Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 261 Ru Lan’s Stubbornness

When Wen Yanjing returned to the table again, the smile on his face became even bigger, and no one thought much about it.

Being named to the gold medal list is one of the four great joyous events in life. Isn't it normal to be happy?

The celebration feast lasted until late at night.

Although Yuan Wenshao drank a lot, he was only slightly tipsy.

Sister Wen was a child after all, and she had a great time playing. She got in the car and fell asleep in her mother's arms not long after.

Hualan held her daughter in her arms and whispered to Yuan Wenshao about the back house.

With Mo Lan around, Mrs. Wang naturally had to be sarcastic, but with Haishi calming down, there was no quarrel.

On the contrary, it was Minglan who got angry midway. The reason was that Molan begged the old lady to let her go see her little mother.

He also asked the old lady to help persuade Sheng Hong to let her daughter return to the Sheng family.

The old lady knew that Lin Xiaoniang was dead, but Gu Nianmolan was pregnant and couldn't tell her. She just told her that she couldn't help with the matter.

Mo Lan naturally knew Mrs. Sheng's status in the Sheng family, and as long as she asked, Sheng Hong could only agree.

In order to get the old lady to agree, she knelt down directly in front of the old lady and begged.

She has been pregnant for several months, and her belly is a little bit pregnant, but the weather is still cold now and she is wearing thick clothes, so you can't tell if you don't pay attention.

But everyone in the Sheng family knew about it, and the old lady was also worried that she would hurt her body while kneeling like this, and there was nothing she could do for a while.

When Ming Lan saw this, she immediately got angry and told Mo Lan that as long as she was here, Lin Xiaoniang would not even think about returning to the Sheng family.

Because of this, Mo Lan and Ming Lan quarreled for a long time.

After hearing this, Yuan Wenshao shook his head and said, "Then Liang Liulang wanted me to transfer him to the rear army during dinner."

"The official agreed?" Hua Lan asked.

"No, he is a dandy. He can't stand the hardships in the patrol camp, and he can't stand the hardships in the military camp. The reason why he came to me is just because he wants to join the army and I will take care of him. He wants to hang out. Where can I be? I will." Yuan Wenshao said.

"That's good. I heard the official say before that the two lieutenants are the official's confidants. If you transfer the fourth brother-in-law, if he gets into trouble in the future, the official will also be implicated." Hua Lan said.

"Well, you're right. I definitely don't want him. I'm going to take Chang Wu over." Yuan Wenshao said.

According to the tradition of the western suburbs camp, the lieutenants themselves are the confidants of the officials.

There is nothing wrong with Zhao Zongquan's arrangement.

If both of them are easy to get along with, Yuan Wenshao would be happy to make a show.

But Geng Jiechuan obviously didn't like him. He didn't have much contact with Zheng Wu, and he didn't understand him well.

If there is no confidant in the military camp, and the two of them don't give him any face in the future, he will be completely ignored.

Chang Wu now has a high official position. By transferring him, he can have some say and he will not be completely ignored.

Hualan didn't know what Yuan Wenshao was thinking, she just thought that Yuan Wenshao did this to take care of her mother's family.

Although she didn't know much about officialdom, she knew something about some things since she was in Bianjing.

The commanders of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division are all the Lord's children. Chang Wu is now the deputy commander, and he cannot be promoted if he continues to stay in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.

Therefore, I was deeply touched by Yuan Wenshao's move.

After returning home, settling his daughter, washing up and going to bed, he took the initiative, and some of the gestures that he had not been able to unlock were half pushed and allowed Yuan Wenshao to succeed.

It actually made Yuan Wenshao enjoy it.

……

The next day Yuan Wenshao found Sheng Changwu and told him about transferring him to the rear army, and Sheng Changwu agreed without thinking.

At his current official position, there is no future for him to stay in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.

Moreover, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is said to be an army, but in fact it has similar rights to the joint defense brigade and urban management in later generations.

There is a lot of oil and water, but you can only dawdle, and it is difficult to make meritorious deeds.

Sheng Changwu was not short of money, so he naturally wanted to give it a try and maybe get a title.

Although it is difficult, at least there is a chance that it is not.

The western suburbs camp was restructured and personnel changes were frequent, but there was no shortage of positions.

However, it still requires official approval.

Yuan Wenshao went to the meeting, and after waiting for a few days, the official's approval came down, agreeing to transfer Sheng Changwu.

Because they did not belong to each other, the camps of the fifth battalion were completely separated.

The rear army under the command of Yuan Wenshao was assigned to the southeast corner of Bianjing, not far from the Bianhe River.

Now that most of the camp has been built, the army will be able to move in once the camp is completed.

……

Nine days after the imperial examination, the official family held the palace examination. A few days later, the results of the palace examination came out. Wen Yanjing's ranking did not change much, and he was still in the top 13.

In fact, this is normal. The imperial examination is held every three years, and the Zhou Dynasty has many officials and few positions. It maintains a large number of idle officials, so there is no shortage of people.

Generally speaking, the officials in the palace examination focus on those in the first class. As for those in the second class, they only take a brief look at them. Unless there is a particularly good article, the officials will pay attention to them.

As for the top three, they don't even have a chance to take the imperial examination.

After the results of the palace examination came out, they had a roll call at the Donghua Gate and paraded through the streets on horseback, which was quite a sight.

In the evening, the official family held a Qionglin banquet to entertain the scholars who were named on the gold list. They encouraged them with a few words and drank a glass of wine before leaving, leaving King Huan to entertain them personally.

Early the next morning, Wen Yanjing got up and washed up, then found the matchmaker he had made an appointment with before, bought some things, and went to Sheng's house.

This visit to the Sheng family cannot be regarded as a formal proposal of marriage, it can only be said to be a visit.

Otherwise, if you invite someone with status to propose marriage, the woman will reject it, and the person who invited you will be disgraced.

As a student of Sheng Hong, Wen Yanjing often came to Sheng's house. Although he brought a woman in her forties or fifties this time, the concierge didn't think much about it. He thought it was his mother and sent someone in to inform him. Wen Yan was respectfully invited in.

Sheng Hong was on duty, and Wen Yanjing came to visit with someone. Naturally, Mrs. Wang, the mistress of the house, had to come forward.

After Mrs. Wang learned the news, she came to the front hall.

At first Mrs. Wang also thought that the person Wen Yanjing was taking was his mother, but after sitting down and chatting for a few words, she realized something was wrong.

The woman spoke with a Bianjing accent. She praised Wen Yanjing at all times and mentioned her daughter.

Mrs. Wang didn't know that she was the matchmaker invited by Wen Yan.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang still had some sense and did not get angry on the spot. She coldly said that her daughter had already agreed to get married.

After hearing this, the matchmaker felt a little embarrassed, scolding Wen Yanjing's ancestors for eight generations, and left in a hurry with Wen Yanjing. "Bah! You don't even know what you are doing. You are just a poor Jinshi, but you dare to take ideas from my daughter!" Mrs. Wang's face turned livid with anger.

Although Mrs. Sheng took Sheng Hong to the Wang family to propose marriage, the old Mrs. Sheng had already passed away.

But after all, Mrs. Sheng was Tanhualang and had been an official, and he also had an aunt who was born in a marquis mansion.

Wen Yanjing was nothing, he was just a poor scholar, so what would happen even if he won the Jinshi.

With no financial resources at all, is it possible for her daughter to endure hardship?

What's more, Wen Yanjing was originally meant for Mo Lan, but Mo Lan didn't like her. If she married Ru Lan, she would be laughed to death by Mo Lan.

"Madam, be careful what you say!" Liu's mother quickly reminded: "You must never say such things in front of the Lord."

Sheng Hong doesn't like Mrs. Wang. In addition to her appearance, the bigger reason is that Mrs. Wang feels that the Sheng family has a lower family background and the Wang family has a higher family background.

Sheng Hong was a concubine at first, and he was very sensitive. He was naturally displeased by Mrs. Wang's behavior.

In addition, Lin Xiaoniang can talk to please, this is the reason why Sheng Hong likes Lin Xiaoniang.

Otherwise, even if Sheng Hong liked the concubine, he would not spoil his concubine and destroy his wife.

It's okay for Mrs. Wang to look down on Wen Yanjing. If she scolded the poor Jinshi in front of Sheng Hong, Sheng Hong would inevitably think too much.

"I'm not stupid."

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "Officials often praise Wen Yanjing in front of me, but I didn't expect that he is also a very ambitious person. Ru'er is the legitimate daughter of my Sheng family. Not to mention marrying a marquis, she must be an earl at the very least. Yes, you can’t marry lower than that bitch’s daughter.”

Mrs. Wang scolded her for a while but didn't take the matter seriously. She just thought it was Wen Yanjing's wishful thinking and returned to Wei Ruixuan.

On the other side, Rulan got the news as soon as Wen Yanjing entered the door. When she learned that her mother went to the front hall not long after Wen Yanjing left, Rulan knew that her mother was unwilling.

He quickly took the maid to the front hall, preparing to show off with Mrs. Wang.

Halfway through, I learned that Mrs. Wang had returned to Wei Ruixuan, so she changed route again and came to Wei Ruixuan.

Mrs. Wang was drinking tea. When she saw Ru Lan walking in, she smiled and said, "Ru'er is here, come and sit down."

"Yes." Rulan bowed and came to sit next to Mrs. Wang.

"You should prepare well during this period. In a few days, the brother of Marquis Zhongjing will get married. I will send you a post. When the time comes, I will ask Sister You to introduce you to those ladies. You have to behave well, you know?" Wang Da The lady warned.

"Mom, I'm not going. Those ladies have so many rules and it's so awkward." Ru Lan said.

"No!" Mrs. Wang said angrily: "The younger brother of Marquis Zhongjing is marrying the Queen's sister. By then, the entire Bianjing noble family will be there, and maybe the official family and the Queen will be there. With our family's family background, I wasn't even qualified to go in the first place, but I decided to give it because of your eldest brother-in-law's sake. You must give me such a good opportunity to go."

"Mom, if you let me go, don't you just want me to marry into those noble families? I heard from my eldest sister that except for a few of the Bianjing Lord families, many of them are in terrible condition in the mainland, so I just Don't marry into a family like that." Ru Lan said.

"What are you talking about? Parents make the final decision on all major marriage matters. No matter how unbearable the lord is, he will never be able to endure hardships with a title. Besides, with your eldest sister here, she will naturally help you choose a good one. This Mo Lan has married into the Earl of Yongchang Mansion, if you marry to a lower level than her, will you be willing to do so?" Mrs. Wang said.

"I won't marry anyway!"

If Mrs. Wang usually said this, Ru Lan would naturally not be reconciled, but she had Wen Yanjing in her heart, and now she only wanted to marry Wen Yanjing, and her thoughts of fighting with Mo Lan had faded away.

"Are you trying to piss me off to death?" Mrs. Wang said with a livid face: "You don't even like this noble family, who else do you want to marry?"

"My daughter thinks that her father's student is pretty good. Didn't my father say that he would marry the fourth sister to him? He didn't make a decision at the time. Now that the fourth sister is also married, why not marry me to him?" Ru Lan said. .

Mrs. Wang was stunned when she heard this and looked at Ru Lan.

"Mom, why are you looking at me like this?"

As Ru Lan was talking, she noticed something was wrong. When she raised her head, she saw Mrs. Wang looking at her sharply and lowering her head with a guilty conscience.

"Tell me, does Wen Yanjing come to propose marriage and have something to do with you?"

No matter how stupid Mrs. Wang was, she noticed something was wrong at this time.

Na Wenyan respectfully invites a matchmaker to marry Ru Lan.

As soon as her front foot left, Rulan came to tell her this, and she didn't believe it if she said it was okay to kill him.

"What does it have to do with... and me?" Rulan pretended to be calm.

"Okay, I'll just say that guy is ambitious. I didn't expect him to do such a thing! Tell me, did you do anything that exceeded the rules?" Madam Wang shouted.

As the saying goes, a true daughter is better than her mother. When Mrs. Wang saw Ru Lan like this, she knew that the two must have an affair, and she almost fainted from anger.

Seeing Mrs. Wang say this, Ru Lan frowned and said, "Since mother has already guessed it, my daughter won't hide it from you. She already has a child who respects her brother."

"What?, you want to be so angry..."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, her face turned livid, her breathing became rapid, her eyes darkened and she fainted.

"Lady!"

"mother!"

Mother Liu quickly supported Mrs. Wang, and while pinching her, she shouted: "Come here, go and ask the doctor!"

"No need to call a doctor."

Mrs. Wang was so angry that she was so angry that she fainted. Mother Liu pinched the person a few times and woke up.

"Mom, are you okay? Let's ask the doctor to take a look?" Rulan asked worriedly.

"Don't call me mother, I don't have a daughter like you. I worked hard to raise you and held you in my hands since childhood. You actually did such a shameless thing. If word spreads, what else will I have?" Showing your face to others? Just die!" Mrs. Wang shouted angrily.

Although Mrs. Wang was nervous after Mo Lan's incident happened, she still laughed at Xiaoniang Lin afterwards.

Now she felt as if she was laughing at herself when she laughed at Lin Xiaoniang and her daughter, and she felt a dull pain in her face.

"Madam, please calm down first."

Mother Liu said: "What the fifth girl said just now are all angry words. Think about it, the fifth girl has not been out during this period. She has only followed you to the temple to pray for blessings and the eldest girl's house a few times. She has no time to talk to that literary lady." What does Yan Jing have?"

Mrs. Wang was stunned when she heard this, and when she thought about it carefully, it seemed that this was really the case.

At most, Ru Lan and Wen Yanjing had some private contacts and exchanged words. It was indeed impossible to say that the two of them had any quarrel.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang looked at Ru Lan and shouted: "Tell me the truth, did anything happen between you two?"

Rulan said stubbornly: "I am pregnant with brother Jing's child. If mother does not agree to let me marry her, my daughter will have no choice but to die to keep the Sheng family innocent!"

"Take her inside to check to see if she is still intact." Mrs. Wang looked at Liu's mother and said.

"I'm not going!"

Rulan wanted to run after hearing this, but Mrs. Wang shouted: "Catch her!"

(End of this chapter)