Time is slow

   Chapter 729 Marriage

  In the year of the big exam, not only the wealthy gentry will stare at the famous students on the list, but also high-ranking officials like Xu Cifu.

  Every family has daughters and granddaughters. It is not easy to be an elder. In order not to let the girl in the family marry an ignorant and ignorant dude, it is still the young talents on the list.

   "The fourth girl is not too young, it's time to make a decision." Xu Cifu thought of the fourth granddaughter, his brows stretched.

  The fourth granddaughter is also top-notch among noble girls in the capital, and she is not afraid that others will look down on her.

   "Master, are you interested in this?" The granddaughter's marriage was of course a concern, so he asked again.

   "How does Madam look at the Qiao family's child?"

   Mrs. Jisuke was taken aback.

   Xu Cifu sighed: "It's Qiao Zhuo's grandson after all, and he's a Hui Yuanlang in the first place."

  The same is from the imperial examination, he only obeys Qiao Zhuo.

  Look at it now, it’s just that he couldn’t compare to Qiao Zhuo back then, and now his grandchildren can’t compare to other people’s grandsons. It’s true that people are more dead than others, and goods are worth throwing away.

  Fortunately, although he can't give birth to such a grandson, he can marry his granddaughter. His granddaughter is also a famous and talented girl in the capital.

   "Master said yes, of course it is good, but the parents of the Qiao family's son have passed away for more than a year, and they are still in the period of filial piety." Mrs. Cifu never objected to Xu Cifu's decision, but she raised concerns.

   "Of course I know this. It is an exception for the emperor to allow Qiao Mo to participate in the imperial examination, and Qiao Mo will definitely not consider marriage during the period of filial piety."

According to the rules of Daliang, during the period of hot filial piety, it is absolutely not allowed to discuss marriage, but now it has been a full year, and it is said that it is a total of three years, but in fact, there is only about one year left. OK.

But Xu Mingda knew that Qiao Mo participated in the scientific examination first, and marriage would never be considered. Otherwise, the filial piety was a scientific examination and a marriage discussion, then it would provoke the world to gossip, even if the emperor gave special permission. .

   "Since that's the case, how can the master still—"

  Xu Mingda smiled and said, "I don't want to talk about kissing, at least we can talk privately first. If Qiao Mo wants to do this, the fourth girl will only wait a year."

   Mrs. Cifu followed with a smile: "Master is right, it's a pity to miss such a good child."

  Xu Mingda calmly took a sip of tea.

  Qiao Zhuo used to be full of peaches and plums all over the world, and it’s just that Qiao Mo didn’t step into the officialdom. Once he joined the officialdom, those who had been Qiao Zhuo’s students would definitely open the door for convenience.

  His granddaughter got engaged to Qiao Mo, and inadvertently pulled over the contacts left by Qiao Zhuo.

   However, Qiao Mo is a thorn in the eyes of Lan Shan and his son. At this time, he will be dissatisfied with Lan Shan to discuss with Qiao Mo, and it will be just right to wait a year.

   Next year, it was a good time for him to wait for many years to prepare for the shot.

  Qiao Mo received an invitation from Xu Mingda, and his mood was quite complicated when they met in an unremarkable teahouse.

   He hasn't even participated in the palace exam yet. The past few days have been surging, and the posts he received are like snowflakes piled on the table.

  If you don't enter an official position, no matter how famous you are, you can only enjoy the admiration of the world, but you can't touch the government in the slightest.

   And he won the Zhonghui Yuan, and it is no surprise that he will be in the top one in the palace examination, and he will become a Qing and noble Hanlin. In another ten or twenty years, he may become a member that cannot be ignored in the official circles.

  Civil officials are different from military generals, and they all go up step by step, and the win over a future important minister often starts when he first enters the officialdom.

  Xu Mingda looked at Qiao Mo, who was sitting across from him, and was secretly satisfied.

It has long been known that Qiao Mo and Princess Changrong's sons were compared in the capital. Although they didn't care about it at their age, they still had to sigh that God loved the Qiao family boy very much, and it was Zhong Ling Yuxiu. It's delightful to see.

First, he mentioned his friendship with Qiao Zhuo, and then lamented the misfortune of the Qiao family. After some greetings, Xu Mingda finally entered the topic: "This old man has a granddaughter, who is the fourth in the family. She is not ugly, and she knows how to write. I don't know what Mo thinks? "

   Qiao Mo paused.

   He has a good memory, so of course he knows which girl Xu Cifu's fourth granddaughter is, and even because that girl is famous, he even knows her boudoir name, her surname is Xu and her name is Jinghong.

   In the same circle, he and this girl Xu had met earlier, and he remembered a cold and noble girl.

   This kind of people, most of the characters are passable.

  Qiao Mo understood what Xu Mingda meant as soon as he thought about it, and politely declined: "Students have filial piety, so it is inconvenient to evaluate."

Xu Mingda was silent for a moment, took a sip from the teacup, and said with a smile: "Old man, let's just say it straight, my granddaughter has reached the age of marriage, the old man seems to see only Mo alone. If you are interested, then When you are out of your filial piety next year, decide on the marriage. If you don't want to, the old man will find another good son-in-law for the granddaughter. After all, the girl's family is different from the man, so you can't wait."

"student-"

Seeing Qiao Mo speak without hesitation, Xu Mingda interrupted him: "Don't rush to answer me, young people are always in a hurry, in fact, they often don't know what they want. Well, wait for your palace test to give me news. ."

   Hearing Xu Mingda say this, Qiao Mo couldn't refuse any more, and nodded lightly.

   Returning to the champion mansion, Qiao Mo thought seriously.

   He is in his twenties. As the only male of the Qiao family, it is a necessary responsibility to continue the bloodline. After the filial piety period, marriage is indeed imminent.

   Xu Mingda's granddaughter—

  Qiao Mo has an excellent memory, and Xu Jinghong's appearance clearly appeared in his mind, but his father's words sounded in his ears.

   "Xu Cifu kept a low profile. Many people thought he was incompetent and was crushed to death by Lan Shoufu. Let's see, in the future this person will definitely bite Lanshan hard and take his place as Shoufu."

   In this way, the goals of the Xu family and the Qiao family were originally the same. If he and the Xu family became in-laws, at least he would not worry about embarrassment due to their position in the future.

  Qiao Mo thought of this and stopped thinking deeply.

   That's all, I have the opportunity to discuss it with my sister.

   "Young master, someone from Kou's house has invited you and the second girl over to dinner." The servant came in and reported.

  The grandfather's family invited each other, and when Qiao Mo was just in the exam, he couldn't refuse it because of his feelings and reason. Qiao Mo packed up and took Qiao Wan on the carriage of Shangshu's mansion to the Kou mansion.

   On the way, Qiao Wan was sullen.

   "Why are you unhappy lately?" For this sister, although she is not a compatriot, but because of the big age difference, Qiao Mo inevitably loves her more.

Qiao Wan has a lively nature and can't hide her thoughts in front of her closest brother, complaining: "I feel at ease in Hou's mansion, although I am happy to see my cousin and the others when I go to my grandmother's house, but when I think of my grandmother, I talk in front of them. I can't say it out loud, it's annoying."

  Qiao Mo smiled and rubbed Qiao Wan's head: "Be good late Wanwan, be patient."

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