After resting in Bianjing for two days, the Zeng brothers were about to leave Bianjing early to take up their posts. Li Hao went to the Yamen to say goodbye to the Zeng brothers and ordered his servants to see them off at the city gate.
After the Zeng brothers left, Li Hao was free again. Ouyang Xiu was still coordinating matters at the polo ground. Li Hao was urging them as usual, but the progress was slow and he didn't know if he could keep up with Gu Tingye's preparations.
After taking some time off, Li Hao found that he seemed to have few friends in Bianjing now.
Now, the eldest daughter of senior brother Yan Fu's family had just given birth to a legitimate son. Li Hao went to give a gift and made an appointment to wait until the full moon banquet. After that, it would be difficult to see Yan Fu again.
As for his colleagues in Kaifeng Mansion, Judge Cai, who is at the same level, has always looked down on Li Hao and never had much friendship with him. It was not easy for him to get too close to his subordinates in private, and since Ouyang Xiu reminded him, Li Hao didn't want to get too familiar with this group of people, lest it be difficult to attack him in the future.
Calculating this, Li Hao didn't have many acquaintances in Bianjing City for a while. He wanted to make an appointment with Gu Tingye, but then he thought that Gu Tingye was busy, so he didn't bother him. Even though he was pulled into a strong position, he still had to work for him.
So I went to Sheng Mansion to visit, and also came to see if there was anything exciting in Sheng Mansion recently.
When Li Hao arrived, everyone in the Sheng family was talking to the old lady of Shou'antang, so Li Hao was also led in.
After Li Hao entered the Shouan Hall, he saw the old lady and Sheng Hong sitting on both sides of the Arhat table. On the left were Madam Wang, Ru Lan, Mo Lan, and Ming Lan, and on the right were Chang Bai and Chang Feng. .
After greeting the old lady, Li Hao greeted Sheng Hong, Madam Wang, and San Lan in turn, and then sat down under Sheng Changfeng.
After Li Hao sat down, he asked: "I wonder what the old lady said to everyone. She is so happy that I heard laughter outside the hospital."
After hearing what Li Hao said, Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Isn't this Changbai getting married? We are just talking about this."
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "That's great joy. There are four great joys in life: sweet rain after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, and the time when the gold medal is named. Cousin Changbai is having more happiness this year, a double happiness."
As soon as Li Hao finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to him. Among them, Mrs. Wang just felt very happy and a little happy. The remaining Rulan had no interest or care about it; Minglan took a special look and then naturally turned away; the remaining Molan and Changfeng looked very interested after hearing this, as if they wanted to What to say, but after hearing Sheng Hong speak, he remained silent.
After listening to it, Sheng Hong thought about it for a few times and then said: "Although this poem is not rich in literary talent, it is extremely accurate in summarizing the joy of the world. It can be seen that the wise nephew is very talented and can express good verses."
After hearing this, Li Hao hurriedly said humbly: "My uncle is ridiculously complimenting me. My nephew only said what he felt in his heart. He doesn't have much ability."
After I finished speaking, I thought to myself, it's a little early for you to praise me. You don't know that I can recite a lot of poems.
However, Li Hao was being modest here. On the other hand, Sheng Changbai helped Li Hao and praised: "Actually, my cousin also made a couplet a few days ago, and its meaning is very good."
After hearing this, Sheng Hong said to Li Hao: "Oh, what a couplet my nephew made that day, and Bai'er praised it so much. I guess it must be extraordinary. Why don't you tell me about it today."
After hearing this, Li Hao recounted the couplet of that day: "The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold."
After hearing this, Sheng Hong said: "This sentence is really well written. If you grow up through constant hardships and overcome difficulties, you will definitely achieve something. This encourages people and leads them to work hard. My nephew has good intentions."
After hearing this, Li Hao reluctantly accepted the compliment, but later he couldn't bear it anymore and quickly changed the topic to Sheng Changbai.
He said: "Cousin Changbai's marriage is so good. The Hai family has one family and five Hanlins. This time the two families are getting married. I heard that many officials in Bianjing are envious of it."
Mrs. Wang was very happy when she heard this. He smiled and said, "That's because Changbai is an outstanding person and talented person. When I went to the Hai family to see her, the Hai family fell in love with her at first sight. I don't know how satisfied they are."
Everyone was quite happy to hear this, but what Mrs. Wang said next was not very pleasing to the ear.
Mrs. Wang then said, "It's a pity that Yuner, my sister's family, has a good appearance and temperament." Then she looked at Li Hao and asked, "Brother Hao has also been named on the gold medal list. Is there anyone else in the future?" I’m looking at you now.”
After hearing this, the faces of the old lady, Sheng Hong and Li Hao in Shou'an Hall changed. Li Hao didn't know what the other two were thinking, but Li Hao thought to himself: I don't want to get involved in the Kang family's den of tigers and wolves, especially Aunt Kang, who is so short-sighted and cold-blooded. She gives her a headache just looking at it.
He hurriedly said: "That's not the case yet, but Mrs. Xue did say that she could help me visit some people in Bianjing, but my mother has returned to Yangzhou, so I thought it would be better to wait until my mother comes back. This matter."
Mrs. Wang didn't understand what Li Hao meant, but said: "That's true. After all, your parents have ordered the matchmaker, and your mother will ultimately decide on your marriage. So, after your mother returns to Bianjing, I will Make an appointment with your mother to take a look, maybe it will be suitable."
Hearing these words, Li Hao's heart wrinkled. He thought that I had already said that someone would look after me. You don't need to bother me. You can't hear it. It's too much to insist on leaning in. Just when he was thinking about how to refuse. .
Then he heard the old lady's voice and came to Li Hao's rescue. The old lady said: "Okay, let's not talk about this. Brother Hao's marriage will naturally be decided by his mother, and it is not our turn to talk. On the contrary, Chang Baili The wedding is only a few days away, everything is complicated, and the lady needs to do a lot of work."
Then he said to Li Hao: "Speaking of your mother, after she returned to Yangzhou, there was news about her return to Bianjing."
After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "There is no news yet, but according to the original plan, because there are many things, it will take at least two months to come back."
After hearing this, the old lady said: "It turns out that your mother and I are very close to each other. When your mother comes back, tell her to come to Shou'an Hall to chat with me more often."
When Li Hao heard this, he was a little curious. He didn't know when his mother would be able to chat with the old lady again, and he felt it was very strange.
But he still had to continue, so he said: "Okay, when my mother comes back, I will definitely pass on the old lady's words."
After hearing this, the old lady nodded, and then said: "I am also tired today and want to take a rest, so you can go and do your work."
After hearing what the old lady said, everyone in the hall stood up and said goodbye to the old lady.
After leaving Shou'antang, Li Hao didn't want to stay in the Sheng family anymore, so he left like Sheng Hong and went back to his own house.
After Li Hao left, Sheng Hong went back to Wei Ruixuan with Mrs. Wang, and then said: "Why did you mention Yun'er in front of Li Hao today, and what are your plans? Do you think the old lady can't tell?" ?”
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang immediately retorted: "What can I do? At the beginning, I wanted Chang Bai to marry Yun'er, but you didn't agree.
So now that Li Hao doesn't look at her, what's the problem with me introducing Yoona to him. Speaking of which, the Kang family is also a family of officials, so Mr. Li Hao might as well make sense of it. "
After hearing this, Sheng Hong said: "You and I both know what is going on in the Kang family. By asking Li Hao to marry Kang Yuner, isn't this just to blame yourself?
And you didn't see what the old lady was thinking. She probably had already thought about how to arrange it, and she had to interrupt you. "
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang thought for a moment and said, "You said that the old lady wanted Li Hao to marry Minglan, but Minglan is a concubine after all. Li Hao is also a prostitute after all. Their family can agree."
After hearing this, Sheng Hong lectured: "You care so much, his mistress is Minglan's aunt, why can't you agree to the marriage?"
And even if he doesn't marry Minglan, it's time for our girls to see each other.
Nowadays, the Li family can be considered rich from the soap business. Li Hao won the lottery early and has the support of Mr. Ouyang in the court. The future is bright. Wouldn't it be wrong for our girl to marry him? "
After hearing this, Madam Wang said with some hesitation: "Are you talking about Ru Lan? After all, his family is from a wealthy family. If Ru Lan marries over, it would be a bit of a low-level marriage."
When Sheng Hong heard this, he immediately said angrily: "You are so proud now that even Tanhua Lang looks down on you. That's okay, I want to see what kind of family you want to find in the end."
After saying that, he didn't want to chat with Mrs. Wang, so he simply got up and ran to Lin Qige to find Miss Lin.
Li Hao, who came out of the Sheng Mansion on the other side, didn't know that Sheng Hong still had such thoughts. He was sitting in his carriage going home.
Just as he was walking halfway, he suddenly heard Fu Deng say: "Master, is that the maid Xiao Tao next to my cousin? Why is she talking to people here?"
