Before Minglan got married, many ladies and grandmothers came to congratulate her and praised her for marrying well. She didn't have any intuitive feelings at the time. She only felt that the betrothal gifts sent by Gu Tingye were very rich and rich. Until the day when Sanchao returned home, the couple
When they got off their horses at the entrance of Sheng Mansion, brothers Chang Bai and Chang Wu greeted them at the door. At this time, Mo Lan and Ru Lan also happened to arrive. [Ye*] [*]
Ming Lan was helped out of the sedan by Dan Ju. She looked at Ru Lan's flat-top sedan and Mo Lan's flat-top solo car. Then she looked back at her rich azurite curtains, black lacquer with silver embroidery belts.
Minglan began to feel a little uncomfortable as the three carriages came together.
Ru Lan stopped her smile and looked coldly, Mo Lan also stiffened her posture, and then her expression remained as usual; Minglan couldn't help but glance at Gu Tingye, this carriage...isn't it over the limit?
After getting off the car and meeting Liang Han, Gu Tingye smiled faintly at Liang Han without saying anything, but Minglan could tell in detail that he didn't seem to like Liang Han. The group of people filed into the house, and the new couple naturally had to go to Shou'an Hall first.
Meet the old lady.
The old lady sat upright, Minglan and Gu Tingye knelt down on the futon and bowed. Although it was only a few days apart, the old lady seemed to have not seen Minglan in half her life. She held her hand and couldn't help looking at her, and the more she looked at her face, the more she looked at her.
The darker.
However, it had only been two days, and Ming Lan felt as if she had shed a layer of skin. There was a faint greenish black under her eyelids, like a deep blue snail, which could not be covered up by a thin layer of makeup.
There was a sense of charm; looking at Gu Tingye aside, he was refreshed, his eyebrows were stretched, and the look in his eyes was vaguely satisfied.
The old lady felt a surge of anger. She felt distressed and mixed with displeasure, but she didn't know what to say. She had no choice but to file Gu Tingye hard several times with her eyes like a steel knife. Gu Tingye's face remained as usual, still calm and calm, as if he didn't know anything.
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The old lady felt angry several times before she said: "Kowtow to your parents quickly, I am thinking about you."
Minglan couldn't bear to leave the old lady, so she leaned in her arms and whispered: "Kowtow, I will come back and talk to you properly."
The old lady nodded with a smile and watched the young couple go out; but after a moment, her expression changed and she winked at Fang's mother. Fang's mother understood, turned around and went straight to find Cui's mother to ask questions.
Cui’s mother has always been indifferent and has never fought against the world. She has never been provocative and provocative for decades. This is probably the first time in her life that she has such a strong desire to complain. Before Mother Fang comes to ask, she has already
Antang waited in the side wing of the building.
"Ordinary newlyweds can be intimate, but not like him! ... No matter who is there or not, when he sees the girl, he is like a wolf in the mountain, his eyes are snarling green, and he disappears.
People just move their hands and feet when they look at it, and they are fooling around day and night!" Cui's mother patted the table and gritted her teeth, "The girl's body has just grown! How can it... be like this?!"
Fang's mother was dumbfounded and looked a little embarrassed. If she hadn't known that Cui's mother was taciturn and upright, she probably wouldn't have believed it: "Sixth uncle is already this age and is still young. In the room... could it be possible?
No one there either?"
Speaking of this, Cui's mother finally calmed down a little: "Poor girl, I don't have time to take care of things these days, but I went out and asked around, and my uncle's original aunt and first wife have all stayed in Ningyuan Hou Mansion.
He said he would pick him up after a while. ~Sixth uncle is very busy, running errands outside all day long, and doesn't go back to the house very often. Therefore, the house is quite quiet. There is only a girl named "Fengxian Girl" who lives in the side courtyard.
, I heard it was sent by some general. I have never seen it, and I heard that my uncle... didn't pay much attention to her."
After hearing this, Fang's mother didn't know whether she was happy or worried. After a while, she said, "It's a good thing that my uncle loves the girl, but..." She didn't know how to express her words, so she could only say, "I'd better go back to the old lady."
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Old Mrs. Sheng was a quiet person by nature, and she never liked having her seven aunts and eight aunts gather and make noise in the Shou'an Hall, so a group of relatives sat and had tea in Wang's main courtyard. Gu Tingye and Minglan went straight into the main hall, and saw Aunt Kang and his wife. , Yun'er, Mo Lan, Ru Lan, the pot-bellied Haishi, Chang Wu, Chang Bai, Chang Feng, Chang Dong, Liang Han, Wen Yanjing, and Yuan Wenshao were all there.
Everyone bowed to each other, and Minglan and Gu Tingye entered the East Room first. Sheng Hong and Wang were sitting on the kang bed by the window, and they knelt and kowtowed with smiles on their faces.
Wang looked at Gu Tingye with a smile and said, "My Minglan didn't cause any trouble to the general, did she?"
Hearing this, Sheng Hong, who was standing next to him, stiffened. He really admired his wife. Except for Hua Lan, the remaining three daughters returned home three times. The Wang family all started with the same lines.
The only difference is that when facing Liang Han, she raised her eyebrows and snorted in a debt-collecting tone: "My Mo Lan didn't cause you any trouble, did she?" When facing Wen Yanjing, she looked at him with fiery eyes. With a gentle and expectant look on her face: "My Rulan didn't cause you any trouble, did she?" Finally, she turned to Gu Tingye, half to please, half to awe, with a soft tone.
Sheng Hong was speechless. After all, Minglan was his last daughter, so this was the last time he heard these words, thank God.
Gu Tingye's answer was very good: "Minglan is polite, sensible, gentle and respectful. She is loved by the young and old in the family."
Minglan lowered her head and rolled her eyes. She privately thought that her best performances in the past two days were all in bed.
"...Looking at you all getting married one by one, I feel relieved as a father." Sheng Hong stroked his beard and smiled at Gu Tingye, "If her mother and I are not in the capital in the future, you have to take more care of Minglan. "
"Father...are you going to be released?" Minglan's heart moved and she whispered.
Sheng Hong looked at Minglan with satisfaction, saying that his daughter was really smart as ice and snow, and knew the elegant meaning after listening to Xiange. He smiled and said: "Your eldest brother has expired in the Imperial Academy. There was news a few days ago that he was not a scholar. Serving as a lecturer, I just entered the Sixth Subject to gain experience and practice. Our father was an official in the same dynasty and there were many taboos, so I’d better give in, haha..."
Although he said this to Minglan, his eyes were looking at Gu Tingye. Gu Tingye's heart was clear. After pondering for a moment, he said: "What my father-in-law is worried about is very true. ~The Hanlin Academy is noble, and he lectures on classics and history, drafts secrets, and six subjects. Being pragmatic in matters, copying and distributing regulations, and checking for mistakes are all positions of humbleness and authority. My uncle Cheng is a cautious and sensitive person, and he will definitely be able to handle it no matter where he goes."
What Sheng Hong wanted was this sentence. After hearing this, his expression became more amiable and he led Gu Tingye to say more words.
Minglan understood what Father Sheng was planning. If the Sheng family could produce a cabinet minister, it would be a hundred times more valuable. As far as she knew, there were roughly two ways to enter the cabinet. One was to enter the Imperial Academy as a Jinshi, or to become a minister next to the emperor. The chancellor can go all the way to become a Hanlin bachelor until he joins the cabinet. Another option is that after the expiration of the Hanlin Shujishi term, he can go to the Sixth Department or the Sixth Section to be a powerful official, and then he can go through the qualifications to be promoted. During this period, he may be given one or two terms to gain experience. , and then accumulate qualifications until he reaches the rank of Minister of the Sixth Ministry or Minister, and then he may enter the cabinet.
Changbai acted restrained and cautious. Originally, his immediate superiors, the bachelors, were all disciples of the Hai family. With them taking care of him, his career would be safe. However, his entire army was almost wiped out during the "Shenchen Incident", so Sheng Hong needed Gu Tingye. Just a little bit of expression. When the situation is strong today, the long cypress roots are in full bloom, and the scientific career is legitimate, even if there are no connections in the cabinet, as long as the emperor knows what he is thinking, he can say anything.
Minglan thought silently in his heart, this is the power of family! Forces are formed through continuous marriages. Among the ancient aristocracy, there is no more straightforward and powerful bond of power than blood relatives. It sounds vulgar and ridiculous, but it is the truth.
Ancient etiquette was based on clans, and it was important to promote the virtuous without avoiding relatives. Because if one person makes a mistake, three clans may be implicated. A wider scope requires nine clans. If you are unlucky and encounter an emperor with a unique personality, the students and teachers of the tenth clan may also be cannon fodder. Since we are destined to have bad luck together, we naturally have to share the blessings. Therefore, as long as the relatives are not too bad or have talents, helping others is helping yourself, supporting and supporting each other, and the family can continue to prosper.
A big reason for the collapse of the four families of King Xue of Jia Shi was that all four families had no heirs since the third generation, and none of them could show off. The Jia family finally gave birth to a daughter of a noble concubine, and the Wang family had more or less Wang Teng, who went to nine provinces for inspection, the only one who could study, Jia Zhu, died early. What about the rest, Jia She, who ruined other people's families because of a few fan blows? Xue Pan, who beat people to death? Jia Baoyu, who seduced the prince's male favorite. ?One is more capable of causing trouble than the other.
For a family without successors, it is only a matter of time before it declines and perishes.
Minglan could understand, so she stayed quietly, but Wang didn't quite understand, so she couldn't help but feel a little bored. She wanted to show off as a legitimate mother and teach Minglan a lesson in front of her prominent son-in-law, but Sheng Hong snatched her away. Talking about everything from the fate of the country to the future of the nation, one sentence after another, she could never get a word in.
Fortunately, not long after, the people waiting in the main hall outside poured in. Yuan Wenshao, Chang Wu and others came in with smiles and started making noises. They said that the food and wine were almost cold. Sheng Hong saw that he had finished talking, so he smiled. He went out to have a drink with everyone.
Ming Lan was led by the female family members to have a banquet in the inner hall. The maids set up a round black lacquered wooden table for seven or eight people. After the food was served, everyone sat around and started chatting and laughing. Wang took Ming Lan with her. Lan sat next to him.
There were all women present, and when they saw Minglan's appearance, they all knew what she was doing, some were envious, some were sad, some were happy, and everyone had their own deep thoughts.
Mo Lan stared straight at Minglan, but she saw that Minglan was wearing a bright red silk woven gold phoenix, phoenix and cloud pattern, wide-sleeved Zhai clothes, covered with a gold silk embroidered phoenix gown as thin as cicada wings, and had a wishful bun with an upturned head. There was a large purple gold hairpin with five phoenixes facing the sun, hanging red gold earrings with tassels on the ears, and rubies as big as thumbs that dazzled the eyes; before going out, Gu Tingye stuffed six or seven gold and jade gems into Minglan's hands. The ring made Minglan feel embarrassed to hold out her hand.
This outfit was not only luxurious and distinguished, but could not be worn by anyone but a high-class married woman. Mo Lan felt extremely uncomfortable when she saw it, but she pretended to be very happy and talked to Ming Lan frequently.
Minglan endured the dizziness, simply picked up the wine glass, turned around, looked into Mrs. Wang's eyes, and said in a clear and sincere voice: "For this first glass of wine, my daughter first respects my wife. Minglan was sick when she was young, and without the care of my wife and eldest sister, Take care of me, I'm afraid this little life has been handed down long ago! Minglan thanked my wife here!" As he said that, he drank up the wine glass. At least the part about Hualan was true.
Wang's eyes suddenly became moist, and she drank the wine in one gulp. She pulled Minglan, who was quite moved, and murmured: "You kid, what nonsense are you talking about on such a beautiful day! What do you think your family says about thanking you?"
You have been obedient and sensible since you were a child, and you are more worry-free than the older ones. How can I not love you?!" The emotion came over, and she took everything she said seriously.
Mo Lan's face turned pale and she lowered her head in silence; Ming Lan glanced sideways at her and saw that Mo Lan was dressed very solemnly and delicately, with a thin layer of pink and white, her hair was in a regular bun, and even her earrings were neatly ring-shaped, motionless and model-like.
She looked like a typical married woman, but she couldn't hide the fatigue and nervousness in the corners of her eyes, and a deep trace of thought gradually appeared in the middle of her eyebrows.
Ming Lan sighed slightly. She didn't want to settle the scores after the fall, but she just hoped that Mo Lan would be more clear-minded and not regard herself as an outsider. It would be true to make demands blatantly. Let's take a precaution here.
Seeing the harmony between mother and daughter, Aunt Kang felt a little sour: "Girl Ming has made a career now. I'm afraid there will be a lot of blame for you in the family in the future. You must remember the good things your mother has done to you, and don't forget your roots——!"
Half of her dowry was given to the concubine, and she wanted to just settle for a few marriages, but the Kang family relied on their family status, and they were poor and wanted to show off.
The corners of Minglan's mouth curled up, she smiled slightly and did not answer, but Rulan was unhappy. She was a straight person. Ever since Kang Zhaoer married into the Wang family, she had regarded Aunt Kang as a despicable person. If not for Yuner's
On the face of it, she had already said, "Why should the daughter of the Sheng family shut up your Kang family when she comes back? She comes to the house to make a meal if she has nothing to do."
"Aunt, you are right! Sixth sister, you must remember that if you are good to you, you must repay it. Even if you can't repay kindness, you can't repay kindness with hatred!" Ru Lan was wearing a pink velvet-edged silver-red water silk jacket with colorful makeup.
Her eyes are bright, and her cheeks are rosy and her complexion is quite good, which shows that her married life is not bad.
Aunt Kang looked very unnatural and lowered her head to drink. Yoona knew the whole story and felt deeply sorry for her mother's actions. Changwu treated her very well and had continued to help the Kang family over the years, and her husband's family and Sheng Hong's family were inseparable.
She couldn't be more affectionate. She didn't want to offend others. She just hoped that her mother would say less.
She pulled Ru Lan and apologized in a low voice while serving Wang's dishes. Ming Lan sighed inwardly.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Haishi came out to smooth things over: "A few days ago, my mother went to Yuan's house to see the eldest sister, and she said that her belly was bigger than mine, and she was obviously smaller than me, especially if there were two of her.
The eldest sister often complains about stomachache, maybe it’s two strong little brothers who are practicing boxing and kicking inside!”
After saying that, all the female family members laughed. Mrs. Wang was the most happy and proud. She drank several glasses in a row, and her drunkenness made her talk loudly. After two drinks, a maid came in from outside and spoke in Minglan's ear.
He whispered a few words.
Minglan stood up, smiled and said to everyone: "I'm afraid the old lady wants to give me a few words, so I'll go over first."
Wang was no longer very clear, so Hai smiled and said, "Go, the old lady has a lot to say to you."
Minglan smiled and said goodbye, turned around and left with the maid. As soon as she left the door, she quickened her pace and went straight to Shou'an Hall. When she entered the door, she turned into the left room. Sure enough, there was a table of food inside.
The wife is sitting by the window waiting.
Minglan was moved in her heart, and rushed towards her with a smile, holding her arm and shaking her coquettishly: "Grandma and I have a close connection. I knew that grandma was waiting for me, so I came here on an empty stomach!" The old lady couldn't hold her face and laughed and scolded her.
She said: "It's all because of you, monkey, I'm getting hungry waiting for you!" Minglan threw herself into the old lady's arms and flattered her, "I'll rub my grandmother's belly!"
The old lady pinched Minglan's cheek: "What's there to rub on an empty stomach? Are you afraid it will hurt if you're not hungry enough?!" Minglan helped the old lady sit down at the table and personally filled her with a bowl of winter melon and pork ribs.
Mushroom Soup: "You eat, you eat!"
Fang's mother's eyes were hot and she said, "How long has it been since the old lady was so happy!"
"How long?!" the old lady turned around and glared, "It's only been two days!"
Minglan held her little face, looking bright and sad: "One day is like three autumns after not seeing each other. Oh, it has been so many autumns. Grandma must have thought that I am lovesick! What should I do? Who can call me?"
Is there anything you can do to cause people pain like this?"
The old lady finally couldn't hold it any longer and almost burst into tears from laughter: "You shameless person is trying to put gold on your face! You don't want shame!"
Minglan tilted her head, stretched out her pretty face, and said with a smile: "No! You can take it!"
The old lady smiled so hard that she looked at Minglan, and the two laughed together.
During the meal, the old lady kept listening to Minglan chirping about the people in the Gu family. Sometimes she talked and sometimes she laughed. Minglan felt sad, knowing that she was afraid that she would not be able to see the old lady again from now on, so she pretended to be peaceful and vividly described the new lady.
The wedding day was fun and interesting, as if the Gu family was happy.
The old lady also listened with a smile. After the meal, Fang's mother ordered the maid to clear the table and dishes, close the door and go out.