Mrs. Lin brought the news that Qiu Yiran, the prince of Qingyuan Hou, was engaged to Xu Yuanniang, the eldest daughter of the wealthy businessman Xu family, and the wedding date was set at the end of the year.

"The Qiu family is just an empty shell, and there is an old lady in the family temple who colluded with the mountain bandits," Mrs. Lin sneered, "If you want me to say, the Xu family is to exchange the dowry for a fate, I heard that Xu Yuanniang is still a neat and capable, it's a pity." ”

"That's not necessarily," Zhiruo said with a smile, "everyone takes what they need, but they can't be bought with money, and with the marquisate title, they still have an advantage over others in many aspects." If Xu Yuanniang is indeed capable, has the ability to have money, and the convenience of the official family that he didn't have before, maybe he can really do a lot of things. "And Qiu Yiran is not useless.

Mrs. Lin was originally a transparent person, and if she thought of it, she immediately thought of it, and frowned slightly. Because of some old things, Governor Lin has always looked down on the Qingyuan Hou Mansion, and this time it can be said that she stepped on the Qingyuan Hou Mansion and went up, completely offending the Qingyuan Hou Mansion, and she didn't want the Qiu family to revive in her heart.

A cool smile flashed in the eyes of Zhiruo, who was half-bowed his head, in his previous life, Qiu Yiran degraded his wife to a concubine and married his wife, but she was the second daughter of the Cheng family of Jiannan Hou Mansion. Compared with the Cheng family, the Xu family's assistance to Qiu Yiran is not a star at all, right? It seems that the Qiu family is really short of silver now. No matter how capable a woman is, I am afraid that she will be dragged by the unconscious lady of the Qiu family, the old lady who is impossible to settle even in the family temple, and the aunt Ruxiu, whose heart is higher than the sky.

At this time, Qiu Yiran was looking at Xu Yuanniang's small statue and the dowry list copied by the Xu family. Because Mrs. Hou is the head of the house, the Xu family is not ambiguous, and happily increased Xu Yuanniang's dowry to 50,000 taels, and also promised to give his son-in-law Qiu Yiran 20,000 taels of silver tickets as a reserve fund to support him to enter Beijing.

Judging from the small statue, Xu Yuanniang is indeed a beauty, but she looks a little sharp, not the graceful and elegant type that Qiu Yiran likes. However, with the current situation of the Qiu family, he really doesn't have much capital to pick and choose. If it weren't for the fact that he was now the youngest marquis in Daying, and he was also suave, the Xu family might not be willing to give so much silver to his daughter as a dowry.

Qiu Yiran became more and more irritable, two days ago, if Qiu sued her, Yin Zhiruo's dowry was not counted as anything else, and the silver ticket was at least 300,000 taels, which was still her estimate. When Yin Zhiruo went out, the county lord of Qianxin also gave her a makeup box to press the sedan chair, and I don't know how many treasures and silver tickets were contained in it. It's a pity that the dowry box with the lock was kept by Ruchun, and from the night of Meizhuang, Yin Zhiruo began to guard against her again, so she never had a chance to go to the basement to see all the dowry, including the dowry box.

Why? Why did God treat him like this? Qiu Yiran slapped his palm on the table, grinning in pain, and also woke him up from his remorse.

Grandmother is right, now that King Jing is maintaining Yin Zhiruo's sister and brother, they have no way to take her, just look at the Yin family's two bedrooms and three rooms, as well as the current situation of their Qingyuan Marquis Mansion, it is better to cheer up and revitalize the Qiu family first. Xu Yuanniang has a lot of dowry, and I heard that she is still a person who can take care of business. When the time comes, take the silver and make a little bit, if you can climb the prince, you will have the opportunity to enter Beijing to serve the prince, and with his ability, you will be able to come out sooner or later.

What Qiu Yiran didn't expect was that Mrs. Qiu was also related in Beijing, and a handkerchief from a young woman handed her a letter, and said that she would come to visit when she returned to Beijing from her home for a while and passed through Los Angeles. One of the three sons of that old lady Ding is the secretary of the military department, one is the prefect of Wupin, and the other is an errand boy next to the prince, all of whom are very promising.

Inexplicably, Qiu Yiran just felt that Mrs. Ding's sudden finding of her grandmother was definitely not just to catch up with her grandmother, or to help them get involved with the prince. However, what is there in the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion today that is worth calculating for the Ding family?

Suddenly, Qiu Yiran was excited, he thought of what his grandmother said, and the mother-in-law who delivered the letter also asked his sister Qiu Yanran if she was engaged, or if she was optimistic about others.

Could it be that he fell in love with Qiu Yanran? Isn't it? Qiu Yiran instinctively shook his head, although Qiu Yanran was the sister-in-law of the Marquis of Qingyuan, but ...... , He still has a good idea of the reputation of the Marquis of Qingyuan, himself, and Qiu Yanran, if the Ding family intends to marry the Qiu family, what is the picture?

Qiu Yiran was in a daze, and Ruxiu came in with a cup of chicken soup: "Master, this wolfberry red date black chicken soup has been simmered over low heat for two whole hours, you can taste it." ”

Qiu Yiran took the chicken soup, and looked at the belly that was already very big, but the other parts of the stomach were still slender and beautiful, and said with a smile: "Let the maid do these things, why are you busy yourself?" Since the two had a long talk and untied the knot, Qiu Yiran saw more and more Ruxiu's infatuation with herself, and she was even more moved by her firm standing by his side to take care of him, comfort him, and help him make suggestions together when the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion was in the most difficult time a while ago. Not only that, but even Mrs. Tai likes Ruxiu more and more, and asks Ruxiu to help her take care of the feed.

Ruxiu smiled shyly: "The concubine likes to take care of the master, and likes to do these things for the master with her own hands." Mrs. Tai also said that the lord is busy every day for the Hou Mansion, and he is the pillar of the Qiu family, so he wants the concubine to serve the good master well. By the way, when the concubine came in, she frowned when she saw her, but what was the difficulty? Did the Xu family regret it? Refused to give the 20,000 taels? Or did they use their hands and feet on the dowry. ”

"No," Qiu Yiran drank the hot and cold chicken soup in one gulp before saying, "Look at it, this dowry list is basically according to our requirements, it is very real, there are no fancy and useless things." The 20,000 taels of silver have also been agreed, and they will be in place soon. "When negotiating with the Xu family, many of the advantages of the Qiu family and the requirements put forward were all thought up by Ruxiu, including 20,000 taels of support funds. As embroidery said, the Xu family has silver, and the Qiu family has a knighthood, only when the Xu family gives money to help Qiu Yiran strive for more power, the Xu family can borrow more power and get more light. On the contrary, even if the Xu family has silver, they can't buy a decree, a title, or power, right? As expected, the Xu family finally agreed.

This also made Qiu Yiran even more emotionally intelligent as embroidery, as embroidery said right, although the Pingxi Hou Mansion will be of some help to the Qiu family, but the Pingxi Hou Mansion is stronger than the Qingyuan Hou Mansion, and will always suppress the Qingyuan Hou Mansion. Moreover, the life experience of the two girls is also a dead end, in the future, the Qingyuan Hou Mansion will be revived, and the mother of the house will have a mother from the Qing Dynasty, wouldn't it be for nothing to let the Hou Mansion be inferior? However, with the support of the Pingxi Hou Mansion, it will be difficult for the Qiu family to do anything to the two girls at that time.

Ruxiu also said: "Daughter Xiao's mother, just look at Yin Zhiruo, I was really ignorant before Ming Ming, and after what happened, the blood of the county lord of Qianxin flowing on his body immediately showed his power, and his style of acting became more and more like his own mother, the county lord of Qianxin." ”

Qiu Yiran shuddered at that time, he didn't need a wife with a clean style, he still had a backer. It's already miserable for the Qiu family to have a stupid housewife like his mother, but he can't have another one who will drag him back.

It's better to marry a girl from the Xu family, the Xu family is a rich businessman, even if he really becomes an imperial businessman in the future, he has no power, and he can't restrain their Qiu family, not all rich businessmen can do what Luo Dayou, the richest man in Daying, does. Of course, if they were the daughters of the Luo family, they would not look down on their declining Qingyuan Marquis Mansion.

I heard that Xu Yuanniang is a capable and atmospheric person, because the Xu family has long had the heart of clinging to the powerful, and the eldest daughter Xu Yuanniang has also been carefully cultivated since childhood, and she also invited her mother from the capital to raise her mother with a lot of money.

Qiu Yiran put away Xu Yuanniang's small portrait and dowry list, gently patted Ruxiu's little face, and said with a smile: "You have become my military advisor now." The matter on the Xu family's side has been decided, and when the time comes, 10,000 of the 20,000 taels of silver will be taken as a dowry, and you will help your grandmother to Zhang Luo together. My grandmother is old, and I don't want her to worry too much. "Now Ruxiu is helping to manage some of the affairs of the house, which is also suitable.

"Yes," Ruxiu replied obediently, "Mrs. Tai is very good to the concubine, and the concubine can't bear to see her old man working too hard." ”

"Well, no wonder Grandmother loves you," Qiu Yiran nodded with satisfaction, "By the way, you also took Yan'er to learn housekeeping and female celebrity or something." "That sister really doesn't have anything to do, marrying a wife is different from taking a concubine, it's not enough to be beautiful.

Ruxiu frowned slightly, but quickly covered up the past: "As long as the eldest girl doesn't dislike it, the concubine is willing, but it's just ......." Master, could it be that you were worried just now, just for this matter? It doesn't matter if the eldest girl doesn't look down on the concubine, and when the lady enters the door, it's still too late to ask the lady to teach her, I heard that the lady's upbringing mother is also famous in Beijing. ”

"It's not like that, but it's related. Qiu Yiran shook his head, and after thinking about it, he still told Ruxiu about the old lady of the Ding family, including the words of the mother-in-law who sent the letter, "Do you say that I want to go wrong? It's not that I'm arrogant, it's really that there have been too many things in the Qiu family in the past half a year, if the Ding family had a marriage a year ago, I might not look down on them." "A year ago, the Yin family was still in full swing, and Yin Zhiruo was ready to marry in with a rich dowry.

"Ding family?" Ruxiu frowned and thought for a while before exclaiming, "The Ding family of the military department?"

Qiu Yiran was stunned: "Do you know the Ding family?" Although Ruxiu has been in the capital for more than ten years, the big maid next to the girl from a big family is also raised in the inner courtyard of the boudoir all the year round, how do you know the officials outside?

Ruxiu nodded and said: "Well, I happened to hear a few mothers-in-law talking about it, it seems that the grandson of the Nading family was sick and had a high fever and broke his brain, and became an idiot, and the sixteen or seventeen-year-old man drooled all day long." The maid waiting next to the idiot happened to be the distant niece of a mother-in-law in Yin Zhiruo's yard. ”R1152