Di daughter is easy to marry: the stunning princess

Chapter 99

In the blink of an eye, it has entered the dog days. According to the customs of the capital, when the weather is hot, the noble ladies of the aristocratic families will have to rest for summer.The so-called summer break does not mean doing nothing for a summer, but just staying at home or going to another hospital to escape the summer heat, and not moving around with each other.One reason is that it is hard work to go out as a guest or entertain relatives and friends in hot weather. In addition, it is also because of the hot weather that women's clothes are thin, and they are afraid of causing unnecessary troubles.

The Zhou family was no exception. As soon as Mrs. Xia entered, she took Jin Jue and Xilun brothers and sisters to the Zhou family's other courtyard in Tangshan.The second wife packed up the other courtyard just after the twelfth lunar month, and originally wanted to take the opportunity of the summer break to arrange for Jin Xiu and Xie Qingyi to be alone.After all the troubles, she made a wedding dress for the eldest lady. Her mother and daughter could only serve the old lady at home in the hot weather.

Even if she vomited blood in anger, she couldn't tell. The eldest lady invited the nanny who came out of the palace to go to another courtyard in the name of teaching Jinjue etiquette. No matter how unhappy she was, she would not dare to blatantly stop Jinjue from being a candidate for a show girl!
Greeting the old lady back, the second lady couldn't help cursing bitterly as soon as she entered the Jingyu courtyard: "When the evening comes, the clothes are expensive and full of manners, but you sell the concubine daughter to the concubine daughter to hire a nanny, and prepare clothes and jewelry. ,what!"

"Calm down, ma'am, it's not worth hurting your body in the hot weather!" Madam Xie hastily pushed the maids out of the room, and poured a bowl of chilled lotus seed soup to the second madam. "Madam still think about how to tell my uncle and madam, so that my uncle and madam won't misunderstand."

"Huh!" The white porcelain spoon in the second lady's hand made a 'ding-ding' sound, "She knows who her first sister is. She has been married to Xie's family for so many years, and she doesn't even have an egg." Born, now she is the only one who begs for me, not me for her."

Nanny Xie apologized and said with a smile: "No, if my uncle wants to gain a foothold in Xie's house, he has to find a way to win over Thirteenth Young Master, otherwise in the future Thirteenth Young Mistress will come in, and her step-mother-in-law will not even have a place to stand. This time she left her uncle and the big group of concubines alone and tried her best to go to Beijing with the Eldest Princess. Wasn't she afraid that the Eldest Princess would decide to betroth the Thirteenth Young Master? Tree, I want to marry the second girl into the house. To be a relative, to be an aunt and a mother-in-law, are you afraid that the thirteenth young master will disrespect her? With her help, the second girl will also have a good life! It is a matter of mutual benefit, Of course she cares."

These words hit the heart of the second lady, and she couldn't help laughing twice.Mammy Xie saw the wind and turned the rudder, and said loyally again: "But the old slave is afraid of the marriage of the thirteenth young master, so I can't let my uncle and wife decide. Madam, why don't you take this opportunity to find out what my uncle and master say!"

"Try him!" The Second Madam's heart, which had just calmed down, burned up again. When did her half-brother regard her as a younger sister?But this reminded her, the second lady put down the soup bowl and said: "Go and find out what kind of business uncle did when he returned to the capital? Let's not ask about the marriage of the children. If there is any business to make money, you can partner with him." Make a deal."

On a hot day, Mammy Xie left quickly and came back even faster, "Master Uncle is here on a special trip to visit the eldest princess this time, and he didn't do any business."

Xie Momo was covered in sweat, and the second wife wrinkled her nose in disgust, seeing that the collar of Xie Momo's blue silk jacket was wet with sweat, she didn't seem to be lying, so she waved her hand and asked her to go down and change clothes.Xie Momo didn't dare to stay longer, let alone talk.Xie's family is a salt merchant, and the eldest princess condescended to marry Xie's family, which did not change the reality that Xie's family was a merchant.

From top to bottom, the Xie family didn't have a single scholar, and they didn't even have the honor of donating.The eldest son of the eldest princess passed away unfortunately when he was three years old, and the uncle Xie Junshan who is now in charge of the family is the eldest son of the eldest princess who is nearly thirty years old.Although he was spoiled for his literary skills, he was born to be a business material, and the Xie family's ancestral family business has gone up a few floors in his hands.

Xie Junshan's greatest pleasure is to make money, and he can't afford to get up early without profit.The last time the Eldest Princess went to Beijing, he also asked the butler to bring thirty carts of fish and dried goods to Beijing to earn back the eldest princess' travel expenses.This time, he traveled thousands of miles from Jiangnan to Beijing empty-handed, not doing business by the way, which sounds abnormal no matter what.There must be something unspeakable!
Things Xie Momo could guess, of course the Second Madam felt even more wrong.Zhou Bohai couldn't help repeating this to Zhou Bohai during dinner at night. Zhou Bohai, who usually never cared about relatives' affairs, was uncharacteristically, "When did you come here? Why didn't you tell me sooner. Hurry up and post it tomorrow." , I invite my brother-in-law to a small banquet in the Hongbin Building."

Xie Junshan looked down on Zhou Bohai's lust, and Zhou Bohai looked down on Xie Junshan as a merchant, and the two had never had much contact.Zhou Bohai's rare enthusiasm made the second wife suddenly suspicious, but Zhou Bohai said in disapproval: "I will be released as the prefect of Anyang soon, and it is also necessary to establish a good relationship with my uncle in advance."

"What? When are you going to let go of your job?" The second lady was so shocked that she almost turned the table over.It is said that in three years, the prefect will receive one hundred thousand snowflakes.But she knows best how capable Zhou Bohai is, but she can barely get along with him when he is doing idle work in Beijing.If he is sent out to be the magistrate, within three months he will have to be gnawed by the subordinate officials until there is not even a scum left.Not to mention one hundred thousand snowflakes, even one's life may not be saved.

What's more, the old lady is still there, so he can't take her to take office with him when he is sent out to the magistrate.Under her nose, she still picks flowers and provokes grass, even the maids around her are not spared. If she really wants to go to Anyang, the sky is far away from the emperor, how many concubines does he have to take?
The second wife flatly disagreed, "No way! The old lady is still here, but the master is released, who will serve the old lady?"

Zhou Bohai threw his chopsticks on the table, and hummed impatiently: "I'm not the eldest son, besides, it's the same if you stay in Beijing to serve your mother!"

"Such a big matter, why didn't there be any rumors before? I don't have any money in my hand!" The second lady threw out her trump card, but this time, the omnipotent method failed. Zhou Bohai glanced at her disdainfully. , "Brother helped me make the arrangements earlier, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials have written everything according to me. We only need to wait for the Ministry of Officials to use the big seal to issue official quotations. Please help me prepare my luggage first, so as not to delay my schedule."

"Master, why is he so kind to help you this time? You don't even want money..." The second lady's brows stood on end, a fool could see that Zhou Boshan had ulterior motives, but Zhou Bohai still regarded his eldest brother as a good person, and kept her secret, before leaving Then he told her to prepare her luggage.But before she could finish her sentence, Zhou Bohai shouted impatiently: "If you continue to provoke our brotherhood, don't blame me for falling out. I've lived half my life, and I can't tell who is good and who is bad? I can't write two weeks in one stroke. Could it be that I'm promising, but my brother's face is dull?"

Zhou Bohai slammed the curtain and went out, and went straight to the second aunt's room, the second wife was so angry that she couldn't speak, the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became.The magistrate of Anyang is rich and vacancies, even if she is beaten to death, she does not believe that Zhou Boshan will give money to help Zhou Bohai seek a future.But the official documents from the Ministry of Officials have been issued, so what can she do?
Two days later, the official document from the Ministry of Officials was officially issued, and the matter of Zhou Bohai's promotion became a topic of great interest to the servants of the Zhou Mansion.They all tried their best to show themselves in front of Zhou Bohai, and wanted to let him go abroad together.The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, and the magistrate's gate can be a popular drinker, which is much better than sticking to the capital.

When Jin Xi was having lunch with Mr. Yun Zong, he found out that Zhou Bohai had been promoted, and couldn't help but sigh deeply for the people of Anyang.With such a parental official on the stall, the people here will be miserable for eight lifetimes!

Mr. Yun Zong glanced at her without saying a word, and after the meal, he took out a copy of Anyang Fu Zhi and threw it to Jin Xi, "Don't delay your studies in Xiexia, if you have nothing to do, you can count yourself as filial piety!"

Where is it?She considered filial piety based on the annals of the Anyang Mansion, but it depended on whether the patriarch's inheritance was considered loyal?Jin Xi felt that Mr. Yun Zong was getting more and more out of tune.She couldn't see anyone all day long, just stared at her when there was nothing to do, and sighed after watching, which made her suffer a lot.How ugly is she, to make Mr. Yun Zong look down on her so much?
The slander belongs to the slander, and Jin Xi dare not ignore it.In case the old man went crazy and came back to take the quiz, if he couldn't answer, what was waiting for her was the big iron ruler.

While tidying up the dishes, Qing Xing gloated and said, "My servant heard that the old lady scolded the lady for preparing the luggage for the master!"

"What's there to say about preparing your luggage?" Jin Xi replied absently while flipping through the Anyang Mansion. Ever since she recognized Mr. Yun Zong as her adoptive father, the old lady's attitude towards her has changed rapidly, even if she tried her best It's useless to please, even money can't turn the situation around.

Qing Xing burst out laughing, "It's all about nerds, nerds, servants didn't believe it before, but now they believe it. Is the girl really not understanding, or is she pretending not to understand?"

Jin Xi shrugged her shoulders to show that she really didn't understand, Qing Xing's eyes lit up immediately, she didn't clean up the dishes, she leaned in front of Jin Xi and said in a low voice: "The luggage doesn't just refer to the clothes and mattresses, but also the waiters! It’s okay to do errands outside, but it’s hard to choose those who serve in front of you!”

"You mean which aunt to follow hasn't been decided yet?" Qing Xing successfully teased Jin Xi's gossip.Zhou Bohai's eleventh concubine, who died of a serious illness, was the second, fifth, sixth and ninth concubines who looked good right now.Based on what she knew about Jiu Yiniang, Jiu Yiniang would never leave Xiyi alone in the mansion and go to work with Zhou Bohai.

The second aunt is an idiot who can't stand on the stage. Apart from being a gunman, she probably only has the function of warming the bed.There are only five aunts and six aunts left.

"The servant girl heard that the second lady wanted the fifth and sixth aunts to follow her, but the old lady said that the second lady had bad intentions."

Jin Xi couldn't help admiring the mother's instinct, the old lady could see through the second lady's plan at a glance.The foreigner has been away for at least three years, and by then Jin Xia and Jin Qiu have reached the age to discuss marriage.Hold Jinxia and Jinqiu in their hands, their biological mother Fifth Yiniang is the marionette in the hands of the second lady.As for the timid and timid Sixth Aunt, it's even more of a problem.In this way, even if Zhou Bohai is far away in Anyang, he is actually under the eyes of the second lady.

"Could it be that the old lady wants to give the master another room?"

Qing Xing clapped her hands together, and said with a smile: "Miss is really clever! The old madam wants to call a distant niece from her natal family to serve the second master. The second madam disagrees, saying that she is a widow and will affect the second master's official reputation. , That's why they started arguing. The servants heard from the people in Heling Hall that the old lady has already spoken out about divorce!"

What does it mean that a villain becomes rampant when he succeeds?Although Jin Xi didn't agree with the old lady's attitude, she suddenly remembered, is the old lady's niece from the family's natal family the real sister of the aunt?

(End of this chapter)