"This kid Li Ang,"
Li Hui picked up a piece of crystal dragon and phoenix cake made of rice flour from the fruit plate, threw it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's pretty good."
This is the Yue King's mansion located in Furong Garden. Although it is said to be a mansion, it is actually not much different from a manor. It has a regular layout, many pavilions, vast lakes, and elegant trees.
In addition, in order to prepare for the prince's wedding in a few months, the entire mansion has been undergoing renovations. The sound of axes, saws and chisels is continuous, so only the side hall can be cleaner.
Sitting across the table, Li Leling, who was flipping through the list of gifts for Li Hui's wedding, paused slightly and said, "Hmm."
"Outstanding ability, outstanding talent, affection and righteousness, and most importantly, good character."
Li Hui looked at the expression on his sister's face and said with a smile: "A subordinate in my family recently went to Zhenzhou as an errand. He wrote back to me and said that the people of Zhenzhou praised Li Xiaolangjun repeatedly.
Treating poor families for only a few nominal pennies.
When encountering particularly difficult patients, sometimes they would pay for the soup and medicine themselves, and give them some meat, eggs, and rice.
Now, people still clean the dust and fallen leaves in front of their old house every day."
"Well..."
Li Leling still studied the list of return gifts carefully - this was a prince's wedding, and guests with different distances, closeness, status, and different statuses needed different gifts in return.
"I heard that when he first came to Chang'an, he was so poor that he was reluctant to buy a horse.
Later, I was admitted to the Academy with the top score, and many court officials wanted to come and get married."
Li Hui continued: "Including several important ministers of fourth rank and above, as well as members of our Li family clan.
If it were any other boy from the country who heard that he could get married to the minister or the Duke's family, he would have been overjoyed.
As a result, he rejected them all because of his young age.
Indifferent to favors and humiliations, indifferent to the powerful."
"..."
Li Leling looked up from the thick list, glanced at Li Hui, and continued to flip through the paper in silence.
"But now, considering my age, it's almost time to talk about life-long events."
Seeing that his sister was unmoved, Li Hui continued: "The orders of parents are the words of matchmakers.
Both of his parents are dead, and there is only one elder in the family, who is a distant relative. As for his teacher... you should also know that that person's status is relatively subtle and cannot come out to help him arrange a marriage.
Such a good young man not long ago helped the Yu State to quell the water poisoning in Suzhou and made great contributions to the world. Don't turn a deaf ear to the outside world in the end, devote yourself to Neo-Confucianism, and end up unmarried like Dr. Gongsun Lin."
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"Brother!"
Li Leling closed the list helplessly, "What do you want to say?"
"I didn't want to say anything."
Li Hui looked innocent and rubbed the cake residue on her hands, "I was at a banquet a few days ago and heard a friend talk about it. Many princes and ministers have daughters and nieces who are waiting to be married.
The best marriage partners are naturally young talents from the Academy.
Their family is planning to buy a house in Jinchengfang for their daughter to live in, and strive to be neighbors with the Li Ang family.
When the time comes, we will meet each other every day without looking up, and cultivate the relationship first."
Li Leling subconsciously asked: "Who? Which family?"
"Clan, your nineteenth uncle's house."
"Uncle Nineteen..."
Li Leling reminisced and said in astonishment with her mouth open: "His family has one son and two daughters. The youngest daughter is eight years old. It's impossible.
The eldest daughter... is already twenty-eight!"
"Ahem, I'm twenty-eight years old."
Li Hui coughed awkwardly, "It's not like you don't know the image of our clan among the people.
Qi Wang, a young man with the fifth surname who is unwilling to get married, does not want to become a princess because he is a talented young man with potential. He will not be able to become an important minister in the future.
A disciple of the Academy is the most suitable."
"That's too..."
Li Leling pursed her lips and said nothing.
"As a friend and cousin, I naturally hope that cousin Xiangyun can find a good husband like Li Ang."
Li Hui looked at the expression on the girl's face again and said: "But, as someone's brother, I still hope that my sister can get her wish."
"Brother!"
Li Leling's face turned red, and she slapped the list on the table in shame.
"I didn't say which sister it was, why are you so excited?"
Li Hui laughed, "I didn't know who it was at the beginning of the year. As soon as the newspapers were delivered to the palace every day, I couldn't wait to read the news related to Suzhou.
I didn’t know who it was during the day today. When I saw Li Ang on the ring, I was so nervous that I almost bit my lip to pieces."
Li Leling waved her fist in shame, while Li Hui evaded flexibly and said with a smile: "If someone keeps hiding his thoughts like this, be careful that other girls get there first.
There were more than one or two girls in the audience who looked at Li Ang strangely.
Don’t be the last to hear news of someone’s engagement and beg Aye in tears to come to heaven to marry him and come to your rescue as an emergency.”
"Ignore you, I'll go find my sister-in-law."
Unable to speak to Li Hui, Li Leling pouted her lips, quickened her pace and pushed out the door. As soon as she walked out, she covered her cheeks with her hands to cover up the blush on her face.
Marriage grant...
No, no, no, what am I thinking!
I first became friends with Cui Qiao, and then I met Li Ang.
If it were that kind of thing, then I would become that kind of thing, and that would be too much...
Li Leling was so distraught that she subconsciously quickened her pace.
Li Hui looked at the door that had closed in the wind, smiled, shook her head, and sighed.
After this wedding, he doesn't know if he can stay in Chang'an.
Will those ministers in the court who support my brother continue to make trouble?
My younger sister has always been in poor health. If I can marry a good doctor, I can feel more at ease even if I leave Chang'an.
"Alas..."
In the luxurious room, there was only a faint sigh.
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Squeak.
The carriage stopped in the backyard of the residence of the Minister of Industry. Li Leling jumped out of the carriage, and under the guidance of the maid of the Minister's Mansion, he brought the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Industry to the boudoir of her future sister-in-law.
"Leling is here."
The future Princess of Yue, named Yan Xuan, is being served by a maid, changing sets of jewelry and choosing outfits for the wedding day.
Seeing Li Leling appear, Yan Xuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and asked the maids and servants to disperse. The aunt and sister-in-law sat down and chatted.
"...I just came from Furong Garden. The construction progress there is very fast and it will be completed in a month. However, the trees by the lake are a bit sparse, and a few more trees may need to be transported from Lingnan. Sister-in-law, do you like it?
What kind of tree?"
Li Leling and Yan Xuan chatted wordlessly. Yan Xuan had a gentle personality and a better temper than her, and it was very pleasant to chat.
"In the past few days of the Academy Arena competition, everyone is not in the mood to attend class. Dr. Wang Wenlun also angrily scolded the students who were sleeping in class, saying that they could still sleep at their age and had no future..."
"Yesterday, the palace invited a cardinal from Taihao Mountain to give a lecture at the Daming Palace to talk about the Haotian teachings. Aye Aniang hopes that Cardinal Xinxiu can attend the fourth brother's wedding. It is best to follow the custom of Taihao Mountain.
Witness the marriage in person..."
This chapter has been completed!