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Chapter 440: Yuner and Zai Wen Xiao Liang Shan [Thank you! Goodbye! 34k version is owed]

Flower Festival February,

The spring breeze blows on your face,

The beginning of the morning (after 9:00 a.m.)

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

Spring is bright and beautiful,

The morning is over,

The officials of the Great Zhou filed out of the hall.

The precious materials and accessories of the official uniforms reflected the sunlight from time to time.

In the crowd, Sheng Hong, wearing a scarlet official uniform, a gold belt around his waist, and holding an ivory tablet, was talking to an old man in a purple official uniform.

Officials of the Great Zhou rank above the fifth wore scarlet, and officials of the third rank and above wore purple.

Sheng Hong glanced at the old man beside him and said respectfully:
"The little girl that the Minister is talking about is a maid in my household, but her brother is a fellow comrade of the Viscount Zhu family and died for his country in the northwest, so this girl has already gotten rid of her status as a slave a few years ago."

The old man on the side who was called "Shangshu Sir" was Li Guangren, the Minister of Personnel of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The old man smiled and nodded, "So that's how it is! Several of my grandchildren are classmates of Brother Yue. Knowing that Brother Yue's wedding is approaching, they actually came to an old man like me to ask about the situation. Master Sheng, please don't be surprised."

Sheng Hong smiled so hard that his dimples appeared on his face: "Haha, the friendship between brothers and classmates in my family is very strong."

The old man turned around and continued with a smile: "This Ni family boy is also a seed of learning, but he was delayed in the imperial examination due to family matters some time ago. There may be hope for him in the future."

Sheng Hong nodded repeatedly while listening: "Yes, yes, I understand."

In fact, when Ni Tengyue was studying at Li's house, a relative of the Li family took a liking to him, and they wanted to see whether Ni Tengyue could pass the college entrance examination.

Unfortunately, Ni Tengyue was worried that his sister Ni Qiqiu would fail the college entrance examination. In addition, Ni Tengyue's parents died early and he had younger siblings to support, so he was not a very good match. This was why no one came to discuss marriage.

Minister Li mentioned this. In Sheng Hong's opinion, it didn't matter whether it was his grandchildren who came to Minister Li for the request or not.

But with this sentence, if Ni Tengyue succeeds in the imperial examination in the future, it means that Minister Li has a unique vision. If he fails, it can also be regarded as an encouragement to Ni Tengyue.

Sheng Hong had already made up his mind about how to deal with this matter. After all, Liu Xiaodie was nominally married into the Sheng family, so giving her some respect was just a matter of raising his hand.

Jiying Lane,
Sheng Hong, without his official hat, got off the carriage in his official uniform.
Dong Rong, who was standing by, supported Sheng Hong and said, "My Lord, our doorman just said that the old lady of the Yu family and the wife of Marquis Xu have come to our house with their female relatives!"

"Is the eldest girl coming with you?"

"My Lord, I'm here."

Thinking about his eldest daughter Hualan coming home, Sheng Hong smiled slightly and walked towards Shou'an Hall.

Following the message from the maid of the Sheng family, Sheng Hong ducked down, passed through the curtain and entered the hall.

Sheng Hong looked at the happy people in the room, bowed and called out with a smile as he walked, "Aunt, Mother, Old Madam, Cousin-in-law, Brother Wei, Sister-in-law."

Sun, who was sitting below the old lady, smiled and nodded, "My cousin is back!"

The girls from the two branches of the Sheng family who were standing aside and listening to their elders' conversation bowed to Sheng Hong with their maids.

Wang Ruofu, holding her grandson Zhongger, also stood up and looked at Sheng Hong with a smile.

Sheng Hong walked to Sheng Wei and stopped him as he stood up to offer him a seat. “Brother Wei, today we are at home and you should sit above me according to the order of seniority.”

Sheng Wei stood up and tried to refuse awkwardly. Finally, he had to look at the old lady of the eldest house. Only when he saw his mother nod did he sit on the chair.

After sitting down, Sheng Hong looked at his grandson Xu Xingzhong, who was smiling and reaching out his hand to him, and happily hugged him in his arms.

In the room, everyone fell silent for a moment as they saw how Sheng Hong liked Xu Xingzhong.

Sheng Hong was stunned when he was stared at by everyone. He looked at everyone and asked hurriedly: "Auntie, mother, where were you talking about just now?"

Wang Ruofu, who was standing by, said with a smile on her face: "Sir, I was just about to tell my in-laws about our niece Yuner!"

When Mrs. Liu behind Wang Ruofu heard this, her eyes were full of surprise and she moved her feet. She was about to take a step to remind Wang Ruofu, but when she saw so many relatives in the hall, Mrs. Liu had to stop.

After saying this, Wang Ruofu stopped looking at Sheng Hong and turned to look at Xu Hou's wife, Sun, who was sitting above her, and said:
"Yun'er is sixteen years old this year. My in-laws met Zhong'er when he was one month old. She is about the same age as Jing'er."

Hualan stood beside Sun, looked at her mother-in-law Sun with a somewhat embarrassed look on her face, frowned, shook her head anxiously, and winked at Wang Ruofu.

Wang Ruofu glanced at Hua Lan. Although she was a little confused, she still said, "My dear, you know the Kang family in Xiguozi Lane. They are a noble family with a long history. Mr. Kang's status in the court was no less than that of my father in my mother's family."

The old lady of the Yu family was holding the teacup, but she didn't bother to drink the tea. She looked at the old lady with some surprise and confusion in her eyes.

The old lady smiled back at Madam Yu somewhat embarrassedly.

Mrs. Li, the wife of Sheng Wei, who was sitting next to them, had no change in her expression, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, with a hint of sarcasm as if to say "it's nothing special".

After hearing Wang Ruofu's words, Sheng Hong looked at Wang Ruofu's hair bun with jewelry on the back of her head in disbelief. When he was about to speak, the old lady smiled and said, "Madam, today we are talking about Changwu. It's better to let your sister decide Yuner's marriage!"

Sun was sitting on a chair. She saw Hualan's fingers twisted into a knot and about to tear the handkerchief into pieces. Sun reached out and stroked Hualan's hand and smiled, "My dear, there is no rush for Jing'er's marriage. We still have to see how he does in the imperial examination, so as not to ruin other people's daughters."

"My sister said."

Mother Liu behind Wang Ruofu helplessly pretended to go forward to clean up the teacups, and then secretly poked Wang Ruofu with her hand.

Wang Ruofu then realized what was happening and looked at the people in the hall. She felt the gaze of Sheng Hong, who was looking at her like a thorn in her back. Her grin slowly faded away. "Yes, what my in-laws said is true."

Looking at Wang Ruofu's appearance,

The old lady had an idea and looked thoughtfully at Changwu who was sitting in the distance.

Sun took back her hand that was trying to comfort Hualan and said with a smile, "I have a good relationship with Madam Wu of the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion. I will invite her to my house tomorrow to help us find a lady from a good family for Changwu."

The eldest lady of the eldest house and Mrs. Li hurriedly thanked him with a smile.

After Sun mentioned a few more good marriages that Madam Wu had arranged, the unhappy atmosphere in the hall dissipated. The eldest lady smiled and said, "The Sheng family was able to take over the purchase of goods from the court before, probably because of the blessing of this lady, right?"

Sun smiled and nodded: "In fact, it is because our goods are of outstanding quality, otherwise Madam Wu's brothers would not have made the decision directly!"

Sheng Wei seemed to recall something, and said to Sun with a smile: "Madam, speaking of which, a steward from the Chai family in Youyang came to the Sheng family and talked about some matters such as coal sales and mining. Take a look."

As Sheng Wei said this, he glanced at the old lady.

Sun just blinked twice and smiled, "This is also a relative asking a relative. The mother of Princess Pingning of Duke Qi's mansion is from the Chai family. The eldest son of the Chai family, Jin Ge'er, and the fifth son are also close friends!"

"Since we have found the Sheng family in Youyang, we should accept it!"

Listening to the conversation between the few people, Wang Ruofu smiled a few times with some embarrassment.

The members of the Sheng family, especially Shulan and Pinlan, who were standing behind their respective adults, listened to the conversation of the adults in a daze.

While the elders were chatting happily, the older Shulan came up to Hualan and whispered, "Sister Hualan, is the Chai family that Lady Xuhou mentioned the same Chai family that abdicated the throne to Taizu?"

Hua Lan nodded.

The crowd continued talking.
Mrs. Li, who was sitting in the seat, looked at the old lady and said, "Aunt, when my mother and I left Youyang and stayed at an inn, I heard an interesting story. It was the Little Liangshan we talked about in Youyang many years ago. Do you remember it?"

The old lady narrowed her eyes and thought for a while, then nodded: "The place where the mining disaster almost caused a civil uprising due to corrupt officials?"

Li nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes! It is said that a girl from a family was sold to be a maid because of a mining accident. She performed great deeds for her master and asked someone to bring back a large sum of money!"

The old lady exclaimed in surprise: "This can be considered a blessing in disguise!"

Old Madam Yu didn't know the whole story, so the eldest old lady explained a few words to her.

Li slapped her thigh with some regret on her face and continued, "What a pity! There is no one left at home for this girl!"

"what?"

Standing next to her grandmother, Yu Yanran, who had just smiled after listening to the old lady's explanation, sighed with regret.

Wang Ruofu asked hurriedly, "What about the large sum of money we brought back?"

Li looked at everyone in the hall, especially Sheng Hong's curious eyes, and said, "Hey! What else can we do? They said they found the youngest son of a family with the same surname in the village who is closest to the girl's family, and adopted him under the name of the girl's parents to continue the family line!"

"Oh, Sanqing Zhenren, that is truly a blessing from heaven, a windfall from heaven!"

Li nodded: "Who said it wasn't!"

Qingcao followed Sun to Shou'an Hall to serve.

Standing with the other maids,
At first, he listened to the conversation between Shulan and Hualan with some confusion in his eyes.

But when Qingcao heard what Li said, her eyes were full of surprise, but in the end she didn't say a word, just lowered her head and looked at the tip of her cloud shoes under her skirt.

When it's time for lunch,
Xu Zaijing and the others were invited by the Sheng family to sit at the table in the front hall.

Qingcao also returned to Xu Zaijing.

in the afternoon,
Sun and Hualan returned to Quyuan Street without waiting for Xu Zaijing and his brother to finish school.

The old lady continued to stay in Shou'an Hall.

After school in the evening,

Xu Zaijing sat in the carriage.

As the afterglow of sunset shone into the car, he looked at the green grass in the car: "What happened today? You look confused."

Qingcao whispered, "Master, what does abdication mean?"

Xu Zaijing was stunned: "Why are you asking this?"

Qingcao recounted the conversation between Shulan and Hualan in Shou'an Hall.

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "Abdication means giving up one's position to a virtuous person! Back then, the Chai family was the ruler of the Great Zhou, but the reigning emperor suddenly fell seriously ill. The queen at the time was pregnant and had not yet given birth to a child, so it was unknown whether it was a boy or a girl. The Northern Liao was also eyeing the Great Zhou covetously."

"For the sake of the country, the emperor passed the throne to our great ancestor in public before his death!"

Qingcao nodded after listening and glanced at Xu Zaijing at the same time.

Xu Zaijing didn't ask her why, and said directly: "According to historical records, the imperial army of our dynasty was the most powerful and reversed the situation of the Great Zhou's defeat against the Northern Liao. When selecting capable soldiers, it was the Taizu of our dynasty who was fully responsible!"

In other words, even if you don't give it to others, they can still snatch it.

Giving something to others in public without waiting for them to grab it is like asking them to bear a huge favor.

"So, Taizu did not change the country's name after he ascended the throne."

"And the Empress's family back then is now the Changxing Earl Fu family!"

Qingcao listened to the historical stories she didn't know and nodded repeatedly with surprise in her eyes.

The carriage was traveling on the streets of Bianjing.

Xu Zaijing looked at Qingcao who was slowly digesting the story he had just heard.

In fact, when Xu Zaijing first saw the records in history books, he was surprised for a long time.

"Oh, sir, today I heard news about Sister Xia Xue from the Wei family who was brought out of Xiao Liangshan with me by the human traffickers at Shou'an Hall."

"Sister Yunmu, who is next to Miss Zhengzheng from the Chai family, told me before..."

Before reaching Quyuan Street,

Qingyun said outside the car: "Sir, Brother Gao Yunqing is waiting for us in front!"

(End of this chapter)