The Chang family has never had any family laws to speak of, and has never had those onerous and rigid rules. Moreover, because Cui Jing and Wei Shuyi are both acquaintances in Changsui, and although they live in the same room, they often divide the cases between them.
Sui Ning did not avoid it and ate with everyone at noon.
Chang Kuo, as the head of the household, sat on the throne.
Sitting below it were distinguished guests, Cui Jing and Wei Shuyi on one left and one on the right.
Further down, there are Chu Xing, A Dian, and several other seniors with seniority in the military.
In terms of seniority in this way, a pair of children from the Chang family sat at the end.
Seeing that Chang Suining was about to sit near the hall door, he subconsciously looked at Chang Kuo's position, which was a little out of habit.
Chang Kuo first raised his glass to the guests, and Chu Xing and others followed suit.
Chang Sui'an, who was sitting opposite, stretched out his head and said to Chang Sui Ning: "Ning Ning, I asked someone to change your wine to fruit wine. You give it a try first. If you are still not used to it, then drink honey tea."
Chang Suining looked at the fruit wine in front of him and nodded.
I remember that she drank strong wine with the soldiers in the military camp, and she had the reputation of not getting drunk after a thousand cups.
Although the saying that one cannot get drunk after a thousand cups is a bit exaggerated, I never thought that one day I would be reduced to drinking only fruit wine.
She raised her glass and drank the fruit wine in one gulp.
"Ning Ning, how are you?" Chang Sui'an asked softly.
Chang Sui Ning answered truthfully: "...very sweet."
Chang Sui'an grinned: "Yeah, I specially asked someone to add honey for you."
Faced with this show of thoughtfulness and doting towards her sister, Chang Sui Ning could only say: "Thank you very much, brother."
"Let's move the chopsticks!" Chang Kuo's voice was loud and full of enthusiasm: "Both Governor Cui and Minister Wei don't need to be restrained, just treat them as if they were at home!"
Changkuo toasted many times during the dinner.
Wei Shuyi also made toasts many times, changing the list of toasts to Cui Jing, but it was not enough. When he was toasting the host's house, he also didn't forget to invite him to join him. He also joked and encouraged A Dian to drink wine. It can be said that Cui Jing was drunk and would never die.
Although Cui Jing didn't speak much, there was always a hint of indifference and disgust on his face when faced with Wei Shuyi's nagging at him, but he did not refuse the wine offered to him.
Seeing them changing cups and drinking in a lively manner, Chang Sui Ning didn't get dizzy, and he didn't dare to drink too much even if it was fruit wine.
After all, the body is not the same as before, so it is better to be cautious. The reputation in the past life cannot be destroyed, and the face in this life should not be lost.
So he drank only half a pot of fruit wine and then gave up, concentrating on eating the meat.
Over there, facing Wei Shuyi's compliment, Chang Kuo smiled and said: "...Anyway, I'm just an old martial artist! And Wei Shilang is young, and his future is truly limitless!"
And he just said the same thing again.
Chang Sui Ning is clear.
Okay, this is 70% drunk.
The first sign of drunkenness is that he starts to say repetitive things.
He began to greet everyone again: "Come on, come on, we promised you won't get drunk until you come back, so keep drinking!"
Chang Suining looked around the hall and realized that everyone present looked more awake than Chang Kuo——
He was afraid that he would be the only one who would not get drunk in the end.
"thump!"
Suddenly there was a sound coming from the opposite side. Chang Sui Ning raised his eyes and saw Chang Sui An lying on the food table in front of him, unconscious.
Chang Suining: "..."
It's too early to speak.
Chang Kuo waved his hand nonchalantly: "Carry it down!"
Seeing Chang Sui'an being helped down by a servant, probably because of his dead lips and cold teeth, when Chu Xing and others picked up the wine again, they drank much more reservedly and no longer drank it all easily - Governor Cui and Na Wei
The minister is a formidable young man, but the guests are sitting upright. If they fall down one after another, the general's palace will lose face!
With Chang Sui'an out of the game, the banquet is coming to an end.
Children always can't sit still at the table, and A Dian wanted to leave a long time ago. At this time, he sneaked up and sneaked to Chang Sui Ning's side, squatted beside her and whispered: "Little A Li
, let’s go to the garden and feed the fish?”
Chang Sui Ning also felt that the hall was a little stuffy, so he put down his chopsticks, stood up and said to Chang Kuo, "Dad, I'll take General A Dian out for a walk first."
Chang Kuo's face turned red after drinking, and his smile became more honest and kind: "Go ahead, go ahead."
"Aren't you going, Minister Wei?" A Dian said to Wei Shuyi, "Let's go and see who can float farther!"
When he was drinking just now, Uncle Wei was trying to make him happy, so he casually said that he was also very good at flirting——
Chang Sui Ning wanted to pull A Dian away, but Wei Shuyi smiled and agreed, then stood up: "General Chang, I will excuse you now."
Chang Kuo: "Servant Wei is leaving now? The wine hasn't been finished yet!"
"This junior has a limited capacity for drinking. I am afraid that if I drink any more, I will be disgraced, so I will admit defeat first." Wei Shuyi smiled and saluted, and his eyes fell on Cui Jing: "Wei is useless, so this important task can only be given to Governor Cui.
.”
Chang Kuo laughed and said, "Shilang Wei is so humble!"
But no longer entangled.
Although he loves wine and is hospitable to guests, he is not someone who stalks and drinks at the wine table.
Wei Shuyi and Chang Suining left the table together.
After leaving the dining room, he saw that Wei Shuyi was about to speak. Chang Sui Ning didn't want to be probed by him, so he preemptively said, "Isn't Minister Wei going to have a drink with Governor Cui to reminisce about old times? Why did he come out with him like this?"
"People still have to know how to advance and retreat." Wei Shuyi sighed: "We haven't seen Cui Ling'an for two years, but Cui Ling'an has a good drinker. I want to drink him, but it seems that I can't. If you don't know what's going on, I'm afraid I will get involved.
.”
At the end, he said regretfully: "It's such a pity that I couldn't see Cui Ling'an in a drunken state today."
"Don't talk about you, I haven't seen you before." A Dian said from the side: "They all say that Xiao Jing, like His Highness, cannot get drunk!"
Wei Shuyi smiled and said, "I've seen it before. It's very interesting."
"However, that happened a long time ago, when he and I were still children..." Wei Shuyi said, and hissed slightly: "Maybe I am the only person who has seen him drunk... I can't say he saved it early.
He wants to silence me."
A Dian suddenly realized: "Is it because of this that Xiao Jing doesn't want to see Minister Wei!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wei Shuyi laughed in surprise.
Chang Sui Ning couldn't help but nodded - it was obvious that he really didn't want to see her, even A Dian could tell.
"That's not entirely true..." Wei Shuyi unfolded the folding fan in his hand with a bang. There was nothing on the fan. He smiled and said: "Cui Ling'an doesn't want to see me. It's probably because I have it and he doesn't."
Chang Suining blurted out: "Talk a lot?"
Wei Shuyi put away the folding fan in his hand and hit her on the top of her head: "No -"
Chang Sui Ning looked at him in disbelief.
How dare this person hit her on the head?
I'm afraid I didn't really drink too much.
"Cui Ling'an's biological mother died young, and his father was used to treating him harshly, but he didn't like to obey, and he was born with such a rebellious streak, so he was really not popular in the family... Although my parents are not harmonious, they are
The best thing is that he never restricted me from doing anything." Wei Shuyi sighed and shook his head: "Perhaps because of this, although he and I were similar when we were young, we gradually developed completely different temperaments."
This is what he has, but what Cui Jing does not have.
Chang Sui Ning remains unconvinced.
People have different temperaments, and their desires, desires, and paths are also different. However, they cannot choose where they were born from, and even if they cannot live in the same place, all kinds of insurmountable barriers will arise, and they may even look like enemies. However, under the rules of etiquette, law, filial piety,
Under it, it is difficult to separate——
As Wei Shuyi said, he was fortunate to have a pair of good parents. The atmosphere at home was harmonious and relaxed, and no one restrained him.
But Cui Jing did not have such good luck.
Neither did she.
Chang Suining looked forward.
But fortunately, she has been completely cut off.
Although the process is like cutting bones.
"But there is one thing that Cui Ling'an has but I don't have." As Wei Shuyi spoke, he squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the blazing spring sun.
A Dian followed him and looked over: "Is it the sun?"
Wei Shuyi smiled and nodded, not knowing whether it was true or not: "General Dian is right, it is the sun."
A Dian then puffed up his chest proudly.
Chang Suining did not delve into what he meant. Just the opposite of Wei Shuyi, she did not like to overly explore things that had nothing to do with her.
Wei Shuyi looked at her as if he was about to speak.
Chang Suining once again struck preemptively: "Who do you think, Minister Wei, will take over as Minister of Rites?"
Wei Shuyi smiled and shook his head: "This is not something I can speculate on."
The saint was very particular about choosing to attack the Pei family.
Therefore, it is particularly important who takes over Pei Min's original position as Minister of Rites.
But it’s not just the saints who have the final say.
Those family ministers will not give in easily.
But it doesn't matter what the saint says, so there is no need for him to say more.
So he just sighed and said: "The two countries have been arguing about this matter endlessly for the past two days. The saint has a headache... and there is some quarrel."
"But...does Mrs. Chang actually care about the affairs of the court?" He looked at Chang Suining with a smile and asked jokingly: "I wonder who Mrs. Chang thinks is qualified?"
If you ask this to a girl who has just grown her hair, it sounds like a joke.
Chang Sui Ning, however, was not embarrassed by the teasing. Instead, he replied with a firm tone: "I think it must be Mr. Chu."
Wei Shuyi's eyebrows moved slightly: "Master Chu? Madam Chang is talking about Master Chu, who was once the disciple of His Highness, right?"
"Exactly."
Wei Shuyi laughed: "Ms. Chang knows a little about the officials in the court, but does Mrs. Chang know how old Master Chu is?"
Chang Suining said without thinking: "I must be almost seventy."
Wei Shuyi was a little surprised, but his smile did not diminish: "Then Mrs. Chang should also know that the officials in my court will serve at seventy?"
Chang Suining asked back: "Isn't this just right?"
Not knowing what he thought of, Wei Shuyi's eyes moved slightly and his smile became much weaker.
After a while, he smiled and asked: "Ms. Chang's views are quite different... I wonder where you heard them from?"
Chang Suining glanced at him: "Do we still need to listen to it elsewhere?"
Wei Shuyi's smile faltered: "..."
It was the first time in my life that I was so offended.
Looking at the calm-looking girl beside him, he said with a smile: "I didn't know before that Mrs. Chang was also interested in government affairs."
Chang Sui Ning remains unconvinced.
There's no reason she's not interested.
"If Mrs. Chang has this ambition, she may be able to enter the inner court of the palace and take the female history exam." Wei Shuyi said with some seriousness: "This way Mrs. Chang's talents will not be buried."
Chang Suining: "That's not necessary."
Wei Shuyi: "Oh?"
"Although today's saints are all women, the only one who really has the right to participate in politics in the court is Ming Shi." Chang Sui Ning said quietly: "It is not easy for a woman to become an official in the palace, and the opportunities are even rarer -
—”
There is a big world, so why should she go to this small world to fight for this small snack with them, who are not easy at all.
And once you enter the palace, you will inevitably be restricted everywhere.
But now her ability to protect herself is limited, and she might be crushed to death if she tries too hard. The real power struggle in the palace cannot be escaped with a fight like Ming Jin did.
Furthermore, if you start as a junior female official in the inner court, if you want to get the right to participate in politics, it will take at least ten years of accumulation——
It's too slow, I don't like it.
And I don't like it even more if I want to serve the Ming Dynasty.
She wants to do what she likes.
"I don't want to compete with a woman..." Wei Shuyi smiled and asked, "Then Madam Chang wants to compete with a man?"
"I didn't say that." Chang Sui Ning walked forward, suddenly yawned, and said casually: "How can I compete with others?"
She raised her head slightly and felt that the sun was making her a little hot today.
As he spoke, the garden was right in front of him.
A Dian entered the garden and started picking up pebbles. Not forgetting to give some to Chang Sui Ning, he took Wei Shuyi to the largest pond in the garden.
On the other side, the banquet in the dining room has ended.
After Chu Xing and others left, Chang Kuo took Cui Jing to the study alone, saying that he had something important to ask him.
"What is the general referring to?" Cui Jing asked seriously after entering the study and seeing no one else around.
Chang Kuo sat in the chair and didn't speak for a while, just staring at him steadily.
Cui Jing was looked at a little baffled.
But he was always patient, so he let Chang Kuo stare at him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a while, Chang Kuo belatedly spoke: "There are no outsiders here. Let me ask Governor Cui, do you have that kind of thoughts towards my daughter? Do you want to do it?"
My Chang family’s son-in-law!”
Cui Jing looked slightly shocked: "...?"
General Chang obviously also ate vegetables while drinking?
——How could you be so drunk?
"No way." He answered without hesitation.
He even thought it was ridiculous and couldn't help but frown: "Why did the general say this?"
Chang Kuo spread his hands: "Then why did you give half of the bronze talisman to my daughter?"
He knew it when he was at Dayun Temple, but he never found a chance to ask Cui Jing face to face!
Cui Jing said truthfully: "Ms. Chang beat Ming Jin that day in order to stand up for Senior A Dian. She was afraid that she would be in trouble in the future. Senior is from the Xuance Mansion. This is my dereliction of duty. I only gave the bronze talisman to me for a moment."
Just making amends——"
Chang Kuo understood: "Oh...that's what happened!"
He originally thought that the other party's gift of a bronze talisman was uncharacteristic, but he actually took the initiative to get involved with someone. Little did he know that it was because he didn't want to owe anything and didn't want to get involved——
"If the general feels something is wrong, Cui Jing can take it back."
"There's nothing wrong with it!" Chang Kuo relaxed his eyebrows and put his heart back into his stomach. At this moment, he said apologetically: "There is nothing unusual about this move. It's really my fault that my daughter is too popular.
I can't help but think more about this, and I can't help but ask one more question... I think Governor Cui can understand the feeling of being a father, right?"
Cui Jing: "..."
Obviously, he can't.
"Anyway, I made a mistake. Don't blame me. I'll punish myself with a cup!" Chang Kuo said, grabbing the tea cup on the side and drinking it.
After drinking the tea, he became even more drunk, and asked with a smile: "But having said that, Ling'an... it's time for you to think about getting a wife, right?"
