Chapter 212: Temptation

The three children in the Xu family's room didn't know that the elders in the second room had changed their minds, and they were still doing their best to curry favor with the Cai family and the Qin family.

Only Xu Xiu, maybe she saw it, or maybe she gave up, her attitude was far less diligent and eager, but in general she was still very gentle and peaceful, but it made people look at her differently, and felt that this girl's upbringing was still good.

At this time, Mrs. Xu Er and Grandma Xu Er found Mrs. Cai San in private, and inquired about Cai Seventeen's situation openly and secretly. Mrs. Cai San knew it in her heart, so she told her about the situation of her cousin, emphasizing that this child is excellent in character and learning, both civil and military, looks like a talent, has a good character, and gets along very well with several young masters and ladies in the Yunyang Hou Mansion, and is no different from his own brothers. He is only sixteen years old now, he has become a small flag, and he has done a good job, not only can he subdue his subordinates, but also make his superiors appreciate him, and the bright future in the future can be expected. Such a child, when he reaches the age of discussing relatives, the elders in the clan hope that he can marry a good wife, have a better family background, have a better upbringing, be outstanding, and have the most important character.

Specifically, it is to be able to be the director of the house and raise children, and to be good at dancing and socializing with others, with a peaceful temperament and virtuous virtue. If Cai 17 is in Beijing, she can take care of his food, clothing, daily life, and interpersonal interactions; if Cai 17 is out on business, she can keep his home and let him have no worries. And because Cai Qiqi is now raised in the Yunyang Hou Mansion, his future wife needs to get along well with the ladies of the Yunyang Hou Mansion, and she must also think and act from the position of the Yunyang Hou Mansion. But in the future, Cai Qiqi will have to go out sooner or later to set up her own door, and she will also need to be able to support a family at that time. She can't damage the Yunyang Marquis Mansion and Cai Qiqi herself because of the interests of her mother's side, nor can she damage the Yunyang Hou Mansion because of the interests of Cai Qiqi and their future children. Cai Seventeen is a disciple of the Cai family, and he will always be a member of the Cai family and a follower of the Yunyang Hou Mansion.

This requirement is not low, and it is not too high, mainly because the requirements for the girl herself are relatively high, and the family background only needs to be almost passable. However, the requirements for the girl herself alone eliminated enough people. The key is to be clear-headed and know what to advance and retreat, which many young girls can't do. Who would be a little selfish? A girl with a good family background and good appearance, who is willing to go to Cai Seventeen, is most likely coming to the Marquis of Yunyang's mansion. If she is asked not to touch the interests of the Marquis of Yunyang for the sake of her mother's family, then there are many things that cannot be done, so why should she wronged herself? If she is a concubine, she may be able to make up her mind, but the problem is that the Cai family can't look down on it. Cai Seventeen's marriage will not find a suitable candidate for a long time, and he really can't be completely blamed on his family identity.

But from another point of view, from the requirements of the Yunyang Hou Mansion for Cai XVII's future wife, it can also be seen how much Yunyang Hou values this cousin. In the future, he will obviously be an elite child that the Cai family focuses on cultivating, and his future is promising.

Second Mrs. Xu faintly heard what Mrs. Cai San meant, and her heart was extremely choked. Why doesn't there be a concubine of the right age in the second room? If there is a granddaughter in the second room, she will be able to let someone out immediately! No matter how high the Yunyang Marquis Mansion has for Cai Qiqi's future wife, what does it matter? As long as the girl marries in the past, she can control her husband Cai Qiqi's heart, and Cai Qiqi will also help the Yue family without her taking the initiative to speak. The more he is valued by Yunyang Hou in the future, the better his future will be, and the more beneficial it will be to the Xu family. By then, maybe even the child has been born, will the Cai family still be able to regret it?

Moreover, if the marriage is the Xu family's room, if the Xu family wants to take a step further in the position of Dali Siqing, it may take a lot of effort for the Yunyang Hou Mansion, but if it is the second room of the Xu family, there is no need for the Yunyang Hou Mansion and the Cai family to sacrifice their own interests, they only need to acquiesce to the second master of the Xu family and the second master of the Xu family to play the banner of the Cai family's in-laws, and there will be people rushing to help the second room of the Xu family. At that time, it will be easy for Second Master Xu and Second Master Xu to take one or two steps up in their careers, or even a few steps. The two are not at all the same in terms of the price to be paid!

In other words, if there is a daughter who marries the Hou Mansion of Yunyang today in the second room of the Xu family instead of the long house, all the worries will not be concerns. However, the Xu family's second room has no daughter!

Second Mrs. Xu was extremely sorry in her heart, but at the same time, she also knew that most of the long houses would not agree to this family business. Since the old lady, the Xu family has been looking forward to someone in the family being able to enter the cabinet to pay respects, but it has always been a little bit short. If the Marquis of Yunyang's Mansion could not support Master Xu to go one step further, why would the Xu family agree to marry the eldest granddaughter of a descendant to a fatherless and motherless military attaché?

Second Mrs. Xu barely held up a smile and talked with Mrs. Cai San, and in and out of her words, she hinted that she would inform Changfang of the news, and asked the Cai family to wait for good news. Second Mrs. Xu still had two extravagant hopes in her heart, and felt that she could see the situation in the long house, and agreed to this marriage. After all, it is really a rare opportunity to marry the Marquis of Yunyang. If Xu Xiu can really marry Cai Qiqi, he will also live in the Yunyang Hou Mansion in the future, without the name of a daughter-in-law, but he has the reality of a daughter-in-law, and she has a little more freedom than the real daughter-in-law of the Yunyang Hou Mansion, and she can split up and be independent in the future, so why not do it? As long as this family business can be successful, it will be beneficial to the Xu family, and maybe even Xu Rong's marriage can add a few chips.

Mrs. Cai San was noncommittal about this, and brought the topic over with a smile. In fact, this is not the first time that she has mentioned Cai Seventeen to the official eunuchs who have a daughter of the right age. Some families will use various methods to refuse on the spot, while others say that they can consider it and talk about it later, and then they will not let it go, as if they can avoid the embarrassing scene without refusing in person. However, even if someone immediately accepted the conditions of the Cai family and expressed their willingness to marry their daughter to Cai Seventeen, it would not be a marriage contract, and the Yunyang Hou Mansion would have to meet with the other party's elders a few more times, and test and inspect a few times to confirm the family's family style and character, and then let Cai Seventeen meet the girl in private to see if she likes it, and then it can be decided. Mrs. Cai San is only playing a preliminary screening role here.

The Xu family naturally has all kinds of shortcomings, just when the Qin family was in trouble, they rashly ruined the marriage, and after the Qin family recovered, they brought up the family affairs again, and in order to keep this in-law, they even did not hesitate to change the girl who was originally promised to the younger brother to the elder brother as a stepmother, which was a great stain on the Cai family. Not to mention that Cai Jiayuan was also the founding noble, and he was born and in a similar situation to the former old Yongjiahou, and they were both military generals, just the treachery of the Xu family when the Qin family was in trouble, in the eyes of the Cai family, it was very unbelievable. After marrying this kind of in-law, do you know that when your family is in trouble in the future, will the Xu family be treacherous again? If the in-laws of marriage are not credible, then why should they get married? Isn't that a waste of their own children?

Mrs. Cai San originally didn't look down on the Xu family, but Xu Xiu, the eldest girl of the Xu family, performed well, and she looked like a dignified, generous and stable girl, maybe her behavior was different from that of the family? Moreover, in the past one or two decades, the Xu family has changed a head of the family, and her behavior seems to be relatively stable and upright, not as snobbish as when the old lady Xu was in the past. Mrs. Cai San felt that she could test it, anyway, if Xu Xiu had something bad, she would naturally not be able to pass Mrs. Yunyang Hou's level in the future.

On this trip, she saw the girls of Qin, Xu, and Lu, and several of them were good. In addition to the fact that several girls from the Qin family are all daughters of the Hou family, and they may not be willing to marry low, and Xu Lan is a concubine, there is also a girl from the Lu family, Lu Yueniang, who is also an excellent candidate. The reputation of the Lu family is much stronger than that of the Xu family, and the only trouble is that the old man of the Lu family is already a Zhengyin official from the third rank and the Zheng'er Bajing Jinshi, and he may not be willing to marry his baby daughter to Cai Seventeen. Therefore, Mrs. Cai San didn't say anything in front of Mrs. Lu Qin Youzhen at all, but just mentioned it to Mrs. Yunyang Hou, and the girl of the Lu family is not bad, let Mrs. Yunyang Hou watch it.

Yunyang Hou's sons, as well as Cai Shijiu and several other nephews, have not yet been married. When you see a good girl, how can you miss it?

So, Mrs. Yunyang Hou and her few concubines then concentrated on observing a few young girls. Sisters Cai Yuanzhen and Cai Jizhen have taken on the heavy responsibility of observing nearby, providing various inside information for their mothers and aunts.

Qin Hanzhen faintly sensed something.

It's not that she will notice it, but the Cai family's behavior seems to be a little strange. Not to mention anything else, just the two sisters Cai Yuanzhen and Cai Jizhen had fun with their Qin sisters and Lu Yueniang for the first two days. Whether it is to play hunting wine on the Cai family's Zhuangzi, or to follow the elders to several temples to worship Buddha and listen to Zen, and travel to the mountains and rivers by the way, everyone is happy. From the third day, no matter why, the Cai sisters began to pull them to quiet down, and changed their outings to chatting. The theme of the conversation is not the usual poetry and songs, but more inclined to each person's preferences, temperament, and style of action. During this period, Cai Yuanzhen also proposed that everyone do a round of needlework, and let everyone go to the back mountain of Caijia Zhuangzi to climb the mountain and watch the scenery. Qin Hanzhen had a feeling that she seemed to be observing everyone's female celebrity skills and physical strength.

What the hell is going on?

However, no matter what the Cai family is doing, after these few inconspicuous battles, Qin Hanzhen has learned about the strengths, weaknesses and physical conditions of the sisters and cousins. For example, Qin Jinhua's physical strength is at the same level as Xu Xiu and Xu Lan, which is a typical boudoir daughter and weak female stream, even if she has learned more riding and archery kung fu than the Xu sisters, she is not strong enough, it is estimated that it is because she is lazy;

Qin Jinchun is because he often helps take care of housework at home, and often goes in and out of the palace. With her status, every time she enters the palace, she will not have the glory of using a means of transportation, and she can only walk on her own two legs. The imperial city is so big, and it really can't be carried without any foot strength. As for Lu Yueniang, she has been trained by her father for many years. She doesn't learn martial arts either, she mainly walks around, walks around with her mother, walks around by herself, plus she has helped her mother take her younger brothers since she was a child, and her hands and feet are much stronger than other weak women, but she looks thin and weak on the outside. When she arrived in the capital, she took care of her cousins and cousins, looking gentle and kind, but if she only had gentleness and kindness, she couldn't suppress the bear child, and it could be said that she was a real person who didn't show up.

Of course, Qin Hanzhen's own physical strength is above that of his sisters. She also walks around from time to time, pays attention to morning exercise every day, and also learns some sword dance routines from her grandfather, and Zhao Mo taught her to ride and shoot. Even if she is not as good as the sisters of the Cai family, she is much stronger than the scum physical strength of the sisters of the Qin family.

Qin Hanzhen gained a wave of envy from his sisters, and he was a little proud in his heart. But she still can't figure out what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Cai sisters?