One of the Red Buildings: Three Thousand Miles

As mentioned last time, King Xian sent an invitation to Master Shi, and Mrs. Shi was worried about Master Shi after seeing her.

When Master Shi saw this, he couldn't bear to see Mrs. Shi anxious, so he could only comfort Mrs. Shi and said, "Don't worry. If it's really my fault, the virtuous king would have called at the door long ago. Why are you and I worrying here? He will send me invitations in a nice voice. I see, there are other headhunters on a regular basis. Come on, it’s a blessing or a curse, and you can’t avoid it. Now that you’ve posted all the posts, I’ll go. Anyway, I’m diligent However, there is nothing for others to figure out."

The more Mr. Shi said this, the more Mrs. Shi became more worried. Seeing Mr. Shi leave, Mrs. Shi's face turned pale with worry, and she was restless in the room.Seeing this, Mu Ge felt anxious and went out to find someone to invite Xuanxuan over.After hearing this, Xuanxuan hurriedly put down what she was doing and rushed over.As soon as he entered the room, he saw Mrs. Shi was walking around in the room.

"Mom, what's the matter with you?" Recently, the number of times Madam's anxiety has increased significantly.Is this the kind of thing that I am used to being busy on weekdays, and when I am free, I feel itchy all over my body and have to find something to worry about to be comfortable.How about the calm and calm Mrs. Shi in the past?Where did you go?In the past, it was her who had difficulty finding Mrs. Shi, but now it's good, when Mrs. Shi is anxious when she has nothing to do, she comes to persuade her every day.

When Mrs. Shi saw Xuanxuan coming, she immediately told about the Xian Wang's visit to Master Shi, emphasizing how the Xian Wang beat up that official back then, and how the official ended miserably at that time.Although he didn't know why the virtuous king was looking for Mr. Shi this time, Mrs. Shi just couldn't find peace in her heart.

"Tell me, it's not easy for you to be successful. Your brother is also the number one scholar in high school, and now he is also a member of the court. Why did this happen again? Didn't this kill me!" Mrs. Shi cried clap your hands.

Xuanxuan was helpless, and when she comforted her, Madam said, "Mother, you are so pessimistic about everything. I heard you say that King Xian must be a person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes. Since he is such a person, he will not While being dissatisfied with daddy, he posted another post to invite daddy. Mother, please rest assured, the virtuous king will not do anything to daddy."

I don't know if it's because caring makes chaos or something, but Xuanxuan just feels that Mrs. Shi is not right.Mrs. Shi was obviously too flustered, which was not at all like the original her.

After hearing Xuanxuan's words, Mrs. Shi wobbled back into her chair, still with a sad expression on her face, she reached out to pick up the teacup on the table to drink water, but before reaching out, Mrs. Shi swayed twice, leaned back Face fell back.If it wasn't for Muge's sharp eyesight and quick hands, she rushed forward to support her, and Mrs. Shi could lie down on the ground directly.

Xuanxuan was terrified, and hurriedly called the housekeeper to ask for a doctor.In a hurry, she followed Mrs. Shi to the bed, Xuanxuan held Mrs. Shi's hand, and stood motionless by the bed.

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The Shi family was in a panic, and Master Shi didn't know anything about it.He is now thinking with all his heart what the King Xian is looking for.If there is anything he did not do well, but thinking about it carefully, he dare not say that he has never done bad things in his life, but there is absolutely nothing like anything that harms morality and morality.With a clear conscience, I'm just terribly confused right now.

When we arrived at the Xianwang Mansion, the chief steward of the Xianwang Mansion had been waiting outside for a long time.Master Shi was flattered, the so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, the chief steward of the palace is also a person who cannot be offended.

The butler was quite polite, and while welcoming Master Shi to go in, he said, "Master Shi, my prince has been waiting for a long time. Just now he sent someone over to ask. Go, go, let's go in quickly."

Master Shi nodded in response with a smile, and asked calmly, "I don't know if there is anything that the lord needs to send when he calls the little official. In fact, there is no need to be so grand, as long as you send someone to tell the lower official, the lower official is willing to serve the lord." "Master Shi also knew that he might not be able to get something out of him, but he said it anyway.

Sure enough, the butler said after a few polite words, "I'm dissatisfied with your lord, and I don't know why the lord has anything to do with you. But depending on the lord's mood, it's not a bad thing." Of course the butler knew what the old lord was doing when he was looking for him. After inquiring about big and small things in the family every day, the housekeeper is responsible for sending them to the ears of the old prince and princess.So when the old prince wanted Hou Xuan to be the best son-in-law, it was not difficult for the butler to guess.

Since he is the father of the future uncle, the housekeeper must be very polite.

It's just that the more regretful the housekeeper is, the more puzzled Master Shi is. What exactly is the old prince looking for him for?

The old prince was in the study, and after someone informed him, Master Shi entered the room.The butler then ordered someone to seal the tea and waited by the side.Although the virtuous king is over 50 years old, he has been pampered and well-maintained for many years. He doesn't seem to want people in his 50s at all. On the contrary, when he is in his 40s, he looks older than the old prince.

The old prince didn't wait for the old master to come in to see the ceremony, he went over to make a gesture, and said, "My lord, you don't need to be too polite. I hope your lord will not be offended by my rash invitation today."

Master Shi was overwhelmed by flattery, and quickly said, "My lord is too modest, I am very happy to receive the invitation from my lord, and I am very happy to be able to see you today. It is indeed my luck."

"Hahaha, Master Shi really knows how to joke. This king is an idle prince with no power or money, but he was born in the emperor's family and can live as he pleases. In fact, he is no different from other people in the world. Sir, sit down, sit down." The old man The lord asked Mr. Shi to sit down, but Mr. Shi courteously and sat down.

After sitting down, the old prince first chatted casually at the same time, talking about the scenery of the frontier, whether he was used to it or not after entering Beijing.It's just that in this faint politeness, Master Shi gradually calmed down, and his answers became more and more appropriate.

"After I came to Beijing, I was not used to it. After all, I have been away from Beijing for many years, and the city is more prosperous than before. Take the tofu nao at the front door as an example. When I left, one copper plate was one bowl, but now it costs three copper coins. That's enough. However, the more it is like this, the more it can reflect the prosperity of our capital, and the country is not strong." Master Shi said.

The old prince's eyes lit up, "Master Shi also loves the tofu flower at the front door?"

Master Shi nodded, "That's natural. The tofu flower that Xiaguan loved the most when he was young, and the bowl of tofu flower that he misses the most after leaving Beijing. The tofu flower that Old Master Liu has made for decades has been like a day. It’s better than the ones from other families. Could it be that the prince also loves it.”

The old prince laughed loudly, nodded and said, "That's right. Originally, the king loved to eat, but the empress in the palace stopped him. Later, when he got married, everyone in the palace also stopped him. I don't want to be so sympathetic with Master Shi today. Speaking of it , we are also friends of this tofu flower."

Master Shi didn't even dare, but that bowl of tofu flower connected the two irrelevant people, and even made Master Shi let go of his hanging heart.So he asked bluntly, "I don't know if the lord is here today, but what do you want to order? As long as the lord can do what the lord can do, just say a word, and the lord will definitely do it."

The old prince smiled and waved to the butler, and the butler went down knowingly.When everyone left, the old prince pondered, and then he said to Master Shi, "The thing is like this. The little girl Mulan has been pampered by me since she was a child, but she is also a good child who knows how to read and respect. At the age of marriage, I intend to choose an excellent husband-in-law for her. No, after searching for many days, I still haven't found a suitable one in Beijing."

Master Shi finally understood, and he was even more relieved. He nodded and said, "My lord is very worried. I am also a father, and I also have daughters in my family. Sometimes this daughter's marriage is more troublesome than that son's. You said that the son After all, you don’t have to worry about the future, it’s all in front of you anyway. But my daughter is different, she’s someone else’s family after she gets married, and she doesn’t say that it hurts and itches, she doesn’t know much about being a father for ten days and a half months or even a lifetime There are people here. Therefore, we must pay more attention to the matter of choosing a husband."

The old prince agreed deeply, "That's right, I have a thousand choices. I am not afraid of anything else, but I am afraid that my daughter will be entrusted to you by others. After all, my daughter will still have to go on her own in the future. What I can do, I can't do." It's just a little investigation before marriage, and after marrying her, the heart that hangs high all day long."

Master Shi also felt deeply, thinking about the future of Mo Xuan at home, and Xuanxuan was going to marry into a wealthy family, neither one of them could be worried.So he nodded again and again.

After lamenting the difficulty of being a father, the old prince turned to congratulate Master Shi again, congratulating Hou Xuan.

"Master Shi gave birth to a good son, and he is one of the best young talents in the capital. Not bad, a good boy." The old prince was full of praise for Hou Xuan.

Master Shi shook his head humbly, "He is still a child, and he only reads too much on weekdays, one is luck, he has won the favor of the Holy Prince. Otherwise, he would not have the glory he is today."

The old prince refused, "Hey, that's not right, why did you say that. If you want me to say, Hou Xuan is good, very good!" He was more anxious than Master Shi, Hou Xuan's father.

Master Shi could already guess what the old prince meant, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. After all, she was the daughter of the royal family, the jewel in the palm of the famous and virtuous king at that time, and the princess bestowed by the emperor. It was indeed a little bit strange for Hou Xuan to marry her High climbing.Moreover, Master Shi was still faintly worried that if the princess was too savage, it would be bad for Hou Xuan in the future.

Although it is said that marrying a wife is high and marrying a person is low, but the daughter of the royal family, compared with the master Shi of the Shi family who is a small clan mansion, the gap is a bit big.Even though Hou Xuan is in the limelight now, he still can't hide the insurmountable gap.

However, just because Master Shi thinks it is difficult to overcome does not mean that others think the same way. In the eyes of King Xian, status does not matter. Anyway, he has everything, and now he lacks a suitable son-in-law.And Shi Houxuan was officially the best candidate to be his son-in-law.

"We Ming people don't speak dark words, Master Shi, I'll tell you the truth, this king asked someone to visit Shi Houxuan in private, and even quietly matched the horoscopes of Hou Xuan and the little girl Mulan. Everything is fine, so... ..." The old prince gestured to Master Shi with his eyes, hoping that he would continue.

If you said you were still pretending to be confused just now, then if you play sloppy now, it is not pretending to be confused but pretending to be dead.Master Shi got up, saluted, and said solemnly, "It is my son who has climbed up to the princess."

The old prince stood up with a smile, and helped Master Shi, "Whatever, it's the fate of these two children. Master Shi is right."

What can Master Shi say, he has to answer.

At that moment, the two agreed that as the head of the house, the two men would not have to talk about it anymore, and the rest was what the housewives should do.Master Shi said that Mrs. Shi will come to pay a visit to the princess tomorrow.The old prince answered for the old concubine...

On the way back, Master Shi was sitting in the sedan chair, feeling dizzy, feeling happy and anxious like being hit on the head by a gold ingot.Although they didn't intend to pick a bad or good one for Hou Xuan, they never thought that this would be the case.After marrying the princess, of course, the Shi family was very different because of this, and Hou Xuan's status naturally changed immediately.But then again, how many royal people are good stubblers?How good-tempered can be spoiled?

Master Shi was afraid that Princess Mulan was not only eccentric, but also unruly. What's more, Master Shi still remembered that when he was young, there was a sensation in the capital.Back then when the first emperor and princess got married, the young couple got married within half a year. The princess killed her husband with her own hands, but in the end it was all over. Later, the princess remarried and went to Saibei, and has not returned yet. But no one dared to avenge the tragic death of the son-in-law .That one is delusional.

Although the princess was a special case, who would have thought that the princess behind her was not? After all, the two have the same royal blood!

I was worried, I was worried, even if Master Shi was so courageous, he would not dare to disobey the King Xian's order, so he could only urge his servants to hurry home.

Unexpectedly, on the way back, he first heard the news that Mrs. Shi had fainted. Master Shi was so frightened that he was so frightened. When he got home, there were indeed many happy events.

"What, your mother is pregnant!" Master Shi was shocked.

Xuanxuan's tone was confused, and she also appeared in the confusion. Just before the doctor came, Xuanxuan was guarding Mrs. Shi, thinking wildly, thinking a lot, thinking about what she would do if Mrs. Shi left like this, thinking about Mrs. Shi All kinds of kindness to her, thinking of the mother-daughter bond.Then he secretly persuaded himself, it's okay, it's okay, Mrs. Shi is just worried too much, it's okay.

After the doctor came to see it, he smiled and congratulated, saying that Mrs. Shi is not sick, but pregnant. In addition to the recent work, she is always in a happy and sad mood, so it is inevitable that the fetal gas will move, but it’s okay, it didn’t hurt much. holding the fetus in the womb.After prescribing a few medicines and explaining some precautions, he said that he would come back for a consultation three days later, and then left, leaving behind a dazed Xuanxuan and servants who were full of surprises.