Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

In the hall of the Chen family, the atmosphere was very dignified. Mrs. Chen sat on the main seat with a cold face, turning her body sideways and ignoring the two kneeling people in the hall.

All the servants were sent out except Wu Ma, and the hall was silent for a while.

Chen Siyun's knelt knees hurt a little, and when she looked at Wan'er beside her, she couldn't hold it anymore. Judging by her expression, she was already holding back.

"Mother!" Chen Siyun knelt and took two steps, "Mother, it was my fault yesterday, and if you want to punish me, you can just punish me alone. Let Wan'er get up."

Mrs. Chen snorted when she heard the words: "You will take pity on the fragrance and cherish the jade."

Chen Siyun sneered twice.

Mrs. Chen sighed, and said angrily, "Okay, let's all get up."

"Thank you, mother." Chen Siyun was overjoyed, and stood up by herself. Because she knelt for a long time, she almost couldn't get up. She rubbed her knee twice, and quickly turned around to help He Wan'er up, "How is it? Does it hurt?" Chen Siyun After saying that, she squatted down, wanting to give He Wan'er a rub.

"Ahem!" Mrs. Chen stared at her daughter with a cold face.

Chen Siyun paused, and He Wan'er blushed and took two steps back. Chen Siyun was so embarrassed that she cleared her throat and stood up.

"Look at your worthless appearance, exactly like your dead father." Mrs. Chen reprimanded her daughter, then looked at He Wan'er, looking up and down, she was indeed more beautiful than her own niece, but she was too self-loving.

"Who else is in Ms. He's family?" Mrs. Chen asked helplessly.

"Mother, she only has one older sister now." Chen Siyun replied.

"Did I ask you?" Mrs. Chen was angry.

Chen Siyun curled her lips and remained silent.

"Mrs. Hui, I, my parents passed away one after another when I was very young." He Wan'er lowered her head, clutching her sleeves with both hands, feeling very nervous inside.

"When you were very young? Then you and your sister were both young. How did you get here all these years?"

"Mrs. Hui, my sister is my righteous sister. We met when we were performing in the vocal music workshop." He Wan'er said truthfully.

"What?" Mrs. Chen was stunned, but Chen Siyun opened her mouth without thinking.

Mrs. Chen patted the table and stood up, looked at her daughter, pointed at He Wan'er and said, "Did you know that she is a prostitute?"

"I..." Chen Siyun panicked and looked at He Wan'er.

"You don't know?" Mrs. Chen asked forcefully.

"I, I, I know, I know." In her panic, Chen Siyun couldn't bear to see the helplessness flashing across Wan'er's eyes, and nodded in response.

"You know? You...you are going to piss me off, you." Mrs. Chen couldn't accept it, "What is the vocal music workshop? It is said to be a show, but it is also a place for men to have fun. Although our family It's not a high-ranking official, but, you can marry a singing girl, you, how will your mother deal with relatives and neighbors?"

"Mother, I married a wife, not relatives." Chen Siyun said, walked to He Wan'er, held Wan'er's hand, looked at his mother and said: "Although Wan'er, although she is a performer, she keeps herself clean, the bed sheet You've seen it with your own eyes."

"Clean and self-sufficient? Hehe." Mrs. Chen shook her head angrily, "Will clean and self-professional sit down with you in the nunnery after becoming a monk? Will clean and self-professional have sex with you without a matchmaker?"

"Mother!" Chen Siyun was surprised that her mother would say such words, just called out "Mother", and pulled out the little hand she was holding. When Chen Siyun turned her head, Wan'er had already run out with her skirt in her hands, and the tears seemed to be unstoppable.

He Wan'er raised her hand and ran out while wiping her tears.

Chen Siyun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chased him out.

"Wan'er!" In front of the flower bed, Chen Siyun held He Wan'er, "Wan'er, why are you going?"

"Let go, let go." He Wan'er cried and struggled.

"I'm not loose, be good, come back with me, my mother is soft-hearted, I'll go and tell my mother." Chen Siyun was in a hurry, and couldn't help feeling guilty for the unbearable situation last night.

"If I don't go back, how can I go back? In your mother's eyes, I'm just a singing girl who doesn't know how to love herself. I can starve to death on the street, and I will never live in such a humiliating way in your house." He Wan'er cried and tried to break away from Chen Siyun.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I won't let you live in humiliation. Come back with me. If my mother doesn't agree, I'll take you away." Chen Siyun shouted.

He Wan'er stopped when she heard the words, bit her lower lip with tears, threw herself into Chen Siyun's arms and cried loudly.

"Hey, don't cry." Chen Siyun patted He Wan'er on the back, and after He Wan'er stopped crying, she took Wan'er's hand and went back to the hall.

Mrs. Chen breathed a sigh of relief when her daughter brought her back, she glanced at He Wan'er and said, "She looks soft and weak, but she has a good temper. I just want to say a few words to you, and you are about to run away. The world outside is so dangerous. , where can you go?"

"Mother, who is to blame for this matter? You know in your heart that you can beat and scold me, so don't target Wan'er." Chen Siyun held Wan'er's hand tightly, fearing that if her mother said something harsh, Wan'er would want to talk again. Walk.

"Both of you are wrong, so I can't tell?" Mrs. Chen glared at her daughter, then sighed: "Are young people so courageous now? Back then, your father and I held hands at most, but I didn't dare to be like you If you have no intermediary and no license, you dare..." Mrs. Chen paused, picked up the teacup to moisten her throat, looked at He Wan'er and continued, "Girl's parents died early, and she fell into prostitution and singing. It's not yours. Fault. But girls really want to love themselves. Haven’t you heard the stories of those infatuated girls who cheated on their hearts? How many people cheated on girls and then left! Situations like you and Siyun are rare, and Siyun is Girl, our Chen family is not an irresponsible family, otherwise, think about it, you are dead, and you have no relatives, no reason, no support, how likely is it to be abandoned?"

He Wan'er stood aside with her head bowed, her body trembled when she heard the words, she knew what Madam Chen said since she was very young, but yesterday, yesterday, for some reason, she was so stupid.

"I don't even have the energy to say what I'm going to say to you. Our Chen family has always been women. There are only old and young in the family. There is no such thing as a husband who respects his wife as inferior. You are all women." Children, after we get married, we close the door to respect each other and be considerate to each other. When you leave this door, you should pretend to be in front of outsiders, so as not to be uncomfortable with gossip." Mrs. Chen said and picked up the teacup.

"Understood, mother." Chen Siyun was overjoyed when he heard his mother's words.

Mrs. Chen sighed, her son couldn't help herself.

"Sit down, both of you." Mrs. Chen rolled up her sleeves, "We are getting married, there is always a process of welcoming, where is your righteous sister now? Our Chen family can give you some money so that she can buy you some dowry. Meaning, let’s go through the motions.”

He Wan'er heard the words and said, "My sister married to Fu County."

"Well, after dinner, you take me here to talk about the ceremony. I, a mother, can't let you get married in a hurry. It's hard to explain to relatives." Mrs. Chen said He looked at Wu Ma and said, "Wu Ma, let the servants serve the food, and prepare some decent gifts, I will take them to Fu County in the afternoon."

"Yes, ma'am." Wu Ma hurriedly left the hall.

Chen Siyun squeezed He Wan'er's hand and winked at her.

He Wan'er hesitated, stood up, walked to the center and said, "Thank you Ma'am."

Mrs. Chen said helplessly: "It's not a servant, what kind of lady are you calling?"

Chen Siyun regained his energy when he heard the words, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, Wan'er should call her mother instead."

"Not married, what's your name?" Mrs. Chen glared at her daughter, then looked at Wan'er and said, "You can change your mouth after you get married. Just call me auntie now."

He Wan'er raised her head slightly, the lady in front of her was really a knife-mouthed bean curd heart.

"Thank you, Auntie." He Wan'er blessed herself again.

"Okay, get up, let's go to the back for dinner first." Mrs. Chen stood up.

Chen Siyun quickly gave He Wan'er a wink, and the two quickly came to the sides of Madam Chen and supported Madam Chen.

"Mother, we'll help you pass." Chen Siyun smiled flatteringly.

Mrs. Chen smiled at her daughter, then turned cold for a moment, slapped off her daughter's hand and said, "I'm not seven or eighty, do I need to hold on to both sides?" After speaking, Mrs. Chen patted Wan'er on her arm hand, took Wan'er away.

Chen Siyun shook her sore hand and smiled helplessly.

At this time, the palace test was going on above the Golden Palace. This time, Enke caught all the students by surprise. Soon after the list of the test came out, the palace test was held immediately. Those who hadn't had time to breathe a sigh of relief immediately lifted their anger.

On the golden hall, Emperor Tianshun sat firmly on the dragon chair, civil servants were in two classes, and two hundred tributes sat in rows and wrote quickly.

This palace examination is different from the past, this time Emperor Tianshun made a temporary question on the spot.Take one question after the exam, and accept one question.After writing the name and surname on the Gongshi's paper, he himself will seal the name with yellow paper, and no servants and ministers are allowed to intervene.

The first test of history and theory, a total of three, the second test of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the third test of policy questions.

The tributes worked hard to write, while the ministers were reviewing the papers, and presented them to Emperor Tianshun in grades. Emperor Tianshun read the top grade papers one by one, and the middle grades.

After a while, the hourglass flowed in, and the waiter shouted, and the examinee handed in the papers by himself, in order to prevent the ministers from remembering the order of the papers and throwing water on others.

Emperor Tianshun sat for a long time and felt unwell, so he stood up, pointed to a small servant and said, "Go and bring a pile of policy questions that have just been collected, and I will help you to have a look first."

"No." The servant quickly walked down the golden steps, took a stack next to him and presented it to Emperor Tianshun.

Emperor Tianshun flipped through them one by one, his brows became more wrinkled the more he looked at them, until the sixth time, his brows gradually eased, he sat upright, looked carefully, and couldn't help but applaud when he saw the wonderful things.

"Students say that there are two disadvantages of laziness, and three disadvantages of redundancy. The reason why this world is always sitting on the source of poverty..."

"There are three so-called disadvantages of redundancy. The first is redundant personnel, the third is redundant soldiers, and the third is redundant expenses. If the disadvantages of redundant personnel are cleared up, if the disadvantages of redundant soldiers are eliminated, and if the disadvantages of redundant expenses are saved, then there will be wealth. The reason why the sage makes salaries to support the officials and soldiers of the world, why? If the officials have the wisdom to govern people, they eat them. The soldiers have the courage of the enemy, so they eat them. It is the one who eats them because of their wisdom and courage. ..."

"Your Majesty began to tell His Majesty about the law of curing malpractice, and Gai Fei had a shocking theory to warn His Majesty. However, I honestly thought that the reason why His Majesty planned students was because I wanted to hear the theory of a timely illness, so I dared to sincerely appreciate it. Excited, I really don’t know what I’m afraid of, and I don’t know what I’m hiding. But Your Majesty forgives his frenzy, forgives his simplicity, and once he gives you a glimpse, the world is very fortunate, and I respect you.”

Emperor Tianshun read the thousand-character strategy theory from the beginning to the end, heaved a sigh of relief after reading, and held the paper in his hand and did not let go.

The ministers read it until dusk, classified the strategies and theories into levels, and presented them to Emperor Tianshun.

Emperor Tianshun decided on the ranking after reading a few paragraphs of each theory, but the name has not been opened yet.

"Call all the tributes to the Golden Luan Hall."

"Here!" The father-in-law led him out of the golden hall and read out the will to the tributes outside.

Prince Ming stood at the top of the civil service, looking at Emperor Tianshun from time to time, who is this number one scholar?His destined son-in-law, don't be an old man in sixties.King Ming was restless, rubbing the sweat on his palms back and forth, worrying about this and that, what if the champion is an old man?

"Students see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Gongshi came to the Golden Hall and knelt down one after another.

"Housekeeper, remove the name of this paper." Emperor Tianshun took the top paper in his hand.

Hearing the words, the servant stepped forward, carefully tore open the yellow paper seal, and said loudly, "Nantong Gongshi Meng Ke."

Gong Shizhong Meng Ke suddenly raised his head, stood up, trotted straight ahead and knelt down, with a very excited expression: "Student Meng Ke kowtows to His Majesty."

Emperor Tianshun frowned, seeing this tribute's frivolous behavior, he originally wanted to focus on probing, but changed his words: "No. 1 in the second class, I will be awarded Jinshi."

Meng Ke was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Tear it down!" Emperor Tianshun handed another paper to the servant, and the servant shouted after tearing it down: "Wang Keming."

"Yes, the student is here." The old man with a white beard stood up, went to the front and knelt down.

Emperor Tianshun closed his eyes and sighed softly. This paper was originally intended to be the second place in the list, but at such an age, he has worked hard for the country for several years.

"No. 2 in the second class, awarded Jinshi and rank."

"Tear it down!" Emperor Tianshun took the paper that had been ordered for No. 1, and the servant called out his name after tearing it down. Emperor Tianshun saw that he was a middle-aged man with a slight smile on his face: "Give one and three names. Tanhualang."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Cheng Yi was kneeling among the Gongshi, her forehead was covered with sweat at this moment, if she wanted to beat Meng Ke, she would only have the second place and the first prize.

"Huang Shijin." The servant shouted, and then someone stood up, strode forward, and knelt down: "Kowtow to Your Majesty."

Emperor Tianshun squinted his eyes and looked down, and asked with a smile: "You are still stable at such a young age, what is your status this year?"

Prince Ming turned sideways and secretly looked at him, he was really young, with a slight smile on his face.

"Return to Your Majesty, there are five out of twenty students this year."

"Young and promising, be the second in the list." Emperor Tianshun said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huang Shijin kowtowed and then knelt down beside him.

Prince Ming sighed slightly, Bai was excited.

"Tear it down!" Emperor Tianshun rubbed the paper that had excited him just now, he was afraid that the person he summoned would not meet his expectations.

The servant took the paper respectfully, opened it, and said loudly: "Nantong Gongshi, Cheng Yi."

As soon as this remark was made, Cheng Yi, who was kneeling in the crowd, closed and opened his eyes, and slightly clenched his hands on the ground. It might be the number one scholar or Jinshi, which is really nervous.

Meng Ke, who was kneeling in front, also turned his head slightly to see, whoever wins and loses, just look at it.

Cheng Yi stood up slowly, raised her head, held her breath and strode forward, walked straight ahead, knelt down with her robe in front of her hand: "Kowtow to Your Majesty."

Emperor Tianshun had made an expectation in his heart, and it must be thirty years away. What he didn't remember was a handsome young man, who said in surprise: "This is really a pillar of heaven."

As soon as these words came out, the people of Chaozhong had confidence in their hearts, and Prince Ming stroked his beard happily.

"Come on, order the champion, and give a ribbon with a flower feather." Emperor Tianshun stood up and selected scholars for the court. He can feel at ease when he is sent to Xifan this time.

Cheng Yi was startled first, then he was overjoyed, and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Hubu, I want you to choose the mansion of the champion within three days, and hurry up to organize a banquet in the imperial garden. I want to invite Sandingjia." After Tianshun Emperor said, he handed the rest of the paper in his hand to the servant, "according to the ranking of this paper, go The next row, the king of Ming will preside over it on my behalf."

Emperor Tianshun said as he went down the golden steps, "The number one scholar and the second place, follow me to the imperial study."

Cheng Yi and Huang Shijin looked at each other and followed Emperor Tianshun to the imperial study.

In Fu County, Nantong, Mrs. Cheng accepted He Wan'er as a righteous daughter in front of Mrs. Chen. She did not receive any money from the Chen family and prepared her own dowry.Mrs. Chen was stunned for a long time, Miss He suddenly turned into Ju Rengong's younger sister, and smiled wryly: "Since then, it's our family Siyun who is the one to win the girl."

He Wan'er blushed and was about to speak when she heard this, but was held down by Liniang.

"Where did the wife of the in-laws come from? The younger sister and the son are in love with each other. No one is superior to the other. They are all matchmakers made by Yuelao."

Mrs. Chen looked at Liniang, this girl was more attractive to her than Wan'er, alas, if she had another daughter... Mrs. Chen was dreaming, and when she came to her senses, she felt absurd, even though she still had a daughter... Daughter, this Liniang is already the daughter-in-law of the Cheng family.

"Mrs. Cheng is right. Our two families will meet again some other day to set a date for their wedding." Madam Chen stood up after speaking, "It's almost dusk, so I'm leaving."

"Send off to my wife." Liniang took Wan'er's hand and sent Mrs. Chen to the gate. After Mrs. Chen got into the carriage, Liniang took Wan'er's hand and hurried to the wing room.

"Wan'er, you said earlier that you are in love with Mr. Chen, are you sincere? How do I see your expression of displeasure?" Liniang asked with her big belly.

"Liniang, I told you, don't be angry, I, I gave my body to Chen Siyun last night, and I must marry her." After saying that, He Wan'er covered her face with her hands and sat down.

"You, you, why are you so confused." Liniang was anxious, "Then you, do you like him? Also, how is his character? Hey, see what I asked, how can you do such things if you have a good character? Come."

"Liniang." He Wan'er raised her eyes and said, "She, her appearance is usually good, it's just that she is a bit of a rascal when she comes to me."

"So, you like him?" Liniang asked.

He Wan'er blushed: "If she doesn't like it, I won't allow her to get close to me."

Liniang groaned for a moment and said, "You, you are so courageous. Fortunately, the Chen family is still responsible, otherwise, it depends where you cry."

"I already knew I was wrong." He Wan'er tugged on Liniang's sleeve.

"Okay, you can live here for the time being and wait to get married." Liniang stroked her stomach and gave Wan'er a bad look.