Dongshi North, Chongning Fang, Cui Mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chongning Fang is in the east of the imperial city and the north of the east city, and the nobles and nobles in the square gather.

Before dawn, Cui Yingying had already gotten up. Cui's family rules, Cui's descendants, both male and female, learn poetry and books at the age of three, learn etiquette at the age of five, know the anthology of literature at the age of seven, reach coquettish at the age of nine, reach six arts at the age of twelve, and know ancient and modern at the age of sixteen.

Unmarried daughter, unmarried son, wake up in the morning and start to learn poetry, calligraphy, etiquette, righteousness, rhetoric, and six arts, rain or shine, day after day.

As a thousand-year-old gatekeeper, once the first wealthy family in the north and the leader of the Shandong Shi clan, although the Cui family has now declined, the family style remains the same.

Even women are strictly restricted.

Cui's female twenty unmarried people into the view as a Taoist aunt, unmarried women need to ask for instructions when they go out, not to drink alcohol and not to teach and accept privately, if there is a violator, the light one will be whipped and punished, the heavy one will be expelled from the house, and even self-determination to thank the family.

The family rules also stipulate that Cui's daughters are not allowed to be concubines unless they enter the palace.

Cui Yingying, who is eighteen years old this year, is already a very dangerous older girl in Cui Mansion in Chongning Fang, and in two years, if she can't get married, she has to enter the Guan as a Taoist aunt according to family rules.

The people in the house are often worried about their little lady, why hasn't such a good little lady found a good family.

"Hey, have you heard, Lang Jun promised the little lady to the Bashang Zhang family."

In the laundry room, a few rough mothers-in-law were fetching water from the well.

"Ba Shang Zhang's family? Haven't you heard of such a family on Ba? ”

In addition to those noble families in Beijing, when it comes to the suburbs of Beijing, the first Wei Du family, whether it is the Wei family or the Du family, they are the most famous scholars in Jingzhao, in terms of speaking, it is not much worse than the five surnames and seven sects in the Kanto region, especially since the Northern Wei Dynasty, Wei Du followed the Yuwen clan to establish the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasty, and then entered the Tang Dynasty through the Sui Dynasty, Wei Du has always been a wealthy family in Guanzhong.

But no one has heard of the Zhang family.

"It's not a high-ranking family, it's the son of a government soldier."

This attracted the surprise of a group of women, "Where did you hear the nonsense, our little lady is a descendant of the Cui family, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, good in everything, good in appearance, good in temperament, such a famous lady, of course, it is a marriage with five surnames and seven sects." Even if you don't intermarry with five surnames and seven sects, then at least you have to intermarry with Guan Longhao, how can you marry the son of a soldier? ”

"That's it, I haven't heard of any general surnamed Zhang in the court."

"What is the general of the Wei Mansion, then Zhang Jialangjun is the deputy of the government army, from the ninth grade."

"Zhang Jialangjun is already out of office at a young age, but it's not bad."

"What's good, it's Zhang Jialangjun who comes down from Jiupin, not Zhangjia Xiaolangjun. The Zhang family's Xiaolangjun is nothing, and if he has no lord or lord, he is a common man. I heard that the little Langjun of the Zhang family used to be a little monk, just returned to the vulgar, and then was accepted as a son by the old house soldiers. ”

"Ahh

A group of women were shocked, what a joke.

You said that your own Langjun promised the little lady to the prince or something, and they still believed it, but you said that you promised it to the son of an old soldier who was nothing, what kind of joke is this?

"It's true."

Then a maidservant girl with a bucket of water approached.

"Sha Niang is here, she is on an errand in front of Madame, she must know clearly, Miao Niang, you can tell everyone well."

Sha Niang put down the bucket, "Lang Jun did promise Thirteen Niang the son of the Zhang family, that Zhang family Langjun is an old soldier, and he is a deputy from Jiupin." That Zhang Xiaolangjun is indeed a vulgar monk. But things are not so simple, that Zhang Jialangjun and Yiguo Gong are still old acquaintances, so Zhang Jiaxiao Langjun still worships Yiguo Gong as his father-in-law. ”

"It's not the son of Yiguo Gong, not to mention just a righteous son, this is not the right family, why did Lang Jun get married like this?"

With an identity like Cui Yingying, if she marries Qin Qiong's son, she is still a little noble and condescending, not to mention just a righteous son?

Sha Niang looked left and right, and when she saw that there was no one else, she said in a low voice, "You don't know, the Qin Mansion sent a thousand taels of gold today." ”

"A thousand taels of gold? What is this? Grace? Everyone asked.

"Lang Jun accepted it?"

"Of course I accepted it, I heard that this is the condition proposed by Lang Jun and the Zhang family, and now that the Qin Mansion has directly sent all the gold, it seems that there is no possibility of this matter changing."

"It's not a marriage sale!" A mother-in-law couldn't help but say.

"Be quiet, you don't want to die."

Everyone is upset for Cui Yingying.

In this house, it belongs to the thirteen mothers who treat their subordinates the most kindly, and never beat and scold them. But now Lang Jun actually wants to sell such a good little lady to marriage, I can't believe it.

"The gold has been collected, it is impossible to regret this matter, a thousand taels of gold, if the Cui family regrets it, they can't afford to accompany it. What's more, the Duke of Yiguo is still the official of our Lang Jun, and he is the most popular general under the command of King Qin. ”

A thousand taels of gold, a full eight million dollars.

Ordinary scholars sell marriages, and it is only a million, but the Cui family sold it for a high price this time. But the more this is the case, the more it makes the mothers-in-law feel cold.

"Hey, who let Mrs. Zheng leave early, now this Cui Mansion is in charge of Mrs. Wang."

"If it's not my daughter, I definitely won't be so distressed."

"Wang Niangzi wanted to promise her daughter Fourteen Niang to her nephew, but the Wang family asked for millions to marry. Now sell the marriage of the thirteenth mother, this is to make up the dowry of the fourteenth mother. ”

"Hey! ~”

A group of women sighed, a motherless child is bitter, even in the Cui family.

Not far away, around the corner, Red Line listened silently, then turned back without making a sound.

West Wing.

Hongxian told Thirteen Niang what she heard.

After Cui Yingying heard those words, her expression was calm, as if she hadn't noticed that she was talking about her marriage.

She looked very calm, and said lightly to the red line, "Red line, let you go and get the clothes, what are you doing with these useful and useless ones?" ”

"Little lady, how is this useless, don't you understand, Lang Jun and the lady are going to sell you to the Zhang family. A poor son who is nothing, no, he is not even a poor family, just a peasant family, he is not worthy of you at all, little lady. ”

Cui Yingying sneered.

"Didn't they take out a thousand taels of gold? Ordinary poor farmers can't get a thousand taels of gold. ”

"That's all the gold taken by the Winged Kingdom Mansion."

Cui Yingying looked at the scroll in front of her, and bowed her head and said, "Even if it is the money from the Qin Mansion, the Qin Mansion is willing to give a thousand taels of gold for the Zhang family, and this relationship is not extraordinary." ”

"Little lady, why aren't you in a hurry at all."

"The marriage of children has always been the order of parents, what can I say about the words of the matchmaker."

"If only the mistress was still here, she would never see her daughter sold to a farmer."

Cui Yingying is very beautiful, tall and tall, and does not have the weak aura of an ordinary woman. The eyebrows are clear, the skin is white and delicate, and the hair is shiny and soft.

There is an indifferent bookish air in the whole body, like a handsome boy.

The close-fitting girl Red Line cried angrily, which would instead ask Yingying to comfort her. Cui Yingying is not angry, but she understands that the more high-ranking the family, the more children will be unable to get married. Especially her biological mother died early, and now her father listens to her stepmother Wang in everything.

Wang usually always has a smiling face and a gentle and caring look for her. But Cui Yingying knew that the Wang family hated her very much in their bones. The Wang family has always hated her, and she still had the idea of her mother's marriage, but now she actually married her to the Taiyuan Wang family for her daughter Fourteen Niang, and actually wanted to sell her for marriage in exchange for a thousand taels of gold to subsidize Fourteen Niang's dowry.

It makes people resentful, but resentment will not solve the problem.

She thought about looking for her uncle to come forward, but since her mother's death, the Cui Zheng family has not been close, and the Wang family is not from a small family, she is also the daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family in the five surnames and seven sects, and there is the support of the Wang family in the back.

The Cui family's marriage to a daughter, after all, is the Cui family's housework, and it is difficult for the uncle to really interfere.

It's really funny, and it makes others see the joke.

Thinking about it, Cui Yingying is also a little light, she is also tired of the intrigue in this mansion, if she marries a small landlord, she may live a more comfortable and clean life in the future.

She just didn't know what this future husband was like, seeing that Yiguo Gong could accept him as a righteous son, and was willing to give him a thousand taels of gold, which showed that the relationship between the Qin and Zhang families was indeed good.

It was surprising to hear that he was still a monk who had just returned to the world.

Cui Yingying lives in the West Wing Courtyard of Cui's Mansion, which is an independent courtyard with a wall, which also has a main house and east and west wings, and there are grape trellises and ginkgo trees in the courtyard.

In the summer, she likes to read under the tree, but in the winter, only the leafless old vines are left on the grape trellises, and the ginkgo trees have lost their leaves.

Eighteen-year-old Cui Yingying sat at the table, one hand supporting her chin, a little distracted.

"Thirteen Niang, why don't I let the pillar inquire about Zhang Xiaolangjun?" The red line took the initiative to ask for help, and wanted to share the worries of her own lady. The red line is the son of Cui Mansion, and the family is a slave in Cui Mansion. His father was the porter, his mother was in the laundry, and his brothers were the housekeepers.

Cui Yingying came back to her senses and smiled at the red line.

Hongxian, who was familiar with her character, immediately smiled, "I'll go find my brother right away." After finishing speaking, she was about to go downstairs, Cui Yingying stopped her, and took out a gold leaf from a jewelry box on the desk, which was worth one or two thousand dollars.

"This is for your brother to use."

"Thank you, Thirteen Niang."

Cui Yingying smiled, "If you hear the news of Zhang Xiaolangjun, you will come back and tell me immediately." ”

Originally, the famous lady should not have made such a move. But Cui Yingying still couldn't help but do it, she could accept her father's marriage, and she could accept that the other party was a poor farmer, but she wanted to know the other party's character, and wanted to know whether the other party was worth entrusting for life?

If the other party is good, then the family background doesn't matter, she is willing to live with the other party for the rest of her life. But if the other party has a bad character, then even if he can ask Yiguo Gong to help him pay a thousand taels of gold to buy a marriage, she will not marry.

It's a big deal, she went directly to the Taoist temple!