[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

Aunt Kong was still so leisurely and elegant. When Wang Shuo came to visit, Aunt Kong was playing the piano on the waterside pavilion in the courtyard. The water playing the piano is so beautiful and moving, but the sound of the piano is enough. Aunt Kong's elegant temperament completely overwhelms the shock brought by her appearance.Perhaps because of psychological reasons, after knowing Aunt Kong's extraordinaryness, Wang Shuo always subconsciously raised her image.

Wang Shuo waited quietly, and waited until the sound of the zither came to an end before going forward to salute, saying: "Master."

"Come on, sit down!" Aunt Kong flicked her long sleeves, motioning for Wang Shuo to kneel and sit beside her.Aunt Kong played the guqin, and the furnishings in the pavilion were also antique. They were not the chairs and stools that people used to sit on, but velvet blankets for kneeling.Wang Shuo stepped forward and sat down, silently mourning for his calf. He hadn't sat down like this for many years.

What kind of eyesight was Aunt Kong, she saw Wang Shuo's appearance and said, "Haven't you touched the piano in recent years?"

"Master's insightful eyes." Wang Shuo said embarrassedly. Aunt Kong is such a face-saving person, she tried her best to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she had almost lost her piano skills.

"His eyes? Look at you like that, even a blind person can see it." Aunt Kong said angrily. Qin is the right voice, and she taught Wang Shuo to work hard.

Wang Shuo couldn't speak.

Aunt Kong suppressed her anger slightly, and said: "There have been a lot of things in your family recently, and it is understandable to waste a few days. Now that it is peaceful, it is time to pick up Qin Yi."

"Master, I really don't have the talent to learn the qin." Wang Shuo emphasized to Aunt Kong again, adding: "I learned the zither."

"Playing the piano to please yourself and the zither to please others, when did you fall to the point of trying to please others? Back then I told your mother that you had high ambitions. Could it be that I was mistaken?" Don't underestimate a literati's appreciation for traditional skills. persistent.

"Master~" Wang Shuo walked up to Aunt Kong, distinguishing: "Whatever pleases me and entertains others, I can do it myself. I really don't like playing the piano. Don't worry, I can listen to it. It's enough to pretend outside. I will not lose the master's reputation."

Aunt Kong wanted to teach her a little more, but seeing Wang Shuo's serious face and thinking about her recent actions, she knew that she had made up her mind, so she stopped persuading her.

"I've heard about what you've done these days. It's very good." Aunt Kong changed the subject without talking about piano art. She seldom praises others, and a good one is already the highest evaluation.

"It's all well taught by Master." Wang Shuo said modestly.

"I don't dare to take credit for this. When you were young, I often woke up in the middle of the night for fear that you would smash my signboard!" Aunt Kong teased. Wang Shuo was really careless when he was a child.

"Master, don't make fun of me. When I think about the things I did when I was a child, I blush and feel embarrassed now." Wang Shuo was so ashamed that he couldn't see anyone. Does everyone have a childhood that they can't bear to look at?Wang Shuo thinks that he is a mature adult, but he will inevitably make some low-level mistakes. Recalling those bold words, stupid things, and childish thoughts when he was a child, Wang Shuo felt that his brain must have been given by aliens. Occupied it?It's not something she would do at all!

"Hehehe..." Aunt Kong laughed out loud. A large part of the cuteness of the children is due to their seriousness in doing stupid things.

Hearing Master making fun of him, even Wang Shuo couldn't hold back his face. He quickly changed the subject and said, "Master, I need to trouble you this time. This is the invitation card my mother asked me to bring here."

Aunt Kong took it and took a look. It turned out that Aunt Kong was invited to be the official guest of Wang Shuoji's ceremony. Aunt Kong smiled and said, "It's next year's business, and there is still half a year left. Your mother is in a hurry."

"You are such a sought-after candidate, if you don't decide on it first, what if someone snatches it away?" Wang Shuo said cutely.

"Since it's almost time, there is something to say about the marriage." Aunt Kong knew that her disciple was not an ordinary lady, so she dared to ask such a question directly in person.

"I haven't decided on the family yet, but they are probably distant relatives of the clan or descendants of important officials in the court." Wang Shuo said.

"These words are level." Aunt Kong smiled and said, "It's as if you didn't say it, and you are playing sloppy with me?"

"How dare you, I really haven't settled down. Even if I want to marry into the master's family, your family will not want me!" Wang Shuo flattered. In terms of stability, the Kong family is really the most stable iron rice bowl for thousands of years. , no matter which one is in power, the proper identity of Yan Shenggong has not escaped.

"Your family is still above the Kong family in terms of power. The Kong family is a chastity archway, but because of this stone archway, there are endless disputes among the clan, and there is no peace anywhere." Aunt Kong laughed. Concentrate on the lineage of the eldest son, and other people are not enough to make ordinary scholars. Is it easier to pass the imperial examination because your surname is Kong?

Wang Shuo smiled but didn't answer. Aunt Kong could say this, but she couldn't agree.It is true that she has no intention of marrying into the so-called "noble and scholarly family". No matter how noble she is, she still has to bow her head in front of the super-ranked title. She is just a layman who pursues worldly fame and fortune, and cannot be a saint who is indifferent and ascetic.

"Master, do you have any good candidates to recommend?" Wang Shuo asked without the slightest shyness.

"I want to recommend it to your mother...well, to your mother?" Aunt Kong asked.

"Yes, my marriage is decided by my mother." An unmarried woman who has been granted the title of royal family has to be approved by His Majesty for her marriage, but His Majesty will not embarrass a junior who has "saved his life" for him, Wang Shouzhong and Princess Fuhui The relationship is getting worse every day, and for some reason she gave up the initiative in Wang Shuo's marriage, so Princess Fuhui alone decides when Wang Shuo gets married.

"Your mother loves you and always asks what you like, so I will ask you too." Aunt Kong laughed.

"I don't have any requirements for family background, appearance, wealth and so on. There are only a few conditions. One is loyalty and does not accept two colors; the other is tolerance. My mother said that my temper is getting more and more wild. Now, I have no intention of changing it." Wang Shuo replied with a smile, with her status, it is easy to marry a high-ranking man, I am afraid that the future husband will look at the Wang family and Yongwang Mansion behind her.Wang Shuo was even more afraid of meeting a phoenix man. Taking advantage of her, he would make a fortune in the future, so he regarded her as an abandoned son.With her character, not a tolerant man, unable to come together.

"Then I think you'd better marry at Border Gate. The customs of Border Gate are open. When I was young, I went to Border Gate. Women there are no worse than men. They carry guns and mount horses, and establish households in the same way. It suits you." Aunt Kong joked.

"Master said yes, then I will marry and go to the border!" Wang Shuo clapped his hands and laughed.

"Am I kidding, Bianguan? Don't even think about it, your mother treats you like an eyeball, and can let you marry far away? Don't make trouble for me, I won't admit that I said it!" Aunt Kong The laughing point of Wang Shuo is really whimsical.

"I'm telling the truth. I've heard that horses can be galloped at the frontier. I've seen the boundless sea. I should go to see the lonely smoke in the desert and the wind blowing grass to see cattle and sheep." Wang Shuo didn't worry Marriage is too serious, isn't Aunt Kong who is sitting in front of her married not long ago?Isn't she living a good life, even better than most women who marry and have children, can't she do it?

"My daughter's family is only consummated after marriage..."

"Master didn't do it himself, why should I do it anyway?" Wang Shuo smiled and debated with Aunt Kong about whether the realization of the value of a woman's life should be measured by marriage.

Aunt Kong smiled openly, and said: "I can't argue with you, and I won't be fooled by you. Tell your mother what you want to do, don't pull my tiger skin~"

The master and the apprentice joked for a while, Aunt Kong stood up and stretched her legs, and the two walked to the hall together, Aunt Kong said as she walked, "Now that you are finally sensible, I can rest assured."

"Master is worried." Wang Shuo deeply sympathized with her mother and her master, what kind of brat she was back then.

"Your mother is the one who broke her heart. It was not easy for her. At the beginning, she wanted to find a lover, but now she is a stranger to her husband and wife. You are so filial to her." Aunt Kong sighed. Confused about the love she pursued, Aunt Kong was full of emotions for the different paths they chose when they were young.She often wondered who was happier when they handed over handkerchiefs. It used to be Princess Fuhui, but now it seemed to be her, although it was really inappropriate to say this in front of someone who resisted marriage.

"I will." Wang Shuo nodded, ended the topic, and asked, "How long will Master stay in the capital this time? Are you going back to Shandong for the New Year?"

"I won't go back this year." Aunt Kong shook her head.

"Then invite Master to come to my house to celebrate the New Year."

"Stupid child." Aunt Kong refused with a smile. There are still sacrifices for the New Year, so how can I spend it in another house.

Wang Shuo also understands that this is not the time to travel for the New Year, so he doesn't mention it anymore.The two masters and apprentices had a sumptuous lunch together, and Wang Shuo returned home from Aunt Kong's house until the curfew in the afternoon, thanks to the fact that Aunt Kong's house was bought close to Wang's.

There is more than one person concerned about Wang Shuo's marriage. The Wang family has long been preparing for the ceremony. All the people in the capital who feel that they have status have come to get close to Princess Fuhui. Wang Shuo's marriage has too many benefits, and there are too many people who are tempted.For a while, matchmakers from the Wang family came every day, and the threshold was lowered a few inches, as if courting the Wang family had become a new fashion in the capital.

Princess Fuhui rejected these suitors one by one, but there were always those she couldn't refuse, such as the prince.

The first prince proposed marriage for his eldest grandson, who was two years younger than Wang Shuo and a generation lower than Wang Shuo; the second prince hated that he was already married, so he could only recommend his brother-in-law; the fourth and seventh princes were of the right age, and they sent matchmakers at the same time.

Wang Shuo didn't know why, so she thought that after passing through the cane torture at the gate of the palace, her face was almost cut, and the prince's respect, why should she miss her a little girl.The Wang family is considered prominent, but there is no one in Beijing who is more prominent than the Wang family. She is said to have a noble status, but she dare not compare with the royal family.Therefore, after all the calculations, Wang Shuo felt that his only advantage was that he had a princess girl.

"You, you don't know your own goodness." Princess Fuhui saw Wang Shuo throwing rice points on her face, and said with a smile: "Princes understand it better than anyone else, but they don't understand. Is the staff living for nothing? What they fancy is your influence on His Majesty and your grandfather! Just look at the title of Yongwang Palace."

"Just because of this? It's not all due to me." Wang Shuo groaned strangely. These princes are too good at thinking. Tu Jin's excellence is the root cause of his success. Wang Shuo is at most a pusher, internal factors are the decision The key to the nature of things!These bumpkins who have never studied Marxist philosophy!

"What they're looking for is peace of mind. Even if you don't have such great ability, it's good to marry into the family town house." Princess Fuhui teased.

Wang Shuo hated Princess Fuhui, who stared gloatingly at her misfortune. Is this still his own mother?She picked it up! "Then what should we do?" Wang Shuo worried.