Records of the King of Xin'an County

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zixian and his four brothers and sisters went to the inner hall of the main courtyard to say hello as usual.Wang Chang didn't rest in the inner hall last night, and Mrs. Yang was ill again, the maidservants who served beside her were extra cautious.Wang Zixian glanced at them thoughtfully, then his eyes fell on Wang Luoniang and Wang Xiangniang.

Wang Luoniang's injuries were not serious, the redness and swelling on her face hadn't completely faded, and there were some traces of fingerprints.She held Wang Xiangniang's arm expressionlessly, and followed Wang Xiangniang step by step, turning a blind eye to Wang Ziling.Wang Ziling didn't care about her indifference, he felt a little restless all over his body, presumably all he was thinking about was the hundred guan.It's just that he doesn't know what crooked thoughts he will have if he can't get the hundred strings after a long time.

"Let them in." Xiao Yang leaned sickly on the hidden sac, frowning.Although she has always been well maintained, but recently she has a heavy heart and suddenly fell ill, showing a bit of oldness after all.Not only are the fine lines at the corners of the eyes and eyebrows more severe, but there are also some silver hairs in the temples like dark clouds.When she saw the graceful Prince Xian, her eyes froze involuntarily.After seeing the indifferent appearance of Wang Ziling and Wang Luoniang, her heart ached even more.

"My son, what are you two doing?" She hurriedly called Wang Luoniang to her side, took her into her arms, and said to Wang Ziling lightly, "Erlang, it's your fault if you move your hands. Your sister Since I was a child and raised up, how have you ever been so angry? Why don't you apologize to her immediately?"

"..." Facing her earnest gaze, Wang Ziling had no choice but to take a step back, and bowed his hands in full gesture, "Good Luo Niang, it was all my fault yesterday, so don't be angry." However, if you look closely, In his eyes, there was no trace of remorse, let alone a sense of guilt.

"There is no overnight hatred between brothers and sisters." Xiao Yang summoned Wang Ziling to her side with satisfaction, "In the future, you must help each other, and you must not cause quarrels over such trivial matters. If this matter is spread Go out, maybe someone will read your jokes, are you willing?"

Wang Luoniang's eyes were reddened with grievance: "But Aunt... There is indeed nothing left in our warehouse, and we can't even get ten pennies out of the book. I'm really worried. Don't we have to pay on credit after a while? Living?" As a daughter of a family that has fallen into decline, she has never tasted poverty, but she has an instinctive fear and disgust for "poverty".Thinking about her own dowry is just for the guarantee of a comfortable life in the future.

"Don't worry, it won't be like this." Xiao Yang patted her hand, and said to Wang Ziling, "As for the one hundred guan you want, I will find a way to get it together. Wait a little longer , I might be able to get it all together." As she spoke, her eye circles also turned slightly red: "Erlang, you should also be considerate of the difficulties at home."

The prince agreed wholeheartedly, but his eyes wandered around without any trace.Wang Zixian narrowed his eyes slightly, followed his gaze to look around, and smiled playfully in his heart.Wang Xiangniang still bowed her head, showing a cowardly attitude, not daring to look, listen or speak.

At this time, Xiao Yang whispered something to Wang Luoniang again, and signaled Wang Zixian and Wang Xiangniang to leave.Wang Luoniang's eyes were pulsating, but she raised her voice and said, "Aniang, it's better to let eldest brother and Xiangniang stay. Elder brother must have some understanding of that Du Langjun..." The implication is, But she didn't fully trust Wang Ziling anymore.

Xiao Yang's complexion suddenly darkened, and he forced a smile: "That's fine. However, Erlang and that Du Langjun are brothers in the same school, so they must be more familiar with him. Erlang, tell me about the Du Chongfeng you mentioned. What is Du Langjun like? Does his appearance, character, disposition, talent, and family background have any advantages?"

Wang Ziling was stunned, and a dark color quickly flashed in his eyes: "Mr. Zhou and his cousin both spoke well of him. Mr. Jingzhao Du came from a side branch, and he was born with a good-looking talent, and his temperament is like a gentleman. When you think about it carefully, it's not bad. The new son-in-law. Why, Auntie took a fancy to him?"

Wang Zixian smiled ironically in his heart: Mr. Zhou Jiyan and Yang Qian's evaluation of Du Chongfeng was more than "good"?They almost regarded him as another top-notch young man in the future, and praised him all day long.Wang Zimu also respects and admires him very much, even though the two are similar in age, they regard him as the older brother.In front of Du Chongfeng, everyone in the sect was overshadowed, not to mention the embarrassing disciple Wang Ziling.As time goes by, it is inevitable for anyone to develop a heart of jealousy - not to mention that he is already narrow-minded?

Xiao Yang nodded in satisfaction, and Wang Luoniang blushed even more, and leaned into her arms.

Xiao Yang smiled and stroked her shoulder lightly, and said: "Erlang, after you return to Beijing, you should go and find out about Mr. Du Lang. If his family is not engaged yet, you might as well mention our family. Luo Niang. We are an offshoot of the Langya Wang family, and he is an offshoot of the Jingzhao Du family, so we are well matched. And..." She glanced at Wang Zixian: "Luo Niang is the younger sister of the first-ranked Xinke family."

Hearing this, Wang Zixian raised the corners of his lips, but Wang Ziling froze - if he was jealous of Du Chongfeng, he absolutely hated Wang Zixian, he was gnashing his teeth to the point of wanting to die every day.Seeing that Xiao Yang wanted to use the title offered by the prince to obtain a new son-in-law like Du Chongfeng for Wang Luoniang, the anger in his heart boiled immediately.If this marriage is successful, even if he marries Yang Shiniang, there will be no place for him to speak in this family! !This must not be allowed to happen! !

So, he pretended to be hesitant, looked at Wang Zixian, and said: "This Du Shishilang is good in everything, but unfortunately he is far inferior to others. I heard that both his parents died, and he was raised by his uncle and aunt. The number of fate is too restrictive. Moreover, his family is poor, thanks to the subsidies from his cousin these years, he can barely get by." With the prince present, he naturally dare not speak nonsense, but it doesn't matter if nine points are true and one point is false. of.After all, how much does his elder brother know about Du Chongfeng?

Wang Luoniang's face was slightly pale, and she suddenly raised her eyes.Xiao Yang was also taken aback, frowned and said: "After Jingzhao Du, how come he has fallen to this point? However, if Yang's family takes care of him, he only needs to become an official in the future, and he should gradually get better, right?"

"My cousin loves him very much and keeps saying that he wants to talk to him about a little lady with a full dowry." Wang Ziling continued, "Just these days, he also mentioned that the Duke intends to marry Yang Ba Niang to Du Fourteen Lang."

Wang Luoniang couldn't help but looked at Wang Zixian with tears in her eyes, and pinned her last hope on him: "Brother... Are these true?" Ever since Xiao Yang mentioned Du Chongfeng in front of her, she regarded him as her future son. Husband-in-law.Unexpectedly, although this husband-in-law is good, sooner or later he will be someone else's property.Compared with the prostitute of the Hongnong County government, she is just a mere younger sister, she is like heaven and earth, anyone knows how to choose!

"Du Chongfeng is a talented person, and the Duke of the county is a person who loves and cherishes talents. It is indeed very possible." Wang Zixian sighed softly, "But, Luo Niang, don't be discouraged. Let Ziling ask him before he can speak. Forget it. Perhaps, he has other plans in mind, so we don't know?"

"What else are you going to ask?!" Wang Luoniang stood up suddenly, "Our family wants power but no power, and we don't have dowry! Are you asking for humiliation?!" Ladies, you also have self-knowledge.Among the little ladies in Shangzhou, she is now superior to everyone just relying on her elder brother Wang Zixian.But if compared with those real powerful noble daughters in Chang'an city, he would feel ashamed.

After saying that, she wiped away her tears and hurried out the door.Wang Xiangniang hurriedly followed behind her, calling "sister" repeatedly.Looking at the back of her beloved daughter, Xiao Yang felt her heart ache even more.At this time, she saw that Prince Xian was extremely disliked, so she found an excuse and kicked him out.When I looked at Wang Ziling again, no matter how much anger I felt, it turned into helplessness: "If you look carefully for Luo Niang, she is also old, and it's time to get engaged."

Wang Ziling nodded absent-mindedly: "Don't worry about it, baby, why not help her find a good husband after returning to Chang'an? It's just that she has been clamoring for dowry and dowry, so it's time for Auntie to restrain her."

"I will not be short of your dowry, nor will I be short of her dowry." Seeing his perfunctory handling, Xiao Yang couldn't help but secretly annoyed, and kicked him out as well.

Not long after, some female family members of the family came to visit the sick.Little Yang reluctantly dealt with them, and tried to borrow money from them in the name of Wang Zixian.Unexpectedly, everyone used the excuse that they couldn't get enough work recently, and they didn't intend to let go of their promises at all. They just sat down and left in a hurry.Xiao Yang was disappointed and miserable, as long as she thought about what they were discussing behind their backs, she would feel a dull pain in her head.

The next day, Wang Luoniang strongly demanded to take Wang Xiangniang out for sightseeing and banquets.Seeing that she was depressed and Wang Xiangniang was always submissive, Xiao Yang could only agree to let her go out to relax.Not long after the two sisters left, a strange servant came from Chang'an, asking to see Wang Ziling by name.

When Wang Zixian heard Cao Silang mention that it was a servant of the Yang family, he put down the pen in his hand with a smile, and slowly put the letter in the box and sealed it: "Maybe arrange a few more people to come and urge him. Like him This kind of person with high self-esteem will never remember what the servants of the Yang family look like, as long as they see the proof, they will naturally believe it."

Cao Silang nodded enthusiastically, and just as he was about to go out to make arrangements, there was an extra box in his hand.Then I heard my husband say again: "Go to Chang'an and give the letters to Xuan Qi and Sun Rong respectively. From Xuan Qi's place, ask him if he replied to me; there is no need to say more about Sun Rong's place, he naturally knows How to do."

Seeing that he only got the post of delivering the letter, but left the interesting matter to Sun Rong, Cao Silang immediately drooped his head, and dragged his feet out feebly.Wang Zixian raised his head and looked at the sky - in one or two days, it should be the best time.It's time for him to communicate with the patriarch.

For another two days, Wang Luoniang and Wang Xiangniang went out to play as usual; Wang Ziling asked people to send away the servants of the Yang family with a livid face; the little Yang family continued to entertain guests feebly with hope, but was repeatedly disappointed; and Wang Chang finally welcomed the patriarch. Wait for a group of elders.

He went forward to greet them with a smile, but when he looked up, he found that everyone's face was full of anger, and they all looked at him with deep eyes, obviously the visitor was not kind.For a moment, he didn't know what happened, and asked tentatively: "What's the matter with the world father and all the world fathers and uncles..."

"You still ask us what's the matter?!" The patriarch shouted, "Nizi!! Could it be that you don't know what good things you have done?!"

Wang Chang froze, guilty of avoiding their aggressive gaze.

Seeing this, the patriarch concluded that the matter was true, and said with a sneer: "If you still can't remember, I will help you remember!! Zhou Zhoulang—what do you think of this name?!"

Tuesday Lang? !Wang Chang suddenly turned pale with shock, his face turned pale in an instant, his legs trembled, he couldn't stand upright and fell to the ground for a moment.