The eighth day of April is the birthday of the Buddha. Although Puen Temple is small, it has prepared a Buddha bathing party early.
Spring has arrived belatedly this year, and the capital city is now prosperous, especially in Buddhist pure areas. It is a good time to enjoy flowers.
Pu'en Temple is not as holy as the Dabao'en Temple and other incense holy places. The adjacent Cheng'en Gong Mansion almost takes over most of the incense in Pu'en Temple.
Cao Ying took the guests to the temple. The abbot of the temple did not show up, but specially set aside the place where the flowers were blooming, and ordered the monks and pilgrims not to disturb them, so that the girls could have fun.
After Jia Cong and the others went to the main hall of Pu'en Temple to offer incense, they added money for incense and asked for a monastery from Zhike Monk as a place to rest temporarily.
Then Baoyu, Feng Ziying, and Cao Yu were found, and everyone gathered to introduce each other. The circle in the capital is just that big. Everyone you turn around is an acquaintance, and it doesn't take long for you to become familiar with them.
"If Brother Cong and Brother Baoyu are taking the imperial examination, the government examination is not difficult, but the difficult one is the courtyard examination. I will go back and look for the books and silent papers used in the boy's examination earlier. If you can familiarize yourself with them, they should be of some use."
The conversation was about the boy's exam next year, and Lin Bai used these familiar things to relieve the tension in his heart.
Tang Yin nodded: "I also have some, and we will send them to my house when the time comes."
"Then thank you two brothers..."
Jia Cong handed over his hand to express his thanks, and Baoyu also reacted. He put down his whisper with Feng Ziying and followed Jia Cong in saluting.
As soon as Lin Bai saw Baoyu, he thought of Tanchun, whom he was going to meet later. He stuttered nervously: "No... no... you don't have to be so polite... you are so polite, we are all one family..."
"Brother Bao, you don't have to be polite. Brother Changqing will be your brother-in-law from now on. Isn't that just a family... Hahahaha..."
Tang Yin winked at Lin Bai, and one sentence made Lin Bai's whole body turn red. His mouth opened and opened, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.
After a brief daze, Baoyu suddenly jumped back, his eyes widened in shock, and pointed at Lin Bai: "Ah...ah...ah...you...you...you..."
Not to mention how Baoyu's head was buzzing, when Jia Cong called Tanchun to a secluded place and told her about the court marriage and the old lady's decision, the three girls, who used to be cheerful, were even more shy than the introverted Yingchun.
He grabbed the corners of his clothes with both hands, not even daring to raise his head.
"If Third Sister doesn't want to, I'll go tell grandma and let's find a suitable one..."
"No!"
Tan Chun grabbed Jia Cong's arm and raised his head slightly to glance at Lin Bai, who was waiting in the distance.
She bit her lip tightly and mustered up the courage to explain to Jia Cong: "I'm not worthy of Third Brother Lin. I'm just a concubine. He's a Wenqu from the Lin family. I'm not worthy..."
"What are these words? Third sister, do you really think so, or did someone tell you something? If someone talks in your ear, I will tear his mouth apart!"
Jia Cong stared into Tan Chun's eyes, his expression extremely solemn.
Tanchun wanted to avoid Jia Cong's eyes, but finally couldn't help but lamented: "Isn't this the case for everyone in the world? There is a difference between concubine and concubine. If the elders of the Lin family do not want the Qilin son in the family to marry me, a concubine of the Jia family, the marriage will not be possible. Can it be done? I don’t want to waste my feelings in vain, so why not find a scholar from a poor family for me, and I will help him to achieve success."
At the end of his words, Tanchun straightened his back, and the look of perseverance on his face moved Jia Cong.
The girl in the family who is most like Yuanchun is definitely Tanchun. She has outstanding talents and decisive personality. Unfortunately, she was born to an aunt and is trapped in the inner house, which really misses her talent.
"Third Sister, why don't you tell Third Brother Lin directly about this matter? I think since he dares to agree to this marriage, he has his reasons."
How could the Qilin son of the Lin family be a person without his own opinion? Jia Cong directly pulled Lin Bo over and couldn't help laughing when he learned that Tanchun was entangled in the issue of his concubine.
"Third sister, Changqing can make the final decision on Changqing's marriage. Besides, my father and mother don't value legitimate concubines..."
The Jia and Lin families were serious in-laws. After Lin Bai came to Beijing, he did not visit Rongguo Mansion too much but not too little. The family relationship was not too taboo, so he naturally met Tanchun.
Plus Baoyu is a talkative person.
, I have told him about my sisters at home from time to time, and I have a more or less understanding of the third girl Tanchun’s character.
Tanchun also plucked up the courage to tell everything on his mind. Lin Bai was surprised to find that the third girl was exactly the wife he needed.
He is a person who doesn't have the patience to take care of his inner house, and the third girl is simply an expert at housekeeping!
Cao Ying had figured out the reason why Daiyu suddenly proposed to visit Puen Temple, and he hid in the bamboo forest with the others to eat melons...
Xichun tilted her head and looked at the two people chatting and laughing in the distance, and tugged on Daiyu's sleeves: "Sister Lin, should I be called Third Brother Lin and Third Brother-in-law from now on? When will the wedding banquet be held? I really like to eat big food." It’s time to sit down.”
Cluck cluck...
All the girls covered their mouths and snickered. Daiyu held Xichun in her arms and pinched her chubby face: "You are such a greedy little cat, you just want to eat."
The thread of marriage in the world is often tied to the old family of in-laws.
With Princess Zhongshun as the matchmaker, the Yingchun wedding was officially decided on the second day.
Duke Li Guo's Mansion did not have the guts to challenge Princess Zhongshun, Princess Cui, so she could only endure her unwillingness and let Cui accept the Spring Festival greeting card on Liu Xianglian's behalf.
Yingchun held the female Yuanyang Sword that Liu Xianglian had stored in Prince Zhongshun's palace, pursed her lips tightly, and her ears felt hot.
She still remembers how Liu Xianglian shot an arrow through the woman's shoulder during the winter hunting in Tienwang Mountain.
Also when she was at Dabaoen Temple, Liu Xianglian appeared at the most appropriate time and drove away Sun Shaozu, who made her feel uncomfortable.
When the refugees were causing trouble, Liu Xianglian sternly shouted back at the local gangsters who wanted to surround them...
It turned out that there were many figures of Liu Xianglian in her life.
"Pfft...Second sister, your face is so red!"
When I came back to my senses in the spring, a smiling face appeared in front of me.
The big cat had two kittens, one white and one yellow, on its head. It walked in beside Xichun, lay down in front of Yingchun, and then leaned against Xichun.
Xichun sat aside, holding one piece of meat for her and one for the cat, making a crunching sound.
Wow…
Suddenly the house welcoming the spring was filled with chattering girls. Even Baochai received the news, put down his account book and rushed over to congratulate him.
She still didn't know why Yingchun suddenly decided to get married. After hearing that her fiancé was Liu Xianglian, she thought that this matter had been decided by the pardoner earlier.
It wasn't until she suddenly heard the old lady and Princess Cui accidentally mention the defeat and marriage in Southern Xinjiang that she realized that the reason for the marriage was actually related to the South Vietnamese.
When the girls gathered together, it was natural to tease them about Yingchun, who had just arranged their marriage.
Baochai was moved by the scene and suddenly felt sad about her future. Daiyu's mind was sharp and she secretly held Baochai's hand.
"Sister Bao, if you are willing, I will write a letter to father and ask him to pay attention to it for you."...
The whispers between the sisters were drowned out by the laughter in the room.
Baochai smiled and shook his head, and said in Daiyu's ear: "Don't bother Mr. Lin. My brother said he would ask His Highness the Crown Prince to make the decision to find a suitable match for me."
It's pitiful to say that Baochai, a daughter-in-law, is no longer shy when it comes to marriage. It was actually the twists and turns in her marriage that made her lose her sense of expectation for marriage, not to mention her shyness.
Daiyu didn't have much expectations for the prince Liu Hong. It would be okay if the emperor personally granted her marriage, but Liu Hong's own marriage had not yet been decided.
But Baochai had made up her mind, so she couldn't say anything. Forget it, talk to Brother Cong when the time comes and ask him to remind the prince to hurry up.
Sister Bao’s age really can’t be delayed any longer!
The Lin family had no elders in Beijing, so Lin Bai had no choice but to invite Lin Ruhai's friend Yu Guangting, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, to act as his elder brother. On April 10th, he came to Rongguo Mansion on behalf of the Lin family to propose marriage to Lin Bai's daughter Jia Zheng of Rongguo Mansion.
The two parties exchanged Geng Tie and tokens, and the marriage contract was established with Princess Cui of Zhongshun as witness.
At this point, all the girls in Ning and Rong's houses, except for the young Xichun,
In addition, all of them have chosen their beloved.
Under Jia Cong's arrangement, the news quickly spread throughout the capital.
The civil and military officials in Beijing pay a lot of attention to the marriages of various families. Some people are sincerely congratulatory, some are regretful, and of course some are angry and resentful.
For example, Sun Shaozu, who had just returned to the house from the restaurant, heard the report from his servants and smashed everything in the house to pieces in anger.
"My son, the second and third girls in Rongguo Mansion are engaged, what should we do now?"
Grandmother kicked everyone out of the yard. After entering the house, she looked at the ceramic shards on the floor, feeling distressed and afraid.
This son's character is no different from his father's. He is perverse and violent, and when he gets angry, he sometimes even beats her, the mother-in-law.
But she only had one son, so who could she rely on?
"The Rongguo Mansion dislikes the poor and loves the rich. It is really bullying!"
Sun Shaozu only felt that his "sincerity" towards Rongguo Mansion these days had been fed to the dogs, and the grief and anger in his heart turned into a fire, trying to burn down the mansion in Rongguo Mansion.
"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi. Since the Rongguo Mansion looks down on me, then I will let them taste the feeling of being humiliated!"
Seeing her son's ferocious expression and harsh tone, Sun's mother was so frightened that she couldn't help but retreat.
The movement was not large, but it caught the angry Sun Shaozu's eyes. He actually looked at his mother with a ferocious smile, and asked quietly: "Does the mother look down on her son?"
"My son, what are you saying? I am your mother-in-law. In my mother-in-law's heart, you are the best son."
This was half true and half false, and Grandma was really scared of being beaten.
Sun Shaozu was so angry today that he couldn't think of filial piety. He picked up the only intact tea cup at hand and smashed it.
Grandmother didn't even dare to hide, and was hit hard.
She felt the pain in her right arm from being hit. She groaned but did not dare to shout out the pain. She knew her son well. The more he cried out in pain, the more excited he became...
Fortunately, Sun Shaozu still had some sense and knew that his next plan would require his mother's intervention, so he did not continue to take action.
"It's all your fault and my father's. If you were also a top-notch lady, how could I still not find a good marriage at such an old age..."
Grandmother was obedient and could only nod her head and say yes.
Sun Shaozu snorted coldly: "Since I know it's your fault, then mother should do something for her son..."
The news of the defeat in southern Xinjiang and the peace talks finally spread, causing an uproar in Beijing, and the Prince's Palace in Beijing was almost overwhelmed by rotten vegetables, leaves, and rotten eggs.
The situation in the palace of the ministers who advocated peace was similar. The officials in the capital and the eunuchs of the Imperial Academy were angry.
They stopped their homework, and Confucian scholars dressed in Confucian robes gathered from all directions. They first smashed the official residence of Feng Cheng, the right minister of the Ministry of War, who advocated the peace negotiation, and then all came to the gate of the imperial city and knocked. I heard the drum.
"Bang!"
Qi Bohan, the second assistant in charge of the cabinet, angrily smashed the Wanyan book in his hand to the ground.
He cursed: "Lawless, lawless! Since when have military and state affairs been decided by a group of callow scholars? Come here and let the imperial army disperse them..."
"You can't do it, Mr. Ge!"
"Yes, Mr. Ge, if you forcefully disperse these scholars, I'm afraid the material debate in the capital will no longer be able to suppress them."
"We might as well explain to them the current difficulties of the imperial court. I think these scholars will understand our painstaking efforts."
"It's not shameful to get married, and you are as strong as a big man. Why don't you have Zhaojun come out..."
There was a lot of noise in the cabinet lobby, and for a long time I couldn't think of an available solution. Most of the people persuaded Qi Bohan not to use force, but the angry Lord Cifu couldn't listen at all.
There was even news from the general of the Imperial Guard who was on duty, saying that if any scholar talked about state affairs again, he would be deprived of his honor and imprisoned.
However, Prince Liu Hong ordered someone to send a message that His Royal Highness, the Prince of the Supervisory State, would summon the scholar representatives in the East Palace to discuss the peace negotiations with them in detail.
"His Highness said that the scholar's vitality cannot be taken away. Today, if he is convicted for his speech, will there be any righteous person in Daxia?"
together
Bohan's face was so badly beaten by Liu Hong that although he did not personally propose the idea of peace, the person who first proposed the peace was his disciple.
Chaos broke out in southern Xinjiang. Shui Rong passed by Shu and transferred almost half of the soldiers and horses from the Shu guard station.
The land of Sichuan and Sichuan has been hit the hardest now. If he, the leader of the Shu Party, does not stop this war, it won't be long before every family in his hometown will be in ruins.
This is not the main reason. The main reason is that Daxia is no longer in its heyday in the Zhaowu Year.
During the thirty years of peace, both the capital camp and the guard posts in various places were in decline. In addition, natural and man-made disasters have continued in recent years, and the court has been unable to make ends meet. Wen Tongxuan, the minister of household affairs, is so worried that his hair is falling out, and he cannot collect enough money to support Daxia's attacks on all sides and withstand the pressure from all directions.
"Alas, I don't want to suffer this humiliation, but now there is not much money and food left in the Ministry of Revenue, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians were killed and injured in the battle in southern Xinjiang. Even if the Forbidden Army rushes to help, water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer, and can only be delayed as long as possible. ..."
Although Qi Bohan supports the peace negotiation, he is really not a sycophant.
In his eyes, peace talks are nothing more than a temporary act of desperation. It has been said in ancient times that people have to suffer hardships by lying on their backs. Why can't I, Daxia, endure this humiliation and go to Shenglong Mansion again in the future to avenge my previous humiliation?
The situation in the cabinet lobby soon spread to the East Palace. Crown Prince Liu Hong smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying to Jia Cong who was sitting next to him: "After all, Mr. Qi Ge is not as good as the Grand Prime Minister. He simply cannot see the wolfish ambitions of the South Vietnamese monkeys. Today we are talking to Jia Cong. They negotiated a peace, and tomorrow they will still attack with all their troops and completely occupy Guangxi and even Yunnan."
?Monthly ticket??Recommended ticket?
