountains and rivers to distract himself.

"I'm about to die, and you are the one who worries me the most," Lu's mood calmed down a little, and his tone was sad: "It's just that I'm not right, you see, I gave birth to you..."

"The mother made her son have no place to stand in this way," Cen Tong stepped forward to support Lu Shi, his voice choked up: "It is the son who is unfilial, the son deserves to die."

"My son! Mother knows that you are the most filial, listen to Mother's persuasion! A woman's lack of talent is virtue, and Yunchu should calm down."

(End of this chapter)