Does the villain stepmother have a headache again today!

She did remember that the original owner had a cousin!

And, there is, and only one!

The one who had been inextricably linked with Qu Shaobai before!

He Ma once described to her a very rich experience of gossip, which was full of ups and downs and twists and turns.

It was probably that Qu Shaobai, a young man in white clothes, and this cousin had fallen in love with each other, and then Qu Shaobai probably went to the Ruan family to propose marriage after getting his cousin's consent.

The cousin is a relative on Ruan's mother's side, and she stayed in Antang because of her mother. Therefore, strictly speaking, the cousin is an in-law of the Ruan family, not the granddaughter of Mrs. Tai Lao.

The old lady allowed her cousin to stay in the house for the sake of Ruan's mother.

Therefore, the old lady only took care of her cousin.

In fact, the old lady doesn't have to worry about my cousin's marriage.

Moreover, if my cousin wanted someone to ask questions, it should be Ruan Mu, the mother of the original owner.

In He's mother's words, Mrs. Tai doesn't like to ask about these things.

Correct!

Although Ruan Tao has never met the old lady in person, the old lady in He Ma's words clearly knew that her granddaughter's suggestion of learning meditation was a joke, but the old lady acquiesced.

This old lady should be an old lady who is wise but also has fun in life.

Such an old lady cannot afford to wade through troubled waters for someone like the original owner's cousin.

Therefore, He Ma muttered that the reason why this marriage failed in the end was not because Qu Shaobai was born in a poor family, nor because the old lady did not agree, but because the old lady asked her cousin about her intentions, and the marriage was decided. Let it go.

There are many subtleties in this.

1. Mrs. Tai Lao’s temperament is that she doesn’t like to care about these things, and she will not interfere with these things for no reason. Someone must be begging Mrs. Tai Lao, and Mrs. Tai Lao will go to see Qu Shaobai.

My mother was in Beijing at the time, and what I heard from He's mother was that the relationship between the original owner and this cousin was not good from the beginning, so it couldn't be the original owner, it could only be the cousin herself!

Cousin, well, the main reason is that she still doesn’t know his name.

It shows that before the deviated plot, this cousin, like Zhu, was just a tool who did not need a name.

But now, the role of the tool man seems to have been automatically upgraded because she is still here, so she appears on important occasions such as the Plum Appreciation Banquet.

Back to the topic, the cousin of the tool man probably didn't want others to look down on her for being fostered in the Antang Ruan family, so she begged the old lady to come forward.

Parents to enrich people.

With the old lady playing the role of parents, the vanity of the tool-man cousin can be satisfied.

Therefore, the old lady must have asked for it herself.

Only if she begged the old lady, could the old lady meet Qu Shaobai.

This is one of the subtleties.

2. Come to Pinpin again, if the cousin of the tool man really wanted to reject Qu Shaobai from the bottom of his heart, he could have refused by himself long before Qu Shaobai proposed to the old lady.

With Qu Shaobai's personality, he would neither fail to inform his cousin in advance that he was going to propose marriage, nor would Qu Shaobai go to the Ruan family to propose marriage after his cousin rejected him.

In other words, before Qu Shaobai went to Mrs. Tai’s house to propose, he at least told his cousin. The cousin knew about it and did not reject it at the same time. In this way, Qu Shaobai went to Mrs. Tai’s house.

I heard from He Ma that it was the custom in the Xiqi Kingdom that whenever a marriage was proposed, one would not agree immediately, but would have to "think twice" before deciding whether to agree to the marriage, as a sign of solemnity and reluctance to part with the daughter of the family. Agreeing or not agreeing on the spot is equivalent to belittling the daughter of the family. That's why after Qu Shaobai came to the mansion, the old lady said that she would discuss it with her toolman cousin again.

Then Qu Shaobai went back with full confidence to wait for the news about Mrs. Tai Lao.

This is subtlety number two.

3. The old lady’s face was revealed and the words were conveyed, but the tool man’s cousin declined...

Not only Qu Shaobai didn't expect it, but the old lady didn't expect it either.

And after that, Miss Toolman married Qu Shaobai's Shangfeng.

Correct!

Another climber with no name.

But in terms of official positions, Qu Shaobai had been working in Honglu Temple since he became an official, and Shangfeng was also in Honglu Temple at that time.

Qu Shaobai worked in Honglu Temple, and Honglu Temple was busy with official duties. He did not go to the Ruan family in Antang specifically to propose marriage, but went along with him while performing official duties, so the Shangfeng was also there at that time.

This is the subtlest of subtleties.

The cousin of the tool man had never seen Qu Shaobai's Shang Feng before, but Qu Shaobai's Shang Feng immediately asked to marry his cousin, the tool man, after Qu Shaobai was rejected.

But the only time Shang Feng could come into contact with his cousin, the tool man, was when Shang Feng and Qu Shaobai were in Antang together.

Therefore, by gathering all these things in one place, the ins and outs are more or less clear, and there is no need to know some details.

It was probably the tool man's cousin who lost her parents when she was young, so she sent her to live with her aunt, Mrs. Ruan.

But Ruan's mother and Ruan's father went to Beijing.

Not even the biological daughter of the original owner was brought with him, so the toolman's cousin, the non-biological daughter, was naturally entrusted to the care of the old lady.

All of these are probably because the original owner and the cousin of the tool man have not been that close since childhood. Anyway, there are many things that they dislike about each other. But in the end, the original owner is the eldest daughter of the Ruan family and is loved by thousands of people. But the cousin of the tool man is different. , this is not about relying on others, but relying on others, and then entrusting others to take care of them. I have been referring to Fu Aoquan's earlier work since I was a child.

But Fu Aoquan was adopted by the old Marquis, who was actually very fond of Fu Aoquan. Before something happened, Fu Aoquan had a close relationship with the old lady; this was different from the situation of the young lady who was a tool.

The young lady who is a tool person urgently needs a good marriage to get rid of the shackles in her heart. She even wants to prove to others that she can marry well.

But after all, her parents are gone, and if the clan wants to take care of her, they will not send her to her aunt, so she knows very well that she is just a drag in the eyes of the clan, or in other words, the clan has no way to provide her with anything. Finding a better marriage; at this time, Qu Shaobai, who came to Antang to study, came into the sight of his cousin's cousin by chance.

Because she is from a poor family, the noble girls from nearby aristocratic families may not be interested in her; but the cousin of the tool man has thought carefully and decided that under the current conditions, instead of letting the Antang Ruan family arrange a marriage that is neither good nor bad, it would be better for Qu Shaobai, who is handsome in appearance, to He is a scholar from a humble family who is polite and gentle, and is good at studying. People around him say that he will become a successful scholar in the future.

Officially because of Qu Shaobai's birth, she married into the Qu family. Qu Shaobai obeyed her words and would not be let down by her husband's family. She was also satisfied with Qu Shaobai. The two even had feelings for each other.

Later, Qu Shaobai really lived up to expectations, especially the expectations of his toolman cousin. After high school, he was appointed by the emperor to serve in Honglu Temple.

Even though the official position is humble at the beginning of his career, he still has a promising future.

In this way, after Qu Shaobai became an official, the two exchanged letters, and the tool man's cousin gradually revealed the mentality of getting married, as well as the girl's little thoughts.

After all, Qu Shaobai had been falling in love with his toolman cousin since he was young, so under the hint of his toolman cousin, Qu Shaobai did not wait for his vacation, but went to Antang on the business road.

But this time on business, we still went together with Shangfeng.

But something happened when Qu Shaobai and Shang Feng came to Antang to propose marriage.

Qu Shaobai prepared a brochure to propose marriage. The things on the brochure were all his family assets and savings. But after all, Qu Shaobai’s family background was not very good. Even if he pledged all his family assets and savings, it would only be a drop in the bucket in the eyes of others. So even if he went to Antang , also thinking about how to propose marriage and how to talk about it with Mrs. Ruan family. The orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker cannot make them fall in love with each other. But what he has in him may not be appreciated by the Ruan family. Qu Shaobai has just entered his official career, and he needs to look forward and backward on many things.

We were on a business trip together, so we happened to talk to Tong Shangfeng about this matter.

Before meeting the old lady, Qu Shaobai must meet his tool-man cousin. It was this time that the cousin of the tool man met Qu Shaobai at the top.

It was during this meeting that the toolman's cousin Tong Shangfeng suddenly saw the right person.

In terms of family background, background, and position in the court, Shangfeng was superior to Qu Shaobai.

In this way, things that were originally a certainty were quietly changing.

At this time, Qu Shaobai was engrossed in his official duties and how to propose marriage to the old lady. He did not notice at all that after meeting once, Shangfeng and his toolman cousin became more and more familiar with each other, and even had a relationship. touch.

In these contacts, as time goes by, we become more and more familiar with each other.

The more familiar I become, the more I feel that Shangfeng is a more suitable choice.

Although Qu Shaobai is promising at a young age, it is still unknown whether his future will go smoothly and where he will reach.

But what is ready-made in front of us is that the peak has already reached this point. In other words, the lower limit is there. As long as we don’t make mistakes, we will not be lower than our current achievements.

Compared with the uncertainty of being in the same place as Qu Shaobai and the time it takes to wait, when the peak appears, birth, position and all the factors that have been determined have already taken care of themselves. Therefore, even though the cousin of the tool man had a "beautiful" friendship with Qu Shaobai when he was young, in the end, he lost to reality after repeated weighing.

Because compared with the love he had when he was young, a deeper background and a superiority visible to the naked eye can fill the gap in the heart of the tool-man cousin.

In this way, Qu Shaobai, full of anxiety and hope, went to the old lady to propose marriage.

The old lady also followed the etiquette and said she would discuss it with the toolmaker's cousin. After all, this matter should be done with caution.

Qu Shaobai understood.

But judging from the attitude of Mrs. Tai Lao and the affirmation he had received from his toolman cousin earlier, although Qu Shaobai was uneasy, he had not actually thought about what would happen next.

And this cousin of the Tool Man, Green Tea, and White Lotus, indeed has the looks and means. In just a few days, not only did she make eye contact with Shang Feng, but she also captured Shang Feng's heart. Moreover, the Tool Man, Green Tea, Cousin Bai Lianhua did not inform Qu Shaobai of this matter, but still asked Qu Shaobai to go to Mrs. Tai Lao to propose marriage. At the same time, Tool Man, Green Tea, and White Lotus's cousin did not tell Mrs. Tai Lao about the matter. Instead, after Mrs. Tai Lao met Qu Shaobai, Tool Man, Green Tea, and White Lotus's cousin suddenly showed regret and fear. There is no best preparation and so on...

In this way, the farce started by the brown tool man, green tea, white lotus, and cousin was finally ended by the tool man, green tea, white lotus, and cousin herself. But the springboard for Tool Man, Green Tea, White Lotus, and Cousin has changed from Qu Shaobai to a peak that, judging from the situation at the time, is higher than Qu Shaobai by an unknown amount.

Tool Man. Green Tea. White Lotus. Cousin not only stepped on Qu Shaobai to become the leader, but also put all this mess aside and pushed it onto the old lady.

At that time, Qu Shaobai did think that the old lady did not like him, so he broke up the marriage on the grounds of reconsideration. Qu Shaobai, who later became the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, should have figured it out, but at that time , Qu Shaobai, who was stepped on by his tool cousin, was said to have been depressed for a long time, but a person's world cannot only have a love brain. After falling in love once, Qu Shaobai put all his thoughts on the court.

So later, the cousin of the tool man, Green Tea, White Lotus, married Qu Shaobai's Shangfeng. The old lady must have guessed something, so based on Shangfeng's family background and identity, it was the third uncle who came forward. In response, the old lady never took part in this matter again.

The cousin of the tool man should also know that the Tai Lao Madam knew the ins and outs of the matter, so after marrying in the capital, the tool man's cousin had very few contacts, and even almost lost contact with the Tai Lao Madam.

As for the future, those who were superior to Qu Shaobai in many aspects back then were surpassed by Qu Shaobai, either by a head, or beyond their reach.

Now Qu Shaobai has not only taken up the post of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, but everyone in the court knows that Qu Shaobai is highly regarded by the new emperor and his future is limitless.

Earlier, he was superior to Qu Shaobai in all aspects, both in terms of ability and the fact that the New Emperor needed someone to make way for Qu Shaobai. He stepped on it accurately, so in just a few days Years ago, he has long been completely unable to compare with Qu Shaobai.

The cousin who had been trying to convince him how sensible and correct his previous choices were was finally becoming more and more depressed after Qu Shaobai gradually showed his prominence in the court.

But this kind of thing was chosen by oneself, or by such tortuous means. I am afraid there is no place to even complain.

The old lady will definitely ignore it; the third uncle will not care about it; the mother must also know what the old lady knows. Just because she has been in the capital for so long and even fainted, this tool-man cousin has been in the capital all the time. She had never shown up before, and she didn't know until today when Fu Aoquan mentioned her. This shows that her cousin, the tool man, was not close to her mother after she got married in Beijing. What's more, her mother never even mentioned her.

But yes, my mother never cares about people and things that don't matter.

Probably, my cousin, the tool man, should be dispensable to my mother at the moment, and one of the people and things that I don't need to care about. So when my mother was chatting, even though she was going to attend the plum appreciation banquet today, she didn't mention this tool-man cousin yesterday.

As a result, she still doesn't know the name of this tool man's cousin.

The "Atao" call just now made her a little confused.

Especially the complicated look in the other person's eyes when he looked at him just now, oh, Ruan Tao suddenly figured out what kind of jealousy it was. After seeing it beat the dog in the water, he was still envious, and in the end he couldn't tell the difference between envy and jealousy. But just looking at you is so miserable, but it doesn’t seem like this kind of shock...

She suddenly understood why the tool man's cousin suddenly appeared here.

I'm afraid I came here early and waited for her here for a long time.

Sometimes, a person may not be living a good life, but the motivation that makes her insist on doing a stupid thing is not what can make her live better, but what can make her determine a situation that she does not want. People who live a better life for her really do not live well, so even if her life is not good, she feels comfortable...

She couldn't understand it, but she respected it.

Therefore, she did not want Fu Aoquan to become such a person.

When a person spends all his time comparing himself to another person, rather than focusing on himself and what he should do, then your life, from another perspective, has long since become an accessory to other people’s lives. Taste……

Your value is realized by comparing with another person, but not by mutual achievement. Then such comparison actually loses its original meaning.

But often, the more deeply a person is stuck in this situation, the more difficult it is for him or herself to achieve success for others.

Fortunately, Fu Aoquan is no longer among them.

Everyone knew today that they would avoid her and the Nanping Marquis Mansion. She also told her mother that only those with unclear minds would cause trouble for her at the plum blossom appreciation banquet invited by the emperor today.

But she never expected that there really was such a person.

Moreover, this person is also her tool man cousin.

Sure enough, there are all kinds of birds in the forest. Whether it is for her personal intention or for other purposes behind the scenes, this person comes to pester her, but she has no obligation to accompany her.

"Let's go." Ruan Tao lowered his eyes lightly.

I've met her, I've greeted her, and I've spent enough time with her.

There is no need to continue.

After Ruan Tao finished speaking, Fu Aoquan and the old lady both had headaches.

Fu Aoquan and the old lady, one knows certain aspects of his mother very well, just like the other knows certain aspects of his daughter-in-law very well.

The mother/daughter-in-law is used to being a good person and doing things, so she can speak like this. In just two sentences, she doesn't even want to be tactful when facing this person, so she leaves without wasting time.

But the mother/daughter-in-law was like this. The other party blinked, as if he didn't react, and hurriedly chased him up. Because he was walking fast, he was a little anxious, and said quickly, "A Tao, I know about the Nanping Marquis Mansion. You I feel wronged in my heart, and I feel sorry for you, but life has to pass, so don’t take it to heart."

"Well, okay." Ruan Tao almost wrote the word indifference on his forehead.

The cousin of the tool man was stunned.

It seemed that he was suddenly unable to resist.

But she was stunned, but the other party was still walking, so she soon fell behind again, but Ruan Tao, the old lady and Fu Aoquan were obviously not ready to wait for her.

The cousin of the tool man never expected to encounter such a situation. For a short moment, the cousin of the tool man was stunned again.

However, she has not forgotten what she is here for today!

The tool man’s cousin followed again. This time, the tool man’s cousin became smarter and stopped saying these roundabout polite words. He went straight to the topic, “Grandma was also angry with me earlier. You must marry Marquis Nanping, and there should be nothing my grandmother can do to you."

Old lady: "..."

Fu Aoquan: "..."

No wonder her daughter-in-law/mother doesn’t want to see her and is so annoying when she opens her mouth!

Sure enough the daughter-in-law/mother was right!

This person should not be ignored!

It’s been a long time since the old lady and Fu Aoquan had such a tacit understanding that they looked at the same person at the same time!

After all, Fu Aoquan grew up with the old lady, and his facial expressions, frequency, and amplitude were exactly the same as the old lady's.

Therefore, the effect of Ruan Tao's scene is particularly obvious.

Almost, Ruan Tao couldn't help laughing.

Fortunately, I held back.

But the tool man’s cousin couldn’t help it!

Seeing that the person who was planning to laugh at him seemed to be suppressing the joke, the tool man's cousin's face suddenly darkened. Cousin Cousin the Tool Man only had the idea of ​​regaining this tone at the moment. Cousin Cousin the Tool Man moved Qing Xiaozhi just to destroy the other person's only sense of superiority in front of her, "I know your current situation is also difficult, no matter who it is. , it won’t be easy if your husband goes to the border on the day of marriage and never comes back, so don’t take it to heart.”

The second time I asked her to "don't take it to heart" was actually because I was afraid that she really wouldn't take it to heart.

Then you have to take it to heart.

"Ah."

Um? Just a "huh"?

The tool-man cousin could no longer even maintain her pretense of dignity. The surprise was clearly written on her face, and her whole face looked ferocious!

You're obviously having a worse life than me, why don't you show it!

You are obviously miserable, why don't you struggle?

You should be so angry that you are scratching your head and desperately trying to prove to me that your life is not that bad, but why do you just say "hmm"!

you!

What are you...

Ruan Tao interrupted the other party's thoughts, "If it's okay, let's go first. Mother also wants to appreciate the plum blossoms~ I borrowed it."

When Ruan Tao finished speaking, Fu Aoquan had already tacitly supported the old lady, and the old lady had also been tacitly supported, ready to move at any time.

"Mom, please slow down, the ground here is a bit slippery."

Ruan Tao reminded Fu Aoquan and the old lady that they discovered, oh, it’s true!

The ground right here started to get wet and slippery.

I don’t know how my daughter-in-law/mother noticed this just now.

The tool man's cousin's face had turned from dark to green, and Ruan Tao could even see clearly the inconspicuous place where the ground in front was wetter and slipperier, which meant that the other party had just ignored her at all.

The anxiety that the tool man's cousin had accumulated earlier was rushed to one place, and she suddenly became angry and her voice became louder, "You are still your own sister, how come you have become the Marquis of Nanping, and even the basic etiquette is gone!"

The old lady and Fu Aoquan were both shocked!

The old lady almost used her fighting skills that had not been used in decades. Ruan Tao did not speak. Fu Aoquan said coldly, "My grandmother is my aunt's elder. My elder is here, and my aunt did not take the initiative to greet me. This is There is no etiquette towards the elders; I am my aunt's junior, and my aunt does not have the sense of propriety when talking to the younger generation. This is disrespectful to the younger generation. Although my mother is my aunt's sister, she is also the mistress of the Nanpinghou Mansion, Mrs. Nanpinghou. The ladies from the aristocratic families next to the capital will greet them respectfully when they see them, and the ones with a lower rank will still salute respectfully. Since my aunt is a female member of the court and has always been in the capital, she should know better than us, but no matter whether she treats the elders or the juniors, She is still the wife of the Marquis, and her aunt does not have the corresponding etiquette, but she still accuses my mother of having no etiquette! My grandmother and mother are generous and do not let my aunt care about it, but it does not mean that others can take advantage of them. Today is a plum appreciation banquet, I think. It must have taken a lot of effort to be invited to the garden as an aunt, right? All the prefectures in Beijing are entering the garden one after another, but don't let others look away. This rare opportunity ended up not even enjoying the plum blossoms, and it came back in vain. , I’m afraid it won’t be easy to explain when you return home, right?”

"You! You!" The cousin of the tool man was so angry that his blood pressure suddenly shot up, but except for you, he couldn't say another word.

The old lady and Ruan Tao were both impressed.

Fu Aoquan continued, "There are a total of thirty-seven gardens in the Plum Garden in the suburbs of Beijing. Twenty-three of them will be open for today's plum appreciation, eight for male guests, and fifteen for the rest of the women and children. Each garden is large or small. They are all different, and each has its own unique scenery. My aunt will probably not meet us again and say goodbye."

After Fu Aoquan finished speaking, he returned the favor to his servant to bless his body.

The tool man was so surprised that he couldn't hold his tongue straight.

Seeing Fu Aoquan helping the old lady of the Nanping Hou Mansion to leave, and Ruan Tao on the side not even looking at her, the tool man was so angry that he was trembling!

A little further away, Lu Zhiyuan lowered his head and smiled, his teeth pointed and his mouth sharp, which was interesting.

"Father-in-law?" The little chamberlain beside him was waiting for him to make up his mind.

"It's okay." Lu Zhiyuan said warmly.