The group entered Songhe Hall, and the old lady and Su Chengye were already waiting in the main hall.

Su Chengxun and Haishi walked to the middle of the main hall with their children, knelt down and bowed to the old lady.

"The son is paying tribute to his mother. He has been unfilial in the past few years and has not served his mother by his side. Please forgive me."

Whether it was true or false, Su Chengxun had to say this. A scholar attaches great importance to filial piety. Even if his aunt is not very kind to him, he must sincerely support his aunt.

Haishi and the two children knelt behind Su Chengxun, respectfully and appropriately.

Although the old lady had a smile on her face, she looked perfunctory.

Su Qingyu curled her lips, thinking that if her second uncle came back, her grandmother would be in tears.

But it is also understandable that since they are not biological flesh and blood, they are still one level behind.

But my grandmother's fault was that she didn't treat her as her son, but she still wanted to interfere in everything.

Eight years ago, Su Chengxun was promoted to the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He had a bright future and a loving couple.

However, with the sudden death of the old man, Su Chengxun temporarily retired from the court to observe mourning, and the old lady began to interfere in the affairs of Su Chengxun's room.

He set rules for the Hai family and asked Su Chengxun to seek benefits for his two brothers. After the period of filial piety, Su Chengxun was supposed to return to the court, but the old lady forced two concubines into his room.

Su Chengxun didn't take any of them and sent them away directly. A few days later, he found a way to use his connections in the Ministry of Personnel and was transferred to Suzhou.

The old lady obviously remembered the past and said, "I wonder if you still remember that there is still a mother at home. I thought you were living at ease in Jiangnan and didn't want to go back to Beijing."

Su Chengxun said hurriedly: "The mother's words are serious, but the son does not dare. Whether the son is sent abroad or returns to the capital, state affairs are the top priority. He does not dare to have any selfish intentions."

The old lady snorted lightly, and then said: "Go down and have a rest. I heard that the third daughter-in-law is good at combing her hair. Come in and wait for me to change and rest."

To make it clear, I still want to show my legitimate mother's genealogy in front of Heidegger.

Just when Haishi was about to respond, he heard Mrs. Lin say: "Mother, this girl needs to have her hair tied back? How do you serve the people around you? Can't you even pull your hair back?"

"Let's see. All the servants around mother have been sold. I bought another maid who knows how to tie her hair and come into the house to serve mother."

The old lady was so angry that the veins on her forehead bulged. She had no doubt that if she dared to let Haishi come in, Linshi would dare to sell everyone in Songhetang.

Glancing sideways at Mr. Lin, the old lady said angrily: "Let's all go down and rest." After saying that, she flicked her sleeves and left.

Haishi stood up and whispered beside Mrs. Lin: "Thank you, sister-in-law, but next time, please don't contradict your mother-in-law because of me. I'm afraid it will affect your reputation."

Lin said quietly: "It doesn't matter, this reputation is of no use to me now."

Since marrying into the Su family, Mrs. Lin has changed her previous temperament and speaks softly. After I have figured out many things recently, I no longer have so many worries about speaking. I just feel that speaking like this is really enjoyable.

After Haishi returned to Qingyin Courtyard and settled down, he sent greeting gifts to each courtyard. What she gave to Su Qingyu were two pieces of fine Su embroidery. She also thanked Su Qingyu for buying a lot of things for Qingyin Yuan.

After Su Chengxun's family returned home, the Hou Mansion was much busier than usual.

Haishi often took his children to Lin's place. Both children were polite and sensible, and they were very popular with Lin.

By the end of March, the Su family and the Zhao family had agreed on their marriage, and Zhao Ji asked someone to come to the Su family to make an appointment.

Although the betrothal gift is not as good as that of the Shen family, it is still quite satisfactory.

On the second day after the appointment of the Zhao family, when Su Qingyu went to pay her respects in the morning, she heard the old lady say: "Qingyu, you have a lot of dowry. Give half of it to your third sister, otherwise it will not look good for her to marry into the Zhao family. "

Su Qingyu was shocked by the old lady's words before her chair was warm.

Is this what the old lady means, or is Su Yihui fueling the fire behind her?

She glanced at Su Yihui coldly, and heard Aunt Xue say to Su Yihui almost pleadingly: "Why do you want your eldest sister's dowry? How can the house be missing your dowry?"

Su Yihui said impatiently: "It's okay if I don't dare to argue, but don't stop me."

Su Qingyu felt relieved and said coldly: "Impossible. Grandma is afraid that she will not look good when she gets married, so she can buy something else for her. But part of my dowry was allocated by my mother from the dowry, and part of it was It was my mother who added her own money to buy it for me. There is no reason to give it to the third sister."

Su Yihui blurted out: "There is also the dowry that Mr. Shen gave you, which is worth one hundred thousand taels."

"Isn't it too ostentatious for eldest sister to have so much dowry?"

Su Qingyu didn't expect that she would also have the idea of ​​part of the Shen family's dowry. She didn't know whether to call her whimsical or shameless.

"Third sister wants to show off, so she can ask Prince Zhao to give you a dowry of one hundred thousand taels."

"As for whether I am showing off or not, it's not your turn to interrupt."

The old lady sighed and wanted to give some advice, but was interrupted by Mrs. Lin's words.

"There are increasingly no rules in this house."

"I think the third lady is living too comfortably in the house and wants to stay at Jinghui Nunnery for a while."

There were some things that Su Qingyu couldn't say, but as the mistress of the house, Mrs. Lin had no scruples.

How could a concubine turn the world upside down?

Aunt Xue hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Madam, please forgive me. Third Miss was confused for a moment. Please calm down, madam."

It seemed that he was begging for mercy from Mrs. Lin, but he was looking at Su Qingyu from the corner of his eyes. She was afraid that Su Qingyu would hurt Su Yuankai's life because of her anger.

Seeing this, Su Yihui bit her lip and knelt in front of the old lady.

"Grandma, please help me persuade my eldest sister. I told Prince Zhao before that my eldest sister will share half of my dowry."

"Now that the Zhao family has offered the marriage proposal, how can I explain to Prince Zhao if there is no dowry?"

"Prince Zhao broke off the engagement in a fit of rage. If he brings his second uncle back to Qianzhou, I will become a sinner of the Su family."

Su Yihui deliberately waited until the Zhao family made the appointment before mentioning the dowry, just to leave no room for change.

The old lady agreed to speak for Su Yihui before, but she just wanted to use Su Yihui's dowry to establish a relationship with the Zhao family. After all, even if Su Chengyan is transferred back to the capital, he will still need help from the Zhao family to get a good position.

Now that Su Yihui said this, she became more determined to let Su Qingyu pay the dowry. Otherwise, as Su Yihui said, what if Prince Zhao gets angry and takes people back to Qianzhou?

Even if she spends money to buy peace of mind, she is willing to do so. But, it's not with her own money.

"Qingyu, since your third sister said so, you can't just watch her marriage go wrong, right?"

"Even if this matter comes to an end, we won't be able to explain it to the Zhao family."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingyu stood up and said with a slight smile.

"Is grandma afraid that this matter will be difficult to explain? That doesn't matter. I will go to the Zhao family to explain it myself."

"Mrs. Wei Guogong is reasonable and can definitely understand the lies told by the third sister because she wants to marry into the Zhao family."

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