The little maid's eyes lit up after seeing Zhao Ping.
She immediately threw down the green bamboo and said a blessing to Zhao Ping: "Have you met Xiao Langjun in Hua Qin?"
"You are a painter, who is your little lady?" She was a little maid. Zhao Ping did not return the gift and nodded.
Hua Qin lowered her eyebrows and said, "Let me tell you, my young lady, I am the only lady of the Yu family."
Although she didn't say it explicitly, Zhao Ping understood that she was Hua Qin, the personal maid of his fiancée whom he had never met.
Zhao Ping really hates this era. Unmarried couples can't meet each other.
Zhao Ping wanted to see her very much, but his mother and the Yu family were both people who paid attention to etiquette, so his idea had to come to nothing.
"It turns out it's Huaqin. What's the matter with you?" It turned out it was his fiancée who sent him, so Zhao Ping had no choice but to continue asking.
Huaqin's face suddenly showed joy, and she was full of confidence in this trip, because Zhao Ping actually asked her why she came.
Nowadays, Neo-Confucianism is flourishing, and the requirements for etiquette are becoming more and more strict.
According to current etiquette, unmarried couples cannot meet each other.
Hua Qin hesitated for a few times, and finally said after all the blessings: "I'm telling you, my young lady, I like to play the piano."
After she finished speaking, her eyes focused on Cuizhu's hand.
Cuizhu held a wooden box in his hand, and the wooden box contained the music score that was played at Qizhenlou at that time.
Of course Zhao Ping couldn't compose music, so he had to go through his mother.
While my mother was composing the music, she was astonished.
"Ping'er, how did you get so much talent and know so many pieces of music?" My mother asked doubtfully while composing music.
Ever since Zhao Ping came back from Chunyang Cave, she felt completely alone.
Not only can he make utensils, write poems, and even train troops, he has also transformed Zhaojiazhuang from a village that was about to collapse Zhuangzi, into a rich and powerful country that dared to compete with barbarians.
Zhao Ping looked into his mother's eyes and replied with a guilty conscience: "Mother, Ping'er is a disciple of an immortal, so of course he is different."
After hearing Zhao Ping reveal Lu Chunyang again, my mother believed it.
After all, Lu Chunyang's verse has been hanging in Chunyang Cave for more than five hundred years, and only Zhao Ping can answer it.
Mother came to the statue of Lu Chunyang again, burned incense respectfully, and muttered something.
Although his mother did not speak clearly, Zhao Ping certainly knew the general idea, and it was nothing more than asking for the blessing of Master Chunyang.
After my mother finished offering incense, she looked at Zhao Ping, her meaning self-evident.
Looking at his mother's eyes, Zhao Ping also came to Lu Chunyang, burned incense respectfully, knelt down and bowed three times to bow.
After watching Zhao Ping salute, my mother showed a kind face and composed the music carefully.
"Like playing?" Zhao Ping looked at Huaqin and suddenly realized.
It doesn't matter whether the fiancée plays the piano or not, what matters is Zhao Ping's attitude.
Cuizhu and Huang Xiaoniu looked at Huaqin with miserable expressions on their faces.
Their future doctor's arms and legs are also stretched too far.
Before the two parties even met, she began to take care of the little saint.
The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
They also want to see how Zhao Ping handles this matter.
Zhao Ping still felt that he should not give in to the other party so quickly, especially when the two parties had not yet met.
"Of course it's good to play. Isn't there "Spring River Flowers and Moonlit Night"?" Zhao Ping's face was filled with a bright smile, but he did not tell the score of his own music.
After all, Huaqin was too young, so she didn't expect that Zhao Ping would not play his cards according to his own ideas.
She was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to do. Her face was blank and even her eyes were red.
At this time, a gentle voice came over: "Ping'er, make a copy of the music score and give it to Hua Qin."
It was none other than my mother who said this.
Seeing Zhao Ping bullying a little maid, she hurriedly spoke out.
In any case, this unmarried divorced woman was chosen by herself, so of course my mother had to help.
"Thank you, mistress." Hua Qin wiped her tears and glared at Zhao Ping hatefully.
Hearing the voice of his mother, Zhao Ping was no longer dissatisfied and had to carry out the work. He went back to copy the music score and gave it to Huaqin.
Unexpectedly, the little maid took the music score from Zhao Ping's hand.
While looking at the jade flute on Zhao Ping's waist, he made a "hum" sound in his mouth.
Zhao Ping couldn't help but feel extremely distressed. Where was his mother's promise to be knowledgeable and sensible?
I already know that I am jealous even before I get married, and I don’t know how to fix myself after I get married.
Liu Xianhong and the other 20 guards pretended not to know, but secretly couldn't help laughing.
Cuizhu and Huang Xiaoniu looked at each other and gloated at Zhao Ping.
It seemed that seeing Zhao Ping getting more and more painful made the two of them feel better.
After a stick of incense, Zhao Ping came to Kuan Alley Qizhen Building again.
The store owner's attitude towards Zhao Ping suddenly changed completely.
A chrysanthemum smile appeared on his face, and he went out to greet her personally.
Not only that, but at the same time, he introduced himself as Yan, Xin, and Shouyu, and personally escorted Zhao Ping to the gate on the second floor.
Cuizhu, Liu Xianhong and other personal guards wanted to go up to see the scenery, but they were still stopped by the nursing staff and had to wait on the first floor.
It was still the same little maid who opened the door. When she saw Zhao Ping still hanging the jade flute around his waist, she went in to inform him with a happy expression on her face.
Zhao Ping went in by the familiar route, and the situation inside was still the same as last time.
Zhao Ping followed his mother's instructions and solemnly saluted the old man.
The gift list was extremely rich. Zhao Ping brought a total of ten lists of Zhaojiazhuang products including crystal cups, Zhao's rice paper, sweaters, clam oil, etc.
Zhao Ping then handed over the score and sincerely invited the old man to visit Zhaojiazhuang in Jintang County when he had time.
The old man did not answer, but looked at the list and suddenly asked: "Boy, where are your adults?"
"Adult" means parents.
Zhao Ping was stunned for a moment, not expecting that the other party would ask about this matter.
"When the boy was born, he knew nothing about Jia Yan. He was raised by Jia Ci." After all, the other party was much older than him, so Zhao Ping still answered respectfully without any discomfort.
"So your father is not here, and your mother is in charge of the house?" He looked at Zhao Ping intently.
It's coming, it's coming.
Obviously the other party was unhappy that her mother didn't come, and as expected, Yu Jie guessed everything correctly.
The other party really made a bet on himself, otherwise why would he ask an adult about it.
Zhao Ping thought for a while, organized his words, and replied without being arrogant or humble: "It's a loving act at home. We have something to do. Please move to Zhaojiazhuang, Jintang County."
"Of course I have to leave, Zhaojiazhuang, West County, but not today. This matter has to do with my daughter, so your mother must come." After saying that, he gave the little lady who was sitting upright a loving look, and then turned his eyes to Zhao Ping.
It seems that it really has something to do with the little lady, and the mother is also required to come. It is indeed a matter of getting married.
I originally thought that the two were related by grandfather and grandson, but I didn't expect that the two were actually related by father and daughter.
Zhao Ping couldn't help but admire this old man. His hair was mostly white, and he was expected to be in his sixties.
If this is his daughter, she was born in her fifties.
There were only the father and daughter in front of them, and no one else was seen. Could it be that they were gone?
But this is the other party's business. Since he doesn't say anything, it's not easy for him to ask.
Arriving at the Ren family's residence, my mother, Yu Jie and his wife were drinking tea while waiting for good news.
Now Yu Jie's son Xifu has set off on Lin'an Road. At this time, only Yu Jie and his wife are in the Chengdu mansion.
Yu Jie and his wife didn't speak. They looked at each other to see how their mother would handle the matter.
When my mother heard what Zhao Ping said, she couldn't help but frown: "The other party really said that. Do you have to go for my mother?"
Zhao Ping nodded, saying yes while looking at his mother.
Obviously the other party is greedy and must see Mr. Zhao Ping.
Mother drank tea and thought.
She couldn't make up her mind whether she should go or not.
If he doesn't go, it seems that the other party will not take out Qin Hui's letter of allegiance.
But if I go, my mother will feel a little embarrassed.
She was actually a little dissatisfied with the trap the other party had set up, so she had no intention of visiting him.
After all, my mother originally made a special trip to the Yu family in Jintang County to get married, and she was not getting married to the owner of Qizhen Building.
When my mother did this, she was not only dissatisfied with Qizhenlou, but also showed it to Yu Jie and his wife.
Sure enough, Yu Jie and his wife were even satisfied with their mother and felt that her mother really regarded the Yu family as family.
Since my mother has already expressed her attitude, Yu Jie also needs to express her attitude.
He thought for a while and walked a few steps around the case.
"In-laws, I think we should come to you to be sincere." Yu Jie walked a few steps, sat down and said to her mother.
The other party has Qin Hui's letter of allegiance in his hand and is firmly in control of the situation. Now only his mother can take action.
In fact, there is one thing that the two parties have not made clear, that is, what if the other party does not want the status of a common wife?
However, since my mother has already been engaged to the Yu family, she obviously cannot be engaged to Qizhenlou again.
How to satisfy the other party is a test of mother's wisdom.
When Mrs. Yu Liu thought of this, she bowed and said, "I'll leave this matter to my in-laws."
Yu Liu's seniority is higher than her mother's, so she obviously expressed her stance by saying this.
"Don't worry, aunt, my niece will just go away." Mother hurriedly stepped away and gave her a salute at the same time.
The other party is senior to her and cannot lose her courtesy.
Zhao Ping and his mother came to Qizhen Building. This was the third time for Zhao Ping and the first time for his mother.
I heard that my mother came to visit, and the owner of Qizhen Tower personally went out to greet her.
Not only did the man in his sixties come out, but there was also a beautiful woman in her prime next to him.
Only now did Zhao Ping know that Qizhen Tower not only had a male owner, but also a female owner, but she didn't come out the first two times.
Mother is here now. If the mistress doesn't come out, she will be really embarrassed.
Only now did Zhao Ping know that this person's surname was Yan, his given name was Guo, and his courtesy name was Hushe.
His wife's name is Du Juan, and now she is called Yan Du after her husband's surname.
Zhao Ping had never seen the young lady's appearance before, so he couldn't help but take a closer look at Yan Du.
Yan Dushi has a plump figure, fair skin, an oval face, eyes like autumn water, willow-leaf eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.
On the contrary, what they saw was that Yan Guo had a bleak look on his face and his hair was mostly white. They looked more like a father and daughter than a couple.
Zhao Ping finally understood the reason why Mrs. Yan Du rarely showed up. The two of them were a typical old couple and a young couple. They could not even be described as a tree of pear flowers and begonias.
Now that her mother has come to visit, Mrs. Yan Du has no choice but to show up.
The two parties sat down separately as the guest of honor, and the tea was of course the drunken spring breeze of Zhaojiazhuang.
"What, the status of a common wife?" Yan Guo never expected that his mother would give his daughter this answer.
He was furious and stood up from his chair.
He wanted to do something like throwing a tea cup, but in the end he didn't.
Hearing this, the little lady swayed, her mother's face turned pale, and Zhao Ping could even see the anger in her eyes.
The little girl named Yue Qin was stunned and looked at Zhao Ping, not believing it at all.
Mother nodded and drank tea while looking at the family.
She put down the tea cup and said with a very calm attitude: "Exactly."
In her opinion, if she didn't ask for something, she wouldn't even give it to her as an ordinary wife.
Yan Guo finally suppressed his anger. Although his tone was calm, Zhao Ping could hear his anger.
"I don't have any other children, I only have this daughter." Yan Guo tried to be as calm as possible, but the content of his words shocked Zhao Ping and his son.
Zhao Ping mother and son couldn't help but glance at each other. They didn't expect that this man, who was very old, only had such a precious daughter.
Although Zhao Ping didn't know why Yan Guo only had such a daughter, he also knew that he felt very sorry for such a daughter.
The mother remained unmoved and said in a calm tone: "The slave family doesn't have many children, we only have this one son."
You are one and I am one, both sides are one to one.
But this is different. My only daughter is your son’s equal wife?
The status of a common wife is higher than that of a concubine, and she is also known as a concubine, that is, she is equal to the main wife. Different from a concubine, a common wife does not need to pay concubine courtesy to her original wife.
However, the actual status is still lower than that of the original wife. The common wife still calls the first wife the eldest sister, and some even cannot be included in the family tree.
Yan Dushi looked at Zhao Ping and her daughter and gritted her teeth.
"Head of the Zhao family, the Nu family doesn't understand that the daughter of the Nu family is both talented and beautiful, and is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting." She thought for a while and asked confusedly, "Could it be that the daughter of the Nu family is not worthy of the son of the leader of the Zhao family?"
"Of course my sister's daughter is worthy of my sister's son, but my sister has just arranged a marriage." My mother shook her head and said regretfully, "This is really a pity."
In order to deepen the relationship between the two, her mother took the initiative to call Mrs. Yan Du her sister.
Yan Dushi glanced at Zhao Ping again and couldn't believe it at all: "The young man is only twelve years old, and someone is talking about kissing him?"
"It's true. My sister just got engaged to the other party, and this happened. It's such an unlucky coincidence." My mother's tone was extremely sincere and regretful.
Mrs. Yan Du stepped forward and wished her ex-mother a blessing, her voice full of pleading: "Sister, my sister only has one daughter. Can you cancel the original engagement and get engaged to my sister's daughter?"
Zhao Ping felt that this woman was very smart and played the grief card directly.
Hearing this, the little lady straightened up.
Although her expression was unclear due to the curtain, Zhao Ping's eyes were definitely looking at her mother wholeheartedly.
"Sister, if you can cancel the marriage of someone else's daughter today, then you can cancel the marriage of your sister's daughter the day after tomorrow." The mother looked at the little lady and did not flinch, but reasoned with the other mother.
When Mrs. Yan Du heard this, she suddenly burst into tears: "Why is my sister so miserable? Her only daughter has to be someone else's equal wife."
The more she talked, the sadder she became, and finally she couldn't help wiping her tears with her sleeves.
While crying, she looked at her mother, hoping that her mother would be tempted.
"Sister, I'm really sorry for my sister. I only have one son. If I have one more son, he will definitely be engaged to my sister's daughter." My mother-in-law sighed, saluted Yan Dushi, and finally said sternly, "Tell me the truth, sister." Well, what Ping'er booked is the granddaughter of Bachelor Yu."
Yan Du didn't understand for a moment and couldn't help asking: "Which Yu Bachelor?"
"Of course it's Yu Xueshi, the Sichuan Zhizhi envoy." My mother drank tea and talked eloquently.
Although the mother's tone was calm, Yan Guo and his wife not only frowned, but also were dumbfounded.
If the other party is a small business, they can also spend money to make the other party quit.
But who is Yu Jie? He is the boss of Sichuan.
In fact, in the mother's eyes, the other party is just a businessman's daughter. Being able to give her the status of an equal wife has already elevated her.
Seeing his mother looking at his clothes, Yan Guo didn't understand at first.
However, he was old and mature, and said with a somewhat arrogant tone: "I am not a pure businessman. I was a scholar and official of the Jin Kingdom back then. When the Jin Kingdom fell, I was disheartened and came to the Song Dynasty to do business."
At this point, his eyes suddenly turned red and he shed a few old muddy tears.
Maybe when he said this, he remembered the sad past, and he was so excited that he couldn't help crying.
My mother's face changed slightly, but she quickly returned to normal.
"It turns out that shopkeeper Yan is an official of the Kingdom of Jin, and the slave family is disrespectful and disrespectful." My mother got up in a hurry and saluted him with Wanfu.
Although it is extremely possible for the two to get married, the other person is much older than her after all.
My mother is also a filial person, so she got up and expressed her humility to the other party.
At this time, Yan Guo realized that he had lost his composure, and stood up and returned the courtesy: "No, Chief Zhao, you don't have to be polite. The Jin Kingdom has been subjugated for many years, and talking about these things is in vain."
The three of them were polite to each other, and as they communicated with each other, they felt that they were no longer as unfamiliar as before.
"Shopkeeper Yan, tell the truth. There are many families who are married to Ping'er, but they are all concubines. Only the shopkeeper's daughter is a concubine." Mother knew what they were thinking, but she patiently persuaded her.
Yan Dushi glanced at the faces of her daughter and Zhao Ping for a few times, but she couldn't help wiping her tears while expressing her pain: "Sister, this sister naturally knows, but my sister has no other children, she only has this one daughter. "
"Sister, I know that Ping'er's concubines have quite a lot of backgrounds. Some of them are the clan leader's direct daughters, and some are princesses." Naturally, my mother knew that the other party was playing the grief card, so she came to convince her with reason.
Yan Dushi wiped her tears and couldn't believe her ears: "What, the young man has a princess in his concubine?"
"Of course, there is a daughter named the king of the Kingdom of Israel, who is Ping'er's concubine." At this point, the mother's tone was full of pride.
What happened to your daughter? Even if she is the daughter of a former Jin official, can her status be comparable to that of a princess?
Yan Dushi and Yan Guo looked at each other, feeling something strange in their eyes.
She shook her head and said to her mother: "Sister, what kind of small country is this Kingdom of Israel? Why has my sister never heard of it?"
