After returning from Beining, Zhao Ruxi stayed at home with peace of mind and did not go anywhere.

There were many banquets last year. I don’t know whether it was because of the favor of Princess Zhennan, Zhao Ruxi’s excellence, or the instruction of Princess Pingyang. This year, the Suiping Mansion received a lot of invitations. Many of them were the wishes of the old lady and the Zhu family.

No matter how hard you try, you can't squeeze in.

But the old lady was unmoved and pretended to be sick. Naturally, Mr. Zhu stayed at home and refused all invitations. This was also the case for the banquets held by her two daughters' in-laws.

Filial piety comes first among all good deeds. The reason for serving the sick is so strong that no one else can find fault with Zhu and Zhao Ruxi.

However, Zhao Yuanliang couldn't sit still anymore and took his four children to the uncle's house to visit the doctor. After visiting the doctor, he directly said to Zhao Yuanxun: "Brother, I want to ask you something."

For this second brother who has breasts, he is a mother, and whoever gives him a favor will be his second brother. Zhao Yuanxun no longer has any brotherly love.

He asked calmly: "What's the matter?"

"Brother, you also know that as a low-ranking official like me, there is no woman in charge of the family, so I can't get any decent banquet invitations. But seeing that the four children have grown up, Sister Rui has already

The three other children will also have hairpins next summer, but their marriages have not been settled yet, and my heart is as restless as a cat scratching its head."

"My mother has a cold, and it doesn't look very serious. She will be fine after a few doses of medicine. If my mother recovers from the illness, and you and your sister-in-law go to a banquet, can you take the four children from the second bedroom with you? The other four children are also

Not to mention, his appearance is quite neat. Jingli was brought up carefully by you, and there is nothing to say about his character, talent or knowledge. If you take them to a banquet, maybe they will be attracted by someone and settle down the marriage.

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Zhao Yuanliang said, looking at his brother expectantly.

In the past, the four children were young, and there was Zhao Ruyu in the eldest room, and the wedding of Zhao Ruzhu and Zhao Ruxin was in front of her. Every year, Mrs. Zhu would take the three children to the banquet, and rarely bring the second roommate. Even if she did, she would bring her three children to the banquet.

, and will not take the initiative to arrange their marriage.

Mrs. Wei did go to the banquet, but she didn't care about Zhao Rurui and Zhao Ruyu. She had high requirements for Zhao Jing'an's marriage, and she always felt that her son was young, so she didn't think about arranging for the children's marriage.

Now that the family is separated, this important task falls on Zhao Yuanliang, who doesn't have to worry about anything.

Thinking that the four children would soon become old maids and old bachelors, that it would be extremely difficult to find a good marriage, and that it would cost a lot of money to get them married, Zhao Yuanliang could not sleep at night, and kept blaming the Wei family in his heart.

When is it bad to cause trouble? It has to be before the children are married.

If both girls are married and both boys are married. With the daughters-in-law taking care of the house, if the family really has no money, it can still rely on their dowries to support it, and he doesn't have to worry so much.

Since Zhao Yuanxun's father died and Xi Jue took over the family, he consciously shouldered all the responsibilities of the entire family. Before the family was separated, he and the Zhu family had worried a lot about the marriages of the four children.

Now that the families are separated, when Zhao Yuanliang mentioned the marriage of these children, he also became worried.

But no matter how worried he is, he still has to refuse if he should.

"Second brother, you don't know that my mother's body has not been as strong as before since her last stroke. The cold was not serious this time, and it should have been relieved a lot after taking medicine yesterday. But today I see that my mother still doesn't seem to be getting better.

Until mother recovers from her illness, we will definitely not go anywhere and stay at home to attend to her illness. The children are getting older every year, so there is no time to delay. I can’t guarantee that we can go to the banquet, so you’d better see who is going to the banquet.

, let them follow."

There is a name on the invitation. If he doesn't go, he can't give his invitation to Zhao Yuanliang.

For fear of violating taboos, they did not dare to say that the old lady was seriously ill. They could only say that she had a cold.

Wind-cold disease can be severe or minor, and the duration of the disease can be long or short. The symptoms of headache and brain fever are not obvious, and there is no need to ask an imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment. It is most suitable for the old lady to pretend to be sick.

So Zhao Yuanliang felt that the old lady was fine, but Zhao Yuanxun knew that the old lady's "illness" would not be cured for a while. At least until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year, they would have to stay at home to take care of her illness.

He said these words sincerely because he was thinking about his second wife's child. But to Zhao Yuanliang's ears, it all became an excuse.

"Brother, I know that because of the Wei family, you have opinions about me and the children. But I and the children don't want to do that either. Especially Jingli, he was raised carefully by you, how can you just say that you don't care? Then

The child has always looked down on me and sincerely regards you as his father. If you don’t care about others, you can’t ignore Jingli, right? If he marries a good wife, you and your sister-in-law can rest assured about him, right? "

Speaking of Zhao Jingli, Zhao Yuanxun felt very unhappy.

"This is all the fault of you and your wife. Don't blame everything on the Wei family. You are the head of the second wife's family, and she is your wife. She made a mistake, and you are half responsible for it."

Zhao Yuanxun said and stood up: "Besides, what do boys have to worry about getting married later? If a person is decent and willing to make progress, there will be people who are willing to get married. As for Ruyu, isn't she on good terms with that boy from Pingnanhou Mansion? Come to think of it.

You don’t need to worry about her marriage. All you need now is Zhang Luo Rurui’s marriage. Find a new Jinshi who is down-to-earth and progressive. With your official position, family background, and connections, it won’t be difficult to marry Rurui.”

Those who are ranked lower than the second-level Jinshi will only be minor officials of the ninth rank if they stay in the capital.

After all, Zhao Rurui was considered a young lady from an aristocratic family. She was literate, digitized, and dabbled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She had no serious problems with herself. Although Zhao Yuanliang's family was separated and his own official position was not well-known, his connections were still there, and he usually made friends with many dandies from aristocratic families.

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As long as Zhao Yuanliang is willing, those second-class scholars with no foundation should still be happy to enter into this marriage.

After saying this, Zhao Yuanxun ignored Zhao Yuanliang, came out of the side hall, and returned to the backyard.

Zhao Yuanliang felt angry when he saw his brother being so heartless, but there was nothing he could do.

Naturally, he was unwilling to marry his daughter to those second-class Jinshi.

The second-class Jinshi scholars from good families have long been robbed. Those from poor family backgrounds, or even from poor families, cannot even afford a house in the capital, and their meager salary is not enough to live on. Is it necessary to marry off your daughter?

Can he support his son-in-law and his family?

If you have no money, ask him for help. If you have trouble, ask him to solve it. Should he marry his daughter to a son-in-law or to an ancestor? Why should he get married to a family that has no benefit to him at all?

Zhao Yuanxun rejected Zhao Yuanliang, and Zhu was also entangled by Zhao Ruyu and Zhao Rurui.
Chapter completed!