Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 260 Rulan’s plan

Lu Xiuer's body exudes a light fragrance, like orchid and musk deer, which is touching.

In addition, when pouring wine, the sleeves are pulled up, revealing a white jade-like arm, which makes the red sleeves add fragrance.

"Master Wen, please drink."

Lu Xiuer filled two glasses of wine, put down the flask, picked up the glass with bare hands, and handed it over.

"I...I can just do it myself." Wen Yanjing said with a dry mouth.

Lu Xiuer didn't say anything, just looked at Wen Yanjing shyly and timidly while holding the wine glass.

Wen Yanjing couldn't bear this and quickly reached out to pick it up.

The wine glass was not big, so it was inevitable that there would be physical contact when he took it, which made Wen Yanjing's face turn red.

Lu Xiuer picked up another glass of wine and said softly: "I would like to offer a glass to Mr. Wen."

After speaking, he brought the cup to his mouth with one hand, raised the other hand, covered his face with his sleeve, and drank the wine.

When Lu Xiuer put down her hand, her fair and pretty face became even more attractive with a hint of red.

Wen Yanjing drank the wine in his glass in a daze.

For some reason, he felt that this wine was more mellow than the previous one.

Lu Buqing laughed to himself when he saw this scene, and did not let his daughter leave. Instead, he asked her to sit down and chat with Wen Yanjing about poetry.

This Miss Lu is not only more beautiful than Hua Hua, she is also very talented and knowledgeable.

Wen Yanjing felt that compared to her, Rulan was only born in a good family, and the rest were just as good as the other.

Although Ru Lan comes from a scholarly family and is a young lady, she can't even recite all of her brother's poems. What's terrible is that she only knows a few words.

After chatting for a while, Lu Buqing asked his daughter to play another song before letting her go down.

Wen Yanjing kept looking at Lu Xiuer disappearing around the corner of the screen, unable to regain his consciousness for a long time.

"Cough cough."

Lu Buqing coughed a few times, causing Wen Yanjing to come back to his senses, and said with a smile: "It's not my fault, my daughter is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Even the female celebrity's cooking skills are top-notch. It can be said that she has both talent and appearance. She also has a good background. A little humble, otherwise I am no worse than those ladies from famous families, and I wonder if it might catch the eye of the Jinshi Master?"

So talented. Wen Yanjing was born in a poor family. In the past, all he saw were rural girls. Because they worked often, their skin was rough and dark, and they were not even as good as the maids of the Sheng family.

Although Ru Lan has good looks, her spoiled personality is far worse than the girl from the Lu family.

Although he has never seen a girl from the top wealthy family in Bianjing, he feels that the daughters of those wealthy families are at most like the girls from the Lu family.

However, Yan Wenjing's heart was moved, but he was not completely dazzled by the beauty. He shook his head and said: "To be honest, my teacher once said that after I was in high school, he would betroth the daughter of the family to me. And marriage has always been a matter of parents. If you don't dare to make a private decision according to the matchmaker's words, you will only be able to live up to Yuan Lu's great love."

Although the Lu family girl is very touching, her future is more important in his heart.

Even though the girl from the Lu family is good in every way, her family background is a flaw, and Ru Lan, even though she is in every possible way bad, can't bear to have a good family background.

By marrying Ru Lan, he could at least save ten years of effort.

"Is there still such a thing?"

Lu Buqing was stunned. He knew that he was not competitive compared with those officials, so he asked people to investigate the poor children who had worshiped famous teachers, and specially selected those whose teachers did not have suitable women.

After his investigation, Wen Yanjing found that although he became a disciple of Sheng Hong, the Sheng family did not marry their daughter to him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked anyone to kidnap Wen Yanjing back.

But he quickly realized that if the Sheng family really decided to marry their daughter to Wen Yanjing, Wen Yanjing should have said it outside the door just now.

"If Mr. Jinshi despises my daughter, just say so. Why bother making such excuses?" Lu Buqing said.

"I…"

Wen Yanjing didn't know how to refute for a while.

What he just said was actually half true and half false.

Sheng Hong did hint to him that if he passed the Jinshi examination, he would marry his daughter to him.

However, he married the concubine Mo Lan. Although he didn't know why the Sheng family married Mo Lan to the Earl of Yongchang, after that, Sheng Hong also hinted to him that he would try his best to help him find a job when he passed the exam. Good job, make it up to him.

However, in Wen Yanjing's view, Sheng Hong's support for students was always limited, and there was no way his son-in-law could get close to him.

The important thing is that Rulan is still the granddaughter of the old Mrs. Wang. Her sister is a marquise and has a royal title. Her brother is married to the daughter of Mr. Hai. By marrying Rulan, she can marry the Wang family, the Yuan family and the Hai family. Home is connected.

However, he and Ru Lan had made a private decision for life, and they didn't dare to talk about it.

After hesitating for a moment, Wen Yanjing said: "I didn't lie to you about this, otherwise I would have no reason to refuse Yuan Lu's condition."

In fact, Wen Yanjing really wanted to ask if he could make Miss Lu his concubine.

He knew very well what these businessmen who wanted to seize their sons-in-law were planning to do. After he passed the second-level exam and married Ru Lan, he was fully qualified to take a businessman's daughter as a concubine. Lu Buqing might not refuse.

But when he thought of Ru Lan's temper, Wen Yanjing gave up the idea.

Lu Buqing couldn't figure out for a while whether what Wen Yanjing said was true or false, but Wen Yanjing refused to agree, so he didn't dare to force him.

We can only treat Wen Yanjing with delicious food and drinks, and then send Wen Yanjing away.

Before leaving, he also told Wen Yanjing to think carefully and come to him at any time if he changes his mind.

……

When Yuan Wenshao returned home, he saw Hua Lan dressing up and asked with some confusion: "Madam, it's almost dark today, are you still ready to go out?"

"Oh, the official is back just in time. Please help the official change his clothes quickly."

Hua Lan saw Yuan Wenshao coming back and quickly gave instructions.

"Guanren, my dad's student passed the exam and passed the top 13. Dad said he had no relatives in Bianjing and wanted to celebrate him, so he sent someone to let us go," Hua Lan said. .

While letting the maid play around, Yuan Wenshao said: "This ranking is not low. It's time to celebrate."

The so-called celebration is actually an introduction to Yuan Wenshao and the others.

After all, students of Sheng Hong will be labeled as Sheng Hong when they enter officialdom in the future.

Nowadays, the aristocratic family has declined, unlike the previous dynasty where there were many great aristocratic families that had been passed down for thousands of years and could influence the situation of the dynasty.

However, the interest group formed by literati through cronies, teachers, students, and in-laws was actually not much worse than the aristocratic families of the previous dynasty.

If Sheng Hong's students failed the exam, they would naturally not be qualified to let Yuan Wenshao and the others know each other. Now that they have passed the exam, they can get to know each other and look after each other in the future.

After changing their clothes, the couple left their son at home with the nanny to take care of them, and took Sister Wen out.

Arriving at Sheng's house in a carriage, Sheng Changbai and Wen Yanjing greeted him at the door.

After Sheng Changbai introduced him, Wen Yan bowed respectfully to Yuan Wenshao.

Yuan Wenshao nodded slightly, said a few words of encouragement, and then the group walked in.

To be honest, he really didn't understand what Ru Lan liked about Wen Yanjing.

Although Wen Yanjing is only in his twenties this year, because he was born in a poor family, he looks a little anxious and looks like someone in his thirties.

Although Sheng Hong is already in his early forties, he has never suffered hardship since he was a child, and he looks like someone in his thirties. The two of them stand together, just like their peers. Generally speaking, if you like older girls, isn’t it because of the lack of father’s love since childhood?

Rulan has both parents, so why does she fall in love with this kind of uncle?

Could it be that because Sheng Hong prefers Mo Lan, she doesn't enjoy her father's love?

This time Sheng Hong not only invited Yuan Wenshao, but also invited Liang Liulang and Mo Lan.

As for Gu Tingye, his future son-in-law, he was not married yet, so Sheng Hong was naturally embarrassed to invite him.

Hualan took Sister Wen directly to Shou'an Hall, while Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Changbai came to the front hall.

Liang Liulang was chatting with Sheng Hong when he saw Yuan Wenshao and the others coming in, and he quickly stood up.

After everyone greeted each other, they sat down at Sheng Hong's greeting.

"It's very rare for Yan Jing to pass the top 13 in the second class. After the palace examination, his ranking may be higher. He comes from a low background. You guys need to take care of him in the future." Sheng Hong said with a smile.

Sheng Hong started, Yuan Wenshao and Liang Liulang naturally responded, and then started chatting.

When the servants came over to inform them that the food and wine were ready, Sheng Hong ordered the food to be served and then invited everyone to sit down.

Sheng Hong was very happy. All three daughters were married into noble families, and his son married the daughter of Mr. Hai, so his future was guaranteed.

The students we accept now are in high school, and their future prospects are limitless.

The Sheng family has flourished in his hands and will surely leave a strong mark on the family tree in the future.

When the food and drinks were served, Sheng Hong invited a few people to drink.

"Father-in-law, why didn't you see Chang Feng?" Liang Liulang asked.

He married Mo Lan, so Chang Feng and Mo Lan were naturally closer to each other.

And when he came back last time, he and Chang Feng had a very happy chat.

What's more, he promised Mo Lan this time to help her ask if she could go see her little mother.

He had actually asked about it the last time he came back, but was blocked by Sheng Hong looking for a topic.

If Chang Feng was there, after he spoke, Chang Feng, his son, would plead again and again, and Sheng Hong would not be able to refuse even when outsiders were around.

Unexpectedly, the banquet was already opened and Chang Feng was not even seen.

Sheng Hong's face turned cold when he heard this, and he said displeasedly: "This traitor has failed the exam again this time. Who has the nerve to drink outside? I scolded him and banned him from the courtyard."

"Father-in-law, this imperial examination is about thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. It is normal to fail. Today, Chang Feng is less than 20 years old. How many people at this age can succeed? Father-in-law, it is better not to be too harsh. Maybe you will fail. He passed the exam the first time." Liang Liulang advised.

"Today is a happy day, let's not mention that traitor." Sheng Hong shook his head.

Liang Liulang opened his mouth and sighed in his heart.

Sheng Hong obviously didn't want to talk more about Chang Feng. If he continued, he would make Sheng Hong unhappy.

Although he was not afraid, there was still an outsider like Wen Yanjing, so he had to give face to his father-in-law.

After drinking for a while, Wen Yan apologized and left the front hall to go to the convenience store.

After coming out of the hall, I woke up a lot due to the cool wind and walked towards the toilet.

"Master Wen."

As he was walking, there was suddenly a slight shout. Wen Yanjing looked for the sound and saw a maid waving to him in the corner.

Seeing that there was no one around, Wen Yanjing ran over quickly.

"Miss Magpie, did Fifth Girl ask you to come?" Wen Yanjing asked.

The magpie bowed and said, "Mr. Wen, my girl is waiting for you at the rockery over there. If I have something to say to you, please go over quickly. My servants are here to guard you. If there is any movement, I will remind you."

"it is good!"

Wen Yan responded respectfully and hurried towards the rockery.

It was getting dark at this time. When he came to the rockery, he could only see a figure in front of the rockery. He couldn't tell whether it was Ru Lan or not.

"Ahem!" Wen Yanjing coughed twice.

"Brother Jing, come here quickly!"

Rulan heard Wen Yanjing's voice and whispered quickly.

Wen Yanjing was sure it was Ru Lan and walked over with confidence.

"follow me."

Ru Lan took Wen Yanjing to the back of the rockery and complained: "After today's unveiling, I was captured by those who wanted to catch my son-in-law. Why did it take so long? If you had come back earlier, my father would have been happy at that time. Maybe you As soon as I asked my father to marry me, he agreed.”

Wen Yanjing was embarrassed to say that he had not thought of this, and because he was seduced by beauty, chatting about poetry and listening to music, he was delayed for a long time. Instead, he said: "I also want to leave, but the family will not let me go. You have to persuade me to let me go, how about I propose marriage to the teacher later? I see that the teacher drank a lot, so he might agree."

"No, my father is a good drinker. You'd better find someone to formally propose marriage." Rulan said.

"But in that case, the teacher may not agree, and you also said that the teacher's wife will definitely not agree." Wen Yanjing said.

Wen Yanjing was not only worried that Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang would not agree, but also worried that the affair between him and Ru Lan would be exposed and affect his reputation.

In fact, Wen Yanjing didn't think about hooking up with Ru Lan at first.

After Sheng Hong hinted that she wanted to marry Mo Lan to him, Wen Yanjing unexpectedly ran into Ru Lan when he came to Sheng's house.

At that time, he mistook Ru Lan for Mo Lan.

When they found out that Ru Lan was not Mo Lan, the news of Mo Lan and the Liang family's engagement also spread.

Wen Yanjing was not sad at that time, but was full of excitement.

A concubine's daughter is not as fragrant as a legitimate daughter. Since the Sheng family has married their concubine to the Earl of Yongchang's Mansion, the Sheng family has only one legitimate daughter whose marriage has yet to be decided.

In his opinion, Sheng Hong had promised him and now he would definitely choose to marry his legitimate daughter to him.

Therefore, when he met Rulan later, he deliberately tried to please Rulan.

Although Rulan doesn't like studying, she is influenced by her father and brother and has a good impression of scholars.

After going back and forth, I was attracted by Wen Yanjing's talent and learning.

However, Wen Yanjing did not wait for the news of Sheng Hong's replacement. Instead, Sheng Hong hinted that he would compensate him in the future.

In other words, Sheng Hong had no intention of marrying his legitimate daughter to him.

This time, Wen Yanjing became a little confused.

Logically speaking, it was best to cut off contact with Rulan at this time, but when he thought about the benefits of marrying Rulan, he was unwilling to do so, and he has been putting it off until now.

"You don't have to worry about this. Just invite someone to propose marriage. I have a way to deal with it from my parents' side." Ru Lan gritted her teeth and said.

She really had nothing to do before, but Mo Lan's incident gave her inspiration.

If her parents didn't agree, she would just tell her that she was pregnant with Wen Yanjing's child. Then, for the sake of the Sheng family's reputation, her parents would naturally agree.

But she was a little embarrassed to tell Wen Yanjing about this plan.

Wen Yanjing was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't think too much about it. He knew that Ru Lan was very favored and felt that she should be sure to convince Sheng Hong and Madam Wang before saying this. He immediately promised to hire someone in a few days. Come to propose marriage.

(End of this chapter)