After the commotion, the triennial Hajj feast finally came to an end. Lan Weichen walked out of the palace gate and walked slowly along the stone steps. Many officials on the left and right sides of the steps left their seats to bow to Wei Chen.
"Congratulations to Brother Wei. Based on Brother Wei's political achievements in Yuzhou, he is worthy of being awarded the Bachelor's Degree!"
"Congratulations to Brother Wei for keeping the clouds clear and seeing the moonlight. This time you return to the capital, you will be able to display your grand plans and restore the righteousness of the court!"
"The whole world was shocked by Wei's statement. I have been admired by my subordinates for a long time. Today I can see his true face. He is truly a great husband in this world!"... Before and after, a total of hundreds of officials saluted Wei Chen and congratulated him. Chen had to stop every few steps to return the greetings to the officials who came forward to congratulate him.
As a result, Wei Chen actually walked up this short flight of stairs in half the time it took for an incense stick. At the end of the night, Wei Chen stopped, solemnly bowed to the officials who congratulated him, then shook his sleeves, walked forward, and drifted away.
The afternoon sun shone behind Wei Chen, making his figure shine brightly in everyone's eyes. Sheng Changbai and Wang Yaochen were filled with emotion as they looked at Wei Chen, who was walking toward them in shining golden glory.
Supported by hundreds of officials and admired by everyone, such a reputation is beyond the reach of his peers. The so-called Liu Kun Zuti could only be used to encourage Sheng Changbai and Wang Yaochen themselves, but Wei Chen was already completely transcendent to this level.
The two people, who were so confident and high-spirited just now, looked at each other with wry smiles on their faces. They were not jealous of Wei Chen, but they just felt a deep sense of powerlessness in their hearts.
However, Sheng Changbai quickly changed his mentality. So what if Wei Chen is so powerful? I will always be his uncle!
As soon as he thought of this, Sheng Changbai felt great. When he looked at Wang Yaochen again, he felt an indescribable calmness, which made Wang Yaochen look confused.
"Zecheng, Boyong, what are you doing here standing around?" Wei Chen had already walked up to the two of them. Seeing their dazed and stunned expressions, Wei Chen couldn't help but asked curiously.
Sheng Changbai glared at Wei Chen and said, "What's your name, Zecheng? Your Majesty has given you a leave of absence to marry and a royal title, and you haven't changed your tune. Could it be that besides the fifth and sixth sisters, you are thinking of someone else?" Lan Weichen? He stared at Sheng Changbai intently, as if he was meeting him for the first time.
Bo Lan has always been unhappy with me calling him uncle. Why did he suddenly change his gender? Wei Chen was a little confused and tentatively called out: "Brother?"
"Yes." Sheng Changbai nodded reservedly, then raised his hand and said, "Let's go, I'll just go to my house to announce the good news, and fix the wedding date by the way."
"I will listen to my brother-in-law in everything." Wei Chen said he had nothing to do and immediately followed Sheng Changbai and walked toward the palace gate.
Lan Wang Yaochen followed Wei Chen and the two of them, suddenly feeling a little redundant. He looked at Sheng Changbai, who was walking in front with Wei Chen arm in arm, and was speechless for a moment.
Where is Liu Kun and Zuti who we agreed to become the Great Zhou Dynasty together? The thick-browed and big-eyed Sheng Zecheng rebelled before he heard every word!
Wang Yaochen thought to himself all the way to the Xuande Gate. After saying goodbye to Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai, Wang Yaochen was still upset when he saw the two people leaving together.
"Why didn't my parents give me two beautiful sisters? Otherwise, I might have become Wei Xingyun's brother-in-law, so there would be no need for me to be so angry!" At this time, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai's carriages had already driven onto the wide Nanxunmen Street.
In the carriage, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai sat opposite each other. While the two were talking, Sheng Changbai talked about the changes in the Sheng family over the years.
Although Wei Chen had already known many things in the letters with Sheng Changbai before, they were not as detailed as hearing Sheng Changbai tell them face to face, so Wei Chen listened with great interest.
The first major event for the Sheng family was that Sheng Hong was promoted last year. To sum it up, Sheng Hong Tianyou was transferred from Yangzhou to Bianjing as an official in three years. During his tenure, he never made any big mistakes. He still made some small achievements by accident, and he hugged the old Minister Lu of the Ministry of Industry. It’s time for your thighs to rise due to emotion and reason.
Sheng Hong now serves as the director of the Ministry of Industry, with a rank of fifth rank, which can be regarded as a fat job. Of course, compared with Wei Chen, a fifth-grade bachelor, both in terms of gold content and future prospects, there is a lot of difference.
However, Sheng Hong also knew that he was not qualified to be a high official and had no ambition to do so, so he put all his hopes of revitalizing the family on Sheng Changbai.
The second major event in the Sheng family is the marriage between Sheng Changbai and the Hai family. It turns out that this matter is related to Wei Chen.
Wei Chen and Rulan Minglan had made an engagement early. As the eldest son in the family, Sheng Changbai should get married before his two younger sisters.
So in June of the previous year, as soon as Wei Chen went to Yuzhou, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu made arrangements for Sheng Changbai's marriage.
In the end, he fell in love with Hai Chaoyun, the legitimate daughter of his predecessor, Jiangnan Xuezheng, Hai Xianggan. Sheng Hong often said that the Sheng family was a Qingliu family when he was outside, but that was just to put money on his own face. Two generations up, the Sheng family was still a merchant, so what kind of Qingliu could it be?
The Hai family that Hai Xiangqian was born in is the real Qingliu family.
"One School and Five Hanlins" has been praised by the world for many generations. To be fair, in terms of family status, the Sheng family is far from worthy of the Shanghai family. However, the Hai family has an unwritten rule in choosing a son-in-law.
Regardless of family status, it only depends on the man's talent and character. So Sheng Hong personally brought Sheng Changbai to the house to propose marriage, and Walrus Qian fell in love with Sheng Changbai as his son-in-law at a glance.
Speaking of which, when Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai took the imperial examination, Hai Xiangqian had a good impression of the upright Sheng Changbai. Now that Sheng Changbai has passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy, choosing him as his son-in-law does not mean he has insulted the daughter of the Hai family. .
Of course, this is just Sheng Changbai's own statement. Wei Chen actually knows some inside stories. Rulan and Minglan quietly told Wei Chen in the letter that when their second brother came to propose marriage, the Hai family's sister-in-law hid behind a screen to peek. As a result, she was captured by the second brother's beauty in her prime and vowed not to marry him unless he was the one. facilitated the marriage.
Wei Chen was almost furious when he saw this. Sheng Changbai was indeed tall and handsome, but to say that he was beautiful in his prime was just nonsense.
Each flower attracts different eyes, maybe the Hai family’s sister-in-law prefers this one. Lan didn't know if Bolan had a straight face when he was alone with Haijia's sister-in-law in the house... In the carriage, Sheng Changbai was telling Wei Chen about their experience of being drunk by colleagues on their wedding day, when they suddenly realized that Wei Chen was Staring at himself, with a smile on his face.
Sheng Changbai looked at Wei Chen suspiciously and asked, "Why are you laughing?" Wei Chen came back to his senses, quickly suppressed his smile, and coughed twice to hide his embarrassment: "Ahem, it's nothing, I just suddenly thought of something happy. , Brother woman, please continue..."
