A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 644 Put away your stupid thoughts!
At night, Sheng Hong, his immediate boss Li Shilang, and a few colleagues returned home after drinking. They originally wanted to go to Wei Rui Xuan first, but the wine was a sex matchmaker, and their thighs rebelliously walked into Lin Xi Pavilion.

The moment Lin Xiaoniang saw Sheng Hong, her pupils shrank suddenly, and her heart immediately jumped into her throat.Today is the day of the imperial examination, according to past habits, Sheng Hong will stay in Wei Ruixuan for these two days.

Lin Xiaoniang's confidant, Xueniang, panicked a lot at this time. If the master finds that the third son and the fourth girl are not at home, Lin Xiaoniang's fate will not be better, and a big cold sweat will break out on the forehead of her first dog leg.

Lin Xiaoniang is indeed a professional mistress with excellent acting skills. After taking a few deep breaths, her whole body returned to normal.

"Hong Lang, what kind of happy event did you meet?" Lin Xiaoniang went forward, helped Sheng Hong to sit on the incense couch, seeing that he was very happy, she was a little curious, Changbai just had the palace examination today, and the results did not come out so quickly.

Sheng Hong hugged Lin Xiaoniang, breathed out alcohol, and said, "As long as Bai'er's grades in the imperial examination are not too bad, I'll make some connections and let him enter the Imperial Academy, then my father and son will be officials in the same dynasty." Speaking of this, I can't help but imagine that when the father and son went to court together, the envious and jealous eyes of colleagues.
Lin Xiaoniang was very face-saving, pretending to be surprised, and the good words came out of her mouth free of money, "Congratulations to Hong Lang, father and son are ministers in the same palace, it is rare in ancient and modern times, it will be passed down as a good story, future history books "Go up" to help Sheng Hong change his official uniform, and let the maids prepare hangover soup and hot towels.

Sheng Hong looked at Lin Xiaoniang, who was so busy. Although she was the mother of two children, she still looked like a beautiful woman, her eyes were moving, she was even more charming, her voice was a little dry, and she was about to do something good. , Suddenly there was a quarrel outside the house.

Lin Xiaoniang hated secretly, and immediately asked her personal maid to go out to investigate.After a while, the servant girl re-entered the room, saying that the eldest lady sent someone to call Sheng Hong to Wei Ruixuan, to discuss with him.

With a stinky face, Sheng Hong waved his hands impatiently, "Go, tell the eldest lady that I will be resting at Lin Xi Pavilion tonight. I will talk about things tomorrow night." After saying a few words, his mouth felt parched, Seeing the hangover sour soup on the coffee table, he got up and took two big gulps of the bowl of '钟钟'. After eating the sour soup, he felt quite refreshed, "Where are Mo'er and Feng'er? I haven't seen Feng'er for several days, how is your homework going?"

Lin Xiaoniang picked up a hot towel and wiped Sheng Hong's face carefully, and said softly, "Mo'er and Feng'er are both reading in the room. After the year, Feng'er will get up before dawn every morning to read, and the questions will stay until midnight Only then did he agree to rest. He said that he wanted to get a good grade in the next provincial examination like Pagoer, to win glory for Hong Lang, and to give face to Sheng's parents."

Sheng Hong stroked his beard in relief. Not only did he think that if his youngest son could also be a Jinshi in high school three years later, the Sheng family would be a little excited. He stood up and walked out of the house, "I'll go and see Feng'er."

Lin Xiaoniang hurriedly grabbed Sheng Hong, and fell on top of him, winking at him like silk, exhaling like ranch, "Hong Lang, it's so late, let's go to bed early."

"Take a look and come back." Sheng Hong's mind was full of three Jinshi.

Seeing that Sheng Hong threw herself away and was about to go out, Lin Xiaoniang had no choice but to make a big move. After a ouch, she fainted on the ground.

"Shuang'er, Shuang'er, what's the matter with you?" Sheng Hong hurriedly picked up Lin Xiaoniang who was on the ground, and yelled twice, but he didn't wake up, so he hurriedly shouted to the maid beside him, "Go and call the doctor."

"Yes, my lord." The servant girl trotted out the door.

After half a cup of tea, there was a "creak" sound, Sheng Hong thought it was the doctor who had come, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Mother, hiccup!" Sheng Changfeng, who was drinking too much, was dumbfounded when he saw Sheng Hong!

Why is Dad in Auntie's room? !
Sheng Hong saw his youngest son's face was drunk, and the pungent smell of alcohol rushed into his nostrils. He didn't understand the situation, his face turned livid in an instant, and the anger in his chest soared to 99999!Pointing at the youngest son, looking at Lin Xiaoniang, she angrily said, "This is what you said to do the problem until midnight?!"

Lin Xiaoniang looked at her drunken son, and then at Sheng Hong, her angry face was distorted, she hesitated for a while, and with an ouch, she passed out again.

snort!
Sheng Hong turned around and saw that Chang Feng wanted to get away, so he picked up a tickle and scratched it, caught up with his younger son and gave it a hard blow.

"Tell you not to study hard!"

"Let you go out and fool around!"

"Ah, Daddy, I was wrong."

"Ah, Daddy, I don't dare anymore."

After beating him for a few minutes, Sheng Hong was sweating profusely from exhaustion, put down his itch, and asked his youngest son where he was fooling around.

How could Sheng Changfeng dare to tell the truth, if he really wanted to tell the truth, his father might sever his father-son relationship with him and use the excuse of attending a poetry meeting held in the same year.

"Just you poor scholars who can't pass the provincial examination, hold a shit poetry meeting!"

Sheng Hong asked his own servants to drag his youngest son out, beat him with another twenty sticks, and then made this scoundrel kneel in the yard!
Turning around and looking at lying on the couch, Lin Xiaoniang was still dizzy, held back for a long time, and said, "A loving mother is a failure!"

Lin Xiaoniang felt bitter in her heart. She thought about telling Sheng Hong, but if she really wanted to tell the secret, her son would definitely hate her, and she would have to rely on him for the rest of her life.

Sheng Hong flicked his sleeves, and went straight out of Lin Xi Pavilion. Before leaving the hospital, he said, "Let this wicked person kneel and reflect on himself!"

"Xiao Niang, the master has already left the yard." Xue Niang watched Sheng Hong leave the yard, hurried into the room, and said to Lin Xiaoniang who was on the couch.

Lin Xiaoniang sat up and whispered, "Where's Mo'er? Have you found it?"

Xueniang whispered, "On the way back, I guess we'll be there in a quarter of an hour."

Lin Xiaoniang clutched her little heart, took a few breaths, and finally she didn't reveal her daughter's affairs, "Tell the servants to shut up!"

Xueniang said firmly, "Don't worry, my little lady, no one dares to talk nonsense."

Sheng Hong walked out of the yard, looked up to the sky and sighed, every time he heard his colleagues talk about his unsatisfactory children, he would be complacent for a while, his two sons were very up-to-date, but he didn't expect the youngest son to be an asshole.A gust of night wind blows, "Ah Choo!" Tighten the unlined clothes on her body!After thinking for a while, he raised his legs and walked towards a yard.

Wei Rui Xuan

Looking at the list of her youngest daughter's dowry, Wang always felt that it was a little too little.

Hold your forehead. The son-in-law is too rich, and it's also a headache!
Over the years, the gifts Wang Lidong gave to the Sheng family alone amounted to a total of 2 guan. Ru'er only got a small half, and the rest was included in the public account, and was divided between Sheng Minglan and Sheng Molan. Forget it, but the little fairy Sheng Molan gave birth to more than [-] pennies. Every time I think of this, my heart twitches.

"Miss, are you feeling uncomfortable?" Lu Hong's family immediately asked with concern when they saw that Wang was covering his heart and gnashing his teeth.

Wang waved her hand, indicating that she was fine, "Ru'er's dowry is a bit thin, I want to get some more.

But I only have [-] guan left in my private house, which is used for Changbai's wedding.

The public account cannot be moved.

Officials can't count on it, and old ladies only have 1000 pennies. "

Lu Hong's family comforted, "Miss, [-] dowry is enough. The eldest girl didn't have that much when she got married. And I don't think the young man will care about the amount of dowry."

Wang said worryingly, "Brother Heng won't say anything, I'm afraid Princess Pingning will dislike him less, so he will inevitably look down on Ruer."

"Who takes it lightly?"

Sheng Hong pushed the door open and entered the room, and saw Mrs. Wang and her nanny muttering non-stop, stepped forward, looked at the list in her hand, "Isn't Ru'er's dowry almost ready?"

Seeing Sheng Hong, Mrs. Wang asked in surprise, "Didn't you sleep in Lin Xige tonight? Why are you here again?"

Sheng Hong's face froze slightly, he turned around and sat on the chair next to him, feeling that his throat was a bit dry, so he asked his wife to make him a bowl of tea.

When Mrs. Wang saw Sheng Hong looking around and talking about him, she knew that she was not happy staying at Linxi Pavilion, so she couldn't help stabbing a few words, and asked the grandmother to bring green tea powder, pour it into boiling water, and lit it with the tea whisk. ordered tea.

The corner of Sheng Hong's mouth twitched, Ruoyou Ruowu glanced at Wang Shi, if he happened to be looking for her for something, he would not come even if he slept in the study, "Today's palace examination, several adults have taken a fancy to Changbai, and they intend to get married. "

Surprised, Wang asked, "How many? Which ones?"

Sheng Hong said with some pride, "Wen Yanbo, the political adviser, Anbo, the minister of Guanglu Temple, and Li Shilang, the boss."

Mrs. Wang got up suddenly, almost turned over the tea bowl in her hand, and said excitedly, "Mr. Wen also likes my Baier?" Although she always wanted her son to marry the eldest girl of her sister's family, but if she could marry Zaizhi's family, Then I can only say sorry to my sister.

Sheng Hong stroked his beard with a smile, and said, "I was also stunned at the time, but the meaning of what Wen Xianggong said depends on Bai'er's ranking in the imperial examination."

Mrs. Wang said nervously, "Wen Xianggong means that Bo'er's ranking will be enough."

Sheng Hong waved his hands and sighed, "At first, I also thought Mr. Wen was pretty good, but when I was drinking with Li Shilang at night, he told me a piece of news. I don't think this kind of relationship can be married."

Wang asked, "What are you talking about? I have met the third girl from Wenxiang Gong's family twice. They are both talented and beautiful, and I heard that they are also very good-natured. They are a good match for Changbai."

Sheng Hong approached the Wang family, and said in a low voice: "Wen Xianggong's Erlang has been very close to Yan Wang's son recently, and I heard that he also donated a lot of money, which seems to be 10,000+." Slightly sighed and said , "I don't know what Wen Xianggong thinks, although King Yan has a good reputation and there is no competitor like King Yong, but His Majesty obviously doesn't like him.

The chance of King Yan ascending to the throne is really slim.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, King Yan and the forces involved in the battle for the crown will surely be liquidated.Our family doesn't have a big backer, and it will inevitably be affected by then. "

Although the Wang family is not very proficient in the court affairs, but after living in the capital for so many years, hearing all kinds of news about the battle for the heir apparent made her ears callous. Knowing the danger of this matter, she hurriedly said, "This Mr. Forget it, what about the others?"

"Master An of Guanglu Temple, from the An family of Xinghua, has had hairpin tassels for generations. In the past hundred years of my dynasty, there have been 33 double-ranked Jinshi.

My boss, Li Shilang, was born in the Li family of Songling, a scholarly family, full of nobles, his brother is a deputy envoy from Jiangnan East Road, and his younger brother is a scholar of the Imperial Academy."

Sheng Hong took the teacup from Mrs. Wang and took a sip. Although his throat was a little rough, he just liked the tune.Zan said: "Madam's tea is comfortable to drink." After taking another sip, he put down the tea bowl, "The reputation and family style of the An family and the Li family are quite good.

The lady went out for a run recently and asked about the situation of the two girls. "

Wang frowned and said, "The An family is good, but Mrs. An is a side branch.

The girl from Li Shilang's family, I met once, is a little short, reaching to my earlobe, and she doesn't seem to be a good match for Changbai. "

Sheng Hong glanced at Mrs. Wang, and snorted coldly, "Master An is only in his early forties now, that is, he has been a third-rank official for more than ten years, and he is expected to be a prime minister.

Mrs. Li is not bad, as long as the girl is good-natured, she will be shorter.

Don't think that I don't know your little thoughts, because you just want Bai'er to marry the eldest girl of your sister's family.

If you really want to be good to Bai Er, put away your stupid thoughts! "

She even said she was stupid, Wang's hair got furious, and she glared at Sheng Hong angrily, "What is stupid?!! I'm Bai'er's mother, how can I harm him?!

Yun'er is so wonderful, beautiful, gentle and generous, she is also my own niece, she knows everything, and her family background is not much worse than the two you mentioned. "

Sheng Hong put the tea bowl in his hand heavily, and he would have cut it before playing it if he knew it earlier, he was out of his mind today, why did he talk to this confused person, "Do you think Bai'er will still be a junior official of the fifth or sixth grade in 20 years, and he will be a junior official all the year round. Working in various places, I move only once every three to five years, and I can’t go back to the capital once in more than ten years. I have no problem with whoever is my daughter-in-law.

If you want Bo Geer to wear a purple official uniform and stay by your side all year round, then you just listen to me. "

As soon as the anger on Wang's forehead dropped by half, he asked doubtfully, "You mean if you marry Yun'er, Bai'er won't be promoted?"

Sheng Hong snorted coldly, "Our Sheng family has a small family, and we don't have many contacts.

It's been so many years since my father-in-law passed away, and the favors and resources left behind have been cleaned up by my uncle and your good sister.

After marrying Yun'er, Changbai can only rely on himself if he wants to be promoted, but in Song Dynasty, there is no one in the court, no matter how capable you are, you are just a p.Since you are capable, do more, and you will not be able to move your nest for the rest of your life.

If you marry a girl from the An family or the Li family, with the help of the Yue family, with Changbai's ability, as long as there are no mistakes, you will definitely be able to get into the third rank before going home to retire.

You are Changbai's mother, which one would you choose? ! "

Wang looked at her own officials and said, "Didn't you become a fifth-rank official because you managed it yourself?"

Sheng Hong laughed at himself, "If it wasn't for the help of my father-in-law back then, I would have been able to work in a rich place like Yangzhou?
If it wasn't for the mother's help and the little resources left by Mr. Taishan, do you think I could be transferred to the capital with just a little money?
I tell you, dream! "

Wang didn't struggle for long. The relationship between her and her sister has not been very good since they were young. The son's future is more important, but she still said that if the two girls have bad character, then she will definitely not agree.

Sheng Hong nodded, he believed that with the family style of the Li family of the An family, the girls he could teach would not be too bad, he relieved a problem, and he was in a good mood, "Just now when you entered the door, what did you say that you looked down on Ruer?"

After Wang talked about the dowry, Sheng Hong frowned a little after hearing it, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Ru Lan's dowry should not exceed Hua Lan's. They are both your daughter and me, so we can't treat one more favorably than the other, otherwise Hua'er will not say anything." Said, I will definitely blame you in my heart.

Besides, how could someone like Princess Pingning underestimate Ru'er just for the sake of [-] to [-] yuan.

And for Ru'er's wedding, Qi Guogong should not agree to make a fuss, unless "

"Unless what?"

"Unless the relationship between the new emperor and the Duke of Qi is irreversible."

"What do you mean?"

Sheng Hong explained, "It's still a few months before the current body is amazing. Ru'er's marriage must be held after the new emperor ascends the throne.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, after the new emperor takes office, he will definitely make some adjustments to the old ministers, such as Zai Zhishangshu, he will arrange his favorite positions. "

Wang suddenly asked nervously, "Then the third envoy of the Duke of Qi will also be replaced?"

Sheng Hong nodded and said, "That's for sure. Once the new emperor comes up, the first step is usually to control the military power, and the second step is to pull the money bag into his arms."

Wang's face immediately collapsed. If Qi Guogong had no specific assignments, he would have no title, just like a toothless tiger.

Sheng Hong continued, "In the past two years, the imperial court's income has been increasing, but its expenses have also increased a lot, so the imperial court has been short of money. After the new emperor ascends the throne, he will reward Conglong's heroes, which requires a large sum of money.

Now the entire Song Dynasty knows that the Duke of Qi is the richest.At that time, the wedding will be a big deal, isn't it the initiative to attract the emperor's attention? "

Wang said in horror, "Officer, do you mean that the emperor will attack Duke Qi's mansion? That's not the case."

Sheng Hong rolled his eyes, and said, "Ru'er is also my daughter. Forgot who raised Princess Pingning? As long as the queen, the future queen mother is here, the Duke's residence will be fine. At that time, the queen mother will be in the middle." Adjustment, Qi Guogong took out some benefits, and this matter will be over."

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Just be safe, then count it with Hua'er's dowry."

(End of this chapter)