Chapter 868 Ji Zijuan is thought-provoking

Jia Zheng sat in the rosewood official hat chair with a complicated expression. He seemed to be thinking about something and forgot to put down the tea cup in his hand.

Mrs. Wang next to her also had an indescribable dullness on her face, which seemed to be unwillingness, loss, and a little regretful.

"It's time to think about Baoyu." After a long time, Jia Zheng put down the teacup and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's time to think about it, but..." Mrs. Wang sighed angrily, "Then we have to choose a good family for Baoyu."

Before Yuanchun canonized the concubine, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang had not considered Baochai. Although they had never mentioned it to Aunt Xue, Jia Zheng and his wife felt that there was more or less a tacit understanding between the two parties. However, after Yuanchun canonized the concubine, Jia Zheng and his wife I think maybe Baoyu can find a better family.

Especially now that Baoyu is obsessed with writing books. "Thirteen Stick Monks Save the King of Tang" has become the most popular serialized legendary novel in the "Daily News", and some storytellers in the capital city have also begun to intercept this legendary story. This part of the novel is used as a storyteller manuscript, and several theater troupes are also preparing to use this legendary storyteller novel as a script to adapt it into a drama. This is a very extraordinary breakthrough.

Nowadays, Baoyu is also slightly famous among the scholars in the capital. Of course, this kind of fame is somewhat different from the fame that comes from studying for imperial examinations and current policy commentaries. It is more appreciated by some literati.

Of course, there are also those who are officials in the court, but their appreciation is purely from the perspective of literature and art, and has nothing to do with anything else.

Now that Yuanchun was in the palace, Jia Zheng and his wife were more or less aware of it, which made them a little nervous. But before they could react, the eldest son of the Feng family also served as the second wife, and then asked someone to help him. When he came to propose marriage, it was Guan Yingzhen, the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs who was also in charge of the secretarial department in the imperial court.

Even Mei Zhiye of the Mei family, who broke off their engagement with Bao Qin, had to bow his head to say hello when he saw Guan Ying Zhen.

They are all Huguang scholars. If Zheng Jizhi, Guan Yingzhen, Chai Ke and others can be regarded as leaders of Huguang scholars, the real bosses, Yang He, Mei Zhihuan, Mei Zhiye, Wu Liangsi and others can only be regarded as Huguang scholars. The backbone of the scholars, while He Fengsheng and others can only be regarded as rising stars.

 When Guan Yingzhen came to propose marriage, he must have said hello in advance, otherwise Wang Ziteng would not have gone to Xue Mansion to wait.

Xue Pan couldn't afford such a visit, so the prince could only barely take over.

It makes sense that my mother-in-law is older than my uncle.

However, this made Jia Zheng and his wife feel a little uncomfortable, but they couldn't say anything yet.

Wang Ziteng has always supported Xue Baochai's marriage to Feng Ziying. He had had this idea a few years ago, but due to various reasons he was unable to do so and later gave up. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a turn of events. Now, it actually happened. It's done.

Jia Zheng and his wife know that they can't blame the Xue family. This girl lives in your house. You have been silent. They can't wait forever. They are seventeen years old and should have gotten married long ago. There are even people in the house. No more gossip, but I didn’t expect that this marriage would bring such a good fortune.

Of course, Jia Zheng and his wife never considered that the Xue family had no intention of marrying the Jia family from the beginning, and Baochai never thought of marrying Baoyu.

They didn’t know that Aunt Xue had been waiting with some kind of tangled state of mind.

She was afraid that the Jia family really wanted to propose marriage, and she couldn't refuse. After all, the Jia family knew everything about Baoyu, and Baoyu was pretty good. But she was also afraid that Feng Ziying, the Feng family's son, could really have the second wife, and could even convince his mother. ?

In addition to feeling that Baochai failed to become his daughter-in-law, Jia Zheng actually felt a little sorry for his daughter.

In Jia Zheng's view, Tan Yatou is actually not inferior to Baochai in all aspects, except that she was born in the wrong child.

He even vaguely knew that Tan Yatou had a crush on Feng Ziying, and Feng Ziying also had feelings for Tan Yatou, but...

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng became more and more regretful. He also knew that it was impossible for Tan Yatou to marry Feng Ziying as his wife. If Feng Ziying could have thought about it before she became rich, once she passed the Jinshi examination, it would be impossible.

Just being a concubine is something that Jia Zheng cannot accept. It is a compromise. But if Feng Ziying does not marry a daughter of the Jia family, how can Tanchun be a concubine? Unexpectedly, the Xue family decided to make Baoqin their concubine.

Various thoughts swirling around in his heart made Jia Zheng sigh with emotion, but the problems before him left him helpless as he was not good at it.

"What is a good family?" Jia Zheng tried his best to calm down, "I'm afraid they won't agree to the legitimate daughters of scholars and civil servants. We may look down on those from small families. We, the martial arts Inside Xun, madam, are you willing?"

Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and said, "Didn't the Feng family's master promise to find a good family for Baoyu? He is now in a prosperous position. He is going to Yongping Mansion to become a fellow cicada. He can even let him introduce a good family to Baoyu. Why do you treat Baoyu so harshly in marriage?"

"What kind of harsh treatment? It's inexplicable!" Jia Zheng was also a little angry, and his beard trembled, "How can Brother Tao compare with Baoyu? Although the Fang family has an elder brother who is a royal censor, he is only from Nanzhili. A country girl, whose wealth is only within one generation, really wants to betrothed to a precious jade, are you willing?"

Mrs. Wang stopped talking. She really wanted to marry the daughter of the Fang family to Baoyu, but she was afraid that she would feel resentful again. How could Xue Biao compare with her own Baoyu? After all, she was a direct descendant of Rong Guogong, and she had a concubine sister. Woolen cloth.

After a long time, Mrs. Wang said again: "In short, the Feng family's elder brother said that he would look for some gems, and my brother is also in the capital recently. How about asking him to make the decision..."

"Brother-in-law, I'm afraid it's our noble girl who will make the decision." Jia Zheng sighed, "After choosing, I'm still just messing around here, so why not order Bao Yatou earlier? Knowing the basics, …”

“Yuan Chun’s letter did not agree with the search for gems among noble women, but this is a difficult task.” Mrs. Wang also sighed.

Just when Jia Zheng and his wife were sighing and sighing, just hoping that Wang Ziteng could find a suitable family for Baoyu, Wang Ziteng was sitting in the Xue Mansion with a golden sword, waiting for Guan Yingzhen to come to the door.

To be honest, when his sister came to talk about this matter, Wang Ziteng couldn't believe it.

Of course he knew about Feng Ziying's concurrent post. He had learned about it when he was in Shandong, and when he returned to Beijing, his ears were filled with all kinds of news.

He had known before that Shui Rong wanted to betroth his sister to Feng Ziying, and that the legitimate daughter of the Mu family of Dongping County also had this intention, but he did not expect that the Feng family would choose his niece so cleanly that Prince Teng even Some couldn't help but want to see how much magic power this niece had to make Feng Ziying fall in love.

Looking at the graceful Baochai standing in front of him, Wang Ziteng couldn't help but smile and nod. It's no wonder that Feng Ziying was tempted and dared to confront her mother. I really felt sorry for Baochai. My sister finally had someone to rely on for the rest of her life. .

"Well, my uncle is curious about how the Feng family's eldest son persuaded his mother. As far as he knows, the younger sister of King Shuirong of Beijing and the youngest daughter of the Mu family of Dongping County are interested in marrying the Feng family. My uncle doesn't think that the Xue family can compare with this The two families are more prestigious, and apart from the fact that the Feng family’s elder brother is determined to make his own decisions, my uncle can’t think of any reason.”

 Wang Ziteng's question made Aunt Xue smile, but Baochai's cheeks were flushed and she was twirling her sweat towel between her fingertips, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"Uncle is asking you, Baochai..." Aunt Xue was in a happy mood and smiled broadly.

“My daughter has only been to Feng’s house twice. Both the Feng family’s wife and concubine have met her and had a good impression of her. Ziying also said that he and his wife had told him that he would not marry anyone other than his daughter...”

 Speaking of what happened next, Baochai was so embarrassed that she couldn't say any more.

Wang Ziteng laughed loudly, "What's so embarrassing about this? The Feng family is coming to propose marriage. The two families will soon be in-laws. Bao Yatou, you will also be the wife of the Feng family. Well, Ziying told you when we will get married. ?”

Baochai hesitated for a moment, "He only said to choose a time in the second half of the year, it is estimated that it will be until the end of the year. He said that he will go to Yongping, and it is not easy to ask for leave..."

"Well, that's right. He is now the magistrate of the same prefecture. The prefect Zhu Zhiren has been ill in bed for a long time. It is not easy to do the work of the first prefecture in Jingdong." Wang Ziteng narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he remembered something, "If I marry him, , Bao Yatou, do you want to follow me to Yongping?"

Baochai nodded, "Sister Shen is pregnant and cannot accompany her, so Baoqin and I naturally have to go with her."

"Oh? Shen Jue's daughter is already pregnant?" Wang Ziteng's eyes moved slightly, and after thinking for a moment he said: "Bao girl, you have to give birth to an heir for the Feng family as soon as possible. The Feng family has three bedrooms, but you don't care about the heir." So precious and tight.”

Baochai was also so embarrassed that she could only nod her head and say nothing.

Just as he was speaking, there was a sound of rapid footsteps outside the door, and the servant had already ran in, "Uncle, madam, there is someone outside the door..."

The middle door of Xue's mansion opened wide, and Wang Ziteng led Xue Pan to welcome him out.

 “Brother Dongxian, can you please not come?”

“Brother Zi Teng has returned to Beijing?” Of course Guan Yingzhen knew about this relationship, and he bowed his hands with a smile, “I just have something to discuss with Brother Zi Teng, but today I am here for a big event...”

“Oh? As long as Brother Dongxian calls, Zi Teng will be there at your call.” Wang Ziteng said with a smile.

"Haha, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry. No matter how urgent the matter is, it can't compare to today's big event. The Feng family is eager to hear from me. They are waiting for my reply in the mansion." Guan Yingzhen also smiled very happily.

 The two of them entered hand in hand, both laughing and looking extremely happy.

The people accompanying him also came in...

This set of rules is also very familiar. Accepting gifts, asking for names, accepting gifts, accepting levies, and asking for dates are all prepared in advance, and naturally they are popular on the water...

 For the Xue family, once this major matter is finalized, there will be no worries. However, to some people, this is an intriguing and complicated signal.

 (End of this chapter)