Chapter 49: Come to me if the marriage proposal doesn’t go well
If we say that Mother Zhang only made rude remarks before.
So the last two sentences are just courting death.
Cheng Hualiang, who was following Li Chengqian, wanted to hit someone with his fists on the spot.
Li Chengqian stopped him with his eyes.
Li Chengqian smiled slightly and said: "The scholar at the age of thirteen is really very good. May I ask where your master is now?"
This sentence directly choked Mother Zhang to death.
He was a scholar at the age of thirteen, and now at the age of twenty-two, he is still a scholar.
This is really embarrassing.
Zhang’s mother was also very embarrassed.
Fan Yanglu and Wang next to her chuckled and said: "I am still preparing for the exam and preparing to take the provincial examination next year." .??.??
"That's it."
"A scholar at the age of thirteen, and a scholar at the age of twenty-two, really... ahem..."
Li Chengqian turned around and pulled Changsun Chong over and said, "Brother Chong, say a few words."
Changsun Chong cleared his throat: "I was selected as a scholar when I was ten years old, and I was selected as a scholar when I was twelve years old."
Changsun did not rely on his father to pass the imperial examination. He purely relied on his own true ability to pass the examination.
If nothing happens in the coming year, Changsun will rush to take the provincial examination and have already decided to become a Jinshi. Whether he can win the top three depends on his performance.
Changsun Chong said it lightly, but it was enough to slap Zhang's mother in the face.
Is there anything great about being a scholar?
Changsun Chong is fourteen years old this year and is already preparing for the provincial examination. Can he compare to a twenty-two-year-old who has never even passed the provincial examination?
However, what Li Chengqian didn't notice was that when Chang Sun Chong said these words, the eyes of the women around him began to glow green.
"This young man is really good-looking. If he could be my son-in-law, I would laugh out of my dreams."
"Then you can only dream. You don't care who brought him here. The man named Zhang didn't even look at him. You still can't tell, but he is the eldest prince."
"That is, how can the people around the eldest prince be any worse? Which one of them must be the only one in a million?"
Their discussion was not loud, so the people in front could not hear it.
< br> Li Chengqian said at this time: "By the way, I just heard from the person in front that the two old ladies are going to marry Sister Wanjie. I wonder whose son they are?"
Mrs. Fan Yanglu and Wang raised her head slightly and cleared her throat, her eyes drifting towards Zhang's mother.
She now hates Zhang's mother till the roots of her teeth itch, but this is not the Lu family in Fanyang, but the Lu family in Suzhou. She doesn't want to expel them because she is worried about her grand-aunt's feelings.
If this were in Chang'an City, she would have had this guy beaten out with a big stick. How could she be allowed to talk nonsense here?
Zhang's mother was shameless enough and said directly: "It's my nephew."
"Your nephew."
Li Chengqian seemed to have just found out, so he said: "You are right to choose your niece-in-law, but there is a saying in this world that they are well matched."
"Although Mr. Lu of the Fan Yang Lu family is not a high-ranking official, he is also a fourth-rank censor appointed by the imperial court. The eldest son of Lu was even awarded the Jinshi last year."
"May I ask who your nephew is?"
These words were spoken so cheerfully that Fan Yanglu and Wang Shi on the side also felt happy in their hearts.
Mrs. Wang said directly: "Yes, they say you marry a man, wear clothes and eat with a man. You have been talking about it for so long, but I haven't asked yet. Does your nephew have an official career or a farm shop?"
These words were definitely words that Wang had been holding back for a long time.
People in the room were actually looking at Mrs. Zhang's displeasure, but no one said anything.
At this time, everyone in the room laughed when they heard Mr. Wang speak.
In a place as big as Suzhou, everyone in the room knows that Zhang's mother's nephew's parents died in his early years, and he relied on his aunt, doing nothing but doing anything good.
But after her son became a scholar, Zhang's mother felt that she was from a scholarly family and was looked down upon by ordinary people, so she insisted on marrying her nephew to a daughter-in-law from a wealthy family.
Many people in the city were annoyed by her, so it was a good thing for the Lu family's sake that they didn't beat her.
But a few days ago I heard that Lu Wanjie was here
Encountering water thieves on the road, he was rescued by the prince and walked with him all the way, and was sent back to the Lu family by the prince.
She felt that Lu Wanjie was a woman that the prince did not want, so it was considered a compliment for her to propose marriage.
Unexpectedly, after she finished speaking, the two old ladies said nothing and looked at her dryly.
Later, Li Chengqian, a little guy named Jin Lao, made trouble again. After a few words, she lost face.
Zhang's mother said with a cold face: "Although my nephew has nothing, he has not hung out with unknown men."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the two old ladies changed.
Fan Yang Wang was about to curse on the spot.
"Are you sure you don't know?"
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and said.
"how?"
"How can a woman who is not even wanted by the prince still have the face?"
Mother Zhang looked at Li Chengqian with pride on her face.
"This is so ridiculous to say."
Li Chengqian shook his head and smiled, then raised his head and said, "When did I say I don't want Sister Wanjie anymore?"
After saying these words, Zhang's mother was stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly realized what she said.
"you……"
"You are the prince!"
"What do you think?"
Li Chengqian really felt that this woman was ridiculously stupid.
If you don't know who you are, you don't care.
Yet so shameless.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but say: "I have never seen such a shameless person!"
But people are outside, and Li Chengqian cannot do anything to embarrass Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.
Otherwise, he would definitely be beaten well after returning to Chang'an.
Therefore, Li Chengqian looked at Mother Zhang in front of him and said, "Sister Wanjie and I have known each other for a long time, and we met by chance on the river."
"The reason why I brought her to Suzhou with me after the incident was because she was separated from the old lady and I was worried about being a woman wandering alone."
"Why did she get into your mouth? Has she become the woman I don’t want?”
"Tell me, are you slandering Sister Wanjie or me?"
When the last words were spoken, everyone in the audience was shocked.
If you slander Lu Wanjie, you will be scolded for two years at most.
But slandering the prince is a serious crime, not to mention being confiscated and exterminated, it is close to it.
Cheng Huailiang shouted: "You still don't kneel down!"
He had endured this woman for a long time. If Li Chengqian hadn't stopped her, he would have gone over and tore this guy's mouth to pieces.
Faced with Cheng Huailiang's shout, Zhang's mother was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a thud.
Li Chengqian turned around and scolded: "Huailiang, don't be rude."
After finishing speaking, he said to the two old ladies: "Chengqian came here today just to explain the matter clearly so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to sister Wanjie."
"Unexpectedly, trouble still came. I hope the two old ladies can forgive me."
The two old ladies were flattered and kept saying things like it was okay.
After Li Chengqian said a few words, he saluted and left.
…
Li Chengqian stepped out of the courtyard.
Lu Wanjie walked up to him and asked curiously: "Did you really say everything?"
"Of course."
Li Chengqian smiled slightly.
"But this time it's really my fault. I didn't think too much about it."
"If the marriage proposal for sister Wanjie is not smooth because of this, sister Wanjie can just come to me."
Um???
Just come to him?
Is it to marry him?
Li Chengqian obviously didn't mean that.
But it was different when it came to Lu Wanjie's ears.
Lu Wanjie's face suddenly turned as red as an apple: "How can you say this here? It's so embarrassing..."
After giving Li Chengqian an old punch, Lu Wanjie ran away immediately.
Only Li Chengqian was left, his face full of confusion...