After the commotion, the triennial Hajj banquet finally came to an end. Lan Weichen walked out of the palace gate and walked slowly along the stone steps. Many officials on the left and right sides of the steps left their seats to bow to Wei Chen.
"Congratulations to Brother Wei. Based on Brother Wei's political achievements in Yuzhou, he is worthy of being awarded the Bachelor of Lectureship!"
"Congratulations to Brother Wei for keeping the clouds clear and seeing the moonlight. This time you return to the capital, you will be able to display your grand plans and restore the righteousness of the court!"
"The whole world was shocked by the statement of Wei Scholar. I have been admired by my subordinates for a long time. Today I can see my true face. He is truly a great husband in this world!"... Before and after, a total of hundreds of officials saluted Wei Chen and congratulated him.
Chen had to stop every few steps and return the greetings to the officials who came forward to congratulate him.
As a result, Wei Chen actually walked up this short flight of stairs in half the time it took for half a stick of incense. At last, Wei Chen stopped, solemnly bowed to the officials who congratulated him, and then shook his head.
Sleeves, move forward, float away.
The afternoon sun shone behind Wei Chen, making his figure shine in the eyes of everyone. Sheng Changbai and Wang Yaochen looked at Wei Chen walking towards them in shining golden light, and felt deeply in their hearts.
Supported by hundreds of officials and admired by everyone, such a reputation is beyond the reach of his peers. The so-called Liu Kun Zuti can only be used to encourage Sheng Changbai and Wang Yaochen himself, but Wei Chen has completely transcended this level.
The two people, who were full of ambition and high spirits just now, looked at each other with wry smiles on their faces. They were not jealous of Wei Chen, but they just felt a deep sense of powerlessness in their hearts.
However, Sheng Changbai quickly changed his mentality. No matter how powerful Wei Chen is, what will happen? I will always be his uncle!
As soon as he thought of this, Sheng Changbai felt great. When he looked at Wang Yaochen again, he felt an indescribable calmness that made Wang Yaochen look confused.
"Zecheng, Boyong, what are you doing standing around here?" Wei Chen had already walked up to the two of them. Seeing their dazed and stunned expressions, Wei Chen couldn't help but asked curiously.
Sheng Changbai glared at Wei Chen and said, "What's your name, Zecheng? Your Majesty has given you a leave of absence to marry and a royal title. If you still don't change your mind, could it be that besides the fifth and sixth sisters, you are thinking of someone else?" Lan Weichen
Staring at Sheng Changbai intently, as if meeting him for the first time.
Bo Lan has always been unhappy with me calling him brother-in-law, so why did he suddenly change his gender? Wei Chen was a little confused and tentatively called out: "Brother Wife?"
"Yes." Sheng Changbai nodded reservedly, then raised his hand and said: "Let's go, I just happened to come to my house to announce the good news, and by the way, set the wedding date."
"I will listen to my brother-in-law in everything." Wei Chen said he had nothing to do and immediately followed Sheng Changbai and walked towards the palace gate.
Lan Wang Yaochen followed Wei Chen and the two of them, and suddenly felt that he was a little redundant. He looked at Sheng Changbai, who was walking in front with Wei Chen arm in arm, and was speechless for a moment.
Where is Liu Kun Zuti who we agreed to become the Great Zhou Dynasty together? The thick eyebrows and big eyes of Sheng Zicheng were still in his ears, but he rebelled first!
Wang Yaochen thought to himself all the way to the Xuande Gate. After saying goodbye to Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai, Wang Yaochen was still upset when he saw the two people leaving together.
"Why didn't my parents give me two beautiful sisters? Otherwise, I might have become Wei Xingyun's brother-in-law, so there would be no need for me to be so jealous!" At this time, Wei
Chen and Sheng Changbai's carriages have already driven onto the wide Nanxunmen Street.
In the carriage, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai sat opposite each other. During the conversation, Sheng Changbai talked about the changes in the Sheng family over the years.
Although Wei Chen had already known many things in the letters with Sheng Changbai before, they were not as detailed as hearing Sheng Changbai tell them face to face, so Wei Chen listened with great interest.
The first major event for the Sheng family was that Sheng Hong was promoted last year. In total, Sheng Hong was transferred from Yangzhou to Bianjing as an official three years ago. During his tenure, he never made any big mistakes.
After making some small achievements and hugging the thigh of Mr. Lu from the Ministry of Industry, it’s time to move up the ladder in terms of emotion and reason.
Nowadays, Sheng Hong is the director of the Ministry of Industry. He is a fifth-rank official, which can be considered a fat job. Of course, compared with Wei Chen, a fifth-rank assistant bachelor, both his caliber and his future prospects are far behind. However, Sheng Hong also knew that he was not qualified to be a high official and had no ambition to do so, so he put all his hopes of revitalizing the family on Sheng Changbai.
The second major event in the Sheng family is the marriage between Sheng Changbai and the Hai family. Lately, this matter is also related to Wei Chen.
Wei Chen and Rulan Minglan made an engagement early. As the eldest son in the family, Sheng Changbai should get married before his two younger sisters.
So in June of the previous year, as soon as Wei Chen went to Yuzhou, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu arranged for Sheng Changbai to get married.
In the end, he fell in love with Hai Chaoyun, the legitimate daughter of his predecessor, Jiangnan Xuezheng Walrus. Sheng Hong often said that the Sheng family was a Qingliu family, which was just to put money on his own face. Two generations up, the Sheng family was still a merchant.
What kind of clear stream is this?
The Hai family that Hai Xiangqian was born in is the real Qingliu family.
"One family and five Hanlins" have been praised by the world for many generations. To be fair, in terms of family status, the Sheng family is far from being worthy of the Shanghai family. However, there is an unwritten rule for the Hai family to choose a son-in-law.
Lan Bu is not a judge, regardless of his family status, he only looks at the man's talent and character. So Sheng Hong personally brought Sheng Changbai to the house to propose marriage, and Walrus Qian fell in love with Sheng Changbai as his son-in-law at a glance.
Speaking of which, when Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai were taking the imperial examination, Hai Xianggan had a good impression of the upright Sheng Changbai. Now that Sheng Changbai has passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy, choosing him as his son-in-law does not mean he has insulted the daughter of the Hai family.
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Of course, this is just Sheng Changbai's own statement. Wei Chen actually knows some inside stories. Ru Lan and Ming Lan quietly told Wei Chen in their letters that when their second brother came to propose marriage, the Hai family's sister-in-law hid behind the screen to peek, and she was caught on the spot.
She was captured by her second brother's beauty in her prime and vowed not to marry anyone but him, which led to the marriage.
Wei Chen was almost furious when he saw this. Sheng Changbai was indeed tall and handsome, but to say that he was beautiful in his prime was just nonsense.
Each flower catches his eye, maybe Haijia sister-in-law prefers this one. Lan doesn’t know if Bolan also has a straight face when he is alone with Haijia sister-in-law in the house... In the carriage, Sheng Changbai and Wei Chen
He was telling about his experience of being drunk by his colleagues on his wedding day, and suddenly found Wei Chen staring at him with a smile on his lips.
Sheng Changbai looked at Wei Chen suspiciously and asked, "Why are you laughing?" Wei Chen came back to his senses, quickly suppressed his smile, and coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment: "Ahem, it's nothing, I just suddenly thought of something happy.