Changshu Qian Mansion, Wang Xinyu and Zhang Huangyan said goodbye to Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi husband and wife.

In the corridor, a girl in purple walked in front of her, followed by two maids. When the girl saw Wang Xinyu in a python robe and Zhang Huangyan in a first-class official uniform, she was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stood aside. ”

Wang Xinyu saw that the girl said a deep blessing, and her voice was very sweet, and then looked at the girl carefully, only to see that her hands were like soft wattles, and her shoulders were like knives. The skin is like clotted fat, and the teeth are like rhinoceros. With a cloud-like bun, an emerald green hairpin, and a purple skirt decorated with pearls. The fairies in the heavens and the earth are no different.

"This little girl is so beautiful! Compared to Yun'er and Ying'er, it's a lot more beautiful! Wang Xinyu said secretly in his heart. But when I looked at her feet again, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed: the fly in the ointment was that such a stunning beauty was wrapped in small feet.

Zheng Yun has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and is naturally Tianzu; Pan Ying grew up overseas and did not bind her feet.

"Lord Wang, this Lord Qian's daughter." Zhang Huangyan's waiter, Yang Guanyu, reminded Wang Xinyu softly in his ear.

The moment Zhang Huangyan saw Wang Xinyu seeing Qian Zhiyu, the whole person was like being petrified, and he was a little secretly happy in his heart. But then he saw that Wang Xinyu was only a momentary loss of soul and then regained his clarity, and he secretly praised in his heart at the moment: This son has the determination of a very human being, and he can do a big thing!

But how did Zhang Huangyan know that Wang Xinyu didn't like to bind his feet.

"I've seen Miss Qian!" Zhang Huangyan gave up.

"I've seen Miss Qian!" Wang Xinyu also returned the salute.

Qian Zhiyu saw that this prince was very young, handsome and chic, and when he was secretly looking, Wang Xinyu's gaze swept over, and when he touched her beautiful eyes, he only felt a wild beat in his heart, and couldn't help but blush, and lowered his head. Don't dare to look at Wang Xinyu again.

Zhang Huangyan smiled and said: "The little niece is really everyone's best girl!" ”

Qian Zhiyu Yingying was blessed: "Lord Zhang, the little girl is polite!" He turned around and saluted Wang Xinyu, but he still didn't dare to raise his head: "Lord Wang, the little woman is so polite!" ”

Qian Qianyi walked out, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Lord Zhang, Lord Wang, the little girl is pampered, so the two of you laugh!" ”

"Hahaha!" Zhang Huangyan laughed and said: "Lord Qian has raised such a good daughter, when I came to see her last time, she was still young. More than three years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Miss Qian has grown up! ”

In fact, the "chance encounter" between Qian Zhiyu and Wang Xinyu just now was deliberately arranged by Qian Qianyi and Zhang Huangyan. Originally, in order to let his daughter avoid the entanglement of Zhu Guozhi's son, Qian Qianyi married his daughter to Zhao Yusen's family in Wuxi. But there are unforeseen circumstances, in order to let his son get his wish, Zhu Guozhi actually attacked the Zhao family under the pretext of the Tonghai case, and sent the Zhao family to Ningguta.

Fortunately in the misfortune, Zhu Guozhi later sent someone to Qian Qianyi's house to mention the marriage of his children, but Qian Qianyi refused. Later, he didn't have time to send people to rob, and Zhang Huangyan's army entered the Yangtze River. Zhu Guozhi never had a chance to rob people again.

The Zhao family didn't know life and death, and Qian Qianyi was anxious about his daughter, so he had to choose another son-in-law. When Qian Qianyi saw Wang Xinyu, he sighed that this person became the king of the county at a young age. Although Wang Xinyu already has a wife. But he also has the title of the county king, and if he gives his daughter to a county king as a princess, although it is not big, he will not suffer. So Qian Qianyi had an idea.

When Qian Qianyi and Zhang Huangyan talked about it, the two hit it off.

Zhang Huangyan also intended to let Wang Xinyu marry Qian Qianyi's daughter, after all, he felt that Wang Xinyu was closer to him. More willing to support the Zhejiang army. If Qian Qianyi can marry his daughter to Wang Xinyu, then the relationship between the Zhejiang army, the Qiongzhou army and the Jiangnan Shi clan can be closer and more in line with Zhang Huangyan's interests.

What's more, the Ming army broke through Hangzhou, and Zhang Huangyan's son was also rescued by Wang Xinyu's people, which made Zhang Huangyan even more grateful to Wang Xinyu.

Zhang Huangyan's wife has died in prison, and his son is still being held in Hangzhou Prison at the time. When the Ming army broke through the city, the Qing army did not care about the prisoners held in the prison. However, Wang Xinyu still remembered this incident and asked people to go to the prison to identify, and as a result, Zhang Huangyan's son was rescued.

Back at the original Qian Mansion, which is now the camp of the Ming Army, Zhang Huangyan smiled and asked, "I don't know what the virtuous nephew thinks of Miss Qian?" ”

"Like a flower like a jade, like a fairy, it really deserves to be the ladies of Jiangnan!" Wang Xinyu replied.

"Hahaha!" Qian Qianyi laughed, "Since the virtuous nephew also thinks that Miss Qian is like a flower, but he is very satisfied with this Miss Qian?" If the old man is in charge, he will marry this Miss Qian to you, I don't know what the virtuous nephew will do? ”

Wang Xinyu was taken aback, it's not that he still wants to be monogamous like in his previous life, if he is asked to marry Pan Ying, there will be no objections. But this Qian Qianyi's daughter is a small foot, which makes him very unhappy. So he stood up and arched his hand and said, "Lord Zhang, the little nephew already has a wife, if he marries Miss Qian again, I am afraid that he will live up to the good intentions of Lord Zhang and Lord Qian, and will also disappoint Miss Qian." ”

"If it was before, the old man would not have made his own decisions. But now you are different, you are a good nephew, you have been crowned king, and it is only natural to marry one or two more princesses. Zhang Huang said.

In the hearts of the scholars back then, there could only be one wife, and the so-called flat wife was just a businessman's statement, and there was no flat wife in the scholar's family, except for the wife, the others were concubines with very low status. If Wang Xinyu hadn't been crowned king, no matter how high his status was, Zhang Huangyan and Qian Qianyi would not marry Miss Qian to him. But now it's different, Wang Xinyu has been crowned king, and the status of this king is different, whether it is a prince, a county king or a vassal king, in addition to the main wife has a grade and can be registered, the concubines in front of him also have grades, and those who can be included in the register are also honored as princesses.

Wang Xinyu was the title of the county king at this time, in fact, he was a vassal king, in addition to his wife, he could also have one or two concubines who could be registered and could accept the emperor's canonization. Therefore, at this time, if Wang Xinyu remarries, the status of the concubine is still very high, but if Qian Qianyi and Zhang Huangyan act late, the concubines who marry later will basically have no status.

Zhang Huangyan took a lot of time to explain these things to Wang Xinyu.

But Wang Xinyu really couldn't accept a woman with small feet, so he smiled awkwardly and told the truth: "Thank you Lord Zhang and Lord Qian for your kindness, but there is a hurdle in the hearts of the younger generation, and it is really difficult to get by." ”

"What's the hurdle you can't get over?" Zhang Huangyan asked.

Wang Xinyu replied: "Master Zhang has also seen the cheap. There are also maids in the younger generation's house, didn't Lord Zhang find that they all had one thing in common? ”

"What do you have in common?" Zhang Huangyan was not bored enough to observe the feet of every woman in Wang Xinyu's mansion.

"They are all heavenly feet, that is, they are not bound to their feet. Because juniors don't like to wrap their feet. ”

Zhang Huangyan was stunned suddenly, and only laughed after a while: "Most men like three-inch golden lotus, but I didn't expect that the virtuous nephew is different from others, but he likes big-footed women." ”

"It's not that I like big feet, it's that I don't like to wrap my feet, and it's best not to have big feet when you're born. But don't deliberately wrap your feet to make them smaller, that will do you more harm than good! Imagine if the enemy is coming. How can a foot-bound woman run? They have difficulty walking. And there are also female barracks in the younger army, but women with bound feet are not accepted. Although they don't need to go to the battlefield, they have to run back and forth like men, how can they run with their feet tied? ”

Zhang Huangyan said with a smile: "Do you have to bring your family members with your nephew to fight?" Last time, the old man and the king of Yanping made this mistake, thinking that Jiangnan was within reach, so they brought their families and prepared to seize Jiangning, and let their families move in. There are family members dragging them down, which leads to low morale, and Liang Huafeng's thief took advantage of the loophole! You must not bring your family with you in the war! Otherwise, morale will be affected. ”

"The women's barracks are not family members, they are also soldiers." Wang Xinyu argued.

Zhang Huangyan laughed even more: "Virtuous nephew." The old man asked you to marry Miss Qian, but not for you to recruit Miss Qian into the women's barracks, why not if your feet are a little smaller? ”

"It's just that turnip greens have their own love. The younger generation really doesn't like to bind their feet. Wang Xinyu said. If Qian Zhiyu hadn't bound his feet, Wang Xinyu would really be willing to accept this political marriage, after all, she is Liu Ruyi's daughter. He came a step late to this era. didn't catch up with Qin Huai Bayan's era, and it was not bad to be able to marry the daughter of a famous woman.

Zhang Huangyan said: "Please think about it again!" The old man knows that there is still a woman in Nanyang Company, if you can marry Miss Qian again, you are a virtuous nephew, the king of Yanping, the king of Jin, the Jiangnan scholars and the rich merchants of Nanyang are all connected, which will be beneficial and harmless to our great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty. ”

"But Lord Zhang, what if you let Miss Qian marry Zheng Cong, the second son of King Yanping?" Wang Xinyu asked.

Zhang Huang said: "Zheng Cong is not a prince after all, and in a sense, he is not as good as your nephew." And Zheng Jing, the prince of Yanping, already has a wife and concubine, and Miss Zheng didn't even have a chance to be in the grade and register when she went, and the old man also considered it, so only you are the most suitable person. ”

"Lord Zhang, the younger generation has no father, and King Yanping is the same as the father of the younger generation. For major marriage events, he has to agree with his old man. The younger generation felt that this matter had to be asked about King Yanping. Wang Xinyu's tone finally softened.

"Okay!" Zhang Huangyan nodded, "It's okay for you to ask him." ”

After speaking, Zhang Huangyan got up to say goodbye, and before leaving, he turned around and said: "Virtuous nephew, this matter should be considered carefully, this is not your business alone, it is related to the great cause of anti-Qing Dynasty!" Before, we couldn't unite a few of us, the enemy is still fighting with each other, we have to learn this lesson! ”

Wang Xinyu then went to King Yanping and talked about Zhang Huangyan and Qian Qianyi about marrying Miss Qian to him.

"Shibo, the juniors are thinking, on the one hand, the juniors already have Yun'er, and secondly, the juniors don't like foot-bound women, and they still like Yun'er as a Tianzu woman who was born in martial arts, so the juniors didn't agree to them, so they wanted to ask Shibo's opinion." Wang Xinyu told Zheng Chenggong all the things just now.

Zheng Chenggong stroked his beard and smiled: "This king knows that the virtuous nephew has true feelings for Yun'er, and he will not betray Yun'er!" Yun'er, this child, this king has always treated her as his own daughter, and the virtuous nephew can be in love with her, and this king is also very relieved! However, according to this king, this marriage is beneficial and harmless to us, you might as well agree, so that we can get more support from the Jiangnan Shi clan, and we also have more strength. ”

"But Shibo, the younger generation really doesn't like foot-bound women." Wang Xinyu said his thoughts truthfully.

Zheng Chenggong laughed: "To be honest, this king doesn't like women to bind their feet, especially for those who practice martial arts and those who do work, it is extremely inconvenient to bind their feet, and only pampered people will bind their feet." However, the virtuous nephew looks at the world, and how many women who can be the right person with the virtuous nephew are not bound to their feet? ”

Zheng Chenggong's mother is from Dongying, so she is naturally Tianzu, so Zheng Chenggong himself does not like to bind her feet, and most of the women of the Zheng family do not have the habit of binding her feet.

However, Wang Xinyu actually thought wrong about one thing, although Qian Zhiyu had foot binding, but the foot binding in that era was not as powerful as the later foot binding, but the foot bag was simply small, and it did not reach the point where the toes and bones were broken later, resulting in the feet being twisted and deformed. Later, the kind of small feet was wrapped because the Manchu Dynasty paid more attention to the modified version of Cheng Zhu Lixue, and the status of women became lower, which made the aesthetics mutate, and such small feet appeared.

Seeing Wang Xinyu's hesitation, Zheng Chenggong smiled and said: "It's still up to the virtuous nephew himself, if he is not willing to marry Miss Qian, then Wang Ben will come forward to talk to Lord Zhang and Lord Qian." However, this Miss Qian is like a flower, and it would be a good thing if the virtuous nephew was married, and she could take the opportunity to win over the Jiangnan Shi clan to help us. As for Yun'er's side, this king can also say that Yun'er is reasonable, and she can understand you. Let's just say that the prince of the Jin Dynasty also has concubines in the family, which is nothing. If you don't like foot binding, after you marry Miss Qian, just let her loosen, she is not too old and can recover. ”

In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, the small feet were wrapped in a bow, and the feet were not wrapped like chicken feet like in the late Qing Dynasty. And Miss Qian is not very old, and she didn't start to wrap her feet at the age of four or five like she did later, she actually didn't bind her feet for a few years, as long as she loosened the footwrap at this time, she could still recover to a certain extent.

"Shibo persuaded me to marry Miss Qian?" Wang Xinyu asked.

Zheng Chenggong said with a smile: "Yes, marrying her is beneficial to us, so why not?" ”

"Shibo, let the juniors think about this again." Wang Xinyu replied.

"Hahaha!" Zheng Chenggong smiled, "Think about it as soon as possible!" Our army will go out in a few days, how to settle this matter first, so that you can go to the battlefield and kill the Tartars with peace of mind! ”

Wang Xinyu hadn't thought about how to decide, and Qian Qianyi came to the door again the next morning.

"General Wang, Zhiyu is the pearl of the old man's palm, the old man only got this daughter in his old age, and now he intends to marry her to you, I don't know what the general wants?" (To be continued.) )