Twin Brocade

Chapter 197
Mrs. Qiao glanced at her daughter, her eyes were full of love and affection, she sighed and said to Si Lansheng: "Look at my girl, she's a girl with hands and feet, she doesn't look like me at all."

"Sister Xuan is lively and cute, so don't be humble!" Si Lansheng laughed.

A look of worry flashed across Mrs. Qiao's eyes, she coughed twice, and said, "Don't praise her, she is usually a monkey, if you praise her again, she won't fly to the sky! It's better for you two daughters, generous Appropriate."

Fang Jinhui and Fang Jinshu went up to greet her, and sat down with Qiao Tongxuan, talking softly.

Si Lansheng took a sip of tea, glanced at Fang Jinhui, and said to Mrs. Qiao in a low voice: "My daughter is grown up, so I have to worry about that. I will tell you the truth about next year's general election. I don't want sister Hui to enter." palace."

Mrs. Qiao nodded and said, "I'm just such a daughter. If she really enters the palace with her temperament, the whole family will have to worry about it."

The two looked at each other with a tacit understanding and smiled, Madam Qiao said first: "My old lady once mentioned that Brother Quan is a handsome young man, and I wonder what your plan is for his marriage?"

The smile on Si Lansheng's face froze. She thought that Qiao Shijie and Fang Jinhui would be a good match. It turned out that the Qiao family also wanted to marry Qiao Tongxuan to Fang Ziquan.

As the daughter of the Lu family, Mrs. Qiao saw the clue at a glance, she was anxious, she covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief and coughed heart-piercingly.The maid behind her hurriedly took out a pill from a small box, and waited for her to swallow it.

Seeing this, Qiao Tongxuan hurried to her mother and patted her on the back.This action may not relieve Mrs. Qiao's pain, but her daughter's concern can comfort her.

After taking the pills, after a long while, she finally managed to catch her breath, and said with a weak smile, "I'm fine, you go out with Sister Hui and Sister Shu."

"But..." Mother was obviously feeling unwell again, so Qiao Tongxuan was not willing to leave.

"Go!" Mrs. Qiao's eyes became sharper, and she reprimanded lightly.

"I..." Qiao Tongxuan was taken aback, and tears of grievance filled her eyes.She had never been reprimanded by her mother before, and she couldn't accept it in front of others.

The servant girl who served Mrs. Qiao to take the medicine hurriedly coaxed in a low voice: "Miss, just listen to Madam, it's also for your own good."

Qiao Tongxuan pursed her lips, turned her head and walked out the door, and the maid who served her hurriedly chased her out.

Suddenly, Fang Jinshu came to his senses, dragged Fang Jinhui to bid farewell to his mother and Mrs. Qiao, and chased after Qiao Tongxuan.

Seeing the three of them go out, Mrs. Qiao's eyes were full of exhaustion, she signaled the servant girl to guard the door, and said to Si Lansheng: "Look, I'm really spoiled by Miss Xuan's temperament."

Si Lansheng had something on her mind, and replied, "She's still a girl, she doesn't have that much heart."

Mrs. Qiao sighed faintly, and said: "Look at my body, I don't know how long I can last. I don't worry about Shijie. He is the eldest son and grandson of the Qiao family. Even if I am gone, his father will take care of him." He intends to. Only this careless girl Xuan, I am really worried."

"What frustrating words are you talking about!" Si Lansheng quickly stopped her and said, "You have always been weak, so you just need to take care of yourself. Neither the Qiao family nor the Lu family will be short of nourishing herbs for you."

The two families have always been close, the two have similar temperaments, and they are a little closer than others when interacting.Seeing her like this, Si Lansheng also felt very uncomfortable.

"I thought I could last a little longer, but some things are out of my control." Mrs. Qiao said in an extremely difficult tone, "Have you met Shiman?"

Si Lansheng nodded, Lu Shiman has lived in Qiao's house for two years, how could she not see her.Hearing her mention it at this moment, I was startled suddenly, thinking of a possibility, and asked, "You mean?"

Mrs. Qiao's face turned pale, and she said, "I won't hide from you anymore. She lives in Qiao's house just to wait for my place."

The Lu family is a powerful family, and when the late emperor purged, the power in Beijing was uprooted.However, after a few years of delay, he took advantage of the opportunity of marrying important ministers in Beijing and sent several of his children to serve as officials in various state capitals.

The first emperor could not force the family too hard.If they are provoked to join forces to counterattack, the newly established Gaomang Dynasty may suffer a big blow.It also acquiesced in small actions like the Lu family's, as long as they didn't exceed the bottom line.

Therefore, the Lu family finally married the Qiao family and exchanged benefits. How could the connection in the capital be broken because of Mrs. Qiao's death?And the Qiao family will not give up the benefits brought by the Lu family.

Lu Shiman's arrival was the result of the mutual acquiescence of Qiao and Lu's two families after Mrs. Qiao's diagnosis and treatment of a serious illness was intractable.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qiao cared about her children, and under the careful care of her children, she survived the past few years.But Lu Shiman is getting older, and someone should gossip if he waits any longer.

This year, someone from the Lu family came and brought Mrs. Qiao a letter from the head of the Lu family.After reading the letter, Mrs. Qiao knew that it must be that Lu Shiman's parents were anxious and put pressure behind her.

Seeing the flushed look on her pale face, Si Lansheng said softly, "If you think about it, things won't go as you think."

"You don't understand. For the family, a woman like us can be abandoned at any time." Lu Shiman looked at Si Lansheng enviously, and said in a low voice, "You don't know how much I envy you."

"It seems that my illness can't be cured, delaying it for another two years will only take away Shiman's youth." Mrs. Qiao showed a mocking look on her face, and said with a smile: "Since I have become an abandoned child, it is better to go earlier Make way, in exchange for the family's support for my children."

"Yiqin..." In a hurry, Si Lansheng called out her boudoir name.The coldness and ruthlessness of the aristocratic family made her feel cold in her heart.

"My life is just like this." Mrs. Qiao lamented, "I'm telling you this because I just want to entrust Miss Xuan to you. I've watched Brother Quan for more than two years, and I'm relieved to leave it to him. Besides, And you are such a good mother-in-law."

"Don't worry, Miss Xuan is a bit naive, but she has learned housekeeping skills and female red needlework from me since she was a child. She is qualified to be the eldest daughter-in-law of the clan, but what I value is the style of the Fang family." Said Here, her eyes are full of pride.

Si Lansheng's heart was in pain, Mrs. Qiao had made it clear that no matter whether Qiao Tongxuan and Fang Ziquan's marriage was successful or not, Fang Jinhui would not be allowed to enter Qiao's house.

Brothers and sisters marry each other in order to exchange relatives.It still happens occasionally among the people, but in their family status, it is absolutely impossible to allow such things to happen.

She hesitated for a moment, then sighed: "What about the family style of the Fang family? It was rumored that we sold our daughters for glory a few days ago." She sympathized with Mrs. Qiao's experience, but the marriage of the two families is a major event, and she could not agree because of sympathy. Come down, try to delay.

Seeing the hesitation in Si Lansheng's eyes, Mrs. Qiao stood up and knelt on the ground with a bang.

(End of this chapter)