Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

On the morning of the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Wenzheng and Lin Shilang of the Ministry of Officials exchanged posts, and the marriage was concluded in black and white. Because it was not easy for Lin Shilang to ask for leave, the wedding date was set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after the next year, and it was agreed that the two families would meet on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Let's meet and formally talk about the marriage.

The Shen family was completely unaware of the fact that Lu Qingyi had been accepted by someone else. On the early morning of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Zhongnan brought Shen Wenchang to the Lu residence in high spirits.

At this time, Lu Wen was dealing with the pile of official duties. Hearing the arrival of the Shen family father and son, he was stunned for a while, and hesitantly put down his pen. He seemed to guess why the Shen family father and son came here, sighed and said: " Let them in."

"Yes, my lord." The yamen servant led the order to go out.

Lu Wenzheng stood up, straightened his official robe and black hat, and greeted him personally.

"East Shen's family, there is a long way to go, and there is a long way to go."

Shen Zhongnan was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect Lu Wenzheng to greet him in person, and then he understood Lu Wenzheng so warmly that the two parties intended to marry each other.

"Lord Lu, be polite, be polite."

"Shen Dong's family, please come inside." Lu Wenzheng greeted him while ordering the servant girl, "Hurry up and serve tea!"

Shen Wenchang followed behind happily, looking around behind his father with a happy smile, maybe he could see Yiyi's figure.

"East Shen, please sit down."

"Thank you, Lord Lu." Shen Zhongnan sat down with a smile.

Lu Wenzheng also sat on the opposite stool, turned his head to look at Shen Wenchang who was standing aside, and said with a smile: "Shen Dong's family, your son is so righteous, chivalrous and courageous, so handsome."

"Lord Lu, I'm sorry for the prize. It's nothing more than idiots with obsessions. This time, my mother and I were anxious to death. Our husband and wife almost sent a white-haired man to a black-haired man. Fortunately, my lord is innocent, so he can save his life." Ah." Shen Zhongnan took a sip while holding the cup of tea.

Lu Wenzheng sneered and said with a smile: "The kindness of the Shen family, Mr. Lu will keep it in his heart, if there is anything useful to come to the Lu family in the future, the Shen family can just speak up."

"Your Excellency is serious. Although our Shen family is a family of merchants, we can't do things to show kindness and ask for repayment."

"The Shen family doesn't ask for favors, but my Lu family can't refuse to repay their favors." Master Lu smiled and held a teacup.

Standing aside, Shen Wenchang saw that neither of them mentioned the truth, so he couldn't help being anxious, and gently tugged on the old man's sleeve.

Shen Zhongnan glared at his son, then looked at Lu Wenzheng with a smile and said, "Lord Lu, to tell you the truth, this time I brought my son across the house to propose a marriage for the dog."

Hearing this, Lu Wenzheng sighed, put down the teacup, and looked at the Shen family father and son opposite. The eyes of the Shen family boy were full of vigor, which made him feel a little bit unbearable.

"You guys, come a little later." Lu Wenzheng put down the teacup.

Shen Wenchang was in shock, why was he a step late?

"Lord Lu, what do you mean?" Shen Zhongnan just felt that something was wrong, and the marriage might not be possible.

Lu Wenzheng stood up, took a step inside, and said with his hands behind his back: "When I was in Beijing, I promised my daughter's life to Lin Yunsheng, the son of Lin Shilang, and I changed the post yesterday to set the wedding date."

"What?" Shen Wenchang shook her body, did she give her clothes to someone else?Shen Wenchang panicked in an instant, and happily came to propose marriage, but suddenly a basin of cold water poured down his head.

Shen Zhongnan also stood up, very displeased: "Unexpectedly, the Lu family's scholarly family would actually do the thing of one woman with two husbands. I really admire, admire."

"Nonsense." Lu Wenzheng turned around, "My daughter, the Lin family is only allowed to marry one family, so why do you talk about two husbands?"

"Didn't Mrs. Lu tell Mrs. Lu that the daughter of your mansion has paid homage to the child in prison?" Shen Zhongnan was very angry in his heart, and his voice was also a little angry.

"What? Patriarchal worship?" Lu Wenzheng was shocked, "How could I not know about this?"

Shen Wenchang returned to his senses and hurriedly said: "It's true, Yiyi and I have already been married, and in prison it was my mother-in-law who personally agreed. Yiyi promised it to me a long time ago, how can I promise it to someone else?"

Lu Wenzheng's complexion was not good, and without waiting for an answer, he quickly turned around and left the main hall, and hurriedly walked towards the inner courtyard with his official robe.

"Father, what should we do now? Yiyi can't marry someone else." Shen Wenchang held Shen Zhongnan's hand tightly.

Shen Zhongnan sighed, what Lu Wenzheng promised was the official family, and the post has been changed, with red paper and black letters, there are proofs and certificates, but they have no proofs, let alone the people do not fight with the officials.

"Calm down, listen to Dad, there are many good girls in this world..."

Before Shen Zhongnan finished speaking, Shen Wenchang knelt down with a plop, she heard what her father meant from her father's words, but she couldn't, if she couldn't marry Yiyi, she would go crazy.

"Father, I don't want it. I don't want other girls no matter how good they are. I only want Yiyi. I only want her!!!!"

"It's a worthless thing." Shen Zhongnan was holding back the anger in his heart, but when he saw his son so unbelievable, he became angry instantly, raised his leg and kicked his son, "If the Lu family really intends to get married, how can they promise their daughter to her?" Someone else? Use your brain to think about it, get up and go back to me!"

"I don't, I won't go back!" Shen Wenchang cried. She was fine in the morning. Why did everything change in the blink of an eye? Yi, let's go beg Mr. Lu together, yes, go beg Mr. Lu."

As Shen Wenchang spoke, he stood up and wanted to rush in, but was grabbed by Shen Zhongnan.

"You bastard, wake me up."

In the backyard of the Lu family, Mrs. Lu was patiently teaching her daughter to be a female star. She took her daughter's embroidered mandarin ducks and played in the water. She sighed and said, "Why didn't Huiban follow your mother? It's because my mother was soft-hearted before. If you didn't like it, she didn't force you to learn it. Now Fortunately, this female celebrity will be disliked by her in-laws if she doesn't pass the test, and I don't know if Shen Wenchang's mother is easy to get along with."

Lu Qingyi blushed and pinched the needle, feeling anxious for a while. The current wife of the Shen family is not Shen Wenchang's biological mother. If she is not easy to get along with, she may be difficult to be a bride.

"Mother, I'll practice more these days." Lu Qingyi lowered her head slightly.

"It's not something that can be done overnight. You have to tell the Shen family first. By the way, why hasn't the Shen family come to propose marriage? It's been three days since your father came back." Madam Lu complained.

"Maybe it's busy. This is the busiest time for businesses." Lu Qingyi said so, but she couldn't stop complaining in her heart. Shen Wenchang didn't come to look for her for several days.

The mother and daughter were talking when the door opened. The two looked up, only to see Lu Wenzheng walking in with a panicked expression.

"Master, what's the matter?" Mrs. Lu stepped forward.

Lu Wenzheng didn't care about his daughter's presence, and asked directly: "Madam, let me ask you, is it true that Hui Ban and Shen Jiaerlang got married in prison?"

"It's true." Madam Lu nodded, and then took a look outside, "What's the matter? Master, the Shen family has come to propose marriage."

"Here we come, we come." Lu Wenzheng slumped on the stool, his eyes glazed over.

"Oh, that's great, it's finally here." Mrs. Lu was overjoyed, she walked to her daughter and took out the embroidery from her daughter's hand and said, "Stop embroidering, mother will invite you some embroiderers to come and embroider the auspicious clothes, welcome!" happily married."

"Mother~" Lu Qingyi stood up, with a face of shame, pulled her embroidered mandarin ducks from her mother's hands, ran out, and her daughter's family was too shy to listen to the engagement.

"Ma'am!" Lu Wenzheng raised his hand and pinched the center of his eyebrows, "This matter is too absurd, how can I let my daughter come to pay homage to someone in the prison?"

"My lord, although this matter is not in accordance with etiquette, it is in line with human feelings. On the eve of being dragged to the execution ground, I thought that I was bound to die. My daughter cried and begged me to make the decision, and wanted to die as Shen Wenchang's wife. My heart ached at that time too. Ah, the daughter in the palm of my hand is so shabby to marry, and I haven't had time to be a wife and mother, and seeing that Shen Jiaerlang still had a deep love for his daughter before he died, I agreed with tears, but fortunately, there was no danger. , Now, I want to make my daughter's marriage a lively affair, sir, let's marry our daughter with ten miles of red makeup, and we will marry in a splendid manner."

"Ma'am!" Lu Wenzheng sighed, looked at his wife helplessly and said, "I, I have already promised Huiban to the Lin family."

"What?" Mrs. Lu was stunned, "Well, when did this happen?"

"When I was in Beijing, brother Lin approached me at my uncle's house and I agreed with him. The two families also exchanged posts yesterday morning."

"Why didn't the master tell me about such a big matter? My daughter has already promised the Shen family, how can I promise the Lin family again?"

"I came back with a lot of business. I came back last night and you fell asleep. I hurried to the front this morning, and I forgot to mention it." Lu Wenzheng was very annoyed right now, how could this kind of thing happen in their house.

"Master, we must not disappoint the Shen family's kindness. Besides, there is always a first come, first come first, and the daughter should marry the Shen family."

"But, the Lin family and I have already changed posts. Our marriage has already been decided, and we can't change it. Besides, the Lin family's scholarly family, if they resign, how can they endure such a shame?" Lu Wenzheng stood up.

Mrs. Lu almost couldn't stand it when she heard the words. If she changed the post, the marriage would be difficult to withdraw.

"The Lin and Lu families have been friends since their parents' generation. What's more, the marriage has been decided, and the government and the public must know about the forced resignation. The Lu family must not lose their trust in the scholars." Lu Wenzheng put his hands behind his back, with a look of grief.

"Then, what about the Shen family?" Mrs. Lu asked anxiously.

Lu Wenzheng sighed, left the room without saying a word, and went straight to the front hall.

In the hall, Shen Zhongnan was sitting with an angry expression on his face. Beside him, Shen Wenchang was kneeling and begging bitterly. Seeing this scene, Lu Wenzheng was standing at the door in a daze. Why couldn't he move his legs?

Shen Wenchang heard a sigh from behind, turned his head quickly, saw that it was Lu Wenzheng, stood up quickly, and ran over.

"Lord Lu, what's the matter? I'm not lying. Yiyi and I really love each other. Please help Master Lu." Shen Wenchang said and wanted to kneel down for Lu Wenzheng. For Yiyi, she would do anything.

Seeing Shen Wenchang like this, Lu Wenzheng couldn't bear it, so he hurried to help Shen Wenchang.

"Nephew Shen, the Lin family has a matchmaker and a certificate, and the marriage is difficult to withdraw. The Lu family can only feel sorry for you."

Shen Wenchang hurriedly said after hearing the words: "But I'm paying homage first, isn't this too much to do? Besides, Yiyi and I have already exchanged tokens of love, as evidenced by the Shen family's ancestral jade pendant."

"What?" Lu Wenzheng took two steps back, with his hands on his temples, the news almost stunned him.

"Bastard, you can give me the ancestral jade pendant, who gave you the courage." Shen Zhongnan stepped forward and slapped Shen Wenchang.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzheng hurriedly stopped him: "Boss Shen, don't do it, don't do it."

Shen Wenchang fell to the ground, covering her face with her hands, tears in her eyes. From the attitudes of Lord Lu and her father, she had already guessed their decision in her heart, but she was still dying.