Under the candlelight, Li Shu's cheeks were already blushing pink. She pulled Zheng Hao's sleeves and said, "Are you very happy today? My wife and I saw you parading on the street and couldn't bear to put down the curtain. We really feel for you." Happy."
If it were someone else, even if Li Shu wanted to praise her, she wouldn't say it in a very explicit way. Because there is a kind of person in this world who easily regards other people's praise as flattery to her, and feels that you are superior to her, so Li Shu will not easily come forward to send long and praising words, but she is an exception to Zheng Hao.
Zheng Hao looked at her as if she was drunk, but her eyes were sparkling. He thought it was funny, but he was also very emotional: "After studying for many years, I finally became the leader of the world. How can I not be happy? But after I am happy, I will have to work from tomorrow onwards." Forget about the aura of number one scholar and start compiling in the Hanlin Academy."
"Winning the top prize is not the end, but a new one. If you can stay like this, you will become a great person in the future." Lishu held his slender hand, touched his thin cocoon, and put her own hand on it. Putting it on, she looked up and smiled when she saw the fingers of two hands intertwined.
Zheng Hao guessed at first that she was a smart girl, but he didn't expect her to be so smart. Faced with such a deepening of light, ordinary people would easily get carried away and do things that were inconsistent with their normal status, but she was very calm. Know what you want to express.
He picked her up from the chair and made a move he had wanted to do for a long time. He measured her waist with his hand and wrapped it around her with one hand: "I know what it looks like to have a slim waist. "
Li Shu sat in his arms and smiled with him.
They were so sweet as a couple, but Liu Chengxu and Xiao Fu were a little tense.
"What's going on? Yingxiu and Minglun are engaged, and they are all relatives. Now the Zeng family rashly breaks off their engagement with the Fu family, but becomes engaged with our family? Won't the three families be in trouble in the future? ." Little Fu couldn't understand.
Liu Chengxu said: "You don't know the reason for this."
Little Fu curled his lips: "Since I don't know, you should tell me, otherwise I will be confused."
Liu Chengxu had no choice but to say: "It was Minglun who was favored by the emperor. The Zeng family must have been warned. You know, my cousins from the Zeng family are now in stable official careers. If they resigned in anger because of different political ideas, Official, at least he can still raise his son at home. However, he is being beaten because of his children's marriage. I have advised him several times, why should he be afraid of this. Even if the emperor likes Minglun's consort, it is not impossible as long as the Zeng family allows his disciples to present the memorial. ?”
"What?? The emperor has taken a fancy to Minglun. Minglun has been engaged for a long time. Why didn't you ask?" Little Fu didn't have any bad feelings towards Fu Minglun, and even thought it was a bit outrageous.
Liu Chengxu sneered: "I'm afraid you don't know that envoys from Wusun and Dawan will come to Beijing at the end of April, which means that the marriage must be finalized as soon as possible. Otherwise, Princess Funing will have to marry far away. But for a while How can we choose a good person in just a few months? The family must be excellent, the talent must be excellent, and the princess must be worthy of her, a princess from the middle palace. What could be better than Tanhua Lang? ?”
"There are only a few people in all dynasties who can pass the college entrance examination in their twenties. I'm still glad that our daughter got married early. Of course, if it were me, I wouldn't agree no matter how I was threatened. , I definitely want my daughter to marry happily, no matter how much others threaten me, I will compromise, it is absolutely impossible."
Little Fu believed that Liu Chengxu had always been very upright. Little Fu said: "Then why?"
Is this happening again? "
Liu Chengxu waved his hand: "The Zeng family doesn't listen to me.
Instead, I was asked to talk to the Fu family about breaking off the engagement.
How could I possibly say that. The Zeng family didn't know where they found out about the Fu family's previous unfavorable affairs, and they in turn blackmailed me and the Fu family. "
Who would know about such a private matter in the family? Even Xiao Fu has never told anyone.
She suspected that it was Liwan. After all, Liwan had the manpower that Aunt Su had left behind, and this Liwan kept it secret.
"So, this is why you went to say it?" Little Fu said.
Liu Chengxu nodded: "We have many female relatives in our family. In recent years, no one recognizes the Fu family anymore. Your surname is also Fu. Even if you have a mouth full of words, we can't tell you clearly. Li Shu just got married, and there is Li Rou below, that is. Li Jia and Li Wan are also having a hard time. Of course the Fu family refuses to break off the engagement, they don't care about our family's reputation, but the Zeng family wants to find Bai Xingzhong."
The young Fu family was stunned, and Bai Xingzhong was the first assistant.
"So, is it possible because of Prime Minister Bai's intervention?" asked Mr. Fu.
Liu Chengxu nodded: "Prime Minister Bai and his father-in-law are political enemies. If the Fu family gets into trouble, it will severely offend the Zeng family. The Zeng family has been married to the Fu family in the past few years, but they have mastered a lot of Fu family affairs, and Bai He is a close official of the emperor, and the first assistant has the custom of sending secret messages to the emperor, but the second assistant does not. The emperor has not been in court for many years, isolating the inside and outside, which means that whatever Bai first assistant says is what he says. If Bai first assistant says that the Fu family dislikes the direct descendants Princess, what should I do? My father-in-law’s hard work has been ruined. Not only his second assistant, but also his role as deputy minister has been ruined. With Bai Xingzhong’s instructions, how can Fu Minglun get involved in officialdom?”
The Zeng family's move was indeed ruthless, and their reaction was very quick. Within one day, they called off the engagement and quickly got engaged to their own family.
Young Mrs. Fu added: "Since the Fu family and the Zeng family have divorced, it has nothing to do with our family, so how can it be related to our family?"
"You don't know that Mrs. Zeng San asked Lijia to come to the old lady to make peace. Of course I don't agree. The old lady told me that the Zeng family is my maternal grandfather's family. When my father had an accident, the Zeng family was also very popular. Take care of her. Lijia cried again and said that our family would not agree and it would be difficult for her to be a good person in her husband's family." Liu Chengxu spread his hands.
Little Fu frowned: "I know why they sent me away? It's because you are easy to talk to."
Liu Chengxu added: "The main reason is that the engagement of the Zeng family child was annulled. For a while, no matter what the reason was for the annulment, others would say something wrong with the woman. Why bother? Besides, I'm not that stupid, Zeng San My wife has a very good relationship with our daughter, so rather than marrying someone you don’t know, it’s better to marry her, so that the sister-in-law can be harmonious, and you can be happy too.”
Mr. Fu was finally convinced by him. According to the normal rules, the second child had no fame and great ambitions. He was close to marrying Zeng Ying Xiuhai, not because of his family status, but because of his mediocre talents.
In terms of family status, the Liu family is stronger than the Zeng and Fu families. There are many officials in the family, but very few of their children are promising.
In this case, Xiao Fu had no choice but to say: "Since you have said it, what else can I say. This is true, why don't you and the second brother let the Zeng family have a future?"
Liu Chengxu waved his hand: "For talented people, when there is an errand, it is like hiding a dragon in the abyss, seeing a dragon in the fields, flying dragons in the sky, and having regrets. But for people like Lao Er, who has power, it is the opposite." I have a good eye but a low hand, and I still need to polish it. Besides, there are many children in the Zeng family. People may say it but they may not actually implement it. Why should I bother to put my own son into practice?
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"I have my own place." Liu Chengxu said seriously.
In fact, the key person in this matter is that Mrs. Liu believes that marrying the third wife of the Zeng family is beneficial to the Liu family, and someone like Liu Chengxu will fight with others to the end if her daughter's marriage is ruined, no matter what. Neither will compromise.
But he is also a man who is eager for justice and justice. What can persuade Liu Chengxu is probably how pitiful the daughter of the Zeng family is when she is threatened by the princess.
The couple entered the Liu Mansion. It was already midnight. Little Fu breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of her daughter, she felt much happier.
The two talked about Li Shu in a relaxed tone, and Liu Chengxu was very cheerful: "Many people today envy me for my quick hands, and He Shangshu also asked the third uncle if he was getting married. The third uncle happened to call me father-in-law, and the old man He had a beard raised to the sky. went."
"Who says it's not the case? Even daughters follow the rules of honoring their husbands and honoring their wives. However, our daughter is also very calm. Even I am a little overwhelmed by those flattery words, but she is not surprised by flattery and humiliation, which is very appropriate." Little Fu thought of her daughter. They all look good.
Liu Chengxu joked: "Do you really plan to live with your daughter when you grow old?"
Little Fu rolled her eyes at him: "Maybe my daughter is better than ten sons."
"Okay, okay, take me with you too." Liu Chengxu laughed.
Soon Mrs. Fu covered her mouth again: "It's so late, others think you're crazy."
All the excitement and tension flowed away like water that night. When Li Shu got up again the next day, she saw Zheng Hao lying on the bed with his eyes open, and she quickly poked him.
"Why don't you get up even though it's daylight today? When I get up on weekdays, you're not in the room anymore." Li Shu spoke while wearing single clothes.
Zheng Hao said: "I used to get up and read every day, but now it's different. I don't know where to go for a while."
"Who said something about a new beginning yesterday? Shame, shame, shame." Li Shu said shyly to him.
When Zheng Hao saw her laughing at him like this, he stood up and chuckled at her. Li Shu laughed so hard that she was out of breath, and then she rang the bell to call someone to come in and serve her.
Now the west side of the bedroom was used by Li Shu as a study, a wing room on the east side was arranged for the servants to keep vigil, and the middle room was used as a flower hall, which was only used for entertaining guests on weekdays.
The two of them are like children. You hit him when no one is paying attention, and he pinches her when no one is paying attention. The servants are helpless because of the trouble, and they all begged: "Masters, please stop making trouble."
This made both Zheng Hao and Li Shu blush.
The two of them went to Mrs. Zheng's place to greet her, because the top three in the first class could directly become officials, especially those who passed the first place, which was the beginning of compilation in the Hanlin Academy.
He still had to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to get his official uniform, and he also had to report to the bachelor of the academy. Zheng Hao's day was not an easy one.
But he was still in a good mood, with a complacent look. Mrs. Zheng heard the rumors and remembered the Queen's words yesterday, and said to him privately: "Fortunately, we chose Lishu well early, and we chose Lishu early. We're getting married. Otherwise, I'm afraid the palace is interested in you."
Zheng Hao took three steps back and said, "Brother Fu is really pitiful if you say that?"
"The Zeng family has quickly broken off the engagement and married the Liu family again. Why do you think this is? Girl Tanhua
() Isn’t my son-in-law as good as your white-bodied brother-in-law? "Mrs. Zheng said.
Zheng Hao didn't know why he thought of himself again,
It’s not that he is shameless,
When it comes to status and appearance, he is better than Fu Minglun, but he said: "But the Liu family will definitely not take the initiative to break off the engagement? Uncle Liu is not the kind of person the Zeng family is."
Mrs. Zheng was stunned: "It's true that your Uncle Liu is a rare person of loyalty, filial piety and justice."
Zheng Hao thought of Lishu again and said to Mrs. Zheng: "Lishu is still young, and her temperament will inevitably be a little out of control. If there is anything that is not in line with my mother's wishes, please tolerate her for the sake of your son."
As a mother, she felt sad and relieved to hear her son's words. She waved her hands casually and said, "I know, your wife is very stable. Don't ruin her reputation."
Zheng Hao admitted his mistake again and again, and when he saw that it was getting late, he left for the Hanlin Academy.
There was still a flowing table in the house today, so she couldn't be careless. Li Shu accompanied Mrs. Zheng to entertain the guests. She had just entered the house and she hadn't thought about running a household. It was not easy to run a household. She had to cherish this free time. It would be best to develop a relationship with Zheng Hao.
Yesterday, the closest relatives came, and today many official wives came. Mrs. Zheng brought her two daughters-in-law, and they often greeted people when they came over.
Lishu also often went out to socialize. Some of them she knew, some she didn't know. With a little introduction, Lishu knew who to talk to and what to talk to through observation.
"You are the wife of Mr. Wei of Hube. Do you know Mrs. Cai, the left minister of Hube?"
"Okay, okay, I will definitely recommend you in the future."
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Most of the people who came to celebrate would not say unpleasant things. Some people said something embarrassing, so Li Shu tried to smooth things over. On this day, Li Shu received the congratulatory gift from Li Jia.
I don’t know what happened to Lijia, but she is a very considerate person.
After the three-day flowing banquet was over, Li Shu followed Mrs. Zheng and sent people to clean up the tables, chairs and benches, and started to get the account books. She felt that she was fishing, but she was surprised when she didn't know Mrs. Zheng.
"You understand very well?"
Li Shu shook her head: "My daughter-in-law usually only plays tricks on my mother, and I can't even say she understands."
Mrs. Zheng smiled and said, "You are too modest."
Li Shuren didn't understand it yet, so she didn't dare to take charge of the house rashly. Even if she understood, she would remind Mrs. Zheng occasionally when she couldn't remember.
This shocked Mrs. Zheng. This little girl had a very good memory, and she found that whenever someone spoke, she could predict what she would say at the end of her first sentence. Although her temperament is not as easy-going and gentle as other daughters-in-law, she is really a leader. But he is very discerning and will not interrupt randomly to show off his talents.
This is not something that can be taught at home, which shows that she is very capable.
"Madam, there is a wrong number here, and I saw the lanterns hanging in the garden at home yesterday, and there were only three or four lanterns on a tree. Nowadays, such lanterns cost only thirty yuan a piece. But now the report says it is three hundred taels. Did you remember it wrong?" Li Shu smiled, as if the servant really remembered it wrong.
Mrs. Zheng's health has not been in good shape in recent years. Sometimes she wants to get angry, but she has problems with her bones, so she has no choice but to let it go. Now that there was an old lady at home, Mrs. Zheng turned a blind eye and passed by.
Now when she heard it, she knew there was a problem. The manager in front of her
The lady in charge kept complaining about the clerical error.
Mrs. Tan originally thought that Ms. Liu was the lady of the family, and perhaps her pride was not as good as hers in understanding the ways of the world. But now she found that she was as smart and capable as she was, but she was a little weaker in interpersonal communication, and her temperament was not very easy-going. But in front of the old lady and his wife, he was still very docile. For a moment, his original five points of dissatisfaction dropped to two points.
During lunch, Mrs. Tan went back to eat with Zheng Qing, while Li Shu ate with Mrs. Zheng. As soon as she laid out a few chopsticks, Mrs. Zheng called her to sit down.
"You were a bride before. How many days do you need to show off, and no one will say anything if they know it. Now it's just us two, just sit down and use it with me."
Mrs. Zheng smiled.
Li Shu declined a little and sat down to eat with Mrs. Zheng. Because Li Shu's food was so delicious, Mrs. Zheng, who had a poor appetite at first, also added an extra bowl, and someone served tea after the meal.
After eating tea, Li Shu knew that Mrs. Zheng wanted to take a rest, so she went back first.
As soon as she left, Mrs. Zheng said to Qi's mother beside her: "Brother Hao's daughter-in-law can definitely be my arm. She is very smart and capable. Although she is outspoken, she does not point out the faults of the mothers in charge. She doesn’t directly shout to fight or kill. She is actually a bit stronger than her mother.”
Qi's mother smiled and said: "Mrs. Liu Er, I heard that the Liu family calls her a spoiled woman. She is very persistent in doing things. When the servants see her, the housekeeper is frightened."
These days, because they want to marry a girl from the Liu family, they come and go a lot, so of course they also find out some things.
Mrs. Zheng smiled and said: "You can run a household only if you know how to turn around and be persistent. Besides, she is more knowledgeable than her mother."
Soon it was early April, and it rained heavily during the Qingming Festival, but there was no rain for a long time in Beijing. Zheng Hao took Li Shu back to her parents' home after a day off.
As soon as she came back, Xiao Fu told the whole story. After listening to it, Li Shu couldn't help being stunned for a moment.
Mrs. Fu thought she thought Mrs. Liu's decision was wrong, but she also explained: "Although the Zeng family can still find the woman who broke off the engagement for no reason, our family knows nothing about it. I heard that there is something wrong with the river, maybe your father She's about to be promoted again, so it won't be a loss for her to marry into the Liu family and be the eldest daughter-in-law."
"No, the daughter is thinking that if she is a daughter, her father will definitely not agree." Li Shu thought of many things. When her and Zheng Hao's wedding was approaching, her father didn't know why he was in a very low mood during that period.
Even if the man who was originally favored by Princess Funing did not break off the engagement, the royal family would force the woman to break off the engagement.
The Zeng family was forced to break off the engagement to some extent, and my father in his previous life was an upright official. Otherwise, with his ability, how could he be a Chuzhou branch guard and participate in politics.
But even so, he was not coerced by anyone and allowed himself to marry Zheng Hao smoothly.
When the royal family failed to force the bride's family, it naturally forced the husband's family. Most likely, the Zheng family refused to break off the engagement no matter what. Zheng Hao traveled thousands of miles from Beijing to Chuzhou to pick up the bride. Only then did the emperor's decree come to light.
Originally, she had always thought that only the Zheng family persisted, but she did not expect that her father also resisted a lot of pressure.
Little Mrs. Fu breathed a sigh of relief: "I won't mention anything else about your father, but he is a really open-minded person, and he has always cared for the poor and the weak."
"My daughter really feels that the royal family is overbearing." Li Shu said.
Little Fu shook her head: "The emperor gave me a look, and naturally there were people coming one after another to do it, and some people went to understand what the emperor meant. Immediately, the envoys from Dawan and Wusun came over.
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What a pity for your cousin Minglun. "
Li Shu nodded: "Who said otherwise? It's better to marry the eldest sister."
"Your eldest sister, you think too highly of her. When the Fu family was good, she could ignore the hatred of deceiving her and her mother, and just relied on the Fu family. Now that I see Minglun and I want to be the consort, I know that the Fu family will be afraid of it in the future. She had no time to care about her. For the sake of her own status in the Song family, she kept a matchmaker and pulled her hair. She was crying like something. She was the one who brought about this marriage. This person only has "profit" in her heart. Can a person who puts profit above all else trust her? What?" Little Fu felt that people sometimes do not care whether they are good or bad, because sometimes it is a matter of stance, but if there is no principle, it will not work.
Li Shu suddenly realized: "No wonder our uncle won the top prize that day, but she didn't come either. I was wondering what happened to her. Yes, she did it for her own good. I've seen Mrs. Wu, and she was very difficult to get along with. That's right. It’s not that she is purely bad, but that she is domineering, respecting herself as a Bodhisattva, and looking at others as filthy as dirt.”
Little Fu nodded: "In any case, your fourth sister and Aunt Ding trust your eldest sister more than me. In this case, she chose the person, so in the future you have to blame her. Otherwise, I will just pick someone I think it's great, maybe they will blame me."
Today I can play at home for a while, and Lishu feels more comfortable having dinner at her parents' house.
Zheng Hao also mentioned the Yamen matter with Liu Chengxu and Liu Chengzong. Liu Chengzong easily kept silent in front of outsiders, but seeing that Zheng Hao was very measured, he also revealed some of the emperor's little preferences, while Liu Chengxu said: "The emperor has sent someone Come and ask me about the opening of the river? I'm afraid that soon I will go to Henan and Shandong again to manage the river transportation. When I leave, your mother-in-law will also follow me. Only Shurui and Shulin will trouble you to do it for me. Take more care of me.”
"Yes, my son-in-law will definitely supervise Brother Rui and Brother Lin's studies, so don't worry." Zheng Hao knew that his father-in-law was also a very capable person, and he was probably going to be promoted.
Weng and his son-in-law and the other three exchanged cups and dispersed the table. Zheng Hao saw Li Shu's maid come in and said, "Grandma said that after drinking, my uncle would go to the yard where she used to live to rest for a while."
Zheng Hao was led over by his servants. Lishu was waiting for him in the house. It was difficult for her to get married, and her family still kept her yard.
When the couple met, Zheng Hao pulled her and said: "Our Hanlin Academy has received the cabinet's intention to draw up a decree for the marriage of the princess and the consort. I have just entered the Han Academy, so naturally it is not my turn, but I have already heard that The rumor has spread. You know what? If we hadn’t gotten married in advance, maybe I would—"
"I'm scared when I think about it."
But Li Shu clapped his hand: "It won't happen. After what happened to Princess Shao'an, I was just afraid that you and I would be involuntarily. So at that time, I replaced Princess Longchang's line with the song "A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix". promise."
Zheng Hao, who had just closed his eyes and pressed his temples, suddenly opened his eyes: "What promise?"
"I said that if the palace intends to choose Zheng Hao, help me destroy it no matter what, and Princess Longchang agreed." Lishu said calmly. She was not worried that Princess Longchang would pretend to agree, because sooner or later, the Lord of Jinxian County would lose his status. There will also be a need for hundreds of birds to pay homage to the phoenix.
Zheng Hao was dumbfounded. Originally, he thought it didn't matter even if the emperor wanted to do it. Anyway, his father-in-law was a man, so there was absolutely no problem, and the marriage between the two families could still happen.
Unexpectedly, Li Shu rose to the top directly. Yes, the eldest princess Longchang is the mother-in-law of the East Palace and the emperor's sister. She can win in the choice of the Crown Princess of the East Palace, so she must have more weight than Empress Chi.
"This... Madam, I will have to ask you for more advice on my husband's affairs in the future." Zheng Hao smiled and stood up and bowed, not afraid of being suspected of being a softie.
Li Shu crossed her arms and took some time to relax and said, "It's easy to talk about."
When the two were rejoicing, three days later, the Fu family received the imperial edict and Fu Minglun was selected as the consort of Princess Funing. Emperor Yongchu asked the Ministry of Industry to start building the princess palace. Fu Cifu led his grandson Fu Minglun and the Fu family to receive the edict to express gratitude.
It is said that the day the Fu family received the order was like mourning, but they had to pretend to be happy. After hearing the news, Lijia laughed, with two lines of tears flowing down her fair face. !
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