Chapter 396 Sarcasm
Besides, why is the eldest aunt so afraid that the Wang family will abandon Xia Ziqing?
The marriage between the Wang family and the Xia family is a good way to connect the families, but it is not a feud. The eldest aunt is afraid of what this will do. Even if the eldest young master of the Wang family is prosperous, he will not dare to kick out Xia Ziqing and marry another one. Otherwise, the censor in the imperial court will They can impeach him to death.
In fact, she thought Mrs. Xia's decision was the right one.
If you don't have a worship hall, just make up one.
Invite a few highly respected relatives and just treat them as a sect. No banquet, so as not to interfere with the national mourning. Just let Mr. Wang and Mr. Xia Ziqing come to the hall and toast a cup of tea in public.
If there is a witness, the Wang family will not dare to betray him in the future.
The eldest aunt and the Xia family can rest assured, and the two families don't have to be embarrassed, which is good.
Xia Zihan thought so and said it like this.
Xia Shiming looked at Xia Zihan with a "I mean the same thing" look on his face, "Then I'll go and tell Mr. Wang tomorrow. As for who to invite... I want to invite your grandmother over, do you think that's okay?"
No wonder her father would talk to her so much. So, what was the purpose?
The corner of Xia Zihan's mouth twitched
However, she still had to give Xia Shiming face, she said, "At dinner, I will ask my grandmother what she wants. If she agrees or not, I will send secret guards to Xia's house to tell you."
"I will stay and have dinner with Brother Ran in the evening. Just ask a maid to go to the front yard and tell me."
Xia Zihan said oh.
During dinner in the evening, Xia Zihan asked Mrs. Zeng, "Grandma, my father invited you to go because of your high moral character. If you want to go, then I will go with you. If you don't want to go, then we will Even if my father refuses, the Wang family can also invite someone.”
The Xia family had just moved to the capital a few days ago, and they didn't know many respectable Lao An people. To be honest, there was really no one except Chu Lin and Zeng.
Zeng was very cheerful this time. To Xia Zihan's surprise, she actually agreed, "Even if I don't care about the Xia family's face, I still have to give face to your grandfather's protégé Mr. Wang. I must go on this trip. .”
The matter was decided, and Xia Zihan ordered Chu Fei to go to the front yard to inform Xia Shiming.
On the afternoon of the second day, the Wang family sent over the set date.
Three days from now, five days from now, the eldest young master of the Wang family will take office. His scientific examination ranking is not as good as Zeng Yiran. Zeng Yiran is a first-class Jinshi who is among the top ten. Although the ranking of the eldest young master Wang is also good, he is not as good as Zeng Yiran. Compared to that, it's a big difference.
The place he was sent to was not bad either. It was Yuan'an County in the southwest, which is rich in coal mines. Although Young Master Wang was only a seventh-grade county magistrate in the past, the place was rich in coal mines. Not to mention other things, even oil and water were better than other places. many.
All officials who serve as county magistrates in Anyuan County can be transferred in less than three years. This is a way that the court does not trust the magistrates of Yuan'an County.
You know, coal is very valuable. A small Anyuan County can provide nearly a quarter of the entire Dasheng Dynasty's coal in a year.
Moreover, the coal produced in Anyuan County is of the best quality. All the coal used by large families in the capital for winter is transported from Anyuan County.
How could the imperial court trust such a piece of fat to be guarded by a small county magistrate for three years?
At most, the eldest young master of the Wang family can be transferred.
However, even so, Mrs. Wang's wife was looking forward to having a grandson and could not bear to separate the two newlyweds, so she decided to let Xia Ziqing accompany the eldest young master of the Wang family to his appointment.
Firstly, there is someone to take care of Young Master Wang, and secondly, she can have her grandson earlier.
Otherwise, the eldest young master of the Wang family will only be gone for a year or two. After a few years, the eldest young master Wang and Xia Ziqing will be old.
On this day, the Wang family opened the gate early and sent several women and young men to greet them outside the gate.
After Zeng and Xia Zihan got off the carriage at the gate of the Wang family, they were led to the hall by Mrs. Wang's personal nanny.
In the hall, three Lao An people and several younger ladies were already sitting, chatting lively about today's events.
Seeing Mrs. Zeng, everyone stood up one after another, said hello and saluted Xia Zihan.
They were all from Lao'an, so Xia Zihan didn't dare to take advantage of them. He hurriedly avoided them, not daring to accept their courtesy, and then gave them a solid bow in return.
This polite and sensible act made several Lao An people praise him on the spot.
When several younger girls who came to play with their elders came forward to salute her, Xia Zihan did not step aside. After all, her status was here, and if she stepped aside, it would be disrespectful.
However, she also returned the other party's half gift seriously.
Mrs. Lin chuckled and said, "Today is a good day. Fortunately, this happened today, so we can invite the old sister from the Chu family."
After saying that, he looked at Mrs. Zeng with red eyes and said, "Old sister, we haven't seen each other for many years."
Since Mr. Chu Ge's death, the Lu family members have been suppressing Mr. Chu Ge's disciples. Several good disciples have been eliminated by the Lu family. The rest are those who saw signs of something wrong, avoided the danger in time, and kept a low profile. Only then did he fall into the eyes of the Lu family members. Mrs. Chu, after returning from Jiangnan, rarely went out in order to avoid Concubine Lu's sharp influence. The number of times she went out could be counted on one finger.
The remaining disciples of Mr. Chu Ge did not have any contact with the Chu family because they were afraid of being noticed by Concubine Lu.
When Mrs. Chu first returned to Beijing, the Lu family had sent people to monitor the Chu family.
When Xia Shiming was transferred to the capital, Concubine Lu wanted to frame him. Fortunately, Xia Shiming was a man who had not made any mistakes, and he was a Hanlin scholar. Even if Concubine Lu wanted to frame him, she couldn't do anything.
If Lu Guifei wants to frame him, she can only frame him because the content of his teaching is against national laws. But Xia Shiming's dozens of students all have eyes and ears. It doesn't matter what Lu Guifei says. Is there any They all know about the violations.
Even if Concubine Lu was able to bribe a student to frame Xia Zihan, she could bribe one or two students, but it was impossible for her to bribe the entire class, right?
What's more, after the incident in Jiangnan happened, Concubine Lu no longer had the time to pay attention to Xia Shiming.
Then, although Concubine Lu had never had time to make up her mind to seduce Xia Shiming, the ministers who could stand in the court were not fools and could guess a thing or two.
Therefore, even if Mr. Chu Ge's disciples knew that Xia Shiming was transferred to the capital with Mrs. Chu's help, no one would be bold enough to ask the Chu family for help under the nose of Concubine Lu.
However, it's better now. All the Lu family members are dead, and Mr. Chu Ge's disciples no longer need to hide their abilities and bide their time, dare not stand out, and live in fear.
Mrs. Lin took Mrs. Chu's hand and told her many years of concern.
Xia Zihan snuggled next to Mrs. Chu, lowered her eyes, and listened silently. Hearing what Mrs. Lin said, the Lu family's gang members were defeated. This disciple of Mr. Chu Ge has been keeping a low profile for several years, and it's time for him to stand out.
This was meant for Mrs. Chu to hear, and why not to ask Mrs. Chu to go to the Queen Mother to promote the disciples of Mr. Chu Ge.
Mrs. Chu smiled and nodded lightly, agreeing with Mrs. Lin's suggestion. However, Mrs. Zeng was not a fool. She never nodded and agreed that Mrs. Lin should go to the Queen Mother to intercede.
Haha, just kidding, the Queen Mother has just lost her husband and is in a very sad time. If she wants to intercede with Mr. Chu Ge’s disciples at this time, isn’t that hitting the target?
And she also told people clearly that she was relying on her old age and asking for a favor from the past?
The emperor and the Chu family borrowed Doctor Bai to treat the late emperor, which was considered a favor to the Chu family. The first time the late emperor was poisoned was thanks to Xia Zihan's timely reminder, so the emperor owed the Chu family a favor.
Is it easy to make the emperor owe the Chu family favors?
She planned to ask the emperor to return these favors to Chu Jingqi and Xia Zihan when they encountered difficulties. She couldn't take these favors just because Mr. Chu Ge was a greedy and fearful disciple. ?
Thanks to the Chu family?
Yes, in Zeng's eyes, these disciples under Chu Ge's name who had saved themselves were people who were greedy for life and afraid of death.
When the Lu family members launched a large-scale raids, they said at best that they were hiding their strength and bided their time, but at worst, they were greedy for life and fear of death, and were timid and fearful of trouble.
Seeing his companion being framed and killed, he hid aside and did not dare to come forward.
They are different from Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang can protect himself because he has no clues to fall into the hands of others. Moreover, he is shrewd and has established a relationship with a notoriously powerful iron-toothed censor early. This also makes him A place that the Lu family members are afraid of.
Moreover, with the help of the censor, Mr. Wang also secretly helped several companions, allowing them to escape the oppression of the Lu family's gang members.
Because of this, Mrs. Zeng looked highly upon Mr. Wang, but she hid away from other people who had trouble...
Humph, it's just a matter of face. If she were really asked to do things for them, Mrs. Zeng would not agree.
When Mrs. Zeng didn't nod her head, Mrs. Lin was very disappointed. However, she didn't dare to look at Mrs. Zeng. She just laughed a few times and didn't mention it again.
People from the Xia family were the last to arrive, and not many people came. Only a few elders of the Xia family arrived, and none of the younger ones came.
Mrs. Xia was smiling all over her face as she was surrounded by Mrs. Wang. She thought she was the most qualified to sit on the right side of the main seat. However, she saw Mrs. Chu sitting on the right side of the seat where she should have been. Where she sat.
Mrs. Xia's face immediately dropped. Her rank was not as high as Mrs. Chu's. When she saw Mrs. Chu, she had to bow to Mrs. Chu.
Reluctantly blessing Mrs. Chu's life, she smiled maliciously and said, "It turns out that my wife is here too. I haven't seen you for more than ten years. Is your wife okay?"
Are you okay?
Can she be fine? Mr. Chu Ge has passed away, but can Mrs. Zeng be fine?
Are you being sarcastic?
Fortunately, Chu Ge has been dead for many years, and Mrs. Chu will no longer be sad about his passing.
(End of chapter)