Dongshibei, Chongningfang, Cuifu.

Chongningfang is located east of the imperial city and north of the east city, with many honors and nobles gathered in the yard.

Before dawn, Cui Yingying got up. The Cui family rules, the descendants of Cui family, regardless of gender, are both men and women, learn poetry and books at the age of three, are ritualistic at the age of five, are familiar with literary selection at the age of seven, are charming at the age of nine, are twelve, sixteen, and sixteen are knowledgeable about ancient and modern times.

He has not married a daughter and has not been a member of the family. He woke up in the morning and started to learn poetry, calligraphy, etiquette, etiquette, and six arts. He was not hindered by wind and rain, and he was never stopped every day.

As a thousand-year-old family, once the most powerful family in the north and the leader of the Shandong gentry, the Cui family has now declined, but the family tradition remains unchanged.

Even women are strictly restricted.

The Cui girl who is twenty years old and does not marry into the temple is a Taoist nun. When she goes out, she needs to ask for instructions. She is not allowed to drink alcohol and not be allowed to receive personal information. If there is any violation, the minor ones will be whipped and punished, and the serious ones will be expelled from the house, and even self-determination will be made to thank the family for their kindness.

The family rules also stipulate that the Cui family’s daughters are not allowed to be concubines unless they enter the palace.

Cui Yingying, who is eighteen years old this year, is already a very dangerous older girl in Cui Mansion in Chongningfang. In another two years, if she still cannot get married, she will have to enter the temple as a Taoist nun according to the family rules.

The servants in the mansion often worry about their little wife. Why has such a good little wife not found a good family?

"Hey, have you heard that? The husband promised his little wife to the Zhang family in Bashang."

In the laundry room, several mothers were fetching water in the well.

"Ba Shang Zhang family? Haven't you ever heard of such a family in Ba Shang?"

In addition to the noble families in Beijing, when it comes to the great families in the suburbs of Beijing, the Wei and Du families are the most famous gentry in Jingzhao. In other words, they are not much worse than the five surnames and seven sects in Guandong. Especially since the Northern Wei Dynasty, Wei Du followed the Yuwen family to establish the Western Wei and Northern Zhou, and then passed through the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. Wei Du has always been a wealthy family in Guanzhong.

But no one has heard of Zhang family on the Bashang.

"I'm not a high-ranking clan, but a son of a soldier."

This sentence surprised a group of women, "How can you hear the chaotic words? Our young lady is a legitimate child of Cui. She is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is good at looking and has a good temperament. Such a famous lady of a family will of course marry the five surnames and seven sects. Even if she does not intermarry with the five surnames and seven sects, she will at least have to intermarry with Guanlonghaoyou. How could she marry a son of a soldier in the palace?"

"That's right, I haven't heard of any general of the Guards in the court, whose surname is Zhang."

"What is the general of the Guard Mansion? The Zhang family's husband is the deputy of a military force, who is from the ninth rank."

"The Zhang family husband has already been in office at a young age, so he is not bad."

"What's so good? The one who came from the ninth rank is Zhang's husband, not Zhang's husband. The Zhang's husband is nothing, and he has no honors and no titles, and he is just a commoner. I heard that the Zhang's husband was a young monk before, and he had just returned to secular life, and was taken as his son by the old mansion soldier."

"ah!"

A group of women were shocked, what a joke?

You said that your husband promised the little wife to the prince and the prince, and they still believed it, but you said that you promised to the son of an old soldier who was nothing. What a joke?

"It's true."

At this time, a maid carrying a bucket came.

"Sha Niang is here. She heard badly in front of her wife. She must know clearly. Miao Niang, tell everyone."

Sa Niang put down the bucket, "The husband of the Zhang family was indeed promising to Thirteenth Lady the son of the Zhang family in Bashang. The husband of the Zhang family was an old soldier and was appointed as the deputy of the ninth rank team. The young man of the Zhang family was indeed a monk who returned to secular life. But the matter was not that simple. The husband of the Zhang family was still an old acquaintance with Duke Yi, and the young man of the Zhang family also worshipped Duke Yi as his adopted father."

"It's not the biological son of Duke Yi, let alone just an adopted son. This family is not a good match, why did the Langjun get such a marriage?"

With a status like Cui Yingying, if she married Qin Qiong's son, she would still be a little condescending, let alone just an adopted son?

Sha Niang looked around and saw that there was no one else, and she whispered, "You don't know, the Qin Mansion has sent 1,000 taels of gold today."

"One thousand taels of gold? What is this? A bride?" Everyone asked in surprise.

"Honey, have you accepted it?"

"Of course I accepted it. I heard that this was the condition proposed by Langjun and Zhang's family. Now that the Qin Mansion has sent all the gold directly, it seems that this matter is not possible."

"This is not a marriage sale!" an old woman couldn't help but say.

"Speak softly, you're dead."

Everyone was worried about Cui Yingying.

In this mansion, Thirteenth Lady treats the servants the most kind and never beats and scolds them. But now the husband wants to sell such a good lady to marry, and he can't believe it.

"The gold has been collected, so it is impossible to repent. One thousand taels of gold. If the Cui family regrets it, they can't afford to accompany you. What's more, Duke Yi is still the Shangguan of our husband, and he is the most popular general under the command of the King of Qin."

One thousand taels of gold, a total of eight million yuan.

Generally, gentry sells marriages for only one million yuan, but this time the Cui family sold them at a high price. But the more this happens, the more the mothers feel cold.

"Hey, who told Miss Zheng to leave early? Now the Cui Mansion is the head of Miss Wang."

"I'm not my daughter, so I won't feel so distressed."

"Mrs. Wang wants to promise his daughter, Sisi Niang, to his wife's nephew, but the Wang family asks for a dowry of millions. Now, he sells Shisan Niang's marriage, so he wants to make up Shisan Niang's dowry."

"Oh!"

The women sighed, "A child without a mother is suffering, even if it is in the Cui family."

A corner not far away, Hong Line listened silently, then turned back without saying a word.

West wing room.

Hong Shi told Thirteen Niang what she heard.

After hearing that, Cui Yingying looked calm, as if she didn't notice that she was talking about her marriage.

She looked very calm and said to Hongshi lightly, "Hongshi, let you get your clothes. Do you ask me what are the useful or useless things?"

"Little wife, why is this useless? Don't you understand? The husband and wife are going to sell you to the Zhang family. A poor family who is nothing, no, is not even considered a poor family. He is just a farmer, and he is not worthy of you at all."

Cui Yingying sneered.

"Didn't people take out a thousand taels of gold? Ordinary poor farmers can't take out a thousand taels of gold."

"That's all the gold that Duke Yiguo's Mansion took."

Cui Yingying looked through the book in front of her and lowered her head, "Even if the Qin Mansion paid the money, the Qin Mansion was willing to pay a thousand taels of gold for the Zhang family. This relationship is unusual."

"Miss, why are you not in a hurry at all?"

"Marriage of children has always been the order of parents and the words of the matchmaker, what can I say."

"It would be great if the mistress was still there. She would never see her daughter selling marriage to a peasant son."

Cui Yingying is very beautiful and tall, and does not have the weak aura of an ordinary woman. Her eyebrows are clear and beautiful, her skin is white and delicate, and her head is black and shiny and soft.

There is a calm and bookish spirit on his body, like a handsome young man.

The close-fitting girl Hongxin cried so angry that she wanted Yingying to comfort her. Cui Yingying was not angry, but she understood that the higher the family, the more children there was, the more they could not be allowed to be married. Especially since her biological mother died early, her father listened to the stepmother Wang in everything.

Wang always smiles and cares about her gently. But Cui Yingying knew that Wang hated her very much in her bones. Wang always hated her and even wanted to marry her mother to dowry. Now, for her daughter Shisi Niang married to the Wang family in Taiyuan, she actually wanted to sell her to get a thousand taels of gold to subsidize Shisi Niang's dowry.

It makes people angry, but even resentment cannot solve the problem.

She had thought about asking her uncle to come forward, but since her mother's death, the relationship between Cui and Zheng families was not close. Moreover, the Wang family was not from a small family. She was also the daughter of the Wang family in Taiyuan among the five surnames and seven sects, and there was also the support of the Wang family.

After all, it is the Cui family's family business, and it is difficult for the uncle to really interfere.

It really makes people laugh at it.

After thinking about it, Cui Yingying took a little lightly. She was also tired of the intrigue in this mansion. If she married a small landlord, her life might be more comfortable and pure in the future.

She just didn't know what her future husband would look like. Seeing that Duke Yi could accept him as his adopted son and was willing to pay him a thousand taels of gold, this shows that the relationship between Qin and Zhang was indeed good.

It is surprising to hear that he is still a monk who has just returned to secular life.

Cui Yingying lives in the West Courtyard of Cui Mansion, which is a small courtyard with a wall, which also has a main house and a east-west wing room. There are grape trellis and ginkgo trees in the courtyard.

In summer, she likes to read books under the trees, but now, in winter, only leaves are left on the grape trellis, and the ginkgo tree has also lost its leaves.

Eighteen-year-old Cui Yingying sat in front of the table, with one hand on her chin, a little dazed.

"Thirteenth Lady, why don't I ask Zhuzi to ask Zhang Xiaolangjun?" Hongxian volunteered to share his worries. Hongxian was the child of Cui's family, and the whole family was a slave in Cui's house. His father was the gatekeeper, his mother was in the laundry room, and his brothers were the servants in the mansion.

Cui Yingying came back to her senses and smiled at the red line.

The Hongzi, who was familiar with her personality, immediately smiled, "I'll go find my brother right away." After that, he was about to go downstairs. Cui Yingying called her and took out a golden leaf from a jewelry box on the desk, which could be worth one or two thousand yuan.

"This is for your brother."

"Thank you, Thirteen Niang, for the reward."

Cui Yingying smiled, "If you find out about Zhang Xiaolangjun, come back and tell me immediately."

Originally, a famous lady should not have done such a move. But Cui Yingying couldn't help but do it. She could accept her father's marriage and that she could accept that the other party was a poor farmer's son, but she wanted to know the other party's character and whether the other party was worth entrusting for life?

If the other party has a good person, then family background doesn't matter, and she is willing to live with the other party for the rest of her life. But if the other party has a bad character, even if he can ask Duke Yi to help him pay a thousand taels of gold to buy a marriage, she will not marry.

At worst, she just became a monk and went to Taoist temple!
Chapter completed!