At first glance, it seems that what Li Hao said makes sense.
But Mrs. Wei calmed down and thought about it, didn't she ask Li Hao to persuade Gu Tingye? Why did he persuade her instead?
He immediately reacted and asked, "Why do you keep speaking for Gu Tingye? You really don't know about this and have never conspired with him."
Hearing this, Li Hao immediately understood that he had just said too much, and quickly replied: "I really didn't know about this before, and I only found out about it because you mentioned it just now, mother.
How could I let Gu Tingye use my cousin's marriage as a bargaining chip? Doesn't my mother have any trust in me? "
However, Mrs. Wei looked at Li Hao without saying anything, and her attitude seemed to indicate that there was no trust.
Li Hao had no choice but to explain: "And what I just said was the truth, I just explained the benefits of marrying Gu Tingye.
The mother and the old lady must have the final say on what to do, so I have no room to interfere. "
Anyway, Wei didn't give up his suspicion in the end, and of course he didn't say anything.
As for Li Hao, seeing that he had escaped a disaster, he breathed a sigh of relief and made up his mind not to express any more opinions next time.
Otherwise, if Mr. Wei really wants to know that he has been involved, then he will definitely have nothing to gain.
Later, Mrs. Wei took the initiative to change the topic and talked about Li Hao's marriage: "By the way, your wedding date with the Zhang family girl has been decided, and it is set for March 19th.
There are still more than two months to go. In the meantime, please give me some peace of mind and don't cause any trouble. "
Li Hao replied: "Don't worry, even the officials know about this matter now. When I went to the palace yesterday to reply, the officials also said that I will be working in Bianjing from now on and will not go out for the time being.
But having said that, it’s not appropriate for other people to know about my marriage before me. "
But after hearing this, Mrs. Wei didn't think there was a problem at all and said, "If you hadn't left Beijing midway, this matter would have been settled long ago. Wouldn't you know?
Who asked you to go out on your own? If we can't notify you, we can't waste any more time. "
These confident words, coupled with the look of his eyes widening with anger, immediately convinced Li Hao, making him realize it and quickly admit his mistake.
I am afraid that if I am too late, I will fall into endless criticism.
Seeing that Li Hao realized his mistake, Mrs. Wei continued: "In addition, on the day you get married, there will definitely be a lot of dignitaries coming, so I asked Mrs. Song to help with the arrangements.
You have to go to Huininghou Mansion with me in the next few days to thank them for their help. "
Li Hao said: "Okay, apart from attending the imperial meeting, I should be free until the twentieth day of the first lunar month when the office opens. Let's go together when mother sets a date."
After confirming this matter, Mrs. Wei said: "You didn't have a good rest on the boat all the way. Go back and rest early today."
After saying that, he let Xiaodie come in and sent Li Hao away directly, leaving Li Hao speechless for a while.
However, Li Hao did need a good rest, but after sleeping in a rickety cabin for a month, he suddenly fell asleep with his feet firmly on the ground, but he didn't feel so asleep.
So I tossed and turned in bed until very late before falling asleep in a daze.
And this time I slept until three o'clock in the morning. When it was time to have lunch, Fu Deng woke me up.
After washing up, Li Hao came out to have dinner with Wei and Li Jian.
But before I had even taken two bites of the meal, I heard Mrs. Wei say, "After dinner, you and I will go to Sheng's house."
When he suddenly heard this, Li Hao couldn't take a breath, he choked and coughed repeatedly, almost coughing out his lungs.
Upon seeing this, Xiaodie quickly brought a cup of tea to Li Hao.
After Li Hao drank tea and calmed down his anger, he said, "Why are we going to Sheng's house at this time?
Uncle Sheng has just returned to his house. It is probably very busy today. There is no need for us to join in the fun. "
After saying that, he looked at Li Jian and asked him to quickly say a few nice words.
But Li Jian obviously understands
, knew who to listen to at home, so he turned a blind eye to Li Hao's look for help.
And Mrs. Wei didn't care whether Li Hao wanted to object or not, and said directly: "This matter is settled. You can come with me after dinner."
After saying that, he stood up and left without giving Li Hao a chance to refute.
Seeing this, Li Hao had no choice but to follow Wei to the Sheng family after lunch.
But as soon as he arrived outside the mansion, Li Hao could feel that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the Sheng family. The boy guarding the door looked very nervous.
Seeing Li Hao's carriage stop, he immediately prepared to drive them away.
But when he saw Li Hao and Wei, he suddenly felt a little dazed, as if he didn't know whether to chase them away.
It was only after Li Hao asked him to go in and report that the man realized what he was doing and hurriedly returned to the Sheng Mansion.
Soon, Sheng Hong went out to personally welcome Li Hao and Wei into the mansion, and took them directly to Shou'an Hall.
Along the way, Li Hao became more certain that something must have happened to the Sheng Mansion just now, otherwise the servants in the Mansion wouldn't all be so frightened.
Thinking about the situation again, Li Hao roughly guessed that Sheng Hong should be the one who was furious when he found out about Ru Lan.
While Li Hao was thinking wildly, everyone arrived at Shou'an Hall. At this time, in addition to the old lady, Mrs. Wang was also sitting here.
And looking at Mrs. Wang's red eyes after she had just cried, it basically confirmed Li Hao's idea.
However, the serious atmosphere inside Shou'an Hall prevented Li Hao from asking any more questions.
But at this time, Li Hao did not expect Sheng Hong to speak directly: "My nephew, I think you must have heard about this matter.
My Sheng family is unfortunate enough to have two daughters like this, and now Minglan is also involved, which makes me really speechless. "
As soon as he heard this beginning, Li Hao felt something was wrong. This seemed like he was trying to shift the blame to himself.
Sure enough, Sheng Hong's next words made this clear: "But this matter must be resolved eventually, and for this I have just punished Ru Lan severely.
But the most important thing now is to settle the matter with Ningyuan Houfu, otherwise even if I kill Ru Lan, it will not help. "
After saying this, even Wei Shi understood the meaning, and it was nothing more than using this to lure Li Hao to take the initiative.
But since Li Hao had reacted, he naturally would not follow his ideas. He pulled Wei Shi by the way and asked her to stop talking, and then the two of them waited quietly to watch Sheng Hong's performance.
At this time, Sheng Hong had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "My nephew has always been Gu Tingye's Shangxian, and he is familiar with many noble families. He has always had prestige in Bianjing City. I wonder if I can help him go to Ningyuan Marquis." Let’s talk to the government.”
Seeing that Sheng Hong finally made it clear, Li Hao said, "When it comes to my relationship with Gu Tingye, I can't compare to brother Changbai. I can't even speak to him, so I probably can't be of much help.
As for Ning Yuanhou, I really have nothing to do with him. Maybe my uncle will think of other ways. "
After hearing Li Hao's refusal, Mrs. Wang wanted to speak.
But the old lady understood that what Madam Wang could say was just to ask Minglan to marry her.
As long as the Wei family still doesn't agree, then Li Hao will be forced to participate in this matter, and he will not be able to hide.
But doing this will inevitably hurt the relationship between the two families. Now that Li Hao is at the peak of his momentum, even if you want him to help, you can't use this method.
So he said directly: "Okay, you two go down first. I have something to say to Brother Hao and his mother."
Madam Wang didn’t understand what she meant, so she wanted to say something else.
But Sheng Hong knew that his aunt would not really put the safety of the Sheng family at risk, so he took Mrs. Wang away with peace of mind.
After the two left, the old lady said directly. Asked: "Brother Hao, you have had a lot of contact with Gu Tingye. What is his character like?"
Li Hao replied: "Gu Tingye did indeed
I was wild for a while, but after studying, I calmed down.
There was even an outer room a few years ago, but now the people are dead.
Apart from that, he has been quite law-abiding in recent years, and there are no other women around him.
In fact, I believe you must have asked Brother Changbai about this. "
The old lady said: "Yes, of course I have asked, but I also want to see your attitude.
From what you just said, I should agree with this marriage. "
Li Hao replied: "Of course you are the one to make the decision about this marriage, but I don't think Gu Tingye is as bad as the rumors say."
After Li Hao finished speaking, the Shou'an Hall suddenly became quiet.
After a while, the old lady said: "Then please go find Gu Tingye and tell him that I have something to ask him directly and ask him to come see me."
As soon as he heard this, Li Hao knew that the old lady was planning to let go. As long as Gu Tingye could deal with Deyi, there should be no problem, so he agreed to the matter.
Afterwards, the old lady left Mr. Wei to talk alone and drove Li Hao out.
After leaving Shou'antang, Li Hao had nowhere else to go, so he didn't delay.
After explaining to the servants he brought, he rushed directly to the palace to report the news to Gu Tingye.
As a result, when they arrived at the palace and found Gu Tingye according to the guard's guidance, they found that he was with Zhao Zhen.
So Li Hao planned to wait nearby and look for Gu Tingye after Zhao Zhen left.
It's just that Li Hao's movement was a little too big, and he was discovered by Zhao Zhen before he could leave.
When Zhao Zhen stopped Li Hao, Li Hao had no choice but to step forward to salute and say hello.
Afterwards, Zhao Zhen asked, "Didn't I let you rest at home? Why did you come to the palace? Do you have anything to do with me?"
This question immediately confused Li Haowen, and he couldn't make up a reliable reason for a while.
Coupled with Zhao Zhen's kind temper, Li Hao simply told the truth: "I have something to tell Commander Gu about his life-long events."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhen became interested and said, "I have heard that the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion is getting married to the Sheng family. Did you come here to talk about this?
In addition, I also heard that it seems that the Sheng family is also closely related to your family. "
Li Hao replied: "The official family has a clever plan. I came to Commander Gu just to talk about this matter.
In addition, Chen's aunt once married into the Sheng family, so I asked Chen to come forward to find Commander Gu. "
Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Since it is a lifelong event, it really should be discussed carefully.
Commander Gu is older than you. Now that your marriage has been decided, he is indeed anxious.
You two can chat next, I will leave first. "
But before Zhao Zhen could walk away, he saw Gu Tingye taking advantage of the opportunity and saying, "The officials are talking about the minister's marriage. I have something that I don't like, so I ask the officials to forgive me."
Zhao Zhen asked, "Oh, what's the matter? Let me tell you."
Gu Tingye said: "Master Li's marriage was given by you personally, and there were many rewards along with it.
This time I got married, I didn't expect to be like Mr. Li, but the officials couldn't be too favorable to one or the other. "
Upon hearing this and Gu Tingye's rogue appearance, Zhao Zhen looked amused.
Then he agreed, "Okay, since you sacrificed your life to protect me in the first place, I will also reward you after you decide to get married."
After hearing this, Gu Tingye immediately thanked him, and then Zhao Zhen slowly left.
After they walked away, Li Hao said, "You are really shameless, and you actually took the initiative to ask for a reward from the officials."
Gu Tingye explained: "The officials are kind and won't blame me for such a trivial matter, so why don't you give it a try.
And I don’t do it for myself, but for the sake of the face of both families. "
After explaining, he asked, "By the way, what are you going to say when you come here? Is there something going on with the Sheng family?"
Li Hao said
"I went to Sheng's house today. Mrs. Sheng told you to take the time to go there. She wants to talk to you in person."
When Gu Tingye heard this, he became excited and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll take a leave of absence and go to the Sheng family tomorrow."
Seeing Gu Tingye's complacent look, Li Hao quickly said, "What are you thinking? It's only a few days before the meeting. Is it inappropriate for you to take leave at this time?"
Gu Tingye said: "Isn't it true that I still have you? If I marry Minglan, I will become your brother-in-law.
What can you do if you help me? Moreover, the process of the court meeting is basically the same every year. Didn't you do a good job last year? Just help me supervise the work for a day. "
These shameless words really made Li Hao angry. You want to take advantage of me before you even do anything.
So he said, "You took advantage of me. It seems I have to go back and think of a way to let the Sheng family push you away."
After saying that, he turned around to leave, but Gu Tingye hurriedly said: "I was joking just now, but this matter must be settled as soon as possible so that I can feel at ease.
Otherwise, we don’t know when this matter will be postponed until after the new year.
Moreover, the examination period is not far away after the new year, so I have to finalize my name before then. "
Upon hearing this, Li Haodeng immediately became happy and said, "You should be on guard against Qi Heng. Didn't you say that he is not a threat?"
Gu Tingye said: "It's better to be prepared, otherwise something unexpected happens and I will regret it then."
Seeing that Gu Tingye told the truth, Li Hao stopped teasing and agreed: "Okay, then I will come to the palace tomorrow to help you buy some time."
After that, Gu Tingye took Li Hao around the palace, handed over a few things to be done tomorrow, and then went to take leave.
Li Hao also left the palace first and returned to Sheng Mansion. At this time, Mrs. Wei was still talking to the old lady.
Li Hao went in and told the old lady about Gu Tingye's arrival tomorrow. This efficiency surprised the old lady.
Said: "Gu Tingye should be busy with the imperial meeting recently, how come he still has time to leave the palace?"
Li Hao replied: "I just mentioned this matter to him when I entered the palace, and he happened to be looking forward to having a detailed discussion with you.
So he asked me for help and asked me to stay on duty for him in the palace for a day tomorrow, and I have already agreed. "
Upon hearing this, the old lady said, "You are willing to help, but you didn't refuse."
Then the old lady chatted with Li Hao and his son for a few more words, and then Li Hao and the Wei family returned home.
However, on the way back, Li Hao always felt that something was wrong with the way Wei looked at him, but Li Hao didn't think much about it at the time.
Early the next morning, Li Hao left the house and entered the palace to replace Gu Tingye.
After staying on duty until Shenshi, Gu Tingye hurriedly returned to the palace and told Li Hao that the matter was done.
Now that he knew the result, the other Li Hao was not interested, so he left the palace and went home.
But after returning home, for several days, Li Hao felt that the way Wei looked at him seemed to be getting more and more unpleasant.
That kind of look always gave the feeling of looking at a rebellious son, which made Li Hao always feel trembling in the house, fearing that he might accidentally offend Mrs. Wei, and then he would be unlucky.
