My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 145 Engagement
Xu Qin followed his mother and led a large marriage proposal team to the Chengguo Mansion. Along the way, many people watched. When Xu Qin and his team arrived at the gate of the Chengguo Mansion, Zhu Yong was already waiting at the gate.

Logically, Xu Qin and Li should have saluted Zhu Yong first, but before Xu Qin and the others approached Zhu Yong, Zhu Yong wanted to salute from a distance: "Hello, aunt!"

Li also immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Duke Cheng. Excuse me!"

"No, no, no, please come in quickly. Shakyabao, please help your mother come in. My mother is also waiting for you in the mansion. Please come in quickly!" Zhu Yong said very politely. He really didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the Xu family, even though the Xu Qin family didn't have any title.

"Please!" Li said politely. With Li around, Xu Qin couldn't talk nonsense. Unless the other party asked him a question, it would be impolite to interrupt.

Soon, Xu Qin supported Li and, under the guidance of Zhu Yong, stepped into the gate of Duke Chengguo's Mansion. Then they found that the middle door had been opened, and the old lady of Duke Chengguo, Liang, was waiting outside the middle door.

When Liang saw Li, she was about to salute, but Li was not ignorant of the rules, and the two of them saluted each other almost at the same time.

"Welcome to the house, sister. I have always wanted to visit you in person, but I was afraid of seeming rude, so I didn't dare to come. Please forgive me!" Liang spoke first to Li.

"Of course I dare not. You must know what happened to our Xu family before. There is no need to cause trouble for yourself. Besides, at that time, we didn't dare to let guests into the house!" Li said with a smile. She had been the wife of a duke for many years, and she was not at all nervous in front of Liang.

"Yes. Please come in, sister!" Liang said with a smile.

"Please!" Li said with a smile. In fact, it was not that Li was impolite. Liang was the old lady of the Duke, and Li had no status. Liang could call Li sister, but Li could not call Liang sister. No matter what, officially, Li was a commoner.

"Please come in, old lady!" Li said very politely.

Liang nodded with a smile, turned around and led the way, Li followed behind, while Xu Qin and Zhu Yong took a detour. Xu Qin was not allowed to go through the middle gate as he was not qualified.

Zhu Yong accompanied Xu Qin on a detour.

After arriving at the living room, Liang sat in the main seat, Li sat on Liang's left, Xu Qin sat below Li, Zhu Yong, his younger brother, Zhu Yong's wife, and Zhu Yong's family sat on Liang's right respectively.

In fact, the engagement was just a formality. Li and Liang had already discussed it beforehand, including walking through the middle door just now, which was also a formality, and the same went for the polite words.

Next, it was mainly Liang and Li who spoke.

Occasionally, Liang would ask Xu Qin some questions. Liang was very satisfied with Xu Qin. First, Xu Qin had married Zhu Jinxi before, second, Xu Qin's ability, and third, the status of the Xu family in the Ming Dynasty. No matter from which aspect, Xu Qin and Zhu Jinxi were a good match for each other.

Soon, the two of them decided on a date for their wedding. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month this year was an auspicious date, and the Xu family would come to pick up the bride at that time.

However, what they did not expect was that Empress Xu actually sent people to deliver a lot of engagement gifts, of course, for Zhu Jinxi.

This made Liang and Zhu Yong very happy.

At noon, Li and Xu Qin had lunch together in the mansion of Duke Chengguo. Zhu Jinxi did not come out either. It was impossible for her to come out. However, Xu Qin and Zhu Jinxi had met many times. It was just that Zhu Jinxi was sick at that time. But even so, it could be seen that Zhu Jinxi was a beauty. Now that she has recovered, she will probably look even better.

Besides, my mother also said that Zhu Jinxi was pretty and could give birth, so what else could I say? I didn't have the freedom to marry a wife, but I still had some freedom to take a concubine, but of course I needed Zhu Jinxi's consent.

Of course, if Zhu Jinxi disagrees, she can also take a concubine, but it will be bad if the matter becomes a big deal. However, the Xu family is wealthy and powerful, and it is impossible for Zhu Jinxi to disagree with Xu Qin taking a concubine. If Xu Qin does not have a son, Zhu Jinxi will take the initiative to arrange for Xu Qin to take a concubine. If Xu Qin has a son, and the son is born by Zhu Jinxi, then it does not matter to Zhu Jinxi how many concubines Xu Qin takes.

Because in the end, most of the title and property will be given to Zhu Jinxi's son, because Zhu Jinxi's son is the legitimate son.

After finally finishing lunch, Xu Qin and the others drank tea together for a while, and then Li took Xu Qin away. The marriage was considered settled.

Xu Qin had been very well behaved the whole morning. He had to be very well behaved. If he wasn't, his mother would beat him to death. Besides, this was the era. There was no room for you to show off. If you dared to show off, your parents would hit you. And you would be accused of being rude and ill-mannered.

Xu Qin followed his mother back home. Xu Qin wanted to go to bed because he got up too early in the morning. Moreover, the whole morning was stuffy and Xu Qin felt sleepy.

"Where are you going?" Li scolded Xu Qin immediately when she saw him walking towards her courtyard.

Xu Qin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li and said, "Mom, it's noon, you can take a nap, I'm going to sleep for a while." "Why sleep? Go tell your dad. I still have a lot of things to tell you." Li glared at Xu Qin and said.

Xu Qin touched his head, looked at his mother in confusion and said, "What else is there?"

"Let's go!" Li didn't explain, but just glared at Xu Qin. Xu Qin became obedient. He said that his mother should not be provoked at this time. His mother had indeed reached menopause.

When Xu Qin arrived at the living room, Xu Huizu was already sitting there. When he saw Li and Xu Qin coming back, he immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Is this matter settled?"

"It's quite satisfactory. The Chengguo family also tried their best to be polite. Although there are still some things that are not right, they may not understand. After all, they have only been conferred the title for a few years. But the sincerity is there.

When Xu Qin heard this, he looked at his mother and said, "It's not perfect yet, why are there so many rules?"

Xu Huizu nodded, pointed at Xu Qin and said, "Where is this kid?"

Li smiled and said, "Not bad. You behaved very well today, didn't say anything nonsense, and didn't break the rules. Bao'er, come over here and sit down. Mother still has something to tell you."

Xu Qin immediately followed Li and told her not to provoke him on the matter of marriage, otherwise the consequences would be serious. As for other matters, he would be very doting on her.

Then Li began to explain what she needed to do and pay attention to from now until the wedding, including sending gifts to Chengguo Mansion during festivals and Liang's birthday. In addition, she needed to be present at any wedding or funeral at Chengguo Mansion in the future. Although she and Zhu Jinxi had not yet married, she was already Liang's son-in-law.

Facing his mother's instructions, Xu Qin naturally nodded. He dared not disobey.

It was already 25 minutes later when he finished explaining all that. Xu Qin almost fell asleep while listening, but he still forced himself to finish listening.

After returning to his own courtyard, Xu Qin went to sleep for a while on the recliner in the study.

On the other side of the palace, Zhu Di also gritted his teeth and came to Kunning Palace. He also received news that Xu Qin had come out of Duke Chengguo's Mansion.

Zhu Di considered for a day and finally decided to meet Xu Qin. If he wanted to meet Xu Qin, he must tell Empress Xu. However, Empress Xu was very dissatisfied with Zhu Di's decision to send her away last time, so Zhu Di had no choice but to come.

Empress Xu was sewing clothes in the greenhouse. Zhu Di came in and waved his hand, and all the palace maids and eunuchs in the greenhouse left.

Empress Xu looked up and saw that it was Zhu Di. She smiled and said, "Oh, you only stayed in Jiming Temple for a few days this time. So soon? But is there something important happening in the court? Didn't the eldest brother tell you? It's wrong for the eldest brother to make you, the father, run back and forth. I will talk to him later. How can you make his father so tired?"

Zhu Di smiled and sat down: "Miaoyun, I was wrong, hehe!" He admitted his mistake so quickly. After all, in front of his wife, and there were only two of them, it was not shameful to admit his mistake. Besides, he was wrong in the first place.

Empress Xu glared at Zhu Di and sneered, "You are not happy that you don't plot against my Xu family every day, right? Anyway, you are thinking of ways to trick my nephew. Fortunately, my nephew did well that day and solved those arithmetic problems. If he hadn't solved them, how would you deal with my nephew?"

"That's not true. He said it himself, that he is very good at arithmetic. When I heard that, I definitely needed to investigate to see if he really has the ability. Unexpectedly, he really has the ability. But it also shows that there is no master behind Sakyabao. I misunderstood him before." Zhu Di immediately explained to Empress Xu with a smile.

Empress Xu stared at Zhu Di and said through gritted teeth, "I told you long ago that there is no one. Who among the servants in the Xu Mansion do I not know? Well? How could I not know that there is a master? You stubbornly believed that there was one. Now, isn't it? The weaving bureau's overseas trade is at a standstill, and Shakyabao is unwilling to go either. Let me see what you are going to do?"

As he said this, he stared at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di sat there and smiled awkwardly, then said, "Your nephew has no conscience. He has not come to the palace to see his aunt for such a long time. You said you would not punish him."

After hearing this, Empress Xu stared at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di felt that he might have said something wrong just now, so he smiled and said: "I'm just saying that knowing that he is afraid to see you does not mean that he is unfilial to you."

"Just say what you want to say." Empress Xu stared at Zhu Di and said.

"I want to talk to him, but I'm worried that this kid won't tell the truth in front of me. So, you have to come. Do you think we should invite him to the palace so that you two can meet him?" After Zhu Di finished speaking, he looked at Xu Miaoyun tentatively.

(End of this chapter)