Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 256 Making an Alliance
The so-called hereditary commander is just a secular position, and whether you can be appointed depends on the appointment of the Ministry of War. Li Weijian secretly thought to himself that Sun Shaozu only knew his physiognomy. If he didn't, squeezing this person to death would be like squeezing an ant to death.

At the moment, Li Weijian didn't think much anymore and stayed at home until the afternoon before going to his mentor Yan Xiyao's house. Jia Yucun actually became the minister of the Ministry of War, and I don't know whose connection he came from.

Rongguo Mansion.

Because she was scolded by sisters Li Wen and Li Qi, Baoyu was in low spirits for two days in a row. She couldn't figure out why her daughter's family, which was so good, had turned into a dead fish.

Seeing this, Xiren sat down on the edge of the bed, pushed him and said, "Why do you want to sleep again? If you are bored, just go out for a walk."

At this time, Mrs. Wang was not there, and only Caiyun and Caixia stayed in the room. Because it was Baoyu, she did not hesitate to hold Baoyu's hand and said with a smile: "I want to go, but I can't bear to leave you."

Xiren pulled out his hand without leaving a trace, and pushed with a smile: "Get up quickly."

Baoyu finally got up, but still said gloomily: "Where are we going? Weird and greasy."

The attacker advised, "Just go out. Lying like this will only make you more tired and crooked."

Baoyu had no choice but to come out of Mrs. Wang's room. He wandered listlessly into the garden and looked at the goldfish for a while. Suddenly he saw two deer running towards him like arrows on the hillside. He was wondering when he saw Jia Lan mentioning something. Zhang Xiaogong chased after him.

As soon as he saw Baoyu in front, he stopped and said with a smile, "Second uncle is also here to visit the garden?"

Bao Yuxu pointed at him and said, "Are you naughty again? What's the point of shooting it properly?" He also saw a long box between the back of the bow and the string of the bow, and wondered, "What is this again?"

Jia Lan became more and more proud, shook his head and said, "Second uncle, please take a look at the rapid-fire arrow box given by your fourth uncle!"

After saying that, he opened his bow and heard a constant whizzing sound. In the blink of an eye, he shot out five uncut feather arrows. One of them hit the fawn's back butt without hesitation. The fawn screamed a few times and ran more happily. Reality.

When Baoyu heard that it was a gift from Li Weijian, he thought of sisters Li Wen and Li Qi, and immediately darkened his face and said, "If your tooth is planted, then you won't be naughty anymore!"

Jia Lan smiled and didn't care. He ran to pick up the feather arrows and fiddled with them again.

Baoyu felt that it was not very interesting, so he strolled to Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Hearing the singing as thin as mosquitoes and flies, Baoyu suddenly felt happy, guessing that Daiyu must be in a very good mood. Xinbu was about to enter the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. After taking two steps, he saw the female officer Wei Jianyu and Daiyu's nanny blocking the front.

Grandma Wang smiled and said, "Young lady is going to sleep now. Brother, I'd better come back and see you later."

"Sleeping?" Baoyu pointed to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. At this moment, the humming sound suddenly disappeared.

He was about to argue a few words when he saw Wei Jianyu staring at him without saying a word. Baoyu suddenly felt frightened. He knew that he could not offend the female official, so he wanted to retreat.

Just as he was about to say something, Xiren hurriedly chased him. When he got close, he said, "Go back and get dressed quickly. The master is calling you."

After hearing this, Baoyu felt as if he was in a state of panic. He didn't care about anything else and hurriedly came back to get dressed.

When Mingyan followed the young man to Jia Zhengwai's study, he could faintly hear Jia Zhengzheng talking to others. Upon entering, I found out that the person coming was Feng Ziying.

Baoyu suddenly burst out laughing. Seeing Li, he hurriedly asked, "I have been meeting for a long time. Is the old man healthy?"

Feng Ziying said: "Everything is fine. Qian'er just got the letter and is now stationed in Xining. I ride horses and hunt wolves every day. It's very pleasant."

Baoyu smiled apologetically, but when he saw Jia Zheng, he immediately lowered his eyebrows and looked down upon him. Jia Zheng said: "You and Ziying will go to the prince tomorrow. You don't need to say anything more, but just listen to Ziying."

Baoyu only agreed, and Jia Zheng waved his hand and dismissed him impatiently. After leaving the study room, I learned from my brother Li Gui that a man named Sun had visited the eldest man early in the morning and offered him a heavy gift to find a job.

The elder received the gift, but one day he couldn't find Jia Lian, so he had to look for Jia Zhengfen. Jia Zheng couldn't refuse, so he had to invite Feng Tang's son Feng Ziying to come and plan the matter.

Baoyu suddenly became depressed when he heard that it was because of this incident. He was bored and refused to do anything, so he simply returned to Mrs. Wang's room.

The attacker was in the room. When he saw him returning, he hurriedly asked, "Why do you want me to see you?"

"It's annoying, don't ask!" Baoyu fumed and fell on the bed with his head in his arms.

The attacker glanced twice, then came over to persuade him: "Since the master has given orders, just listen. If you offend the master, be careful."

Baoyu suddenly became angry: "Master bullied me, the other side bullied me, and now you bully me too. You guys, you all don't know me. It's so easy to find someone who knows me, and now you ignore me!" She blushed as she spoke! There were circles in my eyes, and my face burst into tears in a blink of an eye.

Xiren didn't know how to persuade him for a moment. Just as he was thinking about it, Meiren walked in quickly. When he saw this, he frowned and asked, "Have you offended the second master again?"

Xiren only said: "What happened? Just a few words of persuasion and he was like this."

When Charming was about to say more, someone in the distance said, "What's wrong with Brother Bao?"

Meiren looked back and saw Baochai coming supporting Mrs. Wang. Xiren and Meiren hurriedly came to greet him, but Mrs. Wang didn't care about anything else. She hurriedly hugged Baoyu and said distressedly: "My son, why are you wronged?"

The attacker hurriedly told the whole story, but Sister Debao was speechless for a while. It was just a matter of letting Baoyu have normal human relations, as if he had been wronged by the sky. Speaking of which, he was now thirteen or fourteen years old, and Jian's fourth brother had already established a family at that age.

Sister Bao was bored in her heart, but her face was still demure. She suppressed her frustration and came over to offer some words of comfort. However, Baoyu didn't get better and actually hid in Mrs. Wang's arms and cried endlessly.

Sister Bao sighed secretly and said, "Brother Bao, please stop making trouble, be careful if you offend me, I won't let you go."

When Baoyu heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he did not dare to cry. He just suppressed his tears and kept crying.

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But in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, she and Li Weijian had a bold moment last night and held hands again. Although Daiyu tossed and turned during the night, she was in high spirits when she got up early in the morning.

Grandma Wang and the two mothers-in-law didn't know the reason, they just said that it was rare to see the girl happy, and they made a lot of naughty jokes. In the first afternoon, she and Wei Jianyu learned the nühong lesson. When it was noon, Daiyu sat alone in the study, reading books and playing the piano.

Glancing at the moon cave window, I sometimes remembered the scene where I looked at each other through the window and held hands with Li Weijian. Daiyu couldn't help but blush, and she was as excited as a lark.

Because she had no intention of flipping through the book, she would sometimes feel dazed and hum the tunes taught by Li Weijian without checking herself. Daiyu frowned when she heard the front guard Jian Yu and Grandma Wang stopping Baoyu.

This second brother Bao really didn't know what to say. He was obviously one year older than me, but he seemed to understand nothing.

Usually I still think that Brother Bao is naughty and knows her thoughts. For some reason, as I get older, I feel more and more that Brother Bao is a bit annoying. Little did she know that she was small, had a small body, and had a small heart. She could accommodate Li Weijian, but how could she accommodate others?

While thinking about it, I unconsciously thought of Li Weijian again, so I didn't bother to turn over the book, nor played the piano. I was bored, so I got up and came out of the study.

Xueyan, Zicuckoo and Nanny were all in the hall. Seeing Daiyu come out, Zicuckoo went up to greet her and said, "Miss, are you going for a walk?"

Proud of Li Weijian's advice, Daiyu never slacked off every day. She nodded first, then shook her head and said, "The room is a little stuffy. I don't need anyone to follow me when I go for a walk in the garden. I'll always be back for dinner."

Zicuckoo and Snow Goose were about to come down. Seeing the clouds gathering outside, they were afraid that Daiyu would get caught in the rain, so they hurriedly prepared their cloaks and oil-paper umbrellas.

Coming out of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Daiyu walked around the Grand View Garden holding an oil-paper umbrella. She walked from the left, bypassing Qiu Shuangzhai and Daoxiang Village, passing Tubi Villa, and arrived at the place where flowers were buried in the past. The terrain here is quite high, and you can have a good view of the situation next door.

Daiyu raised her eyes and looked over, and saw that the Huifang Garden was lush and green, with gurgling water. The West Road Courtyard in front had been capped, and many craftsmen were busy putting up tiles. I was feeling sad when I suddenly saw someone walking in the verandah of Ningxixuan with his hands behind his back. He was dressed in moonlight and walked slowly and slowly. Who could he be if he wasn't Li Weijian?

Daiyu's heart was pounding and she opened her mouth to speak, but she was afraid of losing her dignity, so she covered her mouth and watched eagerly. I don't know if it was because of the connection, but the figure suddenly turned his head and looked towards this side, then he stamped his feet, smiled and waved this way.

Daiyu immediately showed her face, raised her feet slightly and waved to the other side. Then she saw Li Weijian pointing at the East Point Gate. Daiyu thought for a moment, nodded heavily, and then she felt happy and walked towards the East Point Gate.

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Just returning to his home, he saw Sister Lin while wandering around. Li Weijian felt happy and walked briskly towards the east corner gate.

He had just returned from Leting Iron Works last night, and as usual he did not have to sit in the office for the next two or three days. After noon, he went to the home of his mentor Yan Xiyao to find out who had come to Jiayu Village.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xiyao refused to say more and only said: "Jia Shifei is just a donkey now, what do you care about him?"

donkey? Guizhou donkey has no skills?
No, it should be killing the donkey!
Now that Chen Hongmou is in power and the minions of the new party cannot be accommodated, how can the profits be distributed to Jia Yucun, a newly affiliated party? It was expected that this person must have fallen in the favor of a saint, so he was recruited into the military department, just in time to check and balance Wang Ziteng, and then reorganize the frontier army.

This person from Jia Yucun is good at sneaking into the camp. I am afraid that the saint will also see that this person is a person who likes to be popular, and I am afraid that if he is used at the right time, he will have the intention of killing the donkey. As long as the border troops are purged in the coming day, in order to appease the resentment among the troops, this person and Wang Ziteng will be killed.

What does it mean to "really preach one sentence and falsely preach thousands of books"? That’s it! Without the guidance of his mentor Yan Xiyao, Li Weijian would not have had to spend a lot of effort to figure out the mystery.

Walking to the east corner door, the corner door was half open. When the Qin Xian family saw Li Weijian, they immediately greeted him with smiles and said, "The fourth master is here."

Li Weijian smiled and waved his hand: "I won't go there today. It's convenient for Sister Qin to have a few words with Sister Lin."

The Qin Xian family naturally agreed and stepped aside.

After a while, I saw Daiyu turning around the stone wall, stopping not far away and looking timidly towards this side. The Qin Xian family had already hid in the hut in Qingtang. Daiyu saw no one, and although she was puzzled, she finally moved her steps to the corner door.

"Fourth brother Jian."

Li Weijian looked around and saw that Daiyu had a peerless appearance and rare beauty. He called out "Fourth Brother Jian", the sound was like an oriole, and with just one call, all the crows fell silent.

"younger sister."

They greeted each other and smiled, but there was silence for a long time. Li Weijian wanted to hold her hand again, but he knew that Sister Lin would refuse at this moment. Just as she was about to say something, Daiyu said, "Fourth Brother Jian just came back?"

"Yes, I went to my mentor's house in the afternoon. Oh, your husband was awarded the title of Minister of War."

"But it's inappropriate?"

Li Weijian shook his head and said: "This person is too arrogant, I'm afraid he will not end well." After a pause, he added: "If you don't talk about him, did my sister sleep well last night?"

Daiyu agreed softly, but actually she tossed and turned for a long time after Li Weijian left last night, and she just fell asleep after midnight.

"I've finished reading the book Fourth Brother Jian gave me last time. I'll send it back later."

It's not easy to leave that book in the garden, as it will cause trouble if you don't know. Li Weijian agreed and said, "Sister, is there anything else you want to see?"

Daiyu shook her head and frowned: "Sister Bao saw it last time, and she said she would see less of this kind of thing in the future, so as not to change her temper."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "I'm afraid that's wrong. Those who are not thoughtful will change their temper after reading it. My sister is precocious and only reads the script as a script, and then looks at the words in it. How can she change her temper? Sex?"

Daiyu suddenly thought to herself, Brother Jian really understands her. So he smiled and said: "What the fourth brother said is true, I also think so in my heart. It's just that I don't know what other books are good to read in my eagerness."

Li Weijian asked: "The Romance of the West Chamber, The Peony Pavilion?"

Daiyu suddenly remembered that she accidentally heard the libretto in Lixiangyuan that day, and said, "Then I'll trouble Fourth Brother Jian to borrow a copy of The Peony Pavilion. I heard the libretto is quite elegant."

"Okay." Li Weijian agreed.

Daiyu was about to say something else when she heard the call of snow geese from behind. Daiyu said helplessly: "I have been out for a long time, so I thought it was time to go to my grandmother."

Li Weijian said: "Then sister, go ahead, maybe my aunt will be back by now."

Daiyu responded, taking three steps to look back and saying goodbye.

When Li Weijian saw Daiyu hiding behind a stone wall, he turned around and headed to the main house on East Road. On the way, he saw that the Angsana Tower was almost completed, and he expected it to be completed in May. As soon as they turned around the Dengxian Pavilion, they saw Hongyu coming quickly. She came to him and said, "Fourth Master, the old lady is back. She is looking for the Fourth Master right now."

Li Weijian hurried to his aunt's courtyard. When he arrived at the courtyard, he could hear sighs in the distance. After entering, Li Weijian saw his eldest aunt Liang frowning and asked, "But what about the girl from the Su family?"

"It's extremely inappropriate!" Mrs. Liang said: "When she saw me, she was wearing a hundred-pin Taoist robe. I don't know where she learned it from! I think this woman is very arrogant. If she does marry, she will There is no need for right and wrong.”

Li Weijian smiled and said: "In that case, just expose the matter, why bother my eldest aunt?"

Liang said: "Your uncle is particularly satisfied with the Su family. He said that he is a proprietor of poems and books." At this point, he cursed: "It's a good thing I stopped you that day, otherwise the matter would have been settled." Seeing that Li Weijian's face was not clear. After the change, Mrs. Liang wondered: "We have the same surname after all, and you're not angry even after I said this?"

Li Weijian smiled and said: "My uncle has always been stubborn, but my nephew can't persuade me. Besides, isn't there an aunt?"

Mrs. Liang gritted her teeth and poked Li Weijian on the forehead, and sighed: "I'll go and see the Shi family girl tomorrow. If I'm not satisfied, I'm afraid I'll have to poke around again."

Seeing that the eldest aunt was in a bad mood after drinking wine, Li Weijian accompanied her and said a few words before letting her rest. Returning to the East Road Courtyard, you can see that it is very lively when you enter.

But it was Fu Qiufang who personally purchased several maids, leaving four outstanding ones to work with Li Wen and Li Qi as personal maids.

Seeing Li Weijian's arrival, Li Qi came over and said, "Fourth brother is here just in time. My sister and I don't know what to name the maid, so why not ask fourth brother to do it for us."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "You are quite lazy."

After carefully observing the four maids, they all had a certain beauty, and their age was similar to that of Li Wen and Li Qi. After thinking about it, Li Weijian named the two assigned to Li Wen, one was Qingshang and the other was Danji. ; The ones who accompany Li Qi are Bei Jin and Ji Fang.

The four maids came forward to thank them, and Fu Qiufang quietly stuffed silver barley seeds into the two sisters. After giving them a reward, the four maids thanked them profusely, and they all felt that this uncle's residence was indeed a good place to go. I've been rewarded just now, and I can't say I'll be rewarded more in the future, because I served with all my heart.

The day passed by in a hurry, and then Liang went to visit Baolinghou Mansion again.

When he returned in the afternoon, he couldn't stop smiling.

After looking for Li Weijian, he said, "I think that girl is a good girl. She is frank and charming. Although she is still young, she looks like she is well-bred."

Li Weijian was speechless, and Mrs. Liang added, "Brother Jian, if you have no objection, I will find a matchmaker to ask for your name in the future."

Li Weijian cupped his hands and said, "It's all up to my eldest aunt to make the decision."

Mrs. Liang said again: "Your uncle is in poor health, so I'm afraid he won't be able to come to the capital. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble your mentor about this alliance."

Li Weijian agreed, thinking about how to tell his teacher Yan Xiyao later.

The eldest aunt Liang was indeed very efficient in her work. She found a matchmaker the next day, made a big gift, and immediately left for Baolinghou Mansion.

The six ancient rituals of marriage have been simplified since the Ming Dynasty, and now they have been simplified into four steps. They are asking for names, making alliances, setting appointments, and welcoming in person.

Two days later, the Baolinghou Mansion invited a matchmaker to come to Li's house to ask for the Geng Tie. Liang immediately wrote the Geng Tie on big red paper. The letter included Li Weijian's name, date of birth, and the number of characters, all of which were written with the word "Jiansheng". He handed it to the matchmaker and sent it to Baolinghou Mansion that day.

On the third day, the Baolinghou Mansion asked about the fortune, so he wrote Shi Xiangyun Geng's post on Li Weijian's Geng post. This is a joint score.

Since there was only one male member of the Li family in the capital, Li Weijian, the task of delivering Geng's post in front of the family temple fell on him. On that day, Li Weijian sent Geng Tie to his family temple, and the next day he sent money to ask Qin Tian to supervise Chun Guan Zheng to predict auspicious signs. Chung Guan Zheng was not disappointed, so he pretended to do some calculations and said that if the two people's horoscopes matched, the marriage would be auspicious.

At this time, small betrothal gifts were arranged at home, and Li Weijian hurriedly went to find his teacher Yan Xiyao.

Yan Xiyao looked at Li Weijian with a half-smile but not a smile for a long time, and then said: "I never mentioned the resurrection. I also thought that old man Li Shouzhong was willing to come to the capital."

Li Weijian wondered: "Did my mentor know about it a long time ago?"

Yan Xiyao then said: "Why did I write the word "dirty" in that letter that day?"

Li Weijian was stunned, and then heard Yan Xiyao say: "Since I have accepted you as a close disciple, how can I not plan your marriage? Although the Baoling Marquis is mediocre, the Zhongjing Marquis is still in the heart of the emperor. It is not my fault that I made it happen. Do you think a historian is coveting that little money?"

It suddenly dawned on Li Weijian that it was no wonder that he had previously become acquainted with Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing. It turned out that his roots were still in his teacher!

He felt grateful in his heart and knew that his teacher Yan Xiyao was sincerely thinking about him, so he stood up and bowed to the end, saying: "My teacher's heart to protect me with fists and fists, my disciples dare not or forget it."

Yan Xiyao smiled bitterly and said: "It's also strange that I promised Shi Ding that day, but never told you. When I heard that you secretly had an affair with the daughter of the Lin family, I had no choice but to write the word "bin". It's also a shame to say that you are late. Lin Yansi."

Li Weijian sighed, and then he understood Yan Xiyao's painstaking efforts.

At this time, marriage is a good match between two surnames. Firstly, it depends on the family background of both parties, and secondly, the woman's temperament. As for the appearance and color, they have to be pushed back.

The so-called marriage is to marry a virtuous wife and to have concubines and sex. As a housewife, you have to interact with the outside world, handle housework, and be a good helper to men. According to the concept at this time, Yan Xiyao didn't care about Shi Xiangyun's age or appearance. These two things were enough because he had an excellent family background and was able to control the family.

As for whether Li Weijian likes it or not...it doesn't matter. Even if he doesn't like it, he can just take a concubine on his own after giving birth to a legitimate son!
Perhaps Yan Xiyao was afraid that Li Weijian was too opinionated. If he took a wrong approach, was lustful, married someone who was not from the right family, and was not able to get into the hall, there would be trouble in the family in the future.

Seeing that Li Weijian was very moved, Yan Xiyao nodded frequently, pressed the tie in his heart, and then said: "Now that I have changed to Geng tie, I will take a rest for twenty days, so I will just take a small appointment."

Li Weijian bowed his hands and said, "It's just that the eldest girl is still young——"

Yan Xiyao smiled and said, "Let's wait until we decide. I don't want you to welcome me right away."

Li Weijian immediately agreed with a smile.

In the former Ming Dynasty, the Song Dynasty system was followed, and women could not get married until they were fourteen years old. With this great success, Taizong Li Guo changed the fourteenth year to the fifteenth year and the hairpin year.

All the big families follow this law, but as for the people, if they don't hold officials accountable, they have nothing to do.

Coming out of the study, Li Weijian was immediately blocked by Yan Fengzhen who was eavesdropping.

The second young master's face was filled with joy, as if he was happier than he was getting married. After joking for a while, he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry about the alliance. I promise to find twelve friends to help Susheng take care of it."

Li Weijian smiled and agreed.

The date of the alliance was set on the 20th, and the Li family became busy in the remaining days.

The housekeeper Wu Haiping led people to shop around and bought a piece of red silk for Geng Tie. He also bought four gold hairpins, four gold rings, four copper rings and four pairs of gold earrings from the manufacturing office. There are also four sheep, four pigs, four baskets of candles, four baskets of incense and cannons, four baskets of cakes, a flower pot (meaning that there will be many sons in a row), and pomegranate flowers (the pomegranate flower means having many sons). A basin. There are many kinds of trees left, just to name a few.

In a blink of an eye, on the 20th, the matchmaker came to the door early in the morning, and then several carriages arrived carrying Yan Xiyao, Yan Fengzhen and the eleven practical scholars they had found.

The central door of Jinglingbo Mansion opened wide, causing everyone in the Rongguo Mansion nearby to wonder. After waiting for more than half an hour, the middle gate was opened again, and the servants carrying small betrothal gifts filed out, swaggering through the market and heading towards Baolinghou Mansion.

Only then did everyone in the Jia family know that it was Li Weijian who had hired him today!

After hearing this, Jia Mu sighed in her heart, thinking that it was a pity for the second girl, but she had no other thoughts. The groom's family members had to come forward to deal with the appointment, and the Rongguo Mansion was too far away, so it made sense that Li Weijian didn't mention it;

Jia Mu didn't react, but Mrs. Wang was secretly happy. Thinking that if the marriage between Li Weijian and Yingchun falls through, the first wife will not be able to use Li Weijian's influence to suppress the second wife. It may be said that Baoyu's chances of seizing the title will be greatly increased! Because he had a kind-hearted look on his face all day long and seemed extremely happy;
When Aunt Xue heard about this, she was stunned for a long time and then looked at Baochai. Sister Bao's expression remained as usual, as if she had already put this matter aside. On the contrary, Xue Pan frowned and hesitated, not knowing what he was planning in his heart;
At the other end of the main room, Mrs. Xing was afraid that Jia She would pass away in anger, so although she scolded Li Weijian's eighteen generations of ancestors in her heart, she called her concubines, maids, mother-in-law, etc., and repeatedly told her not to let the elder Jia She know about it. . Then he thought about it, it was her side who was taking the blame this time, let's see what Li Weijian says in the future. If it is ignored, the eight thousand taels of silver will just not be returned;
On this day, Jia Lian was hanging out again without knowing where. Wang Xifeng was surprised for a long time when he heard about this. He was busy with trivial matters at home, and the more he thought about it, the more inappropriate it became, so he took the time to come to the uncle's house from the east corner gate of the Grand View Garden.

At that time, Li Weijian was sitting in his study a little uneasy. Wu Haining came to report that Wang Xifeng had come from the back garden, so Li Weijian lost his books and went straight to the East Road Courtyard.

When they arrived at the main room, Fu Qiufang was having tea with Wang Xifeng. Fu Qiufang had a very discerning eye. When she saw Wang Xifeng frowning, she knew that Wang Xifeng had something important to do in private, so she found an excuse and left him alone. Li Weijian and Wang Xifeng.

As soon as he left, Wang Xifeng asked hurriedly: "Brother Jian, did you get a small job today?"

Li Weijian smiled and said, "I know I can't hide it from my second sister-in-law."

Wang Xifeng frowned and said, "What should the two girls do?"

Li Weijian smiled bitterly and said, "What can we do? My uncle decided on this matter according to the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker, so it is difficult to shirk the responsibility. As for the second sister, I can only look for opportunities in the future."

Wang Xifeng thought about it and asked, "What about Sister Lin?" Wang Xifeng was bright-eyed and had seen some clues in the past, so she simply asked now.

But Li Weijian said in a low voice: "Let's marry him by direct marriage."

After Wang Xifeng heard this, her triangular phoenix eyes widened in surprise: "Give... a marriage?"

Li Weijian sincerely held up his hands and said: "I don't treat my second sister-in-law as an outsider, and I also ask my second sister-in-law not to spread the news, otherwise... I'm afraid someone will do something bad to Sister Lin."

Wang Xifeng felt awe-struck. The construction of the Grand View Garden took up hundreds of thousands of Daiyu's family property. The Jia family thought that the emperor would give Baoyu and Daiyu a marriage in the future, so they all thought it was natural. Even if they get married in the future, if they pay a dowry of sixty-four or one hundred and twenty-eight dollars, it's just a show-off, and no one around them will notice.

If the marriage was granted to Li Weijian and Daiyu, how should the family assets used be calculated? Not to mention the eldest master Jia She, I'm afraid that her aunt, Mrs. Wang, would have to do some dirty tricks for hundreds of thousands of silver! As long as Daiyu dies, the money will naturally not count.

At this time, I heard Li Weijian say: "My second sister-in-law also knows that I have a lot of money now, so I don't care about the money. I am hiding it now because I am afraid that someone will take risks."

Wang Xifeng nodded silently and looked at Li Weijian who hesitated to speak. After a long while, he said: "This matter is still hidden from the eldest master, but the eldest wife already knows about it. Brother Jian must find a way to cover it up."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "That's why I asked my second sister-in-law to help cover it up."

"Ah? What about the future?"

Li Weijian said: "We are all married, so what if there are more of us? I will make great achievements later, just to ask for a favor."

Wang Xifeng thought about it for a while, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. The sky is big and the earth is big, the emperor is the biggest. With Brother Jian's ability, wouldn't it be easy to ask for a marriage decree?

Because Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Brother Jian, just have a plan. Don't worry, brother Jian will treat me with sincerity, and I won't leak a single word of what happened today."

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Baolinghou Mansion.

Shi Xiangyun was dressed in red and walked into the hall holding a tray of sweet tea. No matter how generous the girl was, she hung her head in shame and blushed.

Mrs. Baolinghou stood up and came over with a smile, and led Shi Xiangyun forward to serve tea.

"This is Mr. Yan Ge."

Xiangyun hurriedly bowed and said, "Old Yan Ge, please give me tea."

Yan Xiyao smiled and took the tea, then took out the red envelope from his sleeve and put it on the tray. This is a tea envelope, or to put it bluntly, it is a red envelope.

Then he came to Mr. Liang again. Without waiting for Mrs. Baolinghou's introduction, Xiangyun bowed and said, "I would like to invite you to tea."

"Okay, good boy." Mrs. Liang drank the tea happily and also placed the red envelope on the tray.

Xiangyun looked back and saw that the remaining people were only in their twenties. He saw Yan Fengzhen wearing glasses and his face was full of joy. Mrs. Baolinghou led him to Yan Fenzhen again, and Yan Fenzhen immediately felt greatly relieved, not to mention giving red envelopes to him while drinking tea.

Later, Mrs. Baolinghou warned: "You go down first. Later, I will tell you how to sit down."

Xiangyun obediently stepped back and followed the maid to her boudoir. There is a thrush in the birdcage hanging under the window lattice, chirping happily. The little girl looked at Huamei blankly outside, with a lot of thoughts in her heart.

They're engaged... That fourth brother Jian looks quite interesting, but I wonder if he will beat himself up in private. If you really hit yourself, should you run home?

While he was thinking wildly, his mother-in-law came to call him. Xiangyun hurriedly followed his mother-in-law to the hall.

Once inside, I saw a chair placed in the center of the hall, and a short table in front. Like a marionette, Xiangyun followed her mother-in-law's control and sat down on the seat, with her feet on the low table.

There is a saying in this article: if you step on a shorter person, it means you have a noble status; if you face outward, you are marrying outside; if you are facing inward, you are recruiting a wife.

At that moment, Mr. Liang stepped forward and put on Xiangyun two rings, one gold and one copper, held together by red silk threads with a smile. The copper rings symbolized the mutual agreement between the couple.

Someone randomly shouted: "It's done!"

Then the whole hall was full of laughter and laughter, and the maids, mothers-in-law, etc. couldn't stop coming forward to congratulate him. The little girl Xiangyun felt more and more confused. Was she... engaged? Why is it completely different from what is said in the book?
　It took me four hours to look up the information for this chapter. It was so difficult.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)