As the holiday approaches, Cheng Zhi, the third eldest son of the Cheng family, returns with his wife Sang Shunhua. Also returning with them are Cheng Shaoshang's second brother Cheng Song and his twin brother Cheng Shaogong.
This was the first time for Cheng Shaoshang to see his third uncle and his third aunt. He only thought that his third uncle was handsome and well-mannered. Although his appearance was not outstanding, his third aunt was elegant and dignified, with an elegant temperament in her gestures.
Before Cheng Shaoshang could come forward to greet him, Mrs. Cheng had already rushed over, dragging her beloved Cheng Zhi with her. Everyone was dumbfounded. Cheng Zhishao, who was said to be in his thirties, was fucked by his mother in public.
Just like a child, it is inevitable that there will be some embarrassment.
The corner of Xiao Yuanyi's mouth twitched. This Mrs. Cheng's partiality has reached the point where she can't hide it. It is obvious that the glory of the entire Cheng family was obtained by her and Cheng Shi's life-and-death fight on the battlefield. In the eyes of Mrs. Cheng, she is not as good as Cheng Zhi.
of a finger.
Sang Shunhua seemed to be aware of Xiao Yuanyi's embarrassment, so he took the initiative to come forward and greet her: "Shunhua has met my concubine."
Xiao Yuanyi still had a good impression of these younger siblings, and said with a smile: "I don't need to be polite."
Then he turned to Cheng Song and Cheng Shaogong and asked the two brothers, "Have you caused any trouble to your second aunt along the way?"
Before the two brothers spoke, Sang Shunhua praised: "It was windy and snowy all the way, and thanks to their brothers, we arrived safely."
Xiao Yuanyi nodded with satisfaction, and then introduced Cheng Shu to Sang Shunhua.
Cheng Shaoshang on the side looked at this scene and couldn't help but feel a little depressed. He felt that they were a family, and in this happy atmosphere, she seemed like an outsider.
Just when Cheng Shaoshang was distracted, Xiao Yuanyi called her over to see her. Cheng Shaoshang was stunned for a moment and walked up to Sang Shunhua: "I have met my third aunt."
Sang Shunhua saw that she was beautiful, especially her eyebrows were full of spiritual energy. She was completely different from the girls from famous aristocratic families she had seen in daily life, and found it very interesting.
"You are just Niao Niao. You are really talented. No wonder your two brothers keep praising you."
Cheng Song and Cheng Shaogong looked at each other and smiled, with an expression that said, "We are having fun." Cheng Shaoshang had been with them for several years and had already become familiar with them. He gave them an "OK" gesture.
Xiao Yuanyi looked puzzled and slapped Cheng Shaoshang with a straight face: "How can you do anything wrong in front of your elders!"
Cheng Shaoshang's face suddenly fell, and Sang Shunhua tried to smooth things over with a smile: "We are all one family, so we don't need to be so restrained. Besides, it's almost the first day of the year. The children have behaved themselves for a year, so it's time to relax a bit."
Xiao Yuanyi glared at the three brothers and sisters: "I'm just afraid of them. I've acted wildly and I can't take it back."
Cheng Shaoshang secretly cursed. It seemed that he was speaking to three people, but in fact he was speaking to her alone.
Seeing this, the Cheng Song brothers quietly said to Cheng Shaoshang: "I brought you a gift when I came back this time. I'm sure you like it."
"Yeah, let's go quickly." Cheng Shaoshang's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to pull his two brothers into the house.
Mrs. Miles in the front room was still greeting her third child, Cheng Zhi, while in Cheng Shaoshang's room, the Cheng Song brothers placed the gifts they had brought for their sister.
"Sister, why is your house so shabby?" Cheng Song frowned slightly. He had only heard Cheng Shaoshang say that he was bullied by Ge at home. At first, he thought that Cheng Shaoshang was exaggerating because of his young age, but now he saw that his sister was
It's really aggrieved.
What made them even more puzzled was that their father had already been granted a title of Marquis, so why did he still wrong his sister like this?
Cheng Shaoshang fiddled with the gifts sent by his two brothers and said, "Is it shabby? It's okay, I'm used to it."
As a twin brother, Cheng Shaogong couldn't stand it anymore: "Sister, your bookcase is too short and worn out. It must be very tiring to write, right? The eldest brother has an unused bookcase, and my second brother and I can't use it either.
I’ll give it back to you.”
"Thank you very much, brother." Cheng Shaoshang was also happy to accept his brother's care.
Lianfang was ordered to take some rough ladies to carry the book, but he was stopped halfway by Cheng Shu's personal maids, Chang Pu and Fu Mu.
Calamus seized the book and refused to hand it over to the lotus room, which led to a huge quarrel between the two parties. Fu's mother deliberately led Xiao Yuanyi here to let her see this farce. Calamus took the opportunity to pretend to faint, and Xiao Yuanyi was so angry that he directly ordered the lotus room to be moved.
People were arrested.
Fu's mother complained first, saying that Cheng Shaoshang was afraid of the strong and bullied the weak. He was arrogant and domineering, and connived to rob Cheng Shu of his books.
Xiao Yuanyi divorced the Ge family and showed how protective he was of Cheng Shu who had no parents by his side. Hearing this, he was immediately furious and ordered someone to call the three brothers Cheng Shaoshang to the front hall for accountability.
When faced with Xiao Yuanyi's questioning, Cheng Shaogong repeatedly emphasized that it was given to his sister by himself. The book also had four unicorn heads engraved on it, which could prove that what he said was true. Seeing that something was wrong, Fu's mother didn't wait for Cheng Shaoshang to defend himself.
He insisted that Lianfang deliberately carried the book to show off to Cheng Shu. The purpose was to show that Cheng Shaoshang was protected by his two brothers.
After the farce, although Cheng Shaoshang's innocence was confirmed, Xiao Yuanyi's attitude made Cheng Shaoshang feel deeply sad and he couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Xiao Yuanyi seemed to have been exposed, and said angrily: "Why are you laughing? You brothers and sisters are supposed to love each other, but now it's like this, do you think it's ridiculous?"
Cheng Shaoshang raised his head and met Xiao Yuanyi's gaze unabashedly: "Don't you think it's funny, mother? It's obviously them who instigated trouble. Mother not only didn't hold them accountable, but instead looked for our faults and acted with fairness.
How can I be convinced by such an act of partiality?"
Xiao Yuanyi was furious and slapped the table: "How dare you disobey?"
Sang Shunhua couldn't stand it: "Why do you say such harsh words?"
In the Han Dynasty, filial piety was the basic moral bottom line for being a human being, and it was also the standard criterion for measuring a person. Disobedience was no joke. If a child was disobedient, parents could sue the government or even the emperor.
Mrs. Cheng often threatened Cheng Shi to sue him for disobedience. In fact, the old lady only knew that he could be reported for disobedience, but she did not know that once an official was accused of disobedience, he would be dismissed from his position and banned from employment for his whole life. In serious cases, he might even be imprisoned.
Sentenced to assassination and sent to the army.
If a woman is charged with disobedience, she will basically be ruined for the rest of her life. It is no wonder that Sang Shunhua only met Cheng Shaoshang once and felt that Xiao Yuanyi was too much.
In fact, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Xiao Yuanyi also realized that he had spoken too harshly. However, a kind word would warm a person for three winters and a bad word would hurt someone for a long time. Cheng Shaoshang had no patience to argue with her any more and stood up straight away.
"Since mother thinks that Sister Sishu is very good, I, a rebellious and unfilial daughter, will not bother you to teach me from now on!"
Xiao Yuanyi's fingers trembled: "You...you stop!"
Cheng Shaoshang paused, turned around and sneered: "Do you still want to beat me before you give up?"
Seeing this, Sang Shunhua quickly pulled Cheng Shaoshang away. After leaving the front hall, Sang Shunhua patted Cheng Shaoshang's hand and sighed.
"You two, mother and daughter, are really cut from the same mold. You are both so strong and neither one is willing to give in."
Cheng Shaoshang was grateful for Sang Shunhua's protection, took a deep breath and said to her: "If she has a daughter in the future, I will not abandon her and let her fend for herself."
Seeing her serious face, Sang Shunhua couldn't help but poke her forehead with a smile: "Nonsense, how can an unmarried girl say such things and not be afraid of others hearing the joke."
Only then did Cheng Shaoshang react. He glanced around guiltily and saw no one else was there. He breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't look shy at all.
Sang Shunhua couldn't help but laugh. This girl was really funny.
During the Zhengdan season, the pleasant time always passes quickly, and before you know it, it is the Lantern Festival. It is also a rare time of peace, and there is no war in the surrounding areas. Therefore, the curfew in the capital has been postponed for two hours, and people can walk out of their homes calmly.
The streets became extremely lively.
On this day, the Cheng family also went out to play as a family. The happiest ones were naturally the three brothers Cheng Shaoshang. After being detained at home for so many days, they were finally able to come out for some air.
Cheng Shaoshang looked particularly bright in the fox fur red dress presented by Sang Shunhua.
But on the way, Cheng Shaoshang saw Xiao Yuanyi helping Cheng Shu choose gestures with an intimate look, so he couldn't help but quicken his pace, out of sight.
Various lanterns were hung in the buildings on both sides of the street, and each lantern had a riddle on it. Cheng Shaoshang was dazzled by it, but he just looked at it. These riddles were a bit too childish for her.
Until we arrived in front of a restaurant, there were lanterns of various colors hung with lantern riddles posted on them. There was a group of people watching downstairs, which attracted Cheng Shaoshang to stop.
Just when Cheng Shaoshang was curious, he heard someone talking next to him.
"This puzzle seems to be much more difficult than last year."
"That's natural. These puzzles were all asked by the second young master of the Qin family and Mr. Yuan Shanjian."
"Oh? But Mo Chou, the second young master of Qin who has no friends in the future, and who in the world doesn't know you?"
"That's natural."
Cheng Shaoshang's eyes lit up when he heard Qin Hao's name, and then he heard the person next to him say.
"If you can answer more than five questions in these riddles today, you can go up to the third floor and have a drink at the same table with Mr. Qin and Mr. Yuan. That's why it has attracted so many talented people and beautiful women."
Cheng Shaoshang looked around and found that the people who came were indeed young men and women, and the vast majority were women. Some of the little girls were even more affectionate.
The reason why Qin Hao held such an activity was, on the one hand, to make Yuan Shanjian famous, and on the other hand, because this restaurant was the property of the Qin family, and the wealth would not go to outsiders.
Just when Cheng Shaoshang was about to go to the restaurant to find Qin Hao, he was bumped into by a woman. The woman looked arrogant and ignored Cheng Shaoshang. Instead, she said to the male companion beside her.
"Lou Yao, if you guess five lantern riddles for me, I will forgive you."
Lou Yao looked at the wall covered with lanterns and scratched his head for a moment: "The lantern riddles here are quite difficult. I'm afraid I can only guess one or two. Moreover, what do you want to do if you can guess five? Are you going to do it with me?"
Then Second Young Master Qin and Young Master Yuan are sharing a table and drinking together? Don’t forget that you and I are engaged."
He Zhaojun glanced at him disdainfully: "If you can't answer it, you will consider yourself to be ignorant. I will find someone else to answer it for me. If you are so useless, how do you qualify to be my husband?"
"You..." Lou Yao's face turned green and red, but he could only look away.
Cheng Shaoshang was not happy about being hit just now. Seeing that this woman was so domineering, he couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but sneered.
"You say that others have little knowledge, but I don't know how many questions you can answer. Mr. Qin set up a lantern riddle invitation today. It was originally an elegant thing, but you made it so messy that it really ruined the scenery."
When Lou Yao heard this, he was convinced by Chong Cheng Shaoshang and said: "This young lady is right. The riddle invitation is an invitation for like-minded people to sit down and discuss the topic. Why do you need to get involved."
He Zhaojun had been pampered since he was young. When had he ever been so angry? He glared at Lou Yao fiercely, then glared at Cheng Shaoshang angrily and scolded: "I am talking to my future husband-in-law, it is your turn to interrupt!"
In terms of being sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued, Cheng Shaoshang has never lost to anyone. He retorted with a very innocent look: "But I just heard someone say that if you can't answer five questions, you are not worthy of being her husband."
Then he said to Lou Yao: "You have to be careful with such a bride."
He Zhaojun's face turned red with anger, and he was about to step forward and "wow his head" to Cheng Shaoshang in person, when he saw the restaurant owner coming up to him and cupping his hand in the direction of Cheng Shaoshang.
"Ms. Cheng Si, my young master would like to have a chat with you upstairs."
Before Cheng Shaoshang could raise his head, he heard a commotion around him. The little girls downstairs were all looking up, but they saw that the window on the third floor near the street was pushed open. Qin Hao had walked to the window without knowing when, his face
The smile on his face seemed to melt all the snow in early spring.
"Wow, this is the Second Young Master Qin? He is indeed handsome and suave."
"Not only is he handsome, but he is also so talented. Oh my god, he is smiling at me."
"Nonsense, you are obviously laughing at me."
When Cheng Shaoshang saw that long-lost face, he couldn't wait to go upstairs, but was held back by He Zhaojun.
"Staff, you just told me that you need to answer five lantern riddles correctly before you can go upstairs. Why doesn't she answer?"
Now the little girls who were watching also looked at Cheng Shaoshang with unkind eyes.
"Yes, why can she go upstairs? Then I will go upstairs too."
"That's right, let's go together, let's go together."
The shopkeeper was in a hurry. He didn't tell me the rules, and if people kept going upstairs, his business wouldn't be done.
Cheng Song and Cheng Shaogong also gathered around at this time. Seeing that their sister was being bullied, they hurriedly came forward.
"You little girl, why are you bullying my sister?"
However, He Zhaojun was not embarrassed at all, but said disdainfully: "Whose little bitch is coming here to act wild? It turns out that he is a martial artist who dares to show his face here. I am afraid he is not a few people who cannot read Chinese characters!"
"
He Zhaojun also came from a family of military generals. She recognized at a glance that the belt worn by Cheng Song was the style worn by the Wuhou family. Her father was the general He Yong. He was among the top military generals and was deeply trusted by Emperor Wen.
Naturally, he will not take his peers who are also members of the family of military commanders seriously.
Now Cheng Shaoshang couldn't bear it anymore and said she could do it, but her father couldn't. Cheng Shaoshang threw away He Zhaojun's hand and said coldly.
"Not all families of military generals are as ignorant and incompetent as you!"
He Zhaojun glared at her and said angrily: "Huh, talking more is useless. Unless you can answer five riddles, there is no way you can go upstairs."
General Cheng Shaoshang said excitedly: "Why can't I go upstairs even though I have been invited by the master's family? Could it be that you have the final say in this capital?"
"You..." He Zhaojun was also choked and speechless for a moment.
However, Cheng Shaoshang changed the subject: "But since you are not convinced, then I will give you a chance. Let's make a bet. If I fail to guess five questions, I will not go upstairs and apologize to you. But
If I answer five questions correctly, how about you apologize to my brother?"
Seeing her confident look, He Zhaojun suddenly felt guilty, but the little girl next to him started to make noises.
"Bet her not to let her go upstairs!"
"That's right, if I bet with her, I don't believe how much knowledge she has and how much she can guess the five riddles."
Lou Yao on the side was in a dilemma, not knowing which one to persuade.
He Zhaojun suddenly rolled his eyes: "Okay, I'll make a bet with you, but you need me to designate the lantern riddles."
Cheng Shaogong heard this and said angrily: "The store owner just said that if you guess five lantern riddles correctly, you can go upstairs. Why do you specify it?"
He Zhaojun said arrogantly: "Huh, if you really have real talent and learning, why should you be afraid? Who knows if she has seen some puzzles before."
"Okay, it's up to you, but you all have to bear witness with me. If this Miss He is cheating, it needs to be known to everyone in the capital!" Cheng Shaoshang glanced at the lantern riddles on the wall.
He turned around and said to the young men and women who were watching.
Since ancient times, watching the excitement is not a big deal. Seeing such an exciting gambling game immediately aroused everyone's response.
"Don't worry, little lady, we are all witnesses and no one can escape."
"That's right, the two young ladies can just bet in peace."
Such a commotion attracted many people, and the street in front of the restaurant was blocked for a while.
Upstairs, Yuan Shen also saw Cheng Shaoshang in a red dress among the crowd. His impression of Cheng Shaoshang was still that of a little girl a few years ago. Now he saw that she had grown into a charming little girl.
Can't help but be a little surprised.
"Aren't you going to beat her up to rescue her?" Yuan Shen asked curiously when he saw that Qin Hao had no intention of going downstairs.
"Is Zihan so confident in her?" Yuan Shen was a little unconvinced. If Cheng Shaoshang could answer Qin Hao's riddles correctly, he thought it was normal. Maybe Qin Hao had taught her, but his own riddles were
"Original", how could Cheng Shaoshang easily crack it?
Qin Hao walked to the table, picked up the wine pot that was being heated, and said to Yuan Shen: "If she can answer the five riddles before the wine cools down, my cousin will give her the jade flute. If she can't answer the questions, my cousin will give her the jade flute."
, how about I give you the folding fan?"
Yuan Shen has a jade flute in his hand, which he has always treasured. Cheng Shaoshang likes music the most besides doing handicrafts. Qin Hao has been thinking about this jade flute for a long time.
"This..." Yuan Shen hesitated for a moment, but Qin Hao's folding fan was really beautifully made. The fan bones were made of ivory and fine mutton-fat jade. What made him even more excited was that the fan on the fan was
Landscape paintings paired with inscriptions.
“Birds in thousands of mountains have disappeared, and every trace of human beings has been wiped out.
Boat PC World Weng, fishing alone trees and snow."
Such an artistic conception would be a perfect match for him, not to mention that in this weather, a bottle of wine would quickly go cold. He didn't believe that Cheng Shaoshang could answer the five riddles while warming the wine.
