Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu hurriedly jumped off the sedan chair, walked up to Hu Ying, and said joyfully, "Ying'er, why are you here?"

Seeing Miss Hu whom he had not seen for a long time, Su Mu was naturally happy, but still felt very uneasy.

The last time he and Hu Shun talked about asking Hu Ying to do something big at both ends, I don't know if she knows it or not.If Hu Shun had already told her, with Miss Hu's violent temper, she didn't know what would happen.

Su Mu felt uneasy, and sighed secretly: Before the big exam, you should keep your mind stable, but why is my mind so disturbed?

Hu Ying smiled slightly: "Su Mu, today is your big day. I heard that there will be traffic jams on the street for a while every time the exam is held. I was also worried, so I brought someone over to have a look. I happened to meet you .”

"Thank you very much."

Hu Ying: "Zi Qiao, I haven't seen you for a while, and there is something I've been wanting to say to you...today...but it's a good opportunity."

Su Mu's heart trembled, he knew it was wrong: "Let's talk while walking, it's time soon, don't delay."

Hu Ying nodded, and walked along the street side by side with Su Mu.

Su Mu was tall, and Hu Ying was a rare beauty with long legs. The two of them walked no slower than the bearers.

Su Mu had a ghost in his heart, so he had nothing to say: "Ying'er, how have you been recently. I've been busy preparing for the exam these days, so I couldn't come to accompany you."

"What do you do with me? You are a man, your future is important." Hu Ying sneered suddenly: "Besides, we are lonely and widowed, we travel together all day long, so it is not good for others to see. I, Hu Ying, is the daughter of a military household It doesn't matter. You, Su Mu, are a famous scholar, and you will be a Jinshi in the future, so it's not appropriate to ruin your reputation."

This sentence made Su Mu blush: "Ying'er...you..."

"What me?" Hu Ying stared at Su Mu fiercely, seeing his distressed face, but her heart softened, and said softly, "Zi Qiao, are you 21 this year?"

"It's full."

"I'm also nineteen." Hu Ying sighed in a rare way, "If Daddy forced you into our Hu family that year and let you marry me, maybe our children would be able to talk."

"I came to you today before the exam, just to ask you, Ziqiao, did you really mean what you said when Dongchang besieged the Tianshui Hutong Hundred Households that day?"

Su Mu hurriedly said: "Why don't you take it seriously, a man promises a thousand gold. Ying'er, you have suffered a lot for me these years, and I will always remember this kindness. I really can't imagine you marrying someone else. That day, I might as well be dead."

Hearing what Su Mu said sincerely, Hu Ying held Su Mu's hand boldly with a little water in her eyes.Suddenly sighed: "I am already nineteen, and in a while, I will be twenty, and I am almost old."

Su Mu squeezed her palm: "You will never grow old, in my heart, you will always be a little girl."

Hu Ying: "Since Ziqiao still remembers the promise at that time, then I have nothing to say. Today, I want to ask you for a letter of approval. When will you call the matchmaker to propose marriage?"

Su Mu froze, "I, I, I...let's talk after the exam!"

"Why, are you reluctant to part with that charming Miss Wu in your family?" Hu Ying sneered.

"No, no, Ying'er..." For some reason, Su Mu felt that when he stood in front of the girl, his brain seemed to be rusted, and he became restrained.It was like this when facing Xiaodie and Miss Wu, and it was even more so when facing Hu Ying.

"What's not, Ziqiao, don't think I don't know anything." Suddenly, two drops of water fell from Hu Ying's eyes, which happened to land on Su Mu's palm.

Feel a little cold.

Hu Ying choked up and said, "I know everything. You have agreed to the Wu family. After the test is over, you will send a matchmaker to come to propose marriage. Su Mu, I came here today just to ask you one more question, about me, about you promise, what are your plans?"

The two stopped and just stood on the side of the street.

The two sedan chairs were also occupied, Zhao Hulu and the others stared blankly at their master and Miss Hu, only Wu Shiqi's hearty snoring was still heartless and deafening.

Su Mu was in a state of confusion. Miss Hu and Miss Wu, two confidante friends, actually held the same weight in his mind.These two women have the same deep affection for him, Su Mu.

Because of this, Su Mu couldn't say who would be his wife or concubine.Also like this, he even resorted to tricks to get Hu Shun to do Hu Ying's ideological work, asking Hu Ying to do both ends.

Asking himself, Su Mu suddenly realized that he had been avoiding all this time.

Now, it's time to face it directly, even if you want to hide, there is nowhere to hide.

After all, we must face Hu Ying directly and settle this matter.

Thinking of this, Su Mu's heart suddenly settled down.

He raised his head to look at Hu Ying, then reached out his hand to wipe the tears on her face, and said calmly: "Ying'er, everything is my fault. It is my Su Mu who can have you as a caring woman." Blessing. Actually, looking back now, if I had joined the Hu family, it might not have been a good thing. We lived an ordinary life together, and it was also a happy life. Yes, but it doesn't matter."

Hu Ying choked up and nodded, tears fell even more.

Su Mu: "Unfortunately, the world is changing, and many things are beyond our control. Later, Ms. Wu appeared in my life. I also have a responsibility for her. If I start to mess up and end up abandoning it, am I still human. I'm afraid that when the time comes, even you will despise me, Ying'er, don't you think so?"

Hu Ying nodded: "My Zi Qiao is naturally a responsible man."

Su Mu went on to say: "Actually, I have thought a lot about how to arrange the two of you, and my head is about to explode. Ying'er, if I marry you into the house, with your temper, I'm afraid I will be wronged." .”

This is correct, Hu Ying and Xiaodie had quarreled countless times before.With Xiaodie's methods and Ms. Wu's prestige at home, once Hu Ying walks through the door, she is afraid that she will be excluded by everyone.The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, so Su Mu naturally doesn't want to see the people in his backyard having a vigorous house fight.

Su Mu: "Besides, Mr. Hu is an only daughter like you, so he must be reluctant to let you go out. This is also the reason why Mr. Hu recruited me, Su Mu, to marry me. The year before last, because of this, your father and I had a quarrel. Very unpleasant. So, I think... I think..."

He began to stammer.

Hu Ying threw Su Mu's hand away, stopped crying, and sneered in a low voice: "What do you think, just say what you have to say, the man I Hu Ying admires is a man who is upright and responsible."

Su Mu then said: "So I think, since this is the case, it's better for you, Ying'er, to stay at the Hu family and not come over. Should you and I get married or get married? The child born in the future will be named after your Hu family."

Hu Ying laughed suddenly, and the laughter seemed a little weird: "It turns out that the two ends are big. I think Ziqiao, you have been thinking about this for some time."

Su Mu lowered his head in shame, his face was terribly hot, and he said in a low voice, "Isn't that what I said, if you don't agree, let's discuss it again..."

For some unknown reason, when seeing Hu Ying, Su Mu always felt a wave of fear in his heart.

As for Miss Wu, he respected her more.

As for Xiaodie, it is pure family affection that has nothing to say.

This probably sums up the delicate relationship between him and these three women, right?

"Discussion, what are you discussing?" Hu Ying snorted: "In your mind, I'm afraid that only a scholarly woman like the daughter of the Wu family can be your first wife?"

Su Mu was even more embarrassed, wishing there was a gap in the ground to get in: "Ying'er, you misunderstood."

"Do you want to hear my answer?"

Su Mu lowered his head: "How about... I will talk about it after the exam, I will think about it, I will think about it again."

"Don't think about it, if it affects Ziqiao's future, no one else needs to tell me, I, Hu Ying, will have no face to live in this world." Hu Ying gritted her teeth, "My answer is----I am willing !"

"What, what?" Su Mu raised his head in astonishment.

Hu Ying's tears fell again: "Zi Qiao, I am willing, I am willing to be a big man at both ends. Hu Ying knows that I am just the daughter of a military family. You have a bright future and you will definitely be a Jinshi. Maybe you will also be awarded a Jinshi." Can order Hanlin. If others know that you married the daughter of a military household as the official wife, you will not be able to hold your head up in front of the world. Besides, I don’t know if I can live without you. As long as I can give you Together, Hu Ying is enough. As for status, I can't control that much. Back then, our Hu family was sorry and forced you to marry. From now on, I can't let you down again."

Su Mu felt joy in his heart, and hurriedly held her hand again: "Sister, I have wronged you."

This is, the surprise came too suddenly, I didn't expect that the problem that had plagued me for nearly a year would be solved in this way.

Hu Ying: "Daddy told me about this a long time ago. Mother and dad had quarreled many times because of this matter. I was also sad when I saw it. Isn't it just two big ones? In my opinion, this is better. Compared with It’s much more comfortable going straight through your door.”

Speaking of this, Hu Ying shook off Su Mu's hand, wiped the tears from her face, and suddenly laughed: "Hu Ying is used to being at ease, but she can't imagine that being someone else's wife has to be subject to many constraints. That day, it still didn’t suffocate me to death. That’s better than being in your own home and doing whatever you want? Also, that little butterfly in your family is relying on you to share the hardships with Su Mu, boss around you, In the future, I will inevitably be tortured by her. Therefore, it is better not to be your family. "

Su Mu smiled awkwardly: "Xiaodie has a sharp mouth and a tofu heart, maybe you and her have a misunderstanding."

"You, you can't run a family, and neither can the daughter of the Wu family." Hu Ying sighed, and said again: "By the way, what you promised to daddy has to be counted."

"What's the matter?" Su Mu asked intentionally.

Hu Ying blushed, "That's right, that's right... In the future, when we have children, we will all have the surname Hu. Daddy has always kept this matter in mind. You are so heartbroken. In order to be able to marry Ms. Wu, You actually made such a move together with your father, and your father is also confused, and you tricked him. No matter how I think about it, I, Hu Ying, feel that I am in a panic."

Su Mu liked it very much, and hugged Hu Ying: "Yes, yes, I am very bad, and I will be even worse in the future."

Hu Ying was shocked: "Don't, there are so many people here,"

After struggling, Hu Ying said in a low voice again: "Zi Qiao, I won't say much about the importance of this exam, you must order Hanlin. After all, although dad is not a prince, he is also a powerful person. My daughter gave It's shameless to say that a person has two heads. However, Dad said, as long as you order the Hanlin, with your favor from the emperor, you will naturally be a prince. Give you a future elder to be a two-headed man. Not bad."

Su Mu: "Okay, I will definitely, I will work hard."

Having settled the matter with Hu Ying, Su Mu felt relieved.However, hearing Hu Ying talk about this matter, he began to get nervous again.To be honest, he is only five or six percent sure whether he will be a Jinshi or not.As for Dian Hanlin, he didn't have any confidence.

But on the surface, he still pretended to be calm.

Looking for something to say again: "I heard you talk about marriage just now, did you really startle me?"

"What are you scared of? Do you think I'm here to force the marriage?" Hu Ying was slightly annoyed.

Su Mu quickly apologized and said with a smile: "I really thought it was like this, it's like playing the cut beard in the leaf card."

Hu Ying couldn't help giggling when she heard what he said vividly.

The two walked and talked, and they came to the Gongyuan Square.

Looking closely, I was surprised again: there are too many people.

The soldiers of the Tribute Academy early checked the entrance and checked the certificates. Only the examinees were allowed in, and everyone else was blocked.

When they got here, people like Hu Ying and Zhao Hulu couldn't go in, so the sedan chair stopped.

All the tribute students got off the sedan chair one after another, and the place began to be crowded.

Looking up, I saw the tall and majestic Mingyuan Tower of the Gongyuan flickering under the light of the lights, like a huge prehistoric beast crouching in front of it.

While it was still dark, Hu Ying stretched out her hand and squeezed Su Mu: "Zi Qiao..." It was probably because she was captured by this solemn imperial examination place, and her voice, which was always bold, trembled a little.

Su Mu patted the back of her hand: "Don't worry, I will take the exam well. You forgot, Su Mu is a famous talent all over the world!"

At this moment, this is the only way to comfort her.

Hu Ying gave a rare and difficult smile.

At this moment, someone suddenly smiled in the dark: "Zi Qiao is sent off by a beautiful woman, it must be Hong Xiu Tian Xiang Ye who has been studying all night."

Su Mu looked up, and it was Governor Li who was joking and joking.In addition to him, Governor Niu and Duan Zhi and other colleagues who participated in this session of Chunwei have also arrived, waiting in line to pass the customs.

Hearing Governor Li's teasing, Hu Ying raised her eyebrows and was about to explode.

Su Mu: "They're all colleagues, just kidding, don't be annoyed, go back!"

That's all for Hu Ying, and said in a low voice: "Zi Qiao, I'll go back first, mother said, she has already promised 100 taels of incense money to Baiyun temple. As long as you light the Hanlin, you will go to pay back the wish. Don't worry, Even if I can't get into the Imperial Academy, I, Hu Ying, will go to beg my parents at the worst."

Su Mu nodded, feeling warm in his heart.