Compared with last year's birthday banquet for the Governor's wife, this year's Governor's birthday was really cold.

Of course, this is what others think, because the Governor's Palace does not have a banquet for outsiders. To the outside world, it was only said that the governor was tired of patrolling the province a few days ago, and there was some bitter summer, so there was no banquet to thank the people who gave gifts.

I didn't dare to mention "illness", otherwise according to the rules, in addition to the "birthday gift", the officials below would have to prepare ginseng, deer antler velvet and other medicinal supplements to "visit the sick".

Since it is not a banquet for outsiders, of course, relatives are not counted among them.

When Cao Hao first came to Zhili, the number of people who came and went was limited, and the only people who were close to him were the prefect Zhu Zhilian's family and Wei Wenjie, who was the scribe of Mancheng County.

Wei Wenjie went to Qingyuan one day in advance to congratulate Cao Hao on his birthday; Zhu Zhilian's family of four was invited by Chu Yu to come over for a drink on the first day of junior high school.

Except for the people in the Governor's Palace, only these five people attended the banquet at the Governor's Palace.

Since the Zuozhu brothers recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, the family affairs with the Zhu family are almost finalized.

A few days ago, when Mrs. Zhu Hou came to ask for peace to the Gao family, Chu Yu had already mentioned the life experience of the Zuozhu brothers through the tone, which was nothing more than that his grandfather had any position, and his father and his husband had a relationship in their early years, and their feelings were very thick, no less than their biological brothers or something.

Regarding the fact that Zuozhu's brother and ancestor were questioned, they only said that they offended a certain prince when the emperor was alive, and they were implicated in prison.

Mrs. Zhu Hou was a woman, and she only felt frightened when she heard it. Compared with the unknown father's family, this criminal is not a good background after the official. What's more, it was the former emperor and prince who offended, maybe it was the royal palace and Baylor Mansion.

Even if there is the protection of the Cao family now, when the other party is really about to attack, where will the Cao family have the power to stop it?

When she returned and mentioned the matter to her husband, her desire to marry the governor's palace was much lighter. Although she is a concubine, after all, she is a little reluctant to be raised by her side.

Zhu Yilian is still knowledgeable, and he can guess from the few sentences relayed by his wife.

In the Holy Ancestor Dynasty, although the monarch ruled the country with "benevolence and filial piety", why did there be fewer sinful courtiers?

Extrapolating from the age of Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, when the Ning family had an accident, it was before the second waste prince.

It was the most tragic time to seize the heir, Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng's grandfathers were both officials in Jiangnan and important salt affairs, and it was common for them to be co-opted by the princes.

Regardless of whether the Ning family offended the abolished prince, or the eighth elder brother, who was in the limelight at the time, what did it matter?

Both of them have passed away, and even the other princes who were kind to these two elder brothers in the early years are also in an embarrassing situation, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, where will they find trouble with a little Ning family.

"With Governor Cao's surname, the second child of the Ruoning family is really a bane, how can he raise it in his own house openly? Even if it is to preserve the blood of friends, it will be arranged in the shadows. Since you are raised in the Cao family, then you don't have to think nonsense. Listening to Ting'er, Yuan Song and Yuan Bai's maids are filial, if you meet them in the Governor's Palace, you should also be more courteous. Zhu Zhilian instructed his wife like this.

At the birthday banquet, when she saw Tian's family, Mrs. Zhu Hou remembered her husband's instructions a few days ago, and she brought warmth on her face, and politely greeted her, and then sat down under the Li family, and accompanied Gao Taijun and the two elders of the Li family to talk.

Chu Yu saw it in her eyes, smiled slightly, took Zhu Shuang'er's hand, and asked a few words of female red homework softly.

In front of many elders, Zhu Shuang'er was a little shy, bowed her head and whispered an answer, very well-behaved and supple.

Tian couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and his face couldn't help but show affection.

At this time, Niuniu and Tianhui arrived, first asked Mrs. Zhu Hou to say goodbye, and then took Zhu Shuang'er to Tianhui.

The women's table is divided into two tables, one table for the elders and one table for the girls.

Out of the house, Zhu Shuang'er breathed a sigh of relief.

Niuniu and Tianhui already knew that the two families were going to discuss marriage, and when they looked at Zhu Shuang'er, they both smiled and said nothing.

The boys in the house are not considered to be the elders of the first generation, and among the four of them, Tianyou and Hengsheng, the most refined is Zuo Cheng. Even the oldest Tianyou, sometimes he has to let Zuo Cheng help him come up with ideas.

is so shrewd Zuo Cheng, to match the little white rabbit-like girl in front of him, Niuniu and Tianhui both think it's funny. It's not that it's unkind, but I always feel like a rabbit is sent to the fox's mouth.

Zhu Shuang'er was uncomfortable, touched her face, and whispered, "Aunt Ping, cousin Hui, but what's wrong with my face?" ”

Because it was a birthday greeting, her grandmother ordered someone to dress her up, and she put makeup powder on her face.

Niuniu saw that she was so embarrassed that she couldn't bear to joke, so she hurriedly said: "No, no, the powder is evenly coated, and the rouge is just right." It's just that I haven't seen each other for a few months, and I feel that Sister Shuang'er is taller and more handsome. ”

Zhu Shuang'er listened to the compliment, but her face turned white, her originally straight waist was suddenly contained, her shoulders shrank forward, and the whole person lost her spirit.

Seeing this, Tianhui showed a little curiosity, and followed Zhu Shuang'er's movements, moving her gaze from her face to her body.

Zhu Shuang'er had already raised her arm, holding a handkerchief, blocking her chest, and her face was a little stiff.

Summer clothes are already thin, even if Zhu Shuang'er has her chest in her mouth and her arms to block it, she can't stop the girl's curves. Zhu Shuang'er's reaction just now was precisely because Niuniu unintentionally mentioned her size, which made her shy and uneasy.

Niuniu retracted her gaze and said to Tianhui: "Are there any melons sent from Beijing?" That's a tribute, there is no outside, let Sister Shuang'er have a good taste! ”

The aunt and nephew go in and out together every day, learning to take care of housework by Chu Yu's side, where do you need to ask if there is a gong gourd, but it is just to change the topic and resolve Zhu Shuang'er's embarrassment.

Sure enough, when the aunt and nephew stopped looking at her, Zhu Shuang'er's expression softened a little.

Niuniu and Tianhui glanced at each other, and they both sighed for Zhu Shuang'er. With such a weak surname, if you really marry Zuo Cheng, you must not be bullied to death.

Although their aunts and nephews are wiser than children of the same age, they are not as experienced as adults after all.

The reason why Chu Yu and Cao Hao took a fancy to Zhu Shuang'er was precisely because of Zhu Shuang'er's weakness.

The girl of the banner family, because of the spoiling of her family, there is no shortage of people with spicy and refreshing surnames; Although the Zhu family is in the banner, they have always held the Han rites. Even if the daughter is not bound by Han customs, her upbringing is still based on virtue and suppleness.

Zuo Cheng has an idea, and Tian's identity is not tough, if he really talks about a delicate girl, he will not worry about husband and wife, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and concubine in the future.

On Cao Hao's side, Zhu Zhilian was invited to a banquet, accompanied by Jiang Jian, Song Hou, and Feng Chuan.

If it is really about friendship, the friendship between Cao Hao and Tang Zhiyu, the political envoy, is no less than the friendship with Zhu Zhilian.

However, the Cao Tang family is not related, and now they are superiors and subordinates. If you invite Tang Zhiyu to come over and don't invite others, you will have to complain; If they were all invited, it would be too ostentatious and contrary to Cao Hao's original intention.

In the end, there is still only Zhu Zhilian's family, in the name of "relatives".

Except for Cao Hao, those people are all elegant people, and no one at the wine table mentioned political affairs, and after three rounds of drinking, everyone proposed to write poems to congratulate Cao Hao on his birthday.

Although Cao Hao has no poetic talent, he also arouses interest.

After all, it is a poem with the title of his birthday, and if these people leave popular verses, they will also be famous through the ages.

He didn't want to think about it, although there were a few talented people in the Qing generation and a few volumes of poems, they were not related to the few people in front of him.

Except for Feng Chuan, who has the foundation of the Hanlin Academy in the end, and makes a good song of seven laws, the others chant with drunkenness are really "clumsy".

A few people were drunk, shaking their heads and tasting this good sentence and praising that wonderful sentence, Cao Hao's brain also came up with two sentences: "Decades of like a dream, several springs like water life, looking forward to health and well-being, thinking of peace and finally peace and ......"

The last two sentences, but no matter what, I can't think of it.

Cao Hao knocked his head and drank more than a dozen glasses of wine, which was also a little smoky at this time...... At the table on Tianyou's side, there are only two guests, Zhu Ting and Wei Wenjie, and the guests are Changsheng.

Changsheng was young and impatient to sit for a long time, so he confessed himself after eating with him, leaving God to bless the three of them to speak.

Wei Wenjie and Zhu Ting are not familiar with each other, and the only common topic that the three of them can mention is the township test next year.

In addition to Zhu Ting, who has already decided to join the company, Tianyou, Zuo Zhu, Zuo Cheng brothers and Wei Wenjie will all be out next year.

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers are obsessed with the imperial examination, Wei Wenjie can still understand; For Tianyou to care so much about the imperial examination, he was a little surprised.

"Whoever made me my brother, if my homework is not as good as my brothers, what will it be." Tianyou smiled.

In fact, he faced the imperial examination so solemnly, and he made a decision after a heartfelt conversation with his father.

The Cao family has been prosperous for three generations, and now the four brothers of Cao Hao's generation are all out of the limelight.

As the eldest son of the Cao family and the future patriarch of the Cao family, even if Tianyou does not pass the imperial examination, as long as he enters the officialdom, there will be a smooth road in front of him. What he needs to do is not to get ahead and add to the family, but to harvest it so that the big ship of the Cao family can go down smoothly.

As the son of the governor and the grandson of the prince, it is not appropriate for God to be in charge of it. It is the best choice to take the Jinshi examination and mix qualifications in the Hanlin Academy.

The circumvention system of officialdom in this dynasty needs to be circumvented by fathers, sons, and brothers, and between uncles and nephews, but there is nothing to avoid between cousins and nephews...... Two days before the Zhongyuan Festival, the brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng came back from the sacrifice outside the Guan, and did not return to the capital, but came directly to Qingyuan.

With him, there is also Yongliang, who is nominally the second little "uncle".

Cao Hao has already made people clear about the affairs of the Ning family in recent years, and he also has a little understanding of this Yongliang.

Seeing that he was interested, Cao Hao didn't care about the hidden knots and small calculations, and appropriately expressed his kindness.

Although the two adults thought it was good to marry the Zhu family, Cao Hao still wanted to hear Zuo Cheng's own meaning, so he didn't make up his mind.

Now that Zuo Cheng is back, Yongliang is here again, if there is no objection, it can be decided.

Unexpectedly, when Zuo Cheng heard that he was going to give him the prefect's daughter, he was not happy, but frowned.

Cao Hao knew that he was high-spirited, and said, "But because Mrs. Zhu Hou had picked on your background earlier, it made you annoyed?" Parents all over the world are mostly selfish when it comes to their children's affairs. Mrs. Zhu Hou is so careful, and she is also sincere to her concubine, which is also what makes her respectable, and she can't be resentful because of this! ”

When Zuo Cheng heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Father-in-law, the child has no intention of finding fault with the Zhu family...... I just feel like I'm climbing a little high......"

"Huh?" Cao Hao was a little surprised when he heard this.

Zuo Cheng grew up with his watch, even if he is modest in front of outsiders, he is a little arrogant.

As the righteous son of the governor, he is also famous, and marrying the daughter of the prefect's family is also a match. As for the marquis behind the prefect, it is just that the emperor is showing benevolence, so it can't be counted too much...... * Twenty-nine, Xiao Jiu whispered for a monthly ticket...... I had a cold when I came back from the hospital the day before yesterday, and I wanted to take leave every day for the past two days, but I was really embarrassed. It didn't come out until midnight. Fortunately, it's not serious, it's going to be fine, you shouldn't need infusion injections, roar, you don't have to go to the hospital at thirty, it's good luck! ^_^

(To be continued)