Dress to be a celebrity

The two walked through the hallway and reached the gate of the inner courtyard. The eldest brother and the second brother of the Song family came out to greet them.

Both brothers were wearing new big clothes, looking grand as if they were entertaining guests.When Huan Ling came to his house a few months ago, he couldn't avoid going in and out. Seeing them coming politely again, he was afraid that they would alienate him, so he hurriedly called his elder brother and second brother first, so that they don't have to be so polite.

Song Xiaodao: "After you leave for a few months, you will return to Beijing full of travel and dust. Naturally, we will welcome you." Looking at Song Shi who lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, he dared not look at anyone, as if he had made some mistake, and asked: "Did Shi Guan'er come back with you?"

Look at this, maybe they mentioned marriage on the way, right?Or did the two children talk about their marriage a long time ago, but Shi Guan'er was always embarrassed to tell them?Dare to feel that there is already someone in my heart, and I feel shy when I mention marriage.

The two older brothers were reluctant to tease the younger brother, looked at each other, and let it go lightly. This matter led Huan Ling to the hall and asked him to visit his mother in the main room.

They will see their ancestors in two days, and it is also a due meaning to be promoted to pay homage to their mothers.

Mrs. Fan was also waiting for them in the main room, and Song Shi's biological mother, Mrs. Ji, sat beside her. The four of them stood up to greet them when they entered the door.Brother Song Xiao led Huan Ling into the door, and introduced to his mother: "This is Shi Guan'er's senior brother. In the past, Mr. Huan was very good to us Shi Guan'er when he was in Japan. They are like brothers. , and married Jin Ranchi."

There's been a lot of talk about the sworn brotherhood. The family has long agreed that Song Shi has already recognized Huan Ling as his righteous brother. Only Song Shi still remembered that they were still missing a formality, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother's memory is wrong, we haven't done it yet. bye……"

"That's right, when I married Shi Guan'er, I always asked my ancestors to witness. There is no such thing as a private bond." As Huan Ling said, he went up to pay respects to Mrs. Fan, and even called Aunt Ji "aunt".Aunt Ji hurriedly knelt down to answer the gift, Madam Fan got up too, and stretched out her hand to help him, telling him not to do such a great gift.

But the old lady is old, Song Xiao and Song Yun are standing in front of Huan Ling, and Song Shi is talking bald for himself, and he is shutting himself up about taking the initiative to accept love poems. A big gift was made.

Mrs. Fan felt that she, the wife of a sixth-rank official, should not receive the gift of a fourth-rank official, so she blamed her sons for not supporting him—this fresh junior was not favored even in Song Dynasty, and fell into disrepair. A word of complaint.

Aunt Ji also took this opportunity to complain in front of the old lady: "Mother was not in Fujian that day, I don't know how pampering Shi Guaner is, and no one can control him when it rains heavily! If it weren't for Huan The officials braved the heavy rain to go up to the embankment to bring him down, maybe something will happen! From now on, the stepmother will discipline him more at home, and Mr. Huan will take him outside, so this little monkey will be more restrained!"

Mrs. Fan nodded again and again: "The child was so well-behaved and sensible when he was at home. It's only because his father didn't care about anything in the past few years. He spread his hands and directed the child to do things, which made him courageous. Fortunately, nephew Huan took care of him. He studied and taught Shi Guan'er into the quiet and talented person he is today. Speaking of which, we should thank you, no one would receive such a big gift from you as soon as we met."

Song Shi's nagging to his mother also came in from the left ear and out from the right ear. He went up first to help Huanling get up, and led him to sit under his mother's shoulders.The brothers of the Song family wanted to sit under his shoulders one by one, but he was afraid that there would be a difference between the elder and the younger, so he forced Song Shi to sit on the chair on the west side, and said affectionately: "I have regarded Shi Guaner as my brother since I came here, and Song Shibo also Treat me like a child, and my aunt just treats me like a child, how can there be a child who should not bow to the elders."

Since they are close relatives of the family, there is no need to be polite.

The old lady said: "You must have not eaten dinner when you come to my house at this time. The roads are hard and frosty these days, and the food must not be exquisite. Eat some snacks and drink tea to warm your stomach."

After speaking, servants brought tea and snacks.The Song family doesn't have any family-inherited delicacies, but it's common tea, served with a few plates of dried and fresh fruits, a plate of snow-white coir raincoat cakes, a plate of fruit pies, a plate of cloud cakes, and a plate of rice cakes introduced here during Song Dynasty. The puff pastry and fresh meat biscuits of the times are the taste Huan Ling is used to eating in Fujian.

Huan Ling was busy seeing his driver and rushing to his house that day, and indeed he didn't eat much, so he didn't want to be polite to them, and first ate a crispy roasted meat biscuit.

Aunt Ji saw that he seemed really hungry, so she hurriedly greeted him and left, and went to the kitchen to arrange meals.The Song family brothers all ate and drank a few sips with them.Huan Ling really didn't care about being polite, and ate two small sesame cakes the size of egg yolk crisps, and a fruit pie like a moon cake, and was about to take the coir raincoat cake, when the cloud board sounded again outside the door, but it was Mr. Song who came back from the government.

Huan Ling immediately put down his snacks, and wanted to go out with the Song family brothers to greet them, but the old lady told his son to press the button: "Are you a guest or not, go out with them, or let people know, and tell them to pay attention to our hospitality." The way. The old man is not an important official of the imperial court, you have to respect him if you want people to welcome him in and out, and wait until the official with us pays homage in front of the ancestral hall and becomes a child of my family."

The old lady held him down and ate a few more cakes. It wasn't until Mr. Song entered the door that he took a handkerchief to wipe his hands and mouth, stood up and saluted.

Mr. Song was also used to receiving his gifts in Fujian, so he came up to support him, patted his hand and said with a smile: "Nephew Huan came just in time. Today I heard that you have handled a big case of Tongtian in the yamen. Your Majesty thanked Mr. Weng Huan for your kindness! At that time, the officials were mostly taken care of by Mr. Huan, and our family had to help you celebrate. Today, we must prepare more wine and good food, so that we will never get drunk!"

Huan Ling laughed and said, "Then my nephew is bothering you. In fact, my nephew came here in a hurry today because when he left Beijing that day, he begged his uncle not to arrange a marriage for Shi Guan'er for the time being. I have a good marriage to mention..."

Song Shi looked like his soul was tied to him, and he wanted to stop him in a panic, but he was teased by his elder brother: "Shi Guan'er has been in a daze these days, and I think he has been waiting for you to find a beautiful woman for him. But I don't know which family that girl is from, but is she among the noble girls in this year's draft?"

It's not that their family has high vision and must choose a noble girl, but before Song Shi, he almost married a girl from the Huan family. If Huan Ling wants to say a good relationship to him, it must be better than before.

Huan Ling glanced at Song Shi with a smile, and said against his murderous gaze: "Of course I can't tell Shi Guan'er that I'm a bad guy. The family background of that family is certainly not inferior to my Huan family's, and he is naturally of excellent character." Good, literary talent and learning are not weaker than mine."

This standard is too high!Could it be that he is a descendant of some pavilion's hometown?Even nobles, princes and grandchildren?

Huan Ling also said: "If uncle and aunt are willing, you don't even need to worry too much about the marriage. I will definitely arrange things properly..."

no!Can't let him talk anymore!

Before Huan Ling wanted to impeach Ma Shangshu, the song "Jiang Zhongzi" that he deliberately wrote for him suddenly jumped out of his mind:

"Come on Zhongzi, don't go beyond me, don't break my tree. How dare you love him and fear my parents. Zhong can be pregnant, and the words of his parents can also be feared."

Now he is like the girl in the Book of Songs, deeply afraid that Huan Ling will die impulsively and make a fuss in front of his parents—he is not afraid of what his parents say, nor is he afraid of what his brothers say.Even a few days earlier, when he didn't see this person, he wanted to see how he was beaten after begging for a marriage, but when the real thing happened, he was afraid that his father and brother would be really angry, so he drove Huan Ling out of the house, and they were not allowed to communicate with each other from then on.

Whether or not to fall in love is a trivial matter, if for the sake of being out of the closet, the brothers can't do it, and their parents and elder brothers are so angry that their attitude towards Huan Ling is the same as that of the Huan family towards him, then, what a pity?

His mind was spinning quickly, but his action was one step faster than his mind. He covered Huan Ling's mouth on the spot, and seeing that his father really wanted to hit him, he swung his sleeves and reprimanded him: "Look at this!" What is the injustice? Isn't it good for someone to be your matchmaker! In terms of family background and talent, how can you not be worthy of you!"

Song Shi also regretted a little, wanted to withdraw his hand, but was afraid that if he did, Huan Lingzhen would say something irreparable, so he insisted on his parents behind his back, "a loving mother is a failure", "like a father, like a son" The scolding sound escaped the pulling of the two elder brothers, and he argued with his neck: "Now that the prince has not finished choosing a concubine, can our family's marriage be able to beat the prince? We will discuss this matter later. Have you forgotten that Senior Brother Huan and I have not become sworn brothers yet? When he returns from his meritorious service at the border, let's finish the business and honor our ancestors."

That's right, that's the right thing to do.Anyway, noble daughters have to enter the palace to be selected, and they cannot get married until the selection of concubines is over, but the matter of their brothers' sworn brothers can just be done.

Master Song clapped his hands and said, "Then you can't cover your nephew Huan's mouth! Thanks to his good temper, he would still be sworn brothers with you? It's true that you should have been rewarded long ago."

It happened that the kitchen prepared good meals for guests, and then asked someone to go to the street to buy a cooked pig's head, and there was a good Buddhist incense at home, so I just went to the back hall to offer a stick of incense to the ancestors.

Although it is said that a good day should be picked for the opening of the ancestral hall, but the father, son and brothers of this family are all members of the imperial court, and they will not stop bathing when they pick the right day.Huan Ling won the battle with the supervising army outside, and when he returned to Beijing, he was commended by the emperor, and he came to the door with great joy. What day could be better than today?

He nodded, and the sons had no objection.Although Huan Ling felt a little pity, but he also felt sorry for Song Shi's frightened appearance, so he didn't mention the marriage anymore, pulled his hand from his face, patted his waist twice, and thanked him: "That's all according to the arrangement of uncle and aunt."

He also comforted the two elders of the Huan family: "Marriage has its own predestined relationship, and it can't be broken even if you let it go. I have a plan in my heart. The two elders and brothers can rest assured."

Even so, he no longer mentioned the matter of the marriage contract, but listened to the arrangement of the Song family, entered the mourning hall in the backyard of his family with his family, and knelt side by side in front of the mourning hall with Song Shi.There are two rows of ancestral tablets on the altar table in the mourning hall. According to the merits, there are scholars, scholars, erudite Confucians... Although they don't have high fame, there are people from generation to generation. It can also be seen that his family is a clean family of farming and studying.

Huan Ling's own ancestors had produced many Scholars, but he never looked down upon the Song family's achievements because of these achievements. He bowed devoutly before the spirit, wishing the ancestors of the Song family silently in his heart, and asking them to bless the two of them until they grow old.

Song Shi knelt beside him, bowed again and again following his elder brother's instructions, his eyes sneaked onto Huan Ling, feeling a little complicated.

Isn't this the same as getting married... oh no, only three prostrations before marriage, this is enough to get married twice and still be rich.Huan Ling came here again wearing a newly-given official robe, so bright red that it looked like a wedding dress.Although I suffered from the wind and sand outside the customs for a few months, my skin color became darker, but even with the red clothes on, my face looks pale, with big eyes and double eyelids, who worships twice, looks docile and handsome...

He couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart, and he forgot about his tiredness after praying again, and looked for an angle to peek at Huan Ling.

Anyway, the two of them knelt down to worship their ancestors, and their parents and brothers and sisters-in-law couldn't see it, so it didn't matter if they took a few more glances.

He bowed and watched, but Huan Ling suddenly turned his face, met his gaze, stretched out his hand to support him, and said with a smile: "Shi Guaner, I will also belong to your family from now on."

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A little later Huan Shilang hurried back to the mansion and called Huan Ling to see him, but only heard the two grandsons who stayed at home say that he had already set up a car and left.Huan Shilang was anxious and angry, slapping the table and scolding: "He must have gone to the Song family! He only knows to go to the Song family! He only goes to the Song family! No one in the Song family has been imprisoned, so it will be clear if you look at it sooner or later." What's the matter, why don't you see how many things are waiting for him in our family!"

I knew this grandson's eldest son was not young, so he suddenly learned from Long Yang and broke his sleeves. At the beginning, he asked his son to order Song Shi to him. One pair and two good, so that Yuanniang would not have to bear the name of retiring the marriage and entering the palace!

His two grandsons were both inexperienced scholars, so they asked in fright: "Who in our family has been imprisoned? Grandpa, as a cabinet bachelor, can't keep our family?"

It's not their family, but his granddaughter's mother-in-law's family!

In the past, Ma Shangshu was just treating the crime at home, but now that the matter of Ma Cheng is involved, if His Majesty insists on getting to the bottom of it, I am afraid that Ma Shangshu's official position and even his title will not be guaranteed!If his position is not stable, King Zhou will lose military power, and his position may not be secure, after all, Queen Qi's mother, Concubine Hui, was born in an honorable family, and her ancestors also produced several son-in-laws and concubines...

He couldn't count on his grandson, so he had to order someone to write a letter to his family's usual censor, a disciple who used to be an examiner in the Suzhou provincial examination, telling them to prepare to rescue Ma Shangshu.

That night, his grandson had a happy dinner at someone else's house, and he was upgraded from a guest to his own family; but Huan Ge scratched off a few white hairs in order to excuse Ma Shangshu.It was not until the third watch of the next day that he saw that he was about to go to court, and then he wrote an emotional memorial that could make His Majesty let him go by reading Ma Shangshu's past achievements and the love of the monarch and his ministers. With the memorial and tiredness, he went straight up.

This day happened to be a great court, and all civil and military officials gathered for the court meeting. His unsatisfied grandson was also standing in the front line of the queue in court clothes. , and what "mandarin duck ruler" is, he was so angry when he heard it.

That ruler is obviously called some kind of strange name Youchi, why did he give it a nondescript Mandarin duck, and also filled in the song for it?If it wasn't for his own grandson, he would have written a book and sent this boy with broken sleeves to work in the border!

Huan Ge looked at his grandson coldly, but he didn't know that there were other people who looked at him coldly.

After the new Tai emperor ascended the seat, after listening to the reports of various ministries, he asked people what they wanted to play as usual.He was about to go up to defend Ma Shangshu, but suddenly he saw a person standing in the front line of the censor team, cupped his hands and said: "The censor of Jiangxi Dao, Xiao Chu, wants to impeach Lord Lao Huan of the Chaozhong Pavilion for making friends with foreign officials, and wants to make his grandson During the incident, Huan Ling married the daughter of Sun Sidao, the inspector of Zhejiang Province, and used marriage as a pledge to form a party for personal gain!"