Sir, I just want to be a salted fish

Chapter 2 Candidates

"I would like to ask my eldest sister to borrow "Li's Poetry Collection" for a few days so that I can copy it." Tang Bingqing couldn't help but yearn for it when she mentioned her favorite poetry collection.

Tang Bingyu and Tang Bingyan rubbed the goosebumps on their arms and rolled their eyes in the same tacit understanding.

The four of them glanced at Tang Bingxuan while talking. They didn't want to give up the opportunity they finally got.

Tang Bingxuan lay lazily on her back in the big armchair, listening to the whispers of her younger siblings, and was speechless.

In the Ling Kingdom, "it is said that a direct descendant should be established for seniority rather than virtuousness, and a son should be established for honor rather than seniority." The eldest son inherits the family business and title, and is solely in charge of the family's sacrificial fields and ancestral home. The remaining property is divided equally among his brothers.

As the saying goes: "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight." Therefore, the life of the eldest son may not be easier than that of other legitimate sons.

If Tang Bingxuan had to choose, of course her eldest son would be her first choice.

The youngest son does not need to take care of family affairs, but he also has the love and affection of his elders. He loves his family very much, and his daughter-in-law is generally well protected by the elders. The eldest daughter-in-law manages the middle child, while the youngest daughter-in-law only needs to take care of her own yard and serve as her daughter-in-law.

What troubles Tang Bingxuan is that the elders in the family may not agree with her!

The next day, after lunch, Tang Bingxuan lay comfortably in bed and took a nap, and the Zhaoxia Courtyard was silent.

Zhichun walked hurriedly from outside, came to the bed and said softly: "Miss, madam asked you to go to the main courtyard to discuss important matters."

Tang Bingxuan stretched and breathed, then stood up slowly and took the coat Zhixia handed over. While putting it on, she asked Zhichun, "Mother knows that I like to take a nap. Do you know what's going on when you ask me to go to the main courtyard at this time?"

"I don't know, I don't know. I heard from Sister Ziju in Madam's room that Mother Cai, who was next to Madam Cheng Guogong, came to visit Madam yesterday and sent a message to invite Madam and several ladies to attend the flower appreciation banquet at the house." Zhichun helped. The lady put on her shoes and replied in a low voice.

"Zhixia found out the purse I embroidered yesterday. I haven't seen my father for a long time, and I don't even know that he is taller, shorter, fatter or thinner."

"Well, it's better for me, the considerate little cotton-padded jacket, to take care of my father, so as not to keep saying that I am lazy and careless about him."

The second courtyard of Rongguo Mansion is the main courtyard, where the Duke and his wife live their daily lives.

Tang Bingxuan walked into the wing of the main courtyard and saw her mother, Mrs. Liu, sitting on the couch drinking tea. There were a bunch of scrolls scattered on the table.

"Mother is well". Tang Bingxuan saluted Mrs. Liu and said hello.

"Xuan'er is here, sit down next to mother." Mrs. Liu was very happy to see her proud daughter.

"Mother, my daughter has embroidered a purse for her father. Please give it to her father on your behalf." Tang Bingxuan sat on the other side of the table and said to Liu with a smile.

"Yesterday, your father said that his little cotton-padded jacket was so cold that he promised to embroider a purse for him. It's been half a year and he still hasn't seen it." Mrs. Liu said to her eldest daughter teasingly.

"Mother, my daughter has been helping you with the housekeeping recently. There are too many trivial things and her daughter is dull, so she spends a lot of time. It's not that she doesn't care about her father."

"You're lazy yourself. You're pushing today for tomorrow. I don't know you yet." Mrs. Liu pinched her daughter's nose, helpless.

"Your father has been busy with official duties in recent days, and it's almost midnight when he comes back. Sometimes he just rests in the study in the outer courtyard. In the evening, mother will convey your thoughts to your father, so that he can have some comfort in his busy life."

"Mom is the best. My daughter will start dividing the thread tomorrow to embroider a screen for her mother." "I'm afraid that when you get married, your mother won't be able to see the screen you embroidered, so I'd better count on the embroiderer in the sewing room."

"Mother, what do you want to discuss with your daughter?" Tang Bingxuan quickly changed the subject.

"Xuan'er, come and take a look at these scrolls."

Tang Bingxuan picked up a scroll and unfolded it, only to see that it was not a painting by a famous artist, but a portrait of an unmarried descendant of a high-ranking family in Kyoto. The upper half is a portrait and the lower half is a personal profile.

"These are people who came to our house to propose marriage. I asked your father and brother to collect portraits and inquire about their conduct. You also come to take a look. After all, I am choosing a husband for you." The daughter is outstanding and has been selected by many aristocratic families. Asking for marriage, Liu and Yourong Yan.

"Mother carefully selected the candidates. Ling Yun, the crown prince of Ming County, Qiao Zhensheng, the eldest son of Duke Cheng Guo, and Li Chong, the eldest son of Uncle Changping, are all good candidates." Mrs. Liu said to her daughter with great satisfaction.

Tang Bingxuan cursed in her heart: "You are indeed satisfied. They are all stunningly talented heirs of famous families!"

"Your aunt came from Yunzhou with your eldest cousin to pay your grandmother a birthday this time. She also has the intention of getting married. You just need to treat your elders as usual."

"Listen to my mother, she doesn't want to get married?"

"Yunzhou is thousands of miles away from Kyoto, and it takes several months to get back and forth. Mother is suffering from not being able to see her relatives, and naturally she doesn't want you to do the same." Mrs. Liu shed tears silently as she spoke.

Tang Bingxuan took a handkerchief, gently wiped her mother's tears, and hugged her mother comfortingly.

Mrs. Liu calmed down and said, "Besides, your maternal grandfather comes from a scholarly family with strict etiquette. With your temperament, mother is afraid that you will suffer a disadvantage."

"Then the mother is not afraid that her daughter will suffer disadvantages as the eldest daughter-in-law of a noble family?"

"The noble family knows how to adapt, and you are capable and skillful. You are also the future mistress, so I will always be considerate of you."

Seeing that her daughter disagreed, Mrs. Liu added: "Except for the royal family, our family is already a top-notch noble family. We don't need you to marry us, but as a woman in the inner house, her right to speak is very important." Mrs. Liu said sincerely. .

"Mom, even if I don't become the head mother, no one would dare to bully me based on our family status. My daughter just wants to find a good family with a good family tradition and a harmonious family, and be a little daughter-in-law who doesn't care about things."

The mother and daughter do not agree on the same views, and talking too much hurts their feelings.

"Mother, these young gentlemen from famous families are very talented and have a very good reputation outside. My daughter has no idea at the moment. How about she take a closer look and think about it for a few days?" Tang Bingxuan used the main method of delaying.

The Duke's wife, Mrs. Liu, has been the director of the family for more than ten years, and her daughter's procrastination is nowhere to be seen. However, I know very well that although my daughter is dignified and virtuous on the outside, and has a small reputation for talent, she is actually lazy and stubborn, and she can't achieve anything if she tries to screw her up.

Thinking that there would be a flower-viewing party at Duke Chengguo's residence in a few days, and the birthday party for the old lady next month, and that the daughter had not yet had her hair, so there was no need to rush this matter, so he ordered Zhichun to follow his daughter back with the selected scroll. Asakayuan.

On the way back to Chaoxiayuan, Tang Bingxuan was thinking about how to deal with her marriage.

From the time she can remember, Tang Bingxuan, as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Guo, was enlightened at the age of three and memorized the "Thousand-Character Classic", "Three-Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Surnames"; at the age of five, she could draw at least 20 large characters a day; at the age of seven, she played the piano and played Go
The coursework is heavy, but fortunately I am smarter. Not only am I proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I have achieved a little success. Nowadays, there is no homework, and I usually help my mother take care of the house, so my life is relatively relaxed.

It was not that there was no resistance, but in the end they all ended up with a ruler hitting the handboard, copying the family rules dozens of times, and kneeling in the dark ancestral hall.

(End of this chapter)