Chapter 101: Foregone Conclusion
During this time, Zhang Hou's official duties were busy, and Saitama never found a suitable opportunity to meet his father and implement his plan. But on this day, the people of Zhangfu waited for an uninvited guest, the Duchess of Qi State-Lian.
The two families verbally agreed on a marriage contract, but the process of waiting for a decision was not carried out, and the old lady felt that such a family affair had wronged Saitama, so she proposed to wait for Saitama and Lu for a year later. This time, the Lian family suddenly came to the door, and the old lady was also very strange, but she couldn't slack off, and hurried out to greet her.
Seeing that the old woman had changed her indifferent appearance from last time, Lao Yuan quickly stepped forward and said:
"Old lady, is this always good?"
"It's all right, Duchess Lao Guo is worried. ”
Lian affectionately walked to the hall with the old lady in his arms, and sat down as the guest and host. Endure the maid's efforts to serve tea, Wang Shi glanced at Lian's family, indicating that there was no problem with the matter. Lian looked at the old lady and smiled,
"It's been a long time since I've seen the old lady, and I'm really presumptuous to come today. I hope the old lady will forgive me. The old lady knew that what Lian said was not from her heart, but she couldn't wipe her face, so she said:
"Where does the Duchess say, you have to take care of the huge Grand Duke's Mansion, so what leisure do you have, no matter how much we care, it's not that we are too small-minded. ”
The old lady laughed. Lian Shi put a smile on his face, sighed and said:
"Alas, it's really a disaster in our house, the front foot just lost the daughter-in-law, and the son on the back foot had an accident. ”
"Shizi just has no news for the time being, he will definitely be fine, and Madame, don't worry too much. ”
"Don't hide it from the old lady, I went to the Guanyin Hall yesterday to ask the Bodhisattva to bless Duan'er to be safe and sound, and my luck is not bad, I am a sign. At this time, Wang on the side interjected:
"That's good, I heard that the sign of Guanyin Hall is the most spiritual, and the prince must be fine. The Liu family listened to Wang's words and echoed them, comforting the Lian family. The old lady couldn't figure out Lian's intentions, so she didn't make a sound.
"I hope that's the case too, but it's just ......" Lian's face was embarrassed,
"It's just that this signature says that you need to be happy to be happy, so I have to come to the old lady. The old lady was puzzled,
"What do you mean, Madame?" said Lien.
"It's really hard to say this, but I can't help it, and now there is nothing happy in our house. But yesterday, as soon as my nephew heard it, he said that he was willing to rejoice for his brother, and he asked me to come to Zhang's Mansion to talk about it. I really couldn't resist him, so I had the cheekiness to ask the old lady what she meant. ”
After listening to Lian's words, the old lady knew the purpose of Lian's coming here today, and she actually wanted Yu'er to rush to joy, but she only felt that blood rushed to her head. The Liu family was also surprised, after all, the status of a daughter-in-law who married in as Chong Xi was much lower. Only the Wang family was secretly happy in her heart, and she had already obtained Zhang Hou's consent, she didn't have to be this wicked person, so she still showed a surprised look on her face.
The old lady said almost word by word:
"Madame mean to let Saitama go to Chongxi?" Lian Shi smiled awkwardly when he heard this, "Actually, we just got married earlier, and we will treat the second lady as our own daughter." ”
Lian Shi looked at the old lady and said: "Our grandfather also said that the etiquette must be done thoughtfully, and the second lady will never be wronged." If the house doesn't have time to prepare the dowry, we can also do it for us, which can be regarded as a little compensation for the second lady. ”
The anger that the old lady tried to restrain was suddenly ignited by these words, "Madame, please go back, our Zhang family hasn't seen that idea of dowry yet." Lian was a little unhappy, and his face sank,
"Old lady, is this going to regret marriage?"
"After a year of being willing to marry, if you don't want to, then we don't dare to climb high!" The old lady was also born in a noble family, and she has an awe-inspiring and inviolable momentum, but all these years have passed, but today she was provoked by Lian's words.
At this time, Wang saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly played a round.
"If you have something to say, it's not a trivial matter, you still have to think about it in the long run, let's talk about it well, don't hurt the peace. Lian sneered,
"Mrs. Zhang's words are right, I am also your relative, I said these words, whether it succeeds or not, I still advise the old lady to think more and think twice, there is no harm. I'll go back today, and then I'll wait for your letter. With that, he stood up.
The old lady was so angry that she couldn't slow down for a long time, where did the Liu family and the Wang family dare to offend the Lian family, and quickly got up to send the Lian family out. The old lady is not easy to stop, after all, where is the identity of the Lian family, she can't offend too much.
Wang and Liu walked on both sides of Lian's to comfort,
"Even sister, don't worry, the old lady likes our sister Yu the most, when I first heard this, I must be unhappy, we are discussing and planning when we look back, and I will definitely give you an explanation." ”
The Liu family is also grateful to the Lian family because of what happened to Qi Ying last time, in her opinion, the old lady's reaction is also a little excessive, and the Guogong Mansion can be regarded as sincere, but it is a rush, and the face is a little unbearable, but there is nothing to lose in the inside. What's more, Saiyu married the second young grandmother of the Guogong Mansion in the past, but her own Qiying can only marry a small Hanlin family, what is there to be dissatisfied, speaking of which, the old lady is too partial to Saitama, if she changes her granddaughter, the old lady may not be willing to offend the Guogong Mansion like this.
When Lian's farewell, Wang held Lian's hand and made a little effort, which meant that she was reassured, and Lian naturally understood and left satisfied. In fact, she didn't think that she could get the old lady's consent today, but she just made a gesture to show her attitude, and the rest of the matter was more appropriate to point to the Wang family.
In the evening, Zhang Hou returned to the mansion, and the Wang family told the old lady about rejecting Lian's on the spot, Zhang Hou frowned,
"Why is my mother so angry and offended the Guogong Mansion, what good fruit can we eat?" Wang secretly proudly,
"Master, it's no wonder, after all, Sister Yu was brought up by the old lady, and the old lady was naturally reluctant to let her go to Chongxi, that was the person she put on the tip of her heart. ”
Zhang Hou did not answer, was silent for a moment, stroked his beard and said:
"You can't talk to the old lady directly about this matter, you have to start with Sister Yu, if Sister Yu agrees, the old lady can't say anything. ”
"Well, the master is right, Sister Yu'er's child is a general knowledge, for the sake of the Zhang family, she will definitely not embarrass the master. Wang's words were sinister, and the implication was that if Saitama did not agree, he would be selfish and ignorant of the general situation.
"Then Ming'er's concubine will talk to Sister Yu'er?" Wang thought that he had finally found an opportunity to humiliate Saitama. Who knew that Zhang Hou said:
"No, I'll tell her personally. Without further ado, now call her to my study. Wang was taken aback when he heard this, Zhang Hou disdained such a thing, when did he start to worry about himself. In fact, Zhang Hou also knew the contradiction between Saiyu and the Wang family, but if this kind of battle in the back house did not affect the overall situation of the Zhang family, he didn't want to bother. If Wang is asked to say it this time, Saitama will definitely be unwilling, and then it will be a big trouble.