Chapter 246 Adding Obstacles
"Min Sibo is well-educated, good-tempered, and calm. He is a person who values love and justice. If Yu Niang marries him, he will never bully Yu Niang. Mother-in-law, do you want to think about this matter again? ?”
In the end, Xia Shiming decided to say a few good words for his students.
Zeng didn't appreciate it and snorted, "He won't bully Yu Niang, but what about his family? Can you guarantee that his family won't bully Yu Niang?"
"This..." How could he guarantee this?
"Yu Niang has a lazy temperament and doesn't like to argue with others. The younger sister of the Min family is obviously a willful and unreasonable master. If she and Yu Niang confront each other, wouldn't it be Yu Niang who is aggrieved?"< br>
Knowing that the other party is a trap, she still pushes her precious granddaughter into the trap. Huh, she is not an old fool anymore.
When she married the old man, she had no parents-in-law, no brothers-in-law and no sisters-in-law. She lived leisurely for decades without suffering any grievances. But in this huge capital, there is no daughter-in-law who has not been chastised by her mother-in-law. Pass?
How many women have lost their babies in their bellies not long after they were married by their mean mothers-in-law, and there are even a lot of women who have even lost their lives in more serious cases.
In some cases, the concubine and the mother-in-law work together to tease the daughter-in-law.
Didn't Mrs. Chu and Aunt Lu join forces to force the Yu family back to Prince Yu's Mansion?
The Yu family also gave birth to two legitimate sons and two legitimate daughters for Chu Haoyu, and they worked hard to be Chu Haoyu's family for more than ten years. However, Chu Haoyu lost all his errands and took care of himself for the sake of a bastard in his aunt's belly. Mrs. Yu returned to her parents' home angrily.
It's better now. According to Zhuo, Chu Haoyu and Aunt Lu spent all day drinking and drinking at home, cheating on each other, and doing nothing serious. The angry Mrs. Yu didn't even care about the family, and took her two daughters to Yu. Home.
Her two sons were also arranged by Prince Yu to work as servants in the Army and Horse Department, and lived in a villa outside the city owned by Prince Yu.
Now the west courtyard of Duke Anguo's Mansion has simply become Chu Haoyu's world. In addition to Aunt Lu, he also took advantage of Yu's absence to favor a few pretty little maids in time.
A group of women surrounded him, having fun all day long.
I heard that Mr. Chu was so angry that he left him alone.
Mrs. Chu has been in low spirits ever since Mr. Chu favored her maid. She gets sick every three days. Sometimes when she regains her energy, she goes to Mr. Chu's aunt to have a scene.
The Chu family now is in chaos.
Hey...
Seeing Mrs. Zeng's face drop, Xia Shiming smiled coquettishly and did not dare to say anything else.
At the end of August, Xia Zihan suddenly received an invitation from the Second Prince's Mansion.
Xia Zihan had forgotten about the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet. It wasn't until she saw the pink gold invitation that she remembered the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet at the Second Prince's Mansion that the Dou sisters had mentioned last time at Juxiang Tower.
Opening the shiny invitation, you can see that the banquet is on the sixth day of September, and there are still eight days left.
All the time was set aside for the girls to prepare their clothes. As expected of the Second Prince's Mansion, which everyone wanted to curry favor with, everything was handled carefully and appropriately.
"County Master, what clothes are you going to wear that day?" Nuan Yu, who was in charge of her clothes and jewelry, excitedly organized the clothes she would wear at the banquet.
Si Cao said happily, "Yu Sha Pavilion is just preparing the batch of autumn clothes you painted last time. How about asking Qi Mei to make a special one for the county master, and set a few more crystal stones on it?" , I guarantee that the county lord will blind those people’s eyes as soon as he appears.”
"No." Nuan Yu frowned and rolled her eyes at Sicao, "The Song family is holding a funeral. Although the marriage between the Song family and the county owner has been canceled, the person who passed away was the county owner's great-aunt, and the coffin has not yet been buried. Well, the county lord appears in front of people in such gorgeous clothes. If someone talks about it, wouldn’t the county lord’s reputation be ruined?”
When the time comes, people will definitely accuse the county boss of being ungrateful, ungrateful, and so on.
After all, when the old man passed away, the Song family father and son did their best to help the Chu family organize the funeral.
The county head is a girl whose marriage was divorced by the Song family. Although she doesn't kowtow to Mrs. Zeng every day and burn paper money, she can't dress too gorgeously.
"Besides, it's better to shoot first than before. In this troubled time, the county chief should keep a low profile." Nuan Yu added.
As Nuanyu gets older, she becomes more and more calm in her work.
Xia Zihan glanced at her appreciatively and ordered, "Then help me prepare a plainer dress, and use that set of pearl headbands for jewelry."
"Yes, the set of pearls is in the warehouse. I will go to Mother Cui to get the key." Nuan Yu was blessed and was about to leave the house when she suddenly asked, "This is the first time for the county master to go to the Second Prince's Mansion. Do you want to get the key?" Don’t give any gifts, please bring them out together.”
"The things in the warehouse are of no use."
Except for some daily-use things in the warehouse, the rest are precious and rare objects that she has painstakingly collected. They are all the treasures she wants to leave for herself as a dowry and for her children.
"When the time comes, let Qi Mei help me prepare an autumn dress for a teenage girl." Xia Zihan thought of the arrogant little princess and had a headache. "Remember to ask Qi Mei to put more inlays on it." Some small crystal stones ”
Nuanyu said yes and went to find Cui's mother.
Not knowing where to get the news, Mrs. Xu hurriedly found her in the afternoon. She inquired with a smile on her face, "Yu Niang, I heard that the Second Prince's Palace will hold a chrysanthemum appreciation banquet next month. You are the county head personally appointed by the Emperor, and you are of high rank. The Second Prince's Palace should also give you an invitation." ?”
"Well, I just received it this morning, and your information is quite well-informed." Xia Zihan glanced at her sideways, with a hint of mockery in the smile on his face.
Mrs. Xu seemed not to notice, so she got close to her, "I heard that this time the Second Prince's Palace invited more people than in previous years. One invitation can go to two people. Yu Niang, you see, you are going alone." I don’t have anyone to talk to anymore, so why don’t you let your third sister go with you?”
He obviously came to beg her to take Xia Ziying to the Second Prince's Mansion to attend the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet. However, she said that she took Xia Ziying there because she was afraid that she would be lonely if she went alone.
It seemed as if she was not helping Xia Ziying, but Xia Ziying was helping her.
She sneered, "Since you have heard so much, have you heard that all girls who participate in the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet must be over twelve years old?"
And Xia Ziying is only nine years old, which is three years apart. Even if she wants to muddle through, others can tell.
Xu's smile froze.
His expression changed as quickly as flipping through a book, and his expression immediately dropped, "You didn't lie to me?"
"Everyone in the capital knows what I'm doing to lie to you. There's no point in lying to me." Xia Zihan said, "Besides, I took Third Sister with me. With Third Sister's exquisite appearance, if she can be honored by any The lady is interested in her and wants to find a good husband for her. In the future, my sister will also be able to take advantage of her. ”
"Although I didn't grow up in the Xia family, and I'm not close to my third sister, I can't write two characters for "xia" in this sentence. In the future, I will still have to rely on my parents' family and my sisters. If I can help my sisters now, I will naturally help them. ”
This sounds beautiful, but in fact it means rejection.
Xu thought of Xia Ziying, who was happily waiting for her to bring the good news home, and she complained a little in her heart that the Second Prince's Mansion was just a chrysanthemum appreciation banquet, why should there be an age limit? Isn't this making people angry.
But that was someone's chrysanthemum appreciation banquet, and they could stipulate whatever they wanted. No matter how unhappy she felt, Xia Ziying couldn't go.
If there is only one year difference, maybe you can still get in, but there is a three-year difference. The difference between a nine-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl is more than half. People can tell it at a glance. Even if you want to get in, you are afraid that you will not be able to get in. Then you will have to Disgraced the Xia family.
Mrs. Xu was unwilling to give in, but she had no choice. In the end, she couldn't bear to see Xia Zihan being so proud, so she deliberately caused trouble for her, "Since your third sister is not old enough, forget it and let your eldest sister accompany you. ”
"Okay, on the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, let the eldest sister come over." Xia Zihan readily agreed.
When Mrs. Xu saw that she didn't get any benefit, she went back depressed.
The last time she suffered a loss and lost face here, she was scolded by Xia Shiming when she returned home, so she became honest and did not dare to plot against Xia Zihan again.
But Xia Zihan knew that the current calm was to prepare for a bigger storm.
She won't let go of something Xu has her eye on easily.
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In the Xia family, after Xia Ziying learned that she was not old enough to go to the chrysanthemum viewing banquet, her tears fell like a river, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...When I am old enough, and my second sister is just old enough, maybe we will book another contract." I’m going to kiss you. I heard that the Second Prince’s Mansion doesn’t send invitations to girls who are engaged to be married. If there is no invitation then, even if I’m old enough, I still won’t be able to go. Wow…”
Although the Xia family is a farming and reading family with a scholarly family heritage that has been passed down for hundreds of years, in the capital, a family like the Xia family is not even a fourth-rate family, it can be considered a sixth-rate family.
Xia Ziying wanted to attend the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet at the Second Prince's Mansion, but she couldn't do it with the Xia family alone. She could only rely on Xia Zihan's status as the county head.
But if Xia Zihan gets engaged, the Second Prince's Palace will not send her an invitation. By then, Xia Ziying will never be able to attend the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet she has dreamed of.
Xia Ziying cried so sadly that Mrs. Xu felt distressed. She gritted her teeth and said harshly, "Then we won't let her get engaged."
Xia Ziying's crying stopped suddenly, and she looked at Xu with her big watery eyes, "But... I heard my father say yesterday that Mrs. Chu was going to be engaged to her second sister."
"Then we'll make it impossible for her to book it," Mrs. Xu said.
Xia Ziying's eyes lit up, "Does mother have any good ideas?"
"My good daughter, don't worry. Mother will naturally have a solution." Seeing Xia Ziying crying with tears all over her face, Mrs. Xu felt very distressed. She hugged her and sat on her lap, and coaxed softly, "As long as If it’s something that Ying’er likes and wants, mother will definitely get it for you.”
"Including the second sister's hot spring village and house?" br>
"Well, as long as Ying'er likes it, mother will snatch them all to make Ying'er's dowry."
(End of chapter)