Fang Ruomeng looked at herself in the mirror and found a white hair among her black hair, and couldn't help but sigh.
In the blink of an eye, I am almost forty years old. As I age, my hair begins to turn gray.
The familiar laughter of husband Li Mo came from behind: "I sat in front of the mirror early in the morning and took pictures endlessly. What's wrong? Could it be that I have changed my appearance?"
Fang Ruomeng turned around and sighed with some grievance: "I have gray hair."
Li Mo stepped forward seriously and carefully pulled out the white hair for Fang Ruomeng: "Look, it's gone now."
Fang Ruomeng still smiled and said dullly: "In a few days, it will be a new year. Brother Qin will be twenty-two next year..."
He has not yet married a wife and is an older, unmarried young man. How can he not make his mother worried?
Li Mo also felt a headache when mentioning his eldest son who had always refused to get married. He sighed and said: "Back then, he insisted on seeking exile and became the magistrate of a locality. His official term was five years. He could not leave easily without important matters during his term.
Jing is in his fourth year now. He still has more than a year to complete his term. This bastard must have planned it from the beginning."
The Li family is a top-notch family, and Li Qin is the great-grandson of the eldest son. The daughter-in-law he marries must be a lady from a high-class family. We can't just let Li Qin find a wife in the small county where he works!
Fang Ruomeng's family letters came one after another, with explicit hints urging the eldest son to get engaged and start a family as soon as possible. Li Qin always refused the marriage on the excuse that he was "busy with business and had no time to return to Beijing."
Even if Li Qin doesn't come back, Fang Ruomeng, her own mother, has the right to arrange a marriage for him.
But Fang Ruomeng felt heartbroken when she thought of her eldest son leaving Beijing alone due to emotional injuries. As a result, Li Qin's marriage was delayed day by day.
Seeing that Li Qin was almost twenty-two years old, Fang Ruomeng couldn't help but not be impatient. In the past few days, several gray hairs had appeared one after another.
Fang Ruomeng whispered to Li Mo: "Actually, I have already fallen in love with the girl. However, Brother Qin didn't let go, so I can't come rashly to ask for marriage."
Li Mo was a little surprised and asked with a smile: "Oh? Which girl did you fall in love with? Why have I never heard of you talking about it?"
Fang Ruomeng said angrily: "You go out early and come back late every day. You are so busy that no one is around. How can I have time to chat with you?"
There are a lot of things in the household department. After Li Moti was appointed as the doctor of the household department, he was so busy that he couldn't touch the ground. At the same time, Fang Ruomeng was also busy all day long. It was indeed a long time since the couple sat down and talked properly.
Now that they are an old couple, Li Mo held Fang Ruomeng's hand numbly and teased sweetly: "Yes, yes, it's all my husband's fault."
After a few jokes, Fang Ruomeng revealed the girl he liked: "What do you think of Xie Zijin?"
Xie Zijin?
Li Mo was stunned for a moment, and a confident and beautiful face flashed in his mind, and he subconsciously responded: "Xie Zijin works in the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace. He is the chief registrar of the emperor's daughter-in-law's order, and has an official rank of sixth grade. Brother Qin is now
He is still a magistrate of the seventh rank. Can Xie Zijin be worthy of brother Zhongqin?"
Fang Ruomeng: "..."
Yes, after General Lian, there was a second female official in the court. It was Xie Zijin.
After Xie Zijin graduated from Lianchi Academy, he entered the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace and became a chief clerk. He usually accompanied Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, specializing in clerical errands. His official position was not too high, but he was obviously the Crown Princess.
Her Highness's confidant.
North Korean and Chinese officials did not have much resistance to this.
The Crown Princess is a girl after all, so it is reasonable to appoint some female officials around her.
Furthermore, with Xie Zijin at the forefront, every official and aristocratic family secretly made their own wishful thinking. Which family does not have one or two outstanding daughters or granddaughters who are well-read in poetry and books?
Maybe in the future, it will be the daughters and granddaughters of the family who will make the family shine in the future!
Xie Zijin also suddenly became a person that the ladies of the capital admired and admired!
There are so many people like Xie Zijin who want to marry her home as their daughter-in-law. No matter how confident Li Mo is about his son, he would not dare to claim that he can ask for such a marriage.
"Our brother Qin is indeed outstanding, but he is a little older." The more Li Mo thought about it, the less likely it was that this marriage would happen: "Xie Zijin is sixteen years old, six years younger than our brother Qin.
Even if we have the nerve to propose marriage, we are afraid that the Xie family will not accept it."
When Li Mo said this, Fang Ruomeng was also a little discouraged: "What you are thinking is not unreasonable. I am also worried, otherwise, I would have opened my mouth to discuss it with you."
Li Mo thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible. Let me write a letter and ask Brother Qin to take leave and come back to celebrate the New Year. You can go to the palace during the New Year and mention it to the Queen. If the Queen is willing
Maybe we can do it by protecting the media."
Fang Ruomeng frowned slightly: "What if he refuses to come back?"
Li Mo raised his eyebrows murderously: "Just say that his biological father is seriously ill and asked him to come back to take care of his illness. If he doesn't come back, it would be unfilial to join him!"
Fang Ruomeng: "..."
…
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Qin, who had been away from Beijing for more than three years, returned.
Mother and son reunited after a long separation, and there were tears of joy. Fang Ruomeng cried and laughed, holding the eldest son's hand tightly: "You are finally back. In the past few years, I have missed you every day."
Li Qin looked at his mother who was in tears, and felt sour in his heart. He comforted her softly for a long time. After Fang Ruomeng calmed down a little, Li Qin asked: "My father said in the letter that he was seriously ill, so I was in a hurry to get there."
Come back. Where is father?"
Fang Ruomeng wiped her tears with her sleeve: "Your father deliberately claimed to be sick in order to get you to come back. There is no problem at all and he is in good spirits. Now he is on an errand at the Ministry of Finance and will not be back until tonight."
Li Qin: "..."
Why wasn't he surprised at all?
After a long while, Li Qin smiled helplessly and said: "That's all, I've already returned. It won't be too late to take up my post after the New Year."
Li Yu also came back with his beloved wife and daughter. When he saw his brother, he was both happy and emotional.
The two were twin brothers who had lived together since childhood and were inseparable. They looked almost exactly the same. Unfortunately, the elder brother had a bumpy relationship and suffered heavy setbacks. It also caused the elder brother to fail the Jinshi examination that year and almost failed.
List.
According to Beijing's practice, those who were ranked third in the Imperial Academy were not eligible to enter the Hanlin Academy. My brother simply took a job abroad and became a local official.
After not seeing each other for so long, my brother seems to have become a different person.
The noble young master who used to be full of energy, wearing bright clothes and angry horses, is now sharp and has a firm and steady gaze.
In comparison, his leisurely and contented look seemed a bit childish.
Li Yu pretended to be jealous and snorted: "It is said that being a foreign official is the most challenging, and it is true. Now I am far behind my eldest brother."
Li Qin burst into laughter and punched Li Yu hard: "I haven't seen you for several years, but you are still the same glib person."
