Chapter 538: Li Cheng (2)
Mrs. Li usually doesn’t go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything.365.net
Eleven Niang thought that Xu Lingyi had entered the palace, so she asked the little maid to invite Mrs. Li to sit in the flower hall, and called Manager Zhao from the emergency department to ask: What happened to General Li Bing's house in Fujian?
Manager Zhao said respectfully: I heard that General Li surrounded and suppressed civilians as Japanese pirates, and then went to the military headquarters to report his military merits, but was discovered by Master Chiang. The emperor was furious, and had sent the imperial envoy quietly south the day before to escort General Li back to Beijing. Calculate the days,
The imperial envoy should have arrived in Fujian
Mr. Li is also a little too courageous.
Eleven Niang couldn't help but frown.
It seems that Li Ji's future is worrying.
Feeling confident, she went to the flower hall to meet Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li did not mention anything about Mr. Li. She only said that the Chinese New Year was coming soon. She knew that Eleven Niang had grown up in Fujian, so she brought some specialties from Fujian. Then she asked about Xu Siyu’s marriage: he had an outstanding character and a good reputation.
For a mother-in-law like you, I think this door-to-door matchmaker has crossed the threshold.
The Li family has always emphasized that concubines are not allowed in their family. A mother is naturally willing to marry her daughter into such a family, but a mother-in-law may not be willing to marry such a daughter-in-law. Therefore, the eldest son of the Li family was very unhappy before Li Wu got married.
We are about to choose a girl from a well-off family to be our daughter-in-law. The eldest daughter of the Li family has chosen a girl from left and right, and she has not even said marriage yet.
When Eleven Niang thought of this and what Mr. Zhao said just now, she immediately became wary and blocked her words first: There were many people talking about marriage. And they were all close friends, so she was not in a hurry.
Choose slowly from them
Mrs. Li smiled and nodded: Yes. After all, the second young master is the eldest son of the Marquis. He can't say anything careless. She smiled and said, speaking of which, my wife and I are also familiar with each other. My wife should also know my temperament. I like to go straight and will not beat around the bush.
I don’t know if your second young master’s marriage has been decided. There is no such thing that can’t be hidden. Eleven Niang admitted it, but said that there are mainly three families to choose from. She has to wait for the Marquis to take a closer look before she can decide.
After hearing this, Mrs. Li leaned forward and looked at her with a smile: Since I haven't decided yet, I will recommend myself to you. How about my eldest daughter?
Sure enough, he was planning on getting married.
Eleven Niang sighed secretly in her heart and said with a smile: Miss Li has outstanding appearance and lively personality. If she can talk to our family brother Yu, what else can she say? However, you also know that these things in our family are caused by
It's decided by the Marquis. I have to discuss what Mrs. Li said with the Marquis.
This was a big deal, and naturally we had to discuss it with Mr. Hou. Madam Li knew that this matter would not be accomplished in a short while, so she laughed a few words and said, "I will wait for news about Madam." Then she stood up and left.
When Xu Lingyi came back from the palace, he brought back two baskets of oranges and took out a box to give to Shi Niang: a reward from the Queen.
Eleven Niang opened the box and found five agarwood-scented hairpins inside, four of which were made of bamboo and one was carved with a lotus.
She asked Zhu Xiang to distribute the tangerines equally to each room, and sent the lotus hairpins to Sister Zhen. The remaining four were divided among Xu Siyu's four brothers. Then she told Xu Lingyi the purpose of Mrs. Li's visit.
No, Xu Lingyi didn't even think about it, and immediately said that when he became the commander-in-chief, he wanted to be the minister, and when he became the minister, he wanted to be the minister. With relatives like this, we can never think about peace in this life, and we may end up being dragged down by them.
What's more, I don't understand. Eleven Niang smiled and helped Xu Lingyi change clothes. She just said it to the Marquis, so that the Marquis knew something in his heart.
After hearing this, Xu Lingyi muttered: The eldest lady of the Li family is older than Brother Yu. Eleven Niang nodded: She is two or three years older.
Then tell Mrs. Li that we told Brother Yu that he could not marry a girl older than himself. Xu Lingyi said, put this matter aside.
Eleven Niang responded with a smile.
Xu Lingyi said: "You are busy these days. After the Chinese New Year, we will carefully plan the marriage of Brother Yu and then talk about Sister Zhen: next year will be the Spring Festival, and the Spring Festival will be held. My eldest brother-in-law will go to Beijing to participate in the martial arts examination."
.You should prepare some clothes, food and other things in advance so that you can send them over when the time comes.
Eleven Niang thought of Qian Ming: I would also like to go and see the fifth brother-in-law.
The couple talked about trivial matters at home. The next day when Mrs. Li came, Eleven Niang followed Xu Lingyi's words and rejected Mrs. Li.
Mr. Li looked very disappointed. He held Eleven Niang's hand and started crying: "I'll tell you the truth. I'm afraid that the news about our master will spread to Beijing, and my daughter's marriage will be even less settled." Then he cried.
Then he told Eleven Niang about Commander Li. It was originally recommended by the Marquis, but now he asked the Marquis to help him come forward to say hello to the Ministry of War, so that he could look at Eleven Niang with tears in his eyes.
Eleven Niang felt that Mr. Li was not worth helping him at all.
She refused directly: Mr. Hou is most annoyed by women taking care of these things. I'm afraid I can't be of much help.
Mrs. Li has been asking for help these days and has encountered obstacles everywhere, but she was the first one to refuse directly like Eleven Niang. She was slightly startled and cried even louder.
Eleven Niang gritted her teeth and refused to agree. Finally, Mrs. Li left with a hint of resentment in her eyes.
She was a little frightened, and sighed with Xu Lingyi: Even if I helped her thousands of times, but didn't help her even once, I would still care about her without saying anything, and still have a grudge.
Don't take these things to heart. Xu Lingyi comforted her. She could hold grudges if she wanted to. It's just a pity that Ji was dragged down by her father.
Eleven Niang didn’t take it seriously: Is it a drag or his involvement?
The behavior of the parents still has a great impact on the children. Xu Lingyi explained what he said. Otherwise, how could there be a situation where the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked?
This is true too.
Eleven Niang sighed.
In a few days, the news about Mr. Li’s crime gradually spread, and everyone talked about it, but they all laughed at Mr. Li’s family rules that were not accepted by the family: it turned out to be a pretense to gain fame for themselves.
Eleven Niang’s attention is on Shandong.
Qiniang wrote a letter saying that according to Wu Niang's teachings, she would accept the son of that family as his heir based on which family danced the most joyfully during the adoption ceremony. On December 24th, the ancestral hall would be held to hold the adoption ceremony.
She told the fifth lady.
Finally got through it.
In the future, even if Qiniang gives birth to a child, the heir's inheritance rights will be before this child.
She showed the letter to Mrs. Fifth.
The fifth lady giggled: Qiniang, please don’t pour the film halfway, otherwise, she will have to let this child offer incense in a hundred years.
While the two were talking, a little maid ran over: Madam, the mother who gave you a New Year's gift from Cangzhou has come in to say hello to you.
Eleven Niang bid farewell to the fifth wife, sacrificed to the Stove King, put up new talismans to sweep away the dust, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye. After the New Year's Eve dinner, Xu Lingyi, Xu Lingyi, Xu Siqin, and Xu Siyu were talking in the room, while the second wife, Fang, accompanied the Tai Madam.
Mother and the fifth wife hugged Brother Jin and Brother Shen and watched Xu Sijian under the eaves. Xu Sizhen and Xu Sijie, with their respective servants, were setting off fireworks in the yard.
The bright red lanterns illuminated a red light, and the trees and silver flowers bloomed at night. The days in Xu Mansion were like this worldly scene, rich, peaceful and peaceful.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I went to the palace to congratulate the Emperor on the New Year. In the afternoon, I started going around to pay New Year greetings and didn't stop until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.
Xu Siqin's uncle came to visit unexpectedly.
The child has grown up, and it is time to plan for the future. He was sitting calmly on the Taishi chair, blowing the tea leaves floating on the tea cup and said, brother-in-law, let me find a good husband for the child, and go to Mitsui Hutong behind closed doors.
After studying, I will also take the Jinshi Examination and bring honor to the Xu family. I have never found a husband before, but then I found a husband, and it is almost the Chinese New Year. This is why it has been postponed to today. I came here to discuss it with Mr. Hou.
When will the children move? Then I, as an uncle, will have to bring a few boys over to help.
Xu Siqin can move out, but Xu Lingyi cannot bring it up, lest people misunderstand that Xu Siqin was kicked out by him. Xu Lingyi has been waiting for a step down. Now that the Gan family has moved the ladder, he naturally goes down.
Since it was for studying, it was okay to move out. He was thinking about it. Otherwise, it would not be too late to discuss it after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first year of the lunar calendar.
It's just a formality
Xu Siqin's uncle was a little disapproving. He handed over the errand and discussed how to talk about it on the 19th of the first lunar month. After chatting for a while, he stood up and left.
Only then did Ms. Fang know her mother-in-law's plan. She felt extremely embarrassed, but she could only smile bitterly and start packing the boxes and cages. Fortunately, she had just entered the door and most of the boxes and cages were not opened. There was not much to do. She slowly packed them away and soon it was the tenth day of the first lunar month.
Her eldest cousin Fang Ji suddenly came to Yanjing from Jiangnan.
Xu Lingyi came forward to entertain him personally.
Fang Ji was twenty-seven or eighty years old, and he and Fang were very imaginary. Standing side by side, they looked like brothers and sisters.
He behaved generously and spoke neither humble nor arrogantly: He came to participate in this year's Spring Festival. Well, it is better to travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books, so he went to Beijing in advance, wanting to see the customs and customs of Yanjing, and then let people praise the things he brought from Huzhou.
Specialties, my aunt was thinking about my sister, so she made some food that she liked and asked me to bring it over.
Xu Lingyi liked Fang Ji's Yushu Linfeng and introduced him to Xu Siyu, and asked Xu Siyu to take Fang Ji to meet the Fang family.
Mrs. Fang was overjoyed. She took out the eight kinds of Jingba that she had given to the concubine in her womb and the concubine to her a few days ago. She also went to make the big red cannons given by the eleventh mother in person.
Fang Ji saw that she was much more cheerful than before she got married. The furnishings in the room didn't look out of the ordinary, but they were all elegant, and the refreshments served were also very expensive. Then he felt at ease: It seems that Auntie is taking advantage of all the opinions of others to treat you.
You are the right person to marry into the Xu family
Fang blushed and said angrily: "Brother, you know how to talk about me. Why didn't you tell me that your last letter didn't say you would arrive in Yanjing in mid-February? Why did you arrive so early? Could it be that your old habit happened again, so you ran out early?"
Mr. Fang Da only survived one son, Fang Ji. The other children were all the sons of the second room magistrate Fang. He was somewhat doting on him and developed a hobby of collecting gold and stones. When he saw good things, he often put on his jade pendants or other things.
I would bring it in exchange for something, but my mother would inevitably nag me.
Chapter completed!