A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 634 When you pass the Jinshi exam, I will go to the Sheng family to propose marriage
Ru Lan carefully put away the cue club happily, and when carrying the ball bag past Mo Lan, she snorted softly. Mo Lan bit her lip tightly, and the handkerchief in her hand was twisted into a hemp flower
Sheng Hong waved his three daughters away, and when only he and the Wang family were left in the hall, he said, "Lady, does this young man really like our Ru'er?"

Seeing the suspicious look in Sheng Hong's eyes, Mrs. Wang suddenly became unhappy, and her face pulled, "What do you mean, officer?! It seems that Ru'er is not good enough for the young man! It's a little bit. But Ru'er's uncle's family has hairpin tassels for generations, and his grandfather is the old master Wang who deserves to enjoy the Taimiao."

Sheng Hong's face twitched, the most annoying thing was that Mrs. Wang opened her mouth and kept her mouth shut.

His official rank is a bit small, but his brother-in-law is also of the same rank as him.What kind of resources are the Wang family, what kind of resources are the Sheng family, if he has such arrogant resources as the Wang family, to put it bluntly, the third rank is appropriate.

Take it easy.Sheng Hong must have left immediately, and it's not that he has nowhere to go, but today he endured it, took a deep breath, and said, "Lady, regardless of family status. What do you think this young man likes Ru'er?"
Xiao Wu's appearance is not considered outstanding among the three sisters, not to mention piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, poetry, and Fu, and painting and embroidery are even more incompetent."

Mrs. Wang sat and thought about it for a long time, feeling a little lacking in confidence, "Ru'er is honest and honest, and the butler is pretty good at keeping accounts."

Sheng Hong heheed twice.

After Mo Lan returned to the room, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became. She raised her leg and kicked over a small round stool, walked to the table, and swept all the books on it to the ground.

Lin Xiaoniang heard the movement, walked out of the room, saw the mess in the living room, and scolded, "Why are you smashing things in a good way? Is the eldest lady making things difficult for you again?"

"My lady is in a good mood today!" Sheng Molan sat down on the soft couch angrily, "Young master actually gave Ru Lan a birthday gift alone."

Lin Xiaoniang asked, "What did you give?"

Mo Lan said: "The cue and the shrimps from Korea."

Lin Xiaoniang sat down next to her daughter with an expression that I had guessed a long time ago, and said, "I told you a few years ago that the little father-in-law should have taken a fancy to that girl Rulan. Otherwise, whoever is fine will send a little girl every now and then The girl's recipe, and it's been several years since I gave it away. But you just don't believe it!"

Mo Lan said unwillingly, "Except for my background, I am ten or a hundred times stronger than Lan. I am proficient in playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, needlework and female red. She's pretty, but she's not as good-looking as I am. What the hell is the little prince looking for in her!!"

"He is the Duke of Qi in the future, how could he marry a concubine of a fifth-rank official?" Sheng Changfeng walked into the hall, sat at the tea table, poured himself a cup of teapot, and continued to pour poison, "My smart sister. Ru Lan It is true that you are not as good as you in all aspects, but who can let someone come from a good background? The daughter of the Sheng family, her grandfather is still a grand teacher who deserves to enjoy the Taimiao. Even Princess Pingning's eyes that are above the top, this identity can't catch her eyes , let alone sister, you are a concubine.

I have advised you a long time ago, don't wishful thinking.As for the lintel of Duke Qi's family, don't even think about it in this life. "

Sheng Molan's eyes were red with anger, and she grabbed the old lady's hand and said, "Mother, look at the third brother, he is my own brother. It's fine if you don't comfort me a few words, but he even made trouble!"

Lin Xiaoniang immediately scolded her son a few words. Seeing that he looked like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, his head hurt a little. Since he followed Qin Guogong, his wings became hard, and everything he said was put into his left ear and his right ear.

Sheng Changfeng picked up a red apple from the fruit plate, took two bites of 'Kacha Kacha' and said, "Aniang, you should persuade my sister too. Tell her not to be too ambitious. Sanlang of Zhennan Hou's family is really good, he is the first son. My sister is really good. If you want to marry in the past, it is definitely a high marriage.

Hua Lan also married the second son of the Earl's Mansion, whose status is not as high as that of Saburo, and the people of Wei Ruixuan will definitely be jealous of you for the rest of their lives. "

Mo Lan said angrily, "Let me marry a cripple, are you still my brother! If you want to marry me, marry him yourself."

Lin Xiaoniang also looked unhappy, "Feng'er, don't mention this matter again. Your sister has such good conditions, it is impossible to marry a cripple."

Sheng Changfeng muttered, "What's wrong with the cripple? It doesn't affect walking. If it wasn't for the bad legs, people would have taken a fancy to my sister?"

Lin Xiaoniang said angrily, "Sheng Changfeng! I'm free to advocate Mo'er's marriage, and it's not up to you to dictate. Don't think I don't know the little thoughts in your heart!"

Seeing that her son had finally shut up his stinking mouth and stopped flirting, Lin Xiaoniang said to her daughter, "Ten days later, Mrs. Zhong Jinghou will hold a chrysanthemum appreciation meeting by the Jinming Pond. When the time comes, the officials and families near the west city of the capital will Ladies will go, according to the rules of previous years, there will be an item of on-site poetry writing. Mo'er, this is what you are good at, don't let my mother down."

Mo Lan asked curiously, "How did Aunt know? The lady has received the invitation? What if you don't take me there then?"

Lin Xiaoniang gave her daughter a reassuring look, and said, "The invitation was sent to Mrs. Sheng, and Minglan is old enough to see each other. She will definitely bring Minglan there, anyway, she is also your grandmother." , it is impossible to pull you down."

Duke of Qi
10 pieces of white fox skins, 100 pieces of sable skins, 5 boxes of pearls, 1 boxes of precious stones, [-] coral tree ([-] feet [-] inches high) She brought a gift, which made her very happy, but thinking of the news Naijie heard, her joy faded, and she looked at Wang Lidong and said, "I heard that you gave gifts to the fifth girl and Rong Feiyan of the Sheng family?"

Wang Lidong nodded, "Miss Rong brought me a lot of special products when she went back to her hometown last time. As for Xiao Wu of the Sheng family, I think she is pretty good."

Qi's father was playing with a stone inkstone happily, and heard his son say that it was a royal possession of the King of Goryeo. When he heard such fierce information, his hand trembled and almost fell.
Princess Pingning said with a cold face, "Although the fifth girl is the daughter of the Sheng family, Sheng Hong is only a fifth-rank official. If Mrs. Wang was still there, she would be a good match. But now the Wang family has long since faded away. It doesn't help Heng'er in your official career at all."

Wang Lidong asked, "Mother plans to marry the future official family after the reserve position is clarified?"

Princess Pingning bluntly said, "I have this idea."

Wang Lidong said, "Then what if the future official family doesn't have a suitable daughter?
Even if there is, do you look down on me?

Assuming everything was as my mother wished, I finally married the daughter of the future official family.

Take advantage of the time difference to avoid becoming a son-in-law, but the identity of a foreign relative cannot escape.

Entering the court, the scholar-officials will definitely reject their sons.At that time, not only will it not be able to help, but it will be targeted everywhere.
Of course, as long as the officials are in power in the future, our Duke of Qi's mansion will be brilliant for a day.

But if you want to marry a princess, you don't need to take any Jinshi exams. The status of the sole heir of Duke Qi is enough. "

Princess Pingning thought for a while, and what his son said was right, then he glared at Wang Lidong, his son should have known about this a long time ago, but he just waited until today to say it.

How sinister is the intention!

"If you don't marry a daughter from the clan, you can't marry the daughter of a minor official. There are so many ministers in the court, and there must be girls in the family who have not left the cabinet."

In the Song Dynasty, the trend of Wengui and Wuba became more and more obvious. If the government of Qi State wanted to inherit it for a hundred years and thousands of years, the only way to change from Wu to Wen was the safest way. It happened that my son was so talented in literature. As long as he passed the examination next year, You can become a civil servant, and now you can travel hundreds of miles and half ninety,

After Wang Lidong waved his hand to let all the maids and servants go out, he whispered, "Mother, do you want to rebel and make father the emperor?"

When the couple heard the words, they were shocked immediately.

Princess Pingning scolded, suppressing her voice, "What nonsense is Heng'er talking about!"

Of course Wang Lidong knew that the couple had absolutely no such rebellious thoughts, he was just trying to frighten the two political novices.

"Mother, our Duke of Qi's mansion is the number one power in Wuxun of the Great Song Dynasty. If we add the Marquis of Xiangyang's mansion, the entire capital will be able to shoulder the burden of us with the British mansion.

If we marry Zaizhi, it will be civil and military alliances. Have you ever thought about His Majesty's feelings? After the officials know about it, they will definitely not be able to sleep at night. "Wang Lidong raised two fingers and said, "My dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and the marriages between top military officers and top civil servants have only happened twice in total, all out of political needs, and all of them were facilitated by the emperor himself . "

Wang Lidong took a sip of tea, looked at the couple with pale faces and continued to analyze,
"As long as the mother shows signs of marrying civil servants in public, the emperor will surely issue an edict to disarm the grandfather and return to the field on the same day. Father's third envoy should not be able to serve for a few days, and then he will be able to stay at home every day and talk to his mother.

The civil and military do not marry, this unwritten rule should be known to all the aristocratic families.Didn't my grandfather and grandfather explain it?It shouldn't be! "

Qi's father patted his thigh suddenly and said, "I remember that before my father passed away, he solemnly explained to me that our family is not allowed to marry civil servants above the third rank."

Princess Pingning said angrily, "Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter!!!"

Father Qi wiped the saliva off his face, and said with a sneer, "Dad didn't tell me the reason at the time, and I don't think my family is very good at marrying civil servants."

Princess Pingning had an expression of "wait for me, you will look good tonight", and suddenly frowned slightly. Her father should also know, but why didn't he mention this to her. Tell his doubts to his father and son , Father Qi immediately said, "Lady, you have always wanted to marry Heng'er a clan daughter, Master Taishan has nothing to do with it."

Princess Pingning picked up the teacup, drank a couple of sips, and calmed down. The emperor's daughter cannot marry, and high-level civil servants cannot marry. The rest are only the daughters of minor officials or the Wuxun family. "Gui Fen from the British public, I Looks pretty good. Literate and reasonable, beautiful and dignified, knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I heard that female celebrities are also good."

Wang Lidong said, "Mother, I know that it is for my own good that you let me marry a high-ranking girl, and you want me to help you more.

But this little external force alone is of little help to me. "

Mother Qi looked at her son puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Wang Lidong pointed to the stone inkstone beside Qi's father and said, "Ten days ago, this stone inkstone was used by the King of Goryeo. Does mother know how it got into my hands?"

Princess Pingning asked, "You bought it with money?"

Wang Lidong laughed and said, "If you tell me, mother may not believe it. I didn't spend a single coin on this thing. And the gifts I gave you today are all collected by the royal family of Korea, and I didn't spend a single coin."

Qi's father asked in surprise, "Heng'er, have you gotten involved with the King of Korea?"

"It's not a relationship. Five days ago, I took Korea!"

Originally Wang Lidong planned to tell the couple in a while, but seeing Qi's mother's attitude, his marriage cannot be decided by himself.

In the TV series, Qi Heng's coping policy is to cry, make trouble and make promises, but it can't impress the powerful Princess Pingning at all.

If you want to get the initiative, it's not difficult to rank higher than her!

Princess Pingning's attitude was very polite when facing Princess Yan and Princess Yong, but when facing the current queen, she was extremely well-behaved.

It just so happens that the current Wang Lidong already possesses this strength.

At first the couple thought their son was joking.

No matter how small Goryeo is, it is still a country of millions.Emperor Sui Yang beat him three times, but he still hasn't gnawed off this bone.And Liao also beat Goryo three times before Goryeo paid tribute to Liao.

The son boasted that he occupied Goryeo.

When the two were dragged by Wang Lidong to the warehouse of Sihai Trading Co., Ltd., seeing the collections of the Korean royal family in several warehouses, they had already believed 80.00%.

Then he dragged the couple to the Jinsha Island base and watched a live-fire drill with guns and artillery.

Qi's father looked excited, and this man was immediately seduced by the metal.

After Wang Lidong spent 10 minutes teaching Daddy Cheap how to shoot.

Qi's father fired more than a hundred bullets, and when his shoulders were too much to bear, he reluctantly turned off the insurance, "Heng'er, this thing is an iron kite, and it takes one shot. If there are [-] musketeers, I can take Tokyo." !"

"Iron Kite" - the most famous cavalry in Xixia, this heavy cavalry regiment with 3000 people is divided into ten teams, each team has 300 people, and each team has a captain, who is the "temporary titan".The armor equipped by the iron kite is the cold armor forged by Xi Xia himself. The forging process of this cold armor is different from that of ordinary armor.

On the way home, Qi’s father was very interested in the battle to capture Goryeo. He asked about every detail, and occasionally expressed some of his opinions. Knowledge of the art of war.

When the family returned home, the willows were already on the moon.

"Heng'er, tell me the truth." After dinner, Princess Pingning asked all the servants out, and asked in a low voice, "Are you planning to do the work of the great ancestor?"

Wang Lidong shook his head slightly and said, "Now the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful, singing and dancing are peaceful, the common people live and work in peace and contentment, and the royal family has not treated my family badly. If we raise the flag to rebel, the people's hearts will not be with me."

Now the Song Dynasty is still relatively stable, as long as they are willing to work hard, ordinary people can have enough to eat.People all over the world are the most contented, as long as there is a stutter, they are not willing to take risks.

If you start a war by force, let alone the court, the common people will not be on your side. Conscription is a big problem, let alone a war.

Even if it succeeds, the hearts of the people below will disperse.

Moreover, Wang Lidong didn't think about fighting any civil war. For the bigger land, there have been constant internal fighting for thousands of years, and in the end it was his own people who died.

Rats stick guns in their dens!
There are so many places in the whole earth, if you want to be emperor, just go out and grab it.

Princess Pingning and Father Qi both heaved a sigh of relief.

"Mother, what about my marriage?" Wang Lidong looked at his old lady and asked.

Princess Pingning glanced at his son. Since he can conquer a country, and he is outside the Song Dynasty, finding someone to marry him doesn't seem to help much. Besides, no matter how persistent he is, his son may not listen, "Since you Persevere, let's go to the fifth girl of the Sheng family. When do you want me to propose marriage?"

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "There is no rush, wait until I finish the imperial examination."

Princess Pingning was a little surprised, "Heng'er still plans to continue the imperial examination?"

Wang Lidong said, "There are still two exams left, it won't take a few days, is there a beginning and an end? And if you give up suddenly, it will definitely arouse suspicion."

Princess Pingning was a little relieved, "Then listen to Heng'er. When you pass the Jinshi exam, I will go to the Sheng family to propose marriage."

(End of this chapter)