Fight the Giants

  Chapter 652 New gossip

  It is mid-June, and the sun is scorching hot.

  This summer seems to be extraordinarily hot, and the cicadas and insects chirp inappropriately, which is annoying.

  The Duke’s Mansion no longer closed its doors to thank guests, and Zhang Fu also returned to the court, leaving early and returning late every day. Busy going to court, busy going to the Fifth Army Battalion to train soldiers, so busy, sometimes not returning home for several days.

  With the absence of the Wu family in the mansion, nothing has changed.

  But it seems that there are some changes.

  Zhang Xie no longer confronted Huo Xi and Huo Nian, and seemed to grow up overnight. But when the brothers met in the mansion, they were no different from strangers.

  Huo Nian and Zhang Mao listened to their sister's words and did not pass on the grievances of the previous generation to Zhang Xie, but Zhang Xie ignored them. The two brothers also chose to ignore them because they didn't want to put hot faces on their backs.

  So the three male heirs of the eldest family are like strangers in the mansion.

  The servants in the mansion were amazed at first, but gradually got used to it.

  Zhang Xie also returned to the Imperial College to study, and sometimes went in and out with Huo Nian, as if they didn't know each other.

  Zhang Fu tried several times to resolve the strangeness between his sons, acting as a peacemaker in the middle, but with little success. Reluctantly, he had no choice but to go with them.

  The old father is powerless.

  He couldn't take care of it either, he was so busy that he couldn't even go home, and he didn't have the energy to care.

  The emperor wanted to conquer the north, increase troops to the border, and train sailors. It was another year when the prefectures and counties and guards sent troops to practice, Zhang Fu was so busy that he lost his head.

   As for Mu Yan, I haven't seen him for a long time. Leaving the first hurdle and the second also went together.

  Recalling what he said about going to Qingzhou to supervise training, I don't know when he will be able to return to Beijing.

Now the house is peaceful, seeing that Huo Xi is about to get married, Hou Shi came to ask her what kind of person she was looking for, and wanted to take her to some flower parties and social gatherings, so that she could find a good family for her .

   After all, good girls are also afraid of hiding.

  Huo Xi recalled what Mu Yan told her about proposing marriage with the mansion when he came back, and declined Hou Shi.

   "Your father's side, but there is a suitable candidate?"

   "I guess."

   "Oh? Let the second aunt guess, is it the young master of Qian Guogong's mansion?"

  Huo Xi didn't hesitate, and nodded with a smile.

  Hou Shi sees her like this, which is obviously an agreement between the two parties. What you love and what I want, and the right family, just right. Then let go of my heart.

   "The child looks good to me, and he is very suitable for you." Hou was very happy.

"Did his family say when they would come to propose marriage? It is one thing to propose marriage, but another to marry. It may take a lot of time. My aunt wants you to prepare a dowry, and the time will not be short. People like us , no matter how fast you are, you won’t be able to complete the six ceremonies in a year’s time.”

  If the man does not come to ask for marriage for a long time, the man is not afraid of delay, but will delay her daughter, and it will also affect the younger sisters behind Ning's son to say goodbye.

  Huo Xi thought for a while, "Don't be in a hurry, he's away on imperial errand now, let's wait for him to come back."

"Okay, as long as you know what's in your mind. Now your father has no intention of remarrying, and he is so busy that he can't be seen. Your grandmother also said that she will recite scriptures in the ancestral hall for a year. There are many big and small things. The second aunt is always afraid of making mistakes. your business."

   "It's my fault that I made my second aunt worry about it."

   "Hey, why should the family say such things."

  Seeing that Huo Xi is going to succeed, Hou Shi no longer worries about seeing her.

  She has received countless greeting posts, and there are quite a few people who want to say goodbye to Sister Ning. The eldest daughter of the Duke of England, and she is not bad in appearance, proficient in general affairs, a marriage that cannot be obtained even if she asks for it.

  Hou Shi also received a post and received soft hands. As soon as he went out to socialize, he would be chased and inquired by the wives and wives from various prefectures.

   Now that the father and daughter know what they are doing, she doesn't have to think about it anymore.

  Then only presumed that the British public had plans, and sent away a bunch of wives who wanted to send their sons to their door.

  Sometimes when I see Mrs. Cheng, Duke Qian's wife, on some occasions, the two of them get together tacitly and ask each other, just like the two sisters.

  Both of them are the wives of the Duke's Mansion, and they meet in many banquets in the capital, and they can be seen on many occasions.

  Seeing that Hou was surrounded by a group of wives, Mrs. Cheng was anxious to inquire about Huo Xi and recommend her nephew.

   I don't know what her son thinks, everyone he cares about will be snatched away, but he is not in a hurry.

   Didn't say when to propose marriage, leaving only the old mother anxious to get angry.

   Mrs. Cheng could not wait to stand among the wives and yell, the eldest daughter of the British government is my family's favorite!

  However, she didn't come to ask for marriage, and she didn't express her opinion for a long time, so it's not easy to do such things as ruin the reputation of other girls.

   I just watched anxiously from the sidelines.

   Fortunately, Hou and her had a good understanding, and the two knew each other well, so they hit it off and blocked many people's inquiries.

   The two talked happily.

  Mr. Hou wanted to help Sister Ning establish a good relationship with her future mother-in-law, so she naturally became more enthusiastic about Mrs. Cheng.

  In addition, Wu Shi went to socialize on many occasions before, and now the mansion relies on her to do the wife's diplomacy, and Cheng Shi is also needed to lead her.

   And some wives saw their intimacy, thought that Cheng's son had not yet been found, and wondered if the two families had reached an agreement?

   Could it be that the original rumors were true? Or do you want to make a fake show?

   Seeing that the eldest daughter of the British princess has a famous wife, some people also retreated.

   But he was unwilling to give up the family of the Duke of England, thinking that besides the eldest daughter, the Duke of England also had three daughters.

   Then they focused on Bizhu Biyue again, and even the eight-year-old Bike had many people come to ask.

   But Xiao Wang was very happy.

  Only Mrs. Liu said that her daughter was too young, so she didn't want to pay any attention to it, and only devoted herself to helping the big house's affairs.

  Just when everyone thought that the Guizhou government was about to form a family with the British government, unexpectedly, there was news that the young master Mu was going to marry someone else.

  Everyone inquired whether the news was true or not.

  Unexpectedly, after inquiring, the news came from the Duke of Qian.

   Moreover, the women who wanted to marry Young Master Mu had all been sent to the capital from Yunnan, and they were afraid that they would marry directly from the capital.

  The people in the capital pricked up their ears again, asking for gossip.

  Huo Xi naturally also heard the news.

  Now that she is an assistant in the middle school, all the servants in the mansion are willing to listen to her, plus her siblings, any disturbance outside will be heard to her ears immediately.

   "Girl, go and find out on the moon, the news is true!" Mama Ma was anxious.

  The Qian State Duke’s Mansion is too unkind. They actually picked up a woman from Yunnan all the way, and even said that they sent it specially to marry Young Master Mu!

   This is bullying! When their British government is paper?

  Mother Ma, Vanilla and other girls were very angry. Young Master Mu would sneak over at night from time to time, promising their girls to be the first, and now he has come all the way from Yunnan to pick up married girls!

   This is playing their girls like monkeys!

  (end of this chapter)