Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 376 The knot of the official family

Because they had been notified in advance, when Li An's family arrived at the Sheng family, Sheng Hong and his wife were already waiting at the door.

After greeting each other for a while, they came to the main hall. After the guests and hosts took their seats, the servants served tea.

After chatting for a while, Liu Xuewen mentioned the marriage between Li An and Minglan.

"The marriage of the two children has been decided for a long time. Now that they have come to propose marriage, I should have agreed. However, my daughter has two sisters who are not yet married. The elders and younger ones are in order. The elder sister has not yet been married. It is inappropriate for the younger sister to marry. I What it means is that the three books and six rituals will be done first, and the specific date will be decided after the dates of her two sisters are decided." Sheng Hong said with a smile.

"This is what it should be. In that case, let's follow the three books and six etiquettes first." Liu Xuewen smiled and nodded.

The three documents are the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony and the letter of welcome. "Six rites" refers to the six etiquette methods, which refer to accepting gifts, asking for names, accepting gifts, accepting invitations, asking for appointments and personally welcoming.

When they were discussing this, Li An, the person involved, couldn't listen and was led out to play by Sheng Changbai.

"Zi Qian, Zhuang Xuexue has left Beijing and returned home." Sheng Changbai said.

"Zecheng, why didn't you inform me?" Li An asked in surprise.

Li An was silent when he heard this. Although his teacher was Liu Xuewen, it was Zhuang Xuexue who taught him the most.

"The scholar left during the examination," Sheng Changbai said.

It's just that the woman's dowry belongs to the woman she married. If the man uses it, he will be looked down upon if word spreads.

In fact, Mrs. Liu has been preparing the betrothal gifts one after another since the last engagement.

Zhang Qing didn't care about this. After all, when she married into the Li family, the Li family was just starting out and didn't have much money.

Most of the betrothal gifts from the Li family came back with Minglan's dowry, but these things belonged to Minglan. Even if they were divorced or divorced in the future, the dowry would still be taken away.

Although the Li family is not well-off, they still have money. With the Sheng family's family status, the betrothal gift is naturally not shabby.

Sheng Changbai patted Li An on the shoulder and said, "A scholar has a noble character and may not like to be separated. We use what he teaches to report to the country and bring peace to the people, so that we can live up to the teachings of the scholar."

Back home, Liu Xuewen and Li An's parents checked their schedule and left.

……

"Haha, me too." Li An laughed.

Mrs. Liu was busy preparing the betrothal gift for Li An.

But Li An is not worried about this, it is just a matter of left hand and right hand.

Zhuang Xuexue is very old. When he returns to his hometown this time, he may not be able to see him again in the future.

Li An didn't need to worry about betrothal gifts or anything like that.

"There is still some certainty, but we still have to wait until the results are released to find out." Sheng Changbai shook his head slightly.

At noon, after having lunch at Sheng's house, Li An's family said goodbye and left.

Worried about Zhang Qing's overthinking, Ms. Liu chatted with her for a while.

In ancient times, when marrying a wife, the man earned the money, most of the betrothal gift would come back as a dowry, and the woman would also give a lot of dowry.

Moreover, the family business was Li An's idea, not to mention that Li An married a woman from a high family, so naturally she would not be unhappy because of this.

"Yes." Li An nodded, regained his composure and said with a smile, "Are you sure about this test?"

……

Long Tuge

The official put down his pen and rubbed his eyes.

"Your Majesty, you have been reviewing the memorial for almost an hour. Let's take a rest. The dragon body is important." The eunuch on the side advised him.

The official laughed at himself: "I am really old. My eyes are so sore just after reading a few memorials."

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. With God's blessing, how can he grow old?" the eunuch said quickly.

"Blessing? Punishment is almost enough. If I really have God's blessing, why do my children die one by one?" The official said with a ferocious look on his face.

"A slave shall be punished by death!"

The eunuch knelt down quickly, trembling. The official took a deep breath and said, "Get up. It's almost half a month since the exam ended, right?"

"Your Majesty, the twelve days have ended, and the results will be released in a few more days." The eunuch got up and said with a bow.

"Go and ask if the answer sheets have been read," the official said.

"Yes, slave..."

Before the eunuch finished speaking, a young eunuch bowed and walked in, saluting: "Your Majesty, Mr. Han is here."

"Haha, it seems that the answer sheets have been read. Let him come in." The official said with a smile.

"Yes."

The little eunuch responded and retreated. After a while, Mr. Han walked in, followed by several eunuchs carrying three large boxes.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Mr. Han Daxian saluted.

"No courtesy, please sit down." The official waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Mr. Han bowed and thanked, holding a memorial in both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, the answer sheets for this examination have been read, and a total of 274 people have been admitted. This is the list, and the answer sheet for He Ce Lun. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty.”

The eunuch came forward to take it and brought it to the official's house.

The official took it, opened it, looked at it casually, put it on the table, looked at Mr. Han, and asked: "Mr. Han, are there any talents who can be used in this examination?"

Grand Prime Minister Han bowed and said: "Every time there are people with outstanding literary talents in the imperial examination, there are naturally many people this time."

"Oh?"

The official smiled and said: "The Grand Prime Minister has a keen eye for talents. Since the Grand Prime Minister said that there are many people with outstanding literary talent, why not select their articles and let me have a look."

"Yes."

Grand Prime Minister Han responded, opened one of the boxes and took out some answer sheets.

Li An's guess was correct, this time the question was indeed given by the government.

With the wisdom of Mr. Han, he could also guess what the officials were thinking.

Moreover, Li An only guessed, but Mr. Han knew better.

The officials are indeed brooding about what happened back then, but after so many years, the officials still can't forget it.

The reason why the official came up with this topic this time was because he believed that the death of his heir was God's punishment for his initial retreat.

To put it simply, because the official family has no heirs, they already have demons in their hearts.

Han Zhang naturally knew what the officials wanted to see, so he was well prepared.

The officials got the articles and read them one by one.

"These articles are indeed well written. It seems that some talents have indeed emerged in this conference."

After the officials read it, they didn't have much trouble.

Among these articles, one is by Ang Lee.

Li An thought well, but he didn't expect that the official family would always care about what happened back then because of the heirs.

It's like the official family is trying to get into trouble. Unless the official family suddenly has an heir, he can be relieved.

"That's all the students admitted this time. Thank you for your hard work, Aiqing." The official said calmly.

"This is what I should do." Han Zhang said.

"Ai Qing, who do you think can be the crown prince, King Yong or King Yan?" the official suddenly asked.

Han Zhang was stunned, stood up and said, "Your Majesty will decide on the choice of crown prince. I dare not make false claims."

"The Grand Prime Minister has asked me to appoint him as the crown prince many times, why don't he dare to say it now?" the official said calmly.

"Your Majesty, the reason why I proposed to appoint the crown prince is because the crown prince is uncertain, people's thoughts are moved, and it is not good for the country. I am all for the sake of the country and the country, and have no selfish motives. If your majesty does not trust me, I am willing to serve as an official and return home." Han Zhang said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)