Chapter 3

All the people in the Qu Mansion were in a mess, pinching the person, and the frightened Mrs. Yuan rushed over to rescue them. Ming Shu gave him a few sips of cold water, and Mrs. Qu slowly recovered.The lieutenant of the Forbidden Army knew that he had frightened the driver of the privy envoy's mansion, so he came to make amends in person.Mrs. Qu's face was pale and weak, she couldn't say anything, Mrs. Yuan said angrily, "It's a waste of time to die, such a mobilization of teachers and people disturbs everyone's uneasiness."

The school lieutenant said: "It is not the duty of the lower officials to apprehend and investigate the case, but the deceased is a well-known candidate, and the matter is of great importance. I also ask the wives to forgive the crime, and I will come to the door to make amends in the future."

Madam Yuan also had nothing to say, she repeatedly asked the servants of the Qu Mansion to take good care of her, and then returned to her carriage.The carriage went back and forth, and after returning to Qu Mansion, the family hurriedly invited a doctor to diagnose the pulse, take medicine, and rest in bed.

Mrs. Qu saw that the time card was changed to Youshi, and Quyuan affairs usually come back at this time. How can she see her husband in a dispirited manner, so she forced herself to get up and put some makeup on her face, and Mingshu sat beside her with her younger brother in her arms. , I sigh in my heart that the way of getting along with husband and wife is really a science.

Unexpectedly, Qu Yuan didn't come back, the old servant Qu Sheng who followed him into the yamen arrived first, Mrs. Qu knew that something was wrong when she heard his flustered footsteps, she took off her half-worn earrings, and asked, "I'm out." What's the matter?"

Qu Sheng saluted and said: "Master asked the old slave to tell his wife first, although he was sent by the officials to question him, it is not a big deal, let my wife be calm, and my husband will come back later."

The official family is the emperor, so it is no small matter to be summoned by the emperor. Mrs. Qu frowned, "You talked a lot of nonsense, what happened to your husband, did you get involved in some dispute?"

Qu Sheng is a very honest person, but he was a little dazed. He shook his head first, then nodded, making the mistress hang in his throat with anxiety.

It was only then that Qu Sheng clarified intermittently that the person who died in the sweet water well today was none other than Juzi Wang Er, and the person who was not present at the small banquet for the selection of son-in-law in Quyuan before, who was troublesome in the ears of the officials? Mentioning a sentence, the officials called Quyuan into the palace for questioning.

Hearing this, Mrs. Qu's heart was half relieved, and the other half was because of that villain who talked too much in front of the officials. I'm afraid he was either a political enemy or held a grudge against the Qu family. Tripper, I don't know how many hands and feet I will have to do in the future. Although the clean is cleared by itself, if the officials remember one bad thing, it will be troublesome in the future.

Ming Shu didn't think as far as her mother did. She just thought that her father would be able to get out of this time. According to her glance today, the death time of the corpse was only within 48 hours. It seems a little strange compared with the giant view in the world, where is it?

Thinking back to the physical signs of the corpse, Mingshu suddenly had a flash of inspiration——Tongue!
Natural or accidental corpses, of course, will have the tip of their tongues exposed after the appearance of giants, but Wang Er's tongue is too long, almost touching the chin, which is very consistent with the phenomenon of strangulation or hanging. Could it be homicide? Throw the body later?Mingshu shuddered, who would have thought of killing a student who had been in a slump for ten years and had a bright future before the imperial examination?If there is jealousy between classmates because of their rankings, and then there is a vendetta, that is really a major case that will shock the government and the public.

Thinking about it, Ming Shu involuntarily tightened the hand holding Ming Heng, and the little guy moved a few times impatiently.Mrs. Qu saw that her daughter's face turned pale, she thought she was worried about her father, she said a few words of comfort in a harmonious voice, and ordered the servants to prepare the meal as usual, calm and unflappable.

When it was time to light the lamps, Qu Yuan's affairs came back slowly. As soon as he entered the door, he sat on the high chair without saying a word. Mrs. Qu came over to serve tea and asked, "Is everything going well?"

Quyuan Shi Nianxu said: "Half of it goes well, half of it doesn't go well."

Mrs. Qu's heart skipped a beat at these words, and she heard her husband say unhurriedly, "Wang E's case is complicated and confusing, because it didn't go well. My son-in-law's first and tenth prizes are secure, which can be described as smooth."

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Madam Qu laughed in her heart at him for being tricky, who cared about the case, but the second half of the sentence flashed by, and she didn't realize it for a while, before she said in shock: "You said that Mr. Yan Lang...is the number one scholar? "The palace examination just ended this morning, even if there is internal news, it should never have spread so quickly.

Qu Yuanshi said with a smile: "Without asking a few words about Wang Er, the officials transferred the conversation to the selection of a son-in-law for Ning Ning. When they learned that our family's daughter-in-law was Yan Ziqin, the officials couldn't help but praise, saying It was 'the Qing family can welcome the number one scholar and the title card to marry a daughter', and then they kept quiet, thinking it was a mistake."

The current emperor is only 17 years old. Although he is the Ninth Five-Year Master, he is about the same age as Yan Ziqin. Seeing this eloquent and eloquent child prodigy in the Hall of Martial Arts is like seeing an interesting little brother. What's more, this little brother will be A pillar of talent who assisted him in governing the country.

Mrs. Qu hurriedly put her palms together and recited a few times of the Buddha's name. She was repeatedly advised to keep quiet about the affairs of Quyuan, not even telling her in-laws, so as not to change things.

Although there was a turmoil in Tiansheng's five-year Grand Competition due to the death of candidate Wang Er, it still ushered in Chuanlu's roll call, and Yan Ziqin really topped the list. Admired and envied, they drank congratulations together at the Qionglin banquet, and when Yan Ziqin returned home, his face was flushed and he was in a slumped and drunk state.

Uncle Xu Hang took off the imperial gift red peony that was on his hairpin, ordered the waiter to offer it in a glass bowl, poured him several bowls of hangover soup, called him "Zhuangyuan Ye" and "Yan Xianggong" several times, and If you want to go down to the hall to bow, you will be ashamed of Yan Ziqin.

"This is the connection between the big Dengke and the small Dengke. The seventh day of May is a good day, and the champion of our family will marry the daughter of the privy envoy."

"This is... a bit too hasty, Jiaci is still in Yuan County, how can we have a wedding?" What's more, he, the groom, is not ready yet!
Xu Hang waved his hands and said, "Get married earlier, that's what my sister wants. Good nephew, you can rest assured, everything will be taken care of by your uncle and your father-in-law, it's not bad!" Beside him, he asked with his ear: "Good nephew, do you know... seven losses and eight gains..."

"What?" Yan Ziqin didn't hear clearly.

Seeing no one around, Xu Hang gritted his teeth and amplified his voice, "It's a gift from Duke Zhou!"

Looking at Yan Ziqin's clear and bewildered eyes under the flickering long eyelashes, Xu Hang knew that this little nerd was "ignorant of human affairs", so he took out an exquisite brocade box from the cabinet with a red face, and handed it to his nephew, "This The book is one of the best, and you can't open it until the wedding night, you... just do it for yourself."

After finishing speaking, he fanned the heat on his face and went back to the room, leaving Yan Ziqin sitting in the room in a daze, staring at the box.

"Excellent product? Could it be the only copy from the Tang Dynasty! Or the Qin and Han bamboo slips and silk!" Yan Ziqin was shocked, most of the time he was sober, and wanted to take it apart immediately, but who told him to have the promise of Ji Bu and the letter of Wei Sheng? Endure until the seventh day of May...

The Qu family also had their own considerations for setting the big day on the seventh day of May, because the sixth day of May is Qu Mingshu's birthday, and the parents hoped to send her out after giving their daughter the gift of marriage. She is the bride of someone else's family, so she can't see each other every day and have a family relationship together.

After being together for three years, she has always remembered the kindness of the Qu couple towards Mingshu. Now that she really wants to leave these loving parents, Mingshu is really reluctant. Although Mrs. Qu loves to chatter and things in Quyuan are very strict, they are very considerate. She loves this daughter deeply, although she is stupid, but because of her, she has been refusing to have another child, and Mingheng was born only after knowing that Mingshu got better.Mingheng also seemed to know that his sister was going to leave, so he snuggled into her arms and blinked his watery round eyes silently, with tears rolling in his eyes.

The rituals of Jiji of the Qu family are simple and tender. Curtains are laid in front of the ancestral hall. Mrs. Qu adds a crown and skirt, two extra buns and big sleeves, three beautiful crowns and deep clothes for her daughter.

"Three bonuses, our Ning Ning is an adult."

That night, the mother and daughter slept on the same bed and whispered some heart-to-heart whispers. Mrs. Qu softly warned her something like "precepts should be respected, and nothing will be violated", but she also said: "If you have been wronged, you must be with your father." Mother said, father and mother are in charge of you." At the end, he told her some things about husband and wife, but he didn't dare to say it too clearly, he just said: "When it comes to the night of the bridal chamber, everything should be obeyed by your husband."

Seeing her mother say these words carefully, Ming Shu couldn't help but put back the tears of emotion that welled up in her eyes just now, she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and said: "I knew what you said in my previous life, although we have no actual combat experience, But the theoretical basis is very rich!"

I can only think about this in my heart, if I really say it, I will definitely be beaten, and I will get married with my hair full, I dare not think about it...

In fact, not only did Mingshu not wear a full head, but she wore strict makeup and beautiful attire.Although her appearance at this time is still a little childish, but her facial features are soft and extremely amiable. She is matched with a pearl and emerald crown, a golden collar and red sleeves, and a smile on her face. It is as cute and lovable as the maha music offered at the festival.

The wedding party from the Yan family came, and the singing and dancing formation composed of drummers and official prostitutes could be heard three miles away. The music officials who urged the make-up urged them more than a dozen times. Mingshu finally left Qufu, holding back tears and saying goodbye to her parents. Covering her head and stepping up to the flower eaves to receive the bride, she dared not look back, lest she see her parents with graying hair and red eyes just like her own.

Xu Hang is a businessman, so he naturally knows how to do things decently. From Qu's Mansion in the east of the city to Xu's Mansion in the west of the city, there are more than ten miles of rice fields. Auspicious words such as "wife, grandpa marrying a daughter" and so on, the welcoming team continued to distribute bonuses, silver plates, and market money, which attracted cheers again and again.

Arriving in Xu's mansion in a daze, although the gate is not as good as the privy envoy's house, it is decorated with lights and decorations everywhere, which shows that it is festive. They were all in a daze. Along the way, Xu Hangzheng's wife led the maids to pave the way with green felt mats. Finally, they reached the middle hall and took off the hijab. Only then did Mingshu see her "husband".

Yan Ziqin was dressed in a blue round-neck gown, wearing a hairpin with gold flowers on his head, and holding a jade wat in his hand. His white jade-like face was calm and dignified, and he was upright and peaceful. Wearing an official uniform, he really looked like a high-grade celebrity. , It's just that it's not like getting married, but it's like going to court, and it's even more different under the backdrop of the crowd's frolicking.

"This young man... is the unsmiling and incomprehensible Xueba brother in the legend..." Mingshu's head was full of black lines. The concentric knot, Yan Ziqin held the other end and led her into the bridal chamber.

Regardless of ancient or modern times, weddings are always like this, a group of hula-la people gather around, and before the couple can figure it out, they hula-la-la broke up again, sitting on the wedding bed that was made yesterday, pawing at the lottery money and miscellaneous things left by the tent just now. As a result, Mingshu still can't digest the reality that she will be alone with Yan Ziqin so soon.

Apparently, Yan Ziqin didn't recall it either, and stared blankly at the dragon and phoenix candles on the table bursting into flames.

Ming Shu gritted her teeth, thinking that she couldn't sit still in such an awkward position, why not let her "elder" sister break the silence!
She was lucky, and just about to speak, she saw Yan Ziqin slapped his head and shouted, "By the way, my uncle gave me the 'Peerless Book'!"

As he spoke, he happily took out the coiled tapestry box from the secret compartment under the bed, opened the ivory buckle with bright eyes, and excitedly took out the volume of books placed in it.

Mingshu also poked her head curiously to see that there was no title on the book cover, and Yan Ziqin tremblingly turned over a page—there was a painting on it with silky lines, beautiful colors and fine brushwork, and heavy-color figure paintings, and the bed was very delicate It is true, and the dynamic depiction of a man and a woman is even more vivid and lifelike, which shows the painter's outstanding skills and experience.

spring!palace!picture!
It's spring!palace!picture!

Mingshu roared in her heart, who would take out such a mess and teach children to be bad!Who!

(End of this chapter)

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