Wishful Things

Xia Tingzhen didn't leave much room for her daughter to guess, and said straight to the point: "Father found a marriage for you."

... family matter?

Xia Xi was stunned for a moment.

Before the big event in her life, she subconsciously asked: "Which family is father looking at?"

"The champion of the new division, Cao Lang."

Xia Xi almost thought she had heard wrong.

The new champion?

"Father wants to marry his daughter to the new champion?"

Xia Tingzhen looked at her.

The girl's face was full of shock, and under the shock, it was obvious that she was not half happy.

But Xia Tingzhen didn't care about her daughter's mood, and didn't say the same thing a second time.

Xia Xi managed to recover, and said anxiously: "But my daughter doesn't want to marry him! My daughter didn't know him at all before, so how can she just marry him?"

I don't recognize this sentence, but it is actually an excuse to throw it out in a hurry.

In fact, she also went to see the champion on the day of the parade. Cao Lang, the so-called champion who passed the exam at a young age, was very ordinary. He said that he had just turned 20, but he was born with a very old appearance. Moreover, his demeanor and appearance showed that he came from a poor family, and he was not as calm as Tan Hualang behind!

At that time, even the young lady from another family who was with her didn't look down on her, let alone her?

Yes, the man's future is the most important thing, but with his background, he is destined to put in more effort than the noble sons of the capital. According to her background conditions, she can directly marry a better family, so why bother to spend time with him? !

Her father is the chief minister of the dynasty!

"If you don't want to marry him, then who do you want to marry?" Xia Tingzhen looked at her daughter coldly.

"Daughter... my daughter has no one she wants to marry... But, among the people my mother found for my daughter, marrying anyone... is better than marrying this Cao Lang!" Xia Xi looked at his mother sitting there as he spoke, with a look in his eyes asking for help.

But Mrs. Xue just sat there with an indifferent expression.

Xia Tingzhen said coldly: "When it comes to marriage, when will it be your turn to pick and choose? It's lucky that you, a daughter, have the face to say things like who to marry and who not to marry!"

This daughter has always been willful, and he has told his wife many times that she must be disciplined—is this the result of her discipline?

"..." Xia Xi's face turned red from being scolded, and the circles of her eyes immediately turned red.

About her own marriage, whenever she said a word, was she disregarding her daughter's family's face?

So what about Xu Mingyi? ——Duke Zhen Guo almost robbed the grandson of King Dingnan to cheer for Xu Mingyi! Wouldn't that be even more shameless? She even secretly heard that Xu Mingyi's marriage has always been decided by herself in the Zhen Guogong's mansion. It is said that whether she marries or not is up to her!

At that time, she still laughed at the lack of decency in the government of Zhen Guo's government, and it was a laughing stock if it was spread out.

But now she was suddenly arranged by her father for such an unsatisfactory marriage, and her father didn't even allow her to express what she thought in her heart—she just felt that she couldn't laugh anymore.

At this moment, the grievance even overshadowed the fear of his father's majesty.

"My daughter dared to ask her father, why did she insist on marrying her to this man?"

For such a person of poor background, her parents must be extremely vulgar. Didn't her father consider what kind of monsters and ghosts she would have to face if she married in the past?

"When doing things for my father, I have to think about it. Do I need to explain it to you in detail?" Xia Tingzhen's tone was heavy, and his patience was running out.

Xia Xi grasped the fingers in her sleeve tightly.

Self-consideration?

"Father is trying to win over Cao Lang?" She tried her best to sound well-behaved and aggrieved, instead of refuting, "But father is the current chief assistant. If you want to recruit him, you only need to give some hints. Would he still refuse such a good thing? Why does father have to marry his daughter to him?"

Xia Tingzhen sneered.

A little girl who is completely ignorant still wants to discuss court affairs with him?

Now Ji Xiu is becoming more and more restless, and even secretly wants to split and provoke his officials. Under such circumstances, he naturally wanted to recruit the champion of the new division. No, in the long run, he wanted to cultivate and promote this person—a young man who came from a poor family and had no one to rely on was often the best at using it.

But he didn't have the time to promote a real outsider - he needed a relatively solid relationship to ensure that this person would not get too far out of his control.

As for the marriage of a young girl, there is indeed no better value right now, and it is not a waste to use it here.

"I came here today for my father, not to discuss with you, but to tell you about this matter—" Xia Tingzhen didn't want to waste any more words, stood up, and looked at Xue Shi: "It's time to prepare and get ready in time. If you can't even do this, then let someone else arrange it."

After speaking, he left here in a flick of his sleeves.

Seeing the back of her husband leaving, Xue, who had not said a word from the beginning to the end, had a sarcastic smile in his eyes.

"Mother, I don't want to marry...can you help me persuade my father?" Xia Xi stepped forward and grabbed her mother's arm, her eyes full of eager begging.

"Persuade?" Xue seemed to have heard some joke: "Can I persuade him?"

"But my daughter really doesn't want to marry that Cao Lang..." Xia Xi cried and threw herself into her mother's arms, as if trying to hold on to the last hope.

Mrs. Xue patted her daughter's back lightly, her eyes were a little distracted, and she said: "Who gave your surname Xia? Think about how your second brother died... Maybe you can really understand your situation..."

Hearing this, Xia Xi cried louder immediately, thinking that the mother didn't need to hug her anymore, so she got up and ran away crying.

...

At the same moment, the Zhen Guogong's mansion had just sent away Wen's mother and daughter.

Xu Mingyi went back to Xiyuan, then went to the study, and told Ah Kui: "Come and grind the ink for me."

Ah Kui responded immediately—the girl is going to write a letter to Wu Shisun again, right? But this letter was written so suddenly, was there any inspiration?

But she soon discovered that the girl did not want to write letters, but to paint.

To be precise, the girl drew a portrait of a man.

The man in the painting is about thirty or forty years old, with an ordinary appearance, a short beard, and slightly sunken cheeks...

who is this

Aoi thought for a while, but couldn't recognize it.

Is it because the girl's painting skills are not exquisite enough? ——This must not be possible.

So, it must be someone she has never seen before.

"Give this portrait to Uncle Zhu, and ask him to take people inside and outside the capital to watch out for people with similar looks—if there are, arrest them first." After the ink was dry, Xu Mingyi quickly rolled up the paper and handed it to Ah Kui.

Ah Kui answered "Yes", but couldn't help asking: "Girl, who is this?"

Xu Mingyi got up from behind the desk, and said casually, "Maybe it's the flower picker."

Ah Kui was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at the scrolled painting in her hand.

Flower pickers must be caught, she understands the truth, but——

"How does the girl know that the flower picker looks like this?"

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(There is only one update today, menstrual period pain plus headache and stomach pain, all rushed together, please forgive me)