"Mom must be thinking in her heart, before letting you see, we will eliminate the candidates who are not very suitable." At the same time, Min'er said softly to Wenyuan and Wenqi.
The expression on Wen Qi's face changed, and when he was about to say something, Xiyao noticed the three of them sitting together and talking. Min'er was looking at Wenyuan and Wen Qi with a slightly proud smile, and interjected: "Min'er
,what are you saying?"
"Mom, my daughter and her two brothers were just chatting," Min'er said hurriedly.
"Chat?" Xiyao was a little suspicious. According to her understanding of her daughter, it didn't look like she was chatting casually when she showed this expression. But she didn't hear what they were talking about, and she couldn't say Min'er was lying. But she immediately said
I remembered something and said to her: "Min'er, after the Chinese New Year, you will be twenty-two! People of your age have already given birth to children at your age, even Dai Wen has already given birth to one.
Son, but you are not married yet!"
"It's not all down to my daughter. The daughters of those people chosen by my mother don't like her." Min'er didn't dare to refute, but just murmured in a low voice.
"You are too picky!" Xiyao shouted.
"Xiyao, this is too much to say." Yun interrupted: "Min'er should also choose a husband who is satisfactory to her."
"You still said that!" Xiyao said to Yun angrily: "If it weren't for the fact that you doted on her and kept delaying choosing a husband for her, why would it have been so late that most of the noble children of the same age are already married?
, making the room for choice so small?”
Hearing this, Yun could only murmur and laugh, not daring to refute.
Seeing him like this, Xiyao turned to Min'er and said: "At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, the palace was too busy to choose a husband for you. I will give you an extension until February next year. When February next year, even if you
Even if you don't like it, I will choose a husband for you."
"Mother." Min'er wanted to say something again, but Xiyao immediately said: "Don't forget, your second sister Wen Lin will be eighteen next year, and your third sister Wen'er will be sixteen. You are going to delay your two sisters.
If you get engaged and get married, won't you let them remember you?"
Hearing this, Miner stopped talking. She didn't care whether she got married or not, but her sisters didn't think so. But she was the eldest daughter, and her sisters couldn't get engaged if she didn't.
, not only the younger sisters secretly hated him, but Concubine Ming and Concubine Yun even hated her to death.
"My daughter knows." Min'er agreed with a gloomy expression.
Looking at her expression, Xiyao couldn't bear it, but there was really no way to delay the matter any longer. Concubine Ming Ye Baoqin had told her several times that she wanted to choose a husband for Wen Lin's engagement, so she could only be cruel.
, marry Min'er. But she added: "Before February 15th, if you have a candidate you like, you can tell your mother that no matter what the status of the person, she will definitely agree."
"My daughter knows." Min'er agreed. At the same time, she thought in her heart: "Although my father and mother will not deliberately choose a bad husband for me, their ideas may not be the same as mine. I still
Choose someone by yourself. But now the noble disciples who have not yet been engaged are all useless, so you cannot choose a noble disciple. But if you don't choose a noble disciple, what young disciples can you choose?'
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"Have you been granted the title of uncle?" Yang Zhu shouted in surprise in the Gezhi courtyard. Sichengtang, Zhou Wei, and many people around looked at Cao Zheng in surprise.
"Yes, Your Majesty has granted me the title of Uncle. Furthermore, with the grace of His Majesty, he has restored the title of my family, Huaiyuan, and made me Uncle Huaiyuan, and allowed me to be demoted to a higher rank." Cao Zheng said.
"Congratulations." Sichengtang had calmed down at this time and took a step forward to congratulate. He had always been on good terms with Cao Zheng and knew that after his father Cao Xing passed away and lost the title of Marquis who was not hereditary, Cao Zheng was the only one in the family who was favored by His Majesty. How much pressure the people in the family have endured; now that he has been awarded the title of earl through his own efforts, making the Cao family one of the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty again, Sichengtang is really happy for him.
Hearing the congratulations from Sichengtang, others hurriedly came forward to congratulate them. Cao Zheng bowed hurriedly and said: "On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, I will host a banquet in Zuixuan Tower to entertain colleagues from Gezhiyuan. I would also like to thank you for your honor." step."
"Don't worry, I will definitely go." Everyone said one after another, and a few people showed embarrassment on their faces. They must have decided in advance that they would have a banquet with others on that day. However, it was not easy to say anything at this time, so they could only agree temporarily. Come down.
Cao Zheng talked to everyone for a while, accepting everyone's congratulations again, while ignoring the sarcastic words. After a while, everyone dispersed.
Yang Zhu and Sichengtang stayed at the end. Cao Zheng thanked Sichengtang again: "This time I can be granted the title of uncle by your Majesty, thanks to the efforts of Sixiong. Tomorrow we will hold a family banquet to invite Sixiong. Go to Sixiong. Don’t reject it.”
Then he said to Yang Zhu: "Brother Yang, I will also invite Brother Yang to the banquet tomorrow."
"I must go, and I just happened to go to Brother Cao's banquet to avoid the banquets in the clan. Not only do those branch tribesmen not know how to make progress, but they want to get something for nothing all day long. Every time there is a banquet in the clan, they will make a noise. , just in time to avoid it." Sichengtang said with a smile.
But Yang Zhu said: "Tomorrow my second brother and his family will come to Beijing, and there is really no time for a banquet. Besides, we are all in Gezhiyuan. It won't be too late to invite me to a banquet when you are free after the new year. But I have something to remind you. "You have won the title of Uncle Huaiyuan by virtue of your scientific research, and all the officials will be dissatisfied. You must be prepared to face countless unfavorable comments and even slander out of thin air."
After hearing this, the smile on Cao Zheng's face gradually disappeared, and he said solemnly: "Thank you, Brother Yang, for reminding me. I will definitely not listen to other people's comments." He remembered that Yun was very happy when he said that the three laws of motion are of great use. With an affirmative tone, he added: "And sooner or later, they will all know the usefulness of these three laws."
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On the second day, just as Min'er had guessed, memorials opposing the title of uncle to Cao Zheng poured in. Although they did not flood the royal table, they were enough to make the officials on duty at the General Affairs Department curse inwardly while delivering so many memorials to the palace. .
Yun ignored the memorial and kept it all in focus on celebrating the New Year. On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, it happened to snow heavily. Yun took his wife and children to the most suitable place in the palace to enjoy the snow, and ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare it. A few kilograms of venison, eating venison while admiring the snowy scenery. Of course, it is impossible to compete for a scene poem. Although Yun's literary quality has improved compared with the past, he can still write good poems without plagiarism. His children can also I reluctantly wrote poetry, but no one was interested in writing poetry. They were just chatting and joking.
The next day, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, was similar to the previous day. They spent the whole day eating, drinking and having fun. On the third day, the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Yun had just gotten up early in the morning and was thinking about what to do today. Lu Yi heard a hurried The young eunuch who came in spoke, and then immediately walked to Yun's side and said: "Guan family, His Highness the Seventh Prince has returned to the capital!"