Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 61 It's Not That Simple

If Feng Yibo hadn't been treated as his nephew, Li Shouzhong and his wife would never have done so.

In the eyes of the old couple, the major matters of marriage are the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.

Feng Yibo has no parents or elders.

Then, as mentors and mistresses, they should take care of him.

But the old couple thought that after such hard work, they could at least get a word of gratitude.

Unexpectedly, it looked like he had done something bad with good intentions.

This kid doesn't seem to be very willing?
Feng Yibo didn't know where to start.

"Ugh!"

He could only sigh bitterly, and then said:
"The disciple cares so much about the two elders and takes care of them so hard, it's really impressive!"

The old couple looked at each other with puzzled faces.

Since you are grateful, why do you show us the face?
I heard Feng Yibo continue to say: "How can the disciple be dissatisfied?"

indeed.

Either Xue Baochai or Lin Daiyu.

This is the Shuangshu who is listed as the head of the Jinling Twelve Beauties!

Which one can he be dissatisfied with?
but.

The rankings can be tied, but the marriage cannot!
Marrying both is inconsistent with etiquette.

and……

He licked his dry lips, his voice hoarse.

"But teacher, wife! Just a month ago, the holy decree gave me a marriage!"

"What did you say?"

Both Li Shouzhong and Li Mengshi's expressions changed.

"What marriage?"

"What marriage?"

"Maybe the Holy Majesty wanted to compensate me for dropping my name and becoming a scholar, so he issued an imperial edict to grant a marriage to quell the discussion among scholars."

Feng Yibo smiled wryly, and added:

"I wrote a letter to my teacher about this matter. Maybe I haven't arrived in Jinling yet, so I just missed it."

Upon hearing that the emperor was involved, Li Mengshi was immediately worried.

She glanced at Li Shouzhong, and saw that he was also frowning.

Immediately couldn't help asking: "Master, how did this happen?"

Li Shouzhong immediately raised his brows and smiled at her.

"It's okay. As the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty. It's a good thing for the Holy Majesty to give you a marriage. Just make it clear."

Li Mengshi naturally did not believe that things would be so simple.

She hesitated and said, "But, the marriage of the Lin family..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Shouzhong immediately smiled and said.

"You don't have to worry about this matter. I'll just write a memorial to explain the situation later. The Holy Majesty must make his own decision."

Without any turning point, he continued: "Let me discuss with Yibo about going to court tomorrow."

"Okay, then you guys discuss it. I'll go around the yard and see how Yibo's house is."

Li Mengshi nodded when she heard the words, and went out with a heavy heart.

This is the family tradition of the Li family in Jinling.

When men are discussing business matters, women should avoid them.

Li Shouzhong frowned only after Li Mengshi left.

"Yibo, this matter is not that simple."

Feng Yibo naturally understood, and said apologetically, "The disciple has caused trouble for the teacher!"

He was cautious these days, but unexpectedly, something went wrong elsewhere.

Although Li Shouzhong didn't discuss it with him in advance.

But the old couple are also doing it for your own good, so you can't blame others, right?

"This matter is still neglected by the teacher."

Li Shouzhong also knew that Feng Yibo was not to blame, so he shook his head naturally.

Although he didn't think it was wrong for him to make a marriage contract for Feng Yibo.

But after all, he came to the capital in a hurry, and didn't discuss it with Feng Yibo in advance.

Therefore, it was rare for him to let go of the face of respecting the teacher and explain a few sentences.

"I also thought that you don't have any elders here, even if you want to get married, you will wait for me to arrive. I didn't expect that the Holy One would give you a marriage."

Feng Yibo shook his head when he heard the words, and said sincerely:

"It's indeed unexpected, but after all, it's still my fault that I was a little impulsive in Jia's house before."

That's where the whole thing started.

"This is your kindness, I understand it."

Seeing that Feng Yibo would continue to admit his mistakes, Li Shouzhong waved his hand to stop him from continuing, and said:
"Let's not worry about who is right and who is wrong. The most urgent thing is to think about the solution."

Thinking of something again, he asked: "By the way, which girl is the one who gave the marriage?"

Feng Yibo heaved a sigh of relief seeing his mentor regain his composure so quickly.

Back: "It's the first wife of the Xue family in Jinling."

"Oh? It's actually Ziwei's successor, a scholarly successor family. You are very lucky."

Li Shouzhong was a little surprised when he heard this.

The Li family is also a big family in Jinling, and they are old relatives with the Jia family.

He is no stranger to the Xue family.

He pondered and said: "It seems that the Holy One intends to let me join forces with Wang Ziteng?"

Li Shouzhong got up and paced, thinking for a moment.

In the end, he shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about that, let's think about the marriage."

Feng Yibo recounted the matter from beginning to end.

Although the two still have no idea about it.

But the problem is sorted out a lot.

First of all, what is on the surface is the issue of marriage contract.

No matter which side you retreated from, it's hard to explain.

Both sides are respectable, and they are old relatives with the Li family.

That's okay, there are more troublesome things.

It's a matter of "ethics".

According to the etiquette, Li Shouzhong and Lin Ruhai's marriage contract date will be earlier.

Then the emperor's bestowal of marriage became chaos.

This is no small matter!

The emperor's will has been made known to the world.

If it is withdrawn again, it will reduce the authority of Tianjia.

Not only the master and apprentice, but even Emperor Jingshun will be very passive.

It is not that simple to solve this problem.

The two discussed for a long time, but there was still no proper way.

In the end, Feng Yibo had a brainwave and came up with an idea.

But he didn't have much confidence in this, hesitatingly said:
"Actually, I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work."

"Tell me first!"

Li Shouzhong didn't expect much after hearing the words.

Feng Yibo hesitated again and again, gritted his teeth and said:
"Our master and apprentice are not enough for this matter, we need someone to help."

……

Just when the master and apprentice were discussing strategies.

In Jia's residence, two people received letters from Jiangnan.

What's happening here?
Jia Zheng frowned after reading the letter.

My sister-in-law wrote to say, thanking him for helping to see each other.

And already made an appointment with Li Shouzhong to marry Daiyu?
This is indeed the suggestion he wrote to mention.

But I didn't expect my sister-in-law to be so efficient!

but.

Feng Yuan is already engaged to Baochai!
The marriage letter was written by myself!

This is bad!

No matter how innocent he was, he knew that he had caused trouble.

How to do?
This is a marriage bestowed by the emperor!
How should the royal family be dealt with?

On the other side, Lin Daiyu's eyes widened after reading the letter.

His face turned red and white for a while.

At this moment, Baochai was beside her, seeing her expression was different, she asked with concern, "But what's going on at home?"

"No no no no!"

Daiyu said no to three in a row, and frantically withheld the letter.

He also glanced at Baochai with a guilty conscience.

This glance happened to catch her hand shaking the incense fan.

On the wrist is the best ghost old black hair crystal bracelet.

Enhanced skin plumpness.

Daiyu quickly looked away, forced a smile and said:

"It's nothing serious, just received a letter from my father, and I feel a little homesick."

Baochai was a little puzzled when she heard this, and stared at Daiyu for a while.

It wasn't until Daiyu dodged her eyes that she suddenly smiled and said:

"It's fine, let's go to the yard to cool off."

(End of this chapter)