Red House Shoufu

Chapter 332 Brother and Sister Talk About Marriage at Night

The weather in the north is said to have four distinct seasons, but in fact, it doesn’t take long for the winter to catch up with a trace of heat.Even though there was a spring rain just a few days ago, Lin Shu's forehead was sweating during dinner today.

After dinner, the brothers and sisters of the Lin family continued as usual, enjoying leisure in the courtyard with the two of them and one cat.

"Today I met Prince Zhongshun and his son..."

Lin Shu didn't know how to tell Daiyu about the palace's marriage proposal. There was no female elder in the family, so it would be awkward for a straight man to handle many things.

Daiyu just hummed, and squatted on the ground to play circle games with Bai Jingjing, bouncing up and down from time to time, having a great time.

Lin Shu saw that the little girl he brought up still looked like a little girl, and his malice towards Gao Wanjiang magnified infinitely: Is it okay for this pig to go for someone else's cabbage?

"Oh, Prince Zhongshun proposed marriage to me today!"

"Ah? Brother, does the prince want to recruit brother as a county horse? This is not possible, I only want sister Yuan to be my sister-in-law!"

Daiyu's hand holding Bai Jingjing's tail couldn't help but increase her strength. The painful Bai Jingjing meowed, turned around and showed her two teeth, looked at her excrement shoveler, and gently licked Daiyu's little hand.

"Although Sister Wan'er is very good, Brother can't be a betrayer, otherwise... otherwise... Anyway, I only want Sister Yuan to be my sister-in-law!"

Daiyu angrily hugged Bai Jingjing, stood in front of Lin Shu, bit her lip and stared at his eyes, quietly waiting for Lin Shu's response.

Lin Shu said bitterly: "I mean, Lord Zhongshun wants to hire Yu'er as the son's concubine..."

"thump!"

"Meow meow meow?"

Poor Bai Jingjing fell to the ground when Daiyu was in a daze, turned over and looked at Daiyu suspiciously after she landed, meowed and found that she was stunned and unresponsive, and rubbed on her leg worriedly.

This was shocking and embarrassing news, and Daiyu couldn't react for a while.Lin Shu stood up and rubbed her head, messing up the bun with rough hands, but it also calmed Daiyu's heart.

Lin Shu continued: "I promise..."

"Brother is the master!"

Marriage has always been the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.The only elder brother Daiyu can rely on is Lin Shu.

Although Daiyu is ignorant about her marriage, she still believes that this elder brother who has held her in the palm of her hand since she was a child will definitely find the best home for her.

Hearing about the marriage suddenly, the feeling of panic is unavoidable, Daiyu can't help but hold onto Lin Shu's big hand as tightly as she did when she was a child, the look of panic in her eyes made Lin Shu feel distressed.

Alas, after all, she is still a child, even if Daiyu can face down a powerful general like Liao Yufeng, she can still push back the mighty general, but she still hasn't stepped out of the shadow of her past.

To marry and leave home, leaving him as the only family member, this is too scary for Daiyu!

Lin Shu comforted and said: "I have put forward two conditions. One is that if he wants to marry you, Gao Wanjiang will not be allowed to take a concubine in this life, and can only guard you alone..."

I think the eldest son will not agree to this condition, my brother is declining the proposal of marriage from the palace.

Daiyu felt at ease, and she asked, "What about the second one?"

"I told him that Yu'er advocates the love between two people. If he wants to marry you, he must give his heart and get your consent!"

"Then did the prince blame elder brother? In this way, elder brother is afraid that he will anger the prince. Will the prince's residence take revenge on our family?"

Daiyu could imagine King Zhongshun's fury after hearing these two requests. Her first reaction was whether it would affect her brother's future, and whether Prince Zhongshun's mansion would anger the Lin family and take revenge on the Lin family.

With such a younger sister, how could Lin Shu not be moved.

"The prince is naturally angry, but Gao Wanjiang agreed!"

"Ah! How is it possible?"

Daiyu thought her brother was confused, so she stretched out her hands and stood on tiptoes to test whether Lin Shu's forehead was hot.Lin Shu pointed his fingers and pinned her head: "He did agree..."

Lin Shu recounted everything that happened in the teahouse today and his analysis with Jia She, for Daiyu's reference.He couldn't hide this matter from Daiyu, sometimes the delicate Daiyu could see deeper and think more thoroughly than himself.

Daiyu hugged Bai Jingjing and stroked the cat mechanically, while Lin Shu sat beside her, waiting quietly.

Time seems to have passed for a long time, the moon is on the branches, and birds and insects are singing in the breeze from time to time, which seems to show the comfort of this place.

"Eldest uncle and elder brother must have guessed correctly..."

Daiyu's face lost the anxiety and fear just now, and returned to calm.She seemed to be talking about other people's affairs, and analyzed for Lin Shu: "Sister Wan'er once told me that there are many concubines in Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and there are even two concubine sons and one concubine daughter. Food, but no one has a title."

"Royal blood, even concubines and concubines are noble. Like the two old princes, the concubine in the family is the Duke of the country at the lowest level, and the concubine also has the title of county lord. But those who are loyal to the palace, not only the saints and His Majesty don't ask questions, Neither the Zongzheng Temple nor the Ministry of Rites was mentioned."

"I once asked curiously. Sister Wan'er said that the princess had proposed to be a knight, but was stopped by the prince, who said that when she was an adult, she would just give her some money or find a good man to marry."

"There is another thing that my brother may not have noticed. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, no matter the general election or the minor election, the concubines in the palace have always bypassed the Zhongshun Palace to reward beautiful women in the palaces. It is rumored that the prince is a good man. It's one of the reasons."

A prince like Zhongshun Wang Gao Yongheng, who is different from other clans, tends to become more dramatic in the hearts of ordinary people who are not well-informed.

Since the palace doesn't reward beautiful women, doesn't that prove that the prince doesn't like beautiful women and prefers male pets?Is there anything wrong with this idea?This is very appropriate!
"As for the other reasons uncle said, to be honest, I'm not keen on important affairs of the court, but I just think it's too hard for my brother to support the family alone. As soon as my brain got hot, I led people to rush over..."

Speaking of this, Daiyu was a little shy, she blushed and said: "At first I didn't know what to do. It's just that Gao Yongyi went too far and wanted to hurt my brother, so I rushed the duck to the shelf and fought with him. field."

After saying this, Daiyu raised her head and raised her mouth, and said indignantly: "I have heard the news that Wang Lun brought back. There are rumors in the market that I have big arms and a thick waist, and can pull weeping willows upside down!"

Hahaha……

Lin Shu laughed unkindly, causing Daiyu to step on him hard.

"Obviously my family's Yu'er is weak and can't take care of herself. Why are weeping willows pulled upside down? It's all nonsense. I'll go around the shop another day, and if I hear anyone who dares to say that, I'll whip him a few times."

Lin Shu finally calmed down the angry Daiyu, and jokingly talked about the business: "This matter of marriage still needs to be decided by yourself, if you disagree, let alone be loyal to the palace, even if the king of heaven comes. "

"I understand."

Daiyu smiled sweetly, since her brother said so, she naturally believed it.I was going to marry after all, so instead of looking for people I didn't know, I might as well investigate and investigate among the people I knew.Just like what my uncle said, it's not bad to find a chance to test Gao Wanjiang first.

Jia Amnesty and Lin Shu didn't discuss how to test it out, Daiyu smiled strangely, and whispered to Lin Shu for a while, the brother and sister smiled a little unkindly, until Wang Momo came to urge Daiyu to come back. They went to sleep in their own room, and then went back to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Shu went to the imperial city with dark circles under his eyes, and Daiyu invited Nanny Zhang and Nanny Lu to inquire about the affairs of Prince Zhongshun.

After learning about Prince Zhongshun's marriage proposal, the two nuns seemed to have expected it a long time ago and were not surprised at all.

"If you say that the son of the loyal and obedient prince is indeed a different kind in the clan. The ninth concubine has disciplined him strictly since he was a child. Let alone a concubine, he has not even arranged for a maid with good looks."

Nanny Zhang said with a smile: "The son has been governed for six years, and the son is already fourteen. Mrs. Zhen still wanted to give an excuse to the maid around her, but was stopped by the nine princesses. The saint also said that the son is getting older, but there is no one around him." The princess begged the imperial concubine, and an old nanny who is proficient in cooking..."

"My sister is talking about Hui Nai who is next to Concubine Wan?"

"It's her."

Lu Nanny recalled it for a while, and suddenly realized: "When we entered the palace with the mother, Hui mother taught me how to cook medicinal food. The son is very lucky. I heard that in the early years, that Hui mother was because of Hui mother. Cooked medicinal food can keep your appearance unchanged, and it is favored by saints."

"Miss Hui?"

Daiyu was a little puzzled, there seemed to be no Empress Hui in the palace?
Nanny Zhang winked at Nanny Lu, changed the subject and said, "Madam Hui has died of illness for many years, let's not talk about it. The old slave heard that Nanny Hui went to the palace, so he slapped Zhen in the face , I was incompetent and furious for a long time, and finally I ran into a wall with the Ninth Prince and Wangfei."

Letting go of a beautiful and beautiful court lady, but leaving an old lady who can only cook, Zhongshun Palace is clearly drawing a clear line with Zhen's.

"In short, apart from having an unreliable father, Prince Zhongshun is definitely one of the best in the clan. His Majesty once told Empress that he is willing to exchange the Fifth Prince and the Ninth Prince for his son..."

Daiyu snorted and couldn't help laughing.The fifth prince is so pitiful, he is obviously extremely intelligent, yet he is so "disliked" by the emperor.

"My brother said that even if the fifth prince can't become a sage, he is likely to become a great master who will be famous through the ages. How can your majesty say that?"

Nanny Lu also explained with a smile: "The fifth prince was so angry that he left several masters when he was young, and several grand scholars in the cabinet avoided him. His majesty really has a headache. On the contrary, the eldest son is another extreme. He respected his teachers, He is studious and diligent. No one in the capital praises that the eldest son is gentle and elegant, making people feel like a spring breeze. Your majesty also has a headache for the fifth prince, and the eldest son is so worry-free."

Boom boom boom!
"Girl, Mother Xia from Zhongshun Prince's Mansion is here, and she has brought a cart full of gifts..."

……

As the Tatars paid tribute and surrendered, the original four-nation negotiations completely fell through.

The missions of Wala and Raksha Kingdom in the capital have basically lost their function. Every day they either protest to the Ministry of Rites or keep communicating with their own country.

It's a pity that the journey is far away, and it takes two months to type a letter back and forth quickly. They don't know what the situation is on the border between the two countries.

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War quickly adjusted the deployment of the army. According to the instructions of the emperor and the cabinet, they stabilized the northeast direction and increased the deployment of troops to several towns in the northwest.

As soon as Lin Shu sent the planned strategy to the cabinet, he received the order from the Hall of Qinzheng: the ministers of the cabinet, Zhang Li, a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts, the Duke of England, the envoy of the Beijing Camp, Zhang Yue, and all the officials sent to Henan last year It has arrived at a place fifty miles south of the capital.

The emperor appointed Crown Prince Gao Wancheng to meet him twenty miles out of the capital, accompanied by envoys sent by the cabinet and six ministries at all levels.Lin Shu, the assistant minister of the East Palace, naturally followed Gao Wancheng out of Beijing.

dong dong dong...

The drums were beating, Zhang Yue was dressed in a military uniform, and the bright light armor was worn on his body majesticly, and his upright figure did not look old in the slightest when he was about [-] years old.

Seeing the crown prince Yi driving in front, he vaguely saw the crown prince in a dragon suit and all the civil and military personnel coming up, and immediately raised his hand as a signal.

"dismount!"

When Gao Wancheng had reached the twenty paces, Zhang Yue clasped his right hand horizontally and beat it on his chest, the armor made a bang, indicating that although the old general was old, he was still able to eat.

"The old minister sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhang Li, Jia Zheng and others who followed closely behind bowed to each other and bowed: "I will pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"bye!"

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

With a bang, the soldiers behind him bowed down and shouted, the banners fluttered in the wind, and the clashing sound with thousands of armors showed the mighty might of the army.

"British public exemption..."

"Master Zhang has worked hard, please hurry up!"

"All the officers and men have worked so hard, I would like to offer you a toast on behalf of my father!"

Gao Wancheng was already very familiar with these etiquette procedures. He respected the corporals and perfectly presented the demeanor of the prince of Chu, and the soldiers who attracted them shouted "Long live Da Chu, long live your majesty, and thousand years your highness!"
Zhang Yue and Zhang Li were invited by the prince Gao Wancheng to get into the prince's car, and they took the same car and drove slowly towards the capital.Lin Shu exchanged pleasantries with Du Zimu who returned to Beijing together, and then returned to Beijing in the same car with Jia Zheng.

The great changes in Jia Zheng were completely beyond Lin Shu's expectation.

People in Rongguo Mansion, male or female, are mostly handsome.Jia Zheng and Jia Min are brothers and sisters, so they are naturally handsome.

But Jia Zheng in front of him had long since lost his former elegance, his skin was dark and rough, as if he had gone to Mobei to blow sand for a long time, he was no different from an old farmer in the field.

"Brother Shu, don't you recognize me?"

Seeing Lin Shu's surprised expression, Jia Zheng didn't care. He just smiled embarrassedly and said, "Originally, I wanted to wait until the spring planting in the area north of the Yellow River was over before returning to Beijing, but Mr. Zhang Ge said that the remaining I left it to the inspectors from the capital, and then I came back with the imperial envoy Xingyuan. These days I have been guarding the fields, for fear that there will be problems with those seedlings..."

Following Jia Zheng's nagging narration, Lin Shu understood why he became like this.

The two brothers, Jia She and Jia Zheng of Rongguo Mansion, have been keeping a low profile. Rather than fighting for the title, it's better to say that they don't obey anyone.

Jia Daishan's legacy made Jia Zheng lose his qualifications to take the imperial examination.Leaving aside his knowledge and whether he can pass the exam, Jia Zheng's own ambition is that he doesn't want to be a person who just eats and waits to die.

When Jia Jing and Jia She were in the East Palace, countless people in the capital mentioned the names of Jia Jing and Jia She when they mentioned Ningrong and Rongfu. Who could remember that there was a second political master in Rongguo Mansion?

After he went to the Ministry of Industry, he was originally enthusiastic about making a career, but the reality poured cold water on him.The sky is changing in the palace, and the Ningrong and Rongfu are like eggs that have overturned their nests, and they may disappear in smoke at any time.

When Yuanchun entered the palace, he did have the idea of ​​"selling his daughter for glory". Even if he half-believed what Wang Ziteng said, he really wanted to prove himself, and Jia Zheng couldn't care about anything else. Not a piece of shit, it's all worth it.

It's a pity that things backfired, Rongguo Mansion finally stabilized slowly, and Jia Zheng realized that he couldn't do anything at all, and could only sit in the yamen mechanically every day, drinking tea and chatting.

Until the trip to Henan, Jia Zheng finally felt that he had a place to use his skills.First, he assisted Lin Shu in suppressing the rebellion against Daming Mansion, and then after Lin Shu led the troops to support Kaifeng, he sat in the rear to restore the people's livelihood and economy of Daming Mansion.

Later, he went to Kaifeng to assist Zhang Li in rebuilding Henan. During the spring planting, Zhang Li entrusted him with the important task of inspecting the farming affairs of the prefectures south of the Yellow River.

Before returning to Beijing, Zhang Li had a deep talk with him.The imperial envoy Xingyuan had already sent the credit book to the emperor's desk, and Jia Zheng was far ahead in the rankings. After returning to Beijing, not to mention being promoted to three ranks in a row, a third-rank literary official would not be able to escape.

Third-rank Fufei, as long as he can get a third-rank Wensan official from a Yazhong doctor, he will be considered as a high-ranking official.No matter what real position the imperial court arranges for him in the future, it will not be lower than the fourth-rank official position.

The second master of the government can finally take charge of one side alone, and is no longer a vassal of the Rongguo Mansion's master pardon!

Of course Lin Shu didn't know what was going on in Jia Zheng's mind, but seeing that although he was tired, but his eyes were bright, he knew that he would be in good spirits, even a little excited.

He talked about recent events in Rongguo Mansion and the details of Yuanchun's birth of the little prince, and reminded him: "Second uncle also needs to pay attention, the empress gave birth to a prince, and there are many people in Beijing who are thinking about Rongguo Mansion... ..."

It's true that Jia Zheng has a criminal record in this area, Lin Shu didn't want to create an extra Jia Yu village out of nowhere.

However, looking at Jia Zheng's appearance, he seemed to understand a lot of twists and turns in the officialdom. He nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, brother Shu, I know what to do. Actually, I met a few former friends at the post station two days ago. , They are saying openly and secretly that they are willing to be wings. I really didn't expect that they were all people of character back then, how did they become like this?"

Jia Zheng sighed a few times and regained his spirits.He was enthusiastically discussing with Lin Shu the experience of planting potatoes, what kind of soil can be planted to what density, how to water and fertilize, and what pests need to be paid attention to...

There are some things that Lin Shu himself doesn't know, so he just said something casually, and Jia Zheng gave him a look of contempt, and reprimanded him that potatoes are the rations of all people, and they are important weapons in the country, how can they be ignored?

Lin Shu apologized with a wry smile, and after saying a few words with Jia Zheng in his arms, he fell in love with him.This man has followed the old farmer in the field for a long time, and he does not know some planting experience.

Nowadays, potatoes are to be promoted nationwide on a large scale, and every small problem may cause big troubles. It is just a few reprimands. The planting experience brought back by Jia Zheng is extremely precious.

Seeing that Lin Shu was listening attentively like a student, Jia Zheng also became a teacher with satisfaction, explaining in detail the problems he found and the experience he gained when presiding over Spring Planting...

　Thanks to Ling Lingyin, Jiang Bailu, Boring Fat House, and book friend 6724 for their rewards.

　　Update 5000 words today and continue tomorrow.

　　good night!

　　
　
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