Dress to be a celebrity

On the second day after the list was released, the Ministry of Rites set up the famous Qionglin Banquet and invited all the newcomers to the banquet.

The banquet was presided over by the Minister of Rites and Prince Zhan Shi Lu Ge, followed by the Minister of Rites Zuo Shilang and the Imperial Academy Attendant and Bachelor Huan Ge.Civil and military officials and honored relatives sat at the head of the court in their court uniforms, and [-] new Jinshi were lined up in the north of the court.

After all the officials were seated, the officials of the Ministry of Rites led more than [-] new Jinshi into the banquet.

The new Jinshi in green robes and black yarn in the court have finished their salutes, and they each take their seats.Below the second class, there are four people in one seat, the second place and Tanhua sit in the same seat, but in the front seat is a young champion who is wearing a scarlet champion robe and a jade belt around his waist. He is magnificent and handsome.

Good-looking, young, and not yet married.If it weren't for the unfashionableness of this dynasty to catch a son-in-law, there would have been many people who wanted to snatch him home and become a son-in-law yesterday.

The military commander's family also picked on his poor family background, and had some ties with the princess of Zhou, fearing that he would be involved in royal disputes; the civil servants only looked at his own qualifications and age——

The 22-year-old Xin Ke champion, the disciple of Master Cifu Zhang, and the disciple of Master Huan Sifu, the printed book of the Song Dynasty was personally asked by the emperor... No matter where you look at it, this Song champion has a bright future. Scheduled to join the cabinet!

Even if the schedule is not advanced, who wouldn't want to take such a handsome young champion back to be a son-in-law or grandson-in-law?

Although Huan Ge's family had been engaged to him before and had a friendship with him as a teacher and brother, but after all, there is no girl of the right age to marry him, so they can't take a filial granddaughter and tie him up for four years, and then take a girl who is only ten years old. The granddaughter is forcing people to wait another five years, right?

After a Qionglin banquet, not many people remembered the corresponding poem written by Zhuangyuan Gong, "Heavenly words exhort and send, vow to repay loyalty and dare to love oneself", but they all wrote down where his family lived, what his family background was like, and how he was going to prepare. When I go back, I send a matchmaker to the door.

None of the officials in the Manchu Dynasty has younger brothers, daughters, nieces and grandchildren, but this is the only one who has won three yuan in succession.

So after the Enrong Banquet, many people came to Zhang Cifu's and Huan Ge's homes with presents, hoping that their elders would send a message to the Song family so that his family would take the initiative to propose marriage.

After all, it was the man who proposed to marry him on his own initiative, and the woman's family looked better.

Zhang Cifu held a handful of posts there, and jokingly asked his subordinates: "I also have girls in my family, and you are not afraid that I will snatch your favorite son-in-law away halfway."

The ceremonial director Wang Langzhong who came to ask for entrustment also smiled and said: "Master Cifu has already got Song Sanyuan as his disciple, why must he be a son-in-law again, can't we give half of it to us?"

Zhang Yingdao: "In the past, it was only said that there were daughters from all families, but now the son of the Song family is also from all families. However, he has a deeper relationship with the Huan family, and there are quite a few grandchildren who are begging for the Huan family. I think the Huan family Maybe I have to pay a nephew or grandson to win him over... If you can't talk about it, don't blame me, Yi'an."

Wang Langzhong thought that the Huan family had already divorced him, so would they have the courage to marry again?

But having said that, Huan Ge's grandson, Huan Ling is not married yet!If Song Sanyuan had told his family to stay with him, Huan Ge was also a handsome young man in the matter, and because he kept his filial piety and was released outside, he had never been married, so he was quite suitable as a son-in-law.

It's just that he didn't know that when he begged Zhang Cifu to make peace, his two future sons-in-law were also studying marriage.

——For a thin-skinned man like Wang Langzhong, he still needs to ask someone to make peace, and he is waiting to bring a champion son-in-law home, fearing that he will be dragged away if he is too late, so he will invite him as soon as the Enrong Banquet is over He hired a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Song family.

In Song Dynasty, he was performing at the Ministry of Rites, and before he returned home, the two elder brothers, Song Xiao and Song Yun, accepted half a box of postings from the matchmaker. The courtyard...all of them are well-known and good people.

But there are too many people, and they don't know how to choose.Coupled with the fact that my father has been upset over the Huan family's resignation all these years, and always wanted to pick another daughter-in-law from Ge's hometown, they didn't dare to make a decision easily.

The two had no choice but to send the matchmaker out first under the pretext of "waiting for my parents to make the decision". When Song Shi came back in the afternoon, they asked him which one was better.

Looking at the box of posts, Song Shi felt as if he had returned to the time when he was forced to marry his seven aunts and eight aunts during the Chinese New Year in his previous life, and reflexively pulled out his father's banner: "Father asked me to marry Ge Lao's daughter, there is Ge Lao Is it? No, don't!"

His second brother felt a little itchy for some reason, and couldn't help but patted the new black yarn made by the champion—now that his younger brother has become the champion, he couldn't bear to beat someone anymore, and scolded: "Father is angry, you should take it seriously!" ! Where are men in their twenties who don’t get married? It’s fine to delay life’s major events because of your studies and exams, but now you’ve passed the three yuan…”

Song Shi clasped his gauze hat and argued: "I've already passed the three yuan, so I can't afford to marry the elder Ge's daughter! Anyway, it's not up to the three of us to decide, we'd better wait for Dad to return to Beijing. If you care about such a small matter of mine, it is better to prepare for the serious matter—”

Is this a trivial matter for you?Xiwazi always said, "After the big entrance examination, the small entrance examination", what is more important than getting married?

Of course there are.

Song Shiyi said solemnly: "I have won the first prize. In two days, I will be awarded the Imperial Academy. My father has also been awarded the experience of the General Administration Department. He must be an official in Beijing. Baoding is not far from Beijing. Brothers, why don't you give your mother a seat?" Pick it up with your sister-in-law, nephew and niece?"

His father had been an official for two terms outside, and finally entered Beijing, why don't you hurry up and bring the family here for a reunion?Anyway, the two of their family were officials, and after my father returned to Beijing, he asked his family to sell the factories in Fujian and Guangxi, so that he could buy a house and land in Beijing with a living income.

He analyzed the rationality of this matter, and then tempted the two elder brothers: "Isn't it better for brothers to study in Beijing than at home? You are not in a hurry, you have to think for my nephews, the younger ones are not counted, Eldest nephew is going to ask Mr. to take care of him at home, is he going to study with my uncle who is Sanyuanji?"

Big brother Song's heart beat faster, and second brother Song was also a little bit excited, but the three of them couldn't decide on such a big move, and they had to wait for their father to come to Beijing to discuss it.

Song Shi then said: "Father has to go to Beijing in May, and I will be able to return to my hometown at the age of 25 to pay respects. Let's go back together and talk to mother about the move first--if mother agrees, can father disagree? Anyway, there is no one in the family that cannot be separated. Things are nothing more than old houses and ancestral graves that need to be taken care of, so I leave a room for the old family to look after, and my eldest brother can go to see it every year."

The eldest brother thought about what he said for a while, then suddenly came back to his senses, and glared at him: "You don't dare to say anything, is it something that our sons can open their mouths about father and mother!"

This silly kid didn't dare to get married because he watched his mother take care of their father since he was a child, and was frightened by the thought-provoking lady of the Huan family, right?Speaking of which, the women in Beijing are more aggressive than those in their mansion, and they are all ancestral skills of dominating their in-laws and beating and scolding their husbands.Ordinary women are more aggressive, if you marry a high-status young lady...

Brother Song became worried, and the master let Song Shi go, and he dragged his second brother to discuss his marriage.In the afternoon, when Huan Ling was on duty and came to see Song with food and wine, they didn't care about it, and let him go to the west chamber to talk to his younger brother.

Song Shizao put the matter of getting married to the back of his head, and when he saw him, he asked enthusiastically, "I want to take my family to Beijing, where do you think the house should be bought?"

Just like modern people buying a house in the capital, the houses in the outer city are large and cheap, and the whole family can live there, but they are too far away from the place of work. They clock in at [-] o’clock every morning and have to get up at [-] o’clock; The house is close to the Secretary of General Administration and the Imperial Academy. It is convenient for the father and son to commute to work, but the house is several times more expensive. Although there is no property fee, the price of water and food is more expensive than that of the outer city.

Each has its own pros and cons, and he has to make a plan before he can tell his parents.

Huan Ling asked: "Your brother and nephew don't have to live in the city, why not build a big house outside, and you and Song Shibo will live in this house temporarily?"

Song Shi smiled and shook his head: "This is my three-yuan house. If you beat me yesterday, no, I won Huiyuan. The house price will not be the house price when you rented it. I can't afford this house, so let's change it." Somewhere cheaper."

This house will be gone by others in a few decades, it is a former residence of a celebrity, and the owner will only sell it at a low price if he is out of his mind.

Huan Ling laughed and said: "Where can you find a cheap house in Beijing, but I know a good place that is close to the palace and doesn't cost you money, but the place is too small to accommodate your big family."

Where?Could it be that Zheng Taizu designed a single dormitory specially rented out to civil servants?

Huan Ling raised his eyes to look at him, showing a slightly joking smile: "My family."

This...isn't very convenient, Huan Shilang doesn't like him very much after all, and his cousins ​​are also embarrassed to see him.

Song Shi was about to speak, but Huan Ling laughed and shook his head and said, "I'm just joking with you. I have already made an agreement with the owner of this house to buy this yard, but my grandfather is still alive, and my descendants cannot buy property lightly. I don't want to buy it but be taken back by my parents, when I signed the red contract, I signed your name—"

...How can there be such a big guy who buys a house in the capital to give away to his classmates!

Song Shi's jaw was about to drop, he touched it himself, suppressed surprise and asked, "Did you buy this celebrity... this house? How much money did you spend? And you wrote my name? No, this house is in the palace. Now, no matter how small it is, it’s not cheap, the original price must be 200 taels, right? How much has it increased now? I can’t ask you for nothing!”

But they are ordinary scholars, and they don’t carry hundreds of thousands of taels of silver bills with them. He has to go home and search his private house, and then ask his father to borrow some—the eldest brother and the second brother don’t have much cash on them. I made an installment payment with Huan Ling.

Huan Ling saw that he was about to take out a pen and paper to write an IOU, so he pressed his shoulder with one hand, grabbed his hand with the other, locked him tightly in front of the table, stared at him with burning eyes, and said, "I want your money to make an IOU. What? Don't worry, I made a lot of money in foreign jobs, so I can still afford such a small house. You and I don't have to make such a clear distinction. If you want to repay me, you don't need these stupid things..."

His voice became lower and lower, and finally it was almost a ray of breath blowing in Song Shi's heart, which made his heart beat faster, and his brain was in chaos, as if it had been electrified, only the sound of the breath was amplified in his ears : "You know what I want."

Song Shi couldn't help closing his eyes, trying to finally save the pure and straight relationship between them:

"Want me……"

Ask me to get good grades in return!

For some reason, his voice was a little dry, and his speech was not as sharp as usual, so he barely managed to utter two words, and Huan Ling let out a deep "um", and pressed down on him.

The lips that were not soft, and even dry and rough, pressed against his lips, kissing him heavily, and the hand that was pressing on his shoulder slid down his arm, wrapping his arms around his waist.Huan Ling even squeezed directly into the not-so-large grand master's chair in front of the table, supported him with both hands and lifted him slightly, then pulled him into his lap and hugged him into his arms.

Song Shi opened his eyes suddenly, except for the blurred and enlarged face of Senior Brother Huan Xiao, he couldn't see anything else, only the clear and enlarged heartbeat sound in his ears, and he didn't know if it was the heartbeat of one person or two. compact.The whole world is far away, only this small embrace hugs him more and more tightly, the scorching temperature envelops him from all sides, making one's blood surge and it is impossible to avoid it.

From nowhere, he heard a small but clear voice saying to him, "It's over."

The innocent brotherhood between them, his straightforward sexuality...

It’s over.