Chapter 104
When Zhou Lao Er said this, Wang Yan also hesitated. After all, Li Yingru is the daughter of the general's mansion. She is a plain-headed commoner. How could she, an old farm lady, be persuaded to live with such a noble daughter-in-law? And Liu Lang, if he married such a big lady, would he be angry in the future?
Thinking about it this way, the joy in my heart was much less.
Zhou Yi came in from the door, just hearing what Zhou Laoer said, and smiled when he heard the words: "Mother, how do you feel when you went to Li's mansion today?
" Could it be a little higher? No matter how friendly a lady from a rich family looks, she will inevitably be arrogant. If she loses her temper in the future, I'm afraid you will be angry." Wang Yan sighed.
"Mother, I am marrying a wife, not a puppet. Of course, she must have her own ideas, and it is only right for husband and wife to join hands." Zhou Yi sat down, handed the robe to Qingzhu and said.
"Then the wife should regard her husband as the sky, she is the young lady of everyone, if you continue to indulge her blindly, the future will be ruined!" Wang Yan said worriedly. "Mother, Miss
Li is not that kind of person. Didn't you come into contact with her?"
Who can tell!" Wang Yan was still a little worried.
"Okay, Liu Lang has always had his own ideas, so he can see clearly than us? The children are willing, and we just hope they get better. What are you talking about? If someone is willing to marry into our family from the general's mansion, it is enough to prove her The friendship with Liu Lang is gone, you still choose such a daughter-in-law, can you find a better one for Liu Lang?" Zhou Lao Er waved his hand and said.
"You..." Wang Yan choked at what Zhou Laoer said.
At this time, Liu Ya also said beside her: "Mother, I think you are overthinking. Sister Li looks very nice to me, and I can chat well with you. Anyway, I agree with Liu Lang going to propose marriage to Miss Li."
Wang Yan listened and looked at Liuya: "You also said that you are a powerful person yourself, and you can't forgive others when you open your mouth. What will happen when you marry into your in-law's family?" "Mother, you also know that I have
to Reason is not forgiving, since I have reason, why can't I say it? In this world, no matter what, there must be a reason. If I marry so much that people can't even reason, then I might as well not marry!" "
Look Look, look, this girl, don't care what she can do!" Wang Yan said to Zhou Lao Er.
Zhou Yi looked at Liu Ya with a smile, and persuaded Wang Yan: "Mother, I think what Si Jie said is reasonable. In this world, no matter what, there is no more than a word of reason. I know Si Jie's temper. She is not that kind." This kind of person who makes trouble for no reason, but if he takes advantage of the reason, he will not be bullied, that's good, neither humble nor overbearing, just to gain a foothold in other people's homes!" Liuya also looked at Zhou Yi and smiled
.
Wang Yan sighed: "Forget it, all of you have grown up now, and you all speak in the same way. Mother can't control you anymore..."
Zhou Yi looked at Liuya and called her. A wink.
Liu Ya went up and hugged Wang Yan's arm: "Mother, what are you talking about, no matter what, you are our mother, what can we say in front of you, is it because you don't know how to speak?" I'm really angry with us."
Wang Yan was amused by Liuya, and she tapped Liuya's forehead, "You girl, you are the only one who can talk."
Zhou Er Er looked at Wang Yan and smiled, and then followed suit After laughing, he said to Zhou Yi: "Liu Lang, since you like Miss Li, then we are going to find a matchmaker to come to the door. If the words are good, we will settle the marriage. You are not too young.
" Yi nodded, "Father, if the Li family also agrees, we should make an engagement first between Miss Li and me. The marriage will at least wait until the fourth sister gets married." "Oh, yes, Liuya is not
young at this age." It's over." At this point, both Wang Yan and Zhou Laoer became anxious.
Wang Yan said: "In my opinion, we should directly find a family in Guang'an County. Now that Liuya is over eighteen, and it is almost nineteen, if you look for it in a short time, it will be so easy, and the flowering period of the girl's house will not be delayed. Come on."
"Mother, you don't have to worry about it. I have been in the capital for so many days, and I have found a few good young men who are hardworking for the fourth sister. There is no problem with their character. As long as the fourth sister has no objection, the marriage should be fine. Settle down quickly." Zhou Yi said with a smile.
"Really?" Surprise appeared on Wang Yan's face: "That's great, Liu Lang, your vision is better than ours. If you say you are a good person, it is naturally good." Wang Yan and
Zhou Laoer were very happy when they heard this.
Only Liuya bit her lip and wanted to say something.
Zhou Yi noticed Liu Ya's abnormality, and after Wang Yan and Zhou's second son returned to their room, Zhou Yi called Liu Ya: "Fourth sister, what did you want to say just now?" "
I..." Liu Ya hesitated, not knowing what to say. Should not have said.
"Fourth sister, you're not that coy person, just say what you want." Zhou Yi said to Liuya with a smile.
Liuya took a breath and said, "Liulang, I know I've been messing around with this matter, but, but, when I went to Li's Mansion today, I saw..." "Who did I see?" Zhou Yi's face became serious
. .
"He said his name is Li Yingbi, I...I, I have a good impression of him." Liu Ya closed her eyes and said vigorously.
"Li Yingbi?" Zhou Yi exclaimed. This damn kid, not only let the dogs bite him, but now he dares to seduce his sister!
"Liulang, is my idea too naive? If your matter with Miss Li is over, it will be a bit inappropriate for me to be with Li Yingbi again. Forget it. Just pretend that I didn't say anything, and the ones you are looking for People must be very good, I will listen to you." Liu Ya said anxiously.
Zhou Yi shook his head, "Fourth Sister, this is your lifelong event after all, it would be great if you can marry someone you like, even if the matter between me and Miss Li is over, it's fine if you want to marry into the Li family. This kind of thing is not uncommon, and our family doesn’t need to care about it.”
"Our family doesn't care, but as for the Li family, with their family background, they will definitely care." Liuya said.
Zhou Yi smiled and said: "If the Li family cares about this, then you don't have to marry in."
Liuya smiled when she heard this, "That's right, it's
true." He fell in love with Li Yingbi after meeting him once, and he also met Li Yingbi that day, so he didn't see anything unusual about it!
Forget it, the matter of feelings doesn't make sense at all, otherwise how could there be so many love at first sight!
Zhou Yi went to bed early because he was going to attend the court meeting the next day, and got up before dawn the next day. He put on court clothes, green bamboos and lanterns, and the two masters and servants walked towards the Meridian Gate.
Some officials I met on the road were sitting in sedan chairs.
Qingzhu glanced enviously: "Master, you are an official now, why don't you take a sedan chair?"
Zhou Yi knocked on Qingzhu's head: "Your young master, I am young and vigorous, and the sedan chairs are made for the elderly!"
Qingzhu Hehe laughed straight: "Master, you are teasing me again."
Zhou Yi looked at Qingzhu in surprise: "You still know that I am teasing you now.
" How about a fool?"
Zhou Yi shook his head and stopped joking with Qingzhu. The master and servant quickened their pace and arrived at the Meridian Gate in a short while. He had been to the Meridian Gate when he participated in the palace examination last time, and this was the second time he arrived so early. Participate in the court meeting at the noon gate.
When they arrived at the Meridian Gate, Zhou Yi took the lantern and sent Qing Zhu back. He found his colleagues from the Imperial Academy, greeted Wen Qu, and stood behind the team.
This time was the same as last time, the sedan chair that came was full of radishes and pits, directly vacating the front seat.
It's just that this time the one that landed in the front was not the small blue sedan chair, but a large sedan chair with eight lifts.
When Zhou Yi saw the sedan chair fall to the ground, all the officials behind him surrounded him to say hello, even Yang Zhiwen was no exception. Yang Zhiwen still looked kindly and kind, not at all decadent in his official career.
Zhou Yi shook his head. Slandering in my heart, they are all dramatists, I can't afford to provoke them, I can't afford to provoke them.
The newly appointed chief minister Xing Jing is slightly younger than Yang Zhiwen, but he is also in his forties. He and Yang Zhiwen have two styles. Yang Zhiwen is smiling and looks like a good old man. , but with a straight face, it makes people feel uncomfortable.
Some of the officials who greeted were a little wary.
Wen Qu also went to salute, as for a small shrimp like Zhou Yi, he was not even qualified to salute.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, the bell on the Meridian Gate rang, and the officials lined up and entered through the Meridian Gate.
When we arrived outside the Golden Luan Hall, the officials straightened their appearance, and then a supervisory censor came over with a notebook. His eyes scanned these officials up and down like X-rays. Whenever he saw something inappropriate, he immediately sneered and brushed it off. on the record. The official who was recorded immediately broke out in cold sweat, mother, I am afraid that this morning court will not be safe again.
Soon it was at the end of the line, because the emperor made a special case today, many officials below the fourth rank came, and the censor inspected these unfamiliar faces very carefully.
When he arrived at Zhou Yi's place, Zhou Yi grinned at the censor, a very kind and lovely kind.
It's a pity that he can't get Zhou Yi's loveliness because of his iron face. He stared at him and said, "Why are you laughing? As a court official, you should always set an example for the people in the world. How can you have a playful smile?" "Remember."
Zhou
Yi Yi Miao closes the smiling face, Nima, where did this guy come from, he is so unreasonable, and he loses his manners when he smiles?
Zhou Yi was lucky, the clock rang again, and it was time to enter the palace.
Everyone filed into the Golden Luan Hall, and Zhou Yi was naturally at the tip of the tail.
After everyone had lined up and waited for a while, a eunuch shouted in a shrill voice: "The emperor is here." There were
so many people in front of him, Zhou Yi didn't see the emperor, but knelt down with a crowd of people, Then three shouts of long live the emperor.
Anyway, this scene is no different from what was played on TV.
After finishing the trip, the eunuch shouted again: "Play if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do."
Obviously today is a piece of nonsense, the emperor's court meeting is specially for the affairs of the Great Qiang envoys, how could he leave the court so early.
"Do you have anything to say?" Emperor Chongzheng asked in a low voice when he saw that everyone was silent.
It is obvious that the emperor is asking about the Daqiang envoy, but how to say this matter, everyone is cooking dumplings in a teapot, knowing that people come to ask for money, and now the emperor asks, there are only two answers, yes or no .
Say yes, it seems spineless, say no, it’s another battle of spirits, if you don’t give, are you waiting for the iron hooves of Da Qiang to step over Dayue?
"Okay, you have nothing to say, don't you? I have something to say. The envoy of the Great Qiang is here again. What are you doing here? He is here to ask for property!!!!" echoed with anger.
"All of you talk well on weekdays, eat the king's salary, share the worries for the king, now, it's time to share the worries, why don't you even dare to speak, ah!! Speak!!!! "
The minister is dead." All the officials knelt down again. Zhou Yi was not very familiar with this operation, so he knelt slowly.
Suddenly it fell down, and the cold marble slab hit his knee directly. Zhou Yi rubbed it quietly, cursing this evil feudal society in his heart. He makes people kneel down every now and then, is it possible that he will bring someone to kneel down in the future?
"Xing Jing, you are the chief assistant, what should you do about this matter?" The emperor saw that no one spoke, so he had to cut the head of the official, and Xing Jing was single-handedly picked up by him!
"Back to Long Live, I think it's enough to follow the rules of previous years." Xing Jing thought for a while and said so.
Isn't this nonsense? If the previous years could be followed, Emperor Chongzheng probably wouldn't be so troubled. He obviously arrived early, but he didn't want to follow the previous years.
Disappointment flashed in Emperor Chongzheng's eyes. He really didn't expect that Zaifu, whom he raised with his own hands, would be so useless and only play sloppy eyes.
"Yang Zhiwen, tell me what to do?"
The emperor looked at Yang Zhiwen again.
Yang Zhiwen came out and said, "Long live back, the envoys of the Great Qiang came to the capital at this time, and they must make even more excessive demands on me, Da Yue. I think that this wind will not rise. If they are allowed to get whatever they want, what dignity does our Da Yue have?" "
Long live, I object." At this time Xing Jing jumped out: "Why did we give so much property to Da Qiang in the past? It's not for the peace of the two countries. We have given so much every year these years. If Now, in order to win one breath, the diplomatic relations will worsen, which is really not worth the loss.”
In fact, what the two of them said is easy to understand, what Yang Zhiwen means is not to fight for steamed buns, and rabbits bite people when they are anxious!
And Xing Jing's meaning is also clear, we just can't beat him now, if we turn our backs now, then not all the previous ones were in vain, and Da Yue will have to face Da Qiang's iron hoof.
Both of their words made sense, the emperor looked at the officials and said, "Whatever the other Qing family have to say, feel free to speak up."