Chapter 68：

This was a tiring marriage. The three Cheng family members were relatively silent on the carriage, not knowing where to start - Dad Cheng was confused, clutching his cuffs tightly, as if he had just been Deng Tuzi ate spicy tofu; Director Xiao looked solemn, full of a sense of ceremony like hosting a memorial service. The young businessman rustled like a little mouse on the cake in his hand.

Director Xiao couldn't bear it any longer: "It's only two cakes, you haven't finished it yet?"

Shaoshang swallowed the snack in his mouth: "Alime finished eating it early, and Ling Budo gave it to me when he left Changqiu Palace."

Cheng Shi Chang sighed and looked at her daughter as if she was eating barazon.

. Mrs. Xiao was too lazy to talk nonsense, and with a wave of her long sleeves, she called several children to Jiuyu Hall for a family seminar and a late night snack. Cheng Shi sat high with a golden sword on his head, and told everyone in a succinct manner about the engagement in the palace today.

The three brothers of the Cheng family were all stunned. After exchanging a few unbelievable glances, they all looked at the young girl who was warmly entertaining the late-night snack. Only Cheng Cha and Qing who arranged the food table for Cheng Shi and his wife Madam Li was very calm, the former had never seen or heard of Ling Budo at all, while the latter was well-informed and mature.

It was quiet for a while in Jiuyu Hall, only the sound of young merchants chewing happily, after a long time, Cheng Yong asked tentatively: "...Father, mother, should we visit our in-laws? "

—This is also a strange marriage. The emperor today acts as an elder for his beloved adopted son, but the problem is that Ling Budo is not an orphan without a father or mother. alive too!

Father Cheng looked at a loss: "Speaking of which..." He looked at his wife, "I don't know Ling Hou." I saw him a few times during the Great Court meeting, and vaguely remembered that he was a handsome man A mild-mannered middle-aged man.

Mrs. Xiao bit her jawbone and said nothing.

Seeing that his wife ignored him, Cheng Shi turned to look at his daughter: "You, you, you can still eat!"

At this time, Shaoshang's passion for food finally came to an end, he picked up the pottery bottle next to the food table, scooped a spoonful of water to rinse his mouth, and then said: "Why can't you eat it, and then I didn't promise to marry."

Father Cheng didn't blow his mouth, and scolded him back: "That's not because he met Ling Budo in private!"

Shao Shang put down Tao Zun and said earnestly: "Father, it's too late to hold anyone accountable at this time, it's better to think about countermeasures."

Cheng Cha, who felt that she couldn't keep up with the rhythm, hesitated for a while, and then said timidly: "...Uncle, curl, since that Mr. Ling is a great person, then this marriage is not, Isn’t it a good thing? Why do you…”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the Cheng family except Shao Shang sighed in unison, not knowing how to answer this question.

Shao Shang sighed and asked, "Mom, tell me about Ling Budo's family... I mean, his biological parents."

Mrs. Xiao gave her an angry look: "I can't stand the current little girl, Xiao Langjun, kiss me together on the day, I'm tired and crooked, all the poems and poems Talk about it all the time, just don’t talk about the real business! Even if you don’t know how deep the water is in your family, you should talk about marriage and get married. You deserve to suffer and suffer after marriage!”

Cheng Shi hurriedly helped: "That is, your mother and Wei father met three times, and even asked where your eldest father's ancestral tomb is located in a distant country and the food storage of the two families. !"

Cheng Shaogong looked sideways at his second brother and whispered: "Isn't the ancestral tomb of the eldest father's hometown pulled up, where is there..."

"Shut up." Cheng Song also whispered.

Shao Shang felt that his character and IQ had been attacked, so he quickly complained: "Mother's words are bad! First, when will I kiss me with Ling Budo I am tired and crooked. Now, there are others present when we meet several times, and we can't be more observant! Second, you and my father are going to get married, and you want to ask everything clearly, but Ling Budo and I are just a coincidence. Encountered! People didn't show that at all, so I just kept asking, isn't it funny?! Besides, I haven't seen Ling Budo a few times...just three, four, five, six, seven or eight..." The more she spoke, the lower her voice, the more frequent she seemed to meet. But every time she met, she thought she would never see each other again, so why bother asking the eight generations of her ancestors.

Cheng Yong looked at the younger sister and said softly, "Curly, do you not like Master Ling?"

"Yeah..." Cheng Hao also said gently, "When I mentioned the Lou family's marriage, I was very happy."

"So, the one you love in your heart is Ayao? Yes, but he has already..." Cheng Song was very embarrassed.

Cheng Shaogong pouted and said: "I don't think that Yaoyao likes Lou Yao much, he's stunned, and what Yaoyao says is whatever, Bai is two years older than us, and I don't have any opinion or spirit yet. ."

Shao Shang couldn't hear this, so he flew a knife and said, "Okay, I'll find you the most assertive sister-in-law in the whole capital, so that you don't even dare to sit down when you meet him. Don't dare to breathe, you are more honest and respectful than seeing the memorial tablets of ancestors, then you will feel comfortable!"

Cheng Shaogong smiled and said: "Your Master Ling is much more imposing than the ancestral tablet. Last time I..."

"Enough!" Director Xiao couldn't help but purify his discipline, and scolded in a low voice, "What are you two talking about! If you say anything disrespectful to your ancestors, see if I ask for family law! "

The twins have been entertained by sticks, and immediately shut their mouths and dared not continue the topic of tablets.

Mrs. Xiao took a deep breath and said bluntly: "Ling Budoubi's biological father, Linghou, is known for his mild temperament. The Huo family is the sister of His Majesty's deceased righteous brother Huo Gong. When His Majesty was in the most difficult time, he was attacked by heavy enemies on his back and abdomen. Thanks to Huo Hou's desperate help, he used an isolated city to hold back the 200,000 enemy troops for half a year. , This gave His Majesty the power to deal with it, and defeated the enemy chieftains respectively, and only then did the foundation of the new dynasty have been established. Unfortunately, Huohou and his family died in the siege and massacre, and their children and grandchildren were all gone."

Shao Shang opened his mouth: "All dead? Don't you have any collateral sons and nephews in your hometown?"

Cheng Yong added: "The latest one has also released five servers, and even the place where they live is far away. Besides, Huohou was the whole family to help His Majesty, and he did not follow him. Conglong's clansmen can't talk about love anymore."

Mrs. Xiao continued: "Afterwards, Linghou and his family were separated during the war. Later, they managed to find a few. They all said that the mother and son of the Hof people were dead. Linghou resumed after a year. Who knows that the Hof people will bring their son back after a few months, and the new lady is pregnant by then..."

"Then let Ling Hou Huo reunite with his new wife. The Hof people are the Huo family leftovers!" Shao Shang said lightly.

Cheng Song hesitated: "I seem to have heard that Mrs. Linghou... oh, I mean now this Mrs. Linghou, she has a lot of friendship with the old princess Ruyang..."

"Exactly." Mrs. Xiao said, "When the army was in chaos, His Majesty's aunt, the old princess Ruyang, was seriously injured. Dead or disabled, it is all thanks to the careful care of Mrs. Ling Hou, who has been working day and night for more than half a year, not daring to slack off, and this is how the old princess can save her life and be well-organized."

"So that's the case, the old princess must support her." Shao Shang pouted, "Then the two ladies and sisters in the front and back are equal, it's cheaper."

Mrs. Xiao shook her head and said, "My family resigned later, and many things are unknown. But I heard that this new lady is willing to be a concubine, and the Hof people have been extremely violent and arrogant since childhood. , shouting and killing the new lady. As if the rest is not enough, you have to kill her to stop, let alone work with her husband. "

Shao Shang thought thoughtfully: "…holding grudges like this, the two ladies are probably old acquaintances. This is the old grudges that have caught up."

Cheng Shi glanced at her daughter with admiration, and said simply: "Your mother finally found out, it turns out that the new lady is Ling Hou's aunt's sister-in-law. I have been widowed in the Ling family for many years."

Shao Shang laughed a few times, and made no secret of his contempt. Everyone in the hall made different babbling sounds, all with the same mind.

"Afterwards, the two sides couldn't reconcile, and the Hof people and Linghou broke up, and now I don't know where to live." Mrs. Xiao ended the story, "For this reason, Your Majesty feels even more ashamed of the deceased. Huohou. It didn't take long for His Majesty to bring Ling Budo into the palace from the people of Hof and bring him up personally."

Shao Shang smiled and said: "This 'Xu Xian' Mrs. Ling Hou lived in the Ling family back then, so she had no family background. It seems that Ling Hou is a very affectionate person, and there are so many noble families. The woman did not want it, but married her own widowed sister-in-law."

"Hugh is talking nonsense." Mrs. Xiao said solemnly, "They are all elders of Ling Budo."

Shaoshang pouted and stopped talking.

Cheng Shi deeply felt that his wife was a gentleman, but he was not as good as himself when it came to taking care of his daughter, his little friend, he said with a straight face: "Okay, the Ling family is just such a little thing, and now you know it. Now, if you have any opinion on this marriage, please say it quickly, the emperor Jinkouyuyan said something, if you have no objection, let's wash and sleep separately, and don't bother!"

"No no no, Father, I have an opinion!" Shaoshang immediately bit the bait and hurriedly walked forward a few steps on his knees.

"Then you say it." Cheng Song laughed and scolded the young girl when she saw her panic.

Shao Shang sighed like a little adult, and said after a while: "So, not counting the mess of the Ling family, the Lou family is not necessarily clean. However, in my heart, Ah Yao is clean and clear, he is in Whatever I want to do, I can feel it 70% to 80%. He is willing to listen to me, and I can probably know what kind of life we ​​will live and what kind of road we will take in the future. "She considered her tone for a while, and said sadly, "He is like a cloud in Wushan, I can't see or feel it..."

"I still touched it." Cheng Shaogong said sourly, "I heard old Cheng Shun say that he was the one who pulled you out of the car the day before yesterday."

Shao Shang was no longer sad at all, and straightened his neck to complain to Mrs. Xiao: "Mom tell me, Shao Gong is very romantic! You go search his box and see, make sure He can find a lot of pink towels, silk pads, sachets, flowers and leaf slips, etc., all of which were given to him by the little girl outside, and there are no love letters!"

"You Shao Shang..." Cheng Shaogong became anxious immediately, his face turned into a pig's liver, "Mom, don't listen to her, that was forcibly put on me by others! Visit Ling Budo, they…”

"Both of you shut up!" Director Xiao shouted, then sat down sullenly sideways - originally, even if San'er's mouth was a little broken, it was still within the controllable range, but since this pair of When the twins met, somehow, it was as if the seal on the thousand-year-old demon was lifted, and she was mad at her three times a day! Sure enough, the youngest daughter should have been brought along for discipline!

Cheng Shi rubbed his forehead and concluded: "So, if Ayao listens to you, you will be happy with the Lou family's marriage. If you can't handle it, Master Ling, you will not be very happy with this marriage. yes, right?"

Cheng Cha finally understood, and looked at her cousin miraculously: "Why are you... A blessing.

Shao Shang murmured: "Father, what you said is so straightforward. But..." She twisted her body, and said in a low voice, "Mother has firmly grasped Father. Yes, you can see how comfortable my mother is. If I follow Master Ling, how can my daughter have such a good life." This is a **** living case!

"Curly!" Madam Qingli couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled loudly, "How dare you talk about your parents?!"

This time, Cheng Shi and his wife were too lazy to give birth, and sighed relatively. Cheng Song and Cheng Shaogong looked at each other and laughed secretly.

Cheng Yong sighed: "Lord Ling... what does he like about curling...?" He didn't mean to belittle his sister, but he was really puzzled.

In terms of appearance, Meiji, who was sent to Ling Budo’s side over the years, has competed for beauty, and her youngest sister doesn’t know if she can rank in the top ten; Poems and poems are written; when it comes to temperament, it is even more difficult to describe.

Shao Shang heard the words, and said to him fiercely: "I don't know what sister Yan'e is looking for in you, brother. Now Ri Riwo is learning at home to be gentle, virtuous, and decent!"

—Cheng Yong shook his head and looked at his two younger brothers, with a clear expression in his eyes that read 'Look what I said was right'.

Cheng Song has a different opinion: "That's not what he said. Qiqi said it well, the young businessman is kind and righteous, smart, able to bear the big events, and entrusted with honor and disgrace in life, Death can be entrusted to the family's small grave, there are few people in the world who are so responsible!"

Shao Shang smiled brightly: "I also think that Aunt Qiqi is the best woman in the world! She is bold and broad-minded. Whoever marries her in the future is a great blessing! In the future, there will be many children and grandchildren. Growing old together, reunion and beauty, everything goes well, everything goes well, the world is in harmony!"

"We really know how to talk!" Cheng Song smiled with a smile.

"Ah—?" Cheng Shi was surprised, "This, is this possible."

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"Can you stop talking!" Shaoshang glared at him.

Mrs. Xiao pretended not to hear, and continued to say to her husband: "Look at the way of the curls, do you think Your Majesty would like to see such a bride? Don't say Your Majesty, even if Ling is not suspicious, I am afraid it is not too much. Clear the true temperament of the curl."

Cheng Shi looked at his daughter hesitantly. Even if you look at it without prejudice, the daughter is a bride, and it is still a meal three times a day.

Cheng Yong cupped her hands and said, "Mother said, we might as well refuse, and tell the truth about my sister's temperament and temperament. If Your Majesty wants this marriage, then if you have a dispute with Lord Ling in the future, my family has a theory."

Cheng Song understood what she meant, and laughed: "Your Majesty and Lord Ling will not see the curly appearance, so they think she is docile, weak, and pitiful." The dispositions are completely different, and the contrast is huge, but after seeing the eyes of his mother and brother, he had to be silent.

Shao Shang looked at the crowd, twisted his fingers and muttered: "I only talk like this at home, I should be careful when I talk outside, but... yes, I can't pretend to be forever. "Thinking about it carefully, she did appear to be very sensible and well-behaved in front of Ling Budo.

She looked up at Cheng Shi and said loudly, "Father, think about it, if I quarrel and fight with Ayao, the Lou family will at most leave me. But if I upset Ling. No doubt, the emperor might give me a white silk or a glass of poisonous wine, and it might even implicate my grandfather and grandma for lax teaching!"

"Alarmist!" Cheng Shi waved his sleeves vigorously, then scratched his bun, and said solemnly, "However, what you said is reasonable. Tomorrow morning, we will go to the palace to ask for His Majesty, and we will resign. A marriage! Success or failure is up to fate!"

The head of the house has spoken, and Qing Yun and all the children bowed in response.

Ling Budoubt is more suitable as a backer, and as a husband, she will suffer from myocardial infarction!

That night, when the Cheng couple went to bed, Mrs. Xiao fell asleep between the quilts and was half awake. Suddenly she heard her husband's chest vibrate, and with a long sigh, she whispered: "… Yuan Yi, It was only now that I understood what you said back then, 'If it's a cuddle, I can marry her into any family with confidence'. This time, if Ling does not doubt that the person he wants to marry is a cuddle, it's too late for you and me to be happy, how can you be so worried about gains and losses? !"

Mrs. Xiao didn't even open her eyes, she said solemnly: "But things are often like this, those who want to come can't be expected, and those who don't want to come have to be delivered to the door. I know that you are reluctant to let this marriage matter, for the good Think, curl is smart and cunning, funny and lovable, if you know ten, maybe Ling Wusu will love it. But think about it badly, curl is arrogant, if couples like Hoff and Ling Hou turn against each other in the future, we will not The Huo family has such deep confidence to support her. It's always not bad to talk about the ugly. "