Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 296 Gu Tingye marries Minglan

When Yuan Wenshao read the letter, he stood up suddenly and had the urge to chase Li Xuan back immediately.

After a long time, Yuan Wenshao showed a wry smile and sat down.

This letter was written by Li Xuan. The letter said that she was pregnant. She had not seen him during this period. In addition to being afraid of being reluctant to leave him, she was also afraid that she could not help but tell the news.

Li Xuan said that she would give birth to the child so that he could be raised well.

At the end of the letter, she told him that Han Zhang did have contact with Xixia, but it was all with An Guogong Feng Rushan, and she had no evidence.

Even if she had, she wouldn't give it to him. It was impossible for her to betray Xixia.

Yuan Wenshao's confidence was confused after reading this. As the eldest princess of Xixia, even if Li Xuan had a good relationship with the Xixia Emperor, the Xixia Emperor might not be able to save her from such a big scandal as getting pregnant out of wedlock.

Even if she can finally give birth to the child, the mother and child will be in a very difficult situation in Xixia.

This is why Yuan Wenshao's first thought after hearing the news was to snatch him back.

However, once he does this, it will definitely trigger a war between the two countries.

Moreover, Li Xuan might have guessed what he was thinking, and waited a few days after she left Bianjing to send the letter.

At this time, it was too late for him to pursue him.

Yuan Wenshao locked himself in the study and kept thinking about how to solve this problem, but he could never think of any good solution.

"Officer."

In the evening, Hua Lan came to the study and saw that Yuan Wenshao's expression was not right, so she worriedly asked: "Official, has something happened?"

"It's okay, I'm just thinking about something." Yuan Wenshao shook his head.

"Officer, if you have anything bothering you, you can tell me. I may not be able to help you, but it will make you feel better if you tell me." Hua Lan said.

"It's really nothing. Isn't the Xixia envoy gone? When the sixth sister and Gu Tingye get married, I will go back to the military camp and think about things in the army."

After Yuan Wenshao finished speaking, he asked, "What's the matter with you coming here?"

"It's getting dark, it's time for dinner. You've been staying in the study. The servants didn't dare to disturb you, so I came over to yell at you." Hua Lan said.

Yuan Wenshao looked at the sky outside, patted his forehead, and said, "I forgot about time when I was thinking about things. If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't even feel it. Let's go to eat."

He felt that not much time had passed, but he didn't expect that an entire afternoon had already passed.

"Dad, you're here, I'm already hungry." Sister Wen said with some dissatisfaction when she saw Yuan Wenshao and Hua Lan coming over.

"It's dad's fault. Next time you are hungry, just eat first without waiting for dad." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"Mom won't let me eat first." Sister Wen glanced at her mother and said.

"Look, if the child is hungry, just let her eat first." Yuan Wenshao sat down on the main seat, looked at Hua Lan and complained.

Hua Lan rolled her eyes at him and said: "Sister Wen is almost eight years old. In a few years, we will be saying goodbye, and we should learn some rules. There is no reason for her to eat first when her parents and elders are not at the table. ?”

"Madam, if you want to teach me the rules, you can say whatever you want. There is no rush to talk about getting married. We have to wait until we are eighteen or nineteen years old." Yuan Wenshao said.

It is said that a daughter is her father's little cotton-padded jacket, and Hua Lan's words touched his sensitive nerves.

It felt like someone was trying to take off his cotton-padded jacket in the middle of winter.

"Eighteen or nineteen years old?"

Hua Lan was holding a bowl and serving rice to Yuan Wenshao. Hearing this, he stood there stunned, looking at Yuan Wenshao in disbelief, and said: "We will get married when we are eighteen or nineteen years old. We have agreed to go through the three letters and six rites, and we will be more than 20 years old when we get married." , you are already an old girl, who will you marry then?"

"As you said, didn't Gu Tingye get married only when he was twenty-six years old? Our family is from the Marquis Mansion, why are we afraid that we won't be able to get married?" Yuan Wenshao said.

"Gu Tingye has a reason for that. Besides, isn't Minglan only sixteen years old? You men can marry older girls when they are in their forties or fifties. Can our women compare with you?" Hua Lansheng put a good meal in Yuan Wenshao's hands. In front of him, he rolled his eyes and said angrily.

Yuan Wenshao: "..."

There seems to be nothing wrong with that.

"Besides, when the time comes, where are you going to find someone like Gu Tingye who only got married in his twenties?" Hua Lan said.

"Who said I would find someone like Gu Tingye?" Yuan Wenshao said angrily.

People like Gu Tingye are nothing from a man's point of view.

Moreover, in the original drama, after he married Ming Lan, he cut off contact with all his confidante and did not take any concubines, so he was considered a good man.

But if it were him, he would definitely look down on someone like Gu Tingye when looking for a son-in-law.

The prodigal son turned back, he was once a prodigal son.

But he was smart enough not to continue discussing this topic with Hua Lan. When the marriage was discussed in the future, he would just find a way to delay it.

"By the way, have you asked me what I asked you to ask?" Hua Lan asked.

"what's up?"

Yuan Wenshao gave his daughter a piece of mutton and looked at Hua Lan with some confusion.

"Didn't I ask you to test Uncle Anyang's tone before? You won't forget it, right?" Hua Lan said.

Yuan Wenshao was a little embarrassed when he heard this and said: "How could it be possible? I haven't been at Honglu Temple during this time. I haven't had time to ask. Tomorrow I will go to the army to meet Uncle Anyang and find out what he says."

During this period of time, I had been hanging out with Li Xuan, so I had forgotten about it.

No wonder that when Sheng Changfeng got married last time, Mrs. Wang saw that he was hesitant to speak.

I guess I wanted to ask at that time, but I felt it was inappropriate to talk about this with his son-in-law, so I held back.

Hualan knew from the look on Yuan Wenshao's face that Yuan Wenshao had forgotten.

But she didn't say anything. The reason she didn't press her was because she didn't want to cause trouble to Yuan Wenshao.

If she hadn't seen Yuan Wenshao take some time off, she wouldn't have mentioned it.

……

Yuan Wenshao originally planned to wait for Gu Tingye to get married before joining the army, but now he had to change his original plan.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Yuan Wenshao packed up and headed to the military camp.

When we arrived at the army, we first inspected the four battalions, and then summoned the generals to inquire about some situations in the army during this period.

In addition to training, there is usually nothing major going on in the Beijing camp.

After half an hour, they almost understood everything, and Yuan Wenshao ordered everyone to go back.

"Uncle Anyang, please stay here for a moment. I have something to tell you." Yuan Wenshao said.

Pu Qing was stunned. He and Yuan Wenshao had nothing to do with each other. They just had a normal superior-subordinate relationship. He didn't know what Yuan Wenshao was doing when he was left alone.

After the others left, Pu Qing saluted and said, "I wonder what the governor is looking for to find the general?"

"Sit down and talk." Yuan Wenshao smiled, waved his hand, and said, "I heard that your son is discussing marriage?"

Pu Qing was startled when he heard this and said hesitantly: "The Governor wants to protect the matchmaker for Erlang, the last general?"

Generally, women make small talk, and asking this kind of thing may really just be a small talk.

But when men talk about this kind of topic, they are trying to protect others.

What's more, Yuan Wenshao still discussed this with him in the army. "No, no, no, Uncle Anyang misunderstood. I just asked casually. I wonder if your son's marriage has been decided yet?" Yuan Wenshao shook his head repeatedly.

Ru Lan is his sister-in-law, how can any brother-in-law be a matchmaker for his sister-in-law?

Even though that's what he meant, he couldn't admit it.

Pu Qing was a little confused, but faced Yuan Wenshao's inquiry, he said it again.

His second son Pu Lin is indeed discussing marriage, but it has not been decided yet.

Yuan Wenshao heard that it had not been decided yet, so he asked: "I heard that your son has been discussing the marriage for some time, why has it not been decided yet?"

"Grand Governor, you don't know that this second son is not as capable of inheriting the family business as the first son. My second son is pretty good, and now he also has a sixth-grade military position. He who has a lower family background will not be looked down upon by my wife, who has a higher family background." I think he is a second son and I have never been able to find a suitable one." Pu Qing said distressedly.

"Haha, it's all the same. As the saying goes, parents love their children, and they have far-reaching plans. How can any parent not worry about their children? In my in-laws' family, the children are basically married, and the youngest daughter will get married in a few days. , only the legitimate daughter is left unaccounted for." Yuan Wenshao said.

Pu Qing previously served in the Western Suburbs Camp. After the restructuring, many of the original generals in the Western Suburbs Camp were lost to other places. Zhao Zongquan arranged for many people to join the army.

Under such circumstances, Pu Qing could still retain his position as a general of the first battalion, and he was not an ordinary person.

Yuan Wenshao suddenly left him behind and chatted with him about his son's marriage proposal.

If you tell him these things now, he would be really stupid if he doesn't understand.

Pu Qing thought about it carefully and found that the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family was a very good candidate.

Sheng Hong is a fifth-grade imperial censor, and the current status of the Sheng family is not low.

The important thing is that the marriage of the children of the Sheng family is better than the last.

Two married daughters, one a marquise, are destined to be married.

The other married into the Earl's Palace. Although he was not the eldest son and could not inherit the title, he was still the legitimate son.

Moreover, Yongchang Earl's Mansion is also top-notch among the Earls, and there are few that can compare with it.

Another one is getting married soon. She is marrying a confidant of an official family and is in charge of one of the five military camps. She has a high and powerful position.

Although he does not have a title, everyone in Bianjing knows that Gu Hou is in poor health and has no heirs.

Not surprisingly, the title finally fell to Gu Tingye.

As for the two sons, one is married to the daughter of Mr. Hai, and his future is boundless.

The other one married a side branch of the Liu family in Hedong, which was not bad at all.

A daughter-in-law of the father-in-law's daughter, two sons-in-law of marquises, and a legitimate son-in-law of an earl.

In terms of in-laws alone, the Sheng family is the best in Bianjing.

Many families in Bianjing envied the marriage between the Sheng family.

If you marry the Sheng family, you will have a relationship with the Hai family, Yuan family, and Gu family.

However, Pu Qing was not in a hurry to express his position, and just chatted with Yuan Wenshao.

After chatting for half an hour, Yuan Wenshao asked Pu Qing to go back.

He has already said what needs to be said, Pu Qing should be able to understand what he means, and it will be up to the Pu family to see if there is any action.

If Pu Qing is willing to marry the Sheng family, he will invite someone to the Sheng family to propose marriage. If there is no action, it means unwillingness.

Pu Qing moved faster than Yuan Wenshao expected, and the next day he invited someone to go to Sheng's house to propose marriage.

The Pu family was carefully selected by Madam Wang, so she was naturally willing.

But Sheng Hong was actually not willing to do so. For him, his three daughters had already married into the Lord's family, and they had both dignity and respect.

If all four of his daughters married into the Lord's family, it would be inevitable for some people to say that he was the one who followed the dragon and the phoenix.

If possible, he would like to marry Ru Lan to a poor scholar like Wen Yanjing.

However, Wen Yanjing had a private meeting with Ru Lan, and he was the one who brought Wen Yanjing into the Sheng family, so he was somewhat unjust about this matter.

Mrs. Wang had been quarreling with him a lot because of this incident, and now he just wanted to get Ru Lan married as soon as possible.

Both Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang agreed, and the marriage was settled.

After the marriage was decided and the three letters and six etiquettes were not left, she would definitely not be able to catch up with Minglan.

……

On this day, the red lanterns that the Sheng family had replaced not long ago because Sheng Changfeng got married had not yet faded, so they were taken off and replaced with new ones.

Because today is the wedding day of the sixth girl of the Sheng family.

Generally speaking, when welcoming a bride, many good friends will be invited to help support the occasion.

Gu Tingye used to be a famous dandy in Bianjing, and he had a wide range of friends.

There is no dandy in Bianjing that he is not familiar with.

Although they haven't played together for many years, if he wants to invite him, the young masters in Bianjing can basically invite him.

But Gu Tingye is very smart. He knows that Sheng Hong loves face but is also a little reserved.

To put it simply, it’s a matter of seeking fame and reputation.

If he invites all those dandy boys from Bianjing, the situation will be improved, but Sheng Hong may not be happy.

Although he knew that Minglan and Sheng Hong had a bad relationship, after all, Sheng Hong was Minglan's father and his future father-in-law, so it would be easy to make things difficult for him.

Therefore, he did not invite those people and only asked his third brother Gu Tingwei to come with him to welcome the bride.

In order not to look shabby, there were naturally many military men from Yuzhou Qiandi, including Generals Shen Guojiu, Lao Geng, and Xiao Duan. In addition to the middle-level generals in the military camp, they were quite numerous.

When a woman gets married, the woman will arrange for someone to block the door in order to show that she is reluctant to leave the girl.

The Sheng family is not shabby either. Yuan Wenshao, the son-in-law of the Marquis, plus Liang Han, the legitimate son of the Earl's Mansion, Chang Wu, Fang Hang and some relatives of the Sheng family, under the leadership of Sheng Changbai, the eldest son, have made the door full of bets.

The purpose of blocking the door was to show reluctance, to embarrass the new uncle again, and to add some joy, but it was not that he was really not allowed to enter.

Logically speaking, the first person should be Yuan Wenshao, the eldest son-in-law, or Sheng Changbai, the eldest son.

However, both of them accepted Gu Tingye's favor, so it was Liang Han who took the lead.

"Erlang, they all say that you have great military skills. We have 10,000 troops and 10,000 enemy troops. How can we win when they meet on a plain?" Liang Han said loudly.

Before Gu Tingye could say anything, General Xiao Duan stood up and said loudly: "Fourth Young Master of the Sheng family, these many people have gone to the battlefield without any trouble. I will take care of them as a vanguard. Let me ask you, is this flat land to the north or north? Northwest? Are they cavalry or infantry? Is this enemy the Wanyan family, the Yelu family, or the Xixia Li family? Are there mountains or rivers outside the plains..."

General Xiao Duan's series of questions caused everyone who came to welcome the bride to boo, leaving Liang Han speechless and retreating with a red face.

Yuan Wenshao saw that this was not going to work. Blocking the door actually had another purpose.

The man is eager to show his sincerity and will arrive early.

At this time, the bride is actually not ready yet.

Blocking the door not only adds a bit of joy and shows reluctance, but also has the purpose of delaying time.

Otherwise, if the groom's men go in and the bride is not ready, it will appear that the woman does not pay enough attention to the man.

(End of this chapter)