Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 214: Wedding Night, When Your Name is on the Imperial Examination

Lin's head office.

Elegant room.

Jia Yun sat at the bottom, slapping his hands on the table, and while laughing, he taunted Fang Chun, who was sitting next to him, "Old Fang, I wonder if you will dare to brag again in the future!"

The florist Fang Chun raised his head with a bitter face and drank a glass of wine: "There are mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. A poor guy like me is really not worthy of this table!"

"Don't say that! We are all in the flower and tree business. My family is just a brand of a royal merchant. In fact, isn't Datou just like you, counting on the rich and powerful people in the capital?"

Xia Tong, the steward of the Guihua Xia family, smiled proudly and pretended to be reserved. He also bowed to the man sitting at the top, who was wearing casual clothes but had an official aura.

"Don't mind it, Lord Sun. It's not that I want to bully your gardener. He provoked me first!"

Jia Yun hurriedly said with a smile before the man could say anything, "Don't talk nonsense! Lord Sun is not even a relative of our family! You are so mean!

"The reputation of your girls is a reputation, but the reputation of our girls is not a reputation? If our master knows about this, he will never buy osmanthus flowers again!"

Xia Tong raised his eyebrows, but suppressed his surprise, and smiled and bowed to apologize: "I was mistaken for believing the rumors on the street! Lord Sun, please don't blame me!"

Jia Yun smiled and looked up at Lord Sun, saying apologetically, "I don't even have any official title. I'm just running errands for the government. These two are just businessmen.

"Although you don't have a real job for now, you have a command rank, and the Ministry of War also has a vacancy for promotion. You are a real noble person!

"It's really an insult to you to have dinner at the same table with us. Otherwise, why don't the three of us go to the next room? We won't bother you!"

As Xia Tong listened to Jia Yun's words, he looked at Lord Sun with an even more passionate gaze, but he was afraid that the other party would despise him, so he quickly lowered his head.

Lord Sun's eyes flickered, and he acted magnanimous and said with a laugh, "It's okay. It's an eye-opener for me."

"I often hear from my uncle that Yun Ge'er is the most thoughtful person and he relies on him very much. I finally met you and these two are your friends. What's the point of having a meal together?

"Especially these two fighting over flowers and trees. This is the first time I've seen this kind of game. It's very interesting. You guys continue. I'm having a great time!"

Fang Chun waved his hands repeatedly: "I can't drink anymore! The Guihua Xia family is in the Beijing flower tree business. If his family says they want to be the second, then no one dares to say they are the first.

"I argued with Manager Xia, relying on the presence of our Second Master Yun, hoping that Manager Xia would let me give in.

"Who would have thought that his two families were actually relatives? What good would that do to me? I won't play anymore! I can't win!"

Lord Sun laughed out loud.

Jia Yun also smiled and looked at Xia Tong: "I really didn't expect that your family and our concubine's family are also old relatives.

"This world is such a small place!"

Xia Tong was so proud that he couldn't help but start talking nonsense: "Before today, we were just old friends. But after today, I can't say for sure!"

Jia Yun was stunned and asked hurriedly: "There is a mystery in this sentence! Old Xia, don't hide it, explain it to me!"

Pull him and ask if necessary.

Xia Tong kept it a secret and refused to say anything.

Jia Yun immediately turned to Lord Sun and said, "Don't just stand there and watch! My words are of no use. If you say something, Old Xia will definitely spill the beans!"

Fang Chun squinted his drunken eyes and started to make noises: "Quick, quick, tell me!"

Lord Sun also smiled reservedly and said to Comrade Xia: "How about it, Old Xia, give me some face?"

Xia Tong then bowed to him, smiled and lowered his voice: "Yesterday, when Xue's brother went out to trade and returned to the city, he stopped by to visit our home.

"We old ladies are extremely happy to see that the Xue family's son is so handsome, has not yet married, and is so sweet and warm-hearted!

"In fact, the Xue family's brother and our sister are cousins, so in the end we called our sister out so that they could meet and greet each other!

"Later, I went to deliver something to Xue's brother, and I overheard him and his followers praising our sister for her beauty and intelligence, saying that they would come back to propose marriage when they got home!

"Second Master Yun is also a wise man. Our two families are both royal merchants, and we are also old friends. We are well matched and know each other well. Moreover, the brothers and sisters are of similar age and appearance, so why not just say it?

"So I say, the word 'old relative' won't work anymore in a few days, we have to use 'son-in-law' instead!"

Jia Yun was delighted and happy, and he immediately bowed: "Oh my, this is a great event, congratulations! We must be closer in the future!"

"They must be very close!" Xia Tong laughed, raised his glass and clinked it with Jia Yun's, and they both drank it in one gulp.

Lord Sun's expression changed slightly. He smiled and took a sip of wine. He asked Jia Yun, "I heard that Master Xue had a dispute with someone in Jinling over a maid."

Xia Tong immediately stared at Jia Yun with eyes wide open.

Jia Yun looked embarrassed, and after a long pause, he said perfunctorily, "It's not a dispute. Since I've taken the money, I should buy the maid back. That's the truth, isn't it?

"Who knew that he was a kidnapper and was sold to another family? Master Xue is the only son and his words are law, so he just taught the other party a lesson. It's not a big deal!"

"Where is that girl?" Xia Tongyi asked the point.

Jia Yun scratched his head and said, "She was admitted as a concubine three years ago." He quickly laughed and said, "I heard that she has a very gentle character. Our concubine and cousin all praise her highly."

Xia Tong's face looked unhappy.

Fang Chun raised his drunken eyes again, snorted, and patted Jia Yun on the shoulder: "The Xia family is first, and the birds are second! They are rich, too rich! What a pity that they have no sons! Alas!"

Xia Tong was so angry that he threw wine all over Fang Chun's face: "What bullshit! Can't we have a son-in-law?!"

Jia Yun tried to persuade him, then laughed, "You are talking nonsense! The Xue family is just a small seedling in a thousand acres of land. How could they be willing to marry into the family?"

"Just wait and see!" Xia Tong snorted, turned around and poured another glass of wine, and toasted Lord Sun with a smile, "I have a lot of osmanthus trees at home recently. Can I send a few to Lord Sun's house to try?"

Lord Sun smiled and clinked the other person's glass: "Okay." A smug smile flashed across his face.

There's a knock on the door.

Jia Yun quickly stood up and asked, "Hmm?"

"Gentlemen, our store will give you a free sobering soup. Do you want it now or later?"

Jia Yun glanced at Fang Chun and said with a smile, "Bring it up! We've already poured one!"

Lord Sun looked at him as he relaxed naturally, then looked at the drunk one, and then looked at Xia Tong again, with wolf-like greed flashing in his eyes!

Two days later, Jia Yun hurried to Lin's house.

Smiling, he bowed to Lin Daiyu and Tanchun:

“Two good news.

“First, all four of the Jia family members who took the exam passed!

"The second one is a wedding invitation, which has been sent to the eldest master of Rong Mansion.

"It was Sun Shaozu who proposed marriage to my family before, saying that if the second girl wasn't suitable, then the third girl would be fine, and if the third girl wasn't suitable, then the fourth girl would be fine.

“He is engaged to an old relative of the Xue family, the imperial merchant listed in the Ministry of Revenue, that is, the Osmanthus Xia family.

"I heard that the wedding date is very urgent. He is afraid that if a vacancy comes up in the ministry, he will have to take up the post immediately. So they have decided to get married on the eighth day of next month!"

Daiyu burst out laughing: "Oh! The wedding night, the day when one's name is on the imperial examination. This is such a happy event!"