Chapter 23 Love
Qinglanyuan.
Xue Yueying wiped her tears with a handkerchief, stepped across the threshold, and knelt down before Mrs. Fu could speak.
"Mother, Ying'er's dowry is already shabby. If you give more to Sixth Sister now, she will probably be looked down upon when she gets married..."
Mrs. Fu glanced at her lightly, "Everyone is trying to force me, so what's the use of crying to me? Do you think I'm the third lady? Backed by my mother's family property, I only know how to eat, drink and have fun all day long. I don't have to worry about money, and I don't care about anything. , you don’t have to do anything serious, you have plenty of money to spend?”
She was very resentful towards Sanfang.
After scolding Mr. Qian, he blamed Xue Yuchen again.
"Your eldest sister also has no mind. She didn't listen to a word of my mother's words, but Xue Liu coaxed her around. The letter actually revealed in detail how many boxes and loads of her dowry she had, and what she was going to do with it. There must be no shortage of anything. If I don’t reduce your dowry, how can I fill such a big hole?”
Xue Yueying burst into tears.
"Ying'er only hopes that her mother will take pity on her. The sixth sister will catch up with me as a concubine..."
The eldest lady leaned on the armchair and breathed a sigh of relief.
If he has complaints against his eldest daughter, they are his own, and he has to protect her dignity as Princess Duan.
"Xue Liu went to Prince Duan's Mansion. How many people were watching with wide eyes to see if your eldest sister and I would treat her poorly. For your father's official reputation, for your eldest sister's good reputation, her dowry, It can’t be less generous..."
Xue Yueying cried until her face became stiff and she was sobbing.
The eldest lady put down the tea cup, stepped forward to help her up, and her eyes fell on her belly inadvertently, staring at her for a long time, "Mother knows that you are wronged. But who made us, the four girls of Xue Mansion, kind-hearted? You are the most well-behaved, please be considerate to mother. You won’t complain about the difficulties, right?”
Xue Yueying's teeth were almost broken.
The eldest lady is pointing at the soft pinch.
She was extremely resentful.
But if you get pregnant out of wedlock, you can't even say a harsh word.
"A daughter will not embarrass her mother..."
Only then did the eldest lady smile with satisfaction and help her sit on the soft stool in the room.
"Didn't you say that I want to share my mother's worries? I've only wronged you for a few days, just to show that Xue Liu. Don't worry, as long as you share my mother's worries, my mother will give up her own money to let you get married with dignity."
Xue Yueying's scalp was numb, and holding Xue Liu's purse in her arms was like holding a hot potato.
Could it be that the eldest lady disliked her procrastination and failed to punish Xue Liu, so she deliberately made things difficult for her?
But her plan failed that night, and for a while, she really had no better way to treat her.
"A daughter will definitely find a way to share her mother's worries..."
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Xue Yueying burst into tears when she returned to Liuli Pavilion.
She smashed all the porcelain items at hand.
The two eldest girls, Qingzhu and Qinghong, did not dare to come near. One was weeping with him, and the other was as silent as a cicada.
After the master had vented enough, he let the rough girl go in to clean.
A little girl who usually kept silent approached and boldly kissed Xue Yueying.
"Fourth girl, please don't cry anymore. Everyone in the house knows that, except for the eldest girl, the fourth girl will marry well. The fourth girl will be Mrs. Hou in the future, she will be honored."
Except for having children at home, the servants of the Xue Mansion were bought by other people. Xue Yueying was usually very affectionate to a few girls in the house, and never looked at the lower-class girls and the rough envoys in the outer courtyard.
But this girl spoke to her heart.
"You are right, I am the wife, she is a concubine, just a concubine."
The girl heard her gnashing her teeth and said: "You are right to think so. No matter how powerful His Highness Prince Duan is, he will not protect a concubine. But Gu Langjun is different, he is in charge of the treasury of the Hubu Department What’s a few boxes of dowry? The fourth girl has husband Gu’s love, what can’t she want?”
Xue Yueying looked at her mouth and felt a little unfamiliar.
"What's your name?"
"Going back to Fourth Miss, my servant has been here at Liuli Pavilion not long ago, and his name is Qiao'er."
Xue Yueying looked back at Qingzhu, "Let Qiaoer wait in my room from now on."
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Gu Jie came to see Xue Yueying three days later.
That day he agreed to Xue Yueying and went to the appointment at night, but for some reason he let his mother know about it. Without saying a word, he sent the two boys to fight back. Once the door was locked, no one could see except for three meals a day, and there was no way to send a message to Xue Yueying. Deliver the letter.
As soon as the confinement was lifted, he came over without stopping, had someone send a message to Xue Mansion, and then waited for her outside the corner door of the stable.
Xue Yueying went there filled with grief and anger.
It was raining lightly outside. Gu Jie was wearing a green shirt and a coat, holding an umbrella and standing among the bluestone road and white walls and black tiles. His tall and straight body looked quite elegant.
The anger in her heart faded a bit.
Now that things have come to a point, she is extremely upset and must not offend Gu Jie. "Yinger."
Gu Jie watched her walk over and held up the silk umbrella in her hand.
Xue Yueying's eyes were red and she looked at him silently until Gu Jie became panicked and then asked aggrievedly:
"Why didn't you come that night? Do you know you were hurting me?"
Gu Jie resented his mother for grounding him, causing Ying'er to misunderstand her, but after all, it was his mother and he couldn't say anything harsh.
He gently led Xue Yueying under the umbrella, walked side by side to the eaves farther away, and lovingly brushed the moisture from her hair.
"I know your Bodhisattva heart, and you want to pull Xue Liu out of the pit of fire... But you and I are about to get married, and I have no love for Xue Liu at all. The thought of meeting her with false love makes me sick. Yinger, I would rather die than marry her.”
I can’t face her either...
Just looking at Xue Liu's eyes was enough to make him feel uncomfortable all over.
Xue Yueying listened silently, not wanting to tell him what happened in the house.
He just said angrily: "You didn't listen to me this time and pissed me off. You need to apologize!"
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Gu Jie immediately bowed and said, "Xiaosheng realizes that he is wrong. Please be magnanimous, sister Ying'er..."
"No." Xue Yueying said coldly, "Anyone can say such things, there is no sincerity."
Gu Jie smiled and coaxed her: "How should I act? I want my sister to give me some advice?"
Xue Yueying raised her head slightly and stared at him for a long time, her eye circles suddenly turned red, "You know I am the concubine of the Shangshu Mansion. My biological mother died young and no one cared for me. The dowry is already meager. Now in order to appease the sixth sister, the eldest lady actually Cut the dowry purchased for me by half...Gu Lang, if I marry into the Marquis's house like this, I will be ridiculed..."
Gu Jie said distressedly: "No, my family is definitely not someone who hates poverty and loves wealth, and only values money. Ying'er, don't cry, I will give all my future salary to you."
"Idiot, how much can that be?" Xue Yueying lowered her eyelids as she spoke, "You can use some of the treasury money to replenish a few boxes of dowry for me."
Gu Jie was shocked when he heard the sound.
He serves in the Jin Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although he can touch a large amount of money in the Jin Department, it is too risky to do so. Once Shangguan investigates, it will cause big trouble.
"Ying'er, this must never be done."
Seeing his timid appearance, Xue Yueying felt disgusted.
She felt that she didn't want much. Compared to Princess Pingle, Yao Wei, and Xie Weilan, she just took a few possessions that were easily available, so what was it?
"You just don't want to feel sorry for me. When I marry into the Hou Mansion, I won't be as good as my sixth sister as a concubine, and I might become a laughing stock. How can I hold my head high in the Hou Mansion and Princess Pingle's women's society in the future? ?”
Gu Jie still shook his head.
Xue Yueying pulled his sleeve and put his hand on her lower abdomen.
"Gu Lang, I am not doing it for myself, but for our children. Without money, how can you and I, the concubine and the concubine, gain a foothold in the prince's mansion? How can you become the prince and the prince? How can I be the prince's wife, the prince's wife, and win the title of Marquis? Feng Gao Ming? How can our children be proud of themselves in the future? Gu Lang, what do you think is free of money?”
Gu Jie held her hand tightly, "Ying'er, it's my incompetence, but don't worry, I won't let you suffer in the slightest..."
Xue Yueying threw her hand away, "You only talk in vain, and my ears are calloused."
"Ying'er. This is not a trivial matter of buying a flower rouge..."
"What are you afraid of? Princess Pingle and I are handkerchiefs... This afternoon, I will go to the women's club in Pinglefang to meet the princess. The princess doesn't know about Xue Liu's return home yet. I will work with her then. She made it clear... If something goes wrong, wouldn't there be a princess to back us up?"
Princess Pingle is the only princess in this dynasty who has established a palace with staff and has the same rank as a prince.
Gu Jie is in the Jinbu Department, and he is very aware of how many dirty things Pingle has done to make money illegally.
She plundered more than 500 miles of people's fields, built mountains with rocks, diverted water into streams, demolished countless people's houses, and displaced people, just to build a racecourse and expand other courtyards. Pingle is the emperor's beloved daughter, blessed by the Holy Heart, and has everything that others dare not expect.
Just like his lame elder brother, even if he is useless, he can enjoy the wealth and wealth of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion just because he is the legitimate son.
He didn't want to be an incompetent bastard for the rest of his life.
However, he misappropriated a small amount to add a few boxes of dowry for the woman he loved, and waited until he collected the money to make up for it, so he expected no one would find out?
Gu Jie held Xue Yueying's hand tightly.
"Yinger, for you, I am willing to go through fire and water."
"Gu Lang..."
The two hugged each other in the rain and fog in the alley.
Pigeon: Oh my god! Come and take a look, they are so affectionate! ! !
Li Zhao: Xue Pingan, tell me... who taught you such a bad thing?
Xue Sui: Li is a great thief, but I can be even worse.
(End of this chapter)