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Qiaozhen arrived soon, and Qiaoling and Taolu came with her.
After entering the door, the three of them bent over to salute Gu Han and stood on one side in a regular manner.
Gu Han glanced at Qiaozhen and smiled with a pursed lips.
She was wearing a bamboo green, plain satin-like armor and a moon-white hidden flower skirt.
The combed and hung bun is a pair of light yellow pink butterfly silver hairpins and jade lilac earrings.
Delicate and dignified.
It was indeed carefully made up.
She waved her hand and called out, "Qiaozhen, these three are from Baoding. You can come over and see you..."
Qiaozhen let out a long sigh, and knew what the young lady meant, so she bent down slightly: "Qiaozhen asked everyone for good luck."
Tian secretly pulled his son's sleeve.
God, this girl is slim and beautiful.
The whole body is more elegant than the ladies of the rich man's family.
"Qiaozhen...girl..."
Luo Dahan stood up awkwardly: "Don't be polite."
He pulled his wife with his eyes straight and didn't feel embarrassed. Tian came to his senses and smiled: "Miss Qiaozhen looks so handsome, I'm fascinated by it... she is definitely the best in our place."
It's just that I look a little older.
The praise was too straightforward, which made Luo Chen and Qiaozhen feel a little embarrassed.
Luo Chen bowed his hand to Qiaozhen and returned the gift. The two looked at each other and blushed.
As a veteran, Gu Han enjoyed watching it.
Finally, Luo Chen and Qiaozhen looked at each other... She thought for a while and said nothing: "Qiaozhen, go to the kitchen to watch and ask them to make a bowl of tremite soup for me..." Some things need to be clearly stated, but Qiaozhen is not convenient for her to be present.
For example, whether the man is satisfied with the woman or what is wrong.
Qiaozhen is a slave of the Gu family. She always serves her and is worth checking her for her.
"Yes, young lady."
Qiaozhen agreed and took the curtain and walked out.
Gu Han took a sip of tea, "Miss Qiaozhen is my close-fitsome girl. She grew up with me since she was a child. Her character and temperament are excellent.
To be honest, it was just to serve me that she delayed her marriage age... If you feel willing, we can decide the marriage in one day."
After she finished speaking, she went to see Tian and smiled and said, "Tian Zhu, what do you think?"
"The old slave has no objection..." She turned to look at her son: "Only look at Chen'er's thoughts."
Her son was born with a suggestion that he chose to study and practice calligraphy by himself.
The couple couldn't make up his business.
Gu Han said "Oh", "What do you think Mr. Luo?"
Luo Chen replied: "Mrs. I'll go back and think about it a little while, and discuss it with my father and mother."
Qiaozhen's crystal clear big eyes appeared in his mind, and he looked handsome just like what his mother said.
But the person he wants to marry is not necessarily just a look.
He studied hard for many years in sages, and did not say that he married a confidant who had a strong fragrance in his heart. At least, he should have known words.
It’s not that Qiaozhen has a bad background, but can a girl who serves people get along with him?
When Gu Han heard him say this, he understood what was going on and was disappointed. "Marriage is not a negligent, so I will reply to a letter after the discussion is made."
“……The master is right.”
Seeing that Gu Han's expression was not as enthusiastic as before, Luo Dahan suddenly felt a sudden heart and complained that his son was very energetic.
Since he passed the exam for the scholar, there are not ten girls he has seen, and there are eight... Why is there no suitable one?
He looked at Miss Qiaozhen and was very good and polite.
A report from the little girl came from outside the door, saying that Zhang Juling was back.
Gu Han asked Liang Qi to lead them to the flower hall to eat fruits and drink tea.
Zhang Juling raised his foot into the house. Seeing men and women pulling out the curtains in a row, he stopped bowing when he saw him, and nodded slightly.
Everyone is gone.
Zhang Juling sat down next to Gu Han, poured himself a cup of tea, and asked his wife: "What do they do?"
Gu Han said a few words and asked him: "Is my father's health better?"
"fine."
Zhang Juling lowered his head and took a few sips, and replied in an understatement: "The doctor said that my father fainted suddenly due to overwork... He would recover after a few more days of rest.
There will be no serious trouble."
Gu Han nodded and couldn't help but wonder: "Is my father's daily business very tired?"
I feel that it will not be easy to do things that can make people feel tired.
Zhang Juling coughed a few times, looked at his wife's black eyes, and the topic changed: "I'm hungry."
It's better not to tell her.
"Um?"
Gu Han didn't react for a moment.
Zhang Juling reached out to pinch his wife's right cheek and smiled and repeated: "I'm hungry."
“…What do you want to eat?
I'll arrange for the kitchen to make it for you."
Zhang Juling thought for a while, "Let's mutton noodles be stewed, and I'll feel warm after eating it."
"Everything is yours."
Gu Han waved to Taolu and ordered: "You tell them to knead the dough for a while, cut the mutton into thin slices, and fry the spicy food in boiling oil..." When Zhang Juling was in his previous life, she also liked to eat mutton noodles. She was no longer concerned and saw him eating it every day, and he also wrote down his habits.
Taolu should be "yes" and retreated.
Zhang Juling reached out and placed his hand on her belly: "I'm looking a little older."
Gu Han smiled proudly: "After this month, it will be five months..." It feels really good and magical to get bigger in the child's belly.
"You've suffered."
Zhang Juling kissed her forehead.
"No."
Gu Han smiled and shook his head: "I think it's a blessing..."
Zhang Juling looked at him gently: "When the child is born, I will teach him how to be a human being and teach him to be filial to you."
Gu Han joked about Zhang Juling for the first time: "I'm stupid... I'm his mother, so he naturally wants to be filial to me.
But, I'm filial to you."
Zhang Juling said "um" quietly, "I know."
The light blue sky is as bright as washing.
The sun shines on the tall osmanthus trees, and the green leaves are extremely lush.
It was newly transplanted into Qiulan Pavilion two years ago. Now it is blooming, and the trees are full of golden and tiny petals.
When the breeze blows, there is a refreshing and rich fragrance that will make people feel like it for a long time.
Qiaozhen walked out of the kitchen with the boiled tremella soup and saw several little girls led by Xia Yu playing osmanthus with long bamboo poles. She stopped: "You guys are idle?"
Xia Yu bowed her head and saluted: "Sister Qiaozhen is in good condition.
Sister Qiaoling said that the young lady likes to eat osmanthus cakes, so we can collect some dried and set aside.”
Qiaozhen shook her head: "...can't do this."
As she spoke, she handed the big red tray in her hand to a little girl, told her to deliver it to Gu Han, and looked at Xia Yu, "When the petals fall to the ground, you will get dirty if you go and pick it up."
"What should I do?"
Xia Yu thought about it, but unfortunately: "The osmanthus tree is too high, and I can't climb up."
Qiaozhen nodded her forehead, "You, just look smart... I'll just go to the front yard to move the personal ladder and get everything done."
Xia Yu suddenly hit his hands and mischievously: "Sister Qiaozhen, you are really smart..."
Qiaozhen cursed "poor words" and then passed the message on.
After a while, two strong and strong women carried the herringbone ladder.
Qiaozhen instructed them to put them under the osmanthus tree and climbed up by himself.
Xia Yu and a group of girls were holding a ladder below to prevent falling.
As soon as the person rises, he feels that his vision is wide.
Qiaozhen looked up and could see the osmanthus flowers that were so close to her. Her nervous mood was relaxed and she couldn't help but speak: "...It smells so good."
Xia Yu shouted: "Sister Qiaozhen, can you pick osmanthus flowers?"
Qiaozhen stretched out her arm and tried it. When she could reach Osmanthus, she nodded and said, "You can speak softly, I'm not deaf, I can hear you."
Xia Yu stuck out her tongue and used a bamboo pole to carry a half-arm-long cloth bag to Qiaozhen.
Qiaozhen took out a veil from the cuff, wrapped it with blooming osmanthus flowers, and gently pinched it with her fingers, and the petals were scattered in the veil, and when they gathered into a small pinch, they were put into the cloth bag... After this repeated, the branches would inevitably shake.
"Sister Qiaozhen, it's raining osmanthus flowers..."
Xia Yu smiled and said, "It's still fragrant."
Qiaozhen was also amused by her words. I remembered a poem that the young lady read in Gu Family School when she was young, which was quite consistent with this situation: "The dark and light luteal body is soft, and the love is sparse and the fragrance remains."
Xia Yu blankly said: "Sister Qiaozhen, what do you mean?"
Qiaozhen was about to speak, when Luo Chen and his parents came out of the flower hall and explained: "...The osmanthus flowers are light yellow and soft, with a sparse temperament, but the strong fragrance remains in the world."
Qiaozhen didn't expect it would be him, and her hands were stiff and she didn't dare to move.
She had been in the kitchen for a while and thought that the Luo family had left. She would have not climbed the ladder to pick osmanthus flowers if she had known it... She had a bad impression.
Luo Chen looked up at Qiaozhen who was "high and above" and asked, "Girl, do you know what the next sentence of this poem is?"
Qiaozhen thought for a while and slowly read it: "Why should I need to have a light blue and dark red color? I will be the first among the flowers."
Luo Chen smiled slightly.
The sun shines on his side, clean and warm.
Qiaozhen's heartbeat was "thumping" and seemed to be about to pop out of her throat.
Luo Chen bowed to Liang Qiong and bowed to the ground: "Qiu, please tell the young lady."
Three days later, my father and I will invite a matchmaker to come to propose marriage.”
If you can read Li Qingzhao's poems, the characters will not be much vulgar.
While Luo Dahan was angry that his son was ungrateful, he was worried that he would be sad if he offended the master's family and was full of irritability... Suddenly he heard that he was going to come to propose marriage.
He thought he had heard it wrong.
Liang Qi smiled and glanced at Qiaozhen: "Good nephew, you have a better vision.
Don't worry, everything is left to me."
While eating fruits in the flower hall, Tian asked Liang Shu about Qiaozhen's many things and knew that he was a good girl.
Seeing that his son agreed, he was eager to do so, so he immediately took Liang Kuai's hand: "Girl, when things are done, I will buy you a few big carp to eat."
Liang Qiong smiled heartily: "Okay, we're determined."
He politely sent the three of Luo family out.
Qiaozhen was blushing, and she never thought that Luo Chen would say something to marry her in front of everyone?
I wish I could find a crack in the ground to get into it.
But I feel for no reason...
Xia Yu took the lead in making excitement, and the girls were in full swing.
Gu Han and Zhang Juling also heard the movement in the yard and walked out of the house.
She glanced at the girls and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xia Yu trotted over and reported: "Young Master Luo said that he will come to the mansion to propose marriage in three days."
Mr. Luo?
Gu Han knew it was Luo Chen without thinking... She thought she couldn't succeed.
When I asked him, I was reluctant.
Now, I'm willing again.
Gu Han called Qiaozhen to come and asked her what her thoughts were. She was afraid that she would have a burden on her mind and said, "Just say what you think in your heart, I will not force you at all if you don't like it."
We have been master and servant for many years, so I will naturally take care of you."
Qiaozhen looked at her hidden flower skirt for a while, remembered Luo Chen's clean smile, and whispered: "I... I am the only one who decides the wife."
Gu Han looked at her: "I have to know your intentions in order to be the leader."
It would be fine if she didn't say it, but as soon as she said it, Qiaozhen didn't even salute her, and turned around and left quickly.
Gu Han: "..."
Zhang Juling smiled and rubbed his wife's hair: "Let's start preparing for the dowry."
Gu Han: "..."
Peach is the Qiulan Pavilion that comes back at dinner.
Liang Zhu and Qiaoling were all placing chopsticks and bowls in the East Melody Room. She looked at Gu Han who was talking to the Third Young Master... and went to the East Melody Room to help.
After half of the meal, Sun Ju came over. He was Zhang Juling's aide.
Zhang Juling went to the study to meet him.
"San Young Master, you asked me to secretly investigate Yuan Shaohong's family...there is a whereabouts.
I didn't dare to disturb me when I found it in a house on the outskirts of the city."
Sun Ju said: "I have also figured out the surrounding environment. It is a small village with simple folk customs.
But there are many guards in plain clothes wandering around the house."
Yuan Shaohong's family was hidden here, and his mind was quite novel.
Seeing that Zhang Juling was silent, Sun Ju asked, "San Young Master, what should we do now?
I am afraid that the night is long and the dreams are too long…”
Zhang Juling sat on a ring chair, holding his right hand with a low grip, and hitting the table rhythmically.
After a while, he said to Shuming: "Go and invite the second young master over."
Shuming agreed and went down.
Sun Ju was puzzled, "What are you calling the second young master?
Haven’t you always help yourself in your own work?”
Zhang Juling looked at him, and Sun Ju immediately bowed: "...I'm a subordinate talking too much."
The third young master hates others' arguments about his decision.
How did he forget this?
"In a sense, Zhang Juan represents his father and the Zhang family."
Zhang Juling smiled.
If he had to let his father know what he did next, it would be more appropriate for Zhang Juan to say.
It's easier for fathers to understand.
Sun Ju didn't understand it, but he was so clever that he didn't ask any more questions.
Zhang Juling took off the Ruyi jade pendant on his waist and handed it to Sun Ju: "Take it to the Yang family in Wanping and lead Yang Ruo to the village where Yuan Shaohong's family is staying. The movement must be small and cannot be known by anyone."
"Subordinates obey the order."
Sun Ju took it, turned around and left.
Zhang Juan and Sun Ju passed by. When he saw Sun Ju bowing to him, he also returned the greeting.
"Third brother, what's the matter with me?"
Zhang Juan walked into the smelling fragrance.
"Second brother, you and I have to hurry to the Gu family in Daxing. It's about Yuan Shaohong..." Zhang Juling said as he stood up and walked out: "It's urgent, I'll tell you on the way."
Yuan Shaohong's family belonged to the family of officials. Without the order from the priest, ordinary people were not qualified to arrest and detain him in any form.
But the Minister of Justice is different. When dealing with suspects, they have the right to "take first and report later".
"……good."
Yang Juan followed Zhang Juling without saying a word.
As soon as he heard the name Yuan Shaohong, he understood that it was related to the Yang family.
The story of Mr. Yang Siyuan has been rumored to be in Kyoto... Although his relationship with Yang Ruo is not as good as his third brother and Yang Ruo, everyone often gets together when eating, drinking.
If the Yang family is in trouble, it is good to be able to help.
Gu Han was still waiting for Zhang Juling to come back and continue to eat, but the servant of Wen Xiangju came back and forth.
"...Mrs. The third young master went out and said he might come back very late tonight, so you don't have to wait for him."
"Did you say what to do?"
Gu Han stood up and looked out through the open inner window.
Except for the few lanterns hanging in the yard, it was dark everywhere and nothing could be seen.
"No."
Gu Han waved his hand and asked him to go down, and he felt a little depressed.
"Mrs. Young lady, you have some more soup."
Taohong advised her: "You haven't eaten anything all night... You're fine, the young master in your stomach will be hungry..."
"I'm really full."
Gu Han shook his head, got up and walked westward.
It’s boring to do anything alone. It’s better to be together, chatting and having a companion.
Seeing that Gu Han stopped eating, Liang Hu waved his hand and asked the girl to take the food.
Chapter completed!