bayedsolid Chapter 241 This is a good marriage
Chapter 241 This is a good marriage
Lu Jinchuan attaches great importance to this marriage.
He could guess the emperor's thoughts and knew that he could not keep the position of Minister of Justice.
The eldest son is too incompetent, and the second son... he has neglected the second son too much in the past. Even if he fully supports him from now on, it will take many years.
He had no way of leaving the position of Shangshu to his two sons, so he could only try his best to maintain good relations with the successor that the emperor would choose.
Tang Quyan has no family behind him, and he has achieved his current status entirely through his own efforts.
He could sense the emperor's fear of the aristocratic families, and also his importance attached to Tang Quyan, so if possible, an alliance with the Tang family would be a win-win situation.
He remembered that Lu Xinran had also read the booklet of Tang Quyan and his wife.
She was extremely satisfied with the Tang family at that time.
Pei didn't expect that he would suddenly bring up Lu Xinlan's marriage. She also remembered that when the Zhang family held the wedding, Liu had mentioned this matter to her openly and secretly.
"No hurry. Xinlan was taken to the border by the Empress. When we return to the capital after a great victory, Xinlan will be with the Empress. She will definitely be respected and praised. By then, a girl from a family will be sought after by hundreds of families. If the Tang family is really interested, then we are willing to wait."
If they met again because she was not in the capital, it only meant that the girl was not destined to be with the Tang family.
Lu Jinchuan subconsciously wanted to scold her for saying this, but as soon as he raised his eyebrows, he saw the sarcasm on Pei's lips, and he quickly swallowed his dissatisfaction.
"That being said, the Tang family is a rare good family. It would be a pity if we missed that girl."
"Okay, I know what's going on. It's late now, so hurry back to the front yard."
Seeing that Lu Jinchuan was about to go to the inner room with a thick face, Pei directly shouted to drive him away.
He was filled with humiliation and after struggling for a long time he finally left tactfully.
Madam Xu came into the room and made the bed for Pei. As she did so, she advised, "Madam, why did you just do that? Aren't the two concubines locked up? For the sake of the eldest and second masters, you can't just ignore the master."
She had to repeat this kind of persuasion every now and then, and Pei had long been accustomed to it.
She waved her hand, "If it weren't for the sake of the eldest and second brothers, do you think I would still be willing to care about him?"
Do you really think that by dealing with those two concubines, all the grudges of the past years can be wiped out?
Why can he let bygones be bygones with just an apology and continue to enjoy the present without any harm?
What about the grievances and sufferings she had endured in the past years? Could she just swallow her anger?
Don't even think about it. She will never forgive that old scumbag until the day she dies.
When Lu Xinran woke up the next day, it was already noon. She stretched and was hesitating whether to hand an invitation to Zhang Shuier, when Cuizhu came into the room holding a stack of invitations.
"Miss, these are the invitations sent by various mansions this morning, inviting you to come over to enjoy the flowers."
"so much?"
Lu Xinran walked forward with some surprise and took the notes. He read them one by one, picked out Zhang Shuier's note and glanced at it for a few seconds, then asked Tracy to prepare pen and ink.
There were too many elders to meet at the Duke's Mansion, which made her feel a little uncomfortable, so she made an appointment with everyone directly at the teahouse.
Zhang Shui'er changed her clothes and went out almost immediately after receiving the reply. When she arrived at the teahouse, she saw Lu Xinran already waiting for her in the room, and immediately rushed up to him in dissatisfaction.
"Lu Er, you are so mean. Why didn't you take me with you when you went to the border?"
She had been closest to these sisters in the past six months, and she didn't know how she had survived for more than a month without them around.
Lu Xinran pulled her hand away, dodged to the side, and then replied.
"We are also being led by the Empress. If you want to go to the border, why don't you ask your aunt the Empress for help?"
Hearing her talk about the queen, Zhang Shui'er sighed depressedly and bent down to sit down beside her.
"Do you think I don't want to ask? It's because my aunt left in such a hurry that she didn't think of taking me with her."
However, even if the queen wanted to take her to the border, her father, mother and grandparents would not agree.
Now that the Zhang family has returned to Beijing and handed over all of the Zhang family troops, they will never go back to the border.
The Emperor still ordered the Queen to go to the border to provide relief, and she would return to Beijing after the war was over.
"How is my aunt? Is she doing well over there? Grandmother has been worried about her all this time, fearing that something bad might happen to her."
"Don't worry, the queen is doing well at the border, her skills are not rusty, and General Qi and General Xie are old friends, they will take care of her in everything, nothing will happen to her."
"Yes, Grandfather said so, but Grandma has been worried. With your words, Grandma can sleep well tonight."
Zhang Shuier came here this time just to find out about the queen's condition from her.
Now that the matter of most concern had been discussed, she suddenly didn't know where to start.
Lu Xinran wanted to know a lot, so he asked bluntly: "I heard you are engaged?"
Speaking of engagement, Zhang Shui'er's cheeks flushed, "Yes, we are engaged, and the wedding date is set for February next year."
"Don't even mention the wedding date. I don't even know who the groom is."
Lu Xinran bumped the other person's shoulder with a smile. She had heard and seen more detailed information from Cuizhu and in the booklet.
But she just wanted Zhang Shuier to bring it up actively.
Zhang Shui'er's cheeks were already burning. When Lu Xinran giggled and bumped her shoulder, she took a deep breath and pretended to be calm.
"Haven't you already guessed who the man is? Why do you have to let me tell you?"
"If you don't tell me, how can I know if my guess is right?"
The more shy and awkward she was, the more Lu Xinran wanted to tease her.
But fortunately, she knew that Zhang Shui'er was a thin-skinned paper tiger, so she said with a smile after a few tremors: "I didn't expect Cui Wu to be so brave that he would ask his mother to come and ask for marriage directly."
The last time they met, Cui Shenglin went back home to look for her mother after being reminded by her.
When his mother heard him say that he wanted to marry a girl from the Duke's Mansion, she was so frightened that the tea bowl in her hand fell to the ground.
How dare he, a playboy known throughout the capital, covet the girl from the Duke's Mansion? !
Even if he had the guts, she didn't have the face to run to the Duke's Mansion!
After refusing many times, Jin finally had no choice but to visit her son after being pestered by him.
She thought that as soon as she opened her mouth, the other party would give her a cold shoulder, but she didn't expect that Qiu would agree right away.
He also asked her to find a matchmaker to come and formally arrange the marriage for the two of them.
"That guy," Zhang Shui'er recalled what Cui Shenglin had said to her in private, her cheeks flushed as if blood could drip out, "Oh, he came to propose marriage, and my mother and brothers thought he was a decent and honest person, so they agreed."