[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

Linlin had no choice but to swallow all her melancholy first, and listened intently to what Jia Min said, "It's not that I haven't experienced this before. When I was still in my natal family, your grandfather and grandpa were still alive. At that time How many people tried their best to push their daughter into the East Palace.

You don't know what kind of situation it was at that time, it really used all 36 tactics of Sun Tzu's Art of War.

At that time, the old man talked about it at home, and I also listened to it.There are waves of framing, slander, rumors and slander, what about the girls is second, what matters is the desperate struggle between the family forces, the kind of desperate killing without blood. "

"real or fake?"

"Why am I lying to you? His Royal Highness is my grandson, so I will tell you what happened back then. You have to keep your eyes open. Marrying a daughter-in-law is to honor you. If you marry a daughter-in-law, you I will like it, but you are the one who suffers."

Linlin hugged her youngest son and patted him a few times, Xiezhi closed her eyes and went to sleep, Linlin hurriedly pulled Jia Min to her side, "I don't need someone to serve me, my daughter-in-law is here to live a good life with my son That's fine...but what you said was a little scary."

"What's so scary, just wait and see. This is just the beginning. These people are already thinking of taking our family's path and sending you a message. The turmoil of choosing a concubine will not end in two or three years." After finishing speaking Feeling a little melancholy, "Your sister hasn't settled yet, and now it's even harder to see the details of each family. The more I think about it, the more worried I become."

After this matter was finished, the topic changed and he talked about other things. "Our master has a friend who became a monk, do you remember?"

Linlin finally found this incident in the corner of her memory, "I remember, when I was young, the master took me to Wannian Temple to find someone. What's wrong? Do you want to return to vulgarity?"

"Since I have become a monk, I have never thought about returning to the vulgar. It's just that I can't escape the vulgar things. He came to our house years ago, and I heard that the emperor asked people to build a pedigree of immortals. They want to be the best in Buddhism, let him come It would be even better if you can pass a message to His Royal Highness because of the relationship with the master, and let it go a little bit when the Hanlin court judges."

"What does the master say?"

"Master didn't agree. Madam doesn't know, there are many people who come to our house every day to ask for love. Your two brothers can meet relatives who beat around the bush on the road. You just don't want to know about these things."

It seems that he should be very annoyed by these chores.

Lin Ruhai's integrity is still trustworthy.I don't worry about doing illegal things in my family.

Jia Min took advantage of this time to say another thing, "Master means he wants to avoid these miscellaneous things, and he has a thought in his heart that he wants to go back to Gusu to worship his ancestors. So Tell your empress in advance that Master Chun'er will ask for leave if you leave, and if you don't grant leave, you will resign and take your sister and me to Gusu."

The mother and daughter talked for a while, and the emperor returned from the previous court.

An eunuch outside gave a report, Jia Min quickly stood up and waited aside, the emperor asked him to look for his ordinary clothes as soon as he entered the door, "...the big dress is too cumbersome to wear, yo, it turns out that the lady is here, and it is bothering you to talk." I came here by accident."

Linlin felt that this person was too hypocritical. She couldn't believe that no one told him that his mother-in-law was here when he came.

Jia Min left quickly, and the emperor politely asked Qian Sheng to send him out.

The emperor was very happy today. For the first time since he weighed the world, he sat in the highest position and was worshiped by his officials.

"It's a good thing that the old man didn't come back this year. It's just that Brother Wang and the others are in trouble. After they come to pay homage to me, they have to go to the West Garden to pay New Year's greetings to the old man. Not to mention the hardships on the way back and forth, they may not be able to ask for it from the old man. To a good face."

There was a bit of gloating in the tone.

Linlin hugged her youngest son to perfunctory him a few times, with some melancholy on her face.

"What's the matter? Did you hear something bad just now?"

"My father intends to resign. I heard from my mother just now that he will take her and his younger sister back to the hometown to worship the ancestors. With his body, he is a little out of breath after walking a few more steps. The journey is exhausting..."

The emperor put his arms around Linlin's shoulders, "You can't stop this matter, even your brothers can't stop it. Bring more medicinal materials and two good doctors on the way."

The first day of the Lunar New Year is also Jia Yuanchun's birthday. After the people from Rongguo Mansion came, they would not only pay pilgrimage to him, but also congratulate Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Yuanchun worried in his heart that the imperial court would chase the money back to the Rongguo Mansion, "The money...does the old lady think it's safe?"

"Your Majesty, just rest assured, and don't let your Majesty worry about things outside."

Jia Yuanchun nodded. There was one thing he didn't tell the people in Rongguo Mansion. The Zhen family secretly gave him a banknote to eliminate the disaster with people's money. No clue.

So I was a little worried.

This time Rongguo Mansion wanted to ask Jia Yuanchun for an idea in addition to the congratulations and congratulations on Jia Yuanchun's birthday.

"Your Majesty, there are rumors outside the palace that the Crown Prince is about to choose a concubine, what does your Majesty think of Lian'er's sister?"

"Old lady, what does this mean?"

For a moment, I felt a little bit chilled, because my family saw that I couldn't support myself in the palace, and I couldn't wait to try my best on the next generation of kings.

"The old lady should also know that the Empress may not be willing to let our girl into the East Palace."

"My cousin, my cousin, the bones are broken and the tendons are connected. Even if you can't become the main concubine, it is Qiaojie's fortune to become a side concubine."

Jia Lian found out about this, and was the first to disapprove.

"If you don't have that diamond, don't take this porcelain job, and you don't see if our girl is talented or not, and if she wants to have no family background, why should she enter the palace?"

Wang Xifeng couldn't take it anymore, "My girl has no talent. I recognize it. Anyway, it's still too late now. Why don't you have any family background? Let's pick up two or three generations from you. We all have names and surnames.

It's not that I'm being disrespectful. Your cousin's empress's family's family background is no match for ours. When the imperial decree chose her as the princess, did their family have a title?Isn't she also a concubine?Don't destroy your prestige here and grow others' ambition. "

"I'll leave the words here. I've already made an agreement with Brother Cui. Their youngest son is our uncle..."

After Wang Xifeng heard this, her eyeballs almost popped out, "We are daughters from the concubine, born in the Duke's mansion. Their business family is still a concubine... Don't you think we have been wronged? You can marry if you want ,I do not want to."

"Let me tell you, the Cui family is a good family that you can't find with a lantern. Don't think that the family is low. There are advantages to being low. When the time comes, the daughter will not be punished when she comes to their house. How do you say that?" Marrying a woman from a high family and marrying a daughter from a low family is what I'm talking about."

"You said it the wrong way?"

"In a word, nowadays people pay attention to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. I will not harm my daughter. You have seen our family like this. Everyone only cares about money and does not want to die. Even if it is not for money, it is for power. Find someone who knows the basics If you marry our girl into my son's family, if there is anything in the future, we will not be involved with your girl."

Wang Xifeng didn't understand at all, "Our family has been established for so many years, why don't you wish us well."

"You have also seen what happened to the Zhen family. They were still picking up the driver a while ago, but who knew that when they were picking up the driver, the terrible imperial envoy had already gone to the south of the Yangtze River. How does our family compare with the Zhen family? Look at them Look at your own home, let me tell you that even if there are relatives in high positions, they can't help you at that time.

At this time, knowing the basics is more important than anything else.Don't dislike other people's children from concubines, there are too many unpromising children from concubines. "

Wang Xifeng didn't believe it, so she snorted, just thinking about the fact that the few concubines in her family couldn't get on the stage one by one.

But just thinking about the old ladies and wives in the family, he doesn't allow the young lady born in the family to marry off casually.

"No matter how shrewd your calculations are, you can't pass the old lady and the wife. Let me tell you, the old lady and the wife have made up their minds to get our girl involved in this matter."

Jia Lian's three souls and seven souls were all unstable, "How did you become a mother? People have plotted against your girl so much, and you still sit here quietly and make sarcastic remarks? Why is it so unlucky for Qiaoer to have such a mother like you?" !"

"Who is making sarcastic remarks? I also think that our girl will have a good husband's family in the future."

Jia Lian was so angry that he randomly picked things in the house, and when he was agitated, he started to beat, and threw many messy things on the ground. He grabbed a jade pendant from the cabinet and stuffed it in his arms before going out.

Wang Xifeng didn't know what to do because of his madness. Seeing that he was about to go out, he quickly caught him, "Where are you going?"

"I'm not happy, go out for a drink." After collecting it, he shook off Wang Xifeng vigorously and strode out.

I ran into Jia Zheng on the road. Seeing his nephew's dark and angry face, Jia Zheng couldn't help but stop him and ask, "What's the matter? What are you doing?"

Jia Lian restrained her anger a little, "Second Master, a friend outside has encountered some difficulties and asked me to go out."

Jia Zheng stroked his beard, "I want to help when it's time to help, but what should I do?"

"Yes, it's just some innocuous housework."

"go Go."

Jia Lian bid farewell again, walked a few steps forward and was about to reach the gate, Jia Zheng immediately called Jia Lian back, "The female family members of the Zhen family are about to enter Beijing, do you know? We and the Zhen family are old Dear, I feel a little guilty for not being able to help with the matter of the past few days. When the people from their family come, you can help them find out. By the way, see if there is any capable nanny in their family. Come on, these girls in our family can also learn from others."

Jia Lian was a little puzzled, "If you want to learn how to be a housekeeper, the wives and grandmas in the family can teach you. Why do you need to bring people from the Zhen family? Everyone in their family doesn't want to get involved now..."

"This is what the empress in the palace ordered, don't talk nonsense, just pick it up when the time comes."

Jia Lian's heart was already cold, and after leaving the door, he put his hands in his arms and touched the jade pendant, making up his mind.

Reining in the reins on the horse, Xing'er told his little boy, "Go to the yard we rented, and invite my two cousins ​​over, and say that I have something important to ask them to do together." Witness. Be polite when you go."

Xing'er agreed.

When Jia Lian arrived at Cui's other courtyard, a steward surnamed Lang greeted him, "Grandpa Jia is here. Our master has been waiting for you for a long time. I got a good tribute royal wine today, and it's already hot. Please come over." Try it."

Jia Lian forced a smile on his face, and followed the people around twice to a side courtyard, and entered a clean small house, inside the house was built a big stove with a raging flame burning inside. There seemed to be some kind of meat stewing in the pot, and the aroma was gurgling.

Cui Qiye was sitting on one side of the stove, with two sets of tableware in front of him.After seeing Jia Lian, he beckoned happily and pointed to the side, "Sit down, sit down, we are lucky today. A few days ago, there was a family outside the capital whose cattle fell to death due to slippery roads. After buying this cow, you can eat beef today."

If it was normal, Jia Lian would definitely grab beef without saying a word.

But today I was a little depressed.

"What's the matter with you?" The emperor put down the chopsticks, and poured Jia Lian a glass of wine with the jug, "See what difficult things you have encountered with such a sad face?"

"Brother Cui... I'm just this girl. Although I usually don't care about her, I think I'm qualified as a father. I still remember what I told you a few days ago, man, always A little greedy. I thought a while ago that you can pull my wife and girl back once. But now..."

The words were chewing back and forth in his mouth, and some couldn't open his mouth.

The emperor thought for a moment and understood what was going on. "Are you trying to marry me into this in-law?"

Jia Lian nodded.

The emperor poured himself a glass of wine, "I didn't mean anything else, I went back and told my wife about it, and my daughter-in-law told me... In a word, if you think our youngest is okay, If you don't dislike him as a concubine, let's marry this in-law. To be honest, it is not an insult to your family that the third child in our family married your girl."

Let Jia Lian say for himself that he still wants to marry the girl to Bai Ze.

But getting married cannot be forced.

Jia Lian raised his cup to offer a toast to the emperor, "I'm toasting you with this cup, it's not that I'm busy, I want to see my uncle."

"this is necessary."

The emperor clapped his palms, and Lang Jia opened the door and came in.

The emperor ordered him, "Go home and bring the third master, and let Mrs. Hu clean up for him."

Lang Jia raised his head and carefully looked at the emperor's face, then agreed and left.

Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, and took out the jade pendant from his bosom.

"This is left by my biological mother. It will be used as a token of engagement in a while. There is one more thing. When I came here just now, I sent someone to invite my two cousins. I want them to be witnesses."

"That's what it should be. I'll send people out to meet them. Let people prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Let's make a written note and exchange tokens, which means we've got our names."

Someone came in with a small table, polished the ink and put two illuminated papers on it, and went out.

After a while, someone invited two young men in cotton robes to come in.

The emperor and Jia Lian stood up, and Jia Lian introduced them in the middle.

"Two cousins, this is my friend Cui Qiye."

The emperor cupped his hands, and the two sides greeted each other.

After the meeting was over, Jia Lian explained the reason for the two people's invitation.

"Brother Cui and I have always been in love with each other. We have known each other for more than ten years, so we want to make a marriage contract here, and invite our two cousins ​​to witness."

Jia Lian's two cousins ​​immediately nodded in agreement.

The people on both sides talked and drank a few glasses of wine, and then they heard people outside reporting that the third master had come.

Jia Lian quickly looked towards the door, and saw a boy with delicate features walking in.

Jia Lian became more and more satisfied as he watched the boy, and after the boy greeted these people present, he asked him some questions.

Then he nodded to the emperor, and the emperor took off a jade pendant from his body and handed it to the third son of the emperor. "Bring this to you, Jia Shibo, and he will be your father-in-law from now on."

The third son of the emperor was a little surprised, holding the jade pendant in his hand, and looked at Jia Lian blankly.

Although all this has not been clarified yet, it does not prevent him from giving the jade pendant to Jia Lian respectfully, and then he has to salute.

Jia Lian quickly got up and supported him, the more he looked at him, the more he liked this boy.

He took out his jade pendant and gave it to the emperor. After the tokens were exchanged, he asked Jia Lian's two cousins ​​to write a marriage letter.

A few people ate and drank together, and they didn't break up until it was almost afternoon.

On the way back to the palace, the emperor took his son and warned him that although the third son wronged his father-in-law as a commoner, he couldn’t do anything about it because of the orders of his parents and the words of the matchmaker. He turned around and told Concubine Hu. The Queen's mood at that time.

Sure enough, when the board didn't hit me, I didn't feel the pain, but if it really hit me, it was hard to tell.

What kind of family is the Jia family? Now their status has plummeted compared to back then.

The Hu family married by Jia Rong in Ningguo Mansion is the niece of Concubine Hu's clan. In the words of Concubine Hu's surviving first mother, "a group of shabby households settled down."

Concubine Hu wanted to cry but had no tears. Back then, Concubine Dong Gui could go to the emperor to cry once, but she didn't even have the chance to cry.

Concubine Dong Gui was able to see her son-in-law in advance before the imperial decree was issued. Not only did she not see her daughter-in-law at this time, she even had to follow the Queen's orders for her son's marriage. If you don't let yourself know, there is nothing you can do in a hurry.

Every time I see Jia Yuanchun, my eyes are always very tangled.

If all the girls in the Jia family are as annoying as Jia Yuanchun, what will my son do in the future?

But the emperor said to keep it a secret, so Concubine Hu couldn't tell others, so she had to be angry in her stomach.

Not to mention that the third prince was teased by everyone for a few days because he had an extra fiancee among the brothers, but it was said that after Jia Lian returned home that afternoon, he did not see Wang Xifeng and Ping'er in the yard.

I saw my daughter playing chess in the house.

Jia Lian took off his shoes and sat on the kang, playing chess with his daughter for a while, one holding black pieces and the other white pieces.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Jia Lian pretended to be nonchalant, took out the jade pendant from his bosom, and threw it into his daughter's bosom.

"Daddy went out to talk to your Uncle Cui today. He met his third son and thought he was a perfect match for my daughter, so he made an engagement for the two of you. This is a token, you should keep it first."

Although Qiaoer is still a little girl, she also knows what it means to get married.She was so ashamed that she quickly covered her face, grabbed the jade pendant and ran back to her room.

The nurses and maids who followed her were all dumbfounded, and after seeing Jia Lian, they all ran away with Qiaoer.

This matter could not be hidden from Wang Xifeng at all, Wang Xifeng was so angry that he almost touched Jia Lian's face with his finger, and the two husband and wife quarreled loudly.

There was so much commotion that everyone in the family knew about it.

The old lady was so angry that she patted things in the room and scolded Jia Lian for being a fool.

Although Mrs. Wang felt that it was a bit unexpected, she didn't take it very seriously.

Mrs. Xing went back and told Jia She about this, "Sister Qiao is the only child in our house, Second Master should have asked Master before doing this."

Jia Amnesty didn't care about it at all at the time, but he still called Jia Lian over afterwards.

Jia Lian sat down in front of Jia Amnesty very calmly with the face of being caught.

Jia Amnesty pretended not to see the blood on Jia Lian's face, "What kind of family is the other party? If it's a shabby household, I advise you to withdraw immediately."

"It's not a broken house, Yunsheng's boss."

Jia Amnesty heard it, "It turned out to be his family. I heard that they have more background than Huang Shang. Since you are related to their family, it is fine for the girl to marry into their family. When will they come to give the dowry, and what have you prepared for your girl?" dowry?"

After finishing speaking, ask someone to take out a box and push it in front of Jia Lian, "Your mother's things, Zhuangzi's shop doesn't have these, your grandfather's family is as poor as Shui'er, and there is no money to buy your mother's dowry, she After we got married, she and I saved a lot of things, and now I give it to you."

Jia Lian stood up and thanked him, and said that he had invited two cousins ​​to be the witnesses, and asked when Jia Amnesty would be free. The two cousins ​​had always wanted to come to see their uncle.

Jia Amnesty immediately had a headache, got up and asked the maid to help him go back to lie down.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng had a quarrel, so they had to manage their daughter's dowry independently.But as a big man, Jia Lian was really not good at this, so he called Ping'er out, took out some banknotes and gave them to Ping'er, "Look, get something for Qiao'er."

Ping'er also complained to Jia Lian, "I haven't seen their wives yet. I heard that they are from a concubine. My uncle's aunt should also come out to meet our grandma. You agreed to her without even a matchmaker. That's it. I don’t know how many houses, how much food, how many cars and how many cars I have, so I married our sister off in a muddleheaded way.”

While talking, a little girl came running outside and asked Wang Xifeng to go out to meet the guests.

The little girl opened her mouth and spoke very bluntly, "The grandma of the Cui family is here, and the old lady asked our second grandma to go out to meet guests." Then she whispered to Ping'er, "I heard that she brought a lot of good things, maybe there will be more You want to see our sister in person."

Even if Wang Xifeng was reluctant, she cheered up, packed her clothes, re-dressed and took Ping'er out.

The grandma of the Cui family was still the one who came back from last time. She was talking in front of the old lady. When she saw Wang Xifeng standing up, she was all smiles.

Wang Xifeng pulled the smile on his face, thinking that it's not your son marrying my daughter, what are you pretending to be?

After everyone sat down again after seeing the ceremony, the grandma of the Cui family waved her hand and saw the women and maids of the Cui family bringing a lot of things.

"I came back in a hurry and prepared a little meeting gift for my sister. Knowing that your house used to be a family of military generals, our father and the admiral of the nine gates have some friendship, thinking that everyone is born in the army and easy to talk, so we specially invited their wife To be a matchmaker, the day after tomorrow will be a good day, and the matchmaker will come with our family's dowry."

The old lady was also the person who dealt with the Cui family, but when they heard that they could invite the wife of the nine-door admiral's family.Immediately, I felt that this kind of relationship was okay, at least they could get along well in the capital.

But when I think about it, if I can't do business, I can't make it so big.

With such a rich relative, the empress in the palace will use the money again...

The smile on the old lady's face was much more sincere, Mrs. Wang also thought about it clearly, and she was beaming in the room for a while.

Sister Qiao shyly came over to say hello to the grandmother of the Cui family, and Mrs. Cui stood up as soon as the girl entered the door.

Without saying a few words, he took out a gold hairpin from a tray and put it on Qiaojie's head, and took out a gold bracelet inlaid with colored treasures from the tray next to it, and put it on Qiaojie's arm.

"Take it away, she's such a good girl, the gold hairpin is from me, and the bracelet is from my brother's aunt, so don't dislike a good girl."

Miss Qiao'er has a thin skin, so she stood here for a while and then left.After Qiaoer left, Grandma Cui sat back down again.

Wang Xifeng looked at this mother-in-law with a bit of respect for her daughter, and felt a lot of pride in her heart, thinking that even if she is a aunt, what can she do, she is still not as tall as my daughter.

Just thinking about it made me feel better.

After the Cui family members had left, Wang Xifeng went back to her yard and saw Jia Lian paralyzed on the couch again.

Hurry over and sit next to Jia Lian, "I heard from the Cui family today that they will wait until the two older brothers on our son-in-law's head get married before they can decide on a date to marry our girl."

"Our girl is still young, so it's okay to raise her for a few more years."

Wang Xifeng thought so too. When she was a girl, she was happy at home, but as a daughter-in-law, she had to worry about everything.

She pushed Jia Lian again, "Have you asked your in-laws how to arrange for their young couple? Will they live in a separate family or live in a big house. It's a pity that they are born of a concubine..."

After all, it was a bit difficult to calm down.

Jia Lian was dealing with Wang Xifeng, "I said that I would pick a different courtyard and let them live in the husband and wife. Brother Cui said that once their children get married, they will be driven out to live alone. He also said that we should not be busy for the next two years. Make furniture for my daughter, wait until their house has tidied up the yard, then it will not be too late to measure and make furniture."

Wang Xifeng felt much better after hearing this, and then thought of the generous meeting ceremony this afternoon.When I turned around, I quickly called Ping'er over, "Did you send someone to count them just now? How much are those things worth in total? Put those things away and lock them up for Qiao'er. Don't let her nanny and girl take them away." Yes, I think they are all good things."

"It's better than the things that are used." Ping'er said, recalling the things he had counted just now. "To put it bluntly, the betrothal gifts this afternoon alone are enough. Don't worry, Second Mistress, I think Let someone put the things away, let me tell you, or make two good clothes for our girl in the past two days, and make our girl look radiant on the day of the appointment."

"It's still you who are thoughtful, hurry up, let the people in the family not stop, and then dress up our girl like a fairy, have a good hairpin for the girl to use, and let the people of the Cui family look at us The girl is married low."

Linlin didn't expect that the first dowry she worried about was not her son's.

Because the day of the appointment is relatively urgent, Concubine Hu is running to the Ganlu Hall more often as if she has put on wheels at this time.

After discussing with the queen for a long time, the dowry list was finalized.

After all, there was only this one son, and Concubine Hu added some of her own private house to it, and after looking at it again and again, she felt that this betrothal gift was enough.

Concubine Hu was a little dissatisfied in her heart, "It's like a sneaky appointment like this. To tell you the truth, I still want people from my natal family to go and have a look."

Fortunately, the conversation was stopped at this time, even if the Rongguo Mansion is not good at all, one thing is true, the empress's mother is a girl from the Rongguo Mansion.

If you slander Rongfu's upbringing, you will not only scold Concubine Jia, but also scold the Queen.

So every time Concubine Hu said something, she always thought about it three times before she dared to say it.

Because the emperor clearly stated that he wanted to keep it secret, he didn't tell his family about these things.

When I went to visit Rongguo Mansion a few days ago, I didn't send the old people around me there, but I just asked an inconspicuous second-class court lady who was dressed as a maid to follow.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but complained, "It's really sneaky, we were hired to be legal wives in a serious way!" It was like sneaking a concubine.

Linlin ignored her. In order to prevent accidents and violated the emperor's secret order, the dowry must not have any marks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After many eunuchs and maids checked, Linlin had to go through it again.

After finally taking Concubine Hu to see all these betrothal gifts, I told Concubine Hu again. "You don't say these things in front of your children. If you say that the quarrelsome couple will get pissed, the children will have a bad life. If you let me know, I can't forgive you."

On the day of the appointment, the matchmaker came to the gate of Rongguo Mansion, and was a little dissatisfied when he saw that only the side door was opened.

I thought to myself that this is the concubine's appointment, and your family doesn't even come to the door.

He didn't get out of the sedan chair at all, and asked the maid beside him to tell the people in Rongguo Mansion to open the middle door to welcome him.

The people in Rongguo Mansion were baffled, the middle gate didn't open just as it said it would.

But the matchmaker didn't get out of the sedan chair, so Jia Amnesty passed the old lady and ordered someone to open the middle door.

The old lady was a little upset by this matter, but she remembered that the middle door was opened when Xue's family came a few years ago... The old lady decided to turn a blind eye and close one eye this time and not care about it.

The old lady didn't care, but Mrs. Wang was interested, and what Mrs. Wang thought was that the matchmaker put on too much airs, and she might not be able to take advantage of it in the future.

When the matchmaker's sedan chair entered the second gate, the Cui family's dowry also entered through the middle gate.

The servants of the Cui family all behaved in a measured manner, and their actions were silent.

The leader took a list and read something, and then brought in something from behind.It took a full half a day to bring in all the dowry gifts.

Even the Rongguo Mansion has always liked to put on a show, and when they saw such a ostentation, they felt a little bit guilty.

There are quite a few servants in the Rongguo Mansion, and many of them have seen the way. Someone whispered to Jia She, "Looking at this specification, even if you hire a princess, it's justified. I'm afraid it's a bit conspicuous."

Jia Amnesty didn't care about these things, "If someone has money and is willing to show off like this, let's just keep it."

Because it was a betrothal gift, the betrothal gift list was handed over to Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng directly asked her escort to carry the betrothal gifts back to her warehouse.These are not public income, and others have no right to use these things.

Seeing that it was already past the meal time and things were done, the Rongguo Mansion set up a banquet to invite the matchmaker to eat.

The matchmaker said a few words politely, but did not stay for a table, and the female family members who bid farewell to the Rongguo Mansion went back in sedan chairs.

Just because of this, the old lady was a little unhappy.

The old lady has always been the kind of person who is more comfortable in the circle of noble ladies in the capital.There are very few people who don't give this face, but today they were looked down upon by the matchmaker one after another, and there was not much joy on their faces. They waved their hands to let the granddaughters back down, and went back to the inner room by themselves.

The old lady was unhappy, but there was a happy event at home, so she looked a little festive.

Qiaojie's aunts came to congratulate her together.

When the girls from Jia's family came, Wang Xifeng was gesticulating on her daughter with the material.

As the protagonist of this incident, Sister Qiao first said hello to her aunts, then heard a few jokes from her aunts, and finally made a shy look, covered her face with a handkerchief, and ran behind the screen to hide.

Wang Xifeng came out to entertain a few sisters-in-law, and asked the maids in the room to quickly pack up the cloth and move it to the side.

Xichun looked at the piles of things, "I heard that the Cui family started out as a fabric maker. The fabrics they sent this time are all good things. I don't think they are any worse than our family's fabrics."

Xue Baochai has always been well-informed among the sisters, holding a teacup and looking at the cloth piled up on the wooden couch, "It seems that this piece of cloth cannot be bought without three or four hundred taels of silver. The Cui family really made a move." Generous."

Thinking of this, she raised her head and looked at Wang Xifeng, "Since we're all married, Sister Feng should also ask Cui's grandma to go out and watch a show together, everyone is so sweet and sweet."

Wang Xifeng laughed heartily at this time, "I really want to ask someone out, but he is so busy, maybe I may not be able to make an appointment, let's talk about it."

After sending these girls away, Wang Xifeng thumped her own waist, let Ping'er support her, and slowly sat on the couch. "I've been busy these two days. At least I saved my face. Even though I'm a merchant... I think it's much better than Aunt Xue's family."

"The Xue family is getting worse every year. I just heard that Miss Bao means that she wants you to go through the needles and introduce the two of them to know each other."

Wang Xifeng sneered, "Didn't I understand the meaning? If their grandma is our family's in-laws, it's fine for me to open my mouth like this. Our girl promised their concubine, so I'm just counting on that uncle." In the future, if you become famous in the imperial examinations, it’s not like the men in our family, who live their lives only by their descendants.”

Wang Xifeng is a bit busy these days, so she doesn't have time to keep an eye on these things at home.Unbeknownst to their master and servant, just a few days ago when they started doing business in the yamen, the inner government notified Xue's family that their family's name as an imperial merchant was removed.

This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Xue family.

Xue Pan was drunk and dreaming outside at that time, and the housekeepers and shopkeepers of their family ran around quickly.

After finding the Neifu, the Neifu made it clear.

"This matter is not aimed at you. You should also take a look. Over the years, the things you sent over are not as good as each year. A year ago, I was too busy and didn't care about you. After the next year, I have to follow up with you." After you talk about it, the palace flowers you sent over, although they are made of silk, are not as good as those made of other people's paper."

After he finished speaking, he asked someone to take a few palace flowers sent by Xue's family. The little official took them and tore them with his hands, and the fabric broke immediately.

The shopkeepers wiped the sweat off their brows in embarrassment, "Please be accommodating, this time we did something wrong, next time, next time we must pick the best materials."

The little official waved his hand, "Don't tell me, I will inform you that you will no longer be an imperial merchant. I am not the one who makes the decisions. It is useless to tell me more."

After speaking, they were blasted out.

Aunt Xue took Xue Baochai behind the screen and heard the butler and the shopkeeper tell the story, and she burst into tears, "Send something to the palace, who dares to pass it off as a good one? I think it's a villain... "

Xue Baochai hurriedly stopped her mother, "Don't talk about it, Mom, this matter has already been caught by the inner government, it is useless to talk about it, why don't we find someone to do activities and get back the name of the imperial merchant."

The housekeeper and shopkeeper outside the screen nodded at the same time, and the shopkeeper wanted someone to bring back Xue Pan, who was in charge of the house, "I also want to invite our uncle to come forward, doesn't the shop have a few doors to deal with?"