Chapter 260: Bribery
A few days later, Mrs. Meng came to Su Yiqing's room, and after retiring from the subordinates, she whispered: "Fu'er, I just got the news that the Hu family and the Hong family are married, and Hu Dongmei, the third lady of the Hu family, is going to marry Hong Zhihao, the second son of the Hong family, did we guess wrong last time, it is not Miss Hu, it is Miss Hu San?"
Miss Hu San, Hu Dongmei, Su Yiqing's shy and a little cowardly face flashed in front of her eyes, it is not impossible, her previous experience told her that looking at weak people may not be really weak, and the more impossible people are, the more likely they are to succeed. {3w.
Seeing that Su Yiqing didn't speak for a long time, Mrs. Meng was a little anxious, and asked, "Fu'er, what should I do next?"
Su Yiqing smiled, picked up the clothes sent by the mother-in-law on the table and looked at them, and said casually: "What did Mother say? Hu, what does it matter to us that the Hong family is married? According to me, our family has nothing to do with their family, but if their wedding banquet is given to our family, our family will still arrive if they don't go to the ceremony." ”
Mrs. Meng was stunned for a moment, and then came to her senses, yes, what can they do in this matter? Could it be that they are afraid that these two families will join forces to deal with the Meng family after they become in-laws? Even if they have that intention, this is not something that the two women can solve, rather than worrying about the future, it is better to plan for the present.
After Fu'er got married, all kinds of interests were entangled, and there may be more jealousy, so it is better to take revenge one by one, so it is better to guard against mistakes on your side.
After the same, she glanced at it and saw the Yunxia brocade in Su Yiqing's hand, so she smiled and said, "Fu'er is still thinking about what the wedding dress looks like, do you want your mother to give you some advice?"
"Thank you, Mother. But I've decided to do this style. Su Yiqing picked up a pattern casually and showed it to Mrs. Meng.
Mrs. Meng praised after reading it carefully, "Fu'er has such a good eye, this style is good, noble and generous and joyful." ”
What is noble and generous and festive, in fact, this style is the simplest of the several, it is rare for Mrs. Meng to praise it, Su Yiqing just smiled and didn't say anything.
Mrs. Meng also knew the shortcomings of Su Yiqing's embroidery, so she said: "If you use ordinary silk thread, it will affect the appearance, but if you use gold thread, it will be too hard." Recently, a new nephrite gold wire has been introduced in the city. It feels the same as ordinary silk thread, but the color is bright and not dazzling, and it can be matched with Yunxia brocade, and I will ask the housekeeper to buy some later. Fu'er can see if it can be used?"
"Then thank you Mother. Su Yiqing said sincerely. Mrs. Meng's mention is very good. The beautiful silk thread can make up for the lack of embroidery, but if the silk thread is too dazzling, she is a little worried that others will pay too much attention to the stitches. It can be seen that her embroidery is too rough, so let's take a look at it anyway.
Mrs. Meng was not unhappy when she saw Su Yiqing, and then mentioned a few more things, after all, she was many years older, and her construction was very useful, Su Yiqing also accepted it humbly, and the two chatted slowly.
Just as they were chatting energetically, Mama Qing came to report: "Madam, Mrs. Quan Si is here, and she is waiting in the small flower hall, saying that she has an urgent matter, and she wants to see Mrs. no matter what." ”
Mrs. Meng was very unhappy to be disturbed when she was chatting well, and couldn't help glaring at Mama Qing, this time is a good opportunity to contact feelings, her daughter poked the basket last time, she is trying to find a chance to make up for it, the relationship between mother and daughter is also more and more chatty, it is easy to find an opportunity, how can you be disturbed lightly if the atmosphere is just right?
"Let's just say that I'm not available, you first ask the fourth wife what's the matter, if it's a trivial matter, I don't want to be too close to the Quan family in front of Su Yiqing, so as not to be too careful, after all, the last time the Quan family sent a beauty, it was a slap in the face, although it has nothing to do with the fourth wife, but who called the fourth wife of the right family.
The old slave asked, but Mrs. Quan Si refused to say, as if she was in a hurry. "Mama Qing is a little embarrassed, she is not the kind of person who doesn't know the importance, if it weren't for Mrs. Quan Si not seeing Mrs. and not leaving, and she has been waiting for almost an hour, she is a subordinate, this kind of thing can't make up your mind for the master, so she came to report.
"Go down first, and I'll be there." "It's not good for Mrs. Meng to neglect her mother's family too much in front of the soon-to-be-married concubine, so as not to follow the example in the future.
"Yes. Qing Mama quickly retreated.
"Fu'er, I'll take a look, if it's okay, I'll come back to see you later. Madame Meng had an apologetic look on her face.
"Madame, please wait. Su Yiqing called Mrs. Meng and said lightly, "You don't know yet, which beauty sent by the Quan family was given away by the prince Dingwang." ”
Mrs. Meng was a little surprised that she was sent away so quickly?
Su Yiqing said calmly: "After all, it is my mother's family, as the saying goes, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, you still have to help if you can, and you must always know how to repay your kindness, don't you say?"
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Meng was a little unsure whether to help or not.
Mother watched. Su Yiqing didn't say it explicitly.
Mrs. Meng went out surrounded by the maid and mother-in-law, walked slowly all the way, carefully considered Su Yiqing's words, until she walked to the door of the small flower hall, looked at a begonia that was blooming brilliantly next to her, and suddenly became enlightened, immediately straightened her waist, and walked into the small flower hall without hurry.
Mrs. Quan was waiting in a hurry, and when she saw Mrs. Meng coming in, she immediately stood up and said, "Second sister is good." ”
"Sister, you're welcome, please take a seat. Mrs. Meng smiled, and when she saw that the teacup in front of Mrs. Quan was no longer hot, she immediately frowned and said to the little maid, "Don't change the cup of tea, tell the kitchen to bring the newly made dim sum for Mrs. Fourth to taste." ”
"Second sister, don't bother, I'll just sit down and leave. "Mrs. Quan Si is very restrained, she is used to observing words and feelings, knowing that Mrs. Meng is just superficial, which seems very alienated, and with so many maids, that is, she is treated as an ordinary guest, and there is also a sense of refusal, which means that if it is too much, don't mention it, otherwise there will be many people and it will be easy to spread out.
"It's still a new tea that arrived yesterday. Mrs. Meng didn't insist on snacks, and looked at Mrs. Quansi, the fat powder on her face was very heavy, it should be to hide her haggard color, it seems that Mrs. Quansi has not been doing very well during this time.
There is this kind of risk in maneuvering between the mansions, and it is naturally beneficial for both parties to negotiate well. But once the talks between the two sides collapse, the Chinese will inevitably be blamed, the last incident, Mrs. Quan Si must have been complained by her in-laws, but after the incident of the Quan family sending a beauty, it was obviously a slap in the face, and now Mrs. Quan Si came to the door as the daughter-in-law of the Quan family, so she naturally wanted to be angry, but think about the last time Mrs. Quan Si reported the letter to Mrs. Dong, it can be regarded as having a heart, and she has to be forgiving and forgiving. What's more, Mrs. Quan Si herself is not wrong.
Mrs. Kwon Si didn't know what Mrs. Meng was thinking. After a few words of greeting, he took a little sip of the tea in the maid's heart, and some words were really bad to say in front of the maids and women in the room. I want to talk to Mrs. Meng alone. But I don't know how to speak. Anxious, she unconsciously took another sip of the tea she had just served, but this time her mouth was hot, and she hurriedly put down the teacup in a panic. I was a little overwhelmed by the gaffe, and I didn't have the good words I used to have.
Mrs. Meng sighed and said, "Is there something wrong with my sister?"
Mrs. Quan Si glanced at the maid and daughter-in-law in the room, and said in a ruthless voice: "It's not me, it's the third uncle, the third uncle's family has a batch of goods that have been seized by the defenders of the border city, and the third uncle wants to ......."
"Sister, don't say it. Mrs. Meng waved her hand, "My sister also knows what the situation of our family is now, as the saying goes, people go to tea and cool, our master is no longer a general, and he really can't help, my sister is walking in the inner house, I should know that this is not a sentence or two can be solved." ”
Of course, Mrs. Quan Si knew that she felt that the third uncle was so eager to send a beauty to please King Ding, she vaguely only knew that the third uncle's business was blocked, but she didn't expect it to be so strict, the third uncle coaxed the rest of the people in the house to buy shares, including her room, and the third uncle also pushed the responsibility to her side, saying that it was because she was marrying the Meng family, with the support of Mengye, this road must work, so it was purchased.
She was really wronged, not to mention that the family affair was not decided at that time, even if the family affair was decided, she didn't tell the Meng family in advance, and it became her own monopoly, and the Meng family was called to dredge up when she was blocked, who would be so stupid? It is estimated that the third uncle is thinking of pulling the tiger skin of the Meng family's in-laws as a guise to make a fortune, even if the Meng family knows afterwards, at most he will give a generous gift, and they will all become relatives, what can Meng do?
Who would have thought that the family affair was not successful, and Meng was also demoted by the official by three levels, and no one outside bought it, and the goods were naturally detained, which really has nothing to do with her, but the clansmen who lost the red eyes in the clan are not so reasonable, the third uncle is helpless, even the beauty has been sent, and the prince of Ding accepted the person, but before the beauty poured ** soup to say something, I heard that the beauty did not know why she angered the prince Ding, and she was rewarded to the prince's subordinates when she turned her head.
For this matter, the mother's family of the third old lady of the right is still making trouble, what is the good and innocent girl's family, being a concubine is already a grievance, it is the third master of the right to say that the concubine of the palace is more decent than the head wife of the ordinary family, and what is the future of the princess's mother-in-law is the daughter of the right family, how can a concubine give face to the mother-in-law, and will not embarrass the girl sent by the right family, but as a result, it was sent in as a singer, which is worse than the average maid, and it was sent out as a general cargo when she turned her head, I heard that it was given to an officer in his forties who did not know how to read a big character and rose up by brute force, and there was a fierce wife at home, the Quan family came to the door and wanted to redeem the people and they were all beaten out, saying that it was given by Shangfeng, wouldn't it be dissatisfied with Shangfeng to sell it back?
When everyone saw that the third master of Quan was out of line, they came to pester her again, forcing and begging, saying that she often walked in the inner house, and knew many noble women, so she always had more ways than others, but what could she do? The clansmen said it nicely, saying that it was how much money others paid to dredge, and they also paid how much, but just moving their mouths, they didn't really take the silver, and if the matter happened, the clansmen regretted not giving the silver, and the helpers didn't tear her up.
If they were not involved in this room, she would rather offend all the clansmen than wade into this troubled water, but their family invested a lot of silver, and there was really no way, she could only come to Mrs. Meng with a cheeky face, but she would not be naïve to think that Mrs. Meng would help get things done with a few words of begging for mercy, at least she could show her a way, so that she would not spend unjust money and not be able to get things done.
"Second sister, I can't help it, just ask the second sister to do me a favor, or show me a way. Mrs. Kwon Si was so angry that she almost wanted to kneel.
"Sister, this matter is too big, I really can't do anything about it!" Mrs. Meng said and picked up the teacup and made a gesture of sending off guests.
Mrs. Quan Si was helpless and had no choice but to leave.
Out of the gate of the Mongolian Mansion, just about to get into the carriage, I saw a mother-in-law hurrying over with a basket, and said with a smile: "Fourth wife." This is a little bit of our wife's heart, some small snacks, not something valuable, for the children of the family to taste. ”
Is this a punch to a date? Mrs. Quan Si was full of bitterness, but she could only thank her and take it, and the moment she took the basket with her own hands, she felt that her mother-in-law seemed to have something stuffed into her hand. Her heart moved, and she immediately held it.
When I returned home, after retiring from the maid, I opened the things in my hand. But it's a small note. In just a few words above, I quickly inquired about the marriage of Hu Hong's two families.
Mrs. Quan's heart was pounding, and after reading it, she immediately burned the small note and sorted out her dress. Then he was ready to go out. She didn't know why Madame Monte inquired about this. But she has always been good at this kind of thing, she has always had a friendship with a lady of the Hong family, and that lady is fast-talking. Can't hide it.
In fact, for the family affairs of the Hu and Hong families, she also felt strange when she first heard the news, Mrs. Dong also showed her tone earlier, wanting to hire Miss Hu Sansan as a nephew and daughter-in-law, and also asked her about the personality of Miss Hu San's mother, Mrs. Hu San, the two families are married, and they are not daughters-in-law, this mother-in-law is also very important, if the mother-in-law is a difficult person, Mrs. Dong, as an uncle, is not a serious mother-in-law, and the conflict between the two will make the position very embarrassing.
Judging from her eyes for many years, this family business is suitable, Mrs. Hu San is not a very powerful character, Miss Hu San has a gentle temperament, and Mrs. Dong will not interfere too much in the affairs of her nephew's room, and the two families get along well, but I didn't expect that suddenly, Hu and Hong got married.
Of course, this kind of thing is not uncommon in Yancheng, not to mention it far away, the Meng family and the Quan family also said it well at the beginning, but the result was a kick in the door, this Miss Meng family allowed others, but now it is different, the Hong family is not more prominent than the Dong family, but the second son of the Hong family is a well-known drunkard in the capital, he is not a martial artist, a muddy one, or a widower, it is said that his wife died very suspiciously, and the nephew of the Dong family who sees a bright future is really a heaven and an underground, how could the Hu family give the girl to such a person, even if it does not hurt the girl herself, you have to take care of this reputation。
There must be something going on here, Mrs. Quan Si cheered up, as long as she could help and find out something, Mrs. Meng would definitely not treat her badly.
A few days later, Mrs. Meng was very surprised by the news that Mrs. Quan Si had inquired about coming back.
"Second sister, what's wrong with you?" Mrs. Quan Si saw that Mrs. Meng was speechless for a long time, and she didn't dare to disturb, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't see Mrs. Meng speak, and she was a little anxious.
"Oh! I'm just too surprised...... I thought it was because the Hu family heard something about the Dong family and hurriedly married the Hong family, how could this be?" Mrs. Meng didn't tell Mrs. Sù Quan Si the truth, and made an excuse indiscriminately.
Mrs. Quan Si said: "Yes, I was also taken aback, but even if I don't want to marry the Dong family, I won't give my daughter to a person like the second son of the Hong family, the two families said that they had an agreement with the outside world, and it happened that the second son of Hong had an emergency again, and the Hu family valued faith and righteousness, and insisted on marrying their daughter to Chongxi, which was so hurried, saying that it was Chongxi, but the dowry was brought out, and many people were shocked, it was too much, and people wondered if it was ...... What is there for the Hu family to live with the Hong family, there are rumors outside, saying that on the day of Mrs. Hu's birthday banquet, Miss Hu San and the second son of Hong ...... In order to cover up the ugly thing, he hurriedly got married and accompanied a large dowry, saying that the second son of Hong had an emergency, but some people saw that the second son of Hong was still lingering in Fireworks Willow Lane two days before he got married, but the strange thing is that Mrs. Hu San seemed to be very dissatisfied, and it was said that she also went back to her mother's house, or Master Hu San personally went to pick it up, by the way, I also inquired that when Master Hu San went to pick up people, he gave the Yue family a lot of valuable gifts, as if he was sorry for Mrs. Hu San. ”
Mrs. Quan Si Lala said a lot of miscellaneous things.
The more Mrs. Meng listened, the more strange she felt, and found an excuse to let Mrs. Quan Si sit, and then hurried to find Su Yiqing, and told Su Yiqing about the 1510 that Mrs. Quan Si had heard, and then told her conjecture: " Fu'er, I think this seems to be the Hu family's sorry Sanfang is sorry for Mrs. Hu San and Miss Hu San, so it's obvious, you guessed right last time, you looked at Mrs. Hu's means are too much, it is clear that Miss Hu San is going to take the bag, and even the prince and Hong Daotai are fooled, should we talk to the prince Ding. ”
Su Yiqing shook her head and sighed, "What do you say? Mother just said that Miss Hu Jiasan had already hurried through the door, what is the use of saying it everywhere now? This matter must be known to the prince and Hong Daotai, since they can allow it, what position do we have to raise objections?"
"But, just let Hu Dongping get out like that?" Mrs. Meng thought that her own daughter was almost destroyed, so she couldn't wait to skin and tear off Miss Hu's bones, and she was also worried that this person would go crazy and make a plan.
"Does mother think that the Hu family will have a peaceful life in the future?" Su Yiqing sneered, the third room of the Hu family would not sacrifice a daughter in vain, and it was not stupid to see Mrs. Hu San that day, I don't know what kind of strategy Dafang used to make Sanfang carry this black pot.
Now she understands Lian Yufeng's purpose, if she wants to win over or threaten the Hu family, Lian Yufeng will not mention such a condition at all, his purpose is to completely destroy the Hu family and even the Hong family, whether it is Miss Hu marrying into the Hong family or Miss Hu San marrying, it can cause discord within the Hu and Hong families. (To be continued......)
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