So on the day when Sheng Hong held a family banquet, Li Hao and his family rushed to the Sheng family. Of course, this trip was different from previous trips. On the way there, we rode in two separate carriages, one for Wei and Li Jian, and one for Li Hao and Zhang Guifen.
Then on the carriage, Li Hao looked at Zhang Guifen's serious face, feeling as if he was going to fight, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.
As a result, this little action caught Zhang Guifen's attention, and she turned around and asked: "You look at me smiling like this, is there something wrong with me?" Li Hao quickly said: "My wife is so beautiful, even if she is a little shy, The frown was so pleasing to the eye, and my husband couldn't help but feel happy when he saw it, and then he smiled. Why are you so serious!" Hearing Li Hao's praise, Zhang Guifen was still very satisfied. After all, who wouldn't? My husband praises me.
Especially coming from the mouth of Li Hao, a straight man, such sweet words seem even more real.
But after the sweetness was over, Zhang Guifen also said: "You are still talking, otherwise you would say that Aunt Kang is unparalleled in the world, and I would be so vulnerable." After hearing this, Li Hao said: " It is true that this person is extremely shameless and hateful, but it depends on the occasion. Mrs. Wang is here today. She will not let her daughter talk nonsense and offend both of us. After all, our family is not a soft persimmon, and the Wang family is now But it was sunset. Mrs. Wang would not want to antagonize us, but this Aunt Kang didn't treat concubine girls as human beings, and she was used to looking down on other people's good lives. Now that Minglan and Gu Tingye's marriage has been decided, There's no guarantee that Aunt Kang won't do anything wrong. You know more about the twists and turns of wealthy families than my mother, so you need to pay more attention to her." Zhang Guifen replied: "Of course I know how to do this, but how do I feel about you? She seems to be very concerned about this cousin." Seeing Zhang Guifen bring up this topic again, Li Hao felt helpless and said, "I don't have any, just because Minglan is my cousin after all. If something happens to her, my mother will be there. He will definitely come to trouble me in the end. And Gu Tingye has always been on good terms with me, so I should take care of him both emotionally and rationally." But Zhang Guifen snorted coldly at this and turned to look out the window.
Now that Li Hao was unjustly accused, he quickly went up to explain to Zhang Guifen, but Zhang Guifen refused to turn his head.
Just when Li Hao thought Zhang Guifen was really angry, Zhang Guifen was actually smiling with a smile on her face where Li Hao couldn't see it.
In fact, Zhang Guifen didn't really care about Minglan, because Wei made it very clear at the beginning.
It's just that Zhang Guifen wanted to tease her husband because she heard her father tell a lot about Li Hao's deeds before she got married.
Whether it was during the palace coup or during the salt tax inspection, his father spoke highly of Li Hao, praising him for his decisiveness in killing, wisdom and courage.
But when he got married, he found that Li Hao always felt a little silly at home, completely different from what his father praised him for.
Of course, Zhang Guifen would not doubt the father's vision, but she just felt that this might be his true face, because only at home could he take off all the layers of defense and restore his true nature.
Instead of being out there fully armed, wearing masks and shackles to deal with all kinds of things. Zhang Guifen liked this feeling, and from then on she felt that maybe it would be good to marry her.
While the two were still entangled, the carriage had already arrived in front of the Sheng Mansion. At this time, Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang, who had received the news, had already come out to greet Li Hao and the others.
As a result, as soon as Li Hao came in, he immediately found an acquaintance. Yuan Wenshao and Liang Han were also here today.
It seemed that Sheng Hong had really taken great care in hosting this family dinner, and had also recruited his daughter and son-in-law to get married.
Of course, in addition to this, people from the Kang family and Wang family are also here. Li Hao naturally knows who these people are, after all, they have seen them in TV series.
But under normal circumstances, Li Hao should not know any of these people, so Li Hao waited for Sheng Hong and his wife to introduce him one by one.
And this Madam Wang was very quick to grab her. She started with Mrs. Wang first, which was not bad. Li Hao also addressed her as Mrs. Wang respectfully.
But when his elder brother Wang Shiping was introduced later, Mrs. Wang asked Li Hao to address him as uncle, which made Li Hao a little unhappy.
There is no way to get married to your Sheng family. That's because of Minglan's relationship. But she has nothing to do with the Wang family. For nothing, she has been demoted a generation in the Wang family. She, Mrs. Wang, has no face.
Moreover, the Wang family has been demoted for a generation. Will the Kang family have to be demoted later? These people are worthy. Now it is no longer the time when I first entered Beijing. Now I am in the limelight, while the Wang family and Kang family are in the sunset.
In the future, it will definitely be the Wang family and the Kang family who come to ask him to do things, instead of asking them to do things themselves. In this case, Li Hao definitely disagrees with this statement.
The scene suddenly became cold, but Mrs. Wang reacted quickly. Maybe it was Mrs. Wang's idea that Mrs. Wang did this.
Anyway, it’s not wrong to give it a try. What if it succeeds? If it really fails, she can just make up for it. It's like this: "What do you mean by uncle or uncle? You are all ministers of the court, and there is no blood connection, so everyone can just talk about it." After hearing this, Li Hao took advantage of the situation and answered: "Hello, Mr. Wang." Wang Shiping He also responded immediately, and then Sheng Hong came to introduce the people himself and introduced the remaining members of the Wang family and the Kang family.
When Sheng Hong introduced him, Li Hao noticed that Wang Ruoyu's eyes were already a little gloomy. It seemed that he was a little resentful of his behavior just now, and maybe he felt insulted.
But Li Hao didn't care. His home was not the Ningyuan Houfu in the drama. If Wang Yuyao really dared to go to her home to cause trouble, Li Hao would have a reason to diagnose and treat her.
Now Li Hao's focus is still on the number of people. At first, Li Hao didn't pay attention, but after Sheng Hong finished the introduction, Li Hao estimated that the legitimate sons of the Wang family and Kang family must have come, that's why there were so many people.
After getting to know each other, everyone went back to the main hall to talk. Of course, there were more people, so they still sat separately, but the female students ended up going to the Shou'an Hall to talk together, leaving space for the men.
Sheng Hong also asked Sheng Changbai to take away Liang Han, Yuan Wenshao and other nephews and nephews.
So in the end, only Li Hao and the others were talking in the hall. Of course, Sheng Hong was mainly talking.
Because Li Hao was not familiar with Kang Haifeng and Wang Shiping, there really was nothing to talk about. So Sheng Hong had to work hard and take care of the other four people to talk, which also disturbed his brain.
However, as they chatted, the topic slowly changed, and they headed towards the Salt and Iron Division. This also made Li Hao understand. It seemed that these two people wanted to enter the Salt and Iron Division.
But Li Hao could still understand Kang Haifeng's words. This guy was drunk and having sex, and he never had any real vacancies. But Wang Shiping returned to Beijing, and logically speaking, his position should have been decided. Why did he join in the fun at this time?
However, Li Hao didn't intend to answer the conversation. Anyway, he just sat there and watched where the three people could take this topic.
It was obvious that Kang Haifeng couldn't sit still at first and said directly: "Hey, the Salt and Iron Department is now in charge and has become a favorite in the eyes of many officials. I don't know that there is no position in the Salt and Iron Department now. If I can If you go in, you will definitely obey Mr. Li's orders." Seeing the flattering look on Kang Haifeng's face when he said this, especially when he went to beg someone who was about the same age as his own son.
He was so thick-skinned to say this. No wonder he sent away his sons and Sheng Changbai before. It turned out that he was afraid of damaging his image.
However, Li Hao had no intention of agreeing, so he said: "Actually, if Mr. Kang can come, I will naturally welcome him. But if this matter had been easier to handle before, after all, I am familiar with Mr. Ouyang, and with him in office, I It’s easy to transfer people in. But I’m not familiar with the current Third Chief of Staff, Mr. Chen. He even gave me a scare when he first came here, which is really hard to talk about. But if Mr. Kang can select officials through the Ministry of Personnel Come here, I will give you a warm welcome." Upon hearing this, Kang Haifeng's face darkened. If he could pass the official selection process, he would even come here to flatter Li Hao.
However, Kang Haifeng fell silent, and Wang Shiping appeared on the side again and said, "Speaking of Grand Prime Minister Ouyang, since Mr. Li is familiar with him, then you know why Grand Prime Minister Ouyang has closed the door to thank guests these days." After hearing this, Li Hao asked doubtfully Said: "Oh, there is also this matter, I really don't know. There have been a lot of things in the Salt and Iron Company recently, and I haven't been to the Grand Xianggong's house for a while." Wang Shiping said: "It turns out that Master Li doesn't either I know, Master Li is going to visit Ouyang Grand Prime Minister next time, why don't you and I go together." Hearing that he insisted on going to Ouyang Xiuna, Li Hao understood. It seems that this guy will be transferred to the Privy Council when he returns to Beijing.
It's just that this guy was a little unlucky, and something happened in the palace, so Ouyang Xiu hid away.
Otherwise, normally, if Wang Shiping went to visit him, Ouyang Xiu would not turn him away. Just as Li Hao was thinking, Sheng Hong's words quickly confirmed Li Hao's guess: "Master Wang returned to Beijing this time and was transferred to the Privy Council, and he was appointed as a Privy Council member with the same signature." Li Hao pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said: " Well, that’s really congratulations to Mr. Wang. In fact, it’s not difficult for Mr. Ouyang to speak. It turns out that Uncle Sheng also did things in front of Mr. Ouyang and he knew about it. Moreover, Mr. Ouyang has always admired Mr. Wang. Youjia, I deeply regret that I did not see Mrs. Wang’s demeanor in person, so Mr. Wang will definitely have smooth sailing when he takes up the post.” After hearing this, Mr. Wang was very happy and said: “Well, it turns out that Mr. Ouyang He respects my father so much, I really appreciate Mr. Li for reminding him today." Hearing this, Li Hao responded with a smile on his face, but in his heart he thought: Damn it, I don't know if Ouyang Xiuchong respects your father.
But anyway, as long as you name your father, Grand Master, Ouyang Xiu will have to pretend for a while. Just wait for him to finish pretending, and see that your brother is relying on his father. If you don't have any strength, just wait for the good fruit to be reaped.
Afterwards, the few of them stopped talking about official matters, and instead talked about interesting things about Bianjing City, so that Li Jian could join in and talk, so as not to be embarrassed sitting next to them.
Then soon the food was ready, and everyone went to the front hall to eat together. After eating, everyone dispersed.
However, it can be clearly seen that when leaving Sheng Mansion, Mrs. Wei seemed a little unhappy. Something must have happened at Nujuan's side.
Just looking at Zhang Guifen's appearance, she didn't look like she was being bullied, so she didn't rush to ask.
Instead, he waited for the carriage. On the way back home, Li Hao asked Zhang Guifen: "Did your Aunt Kang over there cause some trouble? Why is your mother looking a little unhappy?" In fact, as soon as Zhang Guifen got in the car, she planned to kill her. What I shared with Li Hao was somewhat reserved, so I wanted to wait for Li Hao to ask.
As soon as Li Hao asked, Zhang Guifen told everything. When they first entered, everything was fine, but then Hua Lan mentioned it and said that the marriage between Ming Lan and Ru Lan was about to take place at home.
Then I heard Aunt Kang starting to stir up trouble, saying that a concubine could marry better than a legitimate daughter, and that Mrs. Wang was really kind to Minglan.
Those who don’t know better would think that Rulan is a concubine and Minglan is a direct descendant. At this point, Zhang Guifen stopped and said, "To be honest, I'm quite curious about this matter. Originally, they were talking about marrying the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family, and I thought it was Ru Lan, but I didn't expect that the final choice was Ming Lan. " Seeing Zhang Guifen's curiosity, Li Hao explained the whole story to her. After listening, Zhang Guifen couldn't help but said: "Gu Tingye's move is really damaging. He is forcing the Sheng family to nod." Li Hao said, "There is no way. , Who makes Gu Tingye's reputation in Bianjing so bad? The old lady of the Sheng family won't nod her head unless she does something about it. If he had a reputation like mine, he would definitely not have to do these things." After hearing this, Zhang Guifen smiled and said, "You I just want to find a chance to praise myself." Li Hao smiled and said nothing after hearing this, but Zhang Guifen reacted and said: "You know this matter so clearly, haven't you colluded with Gu Tingye a long time ago?" Li Hao Hao replied: "I really didn't know about his trick of cheating on marriage. I was still in Yangzhou at that time. But he did tell me at the beginning that I knew what his nature was like, so I didn't think twice about it." Some ideas. But don’t tell my mother about this, otherwise she will have to kill me alive." After hearing this, Zhang Guifen smiled sweetly. This feeling of keeping a secret together made her especially Happy.
But she still held back her mood and continued: "Of course Mrs. Wang would not say it to her face about the marriage fraud you just said. So she said that Ru Lan had already decided on it, and when Gu Tingye came to ask for it, Only Minglan is left, and Minglan is now in her name, and she is also a legitimate daughter. But that Aunt Kang is unyielding, saying that there is a world of difference between legitimate concubine and concubine, saying that a direct descendant is noble and a concubine is humble. This is what made my mother-in-law angry, and then I remembered that you once said that this Sheng Hong was born as a concubine and was just raised by his aunt's mother. So I said it, and then Mrs. Wang told Aunt Kang to shut up. . But later she showed off her family background, so I can let her compare with this. My family has been a prince for generations, so she can compare with her. Besides, he didn’t even look at the current situation of the Kang and Wang families. The heads of the two families The official position is not as big as yours, so why should you compare with my father? Anyway, she was very angry in the end. She wanted to act in public, but she was stopped by Mrs. Wang in the end. Otherwise, I would have to let her eat. Please give her a hard time. Let her know that my skills are not fake." Hearing this, Li Hao laughed, but after laughing, he felt a little strange. Since Mrs. Wang was present, how could she let her Things developed like this.
Then he asked: "When you were talking, was Mrs. Wang not there? Why didn't she stop me?" Zhang Guifen said: "Old Mrs. Wang was there in the front, but Mrs. Sheng took her to the inner room to talk. I guess Old Mrs. Sheng doesn't like this Aunt Kang either, so this gives me a chance to teach him a lesson." Li Hao was right. Old Mrs. Sheng was thoughtful and thoughtful, and she was someone who could do such a thing, so she stopped caring about it anyway. Li Hao didn't think that Aunt Kang would dare to come to his house to retaliate and disgust him.
And soon Li Hao didn't have time to care about such trivial matters, because as Zhao Zhen recovered, he returned to the court.
He made a decree that surprised everyone.
