Chapter 202 Crazy
Seeing that she cared about him, Chu Jingqi's eyebrows curled up happily, and he told her in a gentle voice, "This time, in addition to relinquishing military power and title, my grandfather also gave all of his one hundred secret guards to me and my father. There are thirty secret guards at my disposal. I sent ten secret guards to protect you. I also have ten beside me. The other ten were sent to trace the whereabouts of that man. "
As for Song Baiqing's affairs, he left it to Ma Bao.
Ma Bao knows his thoughts best when doing this kind of thing, and he will do it most beautifully. The last matter between Lu Shizi and Pei Yajing was the way he thought of it, and Ma Bao did it.
On the morning of March 5th, the Chu family's carriage left an hour early and made a special turn to go to the Chu family first.
Mrs. Zhuo got off the carriage, Chu Xuanyu and Chu Jingqi got off their horses and went to pay their respects to Mrs. Zeng.
Spring had just begun, and there were a lot of things going on in Anguo Palace. Aunt Ren was too busy by herself, so Mrs. Zhuo helped her out. She also had to deal with a mother-in-law who was always against her and would cause trouble for her from time to time.
Mrs. Chu has learned a lot these days. She does not go directly to trouble the Zhuo family, but creates trouble from the side, making it difficult for the Zhuo family.
Especially for the three meals a day, they specially selected strange and weird dishes that were not available in the Duke Anguo's mansion, and they were either too bland or too salty. Every time, everyone in the kitchen was thrown into disarray.
Mrs. Zhuo was very tired all day long, and she had no time to visit Mrs. Zeng these days.
When mother and daughter meet, they naturally talk to each other.
After chatting for half an hour, when the time was almost up, Zhuo stood up and left.
Mrs. Zeng asked her to bring a gift to the Dou family, "I originally wanted to go and see it in person, but I am a widowed old woman and I am afraid of causing trouble to the Dou family. So you can bring it for me and ask Mrs. Li for a gift." Sin.”
The Dou family is the maternal family of Chu Xuanyu, and Chu Xuanyu is the godson-in-law of the Chu family. The Dou family and the Chu family can also be regarded as in-laws. When the Dou family marries their daughter, the Chu family must go when they receive the invitation, but the Zeng family is a widow. , not being able to attend the wedding banquet would bring bad luck to the family hosting the wedding, so it was inconvenient for her to go out casually, so she asked Mrs. Zhuo to bring gifts.
She also said, "I also prepared some makeup for Miss Dou and asked Lady Yu to bring it to her."
As the weather got warmer, Chu Xuanyu and Chu Jingqi both rode horses, while only Zhuo and Xia Zihan rode in carriages.
After getting on the carriage, Zhuo, who had not had time to get close to Xia Zihan before, happily took her hand and looked her up and down, "I haven't seen you for many days, and you have grown taller again."
For a girl, twelve or thirteen years old is the time when she grows the fastest, and her face will change if she doesn't see her for a day. Mrs. Zhuo hasn't seen Xia Zihan for more than a month. When she saw her, she felt that her face had grown longer. She is more refined and beautiful, almost catching up with the beauty of her wooden son.
The carriage soon arrived at the Guangji Hou Mansion. Mrs. Li, who had received the news in advance, and her sisters-in-law were standing at the gate to greet them.
After Zhuo and Xia Zihan got off the carriage, they gathered around them, escorted them into the gate, and went directly to the inner courtyard.
Chu Xuanyu and Chu Jingqi were naturally welcomed to the front yard by the master and young master of the Dou family.
When Miss Dou saw Xia Zihan, she asked worriedly, "Last time I heard that you were feeling unwell. How are you doing? Are you feeling better now?"
That's just an excuse to shirk Dou Da's invitation.
Seeing that Dou Da was worried about her, Xia Zihan felt a little guilty and said with a smile, "Everything is fine."
Then she took out the extra makeup she had prepared and changed the subject, "This is the extra makeup I gave you, see if you like it." Then she took out another one and said, "This is the extra makeup my grandmother prepared."
What Xia Zihan gave as a gift was a white jade double-knot Ruyi bracelet inlaid with red coral beads.
This is one of Cuiyuxuan's first spring jewelry items this year, worth eight hundred taels of silver.
Last month, Ms. Li wanted to give Dou Da some jewelry that was popular this year as a dowry, so the mother and daughter went to Yuhan Pavilion and Cuiyu Xuan to choose.
At that time, Miss Dou fell in love with the most conspicuous bracelet at a glance. Unfortunately, because it was too expensive and exceeded the Dou family's budget for a dowry for their legitimate daughter, Miss Dou could not bear to choose it and only chose a few. A cheap piece of jewelry that was popular last year.
But she never expected that Xia Zihan would buy this bracelet for her to add to her makeup.
You must know that her entire dowry was only worth 6,000 taels of silver, and Xia Zihan's additional dowry was worth 800 taels of silver. This really surprised and touched her.
You can't refuse the makeup given by others. Miss Dou can only accept it with emotion. Her heart is trembling and she smiles, "This gift is too precious, Chu Yu, thank you."
"I will be a beautiful newlywed, and I will be happy and loving with my cousin-in-law from now on. I will be relieved." Xia Zihan said with a joking smile.
"Bad girl, you dare to make fun of me. See if I don't hit you." Dou Da became angry and moved. He immediately put it behind him and started laughing with Xia Zihan.
Dou 2, Dou 3, Dou 4, were also very happy, cheering and cheering from the side.
Although they were jealous that Xia Zihan gave an expensive bracelet to their eldest sister, it was their eldest sister. With this bracelet, the eldest sister would have more face in her husband's family in the future, and they were also happy.
After lunch, in the afternoon, girls' families came one after another to give them make-up. The Dou sisters welcomed them and accompanied them. Xia Zihan also sat aside to drink tea and eat snacks. She rarely spoke and was so quiet that you couldn't feel her. existence. Miss Dou knew that she didn't like to talk much and didn't like to get close to strangers, so she didn't introduce her to everyone.
Half an hour later, more girls came, filling the room with people, and Xia Zihan's presence became even more inconspicuous.
However, Shi Wenting's arrival broke her comfort and leisure, directly exposing her to others.
"Eldest cousin, you know clearly that I am in this situation today, and it is all her fault. Yet you still want to associate with her. Are you still my eldest cousin? Do you still recognize me as my cousin?"
As soon as Shi Wenting finished adding makeup, she leaned over to Xia Zihan, who was sitting alone in the corner. Her face immediately changed, her eyes were red, and she questioned Miss Dou.
In fact, as soon as Shi Wenting entered the room, she heard someone whispering about her and Song Huai, and looking at her with disdain and contempt.
She, Shi Wenting, was talented, beautiful and arrogant. When had she ever been so despised and scorned by others? And for all this, she put all the blame on Xia Zihan, thinking that it was Xia Zihan who had caused her to be like this.
Even when Song Huai avoided her and ignored her, it was because of Xia Zihan.
Therefore, the moment he saw Xia Zihan, it was like meeting the enemy who killed his husband. He completely lost his mind and didn't care.
"I want you to make a statement today. Do you want her or me? If you choose her, I will never come to the Dou family again. I will treat it as if I am no longer a member of the Dou family. I..."
Snap...
Before Shi Wenting could finish going crazy, Miss Dou slapped her in the face.
Miss Dou was shaking with anger, her face was gloomy, "Just pretend that there is no such thing as a Dou family? Okay, then you go and don't come to the Dou family again. I will report to my aunt truthfully."
Humph, she felt embarrassed to have such a cousin, but she never thought that Shi Wenting would be so crazy and even deny her maternal family for the sake of Song Huai.
Does she know how much trouble her words today will bring her?
The reputation of being ungrateful, ruthless, and even abandoning her maternal family has determined her life, does she know?
Miss Dou was so angry that she couldn't help but take action. She also wanted to prevent Shi Wenting from saying more things that would make her regret.
Shi Wenting was stunned by her slap, and tears fell down, "You choose her, okay, you choose her, then from now on, you will never have me as your cousin."
Covering his face, he ran away crying.
Under Dou Da's eyes, Dou Er and Dou San hurriedly ran out to catch up.
When everything in the room returned to quiet, Miss Dou put on a stiff smile and apologized to the dozen or so girls in the room, "I'm really sorry. My cousin has a bad temper recently and is a little impatient. Just give me some face, but don't Take it to your heart and forget what happened just now.”
It means I want to shut everyone's mouth.
Dou Da then asked the maid to bring out some small antiques and jewelry and give them to everyone, "Please."
The people who could come to give Miss Dou makeup were all friends who played well with Miss Dou. Seeing Miss Dou's request, they were too embarrassed not to accept it, so they all chose something they liked. , which can be regarded as agreeing to Miss Dou’s plea.
In fact, these little girls are all daughters of rich families. There is no shortage of such a gadget. They will agree to it just for the sake of Miss Dou's face.
Miss Dou's calm temperament and generous nature also won everyone's hearts, and everyone liked to play with her.
Shi Wenting's matter was temporarily suppressed by Miss Dou's good intentions.
But this matter could not be hidden from Dou.
After she knew that her daughter had threatened to deny her natal family, she was so angry that she immediately sent someone to take Shi Wenting back to Shi's house, put her in confinement, and asked her to copy the virtues of women a thousand times, and sternly told the maids around Shi Wenting, " Look at her carefully. If you continue to follow the girl, Xinghua Tower is the place for you to go.”
The little maids shivered all over and hurriedly said yes.
On the 6th, when Miss Dou got married, Mr. Dou and Shi Hanlin went to Dou's house for a wedding banquet. Shi Wenting wanted to repeat the old plan and sneaked out, but the maids refused to agree.
After the happy event of the Dou family was completed, the Dou family agreed to Shi Hanlin and betrothed Shi Wenting to one of his poor children who studied hard and studied hard.
Two years ago, when Shi Hanlin saw that Shi Wenting and Song Huai were getting closer and closer, he wanted to betroth Shi Wenting to his poor student. Although the student was from a poor family, he was willing to work hard, have good character, good temperament, and talent. Even better than Song Huai, but because he was born in a poor family and did not show up, he is not as famous as Song Huai.
However, Mrs. Dou was unwilling to let her talented and beautiful daughter marry a poor student, so she never agreed.
(End of chapter)