New widow

"So, what is their crime?" Zhang Qing asked slowly. Prince Wang was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "Robbing me in broad daylight and holding me hostage is naturally a capital crime."

"You!" Madam Du stepped forward and shouted loudly: "You seduce someone who is already engaged to another family. What is your crime?"

Abducting a good girl is a capital crime. Prince Wang naturally knew this, but Qiu became anxious and said loudly: "My cousin has been promised to be my concubine."

"I have never heard of many families in the world being so confident." Aunt Wu also sneered. Zhang Qing allowed them to quarrel. Seeing that the quarrel was over, Mr. Wang said to Zhang Qing, "Why didn't you stop it?"

"Why should I stop it?" Zhang Qing asked back? Prince Wang has already said: "This roar in court is also guilty."

"Then what are you doing now?" As soon as Zhang Qing finished speaking, someone shouted: "Master Zhang, please be merciful."

It seems that Butler Qiu did not bring Prince Wang back and went to bring in reinforcements. As for this reinforcement, Zhang Qing looked at the person who walked into the lobby. The person who walked in was none other than Aunt Du, who rarely went out.

Seeing Aunt Du, Prince Wang felt extremely aggrieved. He called out to Aunt Du and said, "Mom, they, they..."

"Bad thing." Aunt Du felt hurt when she saw her son being so wronged, but she raised her hand and slapped her son. Prince Wang looked at Aunt Du with wide eyes, not believing that he would be slapped by Aunt Du.

"Mother!" There was a lot of grievance hidden in Prince Wang's cry. Of course Aunt Du could hear it, but at this moment, Aunt Du's most important thing was to take Prince Wang back, so Aunt Du had a rare opportunity to say...

Zhang Qing saluted: "Master Zhang, my son was seduced and mistakenly took someone else's daughter as a concubine. The deal is now settled, and naturally he cannot go back. Therefore, I ask Master Zhang to make a decision and give this family a letter of divorce. Condemned as a child’s concubine.”

It seems that in order to get rid of the charge of abduction, the Wang family can only insist that Liu Lanhua is the concubine of the prince. After all, only in this way can the Du family be found guilty. It is not allowed. Only in this way can the Du family be accused. .

Zhang Qing looked at Aunt Du: "Aunt Du, you came just in time. I just want to ask, who was this Liu Lanhua originally betrothed to?"

"Betrothed to my cousin, Liu Daniu." Du said loudly, Zhang Qing nodded: "Who is this Liu Daniu's mother?"

"It's my aunt." Mrs. Du heard something and took a step forward. Zhang Qing looked at Aunt Du: "Look, at this moment, Mrs. Du was killed by someone on the side of the road. During the funeral, the Du family testified Mrs. Du stole the betrothal gift sent by Liu Daniu from the Du family. She also sued Liu Daniu. Now, his fiancee has become your son's concubine for no reason. Aunt Du, tell me, this matter With such a string of words, what would others think?"

Of course Aunt Du knew who caused the incident, but she wanted to save her son no matter what, so Aunt Du smiled: "Sir Zhang, I'm just a woman, so I don't understand what you're saying. I don't even know about the Du family's report to the official. I only know that today, my son's servant came to report that he had taken a concubine outside, but who knew that he was said to be someone else's fiancée? Yes, our family was also deceived.

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When Aunt Du said she was cheated, the expressions of Mr. and Mrs. Qiu and Aunt Liu suddenly changed. If Aunt Du said she was cheated, all the blame would be placed on Qiu Da. Therefore, Qiu Da shouted loudly: "This is not right. Our family has divorced the Liu family."

"What the heck, I sent you a betrothal gift three days ago, and I even agreed on the date of engagement. Now, I'm just saying that I'm canceling the engagement." When it comes to quarreling, Du Shi is not one to lose, listen. When Qiu Da kept saying that he had broken off the engagement, Du was naturally unwilling and started to quarrel with Qiu Da there.

"Go and call the matchmaker." Zhang Qing didn't care what Aunt Du was thinking, and just ordered the Yamen servant.

There were only a few matchmakers in the city. The matchmaker who acted as a matchmaker for Liu Daniu was named Song, and was quickly heard about. These matchmakers were often called to testify, so they were not worried at all when being summoned to the court. After bowing to Zhang Qing, they knelt there, Zhang Qing asked questions, and the matchmakers answered.

Hearing Zhang Qing ask if she was a matchmaker for the Liu and Liu families, the matchmaker nodded repeatedly: "I did it. The Liu family's orchids are really beautiful, so Sister-in-law Qiu is not willing to marry her off as usual. She wants 30 taels." As for the money. As for Sister-in-law Du, she doesn’t know why she wants a beautiful daughter-in-law. I even laughed at Sister-in-law Du, saying how she wants a beautiful daughter-in-law. Even if she can draw pictures, she just wants to look at it. Du My sister-in-law said she just wanted to gain some reputation."

"What are you talking about?" Before Zhang Qing could speak, Aunt Du shouted, as if she was afraid that the matchmaker would say something else that she didn't like to hear. Before the matchmaker spoke, Zhang Qing laughed: "In this case, usually

If you can't hear me, just keep talking. "

"Master Zhang still doesn't mind my verbosity." The matchmaker saluted with a smile, and then continued: "This one has beauty and only needs money, and the other only wants beauty. It's just right. Sister-in-law Du's family has also saved a lot. It was agreed that the bride price would be [-] taels of silver. The remaining gift would be delivered on a fixed date and two days before the wedding. The bride's top and bottom clothes and four pieces of jewelry would also be sent to her. It will be sent here. As for the dowry? For orphans and widowers, a few quilts will be enough."

Aunt Liu's face turned red when she said this. She took so many betrothal gifts but didn't even prepare a dowry. In the eyes of everyone, this was not a wedding of her daughter, but a sale of her daughter to the Liu family.

"Sir, I have prepared a dowry for my daughter, but I didn't explain it clearly to the matchmaker." Aunt Liu said this bravely, but Zhang Qing ignored Aunt Liu and still said to the matchmaker: "The marriage between these two families is considered a marriage. Is it settled?”

"Yes, after Sister-in-law Du is gone, she wants to marry Huang Qin, but Sister-in-law Qiu is not willing to do anything. She finally makes it work, and she has to add a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver. After the marriage, she will also give Liu Qin every year. Auntie’s five taels of silver pension money. Everyone here agreed.” After the matchmaker finished speaking, she said to Aunt Liu: “I will deliver the silver that day, and you will collect the silver yourself.”

"I accepted money from this family, but..." Aunt Liu felt like her tongue was stuck with glue and she couldn't speak.

Zhang Qing smiled again: "Very good, very good, then let me ask you again, have these two families ever said anything about canceling the engagement?"

"The conscience of heaven and earth, where

What did you say about breaking off the engagement? "The matchmaker called out to Qu, but Aunt Liu had already said loudly: "That day, that day,"