Embarrassing for the bride

Chapter 29

Recently, everyone in the capital is spreading the word about Wen Jia, because Wen Yanzhi, the son of Wen's eldest son, just won the top prize in high school and was named on the gold list.Now that both father and son of the Wen family are champions, such a situation may be rare in a hundred years.No wonder it provoked endless discussions among people in the whole capital.

On the day when the list was released, Wen Yanzhi and a few classmates went to drink together until early in the morning before being dragged back to the Wenfu by the servants, smelling of alcohol and very embarrassed.Fortunately, the whole family was immersed in excitement at this time, and they didn't care about his gaffe.

Wen Yanzhi lay on the bed all afternoon, just after waking up, the servant hurried into the room and reported that the master invited him to talk.He had no choice but to rub his painful forehead, poured a large cup of herbal tea, straightened his clothes, and headed to the yard where his father lived.

As soon as he entered the door, Wen Yanzhi saw his parents standing by the table, staring at the table and looking at a scroll. He walked a few steps closer and saw other scrolls on the table, all of which depicted various The woman in the room suddenly understood seven or eight points.

Master Wen looked up and saw that he had arrived, and waved to him, "Yanzhi, come and see, is there anyone you like?"

Wen Yanzhi pursed his lips, and replied in a cold tone: "Father, the child is still young, and the marriage is not in a hurry, not to mention that your battle is comparable to the emperor's choice of concubine, so don't fall into any trap."

Master Wen's eyes changed, and he snorted angrily: "Are you still drunk, aren't you? You speak so aggressively! Who says marriage is not in a hurry? Now that you have achieved fame, you should get married as soon as possible."

Mrs. Wen also nodded, "Yanzhi, you are not young anymore, it's time to start a family. Your father and I think that the second daughter of the Xie family is very good. Would you like to see her portrait?"

Wen Yanzhi lowered his eyes to glance at the picture scroll in their hands, and couldn't see it clearly because the position was upside down, but the young and vigorous he shook his head directly, "It's not very good."

Master Wen snorted coldly: "Not good? Do you really think that you are the one to pick so many scrolls? The Xie family has been officials for several generations, with a deep foundation, which will be of great help to your future career. This matter So it’s decided, calling you here is just to let you know.”

Wen Yanzhi was the number one scholar in high school at a young age, so he couldn't help thinking of himself as a noble person. In addition, he was used to dealing with a group of young scholars outside, and he was used to being suave. , he was indeed unwilling.

Seeing that her son was unwilling, the old lady hurriedly rounded up the situation, turned to Master Wen and said, "Master, in my opinion, let's wait until Yanzhi's temperament is settled first. There is no rush for the time being. Second Miss Xie is so good. Will figure it out."

Master Wen snorted and agreed.

Mrs. Wen glared at Wen Yanzhi again, "Yanzhi, don't rush to refuse, the parents should decide the marriage, right?"

Wen Yanzhi has always been filial, seeing that his father was really angry, and his mother talked about this again, so he stopped talking.

Afterwards, Wen Yanzhi's life was not affected at all. He entered the officialdom, and he still kept in touch with friends with speculative temperaments. He didn't go to many places of fireworks, but there were many restaurants and teahouses.When everyone talks about Wen Yanzhi, the eldest son of the Wen family, they always have such yearning eyes, because his appearance and talents are all top-grade, fresh clothes and angry horses, young and promising, no matter what he is, he can be called a dragon and a phoenix among people.

At the end of the year, his parents began to mention his marriage again, and Wen Yanzhi realized that time passed so fast, and a year would pass in the blink of an eye.

This time his father spoke in a very strong tone, and he could no longer refuse, and even said that they would arrange a happy event for the two of them when the spring came.After Wen Yanzhi heard this, he was silent for a while, then turned and went out the door.In fact, he had already succumbed, but he didn't bluntly say that he agreed, which made his father almost resort to family law.

Occasionally, Wen Yanzhi was listening to a ditty in a teahouse with a few friends, and one of them suddenly mentioned the Xie family. Thinking of his own marriage, he asked by the way: "Do you know how the second daughter of the Xie family is?"

The man was taken aback when he heard that, then he frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head, "I really don't know, maybe it's because he doesn't go out often, is it because he looks ugly or suffers from a hidden disease?"

Wen Yan ate the teacup in his hand and remained silent.

The Xie family wouldn't send him such a wife for the new top scholar, right?Although he seemed to be indifferent to this marriage on the surface, it was a lifelong event after all. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to find a chance to see what a real person looks like.

It's just that it's too difficult for the women in the boudoir to meet each other. When Wen Yanzhi was in distress, he suddenly heard the friend who answered earlier say: "If you really want to know, you might as well come out on the Lantern Festival to try your luck. Girls on the Lantern Festival will go out, and that young lady is bored at home all day, so it is impossible to let this opportunity pass by."

When Wen Yan heard it, he thought it made sense. His sister also stayed at home all day long, but she would definitely go out to watch the lanterns during the Lantern Festival.Thinking about it this way, he already had a calculation in his mind.

The Shangyuan Festival came in a blink of an eye, Wen Yanzhi rejected everyone's invitations, and went out alone.

On the street, seeing men and women coming and going, Wen Yanzhi suddenly became a little nervous, what kind of woman is that, is it really as ugly as the man said, or is she as beautiful as a fairy?

He suddenly regretted not taking a good look at that painting that day.

The lights along the street are brilliant, and the noise of peddling is constant.Wen Yanzhi walked slowly through the crowd while leading his horse. Occasionally, a young woman would cast a shy glance at him, and he would smile back.

Wen Yanzhi has always been interested in this kind of game when he walked to a lantern riddle guessing stall in the downtown area, so he stopped.

This stall is also really interesting. After guessing the lantern riddles, the stall owner does not give away lanterns, but allows the person who guesses to write the name of his or her loved one on the lanterns, which hangs high on the top, and the most difficult guess is naturally on the top.This approach has attracted many young men and women, because women hope that their names can be left on the lanterns, and men hope to show their talents, and Bojia people smile.

Wen Yanzhi tied his horse to the side of the road, walked over, stood outside the crowd and watched these people guess the riddles. Some riddles were so simple that he was too lazy to guess, so he watched the men anxiously trying to answer, and the woman beside them was nervous And sweetly looking forward to it.

After a while, someone guessed the answer. The woman next to the man let out a coquettish cry, and almost threw herself into the man's arms. On the one side, he announced loudly that the certain son had guessed the lantern and gave it to the certain girl, etc.Proud expressions appeared on the faces of the man and woman.

When Wen Yanzhi heard the stall owner's name, his heart moved, thinking that he couldn't find the second lady of the Xie family in this vast crowd, but he knew her name, so he put her name here, maybe Can it attract people?
Thinking of this, he squeezed into the crowd without saying a word, looked up at the lamp at the top, and the riddle on the lamp read: "Falling flowers all over the ground don't scare you." It was the name of a historical person.

Wen Yanzhi thought about it carefully, shook his head and smiled, thinking that such a mystery can also hang at the highest place?He bowed his hands to the stall owner and pointed to the lantern, "I want to guess the topmost lantern riddle."

The people around all took a deep breath, wondering who this is, and they took such a big breath when they came here.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a calm face. He was not surprised when he heard this. He just pointed to a lamp a little below the lamp, "Young master, if you want to guess the lantern riddle directly, you have to guess it first." Just solve the riddle on this lamp."

Wen Yan was taken aback for a moment, but immediately realized that it was no wonder he found it easy, it turns out that there is still this particularity.He turned his head to look at the lantern riddle on the lamp below, and saw that the riddle read: "Du Kangzhuang still talks about the emperor, and every time he reads Tang in front of Huai Li Tang." The name of the riddle was a kind of flower.

Wen Yanzhi frowned, he was not very interested in flowers and plants, how did he know the names of flowers?
While he was thinking about it, the stall owner suddenly asked him: "I see that the confidante next to the young master is also very interested, and it seems that they want to try it too?"

"What?" Wen Yanzhi tilted his head to look at his side inexplicably. It turned out that at some point there was a woman standing beside him, wearing a white skirt with flowers, quietly looking up at the lantern above, as if she didn't look at it at all. To Wen Yanzhi beside him.

The upturned face is beautiful, and the skin is as smooth as jade under the light, especially the eyes, which are as clear and quiet as a penny of autumn water. Just one glance makes people feel peaceful in their hearts, as if the hustle and bustle around them have disappeared. It faded away in an instant, and the world of mortals was ten feet away, only the person in front of me remained.

Wen Yanzhi stared blankly for a while, and even forgot to explain to the stall owner. After recovering, the woman lowered her head and said to the stall owner: "I guessed it."

The stall owner was startled, and Wen Yanzhi was also startled. The people around were a little surprised. They never expected that a woman would suddenly come to guess the lantern riddles.However, there is no rule that women are not allowed to guess lantern riddles. The stall owner quickly reacted, saluted her, and asked with a smile, "What is the answer this young lady guessed?"

"Ditang Xuemengluofu." The woman's voice was flat, and there was no smile on her face, but there was a trace of determination in her eyes, and she was sure of winning.

The stall owner glanced at her appreciatively, nodded and smiled, "Miss is so talented, she is indeed Ditang Xuemengluofu, so do you still want to guess the top one?"

The woman lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then glanced at Wen Yanzhi suddenly, and shook her head at the stall owner, "Forget it, this young master is definitely going to hang the name of his beloved on it, I just had a whim, let this Come and guess."

The stall owner was stunned for a moment, then laughed a few times, then turned to Wen Yanzhi and said, "So you two are not a couple? It seems that I am blind, and I am so sorry for the abruptness."

Wen Yanzhi didn't expect such a thing at the moment, the woman guessed the bottom one, but didn't guess the top one, as if she solved a difficult problem for him.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the woman a few more times, but saw that she had turned around and walked out, and there were several women in front, who seemed to come out together.

Wen Yanzhi withdrew his gaze, concealed a trace of disappointment that suddenly surged up in his heart, and looked at the stall owner, "Then I will explain the answer, and the top answer is Xie An."

The stall owner nodded, "It's Xie An, young master guessed right, then tell the name of your beloved."

Wen Yanzhi's heart paused, and he suddenly remembered the woman just now, but he quickly came back to his senses, said the three words "Xie Wanqing", and said his name by the way.

The stall owner took down the lantern, wrote his name in a fluttering manner, and then shouted loudly: "Young Master Wen Yan guessed the most difficult lantern riddle tonight, and gave it to Miss Xie Wanqing."

There are those who are envious and those who regret it, and there are many voices.

Wen Yan subconsciously turned his head and looked around. This place is in a busy market, and the voice of the stall owner is so loud, it should be heard by the second lady of the Xie family.

He walked out of the crowd in front of the stall, searched around, his eyes suddenly stopped in the middle of the street, the woman who had left before came back at some point, was looking at him in surprise, and glanced at him from time to time The line of sight lingers back and forth on the lantern hanging high.

Wen Yanzhi was also a little strange, he stepped forward a few times and saluted, and just about to speak, he heard the woman ask: "Are you Wen Yanzhi, the eldest son of the Wen family?"

Wen Yanzhi nodded, "Exactly, miss knows me?"

Before the woman could answer, a group of women came up behind her and called her: "Wan Qing, it's time to go, or it will be too late to go back."

Wen Yanzhi was stunned on the spot, the woman had already lowered her body towards him, turned around and walked away quickly.

Wen Yanzhi contacted the matter before and after, and suddenly felt a little joy in his heart, then immediately turned around and found the horse, got on the horse, and hurried towards Wenfu.

As soon as he entered the door, he ran all the way into his parents' yard, and said loudly to Master Wen: "Father, I agree to that marriage."

Wen Yanzhi put away his original disposition, and no longer followed those friends in and out of Fengyue Land. He seldom went to restaurants and teahouses, and even found excuses to turn down the occasional official entertainment, but he didn't want the news to spread to Xie's family. , made Xie Wanqing unhappy.

Everyone was surprised by his transformation, even his father was greatly surprised, but Wen Yanzhi has always been a man of one word, and since he has changed, he will change thoroughly.

At the beginning of spring, the two families got engaged, and Wen Yanzhi felt very disappointed that Xie Wanqing did not see him.Originally, this kind of thing was handled by the family, and it was normal for the two parties not to see each other, but since Wen Yanzhi met her once in the Shangyuan Festival, she has been thinking about her all his heart, and even went to hang out for a long time outside Xie's mansion several times , even he himself felt that he had become a swinger brother.

Wen Yanzhi returned home from the government office very late until the day of Qixi Festival. He was sitting in the carriage drowsy when suddenly the carriage stopped.He was fine, so he simply opened the curtain and got out of the car and walked back.

There were many women along the way, and the lights on the street were bright, making Wen Yanzhi think that it was the day of Shangyuan Festival.Just as he was wondering what day it was, his eyes swept across the figure slowly approaching in front of him, his whole body became excited, his heart was beating wildly in his chest, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Xie Wanqing was walking from the front with a little maid, Wen Yanzhi was hesitating whether to go forward, but saw another man walking opposite her and said a few words to her, Xie Wanqing smiled slightly after hearing this.

It was the first time Wen Yanzhi saw Xie Wanqing smile, but it was towards another person, which made him a little unbearable.He suppressed the anger in his heart and thought about it carefully, maybe it was her brother or something, maybe it wasn't as he thought, after all, she was already engaged to him.

But when he saw the man's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised. It turned out that the man was Tan Hua Lang who was appointed by the Holy Spirit together with him. He remembered his name, and it was definitely not Xie, so it was not her brother.

Wen Yanzhi became more and more unhappy.

Xie Wanqing had finished talking with Tan Hualang, when Wen Yanzhi suddenly heard Xie Wanqing call him cousin, he suddenly realized that it was his cousin.But this only deepened his worry. These two people are so familiar, could it be that they are childhood sweethearts?Childhood sweethearts are still cousins... Wen Yanzhi suddenly felt a headache.

Xie Wanqing had already bid farewell to Tan Hualang, and was about to leave with her little maid. Wen Yanzhi, who did not know where the courage came from, walked up to the two of them, and suddenly said to Xie Wanqing: "Xie Er Miss, I don’t know if you still remember?”

Xie Wanqing was stunned for a while, looking at the person who suddenly appeared in front of her in surprise, she nodded after a while, "So it's Mr. Wen, long time no see."

The phrase "Long time no see" made Wen Yanzhi's unhappiness disappear at once. She still remembered him, which made him feel a little elated.Turning to look at her cousin, the latter had already turned and left.

Wen Yanzhi actually wanted to ask about her relationship with Tanhualang, but he couldn't say it out. The two stood together for a long time before he stammered: "I don't know...Second Miss Xie would like to be with you... Let's go for a walk together?"

Xie Wanqing was startled for a moment, then nodded, without any hint of coyness.

The two walked forward together, Wen Yanzhi turned his head to look at the side faces of the people around him from time to time, feeling extremely satisfied in his heart.He didn't know that when he wasn't looking at Xie Wanqing, Xie Wanqing would look at him from time to time.

After a long time, Xie Wanqing asked him suddenly: "Young Master Wen seems to be very busy recently, I heard that he rarely goes to the land of Fengyue."

(End of this chapter)