Emperor Zhao Yu came back from the court and sat on the dragon chair angrily, frowning and thinking.
At this time, the deacon and eunuch Feng Lin shouted outside: "The Queen Mother is here!" The emperor hurriedly stood up to greet her.
After sitting down, Empress Dowager Wei said: "Your Majesty, the Ai family sees your face full of displeasure. What is the reason for this?"
The emperor said: "It's not about that old man Lu Wenzheng! I asked him to find his daughter before the wedding, but now almost half a year has passed, and Miss Lu is still as dull as a yellow crane. If I could let it go so easily How can I be worthy of Master Ding if I have lost him? I heard that Mr. Ding spent all day without thinking about food or food because of Miss Lu, and was crazy about lovesickness - oh! I never thought that there would be such an infatuated lover in the world!"
Empress Dowager Wei said: "Actually, the marriage between men and women in the world is destined in the previous life. If there is fate, they will form a couple; if there is no fate, it cannot be forced. In the opinion of the Ai family, the emperor should not have done it in the first place. They were randomly dragged together, and now one is missing, and the other is crazy and stupid. Mr. Ding is certainly pitiful, but Mr. Lu deserves sympathy! He only has such a precious daughter, but now her whereabouts are unknown - - What pity the hearts of parents in the world!"
The Emperor was speechless for a moment after what the Queen Mother said. He pondered for a moment and said, "Then it depends on the Queen Mother's opinion?"
Empress Dowager Wei said: "Lu Wenzheng is an important minister of the country and the emperor's subordinate. Not only should the emperor not punish his crimes, but he should also be considerate and comfort him, so that he can appreciate the emperor's kindness and serve the emperor loyally. Your Majesty, like Lu Loyal ministers like Wen Zheng are the most rare and should be cherished the most!"
The emperor nodded with deep understanding and said: "The Queen Mother's words are really good words, which made my son enlightened. Thank you very much for your teaching, I know what to do."
Queen Mother Wei couldn't help but smile, feeling very proud of herself.
How did the emperor know that Princess Huanyu just came to see Queen Mother Wei yesterday, and she said exactly the same thing to Queen Mother Wei? Queen Mother Wei just bought and sold now, and moved here intact.
The Empress Dowager Wei did not have a daughter, so she regarded Princess Huanyu as more dear to her than her own daughter, and simply obeyed her words. In addition, Princess Huanyu was good at observing people's words, and catered to the Queen Mother's wishes. With a few clever words of flattery, she made her Queen Mother Wei was so happy.
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Huanyu, why do you work so hard to say good things for Lu Wenzheng?"
Huanyu blinked slyly and said, "Queen Mother, what do you think?"
The Queen Mother said: "You must be doing it for that brat Ling Yun, right?"
Huan Yu smiled sweetly and nodded.
Empress Dowager Wei said angrily: "You ghost girl, you still have so many selfish thoughts in your heart! Alas - it is really his fate that Lu Wenzheng can have a subordinate like Ling Yun; and Ling Yun has someone like you. My wife is truly his blessing."
Huan Yu said with a smile: "And Huan Yu has such a good aunt as the Queen Mother, it is really Huan Yu's good fortune!"
Queen Mother Wei nodded her nose and said with a smile: "You ghost girl!"...
Here Lu Wenzheng temporarily escaped disaster thanks to the protection of Princess Huanyu and Queen Mother Wei.
Ding Jinzhi was in dire straits. On the day when his son was supposed to get married, he failed to get married. He was busy and happy in vain, which made Ding Jinzhi lose face in front of his relatives and guests. Afterwards, Taoist priest Bai Yu and others refused to comply. Chasing him relentlessly, telling him not to let go of old man Lu Wenzheng.
What bothered him the most was that his son Ding Jiying was crazy about Lu Qiuyue. He didn't think about food and tea, and he was getting thinner day by day. He chanted the poem "Red Beans" all day long, like crazy, especially "This thing is the most lovesick thing." "At this time, I couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears.
Ding Jinzhi and Mrs. Ding were at a loss, so they had no choice but to send a letter to their eldest son Ding Jiwu, who was far away in Zhongmou, telling him what had happened at home recently and asking him to find a good plan to help his younger brother Ding Jiying.
However, Ding Jiwu, the magistrate of Zhongmou, read his father's letters and saw a small poem attached to the back of the letter home. It was a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Xu Hun, "Send a Friend in the Suburban Garden in Autumn":
The Chu River flows from the west to the sky,
I miss you when I feel sad.
Drinking all the wine in the green mountains at dusk,
Thousands of miles of books return to Bishuqiu.
The distant waves at sunset frighten the geese,
The wind clears the waves and raises the sleeping gulls.
Relatives and friends in Zhongmu ask each other,
Living idle in Jingyue makes me want to grow old.
After watching it, Ding Jiwu couldn't help but feel sad and melancholy. Thinking to myself: These days, misfortunes have happened one after another in the family. First, my sister Mengxuan’s husband died inexplicably, and then my sister disappeared. Now my brother Jiying has encountered this troublesome thing again. My father must be He was so sad that his sorrowful and melancholy feelings were revealed between the lines, and even more so on the surface of the book.
It seems that all my father's hopes are placed on me. I must be conscientious, good at dancing, and proficient in the ways of being an official. Only then can I hope to be further promoted, promoted to a higher position, and to revitalize the family business. But how should we deal with this headache?
His confidant guard Liu Gang saw what his master was thinking, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this? The second young master is lovesick, and after all, it's just for a beautiful woman; if you can find someone more beautiful than Lu Qiuyue, If the beautiful woman is sent to him, maybe the second young master will feel happy and his condition will be cured! This is called a heart disease that needs heart medicine!"
Ding Jiwu smiled and said: "You brat, I really belong to you! This matter will be left to you. You have to pay close attention to me. Alas, I am in a very depressed mood today. Come on, let me go outside with you to relax. .”
Liu Gang nodded and bent down in an exaggerated squatting posture, and said in a deliberately long tone: "I obey, little one!"
His somewhat funny look only made Ding Jiwu laugh.
The two of them put on their casual clothes and left the house. Today coincides with the market day. The streets are bustling with traffic and merchants. The goods on the various stalls are dazzling and colorful.
Ding Jiwu and Ding Jiwu were not very impressed, because they were already accustomed to these things.
Ding Jiwu just walked forward aimlessly, frowning slightly and thinking about something; suddenly Liu Gang gently pulled him, as if he had discovered something new, "Sir, look!"
Ding Jiwu looked in the direction of his finger with some curiosity, and saw a roadside stall selling various embroidery products.
"Hey, what's so good about this?" Ding Jiwu said with some frustration.
Liu Gang lowered his voice with a somewhat mysterious tone and said, "Sir, what do you think the woman who bought the embroidery looks like?"
Ding Jiwu followed Liu Gang's twinkling eyes and took a deep breath. Oh, what a beautiful and graceful woman!
I saw that the woman's face was like hibiscus, her eyebrows were like thin willows, her lips were like red vermilion, and her eyes were like autumn waves. The green silk hair was just casually covered with a silk handkerchief, but it made her pink and pretty face more delicate and charming; the white coarse cloth dress could not hide her graceful and beautiful figure at all. Every frown and every smile is like a peach blossom blooming, and every move is like a weak willow supporting the wind.
Ding Jiwu stared at the beautiful woman without blinking. He was so drunk that he was a little dazed.
Liu Gang carefully watched the changes in Ding Jiwu's expression, and said in a somewhat tentative tone: "Sir, how do you think this girl is doing?"
Ding Jiwu murmured: "It is really a clear water hibiscus, so beautiful; even if Xizi is reborn and Diao Chan is alive, it will be nothing more than this!"
Liu Gang said: "Sir, I have never seen you praise a woman like this! If you give her to the second young master, I think that the second young master will definitely forget all about Miss Lu - come to think of it. The pain of lovesickness will be cured by the medicine!"
Ding Jiwu lowered his face silently, covering the obscure emotions in his eyes, and sighed softly: "Oh! I miss you Ding. I have many wives and concubines in my house, and many confidantes I have met outside. No one can compare with me." It’s such a pity to think about this one out of ten thousand women!”
Liu Gang's smart eyes turned and he said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Ding is in love with this woman - in this case, Mr. Ding might as well keep it for himself and enjoy it; as for the second young master, 'There is no grass anywhere in the world', There are so many beauties in the world, I just need to keep an eye on one more!"
Ding Jiwu's rosy eyes narrowed slightly, "You brat, you are quite flexible!"
Liu Gang smiled flatteringly and said: "That's natural. The little ones always put the needs of adults first - only when the adults are happy can the little ones be happy!"
Ding Jiwu smiled and tapped his forehead with a folding fan, "Look at your flattery, you are so confident! - Let's go over and have a look."
The two of them walked slowly and calmly to the woman's stall.
After taking a closer look, I saw all kinds of embroidery, including door curtains, pillowcases, purses, veils, handkerchiefs, etc. The embroideries on them were either flowers, birds, insects, fish, or figures and landscapes, all of which were exquisite, detailed, gorgeous, and lifelike.
When the woman saw a customer coming to her door, she smiled and said hello, "Masters, what do you want to buy?"
Ding Jiwu's ambiguous eyes stared straight at her face, and he said lustfully: "Girl, how can I sell this purse?"
Seeing Ding Jiwu's malicious look, the woman knew that she had met a pervert, and her face darkened and she asked: "Which one did you say?"
"It's this 'Mandarin ducks playing in the water'!"
The woman said coldly: "Five taels of silver!"
"Fifty taels of silver!" Liu Gang couldn't help shouting: "You want to kill people. Just such a small purse costs five taels of silver? They only sell it for five cents over there..."
The woman's face was as dark as water and she said: "This is the price I have here. If you two want to buy it, you can buy it. If you don't buy it, you are welcome!"
Ding Jiwu said in a somewhat provocative tone: "Girl, can't you be a little cheaper? Let's discuss it carefully!"
The woman said with a tight pretty face: "There is no room for negotiation. If the uncle doesn't want to buy it, just give it a try, but the little girl has to close the stall." As she spoke, she packed up various embroidery items quickly.
Ding Jiwu said: "Girl, don't be so impatient, I didn't say I won't buy it!" As he spoke, he gently stretched out one hand to stop the woman's movements, but the other hand touched the woman's breasts intentionally or unintentionally. Delicate hands like catkins.
