Cheng Fang has always been good at doing things, and on the third day of Yanxiang's homecoming, Zhou's matchmaker, who is quite famous in ten miles and eight townships, was entrusted by July to come to Yanxiang's house to talk about matchmaking. 『』

Yanxiang has served Liu Kuan's wife Yan for many years, and is her confidant and maid, and her words are not very weighty, and she is also the object of many subordinates. Although Liu Kuan is not rich and noble, he can't be like those princes and gentlemen, and the maids and women are all silk and satin. But as the head of a county, he naturally couldn't be poor, and there were fish and meat at home, and the servant maid had four sets of clothes a year. Reception, entertainment, etiquette...... It's a lot of everything.

It is said that "nourish the body, live and move the qi", Yanxiang has lived in this environment for ten years, and her demeanor and demeanor naturally threw off the eight streets of ordinary village women. Even if she has nothing, an official wife like her knows her, is familiar with all parties, and is very beautiful, as long as she does not commit any crimes, she is the object of everyone's marriage. What's more, Yan's treatment of people is quite lenient, because he felt that his behavior of pushing Yanxiang out was not very kind, and he generously gave her some gold and silver, silk and satin and a few acres of land, so that she could go home in style, with this money and wealth, and she would have a person to rely on for the rest of her life. Yanxiang, in Liu Yuanjun's family, he learned the rules, understood the world, and knew how low the status of the concubine was. If Liu Kuan, who is a lowly official, even if he gives birth to a child, the mother and son are still slaves, so he will accept the heart of Panlong and Phoenix, and plan to find a hard-working and hard-working person, whose family is not bad, and has some assets, it is best to marry a small official and live his own life honestly.

Because of this, when Mrs. Zhou explained her intentions, she boasted that she had never seen Qin Ke Yitong, and that if you didn't agree, you didn't know how to lift, she said a lot of words, and the inkstone, which didn't play a role at all, couldn't bear it, and turned her face on and asked her brothers and nephews to beat out this matchmaker who was black for money.

She acted like this, which was really enjoyable, but her honest father and mother were a little worried, and asked her daughter again and again: "I heard that it was a noble person from Beijing, let's do this...... Done? ”

When Yanxiang heard this, he couldn't help sneering and said: "It's really a noble person from Beijing, but it's a pity that he was kicked out because he committed a crime, and he needs the help of the king and the lady in his daily life." Sticking to this kind of person, maybe one day you will suffer from the seedlings, let's live our lives as we should, don't mess with these people. "Besides, if it's really a nobleman, what kind of woman doesn't? Over the years, she has watched the "sisters" scramble to climb onto the bed of your husbands, you step on me, I step on you, it is a fire in the open, and it is a knife in secret, but no one ends well, she is really afraid.

"......"

"It's okay, I'm measured."

When the girl grew up, she was assertive and rich, and her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law no longer said anything, so they had to resign themselves to it.

Cheng Fang heard Mrs. Zhou's reply, and vaguely guessed Shen Man's intentions, so he shook the money bag on his body.

The sound of the copper coin hitting stimulated Mrs. Zhou's eyes to turn red - she said that ten matchmakers may not be able to get so much money! If Yanxiang's little hoof agrees to this marriage, all this money, all this money will be his own!

Cheng Fang looked at Mrs. Zhou's expression, smiled in her heart, and pretended to sigh: "My housewife is quite blue-eyed to Miss Yanxiang, who would have thought that Miss Yanxiang didn't know how to seize this blessing, it's really ...... What a pity! ”

The money bag moved from the left hand to the right hand, and Mrs. Zhou's eyes also moved from left to right, she stared at the bag full of money, as if these were all taken out of her own pocket, her heart was dripping blood, and she asked a little unwillingly: "Yanxiang is not interesting, and she has lost this great blessing in vain, if someone else ...... it."

When Cheng Fang heard this, his face immediately fell: "Who is the master of my family, how can you just find a woman to enter?" Don't say that those goods that don't enter the stream, even inkstone, are just the most top-notch among the short, if you don't know each other, you don't know each other, is there really a lack of a young lady? ”

When Mrs. Zhou heard it, the cooked duck was really gone, and the hatred in her heart was like Yanxiang robbing her of her family property, and she hated the other party to the core. As soon as Cheng Fang left, she stomped on the floor several times, and poured a sip of cold tea violently, but she still couldn't swallow this idle breath. I saw her gritting her teeth, anger and dissatisfaction all written on her face, muttering: "Marry? The little hooves block my financial path, if I let you succeed in marrying a wishful husband, won't you be trampled under your feet for the rest of your life? ”

Speaking of this, she seemed to think of something, and showed a smug smile: "Such a rich family can't look down on it, if it spreads...... I want to see which one else can afford a Buddha like you! ”

Not to mention how Mrs. Zhou was resentful, and she was bent on ruining Yanxiang's reputation, so that she couldn't get married, just said that Cheng Fang went back to restore her life, and under the instruction of Shen Man, she said in front of Qin Ke that Yanxiang refused.

Shen Man listened, motioned for Cheng Fang to go down, and then looked at her husband with apologetic eyes, and apologized again and again: "It was because I was careless for a while, and I didn't even think of ......."

"You don't blame you for that." Qin Ke was a little embarrassed, a little angry, and finally turned into a trace of amazement, "Most women in the world are snobbish, and it is legitimate for her to see that I have nothing and are unwilling to follow me to suffer." ”

"Da Lang, how can you think like that? She ......"

Qin Ke shook his head and sighed: "Manniang, you don't have to think about me all the time and wronged yourself. What kind of identity you are in, what attitude others will use to treat you, I have long understood this truth! ”

He can endure the neglect of his biological father, the suppression of his mother-in-law, and the bullying of his brother, because he is still the eldest son of the emperor, except for these people, others dare not give him color, and he can still maintain the honor and pride in his heart. But nearly seven years of exile had long since destroyed his pride, and it had also consumed all his vigor and perhaps the ambition he had ever had. Only then would he utter such depressing words.

Shen Man sighed, held Qin Ke's hand, and said softly: "Da Lang, don't be arrogant, this place is far away and remote, and people have little knowledge, how can they understand your goodness." ”

"Manniang, you don't want to ......"

"Da Lang, listen to me." Shen Man looked at Qin Ke with an extremely serious expression, "For a woman, the most important thing in this life is nothing more than a husband, a child, and a parent and brother, and two of the three need to be relied on. If you don't have a name, you will always worry about your own decay and love it, and if you don't have a name, you will be afraid that your children will be ridiculed by the world, and maybe they will end up in poverty and slavery like themselves. The little lady from a rich background is not familiar with the world, and she is full of water, but Yanxiang was sold because of her poor family, and she knows the truth of poor couples' sorrows, and she is short-sighted, and she always thinks that we are ...... If not, how would she be willing to reject you? ”

Every word she said was about inkstone, but it reminded Qin Ke of her widow Zhou Hongying.

Hongying has been serving by his side since he was twelve years old, and the two can be said to have grown up together, she is gentle and careful, considerate, and there is nothing that does not make him feel comfortable. Because of this, when he proposed to release Hongying and find her a good family, he was not surprised at all by his admiration and retention of Hongying.

So, a qiē is logical.

Hongying gave birth to his second son and fourth son, he invited her to be crowned the widow of the fifth grade, the status is second only to the princess, if it were not for the accidental death of his eldest son, in order to appease Shen Man's affection, it is not good to raise the concubine, he originally wanted to ask the eldest son to be crowned the heir, then to the second son to ask for a county duke.

Such a woman who has been with him for nearly 20 years, who has given him enough love and special treatment, but when he was in the most difficult time, he knelt in front of him and burst into tears, accusing the princess of bad intentions and treating her son as a thorn in the flesh. As a mother, she must be by her son's side to keep the two children alive.

It's ridiculous that he almost believed that Hongying was really caring for the calf, and while understanding her, he also spoke out to defend Shen Man, and now that he thinks about it, he really ...... Stupid.

"It's not so much for fame, but for my identity." Qin Ke was silent for a long time, and suddenly said something.

Hearing him say this, Shen Man showed a little sadness on his face, but he was really relieved in his heart!

After so many years of husband and wife, she really knows Qin Ke too well, the eldest son of the emperor is gentle and nostalgic by nature, has an unconscious pity for the weak, has always been emotional, and rarely looks at problems from a rational point of view.

After realizing Qin Ke's essence, Shen Man dispelled the idea of being a little low and tactful to her husband. Because she knows that no matter how low her posture is, no matter how gentle and deferential she is, in Qin Ke's heart, she who has the status of a wife, is born in a high family, and marries into the door with ten miles of red makeup, she will never be as humble and pitiful as those concubines. So she used another way to win her husband's respect and trust, trying to keep the dirty water from splashing on her body, but this does not mean that she has no resentment in her heart, especially after the death of her only son.

If you can snatch my husband away again with a light smile, a few tears, a flattery and a hug from your children, then what can I count as all these years of hard work?

It's not enough, it's just that, it's still not enough.

My husband, whom I know best, is gentle, but also stubborn, and it is very difficult to get him to decide a thing, and even more difficult to get him to change his mind. He will cast into the dust, you women who have borne children for him...... That's not enough!

Just as she was thinking about this, she suddenly saw a shadow flash at the door, Shen Man sighed, but her expression softened: "Bao'er, don't eavesdrop, come to A-Niang!" ”