Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 259

Fu Xiaoyou kept asking around about his situation. At first Liu Zaicheng didn't know about it, but when he found out, he was so angry that he exploded like thunder.

On the one hand, for some reason, he has a kind of blind admiration for Ma Erniang, but this is just his inner thoughts, he dare not say it out, for fear of embarrassment, second, he really likes Ma Yueer and wants to marry her, so He acquiesced to Fu Xiaoyou's inquiries, and even worked hard to make Ma Erniang have a good impression of him.

From being unaccustomed at the beginning to getting used to it gradually, even after a period of time, his subordinates found that Fu Xiaoyou didn't ask anymore, and he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Marry Yue'er to me, he even impulsively wanted to fight Ma Erniang.

Just when he was going to look for Ma Erniang, that kid unexpectedly appeared again. This situation has happened three times. As the saying goes, there are only three things. Isn't there nothing to do with Yue'er?
After delivering the furniture, Liu Zaicheng was very proud for several days. Seeing the surprise expressions on the faces of his future father-in-law and brother-in-law, not to mention the pride, the road was walking sideways, like crabs.

Alai reminded him: "Master, that kid hasn't come to inquire about your recent situation with the guys and neighbors below for the second three days."

"Hey, what do you need to find out? Eight days ago, the master sent a batch of furniture over there. The Ma family is very happy. They must be willing to marry Yue'er to me." Li can still turn to Shibu San, but he was very happy eating and drinking in Ma Zhai a few days ago, he felt that he was one step closer to marrying Ma Yueer, and he was happy.

A Lai curled his lips, "Master, these few days, you are happy to patronize business, but you don't go back to the palace, and you don't eat and chat with the young masters around, it's not good."

Liu Zaicheng looked at the boy Alai as if he was looking at a monster, "The sun is shining all around? You actually asked me to have a meal and chat with the young masters. Didn't you stop me before? What do you mean?"

Alai's eyes sparkled.

"Hey, what else is there really?"

A Lai curled his lips: "I also heard a few buddies say something."

"What did you say?"

"They said that the king of Beijun might be returning to the north."

"Ah..." Liu Zaicheng blurted out, "Isn't Ma Erniang going back too?"

"They are husband and wife, of course we have to go back together." Ah looked at him and thought, why do you only care about your elder sister and younger sister?
"After that, no one will play with me anymore." Liu Zaicheng clicked his lips with regret.

Alai waited for him to come back to his senses.

Thinking of the interesting things in the past, Liu Zaicheng couldn't help laughing out loud, and suddenly realized a question, "Will no one be watching me secretly from now on?"

"That kid comes every three days, and he hasn't come for the second three days." Alai reminded again.

Liu Zaicheng said indifferently, "Could it be that they are going back to the north and have no time to watch me?"

Alai waited for his next sentence.

"Oh, I'm really not used to him not coming to stare at me," Liu Zaicheng grinned, "haha...then I can drink and have fun without restraint." No longer being restrained by others, he was so happy that he almost turned his head fight.

Hearing this, Ah Lai grimaced, "Master, what do you mean you won't marry Ma Siniang anymore?"

"Who said not to marry?" Liu Zaicheng smiled triumphantly, "After Ma Erniang leaves, I will go to Ma's family to propose a marriage, and deal with Ma's family. I can easily catch you, young master."

A Lai slapped himself on the face, "Hey, my lord, how can you think like that?"

"Why don't you think so?" Liu Zaicheng felt that the servant was very strange.

"I saw that the kid wouldn't come, so I went to inquire. The Ma's shop is being tidied up, and many local shopkeepers and assistants from the capital have been recruited."

"It's not normal to recruit people." Liu Zaicheng was full of the joy of wanting freedom and marrying Ma Yueer, so he still had other brains to think about.

"Master, there is no shortage of people in Ma's shop." Alai said, "The reason why we are recruiting people now is because the people who came here before want to go back to Yunshui with Ma's family."

"What?" Liu Zaicheng was taken aback and stood up, "The Ma family is going back too?"

A Lai nodded, thinking, you have finally come to your senses.

Liu Zaicheng blinked, "Then what about my Yue'er?"

"Master, do you still think it's a good thing that kid doesn't come to inquire about you?"

"I..." Liu Zaicheng finally lost his composure.

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The big brother's big wedding is coming soon, while Ma Yue'er and Aunt Wan are so busy that they don't touch the ground, she is secretly irritable and anxious. As for what is bothering and anxious, let her tell her, she can't say anything.

During more than two years in the capital, although Mo Wanyi was not an official wife, due to Miner's big marriage and frequent visits with the Grand Master's House, she has acquired the same ability to handle affairs and adapt to the situation as an official wife. Long sleeves are good at dancing, but they can indeed stir up the marriage of the step-eldest son.

Seeing that there are still two days to go, everything that should be prepared has been prepared, and the only thing left is to check for omissions and make up for vacancies.

Ma Min'er came over again to help her check for omissions and make up for the vacancies. They checked all the matters of the wedding again with the steward and mother who borrowed from Fengtai Shifu. Take a breath.

"Wanyi, you and Yue'er show the nuns to the backyard, and I'll take the steward to the front yard."

"Okay." Ma Yueer got up, "Then I'll show the nuns to see the kitchen purchases first."

Ma Min'er said, "Yue'er, I'll go with you."

Mo Wanyi smiled and said: "You take Fan Er, I will go with Yue Er."

"It's okay, I'll take Fan'er in my arms, and it's considered a stroll."

Mo Wanyi nodded, "That's fine, I'll have to work hard for you two sisters."

Ma Yue'er and the second sister took the nanny to see various matters in the inner courtyard.

Mo Wanyi stayed and held a meeting with the servants at home, explaining the precautions and rewards and punishments on the day of the wedding.

After several years of experience, although Ma Yueer is young, she has a good hand in family affairs, so at lunch time, she went through the inspection all over again, without any mistakes, and asked Aunt Niu to take the nuns to dinner.

Ma Min'er took the child and Yue'er to the small restaurant. Although she took the child with her and focused on her son, she still felt the change in her sister's mood. She seemed anxious and slightly sad.

Ma Min'er is someone who has been there, and soon understood her younger sister's thoughts, but she didn't know how to comfort her. For her sake and the little prince, she made Fu Xiaoyou keep an eye on the young prince, hoping to give her sister a good home.

But she ignored an important issue. Xia Zhen was the general who was under house arrest in the capital by the emperor, and his father temporarily lived in the capital because of his wedding. The capital was not their root, and they would leave the capital after all.

In the past, Xia Zhen once said that it might take three to five years in the capital, and the five years did not arrive, but counting from the year before last, this year is the third year, and with the extremely fierce war in the north, it is time to return to the north .

It wasn't until then that she realized that apart from the pressure from Prince Liang's mansion and Liu Zaicheng's own character and ability, between Yue'er and Liu Zaicheng, they also had to face a major problem - a different place.

For the ancients, the life circle of the common people was very narrow, and they had no chance to have a long-distance relationship or get married, but not necessarily among the nobles. The main reason is not a long-distance relationship, but a family marriage. As long as the adults make marriage arrangements Yes, that's a certainty, there are no variables, just hold a big wedding when it's time for marriage.

But the relationship between Yueer and Liu Zaicheng is not a marriage between two families, but a love between a pair of young daughters. In modern times, with such developed transportation, most long-distance relationships end in a breakup, not to mention the love between two young daughters. What about the underdeveloped ancient times?

Ma Min'er can imagine that with the departure and time, the love between the young couple will inevitably end without a problem. This is also the reason why Fu Xiao was not in a hurry after waiting for ten days to see Liu Zaicheng.

In this case, let everything be indifferent in time, who hasn't had a first love yet, how many people in this world have their first love become eternal?I'm sorry, Yue'er, my sister is going to let your first love go with the wind!

"Second...Second Sister, why are you staring at me?" Ma Yueer couldn't help touching her face. For some reason, she actually understood the gaze of Second Sister, and her heart suddenly became less anxious. Knowing that she was going to leave, her erratic heart suddenly calmed down like dust falling on the ground when she understood the eyes of the second sister. After she calmed down, she was deeply sad.

This deep sadness can't be expressed yet, so I can only bear it silently.

"Thank you for your hard work during this time." Ma Min'er smiled slightly at her sister.

"Second Sister, this is also my eldest brother, so why bother to talk about it." Ma Yueer made herself appear to be okay.

Ma Min'er reached out and patted her on the shoulder, "Wait a minute, eat more, I still have a few days to work."

"it is good."

-

Fu Xiaoyou was so busy that he wished he could be used by several people. Whether it was going out to buy things, or posting posts to invite people, it was like flying.

As a result, the carriage was stopped by someone, "Who?"

Alai raised his hand: "It's me who is in charge."

It turned out to be the young prince's personal servant, Fu Xiaoyou jumped out of the carriage, and said to Uncle Niu: "Uncle, you go back first, if Erping hasn't come back when you go back, you can tell the boss, and then send a carriage over. "

"Okay, I see." Niu Dabao waved his hand to let the coachman drive away.

Fu Xiaoyou followed Alai into a restaurant, and Liu Zaicheng was swaying with Erlang's legs crossed. When he saw him coming in, he didn't let go of his legs, but he didn't sway anymore. He went straight to the point, "Go back to the north with the Ma family and the Xia family?"

Fu Xiaoyou smiled slightly, "My lord, I don't know when the Beijun Palace will leave, but my Ma family will return to Yunshui in October."

I don’t know if the Beijun Prince’s Mansion will leave or not... Ma’s family is leaving... Liu Zaicheng wanted to scold someone, but his eyes widened. A Lai saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly leaned into his master’s ear, "Master, you forgot, the King of Beijun is in the capital!" It's the Holy Majesty's intention, so I have to go... Now it's just rumors that the Beijun Prince's Mansion is going back..."

Oh... He almost forgot about this matter, Liu Zaicheng stopped staring, but his tone was bad and aggressive: "What do you mean by Ma Erniang?"

"My lord, the villain can't understand what you say." Fu Xiaoru was like a veteran soldier who had experienced many battles, asking questions in a calm and honest manner.

"Dog, believe it or not, you will be beaten so hard that you can't get up now."

"My little prince's words, my little letter, the capital is your world." Fu Xiaoyou smiled, not afraid of his harsh words at all, "It's just a month later, except for the little one who comes to the capital to collect the bill, otherwise, it may take a lifetime not to see each other." We're here!"

Hearing the words 'lifetime', Liu Zaicheng's heart twitched, and he looked at Fu Xiaoyou coldly, "Don't think that with Ma Erniang covering you, you can keep talking."

"The villain doesn't dare." Fu Xiaoyou cupped his hands and looked respectfully, but he still had a playful smile on his face: "But my wife does cover the villain. We servants often say that the young lady even covers the servants like this. That’s even worse, and I don’t want them to suffer a little bit.”

There was something in Fu Xiao's sentence, and Alai sighed secretly when he heard it, yes, Ma Erniang was really good to her sister, so there was nothing to say.For the sake of his future brother-in-law, he not only makes people stare at him, but also pulls out one or two from time to time. As a result, at this juncture, the Ma family is about to leave. Not very satisfied, because of this reason, the master has never let the old concubine come to propose marriage. It is estimated that once the Ma family leaves, the master and the young lady of the Ma family are still not sure, and then they may not see each other for the rest of their lives.

Liu Zaicheng pursed his lips and remained silent.

Fu Xiaoyou felt that what he had said was clear enough. After waiting for a while, but he did not speak, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, little prince, my eldest son is getting married the day after tomorrow, and I still have a lot of things to do, so just Farewell first!"

Liu Zaicheng's eyelids moved.

Fu Xiaoyou felt that he had acquiesced, so he turned and went out.

Liu Zaicheng stared at Fu Xiaoyou's back without moving.

A Lai whispered, "If you like it, hurry up and ask the old concubine to find a matchmaker to propose marriage!"

Liu Zaicheng suddenly turned his head to look at Alai, his eyes were deep, like the prince, showing majestic light, Alai's heart tightened in fright, and just as he shrank back, his master stood up and looked at Alai. go outside.

"Master, you...why are you going!" Alai asked while chasing after him.

"Didn't you say you asked a matchmaker to propose marriage?" Liu Zaicheng cursed secretly, I don't care if you, Ma Erniang, are satisfied or not, so I hurried back and asked my grandmother to come to propose marriage.

"Oh." Alai followed happily.

-

The old concubine Liang gave the old Liang king the clothes she was planning to go to the grand master's mansion for a banquet the day after tomorrow, and asked him to try them on. He sat listlessly on the chair and said, "Leave it alone."

"Have to try."

"What's there to try?" Old Liang Wang replied angrily.

The old Concubine Liang put down her clothes angrily, and sat next to him, "What are you thinking about, so engrossed?"

"What more can there be."

The old Princess Liang turned her eyes away: "Cheng'er is not the eldest son, nor the second and third child, but the youngest son. He doesn't need to marry, he just needs to marry a lady he likes. What are you bothering?"

"Cheng'er is the treasure in my hand, how can he marry a young lady casually." The old Liang Wang refused.

"I think you are just worrying."

"What do you mean I'm worrying blindly?" Old Liang Wang stared.

The old Concubine Liang was about to say something when the voice of her precious grandson sounded at the door, "Grandfather, grandma—"

"Cheng'er..." The old Concubine Liang smiled wrinkled, "Grandmother just wanted to send someone to look for you. The day after tomorrow, we will go to the Grand Master's Mansion for a banquet, so you should hurry up and prepare."

"Grandma, I won't go to the Grand Master's Mansion."

"Then what are you doing?" Old Princess Liang was extremely surprised.

Liu Zaicheng replied with a smile: "Grandmother, Ma Erniang and I are friends, and I will attend the banquet of Ma's family."

"Oh." Only then did the old Princess Liang remember that young people have a circle of young people, "Then have you prepared all the gifts and clothes?"

"The steward has prepared for me."

The old Princess Liang nodded. Her grandson has made great progress. Since last year, they no longer need to do many things by themselves. They are all done by themselves, which makes them feel relieved but also a little disappointed. Bar."

"Ah."

The old Concubine Liang thought she was going to waste her time talking, but her grandson Maliu nodded briskly, "Oh, that's good, grandma will get someone to prepare something delicious for you."

"Grandma, don't be so busy eating, hurry up and find a matchmaker to propose marriage."

When the old Liang Wang and his wife heard the eldest grandson's gaze, they didn't speak for a long time.

"Grandfather, grandmother, why don't you speak?"

"Is it... who's little lady?" The old Wang Concubine Liang asked knowingly on behalf of the old Liang Wang.

"Grandfather, grandmother, I don't believe you don't know?"

"I don't agree?" Old Liang Wang directly refused.

"I like it, and if you don't agree, you have to agree." Liu Zaicheng's temper is really not a cover, and even his grandfather dared to talk back.

"Stinky boy, believe it or not, I'll beat you up?"

“揍过我了，我还得娶。”

Watching the grandparents and grandsons fight back and forth, the old Concubine Liang said: "The Ma family is having a happy event, who is free to take care of the matchmaker at this time."

Liu Zaicheng became anxious, "But the Ma family will return to Yunshui soon, and it will be too late if we don't mention it."

Old Liang Wangfei looked at Old Liang Wang, waiting for him to let go.

-

Mrs. Feng's mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and it was in full swing. The eldest granddaughter got married, whether it was family members, in-laws, or friends in official circles, people came and went, how could it be too many words.

Fortunately, Mrs. Feng is a capable mistress of the house, and everything is in order. Not only that, the woman sent to Ma's house will come back from time to time to ask her what is wrong with those places. Pointing correction.

After getting married the day after tomorrow, today Feng Luoyao was invited to dinner by girls of the same age. Because her grandfather was in power, Feng Luoyao's status was as precious as gold. three points.

However, Feng Luoyao has never looked down on others because of her noble status, as long as she is friendly with her, she will generally be friendly with others, unless it is really not compatible.

Of course, among all these people, there are those who are true friends, some who are friends on the surface, and some who are friends in person and stabbed in the back. Even so, Feng Luoyao, who was raised by her grandmother and mother, is not afraid. See the tricks, deal with them freely, and let yourself live a nourishing life.

Due to the large number of young ladies, several tables were set up in Feng's house. When the young ladies saw Feng Luoyao approaching, they all crowded around chattering and saying congratulatory words.

Feng Luoyao broke away from the crowd with a smile, and sat in her own seat, "Everyone, please sit—"

"Thank you Yaoniang!"

"Thank you Yaoniang!"

……

All the little ladies sat down on the seats laughing and laughing, Feng Luoyao could feel the subtle changes in the attitude of the little ladies towards her, especially the little ladies who were friendly on the surface but actually jealous of her, smiled more sincerely today than before up.

Could it be that knowing that she is going to get married, the little ones of the children's family all smile and smother their grievances?No!What is the reason?Of course it was because Feng Luoyao married a little-known sixth-rank Beijing official, not only that, but her in-law's grandparents were from a family of officials, but her future father-in-law was actually a bastard in white clothes, nothing at all.

The eldest granddaughter of the grand master of the dynasty married into such a family, which made many people feel unbelievable, and even a close friend asked her, "Why?"

She smiled softly, "I obey my grandfather's arrangement."

Grandfather's arrangement?That's the first-class assistant minister in front of the emperor. Why did he marry his granddaughter to such a family?Many do not understand.

Feng Luoyao didn't know what her grandfather's arrangement was, but when she first saw Ma Dalang in his grandfather's study, she knew that he was the man in her heart, and if she wanted to marry, she would marry such a man.

He treats people sincerely, behaves well, and does not have any bad habits of the children of noble families. When getting along with him, he is gentle, careful, and considerate, making her want to get close to him without knowing it.

And his family also made her feel close and easy to get along with. She felt that if she could marry such a man, her life would not be bad no matter from that aspect.

It has to be said that apart from the reference of Grand Master Feng, Feng Luoyao's vision of finding a lover is also quite accurate, isn't it just that she has lived a happy life.

As for others, she doesn't mind whether it's a sincere blessing, or a fake greeting but actually waits to see her jokes. Life is her own, so why should she care about other people's opinions and gazes.

"Yaoyao, with your status, you can definitely marry a county king, why should you surrender yourself..."

"County Master Yunzhen—" Feng Luoyao interrupted County Master Yunzhen's false sympathy with a smirk on her face. She fully understood who she was speaking for, and the county king she was talking about was not her cousin— ——Changshan Junwang, so what about the Junwang, she can marry whoever she likes.

"Yaoyao, the county magistrate is also kind!" Yun Fang chided her cousin.

"Thank you for your kindness!" Feng Luoyao raised her chin slightly, "I have already found a good match, and I will get married tomorrow. I hope that the County Lord Yunzhen and Miss Fang will also find a good match as soon as possible."

The word "early day" was pronounced a bit emphatically, and the young ladies sitting here understood it. Everyone knew that the granddaughters of the old princes Huo and Huai were already picky about their son-in-law. Either this was bad, or that was not good. They are all old girls.

Yun Zhen and Yun Fang were so angry that their faces turned red, and Yun Zhen said disdainfully: "My grandmother and mother concubine don't like the sixth-rank Hanlin, and I don't know how your family likes it."

"My grandmother never looked at people's money, but only on their character. My grandmother said that as long as they have a good character, they will marry. Unlike some people, they look at their status and wealth, but think that their outer room is the same as the women in the building. A lot."

"Who are you talking about, Feng Luoyao?"

"Let's say whoever is."

"You..." Yunzhen blushed with anger, and opened her mouth to curse, but was stopped by the little lady beside her, "Master, it's rare for everyone to get together for a meal, so don't worry about the large number of adults!"

"Yeah, we've had a lot of fun together..."

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(End of this chapter)