Chapter 2447 Invitation
This time, there was no rush to visit Wang Ruile, because Liu Sanniang had to work in the palace, so Manbao went there leisurely by himself.
The people from the Tang residence were stunned for a moment when they saw her, then smiled and stepped forward to guide her out. "Why are you here at this time? Our wife asked us to make your favorite meatballs for lunch, and we thought we'd have them for you when you come over at noon."
Man Baole said, "You all know what happened in the backyard?"
After finishing his music, he explained, "I'm on my day off, so I didn't have to rush to come at noon. That's why I came here early."
She was escorted to the second gate, and the aunt in charge of the backyard, who had heard the news, came trotting to greet her. She smiled and bowed, saying, "Miss Man, our wife is waiting in the guest house."
Manbao walked all the way there without seeing any of the Ma family's servants. She didn't see any of them until she entered the main room of the guest courtyard and saw Wang Ruile sitting on the soft couch. She glanced at the two maids beside Wang Ruile and the familiar Tang Mansion maid who had just been replaced in the room. She raised an eyebrow and looked at Madam Tang, "Do you still want me to give you acupuncture alone today?"
Do you still want me to cover up for you?
Mrs. Tang tapped her forehead in annoyance and said, "She's so weird. Show her if she can go on a long journey."
Manbao took out the pulse pillow and asked curiously, "Going on a long trip? Are you going back? That won't do. You'll need to take medicine for at least four months."
Madam Tang: "It won't take long to go to Yongzhou. I'll be back in a few days."
"It's only a two-hour drive, that's not a long journey," Manbao said, waving his hand. "Go ahead, go ahead. Just don't get cold."
She smiled and said, "That's perfect. Tomorrow I'm going to stay at my farm for a few days, and maybe even go to Yongzhou. My farm is not far from Yongzhou. If you have any health problems, just send someone to find me at the farm."
Manbao asked, "When are you going to Yongzhou?"
"Let's go this afternoon." Madam Tang suddenly thought of something and smiled at Man Bao. "Since you want to go to Zhuangzi, why don't you go directly to Yongzhou tomorrow? I'll treat you to a meal and give you some gifts."
When Manbao heard there was something to be delivered, he immediately asked, "What is it?"
Mrs. Tang smiled and said, "I won't tell you yet. You'll know when you go there tomorrow."
Manbao thought about it and nodded, feeling that it would be no big deal to go there, since her farm was not far from Yongzhou anyway.
Wang Ruile has recovered well and there is no problem for him to go out now, but he can't overexert himself.
Manbao gave her an injection and changed the medicine before leaving.
As soon as she left, Wang Ruile asked Mrs. Tang in confusion, "Why did Big Sister call her?"
Mrs. Tang said, "Just in case."
Wang Ruile understood. After a moment of silence, she asked, "What about the child?"
Mrs. Tang said slowly, "Don't worry. My father wrote to me and said that the child will stay with the Ma family first. They will take care of him with both hands."
Only then did Wang Ruile feel relieved.
Manbao went home happily.
Bai Erlang was still on leave, leisurely sitting in the greenhouse drinking tea. When he heard that Manbao was going to Yongzhou, he immediately said, "I want to go too."
Manbao looked at him and asked, "Aren't you going to take your leave and go back to study?"
Bai Erlang: "What kind of books are you studying? Chongwenguan is very busy right now. I heard they are selecting a new group of people to accompany the prince in his studies. Last time, three of our lecturers were absent."
Manbao asked, "Is the gentleman busy?"
"The teacher is fine. The busiest one is Kong Jijiu. He has to give statecraft advice to the Crown Prince and also teach us. Hehehe, because he's busy, we have less homework, so it's especially easy to ask for leave now."
It’s just that when Kong Jijiu gets busy, he likes to assign homework such as memorizing and copying books. This time when they asked for leave, Kong Jijiu directly assigned them a lot of memorizing tasks.
Bai Shan asked him, "How many days can you take off?"
Bai Erlang counted on his fingers and sighed, "That depends on when they choose the right person. Chongwenguan has been adding so many people. If we talk about the prince's companions in the future, won't half of the court be filled with them?"
"That depends on whether half of the people who passed the Jinshi and Mingjing exams have passed," Bai Shan said. "How many have passed so far?"
Anyway, Bai Erlang only had a few days of free time left, so he decided to go to La Yin or go into the water, and ask for leave with him, so that the probability of him approving the leave would be higher.
So in the afternoon, Chongwenguan received the leave requests from Bai Erlang and others. The lecturer who reviewed them thought about it and realized that he had a lot of classes in the past two days and the ten-day holiday would be in a few days, so he simply approved the leave for them.
By the time Kong Jijiu found out, Bai Erlang and the others had already cheered and headed straight to Yongzhou for fun.
Liu Huan packed up his bag and went with them. He had a good reason. "Once I've chosen my official position, I won't have this much time to myself anymore. Grandmother, please tell Grandfather to let me go."
Guo simply waved her hand and said, "Go ahead. You don't have to tell your grandfather."
She smiled at Liu Huan and said, "Get along well with Lady Zhou. She is your elder, so listen to her more..."
Liu Huan shuddered and took two steps back to look at his grandmother. "Grandma, what's wrong with you lately? Why do you always say strange things? Bai Shan and I are classmates, and Zhou Man is half a classmate as well. She is at most my senior in the officialdom, so how can she be my elder..."
Guo thought about it and decided to tell him, "Your grandfather and I have asked her niece, the little girl named Li Ru, for you to marry."
Liu Huan's eyes widened.
Guo continued, "But they refused."
Liu Huan's eyes widened even further.
He didn't want to go to Yongzhou anymore. How could he face people?
Mrs. Guo immediately understood what her grandson was thinking and said, "People dislike our family because of our high social status. So I thought that in the end, you will have to fight for this daughter-in-law yourself."
Liu Huan: "How can I fight for it?"
"Pleasure some of the elders in the family. Aren't you on good terms with Bai Shan and Zhou Man? Get along well with them first. By the way, do you like the young lady from the Zhou family?"
Liu Huan's face flushed red, and he was speechless for a long time. He didn't know whether he liked her or not, but he didn't hate her either. However... "She rejected me."
"Silly child, she probably doesn't even know about this. It was her family who politely declined, saying that our family backgrounds are not compatible. They're worried about the child and are afraid that their daughter will be wronged if she comes to our house. So if you treat her well, she'll naturally agree."
Liu Huan complained, "Grandma, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing in advance?"
"I'm just asking tentatively. We haven't even started dating yet. If I tell you and it doesn't work out, will you still have the nerve to go see him?"
"Now it hasn't happened, so why did you tell me?" It would have been nice to continue hiding it from him. He didn't want to know at all.
Mrs. Guo said with a look of disappointment, "That's because Grandmother really likes it. She thinks that even if they refuse, you can still fight for it."
Originally, Guo and Minister Liu thought that if the Zhou family agreed, it would be best. Then they could tell the children and move on to the next step. There were many steps to go. If they didn't like it, the marriage could be canceled.
If the Zhou family refuses, there is no need to tell the child and just pretend that nothing happened.
But after visiting Zhou's house this time, Guo became more and more unwilling to accept it. The more she looked at him, the more she felt that her grandson was suitable for Zhou Liru, so she told Liu Huan to fight for it himself.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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