An old lady's life

You can see the peach blossom forest from a distance. If you look down from the mountain, it looks like a ribbon floating on the ground, which is particularly conspicuous among the green.

Walking slowly to the entrance of Taolin, I saw that many carriages had already stopped, and many carriages were coming from various roads one after another. Young girls stood beside the carriages. Under the sun, the smiles on everyone's faces were as beautiful as flowers.

"Mother, sit here and rest for a while, my daughter-in-law is going to meet the guests." The maid hurriedly spread a piece of cotton cloth on the stone bench, and Mrs. Zhang sat on the stone bench with Hongye supporting her.

Hongye nodded: "Go, don't worry about me, I will have fun."

Hongye observed at the door, and then brought a few maidservants into the garden. The peach blossoms have withered, and some are blooming just in time, as if they were in a sea of ​​pink flowers, and the air was filled with spiritual energy. No wonder these Peach trees grow extraordinarily lush.

Along the way, she met a lot of boys and girls, and Hongye planned to rest in the first pavilion, waiting for the arrival of others.The four maids were quick and diligent, and quickly wiped off the dust on the stone tables and benches in the pavilion.

Hongye released her consciousness. There are few tourists near the place where she is, and almost all of them went to the depths of Taoyuan. Naturally, he also saw Jia Zhu and sister Shan. Unfortunately, these two people are like headless chickens. She was still wondering what they were looking for, when she saw Jia Hu coming out from another hidden place, and his direction seemed to be coming outside.

Hongye was also surprised. Not long after, she saw Jia Hu running to her, and she seemed to understand his intentions.

Mrs. Zhang brought many wives and wives over, and Hongye greeted them. Everyone praised each other's children.

Mrs. and Mrs. don't like to walk around, but the children don't care, they will go back soon, no matter whether they are acquainted or not, it is also a good thing to enjoy the flowers together.

Around Si time, Hongye saw a few carriages parked outside Taoyuan, and a few people came down from inside. Isn't this the mother and daughter of Concubine Yi and Princess Hui of Pinghui?Several young sons jumped out of the carriage behind, the youngest was only eight or nine years old, and the oldest was a little older than Jia Hu, about an adult.

Not long after, they came to the pavilion, Hongye, Mrs. Zhang and Concubine Yi finished their greetings, and then greeted the young masters, and saw the prince of Zhaojun salute politely, and then asked: "See you, Zhanger?" Old Madam, I wonder if Sister Shan is here?"

Jia Hu's somewhat joyful expression suddenly faded, the prince of Zhaojun has been thinking about his sister all year round, Concubine Yi and the wives smiled, and Hongye looked around, naturally seeing it in his eyes.

Princess Pinghui lowered his eyes and thought, why did he become unhappy all of a sudden?

"Naturally, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and children's homes are impatient and clean."

Xiao Shizi nodded, and reservedly did not say goodbye immediately, but continued to talk with the adults until Concubine Yi asked her daughter to take her brother into the garden to play.

After the children left, Hongye waited for his wife and wife before opening the chat.Of course, Hongye has been observing what happened in the depths of the peach forest with her spiritual sense. Where there are people, there are conflicts. This time, there are many people who come here to enjoy the flowers in the peach forest. If the three views do not agree, it is easy to quarrel. Of course, this is just a small conflict. , The children also have their own solutions, which did not alarm the elders.

"When this person is old, he likes to watch festive events, especially such happy events as the marriage of the younger generation. The Duke's wife will enjoy the blessings in the future. The grandchildren are all grown up, and they will be able to hug their great-grandchildren."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, I would be so old, and my grandson would grow up, as if he was still in front of me when he was a child. This time really waits for no one. Mrs. Yang's grandchildren are as old as my grandchildren. In the future, Yang Madame is waiting to hold her great-grandson."

"The concubine hasn't moved around for a long time, so don't be unfamiliar." A kind-faced lady talked and laughed with Concubine Yi, and Concubine Yi had a good impression of her. Her youngest son was the one who had a childhood sweetheart and a cousin. young man.

Concubine Yi smiled back: "Mrs. Zheng is here, why don't you see your children?"

Children are always the best way to talk about women. Mrs. Zheng has learned from her father-in-law that the emperor intends to choose her son as the princess of Pinghui County. Compared with her niece, the status of Princess Pinghui is naturally higher. She was happy to marry this marriage, and she had told her son Qian Dinglingwan before coming here that he must leave an excellent impression on Princess Pinghui.

Although the status of the Yijun Palace is a bit embarrassing, after so many years, the emperor has not treated the Yijun Palace well. He still treats his grandchildren very well. It can be seen that even if Princess Pinghui is not loved by the emperor, she is still the emperor's relative. The granddaughter is much better than the clan daughter.

"I'm here early, I can't stay here, I went into the garden with a group of friends to enjoy the flowers." Mrs. Zheng continued to smile gently, and then Mrs. Zheng's words were to praise her son, young and promising, this Cai, the top few in the last provincial examination, will be well-known on the list of second-class Jinshi in Chunwei next year, and her son is well-known outside, both in character and knowledge, he is at the top, and Chunwei's top three is no problem.

Listening to Hongye, why did she feel that what Concubine Yi and Mrs. Zheng said was a bit wrong? After thinking for a long time, she suddenly realized that according to Emperor Changping's habit, choosing a grandson-in-law for his granddaughter would not be just one quota, at least three or four. It seems that Zheng The lady's son is also on the list.Of course, Hongye didn't blame Emperor Changping for doing this. It's human nature, and the marriage is still undecided, and she has prepared many candidates for her grandson.

Next, Hongye chatted with people and observed, and analyzed the number of places from the wives who talked with Concubine Yi. Thinking about the sons of the three wives, Hongye suddenly felt a little funny. Are all the children online at home?Zheng Jiaerlang, Ma Jiaerlang, and Hou Jiaerlang are the figures in the list of the five most beautiful men in Beijing, but these three young men are determined to follow the literature, and the other two beautiful men Yao Jiaerlang and Xining Wang Shizi are all martial arts.

This land is not considered remote, and there are food sellers outside Taolin, but as the organizer, these young masters and ladies must not be allowed to eat at the side stalls. Just after noon, Biezhuang began to deliver lunch. It will not end until the near future.

Hongye called Jia Zhu and Sister Shan over for questioning. Sister Shan was not influenced by Prince Zhaojun. She and Prince Zhaojun had known each other since childhood. In order to take care of her, she also had a good impression of him.

"Grandmother, elder brother is too cunning. I turned around and spoke to Sister Yue and the others, and elder brother disappeared." Sister Shan was so depressed that in the end she forgot that she still had the task of monitoring elder brother. Collect peach petals together.

Jia Zhu nodded sullenly: "Yeah, big brother is cunning and elusive. When I look for him, he is nowhere to be seen. When I don't look for him, he appears ostentatiously."

"Okay, grandma understands, I didn't blame you, I just let you out to play, your elder brother is a grown-up, he has his own sense." Hongye couldn't help laughing, the two children went out to play, and complained that no one could be found ?

The two brothers and sisters stared at Jia Hu together, Jia Hu looked dispirited, Hong Ye sent the two of them away, leaving Jia Hu to talk.

"What's the matter? Didn't you still be in high spirits in the morning?" Hongye asked knowingly. She believed in her grandson's intelligence, so he could naturally find out the problem.

"It's also my fault that grandma didn't tell you." After Hongye finished speaking, Jia Hu raised her head and looked at grandma in surprise.

Hongye smiled and said: "Your mother and grandmother were anxious about your marriage last year, but this year, because you are worried about your next spring, your mother is not in a hurry. Some time ago, because of your father's affairs, our family suddenly became popular in Beijing. , and attracted many people to care about your marriage, the emperor even listed you as his grandson-in-law."

Jia Hu's face was full of surprise, "Princess Pinghui is already old, the emperor told your father last time that he wanted to marry our family, I was afraid you would be burdened, so I didn't tell you."

"What? Do you have contact with Princess Pinghui?" Hongye smiled.

Jia Hu's face turned red all of a sudden, he hesitated for a long time, then nodded and said: "I met some time ago, she is very knowledgeable, and it is quite beneficial to communicate with her."

"I have never been in contact with Princess Pinghui, and I know it from your mother. Your mother has a good impression of her. She is virtuous and virtuous, calm and stable, with a pure heart and a heart, and good manners..." Hongye said slowly. Seeing grandson's face full of surprise.

Under the curious eyes of his grandmother, Jia Hu said vaguely: "Not so virtuous, he has a broad mind, but his temperament is lazy." He originally wanted to say open-minded, but he changed a word when he came to his mouth.

Hongye raised her eyebrows: "Then what are you doing now? If you like the princess, you should go after her, a fair lady, a gentleman is so good!"

Jia Hu was a little discouraged immediately, and Hong Ye laughed and said, "Do you think I'm not as good as Zheng Jiaerlang? Ma Jiaerlang? Hou Jiaerlang?"

Jia Hu lowered his head, he had a strange feeling in his heart, he thought about his words, and then said: "I think since she came to provoke me, why bother to provoke other people?"

Hong Ye burst out laughing, and patted Jia Hu on the shoulder: "Boy, you can't figure it out even if you think about it here, why don't you ask yourself? The list given to him by the emperor, she will definitely choose one to be her future husband." Son-in-law, how can she tell if she doesn't contact you? It doesn't count as provoking you."

"Grandmother, why are you like this?" Jia Hu had a little bit of resentment, but he also listened to what his grandmother said, knowing that it was useless for him to think wildly here, a man was born in this world, and he should be constantly disturbed by it.

After the children left, Mrs. Zhang finished her work, but seeing that she couldn't find her son, she could only come to her mother-in-law, "Mother, did Hu'er say anything?"

Hongye nodded and asked Zhang to sit down. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law began to talk softly. After Zhang knew about it, she felt a little bit sad. The son had finally grown up, and he would belong to another woman in the future.

"If Hu'er's intentions come to naught..." Mrs. Zhang couldn't help worrying about this matter again. In her heart, her son is naturally the best!

Hong Ye smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, he's still young, it doesn't matter if he suffers some setbacks, we have to trust him, he can always overcome."

In the afternoon, Hongye went to Taoyuan with a group of ladies. They walked very slowly, but it took a full hour to walk from the entrance to the entrance of the last mountain forest, and it took another hour to walk back.

The sun was slanting to the west, and when it was Shen Shizheng, many wives took their sons, daughters or grandchildren to say goodbye and left. It is not far from the capital here, and they will arrive in an hour at most.

After everyone had left, Hongye and the others set off to return.

Jia Zhu and Sister Shan sat on Jia Hu's left and right, staring straight at Jia Hu. Jia Hu looked as usual, and Jia Zhu couldn't find anything unusual.

"Brother, you are so cunning that you left us and went to meet the beauty alone." The point is that they haven't seen who the beauty is once!

"Brother, tell me, which sisters have you met?" Sister Shan leaned under Jia Hu's nose, but she couldn't see the abnormal reaction of her elder brother.

Jia Hu looked a little proud: "If I teach you to catch it, then what I learned in the army is not for nothing?" Can't fool the soldiers, and can't fool a few white men?

When he was in Fengcheng, he stayed in the army with two cousins, and had simple training with the recruits. Although he didn't learn reconnaissance methods and counter-reconnaissance methods, he could learn two or three points.

Hongye and Zhang looked at the noisy siblings and shook their heads amusedly, but they didn't ask Jia Hu, they wanted to wait for Jia Hu to tell them.

At night, Mrs. Zhang and Jia She had a bedside conversation.

"Does Hu'er have contact with Princess Pinghui?" Jia She asked.

Mrs. Zhang said with a bit of melancholy: "Yes, Hu'er has a very good impression of Princess Pinghui. If there are no mistakes, there are [-]% of Princess Pinghui who will agree to Hu'er's pursuit."

Jia Amnesty was a bit surprised, but nodded: "If the emperor asks me, what should I say? Just agree?"

Mrs. Zhang gave Jia She an angry look: "Why are you in a hurry? The emperor won't be in such a hurry. When Hu'er comes to tell us in person and let us come to propose marriage, the emperor will only ask you at this time."

"Then I know." Jia Amnesty fell asleep and fell asleep. Recently, he wished to divide himself into two halves, one half was copying books in the palace, and the other half was working in the Ministry of Punishment, so that he could deal with the emperor who was throwing his hands away and the one who wanted to squeeze more officials to do things. King Zhaojun.

Then in May, Jia Zhu was fully preparing for the autumn test in September, so he had no time to care about his eldest brother's relationship problems, let alone follow him.

One day in late June, after dinner, the whole family was enjoying the shade in the yard. Qiong was four months old, dressed in simple clothes, hugged by her brothers and sisters and kept laughing, and the yard was filled with her smiles. Voice.

Jia Hu approached her grandmother and parents, her face blushed before saying anything, "Grandmother, father, mother, Hu'er has something to tell."

Everyone was quiet at once, except for the babbling of sister Qiong, who waited with bated breath.

"Princess Princess Pinghui and I are in love with each other. Grandmother, father, and mother are invited to find a matchmaker to come to Yi County Prince's Mansion to propose marriage." Jia Hu's face was as bright as red.

Hongye and Mrs. Zhang smiled, and Jia She nodded: "How long did you think you would delay? But this matter requires the approval of the emperor. Can the princess tell the emperor when?"

Jia Hu breathed a sigh of relief: "Tomorrow the princess will enter the palace to report to the emperor."

Jia She said with a smile: "That's the case, the emperor will summon me tomorrow, and after the emperor's will is clear, it will not be too late to find someone to go to the Yijun palace to propose marriage."

The emperor's speed was very fast, he summoned Jia's amnesty in the afternoon of the next day, and the imperial decree of giving the marriage came down the next day, it didn't matter who knew or didn't know, the marriage was settled like this.

Hongye talked to Ai Cao, and Ai Cao said in surprise: "Oh, your Jia family still can't escape the clutches of the abolished prince. Jia Rong has lost his way to marry Qin Keqing now. It's impossible for my sister to marry my uncle and my sister to marry him." Nephew's."

Hongye laughed out of nowhere, "Yes, it is absolutely impossible for Rong'er to have anything to do with Qin Keqing now."

So the Rong Mansion was extremely busy next, not only to pay attention to Jia Zhu's rural examination, but also to manage Jia Hu's engagement ceremony. Of course, it was just an engagement first.

The author has something to say: I really can’t find a good candidate for the princess, and I finally found one O(∩_∩)O~