Chapter 114: Taisun chooses his wife
Mrs. Yan was buried in peace, and the family followed the rules to mourn her; Mrs. Yan mentioned again that Yan Xiang went to the temple, "Tomorrow, the sixth girl will go to the temple to kneel down and keep mourning there, and it will be the same."
Same!
How is this the same?
Can you feel comfortable at home in the temple?
Yan Xiang did not say he could not go this time, anyway, she planned to continue pretending to be sick. But this time, the pretending to be sick was not good. Mrs. Yan neatly asked the mother-in-law to tie her up and stuff a piece of cloth into her mouth to prevent her from shouting and screaming, and then instructed the mother-in-law, "Put the person into the carriage." Mrs. Yan was extremely disgusted with the vicious Yan Xiang, and wanted to send her away quickly, preferably not to come back.
Afraid of something going on the road, Mrs. Yan worked tirelessly and personally sent Yan Xiang to Zhetan Temple. She set off at dawn and returned after the weather was dark. After returning, she went to Chunhui Hall, "Mother, Liu Yatou has been placed." As for Yan Xiang's arrival in the temple, loosened his ties, took off the cloth stuffed in her mouth, and cursed her. Anyway, it didn't hurt or itchy, she thought Yan Xiang was farting.
"Jiang is gone, and the third wife has no one in charge. The third wife will not be able to re-rest for a while. Let the Ninth Girl and the Tenth Girl be in charge." Mrs. Yan was unwilling to raise any concubine of the third wife, because this was also for the sake of the new third wife being able to successfully take over the third wife in the future.
Yan Ying was doing things properly, and Yan Rui was the legitimate daughter, so she could control the situation. Mrs. Yan was still very considerate, and Mrs. Yan had no objection to this.
The third room was gone without Jiang and Yan Xiang, but it was not pure. Aunt Wu, who gave birth to Yan Tongxiu, believed that she should be the first person in the concubine. The third room had no mistress, so she should be in charge of the affairs. "San Master, why did the old lady ask Miss Jiu and Miss Ten to manage the affairs? What do the two girls know about each family?"
"Shut up, you can argue with the old lady's decision?" Master Yan San asked and left.
Yan Ying's biological mother, Aunt Guo, said to her excitedly: "Miss Jiu, this is a good opportunity. There are some people you should change. Take control of these people who should use them. These three rooms are respected by you. No matter what the new third wife and old third wife, you dare not be arrogant." Aunt Guo was proud and felt that she could enjoy the happiness with her daughter.
"I advise my aunt to keep it a little bit. I don't know when the new third wife will enter the door, but I know that if the aunt really causes something, she is driven to the village by the old lady. Don't cry and beg me, I can't protect my aunt." Yan Ying was cold and calm. She knew her identity very well. Although she and Yan Rui were in charge of the affairs, she had already made up her mind to focus on Yan Rui.
Aunt Guo was so cold that she was poured by Yan Ying's basin of cold water. She also wanted to use Yan Ying's management to arrange a few confidants to get more benefits before the new third wife entered the door. Aunt Guo stared at Yan Ying and said with a grudge: "I'm all for your own good."
"If it's for my own good, then stay well and don't cause trouble. When the new third wife comes in, my aunt and I will have the decent decent you deserve." Yan Ying recognized the form clearly. Her father was only in his thirties and must have to reopen his strings. Now that he is making trouble, he will inevitably be settled by the autumn after the fall.
The chaos in the third room would not cause trouble to Mrs. Yan. Chunhui Hall was filled with laughter and joy. Yan Qi and Yan Wei’s letter of good news were sent at the same time. Both of them were more than three months pregnant. Mrs. Yan passed away and did not ask them to come back to pay their respects.
Mrs. Yan had just received the two people who came to deliver the letter. The servants of the Liu family came, and Yan Qin was also happy. Mrs. Yan Wu smiled and said, "This is really a happy event!"
The five young ladies of the Yan family got married. Now, Yan Zhi has not heard the good news yet. However, if Yan Zhi wants to keep mourning for his mother, it will be impossible for him to get pregnant and have children in the past or two years.
Yan Hu, the nieces and nieces, were guarded by Yan Ma Xiao. Although they were the lightest, they had to wear plain clothes for three months. It was not easy to go out for guests in these three months. They could not go out for guests, but they still had to go to school. The uncle who taught them this day for some reason, before they arrived, everyone sat in a seat and chatted. Wei Shanniang suddenly said, "I heard that the Crown Princess will hold a flower-welfare to invite ladies from various provinces to attend the banquet. I wonder which ladies from the family could receive invitations from the Crown Princess?"
The Crown Princess has always been low-key. She has never held a flower viewing banquet after entering and leaving the Eastern Palace for so many years. This time she suddenly held a flower viewing banquet...
Yan Huo thought that Tang Li was seventeen or eighteen years old, but he didn't know why the Crown Princess never made a marriage for him. At this time, the Crown Princess held a flower-welves and invited the famous daughters who were waiting for the name of the boudoir to attend the banquet, so he was the only one who wanted to see Tang Li.
"The person who can receive invitations from the Crown Princess must meet three conditions." The speaker was Yan Ying, a sister of Yanhu. Her father was in the Guanglu Temple Office. Although he was only a sixth-rank official, this time the Crown Princess held a flower-welfare and her father was responsible for the banquet.
"What are the three conditions?" Yan Qi asked curiously.
Yan Ying stretched out a finger, "The first age is equivalent to His Royal Highness the Grand Prince."
Yan Hae nodded in agreement. This made sense. Since it was to choose the grandson concubine, he naturally could not be too young. As for those older than Tang Li, who would stay until they were seventeen or eighteen years old and not married? There must be a problem for the girl who was not married yet at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and she would not be able to catch the eyes of the princess.
Yan Ying stretched out his second finger, "The second family must have a good background, either a noble daughter, a noble daughter, or a noble family, or an official family..." Yan Ying glanced at Wei Miaoniang who was listening with her ears on her face, "At least the legitimate daughter of a second-rank official family."
Wei Miaoniang pursed the corners of her lips, and a hint of anger appeared in her eyes. She didn't expect Yan Ying to see her luxury hidden deep in her heart. She didn't have many opportunities to see Tang Li. In the past few years, when Yan Huo's birthday, she could take a few glances from afar, and she had never even said anything. Tang Li was like a cloud in the sky, high above, and she was just an inconspicuous wild flower in the deep valley.
There is no intersection, she just wanted to keep this infatuated love until Tang Li got married and she got married. Although Yan Ying did not make it clear, Wei Miaoniang still felt humiliated that she had been stripped of her clothes.
Yan Ying stretched out his third finger, "The third condition is that he has outstanding talent and high moral character."
There are only a dozen of famous ladies in the capital who meet these three conditions. Even if the Yan Mansion does not filial piety for the third wife of Yan, he is not qualified to accept invitations; Yan Huo has met the last two items, but the first one does not.
At this time, the uncle who taught them came in and coughed lightly, and the room suddenly became silent. The uncle was more strict and would slap his palms with caution. Yan Hu had never been beaten, and Yan Hu had been beaten several times.
The clan’s uncle teaches today the “Lying Bing to Rescue Carp” in “Twenty-Four Filial Piety”, “Wang Xiang of Jin, whose name was Xiuzheng, lost his mother early, and his stepmother Zhu was unkind. His father slandered him several times, and he lost his love for his father. His mother wanted to eat raw fish, but it was frozen in the cold, so Xiang took off his clothes and lie down on the ice to seek it. The ice suddenly untied himself, and the two carp jumped out and held it to offer to his mother. The poem praises: There is a stepmother in the world, but Wang Xiang has no in the world. To this day, there is a piece of ice lying on the river water."
Yan Huo curled his lips, "Masochism." A stupid boy like Wang Xiang is indeed in the world. No matter how he is burying himself in his heart, he still has to follow his uncle in his mouth: "Wang Xiang of Jin, whose courtesy name is Xiuzheng, lost his mother early, and his stepmother Zhu is not kind..."
Days have passed day by day, and it is the third day of the third month. This day is Shangsi Festival. One of the main activities of Shangsi Festival is to meet men and women, and the noble girls are dressed up and go to the banquet. If they can be selected by the Crown Princess, of course it is the best. If not, there are also noble ladies such as the Princess of Chu, Prince Rong, Princess of Anguo, Princess of Pingguo, etc.
The Crown Princess asked Tang Li again to confirm, "I really have to take charge, it doesn't matter who we marry?"
"I believe in the mother's vision." Tang Li replied calmly.
The Crown Princess frowned. Isn't my son still unconscious? Is it still a mistress who has chosen good people at such a young age, so she doesn't have to worry about being a mother. Thinking of this, the Crown Princess was too lazy to talk to Tang Li and waved, "Okay, I understand, go and do your business."
Speaking of which, in recent years, the Crown Princess has not been able to help her son figure out the choice of marriage. She just picked and picked up the right ones, and things were delayed. On February 15th, she went to the palace to pay tribute to Empress Yu. Empress Yu said to her: "Anyway, the marriage of Brother Li this year must be settled. Next year, I want to hold my great-grandson."
Next year, he will have to hold a great-grandson, that is, he will marry his grandson's wife in the second half of the year. The day after the crown princess left the palace, he sent invitations and held a flower-welfare banquet, and made up his mind to choose someone for the eldest son.
At the flower viewing party, the noble girls were nothing more than showing their talents, piano, calligraphy, painting, dancing. The princess was so excited that she said to Prince Rong and others: "It's better to attract people to like it." The princess has a noble status and is majestic. These noble girls were silent in front of her, afraid of being rude. None of them would act like a spoiled person like Yan Hu.
"Xiaoxiao, don't think about it. I had already agreed with Nanping that my Tanghu and Tang Hai will be chosen by Xiaoxiao." Prince Rong smiled.
"What? I agreed with my aunt. Xiaoxiao promised my little sister to be a good person. They are also suitable for ages. Tang Hai of Tanghu and Xiaoxiao is three years younger than Xiaoxiao, which is not suitable for you." Mrs. Pingguo Prince said.
"Why is it not suitable? This girl is the most suitable for holding gold bricks in her junior year." Prince Rong argued with reason.
The wife of Prince Anguo picked up the teacup and took a leisurely sip. She was fighting for nothing, and Xiaoxiao was her daughter-in-law.
"Okay, OK, Xiaoxiao is still young, don't worry." The Crown Princess quickly made a smooth move. Although she felt that Xiaoxiao should be her third daughter-in-law, there was no need to argue with them. Just marry the person back then.
The wife of the Prince of the Prince of Pingguo stopped fighting for her daughter-in-law and remembered that her nephew had come, "Sister-in-law, is there any marriage between Wujiu?"
"I have it, I'll go and propose marriage when the time comes." Mrs. Anguo's wife said with a smile.
"Which girl is it?" asked Mrs. Prince Pingguo with a smile.
The wife of the Prince of Anguo raised her eyebrows and said, "You will know then."
"Oh, this is still kept secret from me. Why are you afraid that I will rob you of your daughter-in-law?" asked Mrs. Pingguo Dukeshi.
The wife of the Prince of Anguo smiled but didn't say anything and brought a cup of tea. If she said this, she didn't say it, but she was just afraid that someone would compete with her for her daughter-in-law.
Yan Huo naturally had no idea about the matter at the flower viewing banquet. She was playing with a bird cage sent by Fu Zhixing. After the strings were turned, the music started. The two birds living on the branches began to turn their heads and sing, and their wings and tails shook from time to time. The butterflies hanging on the thin silver threads also flapped their wings and wanted to fly.
"You go back and tell Cousin Fu that I like this Francisco's bird cage very much." Yan Huo took a brocade box and handed it to the woman, "This is my return gift, and it must be handed over to Cousin Fu."
Fu Zhixing, who received the return gift, opened the brocade box and saw that it was a jewelry made of red beans. He took it out and hung it on his waist. He smiled and said, "The red beans grow in the south, and a few branches are blooming in spring. I hope you can pick more of this thing, which is the most love-loving thing."
The next day, Princess Heyi and Yu Qingqing, whose arms were ready, came to visit Yanhu again. "Xiaoxiao." Princess Heyi hugged Yanhu enthusiastically as usual, and rolled her eyes.
The three friends sat down and talked, and Yan Huti poured a cup of tea for each of them. Princess Heyi and Yu Qingqing "collected" a lot of gossip outside to share with Yan Huo. Yan Huo likes to listen to gossip, but she doesn't like to inquire. Among the gossips collected by Princess Heyi and Yu Qingqing, there is a follow-up of the incident that Princess Heyi and Yu Qingqing have heard in the mourning hall.
"The Madam Baoqing Marquis beat Duke Cheng with a whip. Duke Cheng went to the palace to complain to the emperor's grandmother. The Madam asked the female official to go to the Baoqing Marquis's mansion to scold the lady Baoqing Marquis, saying that if there is something to say, you should not do anything again." Princess Heyi said with a smile.
"I want me to tell you that Mrs. Cheng Guo's wife was self-proclaimed. After all, the eldest son was the original wife of Duke Cheng Guo's mansion. It would be too much to find a woman who is not a good match for him as his wife." Yu Qingqing said indignantly.
"It is a trivial matter whether the portal is worthy. If that woman is someone the eldest son likes, she can still marry her." Yan Huo said fairly.
"You have never seen that woman, Qingqing has seen it, she looks really..." Princess Heyi turned her head and thought, "How can I say it?"
"It's okay if she looks better than Bao Er Ge's eldest brother." Yu Qingqing curled her lips.
"Cough cough cough" Yan Huo was choked by tea, even darker than Bao Rongxing... Can this person watch it?
"By the way, Xiaoxiao, my hands are ready. Which day will we ask her man to treat us to dinner?" Princess Heyi asked fiercely.
"Oh, what were you talking about?" Yu Qingqing shyly slapped Princess Heyi.
"Are I wrong?" Princess Heyi asked back.
"Then Qiao Haryu is your man." Yu Qingqing fought back.
Princess Heyi admitted without shyness at all, "Yes."
Yan Hu wiped the tea that had just choked out, "It's good to read those books less, your words become more and more vulgar. If your mother hears it, she will punish you for copying the Book of Rites again."
Princess Heyi shrank her neck and stuck out her tongue, "Which day will it be for you?"
"Of course this will be decided by the person who treats you." Yan Huo looked at Yu Qingqing.
Yu Qingqing pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "I'll tell you when I've asked him."
"My good cousin is going to get engaged." Princess Heyi said another gossip.
"Who has it been decided?" Yan Hu asked hurriedly. Lu Xiuqun's marriage was not settled for a day, and she was not at ease for a day.
"Cousin Lin from Uncle De's family." Princess Heyi smiled.
"Oh, it's a good marriage." Yan Huo said sincerely.
After chatting for a while, Yan Hu sent two friends out.
Chapter completed!