"There was a flood in the east part of the city last night." An official muttered to himself.
Su Yunqi, an official wearing a crimson official robe, heard this and asked in surprise: "Take water?"
Su Yunqi has a slightly chubby figure, a dark square face, a full beard, and a crimson official uniform with golden pheasant patches. He is currently the right minister of the household department, and his eldest daughter is the current queen.
In Da Mo, there are regulations on official robes: officials of the first, second and third ranks wear scarlet robes, officials of the fourth and fifth ranks wear purple robes, officials of the sixth and seventh ranks wear green robes, and officials of the eighth and ninth ranks and those who have not yet entered the ranks wear blue robes.
On the supplements, the civil servants in order of rank are cranes, golden pheasants, peacocks, geese, etc.; the military officers are first and second grade lions, third and fourth grade tigers and leopards, fifth grade bears, etc.
"Yes. Mr. Su, don't you know?" asked the official who was talking to himself just now.
Su Yunqi nodded: "Su has heard about it, but I don't know whose family it is from?"
Seeing that Su Shilang didn't know much about the matter, the official suddenly said excitedly: "Last night, the house that burned down was the residence of Sun Zhicai's daughter, Sun Yan. I heard that Sun Yan's maid ran away after seeing the fire. Sun Yan failed to come out and died inside."
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, smiled slightly and said without conscience: "Evil people will have their own evil retribution."
"That's right." The minister wearing purple official uniform said.
"Then Sun Zhicai was probably hiding in that quilt last night crying and was very sad." The official in scarlet official uniform said with a smile.
As soon as he said this, several ministers who were traveling with him immediately burst into laughter.
After a while, an official wearing a scarlet official uniform asked with a smile on his face: "I heard that your dog Su Runchen is alone now, so Cen has an idea. Cen has a daughter who is not married yet. I don't know if Su Runchen is alone." Sir, can you...?"
This man is Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, with a round face and a thick, dark beard. There are two daughters and two sons. The eldest daughter is still unmarried, the eldest son is still working as a minor official, and the second son has achieved nothing.
"Cen Shangshu, this matter will be decided after Su goes back to discuss with Quanzi." Su Yunqi said with a smile.
"Okay, let's discuss it. If it works out, our two families will be in-laws." Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, said with a smile.
After hearing this, the ministers who were traveling around all congratulated him in advance with smiles on their faces.
"If it happens, I hope you two will remember to invite us officials to have a wedding banquet together when the time comes." said an official.
"Absolutely." Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, replied with a smile on his face.
The snow kept falling, and the falling snowflakes fell one by one on the old tree in the Sun Mansion courtyard.
"Master and Madam, can you two have some?" asked a maid from the Sun Mansion.
However, at this moment, Mrs. He and Master Sun seemed to be unable to hear, as if the surrounding movements and sounds were cut off.
Mrs. He knelt beside her daughter Sun Yan's coffin, resting her hands on the coffin board. Tears kept pouring out of her two small red eyes, dripping from her cheeks and soaking her clothes.
Because Sun Yan was burned to death and her death was ugly, she was cremated in advance and placed in a coffin.
However, Sun Yan's father, Sun Zhicai, stood in front of his daughter's coffin, but his red eyes could not shed a single tear.
Seeing that the whole family was sad, as a maid, she had no choice but not to disturb them too much.
The roaring wind kept blowing, causing the branches on both sides of the river bank to break, causing the water in the river to blow out waves.
"Drive! Drive!"
A covered carriage came from the river bank. The horse's hair was frozen to the bone, but the driver was still holding the reins tightly with ice-red hands.
"Master, how many days will it take to get to Tongzhou?" Grandma Zhang suddenly asked.
"Mommy, we set off late at night last night and have only been driving for a day. We just left Lingling and it will take us half a decade to reach Tongzhou," Sun Chunxu replied.
After hearing this, Nanny Zhang curiously opened the car curtain and took a look at the scenery on the river. At this time, a cold wind blew in, so cold that Nanny Zhang hurriedly closed the carriage window.
Grandma Zhang looked at the maid holding the sleeping child, and she seemed to regard the child as her own. Grandma Du instantly felt a lot of relief.
"Girl, what is your original name?" asked Nanny Zhang.
After hearing this, the maid raised her head, looked at the kind Aunt Zhang, and instantly spoke her mind: "My name is Li Xiran, a native of Maping County. My mother passed away when I was young. My father took care of me. Later, my mother took care of me." Dad sent his slaves to the palace for money."
After hearing this, grandma looked at the honest maid and sighed: "What a miserable child."
Then, Nanny Zhang expressed her thoughts: "Girl, after we leave Yanyang City, you will no longer be a maid. From now on, we will call you Li Xiran and live our stable life."
After listening to what Nanny Zhang said, the maid who had been worried all the way finally laughed, and her smile was sweeter than usual.
"Okay." After answering, Li Xiran looked at the child in his arms and suddenly boldly asked Grandma Zhang: "Mammy, this child doesn't have a name yet, why don't you give it one?"
"Yeah" After responding, Grandma Zhang thought for a while.
But she was uneducated, so Grandma Du couldn't think of a name after thinking for a long time.
I had no choice but to ask Master Sun Chunxu for help: "Master, how about you pick one up?"
The young master, who was originally very bored, suddenly felt that he was becoming more and more useful after hearing the name given to him, and his temperament for driving a carriage suddenly improved.
"Okay, let me think about it."
After thinking for a long time, Sun Chunxu himself couldn't think of a good name. He suddenly felt the disadvantage of not studying hard.
Suddenly, a name appeared in Sun Chunxu's mind.
"How about calling me Chen Ziyuan?" Sun Chunxu said.
After hearing this, Grandma Zhang read it to herself: "Chen Ziyuan." It sounded good, but Grandma Du felt something was strange.
"Master, how did you come up with such a name?" Mother Zhang asked.
However, he did not have much education. Sun Chunxu replied: "As for Yuan, he got it because of his injustice. In the future, this child will not forget his hatred. As for Zi, tell him that he has been wronged since he was born, and he will never be able to bear it in his life." Forget this injustice.”
As soon as the young master explained it, Grandma Zhang obeyed immediately.
"Chen Ziyuan" Li Xiran also read it again. After reading it, Li Xiran praised: "What a name!"
The car was still driving. Even though it was getting late and they had a lot of money with them, they were still reluctant to spend it and chose to save what they could. After all, they still had children.
At some point, the speed of the carriage slowly slowed down, and Granny Zhang, Li Xiran and the children in the carriage had already entered the dream.
Sun Chunxu parked the carriage on the side of the road, then curled up his hands in his sleeves, leaned against the carriage, closed his eyes tightly, and began to rest.
At this moment, in Yanyang City, many people in the Su Mansion were sitting happily on mahogany chairs, eating food and talking about things.
Suddenly, the topic turned to Su Mansion's eldest son, Su Runchen.
"Run Chen, you are not young now. It's time for you to get a wife. There is just one candidate for you as a father. Do you agree?" Su Yunqi said with a smile.
"Dad, let's hear it, but whose daughter is it?" Su Runchen asked with interest.
"Cen Yinzhu, the beloved daughter of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs who was his father's colleague."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone at the table looked at Su Yunqi, but Su Runchen stood up and patted the table unhappily.
"No! I won't agree!" Su Runchen said.
Seeing his son like this, Su Yunqi, as a father, became furious: "Sit down! How can you talk like this?! Even if you don't agree to this matter, you have to agree to it!"
"Anyway, I won't agree. There is no good-looking woman in Yanyang, but Cen Yinzhu, with her appearance, is scarier than a pig." Su Runchen said,
After listening to his son's words, Su Yunqi also had some understanding of this woman. But if this happened, his popularity in the court would be even greater. After thinking about it, Su Yunqi continued to persuade her.
"You're not that handsome! If you two get married, do you know how much benefit our Su family will have in the court?" Su Yunqi continued.
"Anyway, I don't agree. Don't you just want to be a high-ranking official? Can't you just work hard?" After saying that, Su Runchen hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks unhappily and left his table.
"Run Chen!" Mrs. Fan shouted hurriedly.
Seeing that his son was so stubborn, Su Yunqi, the master of Su Mansion, looked at Mrs. Fan with an unhappy face and said, "Look! Look! This is the good son you have trained!"
Mr. Su's words made Mrs. Fan dare not refute, so she had no choice but to continue eating.
While eating, Mrs. Fan didn't want to see the happy faces of the other two ladies in private, so she quickly stood up, took Su Runchen's bowls and chopsticks, picked up a few dishes, and was about to give them to Runchen.
"What are you doing?" Su Yunqi asked unhappy.
"Give him a bowl of rice. If he doesn't eat, he will starve." Fan explained.
"What are you going to give? You are used to this!" Suddenly, Su Yunqi spoke louder, as if he was afraid that his eldest son wouldn't hear him: "Forget it, starve to death! You're not living up to expectations!"
Mrs. Fan was so frightened by what the master said that she quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks, picked up her own bowl and chopsticks and started eating silently.
But the Cen family is in a different situation from the Su family...
"Daughter, you are not young anymore and it's time to get married. Dad helped you choose a good family. I wonder if you are willing?" Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue, asked happily.
Before she knew who it was, her daughter Cen Yinzhu agreed: "My daughter agrees. I wonder which young master it is? Dad."
"Su Runchen, the eldest son of Su."
As soon as she said it, her daughter was stunned for a moment, and then she became worried about her filial piety: "Dad, if your daughter leaves, who will take care of you? My daughter doesn't want to leave." After saying this, a fat figure jumped on her On father's lap.
Cen Wenxing smiled, feeling some tenderness in his legs, and said, "Dad, there are still your two younger brothers. Don't worry, just relax."
"Hmm. Can the Su family agree?" Daughter Cen Yinzhu continued to ask.
Cen Wenxing said confidently: "Don't worry, the Su family will definitely accept this matter."
Speaking of which, Cen Yinzhu of the Cen family is now eighteen years old, already beyond the age of marriage. Because of her fat figure and ugly face, the Cen family master is very worried.
Now if the Su family can agree, not only will their status in the court be much more stable, but they will also benefit from it in the future.
