The last time Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and Jia Baoyu came to ask their birth dates, they guessed that Jia She wanted to marry Jia Yingchun.

Then he thought that Jia Yingchun was tortured to death by Zhongshan Wolf Sun Shaozu, and Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but feel regretful.

I thought about taking out the last fan and giving it to Yingchun, and also lending her hand to give it to Jia She, so that Jia She would not treat Yingchun even worse.

But as soon as the idea came up, he rejected it.

If you really do this, you will harm Yingchun.

It would be better to give it directly to Jia She. The reason was that Jia Lian had a share of credit for his marriage to Xue Baochai, so he gave the fan to express his gratitude.

As for Yu Honggao, Shi Zhongkui believed that he had long since given up on sending fans to his superiors to appeal to him.

Maybe it won't take long before Lao Yu will return the fan he gave him.

As for Jia Zheng, Xia Shouzhong and Shi Zhongkui who were waiting at the Daxing County Government Office, they didn't know, otherwise he would have prepared two more gifts.

It's a pity that if he really prepares it, he doesn't seem to have anything good to offer.

When he handed the two boxes to Yu Honggao and stated that the last fan was for Jia Lian, Yu Honggao's face turned dark.

How could an old man like Yu Honggao never expect that Jia Zheng and Xia Shouzhong would certainly also give gifts?

Otherwise, Shi Zhongkui would be rude, and he, the master, would also be embarrassed.

But it was hard to mention this matter at this time, so I could only send two gifts on my behalf.

Xia Shouzhong said it was nothing more than three to five hundred taels of silver, but the thank-you gift for Jia Zheng must be an ancient painting or a rare book.

And ordinary rare books are not enough. After all, this is a thank-you gift for getting married, and Rongguo Mansion doesn’t have any good things. Since it is a gift, it must not be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Yu Honggao, who was riding back on horseback, couldn't help but bleed secretly.

I originally thought about returning some of the fans when I succeeded in raising fish in the rice fields and was promoted and left Daxing County.

It can be imagined that when Shi Zhongkui becomes a Jinshi and gets married in the future, there seems to be no better gift than those fans.

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After returning to the county government office, Xia Shouzhong and Xue Pan were overjoyed when they heard that Shi Zhongkui not only agreed, but also sent a family heirloom as a token.

Xue Pan took the wooden box with both hands solemnly, and said to Yu Honggao's luggage, "Sir, please rest assured, my nephew will not regret it if he accepts this marriage."

"Okay, okay", Yu Honggao laughed, and then looked at Jia Zhengdao, "Since the political minister and the internal minister came together as elders, and nephew Xue Xian also agreed as the eldest brother, can the marriage be held in the spring of next year?

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Upon hearing this, Jia Zheng and the two men understood that Yu Honggao wanted to wait for the results of the general examination and the palace examination to achieve double happiness, so of course they agreed immediately.

And the time is not long, only more than ten months, and there is plenty of time to prepare.

Then the three wooden boxes were brought up by the servants and handed over to Xia Shouzhong, Jia Zheng and Jia Lian respectively.

Hearing that it was a matchmaking gift, Xia Shouzhong and Jia Zhengyi laughed and accepted it after trying it out.

Jia Lian was a little surprised, but the more surprised he was, the happier he felt. But when he opened it and found that it was a fan, he felt depressed.

Without even thinking about it, he knew that this fan must have been borrowed from him and given to his own father, Jia She.

After the marriage was settled, Yu Honggao proposed marriage to Xue Pan and Jia Zheng on behalf of Shi Zhongkui on the spot. Because it was the emperor's wish, both of them were willing.

In addition, Xue Pan himself didn’t understand, Jia Zheng had no objection, and of course he had no objection.

Next, they have to exchange "letters of approval", which is the proof of engagement, but this will definitely not be possible tonight.

Otherwise, Xue Pan would not understand that no matter how impatient Jia Zheng and Yu Honggao were, they could not cause the Xue family to lose face, lest outsiders think that Xue Baochai was impatient to marry him.

Several people discussed it and decided that after three days, Hong Gao's first wife would come to visit first, and then Hong Gao's son Yu Tongfu would send a letter on behalf of Shi Zhongkui.

As for the three books and six etiquettes, that was a later matter. Basically, Shi Zhongkui didn't have to do it himself, but Yu Honggao, who was considered the only elder.

After a good discussion, we saw that it was getting really late, so we stayed at the county government office for one night.

The next day, Shi Zhongkui and the Xue family were discussing marriage, which first spread in a small area.

In the next day or two, Shi Zhongkui's two poems in succession, as well as the already popular idea of ​​raising fish in rice fields, soon spread throughout Daxing County and the capital.

Countless squires and people with low official positions were filled with regret and envy, and everyone in the Jia and Wang families knew about it.

After Jia Baoyu learned about this, his first reaction was not to agree, but no matter how demented he was, he knew that his words were useless.

Fortunately, he is only 12 years old. At most, he feels angry, annoyed and depressed because of the loss of his little sister.

And to be honest, if I had to name someone who was Jia Baoyu's true love, Lin Daiyu would definitely rank first.

After sulking and raging for a few days, seeing that no one was coaxing him, and Shi Zhongkui even giving the ancestral treasures directly to the Xue family, Jia Baoyu had no choice but to accept.

But Mrs. Wang was so angry that she moved into the nunnery again. It can be said that Xue Baochai was her default wife.

It was often heard in the nunnery that bottles and jars were accidentally broken, and the servants of the Jia family basically understood Mrs. Wang's attitude.

And this also directly affected the servants' attitude towards the Xue family.

When Xue Pan came to Beijing, he actually didn't want to live in Rongguo Mansion.

In addition to worrying about being restrained by the elders, the Xue family already has a house in the capital, so there is no need to live under someone else's roof.

Now that he was angry with the servants of the Jia family, and thinking that it was a foregone conclusion that his sister would marry, he ordered his servants to clean up his house without hesitation.

Moreover, he also thought that Shi Zhongkui's home in the capital only had a small house just outside the courtyard, so he couldn't help but think about giving his sister-in-law a house to save his sister from the hardships of marrying him.

When Wang Ziteng sent someone to ask Xue Pan to go to Wang's house, he learned that Xue Pan had taken someone to Daxing County early in the morning.

The angry Wang Ziteng threw the tea bowl in his hand and said, "You bastards, I shouldn't let his family enter Beijing."

Prince Teng's ancestor was just a county uncle. Not to mention compared with the four princes and eight princes, he could not even compare with the historian.

But he was able to rise all the way to the position of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp. He must have the ability, and he did get help from the Jia family and other nobles. But the most important thing is related to the Supreme Emperor's wooing of nobles for power.

Therefore, when he heard about Xue Baochai and Shi Zhongkui's engagement, his first reaction was that there was a problem.

When he heard that Xia Shouzhong went to Jia's house, met Xue Pan, and then went to Daxing County overnight with Jia Zheng and Jia Lian, Wang Ziteng immediately understood that the person standing behind this matter was the emperor.

To be honest, Wang Ziteng was actually willing to join the emperor. After all, the emperor was already old, and there was a precedent that he almost failed to survive a few years ago.

But asking him to declare his loyalty to the emperor right now would really embarrass him and even cost him his life.

Of course, he didn't really want to disobey Xue Pan when he came to him, but he planned to delay the marriage for a few more years since Xue Baochai was still young to give himself enough time to deal with it.
Chapter completed!