Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 196 Marriage Grant

I have to say that Li Longji is really good at opera. The play he performed this time completely made up for his previous shortcomings. The whole play was vivid and exciting.

The last few twists are about Zhang Sheng, who was the top scorer in high school, asking the emperor to marry him and take back Cui Yingying.

Among them, Zhang Sheng changed to Xue Qiongqiong to dress up as a man to sing, and finally sang with Xu Hezi as if they were glued to each other. At the end, it ends with Xu Hezi's singing.

"There is no danger in the world, and everyone calls me a commoner; when all the countries come to court, the Long Live Mountain shouts; when I walk to Xixuan, my virtue is better than that of Shun and Yu; when the phoenix comes to honor me, the unicorn comes out again and again. I thank the Lord of the Tang Dynasty in the prosperous Ming Dynasty for giving me the imperial edict to be a couple. May the world have love People finally get married!"

"it is good!"

Li Longji actually stood up first and clapped his hands, laughing out loud because he was so satisfied.

Xue Bai took a step too slow and simply became stunned, as if he didn't expect that opera could be rehearsed to such an extent.

"Xue Qing, what do you think?"

"I am willing to be inferior... I am ashamed of myself."

"What a shameful person. I have been waiting for these four words from you for a long time... Ah Tu, what do you think?"

When Li Longji encounters something happy, he is a bit like a competitive child who insists that others obey him.

Li Yuetu stood up and said: "The saint was originally at a disadvantage because the play text was written by Xue Xiao, but now that he has thoroughly understood the play text, he is far better than Xue Xiao's book..."

From the corner of Xue Bai's eyes, he saw Yang Yuhuan secretly laughing, as if secretly laughing at his pretense.

There was something he wanted to ask her, but it was not convenient.

Unexpectedly, when Li Longji called the actors for questioning, Yang Yuhuan walked up to him with a light step and asked in front of Gao Lishi: "Can I write the script of "The Legend of White Snake" well?" Already?"

"Back to your concubine, I'm writing."

"If you don't give it to me earlier, you can wait."

"Yes."

While speaking, Yang Yuhuan put her hand over her mouth and whispered: "Have you thought about who you want to marry?"

In fact, Gao Lishi could also hear this sentence, but since she reminded her in a whisper, Gao Lishi was willing to sell a favor and pretended not to know.

Xue Bai thought in his heart and was about to answer, but Yang Yuhuan smiled, dragged her long skirt away, and commented on the actors.

Li Longji was so proud that he looked up at the sky and said, "The palace is about to be sealed. Can Xue Qing stay to play dominoes?"

"Back to the saint, I am an official of the imperial court and I don't play dominoes."

"Ah."

Li Longji pointed at Xue Bai, smiled at Gao Lishi and said: "General, look at this, how old is the official who already claims to be an official of the imperial court."

"The sage asked me, do you think Mr. Xue is too arrogant, or do you think he is a junior official?"

"He doesn't want to accompany me, but there are people who are willing." Li Longji looked at Xue Bai again with a profound look in his eyes, and asked: "Speaking of which, I have not rewarded you for your performance in opera, what do you want?"

Xue Bai quickly held the ceremony and thought quickly at the same time.

He thought about today's various experiences, Chen Xilie's nagging, and the most important thing was Yang Yuhuan's reminder.

There are two ways to ask for benefits. One is to make the emperor feel uncomfortable after asking for the benefits, and there will be no more divine favors in the future. The other is to ask for the benefits more, the happier the emperor will be, and the more he will give in the future. Among them, The key is to understand or not.

"I...want to ask the saint for marriage." Xue Bai said.

He felt what Li Longji was thinking, it was just that he didn't win last time and felt a knot in his heart. And he had already beaten Li Longji once with his strength. This time he gave in half a step, which was completely different from the time when he lost directly and was granted a marriage.

Now he is taking the initiative, being sensible, and giving face to the saint. Then, Xue Bai himself can propose the candidate.

"I admire a woman, but I don't know her thoughts yet. I want to ask her first. If she is willing to marry me, I will propose marriage to her family." Xue Bai said, "But I have no father or mother, so I don't know what to do. If it happens at that time, boldly ask the saint to issue a decree for marriage."

"sentimental."

Li Longji scolded Xue Bai, but he was in a good mood.

The reason why he supported Xue Bai in the Chunwei incident was not so much to support the poor family, but for the sake of face. He thought that "these high-ranking families don't take me seriously." The number one scholar was certain, and Cui Qiao was demoted. Most of his anger was gone. Gradually, seeing that every family wanted to win over Xue Bai, he became impatient and it affected his enjoyment. He planned to offset the impact of the Spring Festival Incident. This was one of the reasons why he wanted to grant Xue Bai a marriage.

In addition, he had to let people know that Xue Bai was convinced by the drama he had rehearsed.

These thoughts cannot be said out loud. The king also wants to save face. Unexpectedly, Xue Bai is so sensible. Under such circumstances, he was willing to respect Xue Bai's choice.

"How can you get a wife if you are so hesitant? I will make the decision for you in this matter."

"Back to the saint, it's not sweet if you force yourself to do it. I still want to ask first..."

"I know who you want to marry. In that "Dominos Picture", Yan Qing said that the figure in the painting looked like his daughter's graffiti. I could tell at a glance that if I could paint you with such a perfect body and soul, I would love you. .”

"This……"

"Don't believe me?"

"I don't dare."

"I understand your intention of giving flowers to Qujiang. No need to ask any more. I will give the order tomorrow."

"Please first..."

"Hey, the palace door is about to be locked. General Gao, send someone to escort him out."

"Here."

Li Yuetu couldn't help but feel at a loss when he saw Xue Bai being taken out.

In fact, Li Chu sent someone to ask Li Mi and got a way to get Xue Bai to marry her, which was called "Marry only if you don't want to marry". He pretended not to want to marry and became friends with Xue Bai, thus reducing the saint's interest in attracting talents from the East Palace. Be wary.

Unexpectedly, now that the saint's wariness has dropped, things will turn out like this.

"Let's play dominoes. If Atu wins, I should make you a princess."

"According to the order."

Li Yuetu glanced at the sky with a worried look in her eyes. She didn't know what the purpose of this title was. She was afraid that the more titles she had, the harder it would be to find a satisfactory husband.

The card table was set up again in the palace, and Xie Aman, who had taken off his makeup, walked to Yang Yuhuan to look at the cards.

When the saint in the middle took a rest, Xie Aman flattened his lips and whispered: "The noble concubine promised to the slave family."

These palace musicians can get married when they reach old age, and her marriage was originally agreed upon by the Yang family sisters.

"I promised you." Yang Yuhuan took her hand, patted it, and comforted: "But now that he has become an official, he is different from a worshipper. Don't be anxious, stay with me for another year and a half to find someone for you. A better one.”

"The noble concubine thinks I am a silly girl and is coaxing me."

"Who told you to fail earlier?"

The imperial concubine had said so, and Xie Aman had no choice but to mutter in his heart: "There is no way to live up to expectations."

……

Xue Bai panted, ran all the way, and finally left the palace gate before the key fell.

"Oh!"

The firelight in the crack of the door dimmed, and he looked back at the majestic Daming Palace, thinking that he finally no longer had to play cards with the old man.

There are trade-offs at every stage, which is also a kind of self-respect. People must respect themselves first, and then others will respect them.

On second thought, I have to go to Dunhuafang Yanzhao to meet Yan Yan.

He got a document about walking in the square at night, and it was already dead of night when he slowly drove his horse to Dunhua Square in the dark.

After finally waking up Fangzheng, he checked the paperwork and opened the door.

"It's hard work. I have to go out at night to do some errands. Please open the door then."

"Don't make trouble. This is a document for returning home at night. I won't open the door for you again." Nafang Zheng refused sternly and resolutely locked the door and continued drinking.

Xue Bai found Yan Zhai in the dark and knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded.

He then led the horse around to the courtyard wall, tied the horse and comforted it, stood on the stirrup and saddle, and climbed up the wall.

He came to the Yan family often, and he knew several of the concierges. He planned to go over and tell them something important, and then pass a note to Wei Yun to ask the master's wife.

~~

"Wang! Wang!"

Suddenly a dog barked in the night.

Although the Yan family is not a distinguished family, it is a long-established family with a large number of people and a large residence. But the dog kept barking and came towards the courtyard where Yan Zhenqing lived.

Along the way, fires gradually lit up in various courtyards.

The commotion grew louder, and it also alarmed Yan Yan in the boudoir.

Yan Yan was sitting on the couch wearing a spring shirt and competing with Yong Er for a copy of "The Romance of the West Chamber". She didn't like the drama about mother-in-law and mother-in-law before, and thought it was far less interesting than the ghost story. She had not read the story recently, so she had to read it reluctantly.

However, she was busy learning to be a girl during the day, and at night Yong'er was afraid that her eyes would be damaged and wouldn't let her see.

While they were fighting for it, they heard some movement outside. Yan Yan took notice and said, "Look, what's going on."

"Okay." Yong'er took off his shoes and ran to the window, pushed it open and looked out, but refused to put down the book in his hand.

Yan Yan then sneaked over quietly, hoping to take the opportunity to grab the book.

At this moment, a maid came running over.

"What happened?" Yong'er asked.

"The Number One Scholar is here. He told the concierge that he had something serious to do and wanted to inform the mistress. The back house was locked at night, so it was not appropriate for the mistress to see him, so she asked him to rest in the front yard."

Yan Yan quickly went to the window and asked, "Has my brother been bitten by a dog?"

"Fortunately, I only bit my pants and no one was hurt at all. The champion is very flexible."    "How do you know? Did you see it?"

"Where can I see my slave? Xiao Lang went to see me."

"Why isn't my brother asleep yet?"

"Xiao Lang sneaked out to catch crickets at night. If this hadn't happened, no one would have noticed."

"This Yan Kai is going to be beaten." Yan Yan cursed in a low voice, but turned around and put on her clothes.

Yong'er was very surprised when he saw it and said hurriedly: "Sanniang can't go to see the number one scholar."

"I'm going to take a look anyway, will you go?"

"It's cold at night, so I need to wear a more cloak."

~~

The courtyard door was indeed locked.

Yan Yan looked out through the crack in the door, picked up a few stones and threw them into the lighted nave.

After two sounds, Yan Kai came out of the hall shaking his head.

"Sister."

"You're done, stay up at night and catch crickets."

Yan Kai was annoyed and said, "Sister, you haven't slept either."

"I'm different. I only got up when I heard the noise." Yan Yan asked, "Brother, what's the matter?"

"You didn't tell me. I just wrote a note and handed it over. It may have something to do with my grandpa's official career."

While talking, Xue Bai was also seen coming out of the central hall.

Yan Yan waved and called him over.

"Bitten by a dog?"

"No."

"Hey, he's still the No. 1 scholar. It's so embarrassing. Turn around and let me take a look."

"I changed it, and the robe didn't bite me."

"I didn't sew it. What did you want to say when you came here in the middle of the night?"

Xue Bai patted Yan Kai first and asked him to rest first.

After that, he hesitated for a moment, then turned sideways under the cover of the night, so that he didn't look so embarrassed.

"The saint is going to grant me a marriage tomorrow. If you don't want to, I will find a way to stop this tomorrow morning."

"Brother, you deserve it. You're allowed to have flowers everywhere... No, it doesn't matter whether I want it or not?"

Under the moonlight, Yan Yan's figure took a step back.

Xue Bai couldn't see her, so he tried to figure out her thoughts, but he was a little confused, and then said: "I came here tonight to discuss how to stop this matter. I should be able to stop it..."

"Oh, I'm sleepy."

With a "bang", the locked door was closed.

Xue Bai touched his face with both hands and shook his head.

He didn't know what was going on with him, it seemed that he was no longer the same person he was before his rebirth.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open a crack again. Yong'er held a lantern and said in a trembling voice: "Xue Lang, Sanniang said that those who resist the decree will be beheaded. You'd better listen to your mistress' arrangements honestly." ”

~~

The next day is dawn.

"If the saint decides, there is nothing you can do about it." Wei Yun sighed: "As long as you don't mind that my little girl is weak and sick, I don't know how much money this salvia costs every year."

"It's because the student is not worthy." Xue Bai said: "Then if...if it is feasible, we can make an engagement first. As for getting married, it is better to wait for another two or three years, so that she can spend more time with the teacher's wife and wait for the teacher to come back. After all, she is still young now. Small."

"That's the truth. You kid is very thoughtful."

"If in the past two or three years, the teacher feels that my character is not good, or that I have caused a big disaster, I will retire at that time..."

"Don't talk about it anymore." Wei Yun said with a smile: "I'm usually a neat person, but how can I be so cautious about this matter? I won't even mention other good things. This is a happy event, so be neat."

"Yes, it's up to my wife to make the decision."

"Go on, you are busy with your business, it will be late for the appointment. When the Holy Will comes, I will take Sanniang to receive it."

Xue Bai then left.

Wei Yun hurriedly ordered her maid to see him off, then took a look outside.

"out?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Great! Everyone wants to catch the son-in-law and pick it up off the shelf. God's eyes are open. This kid is not heartless." Wei Yundang stood up, overjoyed, "Quick, prepare some pen and ink, I have to give it to Ah Sister-in-law, write a letter."

"I don't know how anxious Mrs. Cui must be, but I don't know that Xue Lang wrote "The Romance of the West Chamber" in anticipation of this happening!"

"Where did you see it?"

"My slave, I will go and prepare some pen and ink."

"Wait a minute, don't make any noise for now, wait until the Holy Will comes down and mention it later."

"Yes."

Although she was annoyed that the maid secretly watched the play, Wei Yun was still very happy and thought about how to tell Cui and Yan Zhenqing about this.

But after she finished writing several letters and waited for a long time, she still didn't get the imperial edict, and her heart became anxious.

In the afternoon, Yong'er ran to the hall and poked his head around. He was also very anxious.

"Madam, I heard that there are many people in Chang'an City snatching Xue Lang as their son-in-law. Could it be that they even dare to stop the imperial edict?"

Wei Yun couldn't help but frown, knowing that this was indeed a possibility...

Until the sound of the dusk drum sounded, even she felt flustered, and hurriedly said to Yong'er: "Go and accompany Sanniang quickly, don't let her wait anxiously."

"Hey."

"Here, madam, there is an imperial decree coming to the front yard!"

"What should I do? Have you taught Sanniang how to answer?"

"I know, I know." Yong'er quickly raised his hand, "Just answer according to the last paragraph of the play, 'Thank you to the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty for being a married couple'!"

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"Thank you for your grace!"

When the imperial edict was delivered, Xue Bai was still in the secretarial department, so he received the edict in the presence of all his colleagues.

There were two decrees given to him. The first one was to appoint him as Chengwu Lang and Tai Lecheng.

Cheng Wulang was the twenty-fifth rank of Wen Sanguan, which was a false position, but the official rank was from the eighth rank. Li Longji forcibly raised Xue Bai to the eighth rank in order to let him serve as Tai Lecheng concurrently.

Tai Le Cheng was also from the eighth rank and belonged to the Tai Le Department of Taichang Temple. He was responsible for teaching music, dance, etc. for the purpose of court rituals and music. The first official after Wang Wei and his rank was Tai Le Cheng.

As a result, Xue Bai had only been in office for more than ten days, and his official positions were Chengwulang, Tailecheng, secretary, provincial school secretary, and book editor.

This was Li Longji's reward for Xue Bai's hard work in offering treasures, and it was also because Xue Bai's attitude satisfied him very much.

Immediately afterwards, the second imperial edict was to grant marriage to Xue Bai and Yan Yan.

At the end of a turmoil, Xue Bai married neither a wealthy family nor a poor family. The woman's family background was briefly mentioned in the imperial edict, and it was only said that they were in love and their teachers were close. In short, it was finalized that no further trouble was allowed.

……

"what?"

After hearing the news, Chen Xilie hurriedly got up and rushed out of the official residence until he rushed to the gate of the Secretariat Province. He saw Xue Bai standing there in a daze holding two volumes of imperial edicts.

"You...the dust has settled?"

Xue Bai didn't know what he was thinking. He was in a daze for a while before he came back to his senses and said, "I have to remind you from the left prime minister. Now I have a family and a career."

Chen Xilie turned around and thought to himself that this was fine. He stroked his beard and smiled calmly and asked, "Everything is as you expected. In the end, you became the 'number one on the gold list and the son-in-law under the imperial decree'?"

"The Prime Minister also reads "The Romance of the West Chamber"?"

"I just heard it by chance."

Xue Bai smiled and said: "It can be seen that although Prime Minister Zuo is indifferent, he actually has the ambition to help the world."

If he hadn't been ambitious, Chen Xilie couldn't have taken it so seriously and picked it up just because he liked these romantic dramas.

But Chen Xilie quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, Xue Lang, don't joke."

After the two of them talked, Xue Bai turned around and saw Li Hua standing on the steps looking at him, with a hint of resentment in his eyes. But Xue Bai didn't owe him anything. His daughter just helped write a play, and he was promoted to a sixth-rank official within a year.

At this time, the evening drums were still beating, but no one in the Secretariat Department was in a hurry to return home, because the saint's decree stated that "those who compile day and night will be paid tuition fees."

Xue Bai also took his mind back and threw himself into such busyness.

Occasionally, he would look down at the embroidered patterns on his clothes, thinking that if he changed from light green to dark green, he would have to sew a new official robe.

　I never thought that the monthly ticket could be so high. Everyone is so motivated, so I have no choice but to work together. Today is almost 1 words. Thank you everyone~~Keep asking for monthly tickets~~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)