I just didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that they were all chosen on the same day.
The wife of General Huwei's family spoke first and asked Meng Shu to marry her eldest son.
"Old madam, my son has just graduated this year and is serving as the Xipin Zhonglang General in Xuanjia Camp. In the past few years, he has focused all his attention on the military camp and has not been in a hurry to talk about marriage. My son is strong and healthy. He is good at boxing and kicking, is good at training soldiers and horses, and is also good at reading. He can be said to be both civil and military..." Mrs. Qi greatly praised her son.
Firstly, her son is really good, and secondly... a mother naturally thinks that her son is the best.
When marrying a girl in the Duke's palace, she will definitely look at her family status and character, and of course... she will definitely look for someone who is strong and healthy.
She felt that her son had a greater chance of being selected by the Meng family than those weak scholars.
Anyway, in her heart, civilian officials are definitely inferior to military generals. The Meng family is also a family of military generals, so they will definitely favor their own people.
After she finished speaking, the other lady quickly praised her son.
As for Zhao?
At this time, she felt a little regretful.
She should have listened to her son and daughter and come over the first two days instead of asking someone to pick an auspicious day for her.
Today is a good day, but there are many people coming.
Their Shen family has the highest family status, and their son is also a famous talent in Beijing. If he can win the first prize or the top prize and then propose marriage, it will be a sure thing.
Unfortunately, time waits for no one.
After the ladies finished talking, Mrs. Zhao also explained her purpose of coming and praised her son.
The old lady did not decide on the candidate for her grandson-in-law. She only said that she would write to Meng Shu's parents and discuss it before making a decision.
This is also what it should be.
The important matter of marriage is originally the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.
What's more, if a family has a girl, hundreds of families want her.
In the past, Meng Shu was stymied by the royal family, and no one dared to come to propose marriage, but it was different now.
After the old lady asked the third lady and Meng Shu's sister-in-law Tian to send the person away, she turned her head to look at the screen and said with a smile: "Shu'er, come here quickly."
She just said, her granddaughter is so good, how could no one want her?
It was just the Queen Mother who was causing trouble.
"Grandma!" Meng Shu stepped forward and sat next to the old lady, leaning on her shoulder.
The old lady touched her granddaughter's head lovingly and said softly: "Which one do you think is suitable for Shu'er? If you don't like it, let's choose slowly. If you don't want to stay in the capital and want to go to Guiyun City, grandma Also depends on you.”
After hearing this, Meng Shu leaned tightly on the old lady's shoulder and said nothing.
She could feel that her grandmother was particularly happy today.
Her grandmother loved her so much that she let her choose her future husband and her future destination, but her old man definitely still wanted her to stay in the capital.
"Who does grandma think is suitable?" Meng Shu raised her head and asked.
"Of the five families who came to propose marriage today, my grandmother thinks that the eldest son of the General Wei family and the second son of the Shen family are the most outstanding. I have heard people talk about these two children before. They are both of excellent character. One can be literary. A man who is capable of martial arts is particularly outstanding among the children of these aristocratic families in the capital, Shu'er might as well think about it carefully." The old lady held Meng Shu in her arms, her face full of kindness.
"Okay!" Meng Shu nodded.
She hesitated whether to tell her grandmother about herself and the emperor.
She discussed it with her third uncle and eldest brother that day, but no one else knew about it except the three of them and her father.
What my father and third uncle meant was that since the matter was serious, they should hide it from the family first.
By the afternoon.
The palace sent people to convey the imperial edict, but there was a lot of nonsense. Meng Shu finally understood what the Queen Mother meant after hearing it.
The old witch praised her father for guarding the border and his hard work. She also praised Meng Shu for being in the sky, not on earth. She said that she would marry her personally and choose one of the people who proposed marriage from the Meng family to be her husband.
After Yi's decree was issued, more people came to the Meng family to propose marriage.
For three consecutive days, Meng Shu came to the old lady and sat behind the screen to listen to the ladies praising their sons.
What left her speechless was that Wang Zhengqian, the Minister of Rites, asked his cousin-in-law to propose marriage to Meng Shu as his stepmother.
As soon as the people left, the old lady's face darkened.
"What does the Wang family mean by this? How can I, the eldest daughter of the Meng family, marry such a bad old man as his stepmother? This is a toad trying to eat swan meat. She's crazy!"
Meng Shu also felt depressed at first, but after hearing her grandmother's words, she couldn't help but laugh.
Wang Zhengqian is indeed not young, but he is not a bad old man, and he is not bad looking.
However, Meng Shu doesn’t like it either.
My father once analyzed the important ministers in the court, especially those in the cabinet.
In his father's words, although Wang Zhengqian is extremely intelligent, his character is average and he only cares about profit in everything.
He must have ulterior motives for coming to join in the fun and propose marriage now.
Could it be that the Queen Mother, that old witch, meant it?
Because she is unwilling to be a concubine to King Wei, the old woman wants to marry her to Wang Zhengqian as his stepmother, disgusting her and violating her?
Meng Shu felt like she had goosebumps.
However, there was one thing that Meng Shu found strange.
In the past, the emperor would shamelessly come to see her every now and then, but why had he disappeared in recent days?
So many people came to propose marriage, and the Queen Mother even offered her a marriage. How could the Emperor just watch?
"Grandma, don't be angry. There is no need for us to get so angry because of these people." Meng Shu held the old lady's arm and said with a smile.
"You girl, you are very tolerant. Now I am worried that the Queen Mother will make some random arrangements and choose the most unreliable one for you from the dozen or so people who have proposed marriage." The old lady said with a worried look on her face.
She was quite happy before, but today Wang Zhengqian invited someone to come to propose marriage, and the old lady suddenly became anxious, fearing that the Queen Mother would choose him.
"Don't worry, grandma, it won't happen." Meng Shu was afraid that her old man would be worried. After thinking for a moment, he asked everyone in the room to leave and told her about herself and the emperor.
However, the emperor had said before that as long as she nodded in agreement, and after he had completely eliminated the Queen Mother and King Wei, and got rid of these two troubles, he would come to propose marriage and marry her into the palace in all glory.
Now that the Queen Mother wants to grant her a marriage, what will he do?
What Meng Shu didn't know was that the emperor was currently in Taikang Palace and heard the Queen Mother talk about granting Meng Shu a marriage.
"Emperor, Meng Huaiyuan now has 120,000 soldiers and horses, and he is far away from the border. Once he has a disobedient heart, the consequences will be disastrous. The Ai family feels that it is better to suppress it, so that Meng Huaiyuan always remembers himself. He is my minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. All his honors and favors are given by the Ai family and the emperor. If he is loyal, he will have everything. If he dares to have second thoughts, he will be in disaster. "
"What does the queen plan to do?" the emperor asked.
"The Ai family wants to marry Meng Shu personally, and they cannot choose any outstanding family members to beat the Meng family, lest they become arrogant and overwhelm the master with their great achievements." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
