MTL - Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress-Chapter 727 [Fan] The belt is getting wider and you will never regret it (17)
In the town government’s mansion.
These days, the doorstep of the government has been almost leveled by the official media.
After many years, Xu Wanning has regained the glory she had when her eldest son proposed marriage. The eldest son Li Kun was excellent since he was a child. When the eldest son was weak, the official media came to propose marriage. This was the scene. At that time, Xu Wanning was really proud. .
By the time the youngest son was young, he was far inferior to the eldest son. Not only were there not many matchmakers who came to propose marriages, but the quality of the girls they proposed was also mediocre, making Xu Wanning, who had always loved fun, not like to go out much anymore. .
However, he never expected that after so many years, the young son would have such a turn of events.
Since Li Ping went to Northern Xinjiang, he started out as a low-ranking official and spent ten years sharpening his sword. Now he has become a famous and victorious general. Because of his outstanding military exploits, he was also awarded a marquis and sealed the north of the town. Hou, in charge of sixteen important military towns in the north.
You should know that the last time the Li family was awarded a title was more than 300 years ago. The ancestor of the Li family accompanied the Zhao family to conquer the Qi Dynasty, and only then earned the title of Duke.
Unexpectedly, more than three hundred years later, the Li family would have such a capable son and grandson, and earn a marquis.
Although there is a bit of the emperor's partiality in this title, Li Ping's achievements are obvious to all, otherwise he would not be able to stop everyone from talking. Furthermore, if he does not have real ability, he cannot bear such a important responsibility. .
As dusk fell, Xu Wanning finally sent away the last wave of matchmakers. She stretched her waist and ordered her close lady to say, "Bring over the portraits those people brought and let me take a look."
Li Ping is twenty-seven years old. Judging from the age at which men marry nowadays, he is actually a bit older. However, he is in a high position, has never been married, and comes from a high family. Such a person can be found everywhere. You can't find a good son-in-law.
Since Li Ping returned to the capital, all the powerful families in the capital who had daughters of school age were jealous.
Some lively families, in order to increase their daughters' competitive advantage, ordered matchmakers to bring portraits of their daughters to propose marriage. After the news spread like wildfire, other families could not sit still and gave in one after another regardless of their dignity. The matchmaker comes with the portrait.
It’s like an emperor choosing a concubine.
The mother-in-law and the little girl each came forward with a large pile of portraits. The mother-in-law said happily: "Madam, this is too much. I am really dazzled by these beautiful young ladies."
They are all young girls of fifteen or sixteen years old, as beautiful as flowers.
Xu Wanning took one with a smile, looked at it, nodded with a smile, put it down, took another one, and said: "Yes, one is born better than the other."
The little maid stood aside and said with a smile: "There are so many beauties, it's really embarrassing. Madam, why don't you choose a few more for the Marquis."
"Little hoof, don't talk nonsense." Xu Wanning smiled and glared at the maid: "These are the daughters of officials. We are choosing wives. How can we be greedy for too much?"
Mi echoed: "This hoof is right, this is really a flower picking, making people dazzling."
Xu Wanning selected a few of the most satisfactory portraits and said, "I'll show that brat. This is his wife. Let him choose."
When Li Ping returned from practicing martial arts, he saw Xu Wanning coming with many portraits. He was surprised and said: "Mother, what are you doing?"
After ten years of hard work, Li Ping no longer has the naughty look of his youth. He is tall and tall, with a cold and frosty complexion. He exudes the majesty of a powerful person, making people afraid of him when they see him.
The youngest son was naughty when he was young. At that time, Xu Wanning would always beat and scold him when she saw him. Now that she is getting along with this son, even she, a mother, feels a little nervous and does not dare to make a mistake and relax.
Xu Wanning slowly sat down on the chair. She did not respond to her son's question. She first asked the servant girl to place the portraits in front of her son one by one, and then said: "You take a look first before talking."
Li Ping threw the silver gun in his hand to the boy, then took the towel handed over by his mother-in-law to wipe off the sweat, then sat down on the chair next to his mother, lowering his eyes and looking at the paintings of young girls. portrait. He frowned and asked doubtfully: "There are so many little girls, does the mother want to give her eldest brother and sister-in-law an adopted daughter?"
Li Kun and Dong Qing gave birth to four sons in a row, as well as any daughters.
Seeing that he was not understanding, Xu Wanning said angrily: "Your eldest brother and sister-in-law are still young. If you want a daughter, you can just continue to have a daughter. Why do you want to adopt someone else's family?"
"That's right." Li Ping smiled at his mother and guessed: "Then are you planning to get engaged to Brother Yu?"
As he spoke, he murmured: "My eldest nephew is only fourteen. Isn't it a little early?"
Brother Yu as mentioned by Li Ping is the eldest son of Li Kun and Dong Qing.
Xu Wanning was so angry that she rolled her eyes at her son and said, "If you don't get married, if you wait two more years, your eldest nephew will really be ahead of your uncle."
“This is to choose a wife for you.” Xu Wanning said straightforwardly.
Li Ping finally understood. He looked at the little girls in the portraits again, and then laughed out loud.
“Mother, are you kidding me? These little girls look to be about the same age as my sister’s nieces. They are all children.”
“Mother, please stop teasing me.” After speaking, Li Ping pointed at the portraits and ordered: “Put them all away quickly.”
Xu Wanning stopped her son and said, "Li Ping, you are almost thirty, why aren't you in a hurry?"
Li Ping knew that his mother was coming to urge the marriage again, so he simply acted like a scoundrel again: "What's the rush? Can a marriage be rushed?"
"Anyway, it's rare for you to come back this time, so you must marry your wife." As she said that, Xu Wanning pushed the portraits in front of her son without any explanation: "You choose one yourself. If you don't choose, I, the mother, will give it to you." select."
"That's it." Seeing that her son was not moving, Xu Wanning pointed her finger confidently.
Li Ping saw that his mother was serious about taking action, so he waved his hands and said, "Mother, I don't want to marry these little girls. Mother, please don't mess around. Don't ruin other people's children."
Seeing this, Xu Wanning said: "These noble girls are the daughters of big families in Beijing waiting to be married. If you think they are young, what about your uncle's cousin?"
Li Ping has a total of nine legitimate uncles, and the total number of legitimate daughters and concubines of these nine uncles is thirty or forty.
Li Ping was confused: "Which cousin?"
Xu Wanning said hurriedly: "She is from your eldest uncle's family. He is four years younger than you. He is a nine-year-old at home and is called Sister Bi."
Seeing that her son was still confused, Xu Wanning reminded her again: "That child has a round face, big eyes, and always smiles. He loved to stick to you when he was a child. Have you forgotten?"
After his mother's careful reminder, Li Ping finally remembered and asked: "I remember that when she was a child, she had a big tongue and couldn't even speak clearly. When she called me second cousin, she called me cousin Ai, cousin Ai. of."
"You kid, why do you always remember other people's embarrassing things?" He then spoke on behalf of his niece: "My ninth daughter has stopped talking loudly for a long time. Now she is very handsome. She is also filial and multi-talented. Everyone who meets her is impressed. boast."
“Then why is she so old and not married yet?” Li Ping said sharply.
