concubine leisurely

Chapter 77

"Is the court going well this morning?" Madam Ge asked with concern Ge Shoufu who had just returned home.

Recently, there have been disputes in internal affairs and borders. Civil servants and military generals have been arguing endlessly for their own affairs, and the quarrels were even more serious in the early court.

"The method of weaving, the mutual market, Japanese pirates, Miaojiang, everything is not peaceful, there is noise every day, nothing to do, soon." Ge Shoufu didn't care.

"What's new?" Mrs. Ge asked casually as the old couple drank tea and chatted with each other.

Ge Shoufu laughed, "Everything is as usual in the morning court, and there is something new after the morning court." Mrs. Ge saw him smiling happily, and wondered, "What's the matter?" He laughed like this.

Ge Shoufu laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled, while stroking his white beard fluttering from laughing, he looked at Mrs. Ge and said, "Madam, what do you think of our recent matchmaking?"

Mrs. Ge thought for a while, "The Holy Majesty said yes, it must be good. Marquis Pingbei and the fifth girl from the Meng family are really talented and beautiful, a natural couple." Zhang Bing is young and heroic, and the fifth girl from the Meng family is a peerless beauty. Compatible; in terms of status, Zhang Bing's status is high enough, that is, because his status is already high enough, the status of the woman is irrelevant.

Ge Shoufu smiled and said, "Ma'am, the matchmaking we made is very interesting. For some reason, Marquis Pingbei is not favored by his future father-in-law, and he always gives him a cold face. Poor Marquis Pingbei, who is so courteous every day, sent him early. Pick it up quickly, and send your own soldiers to see you off in the morning, and you must take good care of Lao Taishan. Today, after the morning court, you will personally lead the horse for Lao Taishan, hahaha."

Hou Tu of Pingbei was called a peerless hero, but in the end he fell into his own hands. Ge Shoufu was very happy.

He still doesn't know why Meng Lai doesn't want to see him so much!
Thinking of the feats he had done, Ge Shoufu laughed more and more, gradually becoming uncontrollable.Mrs. Ge is speechless, it's not that Marquis Pingbei pleases Lao Taishan to lead the horse, as for Le Cheng!

Meng Lai, who was flattered, became more and more angry.

"Your Majesty Meng is so lucky! My son-in-law is so respectful and filial, even my nephew is no different." The colleagues all expressed their envy.

Meng Lai is a humble man who only says polite words.But I was annoyed in my heart: You don't know how this kid threatened me back then!

Going home from Xiaya, he sat quietly in the study for a while. Meng Zhengxian excitedly took the blueprints and came over to discuss, "How should the fifth sister's new house be furnished?" Her natal family was responsible for making the furniture, so she always went to her in-law's house to measure the place so that she could pack the house. .Meng Lai said gently, "Your fifth younger sister wants to live, as long as she likes it."

Meng Zhengxian laughed and said, "You and your brother-in-law speak exactly the same way. My brother-in-law also said that Fifth Sister can do whatever she likes. Well, with your words, I will ask Fifth Sister." He had already told the big housekeeper, "What do you say, what do you do?" Therefore, Meng Zhengxian was able to be the master of the house in the Pingbei Hou Mansion. The feeling of being the master of the house.Now it's finally enough.

Meng Lai snorted, thinking, "This kid is really kind to You'er."

Just as Meng Zhengxian left, Meng Zhengxuan came.After asking about Ann, Meng Zhengxuan said hesitantly, "Father, my uncle is not a son after all, but a spoiled guest." "Ping Beihou is so respectful to you, it's not as good as you..." Be more polite to others?That is a son-in-law, not a son.

"Respect? You don't know how he threatened Dad back then." Meng Lai blurted out in a rage.This breath has been held for too long, and they all say how nice this son-in-law is, how respectful he is, what is he respectful about.

"What, you threatened Dad?" Meng Zhengxuan's tongue was tied, he was inexplicably surprised.Zhang didn't care how brave he was on the battlefield, but he was gentle and courteous, not domineering.

The words have been exported and cannot be taken back.Meng Lai had no choice but to explain, "Back then, he asked Uncle Xu to tell you twice, but I didn't answer him. It's not for anything else. Your fifth sister was still young at that time, a girl who was only 12 years old. What's the hurry? Ji Ji It won't be too late to discuss marriage afterwards. Who would have thought that he would entrust father's teacher as a matchmaker."

Thinking of Ge Shoufu's stern-faced preaching, as if he disagreed with marrying a daughter, Meng Lai is a sinner of the country and the culprit of the defeat at the border, and Meng Lai's anger surged.

Mentioned that "now we are just getting married quietly and not making it public. If he is killed or injured on the battlefield, or if he has a disadvantage in returning to the court, let it be nothing." Your family is so thoughtful!Look at you again, the army of conquering captives is about to leave, you only care about your children's private affairs!Regardless of righteousness!
So and so, can you not agree?Every time Meng Lai thought about it, he felt that he was threatened, and felt a wave of evil fire in his heart.

Meng Zhengxuan seemed to understand but not understand.It's not easy to refuse if you entrust a teacher to be a matchmaker.Is this considered coercion?

Although he half understood, Meng Zhengxuan wrote a letter and ordered someone to deliver it immediately after he returned to his room.So, before Ge Shoufu finished laughing, Pingbei Hou Zhang He came to visit him.

Ge Shoufu and Zhang Bing had a secret conversation in the study, and no one knew what they talked about.

All I know is that after Zhang Bing left Ge's mansion, he went to Meng's mansion to ask to see Lao Taishan, and had a long secret talk with Lao Taishan.

"Why do you...?" Zhang Bing came out of Meng Lai's study, just in time to meet Youran, who looked at Zhang Bing and his face was covered in sweat, even his clothes were soaked, he was very surprised.

"It's okay." Zhang Bing said sweating.

Youran's voice was clear and sweet, it sounded like a clear spring flowing through my heart in my ears, it was very comfortable, "I said it's okay, I'm sweating so much." Passed over the handkerchief in his hand, "Hey, wipe off the sweat."

You Ran was wearing a purple dress and a purple skirt, which made her skin whiter, her whole body was crystal clear and dazzling, Zhang Bing's heart felt hot, he didn't dare to look at it, he lowered his head to look at the handkerchief in his hand, the handkerchief was light green, very elegant.

"Fifth girl, the master let you in." The young servant came over bravely and said with a smile.The master's ears are too sharp, and the fifth girl heard it before she entered the yard.

Leisurely agreed, turned to Zhang and said in a low voice, "Wipe your sweat, be careful of catching cold from the cold wind." After finishing speaking, Zhang didn't wait for an answer, and followed the boy into the study.

catch a cold?Zhang Bing smiled and shook his head.How can I be such a delicate person, this silly child.Thinking of the concern in Youran's tone, my heart pounded.

Molly looked at him speechlessly.Your face is covered with sweat, and you are holding a veil in your hand, but you are reaching out to wipe the sweat.What's the use of folding the handkerchief and putting it in the sleeve.

Father Meng let out the anger in his chest today, and he was very cheerful. He saw Zhang from the window and stood silently for a long time.

"It's ugly." Leisurely glanced at it and commented inwardly.He didn't say anything, and continued to read the script.

"Daughter, look at Daddy's painting." Although Father Meng knew that his precious girl knew nothing about calligraphy and painting, he happily asked her to look at the painting together.

"It's too thin, I like plump ones." Youran's words almost made Father Meng angry.

"Pictures of beautiful women emphasize thin bones and elegant appearance, with a noble bearing, do you understand?" Meng Lai scolded.It's unreasonable that such a slender, graceful, light and slender lady would be dismissed as not plump enough.

"I don't understand." Youran nodded honestly and admitted, "I know whether it looks pleasing to the eye or not." It's like looking at cars in the previous life. I don't understand anything. The only thing I can evaluate is how the car looks and whether it looks good.

"I don't know how to learn." Meng Lai was in a great headache. Who would believe that this child is a girl from a scholarly family?

Alas, fortunately she is going to marry a general, not a civil servant.

"Is there a lot of quarreling in the hall?" Leisurely changed the subject.Meng Lai sighed, "The strip weaving method is especially noisy."

Nowadays, the mutual market is not a big deal. People who opposed it in the past were just because of "noble Hua Xia, cheap barbarians". Now the Tatars keep their attitude very low. Nine heads, all pure white in color, and a gold and silver pot each, paid tribute to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty." The Tatar khan even made a statement, "I finally want to invite tribute to be called a foreign minister. Please invite Out, farming tools and The plow and seeds are returned to plowing, in order to hope for a happy day and night. Please become a vassal from now on, and receive endless blessings from the Emperor of Han!" The mutual market is imperative, and the Japanese pirates will be wiped out with Ruan Dayou, the most controversial The most important thing is the rule of law.

"If the strip law is implemented, the life of the common people will be much better." The Chinese common people have always been low-demanding. If you let him have land to plant and food to eat, even if he can only eat half full, he will not rebel.The Article Code was converted from poll tax to land tax, and the burden on the common people was lightened.

Who owns the land under the sun?The royal family and vassals, princes and ministers, wealthy businessmen and powerful people have so much land in the hands of ordinary people.It is much fairer to tax according to the acre of land.

"Is there really going to be a mutual market? Border trade is very profitable." Youran's eyes sparkled.

Meng Lai glared at her, "A noble girl's family always thinks about profit and profit. Don't think about border trade, stay at home with peace of mind."

Leisurely agreed, but felt a pity in her heart.There is no enmity with money, why not do it with such a large profit.

After returning to the room, he couldn't help but write a few lines and hand them to Mo Li.

The reply came quickly, "Making money to support the family is a man's business." The implication is that you don't have to worry about border trade or shipping.

Machismo.Leisurely lamented.

The next day's letter was very romantic, "I built a house among the flowers, and the roof is all made of western glass. Next summer, I can lie in bed and watch the stars."

It's beautiful just thinking about it, she rolled her eyes leisurely with a smile.

The following letters all said leisurely, "the pool is very big, put warm water in it, and you can swim for as long as you want." "The mountains and forests are huge, we can plant whatever you want."

He is very considerate.Lying leisurely under the blanket reading such a letter, she was still laughing when she fell asleep.

"So, Zhang Bing is proud of the spring breeze now?" Wei Guogong's wife, Mrs. Lin, said coldly.

The Wu family on the opposite side was calm, "That's right, father's hard work has been wasted."

Mrs. Lin felt contemptuous in her heart, I wanted to trip up Ah Ci because he didn't get along with Zhang, but you just wanted to marry him a niece from your natal family, and you also booed him, you are really smart and stupid.

Mrs. Wu is also contemptuous in her heart, I was just trying to persuade Duke Wei not to let Ah and marry a concubine who is not on the table, but you want Duke Wei to break his promise!Let Wei Guogong's mansion lose face!You have a worthless son, it seems to make you tired.

The two looked down on each other in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces, they still talked in a gentle and modest manner, looking very harmonious.

(End of this chapter)