Traveling through the ancient times

But who would have known that the next day Zhou Jingjing would tell them about this person at the mahjong table.

"Do you still remember the man you met in my house yesterday?" Zhou Jingjing asked the two while drawing cards.

"Is it the one I met in the Chao Shou Arcade?" Jiang Ruixue glanced at Nian Chuhua and replied.

"Yes, it's him. You said that guy looks so scary. Well, it's not that he looks scary, but his eyes look like he wants to eat someone. I'm scared whenever I see him. My father actually wants me to marry him..." Zhou Jingjing got angry when she thought about what her father said to her yesterday afternoon.

"Master Zhou wants to marry you to him?" Chu Nianhua was a little bit unbelievable. Zhou Jingjing was also very cute. How could Master Zhou find such a son-in-law? I can't figure it out...

"Well, he mentioned it to me yesterday, and I rejected it outright!"

"What is the origin of that man? Lord Zhou wants to marry his precious daughter to him?" Jiang Ruixue asked casually.

"The man's surname is Song Yi. My father said that he was the son of a former classmate of his. When they went to Beijing to take the imperial examination together, his father helped my father a lot. Otherwise, my father would not have been able to take the examination.

Later, his father failed the imperial examination and was about to return home. Before leaving, my father gave his jade pendant to his father, saying that he could pawn it for travel expenses.

Not long ago, he suddenly came to my father with the jade pendant, saying that his family had met with misfortune and that all his relatives were gone. Before his father died, he gave him the jade pendant and asked him to come to my father, and then he moved in with us. "

Zhou Jingjing finished speaking in one breath, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and continued, "You said, let him live in our house, we didn't want to chase him away, but he went to my father and said that he had no status, and it was not right for him to live in our house, so he wanted to move out.

My father thought that if his father had not helped him, he would not be where he is today, so he proposed to marry me to him so that he could have the status to live in our house!

Do you think my father is out of his mind? How could he be so careless in promising my life to someone else? Besides, it’s obvious that the man is not someone you can get along with.”

Not only is he difficult to get along with, he is simply a vicious and cruel person!

"Does that man look like Mr. Zhou's classmate? Didn't Mr. Zhou ever doubt this man's background?" Chushulhua was a little curious about what Mr. Zhou was thinking. How could such a person be a good match? Mr. Zhou seemed to be very fond of Zhou Jingjing! Was it all just an act?

"My father said that he might look like his mother. Only my father and his father knew about the jade pendant. The jade pendant is real..."

"Where is that man's hometown?"

"It seems to be a place called Hengyang. I heard it is very far away from Qunan."

"So what did he do every day after he came to join you?" Nian Chuhua felt that things were not simple. Why did she feel that the man was aiming for the position of son-in-law of the Zhou family?

"I don't know about that. I haven't had much contact with him."

"Why don't you go back and have a good talk with your father and ask him to carefully investigate the origins of this man. After all, this is a matter of your life, and you can't make a conclusion based on a jade pendant." Jiang Ruixue also felt that there was something fishy about this man.

"Hmm!" A gust of wind blew, and several people's hair flew in the wind, which was very funny. After tidying up her appearance, Zhou Jingjing suddenly said, "Let me tell you, in their language, blowing wind, it's called [chaihong]. This is the first time I've heard of it!"

Zhou Jingjing has also traveled to several places with Mr. Zhou. When she heard this name for the first time, she found it very interesting and shared it with them.

"Zhuihong?" Jiang Ruixue thought about it. She and her father had been to many places and had never heard of this term. However, the world is so big and there are so many accents and dialects, so it is normal that they have never heard of it.

"Anyway, go back and talk to your father more. Don't act like a spoiled brat. Master Zhou still loves you very much."

"Well, I will. It's more comfortable to chat with you guys. When I'm with those ladies, they always talk about comparing themselves with others and competing for beauty. It's boring..."

"Come over and play more often if you have nothing to do! Hey... look at the cards in your hand." Teacher Jiang saw Zhou Jingjing pick up a card and wanted to throw it away directly, so he reminded her in time.

Zhou Jingjing took it in her hand and examined it carefully, then looked at Jiang Ruixue uncertainly, "I think I'm wrong?"

"It's not like you've won, it's that you've already won. Don't rush to throw away the cards you get, take a closer look."

"Yeah, I think I got it. It's great to be with you guys. We can chat and learn new things. It's so fun!" Zhou Jingjing thought that the three of them could be said to have become friends through fighting.

After lunch and a nap, the group continued to play until the evening. Zhou Jingjing reluctantly got up and stretched. "It's fun, but it's still pretty tiring to sit here all day."

Jiang Ruixue invited Zhou Jingjing to have dinner with her but she refused to eat. She said she had to go back early as it was already a day. Jiang Ruixue did not force her and sent her out of the house.

"What do you think Lord Zhou is thinking? Zhou Jingjing just came of age yesterday, and he wants to marry his daughter to the son of an old friend, who we don't know if he's real or fake." Nian Chuhua was a little confused.

“I always feel that there is something wrong with this man.”

"Yeah, I think so, but this is just our guess. What if he really is..."

Jiang Ruixue nodded, and Mingyue invited the two of them to have dinner, and the matter was forgotten.

After the fifteenth day of the lunar year, everyone returned to their positions and got busy.

In the Funing Palace, Lu Mingqian was bidding farewell to the King and the Queen!

"Qian'er, are you leaving so soon? Can't you spend more time with your mother?" The Queen Mother was reluctant to part with this brief reunion. Ever since her son was sent to the military camp by the King, she and her son have only seen each other a few times a year.

"Yes, now the world is peaceful, and there is a deputy general in the military camp, so you don't have to be in charge of everything. When you were away, your mother and I were worried about you every day. Now that you are back, you should stay a little longer to accompany your mother."

The Queen looked at her son with hope in her eyes and nodded lovingly! The main reason was that she wanted to ask her son about his daughter-in-law. She had only seen her a few times since she came back, and each time she came and left in a hurry, so she hadn't had time to ask...

"My son has important things to do, so I can't delay any longer."

"Important? What important thing? Have you missed Miss Nian since you last saw her for so long?" The king looked at Lu Mingqian jokingly.

...

The King and the Queen both stared at Lu Mingqian intently with smiles in their eyes. They were all experienced people, so how could they not know the pain of missing someone? They just wanted to know something about the two of them. It was not something that could not be told.

Lu Mingqian looked at their father and mother and coughed lightly, "How did father know her?" It seemed that he had not had time to tell them about the Nianchu painting.

"You little brat, you still dare to ask me how I know? I have asked you many times which girl you like, and every time you lied to me and said you don't like her. Your mother and I have been worried about you all day long, and we can't eat or sleep well." The king and the queen looked at each other with tears in their eyes, as if Lu Mingqian had done something very unrighteous to them.

"When are you going to bring Miss Nian to see me and your mother?"

"Replying to Father, the time is not yet ripe."

"Nonsense, this isn't a battle, there's no need to worry about timing. You bring your sweetheart home to meet the parents, have a meal and chat, what's the point of timing?"

The Empress took the opportunity to answer, "Could it be that the young lady had no interest in my son that year, but my son just had a one-sided love for her?"

"No..." Before Lu Mingqian finished speaking, the king interrupted him, "That means you two are in sync. If that's the case, then what is not ripe for the time? Tell me, and I'll help you add some fuel to the fire, and it will be ready in no time."

Do you think it's cooking?

"Miss Nian is still young..."

"Don't blame me. I've already made inquiries. The young lady is already sixteen years old this year. She's not young anymore. She can get married this year and give birth to a big fat boy next year. Isn't that perfect?"

"My son wants to get to know Miss Nian better, so that we won't get tired of each other after we get married."

After Lu Mingqian said this, the king and the queen fell silent. They hoped that their son would get married soon, but they also hoped that they would live in harmony after marriage.

"Well, if that's the case, then you should go quickly. Your mother and I don't need you to accompany us. Take some of the strange and bizarre things that Tu Ge brought as tribute to my future daughter-in-law."

The change came too fast. Lu Mingqian was stunned for a moment. He looked up at the king and the queen. The queen looked at her son lovingly and nodded, "Go. Your mother and your father hope that you can live happily."

Lu Mingqian's eyes felt a little sore, and he quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, father and mother, for your help!"