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Chapter 4 Marriage without following text

Princess Youning's boudoir really didn't have any good books to read. Lin Xingwei finished reading the idle books he collected from Mrs. Hou in just two days, and he didn't have much interest in the rest.

Seeing that she was bored, Yunzhu said: "In our Lin family, the eldest son has the most books. If the princess wants to read books, he can tell the second lady to go directly to the eldest son's study to pick them out."

Lin Xingwei's two uncles, Lin Huaifeng and Lin Huaiyue, were also of low birthrate, and each had a son under their knees, Lin Tingyu and Lin Chengan. Both brothers now went to Yanshan Academy to study, preparing for future official careers.

The eldest son Yun Zhu said was Lin Tingyu, born to his second uncle Lin Huaifeng, the most promising son of the Lin family.

Compared with Lin Tingyu, Lin Cheng'an, born to his third uncle Lin Huaiyue, is more playful.

There are three courtyards in the Lin family, the middle one is Nanyang Hou Mansion, where the long house Lin Huaishan lived, the second house Lin Huaifeng lived on the left, and the third house Lin Huaiyue lived on the right.

When Lin Xingwei went to borrow books from his second aunt, Mrs. Zhen thought she had heard wrong. When did my niece like reading?

Among the three brothers and sisters of the Lin family, Lin Xingwei couldn't compare to her two cousins ​​in reading and writing, and her two naughty cousins ​​couldn't compare to her.Lin Xingwei has nothing but good looks.

When she suddenly said that she was looking for a book, Mrs. Zhen couldn't react for a while, and stared at her niece for a long time before she could confirm the sincerity in her eyes.

He sent a servant girl to take Lin Xingwei to the study room, and whispered to the servant girl to keep an eye on the princess, not to let the princess destroy his son's collection of books.

Lin Xingwei cheerfully followed Mrs. Zhen's maidservant to the big cousin's study. Lin Tingyu had a huge collection of books. Except for the door and windows, the four walls were full of tall bookshelves. Lin Xingwei was dazzled by the dense collection of books. .

Lin Xing took a closer look, and found that they were all classics of sages and works of famous masters.

Some books Lin Xingwei has heard and passed down in the world, but some books only exist in legends and have been lost in modern times.

Lin Xingwei was very lucky to be able to see these ancient books. If he got Madam Zhen's permission, he would take them back to his courtyard and study them every day. If he liked them, he would copy the manuscripts himself.

Lin Tingyu was generous, and in the letter he learned that his cousin had changed her mind and fell in love with reading, so she asked her mother to open the door of the study and let her cousin read freely.

It is now late July, and the two cousins ​​wrote in a letter that they would go home before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lin Xingwei was looking forward to these two cousins ​​who had never met before.

Lin Tingyu said that he would bring her some good books from the Oriental masters of Yanshan Academy, and Lin Chengan said that he would bring her something interesting. After returning to the capital, he would take his sister to Luting Mountain to visit the Mid-Autumn Temple Fair.

Recently, life has been dull and fulfilling, Lin Xingwei has forgotten about Wei Mingji.

Wei Mingji had never been to the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, except for hearing Lin Xingwei's "sprained foot" and sending his subordinates to bring some pills for bruises.

Furthermore, when the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, Wei Mingji sent someone to deliver a gift, and he did everything he could do. In short, if you want to see him, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky. The key point is that the Lin family does not want to ascend to the "heaven" of Wei Mingji.

Mrs. Hou has some friendship with Mrs. Lu, Wei Mingji's adoptive mother, and also sent someone to give the Lu couple a gift, but no one took the initiative to mention this marriage.

Chen Xinan's request for Lin Xingwei's resignation has not yet been followed up, and she has not come to the door to mention it again.

If it weren't for Wei Mingji's betrothal gift in the warehouse in the backyard of the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, and Wei Mingji and Lin Xingwei's marriage letter under the tablet of the Lin Family Ancestral Hall, everyone would have almost forgotten about this relationship.

Right now the empress is in a hurry, so she invited Madam Hou, mother and daughter and Madam Lu to the palace before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This was Lin Xingwei's first time entering the palace. He Fu had taught him the basic etiquette, and she did it well, without ambiguity at all.

On the top seat is the graceful and luxurious Empress Su. On the left and right stands a maidservant and a servant wearing a lacquered sarong crown. There are two teams of maidservants and servants at the gate of the palace. Fans of honor are uniform and magnificent.

This is probably the most noble person Lin Xingwei has ever met in this life and her previous life combined. She did not dare to show her airs, and after paying her respects, she obediently sat beside Mrs. Hou.

The queen invited the two families here, not for anything else, but to urge the two families to hold an engagement banquet early, preferably before the beginning of winter.

Mrs. Hou said that she had never met her future son-in-law, so why talk about getting married?

Mrs. Lu said that the adopted son is busy with work, and he doesn't even have time to eat and sleep every day. How can he have time to get married?
Anyway, it's procrastination.

The empress knew that Wei Mingji was busy, she wanted to call her niece and Wei Mingji into the palace several times, but Wei Mingji pushed her away with the excuse of "busy".

"Busy, I don't know what he's busy with every day?" The queen spoke softly, unhurriedly, with the unique poise of a high-ranking person.

Mrs. Lu said with guilt on her face: "Queen, please calm down. Mingji's work for His Majesty is all urgent business. If you want to ask what he is busy with, my wife can't say a few words to him when he is busy. Occasionally, he will say It's a secret, even the general doesn't know the details."

Mrs. Lu spoke softly, with a nice voice.

Mrs. Hou also said softly: "Master Youning is still young, and her temperament is not stable. Now that she has been hired, the engagement can be done slowly. No matter how long the princess grows, and her mind is stable, she can get married again." Have a good time."

The queen calmed down, and asked back: "It's already too old, and you're still young?"

"Sister, don't forget, you and my sister got married as soon as they were born. My sister married Lin Hou before she was sixteen and became the head of the entire Lin family. Needless to say, I married Lin Hou at the age of 15. Entering the East Palace as the Crown Princess, and accompanying the young Crown Prince to quell the Yingchuan Rebellion, at that time, who will regard our sisters as little girls?"

Mrs. Hou was speechless, and the queen continued: "It's not that my sister is talking about my sister. Princess You Ning was spoiled by Marquis Lin. In the past when Marquis Lin was alive, it's okay to have Princess Ning being pampered and willful. Everything is backed by her father. Now Marquis Lin is gone, my sister is not strict with the princess, I am afraid that Princess Ning will cause a big mess for your Lin family."

"The two of you are unwilling to make this marriage dragging on. I understand in my heart that the two of you look down on each other. However, Mrs. Lu, you must be clear that General Wei is the son of a merchant. There, you can’t throw it away.”

"Princess Youning is my niece, 'Weakly follow the trail, there is Di Buning', go to 'No' for 'Ning', when His Majesty bestowed the title 'Youning' on the princess, it was in the hope that the princess will live forever Live a peaceful life, pin your hope on Princess Youning, although the Lin family's family business is not brilliant, but the princess still has my aunt, the prince and Taifu as uncle, and Taiwei as grandfather, the princess is beautiful and outstanding , more than enough to match General Wei."

Mrs. Lu slandered: Can beauty be eaten as food or as water?You Ning Junzhu's knowledge and temperament are more or less rationed to a reckless man.

The queen said again: "Sister, the title of the Marquis Mansion is vacant, only you two are orphans and widows. The other two households of the Lin family seem to be kind to you, but I don't know what's going on behind them."

"If General Wei is my sister's son-in-law, what else does my sister have to worry about? It's just a stable retirement."

Mrs. Hou bowed her head and said nothing, but she said in her heart: "Speaking is better than singing, and if you talk about it, it can be regarded as a good marriage?"
Lin Xingwei took a peek at his mother's expression, raised his head and saluted, and said, "Aunt Queen, although my daughter-in-law has never met General Wei, she can still guess the appearance of General Wei. She must be a talented woman, but she has poor qualifications and cannot win over the general. I'm afraid this marriage will be in vain."

The queen looked at her and said: "You have self-knowledge. Since you know that you are not worthy of General Wei, you should study hard and don't make your mother angry at the house all day long! To be honest, the Holy Admiral promised you tomorrow. Distressed."

"Mingji was brought to the capital by General Lu at the age of ten. Although he didn't grow up under my knees, he was also the son I watched grow up. Not to mention Mingji's tall and handsome, he worked hard and made progress. Your Majesty has witnessed every step of the way, and it is very difficult for a noble woman like the eldest princess to match him, let alone you!"

If it weren't for her status as a queen, the queen would definitely goug out Lin Xingwei a few times.

If His Majesty hadn't tried his best to prevent the eldest princess from marrying Wei Mingji, how could it be her turn to be a worthless niece.

The queen continued: "Since the engagement has been made, your two families will get married as soon as possible, which is what Your Majesty intends. Madam Lu, let General Wei go to Nanyang Marquis Mansion before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and discuss an engagement as soon as possible." My niece can't be neglected like this by you!"

The Tian family is majestic, and the two families have no choice but to agree.

Lin Xingwei and his mother looked at each other, the initiative of this family was not with them, but with Wei Mingji.

They are women, Madam Hou is also arrogant, and she doesn't want to go to the Lu family's door to beg Wei Mingji to marry her daughter.

Therefore, after this summons, there is no more follow-up.

(End of this chapter)