Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 41
"Don't dare dare!" Leng Mingsong stared at Lin Ke who suddenly rushed out like a fool, until Lin Ke rushed in again, and then he realized that he bowed to the end with his face flushed and flustered, and bowed straight. He didn't dare to straighten up, he kept saying "don't dare", Jiang Hong was also taken aback by Lin Ke's apology, he came to his senses, saw that Lin Ke had already entered, and Leng Mingsong was still bowing down, not saying a word Dare, I really couldn't help laughing out loud, while laughing, he supported Leng Mingsong and said: "Little sister is being reckless, brother is really a generous-minded and polite person, so I won't be with my next generation little sister."

"Brother Tai and Ling Mei are both respectful people, so I can't afford it, I really don't dare to be." Leng Mingsong's blushing gradually receded, his neck was stiff and his head was sideways, not daring to look in the direction of the elegant room, Jiang Hong looked at it Seeing that he has a temperament of Qinghua, and that he is like a beautiful jade, he has a heart for friendship. He arched his hands and said with a smile: "My surname is Jiang, and the single name is a Hong character, and the character is Yan Hui. I don't know what to call Xiongtai?"

"I'm Leng Mingsong, who abides by the word, and knows brother Jiang, three lives are lucky."

"You also have words?"

"Yes, it was given by the teacher after the middle school examination the year before last."

"You are also a candidate in the year before last! No wonder I think Brother Leng is different. Sure enough, in the same year as Brother Leng in Huaiyang, my ancestral home, you and I are considered to be the same year. The younger sister's words are inappropriate, but you and I know each other. This is really true. A rare fate."

The two talked to each other, and the more they talked, the more they hit it off, and it was too late to see each other. Jiang Hong was about to let Leng Mingsong go to the private room, remembering that there were two young ladies inside, and it was naturally inconvenient for the outsider to go in, so he hurriedly said with a smile: " Today I am going to buy paper and ink with my two cousins, it is not convenient to invite Brother Leng to accompany me, where does Brother Leng live, I will visit tomorrow."

"Don't dare to take it. The cold house in Shangshu Lane is. It's better to visit Brother Jiang tomorrow. I don't know where Brother Jiang's house is? It was Cousin Ling just now?"

"Yes, the one who was rude just now is my cousin, the second lady of Nanning County Prince's Mansion. In fact, she has a lively temperament and is a very good person." Jiang Hong smoothly added a sentence for Lin Ke. It turned out that she was the second lady of Nanning County Prince's Mansion!Leng Mingsong's eyes brightened and then dimmed and he said with a smile: "Is the princess of Nanning County Brother Jiang's aunt? Speaking of which." Leng Mingsong hesitated for a while before continuing to laugh: "This is a high climb. Speaking of it, I have had countless bends with Brother Jiang." Wan's relatives, my mother's cousin and daughter are the wife of the Prince's Mansion of Nanning County."

"No wonder I hit it off with Brother Leng, so we are still relatives!" Jiang Hong said with a pleasant smile, "I'm good at nine, you call me Jiulang, how good are you?"

"The chief."

"If Da Lang has nothing urgent to do, let's wait until I finish the paper and ink for the two cousins. Let's find a quiet place and have a long chat over wine!" Jiang Hong said excitedly, Leng Mingsong couldn't ask for more, and nodded repeatedly Agreed, it's best to let him help pick things too.

Jiang Hong rushed into the private room, the two of them were so wrinkled, you were polite and I was more polite for a long time, Li Tian bought something early, dragged Lin Ke and slipped away through the side door.Hearing what the old woman said, Jiang Hong stood there for a long while, and left full of remorse, Leng Mingsong was also disappointed, the two picked some things at random, ordered them to be delivered to the house, and went to find a place to drink and chat.

It wasn't until the sun went down that the two came out of the hotel to say goodbye. Jiang Hong watched Leng Mingsong get on his horse and left, turned around and walked back leisurely, and at the same time waved to Xiao Si Kongshan and asked, "Did you find out?"

"I didn't find out anything special. I heard from Uncle Lin's close servant, Mingliu, that Uncle Leng had discussed marriage with the fifth lady of the Li family a few years ago, but it didn't work out." Kong Shan hurriedly replied, and Jiang Hong raised his eyebrows. It stood up, and it took a long time to come down. It seems that Cousin Ke is complaining and complaining on behalf of Li's younger sister. What good is Leng Mingsong?How could he be worthy of the Li family's younger sister? It should have been a negotiation!

"Who proposed this relationship?" Jiang Hong asked immediately, "I heard that it was Leng Dalang's grandmother, Mrs. Ding, and Mrs. Ningyuan Hou Fulin who discussed it, but there was no agreement, it was just said once. , Later, it was said that it was a disagreement, so I didn't discuss it further."

"Yeah." Jiang Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and he took a piece of broken silver from his purse and threw it to Kong Shan: "The job was done well!" Kong Shan took the silver with joy and said with a smile: "This job can't be done well, how can there be anything else?" Waiting for you face!"

Leng Mingsong dismounted at the gate of the Leng Mansion, threw the reins to the boy, with his hands behind his back, his shoulders drooping slightly, and he entered the main hall with a few faint traces.

Master Leng Leng Qingquan and Mrs. Ding were both there, and Mrs. Ding looked at her son carefully and said with concern: "You sent someone back to say that you met a good friend, and you won't come back for lunch. Which gentleman did you meet?" Master Leng also had eyes full of love and pity looking at the son.

"It's Jiang Hong and Jiang Jiulang from the Jiang family in Huaiyang. We met by chance." Leng Mingsong took a sip of the tea, as if he didn't want to say anything, but Mrs. Ding said with joy and surprise, "Jiang's family in Huaiyang? It's Jiang Shangshu's family." Xiao Ya Nei? Did you make a contract with you?"

"No, Jiulang comes from the third house of Jiang's family, and from the same branch as the princess of Nanning County. He is the nephew of Princess Jiang's natal family."

The surprise on Mrs. Ding's face froze for a moment, Master Leng seemed to remember something, looked at his son and asked: "I heard that there was a young juvenile in Jiang's family last year. He was only 17 years old when he was Zhongju, and it was this Mr. Jiang Xiaolang. ?”

"It's him."

"I've read his articles. His writing is sophisticated and insightful. Take it easy. In the future, you and he should communicate more and learn from each other!" Master Leng twirled his beard happily, narrowing his smiling eyes, Leng Mingsong looked up at his father, bowed his head and said, "Jiulang has already studied scriptures and arts under Xu Xueshi, so how can he spend more time with his son?"

"Xu Xueshi? Xu Xuwen?" Master Leng reacted very quickly. Seeing his son drooping his head, he paused for a while and sighed softly: "Xu Xueshi's scriptures and arts are outstanding in the world. I can worship under him. It seems that next year this Mr. Jiang Xiaolang will definitely be among the top spearheads."

"Since it's so good, why don't you let Brother Song learn from Xueshi Xu? Which gentleman doesn't like Brother Song?" Mrs. Ding smiled. Master Leng took a look at his wife, and carefully explained his words. : "The Xu family in Le Ning is famous for its nobleness and elegance. Xu Xueshi's father was once a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and he was a prince. Even the officials had listened to him lecture on scriptures. , that temper is also the real temper of the Xu family, the most unscrupulous, and now he is only a direct bachelor of the secret pavilion, specializing in book revision, and he is not even willing to accept errands. Over the years, there have been many people who want to worship under him. There are very few who can win his favor."

"I heard from Jiang Jiulang that because his aunt Jiangjun Wangfei has a very good relationship with Xu Xueshi's younger sister, Mrs. Xu, Xu Xueshi loves this sister very much. It is because of Mrs. Xu's strength that he can worship under Xu Xueshi's family." Leng Mingsong explained with a sigh of disbelief.

Master Leng could see his son's thoughts, and sighed softly. Mrs. Ding looked at her son in a daze, and said abruptly, "Mrs. Xu from Qingjiang Hou's Mansion? I met her twice, and she came to talk to me. Let me just say that the fifth lady of the Li family is good, that she has two daughters in her heart, one is the one she gave birth to, and the other is this Li Wuniang..."

"Aniang, Tsinghua, the fifth lady of the Li family, is not like ordinary people. Her son is not good enough for her. Don't mention it again!" Leng Mingsong quickly and decisively blocked Mrs. Ding's words, and Mrs. Ding was blocked by her son. One sound, dare not say any more.Leng Mingsong stood up and cupped his hands, "My son has gone back to school."

"You had a drink at noon, go back and have a rest, don't study anymore." Mrs. Ding hurriedly stood up and confessed, Leng Mingsong let out a 'hmm', and had turned around and left. Mrs. Ding stood in the middle of the hall twisting her hands, watching The son didn't look back at his husband until he was out of sight, and said, "Master, can you think of a way? Any gentleman like our brother Song has to like it, look? This is a relative of the Li family?"

"Song'er has already said it, don't mention it again, you can rest assured, let me think about it." Master Leng gently forgave his wife, Mrs. Ding sighed with frown, how could she be at ease ?Her precious son is her everything, not to mention such a big event, even if she misses a bite of food, it is enough for her to worry about it all day!
In the Qingtong Courtyard of Duke Yongguo's Mansion, in the evening, Grandma Xiong led two well-dressed women in and said with a smile: "Fifth lady, the seventh lady of the Jiang family has sent someone to send ink." Li Tian hurriedly invited in, and the two The mother-in-law came in and kowtowed, got up and said with a blessed smile: "These two boxes are the old ink that our Seventh Lady collected in the past, Fifth Lady will see if it is suitable for use, if it is suitable, it will be our Seventh Lady's blessing. "

Li Tian agreed with a smile, and ordered Yingluo to take the first-class seal to reward the two wives and the rough envoy who brought ink in. The two wives thanked the rewards and withdrew. Mammy poked her head over it carefully, then took out a box and opened it, and saw ten ink sticks wrapped in tissue paper neatly lined up inside, and a piece of paper was placed on top of the ink stick. , the name of the ink is written on it, the year of storage, the quaint old paper supports the new ink, there is still a faint fragrance of ink, the writing is round and correct, and the style is very beautiful.

Mother Xiong praised again and again, put the box and the note in front of Li Tian, ​​turned around and opened a few more boxes, all the boxes were the same, Yingluo and Qingzhi opened another box, in the other box besides ink, there was also There are half a box of old papers of various colors that have been cut, and each box is also filled with a note, stating the name of the rice paper, whether it is born or cooked, and the year of storage. Nothing wrong with it.

Mammy Xiong clapped her hands, looked at Li Tian with a smile on her face and said, "This son of the Poetry Master is polite and sensible. Look at how well and carefully this matter is handled! It's really not easy for a young man's family, as you can see A caring and considerate…”

"Grandmother, don't try to get other people's ideas." Li Tian lazily interrupted Mrs. Xiong: "It's just too good, I don't deserve your girl."

"Why don't you deserve it? Whoever the fifth lady marries is a low marriage!" Madam Xiong straightened her waist and was full of confidence. Li Tian took a deep breath and waved her hands: "I think so too, but others don't think so. , He is the nephew of Princess Jiangjun's direct relative, just don't think about it, there is nothing wrong with it."

"That's right!" Mama Xiong let out a long sigh of relief, sat sideways on the edge of the kang, frowned and said worriedly: "Once the old lady leaves, how can anyone worry about your marriage here? Let's not talk about it in this house, don't talk about it." I made a plan for you, it would be great if I don’t trick you into harming you, and the Prince’s Mansion of Nanning can’t point it out, if it doesn’t cause trouble, it’s Amitabha, only Mrs. Xu’s side can count on one or two, but there’s been a lot of trouble in the Qingjiang Marquis Mansion recently, Mrs. Xu has invited the imperial doctor three times this month, how can she have the time? It would be great if the eldest aunt was here, the old lady said before, that is someone who can really love you, but now she is thousands of miles away, and she is in office , look at this!"

"Let's just count on ourselves. We'll take care to find a suitable family. If we find it, we'll just ask Mrs. Xu to come forward to make a deal. For this kind of thing, who else can we count on except our biological parents and elders?" Li Tian said calmly with a hint of worry Desperate, Mammy Xiong looked at Li Tian and said nothing, she was paying attention to two or three families, and asked someone to find out what they meant, but none of them were willing to marry someone like Duke Yong's mansion, what she said She doesn't want to mention it to Wu Niangzi, but after listening to Wu Niangzi's words, she also knows where the real troubles of her marriage are. Marriage is good for two surnames, but she is a homeless orphan girl. is the biggest problem.

In the evening of the next day, Jiang Hong came out of Xu's mansion after studying the scriptures for a day, first went around in a big circle to Li Qingzao Ginger Shop to buy a few large bags of ginger candy, and then went to Nanning County Prince's Mansion to visit his aunt.

Princess Jiangjun was overjoyed, and praised repeatedly: "Brother Hong is sensible and considerate, and knows that my aunt likes to eat this. Your two elder brothers have never paid attention to what their aunt likes to eat, let alone Er Nizi. Now, if she doesn't get into trouble by being mischievous, I will be Amitabha, and when your elder sister was here, she knew how to be considerate of me..."

"Sister Ke is straightforward and lively, with a pure heart. This is her blessing." Jiang Hongji listened to his aunt's nagging patiently, looking for opportunities to turn to what he wanted to say: "Sister Qianer, go back I have always praised my sister Ke for being kind to others, Ming Li is sensible, and my sister Ke's two boudoir friends are also extremely rare. I heard that the cousin of the Li family grew up with Aunt Lin since she was a child, no wonder it is so rare .”

(End of this chapter)