Back home, my aunt Jia was chattering excitedly.
"I've seen it today. The palace is so grand. I almost got lost after walking around. The food and drink are also very particular. I have never had such good food in my life. The Queen is approachable and even said a few words to me. In other words, this life is worth it. My second son, my mother has benefited from you."
The biological mother, Han Yue'er, looked a little depressed and agreed with a forced smile. Zheng Xiong shook his mother's hand and said.
"Without parents, how can there be a child? Mother's words are a bit harsh."
Zheng Qi also spoke at the right time.
"Why do the family say this? Xionger, you have to do it well and live up to His Majesty's kindness. It is the right thing to do."
"What my father taught me is that today, your majesty has promoted your son to the fifth rank, and his salary has also increased a lot, one hundred and eighty dan."
If one's own mother-in-law visited the palace, it was something a person could brag about happily. Zheng Xiong's promotion was a happy event for the whole family. Not to mention the issue of glory, just honoring one's ancestors was a great joy.
The biological mother Han Yue'er also smiled, happy and proud of her son.
The family thanked the emperor for his kindness and went to rest after being busy for a while. Zheng Xiong accompanied his biological mother Han Yuer and Zheng Xiu to their residence. Zheng Xiong asked about his biological mother on the way.
"Mother, don't be envious of auntie. Next time the child gives mother a life, you can also earn a fortune. Then we can go to dinner together."
"It's not that easy. I'm happy to see you succeed, but you don't have to work hard for me. My wish in this life is not for you to be rich and honor your ancestors. I just hope that you two brothers and sisters will be safe and have a grandson as soon as possible. , that’s enough.”
Yes, parents all over the world are the same. They may be happy to start a career, but they have to be ranked behind starting a family. If they are not careful, they will be forced to get married like this.
Zheng Xiong didn't want to speak anymore, and Zheng Xiu spoke again.
"Brother, I also want to go to the palace to have a banquet. Why don't you try your best and give me a whole life?"
Han Yue'er looked at Zheng Xiu dumbfounded, not understanding anything.
"Your brother can't earn a royal life for you. If you want a royal life, you have to get married quickly and let your future husband earn it for you."
The little girl blushed. She had seen some of her eldest brother's marriage during this period, and she understood a little bit through the influence. She was still a little shy when she thought of her future husband.
It was so terrifying that Zheng Xiong didn't dare to stay any longer. He kept saying the same thing and ran away quickly.
On the other side, Lao Zhu and his old buddy ate and drank until midnight before they dispersed. After the banquet dispersed, Queen Ma came over.
Seeing how drunk Lao Zhu was, she hurriedly asked someone to prepare a sobering soup. After a lot of trouble, Lao Zhu sobered up a bit, Empress Ma complained.
"Why are you so drunk? I don't know how to drink less."
"It's okay. We're happy to have a big wedding today. It won't hurt if we drink some wine."
Poor parents in the world, Queen Ma couldn't say anything and silently took care of Lao Zhu.
"How are you doing over there? You're not tired today, right?"
"What am I tired of? They are all the wives of your old guys. We have known each other for a long time and know how to behave. So I have two new faces and a few more greetings."
"Is there a Zheng Jia family among the new faces? I will give you a royal decree this year."
"Yes, if she hadn't said her son's name was Zheng Xiong, I wouldn't have remembered it. Zheng Xiong is quite capable, and I don't know how his parents raised him."
"He has made a big splash today. He is very famous. My son is getting married, so he didn't know how to write two poems to suit the occasion. The first one he wrote for my daughter-in-law is neither fish nor fowl. After that, he followed a group of Jinshi to express their enthusiasm. Some of his songs are excellent, just a little bit worse than mine. He has some literary talent, but he is just not sensible."
"Oh, once you say that, I'm interested. Come and listen."
Lao Zhu told Queen Ma a few poems and what happened.
Lao Zhu was shameless, and Queen Ma did not expose him. Some of Lao Zhu's poems were powerful, but not necessarily literary. On the other hand, Zheng Xiong's several poems, except for the first one which is a bit out of tune, are excellent in literary talent and conception. I thought about it for a while.
"He is a talented person with abilities and literary talent. Based on the things he has done, I think giving him a fifth rank is a bit low."
"It's not impossible to promote him. He's done a lot of work, but he's lazy. He didn't come to court in the morning, saying he was busy, but we know very well. He sleeps until he wakes up naturally every day. If Huimin Pharmacy hadn't done a lot to benefit the people It's a good thing, we have already clicked him. But we don't care if he can do things. The key is that he doesn't interact with others. He just hangs around his Huimin Pharmacy. No one talks to him, and it's hard for us to promote him. , today I used this poem to give him a level up, no matter how high it is, it won’t work.”
Queen Ma smiled.
"I guess I have to blame you for today's incident. If you hadn't used Zheng Xiong to rob them of the status of Jinshi that day, they wouldn't have blocked us today."
"It's no wonder that we are worried about the governance of this world. It seems to be working well now, and those candidates who are promoted are very motivated. The performance of these Jinshi today is a bit disappointing to us. In the future, we should directly train a group of candidates. With Zheng Xiong is an example here, he should be able to do a good job."
"You can think about this yourself, you can't tell me. It seems that Zheng Xiong is nineteen this year. I heard that he hasn't gotten married yet. I don't know why."
"Speaking of this, I know a little bit about it. It's also a strange thing. We can understand that he had to study and test for fame in the past. Later, his family arranged several blind dates for him, and he even wanted to marry someone who was the same age as him. It doesn’t matter how old you are, it’s not that you should still have children. As it turned out, the women on the blind date were also weird. One of them even sued him to Zheng Yiyan. At that time, I heard that Coca-Cola was killing us, and I didn’t even think about it. There are a few good ones among the older ones.”
"Now he has calmed down. He said that he will have to wait two years before getting married. If he doesn't give birth to cubs quickly, we can't let him go. But from today's poems, it seems that he may have some problems, or he may have a crush. of people.”
"Leave this to me. Since ancient times, getting married and having children has been a top priority. Only after we get married can we do better things. Tomorrow I will call his mother into the palace and ask about the situation. If there is a girl he really likes, we will give him a marriage. , if your daughters weren’t too young, I would have wanted to recruit him as my consort.”
"Stop it, Zheng Xiong is not handsome, and he is lazy. We don't like him, even if he is capable."
"Okay, pretend I didn't say it. Now that Biao'er has taken a wife, what will your remaining son say?"
"Don't worry, we know how to do it. Take your time one by one. Second, we are going to let Wang Baobao's daughter be our daughter-in-law. What do you think?"
