PFC Chapter 6890: Seeing Through Fire
Chapter 6890: Seeing Through Fire
Chapter 6890: Seeing Through Fire
The daughter of the current Nine Ministers and the Guards is marrying the grandson of the general. Isn't this a match made in heaven?
Doesn't this completely solve the problem that Ruan Gong had considered before, how to marry off his daughter? And there is no need to consider marrying down at all, which is very suitable.
As for the story that after she got married, Huangfu Song discovered that his daughter was extremely ugly, so ugly that even he, a great military officer, severely beat up the father of the classmate who bullied his daughter on campus, but he still couldn't change this group of people's perception. There was no way, she was really ugly.
But what if she is ugly? As long as she is married, she will be the mistress. There is no such thing as favoring concubines and killing wives these days. And even if a concubine gives birth to a child, the mother is specifically the mistress, that is, the father’s legal wife.
To put it bluntly, when Yuan Shao was in Yuan's family, he called her mother, and he also called Yuan Shu's mother! Do you understand what the patriarchal system is?
This is a true reflection of the strict definition of family relationships and the concept of hierarchy in the patriarchal system, and it is also the most important cornerstone of the patriarchal system in the Han Dynasty!
Ruan Gong's only worry at first was how to marry off his daughter. As long as she could get married, he wouldn't need to worry about what happened next. The social system would solve all problems. Besides, he, the Nine Ministers, was not a dead man. What's more, even if he died, what would his eldest son do?
The Ruan family is not a complete waste! It is a family that can barely stand up to the powerful Yuan and Yang families. What's there to be afraid of?
However, the difficulty he had to face at the beginning was how to get his daughter married. After all, his daughter was ugly. The last time he went to the girls' school to pick up his daughter, he found that she was bullied by her classmates. In a rage, she fought with the parents of her classmates, which made her notorious. In other words, it would be even more difficult for her to get married.
This was really terrible. Ruan Gong felt very sad when he thought about it afterwards. Some time ago, he took his son to put a sack on Wu Zhou, who had fought with him, and beat her up severely.
But this behavior was just like the last fight with Wu Zhou at the girls' school. Even if he won the fight, it couldn't change the fact that his daughter was ugly. This time, even if he put her in a sack, it couldn't change the fact that his daughter couldn't get married. So Ruan Gong was very distressed. If there was really no other way, he could only marry her down.
And now Huangfu Song has given him a new choice, which is to marry his daughter to Huangfu Song's grandson Huangfu Shuhou. This choice is very good, so good that Ruan Gong almost wanted to break his thigh. The only thing to consider is that he may have to bear the pressure from Huangfu Song after he discovers the truth.
"General, there is something I need to explain to you." Ruan Gong thought about it and felt that since it concerned his daughter's lifelong affairs, he had to make it clear.
"What's wrong?" Huangfu Song looked at Ruan Gong with dignity. After all, he was communicating with his subordinates, which was completely different from the playful smile he showed when facing Chen Xi.
"I agree with everything you said before. I also think that if I take on such a responsibility alone, there will inevitably be mistakes. It couldn't be better that the general is willing to cooperate with me." Ruan Gong said to Huangfu Song sincerely.
"And then?" Huangfu Song's expression became more dignified. He always felt that Ruan Gong was waiting for a good price.
"So, when you say that your grandson should marry my daughter, I completely accept it. But you are not in Chang'an, so some things may not be clear to me." Ruan Gong said with his head down. He felt that he should say what he should say. Concealment would not solve the problem. After all, this was not marrying down. If she did, the other party would have to accept it.
"What's the matter?" Huangfu Song glared at Ruan Gong. "What are you talking about, kid? Hand over my granddaughter-in-law right away. You're not done yet, are you?"
"My daughter is very ugly." Ruan Gong said with some fatigue.
"That's it?" Huangfu Song waved his hand and said, "I married you purely because of state affairs. What do you think I did it for? What's more, it doesn't matter if you are ugly? Did my Huangfu family marry your daughter for the so-called beauty that can eclipse the moon and shame the flowers? No, it's because my Huangfu family has been enjoying the Han Dynasty's salary and has received the grace of the country for generations!"
At this moment, Huangfu Song seemed to be shining in Ruan Gong's eyes. There was nothing he could do about it, he had to be so righteous!
"Is there anything else to say?" Huangfu Song asked Ruan Gong.
"No more." Ruan Gong said sincerely. Huangfu Song's words had said this, and the other party's performance so far had indeed put this sentence into practice. Ruan Gong immediately no longer had the slightest worry.
"Then choose a day and send the three letters and six engagements." Huangfu Song was delighted, but he still maintained his normal cold expression on his face.
"Why not today?" Ruan Gong also wanted to finalize this matter as soon as possible. The wedding date could be postponed for a few years, but the marriage had to be arranged.
"Okay, I'll use this to propose marriage for my grandson Shuhou." Huangfu Song nodded and asked a servant beside him to take a pair of jade disks from the carriage outside and handed them to Ruan Gong. It's not that he couldn't come up with a better gift, but this was the most suitable gift for proposing marriage.
After the Huangfu family presented the jade disk for marriage proposal, Ruan Gong arranged for the housekeeper to receive it. Then Ruan Gong left the main hall and went to the inner courtyard. When he came back, he handed the document with his daughter's name and horoscope to Huangfu Song.
To be honest, after receiving the document, Huangfu Song wanted to complete the Najib and Betrothal formalities on the spot and then directly apply for a date. However, this kind of thing could not be done, even for the sake of pretending. He had to find an expert to see whether this horoscope matched that of his grandson.
Theoretically, this is the last stage in which the engagement can be reasonably cancelled. After all, incompatibility is a very suitable reason and also a step for both parties to break up peacefully.
But for Huangfu Song, Ruan Huihui's horoscope is absolutely compatible with his grandson. If it is not compatible, it must be that the fortune teller's level is not good enough, and he can just replace him with two more who can understand human language. If he still can't understand, it must be that the number of sacrifices like fortune tellers is not enough.
“Later, I’ll ask a fortune teller like Liu Liang or Zhu Jianping to look at your horoscopes, and then I’ll complete the marriage and betrothal ceremony. Then we’ll be in-laws.” Huangfu Song said cheerfully.
"I hope everything goes well." Ruan Gong said honestly.
"It will go smoothly, don't worry, there will be no accidents with those evil things. Besides you keeping an eye on it, Chen Zichuan and I will also keep an eye on it." Huangfu Song looked free and easy.
"Thank you, General, for your comfort." Ruan Gong wiped away a tear. His daughter finally had a husband. As for his own responsibilities, he had someone tall to support him even if the sky fell. He had no fear.
"Come on, let's go and have a couple of drinks. Today we have accomplished something big." Huangfu Song was in a good mood. He finally brought a person with spiritual talent home. It was a huge profit!
After Huangfu Song took Ruan Gong out for a drink, Ruan Kan quickly told his sister the good news.
"Sister, good news. Father has found a suitable family for you." Ruan Kan said excitedly to Ruan Huihui who was studying.
"Oh." Ruan Huihui said calmly. To be honest, she was tired and had no motivation. Compared to getting married, Ruan Huihui had become accustomed to reading books every day. Recently, she even wanted to write a summary of the books she had read.
"Oh what? Sister, the general is planning to let his grandson marry you as his principal wife, and the general's son has only one daughter. Huangfu Shuhou must be the future heir of the Huangfu family. When you marry him, you will be the mistress of the Huangfu family." Ruan Kan was quite impressed by his sister's luck.
"Oh." Ruan Huihui said perfunctorily while flipping through the official newspaper.
"Why do I feel like you have no interest at all?" Ruan Kan sat aside and looked at his sister, asking curiously, "What's the matter? It's such a big thing, aren't you happy?"
After reading the last page of the court report, Ruan Huihui closed the entire report slowly. This was something his brother could not read. It was a secret that only officials above the rank of 2,000 stone and spiritual talent holders from various places could read. Then he turned his head to look at his brother, "Brother, why do you think General Huangfu wanted his grandson to marry me?"
"Because father has done something big again, the general is worried and must marry father to avoid any unexpected events." Ruan Kan was eavesdropping outside after all. Although he didn't hear the core of it, he roughly pieced together a logic.
"Then why did you marry me instead of marrying your brother to a girl from the Huangfu family?" Ruan Huihui said calmly.
Ruan Huihui is no longer self-conscious or withdrawn. Her appearance is her appearance, her intelligence is her intelligence. Moreover, she is ugly and has not eaten your rice. If she wants to speak, ordinary people of the same age cannot stand in front of her. Even if she wants to speak, she has to let Yang Huiyu speak! You are not qualified to say this!
That’s right, after Ruan Huihui touched upon her spiritual talent and determined that she could take that step steadily, all the unconscious comments from others and the looks of disdain or pity from her peers over the years from childhood to adulthood turned into the afterimages of time and could no longer have any impact on her.
Among the girls of the same age, the only one who could attract Ruan Huihui's attention now was Yang Huiyu. After all, she had done nothing in the true sense. Her mere existence in the girls' school was enough to shock most of the girls. She was truly an existence that belonged to another world.
Although the Yang family is not the best in terms of family, it is purely an old man with a young wife. The core figures of the family often die before the eldest son grows up because of their affair with the loli of the boss.
To be honest, even if we exclude the so-called identity of the Yang family as a loyal minister who joined Liu Bei during the Taishan period, and the brother-in-law relationship with Chen Xi, the Taishan Yang family can still be ranked in the upper-middle level among all the aristocratic families.
No matter what, they were legitimate nobles of the past generations. According to the official history, including Yang Xin and Yang Dan, there were three or four people of the Nine Ministers level in this generation. Otherwise, how could Yang Xin have stolen the lolita from the Kong family and the lolita from the Cai family?
Although the Kong family did not have the title of king at that time, Confucius had already been revered as the Su Wang, not to mention Cai Yong. When Yang Xin stole the second lady of Cai, Cai Yong had already completed the carving of the Xiping Stone Classics, which meant that he had already rectified the Confucian classics and was a true Confucian master. However, he did not get angry even after being treated so harshly by Yang Xin. Did he really think the Yang family was an ordinary small family?
What's more, now with the special effect of being a loyal minister, and becoming a brother-in-law of Chen Xi, plus Yang Xin is different from his father and has managed to survive, the Yang family's reputation is naturally three times better than before.
In this way, a little Lolita who is beautiful, has a good family, is intelligent enough to draw inferences from one instance, and is graceful in dealing with people, is airdropped into a girls' school. She is the natural protagonist.
This is the only girl in the entire girls' school who can make Ruan Huihui jealous. There is no other way. Before Yang Huiyu came, Ruan Huihui at least had some advantages to show off. Naturally, there were a few friends who were not very familiar with her, but because Ruan Huihui was smart, they were willing to play with Huihui.
After Yang Huiyu appeared, Ruan Huihui felt that she was completely surpassed. Even the achievements that she was proud of, such as ancient Chinese texts and numerology, could not pull away from Yang Huiyu.
Well, this is not Ruan Huihui's problem, but the girls' school's problem. However, it is impossible for the girls' school to come up with a set of incredible questions just to see who is the stronger of two students and let other students watch the two big guys fight each other. They can only slightly increase the difficulty and prepare some so-called questions that can widen the score gap.
Unfortunately, the difference in ability between Ruan Huihui and Yang Huiyu cannot be solved by slightly increasing the difficulty or finding a few difficult questions to increase the score.
As a result, their scores have always been the best, and it is difficult to tell who is better. After all, one is at 800 points and the other is at 600 points. It would be impossible to tell them apart on an exam with the maximum score of 100.
So until Ruan Huihui dropped out of school, she still didn't know what Yang Huiyu's limit was, and could only go home and study on her own with a bit of depression. But now, Ruan Huihui can proudly say that she is better than Yang Huiyu, because she has unlocked her spiritual talent, which Yang Huiyu has not yet touched.
This is the real gap, and because of this, the only flaw in Ruan Huihui's heart has disappeared, and she has become much calmer. You know, she even considered going to the Medical College for plastic surgery, but now, she no longer has such thoughts.
Without such a beautiful appearance, how could she concentrate on her studies? Yang Huiyu's talent and intelligence are not inferior to Ruan Huihui's, but by the time Ruan Huihui awakens her spiritual talent, it will probably take another five or six years for Yang Huiyu to catch up.
Even though there is an age difference of two or three years between the two, it can be seen how big a difference there is between concentrating on studying wholeheartedly and being distracted when it is time to study.
So now is the time when Ruan Huihui is most proud, because she finally has the ability to gain recognition without relying on others.
It is for this reason that Ruan Huihui can best see through Huangfu Song's thoughts, especially when Huangfu Song brought Sima Zhongda with him last time. Even if Sima Yi did not use his spiritual talent, considering what was discussed at that time, how could she really know nothing and guess nothing?
If this is true, how can people with spiritual gifts be called wise men? After all, Ruan Huihui is a smart person who has actually touched upon spiritual gifts. How could she not know her own value?
No matter how twisted gold is, it is still more valuable than sand and gravel.
When Huangfu Song went straight to the point of marrying her as his grandson's wife, Ruan Huihui vaguely guessed something. After all, the guy who treated Huangfu Song as a fool had been killed by Huangfu Song long ago. Even if such a smart man had a legitimate reason to appear in front of Ruan Gong at this time, Ruan Huihui, who had just touched upon her spiritual talent, would realize that the other party was coming for her.
After all, she knows her own value too well. She has worked hard for so many years, studying at school, studying at home, studying in front of people, studying behind people, being ridiculed or bullied, but continuing to do her own thing until the books are reflected in her heart and her own cognition is sublimated. What is all the hard work for? Isn't it just to prove that there is still a way for herself?
"Brother, I have awakened my spiritual talent. Guess whether the general came to visit for me or for the so-called state affairs." Ruan Huihui raised her head, her dark eyes gleaming with divine light, without a trace of anxiety about her appearance. After all, even the most beautiful beauty cannot withstand the ravages of time, but the fruit of wisdom will still shine brightly even under the erosion of time.
"What?" Ruan Kan was shocked. He was also known as a talented man, but he had only dreamed that he would awaken his spiritual talent. But now, the sister in front of him, who was more than ten years younger than him, actually awakened her spiritual talent at such a young age.
"This is a court bulletin." Ruan Huihui picked up the long court bulletin beside her. It was stamped with a seal, and there was a small note on the right that said this was a court bulletin for Ruan's daughter.
There were clear regulations on how many copies of the Han Dynasty's court bulletins were to be issued. These bulletins involved a lot of secrets and ordinary people were not allowed to read them. Ruan Huihui was a person with orthodox spiritual talents, so the court bulletin she received was only half a level below that of the Nine Ministers. In other words, compared to Ruan Gong's court bulletin, it was at most slightly abridged and was already the most core confidential information of this country in recent times.
This thing is used to help spiritual talent owners understand world affairs, to prevent some older generation spiritual talent owners from being out of touch with the times, and to prevent the new generation spiritual talent owners from overestimating the current situation. It will also include some analysis of the situation and opinions on certain things from people of the same level. It is a noble way for the Han Dynasty to manage top wise men.
Every spiritual talent owner will receive a report that matches his level after the report is released, based on his current position and status. The lowest level report issued to spiritual talent owners is equivalent to the one issued to the county magistrate.
As for Ruan Huihui, partly because her father was a Weiwei, this report was copied to the confidential officials at the two thousand stone level. This was also the first time that Ruan Huihui had seen such a thing.
Ruan Kan looked at this thing and even felt a little crazy. He didn't know how to comment on this matter, nor did he know what expression to use to look at his sister. He only knew one thing, that is, in the blink of an eye, his sister who was quietly reading a book had become a big shot.
You should know that Ruan Kan had just recently joined the job of Langzhong under the arrangement of his biological father. He planned to spend three years to become the Huangmen Shilang, and then be sent out to be a county magistrate, which was the orthodox route of Jia Xu and Xun You back then.
According to Ruan Kan's estimation, if nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to become a county magistrate when he was in his thirties. Whether he could make further progress and return to Chang'an to take up a post, or become a provincial governor, basically depended on luck.
However, his sister has already walked ahead of him, a person with orthodox spiritual talent! If she were to enter the government, she would directly join the government affairs office as a clerk or a pen clerk, that is, doing odd jobs for the boss. After two years of doing odd jobs, she would be familiar with the work process and then be arranged to go to the Lantai and become the Lantai Censor. She would be a central court official sent to the local area for supervision and serve as a county governor to accumulate experience. After two years, she would be transferred to another place and become a county governor...
Damn, this is a hurdle that most bureaucrats will never be able to overcome in their entire lives, but these people don’t have to do anything, as their superiors will arrange for them to overcome it.
Next, as long as one does not make mistakes in stance, to become a provincial governor or a powerful prime minister, one basically only needs to accumulate seniority. There is only so many people with orthodox spiritual talents, except for the unlucky kids who gather on Cao's side, who have problems in stance, the others, even Sima Lang and Zhang Ji, are provincial governors in the frontier areas.
To put it bluntly, both of them have the power to mobilize troops locally. Even if the number of people they can mobilize is limited, but being able to do so and not being able to do so are two different matters.
Ruan Kan took the official report, touched it again and again, but finally did not open it. He knew very well that those things were not something he could read.
"Dad, doesn't you know?" Ruan Kan put down the court bulletin. It would take at least seven or eight years for him to receive this thing. Besides, unlike Ruan Huihui, who had to send a copy of the court bulletin to her mother regardless of whether she was in office or not, he was only qualified when he was in office.
"This was delivered the day before yesterday. Because it is the first copy, I have to see the person in person before he can sign for it. It will be delivered to my home together with my father's official bulletin." Ruan Huihui shook her head and said.
"Well, what do you think, sister?" Ruan Kan restrained his unnecessary expression and looked at Ruan Huihui very seriously. If it was before, Ruan Kan would definitely be eager to marry his sister off. After all, his sister marrying Huangfu Shuhou could be considered a perfect match. With his sister's conditions, she could meet such a perfect match. What else could she say? Just rush for it!
But now - my sister has spiritual talent, your Huangfu family is too much to steal the chicken directly! If nothing else, at least give my sister a chance to choose.
"I don't really have any deep feelings about this kind of thing." Ruan Huihui shook her head and said, "Father can make the decision, and the general is so active in promoting this marriage, and he can't wait for me to marry into the Huangfu family right now, because the Huangfu family is in a very dangerous situation right now, and they need me very much."
The Huangfu family, which only has the present but no future, is the easiest family to bully after Huangfu Song's fall. But if the Huangfu family had married a person with orthodox spiritual talent before Huangfu Song's death, then the Huangfu family would have both the present and the future. Even if they are a little powerless for a while, other families will do their best to help them instead of trying to swallow up the Huangfu family.
Where did you get the idea that the Yang family was average among the aristocratic families? "Book of Jin·Volume 34·Biography 4": Yang Hu, courtesy name Shuzi, was from Nancheng, Taishan. He was a hereditary official of 2,000 stones, and up to Hu's ninth generation, they were all known for their integrity.
The Book of Jin said that this family had produced officials with the rank of 2,000 stone for nine consecutive generations. In the era of my book, there were officials with the rank of 2,000 stone for eight consecutive generations. If you count the three Nine Ministers during that period, you think the Yang family is weak. Are you comparing it with Yuan and Yang? This is already considered to be in the upper middle level. What's more, in this book, the Yang family is still a loyal minister. Of course, if you say that the father of this family died early and could not help his son, that is indeed true.