"This this--"
Zhang Xuan opened his mouth to say something, but didn't know what to say.
Baguio smiled and said to Mrs. Xiao: "Old man, I'm leaving! I'm here. Your family is shy, so I'd better stay away."
"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Xiao said with a smile, "This kid has been very worried since he was a child. It's better for me to talk to him about some things. You can go about your business."
After Baguio left, Zhang Xuan pulled Ms. Xiao to sit down, frowned and asked, "Mom, what's going on? Where did Xiao Ji go?"
"Hi, I'm here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the enchantress appear out of nowhere, waving her hand to greet him.
"Why are you doing these weird things?" Zhang Xuan said angrily, "I asked you to take good care of your mother, but you hid for no reason!"
"Master, this slave is not hiding for no reason." The Enchantress responded, "In front of your lover, if I don't hide, she will be jealous."
"What are you talking about? What kind of lover?" Zhang Xuan asked coldly.
Seeing this, Mrs. Xiao hurriedly said: "Mizi, where did you get such a big personality? Xiao Ji said that Yaoyao is your lover, there is nothing wrong at all. Look, in this new clothes, I am Yaoyao It was done by Zhang Luo. She has been so filial even before she entered our Zhang family, and she will definitely do the same when she enters our Zhang family in the future."
As soon as Zhang Xuan entered the door, he saw the new clothes that Xiao was wearing. They were all made of brocade fabric, maybe bought from the brocade market. He was a little puzzled before, but now when he heard her say this, he felt relieved, but still Blinking her eyes and frowning, she said, "Mom, don't be so short-sighted and be fooled by a new suit of clothes. I am a princess, the royal eldest lady, how can I get married to a country boy like me?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Mizi, I know why you are angry. Yaoyao told me the original matter. Once I tell you, you will definitely stop being angry."
Through Xiao's next narration, Zhang Xuan realized that there was actually another reason why Baguio ignored him at that time.
After Baguio told Prince Sima Letian and Queen Jiang Lan about what happened between her and Zhang Xuan, Sima Letian and his wife had nothing to do with it. They just thought that this matter was not something that Zhang Xuan, a young man, could make the final decision on. Both parties had to make the decision. The parents sat together to discuss.
Therefore, while Sima Letian ordered relevant personnel to go to Zhangjiacun to move the Xiao family, he told Baguio that before the Xiao family arrived at the palace, they could no longer talk about marriage with Zhang Xuan in private, lest Zhang Xuan could not control his emotions and Go directly to Sima Letian to discuss the matter. If Zhang Xuan rashly discussed this matter with Sima Letian, Sima Letian would be embarrassed. It would be wrong to agree, and it would be wrong not to agree.
Because of this, Baguio deliberately became cold towards Zhang Xuan. In Zhang Xuan's view, this was a condescending snub from a royal lady to a country boy, but it was not.
After listening to Xiao's story, Zhang Xuan was stunned for a long time and said, "Mom, I'm an adult now, why can't I still be my own master? I think what they do is superfluous!"
"Boy, this is not redundant, but prudent." Mrs. Xuan responded sternly, "Children getting married is a big deal everywhere, especially in the royal family. If there is no order from the parents, wouldn't it be child's play? If people do this, consider it Very thoughtful. Think about it, why would a royal eldest daughter marry you rashly without your parents even meeting her? For example, if your sister Xiaohua marries you without my consent, To a silly boy, what would I think?"
Zhang Xuan thought carefully and had to think that what Xiao said made sense. In the final analysis, the cypress tree that supports the marriage of children is the parents of both parties, not anyone else.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan gradually calmed down the anger in his heart and asked Mrs. Xiao: "Mom, when can I marry Baguio?"
Mrs. Xiao glanced at him, wanted to laugh but didn't, and said: "Mizi, you can't rush this matter, you have to do it step by step. In our countryside, you can get married at your age, but in this imperial city, At your age, it is too early to get married. According to the wishes of your in-laws, you must learn the six arts before getting married. When you learn it, you will get married. "
ah? Why are there such bullshit rules? The conditions they offered were too weird and a bit embarrassing!
Zhang Xuan heard the slander and asked, "Mom, what are the six arts they want me to learn?"
"What about the six arts?" Xiao Shi blinked and thought about it for a while, but didn't remember it. She turned around and asked Enchantress, "Xiaoji, what are those six arts?"
"Qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, riding, and shooting are the six arts." Enchantress responded cheerfully.
"Why, you went to eavesdrop when my mother was discussing with the prince?" Zhang Xuan asked, looking at the enchantress.
The enchantress smiled sheepishly and planned to walk away.
Zhang Xuan used his mind to take her into the Small Universe and began to think for himself.
It is not too difficult for him to learn the six arts of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, riding, and archery. He studied with his teacher Zhang Kuanren for several years and wrote almost every day. The art of calligraphy was no stranger to him. As for painting skills, literati often say that calligraphy and painting are one, and if you can write, you can paint, so it is not difficult for him. He had never seriously learned the skill of riding a horse and archery before, but for him now, it should be a piece of cake.
The only games that need to be learned from scratch and have a certain degree of difficulty are Qin and Chess. These two things were not available in the countryside, and he had never had the opportunity to come into contact with them. Of course, he had been playing some wild chess such as stone chess with his friends since he was a child, but he believed that chess among the six arts was advanced chess and was completely different from those wild chess.
As long as he puts more effort into these two arts, he believes that he will soon be able to master the six arts, and by then he will be a versatile person in both civil and military arts.
If the royal family builds a prince-in-law according to his own requirements, then he will let nature take its course and return him a qualified prince-in-law. As a hot-blooded man who is all-powerful, if he can't even do this, wouldn't his life be in vain?
He was thinking about his own thoughts, but Mrs. Xiao didn't know what he was thinking, so she asked: "Sir, do you agree to these conditions or not?"
"Yes, yes, why not?" Zhang Xuan said with a smile, "If they asked us to give some gifts, I might not agree, but learning the six arts will help me develop my skills, and it won't cost us anything. It’s half a penny, why don’t I agree?”
As he was talking, he seemed to suddenly remember something and asked: "Mom, I didn't see our flower brocade at my sister's house, and I didn't see it here. Where did it go?"
Mrs. Xiao responded with a smile: "I have already given that flower brocade of yours as a betrothal gift. That girl Yaoyao fell in love with that flower brocade when she saw it, and I also like Yaoyao very much. I simply gave it to her. If you don’t marry her back, that flower brocade will never come back!"
"Hey, I didn't marry her just to get that brocade back!" Zhang Xuan said, "If she makes you angry, I won't marry her. Even if I marry her back, I have to divorce her."
While the mother and son were talking, Zhang Xuan showed the money given by Sima Letian to the Xiao family. The Xiao family had never seen so much money, nor had they ever seen Sima coins before. She couldn't help being surprised and said, "Ah, Mr. Mizi, this royal family is so rich that it can be achieved by just giving it a casual reward." It's more than I can spend in a lifetime! This much money is enough for our family to live without worries. If you get married to Yaoyao and give me some lively grandchildren, then I won't have any regrets. ”
