Although Fang Yingwu continued to have an affair with his future mother-in-law, he was a little absent-minded. At least half of his thoughts were on his little fiancée who had disappeared.
Well, it seems that she was deeply poisoned by ethical ethics and was too embarrassed to face her directly, so she pretended to be a maid and stood in the crowd. But she still couldn't hold it back and jumped out to speak for herself, and she didn't hesitate to scold her sister-in-law for this.
She is such a sweet-tempered and straightforward little lady. She quickly develops a sense of identity and can protect her shortcomings unconditionally. She is so endearing. The three cardinal principles and five permanent principles of feudal ethics are sometimes quite good... Fang Yingwu thought
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Fang Yingwu was distracted and couldn't help but lose concentration when talking to his future mother-in-law. Seeing that Liu Mianhua was still late in returning, he felt that it was time for him to say goodbye. Otherwise, if he continued like this, he would easily make mistakes in his words and deeds, and all his efforts would be wasted.
Mrs. Liu didn't try to persuade her to stay, but she earnestly told Fang Yingwu to walk around more, and Fang Yingwu agreed. After that, someone naturally led Fang Yingwu out of the back garden and back the way he came.
At this time, suddenly a little maid rushed out from another path, handed Fang Yingwu a piece of paper, and explained at the same time: "My lady asked the servant to give it to Mr. Fang." Then she covered her mouth and ran away with a smile.
Fang Yingwu lowered his head and looked at it. It was a blank pink poem paper with a faint fragrance...
What does Mrs. Liu mean? Fang Yingwu thought for a while and suddenly realized that the poem note was blank, which meant that he was hinting to fill it in, or to write poems to her, more specifically, to write love poems.
What a little girl's thoughts! In the eyes of Fang Yingwu, who has experienced "vicissitudes" and often hangs out in the Vanity Fair, the actions of the Liu family's young lady are actually a bit naive, but very interesting. It arouses a different kind of interest that lingers in his heart.
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It's like... the pure, ambiguous, sour and sweet hints from my classmates of the opposite sex in junior high school in my previous life. It's a pity that I only focused on reading textbooks at that time.
As he walked towards the door in his wild imagination, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but have some bad associations. Is such a simple and lovely little lady really Liu Mianhua's biological child?
"Is Young Master Fang leaving?" The gate official's question interrupted Fang Yingwu's deep thoughts, causing him to wake up suddenly and realize that he was already standing at the gate.
After his brain cramps quickly returned to normal, Fang Yingwu coughed a few times, took out a piece of broken silver and threw it to the doorman. Then he said: "I really don't know, how many young ladies are there in your house?"
The reason why he asked these questions was because Fang Yingwu found out that he knew nothing about the internal situation of the Liu Mansion. He hated this feeling of being in the dark. If an unexpected situation like today's with Sister Jiang happens next time, it will always happen.
Can't you just rely on your little wife to regain your place?
This is not a big secret, so the gatekeeper took the money and explained it with all his heart: "My master has two young masters and one young lady. The first young master is a legitimate daughter, the second young master is a common son, and the third sister is also a legitimate daughter."
Fang Yingwu asked tentatively: "Third sister looks very favored?"
The gatekeeper further explained: "My master and mistress were already in their forties when they gave birth to the third young lady. It was an accident. When a young girl is born, she naturally loves her very much and is as delicate as the apple of her eye."
It turns out that she is a real rich lady. No wonder he dared to point his nose at his sister-in-law and scold her in a hurry. Fang Yingwu said "Oh" again, and asked casually: "Then the two young masters of your house should also go to school.
Where do you live now?"
"It's really not as good as Young Master Fang." The gate officer praised Fang Yingwu, and then said: "Both young masters have already entered school. But they have not been able to go further. Especially the eldest young master, he has been wasting more than ten years, but he is still
It’s hard to get on the provincial list.”
He was another hard-working man who fell in front of the difficulties of the provincial examination. In contrast, Fang Yingwu found that he was so happy. He was so famous that many scholars envied him.
But it’s also confusing to talk about. Is this because the Shuntianfu Township Examination is too difficult, or is Liu Mianhua unwilling to take action or unable to do it? These reasons all seem to make sense. What is the specific reason?
Just ask the official.
Fang Yingwu changed the topic and asked again: "Liu Gonggui is the prime minister of the country, and there is no problem with his descendants. Why don't you ask the eldest son to study in Yinjian? If you study in Guozijian, you are also considered to have a background, and you can go to the Ministry of Personnel to select officials.
, why bother to suffer through the provincial examination?”
The gate official replied: "Young Master Fang is right, and everyone in the family thinks so too. But my master does not allow the eldest son to go to jail, and only allows him to take part in the imperial examination."
Don't guess what Liu Mianhua was thinking. Fang Yingwu shook his head and gave up the idea of wondering about Liu Mianhua's thoughts. However, after asking around about his family affairs, he seemed to have discovered another Liu Mianhua, who was both a loving father who doted on his daughter and a kindhearted person.
The image of a strict father who imposes strict demands on his son... and the image of Mian Miange Lao in the temple simply cannot overlap.
Fang Yingwu suddenly understood vaguely. Sister-in-law Jiang was probably dissatisfied with her husband's inaction, and maybe she was angry with her father-in-law. Seeing that her father-in-law valued her very favorably, she couldn't help but vent a few words about herself today.
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At this point, Fang Yingwu had nothing to ask, so he bowed his hands to the gatekeeper and was about to leave the Liu Mansion. "Young Master Fang, you can't leave!" The gatekeeper suddenly stopped Fang Yingwu, and then pointed to the alley: "My master is back.
Already."
Fang Yingwu raised his eyes and saw Zaifu's honor guard, so he and the gate officer stood inside the door to greet him.
When Liu Ji returns home, he will not get off the sedan at the gate. Under normal circumstances, he will get off the sedan at the Yimen, that is, outside the second door, and then put the sedan into the sedan hall outside the second door.
But when the sedan passed the gate, it stopped. The curtain was lifted from the inside, revealing Liu Mianhua's face, and ordered the servant: "Brother Fang, please go to the study!"
Fang Yingwu couldn't leave even if he wanted to, so he had to turn around and entered the Liu Mansion again. This time he was taken directly to the study. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, he saw Liu Mianhua entering the study while wiping his face.
After seeing the gift, Fang Yingwu greeted him and said, "Mr. Liu came back a little late tonight."
Liu Mianhua looked at the sun through the window guiltily. It was still early. Was Fang Yingwu just saying polite words or was he sarcastic? He replied: "I came back late today because the cabinet has important matters to discuss."
Since the last fiasco due to information asymmetry, Fang Yingwu has been interested in all court news. Although he didn't know whether Liu Mianhua would tell the truth, he just asked boldly: "What's the important thing?"
Liu Mianhua smiled faintly, "It's okay to tell you this. Last autumn, the eunuch Wang Zhi and the imperial censor Wang Yue led the Beijing camp troops to patrol the border along Xuanda and Yansui. In January this year, there was a great victory at Weininghai.
It can be called the greatest victory in northern Saibei since Emperor Xuanzong.
Recently, Wang Yue had a memorial, saying that the teacher was about to return to the court, and the emperor issued an edict to commend him and ordered the cabinet to draw up detailed regulations. The cabinet will discuss the matter today."
Wang Zhi is taking Miss Sun back to Beijing? Fang Yingwu couldn't explain how he felt, but it was expected. When you go, you come back, and when you leave, you have a teacher.
Especially after a great victory, with Wang Zhi's virtue, if he didn't want to take the opportunity to return to Beijing to show off, then he would write Fang Yingwu's surname backwards!
"Actually, you are the one who makes people worry." Liu Mianhua said with emotion: "Wang Zhi didn't know what medicine he took wrongly this time, but your name is actually on the merit list. You have already recorded merit twice with your white body, and you are waiting for your reward in the future.
Now, how else do you think the imperial court can reward you? Let you be promoted to three levels in a row after becoming an official? That is too outrageous."
Fang Yingwu's mind suddenly came up with a line he had memorized from watching TV series in his previous life: There is no reward, only death...
He couldn't help but shudder and shook off this unlucky thought. What the heck, he was still far from that level. Except for the founder of the Ming Dynasty, this style was not popular. (Unfinished)
to be continued..)
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