I Am This Type of Woman

Chapter 113: To see or not to see (1)

Rong Xia, who was robbed as goods, was entertaining guests at home. Because he was still in the filial piety period, officials were not allowed to drink and have fun, so he used two cups of tea for the treats.

The status of the guest is not low, he is Yao Peiji, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, an important member of the court.

Yao Peiji is an avid lover of calligraphy and painting, so he has a good impression of Rong Xia. He usually calls Rong Xia brothers and sisters, and he doesn't mind the age difference of thirty or forty years between them at all. In fact, if he could get a painting of Rong Xia, even if he was called Brother Rong Xia, I'm afraid he would be willing.

"Good painting, good artistic conception," Yao Peiji said to Rong Xia, looking at the sketches of cats playing flowers hanging on the wall, his cheeks flushed with excitement, "Uncle's painting skills have improved again, this kitten seems to be alive So-so. It’s just why is there a peony flower tied to the cat’s head?”

Rong Xia smiled and said, "This is just a little fun for me."

"Painting comes from the heart, it will be more spiritual, it should be like this, it should be like this," Yao Peiji caressed the palm of his hand, and suddenly felt that this peony was simply the finishing touch, which made the cat more naive, and also had some A little capricious.

Cats should be willful to be cute.

Yao Peiji pulled Rong Xia to talk about the painting for a long while, and then said with emotion: "Uncle is so talented, I don't know what kind of woman in the world can be worthy of you."

Rong Xia smiled and said nothing, but offered Yao Peiji a cup of tea.

"I see that the second daughter of Mr. Shi's mansion is beautiful and intelligent, and she is extremely talented, so she is a perfect match for you." Yao Peiji took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I don't know if Uncle has such intentions?"

There was a bit of thought on Rong Xia's face, and he said after a while: "Master Yao is talking about the two thousand gold in Shi Xiang's mansion?"

"It's him," Yao Peiji said. "My wife often mentions this daughter. I suddenly thought yesterday that this girl is very suitable for you."

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Master Yao," Rong Xia got up and bowed to Yao Peiji, apologizing, "To tell you the truth, Master Yao, I have already arranged a marriage a few days ago, but now it's the filial piety period for the Eldest Princess. It is inappropriate to mention this matter, so I ask Master Yao to keep it a secret."

"What, what?" Yao Peiji looked at Rong Xia in surprise, Rong Langjun was actually engaged, why didn't any news come out? Fortunately, he is an elegant person, seeing what Rong Xia said, he didn't ask any further, "In that case, I wish Uncle Rong and your future wife will be as strong as gold, and grow old together."

"Thank you Master Yao for your kind words," Rong Xia stood up and bowed solemnly to Yao Peiji.

Seeing Rong Xia's flushed face and bright smile, Yao Peiji sighed in his heart, it seems that Uncle Rong really loves his fiancée, otherwise he wouldn't be smiling so comfortably. It's a pity that Shi's family's thoughts can't be fulfilled, so he went to Shi's house now.

Seeing that Yao Peiji wanted to go, Rong Xia couldn't persuade him to keep him, so she sent him to the main gate. After knowing that Yao Peiji's carriage had left, she asked the porter to close the gate.

In the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Shi Jin was recuperating at home, when he heard the boy next to his father call him to entertain guests, he changed into a half-worn plain robe and walked out after the boy. Because of the assassination and death of the eldest princess, as the deputy commander of the imperial guards, he was fined 50 boards. Fortunately, he is the son of the right minister, and the executioner has a sense of propriety, so his injury looks serious, but in fact he didn't hurt any bones. On the contrary, he was more serious than the commander who had beaten him fifty times. It is said that he still can't get out of bed, and he doesn't know if he can keep his position as commander of the Imperial Guard.

When he arrived at the main hall, he saw that it was Yao Peiji who came, so he guessed what was going on, and greeted Yao Peiji.

Shi Chonghai originally didn't want his daughter to marry Rong Xia, but seeing that Rong Xia was becoming more and more prestigious among scholars, and was highly valued by the emperor, and was gaining more and more real power in the court, he felt that it was a good choice for his daughter to marry him. But throughout the ages, it was always a man who proposed to a woman, but there was no daughter who begged and rushed to ask the man whether he would marry him or not, so after deliberation, he asked Yao Peiji to help him find out.

"Just now I saw a picture of a cat play at Uncle Rong's mansion, it was very interesting," Yao Peiji had already drank tea at Rong Xia's place, and when he arrived at Xiangye's mansion, he only slightly dipped the corners of his lips with the tea Then put it down, "The old man said something extra today and asked about Uncle Rong's marriage."

Yao Peiji never mentioned that the Shi family asked him to ask, but said that he was talking too much, which was to save the face of the Shi family.

"Who knows that this uncle is a man who doesn't understand customs, and doesn't care about the relationship between men and women at all," Yao Peiji shook his head and sighed, "I don't know what young people think nowadays, they are all in their twenties People. When the old man was at his age, the children had already run all over the place."

Shi Jin slightly raised his eyebrows: "Uncle Rong doesn't want to?"

Yao Peiji looked at Shi Jin with a smile: "That's right, he just doesn't want to mention marriage." The implication is that I did what your family asked me to do, but he didn't think so, so you just rest for a while rest.

Shi Jin didn't know what to think of, and couldn't help frowning.

Shi Chonghai laughed when he heard the words: "Young people like a free and undisciplined life, and without the supervision of their elders at home, naturally they don't want to live a life of marriage."

It's just that a person who has lost his father and mother has the right to be picky about his daughter, he really doesn't know how to flatter him!

Yao Peiji pretended not to hear the sarcasm in Shi Chonghai's words, and after sitting in Shi's house for a while, he got up to leave, and it was the housekeeper of Shi's house who sent him out.

After getting into the carriage, Yao Peiji shook his head and hummed a little tune, appearing to be in a very good mood. In the eyes of others, he is a courtier vassalized by Shi Chonghai, and even he himself thought so. But this doesn't mean that he likes the Shi family to treat him as an errand runner. There are juniors at home, and it is not a busy time with many guests, but the Shi family asks a servant to take him out. It is really contemptuous.

The face of Rong Xia in front of the emperor is such that she personally sent him out. The Shi family's face is really so big that they can't even send him a few steps?

Scholars pay attention to etiquette the most. If other people's etiquette is not in place, it is an offense to a scholar.

Yao Peiji finally had a problem with the Shi family.

"If you really think your daughter is a fairy, whoever you fancy will marry her?"

Yao Peiji snorted, maintaining a strangely good mood, and left the boundary of the Shi family.

Ban Huai returned home with a face full of indescribable expressions, called his wife and children to him, waved away all the servants, and looked at the other three people in the family with a serious face.